I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 806: The Sinister Guy

Chapter 806: Chapter 806: The Sinister Guy

The pregnant Empress’s cravings were so intense after getting pregnant that, given the common folk belief that crabs weren’t good for pregnant women, she always had to suppress them, unable to satisfy her hunger and cravings completely.

Now she would rather use her most expensive silk scarf to threaten Suizi, as in her eyes, the scarf was only worth the price of a single crab.

Suizi naturally didn’t want to do something that would offend her dad and possibly harm the pregnant Empress, so she threw the hot potato to the clever Yu Jingting.

After receiving his wife’s call for help, Yu Jingting immediately responded.

"Sure, it’s just a crab, right? I’ll get it to you once Suizi is done."

"Really?" Chen Lijun was skeptical, "You two, aren’t you normally loyal henchmen to old Fan? How come you’re so easily standing on the side of ’justice’ now?"

Justice = Deceiving the heavens to secretly feed the pregnant Empress crabs.

"Who uses ’loyal henchman’ to describe their own maiden?!" Suizi now really wanted to report her mom to her dad under real-name system.

"A gentleman’s word is his bond, what’s promised must be fulfilled—old Fan has a meeting tonight and won’t be back before eight. I need to see it, or else... both of you are done for!"

Chen Lijun threatened her daughter and was very satisfied with herself.

Suizi’s face dropped.

"Mom, you’re being ridiculously childish, getting all worked up over a bite to eat, is it really worth it?"

"Worth or not, all definitions come from how much value the item holds for someone at the moment. Just like when you have diarrhea, in the midst of a crowd with only one toilet available, that toilet becomes priceless to you."

Ever since getting pregnant, Chen Lijun’s behavior and diet were restricted, experiencing both pain and joy. She gained new insights into life and became more and more philosophical.

"Mom, you’re comparing eating to using the toilet..."

Suizi gave a thumbs-up, her mother was truly a marvel.

After sending Chen Lijun away, Suizi complained to Yu Jingting.

"Are you robbing Peter to pay Paul? Mom is someone we can’t afford to offend, so now Dad is someone we can?"

"I only said I’d bring crabs. I never specified which kind of crabs."

"Huh?"

Yu Jingting shouted into the house, calling the kids out.

"Do you want to play with dough? Your mother, who’s full of artistic talent, is going to teach you how to make dough crabs."

This suggestion was met with raised hands in agreement from the excited children, and Suizi pressed her hand to her forehead.

"Are you really going to fool Mom like this? Treating her like a child?"

"Look at her right now, ready to throw away all her dignity for a bite to eat, does she seem like an adult to you?"

Suizi thought about it and it seemed... pretty reasonable?

In the evening, Chen Lijun hummed a tune and poured milk into a tall glass early on. As a refined woman, even sneak-eating behind her husband’s back had to be done right, with a sense of ceremony.

"Grandma~"

Luoluo stood outside the courtyard, clinging to the gate and calling out, with a food container in her hand.

Chen Lijun, beaming with joy, went to greet her. Luoluo passed the food container to her through the gate bars, motioning with her hand not to open the gate.

"Daddy’s taking me dancing."

Yu Jingting honked the car horn from behind.

Chen Lijun frowned.

"How can he take a child to a smoky place like a ballroom?"

Yu Jingting rolled down the car window and stuck his head out.

"I’ve got some errands, we won’t be in there for long; just going in and out. Suizi felt like taking a walk in the park tonight."

Only then did Chen Lijun let her child get into the car feeling reassured.

Eagerly carrying the food container inside, she closed the curtains, preparing for her secret seafood feast unbeknownst to anyone.

But upon opening it, she felt her nose nearly twist itself out of shape. What on earth is this?!!

In the food container, there were adorable crab-shaped cookies, and to add insult to injury, a note on the inside of the lid that read: My name is Spicy Crab.

"Chen Hansui! Yu Jingting! You two bastard ingrates!" Chen Lijun was so angry she wanted to throw the container.

Look down on who?

They call this stuff "Spicy Crab," are they trying to dupe a three-year-old?

Did she, Chen Lijun, who had been so influential for so many years, really think she’d be fooled by this?

But seeing it look so tempting as it roasted, she couldn’t resist, picked one up and put it in her mouth, and it was actually delicious.

"I’m so angry, it’s ridiculous." Chen Lijun took a bite and chewed on the cracker as if it were her unfilial daughter.

With milk, it actually went well together...

"Eating your snacks and still unappreciative! Humph, siding with Old Fan, all those years nurtured for nothing... Eat this again tomorrow, or I won’t speak to you."

Suizi sneezed several times in the car.

"Our mom is scolding us, right?"

"Not scolding us would be strange, but compared to infuriating our dad, it’s easier to pamper our mom. I guess she’ll cool off after eating."

Yu Jingting had never been wrong about reading people.

His father-in-law was definitely the type of person he least wanted to offend.

Even without power or influence, he was a character you wouldn’t want to provoke.

This time, in addition to the boy and girl twins, Yu Jingting also brought Jiaojiao and the chubby one.

The summer night was long, and it was boring for the kids to stay home, so they might as well go out for some fresh air.

The ballroom was still a swirl of lights, wine, and endless streams of people, with music loud enough to deafen.

The song choice was still Yu Jingting’s, he always had a grasp on the crass aesthetics of the working-class, leading the trend.

Anyway, Suizi didn’t want to listen to a word, leading the kids into the office to wait for Jingting.

"Mommy, I want to eat big fishy."

Bobo had been eyeing the snack stall since entering, and seeing that his mother hadn’t spoken, he took the initiative to ask once they were in the office.

"Big fishy? Do you mean grilled squid?" Suizi was quite confident in the food hygiene of her own establishment, calling over the chubby one and Jiaojiao, instructing them to take the kids out to buy some.

Suizi herself was a bit thirsty too, her gaze swept around and spotted a hot water pot on Yu Jingting’s desk.

It was full to the brim.

Suizi poured herself a cup and found it a little strange.

"When did Jingting become so thoughtful?"

Every time she came to the office, that pot was always empty, whereas a case of beer was piled up in the corner.

Clearly, he wasn’t drinking water properly and just used beer to quench his thirst whenever he was.

Suizi had told him off several times, to not do that; driving frequently, how could he drink beer? Even though there was no law against drunk driving at that time, for his own and others’ safety, he still needed to be careful.

Later on, the beer case disappeared, but the water pot was still empty.

She didn’t know if this guy had learned to play guerrilla warfare with her, moving empty beer bottles, or if he stopped drinking beer and water altogether.

This rare occasion there was water in the pot, Suizi thought he finally learned to drink more water in the summer.

The water was still hot, so she put it aside to cool, the incandescent light shining on the clear cup. She couldn’t tell if it was her illusion, but the water seemed a bit murky, as if there were sediments.

Jiaojiao and the others came back, pouting as soon as they entered, looking unhappy.

"What happened?" Suizi asked.

"The big brother at the grilled squid stand actually said I was related to that sneaky guy, who’s related to him?" Jiaojiao complained.

"Sneaky?"

"Chen Tong, he came this morning. The squid stand guy almost praised him to the sky, even asking if he was my brother’s real younger brother. Geez, if I were related to him, I’d live several years less."

Jiaojiao had found a serpent specimen in a car last time, and even had nightmares afterward.

Although her brother and sister-in-law didn’t mention where the thing came from, Jiaojiao, being clever, mulled it over afterward and felt that it was very likely Chen Tong’s doing.

Chen Tong became synonymous with sneaky in her mind.

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