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

She didn't know how long she cried until she felt she could no longer shed tears, her nose was blocked and something seemed to be stuck in her throat.

Shen Xiling's hands gently beat the rhythm on her back.

There was a reassuring aura about him, and Lu Ranran subconsciously wanted to snuggle into his arms again.

Shen Xiling hugged her tighter, as if he wanted to rub her into his body. In this way, perhaps he could share her pain and convey his love.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Turns out he was a doctor.

"You are suffering from hyperventilation syndrome caused by excessive emotion."

"Fortunately, it was treated in time, so no serious consequences were caused. After that..." The doctor glanced at Shen Xiling, "Don't keep anything in your heart, keep a good attitude."

The doctor did a few more routine physical examinations, gave a few instructions, and then strode away calmly.

The ward fell into silence for a moment.

The doctor's arrival unexpectedly brought the two back to the real world.

Lu Ranran's head was still a little dizzy.

Shen Xiling wanted to ask the reason, but didn't know how to start.

I could only look at her like this, the hand on her back still patting it gently, like a silent comfort.

"Tell me," Lu Ranran said after a while, "How long has he been waiting at the door?"

The two looked at each other for a while, and suddenly burst out laughing.

Fortunately, I can still make jokes, which proves that I have not been defeated by the bad news.

Shen Xiling took out a tissue from the bedside and handed a cup of water to Lu Ranran.

Lu Ranran took the cup of water, took a big sip, then blew her nose hard with a tissue. Instantly, her ears and eyes became clear, and her whole body felt a lot more relaxed.

"Just now," Lu Ranran took the initiative to speak, "Chu Yue proposed to make a deal."

Shen Xiling frowned slightly and chuckled, "Transaction? What is her bargaining chip?"

"Two." Lu Ranran held up two fingers. "One is that she will admit in court that she is... the culprit who killed my mother."

"Second, she claims to know a secret about my dad's death."

When talking about the second one, Shen Xiling's eyes darkened noticeably.

"She said..." Although she had already vented her anger and was mentally prepared, Lu Ranran still couldn't help choking up when she actually said it.

"Ahem," she cleared her throat and continued, "On the eve of the car accident, my mother had already been admitted to the hospital to give birth."

"My father had just passed away and she rushed to my mother's hospital room to tell her about it."

"Later, my mother was too emotional, which led to a difficult labor and heavy bleeding. After giving birth to me..."

"She said...she said my mother chose me..."

Lu Ranran couldn't continue.

The bitterness filled my mouth again, and tears flowed out as if a dam broke.

"I really don't understand. I don't understand...why on earth did she do this?"

In fact, Chu Yue only told part of the truth.

She did inform An Ning of Lu Boyuan's death at the first opportunity, when most people would have tacitly kept the news secret, which directly led to An Ning's death.

But she didn't say that before this, she had already set her sights on An Ning's "Like Water Flowing Time".

At that time, she was frustrated because she was rejected by the crew repeatedly. She had tried very hard, but no one was willing to give her this opportunity.

"Every day, countless people like you come to me, thinking they have written some masterpiece."

"How can I have the time to read every book? If there is no commercial value or business performance, why should I take the risk and choose you?"

This was the nth time Chu Yue had been rejected.

But soon after, she saw her script being filmed under the names of other screenwriters.

When she went to ask for an explanation, the producer coldly said, "It doesn't matter what's written, what's important is who wrote it," and then had Chu Yue kicked out.

When An Ning heard about this, she insisted on seeking justice for Chu Yue despite her seven-month-old belly.

Chu Yue was touched, but she stopped An Ning.

"Didn't you just finish writing a book? Can you give me a name as the author?"

"You are the best screenwriter, so there must be a lot of people looking for you because of your reputation. I can also have the experience of completing a book."

"As long as I have the experience of completing a book, I will be different from those 'newbies', and this kind of thing will definitely not happen again in the future."

Her thoughts were simple; she just wanted some experience and a name.

Moreover, isn’t this a piece of cake for An Ning?

But Chu Yue didn't expect that An Ning refused sternly without any room for negotiation.

"The author of my works will only be me, no one else."

"If I agree to your request, what's the difference between you and those people who plagiarize their works?"

From then on, Chu Yue secretly hated An Ning.

He was acting so righteous just now, but in the end he was unwilling to help with even such a small favor.

What's the point of writing a work? If you don't have a reputation, it will eventually be plagiarized... plagiarized? What if she can take away An Ning's work just like the person who took her work?

Isn't this normal? An Ning is just an empty title anyway, and she is working for others now, so who would care what she wrote...

A seed of sin was buried in Chu Yue's heart, waiting for the right moment to break out of the ground.

Chu Yue would never tell these things. The dragon-slaying boy turned into a dragon. What a tragic and sad story.

But desolation can never cover up the evil nature.

After hearing this, Shen Xiling stretched out his long arm and held the person in his arms again.

"There's no need to understand them." His voice was very calm. "If they were wrong, they were wrong. No matter how well-intentioned and sympathetic their motives were, they had already caused harm to others."

Lu Ranran sniffed and said sullenly:

"I never knew that knowing the truth was so painful."

"slowly--"

"But I still want to know and remember."

Shen Xiling's hand holding her couldn't help but tremble.

Lu Ranran didn't notice that something was wrong with him and just continued to mutter, as if he was talking to himself.

"You know what? I used to not want to think about my parents being dead."

"It goes against my pragmatism to keep thinking about these sad and painful things. What's the point of being sad? Can sadness make my life better?"

"But I forgot one thing," she looked up at Shen Xiling, her eyes becoming crystal clear because of her tears, "the opposite of sadness is love, happiness, and joy."

“When I abandoned sadness and chose to forget, I also gave up happiness, joy, and the ability to love.”

"But now, I want to love, to be happy, to be cheerful, to believe."

"Even though they've left me, I always feel sad thinking about them, but..."

"I want to love them as much as they have loved me."

Just like the Guandi Temple whose authenticity is unknown, and the choice that Chu Yue mentioned which is unknown to be true or false.

All of this made Lu Ranran willing to believe that she appeared in this world because of love.

Even if the needle in her lungs still hurts, she will use all her strength like a shell to wrap the needle into a beautiful pearl.