Chapter 6 He Brought a Woman Home

Because of the incident where Xu Lingxuan was nearly swapped by someone, Xu Lianghan had learned his lesson. He didn’t lie to Ruan Yaoyao—everything he said was true, and he had made thorough arrangements.

Previously, Cao Manhui had been able to successfully switch Xu Lingzhi because he assumed that their own hospital was perfectly safe and didn’t give it much thought. But now, with that prior lesson in mind, how could he dare to be careless?

He really had arranged people for every aspect and had 24-hour surveillance in place.

If, under these circumstances, someone could still manage to take his daughter, he would have to genuinely admire them.

“You’d even be hoping someone would steal your daughter?” Ruan Yaoyao shot him a sharp look.

Xu Lianghan hurriedly said, “Mom, I’m just hypothesizing, you know? How could I ever actually hope someone would steal my daughter? Am I that kind of person?”

“Typical scumbag dad—who knows what you might do?”

Xu Lianghan: “……”

Was this label now stuck on him forever?

Of course, he didn’t dare get angry with Ruan Yaoyao. He could only vent quietly to his wife Yu Xiangqiao, saying that recently his mother seemed to dislike him for no reason.

Lying in bed, eating her postpartum meals, Yu Xiangqiao didn’t even glance at him and said, “When has your mom ever liked you? I’ve been married into your family all these years, and your mom never once showed me a kind face. If I hadn’t been attracted to your face back then and insisted on marrying you no matter what, with the way she looked at me, I would have canceled the marriage on the spot.”

So, in the short time she was giving birth, something had happened between her mother-in-law and husband that suddenly turned him into Xu “Three Years Old,” learning how to tattle?

Xu Lianghan didn’t tell Yu Xiangqiao about the near-abduction of their daughter. He just said that lately there had been many human traffickers, it was unsafe, and he had strengthened the security around their precious daughter.

As for their mother, she seemed to really like this granddaughter. She even gave the girl a name—Xu Lingxuan—and came to the hospital to visit her whenever she had free time.

“So your mom favors girls over boys? No wonder—even after I had twins, she didn’t give me a kind look. Could it be because I never gave her a granddaughter before?” Yu Xiangqiao said sarcastically. “I know exactly what kind of person your mom is. You don’t have to cover for her.”

“No, I’m telling the truth. Mom really does like Lingxuan. See? She even gave her a name. She never paid that much attention to the others before.”

……

After leaving the hospital, Yu Xiangqiao went to the postpartum care center. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn’t meet, and Yu Xiangqiao ended up staying there for two months. When Ruan Yaoyao missed her granddaughter, she had to go see her there.

Ruan Yaoyao and Yu Xiangqiao mutually disliked each other, with neither having any good impression of the other. Whenever Yu’s family came to visit, she avoided them, only caring to see her granddaughter.

With such a bizarre mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship, Xu Lianghan really had no solution.

His wife behaved this way to protect him, so he couldn’t say much. Ruan Yaoyao, meanwhile, had a bad face for everyone, and she didn’t care how the daughter-in-law’s family treated her.

Xu Lianghan could only take things step by step.

A month passed, and just when Ruan Yaoyao thought the house could be quiet before her daughter-in-law returned, Xu Lianghan brought a woman home.

Ruan Yaoyao froze for a moment.

Seeing her expression, Xu Lianghan thought she had misunderstood. He explained that the woman was his wife’s best friend; she had left some things at his wife’s place and had come over to pick them up.

On the surface, Ruan Yaoyao said: “Oh, okay.”

In reality, her tone was odd: 【Oh, that makes sense… best friend, huh~】

【No wonder she has the nickname above her head: “Lady N, dedicated to stealing best friends’ boyfriends.” Truly worthy of being a best friend!】

Xu Lianghan: “……”

The corner she mentioned… she can’t mean me, right?!

Looking at Bing Qingxue again, he couldn’t quite meet her eyes. So this is the “best friend” his wife had been talking about?

“You’re Lianghan’s mom?! My gosh, you’re so young! Walking down the street, I’d have thought you were a young lady…” Bing Qingxue cupped her small mouth, surprised. “Xiangqiao is really lucky to have such a young mother-in-law. If you walked hand in hand, you’d look like sisters! Madam, how do you keep yourself so well?”

Even though Ruan Yaoyao knew her identity, hearing the compliment still made her happy. She smiled and said, “Oh, it’s nothing. I was just born this way. You have a sweet mouth—keep flattering me.”

Bing Qingxue, of course, didn’t miss the chance. She smiled and poured out a string of compliments, as if money was no object.

As they chatted, she even sat next to Ruan Yaoyao, hooked her arm around hers, and acted all “sisterly.”

Ruan Yaoyao waved her hand, letting Xu Lianghan take care of things himself. Rarely did someone keep her company, and it made her happy.

While talking, she opened Bing Qingxue’s online articles and started flipping through them.

Xu Lianghan refused to leave. Didn’t he know his mother well? She was usually so cold, and now suddenly she was being so warm to a “mistress” and letting her hook arms? Something was definitely up.

Sure enough, the next second, he heard his mother’s thoughts:【Oh wow~ interesting!】

【So this Bing Qingxue is really scheming. She spent money to have someone steal my daughter-in-law’s bag, then pretended to help get it back, and that’s how she met my daughter-in-law?】

【She even framed my daughter-in-law’s friend to steal her things, then cried “thief!” and acted like the hero to win my daughter-in-law’s favor.】

【No way! My daughter-in-law is so naive—she didn’t even notice?】

Xu Lianghan felt helpless.

The “justice heroine” his wife had talked about was really just like that?

My poor wife was deceived so badly!

Bing Qingxue had built a persona of “seeing money as dirt” and “always helping the needy,” but it was all fake.

Every time she went out with his wife, she used his wife’s things, spent her money, and then complained about her lavish spending.

No, if you think my wife spends like water, why didn’t you refuse her gifts and just take them?

She chose expensive foods and clothes—why didn’t she say no?

【Tsk tsk… she says no, but her body says yes. She took everything and pretended to be unhappy, claiming she accepted it only for the sake of “friendship.”】

【My gosh, I barely remember what “friendship” even means. If this kind of “friendship” involves gifts like clothes, bags, and pearls, I wouldn’t mind—perfect timing, I’ve got a set of jewelry worth over ten million I want to buy…】

Xu Lianghan: What jewelry does Mom want?

Unfortunately, Ruan Yaoyao didn’t mention the jewelry’s name, leaving Xu Lianghan a bit regretful. He had thought he could buy it to please his mother.

Too bad!

Ruan Yaoyao finished reading Bing Qingxue’s background and lost interest. She wanted to retreat, saying she was tired and needed a nap, leaving the “guest” to Xu Lianghan to entertain himself.

Xu Lianghan: Mom, I didn’t know you had a nap habit?

Ruan Yaoyao didn’t care, swaying upstairs.

Knowing Bing Qingxue’s “true colors,” Xu Lianghan didn’t want to entertain her at all. He wanted to expose her immediately.

But thinking of his wife still being unaware, he decided on a clever plan—sacrificing himself. He brought Bing Qingxue to the tea room next door and connected his wife Yu Xiangqiao’s phone, muting it completely.

—Honey, this sacrifice I’m making for you is huge.

—When you’re out of postpartum care, you better reward me properly!