I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 674: Give Brother Ting Some Sunshine, He Really Dares to Shine

Chapter 674: Chapter 674: Give Brother Ting Some Sunshine, He Really Dares to Shine

After hearing Suizi’s words, Fan Huan just patted her on the shoulder and pointed at the bigwig table where she just proposed a toast.

"Do you see that old man with white hair?"

"What’s up?" Suizi gave an innocent expression, that old man with white hair was quite friendly, he even invited her to his house during the holiday.

"He’s the one in charge of price control, essentially the superior department of Price Bureau, I decide to sell you out for the greater good," Fan Huan said.

"Wow dad, are you using a sledgehammer to kill a fly?! The old guy is so busy, does he have time to meddle with our family dispute?" Suizi questioned.

"Who let you set high prices indiscriminately, disrupting the market order," Fan Huang smiled, appearing even more harmless than her.

"You’ve changed, you’re not the kind and gentle old father I used to know." Suizi was deeply aggrieved.

As they bantered back and forth, Mother Fan shot them countless glares, even Chen Lijun could feel her mother-in-law’s burning gaze.

"What on earth did you and Jingting do to her? On normal days, the old lady always glares at me like this, but now she’s only staring at you and Jingting. I feel her gaze on you is ten times more malicious than when she looks at me," Chen Lijun aired her suspicion.

She felt like her guess of ten times was rather conservative.

If stares could kill, Suizi and her husband would have been ground to powder by Mother Fan’s hateful gaze by now.

"I’ll accompany you over there to take a look," Fan Huan tried to play the loving father, but in reality, he was just curious about what his daughter and son-in-law had done to upset the old lady.

"Oh no, I already took your old books. I can’t trouble you and disrespect the customer experience. Please continue to assist my mom."

"When did I agree to give you the books? Buying and selling by force?" Fan Huan was amused.

Yu Jingting came over, just in time to hear this, he asked Suizi, "Did you force my dad to sell something?"

Suizi shook her head, "Buying with money is considered buying and selling by force, we traded goods, achieved new breakthroughs, created new value, and a new situation for future. Now, please say a few words, Mr Leader."

"Your father has heard enough of this official jargon at work, and now at home he has to be subjected to your impish face! Drop the act!"

"Her father is me..." Fan Huan looked at Chen Lijun grievously, "whose side are you on, wife?"

"I’ll take Suizi back to move the books later, dad, don’t worry. All the clutter on your bookshelf that takes up space and collects dust, I’ll move them all away for you, out of sight, out of mind."

"Wait, wait! I’m not even willing to give you a single book, and you want to take everything?" Fan Huan was tempted to hit Yu Jingting then.

Suizi pulled Yu Jingting away cheerfully, if she didn’t leave soon, her father might really send her to the old man in charge of price control. That would be problematic.

No one could hear the content of this family’s chatter, but by their happy and relaxed expressions, it was not difficult to see that the family atmosphere was quite good.

Mother Fan watched them with a sullen face, the angrier she became.

Sitting next to her were several women of similar age, each with the air of a well-off Madam.

Those who could sit at this table were all female relatives of the Fan family, all of high ranking. There were only one or two younger faces. One of them was sitting next to Mother Fan, she was very good at making others feel comfortable and was quite the conversation starter.

"Isn’t that Suizi, the new maiden of Uncle? She looks just like her mom, so pretty." The girl sitting next to Mother Fan praised Suizi.

Mother Fan’s lips tightened further, after holding back for a long time, she eventually spat out one sentence.

"What use is just being pretty, she’s as useful as a vase."

"Suizi is a Tsinghua University student, and also the college entrance examination top scorer, much better than us." Another girl sitting further away from Mother Fan spoke out. As soon as she finished speaking, the elderly lady from the fourth family of the Fan clan sitting next to her, quickly nudged her, hinting at her not to interfere.

Their family’s feud was certainly not something their obscure family could meddle with.

"Why are you pulling me, grandma? Just yesterday you were educating me, asking me to learn from Suizi so that I might also get into Tsinghua next year." Fan Yun was confused, was her grandma having a spasm?

Fan Yun’s grandmother almost passed out, and dared not look at the expression on the lady’s face.

Her slow-witted granddaughter, why did she have to say this in public? Everyone knew about the lady’s dislike for Chen Lijun and her daughter. That the lady was even attending the wedding was surprising enough, praising Chen Suizi now, wasn’t that like rubbing salt in the lady’s wound?

While they were talking, Suizi and her husband had already walked over.

The conversation at the table suddenly halted, everyone’s gaze fell on Mother Fan. Given Mother Fan’s temperament, everyone assumed she was about to cause a scene.

Some even thought that Mother Fan’s reason for being here was precisely to cause a stir and to embarrass Fan Huan.

The people sitting on both sides of Mother Fan stood up and shuffled aside, creating seating spots for Suizi and her husband. There was a gleam in their eyes that screamed ’the more chaotic, the better’.

"Grandma, are you satisfied with this wedding reception?" Suizi asked.

Mother Fan gritted her teeth when she heard Suizi call her ’Grandma’, her lips tightened even more. She clearly felt sick but did not respond.

"Grandma, you look radiant today. Was this dress specially made for my mother-in-law? You are too kind." Yu Jingting, with every well-articulated and standard-accented ’Grandma’, was challenging Mother Fan’s patience.

"We are hosting a wedding reception for the first time, if there’s anything that’s not up to par, please feel free to point it out, grandma." Suizi followed Yu Jingting’s lead, calling Mother Fan ’Grandma’ affectionately, making it sound intimate.

Looking again at Mother Fan, with each ’Grandma’ she heard, her face changed a bit. Her emotions were an open book, changing visibly under everyone’s watchful eyes. Everyone could see her total aversion to this affectionate term.

But it was just that, aversion.

The situation was a bit strange.

Yu Jingting and his wife on his left, and Suizi on his right, made up the sandwich with Mother Fan in the middle.

The usually high and mighty old lady, was now curbing all her firepower, resembling a pitiful creature, sandwiched between Suizi and her husband. She was already very angry but remained silent. Not speaking seemed to be the only retaliation she could muster.

This was indeed strange.

Usually, Mother Fan, on the merit of birthing a good son, adopted an arrogant attitude in the family. Even though she was a matron in the large clan, she lacked any proper etiquette or discretion. If she disliked someone, she would directly reproach them, and nobody ever dared to retort.

But now, two young people were sitting next to her. Although acting respectfully and calling her ’Grandma’ affectionately, Mother Fan appeared like a dormant volcano, amassing anger but unable to erupt.

"If you don’t object, I’ll consider it as you secretly praising my wife, Grandma, right?" Yu Jingting’s hand was on the back of Mother Fan’s chair. Anyone who didn’t know better would think him and the old lady had a great relationship.

Everyone who heard this gasped, how much more could Mother Fan take?

Wasn’t this a clear provocation?

"....." Mother Fan’s eyes were practically shooting fire, yet she resisted and didn’t rebut Yu Jingting’s arrogance. To be accurate, she dared not refute.

Fan Huan, a few tables away, had been keeping an eye on his mother and his son-in-law’s interactions. Seeing this, he also found it odd.

It seemed to him that his mother was somewhat afraid of these two kids. Could it be that they had something on the old woman?