To outsiders, Ji Rui seed to be engrossed in the magazine, but the magazine on his lap hadn’t been turned for a long ti.
Le Tong was chatting away with Ji Baby about sothing again. He clearly didn’t want to listen or know, yet his ears perked up, uncontrollably trying to catch Le Tong’s words.
However, most of what Le Tong was saying to Ji Baby were things Ji Rui found to be pointless, like when the kitten would learn to catch mice or why the kitten always sleeps during the day, and so on.
To Ji Rui, these were useless words, but Ji Baby listened with great interest. After discussing cats for a while, Ji Baby brought out his handheld computer to teach Le Tong how to play a ga.
Normally, Le Tong seed quite smart, but she always ended up with a "Ga Over" in a blink of an eye. While Ji Baby rcilessly teased her for being a fool, he patiently taught her various techniques. Le Tong appeared to be listening intently, not showing any impatience even though the other party was just a five-year-old child.
If during the day, Ji Rui still didn’t understand why Le Tong was so loved by his baby son.
After these few hours of careful observation, he sowhat understood why his baby son liked her so much.
Compared to his role as a father, Le Tong seed to understand how to grasp a child’s psychology better. She respected Ji Baby like a friend, yet also educated him like an elder.
From her eyes and actions, it was clear that she genuinely liked Ji Baby, but her affection wasn’t blind indulgence. When Ji Baby was wrong, she would sharply correct him.
Ji Rui greatly admired her balanced and well-regulated way of educating Ji Baby.
Even he, as a father, sotis couldn’t help but indulge Ji Baby blindly. Sotis, he would even think, it’s no big deal, after all, he is my son, Ji Rui’s son, he can be as willful as he wants, and no one dares to say a word.
It was only then that Ji Rui had to admit that Ji Baby’s headstrong and troubleso nature, where he acts up whenever he’s unhappy, was probably due to his own excessive indulgence.
"It’s nine o’clock, Ji Baby, go take a bath."
Le Tong truly liked Ji Baby, rembering even the little details of his life.
"Hmm... No! Ji Baby wants to play with Sister..."
Ji Baby clung tightly to Le Tong, unwilling to let go. Whenever Ji Baby used such a tone to act coquettishly with him, Ji Rui would often compromise a little.
"Okay, Ji Baby can skip the bath and play with Sister..."
"Yay..."
"But, after that, Sister will no longer tell stories or cook for Ji Baby."
Le Tong’s sudden twist left Ji Baby instantly quiet with a look of panic.
"How about that?" Le Tong asked.
Ji Baby blinked plaintively, then reluctantly let go of Le Tong, "Then Ji Baby will go take a bath, Sister can’t ignore Ji Baby, okay!"
Le Tong patted his bottom, "Go on, after your bath, Sister will tell you a story."
Le Tong watched as Ji Baby was led into the bedroom by Aunt Guan and then turned to speak to the distantly seated Ji Rui.
"Mr. Ji, I called Sister Ling during the day. She said the contracts and docunts from Yuanxiang Group that I was responsible for are still pending. Should I stay a few days and help Sister Ling with the handover?"
Le Tong was not an irresponsible person; she dashed off back then because Ji Rui had pushed her too hard.
Now that she was back, there was no reason to avoid him, and it was only natural for her to clean up the ss she left behind before.
Ji Rui hadn’t expected her to suddenly bring up work matters; he thought she was determined never to return to the Ji Family again judging by what she had said before.
Could sothing have changed her mind?
Ji Rui’s inquisitive gaze settled on Le Tong from afar, and after a mont, he finally spoke.
"Why? Did the proud Miss Le change her mind?"
The thought of Le Tong possibly returning to the Ji Family made Ji Rui inwardly a bit happy, but his words were spitefully sarcastic towards her.
Le Tong was montarily surprised, but she quickly understood that the man was once again using his inscrutable thoughts to arbitrarily guess her intentions and unjustly accuse her of various things.
She smiled at Ji Rui, "Mr. Ji, you’re overthinking! I haven’t changed my mind. I’m only staying for a few days. It’s just that I’m the type who worries unnecessarily, and I wanted to help finish what I started with Yuanxiang. Since Mr. Ji is worried about taking advantage of the situation to stay, I can easily walk away from it all."
As Le Tong spoke, she got up without noticing Ji Rui’s slightly changed expression, headed towards Ji Baby’s bedroom, and quickly returned with her luggage.
"Mr. Ji, I had no desire to co to your house to gain anything; it was you who insisted on having co here to cook. Today’s al was sothing I owed Ji Baby from the other day, and I didn’t want to break my promise to him."
When Le Tong ntioned this, Ji Rui rembered that indeed, Le Tong had ntioned over the phone about bringing Ji Baby to her ho for dinner, but he was the one who asked her to cook here instead.
"Le Tong, what reason do I have to trust you? How could I let you take Ji Baby to an unknown place?"
In his heart, Ji Rui was quite clear that Le Tong really ca back because he requested it, but his stubborn pride wouldn’t allow him to admit fault.
Le Tong intended to slam the door and leave right then, but she was afraid that Ji Baby would co out looking for her and cause a scene, so she suppressed her anger, dragged her luggage back to a sofa far from Ji Rui, and sat down.
"Indeed, I have nothing to make you trust !" she said lightly, pulling out her phone and playing with it, ignoring Ji Rui.
Ji Rui was deliberately making things difficult for her; she knew that, but knowing changed nothing; Ji Baby was his son, and she, to Ji Baby, was just an unrelated person.
Even if Ji Rui was wary of her, it was understandable.
Ji Rui silently glanced at her, then got up and walked away. After a while, he returned with sothing in his hand and walked directly toward Le Tong.
Le Tong lifted her eyes to look at him, "What?"
If she wasn’t mistaken, that seed to be another cash check in his hand?
"For the clothes!"
Ji Rui had taken a quick look at the items Le Tong bought for Ji Baby and roughly wrote out a check for the estimated amount.
Le Tong’s expression changed slightly, she bit her lip and glared at him, "Mr. Ji, I can’t take this money. I like Ji Baby, and those clothes were a gift from to him. You have no right to interfere!"
Ji Rui’s face darkened, "Le Tong, neither Ji Baby nor I are beggars!"
If you were just returning for a few days, why co to disturb him and his son at ho? He, Ji Rui, and Ji Baby were not unlovable and didn’t need her charity or sympathy!
Be it clothes, or affection!
[Third Watch]
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