After the divorce, my ex-husband and son lined up to pursue me.

Chapter 18 begins, and then there's no mother.
"Does this need to be said?"

Ruan Yuanchao, completely oblivious to everything else, waved her little hand casually and said, "I super, super like Aunt Xinrou! She's gentle, beautiful, and knows so much! She can do everything!"

As he spoke, he grabbed his father's hand: "Dad, Dad, can't you marry her and let me get a new mom too?"

Ruan Muhuai's face darkened the moment his son spoke.

With each word Ruan Yuanchao spoke, his face grew more gloomy. By the time he heard "and change your mother," his face was visibly covered in frost, so cold it was unbearable to look at.

Ruan Yuanchao also sensed something was wrong and tentatively asked in a low voice, "Dad?"

“Change my mother…” Ruan Muhuai repeated the harsh words, coldly sneering as he placed a hand on Ruan Yuanchao’s head: “I never knew my son had such thoughts, that he would even change his own mother.”

This is utterly ridiculous!
"Why not?" Ruan Yuanchao tilted her head up in a childish voice, "Daddy, whoever you marry will be my mom. Jiang Xia is no good at all, she doesn't deserve you!"

Ruan Muhuai silently looked down at his son.

Get a different mother.

Jiangxia is not good enough for him.

Who secretly and subtly instilled these ideas in Nguyen Nguyen Trieu?

He really needs to find some time to ask his dear sister.

“Okay.” Ruan Muhuai snapped out of his thoughts and quickly replied, “Dad will do as you wish.”

Before Ruan Yuanchao could even feel happy, her father grabbed her by the collar and lifted her up like a chick, carrying her straight out of the children's room and downstairs.

"Daddy, what are you doing? Put me down!"

"dad……"

Ruan Yuanchao kept making a fuss, but dared not struggle, nor could he break free.

The driver's room in the corner of the basement had been uninhabited for years and had been filled with miscellaneous items. At this moment, Ruan Muhuai kicked it open and threw Ruan Yuanchao onto the floor.

"Didn't you want to change your mother? Then during the process of changing, you will have to accept being without a mother for a period of time. Starting today, you will live here and you are not allowed to go anywhere except this room."

Ruan Muhuai spoke condescendingly, as if he were dealing with a despised bystander: "There are no toys, no snacks, and we can only eat leftovers for three meals a day."

Ruan Yuanchao was stunned.

“Of course…” Ruan Muhuai leaned down again and spoke slowly and gently, “No one will serve you anymore. You will take a bath by yourself, wash your own clothes, and take care of yourself.”

Ruan Yuanchao was stunned.

"no, do not want!"

He struggled to his feet and hugged his father's leg, saying, "Dad, I was wrong. Don't be angry. I'll do whatever you say. I'll be good..."

Ruan Muhuai remained unmoved, waved his hand to push him aside, and turned to leave.

Ruan Yuanchao hurriedly chased after him, her little hands gripping Ruan Muhuai's trouser leg tightly: "I really will be good! Daddy... you can't do this to me..."

"Why not?" Ruan Muhuai looked down at him coldly, his slow tone revealing no emotion. "Just because you're my son? I haven't let you go hungry. You can grow up just as well in this little room."

Ruan Yuanchao couldn't understand, nor did he know what kind of situation he would face in the future. In his anxiety, his mind became a little hot, and he burst into tears.

"Daddy, please don't do this... Waaah..."

The crying and commotion had already annoyed Ruan Muhuai so much that he frowned.

But he still managed to squat down and calmly said to Ruan Yuanchao, "Do you know how many children there are in this world? How many children live every day... very unhappy, even in great pain, for various reasons, but they all boil down to one thing: they don't have a mother." Ruan Yuanchao threw her head back, opened her mouth wide, and burst into tears, sobbing and hiccuping, but she mumbled, "I want a mother... I want Aunt Xinrou to be my mother..."

These words directly angered Ruan Muhuai.

He abruptly stood up, kicked Ruan Yuanchao aside, and without saying another word, turned around, locked the door, and left.

After going upstairs, he completely shut out Ruan Yuanchao's crying and fussing. He also called his secretary, Tao He, to arrange for two bodyguards to come over, and to inform Aunt Chen that she should be given a six-month leave to go abroad for relaxation and travel.

Jiang Xia didn't want to go home. After Aunt Chen left, two bodyguards were keeping an eye on Ruan Yuanchao, so that the child would experience what it was like to live without a mother.

After hanging up the phone, Ruan Muhuai lit a cigarette and went into his study.

He didn't love Jiang Xia, nor did he ever demand that Jiang Xia love him.

However, after so many years together, Jiang Xia's love for him, even though she never said it aloud, had already been fully revealed in their daily interactions.

However, if you compare them, it's not hard to see that Jiang Xia's favorite person is still their son.

then……

Having just given birth and not even finished her postpartum confinement, Jiang Xia disregarded her still-healing C-section wound and insisted on holding Ruan Yuanchao, who had just been transferred from the incubator, and comforting him for most of the night.

Her back was injured during that time.

Because she was born prematurely, she didn't have any milk. She was also worried that she would feel guilty for letting her son Ruan Yuanchao drink formula all the time, so she drank all kinds of lactation-promoting soups, which were so greasy they made people nauseous.

Even the best lactation consultant's massage techniques can cause excruciating pain for any new mother, but Jiang Xia endured it without uttering a word, her eyes fixed solely on her son in the crib...

Since Ruan Yuanchao came into the picture, everything in Jiangxia's eyes and heart revolves around her son.

"Chaochao, my precious baby, Mommy is so sorry..."

"It's all Mom's fault, I caused you to be born prematurely..."

"Chaochao is okay, the shot doesn't hurt, look at Mommy... Oh, my baby is the strongest, don't cry, don't cry..."

"Chaochao calls her 'Mama,' not 'Mama,' but 'Mom, Ma...'"

Scenes from the past flashed through Ruan Muhuai's mind.

There's no such thing as a mother being strong; it's just a woman's instinct as a mother.

Ruan Muhuai always felt that the matter between him and Jiang Xia had nothing to do with Ruan Yuanchao. If Ruan Yuanchao insisted on getting involved, he should unconditionally stand on Jiang Xia's side.

That's normal and natural.

How can children despise and loathe their own mother?

……

Ruan Muhuai stubbed out his cigarette and looked at the two bodyguards who knocked on the door and came in. He heard one of them say, "Mr. Ruan, the young master has been crying downstairs. The child is still young, and it's not good for his health if he keeps crying like this."

"I see the young master is still sick? Please calm down, why don't you let the young master out?"

"Let him cry, don't worry about it." Ruan Muhuai's cold voice showed no mercy. "If he can live, let him live on. If he doesn't want to live anymore, then prepare for his funeral."

Such a rebellious son should never have been born!

They'll be a menace when they grow up!

(End of this chapter)