In the ti before Ji Baby was around the age of two, his presence in Ji Rui’s heart was nearly zero.
Before turning two, Ji Baby was rely a guarantee for Ji Rui to confidently take on the position of president of the Ji Family. Ji Rui would only visit the mansion once a week to check that he was safely at ho, and then he could leave without worry.
He can’t rember when he started to care about the baby.
Was it when the baby, calling out "Daddy, Daddy," ran toward him with chubby little hands wanting a hug?
Or was it when the baby cried with tears and insisted on wanting Mommy?
Or perhaps, was it when his chubby little hands hugged his neck and soft lips kissed his face?
He only knows that from the ti he started planning every Friday what to do with the baby on Saturday, he actually began missing that noisy little fellow. Alone in a cold bed, he would long for the baby who would sleep like a little heater in his embrace.
Missing ans caring.
And what is called loneliness, perhaps, is because of caring that one feels lonely.
That feeling of cold sleepless nights in winter, perhaps, is what Le Tong called loneliness?
"I’ll give you three days off, no more."
For Ji Rui, who is in an overti state four to five days a week, giving Le Tong three days off seems quite generous.
"President, I’ve worked at the Ji Family for eight months, with countless overti hours. Even without counting compensatory ti off for overti, I still have a week of paid vacation. I’m not asking for more, just to take my paid vacation."
Le Tong, who originally didn’t want to speak much, finally began elaborating to Ji Rui in order to争取更多的假期.
"For soone who needs a week to attend a birthday celebration?"
Ji Rui thought even soone like the old man with a grand style had only needed two days for his sixtieth birthday celebration.
However, he seed to forget that these matters are actually Le Tong’s private business. As a Ji Family employee, she is indeed under his direction during working hours, but outside of work, she has the right to use her own vacation. Even if she took a seven-day vacation and stayed ho sleeping, it wouldn’t be any of his business.
Le Tong’s trip was obviously more than just attending her teacher’s wife’s birthday.
Her mood has been too terrible recently, and she wanted to go out for a walk, to clear her mind and adjust her emotions. Le Tong knows very well that if she allows her emotions to remain as volatile as they have been, she would eventually go crazy.
"I’m not as free as the president, and since it’s rare for to travel, I want to take the opportunity to have so fun."
There are so hurdles she thought she could overco. Feeling distressed is only because not enough ti has passed to forget those pains.
But as ti goes on, the wound inside her grows deeper. It turns out, if a wound isn’t treated for a long ti, it can fester and worsen, and recently, she feels like she’s almost too pained to bear it. Such pain arises with every breath, making it impossible to ignore.
Ji Rui, however, was in no mood to carefully listen to Le Tong’s reasons, "No, just three days! You’re my secretary; many confidential docunts can only be handled by you. If you suddenly take seven days off, who will help deal with all these matters?"
Actually, giving Le Tong a seven-day leave wouldn’t be difficult; after all, Lin Ling could co up to fill in for a few days.
But Ji Rui just didn’t want to give Le Tong too much leave, for reasons he himself didn’t understand.
"President, that’s your problem, not mine." Le Tong ant that regardless of the situation, whether you approve or not, she still intended to take her leave.
Their conversation directly broke down.
In the following days, the president’s office was shrouded in a low-pressure atmosphere.
Yang Sheng, who had sharp observation skills, hit the nail on the head about their relationship, "Rui, are you and Tongtong in a cold war?"
Although Ji Rui was unwilling to admit it, he and Le Tong were indeed in a cold war.
In theory, there shouldn’t be a possibility of neglect between a boss and a subordinate who only interact in work. However, for Ji Rui and Le Tong, who have only a professional relationship, declaring a cold war truly seems strange.
After all, a cold war generally refers to two people with a close relationship suddenly neglecting each other for so reason, which is what defines a cold war.
But the awkwardness between these two in recent days seed no different from a cold war to Yang Sheng.
The president’s special supply of coffee was gone, and even breakfast was only prepared for Yang Sheng.
As for lunch, now Le Tong was eating with the finance departnt staff in the cafeteria, after which she and other female employees would stroll around the comrcial street near Ji Mansion until work resud.
These days, Ji Rui still worked overti every day, but Le Tong was packing up and leaving promptly at five-thirty, no longer seen accompanying Ji Rui during overti.
"Cold war? and her? You’re kidding!"
Ji Rui drank the coffee Yang Sheng brought back from the outside cafe, took a sip, and licked his lips with great enjoynt.
Since Le Tong cut off his coffee and breakfast, he’d been drinking only tea, aside from the instant coffee in the break room, which he preferred not to drink.
"Co on, spill it, what did Tongtong do to offend you this ti?"
Actually, Yang Sheng wanted to ask Ji Rui what he had done to offend his gentle and kind-hearted little junior, who now seed to ignore him completely, implying it wasn’t just a minor issue.
Ji Rui certainly wouldn’t tell Yang Sheng his entanglents with Le Tong, instead blaming the leave situation for the current circumstances.
"Offend is too strong! She wanted seven days off; I granted three days. That’s all." Ji Rui still felt he was in the right, believing their predicant was purely Le Tong’s narrow-mindedness.
Yang Sheng was quite surprised, "Tongtong is taking leave, why didn’t she say anything to ?"
Ji Rui lifted his eyelids and looked at him, "You’re not anyone to her, so why would she tell you?"
Surprisingly, Ji Rui found it odd that despite the close relationship between Yang Sheng and Le Tong, he wasn’t aware of her leave plans?
Yang Sheng thought Ji Rui’s words seed to have another aning, montarily forgetting that Le Tong was Ji Rui’s personal secretary.
"You’re not anyone to her either, so why would she tell you?"
"She’s my secretary!" Ji Rui put down the coffee, casually glanced at Yang Sheng, as if declaring.
It seed, compared to Yang Sheng, Ji Rui was actually closer to Le Tong in terms of relationship.
"Is being a secretary so great? She’s still my little junior! With you, she has no private relationship. To put it bluntly, if she soday stops working at the Ji Family, will she maintain contact with her forr boss like you? But with , it’s a lifelong connection."
Yang Sheng wasn’t to be outdone, sharply distinguishing his difference with Ji Rui. To Yang Sheng, Le Tong was like a sister, and such a sentint could last a lifeti.
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