I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 504: I’m Not Here to Make Amends

Chapter 504: Chapter 504: I’m Not Here to Make Amends

Jiaojiao had already started her winter vacation, and she went to Aunt Suizi’s house for piano lessons every day.

According to the timing, Jiaojiao should have already arrived home.

Auntie had scheduled the piano lessons for the afternoon, and the children would be home by three o’clock.

In the north, winter nights come early, so ending lessons earlier allows them to play with their friends a little longer.

Children also have a need for group games. Jumping rope, hopscotch, throwing sandbags, all these are group activities.

Suizi believed that appropriate group games can help children develop their ability to communicate with others, and physical activities are also good for their health.

Every day, Jiaojiao would come back, put her music scores at home, discuss with the parents where she was going to play, and then she would be back home before dinner.

She would never play without returning home first.

Even if she does not return home herself, she would send someone else to deliver a message.

"Jingting, you go look for her, I’ll stay home to watch the child." Suizi felt that something was off today.

"Isn’t that a bit much?" Yu Jingting looked at the clear daylight outside and felt that Suizi was overreacting.

"Little girls require some careful attention. Just go and look for her around Auntie’s house and bring her back immediately. I want to teach her a lesson myself."

Suizi took the children’s safety very seriously. Seeing her insistence, Yu Jingting did not refuse any further and went out looking for her after washing his face

At home, Suizi always felt uneasy.

After a while, Wang Cuihua and Yu Shuisheng came back from a walk. Suizi asked her in-laws to look after the children at home while she borrowed a bicycle from the neighbor and went looking for them.

A street away from Auntie’s house, Suizi saw Yu Jingting arguing with a woman.

Suizi rang the bicycle bell twice, and the two turned to look at her.

Suizi recognized her, it was Jin Qu, the older woman who had been interested in Yu Jingting.

Upon seeing Suizi, their expressions were starkly different.

Yu Jingting let out a sigh of relief and waved at Suizi, while Jin Qu clenched her teeth, glaring fiercely at Suizi.

Suizi stopped her bike next to them, supporting herself with one foot on the ground.

"Finished talking?" Suizi asked.

"Get on, I’ll take you." Yu Jingting rode the bike with Suizi sitting on the crossbar. This intimate scene made Jin Qu feel a sharp pang of jealousy.

Suizi even waved at Jin Qu saying goodbye.

Jin Qu was immensely irritated, stomping her foot and turning away.

"Were you supposed to be looking for a child but went flirting with a woman instead?" Suizi’s voice was quite threatening.

Yu Jingting felt wronged.

"I barely arrived here when she came rushing over like a lunatic, pestering me with questions."

"What was she asking?"

"She asked me why I haven’t looked for her - Why would I be sick enough to look for her? If she hadn’t popped out, I’d almost forgotten about her existence."

Suizi laughed coldly, males indeed have an abundance of rotten peach blossoms.

They were about to arrive at Auntie’s house when suddenly Suizi shouted for him to stop.

"Stop quickly! Look over there!" Suizi pointed ahead.

Two children were walking out of the clinic. One had a white gauze around their head, and the other was carrying piano scores— it was Jiaojiao and Xiao Pang!

Suizi and Yu Jingting hurried over.

"What happened?!"

Seeing Xiao Pang’s head wrapped in gauze, the yellow of the medicine mixed with the red of the blood, seeping through the white of the gauze was a harrowing sight. "We were attacked by a lunatic on the street." Jiaojiao also had an injury on her hand, but it was not as severe as Xiao Pang’s.

"I’ll go and ask the doctor, you wait for me here." Suizi hurriedly went into the health center to check with the doctor about Xiao Pang’s condition.

It was a superficial injury, he needed two stitches, thankfully Jiaojiao always carried some pocket money around with her, enough to cover the medical expenses.

The doctor also praised the two children for being steady, not at all like kids.

Suizi didn’t have time to listen to people praising her children, she needed to figure out what was going on.

"Jingting, go back to the factory and inform Xiao Pang’s parents, tell his dad not to work overtime."

"Sister-in-law, I’m fine, just a small wound, it’ll be fine tomorrow." Xiao Pang said carelessly.

"Silly boy, you’re almost disfigured and you still think you’re fine."

The wound is on the upper left of his forehead.

Although it could be covered by the hair and not visible in the future, it does count as disfigurement, which Suizi found a pity.

Xiao Pang was quite handsome, especially after losing weight, he was looking more and more presentable and given some time, he could grow into a handsome young man.

This regret turned into guilt after she learned the details of the injury.

Because Xiao Pang was injured while saving Jiaojiao.

Had it not been for Xiao Pang, the one that would’ve been disfigured would be Jiaojiao.

Jiaojiao was having a piano lesson, and Xiao Pang followed along to audiot the class, mainly to see what a high-class art was like.

"I only watched half a class and I couldn’t stand it, this high-class art, is actually about continuously looking for faults, it’s too scary." Xiao Pang shook his head, swished his head, and the stitched part hurt and made him grimace.

Jiaojiao’s skills were very good already, but her aunt still insisted on perfection, pointing out every minor mistake, which made Xiao Pang want to fall asleep half way through the lesson.

He was grateful that his family could not afford this sophisticated hobby that made people look for faults.

After struggling through Jiaojiao’s lesson, the two children bounced home happily.

Just after they walked out one street, they met an old lunatic.

The old lunatic was sitting on a road kerb, throwing stones at pedestrians.

Because there was a trash can in the way, the two children didn’t notice at first.

When they got closer, the old lunatic threw stones, Xiao Pang reflexively pushed Jiaojiao away, and his own head was hit.

Seeing this, Jiaojiao picked up a piece of broken glass from the ground and threw it back. When the old lunatic wanted to retaliate, Jiaojiao tosses a handful of sand at him, grabbed Xiao Pang and ran.

Jiaojiao often came here for classes and knew there was a clinic nearby, she led Xiao Pang there and used her own pocket money to treat Xiao Pang’s wound. Just when all was done, her sister-in-law and older brother arrived.

Suizi felt it was too dangerous after listening, it was fortunate that it was only a lunatic without much fighting power. If it had been a stronger person, these two kids probably would have suffered more.

"Where did this old lunatic come from, how can he be allowed to attack people at will? Jingting, you take Jiaojiao on your bike and search the area, I’ll take Xiao Pang home first."

Suizi issued orders to Yu Jingting.

Yu Jingting took Jiaojiao to find the old lunatic, Xiao Pang also wanted to go, but was taken to the grocery store by Suizi, where she bought a bunch of food for him to nourish his blood and energy.

"Sister-in-law, it’s just a small cut, are you not overreacting? Moreover, I hurt my skin, why are you buying big bones?" Xiao Pang saw Suizi buy so many things and felt a bit embarrassed.

"You are still growing, eating more big bones is good for you, this time we really should thank you for helping Jiaojiao."

Suizi was both grateful to Xiao Pang, and felt sorry for him.

Her own children are precious, but Xiao Pang was also the treasure of his parents’ hands. A good child was hurt like this, she felt a deep sense of guilt.

Suizi sent Xiao Pang home.

"Suizi, what are you doing?" Mother Yuan came out, saw her son’s head wrapped in gauze, and saw Suizi carrying big and small bundles of things, she was a little confused.

"Auntie, I truly apologize. I am here to make restitution, this is what happened today...."

Suizi explained the ins and outs of the situation.

"Ah, is that all?" After hearing the whole thing, Mother Yuan appeared quite gracious.

"We’re all from the same village, shouldn’t Xiao Pang help Jiaojiao? Moreover, without your family, where would our family be today? You take these things back, we can’t accept them."

"Don’t be like this. Auntie, if you don’t accept it, my conscience will suffer even more."

Suizi hated these exchanges of courtesies, the tug-of-war between each other, her face thin and her strength small, she couldn’t outcompete Mother Yuan, and she was about to be chased out by Mother Yuan.