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

Chapter 44 The Mischievous Kid's antics

The convoy that set off first circled back into the city.

After picking up Xin Rou, they drove out of the city and onto the highway.

Xin Rou got into the Maybach, but Jiang Xia sat in the passenger seat. Ruan Muhuai drove, and Xin Rou and the bound Ruan Yuanchao sat in the back seat.

"This is..." As soon as Xin Rou got into the car, she was surprised and even shocked by Ruan Yuanchao's miserable state. She subconsciously looked at Ruan Muhuai, who was driving: "Muhuai, even if the child is at fault, he shouldn't be treated like this."

"Why can't we talk things out properly? What if the child gets hurt if you tie him up like this?"

Xin Rou hugged Ruan Yuanchao with heartache, untying the ropes as she glanced at Jiang Xia with a hint of reproach: "Sister Jiang Xia, Mu Huai is in a bad mood, why didn't you try to persuade him? How can you treat a child like that?"

The accusations in her words were as if she were Ruan Yuanchao's own mother.

Jiang Xia leaned back in her seat with her brows furrowed. She neither retaliated nor objected, and simply said, "I can't manage the child, so just pretend I don't exist."

As she spoke, she took out Bluetooth earphones from her bag, put them on to listen to music, and leaned back in her seat to catch up on some sleep.

Ruan Muhuai had been observing her reaction and never expected that the old man would agree to bring Xin Rou along. The repeated incidents made him tug at his collar, his expression complicated and somewhat unpleasant.

Xin Rou had already sensed something was wrong, "Mu Huai, what's going on between you and Sister Jiang Xia...?"

Before she could finish speaking, as she pulled the towel out of Ruan Yuan's mouth, the little guy, as if he had suffered a great injustice, started howling at the top of his lungs like a screaming chicken!

"Ahhhh!"

"Great-grandfather! Second great-grandfather! Great-aunt..."

"Aren't you going to do anything about this?! Ruan Muhuai is bullying me! He's trying to kill me! Ahhhhh..."

This time, he stopped calling him "Dad." Ruan Yuanchao had experienced his father's ruthlessness once again, and he resolutely refused to acknowledge his father anymore. He cried out his grievances while banging on the car window to make the car stop.

"Stop the car! I want to get out!"

While struggling and thrashing about, Ruan Yuanchao turned his head to stare at the stretched Lincoln behind him, crying out, "Great-grandfather! Save me! I'm going to die! Ahhhhh..."

It's so noisy!

It's also very noisy and annoying.

Jiang Xia had no choice but to turn up the volume on his headphones.

Ruan Muhuai's brows furrowed in displeasure, and even the fingers gripping the steering wheel turned white: "Ruan Yuanchao, if you don't shut up, you can forget about having a mouth!"

Xin Rou tried to pull Ruan Yuanchao aside to comfort her, but also glared at the driver's seat: "What are you saying? Mu Huai, don't scare the child..."

"Aunt Xinrou! Thank goodness for you..."

Ruan Yuanchao nestled in Xin Rou's arms, feeling somewhat relieved, but still unable to close her mouth, sobbing uncontrollably, "Ruan Muhuai bullied me! Just because Jiang Xia bullied me! I don't want to live anymore... I can't go on living! Everyone bullies me... Great-Grandpa..."

"Don't cry, don't cry, Aunt Xinrou is here, isn't she? My sweetheart, you've been so wronged..." Xinrou hugged Ruan Yuanchao tightly, coaxing him and wiping away his tears, and even wiping away his runny snot.

Even so, Ruan Yuanchao's little mouth never stopped.

The entire journey took more than three hours, with only one stop at a service area along the way. Unsurprisingly, as soon as Ruan Yuanchao got out of the car, he ran to the stretch Lincoln, banged on the door, and finally saw his grandfather, his second grandfather, his great-aunt, and his great-uncle.

The uncle tried to be a peacemaker, reaching out to hug him, but was glared at by the second grandfather and dared not move.

"Go back to your parents' car, we'll deal with you when we get there!" Ever since he witnessed Ruan Yuanchao's disownment of Jiang Xia yesterday, the old man had been truly angry with his great-grandson.

The child is indeed still young, and there are two generations between them. No matter how much the old man loves and spoils the child, it is not excessive. But that does not mean that he should help the evildoer and raise a wicked child!
What kind of children would not recognize their own mother?
We just can't get past the test of human nature!

No matter how bad a mother is, even if she is utterly wicked and has committed countless evils, her children can only offer kind words of advice and do their best to serve her until her death. Besides, Jiang Xia is not that kind of vicious person.

Even crows feed their parents, and lambs kneel to suckle; animals understand this, so how much more should humans? If children aren't properly disciplined from a young age, they'll grow up...

If that's the case, the old man didn't want him to grow up!
The Ruan family has no loving parents, and the old man is even less likely to be soft-hearted in this matter. So even his great-aunt, who always doted on Ruan Yuanchao, turned cold and ignored him completely.

Ruan Yuanchao was stunned.

He tried to pounce on her as usual, acting cute and rolling around, but before he could even climb into the car, Uncle De pulled him away and put him back in Xin Rou's hands.

"Aren't you very good at disciplining children? Then let's see what kind of trash you've raised!" My aunt threw out a sarcastic remark from inside the car.

Xin Rou, holding onto the still-noisy Ruan Yuanchao, was stunned.

"It's true... anyone can be a teacher, huh!" My aunt laughed sarcastically again, then closed the car door.

Xin Rou's expression froze for a moment, and she couldn't even find her breath.

This wasn't just mocking her; it was also letting her see clearly that her shamelessness in following along all this way made her even less capable than the servants who took care of the children in the Ruan family!

But why?
Her family at least owns a Sino-Japanese joint venture hospital, and her ancestors have been practicing medicine for generations. Although she can't compare to the Ruan family, how is she not much better than Jiang Xia, an orphan?
Why is it that the Ruan family can accept Jiang Xia but can't accept her?
Xin Rou, filled with jealousy, secretly took out her phone, sent two messages, and then squatted down to coax Ruan Yuanchao a few words.

So when they came out of the service area, only Ruan Muhuai, Jiang Xia, and Ruan Yuanchao's family of three were left in the Maybach. Xin Rou got into Ruan Muting's car.

Ruan Yuanchao stopped crying and got into the car obediently. He lay down on the back seat, refusing to sit in the child seat or fasten the seatbelt. No matter what Ruan Muhuai said, he pretended to be dead and mute.

Jiang Xia didn't care; her heart, broken by her son, was already ice-cold. She put on her headphones and listened to music again.

"Then you stay lying down and don't get up." Ruan Muhuai had no choice but to say this, and started the car to drive into the service area.

In the second half of the race, his car had fallen to the back of the convoy, and had even fallen behind.

But since they are all designated as ancestral homes and villages, it's not really a problem.

Ruan Yuanchao lay there pretending to be dead for a long time, so long that the car was quiet. Ruan Muhuai drove silently the whole time, and Jiang Xia also felt sleepy because she had taken her medicine.

Just as she was about to fall asleep, suddenly!

"I want to watch cartoons!"

As if on purpose, Ruan Yuanchao suddenly let out a loud shout!
This startled Jiang Xia, causing him to open his eyes and breathe rapidly.

Ruan Muhuai was also startled. He glanced at Ruan Yuanchao through the rearview mirror with an annoyed look: "Are you sick? What's going on?"

(End of this chapter)