Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 157: Brother-in-law is the Ex 57_1

Chapter 157: Chapter 157: Brother-in-law is the Ex 57_1

Xia Ke was stunned and after a long while, he blurts out, "She’s gone mad."

"Isn’t she part of the public-private mixed system?"

"Hasn’t she been working there for many years?"

Xia Ke really couldn’t understand, "Why do I feel like she’s just a big fool."

Besides a fool, he didn’t know how else to describe her.

"She’s not a fool, but she’s used to being willful. In her family, whether it’s the Huang family or the Zhang family, she always demands to be the best, to play the boss."

"But at the unit, what does it matter if her dad is Huang Lixin?" Even if they are staff without permanent positions, how many of them don’t have their own backings?

Everyone has their own backing, so why would they listen to her? Even if someone is a leader, they can’t be too overbearing, not to mention that Huang Lei is not a leader, and her ability to handle matters is mediocre.

"Then your dad must be having a tough time." Xia Ke could imagine how difficult it was for Huang Lixin.

"Tough?" Huang Jing thought for a moment and shook her head, "Had it been before, he probably wouldn’t have found it troublesome, because no matter what, that’s his daughter."

"And now?" Xia Ke sensed the implication in Huang Jing’s words.

"Now he’s probably worried about the expenses for Huang Lei studying abroad. The tuition fees for studying abroad, plus living expenses, are not cheap."

"If she doesn’t want to apply for studying abroad through IELTS scores, it will likely cost even more," said Huang Jing, knowing that Xia Ke wouldn’t talk about it to others.

Studying abroad without taking the IELTS? "Isn’t she an adult?" Only children who go abroad to attend primary school or the like might not need to do that.

"Well, you know, sometimes when the money is in place, everything else falls into place," Huang Jing said with a hint of subtlety.

It’s not that she was being secretive; she just didn’t know how such channels operated. She only knew they existed, but such channels would cost a lot of money.

For children from wealthy families, this is not an issue at all, but for Huang Lei, for the Huang family, it’s not a small amount of money.

Xia Ke had not expected Huang Lei to have this idea, "Without the IELTS, even if she gets there, she won’t understand the teachers’ lectures, so how will she get a diploma?"

Seeing Xia Ke still puzzled, Huang Jing could only say that even though Xia Ke had been working for several years, she was still naïve, and perhaps it also had to do with the fact that she had never thought of relying on anyone.

"The old man’s interest is not in the wine; if she really needed to study to live a better life, she would have started trying hard back in middle school."

At this point in the conversation, Xia Ke understood the implication and shook her head helplessly, "Is it really easy to get into a wealthy family?"

"How would you know if you’ve never been in a wealthy family?"

"We feel that living a hand-to-mouth life is hard, so we think about earning our own money through hard work."

"But she thinks that’s good, don’t wage workers have to endure scolding too?"

"Those who marry into a wealthy family may get scolded too, but at least it’s more relaxing, and she thinks she can easily deal with her in-laws."

Huang Lei is someone who has a lot of confidence in herself, believing that everything is possible.

As for the original host, she lacked confidence in herself in various ways, so she didn’t want to attract attention, including at work,

After Huang Jing arrived, there might not have been a major change, but at least some changes were evident. Although everyone was a bit surprised, they didn’t find it strange.

Even the colleagues who were in the same team as Huang Jing, who had been working together for many years, knew what Huang Jing was capable of.

As for her not being as low-key as before, everyone thought it might have to do with her breakup; they knew how good Huang Jing had been to her boyfriend.

No one expected them to break up. They had been college sweethearts, and just recently they went to Huang Jing’s home to discuss the marriage.

Anyone who was about to get married and then suddenly turns around to hear their partner say they don’t want to get married would not be able to withstand such a blow.

Putting all one’s experiences and efforts into work is not a problem either; they say that when one fails in love, one excels at work.

Huang Jing felt that she was at her best now. Maybe some people would think she had become too rational, but she believed that it was better for a woman to be rational, lest she be bullied at every turn.

"What’s wrong?" Huang Jing looked at Xia Ke, indicating whether there was a problem.

Xia Ke smiled and shook her head, "No, nothing. I just think that you’ve become much stronger now than before."

Huang Jing smiled helplessly, "Everyone wishes they could be as capricious as they want, but not everyone is that fortunate."

"Actually, I am quite envious of Huang Lei." She took a sip of the coffee in her hand, "She didn’t want to get married, so she simply aborted the baby and then proposed to study abroad."

"Even though my dad verbally disapproves, calling her thoughtless and ignorant, he immediately asked me about going abroad."

"Isn’t he asking you how to choose?" Xia Ke remembered Huang Jing had just said that.

"Yes, he was asking me if I should send Huang Lei abroad for studies. I can say this, if he really didn’t have this idea, he would never bring it up," Huang Jing finished the last sip of coffee in her cup.

"But since he mentioned it, it shows his intentions, meaning he also hopes that Huang Lei can go abroad."

"If I had agreed to study abroad yesterday, surely he would have said there wasn’t enough money and asked if I could contribute a part, or treat it as a loan from them."

"Later, I sent them a message saying that the company had a welfare housing offer and I planned on buying a house."

"You’re saying now?" Xia Ke remembered Huang Jing had mentioned she would only talk to the Huang family about buying the house once everything was settled. She didn’t expect her to mention it so soon.

"If I don’t mention it and they know I have money on hand, what will they do when they start eyeing that money?"

"Huang Lei probably despises me by now, thinking that if it weren’t for me bringing Ho Zhen back, she would never have met him and her reputation wouldn’t have been ruined."

"Maybe she could have had a chance to find someone with a good family background and the potential to be capable on his own."

"Now she’s completely lost that opportunity, and that’s my fault," Huang Jing knew exactly what Huang Lei was thinking, "She feels that I should compensate her, that I should fork over the money to cover part of her study abroad expenses."

Huang Jing found the whole thing amusing, they looked down on her one moment, and the next they were scheming to get their hands on her money.

"I’m saying directly that I want to buy a house and that I don’t have money on hand; I want to see how they’ll bring it up."

"They cry poor, and I can cry poor too. If they bring up Huang Lei and Ho Zhen breaking up with me, I can retort that if it weren’t for Huang Lei’s interference, I would be married by now."

Huang Jing scoffed, "In their eyes, Huang Lei is the pitiful one."

"It’s all complaints, as if I can’t complain too."

"I can cry poor as well. I have a plan, from now on, I will continuously cry about how the mortgage pressure is huge."

"I’ll cry about how the work pressure is too much, and that I can’t even get proper rest."

"I’ll cry about how my classmates have gotten married, and I’m still unmarried."

"Right, I will also lament that I want to study abroad too, to improve myself, but I just don’t have the money,"

"Aren’t they eyeing my assets? I’ll let them know that I am short on money, severely short, to the point of being desperate for money."

"Whenever they call me, I will cry. If crying poor is what it takes, who can’t do that? Whatever they complain about, I will complain about too."

"I will be even better at complaining than they are," Huang Jing resolved.

"Huang Lei, going abroad is not good for her, not going is also not good." On a day when work wasn’t busy, Huang Jing had thought about a lot.