Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 412 The Foolish Filial Man’s Wife 27_1

Chapter 412: Chapter 412 The Foolish Filial Man’s Wife 27_1

Zhao Wenjin yawned as she got out of the taxi, "I really don’t get what your mom is thinking."

"Just one day off and she insists on a family gathering, making us come early, too."

The original hostess would rise early to busily attend to various chores at her in-laws’ place, but the Zhao Wenjin with a different "core" certainly didn’t harbour any such desire to busily work.

"It’s not early anymore." Liao Kai knew that Zhao Wenjin wouldn’t wake up early and figured she would probably arrive sometime after nine.

However, Zhao Wenjin didn’t wake up until after nine, and after getting washed up and all that fuss, they didn’t leave until after ten.

"Blame me then." Zhao Wenjin was also quite unhappy, "Don’t you know how hard I work at my job?"

She had been very busy these past few days. The manuscripts she delivered the last two times had been completed well, and this time, with increased quantity, of course, there came more demands. As for the price, it made Zhao Wenjin very happy indeed.

"I had intended to continue painting at home today." Although there was still some time left before the deadline, she preferred to finish early as usual.

Liao Kai thought of each painting Zhao Wenjin made and the prices she revealed, which genuinely gave him quite a scare.

Now, he truly regretted why he had listened to his parents back then, thinking that painting was a pricey hobby and telling his wife not to paint.

If he hadn’t listened to them and had let Zhao Wenjin continue painting, maybe they would have made quite a bit of money by now.

"After we have a good lunch, we’ll go back," Liao Kai stated. "When we get home, I’ll cook."

"I never planned to cook anyways," Zhao Wenjin responded coolly. "Regardless of whether I had planned to do any work."

"That includes Xiao Yu not doing any work either."

"When you get back, just talk to your mom. If she’s rude, I’ll just walk out the door."

Zhao Wenjin looked at Liao Jiayu, "If we bail, we’ll head to the new seafood restaurant that just opened."

"If it’s good, we’ll buy some fresh seafood to take home." It’s been a long time since she craved for raw marinated seafood, and she really missed it.

The reason she hadn’t craved for seafood before was the lack of fresh options, so she hadn’t paid it much mind. But now that she knew a new place in Capital City served fresh seafood, she definitely couldn’t miss out.

Liao Jiayu’s mood had been pretty bad since she found out she had to go to the Liao Family’s place today. She nearly faked an illness that morning, but Zhao Wenjin promised not to let anyone bully her, which was the only reason she agreed to come along.

Hearing from Zhao Wenjin that there was a chance they would go somewhere nice for lunch, of course, she had no objections, "I love seafood."

Liao Kai watched the mother and daughter discuss what seafood to order later on. "I want to eat mantis shrimp too." He remembered the mantis shrimp he ate last time—it was really delicious, and he missed it dearly.

"Alright, if they have it, we’ll buy it." Since her income was good this time, she certainly had to treat herself well.

The purpose of making money was to enjoy good food and drink. There’s no way she would shortchange herself.

"But what if we’ve had lunch at grandma’s?" Liao Jiayu worried they might not be able to enjoy the seafood today.

She had heard classmates talk about the seafood restaurant, saying it was truly fresh, which made it particularly tempting for her.

"If we’ve had lunch, does that mean we won’t go?" Zhao Wenjin countered.

"We won’t eat dinner. My income is quite good this time, so I plan on having some raw marinated seafood," Zhao Wenjin said eagerly.

Raw marinated? What’s that? Liao Kai and his father exchanged glances. "Is it the raw marinated seafood we’re thinking of?"

"Raw?" Liao Jiayu liked eating it, but she mostly ate cooked. "Can you eat raw seafood?"

"Of course, you can. Have you forgotten how good those drunken shrimp you ate last time were?" Last time she saw that Liao Kai bought live shrimp, they were so fresh that she made drunken shrimp on the spot, and they tasted amazingly good.

The father and son from the Liao family thought of that time they had drunken shrimp, their eyes instantly lit up, nodding incessantly, feeling they could look forward to it.

"That’s settled, then. We’ll eat a good lunch and leave immediately." After all, seafood needed time to marinate.

Liao Jiayu was of course happy to leave early, and Liao Kai certainly had no problem with it, since no matter what he did, he was viewed unfavorably.

Zhang Zhaodi had gotten up early in the morning and would occasionally go to the front gate to see if Zhao Wenjin was coming.

She mentioned to every passing neighbor, "We’re having a family meal at home today, waiting for my second child’s family."

Upon hearing that the Liao family was having a gathering and was waiting for Zhao Wenjin, everyone immediately understood her intention—she was hoping someone would bring food to help with the work.

But as they waited and waited, with the sun climbing high, they still did not see Liao Kai and his family of three.

This really infuriated Zhang Zhaodi, as she had found out from Feng Lili that Zhao Wenjin had written a will, distributing assets like the house, and the distribution didn’t involve a single cent for the Liao family.

The old lady was truly livid. She had never expected that they would rather donate the house and other assets than leave them to Liao Kai.

The old lady felt that the Zhao family lacked a sense of clan due to their sparse numbers; she was determined to show Zhao Wenjin what a family was.

A family meant mutual support, with assets that could be shared. Why insist on donating the house?

But now, before she could even educate her children about this, they’d given her a slap in the face.

Zhang Zhaodi took a deep breath in frustration—no, she couldn’t get angry, or she would definitely drive people away. She needed to take it slow.

Feng Lili looked at the time and saw it was almost eleven o’clock, but there was hardly anything at home, and she didn’t know what Liao Kai and his family might bring.

Intuition told her that even if they brought something, it wouldn’t be much. "Mom, it’s almost eleven o’clock. Should I go out and buy some food?"

Liao Xuan came out of her room yawning. Recently, she had been busy at work. Then there was the house renovation, and she had to choose her favorite furniture and have the house renovated to her specifications.

She was incredibly busy, but what troubled her most was wanting to buy good furniture and have a luxurious renovation, all of which required money.

They didn’t have much savings to begin with, and the current renovations were being paid for by her in-laws as her dowry, which she had insisted on.

This money was almost all spent, and to continue, more was needed, but Zhang Zhaodi had already made it clear not to expect more, as they wouldn’t provide additional funds.

As for Liao Jun and his wife, they were even more straightforward. They said they needed to save money to buy an apartment for Liao Bin, worried about their ability to repay if they spent it now.

Liao Xuan remembered Feng Lili’s disdainful expression, which made her furiously angry. She admitted she was currently without money, but things wouldn’t always be this way.

But she couldn’t make a scene, because they didn’t have much money and still needed to buy a house for Liao Bin. Would Zhang Zhaodi and the others let her get away with potentially delaying the Liao family from having a great-grandchild?

The only ones she could now count on were Liao Kai and his wife. Even if Liao Kai didn’t have money, there was still Zhao Wenjin.

She didn’t even hold her wedding in the house under Zhao Wenjin’s name. Now, they were short of money for renovating their wedding house, so shouldn’t the wealthy sister-in-law, Zhao Wenjin, contribute?

But to her surprise, when she woke up, she didn’t see Zhao Wenjin and her family anywhere.

Liao Xuan was astonished, "Has Zhao Wenjin really not come?"

In the past, Zhao Wenjin would always get up early to go to the market for the freshest ingredients.

By nine o’clock, she would definitely be here, preparing the ingredients and cooking, and all they had to do was sit down to eat.

After a satisfying meal and fruit for dessert, there weren’t even dishes to wash—everything was done by Zhao Wenjin.

But now, with no one having shown up, what was this situation? Liao Xuan said displeased, "They couldn’t have decided not to come, could they?"