I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 654: A True Man Should Clean the Pit with His Bare Hands (Monthly Pass 150+ Updated)

Chapter 654: Chapter 654: A True Man Should Clean the Pit with His Bare Hands (Monthly Pass 150+ Updated)

"Do you trust these two kids that much?"

After Suizi and her husband left, Chen Lijun asked Fan Huang.

Yu Jingting took on the task of planning the wedding. He promised he would do a great job.

"This is quite challenging."

The event shouldn’t be too grand nor too humble. It has to be dignified without being ostentatious.

Fan Huang initially wanted to delegate the task to his secretary, but since his son-in-law had volunteered, it would be a good opportunity for him to gain some experience.

"Have some faith in the children; they have always been reliable."

The loud suona music came from the Yu Family’s courtyard. It sounded like a slow-motion rendition of the Hundred Birds Adoring the Phoenix and you could hardly tell whether it was for a funeral or a wedding.

Chen Lijun raised her eyebrows, looking at Fan Huang whose expression was gradually becoming subtler.

"Are you sure you can trust that kid?"

"You might want to subtly suggest to Suizi that this performance segment... should probably be scrapped."

The mournful sound of the Hundred Birds abruptly ended.

"If he dares to play this during the banquet, the wedding is off." Chen Lijun breathed a sigh of relief.

"We can hold off on the talent show, but the wedding has to go on." Fan Huang expressed his personal opinion about his son-in-law’s talent.

In the Yu Family’s courtyard, Suizi was confronting Jingting.

Jingting’s noise-making instrument was seized by Suizi, who ignored all his pleas to return it.

"Go blow it in the small woods during the day, don’t bother the neighbors."

The Yu Family, after moving to the capital, had built a facade of being an "intellectual" family, which their neighbors seemed to like.

They had two Tsinghua graduates, one who played the piano and two adorable children. Suizi didn’t want the family image, which she had worked so hard to build, ruined by Jingting’s suona playing.

"Why doesn’t anyone complain when Jiaojiao plays the piano?" Jingting argued, "I want to astound everyone at our parents’ wedding with my talent."

"...and then have everyone leave and have the banquet here?" Suizi hid the suona behind her and used a free hand to push him away.

"We can get by on our looks, not our talent. Keep your suona performance for me alone. You should keep up the mystery for others."

Suizi quickly changed the subject, fearing that Jingting might still insist on showing off his talent.

"After your class tomorrow, forget about the library. Go to the paper factory and check out this Chen He."

Suizi had an intuition that something was off about Chen He, but she couldn’t put her finger on it. Instead of having Jingting dozing off in the library, she decided to have him do something productive.

Leaving aside Suizi’s gut feelings, Jingting started inquiring about the paper factory the next day. Meanwhile, Suizi pretended to help her mom with chores and tidied up their house in order to get some information out of Chen Lijun.

From what Chen Lijun had said, Suizi had gotten a handle on the Chen Family’s internal dynamics.

Chen Lijun was shrewd enough to realize that her daughter was prodding her deliberately. However, she indeed wanted to groom Suizi, so she not only explained the Chen Family’s relationships in detail but also revealed some people’s relationships within the Fan Family.

"Everybody from both families will attend the wedding. Don’t worry about the misfits from the Chen Family, they will try to win over your dad and won’t give you any trouble. The ones you really need to keep an eye on are those from the Fan Family, they may try to trip you up behind your back."

"Okay, I will remember. Mom, don’t worry about all this. You can just focus on being the bride. By the way, mom, what do you think about Chen He?"

"He is the eldest son of my second uncle. He’s quick-witted and very crafty. Things haven’t been going well for him recently."

"What happened?"

"His wife has been diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a very severe type. The situation doesn’t look good."

This is an expensive blood disease to treat and led to an extremely high death rate of up to 90% in the present, as there were not any effective treatments available.

"The Chen Family is all about saving face. No matter what, they have to put up a good front. Everyone at home has contributed money. But the amount of money that we’ve raised is like a drop in the bucket. It’s like throwing a stone into a lake, it only makes a splash and then it’s over."

"Is she still receiving treatment?" Suizi didn’t expect that the smooth-talking man would be going through something like this.

"She’s been in the hospital for treatment. A lot of people advised him to give up. Honestly, at this stage, whether to treat or not wouldn’t make a big difference. It’s all just a waste of money. But he won’t give up. Your stubborn grandfather sometimes drags him out and uses him as a cautionary example."

"...He hasn’t even lived a clear life himself yet, how can he presume to tell others what to do?"

"Exactly." Chen Lijun had long given up hope on her father.

The old man had never understood life. He was arrogantly exalted and looked down upon everyone, always thinking he understood life better than others.

Jingting returned in the afternoon.

Seeing their father come back, the two kids who were playing in the yard were going to enthusiastically throw themselves at him. But when they smelled the sour stench on him, they ran away as fast as they could.

"Did you fall into a manure pit? What’s that smell! Go take a bath, don’t stink up my grandchildren!" Wang Cuihua complained.

"All this for this cunning little girl." Jingting took two pieces of paper from his pocket and tossed them to Suizi, meanwhile showing disdain for her, "Why are you standing so far away?"

"I was thinking about going inside to get you some fresh clothes, you go and shower first!"

Suizi tactically retreated; she too didn’t want to get stung by the smell.

After everyone forced Jingting to go take a bath, Suizi opened the papers he had brought with him.

The papers looked as if they were retrieved from a trash bin. Parts of them were even covered with stains. Suizi scanned through them roughly; it was a proposal for the paper mill.

The proposal was signed by Chen He.

The last such thought-provoking and feasible proposal that Suizi had seen was from Shen Liangyin.

The proposal by Chen He was extremely insightful. Each point was specifically directed, and Suizi, being knowledgeable in management, thought it was excellent.

If she were the leader, seeing such a comprehensive plan, she would definitely approve it and initiate reforms immediately.

However, considering the sorry state of the paper, it wasn’t hard to infer what the leader thought about it.

After Jingting had washed himself and changed into fresh clothes, the two children circled him. After confirming that he was their sweet-smelling dad, they stuck to him; one wanting a hug, the other wanting a piggyback ride.

Consequently, he ended up with one child hanging around his neck and the other one in his arms. He sauntered over to Suizi, not saying a word, merely looking at her expectantly.

"Not bad."

"I know." He was proud.

"I’m talking about the proposal, it’s not bad." Suizi promptly added when she noticed the color drain from the man’s face, "You worked hard."

"Isn’t that all I’m here for, hard labor? Do you know what I’ve been through just to gather this information for you?"

"Uh, digging your hands into manure?"

Suizi ventured a guess.

"Your mouth is so sharp. I bet you don’t want to know the grand secret now."

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.