I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel-Chapter 288 - 277: None of My Business

This?

Jiang Mingyue didn’t know how to comfort her either.

It seemed that no matter how she comforted her, it couldn’t be better than letting things settle and letting her remain who she is.

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"Ha! My mom’s truly disgusting, ten years and still the same."

The two people following not too closely behind happened to overhear those words. Initially unclear, but perhaps because the matter was somewhat related to them, they listened intently and understood.

Jiang Ming’an frowned, "You want to make a move?"

"Ha! What does it have to do with me? I’m still suffering from that woman’s poison, do you think I have that capability?"

Jiang Ming’an indicated that he didn’t want to speak anymore.

"By all accounts, I should try to persuade a little, but with this cousin, as you can see, we’re truly not familiar. When I was young, it was always my dad with me. That woman only cared about her own fun, completely forgetting she had a wife and son. When my dad had an accident and was gone, that woman lightning-fast brought a man home for me to call dad, then it was endless abuse, followed by me being chased by my stepfather into the Lan River almost drowning; since then, I left home.

With that cousin, I’ve honestly not met her many times." Even when meeting, never spoke, let alone that this cousin was close to Gu Jinhong, which automatically placed her in Gu Jinhong’s camp, they were together as a team, and naturally, he disliked her by association.

Though not to the point of hate, it’s definitely not like.

If it weren’t for the fact that this cousin was friends with Yueyue, he wouldn’t even want to give her a second look.

After helping Gu Xiaoxiao wipe her tears, Jiang Mingyue shared her thoughts.

"Remembering the kindness of helping you find a job shows your deep sense of loyalty, and that’s good. But there’s no need to listen to your aunt in everything, especially major life decisions. Moreover, there are many ways to repay kindness." Like attending to her when she gets sick, showing care, but these kinds of words she left unsaid, so as not to sound like she wished for anything bad.

"Have you considered, given your aunt’s character, that when she helped you, she might have had her calculations?"

Gu Xiaoxiao’s reddened eyes widened briefly, then she understood.

Jiang Mingyue had previously considered this question, knowing Gu Jinhong could coldly watch her own son being abused by a remarried husband, yet treat the daughter brought by the remarried husband as her own. Such a person was clearly selfish. Depending on the remarried husband, naturally, she leaned towards that side. Just from her opportunistic and self-preserving nature, Jiang Mingyue deduced that Gu Jinhong taking care of her niece might just be for networking purposes in the future.

"Xiao Xiao, try to find out what that man does and whether he’s your uncle’s boss."

Gu Xiaoxiao paused this time, recalling her uncle’s fawning face toward that man, made her disgusted just thinking about it.

"Most likely. Hmph! They want to sacrifice me to curry favor for that remarried husband! That man must have promised them benefits."

"You better be cautious, better not to eat anything from them."

Gu Xiaoxiao, though unsure, trusted Jiang Mingyue the most and immediately nodded.

Returning to 42 Magpie Street, Lightning had something hanging around its neck, which Jiang Mingyue removed and took out Lightning’s portion of food for the day from the space.

After taking off the thing, she found a note inside, left by An Jian, asking her to go to the Southern Institute the next day.

It didn’t specify what it was about, indicating it wasn’t urgent. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

She locked the door and went next door, where the three of them sat down with a pot of tea. Jiang Mingyue acted as the listener, while her elder cousin and Xie Yunhai shared what they had found out.

Xie Yunhai: "I had people investigate the beggars living at the Qiong Bamboo Temple. Among them was an older man, in his fifties, who happened to experience that temple festival riot thirty-four years ago. He had gone to watch the excitement with companions at the time when the incident occurred. He didn’t know what exactly happened, only that a group dressed like mountain bandits appeared, many people died, but the news was blocked, and he still doesn’t know why such an incident happened."