The mysterious CEO's endless pampering

If it weren't for Shen Yanran's presence, Lin Ruoqi believed she wouldn't have been ignored by Li Zhanting like this.

Back then, he knew how good their relationship was and how much she loved him!

"Zhan Ting... I know I was wrong back then, I'm sorry to you, but you know, it was all because my family forced me to do it, I didn't want to..." Lin Ruoqi could no longer bear Li Zhanting's indifference towards her, and she hurriedly began to defend herself.

Li Zhanting snorted dismissively, "Lin Ruoqi, don't think too highly of yourself. I won't say anything to you in front of my brother, but that doesn't mean you can bully my woman at will. You'd better remember what I said today, or you'll face the consequences!"

Lin Ruoqi's beautiful face was instantly covered with large tears, her pitiful appearance making people feel sorry for her.

Unfortunately, Li Zhanting didn't even bother to glance at her. The reason he returned to the old house today was to put his grandparents at ease and to give Shen Yanran a proper status, not to rekindle his old flame with Lin Ruoqi.

Even if Lin Ruoqi had the thickest skin, she couldn't withstand Li Zhanting's repeated coldness, especially since it happened in front of Shen Yanran.

Lin Ruoqi glared fiercely at Shen Yanran, then turned around angrily, covered her face, and ran out.

Looking at Lin Ruoqi's mournful figure, Shen Yanran suddenly asked in a cold and curious voice, "What did you do to her that she still can't forget you after all these years?"

Li Zhanting's deep, ocean-like eyes darkened slightly as he looked at Shen Yanran's slightly displeased expression. A glint flashed in his dark eyes as he kneaded the fair, delicate hand that was clasped between his fingers, and asked in a low voice, "Are you... jealous?"

Shen Yanran was slightly taken aback. What? She was jealous?

"No, if you don't want to say, then forget it. Just pretend I didn't ask." Shen Yanran said with a cold expression, as if she really didn't care.

Li Zhanting stretched out his slender fingers and gently pinched Shen Yanran's fair and delicate cheek, saying with a pleasant expression, "Look at what you've done to yourself, and you still say you're not jealous of me?"

Shen Yanran gave a cold smile and denied it again: "I said no, and I don't mean no."

Li Zhanting, however, became even more certain that Shen Yanran had truly made a mistake, and felt a surge of joy. He said in a low voice, "Fine, if you say no, then no. But there's nothing I can't say about Lin Ruoqi and me. We really did grow up together as childhood sweethearts, and I treated her like a younger sister. Until the night she married my older brother, everything changed..."

Given Li Zhanting's background, not just any woman has the opportunity to get close to him. Unless he himself is willing, he will not allow any woman to approach him easily.

Lin Ruoqi is a little different; the Lin family and the Li family behind her are old friends.

The two companies had a lot of business dealings, so their interactions were naturally more frequent.

At that time, the Li family only had ten-year-old Li Yanchen and eight-year-old Li Zhanting. The third son of the Li family, Li Xintong, had not yet been born.

Lin Ruoqi, the only girl by their side, was someone they were protecting.

Moreover, Lin Ruoqi at that time was indeed very innocent and cute, cheerful and lively, bringing a lot of joy to the two Li brothers.

Li Yanchen has always been groomed as an heir, and he needs to learn all sorts of instructions, which is a pressure that is not something someone his age should be able to bear.

However, Li Zhanting grew up with his parents, the old master and the old lady, and was raised in a free-range manner. He grew up according to his own nature and was like a little tyrant among his peers, with no one daring to mess with him.

However, they all doted on Lin Ruoqi and treated her like a younger sister.

But as time went on, everyone realized that siblings who were not related by blood were destined to change one day.

Li Yanchen likes Lin Ruoqi very much, but Lin Ruoqi likes Li Zhanting.

At her 18th birthday celebration, Lin Ruoqi received a special gift from Li Zhanting, which she took as an assumption that he also liked her.

However, when she wanted to confess her feelings, she discovered that Li Zhanting had already joined the army and had been gone for seven years.

It wasn't until one day when the Li family informed Li Zhanting that Li Yanchen was going to marry Lin Ruoqi that he returned from the army to the Li family to attend the wedding.

Li Zhanting had originally taken leave from the army to return home, so after the wedding, he could only stay at home for one night before he had to rush back.

That very night, he finally saw what kind of woman Lin Ruoqi truly was!

That evening, Li Yanchen drank a lot of alcohol because he was happy about his wedding, and he got so drunk that he passed out.

Li Zhanting had no choice but to drag him back to the room. Just as he was about to leave, Lin Ruoqi blocked the doorway, refusing to let him go. "Zhanting, long time no see, how are you?"

"Yes, it's fine." Li Zhanting replied calmly in a deep voice, "It's getting late, take good care of my brother and get some rest."

Lin Ruoqi, however, seemed to have suffered some injustice, and suddenly burst into tears, saying, "Zhan Ting, why didn't you come back sooner? Why did you have to join the army? With your abilities, you could have inherited the Li family, and I wouldn't have been forced to marry your brother."

Forced?

Where did this begin?

He always believed that they got married because they were truly in love.

"What do you mean by that? Don't you like my brother?" Li Zhanting frowned slightly and asked in a low voice.

Lin Ruoqi shook her head without hesitation, "Of course I don't like him. The person I like is you. I always wanted you to come back from the army, but you were gone for seven years, and I had no choice but to marry Brother Yanchen."

"You're overthinking it. I don't like you, and there's no such thing as an impossibility between us. Forget about it." Li Zhanting didn't want Lin Ruoqi to misunderstand, nor would he give her any hope.

Lin Ruoqi refused to accept Li Zhanting's indifference towards her. She suddenly stepped forward, hugged him tightly, and deliberately rubbed her soft body against him, saying, "How could I not like you, Zhanting? We grew up together as childhood sweethearts, twenty years of friendship! How could you not have any feelings for me? Look how much I've grown up..."

Li Zhanting never imagined that the woman he had always taken care of like a younger sister would one day do something so crazy to him, especially on her wedding night with his brother.

Li Zhanting shoved Lin Ruoqi away, his dark, deep eyes filled with a chilling coldness, devoid of any former affection. "Enough, Lin Ruoqi, you're already married to my brother, you're his wife and my sister-in-law. Please have some self-respect!"

Lin Ruoqi seemed to have made up her mind, holding onto Li Zhanting's arm tightly and refusing to let go. "No, no, I like you. You're the one I've always wanted to marry, but the heir of your Li family is Li Yanchen. My parents just won't agree no matter what. Zhanting... how about we elope? I'm willing to follow you to the ends of the earth!"

"Are you crazy!" This time, Li Zhanting really showed no mercy, throwing Lin Ruoqi aside. "Lin Ruoqi, I'm warning you, don't go too far, or the consequences will be something your Lin family can't afford!"

Although the marriage between the Li and Lin families appears to be a business alliance, in reality, the Li family is providing relief to the Lin family.

The financial crisis that year came too suddenly. Apart from the Li family, a century-old family with strong financial resources and a solid foundation that was hard to shake, almost all other business tycoons went bankrupt overnight.

The Li family and the Lin family have been friends for decades, and it's impossible for the Li family to just stand by and watch the Lin family fall apart. They want to inject funds to help them.

However, the Lin family feared that the Li family might use this to infiltrate their finances or even swallow them up, so they came up with the idea of ​​a business marriage.

In this way, the two companies will not only share both prosperity and adversity, but they can also support each other and expand their respective industries.

Therefore, the Lin family decided to marry their only daughter, Lin Ruoqi, into the family.

Lin Ruoqi was overjoyed at first, thinking that the person she was going to marry was Li Zhanting. She was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night.

However, when her parents told her that the person she was to be married off to was Li Yanchen, the first heir of the Li family, she almost immediately turned hostile and refused to marry him, saying that she would marry Li Zhanting instead.

How could Lin Ruoqi's parents let her do whatever she wanted? Besides, only marrying the eldest son of the Li family would be more beneficial to the Lin family. If she had a son or daughter in the future, she could directly gain half of the Li family's inheritance rights by virtue of her son. How could they let go of such a perfect marriage partner?

But Lin Ruoqi refused to marry Li Yanchen even if it meant death, and went on a hunger strike for several days because of it, until she discovered that many people kept coming to the Lin family to collect debts.

Unable to bear the harassment any longer, Lin Ruoqi realized that the Lin family was truly facing bankruptcy and had no choice but to compromise and marry Li Yanchen.

However, on her wedding day, when she saw Li Zhanting again, she suddenly regretted it. She still couldn't let go of him, and she was unwilling to let go.

That's why she took advantage of Li Yanchen's drunkenness to boldly get close to Li Zhanting.

She thought that Li Zhanting didn't like her before because she was too young and lacked femininity, but now it's different. She has become sexy and mature. As long as she uses her tricks, many men will be willing to fall at her feet. She thought Li Zhanting would be no exception. Shouldn't people in the military be even more eager for women?

"Zhan Ting, why don't you understand? The person I love is you. I married your brother entirely because he is the first heir of your Li family. If that person were you, then we could naturally be together. Besides, are you really willing to hand over the Li family to your brother alone? Have you never thought about competing with him and taking control of the Li family yourself?"

"Shut up!" Li Zhanting was completely enraged. He never expected that Lin Ruoqi would harbor such restless thoughts about the Li family. He glared fiercely at the woman in front of him, who had become quite scheming, and said with disdain in his cold eyes, "If I hear you say such a thing again, I will kick you out of the Li family. Then no one will be able to protect you!"