I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel-Chapter 291 - 279: Luring the Snake Out of Its Hole (Part 2)
The two of them paced back and forth a few times, their bodies moving, but their gazes were locked on a group of people.
An Jian also put away his joking manner and released an aura of intimidation. His expression was stern and cold, but these people? Completely unaffected—they kept scratching their feet, leaning and sunbathing as they wished.
The two exchanged a glance, and An Jian suddenly laughed, "Not very professional, are you guys!"
No one paid any attention to him.
Instead, the oldest among them opened his eyes and glanced over. An Jian’s sharp gaze caught a flicker of dread from the old man, even though it was just for a moment. This person was Yang the Sixth.
Dread? Could it be because of his rank as captain? Makes sense, after all, he’s caught quite a number of people. Criminals fear him and dread him.
That’s plausible.
But behind him, Jiang Mingyue’s thoughts were completely different.
It’s happening again! The feeling from the Mid-Autumn Festival night is happening again.
She noticed Liu Chu’s odd gaze, a mix of dread and disdain. At the time, she thought she was seeing things!
After all, someone as charming as her shouldn’t inspire dread, right? As for disdain, that’s something Jiang Zhenzhu could understand.
But for it to appear in two people she’d had no interactions with was puzzling.
The key was that her spiritual power couldn’t penetrate their consciousness.
"Clink," an object fell in front of the old man, even though his eyes were closed. But with such a thing swaying in front of him, there’s no way he wouldn’t sense it.
"You’re Yang the Sixth, aren’t you? Then you must recognize this pocket watch?"
Pocket watch?
Yang the Sixth opened his eyes eagerly, and right before him was a dangling Taotie. Without much hesitation, he reached out for the target.
Jiang Mingyue watched the old man’s cloudy eyes suddenly flash with wolf-like light. It was quite shocking, probably scared her a bit, and she reacted quickly, hiding the pocket watch behind her.
Yang the Sixth glared: "Weren’t you going to show it to me?"
"I regret it now."
Yang the Sixth: "...Then come closer, let me have a look. I promise I won’t snatch it."
"Cough..." At this moment, An Jian patted the bulge at his waist, which was quite conspicuous. Anyone with some understanding would know what it was.
The old man’s hand, which had retraced, visibly trembled but couldn’t restrain his curiosity.
"I really just want a look, I won’t snatch it." With the weapon at the side of his comrades, he’d need a death wish to try grabbing it.
Jiang Mingyue smiled as she brought it out: "I believe you."
Mr. Yang: "..."
The pocket watch swayed in front of him again.
The old man widened his eyes to look.
"I said don’t shake it!"
"It’s shaking by itself." Jiang Mingyue looked a bit innocent.
"Ah!" At this moment, the two who had just returned from the restroom suddenly started brawling, with the shorter one kicked around like a ball. It was a one-sided beating!
Even beggars have their hierarchies.
One has to admit, that shout was really attention-grabbing, shifting everyone’s focus.
In that brief moment, the chain in Jiang Mingyue’s hand was empty.
One, two, three... "Thief!"
Perhaps her shout was so infectious that even the two who were beating each other forgot their hatred and came to help catch... no, block her and An Jian.
An Jian, who always charged ahead, was held back today. He couldn’t just push forward with ten plus beggars blocking him, some of whom were clinging to his legs, could he?
And because of this delay, Yang the Sixth had long disappeared.
The two exchanged looks, each with thoughts in their eyes.
Jiang Mingyue: You’re not up to it, Captain An!
Captain An, moving slowly: Brother, quite the act!
The beggars finally cleared the way, and the two charged out, as if they’d stop at nothing until they caught that bastard.
The other beggars laughed: Hurry, chase him down, or he’ll die of old age.
Chase, naturally they had to chase, but they stopped once they reached a fruit orchard.
Then, one cracked and ate peanuts, while the other unwrapped and ate candy, with no intention of chasing anyone.
"Brother, go on, what’s the secret of that pocket watch?"
Jiang Mingyue helplessly spread her hands: "Brother, I also want to know its secret. But no matter how I look, I can’t see anything special. Why don’t you take a look?" Jiang Mingyue pulled from her sleeve, and the Taotie Pocket Watch was in An Jian’s hand.
An Jian looked left and right, seeing nothing peculiar.
"How did you make your fake one?" Even making something that ugly takes some skill.
"At the recycling station, I was buying books, and coincidentally ran into it. Took it home, fixed it, changed some parts, and there it was." In reality, she had another identical pocket watch in her warehouse, which she suspected was a pair. Using the materials and tools Yan Jinzhi left in the Bamboo Garden, she created an ugly duplicate chain.
