Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 176: Brother-in-law is the Ex 76_1

Chapter 176: Chapter 176: Brother-in-law is the Ex 76_1

She hugged Huang Jing tightly, "Xiao Jing, thank you so much. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t even know."

"You’ve never lived with your in-laws. I haven’t been with Ho Zhen’s parents for long, but I know a thing or two."

"Of course, Ho Zhen’s parents are different from Fan Chen’s."

"But you can’t be without reservations."

Huang Jing spoke bitterly, "Although we have parents, we’re actually worse off than orphans without parents."

"Apart from causing us troubles, they’re hardly any help."

"We can’t count on them, we need to think more for ourselves."

"Of course, I’m your support, and you’re mine." Huang Jing knew that they relied on each other.

Xia Ke felt choked up, "Right, we are people without a family to count on."

"But we still have each other."

"I’ve made up my mind, my apartment will be shared with you."

"When his parents come to look after the child, let them stay in Fan Chen’s place, and we’ll live in mine."

Xia Ke quickly made a choice, and upon hearing it, Huang Jing said, "That’s not necessary, really. Actually, Shen Lan got it right, getting together on the weekends isn’t so bad."

"Better not during the weekdays." Huang Jing also showed no love for the gatherings.

Xia Ke remembered what Fan Chen had said; although she still thought Shen Lan and Huang Jing couldn’t possibly become a couple, even if Fan Chen mentioned Shen Lan was not the kind to come out every week.

But if it were for Huang Jing, Xia Ke thought it wouldn’t be right.

Never mind, if Huang Jing was interested, she would give a little push. If neither of them had that on their minds and just wanted to be friends, then they’d stay friends.

Huang Jing noticed Xia Ke staring at her, "What’s up?"

"Nothing much, I was just thinking. Huang Lei wanted to study abroad, I wonder if she’s gone yet." Xia Ke came up with an excuse.

"She hasn’t gone abroad. If she had, she would probably be showing off on her social media."

Huang Jing knew that Huang Lei hadn’t been posting on social media, probably because she had many concerns, like money.

Of course, maybe her plans to go abroad were progressing, and she knew she needed to keep a low profile now. She couldn’t let Huang Jing or Ho Zhen find out, otherwise, they might come knocking again, asking for compensation—such a thing really could make the Huang family bleed.

"So, did Ho Zhen get the money?" Xia Ke was really looking forward to it, even though it would mean Ho Zhen got lucky, but at least someone would be in trouble, hoping it would be Huang Lei’s turn.

Whether Ho Zhen had gotten the money or not, Huang Jing remembered the social media post Ho Zhen had made yesterday, "It seems like they may have reached a deal, as for whether he got the money, I don’t know."

"Of course, I also don’t know how much money was involved."

"I just saw Ho Zhen post on social media that he was going to look at houses."

"Tell me, if it wasn’t for the Huang family giving money, could he afford the down payment?"

Paying for a house in full was out of the question, but even a down payment was something Ho Zhen would need a long time to save up for.

Xia Ke shook her head, unable to help herself, "What on earth is Huang Lei thinking."

Huang Jing chuckled. If it hadn’t been for another person, if it had still been the original person, Ho Zhen and Huang Lei had been living it up, feeding off the original person, hadn’t they?

Now that a different ’core’ had replaced the original, Ho Zhen and Huang Lei were out of luck.

"Once this matter is settled, maybe in a few days, we might hear about Huang Lei studying abroad."

Huang Lixin looked at the agreement in front of him and felt darkness looming, "I, I..."

"Didn’t you say you were going to talk to him? What was the result of the negotiation?"

"We talked for a long time, and in the end, not a penny was reduced." Huang Lixin had thought that with Zhang Xiaoya stepping in, they could at least cut down 50,000 yuan.

Unexpectedly, not a single penny was reduced. Huang Lixin really did not understand how Zhang Xiaoya was thinking, "Didn’t I ask you how the negotiation went? You said it was fine, just fine."

"So this is your idea of ’fine’?’

"Not a penny was reduced," Huang Lixin said with a bitter smile, "and yet the agreement was still settled."

"He was unwilling to make any concessions." Zhang Xiaoya’s face was filled with bitterness. She had initially thought – since Ho Zhen had made an offer, couldn’t she bargain with him?

Unexpectedly, Ho Zhen was adamant about not lowering the price by a single penny. What could she do?

"And he even demanded interest." Zhang Xiaoya truly had not expected to have to lower her opinion of Ho Zhen’s shamelessness once again.

"He said he had forgotten to account for the impact on his parents of our sudden broken engagement, and even mentioned that his parents fell ill because of it." Zhang Xiaoya’s face showed her bitterness.

Upon hearing this, Huang Lixin could no longer hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood.

In the past, he had coughed up blood several times. Zhang Xiaoya and her daughter Huang Lei had assumed it was like before, but they didn’t expect that this time, the situation was different – Huang Lixin actually fainted.

The frightened Zhang Xiaoya immediately dialed120. By the time the ambulance arrived, the doctor took a brief look and said, "Cerebral hemorrhage."

This scared Zhang Xiaoya greatly. Her legs went weak, and she wanted to reach for Huang Lei.

"Xiao Lei, help support your mom." Zhang Xiaoya truly didn’t dare to walk alone, fearful that if she lost balance, she might fall down the stairs.

That could lead to a major disaster. With Huang Lixin down, she couldn’t afford to have an accident; otherwise, the family would truly be ruined.

Huang Lei wasn’t feeling much better than Zhang Xiaoya either. At this moment, her concern was whether Huang Lixin’s incident would affect her chance to study abroad.

If she couldn’t go abroad, then staying in the country, what would she be able to do? Huang Lei couldn’t help but feel lost.

No, she absolutely couldn’t stay in the country. Staying would mean the end of everything, a complete lack of a future.

Holding onto Zhang Xiaoya, Huang Lei anxiously asked, "Mom, can I still study abroad?"

Zhang Xiaoya was shocked that Huang Lei would ask this question at such a time.

She looked at Huang Lei incredulously. Zhang Xiaoya thought Huang Lei would be worried, would be anxious, but unexpectedly, what she cared about at this moment was the issue of studying abroad.

Zhang Xiaoya stared at Huang Lei for a long time. "Your dad is in this condition, and you still think about going abroad."

It wasn’t unknown to her that Huang Lei was a selfish person, but she thought that, regardless, had they not been good enough to Huang Lei as a couple?

Yet her heart remained so cold. Now, with Old Huang down, his condition was unclear.

She herself could not fall now. She must stand up and take charge, taking a deep breath. "If you want to study abroad, that’s your own issue. You are already an adult, and you can take responsibility for yourself."

"Right, as for the money from Ho Zhen, you sort it out yourself." Zhang Xiaoya did not know the severity of Huang Lixin’s condition, nor how much money it would require.

Even if the medical expenses were covered, social insurance would pay for most of it, but many medications are not covered by social insurance, and there are additional nutrition supplements.

Zhang Xiaoya stood up, gathered the social security card, bank card, and other stuff, then followed the ambulance, leaving behind Huang Lei, whom she could no longer take care of.