Everything was already wrapt up when she came back. Her grandfather and assistant Yu were waiting for her or more like they were trying to find her but couldn't and became a bit worry. They even asked a female bodyguard to go to the ladies' room to find her. She was looking very pale and the only thing she wanted to do was to go home. She didn't have any energy to talk and was very quiet which made her grandfather concern more, but he didn't want to ask right away because he was scared that she will get upset or worse sadder.
They came back to the mansion and butler Gu was already standing outside waiting for them. The first thing she did when they went inside was storming to her room. Butler Gu was surprised and looked over elder Shen who was sitting on the couch and only shook his head.
Francesca felt a mix of every type of emotion and didn't know what to do. She ended up crying for a few minutes. After a while, she felt it was no more tears left to cry, and went outside to take some fresh air. She was sitting on the balcony calming herself down. Her grandfather came to her balcony when she didn't hear him knock on the door and he frowned when he saw her not wearing a jacket. "Little flower can you please wear a jacket if you wanna take some fresh air? Do not get sick." She was looking at her grandfather for a while before she hugged him.
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In C-city
Kevin was working on important files from his big project, and it was the first time since he started to work as the CEO that he couldn't focus on his work. He tried so hard to concentrate but that didn't last too long. The only thing that he could think about was how hard it was to believe that Francesca and parents were in a car accident, the way the police explained the accident didn't make sense at all.
He was looking at the files once again before he gave up. "June!"
"Yes CEO Lee?" asked assistant June walking into his office.
Kevin was tidying his office desk before he looked up. "Let's go home."
Assistant June was shocked by the sudden call and almost passed out hearing his boss last word. It has been 2 years since assistant June started to work for Kevin and he never saw his boss leave early, his boss was known for being a workaholic and will sometimes work several more hours.
Kevin was almost ready to go when he saw assistant June still standing in the same spot not moving at all. "What's wrong?" asked Kevin looking weirdly at assistant June. "Nn..Nothing CEO Lee" said assistant June. He was going to ask his boss why he suddenly wants to leave early today but swallowed his word when he suddenly remembers his lonely wife waiting for him at home.
"Prepare the car for me," said Kevin walking to the elevator.
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Shen mansion
"Little flower if you have something on your mind you can always tell pa, I will always be here for you my little flower." said elder Shen while stroking her hair lovely.
"Pa did you find anything about the plate number?" asked Francesca looking at her grandfather.
"Yes, little flower! I was gonna get a report from assistant Yu about it. Do you wanna come and listen to what assistant Yu found out? asked elder Shen.
Francesca nodded and they went inside to her father's study room. Assistant Yu was already in the room waiting for them to arrive, once he saw them he immediately went up and asked butler Gu to get some tea.
"Tell me what you found." said elder Shen coldly which made assistant Yu shiver a bit.
"Yes, master Shen. We looked up the plate number and found out that the plate number is fake, and every security camera there was hacked. So we couldn't find anything." said assistant Yu feeling awful bad for not finding anything.
"What? You guys didn't find anything at all?" asked elder Shen and was very disappointed.
"Yes we tried our best, but we couldn't find anything." said assistant Yu.
Suddenly the temperature in the room started to drop low, assistant Yu was looking down on his slippers not daring to look at elder Shen nor Francesca. He felt like he was in a cage with two big lions ready to eat him. Francesca almost dropped her teacup out of anger and tried so hard not to explode in front of elder Shen and assistant Yu. Without evidence how could she capture the enemy?
"Little Flower do you wanna take over the Shen Company?" asked elder Shen breaking the silence.
Francesca was shocked over the sudden question that came from elder Shen. She had never thought of taking over her family's company since her father was still the CEO when he still was alive, and he always told her that she could be whatever she wants to be as long as she likes it. The sudden question made her realize that she had to soon apply to the university. She didn't know how to reply and was only looking at elder Shen.
"Pa is not forcing you to take over the company, pa is just asking if you wanna take over the company since you are the next heiress. If little flower doesn't wanna do that then pa won't force you," said Elder Shen.
Francesca felt this was a big decision she had to choose which gonna change her life, she knew that she was interested in both fashion and business because of her parents but it was a hard decision to choose one of them.
"Pa I need some time to figure it out," said Francesca after some time.
"Of course, no need to rush." said elder Shen.
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In Kevin's car (Rolls-Royce ghost black badge)
"Where to go sir?" asked chauffeur Vo.
"To the mansion…..no forget it! To 'Starry Night' (a night club)," said Kevin.
"Yes, sir!" chauffeur Vo noticed that Kevin was not in a good mood, so he gave a careful reply before starting the car.
A 30 minutes car ride felt like hours for chauffeur Vo. Looking at the rearview mirror chauffeur Vo could feel a cold vibe coming from his boss, not taking any risk he speeded up quickly. They arrived at the front gate of the nightclub called 'Starry Night'. Kevin went out of the car to the nightclub and walked straight to the biggest VIP room. He saw many beautiful women but ignored them, looking to left he saw five big bodyguards standing there.
"CEO Lee," said one of them looking shocked at Kevin.
"What are you looking at? Open the door," said Kevin in an irritated tone. Not wanted to lose his job he opened the door to the VIP room quickly.
The first thing Kevin saw was three gentlemen playing poker, on his right was Noah Song his childhood friend since kindergarten, in the middle was his college friend Andrew Yang (married Kevin's little sister), and to his left was the clown/biggest player on the planet/ a manhore, Nah just kidding, his other college friend Mark Chen sitting with not one, not two but three women that wore the shortest dress in the whole universe. Every cheerful look was now changed to a surprising look when they saw him.
"Baby could you please pinch me cuz I think I see a ghost" Mark was the first one to break the silence. All three women pinched Mark at the same time and made him yelp in pain. "Ouch, I meant one of you not all of you," he said yelping in pain.
"it's your fault for not asking which one to exactly pinch you," said Andrew rolling his eyes.
Ignoring everyone Kevin walked over the couch and poured himself a glass of Hennessy. It was very rare to see a workaholic coming to the night club. He only came on Fridays/ Saturdays to catch up with the boys, but today was Thursday which was very unusual to see him coming over and even drink too.
"Kevin, What's up bro?" asked Noah while looking concerned.
Kevin looked up at Noah then at Andrew and lastly at Mark, and didn't stop starring at Mark.
"Bro why are you staring at me like that? Do you want one of my babies? Well too bad bro I don't like sharing what I got today, but I could find someone beautiful like them outside if you want one." said Mark proudly while wiggling with his eyebrows.
Kevin was still staring at Mark even Noah and Andrew were now looking at Mark like he was an Alian that couldn't understand human language and after a few second his brain started to work.
"Ladies, could you please step outside so we gentlemen could talk?" asked Mark while looking at the ladies. Giggling could be heard from them and one by one gave him a pick on the check. "Remember to call me!" said Mark blinking at the girl before they left.
"I don't know how you got the CEO position and why your company is not bankrupted yet by those whores you are playing with," said Andrew looking speechless at Mark.
"Jealous of me since you married early and can't enjoy your life?" asked Mark smirked like a fool.
"Not at all I'm enjoying my good life with my beautiful and loyal Wife," said Andrew smiling happily mention his beautiful wife.
A sound of a glass slamming to the table could be heard and everybody shifted their attention to the sound. Kevin lifted his hand off the glass and leaned comfortably while closing his eyes. Everyone was waiting patiently so he could talk.
"The Shen family were in a car accident and the only one that survived the accident was miss Shen," said Kevin.
"What?" said Noah, Andrew, and Mark at the same time looking all shocked.
"It's not just that, the way the police described the accident doesn't make any sense at all," said Kevin with an annoyed tone.
A knock was heard right after Kevin was done talking and a tall handsome man came in. "Good evening CEO Lee, CEO Song, CEO Yang, and CEO Chen." said the tall handsome man.
"I have told you that you should cut the formality when you are talking to us Pako, call us brothers," said Kevin looking at Pako.
"My apologies, it became a habit of mine," said Pako.
"Anyways I ask you to come over because I have a mission for you, I want you to investigate a car accident that happened two days ago at XXXXXXXXXXX, Z-city, can you do that for me?" asked Kevin.
"Yes, of course, CEO…. brother Kevin," said Pako.
Kevin nodded when he was satisfied with Pako's reply.