Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 655 - 656 Sister Like Mother 73_1

Chapter 655: Chapter 656 Sister Like Mother 73_1

"Well," Zhao Lei could only let out a gentle sigh, "I think we really are in the same boat."

"Nonsense," Huang Man wouldn’t admit that, "at least you don’t have to worry about money."

"At least your parents support whatever you want to study."

"At least when you wanted to study abroad, your parents supported you and prepared the money for you."

"If I wanted to study abroad, really, I could only apply in secret, sneakily come."

Fortunately, her household registration had now been transferred to Capital Q University, so if she needed a passport for going abroad, she could handle it directly in Capital City.

Otherwise, going back just to get a passport might have caused a huge stir even before she received it.

She definitely planned to tell Zhao Mei and the others about studying abroad, but only at the very last minute, right before she boarded the plane, when she was about to leave for the airport.

Even if they wanted to stop her then, they wouldn’t be able to, so for her to be able to go abroad safely, it was really not easy at all.

Hearing Huang Man’s analysis, Zhao Lei admitted that he had it a bit easier than Huang Man.

"Feeling better?" Huang Man saw Zhao Lei’s smile and knew he must have relaxed a bit.

"By the way, will your mom come?" Previously, it was said Mrs. Zhao would come to Capital City to spend New Year’s with Zhao Lei.

With New Year’s Eve approaching, Mrs. Zhao was nowhere to be seen, and even if she was busy working, it wouldn’t take this long without any sightings.

"I forgot to tell you, my mom took my grandfather and the others on a trip to Japan."

"To Japan?" And she took Zhao Lei’s grandfather and the others? Wasn’t their relationship supposed to be just so-so?

"Right, my mom has money at her disposal now, and she took this opportunity to visit Japan, along with buying some stuff."

"My dad was going to be there for the Spring Festival anyway, now without us in his way, he can take the chance to take them around Europe."

"He gave both me and my mom a large sum of money, telling my mom to enjoy herself."

Zhao Lei remembered the conversation with Father Zhao before he came to Capital City, which was simply to urge him to study hard in preparation for going abroad.

There was no concern about whether he would feel lonely spending New Year’s alone in the city, whether he could adapt, none of those questions were asked.

He also knew that since Mrs. Zhao stopped causing frequent disturbances, President Zhao sometimes didn’t even bother with pleasantries.

"Just consider it a preparation for going abroad."

"Great, since I’m spending New Year’s alone, you can spend it with me." Now that Huang Man knew Mrs. Zhao wouldn’t come to Capital City, she felt relieved.

Honestly, Mrs. Zhao’s demands could be so numerous, sometimes they were baffling.

Now that she wasn’t around, as for Zhao Lei, it was really easy to please him, and the two began to discuss what needed to be prepared for the Spring Festival.

"Right, buy fireworks."

"Let’s have a prosperous and lively New Year." Zhao Lei noticed that Huang Man had noted down many things on the list, but she had left out fireworks.

No fireworks noted? He took a closer look, indeed not, "Add it."

Many things for the Huang family’s New Year were prepared by the original host, but not the fireworks; Huang Zhiqiang would take Huang Xin and the others to the market to buy them.

Now, he didn’t know whether the father and son had met underground, nor what the scene of their encounter might look like.

Huang Zhiqiang was fond of Zhao Mei, but he doted on Huang Xin even more. He was the foundation of the old Huang family, and now this foundation has passed away without leaving any descendants. How could Huang Zhiqiang not be angry?

Zhao Mei woke from her nightmare again. Ever since she moved back, she kept dreaming of Huang Zhiqiang, who relentlessly asked her why she wanted to harm him and his son.

Of course, Zhao Mei would never admit to it. She’d offer all sorts of defenses, but the result was always being chased by Huang Zhiqiang and his son. She had no choice but to run.

Finally waking up from the nightmare, looking around, Zhao Mei felt she could no longer live here.

If she continued to live here, she would still dream about Huang Zhiqiang and his son every day.

But if she didn’t stay at home, where could she stay? The city did have houses, but they were all rented out.

As for going back to Tian Zhiguo’s house, Zhao Mei no longer entertained that idea. He counted her money, looked down on her, and made her do chores—things Zhao Mei couldn’t accept.

Having no place to go, Zhao Mei suddenly thought of a good place—that was to seek out Huang Lina.

She knew Huang Lina had a place to stay in the city, and it was for a single person. She could just share a bed with her.

With that thought, Zhao Mei packed her luggage and set off to find refuge with Huang Lina, having already known where she lived from their last encounter.

Huang Lina, not yet recovered from her hangover, was bothered by the knocking at the door. She really did not want to bother with it, hoping the person would leave if no one answered.

Unexpectedly, the person on the other side kept knocking, which really irritated Huang Lina.

As soon as she opened the door, without even clarifying who it was, she burst out, "What kind of person keeps on knocking without any consideration?"

Huang Lina, half-awake, cursed the visitor through generations.

Recognizing the skilled cursing, Zhao Mei felt a bit intimidated. She realized that her daughter was no longer the girl who used to let her push her around.

Huang Lina cursed for a while and felt much better; then she finally opened her eyes and was stunned to find it was Zhao Mei.

She wondered, why would this person come to find her? Was it for money or what?

Then she saw that Zhao Mei had even brought luggage, which brought Huang Lina to full alert.

"Oh, so the Tian family swindled all your money and kicked you out, and now you remember me," Huang Lina thought of how her boss had lost so much money and Zhao Mei had taken it all without giving her a share, which was infuriating.

Huang Xin was her blood brother too. He had been her backing in the nightclub. Now that he was gone, didn’t it mean she had lost her backing?

Did she not suffer any loss? With that thought, Huang Lina’s look towards Zhao Mei was very off.

Zhao Mei of course insinuated that all the money was still with her. "They wanted money for their son’s marriage house and whatnot. I, of course, wasn’t happy to give it to them."

She couldn’t reveal the schemes of Tian Zhiguo’s family, or else she would have no good end. She could only say that she felt something was wrong and wasn’t willing to spend that money.

"Every day at home, I dream about your dad and your brother, with them constantly chasing me." Even though she knew they wouldn’t really come after her, the feeling was so vivid that Zhao Mei still trembled as she spoke.

At that moment, Huang Lina noticed that Zhao Mei truly looked much more haggard, and she couldn’t help but laugh.

"That’s why they say, ’Do no evil and have no fear of ghosts knocking at midnight.’ Mom, you’ve really done quite a few bad things."

"My dad and brother were both killed by you, especially my brother. He had no children and then you..."

Anyway, since the money was in Zhao Mei’s hands, it was of course up to her to bear the consequences. Someone was greedy, now let her see that the money was not so easy to take.

But that father and son were truly useless. Since they couldn’t do anything to Zhao Mei, why not just scare her to death and have her join Huang Zhiqiang down below?

Then all Zhao Mei’s belongings would be hers. Wouldn’t that mean she had struck it rich?