As they walked halfway, Zhao Lei whispered, "Mom, I feel Zhao Juan has ulterior motives."
"I know. I reckon her so-called divorce is just an excuse."
"She definitely thinks our family has food and drink and wants to co to our house." It was obvious why Zhao Juan was doing this.
"She’s not getting a divorce?" Zhao Lei initially thought Zhao Juan was worried about having no place to stay after the divorce and wanted to replenish her nutrition by staying with them.
Hearing Zhang Yu’s words now, the young man was stunned, "She doesn’t want to divorce Liu Ming, with a man like that?"
Zhao Lei really couldn’t understand why Zhao Juan, who didn’t seem like a big fool, acted so foolishly.
Anyone with a bit of insight or logical thinking wouldn’t consider Liu Ming soone you could rely on.
"They have a deep emotional bond." In fact, Zhang Yu thought that with a person like Liu Ming, Zhao Juan would stick with him no matter what—who knows, maybe a curse was involved.
But Zhang Yu dared not say this; anyway, everyone knew they were a genuinely affectionate couple.
Zhao Juan watched Zhang Yu and the other two leave, wanting to curse her nosy neighbors. Didn’t they think about their own situation and conditions? Could she really move in?
It was basically a matter of not getting a good rest; only a fool would go there.
"I’m not renting, not renting." No matter how inappropriate it was, these neighbors enthusiastically pushed the idea, so she could only shout that she wasn’t renting.
By now, the neighbors understood that the so-called inappropriateness was Zhao Juan’s high demands.
"The Zhang Yu family doesn’t lack a little money like that."
"Exactly, I think this whole divorce thing is just to get a bite of Zhang Yu’s caught fish every now and then."
Everyone cynically remarked, "People don’t think that right now, it’s tough for anyone to have a little food, and it’s already good enough to look after oneself."
"Yes, and not to think how shalessly Zhao Juan acts. Back when your dad calculated every step of Zhao Jun’s job, why didn’t they think they were at least family?"
"Exactly, and he didn’t even apologize or express any embarrassnt."
"Truly Zhao Gui’s offspring. As if dealing with a single mother and orphan isn’t tough enough, Zhao Gui didn’t help at all and even eyed Zhang Yu’s family’s food supply."
"Do you think Zhao Gui did it on purpose? After all, that’s his own daughter, and the one in Zhao Juan’s belly is his biological grandchild."
Everyone knew Zhao Juan only sought Zhang Yu after returning ho first.
On his way to work, Zhao Gui thought of Zhao Juan and was infuriated. Now everyone was struggling; this girl wanted to move back in.
Zhao Gui could imagine Liu Family’s plan was to gamble on his reluctance to lose his own daughter and her unborn child.
Honestly, even if the child didn’t carry the Zhao surna, it was still his blood, his descendant.
But with such calculative parents, Zhao Gui had no intentions of getting close to this grandkid.
Thinking of how hard it was to form a good relationship with Zhao Jian, Zhao Gui decided Zhao Juan could absolutely not move back in.
Zhang Yu reminded Zhao Hong again, and Zhao Lei, being a smart person, imdiately saw through Zhao Juan’s oddity.
Zhao Hong initially thought Zhao Juan was quite pitiful, but knowing her so-called pity was a plot against their family, any sympathy dissipated imdiately.
"Mom, don’t worry. Our family only occasionally eats fish." Zhao Hong didn’t expect soone even married off like Zhao Juan to plot against them, feeling very uneasy.
"Mom, Brother, quite a few people around are plotting against our family, aren’t they?"
Zhang Yu looked at the uneasy young girl, wanting to comfort her and say there aren’t that many bad people, "Everyone’s having a hard ti for food."
"Our family is also having a hard ti." Zhao Hong sighed lightly, "I really don’t understand why they don’t strive on their own."
"Why must they plot against our family?" Zhao Hong, who went fishing and foraging with Zhang Yu, saw all of Zhang Yu’s struggles.
Why must they plot against us, Zhao Lei interrupted, "That’s because they want to gain without working for it."
"Sister, rember, you should never think about getting sothing without effort." Zhao Lei took the opportunity to lecture Zhao Hong.
Zhang Yu seed angry but wasn’t really upset. She knew if this continued, life would beco even more difficult for everyone.
Soone would always jump out; it just happened to be Zhao Juan now. Nevertheless, Zhang Yu never thought of indulging anyone.
"Mom, are you still going fishing?" After enduring Zhao Lei’s lecture, Zhao Hong recalled sothing important.
"Of course going fishing."
"We can’t stop fishing just because soone’s plotting against us; that would be falling into their trap."
"They can’t catch fish themselves and find nothing in the mountains; they envy and are angry, hoping we end up like them."
Zhang Yu wouldn’t fall for those plots and would not act according to their plans, "Eating well is key to good health."
Especially for Zhao Lei and Zhao Hong, still being kids, their diet required extra care.
When Zhao Gui returned ho at night and heard the neighbor’s gossip, his face imdiately turned sullen.
That one careless thought had ruined the good image he painstakingly built over the years. All his efforts to be a good person, especially when there was a big sweep after a cheating scandal during a factory’s temporary workers exam, had gotten exposed from the leadership to the factory level.
It had scared Zhao Gui, especially when Zhao Fu sought him out to pull strings for Zhao Lin. When Zhao Jun’s case broke out, he didn’t dare make a move.
Fortunately, he hadn’t acted; otherwise, if discovered by the leaders, he’d have faced dire consequences.
Not to ntion losing his factory office job, he would have likely ended up as a factory janitor.
In other departnts, a few people beca janitors and assembly workers, which were extrely exhausting jobs.
Zhao Gui’s current plan was to stay in the factory until retirent and hope Zhao Jian could take over.
He hadn’t expected Zhao Juan, this unfilial daughter, to plot against her own family for her husband’s family instead of appreciating her maternal family’s help.
When Auntie Zhao saw Zhao Gui, she began complaining about how stingy Zhang Yu was, "Could Liu Ming really do sothing like that?"
"Zhao Juan, after all, is her sister-in-law; she wouldn’t lend a helping hand."
Listening to his wife’s chatter, Zhao Gui snapped, "Shut up. Stop saying Zhao Juan is Zhang Yu’s sister-in-law. Have we ever helped?"
"After Zhao Jun died, did you help look after her child?"
"When we’ve made good food, did you give them a bowl?"
"Zhao Juan is Zhao Lei and Zhao Hong’s sister. Once she started working, did she buy them anything to eat?"
"None of the above; do you really have the nerve to call her sister-in-law?"
"One day, you’ll sell this daughter of yours, and you won’t know what’s hit you." Zhao Gui held no hope of her figuring things out on her own.
"Liu Ming is the child’s father and doesn’t care about Zhao Juan’s health or the child’s. Who do you expect to care?"
"You’re still Zhao Juan’s own mother. Why don’t you save so of your food and give it to your daughter?"
"I, I..." Auntie Zhao patted her own belly, "I don’t eat much."
"You don’t eat much, but others eat a lot."
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