The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 754: Chapter 738: I Am Not a Slut 49

Sometimes, words spoken by people should not be taken too seriously.

Take Jiang Anan, for example. No sooner had she declared that she wouldn’t go on blind dates again, Mrs. Jiang dragged her out for yet another matchmaking attempt.

This time, learning from the last experience, Mrs. Jiang didn’t trust the kids to do the job and decided to personally handle Jiang Anan’s makeover.

Mrs. Jiang took Jiang Anan shopping for new clothes. After purchasing the clothes, she felt the shoes didn’t match, so they bought a new pair of shoes too. All these had cost tens of thousands of yuan.

She was really going all out this time, having felt embarrassed when someone pointed out that her daughter looked too dowdy during the last blind date. This time, she was determined to make Anan look more classy.

Third scoffed at the fuss over Jiang Anan’s attire: ”Mom, with my big sister dressed like this, do you think her bag is matching? And look, she doesn’t even have any jewelry; doesn’t it seem too bare?”

Mrs. Jiang took a look and realized it was true, so she dragged Anning over: ”Hurry up, take out some of those bags you’ve bought for your big sister to choose from, and the jewelry you purchased recently. Let her try them on.”

Resigned, Anning took Jiang Anan to her room and brought out the bags and jewelry for their perusal.

Jiang Anan chose a bag that was relatively conservative, while Mrs. Jiang picked out a Purple Jade bracelet for her, along with matching earrings.

With this, she truly looked upscale.

Mrs. Jiang made a decisive gesture: ”Okay, off you go.”

Just as Jiang Anan was about to leave, Mrs. Jiang reached out for something else: ”Where are the car keys?”

Anning had no choice but to offer up her own car: ”Here they are, please use it.”

Mrs. Jiang handed the car keys to Jiang Anan: ”Go, with this outfit, I refuse to believe anyone could find fault.”

Blinking her eyes, although unwilling, Jiang Anan didn’t dare to disobey her mother and took the keys to go downstairs.

Just as she left, Third grabbed Anning: ”Second sis, when did you get a full set of Purple Jade jewelry?”

Anning sat down on the sofa: ”My brother-in-law gave it to me. He got a piece of Purple Jade that seemed to have good ’Water’ quality, so he had a full set of jewelry made for me.”

”It looks really beautiful. I bet it wasn’t cheap.”

Third could see that the Purple Jade was truly exquisite and clear, obviously a fine piece.

Mrs. Jiang didn’t understand much about it, but she could tell it was valuable.

Anning nodded: ”It wasn’t cheap. That was Royal Purple, seldom seen among Purple Jade, and of the glass kind, which is even harder to find. Anyway, Xiao Yuan had the piece of Purple Jade appraised, and it’s probably worth tens of millions.”

”That expensive?”

Mrs. Jiang was almost scared out of her wits: ”Then the bracelet your sister is wearing is...?”

”I’m not quite sure, but it must be at least several million.”

Anning said carelessly and then stood up to leave.

Mrs. Jiang quickly stood up as well: ”I can’t let this be. I have to catch up with her. With such expensive items, what if they get scratched or bumped?”

Thinking that her daughter was wearing the equivalent of more than one flat on her wrist, Mrs. Jiang felt weak in the knees.

Anning quickly stopped her: ”What are you doing? Don’t add to the chaos. It’s just some jewelry. If they get scratched, they get scratched. I didn’t make a big deal out of it.”

But Mrs. Jiang was still anxious.

Third laughed and said: ”Well, you’re the one who cares about these things, insisting on dressing my sister up so elaborately. Do you think it’s easy to elevate one’s class? You not only need good clothes and shoes, but you also need to match them with fine bags and jewelry. And if you’re dressed up, you can’t just take a taxi, you need a good car too. Tell me, can our family afford such extravagance?”

Mrs. Jiang opened her mouth but didn’t say anything more.

Anning grabbed her clothes and left, she was going to the hospital to visit Xiao Yuzhu.

Mrs. Jiang knew about her hospital visit, so she quickly grabbed her clothes and followed: ”Second child, I’ll go with you. They’ve visited several times now, and now they’re in the hospital. Our family ought to pay a visit. Otherwise, it just wouldn’t be right.”

With nothing else to do, Third stood up as well: ”Then I’ll go too.”

The mother and two daughters dressed up, put on their shoes, and went downstairs together.

Anan drove off, and the three of them took a taxi to the hospital.

Of course, Mrs. Jiang did not go empty-handed; after getting off the taxi, she bought some nutritional supplements nearby.

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When Anning arrived at the ward, she discovered that another patient was occupying the other bed.

She entered with Mrs. Jiang and Third, and found Xiao Yuzhu fiddling with her mobile phone, not sure what she was doing. Xiao Yuzhu hurriedly put down her phone upon seeing Anning’s arrival.

Upon seeing Mrs. Jiang and Third following behind Anning, she got off her bed with a smile, saying, ”Auntie, you’re here, please have a seat quickly.”

Mrs. Jiang also smiled and approached while Third put down the stuff he was carrying.

Once Mrs. Jiang sat down, she said, ”It’s all Anning’s fault, not telling the family when you arrived. I only found out you were hospitalized just now, so I rushed over to visit you.”

What else could Xiao Yuzhu say? She could only respond with a laugh, ”I told her not to tell you, and it’s not a serious illness for me, just a minor surgery. I was thinking of visiting your home after getting discharged from the hospital.”

She said that, but in reality, she had no intention of visiting the Jiang family.

Nowadays, some older people are particular about such things. Having had an abortion, it’s like having a mini-confinement; generally, one should not go out, much less visit others’ homes, to avoid causing discomfort to others.

Mrs. Jiang naturally understood this was just a polite gesture, also giving herself some face. She warmly held Xiao Yuzhu’s hand and said, ”Once you’re recovered, you must visit our home. You’ve made the effort to come here, you should at least be familiar with our doorstep, right? Otherwise, once relatives are made, if you don’t even know which way our door opens, it would be embarrassing for us not knowing proper etiquette.”

Xiao Yuzhu smiled and agreed.

Mrs. Jiang continued, ”Your parents aren’t here, and Xiao Yuan is very busy. Don’t worry yourself while recovering. We have people in our family who can take care of you. Even if Anning is busy, I’m free at home. If you need anything, just tell me; it’s the advantage of having many people in the family.”

Xiao Yuzhu quickly expressed her thanks.

Anning also sat down and asked Xiao Yuzhu, ”Is it boring staying here? Want me to bring you some fun stuff?”

Xiao Yuzhu promptly waved her hand, ”No need, A Yuan just bought me a new phone and got me a new SIM card. I’m checking out the new features on the phone right now.”

At this moment, Mrs. Jiang had already started chatting with the person lying in the other bed.

The person in the other bed was a pregnant woman with a clearly visible belly, indicating she was close to giving birth and here presumably to wait for delivery. The elderly-looking woman sitting next to her seemed to be her mother or mother-in-law.

Mrs. Jiang asked, ”Is this your daughter?”

The older woman replied, ”Yes, my daughter. She’s due to give birth soon, and she just got admitted today.”

”Looking at the size of her belly, the baby must be quite big.”

Mrs. Jiang smiled and continued to chat, ”Where is your family from?”

The older woman responded with a smile, ”We’re from Ming Village. My daughter’s husband’s family is from around here. She went to university in this area, met her partner during her studies, and they got married after graduating. Her in-laws are in good condition; they didn’t let her work, just to do some housework at home.”

Third, who was talking with Xiao Yuzhu, couldn’t help but grimace when hearing this and murmured softly, ”This can’t be a good thing.”

But Mrs. Jiang said, ”Then your daughter is really fortunate. If her man can provide for her, isn’t that a blessing?”

The woman then asked Mrs. Jiang, ”Is that your daughter?”

Mrs. Jiang laughed and answered, ”No, she’s my second daughter’s boyfriend’s sister. You see, she came here for fun, but she felt unwell. After diagnosis, it turned out there was a tumor in her stomach, so she quickly got admitted to the hospital to wait for surgery.”

”Then she needs to take good care of her health.”

The elderly woman seemed to have a pleasant temperament, very kind and easygoing, conversing with Mrs. Jiang for a good while.

When Mrs. Jiang was leaving, she also told Xiao Yuzhu, ”If you want to eat anything, just tell Anning. We run a restaurant, so it’s convenient to make anything you wish. Just order what you want, and I’ll have the chef prepare it and bring it over to you.”

Xiao Yuzhu got up intending to see Mrs. Jiang out.

Mrs. Jiang quickly waved her off, ”You’re unwell, better lie down. I’m not an outsider, no need to escort me.”

After she left with Third, Anning stayed in the hospital to accompany Xiao Yuzhu.

Anning is diligent. Even at the hospital, she didn’t stay idle. She tidied up Xiao Yuzhu’s space and packed her changed clothes into a bag, saying she would take them to wash, making Xiao Yuzhu feel quite embarrassed.

Anning said, ”You need to take good care of yourself right now. Don’t fuss about these things with me, and don’t be shy. When you recover, how many things will you be able to handle, right?”

When Anning left, she took the clothes with her. As soon as Anning left, the woman in the other bed spoke to Xiao Yuzhu, ”What does your brother’s wife do? She seems like a nice person.”

Xiao Yuzhu smiled, ”She is nice, and even though she looks stunning, she’s actually a very kind person with a good temperament and capable too. She’s a master’s graduate from East University, used to work in a big company, but later resigned because she felt she wasn’t earning enough. Now, she’s running her own business, handling sales and projects, and she earns a lot more. I heard from my brother that she can make hundreds of thousands from a single project.”

Speaking of Anning, Xiao Yuzhu’s face was filled with pride.

The woman cast her eyes down at her own stomach, feeling quite mixed emotions.

She too had graduated from a prestigious school, but after graduation, she ended up as a housewife. It seemed that everything she learned at university had become useless, which made her feel quite sad whenever she thought about it.