A Miao, like magic, threw a few photos on Shen Xinglan’s office table from nowhere and then ran out at a high speed when Shen I was stunned.
“Boss?” Shen II reacted and quickly turned to look at Shen Xinglan. The latter was staring at the photo and his eyes grew darker and darker.
Shen I peeped at him and then was stunned…
“Isn’t this the jade pendant with a bronze mirror that Boss wants? The photographer was obviously very careful to take a few shots from all angles. There is no problem except for the poor resolution.”
“Tell the security guard to stop her.” Shen Xinglan stood up, giving off an aura of “keep away from me or I will kill you.”
But before the security guard found her, A Miao had been stopped.
“Why are you here?” Xia Wan looked at A Miao with a shocked look.
A Miao felt that she was too unlucky. “Why is this woman here too?”
“I just swing by here,” she said earnestly. “And you? The same?”
Xia Wan widely opened her eyes. She really wanted to say that she was passing by too, but that was the excuse she was going to use when she met Shen Xinglan. She had suspected A Miao, and now she felt that this wicked girl had been coveting Shen Xinglan for long.
“I came to see Shen Xinglan.” She sounded impatient. “If you have nothing to do, go home. If Grandpa knows that you are running around, he will lock you up.”
A Miao shrugged and was about to leave but she was pulled back by Xia Wan suddenly. “You just went upstairs yourself?”
“What else can I do?” A Miao retorted. Could she expect that psycho would welcome her personally?
Xia Wan looked at the front desk in the distance and asked suspiciously, “How could they allow you to go?”
When she had just said that she was looking for Shen Xinglan. They told her that she did not make an appointment and they would not let her in. No matter how she explained that she knew Shen Xinglan, the young lady at the front desk did not change her mind.
In the end, it was probably because she was too noisy, the lady said that she could call Shen Xinglan. But how could she know Shen Xinglan’s phone number? When she was about to leave angrily, she saw A Miao coming out.
“How could I know…” A Miao could not finish talking because Xia Wan interrupted her impatiently.
“Do you have any connection with him privately? Do you have his phone number?” Xia Wan was mad as if A Miao was a mistress. Although A Miao was unwilling to explain to her, she had to.
She could not let Xia Wan know her relationship with Shen Xinglan. With that pervert’s personality, he might frame a case against her.
“Miss Xia, what are you doing?”
A Miao had a bad feeling about this.
“Mr. Shen!” Xia Wan instantly changed her face and looked at the man who came over with tenderness. “My grandfather asked me to thank you for helping A Miao last time. But…” She bitterly bit her lip. “They won’t let me go upstairs.”
Seeing this, A Miao quickly said, “Excuse me, I have to go now!”
“Wait a minute.” Shen Xinglan said slowly. “There is something I want to tell Miss Xia.”
Xia Wan’s eyes brightened. “Mr. Shen, please don’t be so courteous. You can say whatever you want!”
Shen Xinglan pointed at A Miao, who was playing dumb aside and said, “Please keep an eye on your family, and don’t let her harass me. I don’t have time to deal with irrelevant people.”
“What?” Xia Wan’s face changed, and she looked at A Miao. “Are you here for Mr. Shen?” After saying so, she suddenly realized something and quickly adjusted her expression.
“A Miao, if Youran knows about it, he will misunderstand you.”
Such a fast face-changing speed stunned A Miao. She glanced at Shen Xinglan and found a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes. However, what he said made A Miao want to kill him.
“Subject your sister to discipline and don’t let her affect my impression on you.” Shen Xinglan said that before he went back.
Xia Wan dragged A Miao with her hand and said, “Get in the car.”
Snapped! As soon as A Miao sat into the car, Xia Wan slapped her in the face before she could react.
“What do you want to do?” The little white flower turned into a poisonous spider. She looked at A Miao with a resentful look. “You should be grateful for the Bai family recognizing you as a family member. Do you think you can gang up with Shen Xinglan? Do you know who you are? Can you match him?”
A Miao squinted at Xia Wan with a blank expression, covered her face with her hand and said, “Since you said that I don’t deserve him, what are you worrying about?”
“You bitch…”
“Shut up.” A Miao pushed her away. “You have already owed me a slap, don’t push me.”
Xia Wan opened the car door and pushed her off the car. “Walk home yourself. I will tell Grandpa what you have done today. He will beat you.”
When the car was driven away, A Miao’s face hurt when she touched it. She frowned and wanted to buy a bottle of ice water in the supermarket on the roadside to compress her face when she found that her bag was left in the car.
“I have to walk back now…” She looked at the sky. It was still in the afternoon, but it was already dark. “I have to go back fast. It’s going to rain.”
The heavy rain fell when she still had a long way to go. It had always been heavy and fierce in this season, and soon the whole world was surrounded by the heavy rain.
A Miao had been soaked in the rain, and the pedestrians were passing by quickly on the road. Every car went by quickly and no one ever noticed the little figure on the roadside.
Three hours later, A Miao finally walked back to the Xia family.
“Grandpa, she is back.” As soon as she entered the door, Xia Mei stood in the living room and smirked at her triumphantly.
A Miao trembled and felt very cold. Just before she entered the house, several servants inside the home took towels and spread them on the floor.
“Don’t move.” Yao Lili looked at her coldly. “Don’t stain our carpet.”
Xia Wan acted like a tender-hearted girl once again, and she looked at Xia Yongqiang with a look of distress, saying, “Grandpa, let A Miao change her clothes first, or she will catch a cold.”
“She should die!” Yao Lili took a sip. “I have long said that she is not a good person. She knows to seduce a man at a young age and resembles her mother.”
A Miao stood at the door, combing her wet hair behind her head and sneered out, “According to your statement, the one who is sitting behind you is not a good person either because he is my grandfather.”
“Nonsense!” Xia Yongqiang slammed the table, “Go change your clothes. Then I have something to ask you.”
Yao Lili still wanted to scold her until she was prevented by Xia Yongqiang’s gaze.
A Miao straightened up and walked upstairs. Behind her, Xia Mei’s mocking voice sounded.
“Look, the water on her body is black. Auntie Li, get this carpet washed quickly.”
As soon as she entered the room, A Miao almost fell. She shook her head and walked into the bathroom. She looked at the mirror first, making sure that the camouflages of her eyes were still there. Then she turned on the hot water and lay into the bathtub.
After a long while, her body slowly recovered and her arms were not that stiff. When she picked up the towel to wipe the water off her face, she found the water could not be done cleaning because she was crying.
“Mom…” A Miao bit the towel to stop herself from crying. “I don’t cry; I am brave; I am strong; I have to stay alive and wait for my Dad to pick me up!”
“I don’t cry; I am brave; I am strong; I want to…”
Over and over again, she encouraged herself and pressed all the anger and dissatisfaction in the bottom of her heart. Then A Miao took a deep breath and stood up.
“Nothing to fear!” She looked at herself in the mirror and began to put makeup on her face.
In the living room, Xia Mei walked around and said, “Why hasn’t she come downstairs?”
“It’s my fault…” Xia Wan seemed so sad that she was going to cry. “If I was not so angry, I would not leave her alone, and she would not be caught in the rain.”
Yao Lili looked at her daughter in compassion, holding a cup of hot tea in her hand. “Wanwan, don’t be so kind. She can’t blame us since she has done that kind of thing.”
“Yes!” Xia Mei got close to Xia Yongqiang and said, “Grandpa, you must teach A Miao a good lesson in order to stop her from seducing my sister’s man.”
Hearing this, A Miao, who came downstairs, twitched her mouth. Xia Wan was the first that saw her and said, “A Miao, are you okay?”
“I am not dead. If you have something to say, just be quick.” She found a place to sit down, her head throbbing with pain. If she stood up, she might faint soon.
Xia Yongqiang saw that she still had not realized her mistake, so he lifted his crutch to smash her. A Miao reacted quickly and immediately moved side. Unfortunately, she could not completely avoid it and was hit on her calf heavily.
“Look at your disrespectful manner, did your mother teach you this way?” Xia Yongqiang looked at the girl in front of him in disgust.
Thinking of his daughter who made him embarrass, his mood was getting worse.
“I warned you to behave well. I will announce that you are engaged to the Bai family next month. Before that, if you do not behave well, I have many ways to punish you.”
Xia Yongqiang waved his cane and added, “Go back to your room and never come out.”
A Miao never said anything from beginning to end. She stood up silently and then limped upstairs.
“Grandpa, let me watch over her!” Xia Wan said worriedly, “If her leg is broken, it will be very troublesome.”
Pulling up the trouser legs, A Miao looked at her lap and found there was a big bruise. She took off her trousers and got under the quilt. She could only feel a headache, and the pain in her leg was nothing.
“A Miao.” Xia Wan opened the door and came in. Seeing A Miao lying there and ignoring her, she didn’t mind. Sitting at her bed and smiling, Xia Wan said, “I hope you can learn from this. This is the medicine. If you feel hurt, you can take it yourself.”
She put a bottle of medicine on A Miao’s bedside table and said with a snort, “Look, you are engaged with Youran next month. Then it won’t be long before I’m with Shen Xinglan.”
“We are all happy. That’s good for everyone!” Xia Wan was thinking of the picture of her marriage with Shen Xinglan, and she couldn’t help but laugh. “In short, don’t let me know that you go to see Shen Xinglan once again, or I will not be nice to you.”
Seeing A Miao still remained silent, Xia Wan did not mind. She stood up and went out. A Miao slowly opened her eyes and then closed them again. This time, she fell asleep and her world was completely in the dark.
In the Ji Conglomerate.
“She went home in the rain?” Shen Xinglan loosened his tie.
Shen I nodded and said, “And it seems that she was slapped in the face.”
The atmosphere suddenly became strange. Shen I didn’t know if it was his illusion. He felt that the air in the office became very heavy as if something was going to break out in the next second.
“Tell everyone I am going to have a birthday party on the weekend. Everyone should bring a female partner to participate.” Shen Xinglan knocked on the table. “In addition, call the Xia family and tell them that I invite Xia Wan to be my partner.”
Shen I responded and when he went to the door, he said with uncertainty, “But Boss… Hasn’t your birthday been over?”