I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 149: A Gentle Woman Doesn’t Roar at All

Chapter 149: Chapter 149: A Gentle Woman Doesn’t Roar at All

Suizi seemed oblivious to his discomfort, her hand still outstretched, demanding payment.

"A basin of cured meat, five wild rabbits, and a whole knuckle - Shelling out a hundred or so wouldn’t be tough for such goodies, would it?"

Yu Jingting couldn’t reveal he was trying to curry favor with his mother-in-law, and he couldn’t find another suitable excuse either.

As he agonized, he saw Chen Kaide and Wang Fenfang walk past, heads drooping, looking listless.

Yu Jingting’s eyes lit up – inspiration had struck!

"I did make money, but then I encountered a lady on the road, lying next to a man. He was wearing a grey cotton-padded jacket with patches on it, and the third button was of a different color ──"

Unashamedly, he was drawing upon the appearance of Chen Kaide for his tale.

Yu Jingting’s eyes remained fixated on Chen Kaide, adding more details to his cooked-up story.

"Oh? And then?" Suizi was curious about the tall tales he could spin.

"The woman was bawling her eyes out, ’Kaide, your death is so tragic!’"

"Pfft!" Suizi couldn’t hold back her laughter. He was downright shameless!

Upon hearing his own name, Chen Kaide jerked his head up, noticed Yu Jingting and his wife, and promptly turned to leave, dragging Wang Fenfang along.

"Yu Tiegen is insulting you!" Wang Fenfang couldn’t take it, spun around and shouted at Yu Jingting, "What indecency! Right in the middle of the New Year’s celebration!"

"Kaide~~~you heartless beast who abandons wife and child~~~" Yu Jingting melodramatically elongated the last word while making a beckoning gesture with his hand.

If you can’t take it, then attempt a shouting match with him!

Of course, Wang Fenfang hadn’t the nerve to do it.

Chen Kaide dragged Wang Fenfang away as quickly as if he had wheels on his feet. When certain that Yu Jingting wouldn’t catch up, Chen Kaide finally belted out a defiant laugh.

"Let him insult me! During New Year’s celebration, he’s the one everyone laughs at!"

"Are they laughing at him or us?"

"What’s with the incessant talking, woman! You’re just asking to be laughed at!" Chen Kaide evasively replied.

Wang Fenfang rolled her eyes. He had no clue who the joke was really on. In the end, he, Chen Kaide, was the biggest joke in town.

After watching Chen Kaide lose his cool and leave, Yu Jingting took Suizi’s hand, intending to head home.

"Did you think you’ve successfully changed the subject? Where’s the money?" Suizi was immovable.

"Seeing the old woman in such a pitiful state and hearing of the dead man with the same name as my father-in-law, I gave her all the goods out of immediate sympathy."

A story fabricated with no ounce of creativity.

Suizi was more amused than angry; it was the chilly sort of smirk where the laughter didn’t reach her eyes.

"Why didn’t you say that the woman was prostrating on the street, selling herself for his funeral?"

Don’t think she couldn’t hear his poorly patched story; it’s the recycled content from storytelling performances!

She just replaced the dead person with her own dad in the story.

"Don’t slander good people! Do you think I’m the kind to buy women at whim?"

The crucial point was, the woman was her lioness of a mother-in-law. He’d have to be a lunatic to bring home those ferocious ancestors.

"My mother at home’s waiting for you to ’report’ the earnings. If you dare, repeat the cock-and-bull story to her in verbatim."

Suizi was certain. Given her mother-in-law’s fiery temper, she wouldn’t take lightly to his made-up drama. She’d surely take a feather duster and beat him with it.

"Aren’t you going to ask me where the goods went?"

"Oh, where’d they go?"

"Can’t tell you."

"Oh, then let’s go home."

All along the way, Yu Jingting was mentally preparing himself to face a storm at home.

He imagined how Suizi might scold him, drive him out, beat him, not let him up onto the brick bed, and all.

In his mind, he had even planned the unyielding resolve he’d keep even if beaten to death.

As it turned out, she was waiting outside but asked nothing.

With her aloof indifference, Yu Jingting was uneasy, and placed his hand on her shoulder, urging her to look at him.

"Are you not the least bit bothered? Aren’t you afraid that I could’ve given our things to some other woman?"

She could at least show some concern for where he’d been.

Although he wouldn’t tell her, she could still show him some concern.

Her man had disappeared for a full day, in addition to taking so many things out of the house, and she was not the least bit bothered?

Wasn’t she afraid another woman might have taken him into their arms?

"If you’re foolish enough to shamelessly giveaway our household things to please another woman, why would I still need you around?"

Her response seemed reasonable until the final remark?!

Suizi haughtily responded in the tone of a legitimate wife:

"I certainly can’t do what Yang Hong does, making a scene when her husband has another woman, so that the whole village knows, creating a fuss and crying loud as a fishwife. You know I’m not good with words."

"..." Yu Jingting dared not breathe heavily, looking at her attentively and warily.

Based on his observations, the quieter she kept, the larger the trap brewing in her mind.

Suizi gave him a warm smile.

"If I can’t hold on to my husband’s heart, then I must’ve made some mistakes."

She spoke as if she were being generous.

But why did his back feel so cold? Yu Jingting shifted uncomfortably.

"Since I’m no longer good enough, I have no right to stay by your side. I’ll step aside for the better woman to take the wife’s position."

What the hell! He’d known she was holding back a powerful blow!

Yu Jingting barely managed to draw a breath upon hearing her cloyingly sweet words. He was just about to retort when the excessively gentle woman added something more.

"I can let go of the wife’s position, but everything in this house, everything I’ve worked for, I’ll take it all."

Her gaze slowly slid from his handsome face, finally resting on his waist, her lips curling into a meaningful smile.

Yu Jingting gulped.

"W – what, what, what do you want to take away?!"

Just where was she looking?!

What was she planning to do?!

Even the street-savvy man was intimidated by a woman’s gentle glance.

"I’m a neat-freak. Private items, once I’ve used them, I’d rather destroy them than give them away. For instance─"

Once again, she let her gaze drift to a certain part of him. She then spoke in a soothing voice:

"Jingting, have you heard the story of the last eunuch in China?"

Yu Jingting shook his head vigorously.

He hadn’t heard of it, and he had no interest in hearing about it!!

Suizi stood still, adjusting his belt for him.

"It doesn’t matter if you can’t keep your belt tight. I don’t mind at all."

"You mind a ghost! You almost castrated me just now!!!!!"

Such nonsense about being gentle! She could take up Yang Hong’s hysteric style for all he cared. Being threatened with emasculation at the first word - who wouldn’t be scared?!

The woman who claimed to be at a loss for words sure moved fast.

"I was just expressing my carefree attitude towards marriage. Why are you so upset? So, are you now willing to tell me where our meat went? Don’t force yourself, really."

Suizi casually looped her fingers into his belt, her intentions understood without words.

Yu Jingting was genuinely terrified of her. This seemingly accommodating woman was out to ’geld’ him if he resisted!

"I can only tell you that I haven’t done anything disloyal. I gave our stuff to an elder who had done me a favor. You can argue or fight, whatever, but there’s one thing─"

No ’gelding’! Not even in fantasies!

Even a manly man has his bottom lines! He, Yu Jingting, was not the fearful kind!

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