Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten-Chapter 740 - 742: Too Late to Regret

Although the Zhuge Family’s news didn’t come as quickly as before, it wasn’t long before they found out that Cai Ming was actually Gong Ruini’s uncle.

"No way, could it have been bought for them?"

"Damn, how could it be them?"

"Exactly, if we knew it was them, we wouldn’t have agreed in the first place."

"No, even if it was sold, it wouldn’t be at that price."

"Exactly, exactly."

Although quite a few people have taken action against the Zhuge Family, they neither have the ability to deal with these people nor do they think it’s their fault; they naturally blamed Gong Ruini and her group.

"If it wasn’t for them, our third uncle wouldn’t have ignored us."

"Yes, exactly." Each one was so agitated.

"We don’t have to sell that house to them."

"Yes, don’t sell the house."

Zhuge Mingshan was reading inside and didn’t go out upon hearing the commotion, but she did hear what they were discussing.

Understanding their intentions, she smirked. The house was already sold, the paperwork was done, the money in hand and divided; how could they not sell the house?

Even if it wasn’t transferred yet, can everyone return the money to the buyers?

The eldest of the Zhuge Family looked at the excited crowd before him; he was continuously thankful that he hadn’t involved himself back then. "You make the decisions; it was your decision to sell the house in the first place."

Is there any good outcome if they cause a scene now? Even if the third brother supported them, doesn’t the Wan Family have a hand in this?

It’s easy if they don’t make a fuss, but once they do, there’s no good outcome. One can imagine what their days will be like.

Looking at the excited crowd before him, "You can go cause trouble, but you’ll need to come up with the money you got from the house sale to talk about it."

"Let’s not even discuss whether they agree to the sale, but what about the money?"

"The money, that..." Despite their heated emotions, their faces showing determination not to sell to the enemies, what they actually wanted was a little more money if possible.

"We only got that bit of money; after buying a house, where would we have enough?" Someone truly regretted it. No matter how unpleasant living together was back then, with all the in-laws and siblings, relationships were bad, but the house was big.

Now, having taken the money to buy a house, it wasn’t much. After buying, how much would be left? And when the children gradually got married, it would definitely be insufficient.

"We have a garden; we can build houses in it, there’ll be enough space to live."

Hearing this analysis, many were swayed. Yes, life wasn’t great before, but it was comfortable, and they could grow vegetables in the yard. But after moving, the living space was so small, let alone growing vegetables.

"Let’s not sell the house and move back."

Stunned, the eldest of the Zhuge Family was truly stunned. He wanted to persuade them not to make trouble, but he didn’t expect such a suggestion. He almost wished he could faint right then.

Not selling the house, ha ha ha, what a thought. Would Gong Ruini agree? Zhuge Mingshan picked up her book and continued reading. Grandfather wants her to keep studying, but how many years does he have left? So she still has to follow the original plan.

As for their kin in Heze daydreaming, let them continue dreaming. Without a fall, they wouldn’t realize the earth doesn’t revolve around them.

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After receiving a notice from the workers at the construction site, Cai Ming rushed to the mansion, only to be surrounded by a group demanding, "Give me back my house."

"Give me back my house, thief."

"Return my house, you hypocrite."

Cai Ming was dumbfounded. What was this situation? How did it come to this?

Luckily, he recognized that the ones shouting slogans seemed to be from the Zhuge Family. "What do you mean?"

"Return the house." The eldest son of Zhuge’s second household stepped forward. Originally, they hoped for the main household to take the lead, but as the patriarch of the main house blocked them, the second household had no choice but to take charge.

"Return the house?" Cai Ming chuckled, "Did we sign the agreement for nothing?"

"Did you get your parents’ consent to cause trouble?"

"I remember I specifically had each adult in your household register sign the agreement to sell the house."

Originally, selling the house only required the signatures of those listed on the property deed, but Gong Ruini anticipated the Zhuge Family might go back on their word, so Cai Ming was instructed to get signatures from everyone over ten on their household register.

Back then, Cai Ming thought this was quite a hassle and wasn’t keen on doing it, but now he was relieved. If not for that precaution, who knows how they’d stir up trouble.

But now Cai Ming wasn’t worried at all. What reason do you have to object to selling the house?

The troublemakers were stunned; they forgot about that. It couldn’t be, so what if they signed? Why were they causing trouble if not for the money?

"We did agree, but we didn’t know about your problematic identity."

"Yes, your identity is questionable."

The bystanders were also alarmed upon hearing this, worried there might be an issue with Cai Ming’s identity.

My identity? Cai Ming was a mix of laughter and frustration, "What issue is there with my identity? I’m not aware of any."

"You’re the uncle of that girl Gong Ruini. Who knows who you sold the house to?"

"Exactly, if we knew about your relationship, we wouldn’t have agreed to sell the house."

The people on the sidelines, expecting some big revelation, were all dumbfounded. "What’s so wrong about selling to them?"

"Exactly." The curious onlookers thought they’d hear something substantial, but it turned out to be just this, leaving them speechless.

However, it did reveal one major piece of information: the supposedly poor Gong Family wasn’t so simple after all, buying up Zhuge Family’s costly properties just like that.

If they didn’t have some assets, would they be able to purchase it?

"Did you say people related to Gong Ruini couldn’t buy houses?"

"Did you just find out about the house price hike and regret selling?" After the New Year, property prices went up; otherwise, why would Zhuge Family members cause trouble again?

Cai Ming wouldn’t believe any claims that they weren’t causing trouble for money, or that they wouldn’t sell to people connected to Gong Ruini. It’s just for more money, right?

Cai Ming’s seen plenty of this kind of people; they can’t set such a precedent, or these people will keep coming back.

Especially when their reason for reclaiming the house was laughable. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Oh, I see." Upon hearing this, the onlookers understood. If it were the Zhuge Family of the past, they wouldn’t have stooped so low for money, but the Zhuge Family now, there’s nothing they wouldn’t do.

"No, no." Even though they used that reason to show up, could they admit it?

Of course not, otherwise their reputation would be ruined. Maybe once they could look down on these neighbors, thinking they were fallen, but now who dares? If word got out, how could they interact with their former friends?

"If not, then go back." It’s you who said it wasn’t for money that you wanted the house back; let’s see how you handle it when you bring up money later.

When they do eventually mention money, let’s see how they’ll backtrack on that claim.

Crying, stunned, face-saving accomplished, but what about reality? And did they actually preserve their dignity?

No one present could say for sure; they could only stare helplessly at Cai Ming.

Cai Ming wasn’t concerned with their pitiful act. Can such people even be pitied?