Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 653 - 654 Sister Like Mother 71_1

Chapter 653: Chapter 654 Sister Like Mother 71_1

Zhao Lei rushed to Capital City for the winter vacation to continue his training classes.

Huang Man looked at his grades from last semester, "Actually, your grades are good, stay steady, and I think you can definitely get into a decent university."

"By the way, do you plan to go abroad right after high school graduation?" She had previously sensed his uncertainty about the best timing to go abroad.

She didn’t know if he had made up his mind by now.

"Yeah, I’m already starting to take the TOEFL and IELTS exams."

"Once the results are out, I plan to send in my materials, and my dad also said he could help pull some strings."

"My dad always says you have to rely on your own ability, and you can’t expect the family to help you out."

"Then I mention wanting to study computer science abroad, and he immediately starts pulling strings for me," Zhao Lei said with a bitter smile.

"But it’s also good, he’s quite pleased with me right now, so I’ll just make more money."

Zhao Lei had long made plans to start a business, even if working elsewhere was just to gain some experience.

When it came to starting a technology business, there would be all sorts of needs for money, so Zhao Lei started preparing for entrepreneurship right now.

"I’m starting to make more money now so that in the future, when I start my business, I won’t be beholden to him." Zhao Lei knew that once he began his venture, Father Zhao would, at first, invest a little out of paternal obligation.

But as his company started on the right track and began to develop well, he would definitely want to get involved and take a major share.

"I have never thought about letting him get involved. If he gives me shares in his company, I’ll take them, but if not, I don’t want them."

"But the shares of my company, I absolutely won’t give to him. I won’t let his other son have the chance to disgust me," Zhao Lei said resolutely.

Thinking of that kid he saw, he felt strong aversion.

Seeing Zhao Lei’s expression, Huang Man guessed, "What’s wrong, have you met the other party?"

Otherwise, he definitely wouldn’t have that expression, but what she knew was whether she should worry that Zhao Lei and his mother might take action against that child.

Or worry that others might act. They’ve really been well-protected, even though many people know that his first love had a son for him, they have managed not to reveal it.

Remembering the mother and son that had sprung up, Zhao Lei snorted coldly, "My mom used to be foolish, only knowing how to vie for favor."

"I wasn’t doing well in school and was always butting heads with the old man. I definitely wasn’t a match for them, of course they didn’t take us seriously."

"But now, my mom no longer cares about my dad’s moves. She’s just busy making money from her business."

"As for my dad, he’s somewhat pathetic. Back then, when my mom was all over him, he found it troublesome and avoided her."

"Now that my mom ignores him and is busy making money, he actually has meals with her occasionally."

"That’s pretty good," Huang Man said, somewhat understanding. If Zhao Lei and his mother mattered to the head of the Zhao Family, their status would be affected.

"Right, well, my mom is just focused on making money anyway, taking advantage of the fact that she’s still not guarded against me."

"Oh, and by the way," Zhao Lei realized the topic had strayed and quickly steered it back on track.

"They probably think I’m easy to manipulate and put on all sorts of airs in front of me, showing off trying to provoke me."

"But I didn’t get angry, and that idiot got furious instead."

Zhao Lei had often heard from that man about how clever, sensible, and capable his supposed little brother was.

To his surprise, "Sometimes it would be better not to let me in on the matter, a two-faced guy, a hypocrite, and yet the old man praises him to the skies."

"If he hadn’t been running the company well, reaching new highs in performance these past two years, I’d have thought he was an idiot."

"Forget it, if he thinks that fool is good, then fine. Let him take over."

"The company he labored to grow, once in the hands of his most cherished and precious son, if it collapses, and then smoothly goes bankrupt, I wonder if it would anger the old man to death."

Zhao Lei had never had any affection for the so-called Zhao Family legacy. Why should he bother to learn about a legacy that had nothing to do with him?

Huang Man passed Zhao Lei a cup of grapefruit tea. He took it unguardedly and sipped, "This is bitter."

Zhao Lei looked plaintively at Huang Man, not understanding why her tea-drinking habits were so strange.

"Why drink bitter ’grapefruit tea’?" Huang Man said indifferently, mentioning its benefits, "Do you have time, by the way?"

Zhao Lei put the cup down. After listening to a whole lecture, he knew grapefruit tea was a good thing, okay, he admitted it was.

But no matter how good something was, it couldn’t overcome real bitterness.

His life was already bitter enough—he couldn’t let it become even more so.

"Where to?"

"I’ll take you to see the new house I bought. If there are no surprises, I’ll live there in the future." Originally, she thought it would only be a plumbing job before the Spring Festival.

But unexpectedly, the structure was finished, the concrete was laid, and the walls were painted white.

The decorations of the house were really more than halfway done; the rapid progress of the work, apart from the small size of the house, was also due to the diligent efforts of the workers.

Ah, buying a house again? Zhao Lei knew that as soon as Huang Man came to Capital City, she bought a few houses and then, after refurbishing, displayed them as model units for potential buyers.

Afterwards, there was no more news, he hadn’t expected that she had purchased another house without his knowledge.

"It’s a small property."

"Not very big, just a corner in a large mixed courtyard." She knew if she mentioned this on the phone to Zhao Lei, he would think too much.

Such a house should be seen by the person directly, so he could know the value of this house.

A house in the corner of a mixed courtyard? Upon hearing this, Zhao Lei felt that the house didn’t seem very reliable.

But seeing Huang Man’s excited expression, he didn’t make a comment, deciding to discuss the house with her after he had seen it.

When he arrived at the location, he saw the house, "Is this separated from the mixed courtyard?"

Huang Man hummed affirmatively, "Yeah, although the mixed courtyard is lively, people there also gossip about you."

"I can ignore them, but of course it’s best if I can avoid it."

"It’s better this way, being a part of the mixed courtyard yet separate. What do you think?"

"It’s just a bit small." Zhao Lei looked at the rather small house, about the size of his bathroom, which was going to be Huang Man’s place in Capital City.

"Please, do you know the prices of houses here?"

"I’m telling you, the houses I bought last year have gone up by twenty percent in six months."

"I really regret not being bolder."

"Had I taken a loan to buy ten or so houses, I really..." She had thought about taking out a loan before, but how could she, a college student without income, get approved for a loan?

So, she gave up the idea, but now knowing how fast housing prices have risen, she is so frustrated.