Wearing a pained look, Xia Wan was about to speak when she spotted A Miao. She immediately plastered a smile on her face and said, "Hurry over, A Miao!"
A Miao walked over and stopped in front of them. She stared fixedly at Bai Youran.
"Who is she?" Bai Youran was unhappy that someone was disturbing them.
"I'm your future fiancee," A Miao said, beaming. "Please take good care of me."
Bai Youran was momentarily stupefied before turning to look at his beloved woman. "Wanwan! Is your grandfather really breaking off our engagement?"
"No, Youran... Please don't be like this..." Xia Wan's eyes were glistening. "No name is ever specified in the engagement. This is my cousin who has just recently returned. Grandfather said... Grandfather said that she will marry you."
Bai Youran enveloped her in a tight hug. "I won't agree to this! Rest assured that I'll go home and talk to my father. I'll ask him to persuade your grandfather."
"It's no use." Xia Wan sounded as if she was about to cry. "My grandfather has made up his mind to marry me off to Shen Xinglan."
It was only now that A Miao heard of a familiar name. "Which Shen Xinglan are you referring to?"
"What does it have to do with you?" Bai Youran shot her a loathsome look. "Don't tell me you're going to go and seduce him. With your looks?"
"That's right!" A Miao said, not paying his words any mind. "That's why I'm just good enough to marry you."
Bai Youran's face darkened. "What did you say?"
Xia Wan immediately held him back. "That's enough! You can't argue with A Miao in my home. You'll anger my grandfather."
"A Miao, this is Shen Xinglan." With a smug look in her eyes, Xia Wan handed A Miao a magazine.
"So it's really this lunatic!" A Miao accepted the magazine. There was an interview in it.
Ji Conglomerate was an ordinary company until the eldest son of the family who had always lived overseas, Shen Xinglan, returned and took the helm. He displayed his great talent and became the great Boss of the City S in just three years.
"So the old man of the Xia family has his eye on Shen Xinglan?" A Miao thought to herself. "What's so good about that guy? He's so sinister!"
"Oh well, he's much more good looking than you." She glanced at Bai Youran. Naturally, she would take the opportunity to smear Bai Youran's name. It would be best if he hated her so much that he rejected their engagement.
Bai Youran sneered. "It has nothing to do with you." He then turned to look at Xia Wan with deep emotion. "This is your grandfather's wish. What about yours? Do you think he's good for you?"
"We... We grew up together! What do you think?" Xia Wan lowered her head and wiped her eyes.
A Miao stood up, having no mood to watch Xia Wan put on a show. "You two take your time. I'm starving."
"Youran, you must come over and fetch A Miao often once classes begin. We're now studying in the same school." Xia Wan's voice was so loud that A Miao could hear every word she spoke. She also heard Youran's reassuring voice saying, "Xia Wan, I'll do anything you want if it makes you happy. Rest assured!"
"Pfft! Is this the quality of kids who were brought up in rich families? How... disgusting."
In order to complete her deal with Shen Xinglan, A Miao had been paying careful attention to Xia Yongqiang each day. Shen Xinglan told her that the bronze mirror was embedded in a pendant that Xia Yongqiang wore at all times. He never once took it off.
A Miao could remember how Shen Xinglan had looked when he told her this. She had never seen someone who deserved a spanking more in her life.
"Are you an idiot? If he's not wearing it at all times, why would I need you? Your skills are just like petty tricks from ancient times. They're just good enough to help you be a thief."
Unfortunately, A Miao would only be able to see Xia Yongqiang during dinner and it took no more than two hours each time, which left her no chance ... Just like that, half a month passed, she decided to meet that psycho.
"Go, Boss is inside." After A Miao hung up the phone, she found an excuse to go to the supermarket to walk out. The man waiting for her was the former driver. He took her to a restaurant that looked very luxurious. "No one is here?" A Miao entered an antique room and looked around. Shen Xinglan sat on a sofa. He was more interested in making tea than A Miao. "I can't steal it." A Miao sat opposite him. For the first time, she was so close to Shen Xinglan. She found out that this guy looked so pretty... like a Chinese painting. He had perfect eyes and eyebrows which were so exquisite as if they were painted and his face was amazing and stunning. Especially at this moment, his hands were in the water vapor and looked like they were carved. He was so vivid like a perfect gentleman. "Pfft!" A Miao secretly rolled her eyes. "A perfect face could not turn a psycho into a better man."
Since Master Xia had wanted her to go, A Miao had to go shopping with the sisters. Every time Xia Mei bought a new dress, she would give A Miao a triumphant look. A Miao only saw the clothes she tried on in magazines or on TV, but these were meaningless to her. Only Xia Wan passed her a dress when she found that A Miao had not spoken a word. "Come on, try this on!" A Miao didn't take it. She said, "No, I don't buy it." "It's OK, it's my treat." Xia Wan smiled and said, "We are sisters. Don't stand on ceremony." Xia Mei grabbed it from her, "Sister, why are you paying for her? I will take this one." "Xia Mei..." Xia Wan wanted to take it back but A Miao stopped her. "You can take your time and I will wait for you over there." Seeing her pointing at the rest area, Xia Wan thought for a while and said, "Well, you can go to the hotel upstairs. There is a very good dessert
"It's hot!" A Miao lay on the ground and her face was ruddy. She resisted the urge to touch her body. She had never had this kind of feeling, but she knew that it must be due to the pungent smell in the air. "Are you alright?" A man's voice suddenly sounded out of the door. "Who are you?" A Miao wanted to lock the door, but she was so weak that she couldn't stand up. "Don't come in." As her voice died away, the door was pushed open. Shen I quickly dragged her out with his hand covering his face. "Have you died?" A Miao felt that someone was kicking her. When she opened her eyes, she saw Shen Xinglan looking at her with a sneer on the sofa. "Boss, shall I give her an injection?" A man squatted down beside her, holding a needle in his hand who A Miao had never seen before. She struggled to stand up. "You... what are you doing?" "What's that look on your fa
The moment the doors to the elevator opened, Xia Wan walked out of it. "A Miao? Why are you… Why are you here?" A Miao's mood brightened considerably after seeing the shock on Xia Wan's face. "Why wouldn't I be here? I have cleaned up. Did you come here to look for me?" "I… Haha! That's right!" Xia Wan put on an unnatural smile. "Oh, this reminds me. Did you see Youran?" "Nope!" A Miao feigned astonishment. "Did he come here as well?" Xia Wan did not bother replying and walked quickly toward the room. She pushed the door open and what greeted her was the sight of a naked Youran laying over Xia Mei and trying to pull her skirt. Panicked, Xia Wan rushed over to them. "Youran, wake up. She is Xia Mei. You can't touch her! Stop!" "Xia… Xia Mei…" Bai Youran's eyes were blazing red but when he heard Xia Wan's voice, he appeared to have become a little sober. Xia
In the end, Xia Wan failed to keep A Miao from leaving. When Xia Mei suddenly awakened, A Miao took advantage of Xia Wan's frustration. She shook off Xia Wan and escaped. The moment she walked out of the hotel entrance, she saw Shen I standing next to a car. "Boss wants to see you." He opened the car door. A Miao glanced at the car emblem and found that she did not recognize this one either. She curled her lip and entered the car. When she discovered it to be empty, she asked, "Where is he?" "Don't tell me you think that Boss would stay here and wait for you." Shen I looked at her through the rearview mirror. A Miao chuckled and lowered her head. "Just pretend that I didn't say that." The car journey appeared to stretch on. Only when the sky seemed to have completely darkened, did the car stop in front of the entrance into an appealing antique courtyard. She followed the man in black passing through the long
Dumbfounded, Shen I watched as A Miao walked over to him. "Chop off her hands and feed them to the dogs!" Shen Xinglan's bellow came drifting from inside. A Miao unabashedly shouted, "If you chop off my hands, you won't have anyone doing the stealing for you!" Moments later, it sounded as if something was being thrown to the floor. When Shen I heard nothing else with his perked ears, he looked at A Miao with a complicated expression. "Come with me." "What do you want to eat?" he asked when they entered another house. "Meat!" A Miao answered without hesitation. Shen I left without saying anything. A Miao looked around the room and realized that it was yet another attic. There was a pond outside and the water appeared hazy in the dark of the night and underneath the serene moonlight. "Wicked capitalist!" She felt a deep sense of envy and once again cursed out Shen Xinglan's eight gene
Bai Youran itched to throttle A Miao to death at this moment. With a face full of tears, Xia Wan had told him about the circumstances back then. She said that she had no idea what happened to him and Xia Mei until A Miao showed up saying that both of them were drugged. It was also A Miao who came up with the antidote. "Mom, I don't agree with the change in my fiancee. Get Grandma to tell the Xia family that we'll cancel the marriage alliance if I can't marry Xia Wan!" That wretched woman had schemed against him. Had Xia Mei not gone with him, he would have slept with that woman and he would have been forced to marry her. He would not have let A Miao off if not for the fact that Xia Wan worried about the impact on Xia Mei if this incident became public. Yan Huihong looked at her son and sighed. "Do you really like Xia Wan that much?" "This isn't about whether I like her or not." Bai Youran resolutely exhaled a breath of
At the end of May, the notable young lady of the Xia family, Xia Wan, held her 24th birthday banquet in their family villa. Every notable young ladies and young masters in their network were invited. Those in the older generation were well aware of how much Xia Yongqiang's greed had expanded over the years. They knew he was planning to pull two families, the Bai and Ji families, to his side. However, he would still have to get both families to agree. The Xia and Bai families had great relations over the course of three generations and the marriage agreement decided back then never specified names. Thus, the Xia family intended to marry off a girl who had come out of nowhere to Bai Youran. If the Bai family was to agree, it would be a loud slap across their faces. "Mom, I heard that the Xia family invited Shen Xinglan today." Yan Huihong appeared to be in a good mood on the outside but there was a hint of mockery in her smile. "The Xia famil