Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 240 True or False First Love 40_1

Chapter 240: Chapter 240 True or False First Love 40_1

Having seen off the dejected Zhou Dahai and the others, Zhou Lina’s mood improved significantly.

"The day after tomorrow, we can move back in." Although some furniture wouldn’t be repaired so quickly, there would still be furniture good enough to use.

Zhou Dajiang didn’t leave with Zhou Dahai and his group, instead he followed Zhang Shifen and her company.

Zhang Shifen didn’t pay him any attention either; the four of them didn’t speak on the way and went straight to Gu Wei’s place.

Upon arriving at Gu Wei’s, they promptly closed the door without any indication of inviting him in.

Watching the door being shut right in front of him, Zhou Dajiang’s expression turned particularly ugly.

How could he not notice that Gu Wei was taking Zhang Shifen’s side? But he had no choice but to endure.

With his hand raised in mid-air, he didn’t knock for a long time, knowing the situation would unfold just as it did yesterday.

Taking a deep breath, he left without a trace of energy.

Walking on the road back home, Zhou Dajiang couldn’t control his tears; he truly didn’t understand how it could have come to this.

In the past, the union director would greet him warmly upon sight, but today the greeting was merely perfunctory.

And at work today, he only visited the restroom a few times more than usual to relax, and the workshop director caught him, publicly criticizing his laziness.

In the past, the workshop director would have turned a blind eye to his laziness, but such a shift now was obviously because they knew about the quarrel between him and his wife.

Zhou Dajiang had never imagined that his personal issues would spill over into his work life.

He didn’t know whether Zhang Shifen faced similar situations at work, but he knew she wouldn’t care about these things; she had a supportive ex-husband, and moreover, it was their entire family who had been in the wrong.

Zhou Yong tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. He had made his stance and thoughts clear today, yet nobody seemed to care.

It would be a lie to say Zhou Yong wasn’t upset, but he was helpless; Zhou Hong’s issues were bigger and more pressing.

He could understand, but couldn’t comprehend, could it be that his own marriage was considered a trivial matter?

Seeing the figure of Zhou Dajiang, Zhou Yong immediately sat up, "Dad, I met with Lili today."

"She said that if our grandparents are living at our house when I get married, what should I do?"

Zhou Dajiang’s mood still hadn’t settled, and now Zhou Yong was giving him yet another headache.

"Didn’t we talk about this?"

"Your brother will get his house at the beginning of the year, and they’ll move back there."

"Your grandparents will move out then."

"The big room will be yours." Zhou Dajiang knew he could only reserve this room for Zhou Yong as a matrimonial home.

That way, when they had children, there would still be enough space.

Zhou Yong didn’t ask for much, just for a guarantee of a room for marriage.

"You promise." Zhou Yong remembered that Zhou Dajiang had made promises before, but what was the result?

It still meant nothing, "What if our grandparents don’t move out when the time comes?"

Zhou Dajiang wanted to say it was impossible, but Zhou Yong was insistent he provide a solution.

"Don’t worry, if I said the big room is for you, it’s for you."

"No matter if they move out by then or not, if they do, that’s great, but if they don’t, your grandparents and I will stay in the smaller room."

"And, even if Aunt Zhang comes back to live with Xiao Xuan." Even though he knew it was unlikely, today at that apartment, Zhou Lina had already started planning how to allot the rooms.

In any case, Xiao Xuan would live in the attic, and Zhou Lina and Zhang Shifen would each have a large room.

Having their own kitchen and bathroom, just the three of them, without the need to deal with their in-laws’ troubles—who would want to move back and live in a small room?

Zhou Yong was pleased when he heard Zhou Dajiang saying that Zhang Shifen would not bring Zhou Xuan back.

"Are they really not coming back?"

"That’s true, Zhou Lina’s house is so much bigger than ours."

A thought came to Zhou Yong, "Dad, why didn’t you ever consider living in that apartment? It would be just me staying here."

If he lived there for a long time, wouldn’t the apartment eventually be left to him? There was no need to worry about whether Zhou Dajiang liked Zhou Xuan or not; after all, they couldn’t take his apartment away from him.

Live in Zhou Lina’s apartment? Zhou Dajiang hadn’t even considered it, "Back then, the apartment wasn’t transferred to Zhou Lina, and I never even thought about living there."

"Now that the apartment is under Zhou Lina’s name, I’m even less likely to move in."

When they were discussing how to divide the house, they hadn’t glanced his way, let alone asked for his opinions on how the new house should be arranged.

Zhou Dajiang felt pride was important to him; how could he bring himself to do such a disagreeable thing?

Hearing an answer he had anticipated, Zhou Yong curled his lip, "Fine, although it’s a bit disappointing, I know this is your bottom line, Dad."

If it were him, he would also feel uncomfortable living at the woman’s household, which could make people think he was marrying into her family.

"I know grandpa and grandma have been good to me, but Dad, you have to admit, in reality, they favor Zhou Hong and Zhou Bin more."

"Back when my elder brother was dating and getting married, they contributed money and effort."

"Today they said again that they will give Zhou Bin a big red envelope when he gets married in the future."

"But when I mentioned I have a girlfriend and wanted to get married at the end of the year, all they said was that they’re old, they don’t have much money left, and they really can’t afford to provide much help."

"I don’t understand, I might not compare to my elder brother, but am I not even on par with Zhou Bin?"

"When I get married, the elderly couple suddenly has no money."

"When it’s Zhou Bin’s turn to get married, they suddenly have money."

Zhou Yong’s blood boiled with anger, "Fine, they say they have no money, and I can’t accuse them of favoritism."

"They say they have the money, but they just don’t give it to me."

Zhou Yong felt so heartbroken, he couldn’t stop the tears from flowing.

Seeing Zhou Yong in tears, Zhou Dajiang also felt a twinge of pity, "Don’t worry, grandpa and grandma are old, and you know they feel insecure without money in their hands."

"Rest assured, no matter what, I will give you extra support for your wedding," Zhou Dajiang made all sorts of promises.

At that moment, all he wanted was to comfort his upset son, "Whatever others have, you’ll have too."

He never thought that he didn’t have just one son; there was also Zhou Xuan.

Now, spending so much on the eldest son’s wedding, how would he handle it when it was Zhou Xuan’s turn?

"Sign an agreement?" Zhou Yong remembered that it was only because of such a document that Zhou Lina had prevented Zhou Hong from getting his hands on the apartment.

Although it would upset Zhou Dajiang, Zhou Yong felt that was the only way to ensure the agreement would be honored when it was time for his own wedding.

What? Zhou Dajiang thought to himself, it would be fine as long as things were passable; after all, look at what kind of family they were, they just had to be slightly better than their coworkers and neighbors.

He hadn’t expected that Zhou Yong would actually force him to write a contract, otherwise it would be tantamount to deceiving him.

He figured that writing this was acceptable; after all, the promises he had made before had not been fulfilled. The child needed a sense of security, and that was perfectly normal.

What took him by surprise was what Zhou Yong expected him to prepare for the wedding.