The Male Lead’s Wife in the ’80s

The Male Lead’s Wife in the ’80s Chapter 30 – Did You Tell Your Sister-in-law? Did She Allow You to Go?

Chi Yunchen’s eyes darkened.

He had practiced kung fu before. After he transmigrated to another world, he rigorously trained himself every day!

He also acquired his supernatural power in the other world.

A few years ago, Granny brought Hu Yujiao home.

Back then, he disliked Hu Yujiao, and he wanted to send Hu Yujiao to Uncle’s house the following day.

But before he could act, he transmigrated.

After he transmigrated, his body was forcibly possessed by a resentful spirit. After two years, he transmigrated back and seized back his body!

But too much happened in two years. Hu Yujiao already completely settled down with his family. She already received everyone’s approval!

He wanted to chase Hu Yujiao out, but everyone rejected it! Granny and Mother even threatened that if he wanted to drive away Hu Yujiao, he had to drive them away together!

He had no choice but to let Hu Yujiao stay.

Later, when he married Su Man-er, he originally wanted to find an opportunity to return Hu Yujiao to Uncle’s house after the marriage. Who could have guessed that Hu Yujiao would strike against Su Man-er first?

Thanks to Su Man-er’s quick wits, she didn’t let Hu Yujiao get her way. Otherwise, he wouldn’t know how to explain to Su Man-er and her maiden family.

Once he broke away from his train of thought, he looked at Su Man-er and nonchalantly said, “I have trained kung fu before. When I was attending school, I secretly trained. What about you? It seems like you also have practiced kung fu before based on how you brandished your knife. Where did you practice?”

Su Man-er, “…” She didn’t expect that he would counter with the same question.

Whether he trained secretly or out in the open, this was inconsistent with his character persona in the novel.

Could it be that he really was a transmigrator?

“Why aren’t you answering? En?” Chi Yunchen’s voice deepened. He locked eyes with Su Man-er.

She lightly coughed and quickly averted her eyes. “I also trained secretly. I thought how could a beautiful woman like me do without learning some self-defense? It would be bad if I met bad people someday. So for my own safety, I secretly learned self-defense.”

“Really? With whom? When?” he tenaciously asked.

“I’m self-taught. I bought a manual with pictures.1 I slowly learned by myself. I only started learning it in the past two years. If I learned it earlier, I would be more skilled.”

Chi Yunchen, “…” He didn’t ask further. He only locked eyes with her.

Her expression was sincere, and it seemed like she was telling the truth.

But his intuition told him that she was lying.

“Let’s stop talking about that. I’m going to find Sister-in-law. When I go shopping in town tomorrow, I want to ask Sister-in-law to accompany me,” Su Man-er said, getting up to leave.

Chi Yunchen’s eyes were serene. As he looked at her back, gloom flashed through his eyes.

…

The next day.

Su Man-er, Chi Yunchen, and Hong Yashan got up early.

After a simple breakfast, the three set off for town.

On the road, Chi Yunchen carried mushrooms on his back and luggage in his hands.

After walking for a while, he turned to look at Su Man-er and said, “You are not allowed to go to the mountain when I am not at home!”

It was not a discussion, rather it was an order.

He knew that after gathering mushrooms and a pheasant on the mountain, she might be greedy for more game.

So he knew she might want to go up the mountain again.

However, the mountain was dangerous. He didn’t want her to endanger herself going up the mountain alone.

Moreover, Chi Yunhao looked at her suspiciously yesterday.

If she went up the mountain alone and Chi Yunhao followed her, the consequences might be unthinkable.

After a pause, he said, “Don’t go to the village alone. If you want to go anywhere, you need to call your sister-in-law, Yunbo, or the others. Someone must accompany you!”

Su Man-er, “…”

Did he treat her as a useless person? She even needed company to go to the village?

She glanced at him, speechless. She indifferently replied, “Won’t this be troublesome for Sister-in-law, Yunbo, and the others? What’s the matter? Are you afraid that I’ll run into danger or are you afraid that someone will act unpleasantly towards me? Don’t worry, no one dares to attack me.”

Didn’t she tell him yesterday? She knew self-defense.

Since she knew self-defense, what was he worried about?

“It’s not troublesome. As long as I’m at home, don’t hesitate to call me if you want to go out. It’s not bothersome at all,” Hong Yashan quickly said, smiling at Su Man-er.

Su Man-er, “…” This sister-in-law was really straightforward.

“Sister-in-law, I’ll trouble you,” Chi Yunchen said, looking at Hong Yashan.

Hong Yashan nodded. “En, I understand. We’ll take good care of Man-er.”

Su Man-er held her forehead.

Did he really treat her as a useless person? Or did he treat her like a three-year-old? Did she need to be taken care of?

She wanted to say something, but Chi Yunchen suddenly reached into her pocket.

He quickly put something into her pocket.

Su Man-er reached out and touched some money.

She took it out and used a flashlight to look at it. It was the fifty yuan from yesterday.

She was dumbfounded. “Why did you return the money to me? Didn’t I say to spend it yourself? You don’t have a cent on you. It’s difficult to live in the county town. You’d better take it.”

As she spoke, she wanted to return the money.

He gazed at her. “Keep it safe!”

His voice became stone-cold and deep, making his words seem like a command.

Su Man-er, “…” Because of his voice, she couldn’t help but stop.

He looked at her profoundly and said, “I’ll try to give you more money when I return. Anyway, you’re not allowed to go to the mountain again!”

So he was afraid that she would hunt for game on the mountain to make money; thus, he insisted on giving her the money?

She wasn’t sure how she felt. It seemed…she was a little moved?

She clutched the money and didn’t speak anymore. She just walked by his side silently.

…

When the three arrived in town, the sunlight filled the sky.

Chi Yunchen carried the mushrooms to the vegetable market. He glanced around to look for a decent stall. As he put down his basket, he looked at Su Man-er and said, “Do you remember what I said earlier?”

Su Man-er put the rabbits on the ground.

She looked up at him. “I remember. I know.”

She remembered, but it was up to her to decide whether she would comply.

“En,” Chi Yunchen simply responded with one word. He stood up, looked askance at Su Man-er, and said, “I’m going.” He turned and strode away.

Su Man-er looked at his tall and straight back. She knitted her brows. Suddenly, a strange feeling welled up in her heart.

It seemed like…she was reluctant to part with him?

She lowered her eyes and examined the money he gave her.

He gave her all his money. How would he go to the county town? Could it be that he was going to walk there? The county town was still far from here. If he walked, he had to walk until the afternoon, right?

After passing through several lanes, Chi Yunchen got in a car in front of an old house.

After getting in the car, he put his luggage on the back seat, proceeding to look straight ahead.

A handsome man, who was about Chi Yunchen’s age, sat in the driver’s seat.

As the man started the car, he inquired, “How does it feel to get married? Isn’t it great?”

Chi Yunchen recalled the recent events. He frowned and didn’t reply.

The man glanced at him and returned his eyes to the road, “What’s the matter? Seeing you like this, it seems like you’re not happy? Tsk, tsk, you’re unhappy even though you got married? What’s the matter with you?”

Chi Yunchen, “…” He remained silent, pursing his lips.

Chi Yunchen’s silence did not make the man lose interest.

After a pause, the man said, “Did you tell Sister-in-law? Did you tell her what we’re going to do? Did she allow you to go?”

Footnotes

The type of book Su Man-er is talking about looks like this. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/ArrestOfOrchid01R.jpeg History of this type of book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lianhuanhua