Ji Rui was almost certain that Ji Baby’s improved temperant was due to Le Tong’s ticulous care and love.
However, he couldn’t quite understand why, despite being so good to Ji Baby, Le Tong was so distant from him.
It seed as if she was deliberately keeping her distance from him.
"Ji Baby is very sensible, but also very rebellious."
Ji Rui knew well his precious son’s shortcomings, but he was helpless to change or educate him. Even Mo Xin, the nanny and teacher he specifically hired for the task, was often left speechless by Ji Baby’s retorts.
Le Tong kept her head down, slowly slicing the at without looking at Ji Rui.
"Ji Baby isn’t rebellious; he just lacks a sense of security."
When it ca to Ji Baby, Le Tong seed to see things more clearly than anyone else.
And in Ji Rui’s eyes, Le Tong was exceptionally calm.
However, only she knew that at this mont, with Ji Rui standing beside her, her whole being felt uneasy.
Not to ntion his unusually intimate behavior just now.
Previously, Le Tong had never imagined that a man would roll up his sleeves for her. Even if she had thought of it, she never would have associated it with Ji Rui, this rigid and harsh man.
So, when his slightly rough fingertip brushed lightly against the skin of her wrist, she couldn’t help but tremble slightly.
At twenty-four, Le Tong had had playful, brotherly interactions with n, but besides holding hands or other intimate touches at Luo Yifan’s birthday party, her only experience was being forcibly kissed by Ji Rui.
Thanks to this man beside her, she had experienced the intimacy and joy between a man and a woman, but unfortunately, she had been so drunk that her mories of that ti were filled only with pain.
Therefore, Ji Rui’s seemingly inadvertent touch was shocking enough to make her mind go blank.
When he thanked her initially, she couldn’t comprehend why he thanked her. Such a proud man wasn’t one to thank just anyone.
When she realized that his gratitude was because of Ji Baby, her heart began to race uncontrollably.
For a man who rarely showed weakness or expressed thanks to lower himself to thank a forr secretary for Ji Baby, one could imagine how important Ji Baby was to him.
A deep fear, like drowning, quickly rose in Le Tong’s heart, nearly overwhelming her.
If he knew why she had approached Ji Baby, she couldn’t imagine what he would do to her.
Le Tong’s heart was in chaos, but thankfully, she had let her hair down today, and with her head bowed, pretending to concentrate on slicing the at, the hair covered much of her face and masked most of her panic.
And Ji Rui, indeed, didn’t notice her unusualness, only thinking she was sowhat uneasy or perhaps a little shy in his presence, so she used calmness to cover her embarrassnt.
"It can’t be helped; you know, he doesn’t have a mother!"
This was the first ti Ji Rui had so directly ntioned Ji Baby and his mother in front of Le Tong, or indeed, in front of anyone outside.
The knife slipped from Le Tong’s hand suddenly, the tip drawing a deep, crimson groove across her fingers!
Ji Rui saw blood gushing from Le Tong’s hand, yet the injured person simply stood there, as if she felt no pain.
Ji Rui grabbed her hand, pinching the wounded area tightly with two fingers, turned on the faucet to rinse her hand clean, and quickly pulled her out of the kitchen.
"Ji Baby, go get the dical kit quickly."
His voice reached the living room before he did.
Ji Baby, who had been swaying his head while enjoying the sweet banana pancakes at the coffee table, jumped up at Ji Rui’s call, "Daddy, are you hurt?"
"It’s your sister!"
Though only a little over five years old, Ji Baby was exceptionally calm and imdiately turned towards the storage room upon hearing Ji Rui, quickly returning with a big dical kit.
At this mont, Le Tong was sitting on the sofa, having regained her senses, and was wrestling with Ji Rui, trying to pull her hand away from his grip.
"Mr. Ji, I’m fine, just a small cut."
Ji Rui’s face brimd with concern, and as Le Tong tugged to free her hand, an inexplicable anger rose within him.
"Stop moving!"
His voice turned hoarse and gruff with irritation.
"Daddy, don’t be an to Sister!"
Ji Baby, holding the dical kit, happened to see Ji Rui’s unfriendly behavior towards Le Tong, rushed between them, and positioned himself protectively in front of Le Tong.
"I wasn’t an to her; she’s just being stubborn!"
Ji Rui glared at his son, not bothering to explain and effortlessly lifted the little fellow away from between him and Le Tong.
"Ji Baby, don’t make a fuss. Daddy needs to bandage her wound."
Ji Rui said sternly, and Ji Baby finally realized that Sister’s wound indeed needed Daddy’s attention.
"Oh... Daddy, hurry up, Sister’s in pain..." Ji Baby peeked at the blood dripping from between their fingers onto the carpet, obediently placing the dical kit on the coffee table and opening it.
Ji Rui skillfully used cotton to absorb the blood from the wound, dipped a cotton swab in antiseptic, and before cleaning, glanced at Le Tong, "It might sting a bit. Hold on."
Le Tong nodded, staying silent. While Ji Rui cleaned the wound, he didn’t detect any expression of pain on her face; she rely maintained her usual calm deanor, silent.
"Does it hurt?"
Ji Rui frowned at the deep cut on her hand.
"It doesn’t hurt!"
Ji Rui glanced at her sternly. This woman, always so stubborn.
But what he didn’t know was that at this mont, Le Tong wasn’t just being stubborn; her mind had wandered to so inexplicable place, and the slight pain from the wound on her hand was insignificant to her.
"Sister, should Ji Baby find you a painkiller?"
Le Tong claid it didn’t hurt, yet both of the present n, one big and one small, thought she was putting on a brave face. Ji Baby looked at her worriedly and turned to pour all the dication from the kit onto the table.
Ji Rui heard a clatter and turned to see a variety of dications of different effects spread across the coffee table.
For once, Ji Rui didn’t reprimand Ji Baby and continued to apply a hemostatic agent to Le Tong’s wound while directing Ji Baby, who was sifting through the pile of dications aimlessly.
"Ji Baby, get two of the yellow cefalexin capsules, one green nisulide tablet, and fetch a cup of warm water."
[I’m not feeling well today, just one update, will make up for these updates tomorrow. Mwah!]
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