The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 711 - 696: I’m Not a Shameless Slut (Part 7-3)

An Nan was worried, "My steamed buns taste so great now, and many Chinese snacks are also quite good. If I work on my own, I should be able to make money. The main thing is, working solo is more exciting than working for someone else..."

Anning thought for a moment, "Not far from our home, isn’t there an elementary school? There are quite a few students there, and it’s also close to several old residential areas, and not far from a middle school either. Why don’t you rent a place near the elementary school? Check out the prices, they should be cheaper than those in University City."

That is true.

An Nan had always planned to open a shop in University City and hadn’t considered other places. Now that Anning mentioned near the elementary school, she thought it was also a viable option.

If the rent over here is cheaper, then start working here first, and maybe later open a shop near University City.

At this time, An Nan only wanted to open her own shop and hadn’t considered opening a chain.

Anning served the porridge to Mrs. Jiang in her room, and only then did she sit down to eat with An Nan.

She said to An Nan, "If you are planning to sell buns, I actually have a recipe for the filling. I’ll write it down for you later. You can buy the spices in the afternoon, and we can give it a try. If it turns out good, your bun shop might become famous."

An Nan was quite pleased to hear this, and then a bit curious, "Where did you get this recipe?"

Anning swallowed a mouthful of rice, "I saw it many years ago, seems like I came across it in some ancient book. I didn’t pay much attention, but I did remember the recipe."

An Nan did not ask further.

She finished her meal quickly, poured a glass of warm water, and took medicine to Mrs. Jiang.

Anning cleaned up the kitchen, washed the dishes, and then returned to her room.

As soon as she entered the room, she received a text message from Xiao Yuan, asking to meet at four o’clock in the afternoon.

Anning replied to the message, confirming the meeting place with Xiao Yuan, and then turned on her computer to take some orders.

She took several orders in one go. After finishing, she didn’t rush to work, but instead opened her wardrobe, picked out a set of clothes to change into, washed her face again, applied makeup, and styled her hair.

Once everything was ready, Anning grabbed her purse, spoke briefly to Mrs. Jiang, and left the house.

After waking up from her nap and not seeing Anning around, An Nan went to inquire Mrs. Jiang. Mrs. Jiang had taken her medicine and felt a little better and was sitting in the living room watching TV. On hearing An Nan ask about Anning, she casually said, "She went out, seemed like she had plans to go shopping with someone."

"Shopping."

An Nan was quite disappointed, "Why didn’t she tell me? I wanted to go shopping too, I need to get a haircut. I was thinking of asking her to accompany me."

"Why not, I can accompany you."

Mrs. Jiang turned down the volume of the TV.

An Nan waved her hand, "No need, I wouldn’t dare to bother you, what if you feel ill again? My dad would skin me alive."

While saying this, she pulled out her phone to call Anning, "Second, where are you now?"

Anning was actually in a taxi at that moment and lied when she picked up the phone, "I’m with a classmate, what’s up?"

Hearing that Anning was with classmates, An Nan did not want to insist; she didn’t like meeting Anning’s classmates who were all high achievers, as she, being just a high school student, felt somewhat out of place.

"It’s nothing, I originally wanted you to accompany me for a haircut, but never mind, I’ll ask Third to go with me later."

Anning hung up, and soon the car stopped in front of the teahouse where she and Xiao Yuan had agreed to meet.

Stepping out of the car, Anning hadn’t gone far when someone took her hand.

The manner of holding her hand was very familiar; Anning didn’t resist and turned around to look at Xiao Yuan, "When did you get here?"

Xiao Yuan, holding Anning’s hand, led her into the teahouse and upstairs to a small room which was already set up with tea-making utensils. As he prepared tea, he started explaining his situation here to Anning.

In this life, Xiao Yuan retained the same name, but before Xiao Yuan arrived, the original was quite a despicable man.

Originally born in a poverty-stricken mountainous area, his parents were biased towards sons, primarily because in such areas being without a son is looked down upon, and one can never lift one’s head in pride.

Therefore, Mr. and Mrs. Xiao were determined to have a son and, after having three daughters and paying a hefty fine, they finally succeeded in having Xiao Yuan through relentless efforts.

Xiao Yuan’s three elder sisters, after their parents finally had their cherished son, naturally spoiled and doted on him, resulting in him being very selfish.

He was both inferior and arrogant, inferior about his background and the poor family conditions, and arrogant about his looks and intelligence, altogether a quite contradictory person.

Xiao Yuan had always been a good student and managed to get into the county middle school when he was of age. To afford his education, Mr. and Mrs. Xiao almost exhausted everything they had. After Xiao Da came of age, they had her go out to work to earn money for Xiao Yuan’s education.

By the time Xiao Yuan began high school, his sisters had stopped studying, all had to go out to work to support his schooling and basic necessities.

Xiao Yuan was commendably resilient, succeeding from the insular, impoverished mountain area to get into the prestigious Medical College with top county scores, planning to complete an integrated bachelor-master-doctorate program which would take eight years. This was indeed a heavy burden for an already non-wealthy family.

However, Xiao Yuan had secured a place with such good grades, they simply couldn’t not let him study.

Mr. and Mrs. Xiao had no choice but to grit their teeth and send him to university.

With Xiao Yuan in university, his three elder sisters worked even harder.

All were of age to be married, yet for his education, none of them married, all worked outside, sometimes unable to return home even once a year, just to earn more money to provide a better life for Xiao Yuan.

As for Xiao Yuan, he was indeed quite rotten.

After attending university, he was dazzled by the urban prosperity, started to care about food and clothing; originally, he had good grades, secured scholarships every year, and with additional student aid, it could be said his education didn’t impose the heavy financial burden on the Xiao family as imagined.

Yet, he didn’t share this with his family but kept asking them for money, claiming that studying was expensive, resulting in the family tightening their belts, with Mr. Xiao at his age still doing odd jobs in town to make money.

According to Xiao Yuan, given his good academic performance, he could have easily taken on part-time jobs to cover living expenses during his studies, without needing to spend family money at all. However, he relentlessly exploited his already impoverished family, truly embodying a despicable figure.

That was still not all; he also harbored intentions of marrying into wealth.

He had already set his sights on a junior girl from his school and was planning to pursue her. However, just then, Xiao Yuan arrived, of course, thwarting many of the original’s plans.