I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 697: Is This Your Attitude?

Chapter 697: Chapter 697: Is This Your Attitude?

"I didn’t plan for this." Suizi sat cross-legged on the bed, clutching an empty box in her hands.

Originally, this box contained the life savings she and Yu Jingting had scrimped together over the years.

But just now, Lady Chen Lijun took it all away, leaving only an empty box behind.

The bankbook, was gone.

The gold bars and silver coins, were gone.

The truck invoices, were gone.

All that was left were the untouchable antique gold pieces.

Lady Chen Lijun had warned her, if she dared to sell these family heirlooms, she would tear Suizi’s head off and use it as a football.

"Wife, you’re looking a bit dazed, your eyes are empty." Yu Jingting waved his hand in front of Suizi’s face.

Suizi clung to his arm, trembling slightly, and said, "Husband, we’re out of money."

Her mother had been so ruthless, not even leaving her a crumb!

"Can’t say there’s nothing left. Look." Yu Jingting pulled a hundred RMB bill from his shoe.

Isn’t that something?

When her mother-in-law came to confiscate their possessions, he cleverly stuffed a hundred yuan into his shoe.

Chen Lijun took his wallet, but not his shoes. She probably didn’t expect a Tsinghua graduate to lack creativity when it came to hiding money.

"What can you do with a hundred yuan..." Suizi continued to look dumbfounded.

"Enough to put some gas in the car, and take you and the kids out for a meal. We can eat for 10 days straight."

"And after 10 days? Lead us to beg for food? Jiaojiao’s still with us, and my demented old lady has said if you want to eat at her place, you gotta pay — ah, how did I end up with such a mother?"

Suizi was genuinely perplexed.

"Don’t you think my mother has become even more twisted lately? Ah, one crazy scheme after another. Should we call Du Zhong, see if he has any secret remedies for menopause? She’s definitely going through menopause, she’s crazy, deranged!"

"Hmm!" Fan Huang’s exaggerated cough could be heard from the doorway.

"I was talking about the old woman next door, definitely not my dear mom! Whoever dares to stir up trouble between my mother and me, I’ll fight them!"

"Huh, still in the mood to joke around? You apparently haven’t really started to worry yet." Chen Lijun scoffed as she walked in.

"Isn’t this my beloved mother?" Suizi turned around dramatically, covering her mouth, "Did you come back fearing you hadn’t thoroughly pillaged us? Go ahead, take whatever you fancy."

"Enough with your sarcastic remarks. I’m here to inform you, your grandfather is celebrating his birthday tomorrow and you both need to attend."

"No money for a gift, not going." Suizi tossed the now empty box onto the bed. She had never been this poor since she returned to this life.

"Look, your mindset is just not right, is this the right attitude to talk to your mom? Mom, even though we are not rich, we are useful. So how about this, appearance fees for attending the birthday banquet, plus a gift, perhaps a little thousand or eight hundred will do."

Yu Jingting reached out his hand, smiling, only to be met with a ruthless slap from his mother-in-law.

"Are you extorting me? The whole family must go tomorrow, you both, the kids, and Jiaojiao. Don’t worry about the gift, we’ll take care of that."

Yu Jingting pouted upon failing to gain any advantage.

"I truly don’t want to see that old man."

He felt that Suizi’s grandfather was like fermented Stinky Tofu, just sitting there giving off a foul smell.

"I don’t think the old man wants to see you guys either. Here’s ten yuan for the fuel. Make yourself presentable and come pick us up on time."

Chen Lijun took ten yuan from her pocket and threw it into the box that Suizi was holding.

"..." Suizi felt utterly humiliated.

This was still treating them like beggars!!!

But the shameful thing was, she couldn’t even refuse ten yuan now.

"Given your current financial situation, getting a free meal from attending a birthday celebration still counts as a good thing. Oh, right, Suizi, control yourself tomorrow. Don’t go packing food from the kitchen, it will be embarrassing for our family."

Chen Lijun saw that Suizi was so angry that her cheeks puffed out and feeling good, she reached over to poke her.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Suizi’s small bamboo basket on the bedside table. She then took a black object from the basket and tasted it.

"What’s this? It’s quite tasty."

"It’s a specialty of my classmate’s hometown, some type of sour cake."

"Ok, I’m taking it then."

Chen Lijun picked up the basket and tossed it to Fan Huang.

"??? Are you really treating us like a sinner’s house, ready to be plundered at any moment?" Suizi was pissed off.

Chen Lijun took out another ten yuan from her pocket and tossed it into Suizi’s empty box.

"There you go, I bought it from you. Where’s your mom?" Chen Lijun asked.

"She took the kids to play with my dad... didn’t even take Jingting and me, said there wasn’t enough room in the car, and if we wanted to go, we would have to sit on the roof."

"Serves you right, you two who have been silently making a fortune, deserve to be abandoned by the people." Chen Lijun seemed to be enjoying their suffering.

Wang Cuihua couldn’t stay long this time she came back. Yu Shuisheng claimed he had to attend a meeting and was too busy. In fact, he took Wang Cuihua out to have fun during the day and they were rarely home.

When they returned in the evening, they brought back a box of clay figurines. Suizi glanced at it and realized they’d gone sightseeing in the neighboring city. Bringing back souvenirs from a trip was just too blatant.

After being exposed, the two felt no guilt at all. The next day, they took all three children with them. Suizi had no idea where they went, but they came back tan.

"Wait for your mom to come back tonight, have her marinate some chili sauce for me. I’ve been craving it these days. She has to make me several jars before she leaves."

"What’s wrong with you? Eating sour and spicy foods, am I going to have a sibling?" Suizi looked at her father confusedly as she remembered her mom never ate these things before.

"Stop spouting nonsense. Did the old lady from the Fan family who favors boys over girls drive you crazy? Keep talking about brothers and sisters, you might as well give birth to one yourself."

Suizi shrugged. Whether she gave birth or not was fine with her, it was Jingting who didn’t want to anymore.

When she gave birth to their child, Jingting was there to witness it. He was so frightened that he felt childbirth was too damaging to a woman and vowed never to let her go through it again.

"Remember about the chili sauce. If you forget, I’ll use you as a dipping sauce for steamed buns." After picking on her daughter, Chen Lijun left in high spirits.

She bumped into Liu Xi leading a middle-aged woman. They had almost passed each other when Liu Xi turned back.

"Chen Lijun?"

"You recognized me late today." Chen Lijun turned around, curious to see how long before her face-blind friend would recognize her.

"Your smell changed, I really couldn’t recognize you at first."

"Why are you here?" Chen Lijun asked.

"Suizi asked me to find a nanny for her. A friend introduced me to one, so I brought her over."

As Liu Xi entered the room, Chen Lijun held her hand up to Fan Huang’s nose.

"What does it smell like?"

"Good."

"What did Liu Xi mean by saying my smell changed? I didn’t change perfume... Ah! HaHaHa."

Chen Lijun suddenly remembered something and laughed cheerfully.

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