Quick Transmigration: Reversing the Life of a Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character

Xiao Lan was helped out of the main courtyard by the servants, her head spinning from crying. She kept looking back, not understanding why this was happening. Why was her older brother like this? Why did he have to make their mother so angry? She already had no father, and she didn't want to lose her mother too. She wanted to be successful, even more successful than her older brother, and make her mother proud!

"Miss, let's go back. Madam needs to rest," the maidservant beside her advised.

"Yes, go and tell the stewards to proceed according to the usual procedures. If they encounter any unresolved issues, they should not disturb Mother and should come to me instead." She was the legitimate daughter of the household and had been raised by her mother since childhood, so she had been familiar with handling household affairs from a young age.

"Miss, you are still young. There is also a young mistress in the manor," a nanny said.

"Tell them not to disturb my sister-in-law." Xiao Lan felt sad. She liked her sister-in-law very much. She came from the Wang family, a family that valued poetry and literature, but she was not rigid. She was witty and humorous, and she was good to her. She was willing to listen to her girlish thoughts. When her father passed away and her mother fell ill, it was her sister-in-law who took her by her side every day and accompanied her through the pain of losing her father.

Now that her brother has done such a despicable thing, how should his sister-in-law face herself?

The old woman seemed unwilling to give up and continued, "No matter what, she's the eldest son's lawfully wedded wife. How can she not care?"

Xiao Lan stopped and turned to look at the old woman beside her. Her small ten-year-old body exuded a faint but powerful aura as she coldly stared at the old woman.

The old woman's knees buckled, and she knelt on the ground: "Miss, I just..."

"Your nephew is the servant of my elder brother, isn't he? I don't care what you're up to, but the Xiao family can't withstand any more turmoil right now. Guards, lock her up and forbid her from communicating with anyone."

The maids and servants quickly dragged the old woman away.

Xiao Lan hesitated for a moment, but still went to her sister-in-law's courtyard. The servants were all doing their jobs, and even the small kitchen was filled with smoke, as if nothing had changed.

Xiao Lan stood at the door, unsure how to react. Everything here gave her the illusion that what had happened in the manor was all a dream.

It wasn't until the nanny beside the eldest sister-in-law came over to greet her that she asked with a cold expression, "What brings the Third Miss here?"

Xiao Lan woke up with a start. This was not a dream. Her sister-in-law's servants had always been attentive and gentle to her, and had never shown such a cold expression before.

Upon receiving a report from a servant, Wang Caihe slowly emerged from the inner room, sighing, "Oh, Lan'er, what's wrong? Were you frightened?"

Xiao Lan's tears, which she had already stopped, suddenly welled up again: "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."

Wang Caihe felt a pang of pain in her heart. After all, Lan'er was the little sister she had cared for for two years. She reached out and pulled her close, saying, "Lan'er, don't cry. This has nothing to do with you. Why are you apologizing?"

"Sister-in-law, it's my elder brother, it's the Xiao family that has wronged you. You always said that it's not easy for a woman, that getting married is like being reborn. Now, now, isn't this pushing you into the abyss? Waaah!" Xiao Lan cried uncontrollably. She felt that as a daughter of the Xiao family, she couldn't hold her head up in front of her sister-in-law. Her sister-in-law was so good to her, but she couldn't do anything for her sister-in-law.

"Lan'er, come here." Wang Caihe pulled her into the inner room and made her sit on the soft couch. She took a handkerchief and wiped away her tears. "Lan'er, don't cry. You are a young lady of the Xiao family. After I leave, the second young master is still unmarried, and the princess is bedridden. You will have to hold this mansion up."

Xiao Lan grabbed her hand: "Sister-in-law, sob sob, where are you going? You can't be confused! Big brother has been expelled from the Xiao family. He's heartless and ungrateful. You can't go with him. You stay here. As long as I'm here, I guarantee no one will dare to gossip."

Wang Caihe smiled. During this period, she had argued with Xiao Qingzhi, tried to win him back, and was belittled by him, which made her start to doubt herself and wonder if it was her fault. Now, her sister-in-law's words suddenly helped her regain most of her confidence.

"Don't worry, the princess is kind. She gave me a choice before making any decisions. I chose to divorce and return home. I have already received the divorce papers and am currently taking stock of my dowry. I am waiting for my father's reply."

"That's good, that's good. Sister-in-law, no, Sister Wang, you have to be alright. It's my brother's fault. You're fine, very fine." Xiao Lan took a deep breath and calmed herself down.

"Actually, my parents didn't make a mistake in choosing their in-laws. The Marshal is kind and gentle, the Princess is loving, and you and your second brother are both sensible children. They just misjudged the most important people," Wang Caihe said with relief.

Xiao Lan shook her head: "I don't understand my brother, I don't know why he would do this."

She was a young girl, too far older than her older brother, and they didn't have much contact.

"He probably thought he could do whatever he wanted because of his mother and his background," Wang Caihe said sadly. Children of noble families do have a lot of power and privileges that others don't have, but this is both glory and constraint. Many things can be done in private and cannot be done openly against the family and the social norms.

In truth, she had to thank Xiao Qingzhi for his indifference. If he hadn't made a scene openly, trying to use his bloodline and status to cross the family's bottom line, but instead had secretly brought people in and gradually humiliated her, his wife, in the mansion, she would have truly suffered terribly.

Even if she doesn't expect to have a harmonious marriage with her husband, it's still very easy for a man to deal with his wife.

"Isn't this stupid? Even gods can't do everything." Xiao Lan was furious.

Wang Caihe's maidservant wrung out a cool handkerchief and brought it over, muttering angrily, "It must be that slut outside who seduced and bewitched the young master."

"Shut up!" Wang Caihe snapped. "Even if she's bewitching him, a man has to be caught in the trap first. If a young master from a prominent family doesn't want to, do you think a merchant's orphan girl can control him?"

"That's right, it's still Brother who's confused and arrogant. A powerless merchant's daughter, he can do whatever he wants with her!" Xiao Lan covered her eyes with a handkerchief and chimed in.

Wang Caihe tidied her stray hairs: "Lan'er is intelligent. I have been studying history since I was a child. Every king who lost a country must have a wicked concubine who brought disaster to the country. I can't help but laugh when I read that. I suppose it's because the historians are all men that they consciously speak for the men. What wicked concubine? It's just to cover up the king's mistakes."

"Sister-in-law," Xiao Lan took off her handkerchief and asked worriedly, "What will you do in the future?"

"Don't worry, although the head of the family is my eldest uncle, my eldest brother is the most successful among this generation. With him around, even if our Wang family is just trying to save face, we won't let me live too badly."

Xiao Lan was still young, and upon hearing this, she was largely relieved.

Wang Caihe quietly suppressed her worries. Her father was mediocre, her mother's family was weak, and her eldest brother was still young and insignificant. What seemed like a good life on the surface was not the same as a good life in reality.

Xiao Lan stayed there for half an hour before returning to her own courtyard. After returning, she repeatedly instructed her servants that she would not let anyone who dared to look down on Sister Wang off lightly, and she also ordered people to send her tonics every day.

Wang Caihe's days are much more comfortable than when she was spending time with Xiao Qingzhi.