The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Anning hadn’t expected the Heavenly Dao Consciousness of this world to be this weak.

If Anning hadn’t obtained the Heavenly Mending Record in the previous world, she really wouldn’t have had any way to communicate with the Heavenly Dao Consciousness.

But Anning had already cultivated the Heavenly Mending Record now; she patched up some Laws for the Heavenly Dao Consciousness and managed to wake it up.

After that, Anning communicated with it for a while and finally figured out what was going on.

Turns out, Yi Qihang was actually being manipulated behind the scenes by the Main God.

No one can just be reborn for no reason. Yi Qihang, a completely unremarkable guy, could never have been reborn without the Main God pulling strings.

And the Main God only let Yi Qihang be reborn because of Yi Qihang’s identity.

This world was originally supposed to be a ”strong female lead” world where a woman keeps striving and finally makes it big.

And Yang Anning was supposed to be the female lead of this world.

Yi Qihang, however, was not the male lead. At best he was just a supporting male character.

According to the original timeline, Yang Anning discovered Yi Qihang cheating and insisted on divorcing him no matter what.

Yang Anning was actually a pretty decent person. She remembered their past feelings, and given that she’d been married to Yi Qihang for so many years—during which, for many years, Yi Qihang had treated her quite well—she never planned to kick him out with nothing, but intended to give him a share of the property.

But before Yang Anning could talk to Yi Qihang about any of this, he died in a car accident.

Yang Anning handled his funeral arrangements and then threw herself into the company. A year later, she met her true destined partner; the two fell deeply in love and got married after a year of dating.

In the many years after that, Yang Anning not only made a huge name for herself in the business world, she also invested in tech industries and helped drive technological development. She earned a lot of money, and once she had money, she kept doing charity work; she really helped a lot of people.

With Yang Anning, the female lead, thriving like this, the Heavenly Dao naturally developed better and better.

But the Main God wanted to mess up this world, so he started with Yi Qihang, letting Yi Qihang be reborn with his memories. Then he gave Yi Qihang a truly speechless kind of Golden Finger.

That was: any woman who slept with him would never be able to leave him. Their hearts and minds would all be filled with him. Some of these women were gentle and considerate, some had powerful family backgrounds, and some were great at making money—anyway, they’d all help Yi Qihang a lot.

And because Yang Anning was the Heavenly Dao’s destined female lead, she was the only one who didn’t lose her mind over Yi Qihang. She didn’t cling to him like her life depended on it; she stayed pretty rational.

But even so, Yi Qihang’s actions still threw this world into chaos. After Yang Anning lost her parents and relatives, and after she sent Yi Qihang to prison, she committed suicide.

With that, this world collapsed.

If Anning hadn’t come, the consciousness of this world would’ve grown weaker and weaker until the entire world finally collapsed.

After learning what Yi Qihang’s Golden Finger was, Anning was honestly completely speechless.

So it was because of that.

It turned out it was because that thing of Yi Qihang’s was ”special,” and any woman who had done it with him would live and die for him, utterly devoted to him no matter what.

Anning thought for a bit, then asked the World Consciousness: if they cut off that thing of Yi Qihang’s, would that make the effect disappear so that the women he’d bewitched would return to normal?

The World Consciousness was silent for a long time before saying it wasn’t sure, but it told Anning she could try.

What else could Anning say? She just thought, fine, let’s try.

After Anning finished communicating with the World Consciousness, she left the study to look for Xiao Yuan.

Right then, Xiao Yuan was reading some reports.

When he saw Anning, he put the papers down. ”Well? Did you ask?”

Anning sat down next to him. ”I did.”

She told Xiao Yuan everything she’d learned from the World Consciousness.

After listening, Xiao Yuan’s eyes went red.

He grabbed Anning and wouldn’t let go. ”You’re not allowed to try. If you really plan to... I’ll go instead.”

Uh?

Anning couldn’t help finding it funny.

She nestled into Xiao Yuan’s arms. ”I don’t know if it’ll work if you’re the one who tries. How about this: you try first, and if it doesn’t work, I’ll go.”

”If that’s the case, then Gu Xueqing’s behavior today is somewhat understandable too.”

Anning changed the subject with a smile.

But Xiao Yuan shook his head. ”Gu Xueqing is no good. There really is something wrong with her brain. She just used to always keep up a front, but after she got together with Yi Qihang, her true nature was really triggered.”

Put that way, it did kind of make sense.

Anning nodded. ”Makes a lot of sense. Maybe she was a love-brain to begin with. Otherwise, none of Yi Qihang’s other women are like that—why is she the one who’s different? Even if she can’t leave Yi Qihang, she shouldn’t have said those things right in front of me.”

The two of them chatted quietly for a bit, then Anning got up to take a shower.

Meanwhile, Gu Zhiyuan had something weighing on his mind, so he couldn’t settle down at school either. He didn’t even stay to eat dinner after class; he just rode his bike straight home.

Gu Zhiyuan’s home wasn’t very far from school, and riding a bike wasn’t that tiring.

When he got home, it was just in time for dinner.

Gu Zhiyuan washed his hands and sat down to eat. After dinner, he told his father, Gu Weiren, about running into Anning while taking Gu Xueqing out to eat that day.

”Dad, I really didn’t expect Cousin to be like that. You know, when she questioned my classmate like that, I was so embarrassed I wanted to crawl into a hole.”

Gu Weiren’s brows were knitted, and his face didn’t look good either.

”Your grandpa is already so angry he doesn’t want to acknowledge her anymore. From now on, stay out of her business.”

Right now, Gu Weiren totally looked down on Gu Xueqing’s behavior. The Gu Family also felt she was making a complete fool of herself and truly didn’t want to recognize her anymore.

”I used to think maybe she’d been ruined by someone somehow, so I was thinking of rescuing her. I didn’t expect that maybe she’s just born like this.”

Gu Zhiyuan sighed. ”Oh, right, my classmate asked if Cousin is really biologically related to our family, or if she might’ve been switched at the hospital. I was thinking, no one like Cousin has ever come out of our family. Maybe she really was switched. Dad, do you think we could do a paternity test?”

Gu Weiren was stunned for a moment, then recalled some things from back then.

”I’ll give your uncle a call. Maybe... we really should do a paternity test.”

Gu Weiren called his older brother, Gu Huai Ren, and told him what he was thinking. The two of them discussed it for a while before he finally hung up.

Gu Huai Ren was still pretty efficient when he did things.

The next day, he went to talk to Gu Xueqing, and while she was off guard, he plucked two strands of her hair and then sent them off for testing together with his own hair.

After Gu Zhiyuan brought this up, he stopped worrying about it. The next day he went to ask his friend’s uncle about the track and field team recruitment. Once he got a clear answer, he went to find Anning at school and told her about it, asking her to call home and get Xiangshan to the Capital as soon as possible for some tests in that area.

Anning called home at noon.

She called right at lunchtime, when everyone happened to be home.

As soon as the call connected, Anning explained everything to Yang Erchou. ”Dad, have my aunt bring Xiangshan to the Capital as soon as possible. If his physical fitness, stamina, and potential all meet the standards, there’s a very good chance he can be recruited into the track and field team.”

When Yang Erchou heard this, he got so excited he could hardly stand it. ”Good, good. I’ll go to your aunt’s place right after I eat. I’ll definitely get them to go to the Capital as soon as possible. This is a big deal, it concerns Xiangshan’s whole life. We can’t afford to be careless.”