The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 691: Chapter 678: Slapping the Transmigrator (Part 33)

Anning waited at home for Xiao Daya.

As soon as Xiao Daya arrived, Anning noticed that her spirit was off.

She hurriedly brought Xiao Daya into the house and talked with her for a while, using some Spiritual Power to infuse her voice with a soothing quality, which finally calmed Xiao Daya’s emotions on the verge of collapse.

Ms. Ping was also very worried about Xiao Daya.

After knowing the true colors of the Lu family, Ms. Ping was so angry that she trembled all over.

Even though Ms. Ping had a preference for boys over girls and did not treat Gou Dan, her grandson, very well, she never mistreated any child, whether back when they were poor or now when they had money. Whenever the children visited, if she had any tasty food, she would think of giving it to Xiao Yuan or Gou Dan.

Now hearing that the child’s own Grandma had such an attitude, she was so angry she wanted to curse.

Anning hurriedly stopped her: ”Mom, let’s keep our voices down, elder sister is having a hard time now. If you scold her, I’m afraid elder sister won’t be able to take it.”

Every child is precious to their parent, and no matter what, Xiao Daya was still flesh and blood to Ms. Ping. At this time, she was heartbroken.

”I, I’ll go back to my room, you accompany your elder sister well.”

Ms. Ping could only say this to Anning, as she couldn’t stand to stay any longer and see Xiao Daya in such a terrible state.

After Ms. Ping left, Anning continued to talk with Xiao Daya for a while and wrote a prescription, having Moli get the medicine and brew a calming potion for Xiao Daya to drink. After she fell asleep, Anning finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Yuan had taken people over quietly, and since it was cold weather, those kidnappers did not go out and were gathered around the stove warming themselves.

Their room was warm, but the children were staying in a room as cold as an ice cellar.

Xiao Yuan quietly observed the children and only relaxed after seeing Gou Dan.

He signalled to his friend who had once been a thief. The friend understood and took out a bamboo tube from his bosom, which Xiao Yuan took and deftly approached the window. He dispensed the sleeping drug through a gap into the room.

After about fifteen minutes, when Xiao Yuan looked into the room again, he saw that the kidnappers had all been knocked out by the drug.

He signalled for his friend to go in to tie up the kidnappers, while he himself went to check on the children.

Xiao Yuan entered the room where the children were kept, first picking up Gou Dan and then sending a message to the constables of the Five Cities Military Department to come and take the remaining children back.

Gou Dan had been cold all night and was now running a fever, seemingly in a bad condition.

Xiao Yuan did not dare to delay, nodding to his friends before hastily running back with the child in his arms.

Upon reaching the street, Xiao Yuan hired a carriage and carried the child back by cart.

Anning had already prepared everything at home. As soon as the child returned, she immediately took his pulse and prepared medicine.

Both she and Xiao Yuan had been Divine Doctors, and their medical skills were at Grandmaster Level, far more advanced than today’s doctors. In this critical situation, they could not care about anything else. Anning directly went to the storeroom to get the medicine, personally brewed it, and sent it over.

Xiao Yuan watched over the child, gently administering the medicine to Gou Dan.

Besides this, Anning also found some strong alcohol to rub on Gou Dan’s body to reduce the fever.

When Xiao Daya woke up from her sleep, she was informed that her child had been found.

She was overwhelmed with joy and wept, nearly staggering over to see her child.

By that time, Gou Dan’s fever had subsided a bit, and he was dressed in clean clothes, his little face clean and white. Aside from the bruises on his face and body from the beating, there was no sign of mistreatment.

However, when Xiao Daya saw the clear marks of abuse on Gou Dan’s body, she hugged him and cried bitterly.

She unleashed all her previous fear and anxiety, along with her present joy of having regained what she had lost, in her sobbing.

Ms. Ping also came over, and seeing Xiao Daya crying like this, she too turned away to wipe her own tears: ”It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s good that the child has been found.”

Xiao Yuan waited for Xiao Daya to stop crying before he softly spoke to her: ”Once Gou Dan’s fever subsides, you’ll take her to live on Anning’s dowry manor. I’ll handle the divorce from the Lu family. Also, we can’t tell anyone that the child has been found; we say that she has never been found, understand?”

Xiao Daya lifted her head, her tearful eyes gazing at Xiao Yuan.

She instantly understood what Xiao Yuan was thinking.

She nodded: ”I understand, I will take Gou Dan to my sister-in-law’s manor tomorrow, and we’ll return after a couple of years.”

She didn’t want to see anyone from the Lu family again.

Besides, Xiao Daya also understood that if the Lu family knew Gou Dan had been found, they would certainly fight for custody of the child to avoid a divorce. Under the current customs, whether the marriage ends in separation or divorce, the children would belong to the husband’s side, and Xiao Daya had no chance of winning.

But if they say the child wasn’t found, the Lu family would be helpless.

With a little pressure from the Xiao Family, the people of the Lu family would probably soften.

Moreover, if Gou Dan was returned, even if the Xiao Family used money to lure the Lu family into giving up their custody rights, what about afterwards?

If the Lu family fell on hard times, they would shamelessly come back, after all, they are Gou Dan’s relatives.

To avoid any further entanglement with that family and for peace of mind, preventive measures must be taken.

Xiao Yuan returned, and the Five Cities Military Department became busy.

Mainly because one of the children they rescued had an extraordinary identity.

That child was the Great Princess’s grandson.

The Great Princess was the full-blooded elder sister of Emperor Shengxing; Emperor Shengxing had a difficult succession, and the Great Princess had done a lot for him.

Afterward, the Great Princess suffered a lot while establishing relations with foreign states, until about ten years after the marriage alliance, when Emperor Shengxing’s governance became clear and the foreign threats were no longer a concern, she was brought back.

Later, after living in the Capital for several years, the Great Princess married again.

It’s unknown whether the Great Princess was fated for hardship or something else, as the Prince Consort she carefully chose turned out to be licentious on the inside, despite appearing decent.

Having been injured abroad, the Great Princess didn’t have children for many years after marrying the Prince Consort, who could not resist fathering several bastards.

It was not until her thirties that the Great Princess finally bore a son.

This child was one she had fought desperately to give birth to, and afterward, she had no more children.

The Great Princess valued her son greatly; he was the apple of her eye.

Even Emperor Shengxing was exceptionally indulgent of this nephew, treating him even better than his own princes.

Moreover, the child of the Great Princess wasn’t very healthy to begin with, and fell seriously ill shortly after marriage.

Later, the Young Master contracted a cold and, after lying in bed for several months, passed away.

If it were not for the fact that the Heir’s wife was pregnant at the time of his death, it is feared that the shock would have been too much for the Great Princess to bear.

Fortunately, the Heir’s wife soon gave birth to a baby boy after the Young Master’s passing, and with a grandson, the Great Princess gradually recovered.

It could be said that this child was the lifeblood of the Great Princess, and should anything happen to the child, it’s feared the Great Princess herself would not survive.