I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 430: Can these two kids get along?

Chapter 430: Chapter 430: Can these two kids get along?

Lun Lamei was bombarded by Yu Jingting and ran off in a panic.

She covered her face and started crying out loud, her wails were so loud that they could be heard all over the house.

"Err, she’s not thinking about doing anything radical, is she?" Suizi was a little worried.

By putting herself in Lamei’s shoes, if she was castigated like that by others, she might not have the courage to continue living.

"Stop with your unrealistic fantasies. Even if you went back to square one and played the victim, you still wouldn’t have her temperament." Yu Jingting saw through everything quickly.

Someone as unrepentantly stubborn as Lun Lamei wouldn’t have a shred of shame.

"I will have the formula ready in a couple of days." Su Zhe, having just witnessed a drama, was in a good mood, which ramped up his productivity.

The formula is readily available, he just needs to figure out the proportions, which isn’t much of a challenge for him.

After teasing the child for a while, Jiaojiao, seeing his good mood, seized the opportunity to raise her lingering question about why carbonated drinks couldn’t be consumed in large quantities.

As soon as Su Zhe heard her question, his first reaction was to look at Suizi, because he knew it must have been her idea.

This seemingly gentle woman was really something else.

With Suizi intending to educate the child, Su Zhe willingly complied.

He did a couple of experiments for her, showing how these things corrode tooth enamel and prevent the absorption of calcium, so much so that Jiaojiao left the Su house feeling like her teeth were acidic.

When she got home and Suizi pretended to offer her a soft drink, Jiaojiao quickly waved her off, insisting that milk was good and she’d have that before going to bed.

"There’s no need to overreact. Moderation is key. It’s not fair to say it’s harmful without taking the amount into account."

Suizi, after reprimanding, gave a comforting advice, knowing well that being too strict on children could cause rebelliousness. Within acceptable boundaries, she wanted to give the children a happy and joyful childhood.

The key was finding the right "balance".

After Suizi and her husband left the Su house, Su Zhe sat at the table with an open book in front of him, but he couldn’t concentrate on a single word.

His mother came in to sweep the floor and grumbled as she worked.

"That couple, they are so shameless. Always coming to our house and asking you to do this and that. They must have made quite a bit of money off you. How can they have the nerve to ask for even more?"

Although Yu Jingting did bring presents and supplements every time he came over, his mother’s greed made her unsatisfied.

"Their beverage factory is selling like hot cakes. Our neighbor bought a box of it and was showing off. Without you, what is he? You should talk to him. With all the help you’re providing, he should at least arrange a technician job for you, right?"

"He knows I won’t go."

"Why wouldn’t you? Are you stupid? Spending everyday on these useless research and pointless experiments, don’t they cost money? The expense of your wedding also wasn’t small. Even if we had a mountain of gold, your costly experiments wouldn’t be enough..."

His mother rambled on about money.

In essence, her central point was: Don’t work for Yu Jingting for free, find a job that can make money.

His mother kept nagging about money, to the point where Su Zhe grew tired of it. He picked up a book to read, but the phrase "get bitten by a dog and you won’t surely get rabies, just stand up after you’ve had a rest" from Yu Jingting echoed in his mind.

Frustrated by the lack of response from Su Zhe, his mother looked up to see her son reading a book. She was furious. She grabbed the bag that Yu Jingting had brought over and casually thrown on a chair. The bag was opaque and very thin.

"They were at least thoughtful enough to bring a box of fruit last time. Now what is this? Trying to trick us—huh?"

She turned the bag inside out and its contents spilled onto the floor.

A book and a stack of bills.

"Oh my, this is a lot of money!" His mother’s face immediately lit up with joy.

There were easily over a thousand bills in that stack.

It was the research and development fee from Yu Jingting to Su Zhe.

By current standards, for him to give this much money was quite extraordinary.

Other company’s R&D employees only got a fixed salary, whereas Yu Jingting was really splurging.

Compared to his mother’s euphoria, Su Zhe was expressionless, even slightly contemptuous.

"Send it back to him tomorrow."

"Are you insane?! You are refusing money that was delivered to your doorstep? Are you stupid?"

Su Zhe inexplicably felt a sticky sense of irritation.

Yu Jingting must have known that he didn’t like to mix materialistic concepts into a pure relationship, which was why he had never mentioned profit-sharing in front of him.

Even when giving money, he did it quietly and sneakily.

Despite this, Su Zhe still felt uncomfortable.

He always felt that he and Yu Jingting were friends, and talking about benefits amongst friends just felt very wrong.

However, when his eyes fell on the book on the floor that was neglected next to the money, his eyes lit up again.

It was a foreign book, but Su Zhe could understand it. It was Italo Calvino’s "The Baron in the Trees".

The book could not be found in bookstores, and he wondered where Suizi had gotten it.

Su Zhe wheeled himself over, picked up the book, and opened it.

On the title page, there was a beautifully written line:

Living in the trees--Always love the earth--Ascend to the sky.

Signed by, Yu Jingting couple

Even with his toes, Su Zhe knew this must have been written by Suizi, and had nothing to do with Yu Jingting.

On the next page, there were different handwriting.

What was written this time was much more straightforward. Su Zhe looked at the line of text and suddenly burst into laughter.

The hearty laughter not only dumbfounded his mother but also scared Lun Lamei who had just returned from outside—-Is Su Zhe possessed by something?!

She had never seen Su Zhe laugh like this, to the point of tears.

"These two... What interesting friends..."

After laughing his fill, Su Zhe wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes that had been caused by the laughter and made a statement.

"Those two, are bearable."

Lun Lamei felt like a bolt from the blue—-someone actually find the scornful couple bearable?

Yu Jingting was soaking his feet, humming a tune.

Suizi stood behind him, massaging his shoulders, and casually asked a question.

"Why are you in such a good mood?"

"Hmm, I did a good thing for you, why wouldn’t I be in a good mood?"

"Oh?" Suizi couldn’t think of what he did and looked at him curiously.

"That something you wrote for Su Zhe, about ascending to the sky and trees or something, it doesn’t make sense. I translated it for him."

Taking advantage of Suizi’s distraction, Yu Jingting also wrote something.

"!!!!!!" Suizi suddenly had a bad feeling, "What did you write?!"

"Didn’t you say his idol is that chemist, named Lavoisier? I wrote for him that even if Lavoisier tried to make his scientific research without eating or drinking, he won’t even poop. What do you think, isn’t it profound?"

Suizi was completely stunned.

"Are you referring to Lavoisier?!"

Su Zhe’s idol was the great chemist Lavoisier, and his portrait was even hung in the laboratory.

Yu Jingting not only renamed him but also wrote nonsense about him?!

"Dreaming is good, but one cannot neglect reality in pursuit of their dreams. We are teaching him to compromise with life, work hard, and not just dream about pooping, but also aim to have a proper bowel movement, right? Ah! You little girl, are you trying to kill your husband?!!!"

Suizi, having had enough, went for a chokehold.

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