I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel

Chapter 431 - 370: Calamity from the Sky

Backyard, Huang Mao came by, still gnawing on a meat bun.

He was clearly starving!

Finished it in a few bites, wiped his clothes, "Brother Xie, Brother An, I’ve found out. The person who helped Xu Ya and Jiang Zhenzhu find the ladder that day was Han Shu. I asked Juanmao carefully, even though he was far away and couldn’t hear clearly.

But he could see initially that it was the mother and daughter knocking on the door, trying to break the lock, but failed after a long time. Then a young woman came out from the iron tree side, approached on her own, and said something. The mother and daughter stopped their actions.

Juanmao thought it was a usual scene, a neighbor kindly coming to dissuade them, so he didn’t pay attention. But since he was waiting for someone, and that person was late today.

He then saw the young woman return, carrying a ladder and propping it against the wall."

The rest didn’t need to be said.

Those mother and daughter climbed over the wall into the house, and messed everything up.

When they came back that day, they thought the house was robbed. They were most worried about the girl, afraid something had happened to her.

Who knew the girl left a note, just saying she took Xiao Ran home, no worries.

About what happened that night in the yard, she said nothing, leaving them worried for a while.

Later, they asked Huang Mao to inquire, and found out what had happened. The girl wasn’t bullied, of course, no one could bully her, but it was annoying. Climbing into someone’s home, eating, drinking, and messing with things, wasn’t much different from thieves.

They remembered this feud.

"Okay, we got it!"

Seeing Huang Mao standing aside and not leaving, Xie Yunhai became cautious. This guy definitely acted on his own accord, otherwise, he wouldn’t look like this.

"Speak up, what did you do that I don’t know about."

Huang Mao didn’t dare hide it, quickly explained the arrangement.

"Brother Xie, they dared to have the audacity to steal from the house, we must teach them a lesson, right?"

"Focus on the main point."

"Hehe," Huang Mao touched his nose, "I knew I couldn’t hide from you, Brother Xie. I let Yang San and those two brothers lie in wait, and when the mother and daughter came, they’d be put into sacks. If we don’t teach that woman a lesson, she’ll think Mr. Jiang is easy to bully!"

After speaking, Huang Mao waited for Brother Xie to beat him, sadly thinking he’d have to face the kids in the yard laughing at him again with a swollen face. But, if he did wrong, he should be punished; he couldn’t resist venting for Mr. Jiang. Mr. Jiang is not only Brother Xie and Brother An’s sister, but also their sister. They often shared meals here.

But after waiting a while...

"Brother Xie..."

"Well done! Don’t hold back, and give each guy working tonight ten kilos of rice and a kilo of pork."

"Got it!"

Meanwhile, Yang San and the sack team, they were used to doing things like ambushes at night, but usually it was rival gangs, against each other—this was the first time.

But the brothers felt no moral constraints, since they weren’t good people anyway, especially knowing that the mother and daughter were up to no good, they deserved to be dealt with harshly.

But why were there mosquitoes tonight?

Looking around, there was a garbage dump nearby, the stench could kill a person, they quickly moved their spot. Though the nose felt better, the mosquitoes were still there.

"Smack! Winter mosquitoes indeed are poisonous, damn, they bite painfully, might even fester."

"Who cares, how rare is this for us brothers?"

"True, life with Brother Xie was so good, we forgot the tough times."

"Shh! Look, someone’s coming... why only one? It’s the daughter!"

"Doesn’t matter, deal with whoever we get. They won’t be coming to the toilet together, right?"

"Alright then, let’s handle this woman first. Word is she’s especially nasty."

"That’s her!"

"Muffle——" Just when Jiang Zhenzhu felt something was wrong, her mouth was suddenly gagged with a rag, then she was shoved into something like a cage and beaten up mercilessly.

Jiang Zhenzhu fought desperately, she wanted to call for help, didn’t know who these scoundrels were, but they mustn’t harm her face.

Yet this is how people are, the more you dread something, the more likely it happens.

"Muffle——" this time it wasn’t crying, it was a scream, but her mouth was blocked, not knowing what hit her face. The next second, her face burned painfully, then warm liquid flowed from her face, and she realized what happened, but no one cared.

Gouzi didn’t expect although it was routine, the quick beating was followed by checking if the person was dead and leaving in a hurry without a trace. But while untying, when checking the breath, the steel bracelet joint on his wrist accidentally scraped across the woman’s face.

Oh no! Made trouble, better run.

Gouzi dared not hide, he quickly reported the accident.

Yang San heard and reported up, soon Xie Yunhai knew.

Jiang Ming’an: "Well done! I reward Gouzi with a jug of wine from my private stash, wait for it."

Xie Yunhai: "..." He even had to check for his expression when he drank, why so ingratiating?

Jiang Zhenzhu, inexplicably victimized, overwhelmed with fear, complaints, and resentment all at once, nearly pushed Xu Ya into the toilet.

Finally, Xu Ya coaxed her and took her to the hospital. After cleaning the wound, applying medicine, and bandaging, it was already very late.

"You’re the family member, right? The patient’s condition was urgent earlier, she held onto your clothes refusing to let go. Now you can go pay the medical bill. After paying, come here to get medicine, and remember to change the dressing daily."

Xu Ya heard about paying money, but before coming, she was so bothered by Jiang Zhenzhu’s fussing that she forgot to bring money.

Xu Ya moved close to Jiang Zhenzhu and whispered, "Zhenzhu, the money? I didn’t bring it."

Jiang Zhenzhu couldn’t accept her face being ruined, from initially cursing wildly to now being emotionally stable, but also ignoring others, leaving Xu Ya no choice but to try herk luck.

She decided to look for her second son; she wouldn’t risk approaching anyone else.

After Xu Ya left, Jiang Zhenzhu calmed her emotions and pitifully asked, "Doctor, will there really be scars on my face, right?"

Despite having answered many times, the doctor patiently replied, "Given the depth of the injury, it’s unavoidable. You need to prepare yourself."

"No, I can’t."

Seeing the woman patient immediately get agitated, like she might cause a scene in the department again, the doctor quickly added, "Though I’ve heard there’s an old doctor in Five Rams City who can remove scars down to the bone, but I’m not sure where he lives. You could ask someone to inquire."

The doctor had no choice but to casually toss out a bait. Faced with such madness, they feared being disturbed, doesn’t matter if it’s true or not, just get through this first. Maybe when the girl calms down, she might understand.

But the doctor didn’t expect the patient really calmed down.

Jiang Zhenzhu naturally calmed down, she was familiar with Five Rams City, just need money. Once there, she’d find a way to seek help.

With hope, her resentment eased!