The mysterious CEO's endless pampering

Inside the top-floor president's office of Shengtian International.

As if sensing Shen Yanran's longing, Li Zhanting, who was processing documents, suddenly sneezed.

Xu Fan, who had been waiting quietly to the side, immediately stepped forward and asked with concern, "President, is the air conditioning set too low? Did you catch a cold? I'll go buy you some cold medicine right away."

Li Zhanting waved his hand. He had always been in good physical condition and rarely got sick. Moreover, he could tell that he didn't have a cold.

Seeing that Li Zhanting's expression was normal, Xu Fan didn't insist any further. After the president signed the last document, he said in a low voice, "Uncle Zhong just called and said that Madam has already had dinner, but she didn't eat much and seemed to be in a bad mood."

Bad mood?

He figured that the only thing that could upset that silly woman, Shen Yanran, was the Shen family.

Especially Gao Yufeng and Shen Yufei, the two culprits who made his woman unhappy.

"Starting tomorrow, sever all cooperation with the Gao family." Li Zhanting suddenly spoke coldly, giving Xu Fan a deep order.

Xu Fan could almost guess the reason why the president did this without even thinking. "Yes, President, I'll arrange it right away, but it may take some time."

In any case, the Gao family is not an ordinary small enterprise; it has a certain scale and status. If you want to take it down, you have to plan carefully.

"Okay, I'll give you three days." Li Zhanting wasn't in a hurry; the game was more fun when played slowly.

Time flew by and it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

Shen Yanran put down her book, glanced at the already dark sky, and wondered how much longer she would have to wait before Li Zhanting returned.

Shen Yanran picked up her phone from the table, looked at it again and again, and finally decided to turn it back on and call Li Zhanting to ask him.

Soon, a deep, sexy male voice came through the microphone, tinged with gentleness, as he softly said, "Hmm?"

This was the first time Shen Yanran had taken the initiative to call Li Zhanting, and she felt inexplicably nervous. She sat up straight, held the phone, and said softly, her face slightly flushed, "It's me..."

Shen Yanran had actually prepared herself mentally. She wasn't in a rush to get him home; she just wanted to ask if he was eating properly and not to overwork himself...

But for some reason, when the words reached my lips, I didn't know what to say.

"Yes, I know." Li Zhanting had already memorized her number and stored it in the most important place in his phone.

"Um... how much longer until you get off work?" Shen Yanran asked, holding her phone with a mixture of nervousness and anticipation.

Li Zhanting's other hand, which was busy working on the computer, suddenly paused. Then, he typed the same few letters on a very important email, but he didn't seem to care. Instead, he smiled slightly and asked, "What, missing me?"

Hearing the man's words on the other end of the line, Shen Yanran's ears involuntarily flushed red. She wanted to deny it, but the words that came out of her mouth were honest: "Mm."

With just a simple "hmm," Li Zhanting's deep gaze suddenly lit up, seemingly quite satisfied with her answer. The smile on the lips of this noble and elegant man gradually widened. "Say it again."

"..." Shen Yanran remained silent for a while. She had already admitted it, so why did she have to say it again?

As if sensing her hesitation, Li Zhanting repeated in an even more alluring tone, "Good girl, wife, tell her you miss me."

Shen Yanran's heart trembled slightly, as if she had truly been bewitched by him. She parted her cherry lips slightly, "I missed you..."

Li Zhanting's hand tightened around his phone, wishing he could rush home immediately and return to his beloved wife.

But reason told him that now was not the time. The last few documents he had were of great importance, and he had to do his best to take care of her for the rest of his life. But with his abilities, it wouldn't take too long. "Don't worry, I'll be back soon. Wait for me."

With those words, "Wait for me," Shen Yanran's anxious heart finally calmed down a little. She nodded gently, "Okay, I'll wait for you. Come back soon."

After saying that, she hung up the phone, otherwise she was afraid that she would be reluctant to let go and would keep holding the phone and waiting for Li Zhanting to come back.

Shen Yanran put down the phone, gently leaned against the pillow, and stared blankly at the exquisite ceiling.

A faint sense of anticipation began to stir within me.

But the wait was always long. Shen Yanran finished her shower and it was almost ten o'clock, but Li Zhanting still hadn't returned.

She quietly picked up the hairdryer, dried her wet hair, and then leaned back on the bed to rest.

However, as time passed, Shen Yanran's eyelids grew heavier and heavier.

Finally, unable to resist the drowsiness in my mind, I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

In a daze, she felt as if someone was talking to her; the voice was familiar, yet also distant.

"Ranran...Ranran...come quickly..."

Who is it? Who is calling her name?

Shen Yanran looked around in confusion, but there was nothing there, only a very gentle voice calling to her.

That's...that's Mom's voice!

"Mommy, Mommy!" Shen Yanran responded excitedly, "Mommy, I'm here! Mommy, where are you?"

"Silly child, Mom is here." Lin Yueru appeared gently and quietly in front of Shen Yanran.

Shen Yanran was both surprised and delighted. She rushed over and hugged Lin Yueru tightly, her voice choked with sobs as she pleaded, "Mom, I miss you so much, I really miss you so much, please don't leave me again, okay?"

"Okay, Mom will never leave Ranran again." Lin Yueru lovingly patted Shen Yanran's back and comforted her softly.

But before Shen Yanran could even feel happy, her mother, whom she was holding tightly, disappeared.

He waved his hands around, trying to grab something, but couldn't grasp anything.

"Mom! Mom!" Shen Yanran kept calling out loudly around her, but there was no response.

Suddenly she saw her father, Shen Changtian, and she rushed over to him for help. "Dad, Mom is missing! Can you please help me find her?"

Shen Changtian, however, pulled her expressionlessly to another woman and said in a low voice, "From now on, she will be your mother."

Shen Yanran stared in horror at the smug-looking Du Yuzhi. "No, she isn't!"

Du Yuzhi, accompanied by the petite and charming Shen Yufei, approached Shen Yanran step by step, her smile growing even brighter. "Shen Yanran, your mother is dead. You are a child without a mother. From now on, Feifei is the only daughter of this family. You only deserve to be trampled under our feet. Hahaha...hahaha!"

"No! No! I don't want to!" Shen Yanran opened her eyes in a cold sweat, staring blankly at the ceiling for a long time before slowly coming to her senses. It was just a nightmare she had just had.

But this dream realistically reflected her entire life before...

Shen Yanran subconsciously reached out and touched the spot next to her, but it was still cold and devoid of warmth. She was still all alone in the room.

"Mom..." Shen Yanran crossed her arms and hugged her shoulders tightly, whispering softly. It was the softest spot in her heart, and it seemed like it had been a long time since she had dreamed of her mother like this.

Although everything in the dream was terrifying, it was also an undeniable fact.

She herself didn't want to recall how she spent her years in the Shen family.

In particular, her father Shen Changtian's indifferent attitude towards her made her feel like an unnecessary presence.

She always thought that meeting Gao Yufeng was the luckiest thing that ever happened to her, but little did she know that he would be the one who hurt her the most.

Actually, if Gao Yufeng had said from the beginning that he didn't love her or didn't agree to get engaged to her, she wouldn't have insisted on anything.

But he gave himself hope only to plunge her into despair; he was truly ruthless!

Fortunately, God took pity on her and let her meet the man she least expected to meet in her life, the man who also took the initiative to give her happiness—Li Zhanting.

Shen Yanran silently looked up at the time on the wall. It was already past eleven o'clock. Li Zhanting had promised to come home early, but why hadn't he arrived home yet? Could something have happened?

Suddenly, several bright flashes of lightning streaked across the window.

The entire dimly lit bedroom flickered repeatedly.

Shen Yanran was clearly startled by the sudden bright light.

However, before she could calm down, another deafening clap of thunder resounded through the sky.

Frightened, Shen Yanran wrapped the blanket tightly around herself, not daring to look out the window again.

She has been afraid of thunder and lightning since she was a child.

Whenever there is a thunderstorm like this, she has to hold her mother and listen to her mother singing softly and tenderly before she can fall asleep.

After her mother passed away, she could only fall asleep with the help of the tape recorder her mother left behind; otherwise, she would suffer from insomnia all night long.

And that tape recorder she treasured had long ago been deliberately broken by Shen Yufei, so she could no longer listen to anything...

"Mom..." Shen Yanran trembled under the covers, unconsciously murmuring her most primal inner cry.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The thunder grew louder and louder, and Shen Yanran became more and more frightened. Under the covers, she helplessly covered her ears, hoping that the thunderstorm would pass quickly.

But Shen Yanran waited and waited, and the thunder continued to rumble. Finally, she couldn't take it anymore. She threw off the covers, her hands trembling as she picked up her phone from the bedside table. She quickly found Wen Qian's number and wanted to dial it, but then she felt it was too late. After hesitating for a few seconds, she changed it to the first emergency contact in her phone.

The phone rang several times but no one answered, and Shen Yanran almost broke down in tears.

Suddenly the phone was answered at that moment.

"Hello..." Li Zhanting's deep voice slowly came from the phone.

With slightly red eyes, Shen Yanran immediately brought the phone close to her ear and asked with suppressed anxiety, "Li Zhanting, why haven't you come back yet?"

Hearing her trembling and helpless voice, Li Zhanting slowly clenched his fist on the door and asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong?"

"It's thundering outside, I'm scared." This time, Shen Yanran spoke her truest thoughts directly, even with a hint of sadness and desolation.

Li Zhanting's eyes darkened slightly. He had considered all sorts of reasons why Shen Yanran would call him, but he never expected this.

Afraid of thunder...

Normally, only innocent children would find thunder terrifying, but Shen Yanran was clearly not being frightened for the first time, and it is very likely that she has had this psychological problem since childhood.

So many years have passed, yet she remains so afraid; there must be a special reason for this!

Thinking of all this, Li Zhanting couldn't help but feel sorry for his woman...