With the help of two police officers, Le Tong successfully left the hotel.
As Le Tong left, Ji Rui’s expression was quite a sight! Meanwhile, she felt utterly refreshed!
Of course, she didn’t doubt Ji Rui had the ability to stop her on the spot, but she knew, he couldn’t afford to lose face like that!
When Le Tong returned to Zhang Yi’s home, Zhang Yi, who originally planned to sign a contract with a few fellow villagers, stayed home instead. Upon seeing Le Tong return, he quickly ran up to her, inspecting her from head to toe, and nervously asked, "Tongtong, are you okay?"
Le Tong shook her head, "Brother, I’m fine." She said as she walked slowly into the inner room side by side with Zhang Yi. Sister-in-law Zhang, who was cooking in the kitchen, saw Le Tong return, quickly came out and pulled her to sit on the sofa.
Zhang Yi went to pour her a cup of hot tea, placed it in her hands, and gestured for her to warm her hands, "That man..."
Zhang Yi asked somewhat awkwardly, after all, this was Le Tong’s private matter, and it was a bit intrusive for a man to inquire about a woman’s love life.
Le Tong didn’t feel Zhang Yi was overstepping; on the contrary, she felt a warmth. This feeling of being cared for was a rare little happiness for Le Tong.
She held the hot tea in her hands and took a sip.
"He was my former boss, there’s some misunderstanding on his part." Not wanting Zhang Yi and his wife to worry, Le Tong tried to explain in a calm tone.
"Those police officers..." Zhang Yi was still worried. It must be known, seeing that whole bunch of police officers surrounding Le Tong almost gave him a heart attack.
"They were just helping my boss to find me, it’s no big deal."
Even a couple of small city officers could frighten Zhang Yi out of his wits, let alone those few police officers!
Although Le Tong tried to act nonchalant about the situation, Zhang Yi and his wife sitting opposite her still had worried expressions.
"Your boss... did he ask you to go back to work?"
Seeing that Le Tong didn’t show any impatience, Zhang Yi took the courage to continue asking.
Le Tong originally wanted to shake her head, but on second thought, saying it was about work was easier than explaining the contract issue.
"Hmm." She nodded, "I left in a hurry and didn’t hand over to the next secretary; a lot of work I handled, the new secretary can’t manage."
This statement wasn’t exactly a lie.
Originally, if Ji Rui hadn’t pushed her so hard, she wouldn’t have left so hurriedly and unfeelingly, leaving behind a mess.
But at that time, Ji Rui left her no options, so leaving became her only thought. She had no mind to care about the Ji Family’s work then.
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Le Tong shook her head, "No, I resigned."
She wouldn’t go back to the Ji Family even if it killed her. In the past, when she and Ji Rui hadn’t broken off, she endured, no matter how excessive he was.
But now it’s different; from the moment he pushed that contract and check in front of her, her relationship with him could never return to just being a simple boss and subordinate relationship.
"Tongtong..." Zhang Yi looked at Le Tong, wanting to say something, but seeming embarrassed to speak out.
"That..." Zhang Yi pointed to a pile of newspapers in the corner, "That missing person ad for Ji Baby, is he your boss’s son?"
"Hmm." Seeing she couldn’t hide it, Le Tong admitted readily.
Zhang Yi opened his mouth as if to ask more but didn’t know how to express it. Seeing this, Le Tong said, "He wants me to be his son’s nanny, I refused!"
Le Tong couldn’t bring herself to say about being Ji Rui’s woman or Ji Baby’s mommy.
Moreover, in her mind, Ji Rui’s contract, at its core, was indeed about finding a nanny for Ji Baby.
After all, the role of a mommy isn’t something you can simply replace as you wish.
"Brother, for now, I have no plans to leave."
Ji Rui’s arrival didn’t change Le Tong’s desire to remain living here.
Zhang Yi noticeably breathed a sigh of relief, and then didn’t ask further, accompanied Le Tong for a while, until Sister-in-law Zhang came out from the kitchen to send him to the market to buy some meat, at which point he got up and went out.
Le Tong also got up and walked into the kitchen to help, "Where’s Wenwen?"
"She played at Grandma’s house all afternoon, got tired, came back, and fell asleep. You must be tired too; go take a nap, I’ll call you for dinner."
Sister-in-law Zhang nudged Le Tong to take a rest.
But Le Tong didn’t want to sit idle now, she feared if she sat down she would remember Ji Rui’s face that troubled her.
"Sister-in-law, I’ll make dinner today, I haven’t cooked for a while and I’m itching to do so."
It wasn’t that Le Tong was lazy; she feared the dishes she made wouldn’t suit the tastes of Zhang Yi’s family, so after coming here, she was content being a couch potato, eating and sleeping all day. Her daily labor was sweeping the courtyard and taking Wenwen for a walk.
Sister-in-law Zhang couldn’t resist her, so after pushing back and forth for a while, she left the kitchen to Le Tong and went out herself.
Le Tong peeled the potatoes and tossed them into the pot to cook; Wenwen was too young, so Le Tong planned to make mashed potatoes for her.
Le Tong bowed her head while peeling and suddenly thought of Ji Baby, whom she coaxed to sleep in the county hotel.
Not sure if he’s woken up yet? If he has, and doesn’t see her, would he cry? Or would he obediently go back to R City with his daddy?
Tossing the peeled potatoes into the pot to cook, Le Tong sliced a plate of potato shreds.
"Wenwen isn’t awake yet."
Sister-in-law Zhang returned, came in, and started helping Le Tong.
"Sister-in-law, I heard from Brother that you plan to send Wenwen to daycare after the New Year. She’s so young, is that okay?"
After the Spring Festival, the little girl would only be about a year and a half old; Le Tong always felt that sending a little girl who couldn’t even manage basic self-care to daycare was irresponsible.
"No choice, when spring comes, we need to start working the fields, and your brother won’t have time to be at home, so it’s better to send her to daycare."
Le Tong was still uneasy, "In daycare, two or three teachers look after dozens of children, how can they manage? Can’t Auntie help look after her a bit?"
Le Tong’s words made Sister-in-law Zhang waver, "I’ll ask my mom first!"
Le Tong nodded, "Okay, ask her, I can help take care of her then too."
After discussing Wenwen’s matter, the two of them casually chatted about family matters.
When Zhang Yi came back with the meat, Le Tong quickly made a dish of cabbage stewed with mushroom meatballs, plus the four or five dishes she made earlier, setting a full table.
Carrying the dishes to the table one by one, little Wenwen, dragged out of bed by Sister-in-law Zhang, seemed not fully awake yet, as she cluelessly sat at the dining table with her special little bowl and spoon.
Le Tong amusingly leaned over and kissed her rosy cheek, chuckling, "Baby, dinner time!"
Lips against the warm, soft cheek made it hard to pull away, when suddenly a scream erupted from behind.
"Bad sister! You lied to me!"
[There’s something today, so just one update for now, will make up for it with an extra update tomorrow, three updates tomorrow.]