I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel-Chapter 380 - 324: Second Brother Went Off to Win Glory

"This is Ming Yue, does she have a boyfriend?"

Jiang Mingyue thought to herself, but still kept smiling, "Fourth Uncle, I have a boyfriend." Please, old man, stop worrying about me, she thought, hearing the implication that he wanted to introduce her to someone.

Sure enough, the next moment.

"What a pity! My junior is good-looking, has a great personality, and his family is very understanding. Plus, he has a promising future. I thought Ming Yue would like him and was thinking of setting you two up!"

After changing the honeycomb briquette, Shen Fanghua chimed in, "We appreciate Fourth Brother’s kindness, but it’s really not necessary. Yueyue has a boyfriend, and he’s a truly wonderful young man. His looks are top-notch, his character is top-notch, and even his job is top-notch."

Jiang Zhengqing was speechless, thinking to himself how, after not seeing each other for years, this Third Sister-in-law was really blowing things out of proportion. Even if Ming Yue grew up in the city with a good look and demeanor, she was only in a small county. What outstanding person could she possibly meet there? His junior is someone born and raised in Beijing; how can you compare?

Years later, Jiang Zhengqing recalled his words and actions from today, and his face was burning with embarrassment!

To prevent Fourth Brother from dwelling on this matter, Shen Fanghua changed the topic.

"I heard the old lady asked you to find a way to get Jiang Zhenghui out?"

Compared to his mother, Jiang Zhengqing was more inclined to trust this Third Sister-in-law, so he naturally didn’t hide anything.

"That’s true, but I rejected it outright." As for the old lady kneeling to him after he refused, Jiang Zhengqing felt a heaviness in his chest, like a lead weight, and didn’t mention it.

He knew that, after all these years, the old lady only had eyes for Jiang Zhenghui. He didn’t understand before why their mother favored his lazy, conniving, and deceitful second brother, but on this trip, he finally understood the reason.

The old lady is truly peculiar, her heart always set on the daughter she had with Li the Blind. For years she favored Jiang Zhenghui because of her daughter. Look at what that indulgence has led to.

One could say that Jiang Zhenghui’s downfall today is all due to the old lady.

Spoiling a child is like killing him.

It’s not that he was being cynical, but knowing Jiang Zhenghui’s misfortunes today, all the years of unfair treatment and pent-up grievances he suffered were finally relieved!

Although the families gathered, it was intriguing how Fu Hexiang and Liang Yan Yan never sat together. Wherever Liang Yan Yan was, Fu Hexiang absolutely wouldn’t be, and vice versa.

This kind of tacit understanding, regardless of what they were thinking, at least allowed each to maintain composure—no glares, no insults, and no fights—so it counted as a form of harmony.

Jiang Zhengqing talked about how the Yue Family had helped him over the years. Back then, after he covered for Jiang Zhenghui and was later abandoned by him, he was quickly discovered by that group. They wanted to silence him and beat him to death. If it hadn’t been for Fu Hexiang and her daughter happening by, he wouldn’t have survived, definitely long gone. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

He was lucky; his father-in-law had been assigned elsewhere and was out in the countryside with his daughter collecting medicinal herbs when they ran into him. Because his father-in-law was an expert in both Chinese and Western medicine, with advanced skills, he saved Jiang Zhengqing, who was gravely injured, although his brain was damaged, and when he awoke, he couldn’t remember who he was. His father-in-law then gave him a new name and registered him, taught him medicine, and since Fu Hexiang liked him, he quickly became a son-in-law, settling in Beijing.

Three years later, when he remembered his true identity, he already had a son and a daughter with his wife.

His wife’s family had essentially given him a new life; he would never betray them, which meant betraying his hometown’s wife instead. He thought that after his three-year disappearance, his hometown wife, unable to bear her family’s pressure, would have remarried, but he didn’t expect that his former wife had been waiting for him all along.

The only ones he ever wronged in his life were his hometown wife and children.

Jiang Zhengqing’s guilt was genuine, and so, he made a decision.

The old lady was awake now but paralyzed and would be bedridden for the rest of her life.

No matter what she was like before, now that she was sick, her sons had to take responsibility.

Jiang Zhengqing knew that once he left, his former wife would undoubtedly have to take turns with the other two families to look after the old lady. He already wronged her and couldn’t let her be disgusted while observing filial duties.

So, after discussing it with his wife, Jiang Zhengqing took the old lady back to Beijing to care for her.

As for the expenses, the eldest and third family volunteered to share them equally so that Jiang Zhengqing wouldn’t be both laboring and financially burdened.

Of course, Jiang Ming’an made sure to spread the word well in Qingshan Village, immediately earning a good reputation.