I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 602: Not Familiar with the Business Anymore

Chapter 602: Chapter 602: Not Familiar with the Business Anymore

Upon hearing Suizi ask about Jingting’s exam results, the Second Aunt interjects before Mr. Zhen could reply.

"Did he score a 10 or a 20? Ha, if he scored over 100, I would—"

"I’ll have you licking clean the cow dung at the village entrance!" Suizi interrupted with a classic Jingting quote.

"No way that’s going to be enough for her to feast on." Jingting chuckled.

"You’re not afraid of blowing the roof off with your big mouth, are you guys? Impossible for you to do well on the exams!" The second aunt was bitter upon hearing Suizi’s top-notch scores and hoped to find some consolation from Jingting’s performance.

"Xiaoyu actually did quite well, scoring 520 points, placing him within the top 20 in our province. Aim high for your preferred universities, getting into Qingbei University is a safe bet."

The total marks are 620. I’m not sure about the Qingbei cut-off score this year, but looking at last year’s score, it won’t exceed 500. With scores as high as Jingting’s, his admission is assured.

Suizi heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing his score, and a smile finally emerged on her angry little face.

"Off you go, the dung at the village entrance is calling for you. Don’t worry about overeating, I’ll prepare some laxatives for you." Jingting replied to the pair full of concern.

Wang Cuihua nearly thought she had heard wrongly.

"How many marks did my son score?"

"520. I specifically checked his name. There’s no mistake. He’s within the top 20 of the province and ranked 9th in our city. My goodness, younger sister, you’re so blessed. How did you raise such a pair of geniuses?"

"Good lord..." Cuihua was so taken aback that she was at a loss for words.

She turned to look at Suizi, then at her son, at a loss of what to say.

"He must have cheated! How could he possibly score within the top 20? He’s just a vagabond! Just take a stroll over to the Wang Family courtyard; he’s not a good person!" The second aunt was in a frenzy as she learned about Jingting’s high score.

Being in the top 20 province-wide, with the officials and teachers celebrating with fireworks at their home, and admission to Qingbei practically in the bag... All these improbable events had all happened to Jingting.

This dealt a huge blow to the pair of relatives who had been looking forward to his humiliation.

Hearing cheating allegations, Mr. Zhen’s smile froze, and he glared at the two old women.

"Who are you people?"

"We,...we are their relatives..." The two women were perturbed under Mr. Zhen’s sharp gaze.

Before Mr. Zhen could open his mouth, his secretary vociferously interjected.

"What sort of relations would maliciously doubt these two hardworking young people’s integrity? You’re not just questioning the effort of the duxes Suizi and Jingting, but you’re also undermining the credibility of our invigilation and questioning our teaching staff’s competence in exam supervision?! Under Mr. Zhen’s leadership, there is no way cheating would have occurred during our city’s exams!"

Mr. Zhen gave the secretary an approving look. His depth of understanding and respectful address towards Suizi and Jingting hinted at a promising future for this young man.

"How could he possibly score so high...?"

"What makes you think it’s impossible? When you two were busy figuring out how to reap without sowing, Jingting had been tirelessly moving forward, burning daylight and midnight oil—"

Overwhelmed with emotion, Suizi was on the verge of tears.

Cuihua, however, was clueless and thought, burning daylight and midnight oil to read comic books?

To Cuihua, her son seemed to not have studied much. Just months before the exams, Suizi pushed him to study, and that was about it. Can one score high marks just like that?

"Dishonesty is a virtue to the dishonest, so don’t try to measure my husband by your own pitiful standards. Each of his marks was earned through his own hard work. As for you two, you’ll end up with nothing!"

Suizi was on the verge of crying, frightening the two women into silence, fearing that this emotional woman might start biting.

"Not exactly nothing. Isn’t there still the dung heap at the village entrance waiting to be licked?"

The dig from Jingting managed to hold back the tears that were about to flow from Suizi’s eyes.

The two women looked hideous with their jaws wide open, but prior attention on them had shifted away.

Regardless of whether the pair could accept the truth, Jingting and Suizi were not, as they imagined, down and out but instead had gained more fame and admiration.

The two aunts watched as Jingting and Suizi being the center of attention, feeling left out, it was seemingly impossible to even approach the couple.

"Giving up a factory director position to go study - he’s out of his mind..." The Aunt grumbled with jealousy. She consoled herself with the fact that she had a household register in the city, no longer a villager, and lived a better life than Jingting’s mother.

"Exactly, studying themselves into fools. There’s no guarantee they’ll even have enough food in the future." The Second Aunt chimed in agreement.

Unfortunately for them, Suizi heard their nasty remarks.

Suizi’s gaze became icy. The term "food quota" was repeatedly emphasized by these two women. It seems they were genuinely concerned about this issue.

This was the first time Suizi had seriously considered destroying something – simply because the pair shouldn’t have touched her faith.

Feeling a squeeze on her hand, Suizi looked up to meet his eyes. His gaze, full of laughter, reflected a murderous intent in Suizi’s.

"You keep hosting our guests, I’ll step out." Jingting leaned into her ears and whispered where only the two of them can hear, "I feel like fighting people."

The two women came out of the Yu Family, seeing many people on the roadside discussing the new top scorer from the Yu Family.

Firecracker scraps laid scattered on the roadside.

Seeing the red scrap from the firecrackers, envy filled the Second Aunt, and she kicked it.

"So what?"

"Exactly! He’s just been led astray by that idiotic girl. A few years of schooling amounts to nothing. City people are just dumb, even cheering him on."

The pair continuously grumbled, venting their grievances.

Only when they viciously curse Jingting’s misfortune does their heartache lessen slightly.

Comments from the surrounding crowd now and then filled their ears, the description towards Suizi and Jingting exuded with envy and admiration. To the pair of aunts, it was an unfamiliar world.

Their worldview was limited to their own small segment of the village, unable to see the world outside the village. They imagined the worst fate for the Yu Family using their own nasty imagination, however, hearing the lively discussions of their peers sowed a seed of doubt.

An odd thought briefly crossed the Second Aunt’s mind. Could it be possible for Jingting to improve his life after years of education?

The thought instantly disappeared.

No possible way. Deadbeats will always be deadbeats. He’ll never make it big; he won’t have a good life.

The blistering pavement was as disfigured as a doll’s face, stepping on it felt like it was sapping away half of one’s soul.

"Hey, don’t you feel like we’re being watched?" The Second Aunt uneasily rubbed her arms, a strange feeling she couldn’t shake off. Although when she checked, she sees nothing.

"It’s daytime, don’t be ridiculous." The Aunt replied, but now, she too started nervously glancing around. Indeed, ever since leaving the Yu Family’s alley, they felt like they were being followed.

Empty beer boxes suddenly fell from the sky, landing precisely on the heads of the two old women.

Jingting swiftly jumped down from a tree, pulling out empty sacks and placed them over the two frazzled women...

He sighed inwardly.

Having been a well-behaved boy all these years, he was a bit rusty at bagging people.

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