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Chapter 439: Literary Master Yu Jingting

Chapter 439: Chapter 439: Literary Master Yu Jingting

At home, kneeling and washing clothes in apology to his wife, Yu Shuisheng unknowingly received a pair of couplets from his daughter-in-law.

The first line: loyal to love in a distant land.

The second line: obedient to instinct upon returning home.

The horizontal line: love even in death.

Yu Jingting thought it wasn’t straightforward enough, so he decided to spice it up:

"The first line should be, ’Unable to make ends meet outside, feeling pent up’. The second line: ’Can’t get enough at home, with no shame or embarrasment’. The horizontal line: ’My father is a medical marvel; my mother is the ultimate castrator’."

Suizi’s mouth twitched repeatedly, and in the end, she couldn’t restrain her laughter anymore.

Which attracted a crowd of onlookers.

Yu Jingting stood up, behaving like he was at an award ceremony, grandly waving his hand.

"Apologies for my silly wife, she drank too much, don’t mind her, enjoy your meals!"

"Oh...oh my god." Suizi laughed until her stomach hurt.

Just how much karma did her in-laws acquire in their past life to have such a unique son?

Worried about her mother-in-law, Suizi decided to leave work early in the afternoon.

Wang Cuihua was lounging in the courtyard, cracking sunflower seeds like a landlady.

The worker in his old cotton jacket performing manual labor was none other than Yu Shuisheng.

"Keep at it! What on earth have you made? Even a rat could gnaw better than you!"

Wang Cuihua threw sunflower seed shells at Yu Shuisheng, who had a full smile on his face, looking utterly submissive.

"I’ll fix it, don’t worry."

The saw was moving back and forth on the wood, with sawdust flying through the air.

The two little ones were bundled up securely by their grandmother, sitting in their specialized little car, watching their grandfather at work.

"Dad, Mom, I’m back — pfft." As usual, Suizi greeted her in-laws, but upon seeing them, her mind started echoing Yu Jingting’s comedic couplet.

Medical miracle... The ultimate castrator....

When he said this, he wasn’t being serious, and even added exaggerated gestures.

In Suizi’s mind, Yu Jingting recited the couplet while making a lewd gesture —

His fists clenched, held up at chest level, doing a rowing movement, a powerful interpretation of the saying: Jingting rows a boat without paddles, he relies on the waves.

Truly... waves....

Upon seeing this, Suizi burst into laughter again, and Wang Cuihua stopped eating her sunflower seeds, standing up to ask in concern:

"Suizi, what’s wrong, are you feeling unwell?"

"Did Tiegen possess her?" Yu Shuisheng raises his head to glance, sensing something unusual.

Wang Cuihua glared at him fiercely.

"Tsk! Don’t jinx us with such unlucky words."

Dealing with one Tiegen already gave her a headache, if there was another one, how could she live?

"Nothing’s wrong, I just remembered something funny." Suizi forced back her laughter and came up with a random topic.

"What was it?"

"Jingting’s score in this month’s exam is very good, even though his teacher suspects that he cheated."

But there was no evidence.

The teachers at the night school are having a hard time.

Jingting has already caught up with more than half the high school level.

"Given his current progress, passing the preliminary examinations should be no problem."

Suizi planned for Jingting to take the college entrance exam next year. The college entrance exam had just been reinstated a few years ago, and it presented the perfect opportunity for Jingting to obtain an academic qualification and become a shining example in society.

To take the college entrance exam, one needs to pass the preliminary examination first, which eliminates at least half of the candidates. The admission rate to universities is less than 2 percent. Although it’s like crossing a single-plank bridge against all odds, Suizi has faith in Jingting.

Initially, she merely wanted him to obtain a diploma for adults as a formality, but Jingting’s learning ability was extraordinary, as evident from the couplet he wrote.

Thinking of the couplet, Suizi wanted to laugh again.

"Isn’t he already doing well as the factory director? If he gets admitted, he would have to study for several more years. Can he settle down and study?" Wang Cuihua questioned.

The family was not short of money now, and there was no need for Jingting to support them.

But in Wang Cuihua’s eyes, that rascal did not seem like someone who could settle down and study.

"If there’s a chance, he should take it. If there isn’t, he should create one. Jingting is someone with vision and understanding."

"He understands jack shit." Yu Shuisheng was still holding a grudge.

All because of his son’s sharp tongue, he got scratched by his wife several times.

"Pfft!" Suizi, upon hearing him say "jack shit", remembered the story about the medical miracle and the ultimate castrator again.

Seeing Yu Shuisheng squinting, Suizi felt that he was about to lose his temper, so she quickly concealed her laughter and went into the house with the excuse of cooking dinner.

Wang Cuihua felt that Suizi was a bit out of sorts today, so she followed her into the house.

And not forgetting to take their two grandchildren along.

Yu Shuisheng had also sawed enough wood, and wanted to follow into the house, but was stopped by Wang Cuihua’s pointed finger.

"If you can’t do it well, don’t come inside! You’ve become useless after retiring. You can’t even do a simple carpentry job."

Yu Shuisheng, in an attempt to please Wang Cuihua, bragged that he could make a rocking chair so they could slowly rock together.

However, after sawing all afternoon, the only outcome was a piece of wood that looked like it had been gnawed by a rat, nothing more.

Looking through the window at Yu Shuisheng clumsily working, Wang Cuihua commented, "He is truly an unpolished jade."

Suizi pretended not to hear, kept her head down, and her mouth twitched uncontrollably upwards. It was as though she was enjoying a guilty pleasure.

"Mom, I’ve found out that the woman who visited us today has ulterior motives."

"What?" Hearing this, Wang Cuihua perked up.

"She wants to take my dad away. Uncle Hu promised her a large fortune if she succeeded."

The latter sentence was purely a product of Suizi’s imagination.

But the reality was probably similar.

No matter whether Yang Jinhuan liked Yu Shuisheng or not, as long as she could rise to power and bring Yu Shuisheng back to the Hu Family, becoming the matron of the Hu Family, she would undoubtedly gain a lot of material benefits.

"Is she out of her mind? There are plenty of men out there, why must she fixate on someone else’s husband?" Wang Cuihua cursed loudly.

This afternoon, Yu Shuisheng had been submissive and tried to please her, so she was not as angry anymore.

But as Suizi brought up the issue, her anger was reignited, only this time it was not directed at Yu Shuisheng.

"If someone is determined to be shameless, we can’t change their mindset. We just need to do what we need to do. I expect she will try to find my dad again next time, so you should be mentally prepared."

Wang Cuihua started looking for a knife, preparing to fight tooth and nail.

"We can’t resort to violence, if you attack her, she’ll play the victim and win over my dad’s sympathy. If my dad originally didn’t have such feelings for her and she keeps playing the victim, he might start feeling sorry for her."

Suizi took out a piece of paper from her pocket, on it, was a list of persuasive phrases, all of which she thought of in the afternoon.

"Big brother, did your wife scratch you? Your wife is really dominant, unlike me, I can only feel sorry for you — What’s this?" Wang Cuihua read the first sentence and felt a turning in her stomach.

Almost vomiting out her breakfast!

"These are the things that I reckon she might say, you should read them to my dad one by one so he knows what to expect. From now on, if any woman talks like this, we can’t just label them as bad people, but they’re definitely not good ones either."

To know oneself and to know the adversary results in victory in every battle.

"There are too many of these things." Wang Cuihua looked at the three-page-long list of phrases and felt overwhelmed.

"When there are pests in the farmland, don’t we need to check what kind of pests they are before deciding which pesticides to use? We definitely hate the pests, but you can’t avoid checking, just because you hate them, right?"

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