CEO He : Please Don't Love Me

Inside the huge conference room, a meeting was going on.

The room was dark and in the front, a huge screen was lit presenting some buildings and charts. Only the voice of a single man could be heard inside the room as he explained something about the things presented on the screen.

Everyone was looking towards the screen…

…Until they heard a sudden and continuous sound.

It was a ringtone …a phone's ringtone. 

The man who was explaining something stopped amidst his words. His eyes went a little wide and he looked at everyone inside the room.

Who forgot to switch off his phone while entering the conference room?

Either he was crazy or he has started to dislike his job in He Corporation. He could only think of this reason.

The room went bright suddenly and everyone instantly looked towards the man sitting on the head seat around the large table.

Secretary Zhou who was attending Chu Feng's duties in his absence had one of his fingers on a button…a button that when pressed switched on or off every light inside the room.

With his other hand, Secretary Zhou wiped his forehead with his handkerchief.   

He suddenly felt very fortunate that he was standing behind the boss. At least he was not the target of those ice-cold blue eyes.

On the other hand, the people who were currently the target of those cold and indifferent eyes gulped and immediately checked their pockets.

However, the strange thing was that no one found their phone ringing.

Confused everyone looked at each other and then at the man sitting on the head chair. However, seeing those cold blue eyes they immediately looked away.

He Jian's eyes were filled with displeasure as the sound of the phone was still going on.

"Boss, I think it is your phone."

Secretary Zhou finally gathered his courage and said to He Jian.

He Jian frowned and turned around to look at his secretary coldly. Secretary Zhou flinched under that cold gaze.

But suddenly He Jian turned around and checked his pocket.

The cold man suddenly seemed to remember that Chu Feng had bought him a new phone that was for his personal use a few days back.

Its ringtone was a little different from his previous one so he couldn't recognize that it was his phone that was ringing.

Secretary Zhou blinked his eyes in assurance to others signing that he was sure that it was the boss' phone. Seeing this, everyone was assured and sighed in relief.

When He Jian took out his phone and found that it was really ringing, his frown went deeper as he thought that it must be his grandfather who would be calling.   

That old man couldn't sit peacefully. He knew him very well.

He was about to switch off the phone, however, when he glanced at the number his frown vanished completely.

On the new screen of the new phone, bold and beautiful words displayed who was the caller. 

'Lanlan.'

In the corner of his heart, a sudden joy surfaced. After he had helped Mo Roulan get out of the prison that night, it was the first time Mo Roulan was calling him through his personal number.

And he was very happy about this thing.

He suddenly forgot his resolution of staying away from Mo Roulan for some time. 

He Jian immediately slid the screen to answer the call. In his excitement, he didn't even notice that his finger clicked on the speaker mode also.

And hence when the call connected, Mo Roulan's soft but panicked voice was the only thing that could be heard inside the silent room.

"Mr. He…"

Everyone was surprised when they heard a girlish voice and they couldn't help but look at each other with raised eyebrows…especially when they saw their boss frowning deeply and saying

"Lanlan"

They could not help but wonder who was the girl on the other side.

He Jian could sense that something was not right from Mo Roulan's voice.

Lowering down the phone a little, he raised his head to look around and finally noticed that Chu Feng has still not returned after dropping Mo Roulan and her brother at their apartment.

His blue eyes then fell on the employees that were staring at him and they instantly went cold.

However, Secretary Zhou was very meticulous in his job just like Chu Feng. Even before He Jian could say anything, he asked everyone to leave the room and then he too left with them.

In just a few seconds, the whole room was empty and He Jian finally relaxed his cold demeanor.

He put the phone back on his ear and then said gently

"Lanlan…is e…"

"Mr. He…h…help me… Mo Chen…they can't find him. I don't k…know wh…where he is."

Mo Roulan was crying very heavily on the other side.

He Jian's heart clenched in pain as he imagined what state she must be in. It had been so many days since he had heard her voice. However, this was not how he had wanted to hear her. 

It took him a few seconds to register what she was saying. He had already stood up from his chair and was walking towards the door of the room. Before exiting the room, he stopped at the door and asked as gently as he could

"Where are you now?"

"I…In your car."

He Jian sighed in relief and said again in a very gentle voice.

"Good…stay there. I will be there in a few minutes."

"Y…yes."

He Jian cut the call when he heard Mo Roulan agreeing with him.

As he exited the room, he took out another phone and dialed Chu Feng's number. At the same time, he signed Secretary Zhou to follow him.

The call connected just in a few seconds.

"Boss, I was about to call you."

"What happened?"

He Jian asked as he entered the elevator.

Before the elevator closed, Chu Feng had already told him whatever he knew and He Jian put down the phone.

"Call at the forest department near City H's borders. I want whatever footage they have of their forests from today."

"Yes, Boss."

Secretary Zhou immediately started to do the said work while He Jian sighed in frustration.

It frustrated him to wait for these few minutes. From her voice, Mo Roulan looked very panicked and worried a few moments ago.

He really wanted to fly to his Lanlan and tell her that everything will be fine.

He will make everything fine.