Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife

Chapter 346: Floral Offensive (Part 1)

"President, I can only cook instant noodles."Xiao Li said awkwardly, placing the steaming noodles in front of Ji Rui.

Ji Rui sat up and responded indifferently with an "uh-huh."

Xiao Li had followed Ji Rui for so long, this was the first time he personally witnessed Ji Rui eating instant noodles. He was very afraid that Ji Rui would spit out the noodles after taking a bite, so he held the bowl without eating and fearfully watched Ji Rui.

Ji Rui absentmindedly picked up the bowl, raised the noodles to his mouth, chewed them twice, and swallowed them as if these noodles seemed perfectly fine.

"Xiao Li, tell me, how did you actually make your girlfriend believe you liked her?"

Xiao Li was startled, staring fixedly at Ji Rui.

Could it be that the President is in a bad mood because he confessed to Miss Le, and Miss Le didn’t believe him?

"President, what do you mean?"

Xiao Li didn’t dare to be sure his guess was right, after all, for a man like the President, who had both looks and background, there were women willing to chase him that could circle around R City. He couldn’t imagine the President confessing to someone and actually being denied? In other words, rejected?

Ji Rui only ate one mouthful of noodles, then held the bowl, staring blankly into space.

"What if you did something wrong, how would you coax her?"

Having not received an answer, Ji Rui directly gave up on the previous question and asked the next one.

Xiao Li’s jaw dropped in shock, unable to close it.

After a while, he finally reacted. "My girlfriend is quite petty and often gets angry. However, she’s also easy to coax; buying her a bouquet or a box of chocolates, and repeatedly admitting that I’m wrong, she’ll mostly forgive me."

Speaking about this, Xiao Li felt a bit embarrassed. After all, men love their dignity, and admitting in front of others that he’s always acting submissive in front of his girlfriend isn’t very honorable.

"Buy flowers? Buy chocolates?"

Ji Rui’s mind made an effort to imagine Le Tong’s expression upon receiving a large bouquet of roses or chocolates.

Right now, he even forgot that he was originally quite angry with Le Tong. Angry that she didn’t believe him, angry that she treated his sincerity like garbage & ignored it.

On the way back, his anger had almost dissipated, leaving more room for exploration and puzzlement. When he just lay on the sofa, his mind kept replaying the words Le Tong said to him, "Mr. Ji, your self-perception is honestly quite good!"

What on earth did she mean by that sentence?

He thought about it for a long time and couldn’t figure out her meaning, but he clearly remembered her tone and expression when she spoke, seeming a little helpless and somewhat angry.

Could it be that he inadvertently did something wrong, making her angry, so she spoke out of spite, saying she didn’t believe?

Ji Rui thought for a long time and couldn’t figure it out; he had to seek help from Xiao Li.

From what Xiao Li said, he had broken up and reconciled with his girlfriend several times, and by now the relationship was getting better, seemingly planning to get married after the Spring Festival.

"Yes, my girlfriend likes these things quite a lot; they’re more effective than branded bags and jewelry..."

Xiao Li added when he saw Ji Rui listening intently.

"Branded bags and jewelry?"

To be honest, Ji Rui never thought of giving these things to Le Tong.

He only knew she didn’t like owing favors, so she rarely accepted gifts. He also heard Yang Sheng mention that if someone treated Le Tong to a meal, it wouldn’t be long before she returned the favor.

For this reason, he helped her with the house in such an obscure way.

"Yes, I tried giving her a branded bag, and she scolded me, saying I was wasting money. Generally speaking, women who genuinely want to be with you don’t like their boyfriends wasting money."

After Xiao Li finished, seeing the contemplative expression on Ji Rui’s face, he boldly asked, "President, is it Miss Le?"

Originally, he thought Ji Rui wouldn’t pay attention to him, but Ji Rui cheerfully nodded.

"Uh-huh."

Having followed Ji Rui for so long, Xiao Li actually understood Le Tong quite well.

"For someone like Miss Le, who is usually proud and has a strong sense of self-respect, naturally she shouldn’t be given expensive jewelry and the like; it’s best to give gifts that are light in weight but heavy in sentiment." Xiao Li expressively shared his thoughts.

Ji Rui unconsciously stuffed another mouthful of noodles into his mouth, chewing casually and swallowing.

His mind was seriously considering and comparing Xiao Li’s suggestions.

...

Next day, Le Tong returned to the office fifteen minutes early as usual. When she saw the large bouquet of vibrant red roses on her desk, she assumed she had entered the wrong floor.

She went closer to take a look; the arrangement on the desk was clearly her own, so she thought that bouquet must have been delivered to the wrong place.

Amidst the flowers, there seemed to be a card placed, and Le Tong stepped closer, took out the card hesitantly, and opened it.

Only when she saw her name clearly written on it did she confirm that this bouquet was not delivered to the wrong place.

TO:

Le Tong!

Aside from those words, there was nothing else.

Le Tong was puzzled and thought for a moment, her first instinct was to think the bouquet was from President Ji.

But she quickly dismissed this thought.

Yesterday, President Ji was extremely angry, today she’d be lucky not to get a nasty look from him, let alone him sending her flowers?

Dream on!

Le Tong put the flowers down, deciding to think about the sender later; for now, she needed to make coffee.

As she brought the coffee inside, the man behind the desk looked up, not picking up the coffee as usual, but instead examining her carefully and intently.

Le Tong found the look inexplicable, assuming he was preparing to blame her for the previous night’s incident.

Involuntarily straightening her back, she adopted a ready-to-fight posture.

Unexpectedly, the man didn’t say anything unpleasant, but asked, "Do you like the flowers?"

Le Tong was stunned, quickly realizing that those flowers were indeed from him!

"Those flowers..." Le Tong pointed outside, "You bought them?"

She hesitated to say ’sent by you’, because if she said it was sent by him, she would probably run out and throw the flowers in the trash.

"Uh-huh!" Ji Rui gave her a deep glance, not mentioning any of the embarrassing words and actions from the previous night, just gently asked, "Do you like them?"

Le Tong was stunned again, then quickly smiled, "I like them, who wouldn’t like such beautiful flowers!"

Ji Rui seemed to let out a long sigh of relief, Le Tong said again, "Mr. Ji, those flowers are quite pretty, how much did they cost?"

This time, it was Ji Rui’s turn to be slightly taken aback, "Uh?"

Le Tong pointed outside again, "I mean, how much did the bouquet of flowers cost?"

Ji Rui seemed not to understand her intention, "Eight hundred and eighty..."

Le Tong acknowledged with an "Oh" and quickly went out.

Ji Rui picked up his coffee, but his thoughts weren’t on the coffee, his eyes following her back.

Before he could gather his thoughts, Le Tong returned like a gust of wind.

Under Ji Rui’s surprised gaze, Le Tong placed several banknotes on the table with a "snap," "Mr. Ji, here’s the money for the flowers, I’m giving it back to you!"

[Uh, this is the second part, Chapter name was mistakenly labeled]