I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 104 Big Brother Tiegen

Chapter 104: Chapter 104 Big Brother Tiegen

"Have there been any news from the third one?" Chen’s mother took advantage of Chen’s father being in the study and came to ask Chen Lijun.

Ever since learning of Suizi’s marriage, the Chen family, except for Chen’s father, was experiencing a shock equivalent to a magnitude-ten earthquake.

Chen Lijun initially planned to visit in person, but due to a work transition at her unit, she was tied up with work. Therefore, she sent Chen Ziyao, who lived closest to Yang Village, to gather information.

"Not yet." Chen Lijun also found it strange.

Her younger brother had set out yesterday, and it had been a day. He should have sent word by now, but there was no news from him.

When they called the army unit, they said Chen Ziyao had taken leave and hadn’t returned to the unit yet, as if he’d vanished from the face of the earth.

"Could that street gangster have tied up the third one in some mountain ditch to feed the wolves?" Chen’s mother’s mind was filled with terrifying images.

Her third child was hot-tempered and was a troublemaker back in the day. He wore his heart on his sleeve and did not play tricks.

If he saw Suizi being treated unfairly after he went there, he would definitely take action.

From what Lijun said, the man Suizi married was also a difficult one. If these two got into a fight on that street gangster’s territory, could her son have been silenced?

"What are you thinking? It couldn’t be that bad." Chen Lijun didn’t have any confidence as she spoke.

She somewhat regretted sending her hot-tempered younger brother there.

She thought it might have been better if they had sent her calm and composed older brother to deal with Yu Jingting.

Her younger brother had a temperament that was likely to explode at the smallest spark. It’s possible that he really picked a fight with Yu Jingting.

Just as she was thinking, the landline at home rang.

Chen Lijun quickly picked up the phone to hear Chen Ziyao’s slurred voice on the other end.

"Sister~"

"How much have you... drunk?"

Chen Ziyao chuckled sheepishly, tried to count with his fingers but failed to get a clear count.

"Yesterday I drank two, three catties, and today I drank a little more."

Chen Lijun and Chen’s mother shared a look, nonplussed.

"What about the task I assigned you?"

"All set, s-set, *hic*."

He even started hiccuping with alcohol!

A sense of foreboding surged in Chen Lijun’s heart.

"What did you see?"

"What I saw — eh, chicken stewed with mushrooms, delicious. And Dongbei’s small roast, really strong, oh, and the Yu family’s heated kang is also good."

From the sound of it, not only did he eat and drink at their house, but he also stayed the night?!

"You good-for-nothing drunkard! You were supposed to check on Suizi, Suizi!"

"Suizi, ah? She is doing really well, and her cooking is excellent."

The sound of Chen Ziyao’s tipsy yet unaffected voice indicated that he hadn’t sobered up yet. Dongbei’s small roast was indeed potent.

"What about Yu Jingting?"

"Jingting — oh, you mean my big brother Tiegen? Big brother is not bad, has a good ability to drink, he said that the Dongbei small roast is better than the Erguotou of Beijing, I disagreed, so I’m going to bring some Erguotou next time — big brother Tiegen, let’s continue drinking!"

Chen Ziyao moved the phone to the side, gave a grin to the big brother beside him.

Chen Lijun was taken aback, Tiegen... big brother?!

Isn’t that messing up the generations?!

Since when does an uncle call his niece’s husband big brother? Of course, Yu Jingting’s identity as a son-in-law was yet to be acknowledged by the Yu Family.

From this address, her brother was bought over. If this were wartime, it would be considered defecting to the enemy!

Hang on, that last phrase her brother said —! Chen Lijun came to her senses and was about to speak, but the voice on the other end of the phone changed.

"Mom, your little nephew is with me, he hasn’t sobered up yet, I’ve brought him to the provincial city, don’t worry, I’ll send him to the army unit before I go back."

Yu Jingting’s steady voice came through the phone.

Compared to the drunken slurred speech of the nephew, he sounded completely sober.

The two men drank till late into the night.

At first, Uncle started off with a probing attitude, but backed by Yu Jingting’s persistent toasting and talkative demeanor, along with his defense of Suizi during the day, they quickly established a bond of male friendship.

Uncle is a simple man, as direct as his sister describes him to be.

He has a fiery temper and is straightforward. If he sees something he dislikes, he takes action directly.

However, these types of people are often the easiest to get along with.

Most likely, Yu Jingting did something that appealed to Uncle’s temperament, and following some drinks, they were thick as thieves.

After Yu Jingting finished speaking, there was silence on the other end of the line for almost a minute.

At this point, Yu Jingting was standing in Uncle’s office doorway, supporting Uncle with one hand and holding his phone in the other.

It took a while for Chen Lijun’s voice to come through.

"Yu Jingting, is this how you said you’d take care of my daughter?"

This accusation hit him hard. The cold voice signified that the good relationship between the two families, which had been maintained for a long time, had been shattered due to Yu Jingting’s overstepping.

"Mom, don’t worry, Suizi is doing well now."

Yu Jingting’s shameless reply almost killed the Chen family over the phone.

How thick could his skin be to say such things?

"Yeah, my great niece has been well cared-for by my buddy Tiegen, she’s looking quite round and healthy now," Uncle’s slurred voice came into the conversation, further maxing out the Chen’s anger. Traitor!

"If I asked you to divorce now, I presume you wouldn’t agree, right?" Chen Lijun coldly questioned.

"The signal is bad, can’t hear you clearly."

Yu Jingting’s answer was absolutely perfunctory.

Chen Ziyao was yelling from the side, calling out Yu Jingting’s lie.

"Divorce, what divorce? My great niece has been living well, and I firmly believe in my buddy Tiegen. From now on, you and Tiegen are my brothers."

Chen Ziyao patted Yu Jingting on the shoulder, calling him ’Big Brother’ with every breath.

It seemed like he had been influenced by too many public relations campaigns of chicken stew with mushrooms and Northeast Chinese roast parties.

"Uncle, please control your emotions." Yu Jingting, the epicenter of this storm, could not be more embarrassed.

"Mom, Suizi is doing well and she wanted me to pass on her greetings to you."

"Speak sense!" As if Suizi would send her regards.

"We better not listen any further, it might raise your blood pressure, Mom."

Right now, Chen Lijun’s blood pressure was already a little high.

Yu Jingting kept calling ’mom’, while inserting in mentions of Uncle’s pet name for him, "Tiegen Big Brother," driving them up a wall.

"Suizi is doing well, and you don’t need to worry. I’m not going to interfere into your mother-daughter relationship, but there’s one thing," Yu Jingting paused, "If there’s a fight in the future, I will definitely side with my wife."

Click.

The phone call ended.

"Old women are spiteful. Next time I see my sister, I’ll put in a good word for you. "

Uncle said with a slur, patting Yu Jingting on the shoulder.

Yu Jingting looked at Uncle with pity. Uncle was blissfully unaware of his mother-in-law’s strength.

Judging by Uncle’s performance today, he deserved a beating from his mother-in-law.

Chen Lijun was not known for her good temper. Chen Kaide was lucky to have survived her wrath for so many years.

Considering this, his wife Suizi had indeed inherited some of her mother’s better traits.

When Suizi gets really angry, she immediately takes action, definitely takes after her mom, which Yu Jingting considered as a merit.

After dropping Uncle off, Yu Jingting thought of taking advantage of his trip to the provincial city and decided to go shopping.

Looking around for something to buy for the women at home, he was suddenly seized by a strange sense of unease.

This was a feeling he had only experienced once before, when Suizi had been tricked into the hospital and had narrowly avoided a miscarriage. He had a bad premonition.