Chiang Xiao cast a sidelong glance at him, feeling she may have stumbled upon a sliver of the truth.
Tyrant Meng either had his heart broken or had been taken advantage of by a woman.
Tsk, tsk, which woman had such capabilities?
"Anyway, whether you marry or not is your business, but I definitely won’t be spending your money. If you’ve got extra cash, go do charity work; I don’t need it."
After all, she was a proud graduate of the fine arts college and had painted for so many years, living a lifetime longer than them. If she still relied on others’ charity, wouldn’t that make her look utterly useless?
Now that she had such a heaven-defying cheat, she should let others have the opportunity to be supported.
Besides, she genuinely disliked being pitied.
After being reborn, she had sworn that in this lifetime, she would rely on herself to lead her grandparents out of Siyang Village.
Go do charity work...
Meng Xinian was left speechless for a while by her remark.
She treated him as if he were doing charity!
Meng Xinian took a deep breath.
He really wanted to pinch this kitten’s cheeks purple, but in front of others, especially her relatives, it was out of line to mistreat someone’s granddaughter.
Kitten, just you wait.
Meng Xinian gritted his teeth, opened the bag, took out the money, stuffed it back into his pocket, and then tossed the bag into Chiang Xiao’s arms.
"Fine, I’ll take back the money and use it for charity! But I’ve already bought these sweets, and I don’t eat sweets, so if you don’t want them, throw them away!"
His words were tinged with such vehemence that Ge Xiaotong and the others couldn’t help but shudder.
Chiang Xiao hugged the bag and glanced at him, muttering under her breath, "Immature brat." He was the most childish one, telling her to just throw it away if she didn’t want it.
"Nothing! I said thank you, Xinian Brother!"
Seeing her accept the items, Meng Xinian’s expression finally softened a bit.
He glanced at Chiang Songhai and relaxed his demeanor, saying, "Grandpa, Grandma, here’s the thing, Little Little helped me out before, but it might have caused the Alliance team to misunderstand our relationship, they think..." He glanced at Chiang Xiao and continued, "They think Little Little is my little wife. If I clear this misunderstanding up, it will negatively impact me, so I came here this time to talk to you, hoping you could help me out. Could you please let Little Little act as my fiancée in name for now?"
Ugh, he felt a bit shameless.
Asking her to pretend to be his wife for the sake of his future?
Meng Xinian felt his face heat up.
But he didn’t want to mention the other half of the reason.
For instance, if his enemies found out Chiang Xiao had no connection to him, they would certainly focus on her. If she got involved in that mission for no reason and carried the identity of the savior of the Alliance Officer’s Wife, people with ulterior motives would definitely disrupt her life.
At that time, not to mention her taking leave to hunt for money, even people from the Old Chiang Family might be influenced to cause big trouble for her.
At this moment, the best solution was to have her act as his wife, so he could use his status as her fiancé to keep these people and troubles at bay, making sure they wouldn’t reach Peace Town.
That reason, Meng Xinian didn’t want to mention. Also, because he felt that these troubles were actually brought by him.
Of course, it also had to do with Chiang Xiao not following his instructions to stay in and instead running out with medicine. But the causes and consequences were now intertwined. What was the point of finding fault at this time?