She scraped together what she could, borrowing one hundred thousand from Xu Ai, but was still short by another one hundred thousand.
Having just bought a house, with Xiaoshu attending an international school, Xu Ai's expenses were significant, almost all her money tied up in funds with little cash to spare. At the time of the divorce, other than that house, Qiao Xia hadn't touched anything—where would she have any money?
She had no choice but to rent out the ancestral home.
If she rented out the ancestral home in this location, the rent would be ninety thousand a month. Qiao Xia had asked for one hundred thousand, but she had never considered renting this house before—it was full of her and her parents' memories, all the memories of her family lived within these walls.
She thought she could give up everything, but not this house.
Although she couldn't transfer ownership for now as she couldn't afford the inheritance tax, renting was not a problem.
