Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 455 The Foolish Filial Man’s Wife 70_1

Chapter 455: Chapter 455 The Foolish Filial Man’s Wife 70_1

According to the original plan, Zhao Wenjin thought that by September at least the house should be ready for renovation.

By the end of the year, they should have been able to move in, but the result of all the work was that everything was finished, including the interior renovation, by the end of the year.

Helpless, Zhao Wenjin could only decide to move in before the Spring Festival, fortunately airing out the place every day. Otherwise, she really wouldn’t have dared to rush into living there.

Zhang Zhaodi knew that the Zhao family’s house was being remodeled and renovated but had never really taken it to heart.

In her view, no matter how much they fussed over this old house, its foundation stayed the same. How much better could it really become?

Having the money to fuss over this would be better spent on buying an apartment. Leave this old house for Liao Jun to live in, which would be convenient for him if he remarried.

She had whispered these thoughts to Liao Daqiang, not daring to say them in front of Zhao Wenjin and her husband, or even in front of Liao Jun and the others.

No matter how much disdain she harbored, when she finally set foot in the place, she was genuinely stunned and impressed, "Isn’t this just a coat of paint?"

She had thought the house would look like the current small apartment buildings, especially after being renovated for so long and having so much money spent on it.

After all the fuss and expense, it seemed like they just applied some paint, added a balcony to one side room, and turned another into a two-storied space.

"Can that even be called a courtyard house anymore?"

"Do we really need to spend all that money to hire someone?" Liao Kai now knew firsthand how difficult it was to restore things as they were.

"Liao Xuan works for a foreign company, and she knows some foreigners."

"Ask her if her boss likes living in courtyard houses, and then go out and see how much rent a house like this can fetch now."

Liao Kai was now well aware that the rent for such a small courtyard house wasn’t cheap, and he didn’t even dare think how much the rent would be for a bigger one.

Apartment buildings are good, but how much can their rent fetch really?

"Foreigners like living in these?" Zhang Zhaodi unconsciously felt that Liao Kai was trying to pull one over on her.

"Do you think foreigners are lacking apartment buildings to live in?"

"They don’t have courtyard houses over there," Liao Kai said irritably, "Forget it."

After all, in the eyes of the elders, what Liao Jun and the others said was always right, while his words were taken with a grain of salt, seen as lies and exaggerations.

"This house is renovated very nicely, but I still think this money would have been better spent buying a house."

"Even if you bought one, you wouldn’t let you live there. It’s all Xiao Jin’s money," Liao Kai blurted out.

"But I heard that Liao Jun bought an apartment, and your eldest son bought a house; you can live there just the same."

The mention of this was fine until it brought an immediate change to the old lady’s expression, which turned sour, "Let it be."

"We’re old now, and people have started to reject us."

"I’ll just stay in the old house and avoid moving in with anyone. That would just annoy people."

Zhang Zhaodi, looking at this beautiful house, although she still disdains it for not being a modern apartment building, couldn’t deny that such a beautifully renovated courtyard house was livable.

"It’s okay, you have Liao Jun, you have Liao Xuan." Even if Zhang Zhaodi disdained courtyard houses, Liao Kai was not going to relent.

"Now they don’t even think about us and your father."

"Your brother was saying his girlfriend doesn’t want to live with us old folks. He also said that in the future, this house will be left for Liao Bin to live in."

"That bastard Liao Jun actually agrees, telling me that since I like his eldest son, when Liao Bin grows up, he can live with us."

"We’ll go to him whenever we’re not feeling well." Zhang Zhaodi actually knew that Liao Jun wasn’t very filial to them, the elderly couple.

But hearing Liao Jun so blatantly planning not to take care of them still made her feel a bit unhappy.

"I can’t interfere with this." She was likely hoping that he would get involved and try to talk to Liao Jun, to persuade him in various ways.

If it had been in the past, perhaps he might have intervened, but now he had no interest in involving himself in such thankless endeavors.

Zhang Zhaodi knew that Liao Kai was not as easily fooled as before, but she still felt that now it was Liao Jun who was being unfilial, and she couldn’t just ignore it.

What she hadn’t expected was that the child would still have this attitude, "Your brother only cares about himself now, he bought a new house and didn’t take us to see it."

"Isn’t there still Liao Xuan, and besides, Mom, do you think with your temperament, you could get along with your daughter-in-law?"

"Once Liao Jun’s wife has a child, will you be able to stay out of it?"

"Liao Jun is worried it’ll be like before; you haven’t forgotten, have you? One of the reasons Feng Lili wanted a divorce was because of how badly you treated her."

"Liao Jun is also worried about what if a mess like that leads to a divorce again?" Although the words were harsh, such a possibility did exist.

Is this how they talk about her? "Am I that kind of person?" Zhang Zhaodi felt so wronged.

Facing someone with no self-awareness, Liao Kai didn’t want to say much, "The problem is your eldest son thinks you are."

"If you feel aggrieved, you should go talk to Liao Jun."

"I have, I did talk to him, and your brother said exactly that." Zhang Zhaodi had not failed to approach Liao Jun, it was after she did that she became even more angry, even more frustrated.

"Then live on your own, isn’t that good?" Liao Kai paused, "You and Dad could rent out the house, isn’t it nice to have rental income?"

"That won’t do." Zhang Zhaodi still thought it wasn’t a good idea, so she wanted Liao Kai to come up with a solution.

Looking at Zhang Zhaodi who was behaving like a hooligan, Liao Kai said, "I’m not dealing with you two old folks’ matters."

He had ideas, sure, like making a fuss at Liao Jun’s place, or selling the old house and buying one next to Liao Jun’s with the money.

But he would definitely not say so; if anything happened, it would be his fault.

"You’ve thought of a solution for me." Zhang Zhaodi stared at Liao Kai.

"What can I do." Liao Kai spread his hands, "You don’t want to deal with the consequences yourself, so you want me to find a solution."

"So I should take the blame when things go wrong?" Liao Kai directly pointed out the old lady’s malicious intentions.

"Son, look, your house is nicely renovated, and there are more rooms now, can I come and live there?" To her, having a daughter-in-law to take care of her would be enough.

"Not possible," Liao Kai replied curtly, "If you don’t want me to divorce, if you don’t want me to cause all kinds of trouble at home."

"Because if you pressure me into a divorce and my family is torn apart, I won’t care about the consequences."

"Besides, it’s getting late, you should go back and cook for Dad." He unceremoniously escorted the old lady back home.

Of course, they didn’t go by car, but by motorcycle instead.

That’s right, Liao Kai had used his own salary to buy a motorcycle since cycling to and from work every day was really quite taxing.

The old lady looked at the car parked at the door, obviously reluctant.

"I want to ride in the car."

"Zhao Wenjin will not let you ride in the car. If you want to ride in one, wait until your dear son and daughter buy a car; then you can ride as much as you want."

After they arrived at the Liao Family’s place, Liao Kai began to complain without any niceties, "I have no idea what Mom is trying to do by coming over."

"I’m quite happy with my life right now, and I don’t want anyone to mess it up."

"Otherwise, if I’m not having a good time, nobody’s going to have a good time," Liao Kai said fiercely as he scanned the people present.

"You can go to my workplace and say how unfilial I am, but you don’t have the right to go to Xiao Yu’s school."

"Otherwise, I will go talk to your bosses, or have a good talk right in front of your stalls."

Liao Kai knew exactly how to deal with shameless people.

Without waiting for anyone to react, he turned around and left.