After breaking off the engagement, she became the CEO's favorite

After listening to the explanation of the old man.

Lu Ranran felt as if struck by lightning. She looked at the signature in her hand in disbelief. Her breathing became rapid and her shoulders began to tremble.

Shen Xiling stood behind her, gently holding her shoulders with both hands, and said worriedly:

"what happened?"

He didn't know what Lu Ranran's unasked question was, but he intuitively felt that this question must be related to Lu Boyuan.

Lu Ranran tried hard to calm herself down, turned around and forced a smile at Shen Xiling, but the trembling at the corners of her mouth revealed her inner excitement.

"I think Dad must——"

"Hey!" The old man interrupted Lu Ranran at an inappropriate time.

He lowered his head, brushed away the invisible dust on the table with one hand, and waved his hand.

"If you want to say it, say it outside. Don't disturb me while I'm thinking."

Lu Ranran and Shen Xiling looked at each other and had no choice but to obey the order and leave the small temple.

Just as I reached the door, I heard a huge rustling sound of snowflakes coming from inside the temple.

Then, a burst of dynamic drum music sounded, and the singer sang powerfully:

"My heart is beating because love is raging. You are laughing, but I am the crazy one..."

The gatekeeper was awakened by the singing and spat fiercely to the side.

"Fuck, what's wrong with that old man again..."

Until you walk away, and the deafening singing finally fades into silence.

Lu Ranran tilted her head to look at Shen Xiling beside her, and her eyes happened to meet his tender eyes. The two looked at each other for two seconds and couldn't help laughing.

"The master is quite down-to-earth." Lu Ranran commented sharply.

Shen Xiling continued the question that was interrupted just now.

"What did you just want to say?"

At this time, Lu Ranran had calmed down from her excitement and lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly.

"It may sound a bit far-fetched..."

"However," Lu Ranran raised her head, her sparkling eyes looking straight at Shen Xiling, "I think the person I met at Lishui Mountain must be my father."

Shen Xiling did not show much surprise at such a "horrifying" statement.

"why?"

The two of them walked slowly under the shade of the tree.

A gust of wind blew away the sweat on my body and brought coolness.

"They look alike, first of all..." Lu Ranran glared at Shen Xiling mischievously, "If the people in the crew saw that photo, they would probably be shocked."

Wang Yue said that he had asked the locals and they said there was no such Guandi Temple in Lishui Mountain, nor had he seen any villages or old people going into the mountains.

Everyone tacitly regarded this as a coincidence. Perhaps the person Wang Yue asked just didn't know about it.

If you knew at this time that the old man’s face was so similar to a "dead person", you would be so scared that you would have nightmares in the middle of the night.

"and then?"

Lu Ranran spread out her hands in front of her chest, with the signature just now lying in her palms.

"Do you know what I just asked?" Without waiting for Shen Xiling to answer, Lu Ranran continued talking to himself.

"I asked, did he really come back? If so, why did he come back?"

"Then the fortune said, 'A clear spiritual platform like a mirror'... I wonder if he would want to see me, his daughter whom he has never met, if he comes back..."

"Maybe he saw that I was in trouble, so he tried his best to help me..."

"In the past twenty years, I not only didn't think about them much, but I even thought that this was the so-called 'practicality' and was complacent about it..."

"Ranran..." Shen Xiling couldn't help but stretch out his hand.

As a result, the next second, Lu Ranran suddenly jumped forward, strode onto the stone steps on the side of the road, and looked down at Shen Xiling with his hands folded.

"If--" Lu Ranran stretched out her tone, and her dark eyes rolled around a few times, as if she was brewing some bad idea.

"If what?" Shen Xiling stood there, looking at Lu Ranran with a smile.

Lu Ranran pursed her lips and deliberately said seriously:

"If there's anything I could ask you for help with—"

"I'll help you."

Shen Xiling made the promise before Lu Ranran finished speaking.

This resolute frankness and affirmation does not seem to be convincing enough.

Lu Ranran blinked her eyes, jumped down the next step, and spoke in a light tone, but only Lu Ranran knew that her heart had begun to beat faster.

"What if I want to find evidence that Chu Yue plagiarized?" Lu Ranran was very nervous.

Shen Xiling still smiled and answered without any hesitation.

"no problem."

Now it was Lu Ranran's turn to be surprised.

"It's hard to find evidence of plagiarism..."

Lu Ranran did not have any manuscripts left by An Ning, and Chu Yue could not be convicted of plagiarism based solely on Yang Nian's one-sided statement.

What's more, Chang Hong and Zhao Feifei, who were supported by Shen, were also members of "Small Town Past" back then.

If Chu Yue falls because of plagiarism, Chang Hong and Zhao Feifei will inevitably be implicated...

Compared to Lu Ranran who had a heavy face, Shen Xiling was much more relaxed.

"No matter how hard it is to find Aunt An Ning, her business is my business."

"Besides..." Shen Xiling took a small step forward, and looked at Lu Ranran with his dark eyes without hesitation, as if he wanted to see into the depths of her soul, "Uncle Lu is willing to pretend to be an old man in the mountains for you in a few years."

"Isn't this also a reminder to me..." He leaned in front of Lu Ranran, and the tip of his tall nose seemed to be less than one centimeter away from Lu Ranran, "I'm still not doing well enough."

The next second, a tingling sensation rushed from his spine to the top of his head. Lu Ranran sniffed unconsciously and took a step back in panic.

As a result, he didn't put his foot firmly on the ground and was about to fall backwards due to his center of gravity.

"what--"

In this rapid feeling of weightlessness, a strong hand tightly wrapped around Lu Ranran's waist.

Then, the owner of this hand exerted force, and Lu Ranran felt dizzy.

Soon both feet were firmly on flat ground.

The owner of the hand also took back his hand quickly with a polite and gentle smile on his face.

It seemed as if everything that just happened was just his subconscious gentlemanly behavior.

Only Lu Ranran's heartbeat quickened and her cheeks flushed.

"What's wrong? Is it too hot?"

Shen Xiling raised his hand to touch Lu Ranran's rosy cheek, his eyes full of concern.

But only Lu Ranran knew what was hidden behind his concern.

She turned around angrily, forced her stiff limbs to stride forward, and said loudly:

"I'm hungry! I want to eat!"

There were a few chuckles from behind.

"Okay, what to eat?"