Chapter 72
But she is not the Little Mermaid. At most, she is Cinderella's sister. She is not even qualified to be the protagonist from the beginning to the end.
She's just a stand-in.
Lin Ran returned to her room and tossed and turned all night, only falling into a deep sleep at three or four in the morning.
I was woken up by the sound of weeding in the yard just as I was falling asleep.
Lin Ran struggled to get up.
In the side hall, Shen Jinghan was having breakfast while Fu Nian was reporting today's itinerary beside him.
Lin Ran heard the words "charity dinner" with keen ears.
Shen Jinghan is also going to the charity dinner?
"Good morning, Miss Fifth." Fu Nian smiled upon seeing her. "Your ID card has been completed and will be delivered to the company this afternoon. Your household registration has also been submitted to the Archives Department, making it much more convenient for you to apply for a passport and other documents later."
Fu Nian handled all these things personally.
Director Shen solved it with just one phone call.
Lin Ran was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether to be happy or worried. Her household registration was under Shen Jinghan's villa, and she would be completely controlled by him in the future.
Unless she gets a passport with her real identity and leaves Hong Kong as soon as possible.
"Let's go." After finishing breakfast, Shen Jinghan took Fu Nian out to work.
Lin Ran looked at his tall and cold back and smiled softly for a long time. He was still the same as before, always leaving her with only his back, never stopping to wait for her, or reaching out to her and saying, "Lin Ran, let's go together."
Her smile was bitter. She could not keep up with his pace, nor was she the one who could stand shoulder to shoulder with him. This ten-year-long pipe dream was finally coming to an end.
Don't have any hope.
"Uncle Lin, is there a package for me?"
The butler came over and said, "Yes, there is a package for you. It was delivered by express delivery. It says it is the painting supplies you ordered."
Lin Ran's heart was pounding. She took the package and went into the room.
The package sent by Flash Express had the address of an art museum in Hong Kong, and no other information was included.
She opened the package and found inside was a well-known fake painting - "The Last Supper".
Her face turned pale instantly. The meaning of this painting is betrayal.
Did the other party know that the topaz seal was fake?
Lin Ran turned over the painting and saw three old photos on the back, taken seven years ago. The first one was of a newborn baby sleeping soundly in a crib in the hospital.
She touched the first photo with stinging eyes, then turned to the second one.
The second photo was a group photo. The person on the left was the director of the small fishing village back then, and the person on the right was very familiar to her: Lin Ruolan, wearing sunglasses. The two shook hands and said goodbye at the back door of the hospital.
Lin Ran clenched her fingers, so is the mother also involved in the child's affairs?
Lin Ran flipped to the third photo, and the person in it was none other than He Siwen, the eldest son of the He family whom she had met not long ago. He Siwen had also appeared in the small fishing village that year.
Three photos, and nothing else, just vague clues.
An anonymous text message came in on the phone: "Your child is in Hong Kong. Once I verify the authenticity of the seal, we can continue our cooperation."
Lin Ran clenched her fists expressionlessly. Without follow-up cooperation, the other party would know that the seal was fake in a few days, but she still had the capital to continue negotiating.
As long as the other party wants to bring down Shen Jinghan, they will ask her to continue cooperating, and she also got clues about the child.
Lin Ran looked at the painting of "The Last Supper" and curled her lips sarcastically. Yes, it was "betrayal".
It's just mutual betrayal.
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