The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 861: Chapter 840: Interstellar Superstar 10

Cui Anlin was quickly called back home.

Upon entering, he saw his worried mother and his furious father.

”Dad, what’s the matter?”

Cui Anlin walked briskly and asked, ”Did something happen at home? You called me back so urgently.”

Cui Zhengxun took a deep breath to suppress his anger: ”Tell me, how do you usually treat your sister at home?”

Cui Anlin paused for a moment: ”How do I treat her? What did I do? I’m hardly ever home, how could I treat her badly? With Anning being like that, I wouldn’t dare treat her poorly, she starts crying before anything even happens...”

Hearing this, Cui Zhengxun’s anger flared up.

”That’s your biological sister, how can you despise her like that? She’s been like this since she was young, you know that, she just cries a lot, and you can’t even bother acknowledging her. How did I end up with a son like you?”

To be honest, Cui Zhengxun loved both his son and daughter dearly.

It’s just that he was too busy with work, rarely at home, and therefore had very little communication with his children.

And Li Wanwan didn’t become a full-time housewife after marriage and often shot movies, both parents were busy, leaving little time to spend with their children. They always thought that Cui Anlin would take good care of Anning and believed the siblings were close-knit. But who would have thought that Cui Anlin hadn’t cared for Anning at all and spoke of her with disdain.

Apart from anger, there was heartache for Anning in Cui Zhengxun’s heart.

Li Wanwan was also a bit angry: ”Did you often snatch things from your sister when you were little? If her grades were a bit better, did you come home and beat her? Tell me, isn’t that true?”

Cui Anlin was stunned.

The memories were so distant, he could hardly recall them.

However, it seemed that it might have been true, at the time he was a bratty kid who instinctively didn’t want his sister to outshine him, and tried to suppress her.

But after he matured, he hadn’t done it since.

”I haven’t.”

Cui Anlin denied it particularly quickly, yet the fleeting look of guilt on his face did not escape Cui Zhengxun and Li Wanwan.

Li Wanwan gasped for air as she clutched her chest in anger.

”How can you be like this? That’s your biological sister.”

As she spoke, she couldn’t help but cry, burying her face in her hands and crying harder: ”Anning is your sister from the same mother. I’m not asking you to take great care of her, but you shouldn’t hurt her like this. You know, she’s an SSS-level spiritual power holder, but because of you, she had to suppress it, afraid to tell anyone. Do you know how painful it is for her? Suppressing spiritual power, you know what that means, don’t you?”

Cui Zhengxun sighed deeply: ”Anlin, I’m so disappointed in you.”

He felt a sense of powerlessness, as if all his energy had been drained away.

Suppressing spiritual power, anyone with spiritual power understands what this means.

It implies excruciating pain, and if prolonged, it can lead to mental disorder or spiritual power collapse, rendering a person useless.

Thinking about his daughter’s years of suppressing spiritual power just because she was afraid of her brother’s reaction and his own heartache, it felt like slicing through his own flesh.

”Anlin, right now I feel like strangling you with my own hands.”

After saying this, Cui Zhengxun stumbled out of the room.

Li Wanwan quickly followed: ”Honey.”

She held onto Cui Zhengxun: ”What should we do? Ningning... she’s still filming a reality show, she can’t get out...”

”Let her shoot.”

Cui Zhengxun mustered all his strength to lift his right hand and grasped Li Wanwan’s arm: ”She doesn’t need to suppress her spiritual power while filming the reality show, which is beneficial for her. This program allows her to fully unleash her spiritual power, which can be therapeutic for those who’ve long suppressed it.”

Li Wanwan understood this too, forcing a smile as she nodded: ”That’s good, that’s good.”

Cui Zhengxun closed his eyes briefly, and when he opened them again, he had made up his mind: ”Wan’er, I want to quit my job and focus on the family. We’ve been so busy, neglecting our children, and now Anlin has gone astray, and Anning was nearly destroyed. It made me realize what’s truly important. I want to come home and take good care of Anning.”

Li Wanwan was stunned for a moment: ”Honey, I won’t shoot any more films, I’ll come home. I’ll take care of Ningning, and whatever Anning wants to do, I’ll support her. If she wants to act, I can accompany her. After all, I’ve been in this industry for years, I’m more familiar with its rules than she is.”

Cui Zhengxun managed a forced smile: ”It’s your greatest passion in life, how could I bear to take it away... You can shoot films, I’ll take care of Ningning at home. Honestly, I don’t like my job that much, but by quitting, our life won’t be as affluent as before, you’ll have to endure some hardships.”

Li Wanwan shook her head: ”I don’t mind, I can earn money by acting, Anlin is grown up now, he can earn his own living, and Ningning, she has been making money all this time, our life shouldn’t be worse than before.”

”As long as you’re not afraid, I’ll go to the company and resign.”

Cui Zhengxun was truly resolute in his decision.

He was a mature and strong-minded person, and his resignation was immediate, going to the company to resign from his managerial position, truly returning to his family.

Chu Ming and Ma Fendou returned to the small room with dinner, besides them, He Gang and Fang Xiaolian followed, carrying food as well.

Upon entering, He Gang smiled at Anning: ”We should collaborate now, only united can we survive. Xiao Lian and I would like to join you.”

Anning nodded: ”Take a seat.”

Just as He Gang said, it’s not the time to be petty, nor can personal preferences compromise the bigger plan.

Now there are only six of them left, and they must unite rather than act independently.

Moreover, Anning could sense that Fang Xiaolian wasn’t trustworthy, potentially sabotaging them if not included, leading to even worse outcomes.

”Let’s have dinner first.”

Anning said while distributing food: ”After dinner, we’ll take turns standing guard, while others rest. The vehicle will stop at 22:45, at the closest distance to Town J, we need to get off there and hide in Town J.”

”Ah?”

He Gang exclaimed: ”Town J? Are you sure that’s where we should hide?”

He turned pale with fright.

Chu Ming and Ning Kexin were also particularly scared.

Ma Fendou couldn’t even muster a smile.

Fang Xiaolian thought of the legends of Town J and was equally terrified.

Anning nodded: ”Yes, I’m sure. There’s a pharmaceutical factory there with a laboratory that I need to use to create our antidote.”

She explained to everyone: ”With the antidote, our superpowers can be restored, then whether we go to City C or return to City A, we can regain our freedom.”