CEO He : Please Don't Love Me

She didn't look into his eyes as she wondered why he was asking her such a question.     

"Why are you asking me this?"     

She asked him honestly and now it was Mo Chen's turn to be caught off guard.     

"I just…you don't seem to want to attend this party."     

He heaved a sigh of relief when he saw suspicion leaving his sister's eyes. Inside his heart, he reprimanded himself and reminded himself again and again that he should be more careful with his words in the future.     

"I have never liked parties."     

Mo Roulan said causally and Mo Chen just nodded his heart. However, his eyes carefully scrutinized his sister's expression.     

"I don't want to attend it as well. It will be boring for me."     

He said calmly and after much thought, Mo Roulan also thought that he was right. He would only get bored there. Also, she didn't want to force him so she nodded her head.     

After some time, she left Mo Chen's room.     

Going back to her room, Mo Roulan saw that there were a few missed calls from Cheng Yang so she hurriedly called him back.     

"Hello"     

"Hey…did you also receive an invitation card from He family?"     

Mo Roulan sighed as she licked her lips in frustration. Why does everyone seem to talk about this thing only? In her frustration, she never sensed the extra joy in Cheng Yang's voice when he said these words to her.          

"Yeah, I did."     

She replied blankly as she walked towards the bed.     

"So you will be going?"     

Mo Roulan sighed again as she whispered     

"I would need to."     

"Huh?"     

Cheng Yang asked in a confusion-filled voice and Mo Roulan elaborated.     

"Mom is busy tomorrow with her work. Someone from the family needs to go so I will be going."     

"Good."     

Cheng Yang's joyous voice came from the other side making Mo Roulan frown deeply. Just when she was about to ask him, what was so good about this, she heard him asking her     

"Should we go together if you don't mind? Mom is out of China so I will need to attend it in her place."     

"Ohh…"     

Mo Roulan whispered and suddenly thought that it would be good if she went to the party with Cheng Yang.     

Her unofficial boyfriend with whom she was trying to move on from her past. Attending He Jian's engagement might also help.     

Regardless of how much bitterness she felt inside her heart, she needed to face it. She can't let herself fall weak to those stupid emotions, again and again, like a fool otherwise her rebirth would hold no meaning.     

"So we will go together."     

She whispered suddenly with a relieved smile on her lips.     

The single fact that someone was going to be with her, especially that it was Cheng Yang….it made her feel very relieved.     

"Great!"     

Cheng Yang whispered from the other side. He couldn't even express in words how happy he was. He had been very surprised when he had received the card as he remembered how He Jian had threatened him to stay far away from Mo Roulan.     

Cheng Yang never expressed but he had genuinely afraid of He Jian. The latter was more powerful than him and he had helped Mo Rulan already many times.     

He was afraid that he would never be able to compare to him in front of Mo Roulan.     

But it seems that the man finally gave up.     

He vowed that he would try his best to grow his company so that she would never need to contact him in the future.     

After some small conversation, Mo Roulan cut the call and went to sleep. Though it took her a long time to sleep and perhaps it was because she was very exhausted, she felt fortunate that she didn't suffer from insomnia that night.      

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The next morning, Lin Qianru left very early after preparing breakfast. Chi Rong was already waiting for her outside the building.     

Mo Roulan was very unhappy as she looked at her mother's leaving back. She was going to come late at night as well.     

All of this was going to leave her so exhausted.     

She didn't have any problem with her mother working outside. She just wished that her mother had chosen a job that would not have required her to work hard and stay at the job for so many hours.     

However, these days it was becoming too difficult to argue with her mother.     

She needed to think of some other way to convince her.     

She came out of her trance when she heard the sound of the chair being dragged. Mo Chen was also leaving.     

"Bye, Chenchen. Have a nice day at school."     

Mo Roulan tried to wish her brother as cheerful as she could. Putting her personal issues and feeling aside, according to her it was very necessary if she focused more of her attention on her brother's condition these days.            

Mo Chen, however, was not so enthusiastic while replying back.     

"You too."     

He said calmly and then left the dining room.     

Mo Roulan frowned deeply as she looked at her brother's back. She didn't know with whom but she was suddenly finding some familiarities in his behavior these days.     

She frowned more deeply as she tried to think who this person was.     

So cold and calm and collected.     

Mo Roulan's eyes widened when she realized who this person was but she shook her head immediately. How could Mo Chen behave like him!     

He had not spent that much time with him to get affected by that person's behavior with others.      

She put a full stop on her thoughts when she heard a ping from her phone.     

Cheng Yang was here.     

Mo Roulan asked him to come to the apartment as she still needed to clean the table.     

After Cheng Yang replied with 'alright', she started to clean the table.     

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On the other hand, Mo Chen was standing at the bus stop waiting for his school bus when a car suddenly stopped in front of him.     

The door opened and two long legs stepped out of the car.     

"Let's go. I will drop you at the school."     

Mo Chen looked at the man without blinking his eyes silently. The man never noticed how his fists were clenched and how his eyes were filled with nervousness and a little bit of excitement.     

He lowered his head and blinked many times as if he was trying to stop his tears.     

A few moments later, he raised his head and said 'yes'.