8.Brother's information
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Zhu Junjie was certain that he had never provoked or had any improper dealing with the girl. Standing upright, he wasn't afraid of shadows; he had no fear of the police investigation!
"Some of our colleagues are already looking into it," the police officer reassured him.
"Assign more personnel and expedite the investigation to uncover the truth and clear my name as soon as possible!" Zhu Junjie urged.
While the police were conducting their inquiry, Zhu Junjie didn't sit idle either. On the way to the hospital, he called his assistant, instructing him to look into the girl's background and see if anyone had intentionally sent her to create trouble.
Interestingly, when Zhu Junjie made the call, he couldn't even recall the girl's name. It was Shang Lan who finally provided it to him.
Upon hanging up, Zhu Junjie curiously asked Shang Lan how she knew the girl's name.
"I'm an agent," she replied.
She had an eye for beauty.
Whenever there was a hot topic on the internet, she would take a look.
Her memory was exceptional; many things remained vivid in her mind after seeing them once.
"She's not an artist under your studio," Zhu Junjie observed.
"Even if she's not my artist, it doesn't prevent me from knowing about her," Shang Lan explained.
As an agent, she sometimes needed to scout for talent. When she noticed the girl's photos, she had considered reaching out to her.
She had sent the girl a message, but after the girl inquired about her studio's name, she never responded again.
At that time, her studio was still new and hadn't produced any well-known artists, so its reputation was lacking. The girl might have thought she had no potential or was a fraud.
After waiting for a while without a reply, and coincidentally signing an artist of a similar type around the same time, Shang Lan had forgotten about the matter.
It wasn't until her studio's artists participated in a talent show and she was monitoring the progress for Luan Shan that she noticed the girl's name on the participant list.
Shang Lan had only seen the girl's photos and had never met her in person before. That's why she initially found the girl familiar but couldn't recall who she was at first glance.
Shang Lan's explanation made sense. Zhu Junjie patted her shoulder and said, "It won't be that quick to uncover the truth. Lean on me and take a nap."
"I'm not sleepy," Shang Lan replied.
All traces of sleepiness vanished the moment she opened her eyes and saw the girl.
Rationally, she knew Zhu Junjie wouldn't do something so sordid, but her thoughts were still influenced.
She sat on the bench outside the hospital room and took out her phone.
There was a message from her older brother, Zhou Qianyi. She opened it to see a picture of his dinner tonight - "The black truffle at this place is quite good. You should bring Tongtong here sometime."
Why did Shang Lan's brother have a different surname? It turned out that due to her family's poverty, Shang Lan had been given up for adoption when she was very young. She was passed around a few times before finally ending up in a remote mountain village. In those days, communication was difficult, and her family lost all contact with her. Shang Lan, being too young at the time, had no memory of this past. When she was admitted to university and left the mountain village, a massive earthquake destroyed the entire village, and her adoptive parents also perished in it.
Shang Lan thought she had no relatives left. She was a resilient person and managed to complete her studies through part-time jobs, which also made her more independent.
Zhou Qianyi, two years older than Shang Lan, had been by his parents' side and remembered more clearly about his younger sister being given up for adoption. He recalled a distinct feature on his sister - a birthmark on her left arm.
Later, as the Zhou family's living conditions improved, they began searching for the child they had given away. However, it was like finding a needle in a haystack, and years passed without any results.
After their parents passed away, Zhou Qianyi took it upon himself to continue the search for his sister. By then, he had become the president of Zhou's Entertainment Company.
Although Zhou's wasn't as powerful as Gaoqing Entertainment, it still held some renown in the entertainment industry.
Last year, due to her new studio's establishment, Shang Lan had hoped to gain some resources from Zhou's and had arranged a meeting.
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