The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 676: Chapter 663: Slapping the Transmigrator (18)

Cui Yiran was livid all day.

From morning, when the Guan family’s dowry was brought in, Cui Yiran’s face had looked unpleasant.

Especially when the Guan family’s dowry was placed in the courtyard of their new room, Cui Yiran’s dissatisfaction peaked.

It would have been fine if the dowry was small, but what sorts of things were they packing in there?

Several boxes of books, some broken objects, and then needles and threads. When the dowry box was opened, it was all dusty and lacked any freshness.

Even the furniture that was sent in advance to be placed in the new room failed to meet Cui Yiran’s expectations.

Not to mention being made of red sandalwood like the Ji Family’s furniture, it should at least be of mahogany. Yet, the furniture sent by the Guan family was all ordinary jujube wood, which would surely be a joke to anyone who saw it.

Since arriving in the Jing Dynasty, Cui Yiran had been determined to escape his original fate.

And to escape his original fate, the first thing to do was to call off the marriage; he could not marry the tigress from the Ji Family. Even if the tigress was beautiful, for the sake of his life, he could not accept her.

He had heard some office girls discussing the contents of a book in modern times, and he had also heard them talk about some fanfiction, including a story where the modern Cui Yiran, after being transported, tyrannically eliminates trash and kills powerfully without marrying Ji Anning, instead marrying a lady from a scholarly family. Later, he found evidence of Cui Ji trading ancestral lands and monopolizing lawsuits among other matters, and used this evidence to force the second branch of the family to split.

He remembered the content of the fanfiction and acted accordingly after arriving.

But, he never expected that marrying a lady from a noble family would cost him so much.

Modern ideas differ from those of ancient people; modern people are profit-driven, and someone like Cui Yiran, a social climber, places even more importance on wealth—he hoped to marry a wife who would bring a large dowry.

Especially when he saw the grand bridal procession of the Ji Family, he began to expect a substantial dowry from the Guan family.

But when he actually saw the meager dowry before him, he found it hard to accept.

If he had known it would be like this...

He couldn’t help but think, if he had known it would be this way, it would have been better not to break off the marriage with the Ji Family, to wait for the marriage with Ji Anning and then reform her thoroughly. If she couldn’t be reformed, in a large and deep mansion, it would be easy to deal with an unwanted wife.

While Cui Yiran was contemplating various plans in his heart, Anning and Xiao Yuan had already returned to her parental home.

Mr. Ji hadn’t gone out today and had been waiting at home all along.

Even Ji Anhe had taken time off to stay at home.

When Anning entered, she first paid respects to Mr. Ji and Mrs. Ji with Xiao Yuan, then she went with Mrs. Ji, Second Miss, and Third Miss to the inner residence.

Xiao Yuan was pulled aside by Ji Anhe for a chat.

Mrs. Ji pulled Anning into her room and immediately smiled as she asked, ”Your complexion looks good, your husband must be treating you well, right?”

Anning hummed affirmatively, leaning on Mrs. Ji’s side: ”My husband treats me very well, and my mother-in-law is straightforward, just a few kind words and she’s completely open-hearted with me.”

”I’m relieved to hear that.”

Mrs. Ji smoothed Anning’s hair and thinking about the recent affairs of the Cui family, sighed: ”When you have time, go and visit your cousin; his illness this time is...”

Anning quickly sat upright: ”What happened to my cousin?”

It also deeply saddened Mrs. Ji when mentioning Cui Siran: ”These days he’s been bedridden, it’s really not good, and yet your uncle still insists on making your cousin study, saying one can study even when lying down, it doesn’t take much energy.”

Listening to this, Anning also felt heavyhearted.

The original self and Cui Siran were cousins, and they always got along quite well, often playing together as children, and Cui Siran always took good care of his cousin.

Cui Siran was a true gentleman, pure-minded and gentle in temperament. No one who interacted with him could dislike him.

Even Mrs. Ji was quite worried for Cui Siran at this moment.

”Tomorrow I will discuss with my husband and we’ll visit the Cui family.”

Anning said quietly, ”I am not afraid of anything else, just afraid of encountering people from the eldest branch of the Cui family.”

”Ptui.”

Speaking of the eldest branch of the Cui family, Mrs. Ji couldn’t help but spit: ”What’s there to fear? These things are their family’s lack of sense; we conduct ourselves with integrity and have nothing to be afraid of.”

Anning responded, ”Cousin is a good man, Heaven will protect him. Madam should still ease her mind, we will eventually find a good doctor to take a look at Cousin, invite several doctors, and I refuse to believe that they won’t be able to heal him.”

After returning home, Anning began managing household affairs.

She organized her dowry and stored it, and settled all her accompanying dowry as well.

Previously, Xiao Yuan had not bought servants, so Anning arranged for the few servants she brought with her.

Among the three groups of servants she brought, one group included Liu You, who could read and keep accounts and held some dignity in the Ji family; he was placed to live near the gatehouse. Liu You was the steward, his son Liu Shu became a follower of Xiao Yuan, and Liu Youjia managed all kitchen affairs, while Liu Shu’s family was assigned to serve Ms. Ping.

Anning made the other two groups of servants manage the manor that came with the dowry.

Then there were several maids; besides bringing Moli and a few others, Anning also brought a few young maids along with two she had purchased from outside.

These two maids, named Jixiang and Ruyi, were specifically meant to serve Ms. Ping.

Ms. Ping felt that the names Jixiang and Ruyi were auspicious and liked these two maids very much.

After settling the servants, Anning then discussed the issue of Xiao Daya with Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan still remembered the difficulties Xiao Daya faced on the wedding day; these past few days the house had been a mess, so he hadn’t mentioned it.

Now that things had quieted down, Xiao Yuan brought it up one evening.

Anning did not expect that Xiao Daya’s in-laws could cause such an issue. Speaking of Lu Gui, Xiao Yuan also had a lot to say, ”He’s honestly honest, but is honesty always a good thing? Not necessarily. His obedience and honesty are true, but that’s all directed towards his own parents. Old people like such sons, but truly marrying such a man means suffering a lot of suffocation.”

Anning nestled in Xiao Yuan’s arms, feeling the vibrations of his chest as he spoke, ”What does big sister mean by that?”

Xiao Yuan frowned slightly: ”I’ll have her come over in a few days; why don’t we have Liu Cai and Moli go to the Lu family tomorrow to bring big sister back, so we can properly ask what she thinks.”

Anning understood what Xiao Yuan meant.

How to live this life, what to do in the future, would depend on Xiao Daya’s thoughts.

If Xiao Daya wanted to continue living her life, there would be a way; if she didn’t want to, there would also be a way not to.

Xiao Yuan pulled the blanket up a bit: ”It’s getting cooler, in a few days we should start heating the floor.”

Anning was delighted to hear this: ”You installed floor heating? Why didn’t you tell me?”

”I wanted to surprise you.”

Xiao Yuan kissed Anning, ”Go to sleep, there’s a lot to do tomorrow.”