The mysterious CEO's endless pampering

Shen Yanran lowered her head shyly, took Li Zhanting's arm, and stopped him with a blush on her face, saying, "There's no need to go to so much trouble, I'm really fine."

"No, your opinion doesn't count. Listen to me," Li Zhanting said domineeringly, then pulled Shen Yanran's hand and sat her down on the soft leather sofa next to him.

Lin Ruoqi was incredibly jealous of Shen Yanran, who was standing between her and Li Zhanting at that moment!

She and Li Zhanting grew up together as childhood sweethearts. She had experienced many times when she suffered from severe menstrual cramps that made her unable to straighten her back, but he never showed any concern for her. Why should Shen Yanran be able to have such a problem?

Lin Ruoqi glared at Shen Yanran resentfully, then pretended to be understanding and said, "Zhan Ting, Miss Shen is not feeling well. Why don't you have someone take her home to rest as soon as possible?"

The address of "Miss Shen" sounded very polite, but anyone with eyes could see that Lin Ruoqi was indicating the closeness of their relationship, or rather, that she didn't approve of Shen Yanran at all.

Li Zhanting glanced at Lin Ruoqi with a complicated expression, then said indifferently, "When my wife and I go home is none of your business. Mind your own business."

Lin Ruoqi was shocked that Li Zhanting had become so cold towards her after only three months apart. "How could this be unrelated to me... Zhanting... when did we become so distant..."

Was it because he was afraid of upsetting Shen Yanran that he deliberately kept his distance from her?

Thinking of this possibility, Lin Ruoqi's hands, hidden under her sleeves, clenched until they turned white. She wished she could rush out immediately and completely separate the two people who were clinging to each other like conjoined twins.

Li Yanchen didn't expect Li Zhanting to say such cold and heartless words. He pushed the wheelchair in front of Lin Ruoqi with some heartache and whispered to comfort her, "Alright, Ruo'er, you know that Zhanting has such a bad temper. Don't take it to heart."

Lin Ruoqi bit her lip sadly and stopped talking.

Seeing her like this, Li Yanchen couldn't help but say to Li Zhanting, "And you, Zhanting, no matter what, we've been childhood sweethearts and good friends since we were little. Now Ruo'er is my wife and your sister-in-law. Don't say things that make people feel distant anymore."

Seeing his brother sitting in a wheelchair, unable to move easily, Li Zhanting swallowed back the words he wanted to say.

Seeing the somewhat awkward atmosphere, Li Shengtian immediately spoke up, "Alright, we're all family, no need to be so formal. Besides, it's Ranran's first time here, so it's only right that Zhan'er takes extra care of her."

Sun Mingyan then sat down next to Shen Yanran and said gently, "Ranran, if you're not feeling well, sit here and rest for a while. It's okay."

Shen Yanran nodded obediently, "Yes, I understand, thank you Grandpa and Grandma."

A moment later, Han Shengli, the old house's butler, brought over a cup of hot brown sugar water and placed it in front of Shen Yanran. "Second Young Madam, be careful, it's hot."

Shen Yanran nodded and was about to reach out to take it when a pair of large, well-defined hands snatched it away first. Then, Li Zhanting's deep, sexy voice rang out, "It's a little hot, let me feed you."

If this were in their own home, Shen Yanran would have accepted it naturally, but now they were in the Li family's old mansion, with several pairs of eyes watching her, and she was too embarrassed to let Li Zhanting treat her like this.

"No need, I can do it myself." As she spoke, Shen Yanran reached out to take the brown sugar water from Li Zhanting's hand.

Li Zhanting knew that Shen Yanran was shy, so he deliberately lowered his voice in her ear and said, "If you don't want me to feed you brown sugar water like I did when I fed you porridge in the hospital, then be a good girl and listen to me."

While feeding her porridge at the hospital...

Shen Yanran was so easily coaxed that her face turned red. She didn't dare to have any other thoughts and could only hold onto Li Zhanting's broad and warm hand and drink a few sips of brown sugar water.

Li Zhongnan originally wanted to give Li Zhanting some pointers or say something, but seeing how happy and sweet they looked, he didn't know how to start.

Jiang Meiling didn't care about all that. Her son had always been waited on hand and foot since he was little. Now, seeing him so tenderly taking care of another woman, she, as his mother, felt very uncomfortable. "Zhan Ting, what are you doing? She's not without hands. Let her drink it herself."

Shen Yanran sensed something was off when she walked in; it seemed like Li Zhanting's parents didn't really like her.

Although she had considered this possibility before coming here, she never expected that when she actually encountered this situation, her nervousness would turn into discomfort...

Seeing Shen Yanran's eyes gradually dim, Li Zhanting's handsome face also showed no kindness as he said, "My wife, I'm willing to spoil her. Mom, if you can't stand it, then don't look."

Jiang Meiling frowned angrily: "What? Zhan Ting, how can you talk to your mother like that?"

What's this? Does getting married mean you forget your mother?

Then she simply couldn't tolerate Shen Yanran continuing to stay by his side!

Li Zhongnan, being the head of the family, immediately frowned. "How dare you! Li Zhanting, I haven't even mentioned that you got married without the family's consent, and you dare to challenge your mother. Do I have to resort to family discipline before you'll speak properly!"

The Li family's rules are not something everyone can withstand, so Old Madam Li naturally had to step in to protect her grandson. "Let's see if you dare to use the family rules! My Zhan'er finally brought his granddaughter-in-law back to see us, and look at you and Meiling, have you given the child a single kind look since he came in!"

Li Zhongnan sighed helplessly and said, "Mom, this isn't about who's giving whom a hard time. Zhan Ting's marriage is related to the future of our Li family. I can't just stand by and watch him continue to act like this!"

"I think you're being ridiculous. This was supposed to be a happy occasion, but you two had to make things so awkward. What, have you forgotten what I said so quickly?" Li Shengtian glared at Li Zhongnan and Jiang Meiling with great dissatisfaction.

Li Zhongnan certainly understood the importance of continuing the family line, but that required a woman worthy of the Li family, and Shen Yanran was clearly not qualified.

He had heard a bit about the Shen family behind her; they were no longer as glorious as they used to be and might go bankrupt at any time. The Li family didn't want to take on such a troublesome hot potato for no reason.

But seeing how much his parents liked Shen Yanran, he didn't want to say anything too harsh and hurt their feelings. He could only wait until they were gone before making any plans.

As the eldest grandson of the Li family, Li Yanchen understood how important it was for a century-old family like the Li family to continue the family line. If he hadn't met with an accident, perhaps his family wouldn't be in such a hurry...

Thinking of all this, Li Yanchen said with a somewhat somber expression, "Mom and Dad, you know my current situation. I can no longer do anything for the Li family. We should be happy that Zhan Ting has found a girl he likes to marry. Don't overthink it. Isn't it better to just let things take their course?"

Li Shengtian nodded repeatedly in agreement, "Yes, yes, Yan Chen is right. Letting things take their course is good. I think it's about time, and everyone is hungry. Let's eat. Lao Han, tell the kitchen to bring the dishes."

Since Old Master Li had already said so, naturally no one would want to say anything that would spoil the atmosphere.

Jiang Meiling wasn't so oblivious; even if she was dissatisfied with Shen Yanran, she couldn't say anything now.

However, she wouldn't give up so easily. While everyone was heading towards the restaurant, Jiang Meiling took out her phone and sent a text message to one of the numbers, asking the other party to investigate all of Shen Yanran's background information as soon as possible.

In the restaurant.

Li Shengtian sat at the head of the table, with Old Madam Li on his left and Li Zhongnan and Jiang Meiling on his right.

Then came Li Yanchen and Lin Ruoqi, while Li Zhanting led Shen Yanran to sit opposite them, right next to Sun Mingyan.

Soon, more than a dozen sumptuous dishes were laid out in front of everyone.

Shen Yanran was so nervous before leaving home that morning that she barely ate anything. Now, smelling the delicious aromas on the table, she couldn't help but feel her mouth watering.

A short while later, the butler left the restaurant with the other servants.

Li Shengtian also picked up his chopsticks and said calmly to everyone, "Let's eat."

After he finished speaking, the others picked up their chopsticks and began to eat, as was the custom of the Li family.

Sun Mingyan then picked up one of the dishes and placed it in Shen Yanran's bowl, smiling gently as she said, "These are some dishes that I asked the kitchen to make especially for you young people. I don't know if you'll like them, but how about you try this?"

Shen Yanran could sense that, just as Li Zhanting had said, Old Madam Li loved her so much that she even put some food in her bowl to make her feel awkward.

Shen Yanran looked at Old Madam Li gratefully, "Thank you, Grandma, I like it very much."

Perhaps because she had been hungry so many times in the Shen family before, Shen Yanran never picked at her food and there was nothing she didn't like to eat. At that time, she only felt that being able to fill her stomach was happiness.

Shen Yanran was naturally not one to be ignorant of etiquette, and she ate quietly, only eating the dishes in front of her.

Li Zhanting, worried that she wouldn't have enough to eat, quietly picked up some dishes that she couldn't reach.

Looking at the bowl of food in front of her, which was almost more than rice, Shen Yanran quickly tugged at Li Zhanting's arm and whispered, "I've had enough. Don't just keep piling food on my plate, eat some yourself too."

As she spoke, she picked up a few more dishes from in front of Li Zhanting and put them into his bowl.

Li Zhanting was naturally happy to receive food that Shen Yanran had picked for him, but he paused slightly when he saw the few small pieces of golden egg in the bowl.

This scene was naturally witnessed by Lin Ruoqi, who was sitting opposite them and had been secretly observing them.

She thought Shen Yanran was so special that Li Zhanting would protect her so much, but she didn't expect that she didn't even know such a simple thing as what he liked to eat and what he didn't like to eat.

"Miss Shen, it seems you don't know much about Zhan Ting. How come you don't even know something as simple as that he doesn't like eggs?" Lin Ruoqi glanced at her disdainfully, then deliberately put on an air of knowing Li Zhan Ting very well. She picked up a plate of squirrel-shaped mandarin fish and placed it in Li Zhan Ting's bowl, smiling smugly. "Zhan Ting loves fish the most. This squirrel-shaped mandarin fish was made by me personally. Zhan Ting, try it and see if it tastes the same as the one you used to like?"