The newspaper that printed Le Tong’s large photo on the front page made Ji Rui very irritated, but strangely enough, he ended up taking it back to the Ji Family and placing it at his side.
He didn’t understand himself, why he would do all sorts of self-punishing acts similar to a teenage boy whenever it came to matters involving Le Tong!
For instance, after having a relationship with Le Tong, although he felt that Le Tong was not a simple woman and that everything she did for him might be premeditated, he insisted on keeping her under his nose to annoy himself.
Another example is when she ran off with his large check, he could have reported it to the police to get them involved, but instead, he only used a private investigator to look for her traces, and then became frustrated and anxious about her uncertain whereabouts each day.
Another example is his beloved son orchestrating this drama before the nation, crying and saying that he was abandoned by his future mommy, which should have made him, as the father, feel very embarrassed. Yet, he couldn’t bring himself to blame his son, and he even didn’t intend to hold the evening paper accountable.
Of course, President Ji, whose emotional intelligence in matters of the heart was negative, still did not understand at this point that what was called self-punishment was actually because there was another person in this world who could make him care more about her than himself, so he overlooked his own feelings and focused most attention on her matters.
This phenomenon, to put it simply, might be considered liking.
Thankfully, Ji Rui, this boring person resembling a robot who only knew how to work, could use his busy work as a remedy to cure his abnormality.
After returning to the Ji Family, he drank a cup of hot tea. Ever since Le Tong disappeared, he had swapped his morning coffee for hot tea. Because now, he seemed to have gotten used to the taste of the coffee Le Tong brewed and could no longer tolerate drinking coffee brewed by others, so he simply had Lin Ling replace it with tea.
Lin Ling went about her daily work with trepidation, praying a hundred times each day for Le Tong, who was on leave, to quickly return to work so that she could escape this profound and fiery tiger den sooner.
She carefully placed the documents on Ji Rui’s desk and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the newspaper at Ji Rui’s side.
"Eh?! Isn’t this Tongtong?"
She didn’t know anything about the backstory of Le Tong quitting and fleeing with a ’huge sum’, otherwise, even if given a leopard’s courage, she wouldn’t have dared to ask such a stupid question.
Ji Rui, who was originally working with his head down, raised his head and glared at her, "Mind your own business!" Read complete version only at n0velfire.net
Lin Ling quickly lowered her head and whispered an apology before hastily retreating.
Ji Rui refocused his gaze, first staring dumbfoundedly at Le Tong’s smiling big portrait for a while, and then, turning his eyes to the frame with the one-cent coin, he couldn’t help grinding his teeth.
Damn it! This woman is really audacious, having slept with him, she dares to only pay him a penny for his service?
Does she really think that the work capability of him, President Ji, is this worthless in her eyes?
Or is it that the technical ability of him, Ji Rui, is only worth this penny in her eyes?
This problem, which would bother even billionaires, caused Ji Rui to furrow his brows deeply, gritting his teeth as he silently thought, Le Tong, you just wait. When I bring you back, I’ll make you properly taste this penny’s worth of super-value service!!
Thinking of this, Ji Rui suddenly felt a surge of heat in his body, his throat parched, and the desire that had been suppressed and restlessly stirring in the pit of his stomach seemed poised to burst forth.
Ji Rui glanced sideways at the newspaper, where Le Tong’s clear and lively eyes were looking at him with a smile.
That overly dazzling brilliant smile seemed to silently mock Ji Rui, mocking his foolishness, mocking his incompetence!
Ji Rui, in a fit of rage, reached out, crushed the newspaper into a ball, and lifted it, about to throw it into the garbage bin. But halfway, his hand stopped.
He didn’t understand what was wrong with him, obviously detesting it, but always unwilling, unable to let go!
Ji Rui silently sighed, his hand falling powerlessly, and after staring blankly for a few seconds, he resignedly unfolded the newspaper again and spread it out on the table, then picked up the phone and dialed out.
"This is Ji Rui, monitor the phone number XXXXXXX for me, record all incoming and outgoing calls, and notify me immediately!"
The phone number Ji Rui reported was the one Ji Baby displayed in the evening paper.
Although he had arranged for monitoring of Baobao’s calls, in the evening, after Baobao fell asleep, Ji Rui couldn’t resist carefully taking out the phone Baobao had hidden under the pillow, meticulously reviewing Baobao’s call log for the day. Besides one call to him and the nanny each, there was also a call to the newspaper, probably from the newspaper’s side reporting on the response after the announcement was published.
Exiting from the call log, Ji Rui flipped to the contact list and noticed his own number set as speed dial 1, while the number labeled "Sister" was on speed dial 2, and the old man, who used to be at position 2, had been moved to 3.
Obviously, currently, that woman Le Tong held a status in his precious son’s heart second only to himself.
Ji Rui had mixed feelings, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t understand why, when Le Tong and his son had only met a few times, she managed to bond with his son and successfully captivated his heart, causing him to take actions far beyond what a five-year-old child should be able to do for her.
Perplexed in his heart, Ji Rui’s fingers almost involuntarily opened the text message box.
In the message box, there was a heap of chat-style texts, all being interactions between his son and Le Tong, numbering in the hundreds.
He, as the father, had never sent a single message to Baobao, probably subconsciously thinking he was just a child and couldn’t possibly have anything to say or troubles to express, so he never considered doing so.
Opening the chat messages, what first caught his eye were all the unilateral texts from Ji Baobao since Le Tong’s disappearance over these days.
These dozens of messages, though occasionally worded differently, expressed just a few similar sentiments.
Sister, please come back! Baobao misses you so much!
Sister, did you abandon Baobao?
Sister, do you not want to be Baobao’s mommy, is that why you haven’t come back?
And at the top was a message just sent, probably sneakily sent while Ji Rui was in the shower, hiding under the covers.
Sister, did you see the missing person notice? Please call Baobao! Sister, don’t you want to be Baobao’s mommy? If not, it’s okay to just be Baobao’s sister... Sister...
Ji Rui’s gaze remained fixed on the phone screen for a long time, his emotions, like a jumble of flavors, were in disarray!
[Chapter Update Two, See You Tomorrow]