novelraw Chapter 371: All Troubles Caused by Suspicion! (Part 1)
Chapter 371: All Troubles Caused by Suspicion! (Part 1)
Le Tong had no idea about the WeChat post Ji Rui sent that was comparable to dropping an atomic bomb. When the elevator doors opened at the top floor, she held Ji Baby’s hand and quickly walked past Ji Rui without even glancing at him."Ji Yu, what promise did you make to Mommy just now? How did you forget it all in the blink of an eye?"
Le Tong tried her best to appear calm and composed. She only pretended to be stern with her precious son. However, she faintly sensed something was off, and she was sure her mischievous son had a hand in it.
Ji Baby blinked, flashed a big smile at Le Tong, and then scratched his head, playing dumb. "Mommy... I didn’t forget, it’s just that my mouth slipped, and I said it too quickly..."
Le Tong both loved and hated the boy’s wit. If his schemes targeted Ji Rui, she would mostly cheer for him.
But when she was the target of his cunning, she felt like she had no way to express her grievances.
"Mouth slipped..."
Le Tong couldn’t bring herself to scold her precious darling; she could only hold her frustration inside, which made her chest ache!
Ji Baby cautiously looked at Le Tong. He knew he had actually upset Mommy this time, so he dared not look back at Ji Rui. Instead, he tugged on Le Tong’s hand and obediently followed her into the office.
No matter how aggrieved she was, Le Tong wouldn’t take her anger out on her son. After entering the office, she let him sit on the small sofa in the meeting area, "Sit down, Mommy will get you a glass of water."
Ji Baby blinked pitifully and said, "Mommy, I’m very thirsty and want some apple juice..."
Le Tong couldn’t refuse her precious son’s requests, so she nodded. Ji Baby sat obediently on the sofa, watching her turn into the pantry, then turned his head to look at his dad.
"Daddy, Mommy is angry!" Ji Baby said in a frightened tone to Ji Rui.
Ji Rui’s face still hadn’t lightened up. He glanced at his son with a stern face and didn’t say a word.
Ji Baby beckoned with his finger, signaling him to come over. Although Ji Rui wasn’t in a great mood, he doted on his son a lot, so he leaned forward, and Ji Baby grabbed his face with his small hands.
"Oh, Daddy, don’t always keep such a stiff, dead look. No wonder Mommy wants to go out and explore. Look at your face, it looks terrible!"
While tugging at him, Ji Baby criticized him in a highly disdainful tone.
Ji Rui’s mouth twitched, unclear whether it was from Ji Baby’s pulling or the irritation!
"Daddy’s not handsome?" Ji Rui snorted.
Ji Baby rolled his eyes at him, "Handsome, but can you eat handsomeness?"
Ji Rui was puzzled, "What do you mean?"
Ji Baby sighed like a little adult, "If I did something wrong, would Daddy not scold me because I’m handsome? Would Daddy not be angry because I’m handsome?"
Ji Rui didn’t even need to think, "Of course not!"
Children need to be taught. If you know they’ve done wrong, they must be properly educated; you can’t just act like nothing happened. Even if Ji Baby looks adorable, it can’t negate the need for scolding and education when he does something wrong.
Ji Baby patted his forehead, looking at Ji Rui with a disdainful, "you’re really stupid" look, and his tone was also full of disdain and helplessness.
"Right? Even if Daddy does something wrong, no matter how handsome, Mommy will still be angry..."
Ji Rui suddenly looked bewildered, looking at his son with great reluctance.
"What did I do wrong?"
Ji Baby patted his forehead, pretending to faint, and after a while, he asked, "What did that Auntie say about introducing a boyfriend to Mommy? What did Mommy say?"
Ji Rui got angry when this was brought up, but his precious son insisted on poking at his sore spot. He could only recall it painfully, "Your Mommy said that Aunt Huang was the one who was overly enthusiastic and wanted to introduce someone to her..."
Ji Baby stared at him, prompting him, "And... so?"
If needing a prompt at this point, Ji Rui didn’t really understand; he would indeed be hopelessly stupid!!
"So, Baby means, actually, Mommy already explained it. It’s because Daddy didn’t believe her, that’s why Mommy got angry. When Mommy gets angry, she deliberately says angry words to upset Daddy?"
Ji Rui speculated and analyzed bit by bit following Ji Baby’s hints. The more he spoke, the more he felt he was being overly suspicious. Clearly, Le Tong indeed denied wanting any matchmaking, but he was so angry he completely ignored that and kept fixating on her angry words.
Ji Baby let out a long sigh, slumping on the sofa, muttering, "Stupid Daddy..."
When Le Tong finally managed to squeeze a glass of apple juice using the juicer in the pantry, which hadn’t even been unwrapped, only Ji Baby was left in the small meeting room. The man who had angered her to no end had apparently wisely retreated to the office.
"Baby, come, drink it while it’s warm."
Cold drinks and the like weren’t suitable for Ji Baby to have temporarily, so Le Tong heated the juice slightly.
Ji Baby took the juice, "Thank you, Mommy!" He gulped down a big mouthful, "So good!"
Le Tong patted his head, got up to work, but Ji Baby pointed with his finger to the CEO’s office behind her, "Mommy, Daddy wants you to go in."
Although Le Tong was still angry at Ji Rui, anger aside, during work hours, she couldn’t just protest over a little personal matter.
"Okay baby, play by yourself for a bit. Mommy will go in and see what work Daddy needs to delegate."
Le Tong had already mentally prepared for Ji Rui to give her a hard time over what happened earlier. After all, such situations had happened frequently in the past. Moments where they were in a clear sky one moment and stormy accusations the next were no longer fresh.
She was foolish, naïve, thinking he had started to change and wouldn’t be as subjective and suspicious as before.
Experience proved that you can’t change a dog’s habit of eating crap, and a cow remains a cow no matter where you lead it, just like a monkey wouldn’t evolve into a human solely because it ages!
"Mr. Ji, any instructions?"
After knocking and entering, Le Tong sounded particularly formal, with a demeanor that was extra obedient and well-behaved.
This Le Tong reminded Ji Rui of the past Le Tong, who liked to disguise and always disguised herself in front of him.
Recalling the past, Ji Rui couldn’t help but frown.
"Le Tong, I..."
Le Tong lifted her eyelids, and upon seeing him frown, immediately pulled her mouth into a pleasing smile. She interrupted him before Ji Rui could finish his words.
"Coffee, right? I’ll brew it for you now, Mr. Ji, please wait for a moment!"
Before Ji Rui could explain, Le Tong had already turned and quickly ran out, naturally missing the frustrated expression on the man’s face behind the desk.
[I originally thought I could post before midnight, but who knew the computer crashed, and it took dozens of minutes to reboot... Fortunately, the draft was still there!! Amitabha!!]