The next day at noon, Le Tong arrived at the kindergarten gate as scheduled. When school let out, Ji Baby ca out accompanied by a teacher.
Le Tong found a buffet restaurant nearby. Ji Baby had been sulking all night. Now, although he wanted to pretend he wasn’t bothered, being a child, he couldn’t hide his feelings.
"Sister, where did you and Brother Luo go to play?"
This little guy was still hung up on Le Tong’s date.
Le Tong smiled and pinched his cheek, "We didn’t play anywhere, just had dinner together and caught up. Brother Luo sent ho afterwards."
Le Tong didn’t mind Ji Baby’s strong possessiveness. In fact, she was even a little pleased.
His caring showed that she held an important place in his heart.
"Really? Then why didn’t you call Baobao? You made Baobao worry all night..." Ji Baby pouted and complained.
Le Tong carried a tray and walked with Baobao through the buffet area.
"Because Baobao has to sleep at nine-thirty, and Sister was afraid of disturbing your sleep."
"Really?" Ji Baby was skeptical.
"Of course, it’s true." Le Tong said, offering Baobao his favorite ice cream and taking a small plate of salad for herself.
Baobao glanced at the salad on Le Tong’s tray and frowned, "Sister, why don’t you eat ice cream? Are you afraid of getting fat?"
Le Tong wasn’t afraid of gaining weight; she simply didn’t feel like eating ice cream. "No, Sister likes salad."
Baobao’s frown didn’t ease with Le Tong’s answer, and he continued to stare at her. "Sister, you look prettier with a little more weight."
Le Tong found it amusing, released his hand, pinched his cheek, and laughed, "Is that so? Baobao also looks more handso with a bit more weight."
Thinking Le Tong didn’t believe him, Baobao tilted his head seriously and said, "Sister, it’s true. Even Daddy said you look prettier with so weight."
The smile on Le Tong’s face stiffened. In that man’s eyes, a woman was just a synonym, whether pretty or not.
"Alright, Sister will eat it then."
Sotis, Ji Baby could be insistent about peculiar things. Unable to explain, Le Tong reached for an ice cream identical to the one on Baobao’s tray and placed it on her own.
Yet Ji Baby still wouldn’t let it go, his eyes fixed disdainfully on the salad.
"What’s the matter now?" Le Tong couldn’t understand how this small salad had offended the little prince.
"I heard that salad is for losing weight..."
So, that was why the salad offended him.
Le Tong laughed and removed the salad from the tray, "Is that better, little prince?!"
Ji Baby nodded with a smile, "Yes..."
The two of them circled the buffet area, gathering heaps of food and drinks before returning to their seats.
After that lap, Ji Baby nearly forgot about last night’s gloominess and unhappiness. He chattered on with Le Tong, and they ate and laughed together until it was ti for him to return to class. Then they left after paying the bill.
"Sister, rember to visit Baobao often." Before entering the school gate, Ji Baby reminded Le Tong.
"Okay, be good. Sister will co visit Baobao once a month."
After getting Le Tong’s promise, Ji Baby happily went through the school gate. Le Tong waited until his figure disappeared before turning to hail a cab to the airport, catching an afternoon flight back to D Province.
anwhile, Ji Rui had originally planned to spare so ti at noon to go to kindergarten and have lunch with Baobao, after receiving Le Tong’s ssage in the morning saying she would accompany Baobao for lunch. But just as he was getting ready to leave, Mr. Ji unexpectedly appeared in his office.
Ji Rui had seen the old man on New Year’s Day; after half a month, the old man seed to have aged.
Ji Rui cursed at himself for being such a fool, caring about this old man’s well-being at a ti like this.
"Ah Rui... Is your head... okay?"
The old man stared at Ji Rui’s forehead scar, hesitantly asking.
Ji Rui shot him a glancing look, "Only thinking about asking now?"
Ji Rui’s injury happened on the twenty-ninth of the twelfth lunar month. During that ti, the father and son had t twice; back then, he hadn’t asked once. Over half a month later, when the wound was scabbing, he finally asked!
Even if it was an act, the performance was incredibly unprofessional, fake!
The old man lowered his head in guilt. After a while, he looked up again.
"Ah Rui, I know you resent , and I know you hate ..."
Ji Rui sneered, "Hmph, don’t flatter yourself."
By now, Ji Rui was even disdainful of hating him, because where there is love, there is hate.
The old man fell silent again. After a while, he pulled sothing out of his bag and placed it on the table, pushing it towards Ji Rui.
"This is the money Ah Wen and Ah Wu embezzled. Can you forgive them?"
Ji Rui glanced at the check with a clearly written amount, and his face suddenly changed. Then, he glared viciously at him.
"Are you insane? For those two useless guys, are you prepared to live the rest of your life in poverty?"
Previously, Mr. Ji had sold his shares of the Ji Family cheaply to threaten Ji Rui. Ji Rui knew his intention was rely to use so of that money to control him, but now he was putting all the money into filling the bottomless pit those two useless guys dug. This pit included part of Ji Family’s embezzlent and part scamd from elsewhere under the Ji Family’s guise abroad.
This muddleheaded old man, did he really think those two ungrateful sons would appreciate him for this?
Ji Rui was angry that the old man spent everything for those two, and even angrier that he himself still cared for this old man’s suffering.
"Ah Rui, I understand your difficulties, but they are my sons, and I cannot leave them to die."
Ji Rui stared intently into the old man’s eyes, which had lost their forr fierceness, "I just want to ask you, is it worth it?"
Mr. Ji nodded without hesitation, "It’s worth it!"
Two days later, Yang Sheng called from abroad to report the trial results of Ji Wen and Ji Wu to Ji Rui.
Due to returning most of the embezzled and defrauded funds, the brothers’ prison sentences were reduced from over ten to two years.
Ji Rui didn’t comnt, only instructed Yang Sheng to co back soon. He couldn’t afford to lose both Le Tong and Yang Sheng!
The night after the judgnt was delivered, Mr. Ji ca to Ji Rui’s apartnt with a large bag of snacks Ji Baby liked. Ji Rui allowed him inside, and although the father and son didn’t engage in much conversation, there was no longer the previous sharp tension.
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