"What are you looking at?"
Suddenly, a hand with distinct knuckles pressed down on her hand resting on the cabinet, instantly enveloping her in Shi Youxi's chilling aura and a refreshing scent of hair gel.
Shi Youxi nuzzled against the woman's shoulder. "Hmm, why are you looking at this?"
Mu Yiran ignored his little gesture and held up the report: "Why would you look into this?!"
"Is this Qi Yun related to Qi Qiulin?"
"Is this related to the Wen family, no, is it also related to Li Zhenrong?"
Mu Yiran was somewhat agitated, "Was my parents' car accident back then also...was it..."
Even though she was mentally prepared, she still found it difficult to express herself when the words came to her lips.
Shi Youxi grasped her trembling hand. "Want to know?"
Mu Yiran leaned against his chest, head bowed, "Shi Youxi, you..."
"I haven't been hiding anything from you." Shi Youxi continued, "This is all newly found out. Li Zhenrong was half-dead at the time. Because I cut off his communications, he couldn't even make a single call for help. Guess who he ended up calling?"
Mu Yiran was stunned for a moment, and before the man pointed to that person's name, she said:
"Qi Qiulin, right?"
"Sister is so smart." Shi Youxi nudged her cheek. "It was only then that I realized Qi Qiulin was behind Li Zhenrong's targeting of you, but the person who made the connection was the one who owns the electronics factory."
Mu Yiran's attention wandered slightly. "Open an electronics factory?"
She slowly identified the person: "...Lu Tingyi?"
Shi Youxi said "Oh," and then changed her words: "It was that Mr. Lu who owns an electronics factory who made the connection."
"........"
"The financial expenditures of Wens in recent years and its transactions with overseas companies have actually been thoroughly investigated a long time ago, but they were just the surface accounts, and I didn't look at them in detail at that time."
Mu Yiran: "Why?"
Shi Youxi lifted her foot and hooked the chair behind her, pulling her to sit down. She played with her left hand, intertwining the two fingers adorned with matching plain rings, her tone lazy yet alluring.
"How much money would it cost to acquire Wens?"
“.............”
“At that time, I was in a hurry to find you and see you, so I didn’t think too much about these little things. And later there was no need for it. Anyway, the shareholders’ meeting was coming soon, and these things were already yours. I felt that it was up to you to do whatever you wanted with them.”
"But now it seems that if I had been more careful back then..." Where Mu Yiran couldn't see, Shi Youxi's eyes were filled with a cold and ruthless glint, "I wouldn't have given them the chance to hurt you."
Mu Yiran only glanced at it and saw that the transaction between the two companies actually started in 2012, while Qi Yun was just a small company seeking financing at that time.
By 2013, it had rapidly become a rising star in the overseas investment industry in Lingcheng, financing no fewer than a hundred overseas projects during that period. Now, it has become a leading enterprise in Lingcheng. Around the same time, Wen Zaosi wanted to expand Wen's overseas market...
Everything happened at just the right time...
All of these events occurred around the time her parents' accident happened.
Is that a coincidence?
That's too much of a coincidence.
Shi Youxi watched her quietly until Mu Yiran stopped flipping through the documents. Then he took out the remaining files from the safe. "These are Qi Qiulin's personal information. No one knows about her relationship with Qi Yun on the surface."
Mu Yiran just looked at it without opening it.
The man sensed her emotions, covered her eyes, pressed her head against his chest, and kissed the corner of her mouth. "Scared?"
After a long pause, Mu Yiran finally spoke in a hoarse voice, "...If my parents' deaths were really related to them, then..."
What should she do?
After his parents passed away, he was completely ignorant and mistaken for his enemy for his father for so many years. He even swallowed his anger and retreated again and again when his parents' belongings and reputation were repeatedly spied on and humiliated!
The familial bonds and social obligations she so absurdly upheld were actually built on the lives of her parents!
If the Wen family truly harmed her loved ones, then how is she any different from them...?
"Sister, sister!"
The voice beside her pulled her back from her muddy thoughts. Mu Yiran blinked and awkwardly covered Shi Youxi's hand, which was about to let go.
Shi Youxi felt the dampness in his palm and hugged the person in his arms tighter. "Listen."
"The best thing Mu Yiran has done over the years is to maintain good health, achieve academic success, and live a good life."
For some people, simply living well is the greatest satisfaction.
"That's the kind of person you are to me."
Shi Youxi released her hand, looked at the woman's red eyes, and said in a tender but firm voice: "You're the same way with our parents."
The pleasant atmosphere vanished in an instant, and Mu Yiran was both crying and laughing: "Our parents?"
Shi Youxi raised an eyebrow, "Isn't that right, wife?"
"..." Mu Yiran sniffed, her expression turning cold and ruthless again. "If you want to take advantage, give me back my suitcase first."
"........"
Shi Youxi is sometimes speechless at women's lack of understanding of romance.
"Shouldn't my sister kiss me right now because she's touched?"
The man pointed to his mouth and leaned closer, saying, "I'm all ready."
Mu Yiran slapped him and spread her hands, "Give it to me or not?"
"..................."
Shi Youxi closed her eyes, tilted her head back, and smelled the faint scent of hand cream. It took her a long time to release the person, stand up, and drag the box from the top of the bookshelf, still grumbling:
"Okay...we're going together anyway."
"I'm not taking you there. I'm going to work, not to play..." As she spoke, Mu Yiran realized something was wrong.
She frowned and looked up, for some reason the design she had just seen kept popping into her mind.
Once a certain thought pops into your head, everything starts to feel off.
She recalled what Director Chen had mentioned about the referee from Lacuna, and that other sentence...
"I'm sorry I'm late."
“…”
Mu Yiran looked up in disbelief, meeting Shi Youxi's amused gaze.
"Hiss... Don't tell me?"
“…”
…
"Who has the bouquet for number 3?!"
"Hurry up! Don't get it wrong! You've changed your clothes, come here and I'll do your base makeup!"
"Yunli? Where are you? Did you find your handbag?"
Mu Yiran's voice came through the walkie-talkie. Ji Yunli, carrying several dust bags, walked with difficulty, saying into the walkie-talkie, "I got it, but I don't know if it's the right one! I'll be there right away—"
"Excuse me!" Ji Yunli hurriedly picked up the things on the ground. She had specially worn a Chanel-style suit today, and thinking that she might have a chance to appear on camera, she had also put on a full face of makeup and wore high heels.
But this outfit is really not suitable for working.
Before she could complain about why more people weren't sent to help her, Ji Yunli was about to jog away when the man who bumped into her called out to her:
"Wait, there's this too."
Only then did Ji Yunli get a clear look at the man.
Wearing a dark gray printed suit jacket and a light pink irregular shirt, the man had a slicked-back hairstyle, and his handsome and rugged face made Ji Yunli's heart skip a beat.
"Things," the man said calmly.
"Ah! Thank you." Ji Yunli accepted the things, but her eyes remained fixed on him. She took a few steps forward, unable to suppress her excitement and curiosity, and turned her head to ask, "Are you here to record a program? Do you need me to take you—"
“…”
There was no one behind him anymore.
"Is she a celebrity...?"
"Yunli! Are you here?" Mu Yiran called out on the walkie-talkie.
"Oh! Coming, coming!" Ji Yunli rushed backstage in a few steps. The backstage area was bustling and crowded. She went to Saorsa's area, lifted the curtain and went in. "Aorsa, here you go!"
Mu Yiran quickly hung the accessories on the stand one by one, one by one, "Yunli Pearl Necklace".
“…”
"Yunli?" Mu Yiran turned her head and saw Ji Yunli recording a video with her newly bought camera.
"Hello everyone, I'm on the set of 'Goddess is Coming' right now! The live stream is about to start, and I'm so nervous! Let me show you some of the looks we've prepared for this time~"
"Let me tell you a secret: the Yanpingchun outfit that President Zhou wore this time was something I went to great lengths to get from the city museum—"
"Hello!"
"Yunli".
"Ah!" Ji Yunli quickly pressed down the lens cap.
Mu Yiran gestured to Zhou Yuan's assistant, who pursed her lips in displeasure but couldn't help but say, "Don't take pictures randomly. We have people on the publicity team; we don't need you."
Ji Yunli immediately explained to Mu Yiran, "I'm not live streaming. I just took on a business endorsement and wanted to post it to Saorsa after the live stream to drive some traffic!"
"There's no need to rush these little things."
"All you need to do now is help everyone prepare for the opening."
Mu Yiran handed her the staff badge, with the words "Volunteer" prominently displayed, which stung her eyes.
A surge of anger welled up from the corner of her mind, and without thinking, Ji Yunli said, "Are you looking down on me? Do you think I can only do odd jobs and can't do anything else?"
Her voice wasn't loud, but the studio was packed with people, and several models around her looked over in surprise.
"..." Mu Yiran looked at her in surprise, her raised eyebrows slowly smoothing out, without saying a word.
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