I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 970 Be Grateful for Fewer Favors

Chapter 970: Chapter 970 Be Grateful for Fewer Favors

"You had me sent to the Working School before."

"Because that wasn’t you, not the son I raised single-handedly. Now that you have come back, I see no reason to give up on you."

"I’m not perfect, not as smart as your own biological son, not as morally good as the child you’ve recently adopted. Me, with all my faults, you still don’t want to give up on?"

Chen Tong thought she would feel relieved once he left.

Before his return, Suizi had even steeled her heart to make him change paths, enrolling him in a soccer class, not wanting him to continue down his past life’s road, sending him to the Working School, clearly wanting to sever all ties with him.

"With your current family status, there’s no need to live like before, picking through trash, randomly picking up garbage kids from the streets. You can choose many good children like Dongdong. Why cling to me?"

These words were not really for Suizi but more like Chen Tong speaking to himself.

Suizi didn’t answer him, only saying:

"Wait for me a moment, I have a gift for you."

Suizi turned around and saw Yu Jingting smoking. She nodded at him, a signal to help keep an eye on Chen Tong, to prevent him from leaving.

Suizi went inside to fetch something.

Chen Tong wanted to leave.

"Coward." Yu Jingting’s languid voice rose from behind.

Chen Tong’s steps stiffened, then he quickened his pace.

"You have the guts to make her cry but not the guts to face her?"

"I didn’t!" Chen Tong, provoked, turned around and shouted emotionally.

Yu Jingting slowly took a drag from his cigarette, blowing a smoke ring in his direction.

"Coward."

Chen Tong stood still, fists clenched, eyes red as he glared at Yu Jingting.

Suizi ran out of the Study Room, a book in her hand.

"For you!"

Chen Tong didn’t take it, squinting at it.

The brown paper cover, hand-bound, with two bold characters written in brush calligraphy on it: Criminal Law.

The handwriting was clear and powerful, obviously done by Suizi herself.

Chen Tong fumed.

"Your gift is... ’Criminal Law’?!"

"This isn’t just any Criminal Law, it’s one I wrote by hand, one of a kind in the world, look!"

Suizi opened the gift she had painstakingly "liver" spent half the night on. Inside, it was actually a calligraphy practice book.

"From now on, you’ll copy this every day. While you practice your writing, you can also cultivate your mind. There are too many laws, so I could only copy the first part for you. Once you finish this book, I’ll write the next one for you."

"Pfft, hahaha!" Yu Jingting couldn’t contain his amusement, even thinking of going inside to grab a camera to capture Chen Tong’s facial expression upon seeing the gift—this frozen frame could be a famous painting in the world.

"You don’t need to laugh; you need to copy too. I’ve also prepared a copy for you."

"Ha—what?!" Why was there a copy for him? Yu Jingting could no longer laugh.

"In our family, you two are the ones most likely to become lawless thugs. And both of you have the worst handwriting, so naturally, you need the practice."

Seeing Yu Jingting deflate, Chen Tong felt inexplicably at ease.

"I’m not writing it, I’m too busy." Yu Jingting threw his cigarette away and was about to run. It’s one thing to enjoy others’ drama, but it’s quite another to be the subject of it.

"Coward." Chen Tong threw the words back at Yu Jingting with a refreshed spirit—satisfying!

"As an elder, you should lead by example." Suizi said earnestly to Yu Jingting, "Parents are their children’s best teachers, and potentially their worst."

With a single sentence, Suizi managed to emotionally stir both Yu Jingting and Chen Tong.

Yu Jingting: He chose to be the worst. Thank you.

Chen Tong: Who’s his son? Pah!

The two men looked at each other, then quickly diverted their faces, feeling just one glance was enough to jinx each other, fostering mutual animosity. They were the very embodiment of detestability towards one another.

Yu Jingting drove Chen Tong home, with Chen Tong remaining silent throughout the journey.

He was reflecting on the moment he had just fainted and seen. Last night, he had the same dream where a crowd of assistants were calling out to him.

There was also a brief moment of dizziness in the Bathhouse when bathing with Yu Jingting, that annoying man. The circumstances were exactly the same.

He could clearly sense that his return depended on his choices and will.

Chen Tong fell into deep contemplation.

The words of Suizi had a significant impact on him. She said she wouldn’t give up on any child, including him, which was why she had given him a criminal law book.

He understood her intention.

Only by adhering to rules could the world become more expansive and the path more stable.

Yu Jingting was a bothersome fellow indeed, but when dealing with outsiders, he still had an authoritative air about him.

Chen Tong glanced at Yu Jingting, who was driving. The wounds from the belt lashes inflicted by this annoying man still ached, yet his impression of Yu Jingting had already changed.

Upon introspection, if he were in Yu Jingting’s place, he was sure that he could never go this far, to fully accept even the children he disliked.

"Even though you helped me today, I still don’t like you," Chen Tong suddenly said as they neared his house.

"Oh, thanks for that. The feeling is mutual," replied Yu Jingting, parking the car with an air of disinterest, unfazed by Chen Tong’s attempt to provoke.

"Yu Jingting, aren’t you afraid I’ll compete with you?"

"Pfft, do whatever you want," said Yu Jingting as he pulled a bottle out of his pocket and knocked it against Chen Tong’s head.

Chen Tong caught it. A bottle of medicine?

"Remember to apply medicine on your wounds. And don’t forget to copy the criminal law when you get back; don’t blame me for not reminding you. If you don’t, my wife is bound to nag."

"Yu Jingting!" Chen Tong called out to him, voicing the question that was troubling his heart.

"Spit it out!"

"What does it mean to truly be good to someone?" This question had been troubling Chen Tong for quite some time.

"Didn’t I already tell you? The less of what you think is ’for your own good,’ the better off everyone is. I’m not going to bicker with you anymore; I still need to hurry back and talk about life, dreams, and the state of the nation with my wife."

"...You, with your mind full of tadpoles – talk about life? What nonsense." Chen Tong thought that if he believed Yu Jingting’s nonsense, he would be a fool.

"Knowing that and still wasting my time with your crap. Hurry up and get back to practicing your writing," Yu Jingting said, kicking Chen Tong out of the car. He floored the accelerator and left, joyfully whistling away.

When Yu Jingting got home, Suizi was in the Study Room, meticulously copying the criminal law, apparently in a rush to finish the second set of character practice sheets.

"Wife, it’s late. Don’t ruin your eyes; let’s go back to sleep," Yu Jingting said as he approached her from behind, his hands roving.

The word "sleep" in his vocabulary was always a verb.

"Wait a bit. You find a book to read first. I’ll write for another half hour."

"Why waste time on this? Do you think copying the criminal law twice will correct his mentality?"

With that time, having a discussion about the origin of life, sweating together, and improving physical health wouldn’t be better?

"Of course copying character sheets can’t change him. I just want him to understand our attitude as parents."

Yu Jingting rolled his eyes and grabbed the alarm clock, setting a timer for half an hour.

"You have half an hour. Once it’s up, I’m pulling the covers over, and that’s it. No love!"

Nothing could get in the way of his plans!

Suizi had a book on the table; Yu Jingting took one look at the cover and was invigorated. Hey, not bad!

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