The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

After Xiao Qin left, Anning started talking to Xiao Yuan about the winter break.

This year for winter break, Anning was definitely going back, but she wasn’t sure if Xiao Yuan had the time to return.

Xiao Yuan thought for a moment: ”I definitely have to go back this year. My brother originally said he wanted to get married in the autumn, but something happened with the Wu family, which postponed the wedding. They’re planning to get married during the twelfth lunar month, close to New Year.”

At this point, Xiao Yuan recalled something else.

”My mom plans to host both my brother’s and Xiao Li’s weddings together.”

Anning was quite surprised: ”Xiao Li is getting married too? Who’s the other party? Do I know them?”

Xiao Yuan nodded: ”You should know her; she was previously introduced to my brother, that’s Li Huixx.”

Anning remembered who it was.

Earlier, Li Huixx was introduced to Xiao Hei. She’s the girl who lost an arm. The Xiao Family initially wanted Xiao Hei to marry Li Huixx, but Xiao Hei found Wu Chunli attractive and insisted on marrying Wu Chunli, thus it didn’t go through with Li Huixx.

”It’s her!”

Anning found the connection quite intriguing: ”How did she and Xiao Li end up together?”

Xiao Yuan shook his head: ”I’m not very clear. I just heard the family mention something during a recent call, but I’m really not sure how it happened.”

”You definitely have to go back this time, not just for the New Year but also for the two weddings. If you don’t go back, it wouldn’t make sense.”

Anning laughed, tidying up the dishes while chatting leisurely with Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan followed her into the kitchen: ”This year, let’s keep it simple. Next year I’ll try to pull some strings and see if I can get some land to build a house.”

Anning turned around and gave Xiao Yuan a kiss on the cheek: ”Are you really going to become a big real estate mogul this time?”

Xiao Yuan pointed to the other cheek, and after Anning kissed it, he smiled contentedly and said: ”That’s the plan, we’ll see how far it goes in the future.”

That’s true.

Anning washed the dishes and then went to the company with Xiao Yuan. Xiao Yuan was busy with business deals, while Anning found a quiet spot to read.

She stayed with Xiao Yuan until evening before returning to school.

As she left, Xiao Yuan made sure to buy some food for her, including some pickles made by Xiao Qin.

Xiao Yuan rode his bicycle, taking Anning back to school.

By this time, the weather was already very cold. They were both dressed warmly, and Anning wore a thick scarf, but still felt a bit chilly.

While riding, Xiao Yuan said to Anning: ”Tomorrow I’ll buy a car, it’ll be more convenient for picking you up and dropping you off.”

Anning smiled: ”Actually, this is quite nice too.”

Xiao Yuan took Anning all the way to her dormitory before leaving.

Anning carried a large bag upstairs.

As she pushed open the dormitory door, a wave of warmth greeted her.

”Back from the date?”

Sun Keke was sitting on the bed reading a book, and she teased Anning when she returned.

”Look at that glowing face, you must’ve had a great day.”

Tong Yue closed her book and jumped down from the bed.

Anning placed the food she brought on the table, took out the pickles jar, and arranged the rest: ”I brought food for you all, if anyone wants any, help yourselves.”

Tong Yue quickly came over to look through it: ”Desserts, huh? I dare not eat this, eating at night makes you gain weight.”

Milan, who loved sweets, rushed over when she heard there were desserts: ”I love this, I’ll eat them.”

Sun Keke picked a packet of jerky to eat, while Liu Feifei took a bag of chips from Anning’s lower bunk.

”Hey, I say, when you have time, bring your boyfriend over to show us.”

Chu Yu grabbed an apple, munching away as she talked to Anning: ”You’ve been in a relationship for quite some time but haven’t let him appear. If we run into him without recognizing him as your boyfriend, it’d be awkward.”

Anning smiled: ”He’s been too busy before, but things are on track now. I should have time to invite everyone for a meal.”

”That’s great.”

Sun Keke clapped her hands: ”Hurry up and fix a time with him, we’ve been wanting to see what our brother-in-law looks like.”

Anning agreed and also took an apple, eating while talking about attending the hometown gathering.

Over the next few days, both Anning and Xiao Yuan were very busy, hardly seeing each other.

One day, after school, Anning was carrying books back to her dorm when she encountered a man dressed in a black cashmere coat halfway through.

He smiled and stopped Anning: ”Hello, could you show me the direction?”

Anning paused and looked at him: ”Aren’t there signposts on the roadside?”

”My sense of direction isn’t great.” The man smiled: ”I’ve been following the signposts but ended up lost. If you’re free, could you take me to the lab building?”

”Alright.”

Anning thought there was still a while before dinner, so she wasn’t in a hurry, and decided to lead the way for the man.

She walked with the man towards the lab building.

Along the way, the man’s mouth didn’t stop: ”What’s your surname, which department are you in?”

”Physics Department.”

Anning felt a bit annoyed by his questions: ”Uh... Comrade, perhaps I should find someone else to take you, I just remembered I have something to do.”

The man was taken aback and then pleaded: ”Please, help me out here. Look at me... just take me there, I genuinely have an urgent matter.”

Anning furrowed her brow: ”Fine, but could you talk less?”

Did he annoy her?

The man was shocked, feeling uneasy: ”I’m sorry, it’s become a habit. Businessmen tend to be more talkative, don’t mind it.”

Anning didn’t respond and kept walking forward.

The man quickened his pace: ”My surname is Yi, and what’s yours? You’ve helped me a great deal today, perhaps I could treat you to a meal sometime?”

Anning kept moving forward without looking back: ”Comrade, your way of striking up a conversation is too awkward.”

The man, Yi Qihang, touched his nose: ”I genuinely want to treat you to a meal. I’m from Old Beijing, you may be a freshman and not very familiar with the Capital. Our family has lived here for generations, I know Si Jiu City like the back of my hand, feel free to ask whenever you need something.”

Anning didn’t respond and quickened her pace.

Very soon they reached the lab building, Anning stopped and pointed to Yi Qihang: ”That’s the lab building over there, I won’t go any further, suit yourself.”

After saying that, Anning turned and walked away.

”Hey, hey, classmate!”

Yi Qihang wanted to call Anning to say a few more words, but Anning walked very fast and soon disappeared from sight.

Yi Qihang was rather frustrated: ”Why is she so difficult to approach?”

He shook his head, walking into the lab building. Once inside, he looked into a mirror.

No mistake, he specifically dressed up today; his hair was neatly combed, his face somewhat handsome, and his clothes were branded - even without focusing on the brand, one could see the style and fabric were expensive.

Previously, he would dress sharply and managed to charm quite a few beauties successfully. Why didn’t it work with Anning?

After thinking it over, Yi Qihang realized that Anning probably wasn’t someone who admires wealth.

Yeah, she wasn’t the type to be materialistic; she was impressive.

Yi Qihang laughed after a moment of thought, indeed she possessed qualities different than other women.

After Anning returned to her dorm, she put down her books and changed clothes before heading to the cafeteria for dinner.

On her way to the cafeteria, she kept thinking about Yi Qihang from earlier.

Anning felt a soul vibration from Yi Qihang; his soul power was strong. He seemed like someone who might have traveled through time or been reincarnated; otherwise, an ordinary person’s soul power couldn’t be so powerful.

Before traveling through time or reincarnation, Yi Qihang might have been quite a playboy. Anning considered him to be quite slick, always wanting to chat up pretty girls, trying to make jokes, never appearing particularly upright.

However, the nature of Yi Qihang didn’t concern Anning much, as long as he didn’t flaunt himself around her, Anning wouldn’t bother with it.