I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel

Chapter 430 - 369: My Wife Is Gone

After being back for a few days, Jiang Mingyue mingled with the neighbors and finally learned that Han Shu had moved the ladder in the shared courtyard.

But no one saw what she did next.

Jiang Mingyue didn’t dwell on it, and as it was just about time, she started cooking.

She simmered a pot of aromatic matsutake chicken soup, made a box of spring rolls, a plate of cold-rabbit, and a vegetable soup. The main dish was century egg and lean pork congee, very sumptuous.

As soon as Jiang Ming’an came home, he smelled the delicious aroma and felt much better.

He washed his hands and went into the kitchen to help serve the dishes.

"Are we not waiting for Brother Xie?"

Then another voice was heard from the courtyard, "Brother Xie is here, and I brought your colleague too."

"Long time no see, Jiang Mingyue."

Before Jiang Mingyue could respond to An Jian, she was suddenly pounced on by a large black shadow. If she wasn’t strong and stable, she might have been knocked to the ground.

"Lightning, you’re in trouble! Later, you’ll watch us eat meat while you drink soup."

"Woo woo woo..."

An Jian was dumbfounded. Honestly, after bringing Lightning for so long, though he knew it was quite spiritual, he’d never seen such a scene before, like a child pouting, too damned incongruous.

Xie Yunhai gave An Jian a nudge, snapping him back to reality. "What’s this now? Go wash your hands and eat, or you’re not hungry?"

At the mention of food, An Jian’s other thoughts vanished, and he couldn’t help but complain to his old partner.

"Ming Yue, you don’t understand, Hongcheng is just not a place for normal people. Crazy folks are out every day, over there you need someone on night watch in shifts, even family dogs can be silently poisoned. I get it, no wonder they drafted our people over; that work’s not fit for humans..."

"Ahem, careful, the walls have ears."

"Alright, I’m always mindful to serve the people." Then he lowered his voice immediately, "It’s really not something more manpower can solve."

"So you guys came back?"

"Not that we applied to return ourselves, are we the passive working class? It was a transfer."

"I’ve already reported to Gan Institute, truthfully presenting my observations. As for what happens next, that’s beyond my control."

"Let’s eat, I’m starving. You wouldn’t believe it, the food over there just isn’t to my taste. Oh, it’s still better at home!"

All the others: "..." What are you thinking? This isn’t your home.

Jiang Mingyue said no meat for Lightning, and indeed only gave it a pot of wild veggie soup to drink, frustrating Lightning into endless protest. But Jiang Mingyue seemed to ignore it, going about her business.

An Jian offered to wash the dishes tonight, but unfortunately, there were no leftovers at all, even the plates were sparkling clean.

But he’s conscientious, definitely won’t let Lightning go hungry.

He searched and searched but couldn’t find anything for Lightning.

After washing up, he thought of talking to Brother Ming’an. Can’t mistreat a child like this, right?

However, he didn’t forget to nab a banana himself, thinking this banana’s really big and good.

Though he was stuffed, he felt he could eat again now.

Just as he was about to bite, a shadow flickered, and his hand was empty.

"Good grief, are you part monkey? Even eating bananas."

Lightning has been helpful lately, becoming the mascot of Southern Institute, now adored by all. But when it comes to feeding, this guy only eats what he gives it, and it’s not that it’s not picky, quite the opposite, it’s really picky. Now it’s stealing bananas, could it truly be starving?

An Jian increasingly felt he should do something for Lightning.

He gave the dog’s head a firm rub, "You wait here, I’ll go ask for benefits for you."

"Ming Yue, Mr. Jiang, is there any meat left? Deduct it from my living expenses, you don’t need to refund me half a month’s meal expenses, can it go to feed my son?"

Jiang Mingyue: "..." Thought about it, Jiang Mingyue still told him the truth, "That’s pretty much it, if you don’t believe me, check for yourself."

An Jian was bewildered, "No way, Lightning’s been with me all along, if he had a wife, I’d know."

"I’m Lightning’s owner, I know him best. Usually, he habitually lifts his right front paw first, but just now he lifted his left front paw. That’s our signal, if he has a special someone, he’ll inform me with this sign."

An Jian: "..." Never seen, never heard.

Seeing Jiang Mingyue didn’t seem to be joking, An Jian believed him.

Perhaps he missed something.

Suddenly thought back to a certain night crossing the forest, it was Lightning’s intimidation that helped them successfully evade the wolf pack, or else they’d be bones by now.

Could it be that night he met a beloved wolf?

"Could it be cross-species love?" Jiang Mingyue asked with a grin.

An Jian was all at sea, "Impossible! My Lightning is a majestic king, how could he fancy any runts?"

Indeed, he recalled the mutt at his master’s house.

Previously it seemed impossible, one in the sky, one on the ground, but now?

Whenever he visits his master, Lightning is especially compliant. Told to go play in the backyard, he’d really disappear there, always needing An Jian to fetch him before he’d leave reluctantly. Who is he reluctant to leave?

Isn’t the mutt raised in the backyard?

"Oh my gosh!" An Jian let out a scream of disbelief.

"Ahhh, I raised the cabbage only to have it pilfered by a pig, how can I accept this?"

Jiang Mingyue: "..." It’s truly ear-piercing!

"It’s just my one-sided guess, don’t be like this."

"No, I’m certain, he’s fallen for that ugly mutt of my master’s house."

Jiang Mingyue: "..." She was just speaking casually earlier!

Moreover, "Don’t show that life-and-death expression, anyone unaware would think your wife was taken."

"Isn’t it though? That’s just it, my wife was taken."

Jiang Mingyue was thoroughly speechless.

"Ming Yue, do you think a wolf can love a Chinese rural dog?"

"Possible! Dogs are domesticated wolves, in principle they belong to the same species."

"? One eats grass, one eats meat."

"That’s called ecological isolation, meaning although dogs are a subspecies of wolves, their living habits differ, making it hard to breed love. However, exceptions exist.

When a wolf like Lightning, who even eats bananas, meets your master’s house’s dog that resembles a wolf in appearance, sparks may fly."

An Jian felt a bit better.

"Sigh! My wife is gone!"