"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."
"If you can't steal it, you will be stuck in the Xia family forever..." The lunatic ridiculed her and added, "No, I should say you will stay in the Bai family forever."
A Miao ground her teeth. She simpered and said, "I tried my best! I can only approach him when we dine every day. If I did something, he would definitely doubt me."
Receiving no response from Shen Xinglan, A Miao added, "I am OK with that, but if I was caught, you will be in trouble."
"He-he!" Shen Xinglan poured the green tea into the cup. "If you dare to admit that you acquaint me, I will kill you before the Xia family do."
A Miao trembled and shrank back to the sofa, "So, I am coming to provide you with an idea!"
Shen Xinglan drank the tea and said, "I am hearing."
"Do you know that the Xia family broke the engagement because they wanted you to marry their daughter?"
"Yes, I do." Shen Xinglan smirked again with that kind of smile, "But what does this have to do with me?"
A Miao widely opened her dull eyes, "Of course it does. If you marry her, the bronze mirror will belong to you. Even if the Xia family does not give you, you can also find a chance to steal it."
"It is to kill two birds with one stone."
"No."
His words faded A Miao's smile. "Why? There is a shortcut. Why do I have to steal it?"
Shen Xinglan smiled like the peach blossoms outside the window, "Because we are different. I will not sacrifice myself for the mirror and I think that the stolen things are more precious."
"Psycho..." A Miao whispered.
"You are cursing me." Shen Xinglan looked at her.
A Miao quickly said, "No, I said I know."
She didn't know at all! She did not know her value. Shen Xinglan knew how powerful her stealing skill was and he would not let her go so easily from the very beginning.
When the cooperation was over, he would find a way to keep this woman working for him forever.
"I can help you, but I wish you will succeed in one time." He stood up. "I can only help you for once. If you fail, you should pray to God."
Watching him leave until she couldn't see him, A Miao quickly picked up the cup and drank the tea.
"Phew, it's awful." She snorted and left the tea house, but she couldn't find the car that took her here.
A Miao had to walk along the road. She hadn't seen a bus stop for a long time. Seeing that the time was getting late, she had to take a cab home. When she entered the door, Xia Mei was going out.
"Where have you gone?" When Xia Mei saw that A Miao had ignored her and turning back, she grabbed her.
A Miao turned around. Xia Mei was scared when she saw her black-green face, with the pair of dull eyes. "She looks like a ghost even without makeup."
"Can I help you?" A Miao's voice vibrated. Xia Mei stepped back, "You are ugly!" She yelled and ran away.
A Miao paid no attention to her. She ran back the room and threw herself on the bed.
80 yuan, 80 yuan! She slammed the pillow. It was so expensive to take a taxi and this was the second time she did that. She took a cap for the first time because she knew Zhou Xiao got acute appendicitis and she needed to send her to hospital.
"No, the lunatic should pay for it. Next time, he must pay me back!" A Miao sat up and said ferociously, "I will not go to a distant place to see him in the future."
80 yuan made A Miao distressed till the end of the month when Xia Haixin gave her a thousand yuan.
"This is your pocket money. You can buy whatever you need."
A Miao didn't buy anything. Zhou Xiao's mother needed money to cure her illness. She had to do her best to repay their kindness. Moreover, she was going to school in the second half of the year, so she had to save some money.
In the evening, Xia Wan and Xia Mei planned to go shopping.
"A Miao, come with us!" Xia Wan invited her.
"Why do you invite her?" Xia Mei became unhappy. "She can't afford it."
Xia Wan glanced at her, "Xia Mei, A Miao is your sister. No matter what you think, you should be polite to her."
"Sister, why are you speaking for her?" Xia Mei hated A Miao more, "She is a..."
"Shut up!" Xia Yongqiang's voice sounded behind her. "I will say it again. If you don't want to stay here, go back to your own home. Otherwise, be quiet."
A Miao lowered her head and gently raised her mouth. When she saw Xia Yongqiang coming over, she decided to say nothing. Xia Yongqiang frowned and glanced at Xia Mei, "Go, learn from your sister and don't be so irritable."
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
A Miao placed herself in front of Zhou Xiao. "This is my friend. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't show up in front of us." "What gives you the right to dictate that?" Xia Mei sneered. "This is my home! Do you trust that I'll go and get someone to throw her out?" "Very well. Go ahead and do it!" A Miao looked in the direction of the second floor. "Ruin Xia Wan's banquet and let's see who'll be the disgraced one in the end!" Xia Mei's expression changed. Truly, she had no courage to do so. She clenched her teeth. "Hey! You’d better be honest! If I catch you stealing things, I'll send you to the police station!" After threatening Zhou Xiao, she shot A Miao a glare before turning around to leave. Downstairs, Xia Wan appeared in the crowd with people surrounding her. Xia Yongqiang was currently introducing her to everyone. A Miao quietly brought Zhou Xiao to a corner of the hall. They sat