I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel-Chapter 228 - 225: Who Is the Real Lunatic?

Xiao Ran called his sister because the drumstick he hid behind the bamboo grove was missing.

"Sister, do you think Second Brother ate it? Second Brother always likes to take the meat from my bowl."

Jiang Mingyue thought to herself: The drumstick you ate was also hunted by your Second Brother. Isn’t he taking from your bowl so you won’t overeat?

"Ahem... Xiao Ran, drumsticks are something that even mice love to eat." Jiang Mingyue kicked a chicken leg bone at the corner of the wall, which was still very fresh.

Xiao Ran squatted in front of the bare bone for a long time, nearly crying.

Jiang Mingyue: "..." Can we really compete with mice over meat? You know where to put things.

Jiang Mingyue was too lazy to comfort him, leaving it for him to understand on his own.

But it seemed there was some commotion in her front yard again.

Jiang Mingyue raised an eyebrow, not rushing to the front yard but first sending out her spiritual power.

It turned out to be a man who looked even older than her uncle, with a red flower on his chest, leaving his bicycle at the door, carrying a string of meat along with two bags of sugar, and standing in front of Mrs. Jiang.

He bowed, "You must be my mother-in-law, right?"

Mrs. Jiang’s face immediately turned dark!

She barely held it in when that Bai Meimei called her mother-in-law.

But where did this scoundrel come from, daring to call her mother-in-law?

Although her face was dark, she kept her composure, needing to get to the bottom of this.

"Don’t call me mother-in-law, first tell me who you are and why you’re at my house?"

Wan Chao was displeased in his heart; he had ridden all the way here through bumpy mountain roads that made his backside hurt, and they had no sense of hospitality. Shouldn’t they have invited him in for tea first?

If it weren’t for the fifty yuan the other party gave him, he wouldn’t have bothered coming to the countryside at all.

Really a bunch of country bumpkins with no manners at all.

"...Sorry, I was rash. Let me introduce myself first. I’m Wan Chao, from Nanxi City. I came this time to fetch my fiancée."

Now, whether it was Mrs. Jiang or Jiang Jianjun and Jiang Zhenmei, who came down the stairs, they all stared darkly at Wan Chao, as if daring him to say one more reckless word that might lead to a broken leg.

Wan Chao told himself that these people just looked intimidating. Her mother had already agreed to this, and he even brought a dowry. This meat weighed over 10 kilograms. He thought that woman must be generous; normally it would take a person half a month to get half a pound of meat, but she’s offering a whole year’s worth. He didn’t even know how ugly her daughter was, just that she was called Ming Yue.

Speaking of photos, Xu Ya had taken many with her family over the years, with quite a few of Jiang Mingyue alone. But when Xu Ya wanted to find one to show Wan Chao, she couldn’t find any, not even group photos. That is to say, all the photos with Jiang Mingyue were gone.

Xu Ya suspected Jiang Kangsheng took them, even causing a scene at his place, but to no avail; he said he didn’t take them.

She knew that person well enough that if he said he didn’t take them, then he didn’t take them.

"You, you don’t be like this, let me explain, I am not lying. It’s Jiang Mingyue’s mother who agreed, she personally promised to marry her adopted daughter to me. If you don’t believe it, you can go confront her."

Mrs. Jiang’s heart already hurt from anger and she remained silent. Shun picked up a broom from the side and started hitting Wan Chao over the head, and Jiang Jianjun came out with a fire poker, going straight for vital parts, while Jiang Zhenmei was not to be outdone, smashing a spatula on his head, hitting with all her might.

Even Xiao Ran joined in, with Coal biting Wan Chao’s butt. You think squatting with your head covered will save you?

"Ouch! I’m telling you, what you’re doing is illegal... Ouch! Stop hitting! Stop hitting! Killing me would make you pay with your life, stop it! Ah! I’ll leave, I’ll leave, isn’t that enough?"

After beating the man away, Mrs. Jiang cried in anger, squatting on the ground covering her face.

She heard it clearly; it turns out that city mother treated their Yueyue like this, and this old man was even older than her, old and ugly, with a mouthful of yellow teeth—a man who looked like he drank heavily and smoked all the time, with a violent temper and no skills. How could Xu Ya bear to push Ming Yue into such a pit? Despite her outstanding qualities, even without any, she could still marry well. Xu Ya shouldn’t tarnish her like this; it’s worse than stabbing her with a knife!

If it was before, Jiang Jianjun and Jiang Zhenmei wouldn’t have understood, but with more than half a year of studying with Yueyue, they not only became literate but also grasped a lot of principles, able to think through the intricacies. Their thoughts aligned with Shen Fanghua, that the people in the city weren’t good to Yueyue.

Thinking about Yueyue living eighteen years with such people, they felt heartache and regret that if they had known earlier, they could have taken their sister home sooner.

The three adults and one child, at some point, all squatted in a straight line in silence, occasionally wiping tears. Even Coal lay by the wall, whimpering.

Jiang Mingyue: "..." How could she get out now?

But just now, she recalled who Wan Chao was.

This character appeared in the original book.

She remembered him because he appeared at a turning point in the original owner’s fate.

In the book, days after the original owner "jumped into the river," she woke up late at night. Getting up to go to the bathroom, she accidentally overheard Jiang Zhenzhu and Xu Ya—a pair of biological mother and daughter—talking late at night. They were talking about her. As the original owner paused to listen, she happened to hear Jiang Zhenzhu mention Wan Chao, with Xu Ya agreeing, and the two quickly deciding to marry off the original owner to Wan Chao within three days.

The original owner had heard about Wan Chao; he was known to be a gambler who would hit people when drunk, and his first wife was beaten to death by him. She’d rather die than marry someone like that.

That night, the original owner sat still for the rest of the night. By dawn, she decided not to plead with Xu Ya, maybe because she understood their 18-year relationship and knew begging was useless, perhaps even alerting the animal. Ever since hearing Xu Ya say she’d marry her to that man who was remarried, she’d wanted to escape the place she had lived since childhood. By chance, she overheard a girl say that starting afresh somewhere might bring happiness.

Later, she recalled the girl’s name was Zheng Honglian.

Disheartened by her family and love, the original owner decisively bought a bus ticket to another city the next morning when everyone went to work. Three years later, she passed away quietly.

Whether Jiang Zhenzhu and Xu Ya’s discussion that night was true or not, it cast a shadow over the original owner’s heart, forcing her to choose to leave and make room for Jiang Zhenzhu.

But if the original owner had stayed, with others around, she might not have been married to Wan Chao; after all, she lived with the Jiang Family for eighteen years, and such news would ruin their reputation.

But just now, after her spiritual power attack on Wan Chao’s sea of consciousness, Jiang Mingyue felt that Xu Ya might not be one to care about face.

In his conscious sea, she saw Xu Ya and Jiang Zhenzhu find Wan Chao, Xu Ya handing over fifty yuan along with a string of meat and two bags of sugar, even the clothes on Wan Chao and the little red flower were given by Xu Ya. As for the bicycle, Xu Ya had Wan Chao rent one for one yuan for two hours.

That is to say, the whole seeing off his bride process, Wan Chao would control it within two hours.

Jiang Mingyue was really impressed!

She knew without asking that Jiang Zhenzhu proposed the plan, and then the mother and daughter implemented it together.

She found it odd; one is foolish, and the other follows suit.

Clearly knowing it wouldn’t work, why still disgust others, simply absurd!

Jiang Mingyue didn’t know that the "spectacle" in the yard just now was being watched by someone else the whole time.