Saving the overbearing CEO

After a day of shopping like it was the end of the world, Mama Wen carried her heavy shopping bags towards the entrance of the mall before setting them down. Spring festival was slowly approaching so she went shopping and bought necessary things and a whole lot of unnecessary things.

Because she had gone shopping on impulse, she didn't have her sons accompany her. Because Wen Qinxi was at work, he ordered a car for his mother using an app. While she was waiting a black Maybach parked right in front of her and the back passenger door opened.

This kind of car was the type that the driver opens the door for the big boss sitting at the back but the person sitting inside didn't even wait for the driver to open the car door opening it himself.

A familiar tall figure with a face sculpted by the gods to break women's hearts approached her with a radiant smile. She knew this was Wen Qinxi's boss from the press conference but she still looked around her to see who that smile was meant for.

She thought it would be embarrassing if she assumed the smile was for her so she kept her blank expression. He must have been smiling at his girlfriend or something. Her thoughts strayed as she thought if it weren't a girlfriend then she would have Auntie Lang arrange a blind date for him.

Her drifting mind that was wandering in an odd direction returned so suddenly when Qie Ranzhe took the initiative to greet her. Being smiled at by such a handsome young man, Mama Wen couldn't help but blush slightly. Who wouldn't when they are faced with an idol.

"Your bags.... can I help you with them?" he said pointing at the bags on the sidewalk bench.

"Huh?... oh no need," replied Mama Wen with a warm smile that could ruin nations, "My son ordered a car for me. It must be getting here soon. I wouldn't want to trouble you with such."

Qie Ranzhe rubbed the back of his neck somewhat nervous and said, "Actually, I came here intending to see you. I overheard Qin-er talking about you having to go shopping but he couldn't accompany you because of urgent matters so I came to pick you up."

He did overhear Wen Qinxi's conversation with Wen Danzhe about their mother going shopping. His boyfriend was trying to urge Wen Danzhe to accompany her but failed so she had to go alone. Hence as soon as he had the opportunity to leave the office he jumped on that bandwagon immediately and now here he was.

He was a man of his word and since this is what it would take for Wen Danzhe to back off then he would do it. Especially when Wen Danzhe had stubbornly stayed with them in the past few days. It was for this reason he couldn't do this and that to his boyfriend who was also eager and willing.

Mama Wen was a little concerned by his words so she asked, "Is everyone okay? Is something wrong with Ah-Qi?"

Putting her at ease he replied, "No need to worry.

Everything is fine I promise.... so can I?" he asked sincerely hoping that she wouldn't read too much into it. He didn't even tell his boyfriend that he was going to do this.

"Alright then. I would have to trouble you," replied Mama Wen as Qie Ranzhe carried the heavy bags with the help of the driver and placed them in the boot of the car. He then opened the door for her scoring even more points in Mama Wen's boyfriend material evaluation sheet.

Seeing that his scores were pretty high, Mama Wen approached the subject with caution, "Mr Qie, your girlfriend must be the luckiest woman on earth. You make the best kind of boyfriend."

Qie Ranzhe, "..."

He had no idea how to answer that question. He could have confessed right here and then that his girlfriend was actually his boyfriend and that boyfriend was her son but it was too premature to confess.

He had to butter her up first and imprint the most favourable impression on her before dropping the 'I am dating your son' bomb.

He shyly nodded his head saying, "They seem happy but I can do better." Mama Wen was both happy and a little disappointed. Happy because he had someone in his life. Sad because she couldn't play matchmaker.

"As long as you are happy," replied Mama Wen a little worried for her son, "maybe you should give my Xiao (little) Qi how to pick them because his heart was recently broken by a cunning woman. Argh!.... just thinking about it makes me upset."

Qie Ranzhe's heart skipped a beat when he heard these words.

He couldn't make sense of Mama Wen's words at all. If Wen Qinxi ever had an ex then that ex could only be him. But how did he become an ex in the first place?

"That girl is no good. My little dumpling was so upset that he refused to come out of bed for days. For Qin-er that's highly unusual. A lot of bad things happened in his life before but this was the first time that a sensible child behaved that way. Can you believe she even sabotaged his blind date and after that, it's been hard for me to find his type," she explained her grievances in detail making this CEO feel despondent as he realised he was most definitely the no-good ex.

Qie Ranzhe cleared his throat and curiously asked, "And what is his type."

Mama Wen shook her head and said, "Flat chest and packing down south or at least that's what I heard. Can you believe it? He says he wants a girl with a flat chest and big butt. Where on earth am I supposed to find a girl like that?..... Oh, just park here. It would easier to carry the groceries up."

The driver parked on the side and hurriedly opened the door for her. Qie Ranzhe got off on the other side and offloaded the bags with the aid of the driver. He didn't forget to check himself out to see if he met that criteria. They were already dating but he just wanted to know if he was his boyfriend's type.

The flat chest was an obvious tick but the ass part, he had no idea. When they got in the elevator he subtly checked himself out on the elevator mirrors. His butt was visible and perky but not as big. He decided to hit the gym and do some squats to help his tooshie grow.

When they arrived at her apartment, Qie Ranzhe kept upping his prospects as a great boyfriend by helping Mama Wen sanitise and pack the groceries. He even helped her cut fruit as instructed before the two finally sat down to talk.

Mama Wen might have a low IQ but Wen Danzhe's EQ was inherited from her so she knew Qie Ranzhe's visit had a purpose. There must have been a reason for this visit so she took out a bottle of Baijiu to assist this CEO to speak his mind.

Maybe it was something he couldn't speak about to his mother which is why he decided to come to her. Her motherly instincts kicked in ready to listen. The two of them drank a few glasses and sure enough, Qie Ranzhe felt a sense of ease.

He could easily win the hearts of the older generation but he felt so nervous mostly because this was Wen Qinxi's mother.

"I..... ahem..... about the person I am dating. It's your son and I have liked him since high school," he came out with it rubbing his sweaty palms on his pants. How was he supposed to tell a parent that they won't possibly have a grandchild all because of him?

Mama Wen froze in place like she had been dunked in a barrel of liquid nitrogen. She slowly swallowed the liquor in her mouth as it finally dawned on her. Flat chest and packing down south? If he was talking about a guy then the packing down south could be referring to the gun, not the rear end.

"Oh shit!..... oh shittt. Oh god..... no way," she said as her expression turned to that of complete and utter shock. Qie Ranzhe was about to say something but Mama Wen lifted her index finger as a gesture for him to hold on for a damn minute.

She took two more shots from the diminutive glasses. It had to be her son's fault, right? He must be the one who pursued Qie Ranzhe in the first place. She had convinced herself over the past years that Wen Qinxi was just good at hiding his love interests but it turned out that brat was only good at hiding in the closet. The only thing he was hiding was himself.

"That little brat..... argh!..... I should have seen this coming. You know I knew every one of Dan-er's shenanigans. He would hide it but I would eventually find out but Qinxi...," she said before downing another shot, "he was as clean as a whistle. There was nothing. No nude magazines, no girls standing with him outside the school gates after school. Even in university, he wouldn't spend time on his cell phone chatting for hours. How did I not, not see it? I started thinking he was shy and had a hard time talking to girls."

Qie Ranzhe let her finish speaking but he had to defend his lover. He didn't know why Wen Qinxi was single for all those years but he highly doubted that it was because he was interested in the same sex.

"Auntie, you misunderstand. I liked him since high school but he didn't even notice me. I am pretty sure if..... if I had confessed my feelings in high school, he would have rejected me. I was the one who pursued him when he rescued me from Flagship," he explained with his mood turning sullen with each sentence or maybe it was the booze kicking in that made him feel this way.

Mama Wen listened to this man's honest confession dumbstricken to the point of overfilling her glass with liquor. Qie Ranzhe had to stop her before she emptied the entire bottle on the table. He pointed at the bottle effectively drawing her out of her trance.

She slammed the bottle on the table with a loud bam and stood up to grab something from the kitchen drawer. "So you, hahaha.... you are telling me that you are the one who liked him... since high school?" she said fumbling through the kitchen drawers in search of something.

She pulled out a cleaver knife which made a loud shing sound as it scraped past the drawer door.

Qie Ranzhe's eyes widened thinking this lady was going to hack him to death for bending her son.

He instantly sobered up holding his breath but relaxed when he saw her putting it down.

Just as he exhaled, she took out a meat mallet and spun it around a couple of times making Qie Ranzhe's heart go into panic mode.

Was he going to be bludgeoned to death by her? He was about to stand up and sneak out while she wasn't looking when she placed the instrument back into the drawer.

She opened the bottom drawer and her expression changed like she had found what she was looking for. Not certain of what was going to happen next, Qie Ranzhe remained vigilant with his overactive imagination running rampant. Just when he thought she would pull up an axe from that drawer to chop him to death she took out a blue album written sweet memories.

She hurriedly sat down and flipped through it before taking out a picture day photo of Wen Qinxi. "So.... so you are telling me that you, you liked this version of Ah-Qi in high school? This version..... you liked it?" she said lifting the picture for him to take a closer look.

She loved her son and all but even she knew the likelihood of him attracting anyone in high school was zero yet here was a handsome man from a prestigious family saying that he fell head over heels for a less attractive version of her son.

"Yes, I did," replied Qie Ranzhe staring at that picture with a tender filled gaze.

"Seriously?" she asked as she turned the picture in her direction. Were they seeing the same thing? Were they looking at the same picture?

Mama Wen was obviously tipsy otherwise she would have sugar-coated the situation but apparently, Qie Ranzhe didn't seem to care. He was resolute in his answer nodding his head, "Yes, he was my first love."

"Wow..... just wow," replied a dumbfounded Mama Wen before taking another shot, "then it must be true love. I fuckin have nothing left to say... hahaha... it's true love."

"May I?" said Qie Ranzhe asking for the picture. He didn't have any more pictures of Wen Qinxi in high school and would love to keep this one. Mama Wen passed the photo over while observing him seriously.

This was an incredibly strange phenomenon. Her son had managed to enchant a man to an extent well beyond the norm. How was she supposed to explain to the Wen family ancestors when she dies?

While Mama Wen was questioning Qie Ranzhe's eyesight, Wen Qinxi was busy playing games at his apartment. He had tried calling Qie Ranzhe five times but the man never picked up. He decided to wait for him at the apartment but the clock struck 7 pm and he was nowhere in sight.

In fact, it was Wen Danzhe who came back home first. Wen Qinxi took off his headsets and asked, "Why are you here again? Aren't you sleeping at your dorm room?"

"As long as he's here and hasn't done what we discussed I will be staying here. I will be here for as long as it takes," replied Wen Danzhe in an imperative tone like there would be no compromise.