Chapter 66

The nanny was slapped hard in the face before she even saw who was coming.

The force was so strong that she stumbled and fell to the ground. Half of her face went numb, and she could taste blood in her mouth.

Xiao Lin’s eyes widened. “Madam!”

Mrs. Ruan scanned the surroundings.

Her presence was commanding, and everyone she looked at averted their gazes, afraid to meet her eyes.

A group of bodyguards in black suits approached, surrounding Xiao Lin. At that moment, Qi Yangyan and Father Ruan pushed through the crowd, quickly reaching Ruan Mingfu and gazing at her with concern.

“My girl, did that mother-daughter pair bully you? I’ll have your mother teach them a lesson!”

“Old Ruan~”

Tears filled Ruan Mingfu’s beautiful peach blossom eyes, and she began to cry in frustration.

This broke Father Ruan’s heart.

Especially when he saw the injuries on her body, his anger flared.

“Wife, beat them up!”

If it weren’t for the fact that they were both women, he would have made sure that mother and daughter knew his power. Ruan Mingfu was his precious daughter, and he had never laid a finger on her in her entire life.

What Father Ruan noticed, Mrs. Ruan naturally saw as well.

She stepped toward Xie Yin.

Xie Yin was already terrified by the scene, trying to escape but blocked on all sides. She was too scared to run away, but then she spotted the handsome Qi Yangyan nearby, and her eyes lit up as she hurried over.

“You need to protect me.”

What if I were Ruan Mingfu?

Qi Yangyan didn’t even spare her a glance.

Anger flared in Xie Yin’s eyes, but before she could speak, Mrs. Ruan swiftly slapped her twice across the face, as if picking up a little chick.

Xiao Lin wanted to stop them, but he was surrounded by those towering, muscular men. There was no way he could break through on his own.

After thinking it over, he gave up.

Things had reached this point, and in any case, Xie Yin had brought it upon herself. Let her deal with it.

Mrs. Ruan was even more ruthless.

Xie Yin’s face not only went numb, but her head was buzzing, and she could see stars swirling in front of her…

The crisp sound of the slap made the onlookers wince involuntarily, especially Xu Zhu, who had just arrived.

“Hiss…”

He sucked in a breath and unconsciously touched his own face, looking sympathetically at Xie Yanzhao.

With such a fierce mother-in-law, his brother’s future days wouldn’t be easy…

But Xie Yanzhao couldn’t afford to talk right now.

His face was dark and menacing, and his fierce aura was escalating. Everywhere he went, the crowd backed away. He didn’t spare a glance at the pitiful mother and daughter; instead, he walked straight towards Ruan Mingfu.

Seeing her, his brow furrowed even tighter.

Hu Wanning winked at him in the direction of Father Ruan, “Old Xie.”

“Dad.”

“Who’s your Dad? I’m not your dad!”

Father Ruan reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, nearly jumping up to bite Xie Yanzhao.

“Old Ruan,” Ruan Mingfu tugged at Father Ruan’s sleeve, then looked pitifully at Xie Yanzhao, revealing her injuries. “Old Xie, it hurts so much…”

Xie Yanzhao pressed his lips together.

He scooped Ruan Mingfu up in his arms, “We’re going to the hospital.”

As they passed by Mrs. Ruan, he nodded politely at the woman who had just wreaked havoc. “Mom.”

Unlike Father Ruan, Mrs. Ruan didn’t make things difficult for him.

She looked him up and down with the same peach-blossom eyes as Ruan Mingfu, then finally spoke.

“Go ahead.”

Father Ruan, still uneasy, hurriedly followed after them.

Gu Yilin’s eyes sparkled as she looked at Mrs. Ruan, quickly bringing over the chair Ruan Mingfu had been sitting in. She smiled fawningly, “Auntie, please have a seat.”

Her sycophantic behavior was hard to watch.

Mrs. Ruan nodded before sitting down.

Gu Yilin was delighted.

After not seeing her for a few years, Auntie Ruan’s aura had only grown stronger. Gu Yilin felt a bit envious—she really wanted to become someone like Mrs. Ruan.

She gazed at Mrs. Ruan like she was an idol, eager to admire her from every angle.

Taking a step back, she accidentally stepped on someone. Gu Yilin quickly turned her head.

The man had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, with a strong and commanding face—not at all weak-looking. His hands, in particular, were well-defined, with elegant, slender fingers, clearly pampered from a young age—a hand lover’s dream.

Gu Yilin swallowed hard.

What luck—just as she was about to leave, she found a new target.

She gave a wicked smile.

Man, you won’t escape me~

Qi Yangyan glanced at her, took a few steps back, and widened the distance between them.

Gu Yilin: “…”

Was she that annoying?

Mrs. Ruan’s cold gaze landed on the mother and daughter. “You think my daughter is easy to bully?”

The nanny and Xie Yin, mother and daughter, hugged each other tightly, trembling under Ms. Luan’s queen-like aura.

Not to mention the mother and daughter, the onlookers also wanted to tremble.

“I’ve got soup on the stove, I need to go.”

“Yeah, I haven’t put out the bedding to dry, I better head home.”

“Oh no, I need to pick up my son from school…”

In the blink of an eye, the crowd dispersed completely, leaving behind a furious Commander Xie and a smiling Old Gu.

“These are your people?”

“Old Xie, let me tell you,” Old Gu patted his belly, “letting your family run wild like this is not a good look. If someone files a complaint, you’ll be facing consequences one by one.”

“At our age, wouldn’t that be embarrassing?”

Commander Xie was so angry that his hair practically stood on end. “You! How dare you!”

He turned his back, not wanting to engage with Old Gu anymore.

“Old Xie, you can’t talk like that,” Old Gu continued with his usual smile. “I didn’t send anyone to break down your door.”

Commander Xie’s eyes flashed with humiliation.

“This is a family matter!”

“If you say so.”

Old Gu kept smiling, not changing his expression at all.

Commander Xie: “…”

He hadn’t felt this stifled in years.

Seeing that the mother and daughter were about to be beaten to death by that madwoman, Commander Xie clenched his lips, his eyes filled with frustration.

“Stop!”

Mrs. Ruan ignored him, her slaps never losing force.

During a brief pause, the nanny looked pleadingly at Commander Xie. “Old Xie…”

Before she could finish, another slap landed on her face.

The mother and daughter looked absolutely miserable.

Their faces were covered in blood, and their lips were split and bleeding. Both sides of their faces were swollen like steamed buns, and it hurt just to open their mouths to speak.

“Stop, I’m ordering you to stop!”

Commander Xie tried to rush over but was blocked by several bodyguards.

Mrs. Ruan’s almond-shaped eyes were cold as she looked at him. “So, you’re the husband and father of this pair of shameless women?”

“Let them go!”

Seeing the mother and daughter in such a state, he was frantic, scratching his head, and shouted at Old Gu, who was standing on the sidelines watching the show.

“If you don’t stop her, someone’s going to die! Old Gu, don’t forget we’re in a military district!”

Xie Yin was moved to tears, but when she looked at Qi Yangyan, her eyes were filled with hatred.

Men were unreliable, after all.

If she couldn’t have him, she would destroy him!

If she, Xie Yin, couldn’t get something, no one else should either…

Before she had a chance to retaliate, a sharp slap across the face broke her resolve.

“What? Planning to get revenge?”

Mrs. Ruan grabbed Xie Yin by the chin, forcing her to look up.

Xie Yin averted her gaze, too afraid to look Mrs. Ruan in the eye.

This woman is insane!

Fear flickered in Xie Yin’s eyes as her cheeks, which had been smacked by Mrs. Ruan, felt numb. She didn’t dare hate her or curse her out—not even in her thoughts.

“You still haven’t answered me. Is my daughter easy to bully?”

Easy to bully, my foot!

With such a ruthless tigress backing her up, who would be dumb enough to mess with her?

Xie Yin was already determined to avoid this family from now on.

Seeing that Mrs. Ruan was about to strike again, Commander Xie’s hand instinctively reached for the gun at his waist.

“What do you think you’re doing?”

Old Gu, quick-eyed, noticed his move. He stepped forward and grabbed Commander Xie’s hand.

“Are you tired of living?!”

Old Gu wanted to punch him. “If you want to die, fine, but don’t drag Yanzhao into this!”

Commander Xie glanced at Old Gu.

His intentions were clear—he was testing Old Gu’s limits.

And sure enough, he got a reaction.

This bastard would do anything for that nanny. They had already seen it firsthand over a decade ago. Who knows what spell she cast over him to make him so blinded by lust.

If this fool really shot and killed Mrs. Ruan, neither Yanzhao nor Mingfu would be able to live peacefully after that.

What a wicked bastard!

Old Gu clenched his teeth. “Comrade Ruan, stop hitting her.”

Commander Xie rushed over to help the nanny up.

“Qianzhu, are you alright?”

The nanny’s mouth hurt too much to speak. She weakly shook her head before collapsing into Commander Xie’s arms and fainting.

“You—”

Mrs. Ruan raised her chin slightly. “What about me?”

Commander Xie: “…”

He held back as much as he could but couldn’t suppress his anger.

“You just wait.”

Mrs. Ruan curled her lips into a slow, deliberate smile. “I’m at your service anytime.”

Commander Xie: “…”

He finally understood.

Mrs. Ruan was just like Ruan Mingfu—neither of them were afraid of conflict.

Like mother, like daughter.

Commander Xie couldn’t bother to argue with her anymore. With the mother and daughter both injured, they had to get to the hospital immediately.

Mrs. Ruan watched the four of them leave and snorted.

“Aunt Ruan, you were amazing,” Gu Yilin chimed in, flattering her. “Did you see that? Both of those women fainted. Serves them right! Who told them to mess with my friend?”

“And you are?”

Gu Yilin pouted, feeling disappointed.

“Aunt Ruan, you don’t even remember me? I’m Gu Yilin, my mother is the deputy director working under you.”

Mrs. Ruan’s memory clicked into place as a vague image of someone came to mind.

“Oh, so it’s you.”

Gu Yilin’s eyes sparkled, nodding eagerly like a little chick pecking at grains.

“Aunt Ruan.”

At that moment, Hu Wanning and Sister Lin walked over to greet Mrs. Ruan.

Both of them had dazed expressions.

They couldn’t help it. The impact Mrs. Ruan had left on them was just too strong. Especially when they recalled the pitiful state of the nanny and her daughter, they couldn’t help but gulp.

“Thank you so much just now,” Mrs. Ruan said politely. “My house is a mess today, but I’ll personally visit to thank you all in a few days.”

“There’s no need to be so polite…”

Mrs. Ruan’s overwhelming presence made Hu Wanning feel immense pressure just speaking to her.

After everyone left, Mrs. Ruan elegantly sat down and surveyed the yard.

“These dishes definitely weren’t made by your sister,” she said, taking a deep breath. “Let’s go. We should head to the hospital and check on your foolish sister.”

As she said this, Mrs. Ruan gritted her teeth.

The sheer anger on her face made Qi Yangyan genuinely worried that his mother might actually break Ruan Mingfu’s legs.