CEO He : Please Don't Love Me

'You can go and tell anyone whatever you want.'

"What secret is she talking about?"

Shen Weisheng put down his phone with a frown on his forehead. He was currently sitting inside his office in Shen Enterprises.

However, instead of working on his office documents, he was reading something else.

On the table were placed a heavy file that described everything about Shen Youlin's life in the past few years… or that was what Shen Weisheng was told.     

At this moment, he had just finished hearing the recording his secret detective had sent him…the detective that he had hired to investigate Shen Youlin's life.

This detective was very good at his work. As soon as Shen Weisheng told him to investigate Shen Youlin's social circle after seeing those messages on her phone last night, he hacked Shen Youlin's phone and send him this recording of a phone call which he was told not from long before.

"You Youxin…"

Shen Weisheng whispered the name of his so-called cousin sister in a cold voice.

He wouldn't even have known that she was his cousin's sister if the detective had not told him that she belonged to You family.

But with what secret of Shen Youlin You Youxin was threatening her?

Shen Weisheng didn't have any answer to this question. So he stood up from his chair and at the same time called his secretary.

"Sir"

The secretary entered the office in just a few moments. 

"Keep an eye on the You family. The You family daughter…as soon as she tries to contact any member of Shen family… drag her in front of me."

"Yes, Sir."

With these words, Shen Weisheng exited his office followed by his secretary. 

He glanced at his wrist and sighed in relief when he saw that it was still some time left in Shen Youlin's college ending.

'Don't let her feel lonely.'

His psychologist friend had told him when he had asked him for some advice about Shen Youlin's depression.

Although he was still not certain whether Shen Youlin was depressed or not, he doesn't want to take any chance. 

He would not leave his sister alone when she needs him. This time Shen Weisheng had promised himself. Although he doesn't know how to take care of someone, he will learn it for his younger sister.

Shen Weisheng was about to step inside the elevator when he heard someone calling him.

The cold and indifference Shen Weisheng instantly back as he turned around and looked at the woman approaching him.

The woman was none other than his so-called mother, Shen Zhilan.

"Where are you going?"

Shen Zhilan asked as soon as she was in front of Shen Weisheng. A frown marred the middle-aged but beautiful woman's forehead.

Shen Weisheng, however, answered quite coldly without revealing anything. 

"I have some work."

Shen Zhilan thought that he must be going out for some office work so her expression eased a little and she said

"Send someone else to do that work. For now, you need to come with me."

Saying this, she turned around expecting Shen Weisheng to follow her obediently.

But as soon as she took a few steps she seemed to have remembered something and turned around only to find Shen Weisheng standing at the same spot.

"Weisheng, We are getting late. Come fast."

Shen Weisheng still didn't move from his place and said in his emotionless voice.

"My work is more important so I will leave to do that."

After that, he didn't care for the startled expression on his mother's face and silently entered the elevator.

It was only when the door of the elevator was about to get closed, Shen Zhilan came out of her stupor and called Shen Weisheng in a loud voice. But her anger only increased when she didn't see Shen Weisheng making any attempt of stopping the elevator.

So like this, Shen Zhilan saw her son, who had never disobeyed her, going against her for the first time.   

Somewhere in the future, Shen Zhilan would wonder what would have been her life if she had taken Shen Weisheng's disobedience as a sign and had tried to change herself.

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Inside the quite study room, Chi Rong sighed and leaned against his chair while closing the laptop with his hands.

The sweet aroma of the food wafted through his nose surrounding the whole study room making him remember just how he intentionally had left the door of his study room open.

Good food was the weakness of the CEO of Chi Industries.

If this fact became known to people in business, industries then many people would successfully have got their projects and investments accepted by Chi Rong by taking advantage of this fact.

Chi Rong liked to eat good food very much but he couldn't reveal this fact to anyone.

Perhaps because for him, it was just equal to revealing his weakness to everyone.

So the middle-aged CEO opened his own restaurants or should it be said a chain of restaurants, not only in China but in foreign countries itself to have a reason for his visit to the good chefs and tasting the dishes made by them.

He was just doing business in other people's eyes by doing this.

Chi Rong sighed again when he felt the sweet aroma becoming stronger and finally stood up from his chair.     

How many years it has been since he had been so eager to eat anything?

Chi Rong smiled and felt pleased by his decision of working from home for today. Every day he usually comes late for dinner and eats breakfast in hurry to leave for his office. As for lunch, it was always sent to his office. So the poor he had missed this sweet aroma even though the meal he ate was made in the kitchen of his mansion only.

A memory flashed through his mind as Chi Rong found himself walking down the stairs quickly.

In his childhood, he used to run inside the small apartment he and his mother used to live in just like this.   

His mother… Chi Rong remembered how his mother used to tell him that she had learned cooking only for him. She wanted her son to eat the food made by her hands.

Although she was a newbie, she was skilled in cooking.

The food made by her hands was best in Chi Rong's eyes. So best that he never found the same taste again in any dish after his mother's death until…

…until he tasted the dish made by a waitress in one of his own restaurants.

  Lin Qinaru…the middle-aged woman didn't know that Chi Rong could pay twice, thrice, or even more than that of her salary just for the food she cooked every day in the kitchen.

Because the food made by Lin Qianru's hands made him feel alive.

Chi Rong would find himself close to his mother every time he ate that food and because he had lost his mother quite at a very young age, he treasured this feeling very much.

Chi Rong came out his thoughts when the sweet aroma slowly started to convert in a smell…a very bad smell.

Something was burning.

With a frown, he increased his pace and immediately entered the kitchen.

"Miss Lin"

"Huh?"

Lost in her own thoughts, Lin Qinaru was startled being called out suddenly.

It took her a few moments to register everything as she saw a hand reaching out in front of her and switching off the stove.

Her eyes widened when she smelled the air.

The dish she was cooking was burnt.

"Miss Lin, are you alright?"

She heard a voice and immediately turned around only to find Chi Rong standing behind herself.

Lin Qinaru mentally sighed at her fate.

This was the first time she had ever been irresponsible at her job …and Mr. Chi just had to see her irresponsibility and its consequences this once by himself.

"Mr. Chi, I am really sorry that I didn't pay attention. Please don't fire me. You can cut my salary but please don't remove me from this job. I will be more careful in the future."

Lin Qinaru bowed again and again and requested in front of Chi Rong who looked at the whole situation with a startled face.       

'Firing her…he would not think of that even if she burns down this whole kitchen.'

However, he couldn't say these words to Lin Qianru.

Chi Rong has seen many people in his life and had learnt that once they get to know about your weakness then they don't take even a second to take your advantage.

He wouldn't want Lin Qianru to know that he liked her cooking very much only to see her act snobbish after that and demand more than an ordinary cook should deserve.

So with a cold face, he waved his hand in the air waving the bad smell away, pretending to dislike whatever happened and said

"Leave all these to the servants. They will clean this."

Lin Qianru had not expected him to say these words instead of giving her a harsh scolding.

"Have you made some other dishes?"

At the question, she immediately nodded her head and said

"Yes, Mr. Chi. You can eat them. This… I was preparing desert… but it is not eatable now."

Chi Rong was a little disappointed as he had smelled the aroma of the dish and was quite sure that it would have tasted good if he could have eaten it, but he didn't show it on his face. 

"That's alright. Just bring the cooked ones for lunch."

He said coldly and exited the kitchen.         

Flustered Lin Qianru hurriedly served the dishes in bowls and brought them to the table. Today, no servant was there in the dining room and Lin Qianru didn't bother to call for them.

She served everything in Chi Rong's plate by herself. By doing this, she was trying to lessen the guilt she was feeling because of her negligence in the kitchen.

How could Chi Rong notice this? 

Seeing the woman in front of him jumping here and there with a flustered expression on her face, as she served the dishes in his plate, Chi Rong shook his head with a smile when Lin Qianru was not looking at him.

He unconsciously remembered the incident where Lin Qinaru had helped the waiter and even had tried to hide it from him. 

'I was being careful in front of her in vain.. She is too naïve to do such things.'