Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife

Chapter 435: Important, It’s You!

Ji Rui’s hand on Le Tong’s shoulder trembled slightly. Always proud of his strength, he suddenly found himself incredibly fragile!"Doctor Fu, what’s wrong with her body?"

Even before Le Tong, the person concerned, could speak, she heard Ji Rui behind her urgently asking the doctor.

The old traditional Chinese doctor glanced at Baobao, who was playing by himself on the bench. Just now, he had heard the little fellow call Le Tong "Mommy" with his own ears.

"Miss Le, did you not take good care of yourself after giving birth the first time?"

Le Tong froze for a moment, collected herself, and slowly nodded.

At that time, she was enduring the psychological pain of having her biological son taken away, while physically having to pretend nothing was wrong to take care of her mother, who was very weak after an illness. Besides that, she had to juggle her studies and part-time jobs, making the postpartum care process, essential for every mother, seem like an extreme luxury to her.

Feeling Ji Rui’s hand tighten on her shoulder, Le Tong raised her hand to pat his hand on the back and turned to Baobao, saying, "Baobao, Mommy is a bit thirsty, can you go with Uncle Xiao Li to the car and get Mommy a drink, okay?"

"Okay! Mommy, wait for me!" Trusting as always, Baobao obediently took Xiao Li’s hand and hopped towards the parking lot.

Only when Baobao’s figure became distant did Le Tong turn back to look at Old Doctor Fu. "Doctor Fu, please go ahead."

"Given Miss Le’s current physical condition, it’s very difficult for her to have another child!"

Hearing this diagnosis, Le Tong’s expression turned grave, and she bit her lip silently.

If she had known about this a few months ago, she probably wouldn’t have cared. Because back then, she never even thought about having more children.

But now that she’s in a relationship with Ji Rui, it means that as long as things go well between them, getting married and having children is inevitable, and Baobao has eagerly mentioned wanting to be a brother. But now, Doctor Fu’s diagnosis made Baobao’s hope seem like an extravagant wish.

A deep sadness filled Le Tong’s heart, not because she had expectations for the unborn life, but because she couldn’t fulfill Baobao’s seemingly simple wish.

Ji Rui noticed all of Le Tong’s reactions, feeling heartache as he tightened his other arm around her, holding her tightly in his embrace. With his other hand, he grabbed her hand, tightly holding it in his palm.

"Doctor Fu, aside from this, are there any other issues with her body?"

The difficulty of having another child did disappoint Ji Rui, but what he cared about more was Le Tong’s physical condition.

Doctor Fu didn’t answer him immediately but lifted his chin, signaling for Le Tong to switch her other hand to check her pulse again.

Silently, Le Tong withdrew her hand from Ji Rui’s palm and placed it on the cushion. Doctor Fu lowered his eyes, carefully checking her pulse for a few minutes before looking up at Ji Rui seriously.

"Mr. Ji, Miss Le’s health is quite poor. Let her take some traditional Chinese medicine for a while and then observe the situation."

Leaving Doctor Fu’s house, there was a large bag of traditional Chinese medicine in the car.

"Le Tong, I want Aunt Guan to come and help take care of Baobao. How about we move to the new apartment?"

Ji Rui felt that Le Tong’s poor health was largely due to himself.

During Baobao’s illness, her body and mind were under extreme stress. After returning to work at the Ji Family, she had to handle the busy affairs every day, take care of Baobao and herself at night. Even a person made of iron would be exhausted, let alone she was just an ordinary person.

Le Tong instinctively wanted to refuse, but upon seeing Ji Rui’s face filled with worry and a hint of pleading, she couldn’t get the words of refusal out.

"Hmm..."

In low spirits, Le Tong turned her head to look out at the scenery flying by the window.

Thinking about the diagnosis, she didn’t know how to face her beloved son.

Sensitive as ever, Baobao seemed to notice his mommy’s unhappiness and struggled in Ji Rui’s arms, reaching out to Le Tong, "Mommy! Hug!"

At that moment, Baobao, like an ordinary five or six-year-old child, was acting spoiled towards Le Tong.

"Be good, Baobao. Mommy isn’t feeling well today, just sit tight," Ji Rui patted Baobao’s little butt with one hand, holding him back from going to Le Tong.

The words from Baobao pulled Le Tong back from being lost in thought as she turned around and squeezed out a gentle smile for Baobao.

"Baby, come, let Mommy hug!" She opened her arms towards Baobao.

No matter what Baobao asked of her at the time, she probably couldn’t refuse.

"Le Tong..." Ji Rui looked at her worriedly.

He knew she was in a bad mood. Since leaving Doctor Fu’s house, she had barely spoken a word.

"I’m fine!" Le Tong smiled at Ji Rui, struggling to take Baobao into her arms.

Ji Rui secretly sighed, helplessly supporting Baobao’s butt to send the little guy into her arms.

Back home, Baobao played in the living room while Ji Rui accompanied Le Tong in the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Le Tong was cutting meat, while Ji Rui was picking vegetables.

"Le Tong..."

Ji Rui thought about it all afternoon and decided it would be better to speak openly.

"Hmm?" Le Tong didn’t look up, responding sullenly.

Ji Rui glanced at her face, seemingly devoid of any emotion, feeling a complex mix of emotions and a wave of helplessness.

If he could, he wished to hold her tightly in his arms and comfort her. But he knew that any words of comfort were utterly pale in the face of such a reality.

He carefully organized his words before saying, "Don’t think too much. If Baobao wants, we can adopt one or two children in the future."

Although, just a short while ago, he did have the desire to see their child be born, and gradually grow from a small baby into a little child who could talk and run, he quickly erased this desire.

Now he only wanted the woman beside him to stay well and unharmed, and the rest, if they came, it would be wonderful. If not, no big deal.

"It’s not the same..." Le Tong apparently wasn’t as open-minded as he was.

She couldn’t forget the sparkle in Baobao’s beautiful eyes when he talked about wanting a younger sibling!

"Le Tong, as long as you’re okay, nothing else matters!"

To Ji Rui, over a year ago, children were just tools for inheriting the family business. Even though Baobao was becoming more and more important in his heart, that didn’t mean he would develop feelings for an unknown life.

So now, he didn’t even feel the slightest sense of regret, he only thought, as long as Le Tong was okay, as long as Baobao was okay, nothing else mattered!

"Besides, Doctor Fu only said it’s difficult, not that there’s no chance at all, right?"

If she didn’t accept adoption, she would surely believe in miracles, right?!

And meeting her was the greatest miracle unto itself!