Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife

Chapter 368: Idiots Together (Second Release)

Before, she pretended to be oblivious, so she was always unwilling to explore the deeper meaning in his eyes. Now, if she said she didn’t understand, it wouldn’t hold water."Mr. Ji..."

Clearly, it was the same way she always called him, but this time, when Le Tong said it, it felt particularly awkward. To Ji Rui’s ears, it inexplicably carried a hint of shyness.

"Hmm?!" The man raised an eyebrow, a big question mark seemingly written on his face.

Once again, Le Tong turned her face away, not daring to meet Ji Rui’s eyes, which were filled with so much meaning.

Instinct told her that he knew exactly what she wanted to say, but he was pretending to be clueless on purpose!

"Let go of me..."

Just because he played dumb didn’t mean she had to play along. "I want to go to sleep."

Ji Rui saw the typically straightforward her awkwardly revealing an unusual side, and he found it quite endearing.

Falling for someone is probably like this. No matter if she’s laughing, angry, glaring, or pouting, she seemed charming and adorable to him.

"Do you believe it?" Ji Rui’s hand behaved itself but still held her waist tightly, with no intention of letting go.

"Believe what?" Le Tong turned her face to glare at him.

"Believe that the person I can’t quit is you." Ji Rui’s eyes burned, seeming as if they would pierce a hole through her face.

Le Tong pushed against his chest, muttering angrily, "I don’t believe it! Who would believe an ungrateful wolf like you? I even worried about you, but it was just like a cat crying over a mouse, meddling where I shouldn’t..."

When she discovered that the man she couldn’t move with her entire resistance was now easily pushed away, she stopped speaking.

Ji Rui, who had been half-kneeling, leaning towards her, now straightened up and sat up.

Before Le Tong could say anything else, his wolf claws, which had retreated without her noticing, reached out again. Le Tong instinctively leaned back to avoid them, but his hand had already landed on her head. Before she could speak, his long fingers were already sliding from the top of her head along her hair to the tips. When Le Tong realized it, she understood he was helping her tidy her hair.

The originally cold and rigid man seemed to have softened into a warm and gentle type, and even his gaze was so gentle it made her want to bury her face in a pile of sand.

As he gently tidied her hair, Ji Rui spoke softly, "Go to sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow!"

Le Tong slapped his hand away with a snort, "Hmph, a cat crying over a mouse..." Then she stood up, walked around him, and returned to her room to sleep.

Ji Rui slightly tilted his head, staring at the back of her ears, which were as red as if they could bleed, and curled his lips, saying to her fleeing figure, "Goodnight!"

Le Tong, as if greased under her feet, quickly darted into the master bedroom, slamming the door shut with a bang, then leaned against the door, unable to move for a long while.

No matter how much she blustered and denied it angrily, it seemed he had already determined that she actually believed him!

And she herself was quite sure, even if not a hundred percent convinced, she was at least half convinced!

What should she do now?

Le Tong leaned her head back against the door, closing her eyes in distress...

Outside the door, Ji Rui was in a great mood. He picked up a bowl of perfectly warmed noodles and downed it with the soup in a few bites.

He originally thought it would take quite some time to make her believe in him and then get her to like him.

Now it seemed that even if she wasn’t completely convinced, she did like him.

In the past, Yang Sheng had also reminded him several times that Le Tong’s feelings for him were not ordinary. Back then, he assumed she had ulterior motives, but now it seemed she had liked him all along.

However, this kind of liking was so hidden that even she hadn’t realized it.

Just like now, she seemed unaware that she liked him.

It turned out that not only was he the fool, but she was also a fool as well!

However, a fool for a fool seems just right!

...

That night, in the two adjacent rooms, Le Tong tossed and turned in frustration until close to dawn before she finally fell into a hazy sleep. In contrast, Ji Rui was the opposite. After finishing the noodles and brushing his teeth, he fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed.

The next morning, the energetic one was President Ji, while the one with obvious dark circles was Le Tong.

"Baobao, shall we go for morning tea today?"

Ji Rui, who had gotten up early and sat on the sofa browsing the web and reading the news, glanced at the still tired Le Tong and gestured for his beloved son to come over.

Baobao’s eyes lit up with surprise, but he didn’t dare agree right away. Instead, he turned his little face up to look at Le Tong, tugging at her hand.

"Mommy, shall we go for morning tea together? Baobao really wants to eat Dragon Hotel’s shrimp dumplings..."

Even though Baobao was discharged from the hospital, Le Tong strictly controlled his diet, and he hadn’t had high-fat, high-protein foods like shrimp and crab for a while.

However, a few days ago, when Doctor Dong came to check on Baobao, he mentioned that a little dietary relaxation was fine.

Looking at Baobao swallowing his saliva, Le Tong patted his head and hummed, "Alright, let’s go for morning tea, little foodie."

Saying that, she gently pushed Baobao towards Ji Rui, "Stay with your daddy, mommy is going to pack for going out."

"Okay..." Baobao ran towards Ji Rui and jumped into his arms.

"Like a little monkey..." Le Tong watched the little guy gradually regain his agile skills, a faint smile appearing on her face as she turned and went into the bedroom.

"Baobao, did mommy not sleep well last night?" Ji Rui put his laptop aside, holding Baobao on his lap and directly probing for information.

Baobao suddenly brought his face over, "Did you two have a fight?"

Ji Rui shook his head, "Of course not."

"Then why didn’t mommy sleep well? She always wakes me up, but today Baobao woke up, and mommy was still asleep."

Baobao finished speaking, thought for a moment, and asked, "Did daddy make mommy mad again?"

Ji Rui pinched his cheek, "No..."

This response clearly lacked confidence.

Last night couldn’t exactly be called a fight, but he did seem to have angered her.

Though he didn’t regret his actions, in fact, he was glad he did it.

But the fact was, she was angry.

And Le Tong, indeed, was a bit cross with Ji Rui. But as time went on, this anger turned more towards herself.

Or perhaps she wasn’t actually angry, just at a loss as to how to handle the things that were going to happen next.

She had never been in love, yet she had been confessed to before.

Still, no one had ever made a confession that left her feeling as helpless as this one!