The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

”What?”

Old Madam saw the sisters-in-law whispering over there and wanted to go over and listen to what was happening, but the moment she got close, she heard this sentence.

Old Madam almost jumped up on the spot: ”Don’t just say things, what kind of taste does Ningning have? How could she be interested in Xiao Family’s second son? Just look at Xiao Family’s poor appearance, and the second son doesn’t know much. How is that possible.”

Even Yang Junni and others didn’t believe it.

Instead, Li Cuixia couldn’t help but frown.

She actually kind of believed these words.

The reason was, last summer when Li Cuixia was organizing shoe soles, she found that she was missing two pairs of Yang Erchou’s shoe soles. She originally thought that she had put them in the wrong place, but no matter how hard she looked, she couldn’t find them.

Since no one had come to the house, Li Cuixia thought maybe the mice had taken them away and didn’t think too much about it.

But now that Yang Baoni mentioned Anning was dating Xiao Yuan, Li Cuixia remembered Xiao Family had many children, and their kids wore ragged clothes. She remembered Xiao Yuan wearing shoes with exposed toes, but once saw him wearing a new pair.

She didn’t think much of it then, but now looking back, how did she just feel Anning made those shoes for him?

Moreover, Anning said during New Year’s at home that Xiao Yuan had succeeded, opened a company outside, and was earning money.

If Xiao Yuan had nothing, was just a poor kid from the village, Anning wouldn’t have been interested.

But now, Xiao Yuan proved himself capable, and since he and Anning were from the same village, even if they didn’t interact much growing up, they grew up together. There’s also Xiao Yuan’s face; it’s not impossible for Anning to be attracted to him.

But Li Cuixia obviously couldn’t share these thoughts with Yang Junni and them.

She could only remain silent.

Meanwhile, Mr. Fang and Mrs. Fang were also upset.

Yang Anzhen had a difficult labor, her family aunt hurried over, but their own family didn’t even make an appearance.

Especially after Mrs. Fang heard Fang Jianhua say that Zhou Chunhua had argued with Yang Anzhen before, which made her even angrier.

What’s Zhou Chunhua’s problem?

She knew Yang Anzhen was heavily pregnant, yet she specifically went to the factory to argue with her, causing stress-induced premature labor, and then went into hiding. She must be like a turtle, retreating when things go wrong.

The two families waited outside the hospital delivery room for over two hours before a nurse came out.

She was holding a child: ”Who’s Yang Anzhen’s family?”

Both families stood up: ”Here, here.”

Fang Jianhua went over to ask: ”How’s my wife?”

The nurse smiled: ”Luckily she was brought in on time; the mother is fine. Oh, this is your son, hurry and hold him.”

Fang Jianhua told Mrs. Fang: ”Mom, you hold the child; I’ll wait for my wife to come out.”

He didn’t glance at the child, only eagerly watching the delivery room.

Mrs. Fang gratefully thanked the nurse, eagerly accepting her grandson and Yang Erchou and others gathered around to look.

”This child looks sturdy.”

”The child doesn’t look like a premature baby.”

”Truly raised well by Zhenzhen; look at this child, so lovely, growing so cute.”

This must be due to the family filter; no matter how they looked, the elders found this child adorable, really giving a sense of fondness.

A while later, Yang Anzhen was pushed out from inside.

Fang Jianhua hurried over: ”Wife, are you okay?”

Yang Anzhen truly suffered, now covered in sweat, her body aching, her face showing pallor.

”I’m fine.”

She pursed her lips, feeling her mouth very dry: ”I want some water.”

”Yes, water, water.”

Fang Jianhua followed into the ward, settling Yang Anzhen and quickly pouring her some warm water.

Mrs. Fang and others also gathered to ask: ”Zhenzhen, how do you feel? Are you uncomfortable anywhere else?”

Yang Anzhen shook her head: ”I’m fine, just tired and sore.”

”Then lie down and sleep for a bit.”

Mrs. Fang tucked the blanket around Yang Anzhen: ”You rest well, we’ll watch the baby, don’t worry.”

Yang Anzhen nodded, immediately falling into a deep sleep.

Mr. Fang called to Yang Erchou and them: ”Relatives, you haven’t eaten yet after coming over, now that Zhenzhen and the child are fine, let’s head out for some food.”

Yang Junni and her sisters quickly said: ”No need, no need, you’re busy enough. Since Zhenzhen is fine now, we will head off now. We will definitely come to eat when the child is one month old.”

Mr. Fang tried hard to invite everyone to a restaurant, but Yang Junni and her sisters were absolutely unwilling, they glanced at the child, then bid farewell and left.

Yang Erchou also wasn’t in the mood for food, thinking that with Yang Anzhen being okay, he would head back with Li Cuixia and Old Madam.

Li Cuixia also mentioned to Mrs. Fang that she would come to the hospital to replace her tomorrow.

Returning home, Li Cuixia finally shared what Yang Baoni said, along with her speculations, with Yang Erchou.

”Honey, do you think Ningning is really dating Xiao Yuan?”

Yang Erchou took a drag of his cigarette: ”Don’t overthink, let’s call Ningning and ask. If she’s not, that’s the best; if she is, they should break up quickly. It’s not that I’m criticizing Xiao Family for being poor; I just dislike their family’s character. Look at the two daughters-in-law they married, and Xiao Yuan’s siblings’ morals; I absolutely disagree with such a family.”

Li Cuixia looked worried: ”But Ningning has been headstrong since she was little, and now she’s in the Capital, we can’t control her, she may say she broke up on the surface yet secretly continued seeing Xiao Yuan, we can’t do anything.”

Indeed.

Yang Erchou worried too.

But he still needed to make the call.

Yang Erchou waited till evening to call Anning’s dormitory.

Thankfully, Anning was there, and she answered the call, upon realizing it was home, asked: ”Dad, what’s up?”

Yang Erchou wiped his face: ”Your sister gave birth.”

Anning rejoiced: ”Really? I have a nephew now.”

Then she realized Yang Anzhen’s months weren’t enough: ”Why did my sister give birth now? It’s premature labor, is she okay?”

Yang Erchou chuckled: ”It’s fine, both your sister and baby are great.”

But Anning, knowing her father well, could tell Yang Erchou was hiding something: ”Dad, why exactly did my sister have premature labor? Don’t keep me anxious, quickly tell me, otherwise I’ll take leave and come back.”

Ultimately, Yang Erchou couldn’t resist Anning and told her everything: ”Ningning, Dad doesn’t believe you’d do such a thing; your sister doesn’t either, but her elder sister-in-law purposely ran to the factory and yelled, saying your sister wasn’t embarrassed using your deceitfully obtained dirty money. Your sister must have been anxious to defend you and angry at her sister-in-law’s unfounded accusations, causing both stress and impatience leading to premature labor.”

Across the phone, Yang Erchou naturally couldn’t see the ice forming in Anning’s eyes.

”Dad, those are slanders, I’ve never tricked anyone out of a penny. That so-called boss, Yi Qihang, he...”

Anning revealed what kind of person Yi Qihang was, how many women he had, how flirtatious he was, and how he pursued her to Yang Erchou: ”Dad, you think I’d accept such a person? I most despise such people, just seeing him makes me nauseous, yet he kept coming to me, and out of anger, I beat him up. Presumably, he couldn’t accept it, so he specifically found someone to slander me.”

Yang Erchou became more and more outraged: ”What sort of shameless people are they? Ningning, we must never agree to such people, regardless of how much money they have.”

Anning nodded: ”Dad, I’ve got this.”

Yang Erchou felt relieved, but his heart soon tightened again: ”Ningning, be honest with Dad, are you dating Xiao Yuan?”

Li Cuixia was also listening closely, tense herself.

Anning didn’t hide, and openly admitted: ”Dad, I am indeed dating Xiao Yuan, I like him, and he treats me well, the two of us...”

”No way.”

Yang Erchou sternly objected: ”Ningning, it’s not that Dad doesn’t want you to date, if you find someone with good morals from a stable family, Dad wouldn’t care about their wealth and would agree without reservation. But you and Xiao Yuan... you’re a prestigious university student, what is he? Also considering Xiao Family’s troublesome bunch...”