Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife

Chapter 479 - 478: The Natural Bond Between Father and Son

Baobao darted away quickly. In the spacious living room, only Le Tong and Mr. Ji remained, and the atmosphere suddenly became strange.Counting the number of times they’ve met, these two are definitely not strangers. But each time they meet, it’s either mutual jabs or sarcastic exchanges; now privately facing each other, both feel very uncomfortable.

In theory, Le Tong, as the younger, should say something to break the silence, but remembering Mr. Ji’s past hostility and various discontent towards her, she feels there’s no need to awkwardly flatter him, after all, she’s merely here accompanying Baobao, not really wanting to set foot in this mansion.

With this thought, Le Tong doesn’t care if she appears impolite, and pulls out her phone to quietly browse the news.

Mr. Ji has been thinking a lot these days, not to mention Ji Rui, though seemingly impatient, still accompanied him in the hospital for several nights, which touched him deeply. And on top of that, what his wife has done recently left him feeling disheartened.

A person’s heart is only so big. Because he felt disappointed by his wife and two younger sons, he started making room to think about his eldest son.

This thought once started, became uncontrollable. From when his eldest son was a soft little baby, to now as a dominating business mogul. The more he thought, the stronger his guilt towards his eldest son grew.

This guilt towards Ji Rui also made Mr. Ji reassess Le Tong, a woman he intensely disliked before.

For instance, now seeing Le Tong focused on her webpage as if there’s no one else around, he took to carefully observing her.

Sitting on the other end of the sofa, Le Tong was dressed in a simple light green turtleneck sweater and black jeans, her face was elegant, carefully looking, not a trace of makeup, her features were the kind that once seen are hard to forget, extremely beautiful yet devoid of any seductive air.

In that instant, he seemed to finally understand why his son was so captivated by her, yet felt nothing for CoCo.

He vaguely recalled that her unpleasant image in his eyes before, probably wasn’t the real her, but the version conjured up after he put on tinted glasses.

The real her should be like now, calm and composed, beautiful yet understated.

"So..."

Mr. Ji didn’t blame her for neglecting him. After all, he seemed overly harsh to her in the past; her not meeting him with a cold face was already generous.

Le Tong startled slightly, and raised her head to meet Mr. Ji’s probing gaze directly.

"Chairman, are you feeling unwell?"

Given her existing impression of Mr. Ji, Le Tong didn’t think he would lower himself to talk to her, so naturally, she assumed he must be forced to speak due to some discomfort.

"No!" Mr. Ji shook his head, attempted to smile at Le Tong but ultimately not accustomed, his mouth twitched, his face remained serious and stern.

"Then..." Le Tong eyed him uncertainly.

"Baobao is very mischievous, isn’t he?"

Mr. Ji felt that a topic about Baobao should be the most resonant and safe topic between them.

Le Tong paused for a moment and quickly realized that Mr. Ji was trying to make small talk with her.

"Yes, he’s quite mischievous, but at his age, it’s natural to be."

Le Tong is also protective of her child, even knowing Mr. Ji dotes on Baobao, she still protects him closely, unwilling to say a single bad thing about her son.

"Yes, it’s good that Baobao is like this; if he were like his dad and always brooding, that would be troublesome."

Mr. Ji sighed softly. Actually, he knew this wasn’t entirely true. Before he brought Ji Wen and Ji Wu back home, his eldest son’s personality was lively and mischievous, but after the two brothers appeared, Rui’s personality became increasingly peculiar and gloomy, harder to grasp, and their father-son relationship began to grow distant.

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Le Tong wasn’t sure of Mr. Ji’s true intention in saying these words, was he sincerely trying to communicate or merely testing her?

Seeing Le Tong silent, Mr. Ji understood her still guarded attitude towards him, but didn’t mind, he looked deeply ahead, seemingly lost in distant memories.

"Actually, Ah Ru was quite mischievous as a child. Our house back then was smaller, there was a longan tree in the yard, he saw a bird’s nest on the tree from the second floor, with some baby birds inside, he secretly climbed the tree to tease them, later getting pecked by the mother bird all over the face..."

Le Tong had imagined Ji Rui as a child, but every time, she could only picture him as a stern, unsmiling little adult.

Now, hearing Mr. Ji describe little Ji Rui, it’s completely different from her imagined version.

Le Tong’s surprised expression inexplicably lifted Mr. Ji’s mood.

"You’ve never seen photos of Ah Ru as a child, have you?"

As he expected, Le Tong shook her head.

Not only Ji Rui’s childhood photos, she hadn’t even seen current ones.

"I’ll have Old Li bring them for you later, he really resembles Baobao." Mr. Ji’s face inadvertently revealed a sincere subtle smile.

"Hmm."

Facing the unexpectedly amiable Mr. Ji, Le Tong felt a bit unsure, undecided on the appropriate attitude to adopt.

"Baobao’s and Ah Ru’s hundred-day photos were practically taken by the same person."

Mr. Ji seemed to unintentionally unleash his chatter mode, seeing Le Tong listen with glittering eyes, he continued talking on his own.

"Baobao was very well-behaved as a baby, whoever teased him, he would giggle. Ah Ru was busy back then and didn’t have much time for him, but Baobao was particularly attached to him from a young age, whenever Rui was around, he wanted no one else, always crawling into Rui’s arms."

These things Le Tong had never heard Ji Rui mention, hearing them now brought warmth and yet bittersweet emotions to her heart, "Maybe, this is the natural bond between father and son!"

Le Tong couldn’t help but chime in, simultaneously recalling the scene of meeting Baobao for the first time at Luo Family Garden, back then Baobao seemed especially attached to her too, perhaps this is the unique instinctive bond born from familial bloodlines.

Mr. Ji meticulously recalled the past tidbits about Baobao, "Yes, this little guy has quite a clever wit, an inattentive adult can easily be played by him, but to Ah Ru he listens very well."

Le Tong had long observed this.

Baobao, this clever child, is actually very soft-hearted, unwilling to trouble those he cares about.

"He should listen to you well too?"

This question was a bit redundant because Mr. Ji had already noticed that in Baobao’s mind, Le Tong carries a weight greater than both his grandpa and even his father Ji Rui.