The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

In the evening, when going to bed, Anning and Xiao Yuan were still talking about Xiao Lu.

Anning said to Xiao Yuan, ”The child has something on her mind, but she can’t speak out, and over time it could cause problems.”

Xiao Yuan hugged Anning and said, ”I’ll talk to her another day.”

Then he thought of something else and said, ”By the way, our family has never gone out together for fun. Tomorrow I’ll ask the kids, we can make a travel plan, and we all go out together, how about that.”

Anning calculated the time and said, ”It’s almost New Year, hasn’t this year passed quickly? Let’s go on a vacation during the New Year holiday. You ask the kids for their opinions, everyone can say where they want to go, and then we’ll decide on a place together.”

”Okay.”

Xiao Yuan agreed readily.

The next day during breakfast, Xiao Yuan sat down and cleared his throat, ”Hold off on eating, I want to discuss something with you all.”

The kids who were originally going to serve themselves breakfast now sat quietly, waiting for Xiao Yuan to speak.

”This year our family has been quite busy. First, your mom and I got married, then there were Lulu and Lin Lin’s matters, and all other miscellaneous things that made us not go out together at all. Your mom and I discussed, during the winter holiday, our whole family can go out to have fun, have a nice vacation together, and let everyone be happy.”

Xiao Yuan discussed seriously with the kids.

The kids initially thought Xiao Yuan was going to say something important, but when they heard they would be going on vacation together, they immediately became excited.

Zhang Yilin was the first to raise her hand, ”Dad, it’s too cold here. During the New Year, let’s find a warm place. I want to go on a beach holiday.”

Xiao Lu said softly, ”I want to go to the North to see the ice lanterns.”

Xiao Yishan was quietly pondering, while Zhao Xiaocong was straightforward, ”I want to go to the beach too, it’s so beautiful, tropical beach, bikini beauties...”

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Yuan tapped him on the head, ”What are you thinking about at such a young age.”

Zhao Xiaomeng looked at Anning and said, ”Dad, I want to go to an old town.”

At this time, Xiao Yishan also spoke, ”I want to go to the beach too, I want to wear beautiful dresses and go sailing.”

Anning looked at the five kids and said, ”Alright, out of five votes, three want to go to the beach, so let’s go to the beach.”

She then spoke to Xiao Lu, ”Lulu, can we go see the ice lanterns next year?”

Actually Xiao Lu didn’t insist on going, she was just expressing her idea, if they really can’t go, she’s okay with it.

”Okay.”

Anning then looked at Zhao Xiaomeng, ”Mengmeng, it’s best to visit an old town in the spring, the old town is very close to us here, next spring let your dad drive our family over, alright?”

Zhao Xiaomeng nodded, ”Okay.”

Since everyone had no objections, the matter was settled.

After breakfast, Xiao Yuan got up and said to Xiao Lu, ”Today I’ll take you to school, and on the way, we can have a father-daughter chat.”

Xiao Lu nodded.

Anning took the other four kids to school, while Xiao Yuan walked with Xiao Lu to school.

On the way, Xiao Yuan took out a scarf and put it around Xiao Lu, ”You child, in this cold winter, not even wearing a scarf, look how this cold wind blows straight into your collar.”

Xiao Lu smiled and tightened the scarf, ”Dad, why aren’t you wearing a scarf?”

”How can I be the same as you? I’m strong and not afraid of cold.”

What Xiao Yuan said was true, he and Anning actually were not afraid of the cold.

Xiao Lu smirked, ”You are just bragging.”

”What do you mean by bragging? You, a child, what do you know.”

Xiao Yuan tapped Xiao Lu’s head, ”Knowing nothing and thinking about nonsense every day. Let me tell you, past things are past, we must look forward, forget all bad things. With me here, your future is bright, your mom and I will pave a good path for you and find you a splendid future.”

Xiao Lu froze.

She stopped, looked at Xiao Yuan, ”Dad, what do you mean by that?”

Xiao Yuan touched Xiao Lu’s head again, ”That’s what I mean. No matter what you have gone through, how much is on your mind, I’m telling you, with me, all those messy thoughts should be forgotten. Being my daughter means being cheerful, and anything you can’t solve, as a young child shouldn’t be your concern, the difficult things are for adults, understand?”

”You?”

Xiao Lu looked surprised, ”How did you know this.”

Yes, Xiao Lu understood the meaning in Xiao Yuan’s words, Xiao Yuan was hinting at her uniqueness.

Xiao Yuan smiled, ”Your dad is a swindler, though I mostly do Feng Shui readings, Feng Shui and Face Reading are interconnected, do you understand?”

Xiao Lu patted her head, ”How come I’m so silly, if I’d known earlier you noticed, I would’ve confessed to you earlier. I’ve kept these things in my heart for such a long time.”

Xiao Yuan pulled Xiao Lu to continue walking, ”Is our family’s result very bad?”

Xiao Lu nodded.

”Let me guess.” Xiao Yuan smiled and said, ”You must have lived poorly, Yilin probably doesn’t have it much better, your mom might have had accidents? And me, and Yishan, and Xiaocong and Xiaomeng, everyone is not doing well, right.”

”You really guessed it.”

Xiao Lu was no longer surprised, she thought to herself, for a swindler who is proficient in psychology, guessing her little secrets is really not difficult.

”It seems true then.”

Xiao Yuan thought a bit and understood everything.

”Lulu, with dad here, dad will arrange everything, you really don’t need to think too much, you are still a student, all you need is to study well and get into a good university, leave the rest to dad.”

Xiao Lu knows, no matter how many lifetimes she relives, she likely can’t match her biological father’s capabilities, for now, she can only rely on her parents, so she smiles and says, ”Okay.”

”Hurry up, you’ll be late.”

Xiao Yuan checked the time and pulled Xiao Lu along to run, finally delivering her to school just before the bell rang.

Zhang Family in N City

Zhang Hao and Zhang Linfeng couldn’t hold on for several months and had to go out looking for work.

But both father and son have high expectations but low abilities, used to being CEOs, now they can’t adapt to ordinary people’s work.

They wanted to enter big companies as executives, but big companies didn’t want them.

Primarily, Zhang Hao was already old, and although Zhang Linfeng was young, after inheriting the Zhang family business, he bankrupted it. What boss would dare hire him?

Having no options, after hitting many dead ends, they had to find a small company, working as white-collar workers, doing tough nine to five jobs, often having to work overtime, exhausted every day.

Because of this, Zhang Linfeng started to blame Zhang Hao.

He complained to Zhang Hao, ”Back when Xiao wanted to take Yilin away, you should have asked him for some money, or let him set up a Feng Shui plan for our family to get rich. You didn’t ask for anything and let him take her away, what were you thinking.”

Zhang Hao was also quite frustrated, ”I was afraid he would harm us, a geomancy master can do harm, it’s really hard to guard against.”

Zhang Linfeng sneered, ”Are you stupid, him harm us? Considering Yilin, he wouldn’t harm us, after all Yilin is from our family and shares blood, if he sets up bad Feng Shui, wouldn’t Yilin suffer too? Dad, how could you not think of that?”

That’s true.

Back then Zhang Hao was indeed frightened by Xiao Yuan.

Primarily, Xiao Yuan’s aura was intimidating enough to frighten Zhang Hao, now hearing Zhang Linfeng say this, he came to his senses.

He patted his own head, ”You see me, how come I didn’t realize it earlier.”

Zhang Linfeng continued, ”Earlier Yilin asked for quite a few things from us, and we haven’t seen those items since. Dad, when you have a day off, go find her, not saying she has to return everything, but at least half should come back. Now she’s not our child, why should our items stay with her?”