Give Me Your Hands and Marry Me

Chapter 319 The Abandoned Kid——Yaya
“Is this the child?” Lan Lixiao looked at the child who was in A Miao’s arms, “the one who mistook you for her mother?”

A Miao had to soothe Yaya who hugged her tightly and said, “Yes. We met in a restaurant. She knows Little Demon.”

“Shen Xinglan had previously hired Little Demon.” Lan Wenxuan was not surprised.

They have already discovered this when they were about to hire Little Demon. She had been hired by Shen Xinglan to protect his wife previously, so it was natural that the kid knew who she was.

“Really? What a coincidence?” Lan Qin felt quite suspicious.

“Why was A Miao involved in so many things that concerned Shen Xinglan?”

“I don’t know whether it is fate or not.” A Miao smiled and said, “But now, what about this kid?”

“Why did you bring her back?” Lan Wenxuan liked this little girl, and held an apple to tempt her. “Where is her dad?”

A Miao said as planned, ” I don’t know. I don’t have her father’s number. We could not find anything, even with the help of the hotel staff. It grew dark at that time, so I had to bring her back.”

“She is very cute!” Probably seniors always like children. Lan Lixiao reached out and said, “Come here to Grandpa.”

Yaya looked at him and buried her head in A Miao’s arms.

Everybody did not know what to say.

“Your name is Yaya, isn’t it?”A Miao picked her up and pretended to be perturbed, trying to hide her happiness. “This is your grandpa. Can you say it?”

Yaya shook her head, because no one had taught her how to say it.

“There are no seniors in the Shen family. I heard that his wife did not have any relatives either.” When Lan Wenxuan saw that the kiddy was not interested in the apple, he threw it away and picked up a banana instead.

“I gave my number to the restaurant. If her father comes back to look for her, the staff will let him know.”

Lan Qin did not have the chance to look at the kid until now. She was very cute and pretty. “Her father is not responsible at all. How can he leave his kid behind?”

She asked, after thinking for a while, “Has she been abandoned?”

“Dad did not abandon me! I went out to look for mom,” Yaya suddenly said, beyond everyone’s expectation.

She looked at Lan Qin with her big eyes, unblinkingly. Her plump face and pudgy cheeks were just an invitation for one to poke them.

Lan Wenxuan could not help holding up a finger…to poke her.

“Ah!” Yaya twitched her lips and cried out.

“What are you doing?” Lan Lixiao scolded him. “You made her cry!”

Lan Qin reprimanded him and said, “You are strong! How can you poke a baby’s face?”

“Yaya, don’t cry. Your uncle didn’t mean it,” A Miao said, as her heart ached. She shot Lan Wenxuan a glare.

Lan Wenxuan thought, “I didn’t use any strength at all. Just a slight touch. Are kids really so vulnerable?”

“I…I will be more careful next time,” he said in embarrassment.

Yaya hugged A Miao, sobbing and said, “Mom, I…I want to sleep…sleep with you tonight.”

“I am not your mom.” A Miao said helplessly, “Your father will bring you home later.”

“Mom…mom, Do…don’t you miss me?”

Seeing A Miao trying to explain further, Lan Lixiao interrupted her and said, “It’s no use talking to her. What do children know? A Fu, tell the cook to prepare some food for the kid.”

Lan Lixiao said to A Miao, “You take her to have a bath.”

A Miao nodded, and carried her to the bathroom.

“It’s a pity that such a pretty and young kid should have lost her mother.” Lan Qin was a woman and mother, so she was more compassionate. She sighed and said, “It seems that her father is really unreliable.”

Lan Wenxuan smiled and said, “Shen Xinglan has met up with a lot of people, these days. In my opinion, it could be that he wants to do business in Jingcheng City.”

“Does the Li family have any reaction to that?” Lan Lixiao asked.

“Not yet.” Lan Wenxuan said, after thinking for a while, “I think they are waiting to see what we will do.”

Lan Lixiao sneered, “We have a lot of time. It coincides with my meeting with Director Shen today.”

“Dad, did you say that he will come to our house to take the kid?” Lan Qin apparently had a bad impression of Shen Xinglan, who had abandoned his own daughter. “Maybe he did it on purpose.”

Just as her voice reverberated, someone at door said there was a man surnamed Shen, here to take his child.

“I will go.” Lan Qin stood up and said. Brushing past her, Shen Xinglan leaned to one side to give way to her, and bowed his head a little.

Lan Qin nodded and gave him a quick look over. Then she left, looking steadily forward.

She thought, “This man is not a simple. person..”

“Mr Lan,” Shen Xinglan passed a box to A Fu and said. “Sorry to trouble you at such a late hour. I have wanted to visit you for a long time, but unexpectedly we meet in such a situation.”

Lan Lixiao looked at the man in front of him, and narrowed his eyes. “Director Shen, please don’t stand on ceremony. Take a seat.”

“Are you here for your daughter?” Lan Wenxuan poured him a cup of tea and said, “Why did you abandon her?”

Shen Xinglan rubbed at the the space between his eyebrows and said, “I had no time today and asked one of my friends to look after her. But I don’t know how Yaya got lost.”

While they were talking, A Miao brought Yaya out. When Yaya saw Shen Xinglan, she called, “Daddy!”

“Yaya!” When Shen Xinglan went forward to hold her, Yaya withdrew her hands and hugged A Miao. “I want to sleep with mom! I want to sleep with mom!”

Shen Xinglan held her in his arms. “Yaya, daddy has told you before. She is not your mom.”

“No!” Yaya cried and stretched her hands out to A Miao. “Mammy! Mammy!”

A Miao stood there, not knowing what to do. Yaya cried uncontrollably. Lan Lixiao could not stand to see her cry.

“A Miao, take the baby back. She should not cry any more. It’s bad for her health.”

A Miao’s heart ached and she took Yaya back immediately. The little girl embraced her tightly and called her mammy, while sobbing.

“Elder Master.” The auntie came over with a wooden plate in her hands. There was a small bowl on it.

Uncle Fu put the bowl on the table and said, “This is steamed egg with minced meat.”

“A Miao, you take her to Xiaohua Hall. I am going to talk with Mr. Shen.”

“Okay, grandpa,” A Miao walked away with Yaya in her arms.

Lan Lixiao turned to look at Shen Xinglan and said, “Director Shen, how long will you be staying in Jingcheng City?”

The night grew darker. When Uncle Fu came over, Yaya was sleeping in A Miao’s arms.

“Sorry to bother you.” Shen Xinglan held Yaya in his arms, with his back to the others, seizing the opportunity to scratch A Miao’s palm.

A Miao shot him a glare secretly and whispered to him after putting on the correct expression. “Be careful. If your daughter had not run into me, we don’t know what awful things could have happened to her.”

“Rest assured, I won’t let it happen again.” Shen Xinglan held Yaya in his arms and turned around to thank Lan Lixiao. Then Lan Wenxuan saw him to the gate.

“Please stay.” Shen Xinglan said with some hesitation, “Concerning what we spoke of just now, I want to discuss it in depth with you, at your leisure.”

Lan Wenxuan smiled and said, “Okay, I will be glad to.”

A Miao asked Lan Lixiao, “Grandpa, did you scold him for being so careless as to lose his kid?”

“That is his personal family matter. I should not get involved in it.” Lan Lixiao rubbed his moustache and said, “Don’t be too bothered if you meet the little girl next time. She is too young, and she will understand that you are not her mother when she grows up.”

“It doesn’t matter.” A Miao said with a smile, ” Yaya is cute and I like her.”

Lan Lixiao recalled her beautiful face, and agreed with A Miao. “Yes, she is pretty.”

Shen Xinglan took Yaya home. Ouyang Jin came forward and said, “Did she fall asleep?”

“Yes, I’ll bring her to the bedroom first.”

Ten minutes later, Shen Xinglan went downstairs. Ouyang Jin looked at him, reading the expression on his face.

“So it worked well?”

Shen Xinglan had arranged this chance meeting to let the Lan family see Yaya. As long as Lan Lixiao did not dislike the kid, Shen Xinglan would be able to meet A Miao more conveniently.

“Since you are so happy, I don’t want to say something that will let you down.” Ouyang Jin leaned back on the sofa with affectation. “Ah! You are just like Helen of Troy.”

Shen Xinglan gave him a kick and said, “Just say it.”

“The traffic accident that happened to A Miao was not an accident, actually.” Ouyang Jin shrugged his shoulders and said, “However, we can’t find who did it. The Lan family will continue to look into it.”

“In their opinion, who did it?”

“The Li family.” Ouyang Jin looked at him. “They are wondering which one in the Li family did it.”

Shen Xinglan glanced at him and said, “Why are you looking at me?”

“Don’t tell me you don’t know.” Ouyang Jin snorted and said, “Obviously, Li Nian did it.”

Shen Xinglan furrowed his eyebrows and said, “Li Nian?”

“Yes, you forgot. Li Nian came back on the same flight as you. She was sitting near you.” Ouyang Jin went to the wine cabinet, and took out a bottle of wine. “I think she has a crush on you.”

“It was reported on the Internet that Yaya had mistaken A Miao as her mother, and then A Miao had a car accident.I think Li Nian did it to warn A Miao. That’s why she left evidence. She wanted to remind the Lan family that it was not an accident.”

Coldness and darkness came into Shen Xinglan’s eyes.

“Keep an eye on her.”

“It is not easy.” Ouyang Jin sighed and said, “We are in Jingcheng City, which is the Li family’s territory.”

Shen Xinglan glanced at him and said, “Just keep an eye on her. Little Demon will protect A Miao.”

“What are you going to do?” Ouyang Wei asked. “If there are any rumors about you and Li Nian, you may be in trouble. Because Lan Lixiao really hates the Li family.”

“They are just irrelevant.” Shen Xinglan could not care about them.

However, others did not share the same idea with him. The next day Shen Xinglan went to a meeting and saw Li Nian there, together with his partner.

“Nice to meet you again!” Li Nian greeted him gracefully.

Shen Xinglan gave her a slight nod, which was barely noticeable. Li Nian did not mind and invited him to sit down, with a smile on her face.

“It seems that Mr. Zheng has an appointment today, so we can talk another time,” Shen Xinglan looked at the man next to her, and said with dissatisfaction. Then he turned away.

Li Nian stood up immediately and said, “Director Shen, wait a minute. I know what you want to talk about. It’s the same if you talk to me.”