I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 942: What Ai Ma Heard

Chapter 942: Chapter 942: What Ai Ma Heard

Fan Hui hemmed and hawed, trying to brush it off with a vague "it’s a delicate matter."

Unfortunately for him, he ran into Yu Jingting, who became quite spirited on the subject.

"Haven’t you always been incapable? You had problems even in your youth—my father heard all about it, lasting just three to five minutes."

With each word from Yu Jingting, Fan Hui’s face darkened a shade, while Suizi wore a look of astonishment on the sidelines.

Fan Hui didn’t bite, but that didn’t dampen Yu Jingting’s zeal.

"You never thought of getting it treated when you were young, so what’s got you so interested now that you’re older? Don’t tell me—you’re not that way anymore, are you?!"

This exaggerated tone of voice could truly infuriate someone to death.

"Which way?" Suizi chimed in, the couple engaging in a back-and-forth, much like a comedic cross-talk routine.

"There weren’t any women there for him to perform with, but what does that poem say? ’The wind reveals the sheep and cows when it blows the grass low’—you wouldn’t be doing anything with the sheep and cows—" Yu Jingting’s gaze started to drift downward.

Suizi followed the look; Fan Hui, enraged, used his hand to block their view, grinding his teeth:

"Don’t spout nonsense, I, haven’t, done it!"

"A double negative is an affirmative, you’ve admitted it. Now, if we follow this line of reasoning, you must’ve been unable to hold back, gone to the cattle pen—and gotten kicked by a cow! Chickens flying and eggs smashing, what a tragedy!"

Coming from Yu Jingting’s mouth, his words even sounded logical, the cause and effect all conjured up in his own mind, sounding as if they were the real deal.

Fan Hui was so angry that he couldn’t catch his breath and actually fainted.

Suizi, getting into the swing of things, pushed Yu Jingting angrily when she saw the man fainting.

"Couldn’t you hold off on your big moves until after he’s confessed? I still want to know what he’s really up to!"

Isn’t this kind of reaction that knocks someone out cold reminiscent of "to find out what happens next, stay tuned for the next episode" from story-telling?

Yu Jingting touched his nose, feeling a bit deflated; he hadn’t expected Fan Hui to be so weak that a few harsh words would make him pass out.

"Don’t be impatient, wife; watch as I make amends—just wait and see." Yu Jingting walked over to the mini-pond and scooped up water with a small bucket.

That one bucket of water nearly drained Liu Xi’s pond.

A bucketful of water dumped over Fan Hui’s head elicited from him a short, strangled sound, as if he were struggling to breathe, and it took him a long time to come around.

The chubby koi fish flapped its tail back and forth across his face.

"You’ve gone too far...." Fan Hui wiped the water from his face, looking absolutely wronged.

"So scaring Auntie Liu Xi by pretending to be a ghost isn’t going too far? Someone as faint-hearted as she is could have been scared to death by you!"

"It’s not like I intended to pretend to be a ghost from the start; I just wanted to scare her a little. But that... that wench, I had just come back when I saw her in the room with Fan Kun..."

Fan Hui clenched his fists; he had long known that Liu Xi had another man’s child, but knowing and seeing are two very different feelings.

"You saw it with your own eyes and you didn’t burst in to have a go at him? Although you definitely wouldn’t have won against Uncle Kun, since he’s broad and burly. In recent years, he’s even put on thirty pounds—his stomach is bigger than that of a pregnant woman’s, and with the fat on his belly alone, he could send you flying."

Yu Jingting really couldn’t understand Fan Hui’s spineless behaviour.

Caught in the act of adultery, you should be kicking down the door, getting in a fight, then finding a way to divorce her. Who cares about financial ties or arranged family marriages? Nothing is more important than a man’s pride. If you don’t fight now, when will you?

"Hold on—I feel like something’s not quite right here—" Yu Jingting was quick to think, and soon grasped that something else was afoot.

"Every time you come here, it’s not just to play ghost, is it? You’re actually here to watch a live show?!"

Yu Jingting figured, if Fan Hui was too scared to fight, then scaring people by pretending to be a ghost should involve a more thrilling method; it didn’t make sense for him to always be so careful, as if he feared being discovered by Auntie Liu Xi at any moment.

It was Liu Xi who was overly meticulous, noticing the slightest discrepancies and magnifying the sense of horror.

Suizi covered her mouth, oh my god, what had she heard?

Fan Hui’s expression told Yu Jingting that he understood it all.

"So, you really came over just to watch? Dude, is your head screwed on right? Feeling happy with a green hat on?" Yu Jingting simply didn’t know how to describe Fan Hui.

It’s just... ridiculously inhuman.

"I, I did it to treat my ailment. After I came back, my condition improved a lot," Fan Hui retorted, his face flushed.

At first, he was quite angry, but later he found it quite interesting to watch.

So he made a point of coming over to watch.

There were plenty of places in the Courtyard to hide, what with the artificial hill and all those broad-leaved trees.

He would always wait until the little lamp in the room was turned on and then squat by the wall, listening in.

Today, he thought it would be like any other day.

When the faint light came on, he thought it was Liu Xi’s little lamp.

He was even glad that she hadn’t drawn the curtains today, so he could watch closely without peeking between gaps.

Then, what he saw was a face covered with hair that looked like a "ghost face."

When Suizi was on the phone, Yu Jingting was joking around with her, draping all her long hair over her face and shaking a flashlight at her.

It scared the daylights out of Fan Hui, and he fell off the artificial hill.

That’s the whole story, and after hearing it, Suizi had only one reaction:

"You’re so shamelessly ridiculous, I honestly don’t know how to put it into words—Jingting, what do you think? How should we describe him?"

Even the eloquent Suizi was at a loss for words, and Fan Hui really was one of a kind.

"Like an ugly toad cosying up to a pretty frog, seeing your own wife with another man and you’re like a melon-skinned idiot climbing a tree, falling down and getting prodded by a chainsaw in the ass."

"...What do you mean?" Suizi unabashedly sought clarification. Indeed, that was the man she fancied, always up to date with the expressions!

"Green to the top, giving everyone an eye-opener. When I insult others, I talk about a small knife cutting the ass to open their eyes, but for something of your scale, a small knife wouldn’t be enough—it’s got to be a chainsaw."

Fan Hui held his face, not knowing whether he was angry or distressed.

Seeing him like this, Suizi felt no anger at all, and even felt a bit annoyed at his lack of competitive spirit.

"Why don’t you just take this opportunity to get a divorce? You’ll be free, Aunt Xi will be free, and later I’ll plead with my dad so you won’t have to go back to herding cattle. As long as you don’t stir up any more trouble, we won’t bother you."

Fan Hui looked at Suizi in disbelief, and Suizi let out a sigh.

"You plotted against us and hurt us, and we’ve sent you away for so many years. By comparison, it’s evened out now. As long as you agree to the divorce, I promise to stand by you at the Fan Family’s end, and no one would dare to oppose it."

Nowadays, Suizi and her husband had a say in the Fan Family’s affairs. Thanks to their own efforts, nobody would dare to touch her, even without Fan Huang’s backing.

Suizi thought this was the best time for a reconciliation. If Fan Hui could just step down gracefully, they could bring him back to teach after the divorce, preserving his dignity. Moreover, her father wouldn’t have to bear a reputation for mistreating his brother.

However, Fan Hui refused.

"I won’t divorce."

"???" Suizi and her husband both showed looks of disbelief.

Others might have a clear sky overhead, but he had an entire grassland, and he still wouldn’t divorce?

"Are you worried that a divorce will affect the alliance between the two families?"

"What’s that got to do with me? It’s not like the Fan Family’s money is all for me. If I get divorced, where would I look—I mean, what about my ailment? I can only get better by watching Liu Xi with other men."

Yu Jingting grabbed a bucket and dumped it over his head—he couldn’t stand it anymore; he didn’t want to see his face.

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