I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 922 This Speed (100+ Monthly Tickets for More)

Chapter 922: Chapter 922 This Speed (100+ Monthly Tickets for More)

Matchmaking in those days wasn’t as troublesome as in later generations; once introduced and found suitable for each other, a relationship was established, followed by discussions of marriage.

Since Senior Sister had gone to see a movie with Su Zhe, it indicated that the two had confirmed their relationship. According to the customs of the time, they would soon be able to get a marriage certificate.

Su Zhe’s matchmaking had its ups and downs, but fortunately, Yu Jingting and his wife handled it properly, and Su Zhe’s performance greatly satisfied her father, who thought him to be a man of responsibility.

Upon returning home, Suizi reported the situation to her in-laws, and Wang Cuihua was also very happy, so happy that she overlooked Suizi’s worried expression.

The elder saw this and frowned, but seeing how happy his wife was, he didn’t say anything. Only after Wang Cuihua ran off to the front yard to share the joy with Chen Lijun did the elder find Suizi and her husband.

Suizi voiced her own judgment:

"Dad, even though that couple told Jingting that they came for money on their own accord, I somehow feel that it doesn’t add up."

The elder nodded his head.

It was quite suspicious.

Su Zhe had been divorced from Lun Lamei for many years, and the divorce had been due to a messy dispute; her family should not have come looking for him.

Lun Lamei was sentenced to three years for slandering Su Zhe and was released just last year.

But just two months after her release, she was arrested again for theft, and it was unclear when she would be out this time.

Lun Lamei’s family should have been aware of the ugly feud between her and Su Zhe. If Su Zhe had lived in his hometown, their visit would have made sense.

But Su Zhe was in Beijing, and the round-trip travel expenses were not a small sum; for a goal with little hope, spending so much on travel expenses didn’t seem like something a thrifty family would do.

The mere appearance of these two was suspicious, and their motives were probably not as simple as they claimed.

Yu Jingting immediately contacted his folks back home to help with the investigation, and it wasn’t long before he got results.

My uncle was seen bragging in front of the village store three days ago, saying that the debts his family owed would soon be repaid by someone, and that someone was covering their travel expenses to Beijing.

However, who specifically provided the travel expenses was unknown to the villagers; my uncle didn’t say.

At first, everyone thought he was bragging. A trip to Beijing was a big deal and had spread throughout the village, so it was not difficult to inquire about.

But when my uncle and his wife did indeed go to Beijing a couple of days later, the villagers started to believe it and were all trying to figure out which high branch their family had clung to.

Suizi’s speculation was right; someone was deliberately causing trouble.

Having understood this, Suizi went the next day, carrying homemade pastries, to visit Su Zhe’s Dean’s wife.

Lady diplomacy—Suizi was clear on how this worked.

Under the guise of discussing Su Zhe’s marriage, she inquired with the Dean’s wife to see if there had been any recent movements from above.

With this one question, Suizi indeed unearthed something.

Su Zhe had a G5 project in his hands that had made breakthrough progress.

They were only waiting for the data to stabilize before publishing; once this goes public, it would cause a great stir in academia.

Upon hearing this, Suizi had her suspicions.

Academic rivalries are silent battles, but they can still leave "bodies" behind.

For one man’s triumph, thousands might fall; when someone ascends, others may become envious.

After returning, Suizi mentioned it to Yu Jingting, who scoffed.

"If you investigate who would take over the project in case Su Zhe encounters an ’accident’ and can’t complete it, you would know the mastermind behind this," Jingting said with a sneer.

For such a big project, if Su Zhe were unable to complete the research and unable to publish, the higher-ups would definitely let his Assistant Professor take over to complete the project.

Even without Su Zhe for a project nearing completion, his plan and his formulae could still be used. The credit that should have been his alone would have to be shared with another.

Su Zhe, consumed by research, would have no interest or likelihood to use such despicable, sneaky, and shameful tactics, but that wasn’t necessarily true for some of his assistants.

"Thinking about it this way, I should thank Senior Sister. If she had not introduced her to Su Zhe, we might not have been able to uncover their scheme so easily. I’ll go find the Dean right now," Jingting concluded.

Suizi felt that her senior sister was indeed a Lucky Star, with a bit of that husband-prospering aura.

Yu Jingting just happened to be present today and promptly prevented an academic disaster, also pulling what was about to deviate back onto the right track.

"Don’t go looking for the dean anymore," Yu Jingting held Suizi’s wrist.

Suizi’s brows furrowed, but she quickly realized what was happening.

Yu Jingting might appear rough, but he was definitely reliable when he needed to be careful.

As for what kind of person the dean was, Suizi did not know for the time being; what if this whole thing was instigated by the dean? Wouldn’t that be walking right into the line of fire?

Even if the dean was unaware, the person who wanted to steal Su Zhe’s credit must have plotted these schemes with a powerful backer; even if the dean wanted to intervene, they couldn’t suppress those higher up.

"Tell our dad, and then we don’t need to handle the rest," Yu Jingting said.

Suizi’s frown relaxed, and she sat back down, slowly pouring tea from the teapot.

"I was looking too far afield; with our dad here, I’m not afraid of the schemes they could come up with."

Fan Dad might not deal with this, but a word from him still carried weight.

"First, find out who did this, and get the details clear," Yu Jingting said after draining the tea in his cup and smiling confidently.

"Su Zhe is getting married, and it wouldn’t be nice for us not to give any gift at all. Cleaning house for him, making sure his efforts don’t get associated with the name of trash, can also count as a gift," he added.

If they didn’t play dirty tricks, they could leave their name on the G5 project. But for those who did shameful things, they couldn’t blame him for showing no mercy.

Let alone leaving a name, he wouldn’t even let them leave a single radical of a character!

Suizi looked at him with satisfaction; her man was becoming more and more stable.

She was just about to praise him when she thought that Su Zhe’s acquaintance with him was not a waste of good fortune for either of them.

"Wife, how about we eavesdrop on Su Zhe’s wedding night?" Yu Jingting changed his tone instantly after discussing serious matters.

"...???"

The domineering man from a second ago now had an expression that was beyond sleazy.

"We’ll time it just right. If it’s less than half an hour, how about we start hawking right below his window?"

"Sell... what?"

"Medicine, of course! The kind where you don’t pay if it doesn’t work. We’ll get some ginseng multiflora wine from Du Zhong, regardless if it’s seal penis or deer, tiger—whatever kind of penis, we’ll add as much as there are varieties, how does a friendly price of 118 a cup sound?"

Suizi was torn between laughter and tears; a friendly price? More like a friendship-ending price!

"You’re so mean... You better stay home and behave on the day, not allowed to go anywhere," Suizi shook her head, unable to bear his antics.

She decided to take back that saying about it being fortunate for Su Zhe to know him.

Whoever became friends with a troublemaker like Yu Jingting was in for a mixed bag of fortune and misfortune, joy and sorrow. Only they could truly understand the taste of that experience.

Having agreed on a plan, Suizi and her husband kept it a secret from Su Zhe.

They didn’t say a word, but they didn’t miss a single detail in their private scheming.

Half a month passed in a flash, and the "big gift" from Suizi and Yu Jingting was almost ready.

So at the school, Suizi asked seemingly casually.

"How are things going with Professor Su?"

"Pretty good, we’ve watched three movies in half a month. We’ve decided to get our marriage certificate tomorrow," Wang Cuihua replied.

"Three movies? Not bad. So when are you planning the engagement—wait, what did you just say?"

Suizi was shocked; had she just heard something outrageous?