Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 286: Chapter 286 Always Being Despised for Being Old

And he also remembered that at first, all he had in mind was not to seek any form of repayment from Captain Meng’s team; he didn’t even tell them his name. It seemed that even if they remembered the incident, they wouldn’t be able to find him.

So he kept this matter in his heart, considering it an extraordinary experience.

This time, when Meng Xinian happened to mention the incident at the hospital, Chiang Songhai was quite shocked. He hadn’t imagined that the turns of fate could align this coincidentally.

But looking at his own family, then at Meng Xinian, Chiang Songhai felt the disparity between the two families was too great. If Little truly married into that kind of family, she might be looked down upon and end up unhappy later on, so Chiang Songhai swallowed his words again, deciding not to bring it up.

But Meng Xinian visited again.

Chiang Xiao understood her grandfather’s thinking with a spin of her thoughts.

Fearing the other family was merely joking, and fearing she was unworthy of them.

In her previous life, no one from the Meng Family had ever appeared, showing that the other party hadn’t really taken the matter seriously.

As for pretending to be in a romantic play with Meng Xinian, being fake betrothed only in name, she truly didn’t mind.

But when she heard that the arranged marriage was real, she was suddenly thrown into disarray.

What kind of joke is this!

Seeing that Chiang Songhai and his granddaughter seemed to be misunderstanding his grandfather’s intentions, Meng Xinian felt it was bad news and immediately said with a grave face, ”Grandfather, my grandfather has always remembered you for all these years. He always tells me that if it weren’t for you, even if he had managed to survive, his body would have collapsed long ago, and he might not have lived to this age. These years, he has been wanting to find you to formally express his gratitude, and secondly, to honor the marriage arrangement made back then.”

Chiang Xiao’s face was expressionless. ”Since the search has narrowed down to Peace Town, his age and appearance are known, and what he does is clear, it wouldn’t be hard to find him.”

The implication being, for people who aren’t hard to find, who would believe that you have searched for so many years?

”This involves the Meng Family’s private affairs. I’ll explain it to you another time, okay?” Meng Xinian looked at her, unable to miss her disbelief and annoyance, but he really didn’t want to talk about his family’s messy issues right now. He also feared scaring Chiang Songhai and Ge Liutao.

If they knew that only his grandfather had been clinging to the marriage arrangement, that his father and that woman had always wanted to control him for years, planning to use his marriage as a trade with someone else, would these honest and simple elderly folks still dare to discuss this marriage arrangement?

Perhaps Chiang Xiao would even disdain him then.

Why was she looking at him like that? With such a serious and earnest expression, it was as though he really wanted to affirm this arranged marriage.

Facing Meng Xinian’s gaze, Chiang Xiao’s heart missed a beat.

”No need to explain,” she pursed her lips, then said, ”Actually, my grandfather is right, this matter shouldn’t be taken seriously. It’s a new society now, we advocate for freedom in love and independence in marriage, arranged marriages like this, you as the Supervisor Guard shouldn’t take it seriously either. So, let’s just clear the air and call it off.”

Chiang Songhai immediately nodded in agreement—that was exactly his sentiment.

”Little is right, Captain Meng. The marriage arrangement proposed by your grandfather was merely a verbal agreement and can be dismissed. Look, you’re already an officer in Captain Meng’s team. Our Little is still young, and if we were to really talk about marriage, it wouldn’t happen for another five or six years at least. By then, you’d be almost thirty, right? How can we delay you? Let’s just forget about this, okay?”

His age was brought up again, his age again!

He was now twenty, a fine young man, and in the team, everyone praised him as young and promising.

Young!

So why, in the Chiang Family’s eyes, did he always seem old?