Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 182: Brother-in-law is the Ex 82_1

Chapter 182: Chapter 182: Brother-in-law is the Ex 82_1

Huang Jing drove past the residential complex and left a set of keys for the property management, allowing them to arrange for a cleaner to help tidy up the place.

The property management was accustomed to handling such requests, as many IT company employees who lived in the complex were too busy to clean or simply preferred not to do it themselves, providing business for the cleaning staff.

After arranging for someone to clean her house, Huang Jing continued driving to her company to start her workday.

After parking her car, Huang Jing planned to invite Xia Ke for dinner that evening, as she too was starting to get busy.

However, someone else beat her to it by calling first. After pondering for a moment, Huang Jing decided to answer, since this person had already called several times.

She would be in the office starting work soon, so it was better to deal with this first.

Otherwise, the constant calls from that girl would be really annoying.

Huang Jing picked up the phone: "What is it."

Huang Lei had thought that Huang Jing would continue to ignore her calls, intending to hang up and call again, but to her surprise, she got through this time.

Huang Lei: "It’s me. Ho Zhen is asking me to pay back the money."

Huang Jing frowned involuntarily: "I don’t have money; I need to buy a house, and even if I were buying a house, I wouldn’t give you any money."

Huang Jing: "I think you should be aware of my stance."

Of course, Huang Lei knew Huang Jing’s stance, but how should she put it? She still wanted to try her luck.

She had thought it all through about how she would cry and say how Ho Zhen had deceived her. In any case, she was just an innocent victim.

Huang Jing spoke gravely: "I don’t want to hear how aggrieved you feel, or how Ho Zhen deceived you. You knew very well about my relationship with him, and yet you chose to be together; that is shameless."

Huang Jing: "Sort out this money issue with Ho Zhen yourself. If you have the money, pay him back; if not, figure it out on your own."

On hearing this, Huang Lei immediately remembered what Zhang Xiaoya had said before and couldn’t help but angrily retort: "Did you speak to mom and suggest that I marry Ho Zhen, so I wouldn’t have to pay back the money?"

What? Hearing this, Huang Jing was stunned. What was this situation? Had Zhang Xiaoya actually suggested this to Huang Lei?

Knowing the relationship with Ho Zhen, which was almost akin to having a falling-out, what would he think if they got back together?

In the past, Ho Zhen had shown considerable forbearance due to the Huang family’s backing, but once they stopped supporting Huang Lei, it was easy to imagine his attitude towards her.

There was also the thought that even Zhang Xiaoya seemed to think that this would set things back on track.

But would the present-day Ho Zhen be willing to marry Huang Lei? Without the backup of the Huang family, Huang Lei was less significant than money in Ho Zhen’s heart.

Huang Jing knew that Huang Lei was reluctant to marry Ho Zhen, feeling he wasn’t good enough: "I know you don’t want to marry Ho Zhen; you think he’s not good enough for you."

Huang Jing said indifferently: "Have you ever considered whether Ho Zhen would be willing to marry you?"

Huang Lei hadn’t expected Huang Jing to say this, which made her face fall: "How dare he? What right does he have not to like me?"

Listen to this, Huang Jing knew that in Huang Lei’s heart, marrying Ho Zhen was always seen as marrying beneath her.

Huang Jing laughed: "Of course he has the right not to like you. Which university did you graduate from, and which one did he graduate from?"

Huang Jing: "Where do you work and how much do you make a month? And where does Ho Zhen work, how much does he make a month?"

Huang Jing: "How old are you, and how old is he?"

Huang Jing: "For a woman past thirty, wanting to find a good man, let me tell you, the chances are almost nonexistent."

Huang Jing: "It’s different for men. Once men are past thirty, they’re advancing in their careers, and when they succeed, they can find a young girl."

Huang Jing: "As for you, with no job and getting older, how could you compete with Ho Zhen?"

Huang Jing: Do you believe that if you call Ho Zhen and tell him that there’s no money at home, that we can’t provide any funds, and that you’re going to marry him, this matter will be settled, just like that? Let’s see what he’ll say.

Although Huang Jing suggested this, she felt that Huang Lei wouldn’t be so foolish as to actually ask Ho Zhen. Wouldn’t that be asking for humiliation?

To Huang Jing’s surprise, she seemed to be very confident in her own allure: Fine, it’s just asking Ho Zhen, I’ll ask.

Huang Lei: I’m just going to ask. Even if he agrees, I won’t want it.

Huang Lei snorted coldly. Hmph, she of course had confidence in her own charm. Although she didn’t have a job, and her education wasn’t on par with Ho Zhen’s, she was a woman, and those things weren’t necessary.

Oh my god, she really was startled to hear the dial tone on the other end of the phone; she truly didn’t expect Huang Lei to actually go ahead and confirm.

Huang Jing stared at her cellphone for a long while. "Forget it, if someone insists on doing this, then let her go ahead and struggle."

Even though she had made the suggestion, how it would actually be carried out was up to the individual. This time, it was Huang Lei’s own choice.

Huang Jing thought about it and decided to give Zhang Xiaoya a heads up, since she had just arrived at the company. This would serve as a check-in and assure them that all was fine.

Zhang Xiaoya hadn’t expected Huang Jing’s check-in call to contain such explosive news.

After hanging up, Zhang Xiaoya recounted everything Huang Jing had told her to Huang Lixin.

He let out a long sigh. "Idiot."

"Fool."

"No... no, brains."

Huang Lixin couldn’t understand it; while academic performance wasn’t great, at least she had graduated from college. How could she be so foolish?

One must know that Huang Lei had worked in a functional department before, and although not every person there was extremely cunning, at least they weren’t that foolish.

But how could Huang Lei not have absorbed anything, to the point where she couldn’t even cope with Huang Jing, who was always in front of a computer? How could she deal with those people?

Not to mention she was planning to marry into a Wealthy Family. As foolish as she was, even if she did marry into a wealthy family, she’d just be someone to be bullied, and it would definitely end very badly for her.

Zhang Xiaoya kept shaking her head. "We really spoiled her."

Was it their responsibility? Huang Lixin wouldn’t admit it, shaking his head non-stop. "No, it’s not, Xiao Jing, Xiao Jing is good."

Was Huang Jing’s excellence really because of their relationship? Zhang Xiaoyan dared not admit it.

Compared to Huang Lei, who grew up under their close care, Huang Jing truly grew up on her own.

After hanging up, Huang Lei called Ho Zhen to bring up the matter of their marriage.

Ho Zhen was truly happy when he first received the call from Huang Lei, thinking he might be able to get the money. After all, he had already found a house and was just waiting for the Huang family’s money to come through.

What he didn’t expect was for Huang Lei to come up with such an idea, and it really infuriated him.

Ho Zhen found an empty reception room and fiercely scolded Huang Lei.

Ho Zhen: Do you think I would marry you again? That’s impossible. How come you tricked me once and plan on doing it a second time, do you think I’m not miserable enough?

Ho Zhen: Huang Lei, let me tell you. We had an agreement that you would give me three hundred thousand, so you just pay up, don’t get any funny ideas.

Huang Lei didn’t expect Ho Zhen to say such things and was astonished. "Ho Zhen, what kind of attitude is that? How can you talk to me like this?"

Ho Zhen sneered: How else do you expect me to talk?

Ho Zhen: I am not going to marry you. You give me the money, and I take the money.

Ho Zhen: If you can’t give me the money, think about the consequences.