I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 826: Biting Down on a Tough Bone

Chapter 826: Chapter 826: Biting Down on a Tough Bone

After some discussion, the group decided to trust Suizi and give her one more day.

"Third brother, arrange food and lodging for everyone with this." Suizi took out a stack of money.

Enough to cover the accommodation for several dozen people and a few meals.

Suizi knew very well that if she did not do this, these people, to save money, might end up sleeping under bridges or at train stations.

Such arrangements made everyone very satisfied, and some even praised Suizi in a low voice.

Listening to them, Suizi felt a pang of heartache.

These people, who fought for their future with their sweat, simply wanted to take back what was theirs.

What she was doing was merely what an entrepreneur should do, yet it was enough to earn her a few words of praise.

The first hurdle was thus overcome, having dealt with the downstream suppliers; next, she had to tackle the tougher challenge of the upstream foreign merchants.

To not let down the honest farmers and to do justice to their hard-earned sweat, Suizi had to withstand the pressure and take down the foreign merchants.

After a quick meeting with her brothers to arrange personnel deployment, Suizi, without a moment’s rest, set off to the negotiation table accompanied by the second and fifth brothers.

The third and fourth brothers stayed behind to take care of the farmers.

"Why don’t we just call the police?" asked the second brother on the way.

Suizi’s choice of who to bring and who to leave was intentional; the four men were now split into two factions.

The third brother was already on Suizi’s side, tasked with managing the fourth brother, who had differing opinions but was relatively easier to persuade. Suizi took with her the "reformist" second brother—who had disagreements with her—and the "royalist" fifth brother—who supported her unconditionally.

"If they were after money, calling the police might be somewhat useful, but if that were the case, they would have called for ransom by now. Since there’s been no such move, the likelihood is that they aren’t after money. Going to the police could actually put him in danger."

Suizi knew that the second brother was exceptionally capable; in Yu Jingting’s absence, he could stabilize the situation. Even if she weren’t there, the second brother was able to keep things under control with the others.

Those who could gather around Yu Jingting were certainly not mediocrities.

Thus, faced with his question, Suizi gave a straightforward answer.

She only spoke of the more optimistic scenario.

What she didn’t mention was the other, less optimistic possibility.

It wasn’t out of the question that he had encountered a truly ruthless gang.

They only wanted a quick and dirty deal, to seize the substantial sum Yu Jingting had with him, kill him to silence him, without even asking for a ransom, and then lay low until it was safe to spend the money.

If that were the case, they wouldn’t give Suizi any time to call the police; they would kill their captive outright.

No matter how capable Suizi was, she would be powerless to change the outcome.

Her emotional instability before coming here was because of this possibility.

She was filled with regret and self-blame, her mind preoccupied with the self-reflective thought, "regret having sent my husband to seek an official title."

Her rebirth had set off a butterfly effect, altering Yu Jingting’s original life path—she was the one who put him in this position, leading him into danger.

But such emotions were not allowed to show once she appeared as their elder sister.

She had to suppress her true feelings and focus on handling the aftermath.

"Stay cautious with things you can control, stay optimistic with those you can’t... is that something you influenced, Boss, or did the Boss influence you?" The second brother recalled a phrase once said by Yu Jingting.

Applied to Suizi at this moment, the words seemed incredibly apt.

"Why couldn’t it be mutual influence?" Suizi stopped talking and closed her eyes to rest.

She still had a tough battle to fight.

She had already scoped out the foreign business’s situation before Yu Jingting undertook the order, having had someone conduct background checks.

Although her family had not yet established their own network in Hong Kong, with determination, one could still uncover some basic information.

The foreign company was headquartered in E Country and was an old family enterprise; the branch collaborating with Yu Jingting was their Hong Kong division, headed by the family’s youngest son, Frank.

As they neared the destination, Lao Wu, who had been silent throughout the journey, thought of Frank’s arrogant demeanor and couldn’t help but complain.

"Big Sister, why didn’t you bring Lao San along?"

He would rather deal with straightforward rural brothers than face that pretentious guy.

"I’ve calculated the odds. If Lao San came, the probability of a fight breaking out would exceed fifty percent. You and Lao Er are better at keeping cool and holding back your temper, so it’s safer to bring you two."

"Eh, Big Sister, you know too that Frank, that jerk, is troublesome? Did Big Brother tell you?"

"Your Big Brother has mentioned it a few times over the phone."

Suizi spoke in an understated manner.

But to Yu Jingting, it wasn’t just a few mentions—it was unleashing all his pent-up cursing skills on that guy.

Lately, to save on expenses, the couple tried to keep their phone calls as brief as possible.

It must be evident what a jerk Frank was, for Yu Jingting to sacrifice precious sweet-talking time with his wife just to vent his frustration to her.

Suizi could even imagine that if it weren’t for the money, he might very well shove the guy into a sack and rough him up in an alleyway.

One could say that life’s relentless carving knife had whittled away at Boss Yu’s edges...

Suizi’s party arrived at the destination earlier than the agreed time. She had calculated their timing, but the other party evidently had no such punctuality.

Almost forty minutes past the scheduled time, the people finally arrived amid Lao Wu’s growing agitation.

Before they had even entered, Suizi heard the conversation outside the door—a mix of Cantonese and Hong Kong English.

The reason why Yu Jingting disliked Frank was largely because the guy was a bona fide Banana Person, ABC.

His ancestors migrated to E Country after the war; they were overseas-born Chinese raised in Western thought, and this chap even harbored discriminatory attitudes.

He was perfectly capable of speaking Chinese, privately communicating in Cantonese or Hong Kong English with those around him, but he spoke English to Yu Jingting and the others, arrogant and uppity, the disdain practically written on his face.

When signing the contract, the terms he set were incredibly harsh, full of traps.

Luckily, those on Yu Jingting’s side all graduated from Tsinghua University, and Suizi had also put in extra effort on legal matters, which prevented the adversary from exploiting any loopholes. Others would have suffered losses by now.

Yu Jingting complained to Suizi that he was now leading too many people; he couldn’t act impulsively according to his own desires. He had to be responsible for everyone’s livelihood and finances. Otherwise, Frank’s actions alone were enough for Yu Jingting to hang him up for a beating for two hours, alongside launching ten attacks on his family’s toilet with a slingshot and shattering his windows twenty times.

A group of people accompanied a man in his thirties into the room, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, chewing betel nuts, and appearing to be about the same height as Suizi.

It is basic etiquette to wear formal attire in a business setting, but this man was casually dressed in a floral shirt and flip-flops, looking unabashedly sleazy. His eyes lit up when he saw Suizi, and he even whistled at her.

He turned and said something in Cantonese to his secretary at his side.

Suizi’s eyes narrowed in response. She was fluent in several languages, including Cantonese; what that man said was no proper remark.

Translated, he was expressing his desire to sleep with her.

Suizi quickly ran through the personalities of Yu Jingting’s brothers in her mind and immediately came up with a plan.

She whispered something softly into Lao Er’s ear.

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