I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel-Chapter 259 - 256: Visiting as a Guest

In front of No. 12 Pear Blossom Lane. A mother and son happened to pass by. The son, about five years old, was holding a skewer of ice sugar gourds. Clearly drooling with greed, he was reluctant to take a bite. The mother encouraged him with a smile.

"Yaya, go ahead and eat if you want. It’s a reward for you."

The little boy called Yaya shook his head without thinking, "No way, if I eat it, it will be gone. But if I don’t, it will always be there."

The mother’s words were caught in her throat.

What could she say?

Accidentally, she saw the statue at the door... Oh! It wasn’t a statue, as statues wouldn’t show such expectant eyes.

After all, it was too lifelike.

The son saw it too.

"Mom, mom, is this uncle waiting for the ice sugar gourds?"

Once again, the mother was at a loss...

Tang Gang, who overheard the mother and son’s conversation, was momentarily stunned, then quickly reined in his expression. He was here to greet the benefactor, after all, he didn’t want to scare them away.

Correct, his nephew’s benefactor was his benefactor.

Although he was a distant relative of the Tang Family, since staying with Uncle Tang, they treated him like family. Gradually, he became part of that family. He watched Tang Yue grow up, cherished him like his own son. When that incident happened, his heart ached, but at least Tang Yue’s life was spared. But his once handsome face was ruined. Although the family would never resent him, Tang Yue himself couldn’t accept it, becoming more depressed each day until they heard from their contacts that a young friend had a miraculous encounter, and the scar on his face disappeared, as if it never existed.

The whole family was overjoyed, the dark cloud overhead finally had a silver lining.

They discussed that though the damage to Tang Yue’s face was extensive and terrifyingly deep, Pan Zhoucong’s friend’s scar was not ordinary either. They had seen it, deep to the bone. If such a scar could disappear without a trace, they didn’t even expect Tang Yue’s to heal as perfectly as Pan Zhoucong’s. As long as it recovered fifty to sixty percent, they believed they could help Tang Yue regain his confidence.

Yet, unexpectedly, the benefactor was truly incredible. In just a few days, Tang Yue’s face was restored to its original state, as miraculous as its name "Scarless Scar".

With the scar healed, the child finally smiled, and now even went to the kitchen personally to cook, saying he wanted to thank the benefactor through actions.

Tang Yue was the apple of their eye, and now that he came "back to life," they were deeply grateful to this "life-saving benefactor".

When Pan Zhoucong, with someone in tow, appeared at the corner, Tang Gang’s time-carved face revealed a smile, his big white teeth also expressing his mood.

He took a few steps forward to greet them: "Comrade Pan is here!" Then his gaze quickly shifted to the young girl beside him.

Pan Zhoucong was just about to reply: "..." He wasn’t important anymore, really not important! This is what they mean by burning bridges after crossing them.

But Tang Gang didn’t mean to burn any bridges, it’s just he was preoccupied.

At this moment, his mind and eyes were all on the young lady in front of them.

"You must be Mr. Jiang, right? Hello! Hello! Mr. Jiang." He said, reaching out to her.

Jiang Mingyue blinked: Didn’t he have any doubts?

She thought to herself that everyone in the Tang family was indeed talented, even their judgment was this good!

"Hello! You must be Uncle Tang? Just call me Ming Yue, a meeting by chance is still fate, no need for formalities."

Tang Gang smoothly followed her lead: "You’re right, we’ll be like family in the future, so I’ll call you Ming Yue. Such a beautiful name. With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, if it wasn’t pressing on the other side, I’d really want to stay and invite Ming Yue to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together."

Jiang Mingyue: "..." She could only smile, unable to respond.

Pan Zhoucong, who had been ignored all along: "..." Not even part of the background, how could he bear it?

"Please come in! Please come in! Young Comrade Jiang, we’ve been looking forward to your arrival."

It was an older gentleman with white hair, looking like Grandpa Tang Ji. This venerable gentleman stood tall, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, exuding an extraordinary presence at a glance.

"Grandpa Tang, just call me Ming Yue!"

"Well, well, well, Ming Yue, what a good name!"

Jiang Mingyue promptly presented the gift.

"What a considerate child you are, why bring anything when you come?"

"Homemade, not worth much, just brought for Grandpa Tang to taste."

Listen to her words, Tang Ji felt thoroughly pleased. The girl really had a sweet way of talking!

If it weren’t for the marriage contract still hanging over his grandson, he’d have wanted to settle it today.

People from the kitchen might have heard the commotion and came out, and Jiang Mingyue happened to look over.

The man paused, while Jiang Mingyue kept her smile.

After all, she only saw the effects of the medicine, and indeed, the scarred face looked quite comfortable, and handsome, which was worthy of her good medicine.

"Xiao Yue, is the food ready? If it is, serve it, Ming Yue is here."

Xiao Yue? Little Yue?

Jiang Mingyue was thankful she hadn’t responded earlier, otherwise it would have been embarrassing.

Ming Yue? Her name was Ming Yue? So she was the one who provided him with the medicine!

Tang Yue was momentarily stunned.

"Tang Yue, is everything ready?"

"Uncle, it’s all ready."

Tang Gang and Tang Yue together set the table.

Considering she was a girl, naturally, there was no alcohol to accompany.

Jiang Mingyue felt a bit of a letdown.

Pan Zhoucong felt a thousand regretful, he shirked his tasks to come over for what? Wasn’t it just to enjoy some wine from Comrade Jiang?

As a result...

The meal was naturally a joyful gathering for both hosts and guests. When it was time to leave, her basket was emptied, but in return, it was filled with cans of meat, malted milk, milk powder, and White Rabbit candy... In short, the most popular items of this era.

And also...

"Ming Yue, as Grandpa Tang, I... no words can express our gratitude, so let me give you a small token to keep."

A small box of gold was presented to her.

Jiang Mingyue: "..." This token suited her well.

Besides the gold, the old man also gave her a promise that if she ever encountered any unsolvable problems, she should tell him, whether by letter or phone, she should remember to find the Tang family.

Receiving this promise, Jiang Mingyue felt fully satisfied, it seemed this was indeed worthwhile.

Returning to No. 42 Magpie Street, a wolf and a man were confronting each other at the door.

"Ahem... An Jian, why aren’t you coming in?"

An Jian looked at Jiang Mingyue coming out of the main hall, raised an eyebrow in curiosity.

"So, you’re here?"

"Oh! I fell asleep! Anything the matter?" Simultaneously instructing Lightning to make way and let the person in.

Lightning indeed backed away, and after An Jian came in, it even knew to close the door.

An Jian turned his head to catch this scene, being no stranger to military dogs, he wasn’t too surprised, instead, he became more interested in Lightning.

"Hmm, do you have anything to eat?"

Jiang Mingyue paused but didn’t ask much.

"Wait a moment."

Soon, a large bowl of rice and a can of black truffle paste were set on the table.

Jiang Mingyue didn’t bring out anything else, and An Jian didn’t ask for more, just went along with it.

"What is this? It smells good."

"Black truffle paste, you can mix it with rice."

Then, Jiang Mingyue waited until this person, wolfing down his meal, finished off the rice and looked up.

Only to hear him speak: "Is there more rice?"

"There’s none left!"

An Jian was quite regretful, thinking to himself that this sauce was so delicious he could have another three bowls.

"Can this sauce be sold to me?"

Half of it was eaten by you already.

"No need to buy, you can have what’s left, consider it a welcome gift for a new colleague."