The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 956: Chapter 933: Honor Amidst Chaos 1

Anning and Xiao Yuan woke up quite early.

After they woke up, neither of them was in a hurry to get up.

Anning turned over, crawled into Xiao Yuan’s arms, and whispered, ”This couple is really pitiful.”

Xiao Yuan knew she wanted to exchange information with him.

He stroked Anning’s back, ”There’s a lot going on here.”

”What’s the reason for the confiscation?”

Anning asked.

Xiao Yuan’s voice got even lower, ”It’s mixed up with matters inside the palace.”

Anning understood, it was probably because Duke Ping got involved in some major issues, either concubine struggles or the fight for the throne. In any case, these are things one shouldn’t get entangled in; once involved, it’s hard to escape unscathed.

”We’ll take it step by step; no matter what, we have to protect these children.”

Indeed, the original body’s wish was to protect her children and not let them die tragically; everything else she didn’t care about.

Whether other people in the Duke Ping Mansion lived or died, the original body would no longer concern herself.

Xiao Yuan chuckled, ”As long as our family is fine, that’s all that matters.”

Anning sat up, her hair loose, and called outside, ”Xiaoju, go to the Old Madam and say the Third Young Master is sick. I’m attending to him and might not have time to pay my respects to the Old Madam, so please ask for her forgiveness.”

Xiaoju agreed and left.

Anning got up and dressed.

She dressed while talking to Xiao Yuan, ”The day of the confiscation isn’t far off, we have to prepare.”

Xiao Yuan seemed to know a bit more, ”On the way to the Southern Yi, there are all sorts of disasters, we need to prepare some medicine and other supplies.”

Preparing all this is no easy task.

After all, the original couple was genuinely too honest, and they really didn’t have much money.

The Liu family was too poor, and when the original body got married, she didn’t have much dowry, so now when they want to buy things, they can’t come up with much money.

Anning smiled, ”We’ll prepare as much as we can, and discuss the rest when the confiscation happens.”

Xiao Yuan understood.

During the confiscation, the whole family would be in chaos, which was the perfect time to fish in troubled waters.

At that time, the couple could go to the main family, the second family, and the Old Master and Old Madam’s rooms to collect the things they hid; anyway, if they didn’t collect them, who knows who might benefit from these things?

Anning finished dressing and combed her hair, while Xiao Yuan was already lying in bed, looking sick.

Anning sat by the bedside, shedding tears as she wiped Xiao Yuan’s sweat.

Outside, there was the sound of footsteps.

Soon after, the door opened, and Xiao Ying entered with his younger siblings.

”Mother, how is Father?”

Xiao Ying was anxious, and the faces of Xiao Fu and Xiao Rong were also filled with worry.

Anning wiped her tears, ”He caught a chill last night, and maybe got cold, and this morning, he came down with a fever. I was just about to call someone to get the doctor.”

Anning looked at the children, ”Ying Ge’er, take your younger siblings to pay respects to the Old Madam. Your father is in my care.”

Xiao Ying bowed to Anning and took his younger siblings out.

As they stepped outside, Xiao Fu whispered, ”Once we’re at the Old Madam’s, we might get scolded again.”

Xiao Ying forced a smile, ”It can’t be helped, once we’re there, leave everything to me, just don’t stand out. Listen to whatever the Old Madam says; Father is ill, and Mother has to care for Father, so we shouldn’t cause trouble for her.”

”Yes, I understand,” Xiao Fu whispered as she held Xiao Yin’s hand, asking, ”Brother, Father will be okay, right?”

”What are you thinking?”

Xiao Ying patted Xiao Fu’s head, ”Father will be fine, don’t worry.”

Anning stayed in the room for a while, then the steward of the mansion came in with the doctor.

The doctor took Xiao Yuan’s pulse and said he had caught a cold and needed to rest well.

Anning thanked the doctor, took the prescription, and had a maid prepare the medicine. She looked out the door and said to those outside, ”The Third Young Master needs to rest; keep quiet outside, so you don’t disturb his rest.”

The young maids and old women in the yard agreed.

Anning closed the door.

Xiao Yuan got up and dressed.

Anning quickly gathered pillows and quilts into a bundle to make it look like someone was lying in bed, then let down the bed curtains.

Xiao Yuan hugged Anning, opened the window, and slipped out.

Anning sat on the edge of the bed, sewing half-finished clothes.

”Ning Ning, Ning Ning.”

As Anning was sewing, An Xin suddenly appeared.

She hadn’t shown up in several worlds.

Back when Anning passed through a chaotic space, she released An Xin to absorb the chaos energy, and now that An Xin was full, she had come to find Anning.

”Ning Ning, I’m stronger now.”

An Xin seemed particularly happy, ”I’ve collected lots of things, including a Personal Space, all sorts of good things. During a modern world, I even collected a mall, so we don’t lack supplies. Even if we go to a primitive society now, I’ll make sure Ning Ning lives well.”

Anning smiled, ”Thank you so much.”

”No need to thank me.” An Xin was happy to finally be of help to Anning, ”Ning Ning, I’ll give you a space, and fill it with supplies.”

Anning put down her needle, ”No need, keep those things well. If I need them, I’ll let you know.”

”You’re always like this.”

An Xin was aggrieved, ”Always unwilling to use my things. Everyone else has a Golden Finger, but not you.”

Anning smiled and comforted An Xin, ”It’s not that I don’t want it, it’s that I don’t want to disrupt the balance of space and time. Anything that doesn’t belong to this space can potentially harm the entire world, especially modern items from the mall.”

An Xin pouted, ”You just worry too much.”

”Maybe,” Anning smiled gently, ”but every person in every world is a life, made of flesh and blood. If I’m not careful, I might cause too much harm, which I don’t want to see.”

An Xin was quite frustrated, but there was nothing she could do about Anning.

She also knew Anning was right.

Items like Personal Space would, if used, consume a lot of the world’s Spiritual Energy.

And the current world that Anning was in was already pretty run-down. If she recklessly used her Golden Finger, this world wouldn’t last much longer.

When the world perishes, Anning can just leave, but what about the natives here?

The billions of living beings in this world would turn to ashes because of their carelessness, and that would be a heavy sin to bear.

An Xin, having accompanied Anning across countless worlds, understood the need for balance in all things; every gain requires a corresponding loss.

Items like space aren’t to be used casually.

The more advanced the Personal Space, the more Spiritual Energy and Qi Fortune it demands, the greater its destructive power on the world.

An Xin had read many novels, seeing spaces being used freely in them, but after all this, she no longer wanted Anning to do the same.

In fact, An Xin no longer appreciated many of the novel settings; Where could such easy fortune be found? A pie in the sky just falling into your mouth?

Not even the most virtuous person with great Merit would have such luck.

”What will you do then?”

An Xin was quite troubled, ”You and Xiao Yuan will be fine, no matter the hardship, you can endure it, but what about our little ones?”

An Xin, imagining the five youngsters suffering, felt her heart ache.

Anning gently petted An Xin’s head in her sea of consciousness, ”Don’t worry, I won’t let them suffer too much.”

Anning smiled, ”While we can’t use your items, things made in this world, things that already exist in this world, we can use without harming the world.”

An Xin’s eyes lit up, ”Oh right, how could I forget?”

At this time, Xiao Yuan was wandering the streets with some scattered Silver he found in their room.

He walked through many shops and finally stopped at a stall to buy two very ugly, slender silver rings.

These two rings were a pair. They looked particularly ugly, and they had been there for a long time, to the point that they had tarnished. But in fact, they weren’t silver rings.

They were something special, a material between the world of cultivation and the mortal world, called Water Flowing Silver.

Xiao Yuan didn’t expect to stumble upon such an item just by wandering around.

He quickly bought these two silver rings, planning to make something with them.

Afterward, Xiao Yuan visited a few more shops, buying some cinnabar and talisman paper, along with some pastries to bring back.

By this time, Anning had already finished her lunch.

Someone from the Old Madam’s side had just sent word, asking Anning to come over.

Anning was thinking of calling Xiao Ying to come and watch over things when Xiao Yuan returned.