The same pot of water, poured into two cups, each with a sip, tastes completely different!
Meng Xinian initially thought his cup wasn’t washed properly, had there been sugar water in this cup? Although he had never used the cup for sugar water, he couldn’t help but wash it several times, then came back to try a few more times.
The result was still the same.
The water held in the cup given by Chiang Xiao was sweeter and smoother than the water in the other cups.
After several tries, Meng Xinian sat down under the lamp with the cup in his hand, deep in thought.
Thinking it over, he concluded that Chiang Xiaoxiao’s secret had already surpassed what he could imagine.
He revisited all the doubts about Chiang Xiao from start to finish, one by one, very carefully, and the more he thought, the more shocked he became, almost unable to resist the urge to go into the city right then, to capture Chiang Xiao and find a place to question her thoroughly.
But in the end, he didn’t move.
He had promised Chiang Xiao to wait until they were married to ask for clarifications.
Thinking of this, Meng Xinian felt increasingly that Chiang Xiao was growing up too slowly.
When exactly would she turn eighteen?
The more he thought about it, the more he remembered the conversation he had with her when they went to see Factory Director Su; she had mentioned that her box was going to be patented.
That was something she seemingly hadn’t processed yet, right?
Thinking of this, Meng Xinian couldn’t sit still any longer. He put down the cup and went out to make a phone call in the communication room.
When Chiang Xiao returned from the Ruxi Hotel to the Furong Hotel, it was already late at night.
After taking a bath, she entered the Space and took out all the money, laying it on the table and carefully counting it.
The absence of a hundred yuan note at this time was indeed inconvenient.
Such a small amount of ten thousand yuan already filled the table.
Had it not been for her wanting to buy that house, she would genuinely be a ten-thousandaire now, a little rich girl!
Her paintings sold so well in her previous life, yet she had never been this wealthy!
However, no matter how painful it was to part with the money, she still needed to buy the house as soon as possible, for fear of unexpected complications.
The next day, during breakfast, Chiang Xiao mentioned the house-buying to Chiang Songhai and Ge Liutao. She now occasionally came up with an idea or a decision that could astonish the old couple.
"Buy a house? And not just any, but one with several rooms, a yard, and even trees—a big house?" Ge Liutao exclaimed, almost sliding off her chair in surprise.
Chiang Xiao nodded vigorously and said, "Yes! And there’s a small artificial lake! The scenery is so nice, grandma, you’d definitely love it if you saw it!"
Ge Liutao almost couldn’t bring herself to laugh; she felt she would like it too, but where was the money?
They had never considered buying a house in the provincial city!
Not to mention buying, they had never even contemplated renting a house in the provincial city!
Chiang Songtao and Ho Laidi always said that Chiang Yuequn would become a city person in the future, and they found it quite a challenge. Chiang Yuequn’s education in the city cost a significant amount of money each month, a substantial economic burden for the Old Chiang Family, but they still had some hope, unlike them, it was unimaginable!
But now Chiang Xiao was saying that they were going to buy a house in the provincial city? A big house?
Chiang Songhai cautiously asked, "Xiaoxiao, how much does that house cost?"
Chiang Xiao was somewhat reluctant to say it directly, fearing that it would scare them, so she simply mentioned, "Didn’t Brother Xinian still have five thousand yuan with me? He said it was for buying the painting that won the prize."