Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 788 - 789: 60s Siheyuan 37_1

Chapter 788: Chapter 789: 60s Siheyuan 37_1

By the time he hurried over here, the conversation had already turned explosive.

"I think this proposal is good," he snorted, knowing full well that Yi Zhonghai would never agree.

No matter, whether he agreed was truly irrelevant. What mattered most was that this was the perfect opportunity to put Yi Zhonghai under intense pressure.

"I also think this idea is good," Lady Jia Zhang complained incessantly on the kang bed, blaming Zhang Yu for causing her to lose face, both publicly and privately.

Upon hearing that Qin Huairu said Yi Zhonghai and his wife were supporting the Deaf Old Lady to move to the front courtyard, it was clear that this issue might still be resolved.

Naturally, he rushed over in a frenzy, eager to see if the Deaf Old Lady’s intervention could suppress Zhang Yu.

Regrettably, it turned out the old lady was truly useless, failing to overpower Zhang Yu. Though it was a disappointment, it didn’t matter—Yi Zhonghai’s house was still in play.

Lady Jia Zhang said impatiently, "Old Yi, when are you moving out? That way, I can move in."

She thought of Jia Dongxu, still at the police station, "Really, if we had done this earlier, my Dongxu wouldn’t have been locked up."

"You..." The Deaf Old Lady naturally wouldn’t want to vacate her house, even if it meant moving into Yi Zhonghai’s.

"I will not give it up," the old lady huffed, letting a maid help her back.

"See, the old lady doesn’t want to give it up. She’s already of age, and it’s always the maid who takes care of her, yet she’s still unwilling."

"Or, Yi Zhonghai, why don’t you swap with the Jia family? Your house has two rooms, and it’s enough for the two of you to live in one."

"Besides, you’re counting on Jia Dongxu to support you in your old age," Since Zhang Yu certainly wouldn’t chase after the Deaf Old Lady, she could, however, keep Yi Zhonghai in check.

"Exactly, your house would work too. Let’s move today," Lady Jia Zhang, somewhat intimidated by the Deaf Old Lady but not at all by Yi Zhonghai, said decisively.

"I, I..." Yi Zhonghai didn’t want to agree. He liked where he was living now.

"Yi Zhonghai, you were the one who came to me about swapping houses, always saying that the Jia family’s house wasn’t big enough and that we need to stand united and help each other."

"My house is after all ancestral property, which I can’t simply trade away. However, your house was allocated by the steel factory and you have no successors. If we’re going to swap, let’s swap."

"You wouldn’t be unwilling, would you?" Zhang Yu saw Yi Zhonghai standing there in silence for a long while, not budging an inch, "Look around, everyone, take a look."

"I already spoke to Yi Zhonghai yesterday about them swapping houses, and he didn’t agree. I’m bringing it up again today, and he’s still not agreeing."

"Old Yi, that’s going too far. You’ve apparently forgotten what you accused little Zhang of before."

"Exactly, exactly," Lady Jia Zhang said fiercely, "Old Yi, you said it yourself; my house is cramped and you could easily lend a hand."

"Exactly, Comrade Yi Zhonghai, everyone agrees it’s a good solution; why can’t you agree? Give us a reason," Zhang Yu supported the idea for the greater good.

With a snort, she thought of how the old man had always been fond of being generous with other people’s assets. Now it was time to let him learn how easily things could backfire.

"I... I, I..." Yi Zhonghai was in an awkward position. How should he handle this? Of course, he remembered everything he’d said before.

Watching Lady Jia Zhang hopping mad, he really wanted to pass out.

Zhang Yu saw him sway, "Yi Zhonghai, you’re not trying to dodge this by fainting, are you?"

"You should realize this has to do with your future care."

"You wouldn’t want to give nothing in return yet expect Jia Dongxu to take care of you, right?"

"You didn’t offer proper guidance to Jia Dongxu at work. If you had provided any bit of decent advice earlier on, he could have earned a decent income and not ended up like this."

Suddenly everyone remembered the day’s news from the unit and began to whisper and point fingers at Yi Zhonghai once again.

Yi Zhonghai had originally intended to feign fainting to muddle through the situation, but to his surprise, Zhang Yu spoke up before he could collapse. Now he was left with a choice, continue the pretense or stand up straight.

As soon as Lady Jia Zhang heard this nonsense about Yi Zhonghai planning to fake a faint, she immediately became displeased and charged over, unleashing a torrent of vicious verbal attacks on him.

One could say that she dragged Yi Zhonghai’s ancestors into it. Zhang Yu quietly listened to Lady Jia Zhang’s tirade on the side.

Initially, when he had listened to Lady Jia Zhang curse the ancestors of many families in the Hongxing Courtyard House, he hadn’t stepped forward to halt or reprimand her. Now, he got to fully experience it.

Yi Zhonghai watched Lady Jia Zhang in her frenzy, spitting words of "comfort" about his own ancestors, and he really couldn’t bear it any longer.

"Lady Jia Zhang, shut your mouth—I don’t have to switch rooms with you," he said.

"I’m telling you, I will absolutely not switch rooms." After Yi Zhonghai said this, he cast an angry glance at Zhang Yu, then stormed out.

Zhang Yu knew she was being blamed, but she truly didn’t care in the least.

Liu Haizhong, watching Yi Zhonghai beat a hasty retreat, was also stunned. "He, why did he just run off like that?"

"It won’t do, this can’t be left unresolved." What a perfect opportunity—Liu Haizhong wouldn’t miss it and immediately followed to the central courtyard.

Of course, no one wanted to miss the chance to see Yi Zhonghai in such a sorry state, especially after he had forced them to do things against their will.

Now they naturally wouldn’t let him off easy, all rushing over in a clamor.

Zhang Li had been solving problems inside her room, but when she heard the commotion outside, she ran out in a hurry.

"Sis, why aren’t you going to watch?" She had assumed Zhang Yu had already gone over, only to find her sister still idly cooling herself at the doorway.

"What’s to watch? I’m the one who suggested it. Why would I go become the target of everyone’s needles? Rest assured, this time Yi Zhonghai will have no choice but to switch rooms," Zhang Yu responded.

"Unless he doesn’t care about providing for Jia Dongxu in his old age."

"Unless he’s willing to endure the pointing fingers around the neighborhood and tolerate everyone’s gossip at the factory."

Everyone knew that Hongxing Courtyard House was now a place full of drama, and they all wanted to know how things would unfold.

Upon arriving home, Yi Zhonghai didn’t even check if his mother had come back; he just slammed the door shut.

Seeing the Yi Family’s door closed tightly, Lady Jia Zhang naturally did her usual performance, but now she truly didn’t dare to summon Jia Fugui, worried it might lead to more trouble.

But cursing Yi Zhonghai’s entire family was endless. She even blamed him for the potential confinement of Jia Dongxu.

Lady Jia Zhang’s cries were loud and piercing. Zhang Yu, enjoying the evening breeze in the front courtyard, could hear every word clear as day.

If she could hear it clearly, then so could the adjacent courtyards.

Indeed, all the food that Lady Jia Zhang had consumed wasn’t wasted. At the very least, she had gotten plump and healthy from it, and clearly, it gave her strength when she spoke.

The neighbors from the next courtyard house were discussing the day’s events. Just as they were preparing to retire for the night, they unexpectedly got treated to such a juicy piece of gossip before bed.

As everyone discussed whom Lady Jia Zhang might approach next and discovered it was Yi Zhonghai, they all burst into laughter.

"Ah, I really want to see it with my own eyes," someone said.

Although they could hear Lady Jia Zhang’s booming voice, not being able to see the whole scene felt oddly unsatisfying.

"It’s good enough to be able to listen."

"Quiet, we want to listen," commanded another.