The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 557 - 548: The Stepmother Who Refuses to Be a Doormat 36 (Bonus - for 350 Monthly Tickets)

Fengfeng finally managed to stop Li Jinghan from crying, and she hurriedly got him to eat and do his homework.

Li Zhikang and Zhang Fengfeng were sitting in the yard, chatting.

Zhang Fengfeng still felt quite upset.

"How is your Fourth Sister doing now?"

Li Zhikang initially called Anning "Fourth Sister," so Zhang Fengfeng followed suit.

"She’s doing quite well. Right now, she’s just focused on earning money to support the education of her three children. Yuzhen has transferred to a school in the Provincial City. The children are doing well, but Yuzhen also asked about Jinghan, saying she misses her brother."

How could she not miss him? After so many years of living, eating, and playing together, and discussing everything when needed, their feelings for each other are incredibly strong. Suddenly being apart, who wouldn’t miss that?

Li Jinghan, inside the house, heard these words and tears welled up in his eyes again.

He fiercely wiped them away, determined while doing his homework, "Sister Yuzhen, wait for me. I will definitely pass the exams to go to the Provincial City and become your classmate again. Then we can play together."

Wang Baozhu was infuriated.

She knew Li Jinghan had definitely gone to his grandma’s side, and Wang Baozhu didn’t dare to seek trouble with Zhang Fengfeng.

So she just swayed and walked towards the fish pond.

Although Li Zhifang had been beaten, he couldn’t just be lazy; the fish had to be sold today. He continued fishing with others without complaining about the pain.

By the time Wang Baozhu arrived, Li Zhifang was already fishing with a net.

There was indeed plenty of fish in the pond, and mud would stir up during fishing, making the pond murky and dirty, not as picturesque as one might imagine.

Plus, the more fish there were, the stronger the fishy smell, especially during fishing, which could be smelled from afar.

Wang Baozhu felt particularly uncomfortable with the stench and covered her nose with a handkerchief.

She just stood from afar, not wanting to move forward at all.

Those helping Li Zhifang with fishing couldn’t help but snicker.

Only Li Zhifang would treat someone as delicate as Wang Baozhu like a treasure.

Who doesn’t know, after all, she’s just a girl from the countryside, acting like a delicate young lady, unable to bear a bit of odor.

Thinking about Anning, who always helped during fishing.

Moreover, Anning would prepare plenty of mung bean soup and mint tea, setting them by the shore for everyone to drink when tired.

Now that Anning is gone, no one makes these drinks anymore, just Wang Baozhu standing far away with a face full of disdain.

Humph, wanting to enjoy the good life with Li Zhifang but unwilling to do any work, where on earth can you find such a good deal?

Many were really skeptical about Li Zhifang.

When Li Zhifang finished fishing and came ashore, he saw Wang Baozhu with a bright smile on her face: "Treasure Bead, why are you here?"

He walked over in his fishing clothes, which made Wang Baozhu step back several steps: "I, I just came to see how you were doing. Have you finished your work? If you’re done, let me treat you to a meal."

"What meal?"

Li Zhifang waved his hand: "I need to quickly find a vehicle to transport the fish to the county. Let’s eat after I’m finished, you don’t need to treat me, there’s leftover food at home, I can just heat it up."

"How can that be?"

Wang Baozhu strongly disagreed: "Leftovers aren’t hygienic. You should eat something fresh. Hurry up and deliver the fish, and I’ll make you something delicious when you return."

"Okay."

Li Zhifang looked particularly pleased.

He drove to the county with others to deliver the fish, and upon returning, he saw meals laid out on the table in the yard.

These dishes were not made by Wang Baozhu, instead, she bought them from a small shop at the entrance of the village.

The small shop sells some cooked food, Wang Baozhu bought some of that along with some pastries and other things, then came back and made some tea for Li Zhifang.

Li Zhifang originally thought that Wang Baozhu would definitely cook him a delicious meal, and the thought of hot food energized him.

But when he came back and saw the meals laid out on the table, he felt somewhat deflated.

The food looked nice, but they were not proper meals.

Li Zhifang likes to eat homemade dishes like rice soup and noodles, he particularly loves the steamed buns and rolls made at home, and he doesn’t like those pastries at all.

Moreover, he didn’t really like the cooked food that much.

He likes fried dishes, those are the tastes of home.

He looked at Wang Baozhu and didn’t say anything, just sat down and started eating.

While eating the cooked food, Li Zhifang thought of Anning.

Anning’s cooking is particularly delicious, especially her handmade noodles, those truly have the taste of home, every time Li Zhifang would eat several big bowls of noodles made by Anning.

The cooked foods had too much seasoning, the taste of the seasoning was strong in the mouth, a stark contrast to the food made by Anning.

Li Zhifang forced himself not to think about Anning, and while eating, he spoke to Wang Baozhu, "Baozhu, why don’t you move in and live with me? I... my household registration is with my dad, we can’t get our marriage certificate right away, but we have three children, the children at home need someone to look after them, moreover, if you move in with me, my dad won’t be able to withhold the household registration anymore and prevent us from getting married."

Actually, Wang Baozhu was reluctant.

She wanted to get married officially and have the marriage certificate before living together.

But seeing Li Zhifang’s eagerness, she couldn’t refuse.

The current situation was actually quite unfavorable for Wang Baozhu, the Li Family members all particularly opposed her, if she did not hold tightly onto Li Zhifang, the situation might become more dire in the future.

After thinking it over, Wang Baozhu agreed.

At this time, she extremely hated Anning.

She started to resent Anning.

What merit does a completely illiterate housewife like Geng Anning have to be liked by so many people?

And, Anning must have spoken badly about her in front of the children over the years, teaching the children not to recognize their own mother, this grudge, she would eventually avenge.

Wang Baozhu was scheming on how to trap Anning.

But she didn’t know that when she went to Li Zhifang’s place, Anning had already silently taken all the money she had hidden.

Anning claimed to have repaid the debts of Li Zhiping and Li Zhikang, behaving very magnanimously, never blaming Li Zhifang, but how could she be someone who swallows grievances?

Knowing that Wang Baozhu had money, she had already scoped out the situation beforehand, and while Liu Yuzhen went to school, she silently went back and used thief skills learned from some world to take all the money hidden by Wang Baozhu, which even the Wang Family could not find.

Talk about it, Wang Baozhu’s money wasn’t a small amount.

The person she followed was quite wealthy, Wang Baozhu had gotten quite a bit from him over several years, in addition to when Wang Baozhu left she deceived the man and almost took half of his wealth, this amount of money was much more than what Anning had to repay for Li Zhikang.

Anning made a trip and took a considerable amount of money back, yet no one discovered it.

There, after Li Zhifang finished his meal, he discussed with Wang Baozhu about repaying the money.

"Lao Liu came by today, said Anning repaid half the debt, I’m thinking we can’t keep dragging this, you still have some money, right? You lend me some first, I’ll repay the debts of Fifth and Lao Liu, afterward, we’ll also be free from debts."

Li Zhifang had spoken to this point, and having seen Anning repay half, Wang Baozhu definitely couldn’t let Anning outdo her.

If she kept evading repayment, the Li Family would have an even worse opinion of her.

She thought about how members of the Li Family were all quite wealthy later on, if she wanted to live a good life, she must win their favor, thus lending money to Li Zhifang to repay debts was necessary now.

She also wanted people to see that Wang Baozhu wasn’t as bad as they imagined, she wasn’t materialistic or vain, and she truly loved Li Zhifang.

Thinking this way, Wang Baozhu quickly agreed, "Okay, I’ll give you the money tomorrow."