Thinking back to the waiter's subtle look of disdain when Grandma Ming first entered, she felt a little embarrassed and awkward.

Grandma Ming is an old woman from the countryside. Even though she dressed up in a decent outfit because of the process, her demeanor still revealed her true nature.

These kinds of places are beyond their means.

Ming Xiaoxiao couldn't help but whisper a reminder: "Grandma, the average cost per person in the private rooms at this restaurant is no less than 500..."

Grandma Ming calmly instructed the waiter to order food while scrolling through her tablet. After ordering, she said, "It's alright, it's rare for us to come out to eat."

Ming Xiaoxiao was a little confused, and the doubts in her mind grew bigger and bigger.

Grandma Ming patted her hand affectionately, "Grandma can afford it, don't worry. I used to work for wealthy families, what haven't I seen? It's just a Japanese meal."

Ming Xiaoxiao was relieved and began to enjoy her dinner.

Grandma Ming was very generous with her money this time; the two of them spent nearly two thousand yuan on a single meal.

After eating, I took Ming Xiaoxiao to the mall to buy clothes, which cost nearly 10,000 yuan.

Even Ming Xiaoxiao, who was used to seeing the extravagant spending of the young masters in Pei Temple, couldn't help but feel a little alarmed by this way of spending money.

She knew her family's financial situation all too well. Grandma Ming was an old woman from the countryside who earned a little money by farming and doing some handicrafts. Her income was among the lowest in Shenjia Village.

If her family hadn't been genuinely poor, the Spring Bud Project wouldn't have given her such a high amount of assistance and covered all her living expenses.

"Grandma, how much money do we have left? You didn't use my parents' pension, did you?" Ming Xiaoxiao became nervous at the thought.

Her parents died in a car accident when she was very young. Fortunately, it was considered a work-related death, and they received a compensation payment, which Grandma Ming said she would keep as her dowry.

Grandma Ming: "How could that be? I've saved all of your parents' pension money for you."

She turned around and led Ming Xiaoxiao into the gold shop next door. This time, the grandmother and granddaughter each bought a gold bracelet.

Ming Xiaoxiao calculated her expenses for the day and found that she had spent over 100,000 yuan.

Even ordinary families don't spend money like this, let alone a poor family like theirs.

Grandma Ming instructed Ming Xiaoxiao: "You can say that the clothes were given to you by a kind person when you wear them out, but don't wear the bracelet out, it's too eye-catching."

Ming Xiaoxiao is currently a student supported by the Spring Bud Project. Once she is no longer impoverished, there is no longer any need for support.

Ming Xiaoxiao isn't stupid. Pei Si and Jiang Yifan had given her expensive gifts before. She politely declined some, but accepted others because she couldn't refuse their hospitality. Her daily life always reflected her status as a poor student.

"Okay." She played with the gold bracelet worth 50,000 yuan in her hand for a while. It was heavy and had a lot of weight. After playing with it, she put it away.

She glanced at Grandma Ming with a flicker in her eyes, "Grandma, how much money do you have left? I want to buy a house in Linjiang City."

This was a test; she knew her parents' pension was only 200,000 yuan, not even enough to buy a toilet in Linjiang City.

To everyone's surprise, Grandma Ming nodded without hesitation: "Grandma isn't leaving Linjiang City this time; she's going to buy a house and settle down. But I'll handle this; no outsiders can know..."

The grandmother and grandson's every move throughout the day was being watched by Gu Chen.

He never expected that he would run into Ming Xiaoxiao just by going out for a meal.

As he watched Ming Xiaoxiao and her granddaughter finish their Japanese meal and then go shopping for clothes and gold jewelry, he gradually realized something was wrong. Are all poor students this extravagant these days, spending so much?