Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten-Chapter 915 - 917: Dong Li

After much hustle and bustle, a group of people finally managed to get Zhang Lan onto the car that Gong Tao had driven back.

Gong Qiang was the first to get into the car, "We’ll head back first, you all can take your time walking back."

Saying this, he signaled Gong Tao to drive away quickly.

Gong Ruini and the others never intended to take the car back. Besides wanting to avoid dealing with Gong Qiang, it also felt strange to them to ride with the recently deceased Zhang Lan in the car.

However, Gong Qiang’s bluntness was quite discomforting to them.

"He thinks too highly of himself, but he’s just a fool. Just watch, they’re going to have their share of troubles later, with a wife who only thinks about herself."

"Children who each have their own agendas."

"And a calculating ex-wife." Miao Cuihua couldn’t understand how Gong Qiang remained so unworried.

An ex-wife? Weren’t they already divorced long ago, and hadn’t the other party remarried early on? Why would there still be scheming involved?

Gong Ruini was clueless about what was going on. When Gong Dajiang passed away, Gong Qiang had all sorts of quarrels with his ex-wife, eventually leading to divorce.

Especially over money, which completely strained relations between the two families. Gong Ruini scarcely remembered the harsh words Gong Ruwen said back then, but they were definitely the type to sever all ties for life.

"The man our former sister-in-law married hasn’t been doing well these years. After all, he climbed up using unscrupulous means, how could he still have a good life?"

"And the children from before were always wary of this stepmother. Do you think she could be at peace when her own brother is also a wastrel?"

Miao Cuihua recalled seeing Dong Li last time. She looked so aged that Miao really couldn’t recognize her.

"Come to think of it, it’s quite fortunate. If she had stayed at home, who knows, it might have been even more tumultuous." No matter how much Dai Lixia schemed, she didn’t dare go too far; she just made trouble within Gong Qiang’s domain.

Miao Cuihua certainly wouldn’t pay attention to all these, as long as they didn’t come to take advantage of her family.

Dong Li’s brother, Cai Meina had to think for a long time to remember this person, "He’s nearly forty, hasn’t he made any progress?"

Before, it could be said he was young and ignorant, but at this age, how could he still use that excuse?

"Anyway, each brother-in-law better than the last one, the debt gets repaid, and then they can freely not work and hang out all day." Miao Cuihua couldn’t help but think of what Gong Zhuang told her, that one should not spoil their children, otherwise there would be endless regrets.

Cai Meina was speechless, "Just like my brother, but he doesn’t have such fortune. Besides my parents, nobody else would manage him."

Miao Cuihua really did not recall Cai Guoqing, in her mind, Cai Meina only had Cai Ming as a brother. Luckily, Cai didn’t think too much of it, or she might have thought it was a jab at her brother.

The group of people leisurely walked back home, and midway, they were stopped by a gray-haired individual.

Cai Meina was stunned, wondering what was going on, but upon taking a closer look at the other person, they indeed seemed familiar.

"I heard mom passed away?" Dong Li had received news that Zhang Lan had died, and she was really anxious.

Dong Li wanted to know more, like whether they agreed to buy a house for Gong Xiaoyu, but she couldn’t get in.

Mom? Was this Auntie? Gong Ruini’s first reaction was that it was an aunt she was familiar with but had forgotten what they looked like.

"Dong Li, whether your mother or your mother-in-law has passed away, we don’t know." Tsk, how shameless, already divorced and remarried, yet still talking about ’mom’. Where did she get the gall?

Ah, so it was the former aunt-in-law, Gong Ruini was startled; this aging was happening too fast. Although she was older than Cai Meina and Miao Cuihua, it looked like they were from different generations.

Cai Meina was equally shocked. Back when Dong Li was at home, she paid attention to everything, and as the eldest daughter-in-law, she didn’t do much work; it was basically Cai Meina who did everything, so they looked like sisters.

Now, saying they were sisters wouldn’t pass; calling them mother and daughter might be more believable. It seemed Dong Li had had a tough time in recent years.

Dong Li looked at Cai Meina, who was well-maintained, with jealousy. How could her skin be so tender even though she lived in the north?

"Hello." Cai Meina was quite uncomfortable with the way Dong Li was staring at her so unabashedly.

"Alright, Miao Cuihua, you know who I’m talking about, right? Oh, was the old lady peaceful when she passed?" Dong Li wanted to know if they fulfilled the old lady’s last wishes.

"How could she be at peace? Seeing the eldest and fourth sons fighting over the old house, how could she be happy?" Miao Cuihua sighed.

"I really don’t understand the eldest brother and the fourth brother. It’s just one house, is it worth their bickering?"

Dong Li was dumbfounded; could it be that the old lady was angered to death, and it was over the old house, meaning she hadn’t brought up buying a house for Gong Xiaoyu?

That old lady was muddled all her life, talking about irrelevant things at this time, just a fool to look at.

Dong Li was furious, and Miao Cuihua and the others bypassed her. If she didn’t have her own little schemes, would she be so actively involved?

Even if Gong Xiaoyu was her son, she hadn’t shown any concern for him in these past years. Now, why the sudden warmth? There surely had to be an advantage.

Wait a minute, Miao Cuihua suddenly thought of a possibility, "Could it be that the money for buying a house was instead meant to pay off debts?"

Oh my god, this is really a scam; it’s a good thing they didn’t agree, otherwise they’d have to keep buying Gong Xiaoyu a so-called marriage house.

A money scheme? Gong Ruini was stunned, this was brazen, to say the least.

"Forget it, let’s pretend we don’t know about this," Miao Cuihua, startled, signaled to Cai Meina to ignore it, "This is not something we can deal with."

"It’s none of our business, we just hope to get through this peacefully." As for the money Gong Xiaoyu owed outside, his dad is here to take care of it.

And whether this would affect Gong Zhuang was nothing to worry about. Otherwise, could he not have some competence?

Previously, Gong Ruini found it odd how Gong Zhuang, who never had a kind word for Gong Xiaoyu, would suddenly give him money.

Now it seems, he must have set a trap for him, a big one indeed.

It just happens that an idiot felt quite proud of it as well; if Gong Xiaoyu doesn’t cause trouble this time, maybe he could still have a few days of peace.

But once he starts making trouble, Gong Ruini predicted that her uncle would be more than ready to go after him aggressively.

The group moved on, leaving Dong Li dumbstruck.

"These guys are too much. Back then, they were just like little dogs." Dong Li glared at their backs, speaking through gritted teeth.

Dong Li really hadn’t expected such a major change in just a few years.

She initially thought the man she later found would make her happy, as he had promised back then. How did things turn out like this?

If she hadn’t gotten divorced back then, could she have used every opportunity to make them come up with money?

The pity was, Dong Li didn’t know how to resolve the situation. All she could do was stupidly watch their backs and not know what to do.

It wasn’t that Dong Li didn’t want to get involved; it was just, as Miao Cuihua said, she had no relation to the Gong Family anymore.