The mysterious CEO's endless pampering

Jiang Meiling was completely taken aback by Li Zhanting's return at this time, feeling somewhat embarrassed. However, her words were like water spilled, impossible to take back. So, she embellished the story, saying, "Zhanting, you have no idea what happened! If you keep spoiling her like this, something terrible is bound to happen sooner or later! Let me put everything else aside, just look at that wretched cat Shen Yanran brought home. It's a stray cat! Do you know how many bacteria and viruses it carries? You adults aren't afraid of getting infected, but my grandson is! He's only three months old. If he gets infected, he'll have nowhere to cry!"

Li Zhanting gave her a sharp look, "This is none of your business."

Jiang Meiling's eyes instantly reddened with grievance as she said, "Zhan Ting, that's going too far! That's my own grandson! You don't care, but I do!"

Li Zhanting said in a cold voice with a hint of impatience, "The reason I agreed to let you come here to see the children is because I know you like them and love them. But that doesn't mean you can do whatever you want here under the guise of doing what's best for them. So in this house, whether it's people or cats, you have no right to decide their fate. If you can't accept me, then please leave."

Using love as a pretext for moral blackmail is Jiang Meiling's consistent tactic, and he's tired of hearing about it.

Before, they said it was for his own good, but now they say it's for his son's good.

Why can't she see that they don't need her superficial kindness?

Perhaps it was the sound of Li Zhanting returning that made Rou Rou feel safe, and she slowly crawled out from under the bed.

Shen Yanran had been anxiously watching under the bed, so she spotted Rou Rou the moment it emerged. Not daring to be too excited, she slowly bent down and, as it trembled slightly, pulled it into her arms. "Okay, Rou Rou, be good. Mommy's back. Mommy will protect you."

Rou Rou seemed very aggrieved; her pointed little ears had turned into airplane ears, and she was hiding in Shen Yanran's arms, meowing softly.

Shen Yanran's heart ached even more at this moment. "Don't be afraid, Rou Rou, Mommy will take you back to your little nest."

She thought that putting Rou Rou in its familiar environment and giving it some treats to comfort it would help.

But when Jiang Meiling saw Shen Yanran's actions, she immediately flew into a rage. "Shen Yanran, what do you mean? Are you deliberately trying to embarrass me in front of my son? It's just a stray cat, filthy as hell, and you're holding it like a treasure. Don't you respect me at all? I told you to throw it away, did you hear me?!"

Shen Yanran never wanted to argue with Jiang Meiling. She had endured as much as she could. "Mom, you are my elder, and I respect you. You can tell me any opinions or requests you have. I will do my best to help and change as much as I can. But Rou Rou is innocent. It is true that it used to be a stray cat, but that was not its choice. If it were a person, no one would want to be a stray if they had a home to go back to. Besides, the problem you are worried about will never happen. Why can't you tolerate it?"

Jiang Meiling had absolutely no sympathy for this lowly creature. "A beast is a beast. No matter how pitiful you make it sound, it's still a beast that can't understand human language. Even if it's as you say, that it doesn't have any diseases and can't spread them, can you guarantee that it will never scratch my grandson with its claws in its entire life?"

Shen Yanran couldn't guarantee the same for other cats, but she was confident in Rou Rou's abilities.

Rou Rou's behavior last night said it all. "I can guarantee that Rou Rou will never hurt the children in her life, is that okay?"

Jiang Meiling felt that Shen Yanran was too selfish, only caring about herself and completely disregarding the child's safety. "What's the use of your promise? If the child is really scratched or bitten, he'll have to get a rabies vaccine. How can such a small child endure that? I don't think you deserve to be a mother!"

Shen Yanran thought Jiang Meiling was simply unreasonable. Rou Rou was just a cat with a gentle personality. She got along well with the children last night. There was no need to worry about the kind of thing Jiang Meiling was talking about. But she just didn't understand. There was nothing she could do. "Whether I am fit to be a mother or not is not up to you. Since you don't like seeing Rou Rou, I will take her away."

Shen Yufei had been hiding behind Jiang Meiling, afraid that her identity would be discovered, but she couldn't stay still. Seeing that they were arguing fiercely, she took advantage of a moment when no one was paying attention and whispered in Jiang Meiling's ear, "Madam, no matter how much you say, it's useless if they don't listen. If you ask me, the best way to prevent the young master from getting hurt is to get rid of that stray cat forever."

Jiang Meiling gritted her teeth, staring at the orange cat in Shen Yanran's hand. A sinister glint flashed in her eyes. Just as Xiaoyu said, instead of trying to reason with her, it would be better to just let her get rid of the cat directly.

So the moment Shen Yanran turned around, she rushed over and snatched the cat from her hands.

Shen Yanran was completely taken aback when Jiang Meiling took the cat away. She said incredulously, "Mom, what are you doing? Give me the meat."

Jiang Meiling gripped the meat tightly, her eyes filled with malice, and said, "Give it to you? Dream on! I would never leave such a menace in the house to harm my precious grandson. Since you're so kind and can't bear to throw it away, then I'll be the bad guy and throw it out myself!"

She'd do anything as long as her grandson could grow up healthy, even though she utterly loathed these hairy creatures!

Shen Yanran had a wish since she was a child: to have her own pet, whether it was a cat or a dog. But at that time, Han Liwen thought that animals smelled bad and wouldn't allow her to have one.

Later, her mother passed away, and her father became extremely indifferent to her. Feeling particularly lonely, she secretly raised a kitten, but Shen Yufei still found out and, in front of her, made the Shen family's nanny throw the poor kitten away.

She searched for a long time afterward but couldn't find it. Finally, she heard that it had been picked up by a neighbor's child and then tortured to death. She cried for several days after finding out and even developed a high fever.

So she absolutely couldn't let something like this happen again. "No, you can't throw away the meat. Once it's gone, you can't get it back. You can't be so cruel to me!"

Li Zhanting's deep, dark pupils grew even colder. "Give the cat back to Yanran, or I'll force you to take action against me."

No matter how much he disliked his troublemaking mother, he never intended to hurt her. However, if she actually did what she said, he would not show her any mercy.

"Zhan Ting, this time I won't listen to you no matter what. Even if you resent me, for the sake of our Li family's grandson, I will eliminate any future troubles." Jiang Meiling didn't know where she got the courage, but she didn't even listen to Li Zhan Ting.

Because Rou Rou was uncomfortable holding Jiang Meiling and was afraid of her smell, it started to struggle and meow, revealing its sharp claws and scratching and biting everywhere.

Jiang Meiling clearly didn't expect the cat in her arms to suddenly rebel. It had been so well-behaved when Shen Yanran was holding it, which is why she dared to try and snatch it away.

Cats are animals after all, and their nature is to protect themselves. Once they encounter what they perceive as danger, they will do everything in their power to escape.

So, in order to escape Jiang Meiling's magic wand, Rou Rou scratched her a few times and bit her before finally breaking free.

Jiang Meiling, who had been scratched and bitten, immediately screamed in pain, "Ah, my arm, my face, it hurts so much!"

Jiang Meiling cares most about her face. She uses increasingly expensive skincare products and goes to beauty salons more than three times a week to maintain her beautiful appearance.

Otherwise, how could she have stood out from so many candidates for the Li family's daughter-in-law and attracted Li Zhongnan's attention?

But now it's all ruined by a cat, and such a dirty cat at that. Jiang Meiling went crazy instantly. She wanted to find the cat and settle the score, but the cat had already disappeared without a trace.

Then she could only vent her anger on Shen Yanran, who refused to throw the cat away. "Shen Yanran, it's all your fault! You insisted on keeping that wretched cat. Look what it did to my face! It's bleeding!"

Shen Yanran never expected things to turn out this way, but if she hadn't insisted on throwing away the meat, then snatched it away, making it uncomfortable and causing it to resist, she wouldn't have gotten hurt.

But it was too late to say anything now. Jiang Meiling was indeed injured, and her face, which was so important, was injured. All she could do was apologize on behalf of Rou Rou, saying, "I'm sorry, Mom. Rou Rou definitely didn't mean to. Please don't touch the wound. I'll take you to the hospital."

Jiang Meiling refused her kindness, saying, "I don't need your fake concern. If it weren't for you, would my face have been injured? If I have a scar on my face, I will never forgive you. Zhan Ting, you saw how your wife treated me. This time, you must stand up for me!"

Li Zhanting saw that she had only been scratched a few times by the cat, and the scratches weren't deep. He figured that some medicine would help, and it would heal in a couple of days. It wasn't as serious as she claimed. But since she had been scratched by a cat, a rabies vaccine was still necessary. However, he had to make some things clear first. "I can't make decisions for you. You have to blame yourself for getting into trouble with a cat. I'll give you two choices: either you take your things and leave, or I'll take you to the hospital for treatment."

Jiang Meiling's eyes widened in shock. How could her son still speak up for that bitch Shen Yanran when she was injured?

"Zhan Ting, I'm your mother! My face is all ruined like this, how can you still side with her?"

Li Zhanting had completely lost his patience. His face was expressionless as he said in a deep voice, "She's my wife. If I don't side with her, who will? As for you, if you still want to keep your face, come to the hospital with me right now. Otherwise, if you get a scar, you'll be the one who suffers."