The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

”What did I do?”

Anning stood in front of Li Wanping, looking down at her from above.

She stretched out her right hand, her long nails grazing Li Wanping’s cheek, causing Li Wanping to shiver: ”Li Wanping, what kind of thing are you, I understood you twenty years ago, I know very well what you’re thinking, hehe, I’m just waiting for you to do something stupid, the more foolish your actions, the worse your end will be.”

”I, I didn’t, I did it for Jingchen’s sake.”

Li Wanping tried to defend herself, her voice trembling.

Anning’s expression turned stern, she ruthlessly pinched Li Wanping’s chin, forcing her to look up: ”Look at me, say it again, are you really doing it for your selfish reasons or for Jingchen’s benefit?”

Looking into Anning’s eyes filled with fury, Li Wanping found herself unable to say anything.

Anning exerted force with her hand, causing blood to seep out of Li Wanping’s chin; the pain brought tears to her eyes, but she dared not move.

”If you truly care for Jingchen, you should know what he wants and what he doesn’t want, you should encourage and support him, not force him, but what about you?”

Anning couldn’t help but laugh angrily: ”If you really wanted what’s best for Jingchen, you’d find a way to give him the Xiao Family.”

”Impossible.” Li Wanping shouted sharply, ignoring the pain and fear.

Anning sneered at Li Wanping: ”Is this your attitude as a mother, good, very good, if you won’t give Jingchen the Xiao Family, then I will. Li Wanping, I will give the Xiao Family, and all the old man’s assets to Jingchen. I will leave you with nothing, just wait and see.”

She flung Li Wanping aside and turned to leave.

Li Wanping chased after her: ”What are you going to do? What have you done?”

Anning laughed: ”If you go upstairs now, you might still save your son, otherwise...”

In a flurry, Li Wanping ran upstairs.

She reached the room Xiao Zhang had reserved, pulled out the room card from her bag, and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, she saw two people tangled together on the bed; those two were not Xiao Zhang and Xia Man, but Xiao Zhang and Hu Yushan.

And Xia Man was nowhere to be seen.

Judging by the looks of Xiao Zhang and Hu Yushan, the two had already done the deed.

Seeing this scene, Li Wanping felt her vision go black, nearly collapsing to the ground.

Leaving the hotel, Anning got into her car, glanced at the two unconscious people in the back seat, and sighed: ”They are still just two children.”

The car was driven here by Anning, and now she was driving Xi Jingchen and Xia Man back home.

Currently, only Anning and Xiao Yuan lived in the Xiao Family’s old house, so Anning decided to bring Xi Jingchen and Xia Man there.

After parking the car in the garage, Anning took out a pill and held it under Xi Jingchen and Xia Man’s noses to sniff, then splashed some water on their faces.

Xi Jingchen gradually came to, and opened his eyes to see the confined and narrow space.

”I, my head is so dizzy.”

Afterwards, Xia Man also woke up.

The two exchanged glances, realizing they had fallen into a trap.

”Awake?”

Anning turned around in the front seat to look at the two.

”Grandma?”

Xi Jingchen was startled: ”You... where is this?”

”Where else could it be, it’s my home.” Anning replied irritably, then opened the car door to get out: ”Hurry up and get out, we’ll talk at home.”

Xi Jingchen helped Xia Man out of the car, and Anning led them to the elevator, which took them straight to the living room.

Today, Xiao Yuan had some matters to attend to and hadn’t returned yet at this time.

Anning sat down on the sofa: ”Sit down.”

Xi Jingchen pulled Xia Man to sit.

”Do you know what happened?”

Anning asked.

Xi Jingchen and Xia Man both shook their heads.

Xia Man rubbed her forehead: ”Today, I received a call from Aunt Li, saying she wanted to treat Jingchen and me to dinner. I went after work, then she said Jingchen was stuck in traffic, she poured me a glass of water, and after I drank it, I passed out.”

Xi Jingchen was taken aback: ”She didn’t say she was inviting you to dinner, just that the two of us should sit together.”

Xi Jingchen’s head still hurt a bit, he hit his head: ”When I went there, she was the only one, she offered me water and I drank it without much thought...”

Anning looked at the two with exasperation: ”Are you two idiots, don’t know to communicate first? Luckily, I knew Manman was going to see her today, something felt off, so I followed. Otherwise, you’d both be finished.”

Anning took out her phone to show Xi Jingchen and Xia Man the video she had recorded.

In one video, Xiao Zhang was seen carrying Xia Man into a hotel room; in another, Hu Yushan and a tall, sturdy man were helping Xi Jingchen into a hotel room.

After watching the videos, Anning saw the distress and faint fear on Xi Jingchen and Xia Man’s faces, so she spoke: ”After all these years, Li Wanping’s tricks are still so crude, but they do work. You know, she not only drugged you, but would also record videos to blackmail you. If, in the future, either of you disobeys even a bit, she’ll take out the videos...”

”Grandma, stop it.” Xi Jingchen’s face had gone pale.

Xia Man was even more frightened: ”I, I thought she was Jingchen’s mom...”

”Mom?” Anning sneered: ”A mother who abandoned her child shortly after birth? A mother who ignored her child for over a decade, yet, when convenient, forced her child to change college preferences?”

Xi Jingchen’s eyes grew ever colder.

If, in the past, he still held some fantasies about Li Wanping, hoping for some care from her, he was now completely heartbroken.

”Grandma, from now on, I have no mother. My mother died shortly after I was born. Li Wanping, she is just a stranger.”

Xia Man held Xi Jingchen’s hand: ”Jingchen...”

Xi Jingchen looked at Xia Man.

He was genuinely terrified, if Xia Man had really been hurt, he would never forgive himself.

Compared to Li Wanping, Xia Man meant much more to Xi Jingchen. You could say, Xia Man is Xi Jingchen’s bottom line, his raw nerve, touch it and it’s fatal.

”She wanted to hurt you, which is something I cannot tolerate.” Xi Jingchen said to Xia Man, word by word: ”I was born to her, and she wants to control me. Although I hate this, I won’t hate her too much but to think she tried to harm innocent you, Manman, I cannot allow anyone to harm you in the slightest, no matter who it is.”

Anning stood up: ”Alright, your heads still hurt, right? Go to the guest room to rest for a while, we’ll have dinner together when the old man returns. This matter, I must let him know, let him see what kind of people his daughter-in-law and grandson are.”