Give Me Your Hands and Marry Me

Chapter 325 The First Meeting of Yaya
A Miao glanced at Shen Xinglan, who gave her a reassuring look.

“Mom?” When A Miao did not give Yaya a hug, she could not help stretching out her hands. “Mother hug me!”

After picking up the little girl, A Miao greeted Shen Xinglan. “Director Shen…”

“Miss Lan.” Shen Xinglan smiled.

Uncle Fu walked from behind and gestured, “Mr. Shen, please come in!”

“Grandpa!” A Miao held Yaya, and sat down on the sofa.

Yaya slipped from her, turned around to grab a paper bag from Shen Xinglan, and dragged it towards Lan Lixiao.

“Mom’s grandpa?” She stood in front of Lan Lixiao and tilted her head.

The little girl looked at him with big, shimmering eyes. Lan Lixiao’s plan to frighten Shen Xinglan was instantly eliminated by her cuteness, and he touched her head, with a smile.

“Hm, I am. Who are you?”

Yaya made a formal bow and softly said, “My name is Shen Tongguan. I’m three years old this year. People call me Yaya.”

“Hahh!” Uncle Fu couldn’t help laughing.

Lan Lixiao also smiled and touched Yaya’s little head. “Hello, we welcome you to our home as our guest!”

“Thank you, this is my gift for you!” Yaya pushed the bag forward with some difficulty.

Uncle Fu helped her pick it up quickly. It was a box of tea that was rare, and hard to buy in the market.

“How do you know I like tea?” Lan Lixiao took a look, as he glanced at Shen Xinglan.

The latter was expressionless, as if she was not his daughter…

“Dad told me!” Yaya answered in a clear voice, then looked at the old man carefully. “Do you like it?”

Lan Lixiao said, “Hmph, that’s okay.”

Yaya’s eyes lit up. “Then… can I call you grandpa like my mother?”

“No, you can’t call me grandpa.” When Lan Lixiao finished speaking, he saw a little tear in Yaya’s eyes, who was obviously trying to stop her tears from flowing down.

Her sad expression… was painful…

Uncle Fu couldn’t stand it anymore and immediately said, “Since he is your mother’s grandfather, you should call him great grandfather.”

“Great… grandfather?” Yaya sniffed and asked. “Then… if I call you great grandfather, great grandfather… will you allow me to take my mother away?”

Lan Lixiao originally wanted to agree, however, after listening to the latter part of her speech, his face became solemn.

“Even if you call me great grandfather, I still can’t allow you to take your mother away, but you can come to my house to see her at any time.”

When Yaya heard that she could not take her mother away, she wanted to cry loudly, but she controlled her tears.

“Can I come here every day?”

“Yes.”

“Can I bring Mom out to play?”

“Yes.”

“Can I bring her back to our house?”

“Yes… No.”

Lan Lixiao blew on his beard and glared at Shen Xinglan. “Director Shen’s daughter is so clever.”

“Grandpa!” A Miao was at a loss whether to cry or to laugh. She brought Yaya to the sofa. “Uncle Fu, please bring me a towel!”

Uncle Fu smiled and came with a towel. A Miao wiped Yaya’s face clean. Shen Xinglan, who had not spoken from beginning to end, said, “Thank you, Elder Master Lan! Since… my daughter has not been so happy.”

“I’m busy with my work and I can’t take care of her. Auntie told me that Yaya often cries secretly, but dared not let me know.”

Yaya blinked, thinking she didn’t cry secretly! But she thought about what Dad said to her. If she did as he said, then she could see her mother every day, so she turned her face into A Miao’s arms.

“I am not a good father.” Shen Xinglan continued to pretend to be pitiful, “Fortunately, Yaya is obedient, otherwise, I really don’t know what to do.”

Uncle Fu looked at Yaya in a loving way, and no one could tell what he was thinking of. He immediately asked the maid to bring snacks and candies. Yaya asked A Miao, before she carefully chose one.

“Great grandfather, do you eat this?” She held it in front of Lan Lixiao. “This is delicious!” She was drooling and staring at the lollipops.

Lan Lixiao deliberately reached for them, and then saw her frowning. He retracted his hand and her face relaxed.

When he reached out his hand, she frowned.

When he retracted his hand, she relaxed her eyebrows…

“Pfft!” Uncle Fu could not control himself. This time, even A Miao smiled.

Lan Lixiao also laughed, but the laughter was very obscure. He patted Yaya’s little head and said, “Go ahead, great grandfather won’t eat them!”

“Mom!” Yaya turned to look at A Miao.

A Miao nodded. “Yaya can eat them!”

After the meal, Yaya succeeded in winning the favor of Elder Master Lan. Of course, Uncle Fu and auntie were included. So, when she said she wanted to go out to play with A Miao after the meal, it went very smoothly.

When Shen Xinglan started the car, Yaya happily waved goodbye to Lan Lixiao standing at the door.

“Elder Master, that kid is so lovely!” Uncle Fu felt that he was in a very good mood today.

Lan Lixiao glanced at him. “You let a child win you over so easily. A Fu, you are so useless!”

Uncle Fu smiled. “Doesn’t Elder Master like the child?”

“Though I like the child, didn’t you see Shen Xinglan staring at A Miao at dinner?” Lan Lixiao snorted. “He wants A Miao to be his daughter’s stepmother? No way!”

“Alas…” Uncle Fu’s face became solemn, and he did not talk about it anymore.

Even if Yaya was good, she was someone else’s child. How could Miss Elder Lan marry a man who had been widowed, let alone became a stepmother?

“But…” He thought a while. “Apart from that, Director Shen’s conditions match Miss Elder well.”

“Did you hear from Wenxuan and the others?” Lan Lixiao touched his beard. “It’s useless even if his conditions are good. I’ve given him so many hints, several times today.”

Shen Xinglan was also talking about this problem with A Miao, in the car.

“If Yaya goes to the Lan House to play a few times and you come out with me a few more times, he’ll probably talk to you.”

A Miao looked at Yaya who was sleeping in the back seat and whispered. “What if he does not agree?”

“Then we’ll settle the matter quickly and go home.” Shen Xinglan did not feel sorry for Lan Lixiao.

Those who threatened A Miao to leave the Lan house should be sorry.

“Don’t worry!” Shen Xinglan touched A Miao’s face and said, “At least we can meet every day next time. Occasionally, you can take Yaya to sleep with you.”

After that, he continued saying, “Nevertheless, you still need to sleep with me during the day.”

“You’re so annoying!” A Miao hit him. “Is the ring ready?”

Shen Xinglan pulled open one of the drawers in the car, and took out a box from it. “Be careful. I’ll show you how to use it when you get home.”

“Go home? Don’t you want to bring Yaya out to play?” A Miao opened the box, and there was a very ordinary ring inside.

“She likes it best if she can play with you at home.” Shen Xinglan stared at her. “You can just take a nap.”

A Miao curled her lip and thought it would be impossible to take a nap…

Yaya woke up in her little bed, then climbed out of bed and ran next door.

“Mom!” She abruptly pushed the door open. “Dad? Where is Mom?”

Shen Xinglan was coming out of the bathroom and pointed to the bed. “She is taking a nap.”

Yaya ran to her, climbed into bed and sat beside A Miao.

She asked curiously, “Why does mother sleep longer than Yaya every time at noon?”

Shen Xinglan, changed to his household clothes, and picked Yaya up. “Because Mom is tired, Yaya, please go downstairs first and have a snack with auntie. Daddy will wake Mom up, OK?”

“All right!” Yaya nodded. “But Dad should let Mom sleep. You said she’s tired, so she should sleep!”

Shen Xinglan kissed her face, took her downstairs, and turned on the TV which was showing an animated film. When he returned upstairs, A Miao was still asleep. Shen Xinglan laid beside her, and his hand was touching her under in the quilt.

“A Miao…”

A Miao felt an itch on her neck and could not push him away. She tried to open her eyes and found that Shen Xinglan was kissing her again.

“Go away.” She tried to slap him, but Shen Xinglan took her hand and kissed it.

“What time is it?”

Shen Xinglan hugged her. “It’s four o’clock.”

“Where is Yaya?” A Miao broke away from his arms and went into the bathroom, wrapped in the bedsheet.

Shen Xinglan brought her clothes to the bathroom and said, “She just got up and is having a snack downstairs.”

“You go out!” A Miao asked him to leave.

“I want to see you.” Shen Xinglan lingered there.

Finally, A Miao kicked him out.

Yaya saw A Miao coming downstairs and ran to ask for a hug.

The little girl said shyly, “Mom! Let’s take pictures tomorrow!”

A Miao looked at her curiously. “Take pictures?”

“This one!” Yaya pointed to the magazine.

A Miao took it up and looked at it. It was actually an advertisement for art photography, designed for mothers and daughters.

“Does Yaya want to have her photo taken?”

“Hm! I want to take photos with Mom.” After that, she felt as if something was wrong, and looked at Shen Xinglan. “It’s okay to take Dad with us!”

A Miao also looked at Shen Xinglan. “Is it convenient for you?”

Naturally, she meant that it was not appropriate for the three of them to appear in the photos, and Shen Xinglan understood.

“Dad is busy with his work. How about Yaya taking pictures with Mom?”

Yaya nodded. She and her father had taken many pictures with mobile phones, but not with her mother. Little Yaya did not know that there were photos taken with her mother before.

Shen Xinglan saved them on a U-disk and deleted them from his mobile phone, in case anyone should see them.

“Let’s call them and make a reservation to see if we can go tomorrow.” A Miao picked up her cell phone and dialed the number in the magazine, but they said that A Miao had to wait till next month.

“Really! All right.” A Miao looked up and saw Yaya’s big eyes looking at her expectantly. She decided to find another one. Anyway, it was okay as long as there were mother and daughter photos.

The other side told her to leave her name and contact information. Maybe if they had a cancellation, she could have her photos taken earlier.

“Lan Miao, the phone is…” A Miao said that, but she had given up in her heart.

Unexpectedly, there was silence, and the other side suddenly said, “Miss Lan, yes, you can come tomorrow. We will be able to do the shots for you.”

“Ah?” A Miao was stunned. “Aren’t your appointments fully booked tomorrow?”

“I just took a look at the appointment book. There’s a vacancy tomorrow afternoon. Will it be convenient for you to come here?”

A Miao naturally agreed and made an appointment.

Yaya saw her hanging up and asked eagerly, “Mom?”

“We can have our pictures taken tomorrow!” A Miao picked her up and kissed her.