Ji Rui lowered his head, carefully pinching her injured finger, gently applying a cotton pad to the dicated wound.
But to Le Tong, the man’s slightly warm fingertips felt like a heated iron, making her skin where he touched it feel burning hot. Instinctively, Le Tong wanted to withdraw her hand, but the man added a bit of pressure with his fingertips, "The wound is still bleeding, don’t move."
Ji Rui cast a deep glance at her, spoke in a calm voice, and then continued to treat her wound.
It was only then that Le Tong felt a bit of reality, yet this sense of reality seed to stem from the unfamiliarity this man brought her.
This man, she should have been very familiar with.
She had worked under him as a secretary for nearly a year, and she was well aware of many of his small habits and preferences. Often, this man gave her the impression of a highly aggressive beast, even when silent, it seed that he was rely gathering strength.
Yet, this man before her, attentively and seriously bandaging her wound, seed exceptionally strange to her.
What expression was in his eyes at this mont, Le Tong could not see, only noticing his long and thick eyelashes casting two rows of shadows on his face. This version of him was different from any other ti Le Tong had seen him.
Surprisingly, the man in front of her gave Le Tong a feeling of gentleness and reassurance.
This sense of reassurance was sowhat similar to how Le Tong felt as a child, resting in her mother’s arms.
But that was her mother, who gave birth to and raised her. And this person before her was a man who, ti and again, hurt her with words or actions, making her always want to escape, yet having to approach.
Nobody would have thought that the bright and optimistic Le Tong was actually a person who severely lacked a sense of security.
During the days she learned her mother was seriously ill, it seed that overnight, all her mother’s relatives and friends beca strangers to them. At eighteen, she was forced to grow up overnight, bearing all the burdens herself.
Perhaps it was from then on, she learned not to have too many expectations.
Not to expect others to be good to her for no reason, nor expect anyone to lend a hand when she fell.
When hurt, she was more used to bearing and enduring alone. Because she couldn’t find anyone who made her feel at ease.
Even though soone like Luo Yifan treated her well for years, it still didn’t bring her a sense of security.
But this man before her, rely bandaging her wound, made her feel at ease.
What did this an?
Thinking of this, Le Tong suddenly didn’t want to think further and didn’t dare to think further.
At that mont, Ji Baby ca with water and dicine, and Ji Rui had just finished bandaging her wound.
Le Tong glanced at Ji Rui and politely said thank you.
"Sister, take the dicine."
With Ji Baby, Le Tong wasn’t that formal, she smiled and pinched his face, then opened her hand, signaling Ji Baby to pour the dicine into her palm.
Ji Baby obediently poured a few pills into her palm, "Sister, these two are for inflammation, and this one is a painkiller," Ji Baby explained earnestly.
Le Tong felt their actions were a bit over the top, but the wound was wrapped, and the dicine was in her palm. If she spoke against it, she would both reject their kindness and disregard their intentions.
"Yeah. Doctor Ji is amazing!"
She took the cup from Ji Baby’s hand, popped the pills into her mouth, sipped so water, and swallowed them down.
After taking the dicine, Le Tong stood up, Ji Rui stared at her, "What are you doing?"
Le Tong pointed to the kitchen, "We haven’t had lunch yet."
Ji Rui pulled her arm forcefully, dragging her back to the sofa.
"Baby, go get the takeout nu, pick whatever you like."
Because he had already planned to cook after bringing back Le Tong, Ji Rui had given Aunt Guan and Mo Xin the day off early in the morning, and with Le Tong’s hand injured, there was no one at ho to cook. To avoid going hungry, they naturally had to order takeout.
"But..." Le Tong thought of Ji Baby’s expectant eyes and the lunch that was half prepared, feeling a twinge of regret.
"But what, your hand is injured, no need to cook, it’s not like food only tastes good when you make it."
Ji Rui’s words were ant to discourage Le Tong from cooking while injured.
But the way he spoke could easily be misunderstood.
Sure enough, Le Tong misunderstood.
She rolled her eyes inwardly, thinking if he had said this earlier, it would have been fine. Why make everyone suffer over this al? What was the point?
Adults’ matters, Ji Baby did not understand. Receiving Ji Rui’s order, Ji Baby, without hesitation, opened the big drawer under the coffee table, pulled out a large nu from inside, hugged it, walked to Le Tong’s side, climbed up, and spread the nu on Le Tong’s lap.
"Sister, what do you want to eat?"
Le Tong glanced at the nu, which was from the Dragon Hotel where Ji Rui usually liked to go for business dinners.
"Whatever Baby likes to eat, Sister loves."
The Dragon Hotel’s dishes were famous for their deliciousness, and any dish served up was an award-winning cuisine from the XXX Gourt Awards. As a foodie, whenever accompanying Ji Rui to Dragon for business dinners, Le Tong wished she could pack all the leftover food and take it ho.
Since Le Tong didn’t give an answer, Ji Baby raised his head to ask Ji Rui sitting on the side.
"Daddy, what does Sister love to eat?"
Both Le Tong and Ji Rui were montarily stunned, "Baby, Sister loves everything..."
Although Le Tong felt embarrassed, she proactively spoke up to save Ji Rui from embarrassnt. President Ji was not her anyone, how would he know her preferences?
Ji Rui remained silent. Apparently, he indeed was not very clear about what Le Tong liked to eat.
Originally, not knowing what Le Tong liked to eat wasn’t such a heinous thing, but he was t with a fierce glare from Ji Baby.
"Hmph, why does Sister know Daddy doesn’t like sweet foods, and even knows what’s his favorite kind of coffee..."
Earlier, when Le Tong was baking banana pancakes, she told Ji Baby, "Your daddy doesn’t like too sweet foods, this is his favorite type of coffee..."
Ji Baby wanted to continue complaining, but Le Tong ruffled his hair to interrupt him, "Sister, of course, needs to know Baby’s daddy’s preferences, that’s part of Sister’s job!"
Le Tong’s intention was to smooth things over for Ji Rui, yet it made Ji Rui’s eyes deepen.
"Oh, you’ve done your job splendidly."
Le Tong did not understand where she had provoked him again, so she pretended not to hear his sarcastic remark, flipped through the nu randomly, and pointed at two vegetable dishes, "Baby, Sister loves these two. For the rest, you ask your daddy."
Ji Baby raised his head to look at Ji Rui, Ji Rui gave Le Tong a light glance, "Ask your Sister, she knows everything I love to eat!"
Ji Baby looked at his daddy, then at Le Tong, unable to comprehend how the two were fine just now, yet suddenly beca so strange?
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