So Chiang Songhai was completely unprepared.
"Grandpa, are you hungry?" Chiang Xiao poked her head from inside. She had been listening and sensed something amiss, intending to come out and interrupt, but it was too late; Chiang Songhai had already uttered his "yeah."
Her face instantly darkened.
All right, all right, she was busted.
Now she just felt indifferent to it. Everyone knew anyway, and perhaps it was better this way. At least he should know her stance now, right?
"It’s still early. Grandpa, Grandma, you came by car from Huali, right? Why not rest a while first? I’ll take you out to dinner tonight," Meng Xinian stood up as he spoke and walked towards Chiang Xiao, reaching out to pull her arm. "Chiang Xiaoxiao, let’s go out first, let your grandparents take a nap. Let’s not disturb them."
"They’re not tired..."
Before Chiang Xiao could finish struggling to speak, she heard Ge Liutao say, "Xiaoxiao, you go rest too. I woke up quite early today, and I might have had trouble sleeping because I was excited about coming to the city today. I felt a bit dizzy in the car earlier. I’ll sleep for a bit, go on."
She felt that perhaps the person who sabotaged her the most was her grandma.
Dragged along by Meng Xinian to his room, upon seeing the familiar setting, Chiang Xiao’s guard immediately went up, and she subconsciously got into a combative stance.
Like a hedgehog that had completely spread its spines.
Meng Xinian closed the door with a snap and just stood there looking at her.
He seemed to have lost a bit of weight, his skin slightly tanned, but now he looked more like a leopard ready to strike, with a sharp and intimidating gaze.
He kept a straight face, his thin lips pressed tightly together. After watching Chiang Xiao for a moment, he pulled over a chair and sat down. Then, he jerked his chin towards the bed and spoke with a heavy, slightly husky voice, "Sit there."
"I don’t need to sit; I’m not tired."
Chiang Xiao abruptly sat down, "Fine, I’ll sit so you can’t say I’m being rude by looming over you."
Meng Xinian couldn’t help but laugh with exasperation, "Chiang Xiaoxiao, you tell me, when have you ever been polite to me? When have you ever shown any deference in my presence?"
Chiang Xiao pouted her lips.
She was always polite.
"Brother Xinian, it’s just as well, I have something to discuss with you. I already called Brother Kuang, and I had arranged to meet him this afternoon at a teahouse near M City University; it’s about time now, so let’s get straight to the point..."
"So, you called Hu Xibing, and he knew you went to Huali, then you also called Yun Xian Brother, and even made plans to meet him later; but, you never thought to call me?" Meng Xinian interrupted her.
He really wanted to dig out her heart to see if it was red or black.
But he didn’t understand why, why he felt such anger upon hearing all this, an almost painful anger.
Chiang Xiao said, "No, it’s not like that. I was planning to call you after meeting with Brother Kuang. I also wanted to meet up with you since I still have your money and need to return it." Chiang Xiao thought it was better to just come clean with everything, "The money you gave me before, I really don’t need it. Look, I won the prize of fifteen hundred from the drawing competition, right? I can earn money on my own."
"So what? You’re not opening your teahouse anymore?"