Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 210 True or False First Love 10_1

Chapter 210: Chapter 210 True or False First Love 10_1

Is it impossible to hide the look of love in one’s eyes? Zhou Juan hadn’t noticed these things.

She knew that as long as she could see Zheng Weijian, her mood would soar, ready to take flight.

With that in mind, of course, she wouldn’t think Zhou Lina was bluffing, but she didn’t know if Zheng Weijian’s gaze towards her was the same.

Next time she saw him, she would take a good look.

That’s not right, why was she even considering this? Wasn’t this inadvertently revealing her own thoughts? Zhou Juan wanted to argue otherwise.

"In fact, you two never really considered going to the countryside as educated youth."

"My mom said yesterday that she had always wanted to retire early and let me take over, but Uncle Zhou always persuaded her otherwise."

"Recently, he brought up the succession issue on his own, encouraging my mom to quickly finish the procedures."

"And you kept urging me to go register at the street office."

"If I really do register, and my mom’s application goes through, who benefits from this job?"

Zhou Lina stared at Zhou Juan, "As for Zheng Weijian, isn’t his family always looking to see if they can buy him a job?"

Zhou Juan turned pale immediately, with only one thought in her mind: Zhou Dajiang had really guessed it; it wasn’t that he was timid, but that he understood Zhang Shifen and her daughter all too well.

"I, I..." She wanted to defend herself, but didn’t know how to explain; Zhou Juan knew she was losing her grip.

"Do I need to spell it out?" Zhou Lina looked at Zhou Juan, whose body had gone limp, "When you were scheming against others, weren’t you very bold?"

"Don’t you know that when you’re plotting against others, others might also be plotting against you?"

"If you want to prove that you weren’t fooling me, then go ahead and register."

"Don’t say that I can’t find out if you go register—my mom can inquire about it."

Zhou Juan understood; there was no use trying to fool anyone anymore because standing behind Zhou Lina was Zhang Shifen.

This person was not easy to deceive, "I, I, I had no choice."

No matter, Zhang Shifen wasn’t here, fooling Zhou Lina shouldn’t be too difficult, right?

"Xiao Na, I, I just don’t want to be an educated youth."

"I’ve heard from others that being an educated youth is very hard," those who went to the countryside as educated youth haven’t returned to the city even now, they say life in the villages involves the hardest physical labor, not enough food to fill the stomach, and no money either.

Zhou Juan truly couldn’t imagine what living in the countryside for a lifetime would feel like.

Wouldn’t it be just like the rural women she had seen? Especially since she, in the countryside, would be working under the scorching sun, while Zhou Lina could leisurely sit in an office in the city – that was something she couldn’t accept.

"You don’t want to go as an educated youth, so you plot against me?" Zhou Lina scoffed.

"Zhou Juan, don’t come to me in the future, I don’t want to have anything more to do with you."

"You are too terrifying; you don’t want to go to the countryside, yet you plot against me." From the shadows moving across the doorway, it was clear that likely several people were standing outside.

If it were any other time, Zhou Juan would definitely not speak the truth, but from yesterday to today, with everything going against her, she was certainly in a foul mood.

In her anger, the words Zhou Juan spoke became even less guarded, concerned only with venting her own frustrations.

"What if I did plot against you? You were nothing but a fatherless burden, it’s only because my uncle is a good man that he married your mom and took you in."

"If it hadn’t been for my uncle’s kindness, do you think your life would be easy? You can’t even imagine how miserable it would be."

Zhou Juan unapologetically spat out all the words Zhou Dahai and his wife, as well as Old Madam Zhou, would normally say in their presence.

She knew that behind their backs, Zhou Dajiang and the others would certainly speak disparagingly of them.

It never occurred to her that regardless of the truth, they’d all apply flattering gold leaf to their faces.

"A dead weight? By your logic, it’s Zhou Yong who’s the dead weight."

"Uncle Zhou only contributes half of the household expenses and doesn’t even take care of the chores."

"My mom also pays half the household expenses."

"That’s not true," Zhou Lina remembered what Zhang Shifen revealed yesterday, "Uncle Zhou hasn’t given any money for household expenses for over half a year, so he and his son are both dead weights."

"There was also that time my mom suggested that since my house is bigger, we could move there to live more comfortably."

"Uncle Zhou refused, saying that since my mom married him, she shouldn’t live in her family’s house."

"Now I think it wasn’t about living in the husband’s house after getting married, but rather you all had it planned out, so that your brother could live in my apartment."

"Forget it, I don’t want to talk to you anymore. When it comes to scheming, you really are better than us."

"Don’t worry, I’ll be moving out soon. Oh right, you’ve informed your brother, haven’t you?"

"The room that was divided for your brother, he’s renting it out to a colleague now, right? I have no idea how much he’s charging a month."

Hmph, originally I didn’t want to say it, but Zhou Hong has the ability to earn that money, it’s money he’s earned with his own efforts.

But since Zhou Juan is so relentless, of course Zhou Lina won’t let them off the hook.

They’re already shameless, what does it matter if they become even more so?

Zhou Juan, completely stunned by Zhou Lina’s full-on attack from all sides, couldn’t believe it.

What’s going on here? She used to only dare complain to Zhang Shifen and wouldn’t even raise her voice, but now she’s so articulate.

"Oh right, have you done all the chores for today?" Whether it’s a school day or a holiday, Zhou Juan is always responsible for all the household chores.

Whether it’s Old Madam Zhou or Yang Zhaodi, they never lift a finger—it’s always Zhou Juan who does everything.

Would Yang Zhaodi let her off after causing so much embarrassment to the family yesterday?

Would Old Madam Zhou let her off? These two would definitely deal harshly with Zhou Juan.

If anything is less than perfect, she won’t have an easy time.

"Oh right, did you go grocery shopping today?" With the summer heat, the groceries wouldn’t last, so you’d need to shop every day.

Previously, during the holidays, Zhou Lina and Zhou Juan would go grocery shopping together, but now that they’ve fallen out, they wouldn’t go together anymore.

The original hostess was a fool, always letting Zhou Juan take advantage when they went grocery shopping together.

From now on, if she expects to take advantage again, she’s out of luck, "Oh right, you’ll have to go grocery shopping by yourself in the future."

"You definitely can’t expect me to continue paying for you, and you won’t have a way to save any pocket money."

"By the way, is your pocket money still hidden in the same place?" Zhou Lina saw Old Madam Zhou’s figure and casually mentioned a few places.

Old Madam Zhou originally didn’t want to come up, but the old man insisted, saying that Zhou Juan had gone up so long ago, they wouldn’t have started fighting.

If possible, they also hoped that Zhou Lina would get a harsh lesson.

Even if they calculated against Zhang Shifen and her daughter first, they still couldn’t lose face like this.

But the old master worried that Zhou Juan wouldn’t be able to stand up to Zhou Lina and rushed the old lady upstairs.

Seeing several people standing outside Zhou Dajiang’s door, the old lady knew that something was wrong, and it looked like they were arguing inside.

The old lady worried that Zhou Juan, in a fit of anger, would say things without thinking—whatever came to mind, without considering the consequences of her words.

In the end, both their family’s honor and substance could be trampled to the ground, subject to all sorts of humiliation.