Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 166: Brother-in-law is the Ex 66_1

Chapter 166: Chapter 166: Brother-in-law is the Ex 66_1

After a few days of downtime, there was a new task, and Huang Jing began to get busy again, which was a good thing for her.

Just at that time, the Huang family, which had been quiet for a while, started to look for her again.

Seeing Huang Lixin calling her again, Huang Jing stood up with resignation and walked out to the terrace.

Huang Jing, What’s up?

Huang Lixin was also a bit angry, Why aren’t you answering the phone?

Huang Jing, I’m busy. I have to work. Speak, what is it?

Huang Lixin, That, do you have any receipts for the money you spent on Ho Zhen?

Huh? Calling repeatedly just for this? Huang Jing didn’t understand, What do you need those for?

Truth be told, she did have them, but she had no intention of squaring accounts with Ho Zhen. What was the point of entangling with such a person? It would just be a waste of time.

Moreover, the Huang family would surely jump out to label her as petty or something similar, so she completely gave up on the idea.

Yet unexpectedly, Huang Lixin was bringing it up now; she really couldn’t understand what was going on.

Wait a second, although she didn’t know how much money Ho Zhen had actually spent chasing Huang Lei, it was certainly a lot.

Especially since Huang Jing had made it clear, then broke up with him, and hadn’t paid back a single penny of his debts. With no other option, Ho Zhen had to pay back his debts out of his own pocket.

If Huang Lei had married Ho Zhen, it wouldn’t matter—after all, courting a bride costs money. But now that they had broken up, someone like Ho Zhen wouldn’t just let it slide.

The best approach, of course, was to ask her for money, but would Huang Lei be willing to pay him back?

That was absolutely impossible. Ho Zhen, left with nothing, how could he let them off?

He definitely wouldn’t. Huang Lei didn’t work, but whether it was Huang Lixin or Zhang Xiaoya, they had no choice. They had to pay, otherwise Ho Zhen would keep causing trouble.

Not wanting Ho Zhen to continue making a fuss, and also not wanting to pay back the money, Huang Lixin and his wife naturally thought of Huang Lei, who, as a generous fool, had spent quite a bit of money on Ho Zhen in the past.

But what of it? Huang Jing, What’s going on, what do you want the receipts for?

Huang Lixin didn’t expect Huang Jing to ask why instead of confirming whether she had them.

This matter, he truly didn’t know how to explain. How could he tell the truth? If he did, he knew she would either refuse to give the money or would go to Ho Zhen to demand it herself.

It might well end up that she still had to pay the money in the end. No, that absolutely couldn’t happen.

They definitely couldn’t afford to pay it. They had inquired and learned that to study abroad, one had to take the IELTS and apply to schools with the scores.

Huang Lei had never studied diligently even at school, and now after so much time since graduation, she would be even less likely to study seriously. Counting on her to pass the IELTS was like hoping to win five million.

Knowing that it wasn’t feasible to study abroad through the regular channels, they considered irregular ones, which meant even more money was needed.

It was like sending someone abroad. Just receiving the admission notice would cost at least two hundred thousand, almost three hundred thousand.

Adding on the cost of studying abroad, it truly was the price of an apartment in Shencheng, which scared Huang Lixin, who had been somewhat prepared, quite a bit.

And so came various worries and troubles. Although it also meant spending all their money, at least in Shencheng they would have an apartment, and the apartment price would rise, so it wouldn’t be a loss.

But studying abroad was a big question mark in terms of making money back.

Forget about making money back, who knows if Huang Lei would even study seriously once abroad instead of just squandering more money.

Ho Zhen was also watching them closely. If he found out that Huang Lei was planning to study abroad, wouldn’t he suspect something fishy and possibly go straight to reporting them or even extort the others? That would be a big problem.

Huang Lixin knew that when Ho Zhen was pursuing Huang Lei, he must have spent quite a bit of money, but he never expected it to be that much.

And they had only dated for a few months. If it had been longer, who knows how much more money would have been involved.

Of course, Huang Lixin also felt that Ho Zhen was truly stingy to actually want to reclaim that money.

Listeing to Huang Lixin’s endless complaints on the phone about how stingy Ho Zhen was, Huang Jing’s heart was bleeding.

She felt so indignant for the original host. They had been a campus couple, after all. It had not been an easy journey.

Knowing that Ho Zhen’s family wasn’t well-off, she never hesitated to find excuses to help him out, and after they started working, she always considered things from his perspective.

She did the calculations for his sake, including not daring to ask for expensive gifts, all so that they could buy a house together when they got married.

And yet, this man, who she had always considered in every matter, once his heart changed, his speed was truly astonishing. They hadn’t even broken up, and he was already with Huang Lei, spending so much money on her.

Designer bags, clothes, jewelry, even forking out money for her cosmetic surgeries; it seemed as if, for this woman, Ho Zhen was truly sinking in deep, spending money without a second thought.

Huang Jing listened in silence, and after a long while, she spoke: When he pursued Huang Lei, he spent so much money on her, intending to make her his girlfriend, to marry her and take her home.

Huang Jing: But surprisingly, Huang Lei went ahead and aborted the child, and then the wedding was called off. Isn’t that just marriage fraud?

Huang Jing: Now him asking Huang Lei to compensate makes sense—he has spent over a hundred thousand.

Huang Jing shook her head repeatedly: That’s really ruthless. Dad, why do you need to get involved in Huang Lei’s affairs?

Huang Lixin: How can you say that? She is your sister after all.

Sister? Huang Jing scoffed: Yes, a sister who snatched away her sister’s husband-to-be and never considered me, why should I consider her?

Huang Jing: And what I mean to say is, Ho Zhen is really shameless. With so much money involved, he won’t let it go. What if he sues us in court? Dad, think about it, how would that turn out?

Huang Jing: Then imagine the uproar that would cause, what would happen?

Huang Jing: Think about it. Huang Lei steals her sister’s fiancé, gets pregnant, and it all ends badly. Now the child is gone, and the wedding is canceled. No matter what, people are going to talk.

Huang Jing: If you add a marriage fraud story to that, just think about the outcome.

Huang Jing: Really, you become the talk of the town.

Did Huang Lixin not understand Huang Jing’s words? Of course, he did. He took a deep breath: We don’t have the money.

Finally getting to the point, Huang Jing, too, took a deep breath: Fine, if you say we don’t have money, then we don’t have money.

Huang Jing: If we don’t have money, then let Huang Lei tell that to the court.

Huang Jing: But I remember Huang Lei is planning on studying abroad, isn’t she? She’s nearly got all her papers ready and is about to leave. It would be a shame if she couldn’t go because of her debts.

Huang Jing: Although I don’t know how Huang Lei plans to study abroad, or how much money it will cost, I doubt it’ll be less than what she owes.

Huang Lixin was stunned again by Huang Jing’s words, swallowing hard. He really sometimes wondered if Huang Jing was keeping an eye on them, otherwise how could she be so certain?

Huang Jing waited a long time without hearing Huang Lixin speak again, and decided not to wait any longer: Dad, I have to work. I’m hanging up now.

Huang Lixin listened to the beeping sound on the other end of the phone and sighed deeply once more. He knew all too well that deceiving Huang Jing wasn’t easy.