I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 79: She is not to be messed with

Chapter 79: Chapter 79: She is not to be messed with

Li Youcai gritted his teeth, steeled his heart, and revealed his inner intentions.

"I’m leaving."

Suizi’s small mouth hung open in surprise.

She hadn’t even sent him to eat a steamed bun and receive re-education from the party, how could he leave?

"Would you be willing to come with me? I know that this might sound abrupt to you."

"..." And he knew it was abrupt yet still said such nonsense?

"You’re not living well at the Yu family."

"???" Which eye saw that? Her days had been nothing if not delightful.

"Don’t overthink. I don’t harbor any inappropriate thoughts for you."

"...." Oh really? Is your plan to push me off a mountain and claim insurance?

"I’m just simply seeing you suffering and want to take you away with me. You can consider me your brother."

"..." Only a fool would believe such bullshit!

Suizi couldn’t pretend anymore.

Indeed, only a fool would believe the nonsense that Li Youcai was spouting.

Consider him as her brother? The kind of brother who looks for close physical contact?

A man’s mouth is a lying ghost.

His unconvincing words—how different were they from the "just rubbing" excuse that Yu Jingting gave?

No, comparing this guy with Yu Jingting was a great insult to Yu Jingting. Suizi realized.

Li Youcai saw her silence and felt a pain inside.

Silence was tonight’s comfort.

Suizi must be very worried inside, right?

Li Youcai, emotional, reached out his hand, wanting to hold Suizi’s hand.

"Let go of my sister-in-law!" Jiaojiao had been squatting nearby making snowballs. Upon seeing this scene, she couldn’t take it anymore and threw a snowball at him with all her might.

Li Youcai’s face was covered with snow.

The cold snowball shattered on his face, and only then he realized there was a little one standing nearby.

"Sister-in-law, let’s go quickly. Mom said not to approach Li Youcai, it brings bad luck!" Jiaojiao grabbed Suizi and started moving forward.

Li Youcai felt as if he was being suffocated.

His planned romantic confession, the promise of leaving together, had been ruined by this little girl.

Seeing Suizi was about to leave, Li Youcai, frantic, called out behind her:

"I will wait for you under the poplar tree at the school gate after school tomorrow. I have something to tell you!"

Suizi sped up her pace. Good lord, the flurries were not as cold as the jokes that Li Youcai just made.

Only after Jiaojiao and Suizi had walked a fair distance did Jiaojiao remember.

"Sister-in-law, won’t school be off tomorrow?"

It had been snowing these past few days, making it hard for the village children to get to school, so the school had declared a day off.

"Yes. Lets see how long he’ll stand there waiting."

He could wait until the end of time and not see a soul.

Suizi looked up, it was getting cold, it was time to send Li Youcai to eat steamed buns.

He wants to leave?

As if!

Upon returning home, she didn’t see Yu Jingting and Suizi felt a sudden drop in her heart.

Judging by the time he went into the mountains, he should be back by now.

It was snowing today, he wouldn’t possibly come back very late. Did something happen to him?

Suizi was anxious.

While there was still daylight, she grabbed her coat, wrapped herself tightly, and headed out.

Just as she approached the entrance, she saw the two Yang brothers coming her way with something in their hands.

"Sister-in-law, Brother Jingting asked us to bring you a little something."

The Yang brothers put the bag down on the ground. It was filled with three wild rabbits.

"Where is he?"

"After Brother Jingting left the hill, he separated from us. He only asked us to bring this back for you and said you shouldn’t wait for him to come back for dinner."

That implies he’ll return pretty late.

Suizi took the rabbits home, mulling over where Jingting may have gone when Granny Yu showed up.

At home it was only Suizi and Jiaojiao. They heard their dog barking and when they looked outside, the old lady was already striding in quickly.

"This old lady... does she really have leg problems?" Except for her crutch use, Suizi was doubtful about that, considering this old lady’s speed.

"Sometimes, she does, sometimes not—a condition my brother described as: ’She’s usually sick, but whenever there are giveaways, she runs faster than a rabbit!’"

Jiaojiao’s response made Suizi laugh; she thought that was indeed something Jingting would say.

As the two ladies were chatting and laughing, Granny Yu kicked open the door, sweeping around with her eyes and finally resting on the sack laying on the kitchen floor; her triangular eyes suddenly widened, gleaming intensely.

"Where’s Cuihua?"

"She probably went to get pickles," Suizi nonchalantly replied.

The mother-in-law being out at this hour probably meant she was off playing her spiritualist acts somewhere else.

The old lady was obsessed with gaining wealth and taking advantage of every opportunity, she naturally could not be told the truth.

That she tasted anything even from a dung cart was evidence of her insistence on squeezing as much profit as possible.

"Ah! You’re quite tricky for your age, I wonder who you take after," said Granny Yu sarcastically, glancing at Suizi before heading into the east room.

Her old eyes then landed on the frame hanging on the wall, eyeing those 30 yuan inside, feeling as if it was beckoning her.

"Stop staring at me! You’re a headache," Granny Yu said dismissively, pivoting with hardly any support from her walking stick, and heading straight for the frame.

Brushing aside Suizi and Jiaojiao, Granny Yu’s intention, which was to get the money, became crystal clear.

Without thinking, Suizi could easily guess that after this old lady takes Jingting’s prize money, she would carry these three wild rabbits and stride away promptly.

The Yang brothers had just left, and Granny Yu arrived immediately after.

One could safely guess that she had positioned her cat at a neighbor’s house just to keep an eye on her house.

She chose the perfect timing to visit, knowing that the two key players of the house, Jingting and Wang Cuihua, were not around.

"What’re you looking at? Cook our dinner or are you planning to throw the roof tiles away?" Granny Yu shooed Suizi away.

Jiaojiao tried to speak but Suizi put her hand over Jiaojiao’s mouth, signaling her to stay silent.

"Before leaving the house, my mother-in-law said that the money my husband won was being protected by the deity Wu Qu. No mortal can touch it, or they will be jinxed, and face great misfortune."

Jiaojiao’s eyes were wide as a brass bell.

The preamble sounded like something her mother would typically use to bluff people?

Was Sister-in-law giving up on science and asking a god to possess her?

Granny Yu scoffed at the mention of these superstitions.

"You think I don’t know? Wang Cuihua’s tricks are all to deceive people! Thinking of intimidating me with it? No way! Today, I’ll prove it to you that there’s no deity protecting this money! Long live Wu Qu- ah!"

Granny Yu pulled at the frame, hoping to bring it down to get the money, and when she used her strength, she felt an electric current. It was slightly numbing and prickly, which scared the old lady enough to jump high.

Suizi watched intently, impressed by the height Granny Yu achieved, probably higher than herself?

The old woman’s walking stick must have been just for show? Her legs seemed to function well.

"What on earth is this thing? Is it biting people?!" Old Granny Yu was so scared that her speech trembled.

Jiaojiao was also struck dumb. What’s going on here?

Could her sister-in-law perform magic?

Suizi was originally worried that it might be too much to scare the old lady considering her age. But seeing her spirited attitude, she figured it should be okay.

"I told you it is protected by the deity Wu Qu, you shouldn’t have touched it. Hurryhome and drink some ginger water for cleansing. If Wu Qu holds a grudge, it’s never-ending trouble."

Suizi’s feigned dread left Granny Yu stunned and terrified, scrambling hurriedly with small steps.

She didn’t even stop to pick up the rabbits, just wanting to get away from this weird place as fast as possible.

Turned out the seemingly least powerful Suizi was the intimidating one in the Yu Family.

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