I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 111: You’re Overthinking

Chapter 111: Chapter 111: You’re Overthinking

Suizi had rarely seen Yu Jingting with such a subtle expression.

At his nod, she reached her hand into the crack, felt around twice, and let out a gasp.

Her hand felt as though it had been scorched; her small face turned white with fright.

"Wh... what is this?!" Suizi lowered her voice and whispered in Yu Jingting’s ear so only they could hear, "An urn?!"

Yu Jingting was speechless, her imagination was quite vivid, wasn’t it?

What Suizi touched was cold, like pottery, about the size of three palms spread out.

This pavilion is an old building, which has seen some years and renovations, leaving a small space under the elevated section.

If it were not for the fortuitous cracking of the floor, no one would have discovered this strange ceramics box hidden there.

Considering her past life trauma, Suizi’s first thought was it might be a tool for destroying a body. That could be an urn!

"You’re overthinking it."

Yu Jingting reached in again, Suizi was rendered speechless. Cold sweat soaked through her inner autumn clothing, chilling her to the bone.

She felt as if she were seeing the scene from her past life, locked in the soul-sealing box again, the world spinning around her and her breathing began to falter.

She genuinely feared he would pull out a clump of ashes.

With a click, he opened the lid.

The dark hole in the ground was like a monster to Suizi’s eyes.

Watching Yu Jingting rummaging inside, Suizi, despite her own fear, boldly reached in to find his hand. At that moment, all the fear was replaced by instinct and all she wanted was to protect him.

He pushed something cold and round into her soft palm.

The distinct chill of metal brought a strange calmness to Suizi’s heart. What could this be?

The young couple crouched side by side, unconsciously leaning forward.

His shoulder was tightly pressed against hers in the dark. His breath was close. Suizi quickly drew back her hand, and secretly stashed the cool, round metal object back into her pockets.

She simply said, "This?" to inquire about the object.

"The Yu family’s ancestors have shown their might." Yu Jingting grinned and winked at her.

Suizi immediately understood what he intended to do. She glanced at the fainted Li Youcai on the ground and then at his mother who was awake. Finally, her gaze landed on the two children.

"Jiaojiao, Xiao Pang, come, help your sister-in-law." Suizi beckoned the two children and had them blindfold Li Youcai and his mother while facing the pavilion.

Yu Jingting took advantage of this moment to swiftly pull the box out of the crack in the ground. Not giving it a second glance, he quickly tossed it into the burlap sack Li Youcai had used to carry Jiaojiao.

Together with the firearms and axes from home, he loaded everything into the sack. Carrying it on his shoulder wouldn’t attract any attention.

Lights blinked on down the hill, making their way closer.

The villagers were coming.

While waiting for them to arrive, Yu Jingting put his hand on Suizi’s shoulder and casually asked:

"What happened to you earlier?"

Her reaction when they were excavating was too tense, not quite normal.

Suizi stayed silent.

"Don’t tell me you were afraid that I would pull out some ashes or a bone – hey, you weren’t serious, were you?" Yu Jingting was taken by surprise when the shoulder under his hand stiffened. He raised an eyebrow.

Just as he was about to tease her for her faint heartedness, he saw her looking at him with teary eyes, whispering so softly.

"Worried about you." As she bit her lip, he could laugh if he wanted.

Suizi was already prepared for him to laugh at her. He always laughed at her for being faint-hearted, so she expected this time to be no different.

After waiting a while and hearing no laughter, she turned to look at him.

Under the moonlight, she saw her tiny reflection in his deep and soulful eyes. Suizi couldn’t quite make out his gaze, but it definitely wasn’t mockery.

Suizi felt a dryness in her throat as he looked at her, she hurriedly turned her gaze to the children.

After a brief handshake and agreement, Jiaojiao and Xiao Pang quickly forgot about their ordeal of weeping in each other’s arms and started to bicker again.

"How dare you say my hair clip isn’t nice? I think you’re the one who is not nice! Ah! Let go! You’ve touched so much food with those hands, don’t pull my hair clip!!"

Jiaojiao’s angry voice echos far and wide.

Xiao Pang was tugging at the pom-pom on Jiaojiao’s head, causing her to lose her temper.

It was a familiar scene.

Suizi’s eyes glazed over as she looked out at the snow flying over the mountains. In her memory, Yu Jingting too had pulled her.

"Why do all you nasty boys love to pull girls’ braids?"

She didn’t like running into Yu Jingting when she was a child.

He was the only one in the village pulling her hair.

She was just as tongue-tied back then as she is now.

Unable to possess Jiaojiao’s nature of striking back when unhappy, she would keep her unhappiness to herself when bullied. It got to the point that rather than walk into him, she would inspect which route he would take and would take another.

Watching Jiaojiao bickering with Xiao Pang, and even scratching him, made Suizi envious. She wished she could go back to her childhood and just scratch at Yu Jingting’s face for his mischief.

Yu Jingting watched as Xiao Pang pulled his little sister’s hair. He picked up a stone from the ground without blinking an eye and aimed, throwing it at Xiao Pang.

"Ah! Tiegen bro, why did you hit me?" Xiao Pang jumped, shocked, while Jiaojiao clapped merrily.

"Little rabbit, keep your hands off my little sister. If your paws are not behaving, next time I will use a brick instead of stones." Yu Jingting felt refreshed after he threw the stone at Xiao Pang.

"Don’t be so mean to him, he helped rescue Jiaojiao after all," Suizi persuaded, fearing that Yu Jingting might scare the child.

Yu Jingting snorted. Given that Xiao Pang had indeed helped in rescuing Jiaojiao, he went easy on him with just a stone.

The hit didn’t hurt, and considering Xiao Pang’s nonsensical nature, it was a nightmare to think he could be fearful.

"You don’t understand the intentions of these naughty boys at all. In the future, if any boy dares to pull our maiden’s pigtails, I’ll ensure they break a hand."

"Did you forget that you used to pull my hair? I was so annoyed during that time; I wanted to cut my hair short — and now, thanks to you, my hair is so short!"

Suizi touched her short hair and mumbled.

"If I have a girl, I hope she won’t have to endure what I did, having her braids pulled since childhood."

"If it really is a maiden you have, you would be worried if no one pulls her pigtails," Yu Jingting smiled provokingly, a smile only men could understand.

Having one’s hair pulled was a treatment only cute girls get.

He imagined a small maiden, who looked like a mini Suizi, reaching out and calling him father. His heart nearly melted.

"When you do give birth to a maiden, just leave the title of village beauty for her to inherit."

He wouldn’t mind beating up those naughty boys who dare to have designs on his daughter.

"...when did I become a village beauty?!" Suizi was startled. Village beauty sounds very rural and slightly flirtatious!

"And besides, isn’t a village beauty supposed to be popular among everyone? Apart from you, nobody has ever proposed marriage to me." She thought that only those like Lun Lamei, who were popular among men, could be called village beauties.

"Heh." She had always been popular, but those thinking of proposing were scared off by him.

Was it necessary to inform her about this matter that would dent his image?

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