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

Chapter 13 She Saved Me

After going up the stairs, Lu Ranran took Shen Xiling's arm and walked into the not-so-grand main entrance of the Shen Mansion.

Shen Mansion is a villa from the last century. When it was passed down to the generation of Shen Xiling's grandfather, the interior decoration design still retained the style of the bygone era.

The space on the first floor is not big, and opposite the door is the stairs leading to the second floor. The rooms on the left and right are now closed, and no one knows what they are used for.

The stone steps are so old that they have a greyish green colour under the light, as if they were covered with moss, and have the unique damp smell of the south.

Turn the corner along the stairs and the second floor will be a completely different world.

The entrance to the living room is covered with a furry carpet. Walking along the carpet inward, under the warm yellow light, all the objects in the living room have a shimmering luster.

Lu Ranran felt like Alice who had come to another world.

The huge rectangular space in front of you is a combination of the living room and dining room.

The butler led the two to the living room on the left.

"Master, Madam, please rest here. I will go to inform the master."

Shen Xiling nodded.

After the butler left, another group of people came and went, placing many cakes and teas on the coffee table, and then disappeared like ghosts.

Lu Ranran felt dazed, as if she were Tang Monk entering the Spider Cave.

I thought of all the movies I had watched before.

The protagonist of the movie has come to a different world and must be careful to avoid various traps before he can return home.

One of the traps is food from another world.

Shen Xiling, who was standing by, felt his arm tighten, and then glanced at Lu Ranran beside him, who looked like a frightened deer.

He was clearly cowering in fear, but he was trying hard to stand straight.

His heart softened.

"Actually," he said softly, "I don't come here often."

The person next to him was startled and looked at him with round almond-shaped eyes, "Really?"

Shen Xiling nodded very naturally.

"In fact, my grandparents don't live here all the time. They only choose to stay here when they think it's an important occasion."

After hearing this, Lu Ranran's heart was pounding.

She was naturally not so narcissistic as to think that she was really that important. Perhaps it was more because of Shen Xiling himself.

At this time, Shen Xiling sighed:

"I never had this kind of treatment before, whether it was my birthday or graduation."

"This time, I am still benefiting from your help."

After saying that, Shen Xiling curled the corners of his mouth, tilted his head and blinked at Lu Ranran.

Lu Ranran was stunned for a moment, then realized that Shen Xiling was comforting her, so she raised her head and smiled sweetly.

"Thank you."

At this time, the butler knocked on the door of the living room and said respectfully:

"Master, your mother asks you to come over."

Shen Xiling agreed.

When he stood up, a slight resistance on his arm made him pause.

When he turned his head, the owner of the resistance had already put his hands on his knees, sitting quietly and dignifiedly. When he saw his gaze, he smiled sweetly again.

It seemed that the tension just now was just a momentary oversight.

He couldn't help but get playful, so he leaned over to Lu Ranran's ear, and the hot breath from his words hit her snow-white ears.

"If you don't want to sit, you can go to the balcony and walk around."

"I'll come as soon as I go."

After saying that, he admired Lu Ranran's red face with interest for a while, then walked away.

Only Lu Ranran and her brain that was burning and smoking were left.

She randomly took a few pieces of cake from the coffee table and stuffed them into her mouth, then swallowed a few sips of tea, and finally managed to suppress the unusual beating in her chest.

The two of them were clearly just working together, so why did he like to pretend to be intimate?

After coming back to her senses, Lu Ranran could only attribute it to Shen Xiling's bad taste.

Modern people will more or less behave inappropriately due to pressure.

When Lu Ranran was stuck in an essay, she liked to wander around the dormitory building in the middle of the night. She had also seen roommates exorcising evil spirits and welcoming the God of Literature in the dormitory because they couldn't finish their papers.

Perhaps as the president, Shen Xiling is under much greater pressure than the average person.

Anyway, no matter what, it can't be because he likes me.

Lu Ranran was very satisfied with her logical conclusion and couldn't help but stuff a few more pieces of cake into her mouth.

This pastry melts in your mouth and is sweet but not greasy. Paired with sweet hot tea, you will feel as if you are in the mountains, refreshed and comfortable.

After a while, Lu Ranran put the tension behind her.

Shen Xiling walked up the stairs to the third floor.

Compared with the magnificence of the second floor, the third floor of the Shen Mansion seemed to have been sleeping for too long, with a hint of eeriness in its drowsiness.

Shen Xiling walked through the small corridor on the right and pushed open the door at the end.

Inside the house, a middle-aged woman with a pretty face and well-dressed cheongsam was sitting on the sofa not far away.

She was quietly looking at the huge wedding photo on the wall.

The woman in the wedding photo is her younger self. At that time, she was still immersed in happiness, sweetly nestling in the arms of the man behind her.

Shen Xiling walked to the sofa opposite the middle-aged woman.

"Mom, you're looking for me."

The middle-aged woman just came back to her senses, took her eyes off the wedding photo, looked at Shen Xiling and smiled.

"Here you go, sit down."

The person who spoke was Shen Xiling's mother, who was also the organizer of the Nancheng Micro Film Festival and the former eldest daughter of the Nancheng Zhang family - Zhang Yuzhi.

She picked up the teacup and took a sip.

“This tea still tastes like it did back then.”

Then she put down the teacup, leaned back and looked, her eyes swept around the room, her tone was light and seemed to be emotionless.

"This is what the room looked like when Ximing and I got married."

"Now that you're married, the Shen Mansion is still like this."

The Shen Ximing mentioned by Zhang Yuzhi is Shen Xiling's father.

The car accident twenty-two years ago took Shen Ximing's life.

Shen Xiling sat opposite his mother with his eyes lowered, and it was impossible to tell the emotion in his eyes.

Zhang Yuzhi looked at the face that was somewhat similar to her husband, and her heart was moved, but her tone remained gentle.

"Xiling, it's been a long time since that happened."

Upon hearing this, Shen Xiling raised her eyes slightly and said, "I know."

Zhang Yuzhi's eyes suddenly became sharp.