Volume One, Chapter 11: If You’re the CEO, I’ll Call You Grandpa!

Holding the room card, Liu Ruyan sank to her knees in despair. If Chen Feng left Xinhai, she would never allow him to manipulate her. But Chen Feng hadn’t left, forcing her to reconsider. After all, she was doomed to be ruined by Cheng Sanfei sooner or later; what did it matter if that day came a little sooner or later? As long as Chen Feng was safe, she was willing to sacrifice everything—even death.

“Chen Feng, I’m sorry!”

After crying for a long time, Liu Ruyan stood up, ultimately deciding to follow Cheng Sanfei’s wishes. As the elevator doors opened wide, Chen Feng stepped out. Instinctively, Liu Ruyan backed away, hiding the room card behind her back. Reaching the trash bin, she slipped the card inside, fearing Chen Feng might see it.

“Ruyan, I was just about to look for you. What’s wrong?” Chen Feng approached, his eyes filled with concern as he saw her reddened eyes.

Before leaving, Liu Ruyan had said she would marry him in the next life. Chen Feng feared she might harm herself, so he had come to find her. Meeting her just as he stepped out of the elevator surprised him.

“N-nothing…” Liu Ruyan lowered her head, avoiding his gaze.

“You were going upstairs to find me just now?” Chen Feng asked.

“Yeah… I wanted you to leave Xinhai quickly. Otherwise, Cheng Sanfei really won’t let you go, and there’s also Qingcheng Group…” Before she could finish, Chen Feng gripped her shoulders firmly and looked her in the eye.

“Ruyan, trust me. I’m not afraid of Cheng Sanfei at all. To me, he’s not even an ant.”

“And don’t worry about Qingcheng Group. Didn’t you see Lan? She was giving me a massage and even kissed me. Do you think she would harm me?”

“Honestly, tonight’s welcome party at Qingcheng Group? It’s actually in my honor!”

Chen Feng hadn’t planned to reveal this, but fearing that Liu Ruyan might take drastic action, he decided to tell her the truth.

Liu Ruyan was bewildered. She chose to ignore the first two statements but focused intently on the last.

“Feng Gege, what did you say? Tonight’s welcome party at Qingcheng Group is for you? It’s held for you?”

The Qingcheng Group welcome party was meant to honor the behind-the-scenes president. Could Chen Feng really be that person? It seemed impossible—Liu Ruyan couldn’t believe it.

Having spent a month in the Tianshan Mountains, she knew a bit about Chen Feng. An orphan taken in by his master, this was likely his first time coming down from the mountains. How could he be the secret president of Qingcheng Group?

Qingcheng Group was a multinational corporation with subsidiaries all over the globe and in Huaguo. Such a company couldn’t possibly be run by someone under twenty years old. Besides, Chen Feng had been living in the mountains all along. He was an orphan, completely unrelated to the Qingcheng Group’s leadership.

“Yes, Ruyan, you don’t have to worry about anything. Just wait to marry your Feng Gege!” Chen Feng nodded in response.

“Hopeless!” Liu Ruyan shook her head, then grabbed Chen Feng and hurried toward the parking lot.

Once inside the car, Liu Ruyan looked at Chen Feng and asked, “Feng Gege, did you bring the plane ticket?”

A plane ticket? What plane ticket? She had thrown it in the trash.

Chen Feng shook his head. “Lost it.”

“You…” Liu Ruyan was furious. “Feng Gege, how could you become like this? When we were kids, you were so steady and never bragged. But now? You’re just a blustering show-off.”

“Bragging aside, you don’t even have a hint of self-awareness. Do you think Xinhai is the Tianshan Mountains? Xinhai is a cruel place where the strong devour the weak. Do you understand?”

“You lost the plane ticket! Do you know how early I got up just to buy that ticket to save you from danger? I didn’t even have time to wash up…”

Liu Ruyan had never felt such disappointment before. If it weren’t for a belief she had held for thirteen years, she would have walked away without a second thought.

“Ruyan, do you really think I, Chen Feng, am such a worthless person?” Chen Feng began to understand that Liu Ruyan had never truly believed in him, seeing him only as a blustering fool with no substance.

“Feng Gege, I want to believe you, but how can I? Should I believe you’re not afraid of Cheng Sanfei or that you’re the secret president of Qingcheng Group?” Liu Ruyan softened her tone, speaking earnestly.

“You’re right. I grew up in Tianshan, so you probably won’t believe what I say,” Chen Feng admitted.

“Let’s go to your house first. Tonight, I’ll take you to the Qingcheng Group welcome party. Aren’t you interested in the project developing the western suburbs? I’ll settle it with a single word.”

“If I accomplish that, will you believe me then?”

Seeing Chen Feng still so earnest in his nonsense, Liu Ruyan gave up trying to argue. She felt he was beyond help.

She pressed the accelerator and drove through the streets, aimless, tears streaming down her face.

Without the plane ticket, the airport was no longer an option. Where could they go?

Unconsciously, the car stopped outside the Liu family estate. The moment the vehicle came to a halt, Liu Ruyan’s despair deepened.

No matter how Chen Feng changed, she regarded him as her beloved—the love she had cherished in her heart for thirteen years.

For those thirteen years, she had rejected countless fine men and given up opportunity after opportunity for that obsession.

Yet, in the end, she couldn’t even accomplish the simple wish of marrying her beloved.

Her beloved was even facing mortal danger, and she couldn’t protect him.

“Alright, Ruyan, stop crying. You have to believe in Feng Gege. I’m a very capable person!” Chen Feng gently patted her back as she leaned on the steering wheel, crying.

To be honest, Chen Feng didn’t want to say more. The more he explained, the more she would think he was bragging.

“Ruyan, you’re home… Huh? Chen Feng, how dare you come here?” Su Xuemei approached, her face darkening the moment she saw Chen Feng. She dragged Liu Ruyan out of the car.

Then, picking up a broom left in the yard, she said, “Chen Feng, get out of here immediately! You’re never allowed to step foot in the Liu family estate again!”

Chen Feng got out, straightened his clothes, and smiled cheerfully.

“Don’t say that so soon. Maybe one day you’ll be begging me to come to the Liu house!”

“I’d rather beg on the streets than beg you. Get out now!” Su Xuemei raised the broom threateningly at Chen Feng.

“Aunt Su, you’ve already accepted my betrothal gift. You’re the first to turn my son-in-law away!” Chen Feng joked.

“Shut up. That was Cheng Sanfei’s gift. You’re just a scoundrel with an incredibly thick skin.”

“Heh, I won’t argue about whose gift it really was. You’ll find out soon enough!” Chen Feng replied with a grin.

At that moment, Cheng Sanfei arrived at the Liu family estate in his Ferrari sports car.

He stormed out, cursing, “Ruyan, how dare you deceive me? Are you trying to get me to kill Chen Feng?”

Before he finished, he noticed Chen Feng smiling at him and immediately snarled, “Oh, isn’t this Chen Feng? How dare you show your face here? If I were you, I would run away immediately before losing my life!”

Su Xuemei eagerly stepped forward. “Cheng Sanfei, you came just in time. That scoundrel Chen Feng is still claiming the betrothal gift came from Qingcheng Group, not you!”

Hearing this, Cheng Sanfei’s fury exploded as he shouted at Chen Feng, “You little punk, you really dare say that? Qingcheng Group gave you the betrothal gift? Are you out of your mind?”

“I warn you, don’t provoke me again. And if I ever see you with Ruyan, I guarantee you won’t even know how you die.”

Then he turned to Liu Ruyan, complaining, “I could have let what happened pass, but you’re already my fiancée. I want you to stop associating with Chen Feng. If my reputation is trampled, no one will have a good time!”

“Now, come with me. I’ll take you for afternoon tea and then to the Qingcheng Group welcome party tonight.”

Chen Feng smiled at Su Xuemei and Liu Ruyan.

“Don’t let him threaten you. If you want to go to the welcome party, come with me. If you want the western suburb development project, I’ll fix it with one word.”

Cheng Sanfei turned back angrily at Chen Feng.

“Chen Feng, are you looking for death? Who do you think you are? The president of Qingcheng Group?”

Chen Feng nodded.

“Damn, you’re smart. I am the secret president of Qingcheng Group. Got a problem with that?”

Cheng Sanfei laughed wildly, then sneered.

“If you’re really the secret president of Qingcheng Group, I’ll kneel down and call you grandpa!”