Translator: Cheese
Are we acquainted?
Spotting Ji Shaoheng coming closer, Su Tian grabbed the wildly thrashing You Pinyan and asked her to head to Liu Kaiyan’s house to call him over.
The sharp pain coming from her elbow made Su Tian’s temper short. Since matters have reached this point, she should completely settle things.
You Pinyan obediently ran out. She glanced at Ji Shaoheng’s look of admiration, muttered, “Lunatic,” and left to find Liu Kaiyan.
Chief Ji was watching the drama unfold from over his shoulder. After a few training sessions with him, He Qingwan’s skills were not the same as before, and she specially aimed for places that were excruciatingly painful when hit.
Chief Ji spectated with great relish, even having time to comment that this movement was well done, or that that stance was not correct. Hearing You Pinyan’s muttered words, he clicked his tongue. This girl was so unruly. Only Su Tian could tame her.
When he turned around again and saw Su Tian glance over, Ji Shaoheng rubbed his nose. With a cough, he donned a solemn expression and announced loudly, “A group fight? All of you want to take a trip with me to the police station, is that it?”
The murderous air around Chief Ji’s body was unveiled. Once his aura was released, everyone in the room felt their hearts go cold, and they looked over.
Chief Ji’s tall and strong figure stood at the door, almost completely blocking out the sunlight. He was dressed in his police uniform, and the shoulder cords1 and stars hanging from his suit dazzled their eyes.
The room instantly fell silent, leaving only Lin Xiuping’s howling.
She really was miserably beaten by He Qingwan this time.
He Qingwan glanced over at Ji Shaoheng. She bit her lower lip and tugged Su Tian closer to her. At the sight of the injury on her daughter’s arm, tears began to spill from her eyes again.
Lin Xiuping pounced in Ji Shaoheng’s direction. With tears and snot dribbling down her face, she jabbed a finger at He Qingwan:
“Comrade police, did you see? A whole group of people hitting me, a single person. Are there no laws anymore? Look… look… I’m all beaten up.”
He Qingwan hugged Su Tian, not even giving Ji Shaoheng a glance. But she didn’t need to open her mouth before the witnesses around them couldn’t sit still.
“We didn’t lay a hand on you.”
“Yeah, when did we hit you? We were trying to stop the fight.”
“That’s right! If we’d known this would happen, we wouldn’t have cared and just let you get slapped.”
“Right, right, look at us, do we look like the type to hit you?”
…
Lin Xiuping coughed up a mouthful of old blood. These people didn’t hit her, but did they think she didn’t see they were biased?
Before she could step up to argue, Ji Shaoheng stepped in, asking, “What happened? Who started it?”
In Ji Shaoheng’s heart, it was absolutely impossible for the perpetrator to be the sweet-tempered, lovely, and pitiful He Qingwan.
But as soon as this question was spoken, Lin Xiuping’s tail lifted up. She pointed at He Qingwan: “This slut started it!”
He Qingwan turned her head, eyes fixed on Lin Xiuping. She fiercely shot back, “Yes, I’m the one who moved first. And I’ll do it again next time.”
“You…!”
Just as Lin Xiuping wanted to scold her, she remembered that Ji Shaoheng was next to her and hurriedly urged, “Comprade police, did you see that? Hurry and arrest this slut…”
Ji Shaoheng raised a brow and looked back at He Qingwan in astonishment. She was really the one who hit first?
His wife was so gentle and warm. He didn’t expect her to have such a fiery temper.
He Qingwan gritted her teeth and refused to speak. Su Tian poked her head out to explain. “Uncle policeman, it’s that woman who stuck out her foot to trip me first. My mom hit first because I fell. If you don’t believe me, you can ask everyone here; they all saw it.”
As she spoke, she stretched out her arm to let Ji Shaoheng look at the injury on her elbow.
The shop’s customer’s immediately began to testify on Su Tian’s behalf.
Lin Xiuping snorted. She argued, “Don’t you police need evidence when handling a case? Where’s the evidence? Can’t I also say that they’re slandering me?”
How could that be done? This woman was too shameless. Were they so bored that they came over specifically to slander her?
The group of people instantly fell into another quarrel.
Ji Shaoheng felt a headache from the noise. He shouted, “Alright, everyone quiet down!”
The room finally became quiet again.
Lin Xiuping lifted her chin, looking proudly in He Qingwan’s direction. This time, she wanted this slut to also get a taste of being locked up by the police.
Recalling the humiliation from last time, her teeth ached with hatred, and her gaze fell on Su Tian’s face. Sooner or later, this little bitch wouldn’t be able to escape, either.
As soon as Lin Xiuping’s gaze stopped on Su Tian, she saw the girl suddenly curl the corners of her lips, smiling back at her.
Lin Xiuping’s heart skipped a beat. She suddenly remembered–last time, this little bitch had also smiled like this before telling her that the bracelet was worth 180,000.
Could it be that this time, too…
Just as she thought so, Su Tian spoke up in a soft voice. “Uncle policeman, I have evidence to prove that it was this woman who tripped me first, and then it was my mother who hit her.”
Ji Shaoheng had discovered it when he’d come in, but he just wanted to see how long this crazy woman could jump around and remained silent about it the entire time. When he heard Su Tian speak, he cooperatively asked, “What evidence?”
Su Tian pointed up to a black object hidden in a corner of the store. “Ever since the last counterfeit money incident, we installed surveillance cameras in our store. What happened just now can be clearly understood after checking the cameras.”
The complacent expression on Lin Xiuping’s face instantly froze and distorted. As someone who was highly educated, she naturally knew what surveillance cameras were, but these days they were only installed for important situations. How could a little dessert shop have surveillance cameras?!
The other guests were also befuddled. In this era, the concept of surveillance cameras hadn’t yet spread to small counties.
Someone in the crowd quietly explained, “It’s a video. The surveillance camera recorded everything that happened just now.”
Everyone became enlightened, and they turned their heads to look where Su Tian was pointing. Sure enough, there was a small camera there.
He Qingwan wiped away her tears. She let go of Su Tian and turned the monitor next to the cashier around. With the screen facing everyone, she switched to the monitoring interface and began to replay from when Lin Xiuping opened the door.
There was no sound, but the video recording was all they needed.
Everyone clearly saw–when Su Tian was walking past, Lin Xiuping stuck out her foot without any warning, right under Su Tian’s feet.
The timing was so precise that even if Su Tian had seen it, she couldn’t have avoided it.
He Qingwan gritted her teeth. She slowed down the video and played it again.
This time, not only could they see that Lin Xiuping had stretched out her foot, but they could even clearly discern the vicious and smug smile on Lin Xiuping’s face when Su Tian fell.
Lin Xiuping’s face was completely red, but she still attempted to defend herself. “That’s… I didn’t mean it. I’ll apologize to you, okay?”
Seeming to have found an excuse, she instantly regained her assertive air. “I tripped her on accident, but this woman definitely slapped me on purpose.”
He Qingwan was so angry that her hand gripping the mouse was shaking. She hated that she couldn’t go up and give her another slap.
The customers were also stunned by this woman’s shameless attitude. Honestly, they’ve seen shamelessness, but they’ve never seen shamelessness to this extent.
Lin Xiuping used to be a person with high self-esteem and cared greatly about her face, but since the last time she entered the police station, it was as though she’d been freed from her shackles, and her lower limit had plummeted infinitely.
Sometimes she would think about it and feel terrible, but things had already happened, so she simply smashed open the broken jar2 and became completely shameless.
Lin Xiuping: “Whatever, forget it, I won’t fuss over the matter of this woman hitting me. Just hurry up and let my son go. My son is a published manhua author now. Can you afford to have him work in your store?”
Lin Xiuping waited for a while, but found that no one in the room had responded. She followed everyone’s gazes. The door was already crowded with people watching the excitement. No one knew for long long Liu Kaiyan and You Pinyan had been watching.
Lin Xiuping hurried over. She gripped Liu Kaiyan’s arm and proudly introduced to everyone, “This is my son. You all know 《The Adventures of Kaka》, right? It was drawn by my son…”
Almost all the people in Luocheng knew about 《The Adventures of Kaka》, especially the customers who came to the dessert shop. Their children talked about Kaka so often their ears had grown calluses.
They didn’t expect that the author turned out to be the youth who frequently helped out at the dessert shop.
It was just that everyone looked at Liu Kaiyan with eyes of sympathy.
With such a mother, this child had really suffered.
Lin Xiuping eagerly looked over Liu Kaiyan. “Son, hurry and give the money to these two bitches. Let’s go home, hm?”
The computer screen was still playing the scene of Su Tian being tripped in an infinite loop. In his vision, Lin Xiuping’s smile kept growing bigger and bigger…
He almost threw up.
He used to only think that Lin Xiuping was crazy, fierce, and unreasonable, that apart from the almost cruel and twisted desire to control him, she was still a good person.
But now, the woman standing before him was so… so…
He wrenched his gaze away from the computer and swept over the injury on Su Tian’s arm.
Su Tian silently pulled down her sleeve to cover her bruise.
Liu Kaiyan blinked.
He didn’t understand. Lin Xiuping was already like this, but Tiantian was still so gentle and considerate of his feelings.
She had clearly lowered her sleeves because she didn’t want him to feel pressured.
Liu Kaiyan silently raised his arm and pulled free from Lin Xiuping’s grasp.
The excitement on Lin Xiuping’s face solidified.
Liu Kaiyan didn’t even look at her. He stared at nothing as he said, “Last time, I was too agitated and didn’t say it clearly. Since you’re here, I’ll say it again…”
Lin Xiuping’s lips moved. She called out, “Son…”
Liu Kaiyan: “I’m cutting ties with you. In the future, I won’t treat you as my parents, and you don’t need to treat me as your son either…”
Lin Xiuping screeched, “Impossible! You are my son, and the law doesn’t allow you to…”
“In accordance with the law, I will send you money on a regular basis. Other than that, there is no relationship between us.”
Lin Xiuping: “…!”
Liu Kaiyan didn’t even look at her. “Ms. Lin, please go back and make it clear with Mr. Liu. As for the 180,000, I will not pay a cent of it. Please pay back the money to Su Tian and her mother as soon as possible. Otherwise, you can wait for the court summons.”
Liu Kaiyan turned away and disappeared into the crowd.
At this moment, Ji Shaoheng stood up and waved to someone outside. “Come in.”
Several policemen walked in. It turns out that Chief Ji had called in his subordinates at some point.
Then, Chief Ji pointed at the dumbfounded Lin Xiuping and the teeth-gnashing He Qingwan. The corners of his mouth twitched in a faint smile, and he ordered, “Take these two ladies to the police station.”
You Pinyan’s eyes widened. “Hey, how did you become a policeman? Why are you taking Auntie He?”
Su Tian hurriedly pulled down the young miss. But He Qingwan was indifferent. She was just going, what was she afraid of?
Su Tian glanced at Ji Shaoheng, using her gaze to silently warn him to not mess around.
Ji Shaoheng gave her a reassuring look.
Lin Xiuping and He Qingwan was taken away.
Su Tian apologized to the customers in the shop. She announced that they would be closed today, and to please let everyone else know.
With such a big mess happening, everyone was understanding. They told her not to worry and left one after another.
It was only when You Pinyan was the only one left in the store that Su Tian rubbed her elbow and showed a pained expression.
You Pinyan stared at the injury on Su Tian’s arm with a wrinkled face. Those who didn’t know would have thought she was the one who was hurt.
“Tiantian, let’s go to the hospital?”
Su Tian laughed. Go to the hospital for this little injury?
She said, “Just rub it with safflower oil twice and it’ll be fine.”
Just as she was talking, a figure suddenly appeared at the door.
Su Tian looked up. It was that strange young man who called himself Yu Cai.
He seemed to have rushed over. His face was flushed red, his hat was blown askew by the wind, and his bangs were completely disheveled. It was an inexplicably cute look.
You Pinyan followed Su Tian’s line of sight and immediately reacted at the sight of the young man.
Heh, wasn’t this the weirdo who wanted to steal Tiantian away?
You Pinyan stomped out. One hand rested on her hips and the other leaned against the wall. She was the spitting image of a Big Sis.
She shouted, “Hey, stinky boy, what are you sneaking around for?”
Yu Cai didn’t give her a glance. He peered through the glass at Su Tian. Su Tian shot him a quick look before lowering her head, blowing at the wound on her arm.
Su Tian was very pale, so the bruise was even more prominent.
The young miss was extremely dissatisfied with the way Yu Cai was staring at Su Tian. She moved to block his gaze and said impatiently, “Go away, go away, don’t come and bother our Tiantian.”
Yu Cai opened up his backpack and took out a spray bottle. “This is medicine for wounds.”
You Pinyan’s eyes lit up. She reached out to take it, but the youth lifted it high up, startling her.
Yu Cai:: “You don’t know how to use it. I’ll bring it inside.”
You Pinyan’s eyes widened. “…!”
Shameless!
Su Tian overheard the conversation between the two. She looked up and said to You Pinyan, “Xiao Yan, come here. I’m fine, I don’t need medicine.”
Yu Cai: “In two days, the bruise will spread to your entire arm, and it won’t fade for at least a month…”
You Pinyan: “Fine, fine! Come in.”
Su Tian: “…”
The corner of Yu Cai’s lips twitched, and his entire body seemed to be glowing.
He walked in and approached Su Tian. After tossing his backpack onto a chair and squatting in front of Su Tian, he stared into her eyes as he asked, “Can I hold your arm?”
Su Tian didn’t answer. She stared at the spray medicine in his hand. “I’ve never seen that kind of medicine.”
Yu Cai: “It’s not on the market yet, but it’s already passed human trials. In general, there are no adverse side effects.”
Su Tian eyed him suspiciously.
The youth explained, “This is our laboratory’s new product. There will be no problems.”
Saying that, he sprayed the back of his hand several times and held it up to show Su Tian. “See, it can also be used on people with allergies.”
You Pinyan stood behind the youth with a displeased face, pouting her lips. Isn’t it just a spray? Is he saying she didn’t know how to use one?
Su Tian didn’t speak. Yu Cai’s eyes dimmed. “Are you worried? We’ve run a total of 50,000 human trials, and only three had adverse reactions to it.”
This ratio was already excellent data in terms of clinical trials.
Su Tian: “Okay.”
Yu Cai’s eyes instantly lit up again.
He reached out, but before it could touch Su Tian’s arm, he was beaten to it by another pair of hands.
You Pinyan shot him a proud look. “You spray, I’ll hold Tiantian.”
Yu Cai’s cheeks puffed up, but he didn’t speak and just silently sprayed Su Tian’s arm.
Su Tian shuddered. So cold, so numb. No wonder he asked to hold her arm.
Just when You Pinyan was about to let go, Yu Cai stopped her. “Wait a moment, there’s more.”
He placed the spray in his backpack and took out a plaster-like thing. He removed the film on the inner layer to reveal the watery jelly texture.
“Put this on too.”
He lowered his head and leaned in. His breath puffed against her skin.
Her arm was slender and pale.
What to do? He wanted to touch it.
If he touched it, would he be beaten by Tiantian?
No, must hold back. Wait until later.
Su Tian watched the youth’s ears quietly burn red. Then, the soft plaster was applied to her arm.
Yu Cai took a step back. He remained crouched down on the ground as he looked up at Su Tian like a big dog, asking, “What do Liu Kaiyan’s parents do?”
He had arrived earlier. At the sight of the injury on Su Tian’s arm, he didn’t have the time to greet her before running back to the guest house to retrieve his things.
He didn’t tell Su Tian what the medicine was for. Although it was overkill3 to use the medicine for a small injury like a bruise…
–it was for Tiantian.
Su Tian answered truthfully, “They are in charge of XX Institute’s branch in Luocheng. I’m not sure what their specific area of research is.”
The youth laughed. “What a coincidence. I’m from the same research institute.”
Once he went back, he’d transfer those two people to the border.
Yu Cai waited for a while. When Su Tian didn’t speak, You Pinyan impatiently drove him away. “Hurry up, you should leave now that you’re finished.”
Yu Cai ignored You Pinyan, his gaze fixed on Su Tian. “Is this considered getting acquainted with each other?”
Su Tian smiled, and under the youth’s expectant gaze, she answered, “Thank you for the medicine, but I don’t think we should have any further communication in the future.”
Since she had no interest in dating, she shouldn’t give the other person even a glimmer of hope.
Su Tian had always done exactly as she thought.
Yu Cai: “…”
[1] 肩上麦穗和星星: lit. ears of wheat + stars. My best guess is that 麦穗 is either referring to uniform cords (see example below)?
[2] 破罐子破摔: to write oneself off as hopeless and act recklessly. Lin Xiuping has already ruined her reputation and face by being shameless, so she’s going all in on the shamelessness.
[3] 大材小用: using a sledgehammer to crack a nut
Cheese: pretty much a 2-in-1 chapter *wiping sweat*
Cheese Translations 
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