I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 885: How can doing scientific research be considered stealing?

Chapter 885: Chapter 885: How can doing scientific research be considered stealing?

Little Fatty pulled on Jiaojiao’s arm before she could open her mouth.

"Jiaojiao, I have a headache, could you help me put some medicine on it?" he said.

Jiaojiao, upon hearing this, no longer cared about gossip and hurried inside with Little Fatty.

Once inside, they began to rummage through drawers and cupboards looking for the medicine box.

"No need to look for it, I intentionally got you out of there," Little Fatty said.

"Why? Aren’t you curious?" Jiaojiao’s mind was now completely occupied with what trouble Bobo had gotten into.

"Have you heard that Western saying? Curiosity killed the cat. Haven’t you noticed the change in sister-in-law today?"

"What change? Doesn’t she look as pretty as usual?" Jiaojiao asked, puzzled.

Little Fatty sighed, Jiaojiao’s powers of observation really needed improvement.

"Sister-in-law had a murderous look in her eyes, we both need to be very careful not to set her off."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the sound of a car came from outside the Courtyard.

Yu Jingting was back.

The car drove in, and Yu Jingting jumped out, whistling happily, seemingly in a good mood.

News had arrived from the Special Zone that the bank had approved their loan, meaning Suizi’s plan was entering its second phase, with sufficient funds to engage in foreign exchange arbitrage.

Beyond that, he had also visited the pig farm that day, where things were looking up. With pork prices continually rising, they could definitely get a good price for the batch they were raising once it was ready to market.

Everything was flourishing, and Yu Jingting was in such high spirits that he whistled, planning to share the good news with his wife.

Hearing their dad arriving, the two kids, who were reflecting on their mistakes, cried even louder in an attempt to catch their dad’s attention.

Yu Jingting indeed looked over in the direction of the crying.

"Oh dear, what have you done to make your mother so angry this time?"

The response was the children’s pitiful crying; they dared not speak for fear of making mom even angrier.

Yu Jingting approached Suizi with a smile, wrapped his arms around her shoulders, and coaxed her:

"Calm down, what did the kids do to make you so upset? Tell me, and I’ll discipline them for you!"

"Counting on you to discipline them? I might as well drag a monkey back from the zoo. Training a monkey would be more reliable than you."

Yu Jingting raised his eyebrows, noting the considerable anger in her tone. It seemed the situation was serious and not something he could blithely joke his way out of.

"Well then, my dear, you take your time teaching them; I’ll go wash the vegetables. How about we have hotpot tonight?"

He had been fine without mentioning hotpot, but as soon as he did, Suizi’s anger shot through the roof.

She grabbed a book and threw it at Yu Jingting.

"Right! Hotpot! Add the cabbage! Add chicken! Perfect for using your two precious kids’ loot!!!"

Yu Jingting, struck by the book, had a face full of confusion. How had the anger turned towards him?

"Wife, be reasonable, will you? What did I do to provoke you?" He was simply in a good mood for having earned a tidy sum of money, cheerfully humming a tune, planning to enjoy a hotpot in the evening. What had he done wrong?

"What did I tell you last night? Small mistakes left unaddressed will turn into big problems. You stopped me from beating them yesterday when the kid climbed the roof, and today she did it again!"

"What? Climbed the roof again? Did she get hurt?" Yu Jingting stretched his neck to look at his maiden and son, only to be punched repeatedly by Suizi, her little fists pummeling his stomach.

"They didn’t get hurt, but the Cafeteria’s cabbage next door and the free-range chickens sure did!"

Yu Jingting became even more confused.

Climbed the roof?

Cafeteria?

Cabbage?

Free-range chickens?

What does that have to do with anything?

Inside the house, the plump boy by the window shrugged at the dumbfounded Jiaojiao.

See, his premonition was correct, wasn’t it? The sister-in-law is like a ticking bomb once ignited, and facing Jingting, her anger would double.

Jiaojiao gave the plump boy a thumbs-up, impressed by his foresight like a deity.

The plump boy nudged Jiaojiao.

"We can go out now, the murderous look in sister-in-law’s eyes has halved. If you go over now, you’ll not only be playing peacemaker but also satisfying your curiosity."

Just as the plump boy suggested, indeed, Suizi had vented all her anger on Yu Jingting. When Jiaojiao came out, Suizi was punishing Yu Jingting by making him sweep the Courtyard.

Yu Jingting held the broom, his foot on the step, standing alone like a gallant hero, rebellious through and through.

Even in front of Jiaojiao and the plump boy, he still put on an act, with a façade of roguish charm.

"Walking circles around that woman, what, did I take the wrong medicine? Heh, I can’t be bothered to argue with her."

This tone of voice, three parts cool detachment, three parts roguish charm, plus four parts dominance—those unfamiliar with him could easily be hoodwinked.

"Ah, you and your sharp tongue... What’s the use..." Jiaojiao said while quickly pulling the plump boy aside.

Suizi’s shoe came flying in their direction.

Yu Jingting’s mouth brought him momentary joy; getting hit sends him straight to the Crematorium.

"You’ve learned all of your mother’s crooked tricks, can’t you learn something good? You think I don’t have a temper?!" Yu Jingting raised his voice, bent down to pick up the shoe, and strode toward Suizi with it in hand.

With his domineering aura and that intimidating voice, back when they had just gotten married, Suizi would’ve been scared into crying out loud.

But at this moment, facing a man who was fierce on the outside but timid on the inside, Suizi just narrowed her eyes and parted her thin lips lightly, "Oh, you’re going to show me your temper, are you? I’d like to see that."

The man’s tall figure towered over her, looking down at her with disdain, pointing at Suizi’s nose and commanded, "Woman! Don’t think just because I dote on you, you can act lawlessly! You don’t think walking barefoot will catch a cold?! Here, let me put them on for you!"

He proceeded to grab her small foot and slipped the shoe on.

The more frightening his tone, the more sycophantic his actions were.

Down on one knee, serving her in a kneeling position.

"Get away! You enabler of mischievous kids, I haven’t forgiven you yet! We’ll settle our scores tonight!" Suizi shot Yu Jingting a glare.

Yu Jingting maintained his CEO-like tone, pointing at Suizi with cold authority, "Playtime is playtime, but you can’t joke about your own health. I only allow you to be angry for one minute, any longer is harmful to the body—I won’t have it!"

"Go away! Just looking at you annoys me!" Suizi stretched out her leg to kick him away.

Yu Jingting ran his hand through his hair, and with a wicked look, said to Jiaojiao and the plump boy, "You see? That’s how awesome I am. I’ve got this little lady so scared, she’ll behave, right? When I say no bare feet, she wouldn’t dare disobey, would she?"

The plump boy turned his face away, embarrassed as a fellow man to witness it.

Jiaojiao simply rolled her eyes.

"Brother, you’re really like a stubborn old mule—obeys only when beaten, utterly shameless."

Some men really get beaten on their own merit, itching for a smacking if they don’t get one daily.

Yu Jingting chuckled disdainfully, one hand on his hip, boasting, "Others might wish for this kind of treatment. Does your sister-in-law even fancy me?

Even if it’s getting smacked by my wife’s little fists, it’s still a unique VIP treatment that nobody else gets the chance to enjoy!"

"Sister-in-law, what on earth happened?" Jiaojiao, uninterested in bantering with her shamelessly thick-skinned brother, stood behind Suizi, giving her a shoulder rub while probing for information, thinking about how to plead for Little Luobo.

"Those two rascals, during nap time at kindergarten, they slipped out while the teacher wasn’t looking."

"Isn’t that... something they’ve done before?" Such a minor incident, surely it wouldn’t cause sister-in-law to be this angry, right?

"Last time they skipped nap to play under the slide at the Playground, this time they sneaked into the neighboring unit, stole two hundred taels of cabbage, and ten chickens."

"Mom, we didn’t steal, we were just testing the equipment. After the successful test, we returned everything, and I even made suggestions to their Head Chef," Bobo explained in a low voice, arguing that conducting scientific research shouldn’t count as theft.

"You returned everything? Well, that’s good—at least, wait, how much?!" Jiaojiao was surprised.