I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 1025: Yu Tiegen, Look at the Mess You’ve Made!

Chapter 1025: Chapter 1025: Yu Tiegen, Look at the Mess You’ve Made!

"It has nothing to do with the stone, even without it, I would have made the same decision."

Yu Jingting viewed things from a business perspective and considered having an upright competitor like Zhang De much better than that idiot, Zhang Zheng.

Zhang Zheng, who always had his eye on someone else’s wife, what kind of man was he?

Suizi nodded in agreement. She also felt that way, that Zhang Zheng, who dared slander her man, was her enemy now.

Yu Jingting had determined that, compared to Zhang Zheng, Zhang De’s character was more upright. Until the Hu Family completely pulled out of the border jade business, the two families were always competitors.

"Jinnan, how do you think Zhang De compares to his father as a person?" Suizi asked.

"His abilities are comparable to his father’s, but he is more upright than his dad."

That Jinnan would give such an assessment showed that Zhang De truly had some skills.

Suizi understood Jinnan; she definitely would not affirm Zhang De’s abilities solely because he let her win in the arena.

This also explained why, after Zhang De showed clear intentions of pursuit, Jinnan didn’t show an overt dislike. As a gang leader, she still had a sense of loyalty—Suizi thought of this and suddenly felt a bit of sympathy for Zhang De.

It was bad luck for him to fancy Jinnan.

The wise do not fall in love, focusing instead on building a prosperous nation—that’s someone like Jinnan who holds a greater love in her heart.

The reason Jinnan had forged such a profound bond with Suizi and her husband was not due to blood relations but her genuine desire to legitimize the gang and settle down those who lived by the knife. A person who devoted herself to the welfare of everyone rarely concentrated her affections on one individual.

"That’s a bit strange..." Suizi muttered to herself.

With such high praise from Jinnan, it didn’t make sense for her not to remember such a person.

In the future, it was Zhang Zheng, whom Suizi and her husband disapproved of, who truly made a name for himself.

In a previous life, when Suizi had come to the border, it was already the domain of the Fourth Master alone. The locals had only briefly mentioned those violent Jianghu affairs.

They said the Fourth Master had turned the tide and swept away all competitors.

Back then, the Zhang Family had fallen into obscurity, casually lumped in with the competitors and hardly mentioned by anyone.

But Suizi thought, given that Zhang De had such a cunning way of doing things at just over thirty, seeing him as more capable than his brother, how could he have been so easily swallowed up by the tide of the times?

The only explanation...

"He couldn’t be short-lived, could he?" Suizi blurted out.

"How do you know he looks like someone short-lived?" asked Jinnan.

"Uh, maybe, it was ’calculated’ by my mother-in-law?" Suizi tossed the blame to her fortune-teller mother-in-law.

"My sister-in-law did a divination for me last time, and it was accurate." Jinnan believed in these things; people in Jianghu all did.

Yu Jingting joked, "If he really is short-lived, you really should consider marrying him. Think about it, if he dies prematurely, the Zhang Family would fall into your hands. Then, my wife’s plans can be implemented ahead of schedule."

Jinnan shook her head.

"How could I do that? Hoping for someone’s early death?"

"Why not? Take a look at his family, such a mess, all smoky and chaotic. His old man has so many illegitimate children, all dependent on him. If he dies, even his mother will be kicked out to sleep on the curb. If you marry into his family and he dies, you’d still take care of his family. Isn’t that a good deed?"

"Hmm... there’s some logic to that." Jinnan stroked her chin.

Suizi was speechless.

"You two aren’t serious, are you?!"

She just said it casually, how come he took it seriously?

"My dad has been calling and cursing me these past few days, urging me to come home. He even sent a bunch of young boys over, pushing me to hurry up and have kids, very annoying."

Jinnan was lured by Suizi’s husband and wife to be Hu Family’s adopted maiden, forming an alliance between the two families. She had the Hu Family thriving, completely ignoring her own dad’s shady business.

The old man Yu was so angry that he cursed at home every day. With no way to scold Jinnan, he started stuffing people into her room, not caring who the child’s father was, as long as she bore an heir.

"Pfft, big sister head honcho also has the troubles of being pressured to have kids?" Suizi chuckled.

Jinnan nodded seriously. How could she not? It’s really annoying.

"If Zhang De doesn’t mind me pursuing a ’keeper after the father leaves’ scenario, it might be worth considering doing a deal with him. Suizi, how much more do you need to start up your plan?" Jinnan really did treat marriage like a business transaction.

"Uh, still short by more than four million I guess."

"Not sure if Zhang De’s got enough, but I’ll talk to him tomorrow."

"Marriage is a serious matter, you should consider it carefully; it’s really not a business deal. You can’t just have his kid and clean up his mess for him."

"Right, it’s not that simple. He’ll also invest in our business, and I’ll arrange for his family’s well-being." Jinnan was especially serious.

Suizi rubbed her temples.

My goodness, what’s going on with that brain of hers? Really want to sing ’Love is Not for Sale’ to her. Love isn’t something you can just buy whenever you want!

You can talk about business with Jinnan, about brotherhood and camaraderie, about Jianghu, about everything.

But you can’t talk about love with her; even if you did, she wouldn’t understand.

That scoundrel Yu Jingting was still fanning the flames on the side.

"Exactly, you tell him to put in money as an investment. Later, we’ll each mind our own business. If his dad and our old man are fighting, our generation can live in harmony and make money together. When he kicks the bucket, I’ll definitely burn more money for him, ensuring he can still be a big shot over there!"

"Yu Tiegen, have you no conscience at all? Could you say less!" Suizi snapped at him. Was this guy intent on stirring up trouble?

His joke, Jinnan was taking it all seriously! Suizi seriously suspected she might marry just for the sake of business.

"Jinnan, he’s joking with you. This fortune-telling stuff, it’s all metaphysics, none of it is necessarily accurate. What if Zhang De lives a long life? Then you’d really lose out, wouldn’t you?"

Others get married aiming for a lifelong union, but for Jinnan, a short-lived husband is preferred.

"Hmm, it would be somewhat troublesome if he doesn’t die, but if he’s willing to sign a contract with me, letting me have the child and agree to ’keeper after the father leaves,’ that could also be considered. I’ve looked around, and I haven’t really seen any other appealing potential fathers; those guys are just too frail."

When Jinnan competed in the arena, she paid special attention all around, thinking that if she kicked the bucket someday, there had to be someone to inherit her legacy and continue to lead her brothers on the right path, living a good life.

Upon comparing sideways, she really didn’t fancy any of the men; only Zhang De seemed somewhat decent. Of course, the short lifespan that Suizi mentioned was a big plus.

"..." Suizi was at a loss for words, so she just stomped on Jingting’s foot, "The mess you created, you clear it up yourself!"

"How is this creating a mess? What if I actually end up making a good match, that would be a deed of merit," Jingting didn’t think he had done anything wrong.

Suizi didn’t know Jinnan’s situation, but he did know a bit.

Now, it wasn’t just Jinnan’s dad pressuring her to have kids, but Old Master Hu was also rushing his adopted maiden to get on with it.

Both sides were sending men to Jinnan as if it were a competition. In Jinnan’s own words, the lot of them were subpar, like pigs fattened on feed from Jingting’s agency!

Zhang De, despite a somewhat sensitive identity, was at least tall and imposing and human-looking, and his family owned mines. Wasn’t that better than those fed on pig feed?

Plus, he was bringing a huge dowry. If they could win over Zhang De, Suizi’s plan could be realized years earlier.

If Zhang De was taken care of, then Zhang Zheng wouldn’t bother Jingting and his wife anymore. It was a win-win situation, so why not do it?