The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 623: Chapter 611: My Daughter Is a Vicious Supporting Female Character 11

Even with a few more guts, Zou Jingjing would not dare to reside permanently near Anning.

The main reason is that everything here is too valuable; she lives in a constant state of alarm, and if she stayed longer, she’d probably die of a heart attack.

In the evening, Anning took Zou Jingjing into a spacious bedroom.

The bedroom was decorated in an ancient and aromatic style; right by the door was a table, with a quaint and small stone basin on top, filled with water and a Bowl Lotus planted inside.

Behind the table was an eight-paneled marble and wood-carved screen. Passing around the screen, there was a Treasure Cabinet directly opposite, displaying various ancient artifacts, with a tall bookshelf against the wall draped with all sorts of ancient books.

Zou Jingjing didn’t understand ancient books; otherwise, she would have been terribly frightened.

These ancient books included rare editions, some of which had never even appeared in history texts.

Among these were collected by the Sheng Family and others that Anning brought back from a cave.

Those from the cave were meant to be donated to the nation when Anning found time; for now, they were displayed here as a low-key way of flaunting wealth.

After bypassing the Treasure Cabinet, the true bedroom was revealed. Against the north wall stood a large bed, complete with footstool, low stools, and along the window side, a long table with a Guqin on it. Opposite this were a dressing table and several chairs, and additionaly, a painting of a beauty hung on the wall.

”This painting of a beauty looks so familiar.”

Upon entering the room, Zou Jingjing began to speak much more elegantly.

Anning smiled, ”It was painted by Sheng Ye.”

Eh?

Zou Jingjing, who had been about to touch the painting, quickly retracted her hand.

Sheng Ye was an extremely famous talent from over four hundred years ago, and his paintings, especially of beauties, were the most famous. Among them, an Eight Beauties had even been featured in history textbooks.

Zou Jingjing looked at the painting, then at Anning, who remained calm and composed, feeling more and more ignorant and inexperienced.

”If you like it, take it with you.”

Anning moved to take down the painting.

Zou Jingjing hastily stopped her, ”Mom, please don’t, my hovel can’t accommodate such a painting. It’s truly unworthy of our ancestor’s immortal artwork.”

”Alright then.”

Anning didn’t insist on taking the painting but instead told Zou Jingjing, ”Take a look and see if there’s anything you like, I’ll gift it to you.”

Such overwhelming wealth.

Yet, Zou Jingjing dared not take anything.

Anning pulled Zou Jingjing to the dressing table, opened the full jewelry box, and displayed various jade ornaments: ”Pick a few pieces to play with.”

Surely, these must have been gifts from the Emperor or worn by some renowned figures from the previous dynasty.

Guessing as much, Zou Jingjing extended her hand, only to withdraw it again.

Anning firmly picked a Jade bracelet and put it on Zou Jingjing’s wrist, ”How about this one? It was a gift from the Empress of the previous dynasty to our ancestors. The Empress was very fond of Jade, and when she was on good terms with our ancestors, she granted quite a few jade ornaments.”

With the bracelet now on her wrist, it would be too pretentious for Zou Jingjing to refuse.

Besides, she genuinely liked the bracelet.

So, Jingjing happily wore it.

Anning prepared the bed for her, ”You sleep first, we’ll go get some clothes and supplies from your place tomorrow.”

After saying that and giving a few more instructions, Anning left.

After Anning had departed, Zou Jingjing sat down on the bed.

Then she touched the quilt beneath her, and was astonished once more: ”Even the quilt is made of cloud brocade; it’s really too much, no wonder I’ve heard that princesses in ancient times lived even better than Miss of thousand-year-old noble families.”

That night, Zou Jingjing was really a bit scared to go to sleep.

But Anning slept very soundly.

She had been a favored concubine, an Empress, and a Princess, all of which really meant nothing to her.

The next day, Zou Jingjing followed Anning back to her place to collect some belongings for the courtyard house.

After that, she spent two days adjusting to her new living situation, until she was no longer trepidatious about touching any object.

She had just gotten used to life here when it was time to start filming the show.

This time, the program is a collaboration between Tomato Channel and Qianxun Website, a reality TV show featuring celebrities and their children, with a very colloquial name called Traveling with Mom.

It’s a new reality show and the first season being filmed. To establish its popularity, all the celebrities invited are either highly influential or have great viewer affinity.

Take Zou Jingjing, for example. Although she has been severely bad-mouthed, any publicity is good publicity, isn’t it?

Moreover, since her teenage talent show days, she has released two albums every year, and her fans cover all age groups.

Besides Zou Jingjing, there’s also a top young actress named Ai Le, another popular young heartthrob named Yu Jing, an athletic champion Sun Weida, and Zou Xuexuan, making up a total of five stars, along with their mothers, making ten participants in all.

This reality show mainly focuses on live broadcasting, though it also includes recorded broadcasts, which are for those who don’t have time to watch live. Some live viewers also rewatch the recorded broadcasts if they didn’t get enough the first time.

Like many reality shows, the opening scene introduces the homes of the five celebrities and starts filming from their homes early in the morning.

Before the live broadcast began, fans of each star were already either sitting in front of their computers or anxiously waiting with their phones in hand.

And online, there was already a lot of discussion.

Fans of Zou Xuexuan and Zou Jingjing were already gearing up for a verbal battle.

Zou Xuexuan’s fans were big on promoting her image as a rich second-generation Miss.

”Really want to see our Xuanbao’s home, I heard Xuanbao’s mom is super young and pretty, and also graceful and talented, what an immortal mother...”

”Apparently Zou Xuexuan and Zou Jingjing are sisters, but why such a big gap in character between siblings? Our Xuanbao is modest and eager to learn, a top student, while Zou Jingjing is ignorant and uneducated, I heard she used to be a gangster girl.”

”Don’t flatter your Zou Xuexuan by dragging our Jingjing into it, will you?”

”Scooping up our Jingjing.”

”Are Zou Xuexuan and Zou Jingjing really from the same mother?”

”I’m just here to dig up dirt on Zou Jingjing, waiting for the mess to unfold.”

Soon, the live broadcast began.

The screen displayed five squares, each representing a celebrity, and viewers could choose to watch any celebrity’s live feed.

Zou Jingjing’s dedicated fans and haters rushed into her live room.

The first thing that caught everyone’s eye was an ancient-style street lined with various people up early in the morning.

Seeing this, many viewers were a bit confused.

”Can someone tell me where this is?”

”I heard Jingjing lives in Community X, which isn’t like this at all.”

”This seems to be within the Beijing Second Ring, looks like the old city area. The buildings here are all protected as cultural relics, and a single courtyard house is worth billions.”

”Zou Jingjing wouldn’t be living in a communal courtyard, would she?”

The camera zoomed in and soon revealed a beautifully built courtyard house.

The crew rang the doorbell, and as the intercom at the gate connected, Zou Jingjing’s bare face appeared unexpectedly before everyone’s eyes.

Then there was an avalanche of screams.

”Instant fan, didn’t expect Zou Jingjing’s bare face to be so pretty.”

”God, look at that collagen-filled face, our Jingjing is really so beautiful.”

”Zou Jingjing looks kind of cute like this.”

”What’s the use of being beautiful when she has a poor character, no manners, no politeness...”

”Hello.”

Zou Jingjing’s slightly husky and endearingly soft voice resonated, striking straight to the heart. Such a pleasant voice, soft and gentle, made the audience feel incredibly comfortable: ”You guys are here, let me open the gate for you.”

Then came a noise, and the two large gates opened.

As the camera focused on the scenery inside the courtyard, there was truly a collective silent awe.

The crew began to tread carefully into the residence.

Then, they saw Zou Jingjing with her hair down, hastily running out in her home clothes: ”Hello.”