Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 382 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 82_1

Chapter 382: Chapter 382 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 82_1

So many things had piled up that after Huang Lei returned to Capital City, she had been dizzyingly busy.

Once she finally had a moment to breathe after all the busyness and was enjoying some parent-child time with the twins, she learned from Zhao Ya’s mouth that Fan Xiaofei and Wang Nan had actually visited that family a few days ago.

"You’re saying you saw Wang Nan go to that family’s house?" These past two years have indeed provided Huang Lei with some clues, such as the rate of decline of that household being much faster than they had anticipated.

However, they had always been very good at packaging themselves, never letting anyone notice.

Huang Lei didn’t understand it. They clearly had some quite good properties in their hands, including profit-making industries, yet they ended up losing money.

There had been an increase in businesspeople over the years, but that shouldn’t have been the reason for such rapid decline.

As for the real reason, she did not know and could not find out, but she knew she had to stay on guard against them.

She would often keep an eye on their movements, worried that they might take action against her, and thus didn’t pay much attention to them.

To her surprise, Fan Xiaofei had actually gotten involved with that family, "Are you sure it was Wang Nan?"

"It was her, she looked much older." Zhao Ya had not recognized her at first either, "She saw me first and proactively greeted me."

"She even said she came with a man to discuss a partnership and expressed her intention to visit you when she’s less busy."

They planned to visit her? Huang Lei thought for a moment, "I don’t want to see them."

Since they had already visited the neighbors, it suggested they were on good terms, otherwise with the high-handed attitude they displayed, not just anyone could go for a visit.

Huang Lei, who had been their neighbor for many years, had never visited next door, and as for the twins, even though Zhao Ya and the old lady of that household were on good terms, they had never gone over to play.

In any case, from beginning to end, they exuded an air of ’we are from a Wealthy Family,’ with their grand four-entrance Siheyuan, Huang Lei had to admit they were a large household, far beyond comparison with their modest single-entrance courtyard house.

Thinking of this, Huang Lei remembered the double-entrance Siheyuan she had recently purchased; it was already renovated and had been aired out for more than half a year, ready for moving in.

"Nanny, let’s move." Even though they were living in adjacent yards, it was still very inconvenient as the yards were not interconnected, requiring passage through the main gate in and out.

It was good to have purchased the double-entrance courtyard. Huang Dapeng and his wife could live in the first entrance, while they could live in the second one, with the garden area in the back converted into a garage.

If they came back late at night, they could directly return to their rooms via the garage in the back without passing through the front and disturbing the elders’ rest.

"Let’s move." Zhao Ya had previously been reluctant to move, mainly because she was used to living here and moving suddenly was really hard to come to terms with.

But now, some of the old neighbors had passed away or moved to live with their children.

Eventually, the old lady agreed to the move, and Huang Lei swiftly started packing up things.

Even though the new house had everything, it was not possible to just move in with a suitcase; clothes and documents also needed to be brought over.

Despite the twins’ young age, they had the most belongings to pack and carry, always finding things they couldn’t bear to part with.

You really don’t realize until you move just how much stuff you’ve bought for the two little kids, from toys to clothes and more.

Huang Lei set aside some clothes that no longer fit, considering whether they could be given to someone in need.

It was during this time that Wang Nan, flush with success, came to visit.

Huang Lei hadn’t expected Wang Nan to choose the busiest time for a visit.

It’s one thing to visit, but not even a courtesy call in advance.

From Wang Nan’s surprised expression, Huang Lei could tell her current appearance must be quite a mess.

Before the meeting, Wang Nan had imagined many scenarios for reuniting with Huang Lei, but she hadn’t expected to encounter her looking disheveled and dusty.

Originally, Huang Lei had intended to tidy up a bit, but upon seeing her schadenfreude expression, she suddenly lost all urge to do so.

’It’s been a while, have you sorted things out?’ she had wanted to ask why she would come to Capital City.

But then she thought that would be too phony, considering she had already greeted Zhao Ya proactively last time.

It was only at this moment that Wang Nan noticed the disorderly state of the home. "What’s all this?"

"We’re moving. The house is too small, we’re getting ready to switch to a larger courtyard house," Huang Lei wasn’t one to show off.

But sometimes, when it’s time to flaunt, you have to, otherwise they really think you can be easily bullied.

Moving? Planning to switch to a larger courtyard house? These past few days, Wang Nan had also taken the time to inquire about the prices of courtyard houses.

Despite not liking to live in such old houses, she always felt that owning a courtyard house could prove her own capability.

But after some investigation, Wang Nan felt intimidated, as did Fan Xiaofei, they really didn’t know that these old courtyard houses they looked down upon were actually so valuable.

It’s not even about whether they have enough money to buy a courtyard house, nor is it something they could purchase on a whim; the good ones have long been parceled out.

On the rare occasion that one is available for sale, not only is the price steep, but it also requires a lot of money for refurbishment, and even so, outsiders like them don’t get a chance to acquire it, with others getting the jump on them.

Now that Huang Lei was going to live in an even larger courtyard house, Wang Nan’s expression was one of contortion.

Huang Lei knew that Wang Nan was narrow-minded and would surely be unhappy upon hearing this news, but she hadn’t expected she would become quite this upset.

Wasn’t she supposed to be someone’s mistress, someone who ought to be a bit more scheming? How come she still couldn’t hide her emotions?

"You’re still as narrow-minded as before, always trying to step on others," Huang Lei said indifferently.

"Back when we were all naive, you stepped on us and that was that. But now, what’s the point of making such a face in front of me?"

"Are you married to Fan Xiaofei?"

"Didn’t you say it was true love, that he initially had no choice but to marry the other person, so why hasn’t he married you now that he no longer relies on the Zhu Family?"

She hadn’t intended to provoke, but Wang Nan’s face was so irritating to Huang Lei that her words just came out as she pleased.

At Huang Lei’s words, Wang Nan suddenly didn’t know how to continue, "I, I, Fan Xiaofei now has a large business, and if he divorces, he’d have to split half his assets with the other person."

Yes, it was the reluctance to split half the assets that kept him from divorcing.

Looking at Wang Nan still trying to keep up appearances, Huang Lei chuckled, "It’s good that you’re able to think this way, as long as you can come to terms with it."

"Remembering back in the day when the Fan Family fell on hard times, you didn’t hesitate to follow him to the countryside," Huang Lei said in a drawn-out tone.

"People were so simple back then."

"Thinking that as long as the love was there, nothing else mattered."

"We all thought you would marry Fan Xiaofei, even if he later married someone else. But after the Zhu Family’s downfall, why didn’t Fan Xiaofei ever marry you?"

"Wasn’t it supposed to be true love?" Huang Lei asked with a teasing look at her.

Wang Nan felt incredibly awkward, sensing that what Huang Lei was about to say next was something she didn’t want to hear.

"When Zhang Xia went down to The South to buy goods, he actually saw Fan Xiaofei shopping with his wife. Their current business is something they both worked hard to build together."

"Why didn’t he involve you when he first started doing business?" Huang Lei delivered the final, fatal blow.