Ji Rui didn’t get the answer he wanted and simply responded with an "Hmm" without asking further, turning his face away as he was secretly annoyed with himself for suddenly caring if she was short on money.
Soon, the car stopped at a large supermarket’s parking lot, and only then did Le Tong remember that she hadn’t asked Ji Rui why he wanted her to accompany him to shop.
Looking up at the big sign in front of her, Le Tong was slightly stunned. A supermarket? Did he want her to accompany him to buy groceries?
Le Tong was amused by her own absurd and funny thought, almost unable to hold back her laughter. Who is President Ji to personally come to a supermarket to buy groceries?
Someone like President Ji could just snap his fingers, and not only get the ingredients for one meal but also have the entire supermarket’s goods delivered to his home with just a word.
Ji Rui got out of the car, not intending to wait for Le Tong, and walked briskly towards the supermarket entrance.
Le Tong, who had been Ji Rui’s secretary for half a year, was used to jogging to keep up with Ji Rui’s pace, even though her back was still a bit uncomfortable. However, she didn’t plan to use this as a bargaining chip to win his sympathy.
Ji Rui walked through the main door and headed straight for the rows of dazzlingly displayed shelves, and Le Tong knew she was right. President Ji had probably never shopped in a supermarket before.
Le Tong turned back to push a shopping cart and ran to catch up.
"President, what... do you want to buy?"
Ji Rui was now like a headless chicken looking around aimlessly.
"To buy something for Ji Baby."
Ji Rui rarely bought anything for Ji Baby, after all, with the large Ji Family revolving around that little guy, he lacked nothing.
In the past six months, there were times when Ji Baby called him, acting cute while asking for gifts. With her clingy persistence, Ji Rui had no other option but to instruct Le Tong to prepare something. Very rarely, the gifts Le Tong bought, though not luxurious, happened to be exactly what Ji Baby liked.
Just a moment ago, Ji Rui was halfway through his meal when Ji Baby called, "Daddy, the teacher said there’s a parent-child outing organized by the kindergarten tomorrow. Daddy, you have to go with Ji Baby!" Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on novel✶fire.net
Instinctively, Ji Rui wanted to refuse, but on the other end, Ji Baby said, "Daddy, if you don’t accompany Ji Baby, let Sister Jiarong go instead! Anyway, Ji Baby’s classmates are curious about what Ji Baby’s mom looks like..."
Ji Rui pinched his brow and checked his packed schedule again, silently sighing, "Alright, Daddy will go with Ji Baby."
Ji Rui had lived for thirty years, almost without any failures.
But whenever faced with not-yet-five-year-old Ji Baby, he often had no choice but to surrender. Especially when Ji Baby brought up the topic of "Mommy," no matter how unreasonable his other requests were, Ji Rui could only agree to them.
"Oh yay! I love you, Daddy! Then Daddy, you need to prepare a lot of food for the picnic!"
This, of course, stumped Ji Rui. He might have attended picnics once or twice as a child, but they weren’t particularly joyful memories, and as for Ji Baby’s request for "a lot of food," Ji Rui had no idea where to start.
After hanging up, the first thing that came to his mind was Le Tong, who was working overtime outside, which is why Le Tong is now accompanying him shopping in the supermarket.
Sure enough, the moment Le Tong heard his intention, she immediately provided a list of suggestions with great expertise.
"For a picnic... first, buy some fruits and some snacks like dumplings, bread, and cakes to fill the stomach. If Ji Baby likes meat, prepare some convenient meat like meatballs, fish balls, sausages, chicken wings, etc. Then make some fresh fruit juices, and don’t forget snacks... Of course, if the President and Ji Baby prefer rice, you can also bring bento boxes..."
Ji Rui glanced at her without objection, "Alright, buy according to your suggestion."
Previously looking listless, Le Tong was now excited as she pushed the shopping cart, leading Ji Rui around the supermarket, as if it were her own picnic instead of Ji Rui and Ji Baby’s.