The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

After learning that Yi Qihang was back in the Capital, Xiao Yuan started wrapping up his work a day later.

Once he finished up with the stock market, it was time to distribute the profits.

Not only did Xiao Yuan make a fortune this time, but the tycoons following him also made a significant profit, achieving a true win-win situation.

When Xiao Yuan was about to leave, several of these tycoons were reluctant to let him go, even inviting him to go abroad with them again.

Xiao Yuan, eager to return to the Capital to meet Anning, could only reassure them by promising that he would call them along if he went abroad.

After returning to the Capital, Xiao Yuan did not contact Anning.

Anning was in the research institute at this time.

The drone she developed was repeatedly tested, disassembled, and studied by research personnel. Professor Zeng had also been residing at the institute for the past few days conducting research.

It was discovered that the technology of Anning’s drone could surpass almost all industry personnel domestically and internationally, with many patentable items and numerous gaps filled.

For example, materials, energy, stealth technology for drones, and chips.

If the researchers could fully grasp the drone technology, it could significantly advance the nation’s technology.

Currently, Anning was regarded as a treasure in the research institute. Her technologies were reported up, and she received a large reward, along with several grants.

When Anning left the institute, Yi Group Real Estate had already been sealed off due to quality issues.

Furthermore, homeowners who bought properties from Yi Group made a big fuss. With media coverage, not only was Yi Group Real Estate sealed off, but many of Yi Group’s products were questioned. Yi Group’s food items were unsold, and other products were halted, requiring quality inspections before production could continue.

Yi Qihang hurried back, but faced with such circumstances, he was at a loss.

He first dealt with the real estate issues by refunding homeowners and cooperating with inspections.

He had already allocated a large amount of funds during his visit to Hai City, nearly all of which was lost. Now, Yi Group faced a broken capital chain and various inspections halting production, with its most profitable real estate sealed off completely, indicating a severe crisis.

Yi Qihang couldn’t sleep for days, as his loan applications to banks were denied, and those he sought favor from warned him that no one dared to intervene in this matter.

Previously, he could still rely on the Gu Family for assistance, but now that Gu Xueqing was no longer the Gu Family’s daughter, he was fortunate they didn’t kick him while he was down. Who would help him now?

At this time, Yi Qihang intensely missed Anning.

In the past, Anning’s entrepreneurial journey wasn’t without struggles.

She faced many hardships along the way.

But Anning overcame them with her exceptional skills and rich knowledge reserves, growing her company bigger, and Yi Qihang greatly admired her crisis management abilities and methods.

He thought that if Anning were his girlfriend now, there would surely be a way to help him through the crisis.

However, he hadn’t managed to win over Anning; in fact, not only had he failed to win her, but he also made Anning dislike him.

Why on earth was this?

In a previous life, Anning married him, so she should have liked him. Why did she abhor him this time?

As Yi Qihang thought more about it, his hatred for Xiao Yuan deepened.

He believed Xiao Yuan was the reason Anning didn’t like him.

To him, the rival in love was as hateful as a mortal enemy; he and Xiao Yuan were sworn enemies for life.

The first thing Anning did upon returning was to partner with Xiao Yuan to secure Yi Group Real Estate.

The land Yi Qihang bought was indeed valuable, now lying idle because of Yi Group’s mess, with no one daring to take it.

Letting the land sit idly wasn’t an option either.

Besides, Anning had a hand in the building’s collapse, so she had to take responsibility for this mess.

In reality, if this matter were handled well, it wouldn’t necessarily be a mess.

Backed by Anning, Xiao Yuan easily acquired Yi Group Real Estate at a very low price, promptly renaming it to Su Family Real Estate.

After the renaming, the first thing Xiao Yuan wanted to do was demolish and rebuild the housing project.

Previously, Xiao Yuan had already prepared the design blueprints.

He had assembled the construction team, and engineers were ready. He and Anning had long planned to seize this opportunity from Yi Qihang, and now that they took control, it quickly reopened.

This time, before breaking ground, Xiao Yuan invited media coverage.

He hired a construction team to demolish all the buildings and had the quality inspection department conduct random checks during reconstruction to prove all building materials met standards, with no violations in construction.

Well-prepared, it only took six months from construction to structural topping out.

After completion, Xiao Yuan began to promote it.

At this time, a primary school and a secondary school were built nearby, with a hospital also scheduled to be established, and a subway station rumored to be constructed nearby.

During the Su Family Real Estate promotion, several large shopping malls began to break ground.

Riding on this wave of opportunity, although the prices of Su Family Real Estate’s units rose, selling them posed no challenge.

In no time, all the hundreds of housing units in the ten residential buildings here were snapped up.

Initially, many doubted Xiao Yuan’s takeover of Yi Group Real Estate, but now witnessing his huge success, people regretted their lack of foresight and courage.

Many business people in the Capital began to secretly acknowledge that Xiao Yuan, once a shepherd, was quite capable.

But knowing all this, Yi Qihang silently grumbled, thinking it wasn’t Xiao Yuan’s capability, but Anning’s ability. If Xiao Yuan made money, it must be Anning helping him.

Jealousy, like a venom, consumed Yi Qihang’s heart.

He wanted to act but found himself powerless.

After this turmoil, there wasn’t much money left in his hand.

He wished to start over, but his reputation was damaged, requiring him to remain low-key for the time being.

Yang Fugui, who had just joined Yi Group Real Estate, had only recently started feeling happy, but with the downfall of Yi Group Real Estate, he didn’t gain much before losing the job.

Not only did he lose the job, but he almost got caught for the small tricks he played behind the scenes.

Luckily, he had just joined Yi Group and hadn’t had much time to act, or he would have landed in jail.

Those with connections to Yi Group suffered, especially the brother of a woman linked to Yi Qihang because he was involved in purchasing many substandard materials. He profited from this, further dragging down Yi Group, and upon investigation, was imprisoned.

The woman was named Hong Mei, a native of the Capital and Yi Qihang’s high school classmate. Her parents were factory workers who later lost their jobs and made a living through stalls, with her family’s conditions far from ideal.

Hong Mei was beautiful and shared classmate ties with Yi Qihang. After becoming his woman, she became haughty, offending many with Yi Qihang’s favor.

Now, with Yi Group’s downfall due to Hong Mei’s brother, Yi Qihang naturally directed his anger at her.

Meanwhile, Yi Qihang’s other women began dealing with Hong Mei.

This made Hong Mei’s days increasingly difficult.

Despite this, Hong Mei never considered leaving Yi Qihang.

Some women from influential families began finding solutions to help Yi Qihang rise again.

Additionally, capable women started helping Yi Qihang raise funds.

After lying low for a while, Yi Qihang emerged, and his first action was to shut down the company across from Xiao Yuan’s renovation business.

Now with limited funds, he couldn’t spend extravagantly to spite Xiao Yuan as before.

Once his company withdrew, Xiao Yuan’s renovation business quickly gained more orders.

Simultaneously, Xiao Yuan’s furniture business also began to grow substantially.