Chapter 284 Showdown

Shen Xinglan took A Miao to the cemetery.

“You should talk to her!” He touched A Miao’s head, as they walked toward her mother’s tombstone.

A Miao put down the lilies she bought on the way to the cemetery. “If my mother were still alive, I’m afraid she would feel hurt.”

The man she had been waiting for a lifetime, had not only forgotten her, but had also married another woman and had children. He was useless and lived a lousy life. However, in the end, it turned out that he was an innocent victim.

“It’s ironic.” A Miao looked at the photo on the tombstone, in which her mother was smiling like a flower in bloom.

Shen Xinglan gripped her hand. “Are you feeling helpless?”

Whose fault was it? Fate or life? Who was to blame?

“Fortunately, we don’t miss each other!” A Miao once again lamented.

“Yes!” Shen Xinglan squeezed her. “We are happier than them.”

While A Miao talked to her mother, Shen Xinglan stood far away, waiting for her. When it was dark, she came over and hugged him.

“I want him to wake up.”

“Then he will wake up.” Shen Xinglan held A Miao’s face gently. “You are not being selfish. You should not feel guilty.”

A Miao tried hard not to cry, “I don’t want my mom to be lonely beneath the earth. I want him, the man she loved, to tell her that her wait and persistence were not in vain.”

“I know, I know!” Shen Xinglan bent over. “Come on. I will bring you out.”

A Miao’s choice seemed very cruel to A Min. The man might not be able to face up to himself or continue with his life, after he woke up, but she still chose to wake him up. In A Miao’s heart, her mother was more important.

So… she had to be cruel to the other.

“Young Master.”

Yu Sihan leisurely lounged on a sofa, his finger flicking at the screen.

“What’s up?”

“Shen Xinglan is inviting you to have dinner at his home.”

Yu Sihan, “…”

“Is he crazy?”

Although the subordinate agreed with him, he dared not express his opinion.

“Just in time. I have a gift for Yaya!” Yu Sihan’s finger swept across the screen.

When A Miao learnt that Shen Xinglan had invited Yu Sihan to their home, she felt very puzzled.

“Are you going to confront him?” A Miao looked at him in dissatisfaction. “He won’t admit it.”

Yu Sihan didn’t say anything when they landed on the island, so he did not give them any explanation this time.

“That’s because we knew too little before.” Shen Xinglan comforted her, “From sending the fake Shanshan, planting the vermin, to leading us to the island to find treasure, he is not capable of doing all these things, at his age.”

What role was Yu Sihan playing in the conspiracy that had lasted for decades?

“I don’t think he will tell us.” A Miao knew him well. He was a completely abnormal person.

Shen Xinglan smiled and said, “This time, we took the initiative.”

“Ah?” A Miao did not understand.

“Wait and see tomorrow!”

On the weekend, Yu Sihan was on time for his appointment.

“Why were you so nice to invite me?” He looked around as he walked in, “Where is Yaya?”

Shen Xinglan glanced at the box in his hand. “Even if I did not invite you, you will still come.”

Yu Sihan kept visiting them once every three days, basically.

“You got me there.” The pretty boy sat down. “So are you suggesting that I am up to something?” Before that, first, tell me where Yaya is?”

Yu Sihan carried too many secrets, and they were related to the vermin in Yaya. If not because of these secrets, Shen Xinglan would not have been so polite to him, or given him any chance to get near Yaya.

“She is sleeping.” Shen Xinglan pointed at the box. “Don’t buy strange things for my daughter.”

The teddy bear had not been fixed yet.

“I don’t think you make a good father.” Yu Sihan said, while opening the box.

Inside was an adorable pink wooden horse—shaped like an elephant, with a circle of hair on the tail.

“Pfft…” Shen Xinglan stared at it with a contemptuous look. “It is too late. Yaya already has one.”

He Shishi and A Miao liked shopping on the Internet, and the toys they bought filled up Yaya’s room.

“I have modified this.” Yu Sihan put the elephant on the floor, “Can the one you buy run by itself?”

Shen Xinglan’s face darkened. “I told you don’t buy that strange thing for Yaya.”

“How could it be strange?” Yu Sihan pressed the button, and the elephant glided on the floor slowly and smoothly.

“See, how interesting!” The young boy showed off, “Yaya can run around the room with this elephant.”

Shen Xinglan said coldly, “She is still learning to walk. She doesn’t need this kind of thing yet.”

“You are not Yaya.” Yu Sihan said faintly.

When A Miao brought Yaya downstairs, the atmosphere was very intense between Shen Xinglan and Yu Sihan, in the living room. She was not surprised at all, but Yaya started to struggle as soon as she saw Yu Sihan.

“Hanhan! Hanhan!” She slid from A Miao’s hands, and toddled toward the living room.

Yu Sihan’s face changed immediately, and he smiled. He reached out to hug her, but Yaya turned away, when she saw the little elephant.

“Do you like it, Yaya?” Yu Sihan bent over, in front of her, “Would you like to ride on it?”

Yaya tried to climb on it. A Miao quickly rushed to help her, but Yu Sihan grasped the opportunity before her.

“Horse, horse!” When Yaya shook the elephant, she was surprised to find that it was different from hers—this one could move.

Then she became more excited!

“Horse! Go!” She waved her small arm as if she could make the elephant go faster.

A Miao was afraid she would fall and wanted to follow her around, when she was stopped by Shen Xinglan. “He bought it, so let him take care of her.”

“That’s what he wants!” A Miao stared at Shen Xinglan.

Yu Sihan followed behind Yaya, and kissed her from time to time.

“We can’t stop him, so let it be.” Shen Xinglan pinched A Miao’s hand. “Yaya is a baby. It doesn’t matter if she plays with him.”

When Yaya grows up, hehe… he would never let Yu Sihan see her.

“Let’s eat!” Shen Xinglan pulled A Miao to the dining room.

As for Yaya, she had a strange habit. If she had an interest in something, she would always play with it, until she felt bored. After that, she would never want it again.

“Yaya, they don’t care about you. Do you want to go to my home?” Half an hour later, Yu Sihan took Yaya into the dining room.

As A Miao clapped her hands, Yaya stretched toward her.

“How could you abandon me?” Yu Sihan was upset, as he came over.

However, Yaya glanced at him and gave him a toothless smile, and then she threw herself into A Miao’s arms.

Shen Xinglan looked at him sardonically. Recently, as long as Yaya was tired or hungry, she would only look for A Miao, and even he could not comfort her.

“Okay, let’s cut the crap. I have something to say.” Yu Sihan washed his hands and sat down. “Do you want to wake A Min up?”

“Isn’t that what you want?” Shen Xinglan put the bib around Yaya’s neck. “You do know that he has a vermin in his body from the beginning, right?”

Yu Sihan put down his chopsticks. “If I tell you that I don’t know, will you believe me?”

“No.”

“I did not know.” Yu Sihan repeated. “If I knew, you would have discovered that, and I would not have allowed you to wake him up.”

A Miao said coldly, “How bold you are to tell us what you will be up to! Aren’t you afraid that I will drive you out?”

“I don’t care. I will come anyway.” Yu Sihan shrugged.

He knew that Shen Xinglan and A Miao would not hurt him, just as they knew that he would not hurt Yaya.

“You killed Yu Kun and Ai Wa because they will prevent you from finding the treasure.” Shen Xinglan said. “So it was also because of the treasure that Ai Wa wanted Yu Kun to marry A Miao.”

“So, Ai Wa and you both, know about the secrets of the treasure.” Shen Xinglan stared at him. “You used A Miao and your blood to open the stone platform, but it failed.”

Shen Xinglan’s gaze became increasingly colder. “Because the vermin has been transferred to Yaya. You are waiting for Yaya to grow up, and then you can use her blood to open the treasure.”

“It won’t happen.” A Miao screamed. Her voice scared Yaya, who pouted and looked like she was about to cry.

Yu Sihan’s aura changed as he looked at A Miao coldly. “You scared Yaya.”

“It’s none of your business.” A Miao was used to his temper, and she could handle it now. “I am telling you, as long as I am alive, you will never ever take Yaya away!”

Shen Xinglan had told her about this, and he was right. Yu Sihan wanted to build a good relationship with Yaya, so that she would take the initiative to help him open the treasure.

“I am not going to discuss this issue with you today.” Shen Xinglan took Yaya as he patted A Miao’s back.

Seeing that Yaya didn’t cry, Yu Sihan was back to his normal self. “I can guarantee that whatever my purpose is, I will not hurt Yaya. You can be assured of that.”

“That depends on your sincerity.” Shen Xinglan’s lips curled in a sneer. “I want to know the truth.”

“Okay.” Yu Sihan did not hesitate. “Forty years ago, my father started planning all of this. He planned to find your mother first,” looking at A Miao, Yu Sihan continued.

“But he was ill, and there were many things that were delayed. He missed the opportunity.”

Shen Xinglan frowned. “So he found the fake Shanshan?”

“The fake Shanshan was sent for the bronze mirror jade.” Yu Sihan went on to say, “But A Miao’s existence was an accident, because he thought she was dead.”

A Miao knew he was talking about what happened, after her disappearance.

“When you showed up again, my father confirmed that you were a descendant of the A family. He wanted to have a son, so that he can marry you.” Yu Sihan deliberately looked at Shen Xinglan. When he saw Shen Xinglan’s face darkening, he smiled.

“However, he did not expect that Ai Wa would run off.”

A Miao interrupted him, “Why would she escape?”

“Ai Wa was so greedy. How could she give up the opportunity to marry a rich and powerful man?”

“Because my father only wanted children. He didn’t care about her.” Yu Sihan said indifferently, “As long as she gave birth to a son, she would be dead.”

“So she ran away.” A Miao understood. “And she took the baby with her and met A Min by chance.”

Yu Sihan nodded. “She also stole my father’s notes before she left. But by now, I know that she might have stolen the vermin as well.”

“There is still one thing you left out.” Shen Xinglan stared at him intently. “Why… must your family marry A Miao?”