I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 404: That’s Not the Point

Chapter 404: Chapter 404: That’s Not the Point

With Adam’s assistance, the improvement of Duzhong’s equipment finally sees the light of day.

Because of Jingting’s facilitation, Adam, in his quest to "do good and accumulate virtues", will naturally offer his enthusiastic help.

As for how the two families negotiated, that’s their business.

In appreciation, Du Zhong’s father sent a special message to Jingting and his wife, expressing his heartfelt gratitude. He also sent a lot of gifts for his two adopted grandchildren.

It was not until two days later that Wang Cuihua found out her grandchildren had been forcibly adopted by someone else.

Upon returning from her hometown, Wang Cuihua looked neither as vigorous nor as youthful as Suizi imagined. Instead, she seemed haggard with deep dark circles under her eyes and looked noticeably thinner.

"Mom, what happened?" Suizi quickly made some ginseng tea for her mother in law, who seemed to be exhausted.

Wang Cuihua weakly waved her hand, not wanting to bring up the matter.

Yu Jingting glanced at his energetic father, and then at his haggard mother. He clicked his tongue twice; everything was clear without having to be said.

Wang Cuihua raised her hand, and Jingting quickly put his hands on his hips, scoffing.

"You can’t reach that far." She was too far away to smack him.

A smack landed on the back of his head, and Jingting turned around.

Yu Shuisheng calmly withdrew his hand.

Jingting sulked.

"Not only does the old lady like to get physical, but now she has also learned to direct from afar?"

As soon as Cuihua lifted her hand, Shuisheng slapped Jingting in the next second. Their coordination was impressively flawless.

"Stop provoking your mother. Look at her, hasn’t even smiled once," Shuisheng lectured Jingting.

"And whose fault is it that I’m not smiling? Just look at what you’ve been doing these days!"

What did he do...? Suizi blinked, holding the ginseng tea, and a series of incidents came to her mind.

"Your father has offended practically every elderly man there is. Ever since we returned, he’s been reaping what he sowed, as if he’s at a market dealing with each one. He’s even on the verge of blasting their ancestral tombs. There’s no stopping him..."

When Wang Cuihua looked at Jingting’s suggestive expression, she was so mad that she raised her hand in the air again. The emotionless hitting machine that was Shuisheng kicked Jingting again.

"What kind of messed up stuff are you thinking about all the time? Your mother is this tired because she’s worried about those people!"

Jingting sulked again. He was supposed to believe that... yeah, right!

"The two of you, in particular, adoption is a serious matter. It needs to be approved by the birth charts. How could you just let them take over so easily?"

Wang Cuihua pulled her compass out as she continued muttering. After meticulously checking it, she was satisfied there were no ill omens.

"We also wanted to stop it, but someone’s skin is too thick. Who would have thought he’d bring his own adopted father’s seal – look, here he comes again!"

Jingting pointed outside. Du Zhong’s car was slowly driving up.

"Shut the door and let out Tiebing and Tieqiu," Jingting suggested.

"Just let out your father. That will be enough," Cuihua added.

"Who are Tiebing and Tieqiu?" Shuisheng asked.

Suizi gestured towards the courtyard. There, the pair of old geese, whose pen had been personally demolished by Shuisheng.

Duzhong had brought over some toys for the children and was going to discuss some things with Yu Jingting.

"About the person you asked me to look for who is buying herbs, I have found some information."

Du Zhong took out several photographs from his pocket and handed them to Jingting.

"Do you recognize the person in these photos? She came by today inquiring about purchasing prices, and I had someone take some pictures."

"Oh, Director Du, now you’re such a big man in charge of the entire medicine factory, and you still have time to be concerned about little old us?" Cuihua said sarcastically.

Du Zhong immediately understood the resentment in her voice. It was because he had adopted her grandchildren while she was away.

"Auntie, we’re family now. Your business is my business. If you need anything, just let me know."

Seeing his sincere efforts of holding both children alternately since walking in, as if regretting that he didn’t have multiple pairs of hands to hold all of them at once, Cuihua decided not to antagonize him any further.

"Isn’t this Liu Lamei?!" Suizi exclaimed when she saw the woman in the picture, covering her mouth in shock.

She would never have imagined that the person secretly buying medicinal herbs would be Liu Lamei!

Liu Lamei had been embarrassed to the point where she couldn’t stay in her hometown anymore. She was pregnant with an unknown person’s child but miscarried. It was rumored that she couldn’t have children anymore.

Suizi thought that this woman would have left their lives for good. It never crossed her mind that she could be in the medicinal herb business and almost ruin their own!

This was simply mind-boggling!

"Where did she get the money and the brains for that?" Cuihua also felt that it was unusual.

"Who is she?" Yu Shuisheng leaned into take a peek, and with a nonchalant snort, said, "She’s up to no good."

"Oh, 4th Elder Brother, no, 4th Master, you seem to know women well. All it takes for you is one look to know she’s no good?" Cuihua’s tone was filled with jealousy.

Seeing the children curiously looking at him, Shuisheng cleared his throat, acting casual to direct attention away from the topic.

"I was forced into this situation by life. Let’s not focus on trivial things. Tell me more about this woman."

Cuihua threw him a look telling him she’d corner him later, while describing the feud between Liu Lamei and Suizi to him in a nutshell.

"What? She almost caused our grandchildren to be miscarried?" Upon hearing this, Shuisheng became enraged, "Where does she live now? I’m going to crack her skull open and let all her ill intentions pour out."

"I’ve had people pretend to go door-to-door buying herbs and they’re following her now. By tonight we should know where she lives," Du Zhong said.

In the afternoon, the news came back to them.

Liu Lamei got married in the city which was just a few streets away from Suizi’s home. She married someone paralyzed, but he was quite rich.

Wang Fenfang had visited Suizi several times without mentioning that matter. When Suizi thought about how near her enemy lived, it made her anxious.

Jingting ditched work in the afternoon to join Suizi in her office, discussing the matter. They both felt it was strange.

"Liu Lamei doesn’t have the intellect to manage a medicinal herb business even if her new husband could provide the funds. Moreover, she always buys exactly what we need."

Suizi believed that there must be someone behind Liu Lamei.

"Give me a kiss, and I’ll tell you," Jingting pouted his lips.

"Director, this document— ah, I didn’t see anything," Zhang Yue’e opened the door, catching Jingting shamelessly ditching his self-respect.

The embarrassing scene sent Yue’e running away.

Jingting, the instigator, didn’t feel embarrassed in the slightest, and even pretended to shake his head.

"These employees of yours, their skin is far too thin. That’s no good."

"... Do you think everyone is like you--impervious to any attack? Let’s talk about this, have you found out anything?"

Jingting: (￣▽￣)V

No benefits, no work. Even between a married couple, everything needed to be explicitly priced.

Suizi gritted her teeth and raised a finger to bargain.

Seeing her agreement, Jingting quickly accepted, for fear that she might change her mind.

"In the afternoon, I was idling about and happened to pass by her house. I saw her mother in-law on a date with some old man. I just happened to be passing by, and stopped to take a leak behind her house—"

"Do you often urinate anywhere you like?!"

"That’s not the point! The point is, I heard a key phrase. Guess what it was?"

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