The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Anning patted Xiao Yuan: ”Indeed, these two kids you’ve raised are both abnormal.”

Xiao Yuan chuckled helplessly: ”Are you praising me or scolding me.”

Anning was about to speak when her phone rang.

This time, it was Xi Zhenhua calling: ”Mom, Wanping called me saying she disagrees with Jingchen and Xia Man being together, what’s going on?”

Anning rolled her eyes: ”What’s going on? Li Wanping wants to sell your son for money, naturally she doesn’t want him to be with a girl from a common background.”

”What?” Xi Zhenhua was startled: ”That’s impossible, she is still Jingchen’s mom no matter what.”

”You all still remember she’s Jingchen’s mom, huh? I thought even she doesn’t know. If I hadn’t seen her giving birth to Jingchen at the hospital with my own eyes, I would’ve doubted Jingchen was adopted by you. How about when she left, she didn’t remember Jingchen, hadn’t called or bought a single piece of clothing for Jingchen in all those years? Now she’s claiming to be his mom.”

Anning grumbled at Xi Zhenhua: ”You’re confused too, let her manipulate the son you’ve raised, Xi Zhenhua, you’re over forty, not four! Haven’t you got an idea of your own? Are you determined to be Li Wanping’s lapdog for life? If you are, then I tell you, I don’t want you as my son anymore, nor as your mother, we have no relation from now on.”

”Mom, Mom,” Xi Zhenhua panicked: ”Don’t be mad, I was just asking, I really have no plans. Jingchen is grown up, about to graduate college, he can make his own decisions. Besides, marriage matters should be decided by him alone, I definitely won’t make decisions for him.”

Ultimately, deep down, Xi Zhenhua still has space for Anning and Xi Jingchen, and genuinely wants to care for Xi Jingchen, which he does better than Li Wanping.

Anning sneered: ”If you still recognize me as your mom and acknowledge Jingchen as your son, then stay far away from the Li family. Block her, and don’t contact her again. If you really lack a woman, I’ll find a suitable one for you. Always entangled with your stepbrother’s wife, what’s that about?”

Xi Zhenhua blushed and stammered: ”Mom, it’s not like that, I truly didn’t mean that, don’t misunderstand.”

Anning didn’t wait for Xi Zhenhua to finish speaking before angrily hanging up.

Late at Night

Xiao Tong drove to the riverside, with another car parked beside hers.

Xiao Tong pushed open the car door, got out, stood by the river, and fished out a cigarette from her bag to light.

A man in a black shirt and trousers stood beside Xiao Dan, watching her light the cigarette, he reached out and took it away: ”Stop smoking, it’s bad for your health.”

”Mind your own business.” Xiao Tong took out another cigarette and continued lighting it.

The man felt agitated and took a drag of the cigarette he seized: ”Tongtong, don’t trap yourself, let go, okay?”

Xiao Tong sneered, turning to look at the man: ”Fu Xinjiang, you speak lightly, why is it that they killed my mom, let her die with regret, made me suffer so much at a young age, and I can’t take revenge? Why?”

Fu Xinjiang’s heart ached, hugging Xiao Tong: ”Tongtong, I know your heart aches, you’re hurting, and I’m not feeling well either, but you’re dwelling on those things. If you can’t move past them, this isn’t revenge, you’re tormenting yourself. Let go, only by letting go can you be liberated.”

”I can’t, absolutely not.” Xiao Tong forcefully pushed Fu Xinjiang away: ”That was a human life, a living person’s life! If it weren’t for... if it weren’t for the old man forcing her to marry my dad, if my dad hadn’t deceived her, she wouldn’t have died so early. The old man always said my grandfather saved him, treating my mom as his own daughter, claimed to love her, but he said one thing and did another. At that time, wasn’t he using the excuse of raising her to force my mom to marry that bastard Xiao Zhe?”

Xiao Tong was genuinely heartbroken, she cried out and fell to the ground, hugging her knees and sobbing.

”You know, when I was young, I was emotionally abused by Xiao Zhe, bullied by Xiao Zhang, mistreated by Li Wanping.” At that time, the old man was busy all day at the company, Li Wanping took advantage when he was not around to hit me, lock me in a dark room, sometimes wouldn’t give me food, and later wouldn’t let me study properly...”

Fu Xinjiang crouched down and hugged Xiao Tong: ”I know, I understand your pain, alright, you go for revenge if you must, I’ll help you.”

Xiao Tong cried for quite a while before stopping.

She asked with sobs: ”You really mean it?”

Fu Xinjiang nodded: ”Really.”

He embraced Xiao Tong, filled with tenderness: ”Your brother’s little white seems to have quite the skill. My silly brother has fallen for it, soon he’ll be madly in love with her, doing many things that will disappoint my parents. Once everyone is thoroughly disappointed with him, his successor status won’t hold, and once I become the head of the Fu Family, I’ll certainly help you take back the Xiao Family.”

”Xinjiang.” Xiao Tong hugged Fu Xinjiang too: ”I only have you now, you must keep your word, don’t leave me.”

”I’ll be with you,” Fu Xinjiang promised steadfastly.

They hugged for a long time before Fu Xinjiang helped Xiao Tong to her feet: ”Dry your tears, we still have many battles ahead.”

Xiao Tong stood up: ”I understand, I suppose I’m about to make my entrance as the vicious supporting female character.”

Anning and Xiao Yuan had been busy for the following days.

Xi Jingchen visited Xia Man’s home, and the others didn’t need Anning’s oversight, she didn’t care what they were doing.

These past few days, she just followed Xiao Yuan to the office to familiarize herself with the situation.

Xiao Yuan plans to transform the Xiao Family.

The Xiao Family initially started in the department store industry, then expanded into real estate, and later, at the end of the last century, ventured into mining. Now these traditional industries have declined significantly, Xiao Yuan intends to venture into high-tech industries, and he also wants to invest in education and pharmaceuticals.

These sectors all hold significant potential for future development, capturing opportunities could elevate the Xiao Family further.

And Anning is handling the Xiao Family’s investment in the education industry.

These days, she’s been examining this world’s education industry, discovering it really lags behind in Hua Country on this plane.

Take Su Hai, a first-tier city as an example, there aren’t many private schools, and the public schools’ educational philosophies are outdated. Moreover, on a national level, private schools are rare, prestigious schools are concentrated in just a few areas, and most places can’t keep up with education.

Anning plans to start a private middle school in Su Hai to test the waters.

Of course, she’s prepared for the first years to be tough, however, in running a school, patience is key. She plans to turn this private middle school into a renowned establishment within five years.

Anning is extremely experienced in managing a school and improving student performance.

Once she understood the situation in this world, she began her field research, then started selecting a site for the school, and began recruiting teachers from various institutions for training.

The Xiao Family Education Group was soon established, and Anning became busier than ever.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yuan established the Xiao Family Pharmaceutical Group, also keeping himself so busy he was hardly seen.

Yet, Xiao Zhe, Xiao Zhang, and Xiao Tong didn’t notice what Anning and Xiao Yuan were doing, engaging solely in internal strife, without accomplishing anything substantial.

This left Xiao Yuan even more disappointed.

He managed to squeeze in some time to call Anning, saying: ”Call Jingchen and Manman to come back soon, during the summer break let them learn something worthwhile with us.”