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

"Ranran." Shen Xiling, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly called her name.

After experiencing the ups and downs of emotions, Lu Ranran felt deeply exhausted. Hearing him calling her name, Lu Ranran just lazily nestled in Shen Xiling's arms, hummed, and turned around to change to a more comfortable position.

"I have something to tell you."

"Well...you say."

"I," Lu Ranran could feel Shen Xiling's chest rise and fall heavily, as if he had made a major decision, "I want to agree to Chu Yue's deal."

Lu Ranran stood up from his arms and looked at him with a strange look.

Shen Xiling hurriedly explained:

"Actually, I..." A rare hint of panic appeared on his face, which was always in control of everything, and he began to stammer when speaking.

Lu Ranran thought it was funny, but soon said seriously:

"I was going to agree to it."

"Really?" Shen Xiling showed some surprise.

Lu Ranran nodded.

"Whether I help Lu Keke or not is secondary. I just want to see what tricks Chu Yue is playing next."

"If my father's death is really related to them..." Lu Ranran snorted coldly, "I will never let them go."

Shen Xiling seemed to be visibly relieved.

This aroused Lu Ranran's curiosity.

She recalled Shen Xiling's strange look after the press conference...

"Do you want to tell me something? It seems like after coming back from the press conference..." Lu Ranran blinked at Shen Xiling.

Shen Xiling was stunned for a moment, then he curled his lips in relief and said frankly:

"After you and my second uncle had an argument, I did want to tell you."

Soon, he changed his relaxed expression and said seriously:

"I have always suspected that the car accident was not an accident, but a man-made one."

Lu Ranran immediately straightened up, clenching the bed sheet nervously with both hands, "...You, do you have any evidence?"

Shen Xiling shook his head with a regretful expression.

"It's all just my guess."

"tell me the story."

Twenty-two years ago, the south city was undergoing rapid urban construction, and all kinds of landmark buildings and entertainment venues in the central area were built at that time.

Among them is the South City Film Museum, which was introduced by Zhang Yuzhi and built by Shen Construction.

Nowadays, the South City Film Museum has become one of the must-visit places for tourism in South City, and its established film database is also a treasure trove for film researchers.

However, a minor safety accident occurred during the construction of this film museum.

"According to the official investigation report, the collapse occurred during the construction process."

"The collapse occurred because the workers used a highly absorbent building material in violation of regulations and it was raining on those days. The material absorbed water and became heavy, so the collapse occurred."

"Fortunately, no casualties were caused, but the contractor Shen's and the Lu family, the supplier of building materials, have become the target of public opinion attacks."

"I remember the day the accident happened, it was after the collapse."

"That night, Dad got a phone call and left in a hurry. That night..."

"There was that car accident."

Shen Xiling tried his best to suppress his emotions, trying to make his tone sound calmer and his narration clearer.

But Lu Ranran could still sense the waves of turmoil in his heart from his occasionally trembling tone.

She leaned forward slightly and held Shen Xiling's hand.

"So, you don't believe that Uncle Shen and my dad would do such a thing..."

Shen Xiling forced himself to raise the corners of his mouth, but only revealed a bitter smile.

"My father... He is very old-fashioned and a bit strict, and he hardly ever smiles at me."

"But he would tell me stories in a somewhat clumsy way, and would apologize to me awkwardly when I 'ran away from home', admitting that he was wrong..."

"I just couldn't believe he would make a mistake with something as important as building materials."

It was also from then on that Shenshi Construction began to introduce third-party material testing agencies.

To outsiders, this might be considered a self-examination and correction behavior; but within Shen's company, there might be more complicated reasons...

"And Uncle Lu," Shen Xiling looked into Lu Ranran's eyes seriously, "I don't believe he would be such a person either."

Lu Ranran nodded, lowered his eyes and thought for a while.

"Based on this alone, we can only guess that there is a mastermind behind this whole thing."

"But who could this be?"

Shen Xiling said:

"I have been investigating secretly for the past few years."

"First of all, the original car accident involved three cars. An oncoming large truck suddenly lost control and directly hit my father's car and Uncle Lu's car."

"The truck driver died at the scene, but..."

"The South City Film Museum was still a suburb at the time, and there was only one construction site nearby. The trucks that passed by during that time must have come from the museum's construction site."

"That is to say, he is most likely an employee of Shen's, but I can't find any compensation plan for the loss of employees."

"The second is the contractor who was in charge of the roof construction."

"Almost all the workers said that it was the contractor who asked them to use this batch of materials, saying it was instructions from above."

"But no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find this person, nor was there any written record of his employment."

To sum up, this car accident appears to be an accident.

But if you look closely at the cause and effect, you will find that every detail does not stand up to scrutiny.

All the details point to an invisible hand.

Now, all they have to do is pull the hand out.

And the information Chu Yue may provide may become the key to breaking the deadlock.

However, thinking of Chu Yue's request, Lu Ranran still felt a little troubled.

"She said that she wanted Lu Keke to marry Shen Beiyu smoothly, and only then would the deal be established."

"But Lawrence Lu's attitude at the press conference was very strange..."

"It's not surprising," Shen Xiling shook his head. "The Lu-Shen marriage put the Lu family in a weak position, and now there are so many problems."

"According to my second uncle's personality, leaving it to the Lu family to propose to cancel the engagement themselves is already the most humane thing he has done."

What should I do?

Shen Xiling reached out and gently touched Lu Ranran's forehead.

"Have you forgotten? Who is Shen Nanye most afraid of?"

Lu Ranran suddenly realized.

It's grandpa!