The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Anning hugged Xiao Qin, gently patting her back: ”Alright, let’s not be sad. Your brother will always be your brother. Even if there’s no blood relation, there’s still more than twenty years of sibling affection. Let’s think from another angle. If you weren’t the Xiao Family’s daughter, would you not want your second brother?”

”No way.”

Xiao Qin wiped her tears: ”How could I not acknowledge my second brother? He will always be my second brother, until the day I die.”

Anning laughed: ”There you go. If you think this way, your second brother surely thinks the same.”

Xiao Qin finally cheered up: ”Really? I worried for nothing. I can’t even count how much I’ve cried during this time.”

”That’s because you’re silly.”

Anning playfully tapped her forehead: ”Why didn’t you say so earlier? If you had spoken up, you wouldn’t have been secretly shedding tears all the time.”

Xiao Qin stuck out her tongue: ”I was scared. I was afraid my second brother wouldn’t acknowledge me...”

Anning stepped back a few paces: ”Alright, go wash your face and come help me cook.”

”At your command.”

Xiao Qin happily went to the bathroom.

Just as Anning and Xiao Qin finished cooking, Xiao Yuan came back.

He put down his bag, washed his hands, and helped Anning set the table.

Once the table was set, the three of them sat down for a meal. Xiao Yuan started talking about some matters in Yangjiazhuang.

”Xiuer has gone out to work.”

Xiao Qin was startled: ”Where did she go to work? Why didn’t she tell me?”

Xiao Yuan served Anning some dishes, then gave some to Xiao Qin: ”The family wants her to get married soon and have started arranging blind dates for her. The conditions of the matches weren’t great, so Xiuer wasn’t willing. To avoid being married off for a dowry, she thought of going out to work and earn money. I heard she went to Hai City.”

”Hai City?”

Xiao Qin frowned: ”What’s she going to do there? Other than being a factory worker or a maid, those jobs aren’t easy.”

Anning pondered for a moment: ”Maybe she went to be a maid, right? During the New Year, didn’t you tell her that if she met a good employer, working as a maid could be quite decent? She might have been tempted.”

”I’ll be going to Hai City in a while. By then, I’ll see if I can find her. If I manage to meet her, I’ll ask where she’s working and help her if I can.”

Xiao Yuan reassured Xiao Qin.

Xiao Qin thought for a while: ”Brother, if you find her, just subtly ask around. If she’s managing on her own, don’t interfere. After all, everyone has to live their own lives and can’t rely on others forever.”

That’s true.

”I’ll just inquire then.”

Xiao Yuan smiled: ”Qinzi, don’t be formal with your second brother. Just say whatever you want. Just treat me as the brother who always used to play with you.”

That sentence almost brought Xiao Qin to tears.

”Alright, I’ll remember not to be formal with my brother.”

Anning, smiling, gave Xiao Qin a few pieces of meat: ”Alright, let’s eat. We can talk about anything after the meal.”

After finishing the meal, Xiao Qin helped clean up the kitchen before leaving.

After seeing Xiao Qin off, Anning sat down with Xiao Yuan to have a proper conversation.

Xiao Yuan talked about how Yi Qihang would be going to Hai City in a few days, and Xiao Yuan needed to go there early to prepare. He planned to contact some people to stir things up and cause Yi Qihang significant trouble.

Anning understood what Xiao Yuan aimed to do.

Yi Qihang relied on his foreknowledge to wreak havoc in the stock market. He remembered some historical stock data, often profiting from them. His first pot of gold came from the stock market.

Back then, he mortgaged everything the family could, took out a bank loan, and bought a subscription certificate in Shen City, making a big profit. Later, he bought stocks and futures a few times, always earning huge profits.

This made Yi Qihang overly confident, believing he was invincible in the stock market.

But this time, Xiao Yuan intended to teach him a lesson.

Did Yi Qihang really think that just because he had memories of his past life, he could keep making money? Not necessarily. Nothing remains unchanged. A slight change can lead to drastic consequences.

And Xiao Yuan wasn’t aiming for just a minor change; he wanted a complete reversal.

Previously, Xiao Yuan went to Hai City with some wealthy people to buy stocks, all in preparation for this day.

Xiao Yuan didn’t have enough funds to counter Yi Qihang, so he had to leverage others. He had already contacted many wealthy individuals in Hai City, gathering substantial funds. He could use these funds to make Yi Qihang suffer a huge loss this time.

After two days, Xiao Yuan flew south.

Meanwhile, Anning closely monitored Xiao Li and Yang Fugui.

Additionally, Anning started going out frequently to buy things. She bought many components and also acquired lots of experimental tools through Gu Zhiyuan. After that, aside from attending classes, she stayed in her room making things.

Once Xiao Yuan arrived in Hai City, he called several wealthy friends to arrange a meal together.

After a few days, Xiao Yuan arranged another meeting, gathering many people for tea, during which he mentioned the opportunity to make a big profit together.

These wealthy individuals had made quite a bit of money following Xiao Yuan the previous year. Now that there was talk of something big, everyone was excited. Many started gathering funds, eager to follow Xiao Yuan into the stock market.

Meanwhile, Yi Qihang also arrived in Hai City.

This time, he came with a large sum of money.

Yi Qihang remembered that this year in Hai City’s stock market, several stocks would soar. Initially, these stocks were not favored, but just when they were about to hit rock bottom, they rebounded and skyrocketed like a rocket.

He clearly remembered when these stocks would skyrocket and how high they would rise.

After these stocks skyrocketed, as more investors began to snap them up, they started to drop again. Within just two months, they experienced several ups and downs.

These fluctuations led to substantial profits for some, while others lost so much that they felt like jumping off a building.

In his previous life, Yi Qihang was quite free. At that time, Anning’s entrepreneurial success meant he, as her husband, lacked nothing financially, leading a comfortable life. With idle time, he took an interest in stock trading, and Anning gave him some money to play with. Occasionally, when she had free time, she would join him in trading.

Following Anning, Yi Qihang learned quite a bit.

Anning had carefully taught him about various aspects of the stock market. At that time, to explain certain points, she used this specific instance as an example, so he remembered it quite distinctly.

Afterward, he started researching past market data, and as a result, he thought he was quite knowledgeable about the financial market.

Over the years, he had made quite a bit of money with this foreknowledge. This time, he planned to make another significant profit, just like always.

After Yi Qihang arrived, he had his trader start buying large amounts of those stocks.

Xiao Yuan also began his operations with his group.

However, unlike Yi Qihang, Xiao Yuan planned to short those stocks.

When Yi Qihang invested a large sum in buying, Xiao Yuan began selling heavily and spreading unfavorable news about the relevant companies. Just when Yi Qihang was dreaming about the stocks soaring, they began to crash.

Seeing the data completely different from his expectations, Yi Qihang was shocked. Initially, those stocks should have soared to over three times their original price, but now they had fallen below the base price.

Having no real skills, Yi Qihang had been relying on his foresight, doing nothing else. When his expectations differed from reality, he became thoroughly flustered.

He quickly instructed his trader to sell off the stocks he had bought.

Fearing further losses, he was anxious about more significant losses.

At this moment, Yi Qihang was clearly panicked.

He had entered the market with a large sum. Selling his shares at that point would undoubtedly drag the stock prices down even further.

When he had almost sold off his shares, Xiao Yuan started buying in large volumes.

He invested a substantial amount of money to raise the stock prices.

When Yi Qihang saw those stocks beginning to skyrocket, he was filled with regret.

He started doubting his memory and began following his trader’s advice on what to buy.

But Xiao Yuan wouldn’t allow Yi Qihang’s plans to succeed.

If Xiao Yuan didn’t ensure that Yi Qihang lost all the money he brought, he’d have wasted all his years.

Using substantial funding to stir the market, Xiao Yuan took just a month to make Yi Qihang lose so much that his eyes turned red.

When Yi Qihang had lost almost all of his funds, Xiao Yuan started driving the market up again, and as he watched those stocks rise just as they did in his memory, even surpassing three times the original price, he was almost furious to death.

Xiao Yuan achieved precisely the effect he wanted.

To strike at the heart, he not only wanted Yi Qihang to lose money but also to demoralize him, shattering his confidence and causing him to doubt himself.