The mysterious CEO's endless pampering

When Lin Ruoqi woke up, it was already noon the next day.

Li Yanchen stayed by her bedside the whole night without closing his eyes, holding her hand and staring at her face, waiting for her to wake up.

So the moment Lin Ruoqi opened her eyes, Li Yanchen immediately asked with concern, "Qiqi, you're awake. How are you feeling? Is there anything that's bothering you?"

Lin Ruoqi immediately pulled her hand away from his, turned her head to the side, and said in a hoarse voice, "Didn't you want to divorce me? Why do you still care about whether I live or die?"

Li Yanchen said with great remorse and guilt, "Qiqi, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. Actually, I didn't want to divorce you either, but seeing you in so much pain every day, I just couldn't bear it, so I... It's all my fault, I promise I'll never say anything like that again."

Li Yanchen was Lin Ruoqi's last resort, and she would never divorce him no matter what. However, the things he said before she fainted did hurt her.

But why? Why did his attitude suddenly change?

Was it because she fainted?

Li Yanchen could tell she was still angry, so he continued to try to appease her, saying, "You've slept for so long, you must be hungry. Come and have some porridge to replenish your energy."

Lin Ruoqi remained unmoved. She didn't want to forgive Li Yanchen so easily, otherwise what would she do if he brought up divorce again later?

Seeing that Lin Ruoqi was still not moving, Li Yanchen spoke the truth, "Qiqi, I know you're still angry with me. You can hit me a couple of times or scold me a couple of times to vent your anger, but please don't use your body to spite me, okay? Besides, you're carrying our baby in your belly."

Lin Ruoqi paused for a moment, then quickly turned her head and asked in surprise, "What did you mean by 'our baby' just now?"

Li Yanchen smiled indulgently: "Silly girl, what else could it mean? It means you're pregnant. You're only about two weeks along, it's still very early. The doctor said you have signs of miscarriage and you need to be taken good care of at the hospital."

Pregnancy, need to protect the pregnancy?

This unexpected good news instantly brought tears to Lin Ruoqi's eyes, yet she couldn't believe it. Her hands trembled as she touched her belly, "Is there really a baby here?"

Li Yanchen nodded solemnly and said, "It's true, of course it's true. Why would I lie to you about something like this?"

Lin Ruoqi was finally able to put down the huge weight on her heart. She no longer had to be ridiculed by Jiang Meiling every day, nor ignored by the Lin family!

Li Yanchen once again brought the hot porridge to Lin Ruoqi's lips and asked, "Can you drink the porridge now?"

Lin Ruoqi nodded, then drank the porridge in Li Yanchen's hand clean.

Seeing that Lin Ruoqi's complexion had returned to normal, Li Yanchen suggested, "Let's tell our family about this good news later and let them be happy too."

Lin Ruoqi's eyes flashed, as if she had thought of something, and she immediately refused, "No, we can't tell them."

Li Yanchen gave Lin Ruoqi a strange look. "Why?"

Lin Ruoqi casually made up an excuse and said, "Because...because I'm still trying to protect my pregnancy. What if...what if something goes wrong after I tell you? Wouldn't that be all for nothing? So let's not say anything for now."

"No, Qiqi, I found the best OB-GYN in the country, there won't be any problems, don't worry."

"I think we should wait until I'm discharged from the hospital, or when we return to China, it would be great to give them a surprise in person."

"Hmm...okay, let's wait until we get back to China to talk about it. By the way, Zhan Ting told me that he and Yan Ran are getting married next month. How about we tell them the good news then, so it'll be a double celebration?"

Lin Ruoqi nodded without any objection this time and said, "Okay, we'll do it your way."

But what she was thinking was not so simple.

After all, having a child naturally made her thoughts more profound, and since it concerned the future of the child in her womb, there were some things she had to plan ahead of time.

Although Li Yanchen lost her right to be the heir of the Li family due to her disability in both legs, it doesn't mean that her children are not eligible.

She didn't compete before because she wasn't qualified to, but now it's different. She has a "trump card" in her belly that she can fight for, so why shouldn't she compete!

With this in mind, Lin Ruoqi stayed in the hospital for a full week before being discharged, making sure that the child would be fine.

Meanwhile, back home, preparations for Li Zhanting and Shen Yanran's wedding were almost complete.

Shen Yanran also thought it was time to tell Shen Guohua the good news. If his health allowed, she hoped that he could come to witness her happiness in person.

But for some reason, she called Shen Guohua's cell phone several times without getting an answer. She was getting worried and was about to ask Li Zhanting to drive her over to see what was going on when Shen Guohua called.

"Grandpa, are you alright? I called you several times but you didn't answer," Shen Yanran asked immediately with great concern.

"Your grandfather is fine, he just took his medicine and fell asleep," Shen Changtian replied, sounding slightly nervous on the phone.

Upon hearing Shen Changtian's voice, Shen Yanran immediately became alert. "Shen Changtian? How did Grandpa's phone end up in your hands?"

To avoid arousing suspicion, Shen Changtian immediately changed the subject and lashed out at Shen Yanran, "You really have no manners! Do you think you can call me by my name? I'm your father!"

Shen Yanran's originally elegant face wrinkled unconsciously. "If you ask me how many times I've severed ties with you, you're not my father. My only family in this world is my grandfather."

"You ungrateful wretch...you...Alright, I'm not going to waste any more words on you. Your grandpa's asleep now, don't disturb his rest. I'm hanging up." Shen Changtian hung up the phone immediately after saying that, and even turned it off.

When Shen Yanran called back, she indeed only heard a human voice. But the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. Even if her grandfather was asleep, he wouldn't have handed the phone to Shen Changtian. Moreover, he seemed to be in a hurry to hang up on her.

Shen Yanran's intuition told her that something bad might happen, so she immediately ran to the study and said to Li Zhanting anxiously, "I think something might have happened to Grandpa. Please take me there to see him quickly."

"Okay, don't worry, I'll drive you there right away." Li Zhanting immediately put down his work and carefully escorted Shen Yanran to the underground parking lot to get his car.

Meanwhile, Shen Changtian sat in front of Shen Guohua's hospital bed, staring at his ventilator again and again. After all, he was his biological father, and he dared not really kill him.

But the day he had to repay the loan sharks was drawing ever closer. If he didn't act soon, his life might really be in danger. Just when he was in a great dilemma, Du Yuzhi arrived.

On the surface, they came to visit Shen Guohua, but in reality, they wanted to know exactly when he would die so they could receive a huge insurance payout.

However, judging from Shen Changtian's appearance, he seemed hesitant to make a move, which put her in a difficult position.

These past two days, she's been secretly meeting with Momo outside, telling her several times that she wants to invest in business and, once she makes money, give her and the child a complete family.

Du Yuzhi promised to give him ten million, but since Shen Changtian didn't make a move, she wouldn't get a single penny.

Du Yuzhi feigned concern and asked, "Changtian, how is Dad? What did the doctor say?"

Shen Changtian sighed helplessly and said, "The person wants to wake up, but he has to be kept alive by a ventilator and someone has to watch over him 24 hours a day."

Du Yuzhi rolled her eyes and asked in a low voice, "Then...when do you plan to make your move? I recently heard that Li Zhanting is going to hold a wedding with Shen Yanran. She will definitely come here to see the old man first. If she finds out something, we won't be able to get anything."

Holding a wedding?

Shen Changtian was somewhat surprised. He thought that her relationship with Li Zhanting was not going to last long and that they would eventually divorce. He didn't expect that they would actually hold a wedding. It seems that he really underestimated Shen Yanran's abilities.

If he had known earlier that Shen Yanran was a better man than Shen Yufei, he would not have agreed to break up with her in the first place, and he wouldn't be in this predicament due to high-interest loans.

“This is my dad, not some kitten or puppy that you can just kill. Give me some time to think about it.” Shen Changtian was still somewhat hesitant.

"Changtian, it's not that I don't want to give you time, it's that the loan sharks don't want to give you time. They've already contacted me, saying that if you don't pay back the money within three days, they'll kidnap me and sell me. I'm carrying your son in my belly right now. Even if you don't think about me, you should at least think about our son's future." After saying this, Du Yuzhi took Shen Changtian's hand and placed it on her belly, looking at him pitifully.

For my son's future?

After a long internal struggle, Shen Changtian finally made up his mind to unplug Shen Guohua's ventilator for his own sake and for his son's.

He pointed to the door and said to Du Yuzhi, "Just in case, you go outside and keep an eye on things for me."

Du Yuzhi immediately agreed, "Okay, then hurry up."

The ward fell silent.

To ease his conscience, Shen Changtian could only mutter to the still-sleeping Shen Guohua, "Dad, I know I'm sorry for what I'm doing, but I had no choice. Who told you to give all the valuables in the company and the house to that heartless little beast Shen Yanran, leaving me to live on that meager salary from my nominal position in the company? And Yuzhi finally got pregnant with a son, so our Shen family will have an heir, but you only have Shen Yanran in your heart and don't consider your future grandson at all. So you forced me to do this, please don't blame your son for being heartless!"

After saying his last words, Shen Changtian reached for the ventilator plug, about to unplug it, when his hand was suddenly grabbed tightly. "What are you doing?"