CEO He : Please Don't Love Me

There was a soft smile on Shen Yiling's face.

Fang Zhihan's eyes narrowed for a moment and then he suddenly jumped up from his chair.

"Oh yeah…I remember now. You're the small girl who used to run behind us boys always demanding to play with you with snot on her face all over."

Shen Yiling's cheeks went red and she lowered her head in shame while Shi Fengju glared at Fang Zhihan.

Fang Zhihan first shrugged his shoulders and then he saw that Shen Yiling indeed seemed to be very embarrassed so he said with a smile

"Yiling, I was just joking with you. Don't take it to heart."

Shen Yiling raised her head and smiled softly but inside her heart, she was very satisfied with whatever Fang Zhihan did. Because it only showed that he still remembered which will help her more to get involved with them.

She then looked at his brother, Shen Weisheng who was looking at her coldly and her smile faltered for a moment but she composed it very soon.

"Hello brother, it has been very long since I saw you. Come to the Shen Mansion often. Grandpa misses you very much."

Shen Weisheng stared at her for a few seconds and then just nodded his head.

Shen Yiling looked helpless seeing his cold behavior, however, inside her heart, she was cursing Shen Weisheng.

If she had known that he was still so close to Young Master He Jian then she would not have to scheme so much to get Shi Fengju on her side. However, the next moment she herself was not sure whether her brother would be willing to help or not. After all, her brother has always been very cold to her no matter how she has tried to get closer to him.     

Fortunately, he didn't try to snatch her mother's attention from her so she didn't mind his cold behavior much and always stayed out of his business.

Her eyes roamed around the room until they fell on the cold and indifferent man who didn't even raise his head to glance at her and seemed to be very busy working on his phone.

Her heartbeat sped up and for a moment she couldn't move her eyes away from him.

His aura, his cold, and indifferent behavior always made her wonder what he would be like when he would love someone. Her mother had told her that this kind of man only loves one person in their life that too very passionately.

That's why when she had seen He Jian for the first time she had determined to become that person in his life.

Such kind of a man…if she really got him then wouldn't she become the source of envy of everyone? The world would lie on her feet and everyone would look at her with respect.

She came out of her trance when she felt her arm being squeezed. She glanced sideways with a frown and saw Shi Fengju was looking at her with a startled face. The next moment, she composed her expression and smiled softly.

They walked towards the round table and took their seats. Since there were only four chairs around the table, Shi Fengju asked the waiter to put one more chair.

The waiter entered and placed one more chair around the round table.

Shen Weisheng was sitting on the left side of He Jian and on the right of He Jian, there were two vacant chairs. Seeing the opportunity, Shen Yiling hurriedly walked towards the vacant chair before Shii Fengju could sit on that chair.

No one noticed her action as they were busy deciding what to order or answering their own mails on their phone. 

Seeing this, Shen Yiling carefully pulled her chair closer to He Jian's chair.

He Jian who had been silently reading the mails on his phone frowned suddenly when a strong scent of perfume entered his nose.

Without raising his head, he dragged his chair more towards Shen Weisheng. Until now, the waiter had stepped out of the room after taking the order so everyone noticed He Jian's actions.

The excited smile on Shen Yiling's face stiffened instantly when she saw this.

Under the scorching gazes of everyone, she could only lower her head and silently accept the humiliation.

In fact, no one felt anything strange by seeing He Jian's actions. As they knew that He Jian had always been like this. However, they could see that Shen Yiling was feeling embarrassed by He Jian's actions so no one said anything to embarrass her more.

Sensing her low mood, Shi Fengju felt distressed and held his hand under the table.

Shen Yiling raised her head and smiled at him tightly and that made Shi Fengju's heart ache more. He couldn't help but look at He Jian with a frown.

He was about to say something when the waiter entered the room and he closed his mouth silently.

The round table was filled with different kinds of dishes.

He Jian put down his phone and picked up his chopsticks.

Shen Yiling saw that he had finally raised his head so she tried to think of something to make him look at her. She had prepared so much for today. She put so much effort into getting ready and look beautiful for him.

Every man would be dazed when they look at her even when she dressed in simple clothes. So when her mother brought her a short dress she didn't hesitate to wear it.

'First, attract him by your beauty and gentleness. Eventually, he will lose his heart to you. Every man is like this.'   

Her mother had told her.

However, when Shen Zhilan said these words she perhaps couldn't remember the unsuccessful example from her own life.

She couldn't remember that she couldn't win her own husband's heart by walking down the same path she was showing to her daughter.

But Shen Yiling didn't know all this. She followed her mother's words.

"Brother Jian, try this. You will definitely like it. When I had come here last time, I have liked this dish very much."

She picked something with her chopsticks and said softly while putting it on He Jian's plate.

Si Fengju's eyes widened when he saw Shen Yiling putting something on He Jian's plate while Fang Zhihan clutched his forehead while shaking his head.

Shen Weisheng was still very silent as if the girl in front of him was not his own sister.   

On the other hand, He Jian frowned in displeasure seeing the coming chopsticks towards his plate.

"Stop."

He said in a cold voice.

Shen Yiling was so startled by his cold voice that her hands trembled and the dish in her chopsticks fell down…

….on He Jian's pants.

Heavy sighs were heard in the room. At the same moment,  the temperature seemed to drop very swiftly.

Shen Yiling's eyes were wide as she looked at the stained pants.

Why is everything happening so opposite to what she had planned?

She couldn't accept it.

Hot tears fell down from her eyes one by one and she said in a trembling voice.

"I'm sorry,…brother Jian. I didn't…. mean to…intentionally…"

With this, he must feel sorry for her, right?

However, He Jian was still looking at his stained pants with a cold frown. Shi Fengju was afraid that he would do or say something that would hurt Shen Yiling more.

Holding Shen Yiling's waist with his hand he said

"Jian…Yiling didn't do it intentionally. I  apologize to you in her place."

He Jian raised his head and faintly glanced at Shen Yiling and Shi Fengju. He looked at Shi Fengju's arms around Shen Yiling's waist and a few moments later his frown smoothened and he said

"It's alright. I'll go and change it."

With that, he stood up from the chair and left the room.

The room's temperature seemed to be back at normal. Everyone released a sigh of relief but Shen Yiliing was not satisfied with this outcome.

She pushed away Shi Fengju's arm away with dissatisfaction when Fang Zhihan and Shen Weisheng were not looking at her.

Shi Fengju knew that she must be upset so he didn't say anything and picked dishes for her.

But Shen Yiling suddenly stood from the chair and whispered

"Excuse me, I need to use the restroom." 

And then she exited the private room.

As soon as she was outside, she wiped her face with the back of her hands and brought out her mirror from her purse. After confirming that she looked fine, she asked the waiter where the male's restroom was.

While walking towards the male restroom, Shen Yiling checked her looks again and again.

When she was outside the door, she just waited there for He Jian.

He must have misunderstood her when he had seen Shi Fengju's arm on her waist.

She needs to explain to him that she was not in that kind of relationship with Shi Fengju. Otherwise, she would lose him even before winning his heart.

The door of the restroom opened and Shen Yiling immediately looked towards the door.