The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 894: Chapter 872: Interstellar Superstar 42

The noon sun shines down, casting dappled shadows on the ground through the green shade.

Anning and Xiao Yuan walk hand in hand into Xiaohe Private Restaurant.

Once inside, they feel a chill.

The entire restaurant is already packed, the small establishment bustling with people.

Cui Anlin, wearing an apron, is busy bustling about.

”Table 12, one plate of braised star pig meat, Table 9, one plate of roasted Qi Beef...”

Anning and Xiao Yuan head straight to the kitchen.

Fang Xiaolian has taken on several apprentices, and she is busy bustling about in the kitchen.

Anning and Xiao Yuan lend a hand, helping to bring dishes to the front.

Once this wave of customers finishes and leaves, Fang Xiaolian quickly tells someone to close the shop; it’s a must to shut the door, absolutely no more customers can be let in, or she can’t handle it.

When the shop is closed, Fang Xiaolian says to Cui Anlin: ”How about we slice some Qi Beef and have hot pot together?”

This is Cui Anlin’s favorite.

He smiles and nods, gently wiping Fang Xiaolian’s sweat with a handkerchief: ”You go take a shower and change your clothes, I’ll go slice the Qi Beef.”

Anning tells Cui Anlin, ”Let’s have a dual broth, give me some green sheep worm meat, I love that.”

Cui Anlin turns back to look at Anning, his eyes not looking like eyes, nose not looking like nose: ”There’s no green sheep worm meat, only Qi Beef, take it or leave it. You two come to mooch food every day, and even pack some to go when you leave.”

Anning isn’t annoyed: ”There’s ready-made food, of course, I’ll come to eat it. Besides, I haven’t come empty-handed, I occasionally bring you some Insect Meat.”

”Oh, please spare me.”

Fang Xiaolian also gets quite annoyed when she talks about this: ”You do bring meat, but you guys eat as much as you bring.”

”Who told you to be my sister-in-law then.”

Anning laughs and bickers with Fang Xiaolian: ”We’re all family, I’m just being straightforward, oh, hurry up, I’m starving.”

Fang Xiaolian huffed angrily: ”All you know is eat, eat.”

She went to take a shower and changed clothes, but when she came out, she was still holding a plate of green sheep worm meat.

She placed the plate in front of Anning: ”Eat up.”

”Thank you, sister-in-law.”

Anning beamed as she looked at Fang Xiaolian and even fought with Cui Anlin over the dipping sauce: ”Brother, I’m taking this sauce, let’s trade.”

There’s no competition against Anning.

Because Anning has Xiao Yuan to help.

Cui Anlin reluctantly exchanged the sauce with Anning, just as Xiao Gen came in through the back door: ”Wow, finally made it for mealtime, is there any green sheep worm meat? Save some for me.”

Anning quickly gathered the plate in her arms: ”None for you, this is all mine, mine.”

Xiao Yuan also defended Anning.

Xiao Gen sat down beside Anning: ”Sister-in-law, dear sister-in-law, spare me some, will you? We’re all family, you’re supposed to look after your brother-in-law. Look at me all pitiful, just a bit, please.”

Fang Xiaolian turned and went into the kitchen, and when she came out, she carried a large bowl of spicy Hong Xian shrimp.

She placed the bowl of Hong Xian shrimp on the table: ”Eat up, you freeloaders come here every day; your shamelessness is unparalleled in the entire Alliance.”

Anning snickered, taking advantage of Fang Xiaolian’s temper, she and Xiao Yuan already devoured most of the plate of green sheep worm meat, each of them took a plate of Hong Xian shrimp, Xiao Yuan peeled the shrimp, and Anning ate the meat.

”Save some for me.”

Fang Xiaolian couldn’t stand it, quickly coming over to grab some.

Many, many years later, even though Fang Xiaolian and Anning were no longer in the entertainment industry, they were more popular than the hottest female celebrities.

Each of them had their own live streaming rooms, streaming at intervals, with each live broadcast attracting tens of billions of viewers.

Fang Xiaolian did food streams.

She has cooked all her life, and her skills have improved greatly.

Plus, she genuinely loves cooking, each dish carefully prepared, filled with heart, giving people a sense of happiness when eating.

That’s why more and more people enjoy watching Fang Xiaolian cook, feeling that it’s a kind of enjoyment.

While Anning continued to stream various musical instruments, and either playing music or singing.

People in the Alliance say that listening to Anning’s music is the ultimate enjoyment, and if one can listen to Anning’s music while enjoying Fang Xiaolian’s cooking, life would truly be perfect.

The Insect Queen was blown up by Xiao Yuan, leaving the Insect Clan leaderless, subject to massive hunting by humans.

At first, the number of Insects was abundant, as humans captured one batch after another. But later, they became rarer, and humans had no choice but to start farming industries, raising various types of delicious-tasting Insect Meat on a large scale.

The Insect Clan, from being humanity’s enemy, truly became a delicacy on people’s plates.

For the sake of good food, humans would never allow the Insect Clan to be exterminated.

In the interstellar era, people lived for a long time. Anning lived to be over two hundred years old before she passed away.

When she died, many citizens of the Alliance came to bid her farewell, and the mourning music played on the street was composed by Anning during her lifetime.

When Anning closed her eyes and opened them again, she smelled a stench.

She felt a sharp pain on her forehead, reached out to rub it, and felt a bump on her forehead.

Anning opened her eyes to observe her surroundings.

She found herself lying under a kang. What she saw was a wooden beam, walls pasted with newspapers, and a shabby table.

The stench came from the kang.

”You dead girl, your brother made a mess and you didn’t even clean up. Get up and clean up your brother.”

Curses rang out from the doorway.

Anning struggled to get up, crawled onto the kang, cleaned up a chubby boy about four or five years old, changed his clothes, and took the dirty bedding outside.

She placed the dirty bedding in the yard, looked around, and entered the west wing.

This was a firewood room, with a hefty pile of wood and some miscellaneous items, mostly farming tools.

Anning hid in the corner of the woodpile and absorbed the memories of the original owner.

The original owner was Zhang Anning, a girl who always wanted to be strong and resilient, smart and tough.

However, her life was a complete mess.

Zhang Anning was not the biological daughter of the Zhang Family; her biological parents lived in a neighboring village. Because her family was poor and had several daughters, they sold her to the Zhang Family.

Zhang Anning was born and immediately bought by the Zhang couple.

The Zhang couple had no children and heard that adopting might bring them a biological child, so they spent money to buy Zhang Anning.

Two months after Zhang Anning arrived at the Zhang Family, her godmother Li Guilan became pregnant.

Her godfather, Zhang Fugui, didn’t care for her initially, and after Li Guilan got pregnant, he paid even less attention to her.

After the New Year, Li Guilan gave birth to a big fat boy, and the couple was overjoyed, caring even less for Zhang Anning.

When Zhang Anning was raised to four years old and her brother Zhang Qiang was over three, both fell ill.

The Zhang couple focused entirely on their son, and took Zhang Qiang to the hospital, leaving Zhang Anning at home.

Tough fate let Zhang Anning persevere, overcoming the illness, but Zhang Qiang, due to late treatment, developed complications.

Zhang Qiang contracted polio. After emergency treatment, his life was saved, but he became disabled.

Thus, the Zhang couple began to ruthlessly exploit Zhang Anning, making her care for her brother, do various chores, and deny her education.

Until Zhang Anning was eight years old, when she developed some understanding and begged Li Guilan to let her go to school.

She could attend school, but after returning, she had to do chores, only having time to do homework late at night.

These days lasted until she entered middle school, and Li Guilan initially didn’t want her to study further.

But Zhang Anning was exceptionally clever, her academic performance outstanding, always top of her class, and she scored first countywide in the secondary school entrance exam.

At this time, when Li Guilan didn’t want her to study anymore, county teachers came to persuade, promising no tuition. Even the local village school principal spoke to Li Guilan.

The school principal was eloquent and told Li Guilan that no matter what, Zhang Anning should study. If she succeeded, she could find a good job in the city and take care of Zhang Qiang better.

Because of this, Li Guilan allowed Zhang Anning to continue her studies.

While she could study, Li Guilan didn’t give Zhang Anning a dime. Although Zhang Anning’s tuition was covered, she still needed money to eat. She sought help, working at a restaurant near the school to earn meals.

She thought that once she got into university, she would be free from this place.

Though she got into a good university, she never escaped the control of the Zhang couple.

After she started working, the Zhang couple demanded her salary be sent back. If she didn’t, they would make a scene, disrupting her workplace, and even her boss would talk to her.

When she got married, the Zhang couple demanded an extravagant bride price, nearly depleting her fiancé.

Later, they occasionally stirred trouble at her in-laws.

Her husband loved her, but couldn’t tolerate such a life. Eventually, they divorced.

Zhang Anning’s heart was completely chilled; she firmly stopped giving any money to the Zhang couple. She wanted to go far away, never seeing that couple again.

But they still found her, and during a dispute, Zhang Anning was pushed down the stairs and died.

Her life was truly tragic.

Her wish was simple, to escape her adopted parents and avoid her biological parents, to live her own life.

She wanted to know, without the burden of such an extraordinary family, how far she could go.