The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 88: Chapter 88: The Face-Slapping Time-Traveling Farming Girl 25

Qi Wenwei took some wine to find Zhao Sanya.

He feigned a look of dejection and distress, appearing truly uncomfortable.

Upon seeing Qi Wenwei like this, Zhao Sanya’s eyes flickered, and she too had an idea.

Her idea coincidentally matched Qi Wenwei’s, both thinking to present a fait accompli, forcing Anning to agree even if she initially wouldn’t.

Just like that, the two conspired together, each thinking they had calculated correctly, yet they both harbored their own scheming intentions.

While sleeping together with Qi Wenwei, Zhao Sanya, to ensure her marriage into the Qi Family, deliberately took a special medicine.

This medicine came from her space, labeled Fertility Pills. Trusting the quality of items from her space, she specifically sought this out and consumed it.

She thought, if all else fails, once she gets pregnant later, she can let Qi Wenwei find Anning, and for the sake of the child, Anning would have to face the Gu Family and call off the engagement.

However, Zhao Sanya’s plans were good, but Anning did not act as she anticipated.

After Anning had been in the Ye family for over a month, Qi Wenwei came to visit.

The Ye family did not stop him, allowing him a smooth visit with Anning.

Upon seeing Anning, Qi Wenwei immediately knelt down: ”Mother, Rong’er is pregnant, your grandson is inside her, I beg you, please agree to my marriage with Rong’er.”

Anning scoffed coldly: ”If I want grandchildren, there will be plenty in the future, not lacking hers. Since she’s pregnant, let her give birth and raise the child. She doesn’t mind having a child out of wedlock, what should I fear?”

Qi Wenwei was stunned.

He had not expected Anning to be so heartless.

He stood up on his own, looking at Anning resentfully: ”Mother, do you really disdain seeing your son happy?”

Anning’s face hardened: ”It’s not that I disdain seeing you happy, I just can’t stand that Zhao Sanya. Fine, since you insist on marrying her, go ahead, I won’t play the villain to stop you, but let me make it clear, I never agreed to this marriage from the beginning to the end. If anything goes wrong between you two in the future, don’t blame me.”

”Of course, I won’t blame mother.”

Qi Wenwei, temper rising, retorted to Anning: ”Rong’er and I will live happily ever after, and it won’t turn out as mother said.”

”Good.”

Anning sneered with laughter: ”I’ll agree to the marriage, but as for calling off the engagement with the Gu Family, you will have to handle it yourself, I won’t go.”

Qi Wenwei clenched his teeth.

Anning watched him with a mockingly amused expression.

After a long while, Qi Wenwei was the first to give in: ”Yes, your son will handle the disengagement.”

He got up and took his leave, Anning watched his retreating figure, her eyes full of icy coldness.

In the previous life, Ye Anning completely disagreed with Qi Wenwei marrying Zhao Sanya.

It wasn’t because she disapproved of Zhao Sanya’s background, but rather she found the girl’s character problematic.

Ye Anning and Anning thought the same way; after Qi Wenwei regained his memory, Zhao Sanya didn’t even ask if there was a wife at home before following him, showing that her heart wasn’t in the right place.

Moreover, with Qi Wenwei already betrothed, back then Ye Anning was fond of Qi Wenwei’s fiancée and knew that calling off the engagement would be catastrophic for the woman. In order to protect the young lady, Anning stubbornly refused to call off the engagement.

However, she didn’t hold out for long, Zhao Sanya soon got pregnant, and at that time Ye Anning still believed Qi Wenwei was her own son and Zhao Sanya’s child in her belly was her biological grandchild, and for the sake of the child, she had no choice but to help Qi Wenwei cancel the marriage.

After the engagement was called off, Ye Anning always felt guilty towards that young lady, and was intent on making compensation; as such, she wasn’t very concerned about Qi Wenwei’s wedding.

For this reason, Qi Wenwei and Zhao Sanya held a grudge against her, and once Zhao Sanya married into the family, she immediately set a trap to tarnish Ye Anning’s reputation. Knowing that the child in her womb could not be saved, she schemed and quarreled with Qi Wenjuan, fell in front of Qi Wenjuan and miscarried, pushing all the blame onto Qi Wenjuan.

Because of Zhao Sanya’s cruelty, it led to Ye Anning and Qi Wenjuan dying in a very tragic manner.

This time, Anning naturally would not let Zhao Sanya’s machinations succeed.

The flesh in Zhao Sanya’s belly thinking of falling out, shouldn’t even think about it, she will ensure Zhao Sanya carries the child to term, and from then on, she will have no peace.

As Anning was contemplating Zhao Sanya’s situation, suddenly, her Divine Soul stirred.

An Xin suddenly jumped out: ”Ningning.”

Anning smiled and asked, ”Leveled up?”

”Yes.”

An Xin happily danced: ”I’ve leveled up, got some new functions, and also found some good stuff I stored earlier. Ningning, you want, I have lots of fun things here.”

Anning teased An Xin with her spiritual power: ”No need, keep them for yourself to play.”

”I’ll keep them for Ningning.”

An Xin’s voice was sweet and soft, melting Anning’s heart.

Then, An Xin started learning about what Anning had been up to during her absence, the more she knew, the more confused An Xin became: ”Ningning, why are you indulging Zhao Sanya? Also, what are you arranging? I can’t seem to understand.”

Anning laughed heartily: ”You certainly wouldn’t understand, if you did, wouldn’t you be me?”

An Xin pouted: ”You’re making fun of me again, I’m not talking to you.”

She turned around and squatted in a corner, looking particularly pitiable.

Anning was not affected, and after thinking about some follow-up matters, she began to rest.

Some time later, Wenwei indeed persuaded Qi Rui to call off the wedding. Then, Qi Rui personally went to the Ye family to pick up Anning, asking her to return home to help Wenwei prepare for the wedding.

This time, Anning did not make any excuses or cause difficulties for Qi Rui; she packed her things and returned with a poker face.

As for Qi Wenshao and Qi Wenjuan, Anning asked them to stay at the Ye family.

Anning had many things to deal with upon returning home. She did not want the two children to get involved, and she also intended to protect them.

Once back at the Qi family, Anning started to prepare for the wedding.

Zhao Sanya came to Suzhou alone, without her relatives. If the wedding were to proceed, a dowry would need to be sent to the Zhao family. Anning prepared some betrothal gifts and sent them to the Zhao family and had someone match the astrological signs of Zhao Sanya and Wenwei. Once the date was set with the Zhao family, the complexity of the Six Rituals was much reduced. In less than a month, Wenwei married Zhao Sanya into the family.

When Zhao Sanya entered the household, Anning quietly moved out her private stash, leaving only daily necessities. Then, she handed over all the account books and the keys to the public treasury of the Qi Mansion to Zhao Sanya.

During such times, Anning had no intention of causing conflicts with Zhao Sanya.

She needed this period to pass smoothly.

Zhao Sanya was initially prepared for difficulties from Anning.

However, Anning was exceptionally calm and entrusted the stewardship to her a few days after the wedding. Anning did not demand her to perform morning and evening greetings, nor did she fuss about establishing rules.

It can be said that after marrying into the Qi family, Zhao Sanya lived a very comfortable life.

This peaceful life did not last long before Zhao Sanya began to feel uneasy.

She discovered that although the Qi family appeared quite respectable on the surface, the storeroom was not well-stocked, and the Qi family’s funds were low.

Realizing that the Qi family was putting on a facade, Zhao Sanya cursed Anning in her heart, thinking Anning wanted her to take the blame and cover the expenses, which is why she handed over the stewardship.

Nevertheless, Zhao Sanya had taken over and was certainly not going to give it back to Anning, so she had to find ways to make money.

Zhao Sanya reclaimed one of the Qi family’s manors, hired a florist, and began to cultivate flowers in the manor.

A few months went by, and as deep winter approached, all things were withering except for the flowers Zhao Sanya had grown, which bloomed exceptionally vibrant.

Once these flowers hit the market, they immediately caused a frenzy.

After all, this is Suzhou, historically a place of wealth, with countless rich and culturally refined people.

Zhao Sanya made a lot of money and was extremely proud. She even brought a pot of flowers over to show off to Anning.

Anning did not pay much attention to her, which made Zhao Sanya even more audacious.

One day, as Zhao Sanya was returning from the manor to the city, she heard various vendors along the road and instructed her carriage to stop so she could get off and shop.

By chance, there was a shop selling spiced food nearby, the aroma particularly enticing to Zhao Sanya.

Zhao Sanya, almost drooling with craving, led her maid over to buy some spiced food. Before reaching the shop, a person suddenly dashed out.

Zhao Sanya almost bumped into the person full-on, but her maid quickly pulled her back, preventing a collision.

”You...,” Zhao Sanya began to scold the reckless person but she saw him stoop down and pick up a jade pendant from the ground.

Seeing the jade pendant, Zhao Sanya immediately claimed it: ”That’s my jade pendant.”

The man, holding the jade pendant with an excited expression, looked at it and then at Zhao Sanya: ”This is... yours?”

Zhao Sanya nodded, ”I’ve had it since I was young... Ah, it must have fallen off just now, give it back to me quickly.”

The man, however, clenched the jade pendant and didn’t hand it over.

”Give it back to me, why are you being like this?”

Zhao Sanya, both angry and anxious, reached out to snatch it.

A few men resembling house servants held Zhao Sanya back.

”Where are you from? What’s your name?” The man holding the jade pendant urgently asked Zhao Sanya.

Zhao Sanya frowned, and suddenly some thoughts surfaced: ”I... my surname is Zhao, and I’ve had this jade pendant since I was little; when my mother found me, the jade pendant was already on me.”

In reality, Zhao Sanya’s mother never told her such a thing.

However, Zhao Sanya had some speculations; seeing how anxious the man was, the jade pendant must have a significant connection to him. Considering her transmigrated identity, Zhao Sanya felt she was the protagonist and perhaps had a particularly remarkable background.

Thus, she blurted out that she was not the biological daughter of the Zhao family.

Originally, Zhao Sanya was nervous.

But upon hearing this, the man became excited: ”I, my child, you...”

”Who are you?” Zhao Sanya stepped back in fright.

The man looked at Zhao Sanya very kindly and gently: ”I am Prince Kang Le, this jade pendant is my wife’s, and initially, when the princess gave birth roadside, she encountered misfortune...”