Give Me Your Hands and Marry Me

Shen Xinglan stopped and turned to look at Li Nian.

“I am sorry, Director Shen.” Zheng Jian said, in embarrassment, “I agreed to sell the piece of land, which we have discussed earlier, to Miss Li.” He did not dare to look into Shen Xinglan’s eyes.

“You promised to sell it to me.” Shen Xinglan looked at him calmly.

Zheng Jian gritted his teeth and said, “Yes, but it does not count if the contract has not been signed yet. The price that Miss Li is willing to pay, is higher than yours. There is nothing wrong if I do so.”

“I know.” Shen Xinglan was silent for a moment.

Zheng Jian got Li Nian’s hint and stood up. “You can talk to Miss Li. There is no difference.” After saying this, he walked away quickly.

“Now will you sit down and talk to me?” Li Nian gestured to him.

Shen Xinglan sat down without any expression on his face.

“Are you angry?” Li Nian blinked, looking at him with a charming expression. “I had no idea. It’s just a coincidence that my dad wants the land too. If you don’t mind, then how about cooperating with us?”

Shen Xinglan’s lips curled slightly. It was the first time that Li Nian saw a reaction from him. Although the smile did not quite reach his eyes, it made her even more obsessed with him.

“Miss Li, do you know why I want this piece of land?”

The voice of this man was so enchanting. Li Nian looked at him glowingly. She thought, “I must marry him.”

“Although I am not sure, we can talk about it, just like I said before.” She picked up the coffee spoon. “Director Shen, do you want to develop or sell it?”

Shen Xinglan looked at the light that occasionally flashed outside the cafe, then he looked back and lowered his head, “So, Miss Li, please put up a business plan.”

“Dad, have you seen this evening’s newspaper?” Lan Wenxuan walked into the office of Lan Hua, with a newspaper in his hand.

Lan Hua tapped his table. There was one on it.

“Shen Xinglan and Li Nian.”

“The Li family bought a piece of land in the Fifth Ring from the Zheng Group this morning.” Lan Wenxuan loosened his tie. “The surrounding area of the land is the business district we were going to develop next year. Shen Xinglan owns one piece of it.”

Lan Hua lit a cigar, “I guess he was going to buy the land from the Zheng Group, but the Li family must have bought it first.”

“But the land was bought by Li Nian. After buying it, for sure she is going to start an alliance with Shen Xinglan. What does this mean?” Lan Wenxuan raised his eyebrows and said, “It means she wants to work with Shen Xinglan.”

Lan Hua didn’t understand. “What for?”

The Lan family was responsible for the development of the business district. Even if the Li family gets one piece of land and cooperation with Shen Xinglan, they still could not compete with the Lan family…

“I don’t think Li Peng, a cunning fox, would do that. Maybe it is Li Nian’s decision.”

Lan Wenxuan closed his eyes and thought for a while. He did not know why Li Nian had made this decision. Then Lan Hua suddenly said something.

“Does she have a crush on Shen Xinglan?”

“No,” Lan Wenxuan was shocked. “Is she willing to be a stepmother?”

Lan Hua shook his head and doubted its possibility.

“Just ignore her.” Lan Hua said, “Your grandfather won’t be happy if he sees the name of Li in our business district. We need to go to see Shen Xinglan and ask for his cooperation.”

Lan Wenxuan spread his hands in despair and said, “We had better pray that he does not indulge beautiful women. Otherwise…”

“Bring A Miao.” Lan Hua said with a smile, “If he does, we have more to our advantage.”

Shen Xinglan was not surprised when he received the call from Lan Wenxuan. The reporters were as quick as usual, and this was how he could save his time.

“If we meet tomorrow, I may have to bring my daughter. Do you mind?”

Lan Wenxuan was only too glad.

“Sure, no problem. I will call my cousin along. She can play with your daughter.”

His cousin was A Miao naturally. Shen Xinglan hang up, trying to hide his delight.

“Dad?” Yaya looked up at him. “Why are you so happy? Did you steal some sweets to eat?”

Shen Xinglan picked his daughter up and kissed her. “Yaya, tomorrow you can see your mom.”

“Really?” Yaya’s eyes widened. “Can I bring my mom home?”

Shen Xinglan shook his head, “No. She is not your mom now. You should call her auntie.”

“When will dad turn Auntie A Miao into my mom?” Yaya did not know why, because she was still too young. The only thing she knew was that A Miao was her mom, and she wanted to be with mom and dad.

“Let’s work together!” Shen Xinglan kissed her face and said, “Turn Auntie A Miao into your mom quickly.”

Yaya kissed him back and said, “Okay!”

When Ouyang Jin came in, he saw them hugging and kissing each other.

“Hey! Give me a kiss too.” He approached Yaya.

Yaya pushed him away with a smile. “No, you have a beard!”

Ouyang Jin deliberately tickled her with his beard, and chased her around the room. When she got tired, Shen Xinglan gave her a bath and lulled her to sleep.

“What’s the matter?” When he went downstairs, he saw Ouyang Jin sitting there, drinking.

“Do you remember the picture taken by A Miao before?” He took out his phone.

Shen Xinglan remembered that A Miao found a strange table in the collection room of Lan Lixiao.

“This picture has been enlarged and there is metal in it, but we cannot identify what kind of metal it is. I think it is better that A Miao should scrape it a little, so we can get a sample to do a detailed test.”

“That’s impossible.” Shen Xinglan glanced at him and said, “There are many security cameras in the collection room, and there is no place to hide.”

“It should be normal if A Miao takes some pictures. She can give the reason that she likes the collection. However, scraping bits of wood from the wooden table without raising any suspicion, would be a dream only.”

“So I will make an appointment to see A Miao, and get her advice.”

Shen Xinglan was in a bad mood and said, “I will be meeting Lan Wenxuan tomorrow, and A Miao will be there”

“Wow! That’s just what we need. At that time, I will take Lan Wenxuan away, so that both of you can have a chance to be with each other.”

When A Miao knew she would be meeting Shen Xinglan and Yaya, she was too excited to sleep well. The next day Lan Wenxuan asked her, when he started the car.

“Are you all right?”

“Ah? I am fine.” A Miao fastened her seat belt.

Lan Wenxuan said, “It seems that you are very excited…”

“A little.” A Miao said immediately, “I miss Yaya. She is such a cute baby.”

“You’re right.” Lan Wenxuan remembered her big eyes and plump face. “Grandpa asked me a few questions in the morning. He knows that we will be meeting Shen Xinglan and his daughter.”

A Miao asked, “About the business with Director Shen?”

“Grandpa also asked something about his daughter.” Lan Wenxuan snorted. “He said that he hopes to have a kid at home.”

A Miao saw him looking at her. The expression in his eyes was very strange.

“Why are you staring at me?”

“You’re the eldest. Don’t you want to get married?” Lan Wenxuan said, “According to the rules of the Lan family, every married daughter can get 3% of shares. If you get married, grandpa will also give you the part that belongs to our uncle.”

A Miao smiled and said, “Why are you so anxious to give me the shares?”

“It belongs to you.” Lan Wenxuan looked at the steering wheel. “We don’t fight with each other over property. It’s one of the Lan family’s long-lasting virtues.”

“I can’t take it. ” A Miao leaned against the door of the car. “Becasue I don’t know who I will marry.”

Lan Wenxuan turned the heat up and said, “I just want to remind you that when you choose your husband, be smart and remember that you are a wealthy woman.”

The appointed place was at a private restaurant. When Lan Wenxuan and A Miao arrived, Shen Xinglan and Yaya were in the private room.

“Mom!” Yaya ran to A Miao, as soon as she saw her coming in.

A Miao picked her up. “Don’t you remember?” “I am not your mom.”

“How can she remember at such a young age?” Lan Wenxuan shared the same idea as Lan Lixiao, that of not taking offense at a child’s babble, so he touched Yaya’s head and took a seat opposite to Shen Xinglan.

Yaya put her arms around A Miao’s neck and said, “Mom, can you feed me?”

“Of course!” A Miao did not want to put her in the baby chair, she just held her in her arms.

In Lan Wenxuan’s view, the kid was very attached to A Miao, and he was used to it. So he did not pay any attention to them.

“Director Shen, you must know why I am here.” After all the dishes were served, Lan Wenxuan said, “we can give you anything that the Li family can offer. Please consider it.”

Shen Xinglan glanced at A Miao who was feeding Yaya, and passed her favorite dishes to her quietly, then he said slowly, “I don’t want the Li family to be involved from the beginning, and I am not going to work with anyone.”

“Even though the Li family knew that I was going to buy that piece of land, they still took it…” Shen Xinglan sneered. “Although the Li family is responsible for the establishment of the land, I won’t work with them.”

Lan Wenxuan said with a smile, “I thought you would agree to her proposal for profit.”

“I don’t care about that little amount of money.” Shen Xinglan smiled at him. “To be honest, I came here because of the Lan family.”

These two men talked all the way through the dinner. A Miao and Yaya were stuffed. A Miao walked out with Yaya, and they met Ouyang Jin on the way.

“Why are you here?” Ouyang Jin deliberately asked her loudly.

A Miao replied, amused, “We are here for dinner.”

“Who with?” Ouyang Jin tried to look into the room after he said this.

Lan Wenxuan apparently heard his voice. “Would you like to have a drink?”

“Great, I am looking for you!” Ouyang Jin came in quickly and said, “Let’s go. I have an appointment with my friends. We are going to play cards.”

Lan Wenxuan could not leave yet, so they were at a sort of dead end. At last Shen Xinglan stood up and said, “If you have something to do, you can leave first. Send me your proposal later.”

“Are you Director Shen?” Ouyang Jin shook hands with Shen Xinglan, pretending to be serious and said, “You look younger than your picture in the magazines.”

Lan Wenxuan still wanted to say something, but Ouyang Jin dragged him away.

“I have to send A Miao…”

“Director Shen can send her home.” Ouyang Jin winked at her behind Lan Wenxuan’s back.

Shen Xinglan said with a smile, “Of course. My daughter will be very happy.”

“It’s alright, just go.” A Miao said, “Sorry to trouble you, Director Shen.”

“My pleasure.” Shen Xinglan said calmly. After Ouyang Jin pulled Lan Wenxuan out of the room, his expression changed suddenly.

A Miao thought she would be dazzled when she saw Shen XingLan’s red eyes.