Chapter 1239
1239 Not Buying Houses For Now
“Let’s take it one step at a time. It’s useless to say anything more for now. If Auntie Zhou knows her place, she won’t come looking for trouble with us after today. At most, we’ll help out when Xia Xing gets married,” Xia Wen said.
Xia Jun nodded and the two of them chatted briefly about some upcoming issues before Xia Wen went home to give everyone an update. Xu Lan and the others were still waiting for news from him at home! If he stayed over at Xia Jun’s place tonight, Xia He would probably drive over to look for him. Xia Wen had no control over the actions of this younger sister of his.
For this journey, he did not drive the car himself. Instead, he asked Chen Mu to personally send him back to Xu Lan’s place. He did not feel very well at the moment and was not in the condition to drive.
...Every time Tan Jing’s name was mentioned, he would lose his cool. Even though he no longer had anything to do with Tan Jing, he still thought of her from time to time and wondered if she was doing well in the Tan family.
Chen Mu had gone to check on her and came back to report that everything seemed well. He said that Tan Jing did farm work every day, just like before she got married. The Tan family did not starve her and she was fine. Xia Wen felt a lot more at ease after receiving this information.
In reality, that was not the case. Tan Jing was living in inhumane conditions now. Whenever Tan Jing suffered from withdrawal symptoms, Jiang Yi thought that she was going crazy and concluded that she was having a mental breakdown. Therefore, Jiang Yi locked Tan Jing in the woodshed to prevent anyone from getting close to her, hoping to starve her to death.
The good thing was that Tan Bao was still a person with a conscience . He gave Tan Jing a share of his family’s food so that she could have enough to survive. Being in isolation meant that Tan Jing could be cured of her addiction since she could not have any contact with the outside world and would not have any chance to come in contact with drugs.
Chen Mu obviously knew what was going on. It was Xia Mao who instructed him not to reveal the truth, otherwise he would lose his job!
As soon as Xia Wen returned to Xu Lan’s place, Xia He immediately blocked his way. She had thousands of questions to ask Xia Wen. In fact, whe wished that she could rip open Xia Wen’s head and view his memories directly. This would save her so much time.
“Elder Sister, you have to let Eldest Brother come into the house for a drink before he updates us. He’s been busy the whole day,” Qiao Mei said with a laugh.
Xia He hurried over to the coffee table and poured a full glass of water for Xia Wen. She handed it to him and said, “Drink it quickly! Then tell us what’s going on once you’re done!”
Xia Wen drank the water in one gulp resignedly and sat on the sofa. “Don’t worry, the matter has been resolved. Grandfather is fine.”
“Is it really completely resolved?” Xia Zhe asked suspiciously. In his memories, Zhou Luo was not someone who would give up easily. This person liked to bear grudges. Even if it was just a small matter, she must take revenge ruthlessly. Otherwise, she would not feel satisfied.
“No, it’s just temporary. She even wants to use your house as a venue to hold Xia Xing’s wedding ceremony! Look at you going around and buying properties so ostentatiously! You’d better stop doing that!” Xia Wen said as he looked at Qiao Mei in disdain.
“Eldest Brother, you’re being unreasonable right now! What has this got to do with me buying properties? They’re clearly greedy people who want to take advantage of me. If they know their place, they wouldn’t eye my house at all,” Qiao Mei said innocently as she pouted.
Xia Zhe smiled faintly and reached out to pat Qiao Mei’s head. This little girl had even learned how to talk back. He knew that Qiao Mei had bought many properties, but it was not because he kept tabs on her movements. His spies had come across the information by chance when they were gathering intel about the other issues for him recently.
Even if he did not find out about this during the investigation process, Qiao Mei would still eventually update him about what she had been doing at home. It was just that there had been too many issues to handle recently and they also had to take care of the two babies, so they had not had a chance to talk to each other properly yet!
However, it was still beyond his expectation that Qiao Mei did not just buy a few houses, but almost all the houses in their area. Although she was a little showy during the entire process, the properties were purchased through proper means. They need not be afraid even if someone wanted to check on the transactions.
“You’re right. That’s indeed the logic, but you should know the principle of how ‘winds will howl around the highest peaks’! Stop your purchases! Behave yourself!” Xia Wen said.
“Alright… then I won’t buy any more for the time being,” Qiao Mei said regretfully.
Xia Wen and Xia Zhe looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly. There was nothing the two of them could do about Qiao Mei. Probably no one in this family would be able to manage her.
The halt on buying properties was only for the time being! This meant that Qiao Mei still intended to buy more houses in the future.
