Le Tong thought to herself that this man really liked to talk about his son, ntioning age-old wisdom like ’having a child to care for in old age,’ and ’can’t eat without seeing the son,’ coming up with new excuses every day.
"Baobao, turns out you’re an appetizer!" Le Tong joked, pinching Baobao’s cheek.
Ji Rui glared at her sullenly, opening his mouth to say sothing, but Luo Yifan interrupted, "Brother Rui, if the cafeteria food doesn’t suit your taste, just call . The chef here is pretty good."
Saying that, he raised his hand to summon a waitress and instructed her to go to the kitchen to convey his ssage for the chef to prepare so signature dishes.
Ji Rui did not respond to Luo Yifan’s kind suggestion, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. He rely picked up the coffee brought by the waitress, took a slow sip, and kept his gaze fixed on the mother and son opposite him.
After he set down the cup, his gaze returned to focus on Luo Yifan.
"Thank you for doing so much for Baobao recently. In the future, I’ll often co by to support the business."
Actually, all three adults present were well aware that the things Luo Yifan did were to help Le Tong, not Baobao.
But with Ji Rui phrasing it this way, Luo Yifan’s care for and attentiveness to Le Tong were deliberately misconstrued into care for Baobao, thus, as Baobao’s father, regularly helping out the coffee shop as a sign of gratitude to Luo Yifan was only right.
Le Tong’s role in all of this, thanks to his interpretation, was diluted from the leading lady to the most insignificant and dispensable supporting role.
Le Tong and Luo Yifan are both smart people; how could they not understand Ji Rui’s words and intentions?
Whether you say Ji Rui is in self-denial or that he is hinting at sothing, in any case, he is openly thanking Luo Yifan, but in truth, he’s telling Luo Yifan: whether Baobao or Le Tong, they are Ji Rui’s people, and your contributions to them will be doubly rewarded by !
Le Tong looked at the still self-righteous Ji Rui and didn’t feel the hatred she usually did, but found him sowhat amusing and a bit adorable.
This man probably doesn’t realize that his self-proclaid imposing speech sounded to her like words tinted with heavy jealousy.
Looking at Ji Rui who appeared calm on the surface but was internally quite aggrieved, Le Tong felt a hint of satisfaction.
Le Tong felt a pang of guilt for her satisfaction for a mont, but then thought of what he posted in the group, and ground her teeth slightly in secret: that’s what you get for spreading nonsense in front of the entire company, you deserved it!
"Brother Rui, why are you being so polite with ? The things I did for Baobao were just trivial matters, Baobao calling Uncle Yifan is worth everything."
Luo Yifan smartly went along with Ji Rui’s interpretation, turning his original intention of helping Le Tong into helping Baobao.
Actually, his real reason for making this call today was to verify a rumor circulating wildly in high society over the past few days.
However, from Ji Rui’s attitude now, even if the rumor might be exaggerated, at least parts of it are true.
Originally, Luo Yifan did harbor so unspeakable thoughts about Le Tong, but now, those thoughts have been completely extinguished.
Besides, Le Tong’s constant rejection of him, not to ntion Baobao who was like the Little Demon King, Luo Yifan admitted to himself that with his barely-smart brain, there was no way to get past Baobao. Now seeing Ji Rui’s bossy protection of Le Tong, he was further convinced that he had no chance at all.
So, the tiny fla left in his heart was completely snuffed out.
"Uncle Yifan, your pastries are really delicious; dad and mom and I will co often to eat, rember to give us a discount."
See, what ordinary child could be so clever? When faced with intricacies that even adults have to rack their brains to understand, this little one just listened to two sentences from the three of them and sided with his father to collectively declare sovereignty over him, the outsider.
"Baobao is Uncle Yifan’s esteed guest; forget discounts, even free is no problem."
Previously, Luo Yifan would generally take detours when he saw Baobao, the Little Demon King, lest he got tricked without knowing it.
But now, he actually found this little guy’s sweet talk and newfound charming personality quite delightful.
Probably because Baobao is Le Tong’s son, he couldn’t muster any dislike for him.
"Thank you, Uncle Yifan!"
Baobao puckered up and blew a kiss to Luo Yifan generously, clearly, the little one had realized that his father’s rival has completely given up!
Unfortunately, while Baobao, the observer understood it, Ji Rui, the one involved didn’t seem to notice at all.
"Are you planning to stay here long-term to manage the restaurant’s business?"
Ji Rui verbally asked this, but inwardly he believed that Luo Yifan’s real intention was ’proximity to the water’ to seek permission first, and the talk about managing the restaurant is false—the actual aim is to pursue Le Tong!
Whether Luo Yifan understood Ji Rui’s probing or not, he thought for a mont and earnestly replied.
"I split my working ti fifty-fifty, half at the Luo Family, half here."
There was no reading Ji Rui’s expression, but inside he tightened up, instinctively giving Le Tong a glance.
And Le Tong, at that mont, was not listening to what the two were talking about; she was exploring so pastry recipes with Baobao.
"Did your grandpa and dad agree?"
Ji Rui secretly pondered whether or not to pressure the Luo Family to rope Luo Yifan back to properly work for them instead of lingering here, getting in his way!
Luo Yifan naturally couldn’t imagine Ji Rui had such thoughts, nor did he realize he was being considered the biggest rival, despite having given up!
"Yes, I spoke with them properly. There are plenty of talents at Luo Family, they don’t miss my half-baked skills."
These words were quite true; ever since he was little, the family treated him like a treasure, with all the hard work and toil borne by his brother, while he, the second son, seed born just to enjoy life.
That’s why when he said he wanted to do sothing he liked, the Luo family didn’t obstruct him much before agreeing.
"You’re still young, good to learn from your brother, in the future you’ll surely succeed, don’t you feel it’s a pity giving up so soon?" Ji Rui knew the Luo brothers shared a deep bond, thus did not intend to sow discord but rather subtly advise him to return to the Luo Family.
What Luo Yifan did not realize was Ji Rui’s true intention; he rely thought Ji Rui was genuinely concerned for his future.
"Brother Rui, you’re not much older than ; tell , at my age, where did Ji Family rank on the asset list?"
[It’s a new sester, students, keep pushing forward! Those at work, do your best too! Only two updates today, don’t ask why, bla the inspiration, sigh!]
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