The mysterious CEO's endless pampering

Li Zhanting gently rubbed Shen Yanran's soft, warm palm against her skin. "Silly girl, I don't mean to blame you. I just don't want you to be in any danger."

If he could, he would even want Shen Yanran to stay by his side at all times and never leave him.

Shen Yanran suddenly moved her face close to Li Zhanting, staring intently at the noble and extraordinary man before her, and softened her voice as she said, "But I really want to go to work, and I also want to have my own dreams to fulfill, so... please let me go, okay?"

Li Zhanting's eyes suddenly darkened. This was the first time he had seen Shen Yanran act coquettishly since he had known her.

Unable to bring herself to say anything to refuse, she could only reply, "That depends on your performance."

Having been with Li Zhanting for so long, Shen Yanran understood what he meant almost instantly, but she still couldn't help feeling shy. "Then close your eyes."

Li Zhanting slightly raised his handsome eyebrows, a dark glint flashing in his deep eyes. "Alright."

Watching the man slowly close his eyes, Shen Yanran hesitated for a few seconds before finally giving him a gentle kiss on his thin, sensual lips.

However, the moment she left, the man's warm, broad hands gripped the back of her head tightly, turning the gentle kiss into a deep one.

The kiss almost made Shen Yanran gasp for breath, and she unconsciously gripped the man's pajamas tightly.

Only after Li Zhanting had kissed him to his heart's content, having kissed him enough of the kisses he had missed over the past two days, did he finally let go.

Shen Yanran didn't know why, but every time Li Zhanting held her firmly in place, she felt as if she had forgotten to breathe, and was so nervous that she almost fainted.

Looking at Shen Yanran's lips, Li Zhanting suddenly chuckled softly, "It seems I still need to help you practice more."

Shen Yanran took several deep breaths before feigning displeasure and refusing, "I don't want to."

Li Zhanting asked with ill intent, "Are you really sure you don't want it?"

"No means no. I'm going to be late for work, I'm not playing with you anymore." Shen Yanran immediately got out of bed, giving Li Zhanting no chance to catch her again.

Li Zhanting smiled helplessly. Was he really that scary?

No sooner had Shen Yanran stepped into the bathroom than Li Zhanting followed her in. She gave the man a wary look and asked, "Why are you following me?"

“I’ll take a shower with you,” Li Zhanting said matter-of-factly.

Even though it wasn't the first time Shen Yanran had seen a man with such a perfect physique, she still found it hard to resist this early in the morning.

Back when Wenqian was a fan of celebrities, she was so dismissive of those young heartthrobs' looks and physiques. She never imagined that she would be so easily tempted today.

She felt her heart was about to jump out of her chest, and she even started to stammer, "Who...who wants to shower with you? You...you get out of here, ladies first."

How could Li Zhanting, who is 188cm tall, possibly be pushed by Shen Yanran, a petite woman who is only 168cm tall, unless he wanted to move her, but he obviously didn't want to move her now.

Then he grabbed the small hand that was struggling to move and held it tightly behind his back.

In an instant, Shen Yanran pressed herself against the man's body. Li Zhanting said in a deep voice with a hidden meaning, "Wife, haven't you heard the saying, 'When men and women work together, it's not tiring.' I'll help you wash faster."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yanran could only manage a wry smile. "Are you sure how that sentence should be used?"

"I'm absolutely certain..." Li Zhanting said, bending down to pick up Shen Yanran and carrying her to the large bathtub at the far end of the bathroom...

In the end, Shen Yanran was still late, and a full hour late.

She was late on her second day of work, and it was because she was taking a shower with Li Zhanting. She really couldn't come up with such an embarrassing reason.

Zhao Qingying was giving instructions to her secretary when she saw Shen Yanran rushing into the company. She was a little surprised, then waved her hand and told her secretary to leave first. "Just do as I say."

Shen Yanran quickly walked up to Zhao Qingying and interrupted her apologetically, "I'm sorry, President Zhao, I'm late. I promise this is the last time, there won't be a next time."

Zhao Qingying chuckled and shook her head. "It's alright, Yanran. Your husband already called the company to ask for leave for you. Didn't you know?"

Who helped her ask for leave?

Her husband... Li Zhanting!

Shen Yanran shook her head, her face slightly flushed. "I don't know, he didn't tell me."

Zhao Qingying smiled gently, "Maybe your husband feels sorry for you and is afraid that you, a workaholic, will be unhappy if you find out. But speaking of which, I didn't expect you to get married at such a young age."

Shen Yanran subconsciously touched the spot on her right ring finger and nodded gently, "Yes, we just got married last month."

"Oh, really? If I had met you a few months earlier, I might have been able to attend your wedding. But it's okay, I'll still give you a red envelope. I'll give you a big red envelope on the day you give birth to your baby."

Shen Yanran quickly waved her hand to refuse, "No need, Sister Qingying. I'm already very grateful to you for letting me work here and giving me such an important position. There's really no need for a red envelope or anything like that."

Zhao Qingying had actually noticed the dazzling diamond ring on Shen Yanran's right hand at the banquet last time, but she had to leave in a hurry before she could ask about it. She heard that a lot of things happened afterward, and she wondered which woman was so lucky that a man was willing to donate 100 million yuan to her.

"Why are you being so polite with me? It's all only right. But you probably won't be having a baby so soon, will you?" Zhao Qingying suddenly asked with some concern.

"No, I don't plan to have children so early," Shen Yanran said truthfully.

Besides, she and Li Zhanting don't even have that... child, so there's even less chance of them having one...

Zhao Qingying nodded. "That's good. I have something to do and need to go out for a bit. You go ahead and do your work too."

Shen Yanran watched Zhao Qingying leave before turning and heading towards her office.

But she was surprised to find that Zhang Ye was not at the company, and it seemed that her things were all gone from her workstation. Had she resigned?

Just as she was wondering, she suddenly heard two employees coming out of the break room talking: "You went out on business, you don't know, Zhang Ye went to General Manager Zhao's office early this morning to resign, and gave away all her belongings at her workstation. I heard she found a rich husband and is going to be a rich housewife."

"You must have misheard. With Zhang Ye's looks and background, what rich man would marry her? I bet she'll end up as someone's mistress."

"Whether she becomes a young mistress or a concubine, she's found a rich man and won't have to worry about food and clothing anymore. But speaking of which, it's quite strange. Didn't she take Designer Shen to his hotel to rest last night? Then she disappeared all night, not answering my calls or replying to my WeChat messages. I thought something had happened to her, but I didn't expect her to resign as soon as she arrived!"

"Yeah, it's pretty strange. Designer Shen seems to have taken the day off as well. Do you think something happened between them yesterday that we don't know about?"

As soon as they finished speaking, the two saw Shen Yanran's figure, quickly lowered their heads, and left hand in hand.

Shen Yanran frowned slightly, feeling that Zhang Ye's resignation was related to her.

So she went back to her office and told Wenqian about it via WeChat.

Wen Qian, however, felt that Shen Yanran was overthinking things. "Maybe she resigned because she felt guilty and didn't dare to face you. Don't listen to the gossip in the company. Eleven out of ten pieces of news are false. That's just how the workplace is!"

Shen Yanran put down her phone and glanced out the bright sunshine. Was she really overthinking things?

Soon, Wenqian sent another WeChat message: "Don't think about it anymore, just focus on your work. By the way, I'm going to meet a blind date tonight, will you come with me?"

"It's not appropriate for me to go with you on your blind date, is it?" Shen Yanran didn't want to be a third wheel.

"No, you have to come with me. What if I don't like that blind date guy? You're still here to help me escape this misery!"

Shen Yanran smiled helplessly and quickly typed a few words, "What am I supposed to do if you fall in love with the man you went on a blind date with? Watch you two show off your love?"

"Of course not. If I like him, I'll introduce you to him too, and then the three of us can hang out together," Wenqian replied casually.

Shen Yanran was both amused and exasperated. "Thank you so much. You still think of me even after you succeeded in your blind date."

Wen Qian was determined to have Shen Yanran accompany her, so she sent the address directly, "You're welcome. Here's the address. See you at seven o'clock tonight!"

Shen Yanran looked at the address on WeChat, which happened to be near Li Zhanting's company, so she sent Li Zhanting a WeChat message: "What time do you get off work tonight?"

Li Zhanting set special ringtones for all the contact information related to Shen Yanran on his phone. So, he, who usually doesn't look at his phone, is now someone who is inseparable from it, just so that he can receive all of Shen Yanran's messages as soon as possible.

"Six o'clock, what's wrong?"

"How about I get off work at 5:30 and come over to have dinner with you?" Shen Yanran extended a dinner invitation.

Although Li Zhanting was somewhat surprised, he quickly agreed, "Okay, what do you want to eat? I'll have Xu Fan make a reservation at a restaurant."

"No need for all that trouble, just go to that mall near your company, we can have dinner and a movie all in one go, and you can even set me up on a blind date while you're at it." Shen Yanran was replying to Li Zhanting's WeChat message when she suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, so she typed faster and didn't realize that she had typed the wrong message at the end.

Li Zhanting was fine when he saw the first half of the sentence, but when he saw the second half, his face darkened and he stood up from his chair. He made a phone call and said, "Say it again, what do you want me to do with you?"