Fan Hua might be a big buffoon, but it didn’t mean he was without any cunning.
Now that he had no one he could use, the only one he could think of to manipulate was Yu Jingting, this "naïve rube" from the countryside without any background.
But he didn’t entirely trust Yu Jingting.
So, he came up with a malicious plan.
He asked Yu Jingting to deal with the Principal who had a feud with him. This way, he could both take revenge on the Principal for cuckoldry and gain leverage over Yu Jingting.
If Yu Jingting refused, he would never earn Fan Hua’s trust again.
The plan that Suizi had previously set up with Chen Lijun could no longer be used.
But if Yu Jingting agreed, it would go against Suizi’s principles.
From the first day of her rebirth, Suizi had vowed that no matter how far Yu Jingting could go in the future, their business must be kept clean.
If they were to have blood on their hands, they would never be clean again. It was something Suizi absolutely didn’t want to see.
Just as she was worrying about what to do, she heard Yu Jingting readily agreed from inside.
"Alright, I’ll handle this matter for you. Remember your promise."
Did he agree?
Suizi’s heart clenched tight, everything went black in her vision.
Could he truly be lost in power and become a blood-stained executioner?
The image of him being taken away in handcuffs, and her, holding their two children, crying and chasing after the car, instantly flashed across her mind.
It was too miserable.
Suizi let her imagination run wild and even envisioned him becoming a prison tyrant and her bringing him steamed buns.
The thought of their two children calling him ’Dad’ through iron bars made her heart ache.
Fan Hua seemed very satisfied with his answer, telling Yu Jingting to get it done within two days, and to come back to find him afterwards.
At that time, Yu Jingting would truly become the department head, the Factory Director’s most trusted confidant.
Yu Jingting came out of the ward and didn’t see Suizi, so he hurriedly went to find her.
Suizi was at the hospital entrance, her head was bowed, as if she were looking for something.
"What are you looking for?"
"Looking for the conscience you lost."
"Pfft!"
Yu Jingting chuckled at her jest.
He pulled her in, wanting to give her a kiss, but was disdainfully pushed away by Suizi.
"Look at you, all full of righteousness. If I’ve lost my conscience, would you still follow me?"
"Then why did you agree to him?"
"If I didn’t agree, how could we continue living here?"
"You’re not really going to do what he said, are you?" Suizi sniffed. She felt like she was about to cry again.
She had tried so hard for so long, instilling positive energy into him every day, hoping to guide him onto the right path.
But someone offered him a department head position and he was bought over.
"Instead of looking down for my conscience, look for your lost intelligence - ’Three years of pregnancy diminishes intelligence’?" Yu Jingting patted her belly gently, "When these two little ones come out, I’ll scold them. It’s all their fault, they’ve made you dull."
Only then did Suizi manage to crack a smile.
"Actually, I do trust you."
"Heh." He didn’t believe her!!!!!
This little maiden was just lowering her head, but she wasn’t looking for his conscience, she was probably looking for a brick to hit him, right?
Based on his understanding of her, if he really dared to break the law, she could kill him with a brick!
It was only after hearing that he had no such intention that she started to play nice and act virtuous again, don’t think he didn’t know!
"Jingting, what are you planning to do?" After hearing from him that he had no intention of being someone’s hit man, Suizi suddenly sounded all sweet and polite.
Yu Jingting merely grunted, clearly not easy to appease. Suizi tried to win him over by being affectionate and soft, and reluctantly managed to calm him down.
Yu Jingting hooked his fingers, beckoning Suizi to lean in, adopting the appearance of an obedient child.
"Ah!" Yu Jingting raised his voice.
Suizi’s ears rang from his loud shout.
"Hahaha!" The man with a successful prank laughs with his hands on his hips, making Suizi angry enough to swing at him.
Yu Jingting, who successfully teased Suizi, was in a great mood, not feeling the sense of impending doom hanging over his head at all.
Suizi, after his antics, managed to relax her previously nervous emotions.
Yu Jingting had this ability to adjust Suizi’s mood when he was around. With him there, it seemed like no problem mattered.
"Do you already have a plan?" asks Suizi.
"That will have to depend on your idea, my empress," Yu Jingting pinched her nose playfully.
She had made a solemn oath to be his strategist.
At this point, Suizi grew calmer and began to think more clearly, ceasing her thoughts about the prison-like situation she was in.
She thought for a while and came up with a solution.
"We should do this." She leaned into his ear and explained it to him.
This plan could stir things up, inevitably attracting the attention of the Fan family. However, they didn’t have time to worry about that.
"Alright, let’s do it."
"You don’t seem surprised at all - you’ve thought of this before, haven’t you?"
Suizi watched him, noticing his cheery demeanor, and it dawned on her.
The course of action she suggested, he probably came up with it back when he agreed with Fan Hua.
The insights she provided for the Medicine Factory, he could extrapolite much further. Yu Jingting was more profound than his appearance suggested.
"Doesn’t that indicate our minds are in sync?"
Yu Jingting smirked and grabbed her hand, leading their way home.
Warmth swelled in Suizi’s heart.
Going home was her lifelong aspiration. No matter the hardships along the way, they would never deter her desire to reunite her family.
Perhaps it was because she had a kindred spirit, making the path of slaying demons seem not so painful.
Yu Jingting was her kindred spirit....
"Wife, I’m going to be an official soon, shouldn’t we celebrate?"
"Hmm, once the matter with the Principal has been resolved, I will stew some ribs for you."
"No, no, eating is too mundane, our family has moved beyond the mundane."
"Oh? Then what would be considered non-mundane?" Suizi was curious.
"Why don’t you discuss poetry and songs with me in our storeroom? I’ve noticed our storeroom has a pleasant fruity aroma, and it’s perfectly dark when the door is closed - the atmosphere is exceptional- why are you biting me!!!"
This kindred spirit was great in every way, just a bit naughty. Suizi was biting him while soothing herself, after all, nobody’s perfect, right?
A man like him who is intellectually outstanding, physically excess and full of mischief needs to be firmly in her grasp, to prevent troubling other maidens.
With this thought, Suizi felt an even greater sense of responsibility and a heavy burden.
The Principal had been spending sleepless nights recently. His wife was away on a work trip and the matter between him and Fan Hua’s wife had not been exposed.
Whenever he closed his eyes, he would see images of Fan Hua seeking revenge, frightening him into locking himself inside his house, not daring to venture out.
If he had known the matter would escalate to this point, he would not have been so reckless. What was he thinking?
But where could one find regret medicine in this world? At this point, he could only live in constant fear, praying at home for his safety, hoping to survive this calamity.
The Principal didn’t dare to turn on the lights, lying on his bed sleepless.
The moonlight shone through the lattice window into the room, casting a man’s silhouette on the window- A MAN!!
The Principal, scared out of his wits, sat up instantly, shivering under his blanket.
A man was standing outside the window, looking as if he was carrying an axe on his shoulder...
Knock, knock, knock, rhythmic knocking sounds from the door echoed like a death knell.