Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 864 - 865: 1960s Quadrangle 113

Chapter 864: Chapter 865: 1960s Quadrangle 113

Ren Jiahao soon packed up his few belongings and left, ostensibly on a business trip.

He had been away on business trips before, and the couple had not taken it seriously, simply reminding him to bring back some local specialties.

Little did they know that their perceived breadwinner had left Capital City and the Ren household for good, and would not return until they passed away.

Later, as time went by, Ren Jiahao’s younger brother finally got wind of his whereabouts, learning that he had moved to Rongcheng in the Western Region. He was doing well there, working as an engineer for a large state-owned enterprise and had gotten married and had a daughter.

The younger brother had thought about persuading Ren Jiahao to leave his inheritance to his nephew, but Ren Jiahao had firmly rejected the idea.

The Ren family was unaware of the future events, and half a month passed without Ren Jiahao returning. Running short on money, the elderly couple went to his workplace and only then discovered he had been relocated to work in the Western Region.

This emergency left the old couple anxious. Although they both had retirement pensions, the household expenses were high, with both their son and daughter frequently coming back home for money.

The majority of their pensions were given to support Huo Huo, and now with Ren Jiahao gone, they were at a loss about what to do with the house.

Once people found out that Ren Jiahao had silently left for the Western Region, various opinions emerged, providing a new topic of conversation.

The subject of Ren Jiahao was nearly exhausted, and just as everyone was getting tired of it, something significant happened at the quadrangle dwelling—Xu Damao had run away.

Xu Damao’s fleeing alone might not have triggered much concern, but before leaving, he had gone around the neighborhood claiming to have a deal on cheap imported color TVs.

He even showed everyone a customs clearance form, and the neighbors, being honest folks who had benefited from Xu Damao’s previous good deals, mostly placed orders for a TV.

When Xu Damao fled, leaving behind many undelivered TVs, of course the neighbors were going to react.

They all rushed to Xu Damao’s house, and Qin Huairu and her family of four, who had just learned of Xu Damao’s departure, were also shocked.

"Qin Huairu, where did Xu Damao go?" Everyone was rummaging through the house, and when they couldn’t find Xu Damao, they cornered Qin Huairu with questions.

"I, I don’t know." Qin Huairu was also internally cursing Xu Damao.

"There’s no money at home, he took it all with him." Qin Huairu took a deep breath, "And, and, we got divorced a few days ago."

Qin Huairu felt fortunate to have divorced Xu Damao already, "The house is my compensation."

"Go find Xu Damao about the money he owes you."

Bang Geng, facing a ferocious crowd, was shaking, but he knew he had to act bravely or else he’d be devoured.

"Right, the house is ours now. If Xu Damao has scammed you, go find him!"

"Have you approached his parents yet?" Qin Huairu pushed out Xu Damao’s parents as a buffer.

Ever since she married Xu Damao, his parents had been utterly disdainful of her.

"If you still can’t find him, report it to the police," Bang Geng said loudly.

"You..." Everyone was truly stunned. They had all sorts of ideas, but none had considered that Xu Damao had divorced Qin Huairu right before his departure.

"Report it to the police."

"Find Xu Damao’s parents."

After a brief discussion, the crowd divided into groups, determined to track down Xu Damao.

They had good intentions, but Xu Damao had run off with his parents, and as for their house, it had already been sold.

The reason given was that their son had made money and bought them a new house, selling their old house at a low price.

With the situation developing to this point, how could they not understand? It was clear Xu Damao had long harbored thoughts of fleeing.

Having no other options, everyone could only report the matter to the police station, knowing well that unless Xu Damao was caught...

...the likelihood of this happening, in fact, the police station staff didn’t hold out much hope.

They also inquired whether it was possible to sell the house left to Qin Huairu by Xu Damao, but unfortunately, they couldn’t manage that either—it was assigned to her in the divorce, and there was no evidence that Qin Huairu was involved in the scheme.

Everyone was so infuriated, regretting how they could have been deceived by Xu Damao, and when Qin Huairu who had been anxiously worrying about it learned that the house couldn’t be sold, she let out a long sigh.

"Damn Xu Damao, he didn’t even leave us any money," Bang Geng was still discontent, he knew more or less how much money Xu Damao had taken with him.

"Forget it, why would that man ever leave us money," Qin Huairu was now also troubled; in the past, no matter how hard life was, he would at least give her some money.

Now, with Xu Damao gone, she didn’t know if she could keep her job. What would she do without work?

As she expected, when she arrived at her workplace, the inevitable happened—she was notified that she had lost her job.

Qin Huairu, holding her salary, left the factory devoid of spirit. In the past, she wouldn’t have cared; if there were no jobs, Xu Damao would have to figure something out.

Once she returned home and saw the children idling around, not doing any housework or looking for jobs, she was very angry, "How can you all not think to do some work?"

"And now that I have no job, if you want to eat or do something, remember to bring money," said Qin Huairu, huffing with anger.

Qin Huairu no longer indulged her children; she no longer believed they would support her in old age.

She felt she should find a way out, or else how could she cope when she got old?

Bang Geng and the others were, of course, very unhappy to hear Qin Huairu say these things, raising complaints one after another, but were their protests of any use?

Qin Huairu’s policy was clear: if you don’t go out to work and don’t contribute to the household expenses, then she wouldn’t provide food or drink for them.

With no other choice, Bang Geng and the rest could only look for ways to get food within the courtyard.

The first person they approached was Yi Zhonghai; they still remembered that he used to be kind to them as children and thought he wouldn’t ignore them now.

Unfortunately, Yi Zhonghai wasn’t welcoming at all. He had his own burdens, his grandson was grown up and needed to get married—an expense that was no small amount.

Otherwise, why would he need to continue working after retirement? Didn’t he want to rest at home?

But, although it was tough, if Yi Zhonghai had to choose, he would definitely opt for his current life.

Bang Geng and his siblings left Yi Zhonghai’s house empty-handed, cursing him as they went to look for Sha Zhu.

They still remembered from their childhood that they could visit Sha Zhu’s home whenever they wanted to.

When Sha Zhu heard their curses, he came out to take a look, then turned right around and went back into his house in front of them, even shutting the door behind him.

Completely dumbstruck, Bang Geng and his siblings unleashed another torrent of insults at Sha Zhu.

The people in the courtyard who learned of the situation shook their heads incessantly, saying that these siblings were completely ruined.

Seeing that neither Yi Zhonghai nor Sha Zhu cared to deal with her children, Qin Huairu knew she couldn’t count on anyone in the courtyard to help her.

Now, she was fully determined to leave this place, unwilling to let Bang Geng and the others drag her down to their death.