I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 323: The Unavoidable Good Study

Chapter 323: Chapter 323: The Unavoidable Good Study

Suizi published a missing person notice in the local newspaper.

Despite advertising for a week straight, there was no response.

She wasn’t surprised by this outcome. In her previous life, Suizi had found Yu Shuisheng in a border town; he might be there now.

After having an honest conversation with Yu Jingting, Suizi no longer needed to hide her intentions. She straightforwardly told him.

The local newspaper wasn’t effective, so Suizi considered contacting the border town to see if she could advertise there.

With support from Yu Jingting, Suizi began preparing for it.

It seemed straightforward, but it was not easy in this less developed era.

The area was far from their inland residence. Suizi managed to get the newspaper agency’s phone number, but they spoke a dialect she couldn’t understand.

After a disjointed mix of chatter, the person on the other end hung up.

Suizi then contacted the provincial city newspaper. Finally, someone there spoke Mandarin. After communicating, they asked for a letter of introduction, payment, and a photo to be mailed.

All Suizi had was a sketch drawn by Chen Lijun. The newspaper initially refused, claiming the format was incorrect. After much back and forth, Suizi requested their personal contact information.

She mailed them some local specialties from Dongbei.

Everything went smoothly afterwards, and there were no issues with the format.

Yu Jingting was furious after learning the episode. He said if they were nearby, he would sling a stone at them, a surefire cure for all kinds of nonsense.

All this back and forth took two months.

Time flew by, and Suizi was almost nine months pregnant.

Entering late pregnancy, Suizi became even more lethargic and often felt muddleheaded.

Her calves were severely swollen, and the doctor advised her against sitting or lying for extended periods. Thus, Yu Jingting dragged her out for a stroll every day.

Hence, every day after dinner, one could see the couple from Yu Family out on their regular walk around the block.

Suizi had become exceptionally lazy these days and often made excuses, either complaining about leg fatigue or backache. She simply didn’t want to move.

Yu Jingting always needed to devise new strategies to get her out of the house, which led Suizi to speculate that she was carrying two lazy buns in her belly.

"Is the tobacco factory going to shut down? As a department head, you have been skipping work for an hour every day, and nobody checks? Give me the new factory director’s contact information. I’ll report you!"

Yu Jingting successfully cajoled Suizi out of the house that day. Leisurely walking, she grumbled away.

"Even if you report me, it won’t help. The new factory director is thrilled that I am coming home to accompany you. He even wanted to give me three hours. But I am dedicated to my job and only take one hour," Jingting responded.

"I feel for your factory director... How annoyed he must be with you?" Suizi said sympathetically.

After Fan Hua stepped down, a new factory director was appointed.

Just like Suizi had anticipated, the Fan Family didn’t harm Yu Jingting. He was still living a smooth life in the factory, untouched by his association with the "old regime".

The new factory director assumed that his stay was due to protection from the Fan Family. Unable to offend them, he couldn’t touch Yu Jingting, either.

The deputy director and the old leaders, who saw that he had sent Fan Hua away and was still comfortably positioned, assumed there was a strong backing behind him, and they avoided provoking him.

If it were a regular person, they’d quietly accept the situation. But Yu Jingting was not ordinary.

He was one to shine when given just a bit of sunshine. If you give him a crowbar, he wouldn’t hesitate to try to pry the earth.

The factory leaders treated him with utmost respect, but he seized every opportunity to take more.

From time to time, he would drop into the new factory director’s office, insisting on discuss factory’s plans, development, and reform. It reached a point where the director would run at the sight of him, even wishing that he’d take a long leave.

It was the same feeling the principal had towards Suizi. Give him a paid leave and let him stay home and entertain himself.

Leave others in peace.

But under Suizi’s guidance, Yu Jingting found his way into the leadership role. So, the idea of him taking paid leave was not in the cards.

"Speaking of which, the higher-ups have assigned me to go on a business trip for five days," Yu Jingting stated.

"Comply with the arrangement and go as soon as you can," Suizi advised with a falsely sympathetic smile.

Yu Jingting snorted; he could see through her. This little woman was simply trying to escape from their routine walks. Now that she saw her chance, she’d happily slack off.

"Originally, I didn’t want to go. But can you guess where they want to send me?" Yu Jingting said, intrigue in his voice.

"Beijing?"

"Guess again!"

"Hmm..."

Suizi quickly filtered through several places in her mind that grew tobacco leaves. She wondered what place might cause him to abandon his supervisor role at home—

"Could it be near the border?"

"Correct.

That is where he was going.

Suizi’s missing person notice had been published for two months now, yet there was no clue about Shuisheng’s whereabouts.

Wang Cuihua, initially filled with anticipation, was now disheartened and walked around like a walking corpse.

Suizi was expecting twins and could give birth at any time now.

Yu Jingting only decided to go after confirming with the doctor that the trip wouldn’t pose any issues during her pregnancy.

The business trip was just a front. His main goal was to inquire about his father’s whereabouts. If time permitted, he’d also arrange to have the windows of the newspaper office, which took his gift, smashed...

"Since you’re going there-" Suizi turned, her eyes gleaming with greed.

"Jingting, I’ll give you some extra money. Why don’t you buy some raw jadeite stones and bring them back?"

"Buy stones?"

"Yes, jadeite raw stones. Although there won’t be a gambling booth, there will still be some sort of gambling. If we’re lucky, we might get some good jadeite. It’s a pity I can’t go with you..."

Suizi hadn’t expected the opportunity to come so soon. Her plan was to go with him after giving birth and hoard some jadeite stones.

"This is an official trip. I’ll have to take care of the family matters too. As a result, I might miss the monthly exam of the night school." Yu Jingting cornered his lips into a smirk.

Recently, Suizi had been relentlessly drilling him on culture lessons, insisting he sit for the self-taught matriculation exam the following year.

"Oh, the monthly exam doesn’t matter, we can afford to miss it," Suizi responded, quite satisfied with his progress.

Yu Jingting was smart, and he only needed the guidance. Being self-taught wouldn’t be a struggle.

An overjoyed Yu Jingting was about to light a cigarette and enjoy it a bit farther away from Suizi.

"Tonight I’ll give you an all-night lesson on how to choose jadeite raw stones."

The cigarette froze halfway to Yu Jingting’s mouth, the shock visible on his face.

"I’ve been very interested in this and have learned some things. These are all practical knowledge that the books won’t teach you. Write it down in your notebook and follow what I say when you’re there—hey, where are you going?"

Yu Jingting hurried into the men’s toilet, escaping from the frenzied Teacher Xiaochen, leaving unfinished words hanging in the air, "You must first promise not to hold any more one-on-one tutoring sessions before I come out!"

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