The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 704 - 791: I Am Not a Slut 2

Anning took quite a while to get control over the emotions left in her body by the original soul.

That feeling was really quite unpleasant.

The original soul’s emotions were too intense.

That kind of pain, despair, and the feeling of struggling desperately but being unable to break free made Anning feel somewhat dazed.

When she came out of the bathroom, she saw the young girl who had been sitting with her in the private room waiting for her at the bathroom door.

Seeing Anning come out, the young girl finally breathed a sigh of relief: "You finally came out, I thought something had happened to you."

Anning smiled: "I’m fine, just felt a bit dizzy just now."

"You can’t handle your liquor, drink less next time, those people were deliberately getting you drunk."

The young girl admonished Anning: "Do you need me to help you back?"

Anning shook her head: "No need, could you help me get my bag out, I’m really not feeling well, I need to rush home and rest for a bit, please tell everyone for me, I’ll be heading back first."

The young girl nodded, telling Anning to wait outside for her a moment, and that she would bring Anning’s clothes and bag out.

Anning leaned against the wall as she walked out.

Actually, she wasn’t drunk at all, but she still pretended to be intoxicated.

The young girl saw that Anning indeed seemed very drunk and was quite worried.

She quickened her steps and soon returned to the private room.

As soon as she entered, several men asked her: "Wu Xixi, where is Anning?"

While gathering Anning’s belongings, Wu Xixi said: "She’s drunk, she almost fainted in the bathroom just now, she really can’t take it and wants to go home."

"How can that be okay?"

One of the men, who looked pretty good, but was dressed in a flashy manner, immediately objected: "We all came out to have fun together, how can she leave first, that’s really disrespectful to everyone."

Several other people echoed his sentiment.

Even the female colleagues who came together said: "Anning is really something, how could she act like this, we all agreed to come out and have fun together, is she the only one who gets to be pretentious? It’s just because she thinks she looks good and wants to be different, as if we don’t know, nowadays, we have the skill to discern such behavior."

These female colleagues didn’t have good intentions either.

They had purposely invited Anning out to have fun and had been pressuring her to drink, just to make Anning get drunk and embarrass herself, and perhaps they also wanted Anning to have a hangover and be less efficient at work the next day, so that she could be scolded by that old stickler of a boss.

And those male colleagues came with the mindset of taking advantage.

Several of them had been coveting Anning for a long time, but Anning was always very proper and never flirted with anyone, which made them eye her with desire but unable to touch, and they were very impatient about it.

So, when these people saw that Anning wanted to leave early, they were somewhat displeased.

Upon hearing these nasty remarks, Wu Xixi immediately set her face in a frown: "Enough already, aren’t you afraid of trouble? Do you know that pressuring someone to drink is not allowed now? In gatherings like ours, if someone really gets hurt from drinking too much, none of us can escape responsibility. I see that Anning is truly in a lot of discomfort, she’s even turned pale, if you stop her from leaving and she really gets into trouble, who will take responsibility?"

Wu Xixi’s words quieted everyone down.

Just as a similar incident had occurred, everyone had the recent memory of another company’s gathering where colleagues forced one person to drink excessively. That person was clearly unable to handle it, but everyone kept pushing drinks on them until they died of alcohol poisoning. Then came the matter of assigning responsibility, and not a single person present escaped accountability, especially the organizer of the gathering, who ended up compensating two hundred thousand yuan.

Thinking of this incident, no one had anything more to say.

Wu Xixi brought Anning’s bag and clothes over.

When she ran to the front desk, she saw Anning leaning against a pillar, lost in thought.

Wu Xixi thought she was so drunk that she couldn’t remember anything, so she hurried over to help her: "Are you okay? Do you want me to take you home?"

Anning waved her hand: "No need, I’m fine. I’ll take a taxi home."

Wu Xixi helped Anning out, found her phone, and put it in her hand, then hailed a taxi.

While calling the taxi, Wu Xixi also reminded Anning, "I’ll write down the license plate number of the taxi. Make sure to keep your phone on when you’re in the car. I’ll call you in ten minutes, did you hear me? And also, remember to call when you get home safely."

Anning smiled and nodded, "Got it, Mrs. Wu."

Wu Xixi glared at Anning, annoyed: "I’m doing this for your sake, and look at you, calling me fussy like some old lady. Really, had I known, I might as well have left you alone."

Anning responded with a good-natured smile, which left Wu Xixi unable to vent her irritation; she could only help Anning into the taxi with resignation, and made sure to remember the license plate number accurately.

Anning got into the taxi and waved to Wu Xixi, "Go ahead and head back, I’m leaving now."

Once the car had driven off for a while, Anning looked back at Wu Xixi, who was now walking back.

Anning chuckled to herself. Wu Xixi might be young, but she had a kind heart.

Anning had been working at Gu family’s company for a year now, while Wu Xixi was a newcomer having just joined. Wu Xixi had been under Anning’s wing for a few days when she first started and found the work tough, so Anning had looked after her, helping her with every issue. This had earned Wu Xixi’s gratitude, which was why she was so actively assisting her today.

Leaning back in the rear seat, Anning closed her eyes to rest while sorting through the original host’s memories.

The start of the nightmare for the original host was today.

Colleagues had a meal together, and then someone suggested karaoke, so they headed to the KTV. The original host was forced to drink a lot, and feeling woozy, she became quite disoriented. Wu Xixi was concerned and wanted to see her home safely, but then Mrs. Wu called about an emergency at home, and Wu Xixi, in a hurry, asked another female colleague to take care of Anning, but this colleague abandoned Anning after Wu Xixi left.

This led to Anning being assaulted and marked the beginning of her latter life’s tragedy.

Knowing this would happen, after receiving the original host’s memories, Anning excused herself, pretending to be drunk, and left early to go home.

She thought it best to avoid that incident first and then plan for the future.

After all, the original host’s health was really poor, and indeed, the original host was quite drunk. If Anning continued along the original path, it could be very disadvantageous.

Moreover, Anning discovered something quite strange.

She realized that the original host’s tragedy seemed to be no coincidence; it appeared to be orchestrated.

Many people in her office targeted her, and it seemed that even the supervisors made things difficult for her, assigning her particularly challenging tasks.

It was only because the original host was capable that she always managed to do well. Had it been someone slightly less skilled, they probably would have been reprimanded severely every time.

Furthermore, Anning found it suspicious that the original host’s assault seemed to be a set-up, as if someone knew she would pass that way and was waiting for her.

The original host had never discovered any of this in her lifetime, but Anning, from certain clues, had sensed that something was amiss.