The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Xiao Zhang was really anxious, his voice even had a trace of crying: "Grandpa, please come back quickly, I can’t handle this, it’s not good, they’ve hit my dad too."

Xiao Yuan sat up from the bed: "Let them fight."

"What happened?" Anning immediately sat up too.

Xiao Yuan hung up the phone: "Nothing."

He got up with Anning, and the two leisurely washed up and went out.

Just as they were leaving, hadn’t even gotten into the car yet, Xiao Zhang called again to hurry them.

"Why don’t you go back and check?" Anning suggested.

Xiao Yuan waved it off: "First, we’ll get the marriage certificate."

To him, a few juniors fighting was not nearly as important as getting the marriage certificate with Anning.

"Alright." Anning didn’t have much goodwill towards those in the Xiao Family, so she naturally wouldn’t strongly persuade him.

Xiao Yuan had arranged everything, he and Anning had already taken their photos earlier, and they quickly got the certificate at the civil affairs bureau.

Holding the bright red marriage certificate, Xiao Yuan couldn’t hide the smile on his face.

He pulled Anning over and took a photo as a memento with his phone.

Anning smiled and patted him: "Alright, hurry back and take a look, if things truly get bad, your family might end up in the social news."

"Let’s go." Xiao Yuan rushed back with Anning, and even while getting in the car, he said: "Let’s head home first, then I’ll have someone pack your usual things and bring them over."

"No need." Anning waved her hand: "I don’t have any essential things, we can just rearrange things over there, better not touch things on that side, who knows, we might need to stay there for a few days."

That’s true.

Xiao Yuan called the butler on the way, and when he and Anning returned, service personnel from various brands had already delivered clothes, shoes, bags, and other items over, with a few Xiao family maids helping tidy up in the master bedroom closet.

"Where are they?" Xiao Yuan asked as soon as he entered the door.

The butler pointed upstairs: "They’re up there."

Xiao Yuan pulled Anning to sit down: "How’s the fighting?"

The butler’s eyelids twitched twice: "Miss Tong injured Lady, and Old Master hit Miss Tong."

Xiao Yuan snorted: "So you’re making progress, huh? Go, call them down for me."

The butler sent someone to call Xiao Zhe and the others.

Soon, four people came down, all with bruises visible on their faces.

Seeing Xiao Yuan return, Xiao Tong immediately burst into tears.

"Grandpa, why did you only come back now?"

As she cried, she wanted to hug Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan extended a hand to stop her: "Hold it, sit down and talk properly."

Xiao Tong sat down crying: "Grandpa, they bullied me together, see how they hit me, they teamed up against me."

Xiao Yuan looked at Xiao Zhe: "Tell me, what’s going on?"

As soon as Xiao Zhe opened his mouth, his wound hurt and made him wince: "Dad, it’s Xiao Tong who said unpleasant things, this morning, we had just gotten up, and Xiao Tong..."

It turned out that early in the morning Xiao Tong and Xiao Zhang quarreled, she cursed Xiao Zhang and said many unpleasant things, like calling him trash, pig, etc., and hit Xiao Zhang’s sore spot, accusing him of being an illegitimate child, a wild seed.

This was overheard by Li Wanping, of course she couldn’t stand it, so she went to fight with Xiao Tong.

Xiao Tong is wild by nature, and she has trained before, of course, Li Wanping couldn’t beat her, so Xiao Zhang also got involved, while Xiao Zhe woke up, saw them fighting like this, went over to pull them apart, and Xiao Tong got excited and also hit Xiao Zhe.

"Ha." Xiao Yuan laughed coldly: "You all are really something, look at yourselves, not acting like father and daughter at all, Xiao Tong, you’re impressive, beating your dad, your brother, your stepmother, right?"

Xiao Tong felt particularly aggrieved: "Grandpa, it’s all them..."

"I don’t care whose fault it is, the point is, fighting at home isn’t right, it’s entirely wrong."

Xiao Yuan said sternly, sweeping his sharp gaze at the four of them: "This month, I’m freezing all your bank cards and credit cards, making you live a month of a humble life, reflect carefully."

After speaking, Xiao Yuan pulled Anning towards the master bedroom: "Butler, please call Doctor Liu to check if they have any serious injuries."

The butler agreed and went to call the family doctor.

Anning, having entered the room, chuckled: "This drama is truly spectacular."

Xiao Yuan was rather helpless: "I’ve lived through so many lives, taught countless children, and yet have not seen incompetence like this before."

Anning knew he was referring to Xiao Zhe.

To be honest, Anning actually thought Xiao Zhe was indeed quite incompetent.

He was incapable, couldn’t manage the company even now, requiring Xiao Yuan, an aged person, to worry about the business, maintaining the livelihoods of so many people, Xiao Yuan couldn’t afford to slack off a bit, couldn’t hand over the company’s management rights to Xiao Zhe, he lacked discernment, choosing a woman like Li Wanping, and couldn’t educate his children properly, see how he raised a pair of children.

Don’t talk about governing the country and bringing peace to the world, at least he should manage the family well.

But this Xiao Zhe couldn’t even manage the family, it’s a mess, truly a complete failure.

Compared to Xiao Zhe, Anning felt that her own son was simply a gem, at least he was more filial than Xiao Zhe, and could earn a living by himself.

Thinking about how Xiao Yuan lived this life, Anning also sighed.

"Don’t think too much now, from now on we’ll be together, and I’ll help you."

Xiao Yuan patted Anning’s hand: "I know, thankfully you came, thankfully I’ve seen Jiichen and Xia Man, these two kids, seem good, I have some plans, want to give Jiichen a small company to gain experience, and Xia Man, she seems smart and lively, I’ve checked her grades at school, also asked her teachers about her internship evaluations, I think this child can be cultivated too."

Xia Man is indeed a good girl.

Not saying her character is outstanding, but at least she has ability, and her heart is in the right place.

"Your decision is great."

Anning agreed with a smile.

With her agreement, Xiao Yuan felt relieved.

For such a big enterprise like the Xiao Family, Xiao Zhe and his son’s abilities definitely couldn’t take over, and Xiao Yuan didn’t look up to Xiao Tong, he had always been searching for a successor, now, he finally found someone meeting the criteria, but whether it will work out, needs to be tested.

Xi Jingchen sent off Xi Zhenhua, and at this time, the semester exams were over, the school had let out for summer vacation.

Anning invited Xi Jingchen and Xia Man to come to the Xiao Family.

These days, Anning had been living in the Xiao Family.

With Xiao Yuan holding the fort, though Li Wanping didn’t approve of Anning, she didn’t dare provoke her much.

Besides, Anning wasn’t easily bullied, she wouldn’t let things slide with Li Wanping, certainly wouldn’t take unnecessary grief from her.

Actually, Xi Jingchen didn’t want to come over, but Anning called him, he certainly had to come.

Besides, with Anning married into the Xiao Family, Xi Jingchen couldn’t exactly ignore the Xiao Family.

He discussed it with Xia Man, and the two of them brought a few gifts and showed up.

Anning had started preparing early, and around late morning, when Xi Jingchen and Xia Man came over, as soon as the two kids entered the door, Anning smiled and said: "What did you bring, coming to your own home, no need to be so polite, alright, no more doing that in the future, come often, if you want to eat anything, call ahead and I’ll have it prepared."

Li Wanping, descending the stairs, couldn’t help but mutter: "Really considering it as their own home."

She said it softly, Xi Jingchen and Xia Man didn’t hear.

But Anning heard, she ignored Li Wanping, pulling Xia Man to sit: "Well since I knew you would be coming home, I prepared some things these past few days, remember to take them when you leave."