Transmigration: On the Gossip Front-Chapter 932 - 933 Toxic Fatherly Love 65

Grandma Wu listened carefully to the silence outside and the sound of a car engine starting below, realizing that the annoying troublemaker must have left.

She turned to the old man sitting on the sofa, silently smoking, "Old man, what do you think about this matter?"

"She’s just using us." The Old Man Wu knew Zhang Yu wouldn’t come bearing gifts without an ulterior motive.

Zhang Yu’s subsequent words had already confirmed this. Grandma Wu, of course, understood. "But with our illness, if we don’t get treatment, we won’t live long."

"If we do get treatment, at least it can be dragged out for a few years." Grandma Wu truly didn’t want to die.

Old Man Wu thought about the attitudes of their children. "Call them and tell them to come home."

"Ask them if they’re going to give money. If they don’t, we’ll go find their bosses."

"We’re sick with serious illnesses, and as children, they won’t even take us to the hospital? I’ll see how they can still go to work," Old Man Wu spat venomously.

Even though Grandma Wu was deeply dissatisfied with the children, she hadn’t considered this tactic before. Hearing her husband say it now, she was startled.

"Really do this? What if they get angry?" She was forced to admit that they were old now, and the children had grown up. The days of ordering them around like before were long gone.

"Would they willingly give us money then?" Old Man Wu said impatiently. "They probably can’t wait for us to die sooner."

"Since they don’t care about us two old people, why do we have to care about them?" freёwebnoѵel.com

Old Man Wu wore a grim expression. "Of course, I know that girl has bad intentions. But what can we do?"

"We’ve always considered their interests, but have they ever considered ours?"

"If they want to turn against us first, then we won’t be polite." Old Man Wu glanced around the house. "This house is big. Someday we’ll trade it for a smaller one."

Grandma Wu panicked upon hearing this. "Didn’t you say it should be left to the Eldest Master Wu’s family?" After all, he was the Wu family’s eldest grandson. Surely, they should leave him something.

"That boy is heartless too. After we got sick, has he come over to visit us?"

"He used to come by frequently. Now I see it clearly—he just wanted money from us."

"Wanted us to keep him in mind as the eldest grandson so that the house could be left to him in the future." Even toward the most beloved grandson, Old Man Wu’s attitude had soured.

"If we do move into a smaller house in the future, whoever treats us well will inherit it." Old Man Wu urged Grandma Wu to call the children.

Seeing how insistent the old man was, Grandma Wu could only go ahead and start calling them one by one.

When the Wu Family children received Grandma Wu’s call, they were already aggravated, guessing it was probably another attempt to demand money.

But instead, she relayed Old Man Wu’s sentiments, and told them to return home in the evening. If anyone didn’t show up, they’d go and confront their workplace directly.

The children were dumbfounded. They knew well they were in the wrong this time, but they hadn’t expected the old man to pull such a drastic move.

Left with no choice, they started calling each other privately to discuss the matter. No matter how much they schemed, they ultimately had to go back.

Wu Hao got the call, too. He immediately figured Zhang Yu must have made her move, sighing helplessly. "This girl really gets things done."

Later that evening, the Wu Family home became lively, with everyone returning begrudgingly, faces dark and sullen.

The old couple acted as if they didn’t see the children’s sour expressions and directly asked them for their thoughts.

The usual routine was to pretend to be broke, and the kids tried it again. But this time, Old Man Wu didn’t hold back. "Back then, your mom and I could survive on such little money and still raise all of you."

"But now that we’re sick and need help, none of you have money. Truly unbelievable."

Old Man Wu thought that if he laid it out like this, the children might reconsider their attitudes a little.

But he didn’t expect them to remain just as stubborn, which infuriated him to no end.

"Fine, tomorrow I’ll go talk to your bosses and see what they say." Old Man Wu, disgusted by their behavior, ordered them all to leave.

After leaving the Wu home, the children didn’t immediately return to their own homes. Instead, they gathered somewhere to discuss. Unsurprisingly, they all began targeting Wu Hao.

Earlier, they had caught the gist of the situation—it was Zhang Yu’s visit that had influenced the old couple’s attitudes this time.

Facing their accusations, Wu Hao listened quietly, his expression unchanged.

This only made the others angrier. "Wu Hao, could you at least adjust your attitude?"

"What’s wrong with my attitude?"

"I think what Dad and Mom said wasn’t wrong."

"Back then, our parents managed to raise us on practically nothing."

"Now, when they’re in poor health, not one of us is willing to pay for their treatment."

"All of us already have children of our own. Our behavior today won’t escape their notice. When we’re old and sick, needing them to provide money and care..."

"If they respond with, ’Well, when Grandpa and Grandma or even our own Mom and Dad were sick, you didn’t spend money,’ what will your answer be?"

The group fell silent. Were they scared? Of course—they were terrified. But some dilemmas couldn’t be solved so easily now.

"I want to be filial too, but where’s the money?" Wu Hao’s elder brother growled. On the one hand, the parents wanted them to pay up; on the other, the house originally meant for his family might be gone.

"I’m raising two kids on my own," Wu Hao said flatly. There was no chance he’d go back to being a fool like before.

"We all have struggles, but Dad doesn’t care about any of that."

"All he sees is that they’re old and sick, and it’s their children’s duty to provide for them."

"If there’s nothing else, I’m leaving." Wu Hao found the whole situation pointless. As the eldest son, his brother had reaped the most benefits.

Yet now, with their parents in need, the eldest son had turned cowardly. Wu Hao held him in contempt.

Wu Hao stood up to leave, and soon the others followed suit. Remaining there served no purpose—they could only stare blankly at each other.

Eldest Master Wu watched his siblings rise and leave one after another, feeling deeply frustrated.

But, with no one left to vent his anger on, his fury ultimately served no one. Back home, he lashed out, letting his frustration spill over.

The others, upon returning home, were equally vexed, cursing the old couple and Wu Hao’s father-daughter duo under their breath.

No matter how bitter they felt, the Old Man had made his stance clear—there was no choice but to pay up.

As for the proposal of trading the house—swapping the larger one for a smaller one—the siblings were all for it, except Eldest Master Wu’s family, who strongly resisted.

But the others weren’t about to indulge him. If he didn’t want to swap houses, then fine—he could cover the entirety of their parents’ medical expenses and inherit the house later.

With things spelled out so plainly, Eldest Master Wu deliberated for ages but still refused. This led to even sharper words from the rest of the siblings.

For the first time, the old couple—who had always favored their eldest—experienced real dissatisfaction with him.

While he often promised to take care of them and claimed that even if his siblings couldn’t help, he’d never abandon them...

Now, when actual payment was required, he backed out. The old couple now saw everyone as greedy parasites keen on their money and property.