The mysterious CEO's endless pampering

"No, that's not true." Shen Yanran immediately denied it, her bright and beautiful face flushed.

Li Zhanting's sexy, thin lips curved into a captivating smile as he said, "You really didn't miss me at all?"

Shen Yanran's claim that she didn't want to was obviously a lie. How could she not want to be with a man who always thought of her and cared about her? It's just that she wasn't good at expressing her feelings, and she was too embarrassed to admit it so directly.

But she was afraid of hurting his feelings if she completely denied it, so she could only nod shyly, which was taken as an admission.

Seeing her nod, Li Zhanting was already satisfied. "Okay, good girl, I missed you too. But it's really too late now. No matter what you're doing, you can't continue, okay? Get some rest."

Shen Yanran was also worried about his health. "Okay, I know. You too, don't work too late. It's not good for your health."

"Okay, I promise you. Go to sleep. Goodnight," Li Zhanting said softly in an extremely gentle voice.

Shen Yanran, holding her phone, sat on the bed and gently waved goodbye to Li Zhanting. "Okay, goodnight. You can hang up now."

"No, I can't hang up until I see you fall asleep," Li Zhanting suddenly said domineeringly.

Shen Yanran smiled wryly, "How can that be? I can't just keep holding my phone and let you watch me sleep, can I?"

"Put your phone on my pillow. I'll hang up after I see you're asleep," Li Zhanting said in a deep voice, leaving no room for refusal.

Shen Yanran knew that he would be unhappy if she refused, so she simply did as he said and hid her phone next to her pillow. She smiled helplessly and said, "Is this what you mean?"

Li Zhanting nodded and replied, "Yes, that's it. Go to sleep."

Shen Yanran lifted the covers and lay down, facing Li Zhanting, who was lying in the same position in the camera. Her cherry-red lips curved slightly, "Goodnight."

Li Zhanting's deep, ocean-like eyes reflected Shen Yanran's serene and beautiful sleeping face as he softly replied, "Goodnight."

Shen Yanran slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep with a blissful expression.

The next day at 7:30, Shen Yanran set her alarm clock and it went off right on time.

She slowly opened her eyes, looked at the pristine white ceiling, silently stretched, and then sat up in bed.

While she was still somewhat drowsy, she suddenly heard a familiar and pleasant voice from beside her pillow, "Good morning, wife."

Shen Yanran immediately perked up, picked up her phone and looked at Li Zhanting, who had also just gotten up, and asked in surprise, "Don't tell me you didn't hang up the phone all night?"

Li Zhanting readily admitted, "Yeah, I couldn't bear to let you sleep alone, so I left it on until morning."

Shen Yanran didn't know what to say.

Suddenly, my phone beeped with a low battery warning: "Your phone has only 20% battery left."

"My phone is almost out of battery, so I'll have to talk to you later." Shen Yanran sighed silently as she looked for a charger. This phone is really something else; the screen has been on all night, and it still has so much battery left. It's really something.

"No, you haven't given me a good morning kiss yet." As soon as Li Zhanting finished speaking, he brought his excessively handsome face close to the camera.

Shen Yanran was truly exasperated by his childish behavior, "Does kissing you mean I can hang up the phone?"

Li Zhanting thought for a moment, raised his handsome eyebrows slightly, and said in a deep voice, "That depends on where you kiss me."

Even though it was through the camera lens, Shen Yanran was still captivated by the man's deep and sexy face, and she was happy to kiss him wherever he was. "Okay, then I choose to kiss his forehead."

Li Zhanting seemed somewhat dissatisfied with Shen Yanran's choice, but he couldn't force her to kiss his lips, since he could only see Shen Yanran on camera and couldn't touch her.

He never expected that Shen Yanran would kiss him on the camera, right where his lips were visible in the shot.

Even through the screen, Shen Yanran was incredibly shy. She closed her eyes, gave him a gentle kiss, and that was enough to satisfy the man's request. "Is this alright?"

Looking at Shen Yanran's rosy cheeks in the camera lens, Li Zhanting, who was clearly very happy, still said with a touch of arrogance, "Hmm, not bad."

Shen Yanran glanced at the clock on the wall, which showed eight o'clock, and immediately said, "Okay, I'm not going to joke with you anymore. I'm going to be late. I really have to hang up."

"Okay, then be careful when you go out, don't rush, and be safe." Before hanging up the phone, Li Zhanting still made sure to give Shen Yanran a few more instructions.

Shen Yanran is clearly a 26-year-old adult, but Li Zhanting always treats her like a child, giving her careful instructions over and over again. She is afraid that if she continues to be spoiled by him like this, she will really become like a child who depends on him for the rest of her life.

"I understand, President Li. Don't worry, I will definitely be careful," Shen Yanran replied solemnly in front of the camera.

At that moment, Xu Fan came over and knocked on the door, reminding Li Zhanting that it was almost time for his company meeting. Even though he was reluctant, he had no choice but to hang up the phone.

Shen Yanran also put down her phone and immediately turned around to go to the bathroom to wash up.

Then, I changed into a smart little suit, grabbed the computer I had prepared all night, and hurried downstairs.

The housekeeper, Zhong Ping, who had just prepared breakfast, saw Shen Yanran come downstairs and immediately greeted her with a smile: "Good morning, young mistress. Breakfast is ready. Please eat it while it's hot."

Seeing that there was no time left and not wanting to disappoint Uncle Zhong, Shen Yanran said, "I'm sorry, Uncle Zhong, I'm in a hurry to leave and don't have time to eat. Could you please find a thermal container to pack it for me so I can eat it on the way?"

"Okay, Madam, I'll go prepare it right away. Please wait for me for two minutes." Uncle Zhong didn't know that Shen Yanran was going out today, otherwise he would have prepared it earlier. But it was too late to say anything now, so he immediately followed Shen Yanran's instructions and asked the kitchen to pack a hot breakfast again.

A short while later, Zhong Ping placed the packed breakfast in Shen Yanran's hands and said apologetically, "Madam, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were leaving so early this morning. Next time I will definitely prepare earlier so that you can have a full stomach before you go out."

As Shen Yanran took the breakfast box, she shook her head and said, "Uncle Zhong, it's not that serious. It's just breakfast. It's my fault for forgetting to tell you last night that I'm running out of time. I have to go now."

With that, Shen Yanran hurriedly left with the breakfast.

When she arrived at the door, she saw He Shan park in front of her in the limited edition Bentley van that he had driven the night before.

Wearing a brand-new Armani suit, He Shan quickly got out of the driver's seat and respectfully opened the back door for Shen Yanran. "Boss lady, hello, I am the bodyguard arranged for you by the boss. My name is He Shan. Please get in the car."

Shen Yanran immediately recognized the resolute-looking man in front of her as the bodyguard that Li Zhanting had left behind to protect him the previous night.

Although she was very grateful to the man named He Shan, she felt there was no need to keep him around to protect her. "I'm just an ordinary person, I don't need bodyguards."

He Shan seemed to have anticipated Shen Yanran's response, and immediately bowed deeply to her, saying with utmost sincerity, "The boss said that while he's away from Haicheng, I will be responsible for your safety. If I cannot guarantee your safety 100%, I will be sent back to where I came from. So... Madam, please let me stay!"

Seeing that He Shan had already put it this way, Shen Yanran couldn't refuse any longer. "Alright then, but could you please not follow me around like in the movies?"

"No problem, I will protect you secretly and make sure I don't disturb your normal life."

Protecting someone secretly doesn't feel quite right, but she can't very well make things difficult for them or prevent them from working.

Blame Li Zhanting for treating her like a child and sending a bodyguard.

It seems that she will have to have a serious talk with him about this issue once he returns to China.

However, when she looked up at the car in front of her, she found that it seemed a bit too flashy and dazzling. It might not be a good impression if she drove such a luxury car to her new company. "He Shan, do you have any more ordinary cars in the garage? I don't want to be too conspicuous when I go out."

A more ordinary car?

As far as he knew, all of the boss's cars were limited editions worldwide, with even the most ordinary ones costing tens of millions of yuan. There probably wasn't a car that the boss's wife wanted.

He Shan went through the process in his mind and then said with certainty, "I'm sorry, ma'am, no."

Shen Yanran realized that asking was pointless; how could a man as powerful as Li Zhanting possibly drive an ordinary car?

Shen Yanran stopped worrying about it, got into the car, and said calmly, "Fine, let's just drive this one for now. You can park it further away later."

He Shan followed closely behind and returned to the driver's seat. "Okay, boss lady, where are we going?"

"Go to No. 48, Tuanjie Road, Central Avenue, Shanqian District." Shen Yanran told He Shan the company address that Zhao Qingying had sent her the night before.

He Shan was a native of Haicheng and was familiar with all the neighborhoods. Upon hearing the address Shen Yanran gave him, he immediately started the car. Without even looking at the navigation, he knew which route was the fastest and most convenient.

Shen Yanran originally thought the journey would take 40 minutes, but He Shan dropped her off 15 minutes early and drove very smoothly on the way, allowing her to finish her breakfast without any problems.

"He Shan, please park the car here, that's fine," Shen Yanran said softly as they approached Zhao Qingying's jewelry company.

"Okay, boss lady." He Shan parked the car smoothly in the safest spot on the side of the road, then immediately got out and went around to the back door to open it for Shen Yanran. "Boss lady, be careful with your head."

"Thank you." Shen Yanran said thank you, then took her laptop bag, got out of the car, took several deep breaths, and slowly walked towards the jewelry design company called Fairy.