I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 453: Drawn Into It

Chapter 453: Chapter 453: Drawn Into It

Jiaojiao pouted and walked with her head down, carrying her school bag and kicking the stones on the road.

It had been three days since her family returned to their hometown, and she was left alone in the city, since she had to attend school. Jiaojiao felt extremely reluctant.

Although Wang Hui was very good to her, it was not the same as being at home, and she felt very stifled.

Jiaojiao even doubted whether her parents didn’t want her anymore, and even her brother and sister-in-law had abandoned her.

"Yu Jiaojiao!"

Someone patted her on the back. When Jiaojiao turned around, she saw it was a girl from her class, named Meng Lian.

"What’s up?" Jiaojiao asked.

"Will you come play jump rope with us?"

Jumping rope is a game loved by children. However, having a rope is quite rare, and anyone who has one is an extraordinary person.

Jiaojiao had one.

As the beloved princess of her family, she not only had the strongest rope, but also a complete set of colorful rubber bands.

Jiaojiao didn’t have the mood to play because she missed her family a lot, but Meng Lian kept begging her to accompany them because they didn’t have a rope to play with.

Jiaojiao was tempted, and about to go with them, when someone called her name from behind.

"Yu Jiaojiao!"

Jiaojiao turned around and saw a little boy standing at the intersection, wearing a green outfit, shyly scratching his head at her.

"Little Fatty!!" Jiaojiao jumped up.

This was a classmate from her hometown. The two often fought in school. When Jiaojiao was kidnapped by Li Youcai into the mountain, it was Little Fatty who had helped the husband and wife, Yu Jingting, save her.

Later, when Jiaojiao followed her family to the city, she and Little Fatty often wrote to each other. After not seeing each other for a year, Little Fatty had grown a lot but didn’t look so chubby anymore, Jiaojiao recognized him right away.

"How did you get here!" Jiaojiao ran over happily.

"Tiegen brought me," answered Little Fatty, blushing a bit as he watched Jiaojiao run toward him.

Jiaojiao’s face changed.

Over the year, Jiaojiao had grown taller, and the confidence and composure on her face were even more evident than when she was in the village. Upon seeing Little Fatty, she hugged him, causing him to blush even more.

"Oh, did my brother come back?" Jiaojiao looked back.

Yu Jingting and Yu Shuisheng were standing side by side, their expressions identical.

The look of wanting to scold someone can’t be hidden.

"A hello between children is enough, you don’t need to be so enthusiastic." Yu Shuisheng pulled his daughter away, suddenly finding Little Fatty, who was so eagerly noticed by his daughter, not so pleasant to the eye.

On the way back, Yu Shuisheng still thought the boy was quite interesting, very talkative and sensible.

But all those good impressions collapsed when he saw his daughter hugging him.

Let alone the fact that upon seeing Little Fatty, Jiaojiao didn’t even glance at her own father and brother. They were right there in front of her, and she didn’t even take notice!

"Dad! Brother!" After seeing her family return, Jiaojiao’s entire being lit up and hung onto her father directly.

Jiaojiao’s father’s gloomy heart finally got a little balance.

"Where’s my mother and sister-in-law?"

"They are at home cooking something delicious for you. My ears have been hot all the way home because of you constantly complaining at me," Yu Jingting said while ruffling his little sister’s hair.

Jiaojiao stuck out her tongue. Now that her family was back, she held no more grudges.

"Yu Jiaojiao, are you coming to play or not?" Meng Lian, who had been waiting, urged.

"I’m not going anymore. I’ll lend you my rope, remember to return it to me tomorrow." Jiaojiao took out the rope from her school bag and gave it to Meng Lian before bouncing away with her family.

Little Fatty brought some great news to Jiaojiao this time - his family had moved to the city.

Little Fatty’s mother had been working in the fields when she fell from a horse carriage and ruptured her spleen.

The entire family had borrowed money to afford the surgery. Their family had lost a labourer, and coupled with a drought that reduced crop yield, life was very difficult.

Wang Cuihua saw their hardship and suggested to her son that they arrange a job for Little Fatty’s father at the beer factory.

Yu Jingting rarely interfered in other people’s affairs, but he knew he had to get involved in Little Fatty’s case, given that Little Fatty had risked his life to save his sister. The Yu family always paid back any kindness they received.

Suizi also proposed that since Yu Jingting was returning to regain control, he would need the support of someone loyal. Little Fatty’s father was not only hardworking but also flexible-minded, making him a valuable asset.

Eventually, Little Fatty’s family turned their misfortune into a blessing and was arranged by Yu Jingting to move into the city.

A vacant house happened to be available, so they were allowed to live there for now. Suizi used her connections to place Little Fatty in Jiaojiao’s school.

While this step did require calling in some favours, it also changed the fate of Little Fatty’s family and gained Yu Jingting a loyal supporter.

Jiaojiao went home with her father and brother, and her happiness at reuniting with her family soon made her forget about the jump rope.

The next day, Jiaojiao and Little Fatty went to school together.

Suizi specifically arranged for the two children to be in the same class. Besides looking out for each other, it also made it easier for them to go to school together.

Yu Shuisheng watched as his daughter left with Little Fatty and seemingly casually asked Suizi:

"Did you have to put this Little Fatty in the same class as Jiaojiao?"

As a father, he naturally disliked any boy who was too close to his precious daughter.

"Having the two kids go to school and come home together provides a level of safety," Suizi replied.

Most children now go to school by themselves. In the winter, when there is a lot of snowfall and the roads are particularly difficult to navigate, they need to set off early in the morning, leaving home at five o’clock.

Suizi didn’t feel at ease, and always had Yu Jingting take his sister to school. But recently, Jiaojiao has been somewhat rebellious, always feeling that other kids are walking by themselves, and having a family member take her is a bit embarrassing.

Now that Little Fatty is walking with her, there is at least someone to accompany her.

Upon reflection, Yu Shuisheng realized it made sense and refrained from saying anything more.

That evening, when Jiaojiao returned, Wang Cuihua cleaned out her school bag and found the missing jump rope.

"Where did your jump rope go?"

"Meng Lian borrowed it - she didn’t come to school today."

Wang Cuihua reminded her daughter to remember to get her jump rope back when she goes to school the next day, but that night, they received shocking news.

"Su Zhe has been taken away." Yu Jingting’s first words when he returned home from work were directed at Suizi, who was cooking.

"What? Taken where?" Suizi couldn’t react.

Seeing Yu Jingting’s exceptionally serious expression, she knew this couldn’t be a trivial matter. She stopped chopping vegetables to listen attentively to him.

"They said he was... harassing a young girl."

"???" Suizi felt like she was hearing something nonsensical.

That oddball Su Zhe, moreover the idea of him even going out to teach let alone harassing a young girl, required monumental effort.

In his eyes, all human beings were carbon-based life forms - except for the two little kids at Suizi’s house.

"Godfather!" Luoluo heard Su Zhe’s name and called out inarticulately.

Bobo also stopped playing with his toy and turned his head to look over.

"How did it happen? We should ask Liao Yong about it. This must be a misunderstanding." Suizi couldn’t believe it no matter how she thought about it. She didn’t believe the future scientific prodigy would do such an immoral thing.

Yu Jingting was of the same mind.

He had originally planned to find Su Zhe to discuss a new formula today, but upon arrival at Su Zhe’s house, he was informed that Su Zhe had been taken away.

While the young couple were discussing going to the police station to find out what happened, Liao Yong and several others arrived at their house.

"Is Yu Jiaojiao here?"

Liao Yong asked.

Upon hearing her younger sister’s name, Suizi’s heart skipped a beat.

"What happened?"

Liao Yong pulled out a transparent bag with a jump rope inside.