Chapter 48 Without Comparison, There Is No Harm

Gong Minhui shivered.

“See? Without comparison, there’s no harm. A lot of things only become clear through comparison,” Yu Xiangqiao said leisurely as she peeled herself an orange.

Gong Minhui snorted coldly. “Of course you’d say that. The knife hasn’t fallen on you—you don’t know how much it hurts.”

“That’s true. If I were you, I’d definitely make a scene with that woman. But what would that change? Would you abandon your four children?” Yu Xiangqiao said. “You only gave birth to one, but I gave birth to four. Am I supposed to throw away my own children just because some woman stole my body?”

Gong Minhui: “……”

“Even if Xu Lianghan agreed to let me leave, do you think he’d just give up his children and let me take all of them? Besides, something this bizarre—no normal person would ever imagine it. I just happened to be luckier than you. I met a reliable mother-in-law. You can only blame your bad luck—your mother-in-law isn’t as good as mine.”

“My mother-in-law is your mother.”

“Exactly. That’s why my mom is the best—and my mother-in-law too.”

Seeing she couldn’t win the argument, Gong Minhui stopped responding.

“Do you feel unconvinced? Think my life is better than yours?”

“Isn’t it?”

“Then do you know what I went through before my mother-in-law awakened?”

“According to the original plot…”

Gong Minhui was stunned. Wait… the Xu family was that miserable?

“And that’s not even the worst part. The worst is—although my mother-in-law has already changed everyone’s names, we might end up dying even earlier.” Yu Xiangqiao then recounted the story between Xu family’s third son, Ru Anzhi, and the cold, glamorous assassin Song Na, adding that this was only the first of many.

Gong Minhui’s pupils instantly dilated. There’s more after this?!

Good heavens!

Did the Xu family dig up someone’s ancestral grave or something?

“Whether we offended someone’s ancestors or not, I don’t know. But right now, my brother-in-law suspects Song Na’s identity. He doesn’t fully trust us yet and is still investigating,” Yu Xiangqiao said. “Until this matter is completely resolved, I don’t dare let my sister-in-law bring my three sons back. I even bring bodyguards when I go out—I don’t dare step outside carelessly.”

“Does your brother know about this?”

Yu Xiangqiao shook her head. “How could I tell him? If he knew, he’d definitely force me to divorce Xu Lianghan.”

“With something this dangerous, of course! Any normal person would stay far away. The Xu family is this dangerous—how can you still stay there?” Gong Minhui no longer cared about her own issues with Yu Yan. After all, she had a good relationship with her sister-in-law, and she didn’t want anything to happen to her.

She advised her: even if she couldn’t bear to part with Xu Lianghan, she could at least get a fake divorce.

Once everything was over, they could remarry.

Yu Xiangqiao said, “Divorce isn’t an option. Think about it—if they want to wipe out the entire Xu family, even if I divorce Xu Lianghan, what about our children? They’re all Xu family blood—they won’t be spared. If anything happens to them, what’s the point of me living alone?”

“Then by your logic, even if your sister-in-law takes the children away, they might not escape either.”

“That’s why I want to ask you and big brother for help.”

With a serious expression, Yu Xiangqiao revealed her plan to Gong Minhui: if things truly reached the worst-case scenario, she would arrange for the children to have an “accident.”

At that point, they would become orphans with no connection to the Xu family. Her elder brother and sister-in-law could then secretly take care of them.

The Yu family was her maternal home—even openly adopting them might draw attention.

But if the Yu family simply acted out of charity—donating to orphanages or supporting a few orphans—it wouldn’t arouse suspicion.

Gong Minhui’s eyes instantly turned red. As a mother herself, how could she not understand Yu Xiangqiao’s plan? She was clearly preparing to sacrifice herself to feed the tiger and deceive the heavens to cross the sea, all to secure a sliver of survival for her children.

“Of course, this is the worst-case plan. If it really comes to that, it means we’ve truly lost,” Yu Xiangqiao said. “You should persuade big brother to cut ties with me and the Xu family—completely. The cleaner, the better. You can even use the inheritance dispute as an excuse.”

“After I got married, I came back to fight for the family property, so I fell out with my brother. The bigger the fallout, the better… The bigger it is, the less likely it will drag you down.”

To be safe, she urged Gong Minhui to prepare a backup plan.

At this point, Gong Minhui had no time to be angry at her brother. There were far more important things to handle.

Yu Yan had no idea what Yu Xiangqiao had said to his wife. He only knew the two women had a huge argument and parted on bad terms.

Yet somehow, his relationship with his wife improved afterward.

Yu Yan: “……”

Was my wife angry at my sister?

—

Ruan Yaoyao gave Yu Xiangqiao a thumbs-up, thinking her move was brilliant—not only did she secure herself a way out, she also helped reconcile her brother and sister-in-law.

However, while she had just arranged for a private investigator to look into Song Na, Ru Anzhi had already noticed something suspicious about Song Na and rushed home to warn them to be careful—something she hadn’t expected.

Ruan Yaoyao turned to Ru Anzhi, curiosity written all over her face. “How did you realize something was wrong with her?”

“It wasn’t me—it was my comrades. They found a mysterious figure at a crime scene. Based on the profiler’s analysis, it closely matches her.”

“So you suspected her just like that?!” Ruan Yaoyao was shocked.

【What about your true love?】

【That’s it?】

【Your love is way too cheap!】

Ru Anzhi: “……She might be connected to a foreign organization.”

【A… spy?!】

Ruan Yaoyao immediately straightened up. This was no joke anymore.

If it were anything else, she might tolerate it. But if it involved a “walking 500,000”—that was absolutely unacceptable.

No matter how useless she thought she was, she couldn’t tolerate a walking bounty like that.

【And I didn’t even notice?!】

【Well, I only glanced at her from afar and didn’t finish reading the details. I don’t know what’s really going on.】

【Maybe I missed something!】

Ruan Yaoyao quickly asked, “Do you have any leads?”

Ru Anzhi: “…A little, but not much.”

【Damn! You’ve already identified her as a ‘walking 500,000’ and still don’t have solid evidence? That’s too useless!】

A faint twitch appeared at the corner of Ru Anzhi’s eye. His mother’s patriotic instincts were truly strong. No wonder when he reported this, the higher-ups gave him this approach—they said it would definitely work.

And there was no need to worry about exposure. Whether there was evidence or not, as long as there was suspicion, his mother would definitely “help.”

Sure enough, in the next second, he heard his mother’s thoughts:

【No way—I have to help them!】

“Are there really no clues at all? For example, checking who she’s been in contact with, seeing if any of them are involved in confidential matters?”

Ru Anzhi said, “We’re investigating. I was worried you might misunderstand my past relationship with her or think I was involved with her, so I came to give you a heads-up. This is still classified—you should keep it to yourselves. Don’t spread it.”

“Wait—it’s still classified, and you’re telling us? Where’s your sense of confidentiality? Third, don’t be foolish—don’t do anything that betrays that uniform you’re wearing.”