I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 114: It’s Always Been You

Chapter 114: Chapter 114: It’s Always Been You

Suizi wished she could travel back in time to see which of their ancestors loved a good gnawing session so much, and why they didn’t consider gnawing on a radish or a cabbage instead. She pondered how to describe the value of the ingots to Yu Jingting since the concept of real estate prices, like those of modern cities, would be too abstract for his time. So, she went with a different description.

"A single silver ingot can be traded for 1,000 sheep."

"Are you dreaming? Who, in his right mind, would exchange 1,000 sheep for just this thing?"

"I’m talking about in a few decades."

"Hmph, whatever makes you happy."

"Everything inside here is going to be divided, including these two ingots. One is for you, and the other for Jiaojiao."

It’s even more valuable than the winged car she drove in her previous life.

Yu Jingting gathered the information from Suizi, drawing a conclusion.

"So, in this stash, there’s nothing that we can readily use?"

We can’t sell them now, can’t melt them into jewellery, and we can’t even take a bite?

So, was all this digging for nothing?

"Jingting, do you trust me?" Suizi asked.

His gaze shifted from the locked box to her face.

"In my opinion, we should not tell anyone about these things, only you and I should know about them. Not a word to my mother — it’s not that I don’t trust her, but rather it’s for safety reasons."

Although Yu Jingting didn’t think highly of these items, Suizi knew their value.

Despite being a good mother-in-law, Wang Cuihua still held traditional family values. She bore the blame for "stealing ancestral treasures" all these years and had a lot of pent-up feelings.

Wang Cuihua was a woman of no weak character; it was clear from the fact that she was able to raise her children alone without remarrying.

To regain some face, Suizi suspected her mother-in-law might gather the other branches of the Yu Family to split the items evenly.

"If we take these things out, we might initially receive praise from our relatives, which might be the recognition that our mother has been seeking all these years. But once that phase passes, only problems will follow."

"You seem to understand our mother well." Yu Jingting snorted. His mother indeed would do such a thing.

Seeing his reaction, Suizi felt reassured.

He definitely stood on her side, which gave her the courage to continue speaking.

"It’s not about lacking, but about inequity."

Suizi suddenly grabbed Yu Jingting’s hand. With her typically soft and gentle voice, she said convincingly:

"Jingting, we shouldn’t give outsiders the chance to criticize us for unequally dividing the spoils in the future, and more importantly, we should not break the long-standing harmony of the Yu Family. Look, everyone gathering together happily for dinner tomorrow is much better than splitting treasures and discussing money, isn’t it? It’s so vulgar to talk about money! If we divide these things, we won’t have a peaceful day thereafter."

"Speak plainly."

"I want to keep it all."

The room fell into silence.

A few seconds later, Yu Jingting burst into laughter.

Embarrassed by his laughter, Suizi bowed her head and added another comment.

"Actually, not all by myself. Jiaojiao has a share in it too. When she grows up and gets married, we will divide half of it as her dowry."

She was only harsh towards unrelated outsiders but remained generous towards her familiy.

After he had his fill of laughter at Suizi’s greed, Yu Jingting waved his hand in dismissal.

"What are you waiting for then? Hurry up and hide everything. Find a place where my mother can’t find it."

"Aren’t you afraid that our ancestors would think we’re going too far?" Suizi felt a bit guilty and mumbled.

Li Youcai’s mother summed her up quite accurately.

She had the innocent face of a little bunny, but the heart of a big bad wolf. She wouldn’t even think twice about hiding the wealth from her relatives. How wicked was that!

Mimicking her voice from earlier, Yu Jingting said confidently:

"Our ancestors would understand our struggles to keep the family united. They would be relieved knowing that we’ve prevented family discord."

With the couple having cheerfully agreed on telling white lies, Suizi relaxed, her face beaming.

"Happy now? Just because of the gold and silver?" Yu Jingting held her in his arms and bit her slender, white neck.

If he couldn’t chew on the gold and silver, then he might as well nibble on his precious wife, right?

"Of course, it feels good to have money, but having you with me makes me even happier. Wealth can be found easily, but a good-hearted man is hard to come by."

Living with a man who shared similar values was indeed comfortable.

"Geez, flirting again!" Yu Jingting, who had been fired up by her advances, was about to carry her to the kang to cool down when his stomach growled.

They had been so busy all day they hadn’t even had time to eat.

"I’ll cook dinner for you—we can talk more later." Suizi slipped out of his arms and handed him the locked wooden box.

"If you manage to open this before I finish cooking—" Suizi stopped mid-sentence and gave him a seductive look.

She didn’t need to say it outright. Her eyes said it all.

Yu Jingting suddenly felt like he was filled with boundless energy. Even if he had to use a saw, he would get that box open!

As the man of the house, he had to rise to the challenge and couldn’t admit defeat.

While Suizi was cooking, he sat next to her, twirling the box in his hands.

The small box used a Luban lock mechanism. It might look small, but it was extremely sophisticated. To unlock it, you had to find the hidden mechanism. Such ingenuity from ancient people!

Suizi cooked him a bowl of egg noodles. As she poured the warmed-up oil onto the noodles and was about to serve it, she heard a click behind her.

"Did you really open it?"

Yu Jingting had thought about bragging, although he himself wasn’t sure how he had opened it. He had been pressing the lock randomly and somehow it popped open.

However, when he saw what was inside, his mind went blank.

It contained a single gold hairpin.

The design matched Yu Jingting’s tastes perfectly. It was clearly made of pure gold, but the craftsmanship wasn’t that great. On top of everything, the maker had even adorned it with a pearl.

If Suizi wasn’t familiar with this hairpin, she would have definitely scoffed at it, thinking that it was designed by some ancient nouveau riche whose aesthetics were as gaudy as their wealth.

But Suizi’s eyes bulged, recognizing the piece.

In her previous life, she had bought it in a charity auction to donate money for disaster relief.

She couldn’t remember how much she had paid for it, but it wasn’t very expensive. Antique dealers had deemed it a folk craft without elaborate craftsmanship. The aesthetics of the nouveau riche aren’t considered of high value in any era.

The reason she had bought it was that it reminded her of Yu Jingting, whom she had left behind in her hometown for many years.

This ostentatious yet domineering feeling reminded her of him every time.

Despite the change in time and space, it was unbelievable to encounter it again here. Suizi’s eyes welled up with tears, filled with inexplicable sorrow.

So, this was his hairpin... Maybe in her previous life, he was the one who had donated it.

He donated, she bought, and they missed each other for an entire lifetime.

A vivid image flashed in Yu Jingting’s mind: a rugged, bearded ancient bandit forcing this hairpin onto a crying rich lady.

Without realizing it, he found himself echoing what he heard in his mind.

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