The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

”Let Mom think it over.”

Qin Anping stopped Li Rongrong, ”Recognizing relatives is a big deal, we can’t be careless.”

Mrs. Qin was in a mess inside, she had no idea for the moment, so she asked Mr. Qin, ”What do you think?”

Mr. Qin thought about it, ”Whether we recognize them or not, since they’ve come, we should meet them.”

That’s true.

Mrs. Qin said to Anning, ”Tell that Xie Dong, tomorrow then, arrange a place to meet tomorrow.”

”Okay.” Anning agreed.

Afterward, Xiao Yuan took Qin Anping downstairs to move the things given by the Xie Family from the car into the house for Mr. Qin, and picked some local specialties and snacks for Qin Anping to take back for Qin Yue Lin to eat.

With that, the two stayed until the children were almost out of school before heading back.

When the five children came back from school, they were quite happy to see Xiao Yuan, especially Xiao Lu, seeing Xiao Yuan return safely, she was genuinely glad.

The children surrounded their father, chattering non-stop about what had happened at school these two days, who they quarreled with among their classmates, and so on with Xiao Yuan.

Anning went into the kitchen to cook, and Xiao Yuan chatted with the children.

During dinner, Zhao Xiaocong said, ”It’s good when the whole family is together, the entire family being complete makes everyone happy.”

After dinner, the children talked about the parent-teacher conference.

Especially Xiao Yilin and Xiao Lu, both of them were senior high school students, about to take college entrance exams, so parent-teacher conferences are meant to coordinate for the final sprint.

The other three children were also junior high school students, with exams after the high school entrance exams. The three kids were studying quite hard, and the schools asked parents to cooperate to help them get into their ideal high school.

Anning and Xiao Yuan started assigning tasks.

Xiao Yilin and Xiao Lu were easier; Anning and Xiao Yuan could each go to one class.

But it’s troublesome for the three junior high students as they are not in the same class, and Anning and Xiao Yuan are only two people; this indeed provoked some discussion.

Finally, Zhao Xiaocong was more generous, ”Dad, Mom, you just need to attend the conference for my younger sisters. I’ll tell the teacher, once you’re done with their conference, you can come and meet with my teacher. Besides, Mom is a teacher in junior high, and our homeroom teacher is quite familiar with her; she knows about any issues.”

What they said was correct, but attending the parent-teacher conferences for the other two children and not for Zhao Xiaocong felt like letting this child down.

The next day, when Mrs. Qin and Xie Dong met, Anning went along, and when she saw Qin Anping, she told him to attend Zhao Xiaocong’s parent-teacher conference.

Qin Anping was about to agree when Xie Dong laughed and said, ”I’ll go, I’m the child’s uncle, it would be nice to meet the kid.”

What could Qin Anping say?

The family met Xie Dong at noon, Mrs. Qin and Xie Dong were siblings, even if they hadn’t met, both grew old, but once meeting, they felt quite close.

Mrs. Qin and Xie Dong chatted for a long time; eventually, she thought it through and arranged with Xie Dong to visit the Capital to see the Old Master and Old Madam and recognize her relatives.

The person who was happiest about Mrs. Qin recognizing her relatives was indeed Li Rongrong, after all, adding the Xie Family as relatives meant the family could have a backup in times of difficulty.

Xie Dong indeed kept his word; he said he would attend the conference, and he actually went.

Then, several teachers familiar with Anning asked her, ”When did you gain an uncle? Is he really your uncle? He looks quite young.”

And isn’t he? Xie Dong is much younger than Mrs. Qin, plus he maintains himself well, looking like he’s just over thirty, which really makes him seem young.

”He is really my uncle.”

Anning laughed, ”My grandparents are in the Capital, and my uncle came to visit my mom this time. It just so happened that we were short-handed for the children’s parent-teacher conferences, so he volunteered to come.”

As for that nonsense about foster children and imposters later, Anning wouldn’t tell outsiders.

As a result, within a few days, the whole school’s teachers knew Anning’s grandparents were in the Capital, and her grandfather’s family was wealthy.

Some teachers even came up with a major shocking story.

The story they imagined went like this: Mrs. Qin was a rich daughter, born from a noble family like a great family lady. Later she fell for poor boy Mr. Qin, her maiden family strongly opposed, and Mrs. Qin eloped for love with Mr. Qin, then cut off contact with her maiden family for many years, until getting older and living well here, her parents softened, thus starting to reconnect.

Many teachers asked Anning if that’s how it was, really amusing Anning.

She returned home and recounted to the children.

Eventually, Xiao Lu said, ”There’s an even more bizarre version, Mom, you wouldn’t believe it. They’ve almost created a triangle love drama for my grandmother, a tale of deep love and betrayal, like my grandmother had a fiancé who was a noble lord, but she didn’t love the noble fiancé, instead choosing the poor boy...”

This really amused the kids.

Anning couldn’t help but laugh either.

She curled up on the sofa, drinking some juice to clear her throat, ”This must be the Chinese teacher’s imagination, the history teacher’s imagining a grand historical drama under special backgrounds.”

The kids all crowded around, saying this and that, anyway each subject’s teacher came up with different results.

A few days later, Xie Dong returned to the Capital. As it turned out, the matter spread to many of Mr. Qin’s friends, who even called to ask what it’s all about, saying Mr. Qin truly had skills, managing to charm a daughter of a wealthy family unknowingly.

Mr. Qin had a mix of emotions, feeling both amused and helpless.

The county wasn’t very large; many people knew each other, naturally, these things spread more exaggeratedly.

Then, that day, after school Anning ran into Zhao Dahai head-on as she walked out.

Zhao Dahai stopped Anning, his face full of genuine emotion, ”Ningning, I miss the kids...”

Anning immediately swung her handbag and smacked Zhao Dahai without a care.

”Damn it, do you think I’m stupid? Your sweet wife and young child are with you, and suddenly you come over with this act. Have you lost your mind? Or do you take others for fools? Missing the kids, my ass! We’ve been divorced for over a year now, and I’ve never seen you visit the kids even once, not a dime of support. Now you’re telling me you miss them, Zhao Dahai, you’re still as selfish as ever, aren’t you?”

Zhao Dahai couldn’t even resist being hit by Anning.

Anning continued hitting and cursing, ”When you cheated and got the mistress pregnant, why didn’t you think of the kids? When you secretly transferred property, why didn’t you think about how we’d survive? When you were enjoying yourself with the mistress, when the mistress was showing off before me, did you consider the kids? Sure, now your younger son is several months old, now you miss the kids. Whether you do or not, I’m telling you, you can’t see the kids, not only can’t you, there’s not even a window for it.”

”Anning, you can’t be so ruthless; I’m still the kids’ father.”

Zhao Dahai got anxious, dodging while yelling.

”The kids have a father.”

Anning kicked over, ”Moreover, we agreed in the divorce terms, you’ve long cut off ties with the kids, they don’t need your support, won’t provide for you in the future. It’s all clearly stated, black and white, the document is right there. Yet, you have the nerve to call yourself their father; I’m telling you, you’re long not their father anymore.”