Chapter 978: Chapter 979: The Overbearing Landlord

But they shouldn't be able to rent the place for too long, as they have been defaulting on a few dollars of rent for the past six months. So they kept wondering when that odd couple would move out and once they did, the old house would surely be left to waste away.

Now hearing that Chiang Xiao wants to buy the old house, they were overjoyed.

"Xiao Chiang, why do you want to buy that house?"

"Not to hide anything from you, I have some grudges with the people living inside, so it would be easier to deal with them if I bought the place. Actually, it's not that I must buy the house, but I worry about getting you involved later on."

Chiang Xiao saw the immediate flash of excitement in the eyes of the family's daughter-in-law when she mentioned buying the house, and promptly threw out such a statement.

She's being upfront, isn't she?