The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 670: Chapter 657: Slapping the Transmigrator 12

Cui Yiran made Xiao Yuan dumbfounded.

He had never been slapped since arriving in ancient times, and this slap left his head buzzing.

As he came to his senses, his eyes reddened with anger, and he rushed forward wanting to confront Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan slapped him again, making Cui Yiran spin several times.

”You, you dare to hit me.”

Cui Yiran was so angry he almost leaped up: ”You poor wretch dare to strike me, I tell you, Xiao, this isn’t over. Just you wait, if you don’t kneel and kowtow, I won’t bear the Cui surname.”

Xiao Yuan watched coldly as Cui Yiran made a scene, he straightened his sleeves and dusted off the dust on his clothes: ”I’ll be waiting.”

He leisurely walked upstairs without any haste, Cui Yiran clenched his fists wanting to rush over, but recalling Xiao Yuan’s recent maneuver, he hesitated.

When Xiao Yuan reached the private room, his friends had already ordered their dishes. One of them, Bao Er, pulled at Xiao Yuan: ”You’re finally here, hurry up, we’ve ordered already, only you’re left.”

Xiao Yuan smiled: ”Whatever you’ve ordered is fine, I’m good with anything.”

”That’s not okay.”

Another, whose family owns an escort agency, Wang Huzi, laughed: ”Today you’re the host, and we’re the guests, how can the host not order? Waiter, come here quickly.”

Waiter came running in response.

He brought a wet handkerchief to Xiao Yuan, who took it and wiped his hands.

The waiter smiled and asked: ”What dish would you like to order, young master?”

Xiao Yuan looked at the dishes already on the table: ”Bring two of your specialties and add a plate of lamb, that will be enough.”

The waiter smiled and withdrew.

Soon, someone brought in a pot of tea, and a young waiter about twelve or thirteen brought in a pot of hot wine.

Xiao Yuan, holding the wine pot, poured drinks for everyone: ”Thanks to everyone’s help during this time, today we sit together on this meal, nothing else to say, I’ll drink first in respect.”

He downed three cups in one go, and clinked glasses individually with a few friends: ”Here, I toast to you, today it’s all thanks to everyone’s help that I could tidy up my home and marry a wife, in the future don’t hesitate if there’s anything, come, let’s drink up.”

His way of carousing did carry a bit of a worldly society flair, and those who came with him included all walks of life, inherently having a bit of a heroic spirit, seeing Xiao Yuan drinking happily, they also got into the mood.

After a few rounds of drinking, Wang Huzi, who was quite drunk, patted Xiao Yuan on the shoulder and asked: ”Was that guy from the Cui Family just now, what’s the matter with him? I see him as having bad intentions.”

Xiao Yuan laughed: ”I have a big grudge against him.”

Curious, everyone perked up their ears: ”What happened?”

Xiao Yuan sneered: ”My wife, your sister-in-law, was previously engaged to him, she used to visit his home since she was sixteen, and both families were close. For these ten-odd years he didn’t say anything, but just as we were about to get married, he changed his mind, claiming my illiterate wife wasn’t worthy of the Cui Family. That aside, he could just call off the engagement, my wife was not clinging to him anyway, but being a narrow-minded and malicious man, he didn’t want to offend the Ji Family by himself, so he plotted to drown my wife, thinking nobody was around. Luckily, I was passing by and rescued her.”

Xiao Yuan quickly narrated the incident: ”Though I gained a beautiful wife, I truly disdain that person’s character. Such a schemer is not worthy of association.”

The rest listened with great interest.

Wang Huzi and Bao Er, filled with indignation at the idea that Cui Yiran would plot to drown a young girl over calling off an engagement, banged the table and cursed: ”What nonsense, claiming she’s illiterate, I think he’s fallen for another girl, probably entangled with someone else, looking for a way out without staining his reputation, plotting to take a life, he truly isn’t good, let’s be careful not to deal with such a person in the future.”

Others nodded in agreement.

Xiao Yuan raised his glass: ”Enough, let’s not talk about these upsetting things, I’m getting married soon, I’m happy, let’s not return unless drunk today.”

”Right, let’s not return unless drunk.”

Such drinking continued until almost dusk, before they staggered out of the tavern supporting each other.

Xiao Yuan returned home in a drunken stupor, Ms. Ping must have known he would drink a lot and had already prepared a hangover soup waiting for him.

Seeing him being supported by a young man, Ms. Ping hurried over to help him: ”Why did you drink so much? Hurry inside.”

Once Xiao Yuan entered the room, he lay down immediately. Ms. Ping hurriedly thanked the young man who had helped him and sent him away. When she entered the room with the hangover soup, she saw Xiao Yuan sitting in a chair reading a letter, his eyes clear and sharp, showing no signs of drunkenness.

”What is this...”

Ms. Ping quickly placed the hangover soup on the table.

Xiao Yuan chuckled: ”I’m not drunk. I was just pretending, you forget how well I can hold my liquor.”

It then dawned on Ms. Ping that Xiao Yuan and his deceased father had the same physique, both of whom could drink endlessly without getting drunk.

She tapped her head: ”I really got mixed up in all the confusion.”

The day after sending the dowry, Mr. Ji originally went to the government office for some official business, but he returned soon after, his face full of anger.

Mrs. Ji quickly offered him tea and ordered a maid to moisten a handkerchief to wipe his face.

”What happened?”

Mrs. Ji busied herself caring for him: ”Who upset you? Or is there some issue at the government office?”

Mr. Ji sat down with a dark face and waved his hand: ”Everyone leave.”

All the maids and old women silently left the room.

Mrs. Ji also sat down and asked: ”What exactly happened?”

Mr. Ji slammed the table: ”The Cui Family has gone too far.”

Mrs. Ji got a huge fright: ”Tell me what happened? Getting angry without explaining anything, I’m totally lost.”

Mr. Ji took a deep breath: ”Stay away from the Cui Family in the future. That whole lot are treacherous scoundrels. If it weren’t for... initially, I would never have married my elder sister to the Cui Family.”

”Okay, okay, I’ll listen to you and keep away from them.”

At this moment, Mrs. Ji was just parroting everything Mr. Ji said.

”I used to say Cui Da was no good, but Cui Yiran seemed decent. Now I know, this dog is just like his father, all sneaky. It’s his prerogative not to enter into marriage, but I didn’t need the Cui Family. Didn’t he know that the Ji Family is now prospering, that we could easily provide well for our needs by sweeping our floors? Yet he still looks down on our family girls. In order not to marry, he dared to let Anning fall into the river. If it hadn’t been for Xiao Yuan passing by, Anning might have drowned. What kind of heart does he have, to endanger Anning’s life just to avoid marriage?”

Mrs. Ji finally understood, but it also frightened her.

Her heart thumped wildly: ”That couldn’t be, he wouldn’t dare be that audacious, right?”

Mr. Ji’s expression turned even grimmer: ”Do you think I would say this without clarity? I felt something was wrong when Anning fell into the water back then. I’ve been inquiring since, and just yesterday I gathered some clues. After hearing about it from... Xiao Yuan’s friends, I investigated further, and now it’s confirmed.”

Mr. Ji was indeed very angry because it was confirmed.

Over the years, he had not been harsh with the Cui Family.

Yes, when his father and brother passed away too soon, only he was left to support the Ji Family. If not for the Cui Family’s help, the Ji Family might have collapsed. He remembered the Cui Family’s kindness, but over the years, he had also done a lot for the Cui Family, enough to have repaid their kindness.

But considering his elder sister was in the Cui Family and Anning was to marry into the Cui Family too, he casually helped the Cui Family. Little did he know, all his efforts over the years were in vain, and instead, he fostered an ingrate.

”We suffered a huge loss this time, but don’t think that Cui surname will have the last laugh.”

Mr. Ji said with a menacing look.

What was the background of his Ji Family?

Cui Yiran said it right, his Ji Family came from the criminal justice sector. If talking about cunning and ruthlessness, the Cui Family couldn’t compare to the people of the Ji Family.