I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 256: Kill Two Birds with One Stone

Chapter 256: Chapter 256: Kill Two Birds with One Stone

"Director, do you have some good news?" Zhang Yue’e leans in to ask Suizi.

Suizi’s appearance remains the same as before, with no changes to her facial features.

However, something in her eyes is different, radiating pure joy.

"A bit of good news, yes. Here, have some candy."

Suzi opens the cloth bag she’s carrying, it’s full of candy and cigarettes. The feeling as she grabs inside is unusual.

What is this?

Suizi’s hand freezes, she is certain that this thing is not something she put in. She didn’t notice it when she checked before going to work.

"Wow! Director, did you get rich?!"

"My husband found two wild ginsengs. By old customs of my home town, it’s only right to share this blessing with everyone."

Suizi says these words with a purpose.

In the future, if the Fan Family investigates the origin of the ginseng, Fan Hua would not mention that they were given by Yu Jingting, but the Fan Family will most certainly be able to trace it back to Suizi.

The mines are set, one by one.

When the final battle begins, Suizi can trigger a chain reaction, exploding to reveal her desired outcome.

Back in the office, Suizi pours out everything from the cloth bag onto the table.

A bundle of "Big Unity", exactly one thousand.

All are brand new, emitting a fresh money smell.

On the white paper strip tying the money, there are two words:

Dowry

It’s written in Chen Lijun’s handwriting.

After a brief reunion, Chen Lijun boards the train back to Beijing. Before leaving, she sneaked this bundle of money in while Suizi wasn’t paying attention.

On the banknotes, dots of water drips slid down the slick new money, rolling to one side.

Suizi tries hard to sniffle back her tears, but fails to control the surge of emotions.

She firmly believes that she must be the girl with the most generous dowry in this era.

It’s not only about the amount; it’s more about this awkward, unsaid care from her mother.

What a coincidence.

Chen Lijun is on the train now.

Yu Jingting personally sent her off. Before leaving, he handed her a roasted sweet potato, saying it was a special request from Suizi.

Chen Lijun opens the tightly-wrapped package, and apart from the roasted sweet potato, there is a robustly-wrapped parcel inside.

She tears it open, it’s a bundle of money.

Chen Lijun is shocked for a moment, she picks up the money that’s still warm from the sweet potato, and estimated there are about five hundred.

It was slipped in secretly by Yu Jingting.

This is all the money they have at home right now, originally planned to pay off the tractor debt.

Now that the mother-in-law has reconciled with Suizi, he naturally needs to make up for the bride’s dowry.

Looking at the bundle of money and thinking about the dowry she snuck to Suizi, Chen Lijun couldn’t help but laugh.

"This little girl... she’s definitely my child..."

Even her technique of slipping in money was the same as her own. The continuity of bloodline, it really is a mysterious thing.

Chen Lijun’s dowry is something Suizi cannot bear to spend, she keeps it at the bottom of her chest.

Caught by Yu Jingting several times, she was seen secretly smiling at the money. She claimed to miss her mother when confronted, but Suizi adamantly denied, insisting that she just purely loved money... that’s all.

Yu Jingting didn’t dare to expose her, after all, this young lady had learnt from his mother how to pinch a thigh. When she gets really angry, she might actually pinch him.

All their liquid funds at home were given to the mother-in-law as a dowry, and Suizi and Yu Jingting didn’t want to use the dowry money either.

But the money for the tractor still needed to be repaid.

Suizi sat cross-legged on the bed, calculating expenses on her small abacus.

After a while, she suddenly stopped, lost in thought as she stared at the peach blossom motif on the bedsheet. She then looked up, throwing a cold laugh at Yu Jingting who was busy cracking sunflower seeds and reading a storybook.

Yu Jingting suddenly felt a chilling glare on him. His animal instinct woke up. It was danger!

"Have I upset you recently?" He cautiously asked.

"Aren’t you curious about who told me you and our mom went out for hotpot?"

Yu Jingting slapped his forehead. Right...

His mother-in-law had been gone for almost a week but he, along with his whole family, was still basking in the joy of their child finding a mother, completely forgetting this detail.

"How did you find out?" Yu Jingting asked.

Suizi gave a weird laugh, causing Yu Jingting’s goosebumps to flare up.

Great, his wife was not only mastering her mother’s martial arts, but she had also adopted his sister’s eerie laugh.

"She’s picking up bad habits..." he grumbled under his breath.

With a cruel smile, Suizi pointed at the peach flower pattern on the bedsheet, using it to drive her point.

"Look, these peach blossoms, don’t they resemble the debts of past relationships that you owe?"

"What did I owe?!" Yu Jingting was taken aback.

"Wang Jialan sought me out, saying you were dining with a woman. May I ask, why does she know something about you that I don’t?"

All of a sudden, a level 10 typhoon of jealousy blew over, causing Yu Jingting’s heart to tremble.

Doing some quick calculation with fingers, she chose to air her grievances after six days of silence. This woman did an incredibly good job of hiding her anger!

"We aren’t close! We only met once in the hospital. Oh, I remember now. She’s the nanny of the Deputy Factory Director, and their house is next to Fan Hua’s! She must’ve seen me when I went to drop Fan Hua off. She’s been following me!"

With a huff, Suizi lowered her head, tracing her fingers gently over the peach blossoms on the bedsheet.

Yu Jingting’s heart hung in the air, he didn’t understand her intention. If he had known, he wouldn’t have chosen this peach blossom design. However, knowing her, she would surely use any opportunity to give him an earful.

"Actually, I trust you. I never doubted you." Suizi’s tone softened.

"Then why do you look at me like that? It scared the crap out of me, literally frightened my calcium oxide out."

"I trust my man, but I don’t trust those vixens out there."

Her cute jealous reaction made Yu Jingting’s heart flutter.

Suizi made a throat-slitting gesture.

"If there are any more cheeky women eyeing on you, you just go ahead and give her another eye-popping punch! If something happens, I’ll pay the damages!"

"Command received~" Unintentionally, Yu Jingting planted a kiss on her face.

"Turns out she’s the nanny for the Deputy Factory Director. That makes things easier." After putting her man in his place, Suizi’s mind started to race again.

"Jingting, you haven’t mentioned the ginseng matter to Fan Hua yet, right?"

Yu Jingting had been thoroughly acquainted with Fan Hua’s routine. He even pre-arranged for Fan Hua’s favorite fortune-teller to advise him on offering wild ginseng to his father.

According to their plan, it was about time for Yu Jingting to bring up the topic of ginseng to Fan Hua.

"Not yet. Why?"

"Don’t. Let’s bring up your "peach blossom debt" to his nanny."

"Hey!" What "peach blossom debt?" He refuted! He was the victim!

Suizi was satisfied with his reaction.

She leaned in, whispering into Yu Jingting’s ear.

Suizi wanted to use Wang Jialan.

Wang Jialan was the nanny for the Deputy Factory Director, living next to Fan Hua’s house, and occasionally intertwined with a small nanny from the Fan Family.

Suizi asked Yu Jingting to run into Wang Jialan and clue her in about the wild ginseng. She wanted her to help find a buyer.

"What’s your plan?" Yu Jingting was confused.

"It’s killing two birds with one stone. If you bring it up, it will be awkward to ask for money from Fan Hua for the ginseng. If Wang Jialan does the job, then we have the money for our tractor. Further still..."

Suizi’s hand casually hooked on Yu Jingting’s waist belt. These were her "territory" and she wouldn’t share a single hair with any other woman.

This time, she wanted to sort out Wang Jialan so that she didn’t dare to have designs on her man again!