Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 226 True or False First Love 26_1

Chapter 226: Chapter 226 True or False First Love 26_1

For a time in the corridor, despite the presence of many people, it was really quiet.

Zhang Shifen, seeing that she could no longer face the muttering crowd, turned towards the main door.

"Zhou Dajiang, whether you are asleep or not, since you don’t want us, mother and sons, to return home,"

"Fine, then we won’t come back. Inform Zhou Hong that after work tomorrow, he should vacate the house."

"A few days should be enough for them to clean it."

"Also, when they moved in, all the furniture was of good quality, and we gave it to them clean,"

"We expect the same when we move in tomorrow."

"Moreover, I will take all the belongings of us three tomorrow during the day; I absolutely won’t be an eyesore to you."

Having said that, Zhang Shifen grabbed Zhou Xuan and Zhou Lina and left. "Let’s go; we’re going to your Aunt Gu’s house."

At that moment, Zhang Shifen was filled with relief. No matter what, she still had a good friend by her side, otherwise, without a place to stay suddenly, she wouldn’t have known what to do.

Even without a place to take them in, mother and sons, Zhang Shifen wasn’t worried; they could temporarily spend a night in the office.

Then tomorrow, they would have a place to stay. In any case, if Zhou Dajiang thought he could manipulate everything, he was truly dreaming. It was an impossible feat.

Everyone watched the domineering Zhang Shifen drop the ultimatum, watching her recede into the distance, their jaws dropped in surprise.

"Originally the house was supposed to be reclaimed on Sunday, but now it’s suddenly turned into having to reclaim it by tomorrow."

"It’s truly..." some couldn’t help shaking their heads while looking at the still shut door of Zhou Dajiang.

"This person really doesn’t think things through, as if he could control Zhang Shifen and her daughter."

"Exactly, they have their own house."

Many women wouldn’t easily say they won’t return home after a quarrel with men, because if they don’t, where else can they stay?

Even if their parental home is willing to take care of a married daughter, they would be somewhat concerned about the feelings of the son and daughter-in-law, and could only offer a temporary stay for a few days.

The in-law’s family doesn’t usually have to worry about the daughter-in-law staying with her parents and not coming back, but this approach is totally ineffective with Zhang Shifen.

If it really comes to a showdown, the unlucky one would definitely be Zhou Dajiang.

Some among them knew about Zhou Hong’s house situation and also knew that the tenant up until now has stubbornly refused to move out because they’ve paid the rent until the end of the year.

Even though Zhou Hong offered to return double the rent, the tenant insisted on not moving unless Zhou Hong found them another place to stay.

In this day and age, it’s not easy to find a house on short notice, especially at this time.

"Knowing this matter, Zhou Hong doesn’t even know how to harshly deal with Zhou Dajiang."

"No worries, Zhou Hong’s family can move in with Zhou Dajiang since Zhang Shifen and her sons are leaving."

Some people also disliked Zhou Dajiang and now that they knew the relationship between the couple was really bad, naturally, they didn’t hold back their ridicule.

Even if Zhou Dajiang heard, what of it? This was a harsh truth, and no one was being wronged.

Zhou Dajiang couldn’t possibly seek help from Zhang Shifen; she now despised this father and son duo, why would she offer her help?

The crowd chatted at the door for a long time, but there was no sign of Zhou Dajiang opening the door.

"Do you think Zhou Dajiang is really asleep?"

"How can that be possible," someone whispered, "We’ve been woken up by the commotion; do you think he could stay asleep?"

"Maybe, he’s just too embarrassed; after all, he was the one who locked Zhang Shifen out. Even if he wanted to apologize, he wouldn’t do it in front of all of us."

"He will feel embarrassed?" someone scoffed, "scheming over and over again."

"Zhou Dahai’s daughter would not be so scheming towards Zhou Lina if it weren’t for Zhou Dajiang backing her up."

"It’s not like they didn’t benefit from it." Remembering the recent miserable state of Zhou Dahai’s family, they couldn’t help but sigh.

"They didn’t benefit because they are foolish, truly thinking that Zhang Shifen is easy to bully. Haven’t they considered that she works in the factory’s union? Do they know what it’s like there?"

"It’s those people who work in the workshop who are the schemers."

Someone scoffed a few times, "Anyway, they brought it on themselves."

"Right, it’s all their own doing."

"Just you watch, Zhang Shifen can unapologetically demand a separation, but could Zhou Dahai and his wife let Zhou Dajiang go?"

Just as they had thought, Zhou Dajiang had indeed locked the door and turned off the lights, but he hadn’t gone back to his bedroom; he was sitting in the living room.

He was thinking that if Zhang Shifen recognized her mistake, and if she and her daughter could admit their wrongs, that would be enough.

There was no need to make Zhou Hong’s family move out of the house. Wouldn’t it be fine to live as before?

But to his surprise, Zhang Shifen had such a temper and left after dropping such words.

Zhou Dajiang was truly frightened, what to do? It was a foregone conclusion that Zhou Hong would move out; it might just happen sooner rather than later, so there was no need to panic.

Zhou Dajiang just thought of Zhang Shifen’s words about moving her things out tomorrow and immediately stood up, "She, she’s actually going to take all the clothes?"

"Doesn’t this mean, she, she..." Zhou Dajiang was dumbstruck, "Is she planning on divorcing me?"

Zhou Dajiang had acted in this way also because his childhood friend and Zhou Dahai had said that Zhang Shifen, already having been married twice, would definitely not get divorced, as that would mean getting married a third time.

However, contrary to expectations, it turned out that Zhang Shifen was truly fearless, ready to end things if life wasn’t going well.

Zhou Dajiang kept swallowing his saliva, feeling unbearably hot, what to do, what to do?

Beg for mercy? Or should he go to Gu Wei’s house? When he thought of Zhang Shifen’s friend, who was a skilled doctor, Zhou Dajiang shuddered all over.

Whether it was befriending Zhang Shifen or after they got married, he could always sense Gu Wei’s dissatisfaction with him.

Zhou Dajiang still remembered that after he married Zhang Shifen, Aunt Gu had spoken to him, implying that he should treat Zhang Shifen and her daughter well, or else she would never let him off.

Regarding this, Zhou Dajiang hadn’t taken it seriously at all, thinking it was just a threat, nothing more.

Now he couldn’t help but recall Aunt Gu’s words from before. Even though she was a doctor at the steel factory’s hospital, everyone knew she was skillful.

Many influential and powerful people would seek her medical care, and hospitals from elsewhere in the province and from within the city continuously invited her to work for them, even offering housing.

No matter how tempting the offers, Gu Wei never considered changing her place of work.

The external reason was her reluctance to part with her friend Zhang Shifen, and though some thought Gu Wei was using Zhang Shifen as a shield, the steel factory had to make a stand.

The steel factory had always tried to provide as much care as possible for Gu Wei and Zhang Shifen, and it could be said that Zhang Shifen’s career had not been doing badly in recent years, with Aunt Gu contributing a lot.

Zhou Dajiang had even contemplated, once Zhou Yong’s wife came into the family, whether he could ask Zhang Shifen and Aunt Gu to help her secure permanent employment.

Now, it was all ruined, what to do?

Zhou Dajiang was panicking, truly not knowing what to do. Unable to come up with any solution, after a moment of being dazed, he quickly stood up, rummaged for the keys, unlocked the door, and dashed out, not caring if he left the main door behind him open.

Although the people, tired from talking and noting the late hour, had decided to go to rest, upon hearing the sound of the door opening, they all peeked out and saw a figure descending the stairs.

Looking up at the door of the Zhou Family that was left open, well, they didn’t see a face, but they were sure it was Zhou Dajiang.