The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Yi Qihang felt sore all over as he drove back.

He was really roughed up by Anning.

It’s just that he couldn’t show it while at school.

Should he tell others that Anning, a seemingly delicate girl, almost beat him to a pulp? He couldn’t afford to lose face like that.

He forced himself to drive home, and as soon as he entered the house, he collapsed and couldn’t get up.

Who is Anning? She has been a Divine Doctor for several lifetimes, and no one knows more about human anatomy and acupuncture points than her.

If she wanted to beat someone up, she could do it effortlessly and even make it untraceable that the person was killed.

Of course, Anning didn’t intend to kill Yi Qihang.

She just wanted to leave him half-crippled. Before New Year, Anning didn’t want Yi Qihang pestering her anymore.

Yi Qihang lay on the ground for hours before he gritted his teeth and crawled to bed.

Then he called someone to bring a doctor over to see him.

The doctor came, examined Yi Qihang thoroughly, and said there was nothing wrong with him.

Yi Qihang said he was beaten up, but the doctor expressed disbelief.

After all, Yi Qihang had no injuries, not even bruises. Claiming he was kicked far away is fooling no one.

The doctor was a Western practitioner, and he trusted various test data the most. Seeing no marks on Yi Qihang’s body and normal readings for blood pressure and heart rate, he told Yi Qihang he was fine, suggesting the pain might be psychological.

Yi Qihang almost wanted to curse.

Damn psychological reasons, lying on the floor for hours just because of psychological reasons? That doctor was fooling people!

Yi Qihang didn’t believe it. After dismissing the Western doctor, he had someone get an old Chinese medicine doctor, who also said Yi Qihang had no issues.

This left Yi Qihang speechless.

The old Chinese doctor prescribed some medication to regulate the body and left.

Yi Qihang had no choice since neither Chinese nor Western doctors could find anything wrong; he could only accept his bad luck.

He slept the night, and when he woke the next day, his body hurt even more, making it hard for him to get out of bed.

He originally planned to go to school today, but he couldn’t even get up, so how could he go?

Left with no choice, Yi Qihang grudgingly gave up.

Anyway, he had already arranged for someone to undermine Xiao Yuan’s business. Soon Xiao Yuan would have to sneak away from the Capital, and then he’d pursue Anning, confident he’d succeed.

Thinking this way, Yi Qihang settled down to recover.

Anning, on the other hand, wasn’t affected; she studied as she should and played with classmates, seemingly unaffected.

Meanwhile, Sun Keke asked the class monitor to find out about Yi Qihang the next morning during class.

Sun Keke’s class monitor was a Capital local, whose family seemed quite influential—though Sun Keke wasn’t sure.

The class monitor’s name was Gu Zhiyuan. He was tall and handsome, with a good temperament, always smiling, and eager to help classmates.

Overall, the classmates had a good impression of Gu Zhiyuan; Sun Keke also found him good-natured and warm-hearted, which is why she wanted to ask him to find out about Yi Qihang.

Before class, Sun Keke approached Gu Zhiyuan and quietly said, ”Monitor, I want to ask you to help investigate a person.”

Gu Zhiyuan set his textbook down and replied gently, ”Who is it? Someone from our school?”

Sun Keke shook her head, ”No, he’s a social figure, a wealthy man from the Capital, and yesterday...”

Sun Keke narrated Yi Qihang’s harassment of Anning: ”Yesterday, my roommate got so angry she beat him, worried about retaliation, so I want someone to investigate him.”

Gu Zhiyuan’s face gradually darkened upon hearing this.

He asked Sun Keke coldly, ”What’s his name?”

”Yi Qihang.”

As Sun Keke uttered these words, she noticed Gu Zhiyuan’s face turn icy, with a glint of wrath in his eyes.

”Monitor?”

She lowered her voice to call out.

Gu Zhiyuan snapped back, ”Where’s your roommate? Didn’t she say she’d invite me to dinner? This afternoon, let her wait for me after school; I know about Yi Qihang, I’ll tell her myself.”

Sun Keke paused before nodding, ”Alright, I’ll inform Ningning.”

Time for class, Sun Keke hurriedly found a seat with her books.

At lunchtime, Sun Keke and Anning went to the cafeteria together, and she conveyed Gu Zhiyuan’s message.

Anning responded calmly, saying just to let Sun Keke inform Gu Zhiyuan she’d be waiting at the Sichuan restaurant outside the school after class.

After school in the afternoon, Anning didn’t return to the dorm but ran into Milan while carrying her books, asking Milan to take her books back to the dorm.

Anning then headed directly to the Sichuan restaurant outside the school.

Shortly after Anning arrived, Gu Zhiyuan showed up.

Anning hadn’t met Gu Zhiyuan before, but Sun Keke had mentioned him; seeing a tall, handsome teenager approach, she smiled, ”Are you Gu?”

Gu Zhiyuan nodded while discreetly observing Anning.

Anning smiled, ”Then let’s go inside and talk while eating.”

The two entered the restaurant; it was not quite dinnertime yet, so there weren’t many people. Anning asked the owner for a private room, and she and Gu Zhiyuan sat inside.

Anning let Gu Zhiyuan order.

Gu Zhiyuan was there to discuss matters, so he didn’t order many dishes.

Anning ordered two bowls of noodles, asking the waiter to bring everything together.

With no other customers, the food arrived shortly.

Anning asked Gu Zhiyuan, ”What would you like to drink? Alcohol or soft drinks?”

Gu Zhiyuan poured water, ”Just plain water.”

Anning dismissed the waiter.

Once the waiter left, Anning asked Gu Zhiyuan, ”Do you know Yi Qihang?”

”I do.”

Gu Zhiyuan spoke through gritted teeth.

Huh?

Anning looked at Gu Zhiyuan, seeing a grudge against Yi Qihang.

Gu Zhiyuan drank some water. When mentioning Yi Qihang, his face was full of chill and hatred: ”How did you get involved with him?”

Anning shook her head, ”I didn’t provoke him; I’m just a student who’s hardly left the school. How could I provoke him? He seems crazy, coming up saying he likes me and wants to pursue me. I told him I have a boyfriend, but he wouldn’t listen and even tried bribing my boyfriend to break up with me. What’s wrong with him? Is his brain waterlogged or was he kicked by a mule?”

Anning’s words made Gu Zhiyuan’s anger dissipate.

He couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

After eating a few bites, Gu Zhiyuan put down his chopsticks to talk to Anning about Yi Qihang: ”The Yi is very suspect; keep your distance, don’t provoke him at any cost.”