I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel-Chapter 311 - 286: I Love Farming

While speaking harshly, Jiang Mingyue keenly captured the information revealed by Liu Chu.

Protective owner? Who is the owner? Why protect her?

Could it be someone she knows? Following this line of thought, Jiang Mingyue pondered, anyone who wants to protect her, if not bound by blood, must be extremely close. Jiang Mingyue couldn’t help but filter through everyone around her with these two conditions.

But no matter how she tried, she couldn’t match anyone.

Stop!

Don’t fall for Liu Chu’s mind-disturbing tricks.

"If you have the ability to take it from me, then it’s yours."

Liu Chu: "..." Listen to this, is this something a person would say? If he could really take it, why wait until now?

He tried to tempt her with an offer, "As long as you’re willing to give me the Taotie Pocket Watch, this is yours." Saying this, he took out the ten gold bars he had prepared long ago.

"Oh! Looks like it’s quite valuable, is it an antique? Then I definitely can’t give it to you."

Liu Chu: "..." He finally realized, even if he tried to snatch it, this girl would fight to the death.

"You can exchange these gold bars for cash at the bank anytime; it’s a big sum right into your hands. Let me remind you, antiques are worthless now, and messing with them could cost you your life. Better to exchange for something practical and safe."

Jiang Mingyue stroked her chin, "Everything you say is correct, but even if you mentioned peonies, I wouldn’t exchange it."

Liu Chu: "..." Then it’s better to make a move, but remembering they were roughly evenly matched and this person was cunning, he would surely lose.

Thoroughly silent.

"Let me ask you a question, whether it’s Li Hongmei or Chen Dong, they both have Black Phoenix tattoos on the inside of their arms. Since they are your people, does it mean their deaths are at your hands?"

Liu Chu paused, finding the leap in thought unexpected but quickly catching up.

"Hmph! First of all, they were just two fools swindled by Yang the Sixth. My Black Phoenix would never admit such useless people who can’t do anything. Secondly, their deaths had nothing to do with us; those tattoos are fake, merely resembling ours. The real tattoos use special materials, which don’t disappear unless the corpse rots into a pool of foul-smelling water. Heh, those two, one was greedy, the other foolish, destined not to live long."

Jiang Mingyue: "..." She really couldn’t listen any longer.

In the evening, Jiang Ming’an and Xie Yunhai came back, heading straight to No. 42.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Ming’an asked as he stepped in, seeing the originally intact bluestone courtyard now with a dug-out plot, surrounded by bluestone fences, a trench dug inside, and a new water pipe leading to it, with a tap above.

"Growing peas, brother, don’t you love eating pea shoots? I suppose you’ll be able to eat them in about a month."

Jiang Ming’an froze, upon closer look, his ears turned slightly red. Accustomed to mockery, he suddenly couldn’t muster warmth, only managing to dryly say two words: "Thank you!"

Jiang Mingyue disapprovingly glared at him, "No need to thank family."

"By the way, brother, Liu Chu came again today."

Jiang Ming’an’s heart skipped a beat, "Did he do anything to you?"

Jiang Mingyue shook her head, "He can’t beat me." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Jiang Ming’an was half skeptical, circling around his sister to inspect her. Seeing she indeed wasn’t hurt, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, then immediately grew vigilant, "Where’s Lightning? Why didn’t it stop him?"

Jiang Mingyue was actually considering this issue too. The first time Liu Chu came around, Lightning went to attack him. However, Lightning was trained to act only on her command, but this time was exactly the opposite; Lightning didn’t obey her command, which was odd.

Hearing this, Jiang Ming’an also started pondering, "That wild organization Liu Chu is with must have some kind of sorcery; it’s not impossible they figured out how to control Lightning." After all, Lightning was not ordinary.