I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel

Chapter 312: Chapter 287: Night Visit to Qiong Bamboo Temple (Part 1)

”Bro, I want to investigate Qiong Bamboo Temple at night. I always feel there’s something odd about it.” Jiang Mingyue didn’t hide it from Xie Yunhai; all those things about the Taotie Pocket Watch, her brother had already told Xie Yunhai. According to her brother, last time when he went to the neighboring city for supplies and was ambushed by a death-seeking gang outside Nanxi City, it was Xie Yunhai who saved him at the risk of his own life. Since her brother said so, Jiang Mingyue naturally listened to him.

Her brother had a sharp eye for people, even though he could be a bit of a jerk sometimes.

”Alright, we’ll go at midnight. But right now, bro is starving. What do we have to eat?” As he spoke, he sat down at the dining table like a boss.

Jiang Mingyue: ”...There’s food in the kitchen, you guys wait.” These are her own brothers, she tolerated it!

”I’ll go help Yueyue.” This guy didn’t care about face, but Xie Yunhai did. He was about to follow when Jiang Ming’an suddenly pulled him back, catching him off guard and causing him to stumble straight towards him.

The next second, he was caught around the waist; Jiang Ming’an pushed him aside, ”Can you keep your composure? Have some sense of propriety?”

Xie Yunhai: ”...” He was feeling touched just a moment ago, but now it all vanished like smoke; someone’s words were truly as lethal as garlic mixed with arsenic.

”Also, there’s no need for you to move. If anyone’s going to act, it should be me, her brother.” Yueyue’s space should not be known to a fourth person.

With her brother guarding outside, Jiang Mingyue didn’t worry about anything. She took out a pot of rice, a braised chicken, a pot of appetizing pickled fish soup, cold dressed century eggs, and a steamed morel mushroom with eggs from her space.

She served all the dishes on the table. Fortunately, her brother still had some conscience, helping her serve the rice first, and then another bowl. Xie Yunhai reached out to take it. Just after he said ”Thanks,” Jiang Ming’an took the bowl and began eating, leaving Xie Yunhai awkwardly retracting his hand, preparing to help himself.

Jiang Mingyue felt quite a headache. Why were their wars fought right in front of her? She couldn’t just ignore it, after all, she was a person who understood manners.

”Brother Xie, let me.” Jiang Mingyue quickly filled another empty bowl with rice and handed it over, not giving Xie Yunhai any chance to refuse.

”Thank you!” Xie Yunhai was satisfied, glancing at the opposite person, thinking next time he would surely restrain himself.

Jiang Mingyue didn’t know what just happened between the two, but her eyesight was good. Just glancing at her brother, she saw the slightly open collarbone in his shirt... Tsk! No wonder!

The three of them had only four dishes, but the portions were big. She estimated they wouldn’t finish it, but they polished them all.

Elder Brother finished his meal and tossed his chopsticks, ”I’ll have a midnight snack when we get back tonight.”

Jiang Mingyue raised an eyebrow: ”You’re not full?”

”Just a bit short.”

Jiang Mingyue: ”...And you, Brother Xie? Should I make some noodles?”

Xie Yunhai waved his hand, ”Tonight, let’s have roasted lamb leg. I got one yesterday and marinated it with seasonings.”

Jiang Mingyue fell silent: they weren’t full! Alright, next time she’d make more. Strange how these two looked thin, yet they ate more than their eldest brother at home.

Luckily, both were talented at making money in unusual ways.

Jiang Mingyue was about to gather the bowls to wash them when the two stopped her, and in the end, Xie Yunhai washed them. Seeing him rolling up his sleeves cleaning up, Jiang Mingyue genuinely felt embarrassed, nudging her brother, ”You’re going too far.”

Her brother nonchalantly replied, ”Do you want your brother to wash?”

Jiang Mingyue thought ’no’, then suddenly felt something was off, analyzing it closely. It seemed her elder brother took it for granted, but she unconsciously felt bad, probably because she always considered Xie Yunhai separate from their siblings—like the dinner tonight, she treated Xie Yunhai as a guest.

Reflecting on their interactions over time, Brother Xie always regarded her as family, and his relationship with her elder brother didn’t separate them. Jiang Mingyue only now realized it was she who drew the line.

After tidying up, her elder brother pushed her to go to the adjacent house number 43 with them.