The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Xi Zhenhua was almost depressed to death.

Anning also knew when to stop, mainly thinking that a dull knife cutting the meat is more painful, if she struck directly it would be too easy on these people.

"Alright, hurry up and go in."

Anning walked in the front, followed by Xi Zhenhua, Xi Jingchen, and Xia Man walking side by side.

Xi Zhenhua now knew his son had a girlfriend, and having met Xia Man today, he thought the girl was quite nice and was very pleased, so naturally, he spoke kindly to her.

Thus, they chatted quietly as they walked, and soon they reached the door of the private room Xiao Yuan had reserved.

Anning didn’t go in but instead took out her phone to send a message to Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan was staring in annoyance at the pair of Xiao Zhe and Li Wanping when his phone rang.

He took a look at the phone; it was a message from Anning.

He quickly stood up: "I’m going out for a moment."

Xiao Zhe wanted to follow Xiao Yuan out, but was pulled back by Li Wanping.

"What’s wrong?"

Xiao Zhe asked quietly as he sat back down.

Li Wanping was a bit unhappy: "Where does she get such a big face, almost at the door but still doesn’t come in, expecting our whole family to welcome her? Let me tell you, we won’t give her such face, otherwise who knows what might happen once she marries in."

True enough, Xiao Zhe just sat there steadily.

Xiao Yuan came out of the private room, and his appearance shocked Xi Zhenhua and the others.

Xi Zhenhua still did not know that Xiao Yuan was Xiao Zhe’s father and Li Wanping’s eunuch.

He was mainly shocked by this old man’s looks, who appeared surprisingly young for his age.

Then, he took another look at Anning, and don’t mention it, but this old man standing next to Anning looked very matched.

Xia Man quietly said to Xi Jingchen as she held his hand: "I understand why Grandma insisted on getting married; your step-grandfather is genuinely handsome and charismatic, no wonder Grandma is smitten."

Xi Jingchen chuckled lightly: "Weren’t you the same, back then drawn by my good looks."

Xia Man stomped on Xi Jingchen’s foot in anger, but he just smiled good-naturedly.

"You’re here."

Xiao Yuan came out, and Anning directly ran over to hug him, giving a cheek-to-cheek kiss, making Xi Zhenhua feel not only a toothache but an eyeache too.

"The journey must have been tiring." Xiao Yuan smiled, hugged Anning briefly, and then held her hand: "You really didn’t need to rush, we could have waited a bit longer."

"How can that be, we’ve been apart for so long, I missed you and wanted to see you sooner," Anning said sweetly, and Xiao Yuan smilingly took it all in.

Honestly, hearing these words made his heart feel incredibly sweet, not at all cheesy.

Moreover, Anning hadn’t spoken such sweet words to him for several lifetimes, so while he had a chance in this lifetime, Xiao Yuan wanted to hear more; who knows, it might be hard to hear in the next life.

"I missed you too," Xiao Yuan whispered softly in Anning’s ear.

However, his "whisper" was heard by Xi Zhenhua and the others.

Xi Zhenhua lowered his head, pretending not to hear.

Xiao Yuan opened the private room door, holding Anning’s hand as they entered.

As soon as they entered, Xiao Zhe quickly pulled Li Wanping and Xiao Zhang to stand, while Xiao Tong, more perceptive, had already stood up.

"Hello."

Li Wanping smiled and greeted Anning.

She couldn’t recognize Anning now.

After all, it had been over a decade since they’d last seen each other, and Anning had changed significantly, especially recently. She had taken the Revitalizing Pill, had a soul change, and her appearance had subtly altered. Plus, her aura was different, so it wasn’t surprising Li Wanping didn’t recognize her.

As Li Wanping cheerfully greeted, Xi Zhenhua and Xi Jingchen walked in.

Li Wanping was so focused on watching Anning she didn’t notice, but Xiao Zhe and Xiao Zhang exclaimed, "How come you’re here?"

Li Wanping then looked soundlessly; this one look made her tense up: "Jingchen, why are you here?"

As for Xi Zhenhua, Li Wanping pretended not to see him.

Anning laughed and went over, linking arms with Xi Zhenhua and Xi Jingchen: "Why are they here? Wasn’t today a meeting of everyone? This is my son and my grandson, why shouldn’t they be here."

"What?"

Li Wanping plopped down on the chair, face turning ashen: "Are you Tao Anning?"

The smile on Xiao Zhe’s face gradually faded, looking awkward.

Xiao Zhang showed a face full of anger.

Xiao Tong seemed to relish the upcoming drama.

Anning didn’t feel awkward, she had been through enough to not feel awkward by such a small matter.

Besides, hasn’t someone said it before, as long as you’re not embarrassed, it’s others who will feel embarrassed.

"Sit, quickly sit down."

Anning had Xi Zhenhua and the others sit, then she sat beside Xiao Yuan, casually holding his hand, smiling with affection as she looked at him: "Yuan Yuan, hurry and introduce us."

Li Wanping almost gagged at the name "Yuan Yuan."

Inside, she cursed the old demon and glared angrily at Anning.

"Ningning," Xiao Yuan said with a smile: "Let me introduce them, that one is my disappointing son, this one is my grandson, that’s my daughter-in-law, and this is my granddaughter."

Xiao Yuan pointed them out one by one.

Anning nodded at them, but when she got to Li Wanping, she eyed her curiously: "Why does this daughter-in-law seem so familiar, it’s like I’ve met her somewhere."

Xia Man daringly chimed in: "Grandma, you seem familiar because she’s Jingchen’s mom."

"Oh!" Anning nodded, looking enlightened: "So it’s an ex-daughter-in-law, no wonder she’s familiar."

She stood up with a smile, extending her hand as if to shake: "Nice to meet you, nice to meet you, you know, we really are fated to meet like this, I’m not just your former mother-in-law, soon I’ll be your current mother-in-law too. We’ve lived together before and got along quite well, I think the future won’t be too different, tsk, people really need to believe in fate. Seems like our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fate is inescapable this lifetime."

Li Wanping was infuriated.

Meanwhile, she was also a bit scared.

Back then, she knew exactly what had happened.

Back then, she framed Anning like that, and she knew that after all these years, Anning had most likely figured it out. Now that Anning had become her mother-in-law again, she wasn’t sure how Anning would repay her.

Li Wanping wanted to ignore Anning, but Xiao Yuan was watching her.

Xiao Yuan coughed twice, and only then did Li Wanping reluctantly shake hands with Anning: "Yes, it’s quite fateful."

Anning pretended to grip loosely, then sat back down, leaning against Xiao Yuan, grabbing his arm: "I really didn’t expect our two families to have such a fate, by the way, I heard Ah Zhe and our Zhenhua were roommates in college, their relationship was as strong as blood brothers. Our Zhenhua regretted for a long time not formalizing it, but now, it’s all good, they’re really brothers now."

Xiao Zhe’s face turned sullen.