Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 605 - 606 Sister Like Mother 23_1

Chapter 605: Chapter 606 Sister Like Mother 23_1

Zhao Mei considered herself a trendy person, as she often visited the county town when Huang Zhiqiang was around, and she was somewhat in the know.

Regarding that shop in town, she had some knowledge about what it was involved in.

In a word, it had a bad reputation, but she had never paid much attention to it, confident that her own child would never get involved with such things.

Yet to her surprise, Huang Xin actually incited Huang Lina to work at such a place, which infuriated her greatly.

"Huang Xin, do you even have a brain? How old is your sister to be going to work? She needs to study, to go to high school, to university."

Zhao Mei remembered the wife of Huang Zhiqiang’s boss, who was beautiful and a university graduate; that boss treated his wife very well, and he has always been supportive of the Yue family.

Considering Huang Lina was beautiful and articulate, of course she must go to university; she could then find a wealthy boss to provide support for their family as well.

For the sake of this, she had even risked falling out with Huang Man. And now Huang Xin had done such a foolish thing, she was beside herself with anger.

"Li Na, you must study, you have to go to university." Zhao Mei said sternly.

High school and then university? Huang Lina, facing Zhao Mei’s serious expression, almost wanted to say that the other was crazy.

Even in her dreams, she would never dream of going to high school and then to university.

"Mom, my grades aren’t good enough for high school." Unless she started working extremely hard now, there might just be a slim chance.

But she was not one to endure hardships, "After all, you make money the same way after graduating from university. I’d rather start earning money right after middle school."

"Mom, you’d be better off hoping for my older sister to go to university than me."

"Of course, Huang Xin, you’re hopeless -- someone who plays games all day and is always squandering money, it would be problematic if he ever got into university."

Hmph, they accused her of chasing celebrities and squandering money, but he never considered that he was a pro at wasting the family’s assets.

Huang Man had finished washing clothes and returned to her room to do schoolwork. As it was hot, the window was certainly open, and naturally, she overheard the fierce arguments between the Huang siblings.

It was an exchange of mutual blame, each claiming the other was the real pro at squandering money.

Huang Man felt they actually left someone out -- wasn’t Zhao Mei also good at frittering away money?

No one expected that they would end up fighting like this over the rent for a few acres of land.

Zhao Mei originally didn’t want to intervene, but she couldn’t just stand by when she found out they were fighting like this.

She really couldn’t bear the looks of the neighbors; Zhao Mei felt that her dignity was trampled on by them, both inside and out.

"What are you arguing about over such a small amount of money?" It’s not like it’s a significant amount, just a few hundred yuan.

"Over such a small amount of money." Zhao Mei’s tone made Huang Lina very impolite, and she directly extended her hand toward her.

"Mom, since you already said it’s just a small amount of money, fine, give me the money then."

"I won’t ask for much, just give me five hundred." She spoke as if it were a trivial sum.

"Mom, no, you can’t give the money." How could Huang Xin agree, "Mom, if you dare give her this money, then you can’t manage dad’s compensation anymore."

Huang Lina, seeing Huang Xin jumping in again, really couldn’t take it anymore.

Smack, a loud slap resounded quickly. Huang Xin had no idea Huang Lina would strike him; thus, he was completely stunned at the outset.

Zhao Mei quickly came to her senses, looking at Huang Xin’s swollen face with unbearable pity.

She rushed over and pushed Huang Lina away, gently touching Huang Xin’s face, "Little Xin, Little Xin, are you okay?"

"What could possibly be wrong with me?" Huang Xin hissed a few times, "Huang Lina, you damn girl, how dare you hit me."

Huang Xin had never been hit in his life, no matter how outrageous his actions had been.

Yet, unexpectedly, it wasn’t his parents, Huang Zhiqiang and his wife, who hit him but Huang Lina who laid hands on him.

This made Huang Xin utterly unable to bear it, nor did he want to.

Taking a deep breath, he pushed Zhao Mei aside and then charged at Huang Lina, grabbing her hair with one hand, and delivered several slaps to her face.

While hitting her, he cursed, "You actually dare to hit me; you’re really spoiled."

Huang Xin thought back to the times he had dominated Huang Man, realizing that even if he couldn’t deal with Huang Man, that didn’t mean he couldn’t handle Huang Lina.

If he didn’t completely subdue her this time, trying to do so later would be nothing but a dream.

In any case, he had to let Huang Lina know harshly that rebelling would never end well for her.

Huang Lina didn’t expect Huang Xin to strike her with such ferocity.

"Brother, I won’t dare again, I truly won’t dare anymore," she implored, realizing suddenly that while Huang Xin couldn’t punish Huang Man, dealing with her was not a problem at all.

Huang Lina regretted not realizing sooner that Huang Xin wasn’t easy to deal with.

"Won’t dare?" Huang Xin, hearing Huang Lina’s continuous pleas for mercy, grew even more thrilled.

How wonderful it would be if he were beating Huang Man instead. The more Huang Xin thought about it, the more he felt the urge to punish Huang Lina harder.

Zhao Mei, seeing Huang Xin hitting Huang Lina, didn’t intervene. She felt Huang Lina deserved a lesson for hitting Huang Xin.

She had assumed Huang Xin might merely teach Huang Lina a lesson, but she didn’t expect his assault to be so fierce.

The swelling on Huang Lina’s face was becoming visible, and Zhao Mei worried what would happen if she got disfigured from the beating.

She was never a smart girl, only able to attract men with her looks.

If her face were ruined, and she became unattractive, wouldn’t she just become a burden they couldn’t get rid of?

Zhao Mei quickly grabbed Huang Xin’s arm, signaling him to stop hitting her.

"Let go." Huang Xin was annoyed with Zhao Mei, who he found increasingly irritating for getting in the way.

"Let go of me," he demanded.

"My sister was right; you just don’t know how to discipline a child, always gossiping outside, always squandering money," he accused.

"My father has only been dead for so short a time, and you’re already dressing garishly. What, do you plan to take the money and remarry?"

Huang Xin became increasingly convinced that Zhao Mei, who was reluctant to give them money, was actually planning to remarry with it.

Since Zhao Mei bought many beautiful clothes after being discharged from the hospital, people began whispering that she might be getting ready to remarry.

Otherwise, what kind of woman starts to dress up so soon after her husband’s death, especially when Huang Zhiqiang had always treated her so well?

But even those who got along well with Zhao Mei wouldn’t dare to speak out loud, as it would be like courting death.

To everyone’s surprise, Zhao Mei’s eldest son, Huang Xin, bluntly posed the question.

Everyone turned their gaze towards Zhao Mei, awaiting her response.