Give Me Your Hands and Marry Me

Chapter 324 Mother’s Grandpa
It was very quiet indoors. Shen I stood behind her and stared at Li Nian with disdain. He thought, “Is this the notable young lady from Jingcheng City? How interesting…”

“How do you feel about it?” Li Nian looked at Shen Xinglan, whose expression did not give away his feelings at all.

Unexpectedly, the man crushed her pride in the next second.

“Sorry, I am not interested in you.”

Shen I silently wanted to give Miss hints on how to increase her chances of winning over Boss.

Listen to that answer! There were many ways to gracefully turn down a woman’s proposal, but Shen Xinglan only used a single sentence, which made Li Nian feel as if she was a vulgar woman with no sense of shame.

“You…” Li Nian apparently realized that she had been insulted, and her face changed. “Shen Xinglan, are you sure about this?”

Shen Xinglan tapped his fingers on the desk. “I’m very sure, so Miss Li doesn’t need to waste time on me, and I’m not interested in doing business with the Li family.”

“Is this because of Lan Miao?” Li Nian’s expression became cold. “Because she looks like your deceased wife, so you are taking her as a substitute?”

Shen Xinglan stared at her. “It has nothing to do with you. I think our conversation is over.”

“OK.” Li Nian stood up, turned around and left. Before going out, she looked at him again. “Shen Xinglan, you are living in the past and refusing to forget it. I’ll give you time. I believe you will soon know that Lan Miao is not the person in your heart. A substitute is always a substitute.”

Shen I watched Li Nian walking away in her high heels, clearly in a huff.

“This woman has a high opinion about herself…” He touched his nose, turned around and saw that Boss was impatient.

“Is the ring ready?”

“It should be delivered tomorrow.”

Shen Xinglan went home. Yaya and Ouyang Jin, temporary nanny, were playing in the living room. To be exact, Ouyang Jin was playing with great enthusiasm, and Yaya was looking at him perfunctorily.

“Daddy!” Seeing him coming back, Yaya happily ran to him, and threw herself on his legs.

Shen Xinglan embraced her and kissed her. “Was Yaya a good girl, and ate her food?”

“That’s a little bit left!” Yaya made a gesture, then quickly claimed the credit and said, “I accompanied Daddy Ouyang to play, and he played happily!”

Ouyang Jin, “…”

“Dad, did I behave well?” The little baby looked at him expectantly.

Shen Xinglan smiled and said, “Yaya is obedient!”

“Will I be rewarded?”

“What does Yaya want?”

Yaya said seriously, “I want my mother!”

“OK.”

Probably she did not expect that Dad would give in so readily to her request and she opened her eyes wide. “Really… Really? Can Yaya go and find Mom?”

“Not today. Tomorrow, we can ask Mom for dinner.” Shen Xinglan touched her head. “So Yaya has to go to bed early today, and you can play with Mom a little more tomorrow.”

This sentence worked very well. Yaya did everything very quickly today. After she fell asleep, Shen Xinglan went downstairs.

Ouyang Jin said, “Shen I came just in time. I’m leaving Jingcheng City.”

Shen Xinglan looked at him and nodded. “That’s okay. You’ve been here too long.”

“The most worrying thing is that people will find out that we know each other.” Ouyang Jin put on his coat. “You should pay attention to Lan Heng. Since he can’t find the information he needs in City S, he’ll pay more attention to you.”

That fellow seemed to have doubts about A Miao’s origins. Not that he found anything, but then, he had always been suspicious and had little trust in anyone.

Before he went out, Shen Xinglan suddenly asked, “Will you look for He Shishi?”

Ouyang Jin stopped walking and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Shen Xinglan would not mention He Shishi without a reason…

“She… There was a man accompanying her.” Shen Xinglan reminded him. “He seems to be her boyfriend.”

Ouyang Jin was stunned. A moment later, he showed a forced smile. “I know about it.”

He thought there would surely be such a day, but at this moment, he was so upset that he could hardly breathe.

“You’d better prove yourself.” Shen Xinglan patted him on the shoulder.

Ouyang Jin left. Instead of buying a ticket to see He Shishi, he took the latest flight out. He needed to calm himself down, and do some thinking, before seeing He Shishi.

Li Nian had been in a bad mood recently. Her best friends dared not invite her out. But today, she took the initiative to invite her friends out to try out new hairstyles. When they arrived, they saw Lan Miao sitting in the rest area.

“So that’s why you want to come here.” Zhang Qian whispered. “What do we do now? Shall I embarrass her?”

Tian Yuan also heard. She said loudly, “Shall we make trouble for her? Rest assured, let me do that!”

When Zhang Qian saw that Li Nian was silent, she glared at her. “Don’t mess up. The Lan family won’t let you off if you create any problems.”

“I won’t mess up.” Li Nian apparently wanted to create trouble for A Miao. “It’s okay to say hello to her.”

After saying this, she went over to A Miao.

A Miao saw them earlier, when they came in. She had a feeling that she would be provoked today, so she was not in the least surprised to see Li Nian coming over.

“What a coincidence!” Li Nian stood in front of her.

A Miao really wanted to give her a black look. Every time she saw her, she used the same sentence to begin their conversation.

“Yes…” She actually wanted to say “how interesting”.

Li Nian sat down beside her and said, “Would you mind if we talked for a while?”

A Miao thought, “You’re all seated. Can I say no?”

“Does Miss Li have something to say to me?” A Miao touched her hair. “I’m going to wash my hair right now.”

“Hahh! Getting a beautiful hairstyle to show to your boyfriend?” Li Nian looked at her with an indescribable weird smile.

A Miao endured her displeasure and said, “It has nothing to do with my boyfriend. Can’t a woman dress up beautifully to please herself?”

“Women like to dress up for people who appreciate them. I think Miss Lan is the same.” Li Nian smiled. “But… I don’t know who your boyfriend is!”

A Miao’s mouth twitched at the corners. “I don’t have a boyfriend.”

“Oh? I thought you and Director Shen…” Li Nian looked at her. “Aren’t you in love with each other?”

“I knew you would ask me this question.” A Miao sneered in her heart.

“We’re not in love.” She stopped smiling. “But… no one can tell what will happen in the future!”

Li Nian became serious, curled her lips and said, “Do you really think so? Don’t you mind being a stepmother?”

“Director Shen’s daughter is very lovely, isn’t she?” A Miao deliberately said, “Besides, she now treats me as her mother.”

Li Nian clenched her fists and said coldly, “That’s because she’s still young. After she grows up, she’ll know you’re not her biological mother.”

“And…” She continued to say quickly, before A Miao could respond, “don’t you mind being a substitute? Everyone knows that you look like Shen Xinglan’s deceased wife. Don’t you mind if he regards you as a substitute?”

A Miao tilted her head. “It doesn’t matter whether I care about this or not, but Miss Li seems to be paying special attention to my love life? Oh no, you don’t care about me, do you? Do you have feelings for Director Shen?”

“You misunderstood me.” Li Nian bowed her head. “It is because you just got involved in the circle, and I’m afraid that you are not thinking about things in the long run. I am just kindly reminding you.”

A Miao stood up. “Then I should thank you, Miss Li. Excuse me, I am going to wash my hair first.”

“What did you say?” After A Miao went away, Zhang Qian and Tian Yuan came to her.

Li Nian was not happy. “Nothing. Let’s get our hair styled.”

When A Miao came out again, she did not see those women. Little Demon helped her to open the car door.

“Miss, that woman is hostile toward you.”

She started the car angrily and said, “She’s good at pretending and thinks nobody can see through her.”

“Well, she is in love with your Boss.” A Miao lazily leaned back on the seat. “Now, she is my rival in love.”

“If she knew that you were Boss’s wife, she will commit suicide by hitting a wall.” Little Demon was looking forward to that day.

A Miao poked her head out. “Then you may not be able to witness that day. For the sake of the Lan family’s fame, this matter will not be made known.”

No matter what her relationship with the Lan family was, after her identity was revealed, outsiders would never know her identity. On this point, it was believed that the Lan family would be more cautious. After all, it was related to the fame…

“Alas…” A Miao could not help having a headache, when she thought about it.

Lan Lixiao would be so sad when he found out that she was his false granddaughter. She must do something to repay the old man, so that the relationship would not result in a loss of face for him.

In the evening, Shen Xinglan called the Lan house, and Uncle Fu answered the phone. He obviously heard a different voice on the phone.

“I’m looking for my mother!” The soft and lovely voice came over the phone.

Uncle Fu smiled. “Little girl, who is your mother?”

“My mother is A Miao,” Yaya said loudly, “she lives in your house!”

Lan Lixiao sitting beside Uncle Fu, reached out his hand, and Uncle Fu passed the phone to him.

“Hello, I am A Miao’s grandfather. Who are you?” Lan Lixiao deliberately said this in a serious voice.

There was no sound on the phone for a moment. After a few seconds, he heard her shyly asking, “May I call you grandfather?”

“Oh, I’m afraid you can’t.” Lan Lixiao smiled. “But if you are obedient, I may agree.”

Yaya obviously raised her voice. “I am very obedient! I have always been very obedient. I can have meals and wear clothes by myself. But Lil Bai can’t do these things!”

“Oh! Who is Lil Bai?”

“Lil Bai is the Daddy Le Yi’s son!”

Lan Lixiao said, “Oh, so why are you looking for A Miao?”

“I want to invite my mother to have dinner!” Yaya probably felt that it was inappropriate, and then continued to say, “Mother’s grandfather can come together!”

Lan Lixiao couldn’t help but smile. “What about your father?”

She became quiet again, then…

“My father says he is not here!”

The voice on the phone was very loud, and Uncle Fu could not help laughing.

“Tell your father that he can come to our house, if he wants to have dinner with A Miao!” After that, Lan Lixiao hung up.

Uncle Fu put down the phone. “Elder Master, are we having guests tomorrow?”

“Ask the auntie to cook a few Southern dishes. I guess Mr. Shen and his daughter will be here at noon tomorrow.” Lan Lixiao smiled and seemed to be in a good mood. “It’s good to have a kid. There’s no kid in our family right now!”

A Miao did not know about this matter at all, so when she saw Shen Xinglan and Yaya the next day, she was shocked.

“Mom!” Yaya ran to her joyfully “Mother’s grandfather told us we can come over for lunch, and Yaya brought him a gift!”