The mysterious CEO's endless pampering

Xu Fan waited quietly for Li Zhanting in the side hall.

But less than half an hour later, he was informed that he had come out, and seemed quite unhappy about it.

Without thinking too much, he immediately went to the garage and drove the car to the entrance.

Without waiting for Xu Fan to open the car door for him, Li Zhanting opened the door himself and got in, saying in a deep voice, "Drive."

By the time Li Shengtian caught up, Li Zhanting's car had already driven out of the old house and was nowhere to be seen.

Chen Rongrong was extremely embarrassed. Even if she was shameless, she couldn't continue. "Grandpa Li, Grandma Li, I'm sorry. It's all my fault for accidentally making Brother Zhan Ting angry today. I...I'm leaving."

Li Shengtian was also helpless, not expecting that his good intentions had backfired. So he said with some guilt, "Rongrong, it is Grandpa Li who should apologize to you for making you suffer such a great injustice."

Chen Rongrong knew very well that Li Shengtian was the most crucial person for her to enter the Li family. No matter how much resentment she had, she couldn't afford to offend him. "Grandpa Li, what are you saying? I was too eager to get closer to Brother Zhanting, which is why I made a mess of things. I will definitely be more careful next time. I hope Grandpa Li and Grandma Li won't dislike me."

"No, no, Grandpa Li likes you too much." The more well-mannered and knowledgeable Chen Rongrong was, the more Li Shengtian liked her and the more he hoped to match her with Li Zhanting.

Upon hearing Li Zhanting's words, Chen Rongrong felt that she had achieved half of her goal and saw no need to stay and play along with their act any longer. "Well, thank you for liking it, Grandpa Li. Well... I'll be going now. I'll visit you when I have time."

Li Shengtian waved to Chen Rongrong, "Okay, go back now, and give my regards to your grandfather."

After watching Chen Rongrong leave in her car, Li Shengtian returned to the living room and saw his wife eating an orange by herself. He asked curiously, "Why didn't you come out with me to see Rongrong off?"

"Didn't you go and deliver it?" Sun Mingyan said calmly.

Li Shengtian clearly sensed that something was wrong, so he sat down next to her and asked curiously, "Old woman, what's wrong with you? Don't you like Rongrong quite a bit too?"

Sun Mingyan didn't intend to hide anything from her husband, so she spoke frankly: "I liked her quite a bit when she first came. She's pretty, seems gentle, and polite—a good girl, but..."

Li Shengtian nodded in agreement, but quickly followed up with, "But what?"

“But Zhan’er doesn’t like her,” Sun Mingyan said with certainty.

"That brat doesn't just dislike Rongrong, I think he doesn't like anyone." Li Shengtian certainly knew that Li Zhanting didn't like her. He could tell just from what had just happened. Moreover, Li Zhanting had been single for so long, and he had been set up on blind dates more than once or twice, but he had never succeeded.

“Let’s not even mention the blind dates we arranged for him before. Take Chen Rongrong for example. It’s fine for a girl to be a little gentle, but someone like her, crying and whining over the smallest things, and never stopping, not only does Zhan’er not like her, but I don’t either. With a personality like that, she’s not suitable to be the granddaughter-in-law of our Li family.” Sun Mingyan felt a headache just thinking about how Chen Rongrong would cry more and more the more she tried to persuade her.

Ultimately, the Li family is not an ordinary family. What they need is a virtuous wife who can stand by Li Zhanting through thick and thin, not a pampered princess kept at home.

Even women need to learn to be independent and self-reliant. She doesn't look down on the kind of woman who relies on a man for her entire life.

Li Shengtian lowered his head and pondered for a while. He thought that Chen Rongrong was indeed a bit spoiled, but she was, after all, the granddaughter of his old comrade-in-arms. He felt a little embarrassed to just refuse her like that.

Having lived with Li Shengtian for most of her life, Sun Mingyan immediately saw through his thoughts. "Don't worry too much about it. As the saying goes, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. We, as elders, can only offer our blessings and not interfere. The more you force the two of them together, the more Zhan'er will resent it. In the end, if our grandson completely ignores us, I won't talk to you either."

"That won't do. If you ignore me, who else do you want to talk to?" Li Shengtian immediately widened his eyes and asked unhappily.

Sun Mingyan smiled, then took Li Shengtian's arm and said earnestly, "Then listen to me, don't interfere in Zhan'er's marriage anymore, let him make his own decision. I believe he will bring back a good granddaughter-in-law one day."

"When have I ever disobeyed you? Fine, I'll call Old Chen in a bit and tell him we're no longer destined to be in-laws." Li Shengtian nodded helplessly.

Anyway, compared to his wife, what does his pride matter?

Sun Mingyan said with relief, "Okay, then I'll call Zhan'er to let him know, so he won't keep avoiding us."

Li Shengtian sighed silently, got up and went upstairs.

Sun Mingyan picked up the landline and dialed Li Zhanting's number. After a short while, the call connected. "Zhan'er, why did you leave in such a hurry? Are you angry with your grandparents?"

Upon hearing Sun Mingyan's voice, Li Zhanting's cold expression softened slightly as he said, "No, Grandma."

“I know you’ve never liked being set up on blind dates by us, so I just talked to your grandfather. If you don’t like Chen Rongrong, that’s fine with us. We won’t force you or arrange any more blind dates for you. Just go about your business.” Sun Mingyan said in a somewhat heavy tone on the phone.

Li Zhanting knew very well that the reason his grandparents did this, introducing him to girlfriends time and time again, was to help him forget the past and start a new relationship as soon as possible.

Ultimately, it's all for his own good.

He had originally planned to announce his marriage to his family at a more appropriate time, but now it seems he needs to tell his parents the truth first. Otherwise, he's afraid that their constant worry about him will eventually take a toll on their health.

Li Zhanting was silent for a few seconds, then slowly said, "Grandma... I've always understood your and Grandpa's good intentions, but you've made me seem too fragile. I'm not a three-year-old child. You don't need to worry about me finding a wife. Besides, I'm already married. You'd better not bring this up, or your granddaughter-in-law will be angry with me."

"What! Zhan'er, what did you say? You're already married!" Sun Mingyan was so shocked she almost dropped the microphone. "When did this happen? How come I had no idea?"

Over the past three years, they have introduced countless girls to Li Zhanting and arranged numerous blind dates for him, but none of them have caught his eye. He is either working at the company or traveling all over the country on business trips. Apart from his male secretary Xu Fan, who is always by his side, they have never seen him have any contact with other women.

I almost thought he didn't like women and liked men!

The elderly couple were truly terrified. They only felt relieved after hiring a private investigator to find out that Xu Fan had a regular romantic partner.

But now, hearing Li Zhanting say that he was already married so suddenly, Old Madam Li found it hard to believe.

"We got our marriage certificate just three days ago. It was quite sudden, so I didn't have time to tell you," Li Zhanting said frankly.

After a moment of excitement, Madam Li quickly calmed down, feeling that the good news had come too suddenly. She even suspected that it was an excuse that Li Zhanting had made up to avoid their pressure to get married. "Zhan'er, tell Grandma the truth, you really have already gotten your marriage certificate. You're not just lying to us to comfort us, are you?"

Li Zhanting didn't expect his grandmother to react this way, and explained with a helpless smile, "Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, I'll send you our wedding photos in a bit, or you can go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to check and see if my marriage is real or fake."

Sun Mingyan wasn't unwilling to believe Li Zhanting's words, but the news came too suddenly, and she didn't know how to be happy. "No, you have to send me a photo of the marriage certificate right now. I need to confirm it in person."

"Okay, I'll send it to you right away." As soon as Li Zhanting hung up the phone, he immediately took out a photo of the marriage certificate that he had kept on his phone for a long time and sent it to Old Madam Li.

Madam Li rarely uses her mobile phone. At most, she uses WeChat to video chat with her children when she misses them, so her phone is always kept in her bedroom upstairs.

Just then, Grandpa Li finished his phone call with his old comrade-in-arms Chen Shiming. Although it was a pity that they couldn't become in-laws, their nearly half-century-long comradeship wouldn't change so easily. The two of them would still trust and support each other as they did when they were fighting.

The Li family and the Chen family will continue to maintain friendly relations.

In fact, Li Shengtian was already quite satisfied with the final result.

But as soon as he stepped out of the study, he heard his wife's excited voice coming from the bedroom, "Old man, old man, come quick, come quick!"

Li Shengtian thought something terrible had happened and rushed to the bedroom, where he saw Sun Mingyan holding her phone and excitedly saying, "That's wonderful! That's wonderful! Zhan'er is finally married! Old man, look, this is their marriage certificate, and look, this pretty young lady is our granddaughter-in-law!"

"What? A marriage certificate!" Li Shengtian thought he had misheard, so he quickly took the phone from Sun Mingyan's hand and zoomed in on the photo of the marriage certificate.

She was indeed a girl with exquisite features and an elegant demeanor.

Standing next to their grandson Li Zhanting, they looked like a match made in heaven, a pleasing sight to behold.

Her name is also very nice; it's Shen Yanran.

I wonder which Shen family's daughter she is?

Suppressing his excitement, Li Shengtian still asked with suspicion, "Wife, is this marriage certificate real or fake? Could it be a fake certificate that that brat Li Zhanting had someone make to make us happy?"