Give Me Your Hands and Marry Me

Qi Ze looked at the nervous girl in front of him, and knew that she was a new artist signed by the company. It was only now that he discovered that Nie Shuangshuang was a distant relative of the Lan family…

“What’s up?”

Nie Shuangshuang gritted her teeth and said, “Manager Qi, there was a role that had been assigned to me before, but it was taken away by Zhou Ning. I heard that her agent consulted with the company…”

“Where is your agent?” Qi Ze interrupted her.

Zhang Mi, who was hiding behind, came running out. “Manager Qi…”

“She’s your new actress?” She could not see any emotion from Qi Ze’s mild appearance, and did not know whether he was angry or not. She could only nod and say yes.

“I know that role has been taken away by Zhou Ning, but I heard you got the leading role in another play.”

Qi Ze did not advocate competition within the company, but occasionally, when someone with a strong background snatched other people’s resources, he would compensate the losers. Nevertheless, before he could give any compensation measures to Nie Shuangshuang, someone already helped her.

It was someone from the Lan family who helped her. Before, he thought that Second Young Master Lan was interested in her. Now he understood that it was because they were kin.

“Yes, but…”

“That’s a good play.” Qi Ze smiled and said, “Do your best, and the company will not treat you badly!” After saying this, he turned around to leave.

Nie Shuangshuang gritted her teeth with anger. “Is that all?”

She had hoped that her complaint would prompt the upper class in the company to teach Zhou Ning a lesson, but she failed to achieve anything.

“All right, let’s go!” Zhang Mi was not angry. “Let’s go and see the paintings and give the reporters an opportunity to take pictures of you.”

Nie Shuangshuang suddenly turned around. “Manager Qi was reluctant to deal with this matter. I am not in the mood to look at the paintings!”

“Silly girl!” Zhang Mi pulled her. “Manager Qi can’t deal with this matter. We just need to let him be aware about this kind of thing. Now, he knows that you are not a mistress kept by the Lan family, but a very close relative.”

Nie Shuangshuang was stunned, as Zhang Mi’s nagging voice lingered in her ears.

“What you have to do now is act well, and then get the resources through the Lan family. The resources you get from the company are not as good as those you get from the Lan family. Are you listening?”

She heard, but she knew that she could not always ask for Lan Wenxuan’s help all the time. She was clearly aware about the Lan family’s attitude towards collateral relatives. In addition, her mother had offended Lan Qin when she was young, and now…

Nie Shuangshuang looked up and saw Lan Miao chatting to a mixed-race man. Their relationship seemed to be unusual. She had no intention of appreciating how handsome the man was, which would only raise new expectations in her heart.

“Cousin!” Nie Shuangshuang walked over quickly.

A Miao and Ouyang Jin were talking about Yaya’s interesting antics. If Nie Shuangshuang had not suddenly appeared, she was not even aware that she called her.

“Cousin, I’m sorry!” Nie Shuangshuang took her arm and apologized, “I was wrong before. I didn’t know you were my cousin. Sorry, I’m sorry!”

“…” A Miao pushed her away. “It’s just a little thing. If you see me again, don’t mistake me for a reporter.”

Nie Shuangshuang was anxious. “Cousin, my name is Nie Shuangshuang. You can call me Shuangshuang!”

A Miao calmly called her. “… Shuangshuang.”

She did not like people who wanted to take advantage of her! Moreover, in Lan Lixiao’s opinion, there was no need to maintain any relationship with relatives of the Lan family, and she did not need to trouble herself.

“Thank you, cousin!” Nie Shuangshuang immediately laughed, and wanted to grasp A Miao’s hand.

But, Lan Qin came over to A Miao. “A Miao, come with me.”

Nie Shuangshuang knew that Lan Qin would not address her. In order to eliminate Zhang Mi’s suspicions, she actively said, “aunt-in-law, cousin, I’ll go over there. I saw a picture which caught my eye. It’s the work of uncle-in-law!”

“Don’t waste your money. You can tell me which one you like.” Lan Qin glanced at her and pulled A Miao away.

Zhang Mi was glad to take the two steps forward. “Third Lady Lan is so kind to you!”

“Hahh! Let’s go…” Nie Shuangshuang casually changed the topic.

Only she knew that Lan Qin meant “you could not afford it at all”. Shuangshuang knew that by her words, Lan Qin would give her some invaluable things instead of giving her the work she liked…

“How do you feel? This is the life of a famous woman.” Ouyang Jin laughed as he drove. “You are a standard, notable young lady now!”

A Miao narrowed her eyes as she reclined in the passenger seat. Today, she met a lot of people and bought a painting at Lan Qin’s suggestion, when she left.

“It’s almost the end of this year, so there will be more and more such activities. You need to get used to these activities”. When Ouyang Jin finished talking, he found that A Miao had already fallen asleep. He blinked, took a picture with his cell phone, and sent it to Shen Xinglan.

Soon, he got a reply.

“Is she tired?”

“Yes, poor thing, she is so tired!”

“Did you help her? Why is she so tired?”

“Please be reasonable! Can I replace her to engage in social activities?”

There was no response.

Ouyang Jin spat at the cell phone.

A Miao was still in a daze when she returned to the Lan family’s house. Ouyang Jin deliberately did not remind her to be sober. As a result, when Lan Lixiao saw her appearance, he asked Lan Qin to reduce A Miao’s social activities. She only attended these activities twice a week, and could rest at home at other times.

Ouyang Jin came to see her again before New Year’s Day. “How is it? Did you have a good time these days?”

A Miao raised her head from a pile of books. “It’s you who is having a good time. You are always here. Yesterday, the Elder Master had doubts about you.”

“Yes! That is why when I came here today, I told him directly that I will ask you to be my dancing partner.” Ouyang Jin was so brave, like a dead pig that did not fear the boiling water.

A Miao said in surprise, “Is it the dinner event, the day after tomorrow?”

According to the usual practice in Jingcheng City, the New Year’s dinner included almost all the celebrities, stars and many high officials.

“What did the Elder Master say?”

Ouyang Jin looked at her strangely. “Of course, he agreed. What do you mean?”

“Because he told me that you have at least 500 girlfriends.” A Miao laughed and said, “He does not think highly of you!”

Lan Lixiao indeed looked down upon Ouyang Jin, whose background was satisfactory, but his character was really not good. Lan Lixiao did not want his granddaughter to marry such a person.

“A Fu, what kind of husband would you suggest for A Miao?” The Elder Master was basking in the sunshine, in the garden hall. A Fu made a cup of high grade tea, and left it aside for him.

“I think you don’t need to worry. Miss Elder is still young,” A Fu said, with a smile, “she has just returned to Jingcheng City, and only a few people know her. Next year, there will be a lot of people pursuing Miss Elder.”

Lan Lixiao nodded after sipping the tea and said, “Hm, my granddaughter is beautiful and knowledgeable. I will never allow those dishonest rich young masters to lie to her, at that time.”

“Third Lady said the same thing.” A Fu remembered that Lan Qin had praised A Miao for being well-read, once before.

“Very few people can be appreciated by Third Lady.” Lan Lixiao knew his daughter well. Though she was usually indifferent to A Miao, she was not dissatisfied with A Miao.

But the Fourth Young Master…

“Haven’t you heard from that kid yet?”

Uncle Fu naturally knew who he was talking about, but he was somewhat helpless. “No, I can’t get in touch with him.”

“D*mn!” Lan Lixiao patted his chair and said, “Leave him a message. If he doesn’t come back for the New Year, there’s no need to come back later!”

On the day of the dinner, A Miao took a long time to get ready, and then she waited for Ouyang Jin to pick her up. Apart from Lan Lixiao, everyone in the Lan family would be attending the dinner, but they did not set out together.

“You’re the last one?” When Ouyang Jin came, he saw A Miao standing at the door, waiting for him.

“No, Lan Qin has not left yet,” A Miao said in a low voice, “the atmosphere is not right inside. Elder Master seems to be quarrelling with someone on the phone.”

Ouyang Jin raised his eyebrows. “Do you know who that is?”

“I’ll tell you in the car.”

A Miao took his arm and got into the car.

“It seems to be the Fourth Young Master.”

Ouyang Jin waited for her to fasten her seat belt and then started the car. “Listen, if that person comes back, you must be careful.”

“I know, you’ve told me many times.” A Miao looked at him. “I don’t think there is anyone more insidious, in the world, than Yu Sihan.”

Ouyang Jin had never seen the abnormal side of Yu Sihan, but the guy had a lot of secrets.

“Anyway, if there’s anyone else in the Lan family who can see through you, it would be the Fourth Young Master.”

When they arrived at the meeting, Ouyang Jin reminded her. “The relatives of the Lan family will all be here. You don’t need to be afraid, but you should make sure that you are not being used.”

“Are you talking about the Li family?”

Ouyang Jin nodded. “Li Rong will certainly trouble you.”

“Let’s go!” A Miao took a deep breath. “There will be a battle.”

Her appearance together with Ouyang Jin, caused quite a stir. Lan Miao was a new person in the upper class, while Ouyang Jin was a stranger to most of the women present, but most of the men already knew who he was.

It was interesting that he should appear with Miss Elder now…

“You stay with me.” A Miao looked around quietly and lowered her voice. “Then nobody will come and talk to me.”

Ouyang Jin smiled and said, “I’m afraid I can’t help to shield you for too long.”

Sure enough, after A Miao just held a glass of juice and stood behind the crowd, several people came swaggering over to her.

“Are you Lan Miao?”

First of all, a woman dressed in a red, low-cut, sexy evening dress, and looked to be the same age as A Miao. But… her chest was much bigger than A Miao’s.

“Yes.” A Miao raised her neck slightly.

She was Miss Elder in the Lan family — Lan Miao. Nobody here could afford to offend her. She had to maintain her standing.

“…” The other party obviously did not expect her to be like this, and for a while did not know what to say.

But the companion who was with her said jealously, “Miss Elder Lan is so confident.”

“Well, that’s inborn,” A Miao smiled and said, “Everyone… is there any problem?”

Except for the leader, no one else dared to say anything. They knew that they could not afford to offend the Lan family.

“No, I just came to greet you!” Li Nian smiled proudly. “Do you know who I am?”

A Miao deliberately looked at her from head to toe, before shaking her head. “I don’t know.”

“You don’t know Miss Second in the Li family!” The woman next to her took the chance to smile, with her mouth covered. “But it’s not your fault. After all, you have only recently been recognized by the Lan family!”

A Miao looked at her lightly. “Yes, so it’s impossible for me to know a person casually.”