Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 170: Brother-in-law is the Ex 70_1

Chapter 170: Chapter 170: Brother-in-law is the Ex 70_1

Huang Lixin and his wife grew even more worried as they listened to Huang Lei describe the behaviors of people with bad habits.

How could they have seen with their own eyes someone showing symptoms of addiction when they had lived for so long without ever witnessing such a thing? And yet Huang Lei had?

If she hadn’t been to some places she shouldn’t have, then perhaps a close friend or relative she cared about had gotten involved with something and she happened to see it.

No matter the reason, Huang Lixin and Zhang Xiaoya looked at each other, feeling they really hadn’t paid enough attention to Huang Lei. How could they not have known after she had gone through so much?

If they hadn’t suddenly brought it up, they predicted she wouldn’t have mentioned it.

As for Huang Lei claiming she hated it, that she didn’t like it, that she would never make such a mistake, Huang Lixin and his wife just listened.

Talk is cheap; they would rather see how she behaved. If she could truly stay away from those things for a few days, there should be no problem.

Besides, they hadn’t given Huang Lei much money, and Ho Zhen was even less likely to give her money. With just that little bit, Huang Lei was always short on cash.

Thinking about this, the couple breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that while Huang Lei might be curious, seeing their disgusting states should keep her from touching those things.

They looked at each other, feeling that some matters require longer deliberation rather than hastily making a decision, "Let’s not talk about the study abroad thing for now."

They would wait for the sharp-tongued to return before arguing with Huang Lei about it; they still had other work to attend to.

"Right now, let’s discuss the demand that Ho Zhen made for three hundred thousand yuan in compensation."

Huang Lixin felt a headache coming on just thinking about it; trouble after trouble kept coming at him non-stop.

"Are you sure once you get the money, all of it will be completely deleted?"

"Will it just pop up again in a few days?" Huang Lixin was worried about encountering this issue.

If every time they popped up, they demanded a compensation of a few tens of thousands, which household could withstand that?

It’s like all the money earned throughout the year goes to feed the black hole that is Ho Zhen.

As for this, Huang Lei really couldn’t guarantee anything, "I deleted them at that time, and from my computer and my email as well."

She knew Ho Zhen sometimes used his mailbox to save emails as drafts and though it would be a bit of trouble to look for them later, they could be found.

"You think you’re smart, but there are many people smarter than you," Huang Lixin knew that there was definitely a trick Ho Zhen was keeping up his sleeve, but even if they knew how it was preserved, at least for now he had the evidence in his hands.

If you really cornered someone, you never knew what they might do, and if it all blew up, Huang Lei could just walk away, but what were he and his wife supposed to do then?

"Talk to Ho Zhen again and see how low he can go on the price."

"If he offers a good price, what do you think?"

Huang Lei really wanted to know how much Huang Lixin would be willing to spend at that time.

Offering a good price, Huang Lixin shook his head, "Regarding this question, I really don’t know how to answer it."

"You can ask your mom if she’ll pay."

Huang Lixin didn’t want to take on this problem. Judging by Ho Zhen’s attitude, there was no telling how many issues he would cause.

Since that’s the case, he might as well continue working. Money wasn’t being saved, and whenever an issue arose, it was always his fault.

Zhang Xiaoya looked at Huang Lei with a face full of expectation, "We’ll talk about it when the time comes. You know what Ho Zhen is like; he truly is a person whose word cannot be trusted."

"When we agree to the amount he demanded, if he thinks the price is too low, becomes unhappy, and raises the price again, what do we do?"

Hearing Zhang Xiaoya’s words, Huang Lei felt like crying. If they really didn’t pay, and Ho Zhen sent out everything, what would happen to her reputation?

The more Huang Lei thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt—unable to study abroad and also unable to pay to shut the other party up.

Once someone felt aggrieved, tears inevitably couldn’t be held back any longer.

Watching Huang Lei cry, Huang Lixin became angrier the more he looked, "Crying, always crying, all you know is to cry."

"You don’t want to learn at work, don’t do your job properly, and always think about taking shortcuts."

"Now look what’s happened. You wanted a shortcut, now you see how difficult this road is, right?"

"We can’t pay all of this money." After listening for so long and seeing Huang Lei was still crying, what could he do?

No matter what, she was still his daughter, and he couldn’t just ignore her, especially with the thought of chat logs and photos leaking out. Huang Lixin truly didn’t dare to think about what would become of their entire family then.

Three hundred thousand—truly not a small number, enough to buy a two-bedroom house. And now, it was going to Ho Zhen.

Zhang Xiaoya also couldn’t bear to part with the money and after some thought, asked, "Old Huang, did you bring this up when you called Xiao Jing today?"

What? Huang Lei had been wondering how Xiao Jing suddenly got in touch with Ho Zhen.

After all, ever since they broke up, Xiao Jing had blocked all contact methods with Ho Zhen.

And this phone call was definitely initiated by Xiao Jing. Now she understood how it all came about.

"Dad, did you call Xiao Jing today?"

"Did you talk about Ho Zhen asking for money?"

Huang Lei was really angry thinking about it. Such a big issue and they hadn’t consulted her before poking it out directly. Was that really appropriate?

What she thought about more was that if Huang Lixin hadn’t insisted on making a fuss in the middle, stirring things up, Xiao Jing probably wouldn’t have cared about any of it, and wouldn’t have contacted Ho Zhen.

What? Huang Lixin hadn’t anticipated that Ho Zhen’s sudden change of mind would be related to Xiao Jing.

But listening to Huang Lei’s analysis, Huang Lixin had to admit that she was indeed right.

Angered, Huang Lixin took out his phone and called Xiao Jing to ask if she had done this.

Xiao Jing knew Huang Lixin would make this call, so she calmly confessed: Yes, I was the one who notified Ho Zhen.

Huang Lixin had expected at least some explanation from Xiao Jing, yet surprisingly she didn’t offer any and just admitted it outright.

Startled by Xiao Jing’s blunt response, he took a deep breath: Why did you do this?

Asking why she did it, Xiao Jing laughed: I’ve said it before, how Huang Lei and Ho Zhen turn out has nothing to do with me, I really don’t want to know about their situation.

Xiao Jing: But today you called me, asking if I had money. Since you have the money to send Huang Lei abroad to study, why don’t you have the money to pay this bill?

Xiao Jing smirked: How did Ho Zhen chase after Huang Lei in the first place? Don’t you know? Wasn’t it through these gifts?

Xiao Jing: And now when Huang Lei acts improperly and refuses to marry, Ho Zhen demands repayment, yet you expect me to pay.