Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 199: Brother-in-law is the Ex 99_1

Chapter 199: Chapter 199: Brother-in-law is the Ex 99_1

Huang Jing and Shen Lan went on a trip alone, which of course was spotted by others, even though they went to a place where few Chinese tourists go, there were still people who would see them.

Regarding being caught again, Huang Jing and Shen Lan kept silent again. At first, it was just the two of them, but later on, Xia Ke and Fan Chen, a married couple, joined them.

They realized that going back home for the New Year was really too exhausting, they didn’t spend any less money, and they had to rush around to various gatherings, and then look at Huang Jing and Shen Lan.

They got to sleep in every day, enjoy some good food, soak in hot springs, or go out to sea on a fishing boat.

One could say their days were quite good, which made the two of them who had to endure all sorts of questions from relatives back home unable to bear it.

They picked up their passports, booked their plane tickets, and hurried to meet up with them.

Everyone was accustomed to Huang Jing and her group not coming out to explain things, perhaps one day if they came forward to respond, that would surprise everyone.

Because of the rush to progress and the house being renovated, the four of them didn’t go on vacation during the Tomb Sweeping mini-holiday. Huang Jing took the opportunity to visit Huang Lixin and his wife.

By then, the couple had switched to a new house, renovated exactly as she had suggested, with accessible routes, absolutely suitable for Huang Lixin.

Zhang Xiaoya walked beside the wheelchair, with Huang Jing pushing the wheelchair, looking at the house being renovated, "Pretty good."

"Yeah, pretty good, as soon as the house is aired out, your dad and I will move in. Then, we’ll rent out the two apartments, and I won’t tutor anymore. With the rent and our pensions combined, we’ll have enough to live on."

Zhang Xiaoya had really suffered a lot from Huang Lei in recent days, "By the way, Xiao Jing, Xiao Lei is planning to study computer science. Did she say it was on your advice?"

Zhang Xiaoya remembered the excuses Huang Lei had made for calling to ask for money recently and wanted to ask Huang Jing if she knew anything about it.

Why had it become her suggestion? She definitely couldn’t bear this blame; if the girl ended up learning nothing and quitting halfway, would it still be her problem?

Huang Jing took out her phone, opened the chat history with Huang Lei, took a screenshot, and sent it to Zhang Xiaoya, "That day when I was traveling, I bumped into her at the airport. She asked me about it online."

"I just encouraged her since many people study computer science. It’s always good to study hard anyway," she said, opting to focus on the positive.

Zhang Xiaoya quickly read through the chat content. There wasn’t much to it, but it angered her, "I just know that girl isn’t honest in what she says."

"To think she would fool me like this." Zhang Xiaoya put down the phone, "But if she studies computer science, can she find a high-paying job?"

"Will it compare to your salary?" If she could really earn such a high salary, then it would be a nice choice.

As much as her salary? Huang Jing could only give a wry smile; although her salary wasn’t much in the company, it wasn’t low income either.

"If Huang Lei studies well and can get into a decent IT company, after working for a few years, maybe she could make as much as I do," Huang Jing mused, carefully phrasing her diplomatic response.

Huang Lixin now completely saw through Huang Lei and his opinion on her studying computer science was direct, "She’s always dreaming of high salaries, but with that brain of hers and a lack of a patient attitude towards learning, can she learn anything?"

"Everyone knows working in IT can make you rich, but of the many who study computer science, how many can enter top companies?"

"She wasn’t serious about her studies when she should have been, and now she’s suddenly gotten serious."

"What nonsense."

"Instead of dreaming like this, she might as well buy a lottery ticket and wait to win a few five million, or hey, even a few tens of millions."

"I think that way of getting rich would be quicker." Huang Lixin didn’t believe Huang Lei could endure hardships.

"Even after looking up some decent training schools, I think it’s just a waste of money."

"This money, it’d be better spent learning something else."

Ever since the spring festival, when he went out to mingle and got ridiculed by a relative for his stammer, Huang Lixin was furious. He decided then and there that he had to work on his speaking skills.

Even if he had to speak slower, he couldn’t let himself become a stammerer. After more than a month of effort, the results were quite obvious.

Although some words were still a bit blurry, the meaning was understandable.

"What should she learn?" Zhang Xiaoya retorted, "She doesn’t even know what she’s good at or not good at."

"Forget it, if she wants to learn and has the money, then let them go learn." Zhang Xiaoya actually had the same thought, which was that, in any case, she would not invest any money.

As for where Huang Lei got the tuition from, that was her problem. She wouldn’t worry about it.

Alright, Huang Jing got it. Huang Lei wanted to learn computers because she thought it led to high salaries. It was her who had recommended it, and now she was expressing skepticism, and Huang Lixin felt the same way.

Zhang Xiaoya then gave up, unwilling to spend the money, letting Huang Lei solve it on her own.

Huang Jing thought this was good, "It’s her own money, she’ll know to value it, and won’t give up easily."

If Huang Lei could really persist with her efforts, even if she couldn’t get into a big company, scraping by in a small one shouldn’t be too bad.

Huang Jing never thought Huang Lei was dumb; she just got used to easily obtaining things and thus was unwilling to work hard to improve her abilities.

After getting a negative response from Zhang Xiaoya, Huang Lei was, of course, not content and didn’t understand why everything was fine before, and then suddenly, it was a firm no.

When she found out the reason later, it made her very angry. She felt it was all Huang Jing’s doing.

She went to find fault with Huang Jing, who settled it with three sentences: she hadn’t suggested Huang Lei learn computing, and Huang Lixin disagreed too.

Moreover, the most important thing was that Huang Lei was paying for it herself, which meant she would study more seriously and not quit halfway.

When Huang Lei heard this, no matter how angry she was, she didn’t retort, because once she did, Huang Jing might have had plenty of things prepared to argue back.

But leaving just like that wasn’t in Huang Lei’s nature. Before she stormed off, she made it clear in anger, "Huang Jing, you look down on me, but I’ll make you regret it."

"I’ll show you that it’s not just you in the family who’s good at computers."

"I’m just as awesome."

After saying that, she stormed off, and Xia Ke, who had insisted on staying with Huang Jing to avoid trouble, watched the angry departure of that person.

"Is she declaring war on you?" Xia Ke said that person really had a presence.

A presence? Huang Jing smiled, "If you don’t even have a presence, what’s the point of living?"

When Xia Ke heard this, he understood right away; what Huang Jing meant was that that’s all the ability that person had.

"True, no matter the outcome, one must carry an air of strength," Xia Ke covered his mouth, "Diogenes needs more stationery."

"But say, just in case, what if she really learns well?" Xia Ke still asked with concern.

What if? Huang Jing wanted to say that was impossible, but then she thought better of it; one should have some decency, "If she can learn and find a good job, that would be nice."