Ji Baby hugged Mr. Ji even tighter, "No! If Baby leaves, Daddy and Grandpa will fight! Baby won’t go!"
Ji Rui looked at the back of his beloved son’s head and silently sighed in his heart.
From the day Baby was brought home, it was Mr. Ji who had taken care of him, so it’s normal for Baby to protect him.
Even though Baby, like himself, is just a pawn for Mr. Ji, in Baby’s young heart, Grandpa might be just a little less important than Daddy.
Oh well... forget it. It’s New Year’s Eve today, for the sake of his beloved son, the reckoning will have to wait until after the New Year!
"Baby, let go of Grandpa, Daddy promises not to argue with Grandpa."
Baby turned to look at Ji Rui, "Really?"
Ji Rui bent over and patted his butt, snorted, "Of course it’s true. When has Daddy ever lied to Baby?" ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by n0velfire.net
Ji Baby, with Ji Rui’s verbal promise, finally released Mr. Ji and sat back in his lap.
Ji Rui picked up the teapot and filled Mr. Ji’s cup with tea, as a gesture of temporary truce.
Thanks to his grandson’s plea, Mr. Ji was able to sit in the house and spend time with his son and grandson.
Even though it was just a brief moment of peace, he seemed satisfied.
Thus, he sensibly stopped mentioning anything about Ji Wen and Ji Wu.
The three of them drank tea and ate snacks in the living room, occasionally exchanging a few harmless words, until the clock pointed to ten. Mr. Ji got up to leave, and Baby held onto Ji Rui, insisting on seeing Mr. Ji out.
At the entrance, Mr. Ji seemed to remember something. He pulled out two red envelopes from somewhere and handed them to Ji Rui and Baby respectively.
Baby naturally knew this was the New Year’s money from Grandpa and happily accepted it, cheerfully saying, "Thank you, Grandpa!"
But Ji Rui didn’t accept it, only looking at Mr. Ji with a puzzled eye.
"Ah Ru, this is New Year’s money. Although you’re already a father, as long as you’re not married, you’re still a child to your dad."
Ji Rui remained silent, unsure whether Mr. Ji was genuinely sincere or playing an affectionate card.
"Daddy, take it and say thank you!"
Ji Baby thought Ji Rui didn’t understand, so he grabbed his hand to help him take the red envelope and urged him to thank Mr. Ji.
Ji Rui took the red envelope and stuffed it into the pocket of his loungewear, remaining silent throughout.
Seeing no thanks from him, Mr. Ji’s face showed a faint hint of disappointment. Baby quickly said sweetly, "Baby and Daddy both thank Grandpa together!"
Mr. Ji bent down to stroke his head with a smile, "Hmm, Baby is so good. Grandpa is leaving now. Baby, remember to come back with Daddy to keep Grandpa company when you have time."
Ji Baby nodded repeatedly in agreement, seeing him off all the way to the door, "Grandpa, be careful on the road, goodbye Grandpa..."
Watching Mr. Ji enter the elevator with a few bodyguards, Ji Baby returned to the house, closed the door, and walked back to the living room, where Ji Rui was already sitting on the sofa looking at a magazine.
Ji Baby walked over, took away the magazine from Ji Rui’s lap, climbed up, wrapped his arms around Ji Rui’s neck, and snuggled against his chin with an upturned face.
"Did Grandpa do something wrong? Will you forgive Grandpa, please?"
Children are usually very sensitive. Their understanding of things is often not through analysis but intuition, and Ji Baby’s intuition is usually very accurate.
Ji Rui lowered his head and kissed his nose, unsure how to answer him.
Ji Baby seemed to sense his difficulty and only said that one sentence without pressing further, holding Ji Rui in silence. Until they both heard the "bang bang" sound from the terrace outside, they turned their heads at the same time and saw fireworks blooming like a sea of flowers in the night sky.
"Wow, so beautiful!!"
Ji Baby slid off Ji Rui and ran barefoot to the large window, pressing his whole body against the glass, gazing at the colorful fireworks in the sky.
Ji Rui walked over barefoot, stood next to Baby, and, imitating him, pressed against the glass with his head raised, watching the fireworks ascend and descend, for the first time finding these fireworks as beautiful as his beloved son described, even though they were fleeting.
Rarely calming his mind to admire the fireworks, Ji Baby suddenly looked at him.
"Daddy, can Sister see them there?"
Ji Rui stared at those dazzling flowers in the sky, wanting to say no, but when confronted with his son’s hopeful eyes, he nodded, "Hmm, she can see them!"
Baby then turned back happily to continue watching the fireworks changing into different shapes, "Daddy, is that a little white rabbit..."
Daddy, is that a winged little angel?
Daddy, look at that flying elephant...
In Ji Rui’s eyes, the fireworks were still just fireworks, but in Baby’s eyes, it seemed like he saw an even more dazzling and colorful world than the fireworks themselves.
Ji Rui vaguely heard his phone ringing.
Returning to the living room, he indeed saw his phone on the coffee table ringing incessantly.
He thought it was Mr. Ji calling again to plea, and frowned as he picked it up, only to see it was Le Tong.
Ji Rui glanced at his baby son still excitedly watching the fireworks, and answered the call, "Hello!"
"Mr. Ji?" Le Tong’s voice sounded somewhat unreal, probably because it was coming through the phone.
"Has Baby gone to sleep? He hasn’t been answering his phone!" Le Tong’s tone carried a hint of anxiety.
Ji Rui looked again at the small figure of his beloved son, "Not yet asleep, he’s watching fireworks. His phone might be in the bedroom, so he didn’t hear it ring."
"Oh... Can you let him take the call?" Le Tong seemed to let out a long breath.
"Hmm, wait a moment..."
Ji Rui turned on the loudspeaker, walked over to Baby with the phone, and patted his face, "Baby, it’s Sister’s call."
In an instant, Ji Baby’s eyes lit up. Ji Rui felt that glow in his son’s eyes was even more brilliant than the fireworks outside.
"Sister! The fireworks are beautiful. Did you see them?"
Baby’s first words were actually this!
Ji Rui secretly broke into a sweat, fearing that Le Tong might inadvertently expose his lie.
Le Tong on the other end paused for half a second, then said, "Mm, Sister saw them. They are really beautiful! But they’re not as beautiful as my baby..."
Ji Rui breathed a sigh of relief, and nearby, his beloved son’s giggles reached his ears, "Neither is as pretty as Sister... hehe..."
"Baby, inside the pocket of that down jacket is a pocket. Inside, there are two red envelopes. The smaller one is your New Year’s money. Put it under your pillow tonight. The larger one is for good fortune..."
[Fourth update, thanks to all the girls protecting Zhu Zi’s fragile heart, mua! Zhu Zi is off to write the fifth update!]