novelraw Chapter 400: Only You Are Tolerated by My Side (Part 1)
Chapter 400: Only You Are Tolerated by My Side (Part 1)
Le Tong never expected that President Ji, who was speaking on TV with a stern face just a moment ago, would appear at her doorstep the next moment.Even more unbelievably, while she was still trying to figure out why this man suddenly walked down from the screen, her face was forcibly buried into a broad and solid chest.
The familiar scent of the man instantly filled her nostrils, and realizing she had never been so close to this man, the dizzy and slightly fearful Le Tong placed her hands on his shoulders, trying to push him away.
But unsurprisingly, she was held even tighter by the man.
"Le Tong, I missed you!"
This time, it wasn’t an announcement, but a statement.
With his simple and straightforward declaration, Le Tong heard his heart pounding like a drum.
"Mommy! Is it the uncle coming to deliver food?" Baobao, who was staying in the living room watching Daddy’s speech on TV, shouted from inside.
"Bao, it’s me!" Ji Rui reluctantly pushed Le Tong away slightly, kissed her forehead, and, holding her, walked into the hallway, skillfully kicking off his shoes to change into slippers.
Tap tap tap, the footsteps were heard, and in a blink, Baobao ran up to them.
"Daddy, weren’t you on a business trip?" Baobao looked up, and unlike Le Tong’s surprise, his little face was filled with delight.
Ji Rui slightly bent down and, with a long arm, scooped up Baobao securely.
"Daddy missed Baobao and Baobao’s mommy, so I flew back." Ji Rui said, gently kissing the little one’s beautiful eyes.
After sending that message to Le Tong, Ji Rui wanted nothing more than to return immediately, but unfortunately, he had an important speech that afternoon. After he finished the speech, he entrusted everything to Yang Sheng and returned a day earlier himself.
"Did Daddy fly back with wings?"
Baobao, with childlike innocence, giggled, squeezing Ji Rui’s face and touching his shoulder.
Ji Rui felt that responding to Baobao’s innocence like this was really nice.
"Mm, next time Daddy will take Baobao flying together, okay?"
Even he found himself unintentionally becoming more childlike.
"Can Mommy come along?" Baobao wasn’t a selfish child.
"Of course!"
Ji Rui looked meaningfully at Le Tong, who he was holding, and casually brushed his chin against her hair a few times.
His affectionate little action didn’t escape Baobao’s sharp eyes, making him curve his little mouth and eyebrows, smiling mischievously.
"Daddy, are you thirsty? Baobao will get you some water."
Saying this, he wriggled out of Ji Rui’s arms and dashed into the kitchen, leaving the living room to Daddy and Mommy.
Le Tong, slowly coming back to her senses, struggled to break free of his hold. Seeing this, Ji Rui let go just right and followed her to the sofa, sitting down.
"Isn’t the conference for three days?"
Le Tong didn’t want her thoughts to dwell on bothersome things, so she deliberately shifted the topic back to work.
"Yang Sheng is there."
Ji Rui was a shrewd businessman who knew the importance of striking while the iron is hot. He feared that by the time the conference ended tomorrow and he returned, the iron he’d painstakingly warmed up, Le Tong, would turn cold and hard again.
Compared to the woman before him, that conference was nothing significant.
"But..." Le Tong wanted to say, but Yang Sheng isn’t the one in charge of the Ji Family, right?
Yet before she could finish, the man’s face was already close, quickly planting a kiss on her lip corner.
Instinctively, Le Tong moved back a bit, "Mr. Ji, you..."
Ji Rui leaned over the sofa, half-leaning towards her.
"I have to come back to tell you..."
Ji Rui gazed deeply into Le Tong’s eyes, where many things that made her nervous and unfamiliar were swirling.
Feeling as if he had taken away her spirit, Le Tong’s mind slowed significantly, murmuring, "What..."
Ji Rui’s face stopped in front of her, his handsome thick brows slightly raised, and he gazed intensely at her, asking, "Since you know I have a phobia of dirtiness, don’t you know?"
"Hmm?!" Le Tong furrowed her brows, staring back at him, full of confusion.
"With my phobia, I can only tolerate your presence around me!"
Ji Rui said leisurely, and his face approached again, this time, his lips landed not on her forehead or lip corner, but right on her slightly cool but soft lips.
Le Tong’s face grew hot, not knowing whether it was because of his words or his kiss.
She even forgot to resist, to push him away.
Fortunately, the man seemed worried that progressing too fast would scare her, so he lightly pecked her lips, then straightened up and kindly pulled her up, preventing her from nearly lying down.
"Have you and Baobao eaten yet?"
Ji Rui swiftly changed the topic, not only to avoid her feeling shy and awkward but also fearing she’d use various reasons to reject him again.
Before clearly understanding her feelings, he could only tell himself to take it slowly, or it might backfire.
But her cold words at noon, as if throwing someone into an ice cellar, had exposed her feelings, perhaps even hidden from herself or unwilling to face it, laying them bare in front of him.
So, he decided to push her appropriately!
However, he slightly underestimated Le Tong.
"Why did you kiss me?"
From the moment she entered until now, Le Tong’s mind had been in turmoil over and over. After several stimulations, she completely cleared up.
Upon hearing this, the fire Ji Rui had forcibly suppressed in his heart flared up fiercely again.
"I like you, and you like me too!" Ji Rui used assertive sentences.
Meaning, even if Le Tong, the person involved, said she didn’t like him now, he wouldn’t believe her.
"So then?" Le Tong, who had been in a daze all afternoon because of someone, surprisingly calmed down when facing the initiator.
"Since I like you, and you like me, it’s time for our relationship to change!"
It’s not that Ji Rui wanted to decide their relationship development with this dominant attitude; rather, he knew very well that someone like Le Tong, with a heavy heart for weighing gains and losses, thought too much at times and would become hesitant.
Before, he thought he could wait slowly.
But that was the hopeless choice when he thought she had no feelings for him.
After knowing she had the same feelings for him, he felt he couldn’t wait any longer.
"Mr. Ji, let me think about it!"
Le Tong’s face still bore a faint blush, but her tone was incredibly calm and composed. Such a demeanor, he both loved and hated deeply.
Because he knew, in this mode, it’s difficult for others to sway Le Tong. Unless she wants to change, no one can force her to make a decision.
[Compared to the overly sweet plots, why does it seem I prefer writing angst? It’s a pity, Bamboo writes love stories...]