The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Xiao Qun kept his head down and said nothing.

Su Liang looked at Xiao Qun: ”Although our two families are somewhat distant, you probably know that your grandfather and my grandfather were related by blood. I remember hearing my father say when I was young that they looked very similar.”

Everyone sitting in the room was originally in a bad mood, and they were all silent. But upon hearing Su Liang’s words, they couldn’t help but turn their gaze towards Su Liang and Xiao Qun.

Gu Zhiyuan, who had been sitting quietly without saying much, suddenly spoke up: ”Come to think of it, upon close inspection, the two uncles do indeed bear some resemblance.”

Indeed, when Su Liang and Xiao Qun sat together, the outline of their eyebrows and eyes showed some similar traits.

With this explanation, it also explained why Xiao Yuan, though a child of the Su family, bore such a striking resemblance to the ancestors of the Xiao Family. No wonder the Xiao Family never doubted over the years that Xiao Yuan wasn’t their biological child.

”I’ve raised him all these years, and now you say you want him, just like that.”

He Fangfang still held onto Xiao Yuan, unwilling to let go.

Geng Shuhua grew anxious.

”He’s my son, what right do you have not to give him back? You have your own daughter, why won’t you let my son go? To be fair, your family hasn’t suffered any loss; your daughter has been living with the Gu Family, enjoying prosperity in the Capital for so many years. What do you have to be dissatisfied about? Yet, my son has suffered poverty all these years in your home. He’s such a good-looking and reportedly smart boy. If he had studied well, maybe he could have gone to college, but because you took the wrong child, you’ve delayed him for so many years.”

As she spoke, Geng Shuhua ran over, hugged Xiao Yuan, and cried: ”My poor son, we live so close, yet mother and son have not recognized each other in over twenty years. I, as a mother, whenever I think of the hardships my son has endured, my heart feels as if it’s being cut with a knife.”

Geng Shuhua’s crying was utterly genuine.

Her tears and snot flowed freely, an evident sign of her genuine belief that Xiao Yuan had suffered, and her heart ached for him.

Su Liang, feeling helpless: ”Please, don’t cry. We’ve found our son now, found him. From now on, let’s treat him well and make up for what we’ve owed all these years.”

After crying for a while, Geng Shuhua finally pulled Xiao Yuan to sit down.

Yao Na and Gu Zhigao pulled Gu Xueqing into the room.

Once inside, Yao Na pointed at Xiao Qun and He Fangfang and said to Gu Xueqing: ”See, over there are your biological parents. Quickly go over and call them.”

”I don’t want to.”

Gu Xueqing shrieked, her voice piercing.

She clung to Yao Na, refusing to let go: ”Mom, I know I was wrong, I shouldn’t have been headstrong, I... I won’t dare again. Please don’t abandon me, don’t leave me, how can I live if you cast me out.”

Yao Na sneered coldly: ”Let me ask you, if I tell you to break up with Yi Qihang, would you agree?”

Gu Xueqing was stunned for a moment and then vigorously shook her head: ”No, you can’t be so cruel, I... Yi Qihang and I truly love each other, you can’t tear us apart.”

Yao Na’s face showed a hint of exhaustion and deeply rooted disappointment: ”We’ve said before, if you want to be with Yi Qihang, then don’t acknowledge us. Our Gu Family doesn’t have a daughter as shameless as you. I still say the same now, and besides, you weren’t originally our daughter of the Gu Family. How can you still think of staying with the Gu Family, enjoying its benefits, only to turn around and shame the Gu Family? Does all the good belong to you and all the bad to others? That’s selfish and self-centered.”

”What’s the point of saying these things?”

Gu Huai Ren rubbed his temples: ”Xueqing, since you’ve found your biological parents, let’s consider ourselves strangers from now on. We won’t reclaim the investments we’ve made in you over these twenty years. The assets under your name will remain yours, but from now on, don’t act under our Gu Family’s name. From this moment, the father-daughter bond is severed.”

Gu Huai Ren’s words left no room for negotiation.

Gu Xueqing collapsed onto the floor upon hearing this.

She stared vacantly for a long time and then turned to look at Anning.

When seeing Anning, an intense hatred flashed in her eyes.

She sprang up from the ground, pointed at Anning, and cursed: ”It’s you, all because of you, you little slut. Not only do you seduce Qihang, you also spread rumors to Zhiyuan. It must be you who said I’m not the biological daughter of the Gu Family. It must be you—I’ll kill you!”

Gu Xueqing cursed as she rushed forward.

She stretched out her hands, the sharp nails on her ten fingers were about to scratch Anning’s face.

Anning lifted her foot and kicked her far away.

He Fangfang screamed: ”Are you okay?”

Then she ran over to help Gu Xueqing up.

Gu Xueqing got up, and He Fangfang turned back to glare angrily at Anning: ”Why did you hit her?”

Xiao Qun also discontentedly glared at Anning: ”That’s my daughter; what right do you have to hit her? Do you really think the Xiao Family has no one?”

He Fangfang commanded Xiao Yuan: ”Old Two, do your mother a favor and teach her a lesson, otherwise she really thinks the Xiao Family is easy to bully.”

Xiao Qun and He Fangfang still resent how Yang Erchou shamed them back when they tried to recognize kinship with the Yang Family, and now they want to handle Anning to make Yang Erchou look bad.

However, neither of them considered that Xiao Yuan wouldn’t listen to them.

Xiao Yuan stood up and sat next to Su Liang: ”Since you’ve already acknowledged your biological daughter, it means I have no relation with the Xiao Family. I’m Su Family’s son, no longer your ’Old Two,’ and why should I help you beat someone?”

He even smiled brightly at Anning: ”Besides, I think Ningning did the right thing. Gu Xueqing, such a woman, deserves to be hit. Ningning was even being lenient; if it wasn’t for your sake, I would’ve kicked her myself.”

”You... you...”

He Fangfang pointed at Xiao Yuan, almost fainting from anger.

Yao Na looked at Gu Xueqing being badly beaten, a trace of heartache flashed in her eyes. She stood up, wanting to say a few words for Gu Xueqing, but was pulled back by Gu Huai Ren.

Gu Huai Ren whispered: ”Don’t you want to recognize your biological daughter?”

Yao Na only then realized, her biological daughter is Anning’s sister, and the two sisters have a very close relationship. If she offends Anning, her biological daughter might resent her and not acknowledge her.

Thinking of this, Yao Na sat down again.

Though she still felt heartache for her adopted daughter, her biological daughter was the most important. This, she clearly understood.