Time-Travel: The Tragic Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character Makes a Comeback
CHAPTER 87: The First Wife of a 1980s Big Shot Who Died Young (20)
Just like that, the Qin family got busy with everyone taking on their own tasks.
Some were arranging the wedding banquet, others were buying wedding items, and some were ordering custom outfits for the newlyweds.
Since Huo Meilan didn’t have many relatives of her own, most of the invited guests were friends and family from both the Qin and Lai sides.
Six days later, the wedding banquet was held at the largest hotel in the capital.
Huo Meilan wore a red cheongsam, her long hair elegantly pinned up with bridal accessories. Qin Huaijing wore a matching Zhongshan suit. Holding his bride’s hand, he slowly walked in together with her as cheers and applause broke out around them.
Under the witness of all their family and friends, the two of them held their wedding ceremony.
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After the wedding was done, Qin Huaijing barely got to spend a few peaceful days with his wife before he was called back for duty.
Huo Meilan also started school right around the same time.
With their son away, Lai Suyun personally sent her daughter-in-law to university. The two of them stood out with their striking looks, and they even drew quite a crowd when they entered the capital university campus.
Huo Meilan went to register for her major and was then guided to the dorm by an upperclassman.
Lai Suyun and the helper from home carried her luggage and helped make the bed.
The dorms at Capital University were four-person rooms, fairly spacious and clean.
Huo Meilan was assigned the lower bunk by the window, but there was already a set of unfamiliar luggage placed on it.
Since no other roommates had arrived yet, the helper casually moved the luggage onto the floor.
Just then, a sharp voice came from outside the door. “Who are you? Why are you touching my daughter’s luggage!”
Hearing that shrill voice, Lai Suyun immediately frowned.
A woman in her forties walked in, dressed quite lavishly, with high cheekbones and a sharp expression that made it obvious she was not easy to deal with.
She first scanned the room with a scrutinizing look, then her gaze landed on the plainly dressed helper from the Qin family.
With clear disdain, she snapped, “Who told you to touch our luggage? The floor is so dirty! That suitcase isn’t cheap. If you damage it, can you even afford to pay?”
The helper’s surname was Lai. She was in her fifties and a distant relative from Lai Suyun’s side.
She had a bit of a fiery personality and immediately put her hands on her hips. “So what if it’s on the floor? If you put it on the bed, how are people supposed to make their bed? What damage are you talking about? Is your suitcase made of paper?”
The woman did not expect a mere helper to dare talk back and instantly exploded in anger. “Who do you think you are, yelling at me like that? Do you even know who I am!”
Lai Suyun cut in coolly, unimpressed. “Then why don’t you tell us who you are? But let me remind you of one thing. In the capital, I, Lai Suyun, am not someone afraid of just anyone.”
The woman meeting Lai Suyun’s calm and composed gaze suddenly became a little cautious.
This woman didn’t look ordinary. She had a well-kept appearance, elegant from head to toe, clearly someone who took care of herself.
Especially those emerald earrings on her ears, bright and high quality, gave off the air of someone with status. The fact she dared to say her name so directly made her seem even less simple.
In a place like the capital, where important people were everywhere, she quickly adjusted her attitude. With a displeased look, she picked up the luggage and placed it on another bed, saying nothing more.
“Mom, just put the luggage there. I’ll handle it myself. You should head back first.”
At that moment, another girl walked in at the door with a ponytail. Her features were small and delicate. Seeing so many people in the room, she paused for a second.
Then she politely greeted them, “Hello, aunties. I’m a student assigned to this dorm. My name is Liu Tingting.”
Seeing how polite she was, Lai Suyun gave a slight nod in approval.
Huo Meilan spoke casually, “Hello, I’m Huo Meilan from bed one.”
At the mention of “bed one,” Liu Tingting immediately looked a little awkward. “Sorry, my mother just put our luggage on your bed earlier. I’m bed three, right above you.”
After saying that, she walked over to her mother and tugged lightly at her sleeve. “Mom, I can handle my own stuff. You should go back.”
She felt her mother had gone a bit too far. There was no need to insist on switching for a lower bunk. She could manage the upper bunk just fine.
The woman was already holding back frustration, and her daughter’s urging only made her more irritated. She shot her a sharp glare.
She was only trying to do what was best for her daughter. The upper bunk was too high, and climbing up and down wasn’t convenient.
Seeing her mother might start arguing again, Liu Tingting quickly pulled her toward the door. “Mom, let’s talk outside.”
The two left in a hurry, while Aunt Lai stayed behind to help tidy up the bedding.
Lai Suyun held her daughter-in-law’s hand and reminded her gently, “We don’t bully others, but we’re not afraid of anyone either. If anything happens, tell Mom. You mustn’t let yourself get bullied.”
Huo Meilan smiled and hooked her arm around her mother-in-law’s. “Got it.”
That mother-daughter pair earlier was obvious enough. The mother was the domineering type, while the daughter seemed alright in personality. Besides, she was not someone easy to bully anyway.
The other students in the dorm gradually arrived one after another.
After sending her mother off, Liu Tingting came back and quickly sorted her things, greeting everyone with a bright smile. She had a lively, cheerful personality.
The opposite lower bunk belonged to Guan Jing, a local from the capital with a neat ear-length haircut and a straightforward, capable personality.
The other girl, Zhang Jia from the south, was quiet and pretty, even taking the initiative to share some local snacks with her roommates.
All of them were easygoing, so the four quickly got along and became friends.
Far away at the military base, Qin Huaijing returned to the empty family compound and sighed again.
His wife had just left, and he was already missing her.
Meanwhile, in the new environment, Huo Meilan was busy studying and getting along with her friends, long having forgotten about him.
When school finally broke for a short holiday, Huo Meilan returned to the Qin family home.
But Qin Huaijing had been sent out on a mission again and had no time to come back.
Huo Meilan was fed constantly by her in-laws. Her mother-in-law thought she had lost weight at school and fed her lavish meals.
After two days, Huo Meilan’s stomach felt a bit off and she even retched in the courtyard.
Unknowingly, she was seen by Fang Jiao, who had been secretly watching her.
The very next day, Fang Jiao wrote an anonymous report directly to the school, accusing Huo Meilan of being pregnant.
The capital university had strict rules. Female students were strictly forbidden from being pregnant, and if discovered during enrollment, they would be expelled and lose their higher education eligibility entirely.
Just imagining Huo Meilan’s downfall made Fang Jiao finally feel like she had vented her anger.
The Qin family had been constantly praising how outstanding Huo Meilan was. Now that she was expelled, she would drag the Qin family down in embarrassment too.
Huo Meilan heard the news and immediately guessed it was Fang Jiao’s doing. She said nothing and went straight to the hospital for a medical check-up, then brought the report to the school leadership to prove her innocence.
Fang Jiao waited and waited, but instead of hearing news of Huo Meilan being expelled, she ended up hearing that the police had been called.
Huo Meilan directly filed a report and pressed charges for malicious defamation and intentional framing.
After comparing the handwriting on the anonymous report with Fang Jiao’s writing, the police confirmed they were from the same person.
Fang Jiao was taken away by the police, and the whole residential compound quickly found out about it.
Once everyone learned what had happened, their opinion of Fang Jiao dropped even lower.
Li Chunhua had already been seen as petty and troublesome, and people had once thought her daughter might be more sensible. In the end, she turned out to be the same kind of small-minded person.
As expected of mother and daughter, even their rotten nature was the same.
Father Fang nearly lost his temper on the spot. He had just driven out one troublemaker in the house, and now his daughter had quietly caused another mess behind his back.
When the police asked for a family member to come, Father Fang refused outright and said he had no such daughter.
In the end, Fang Jiao was detained for half a month.
When she returned home, her father told her to get out.
She was also expelled from school. A third-year high school student, she had been just one step away from taking the college entrance exam.
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