novelraw Chapter 490 - 489: I Am Very Happy! (Part 2)
Chapter 490 - 489: I Am Very Happy! (Part 2)
Is this man still the same stiff-faced President Ji she once knew?In the past, she fended off one harassing phone call after another for him, thinking he was a heartless man.
No matter how well others treated him, he wouldn’t offer a hint of emotion or tenderness.
Yet now, to other women, he may still be as cold as an iceberg, but to her, he is exceedingly gentle and caring.
Le Tong reached out and placed her hand on the man’s arm, and he lifted his eyebrows, surprised to see her.
After all, she rarely took the initiative to be close to him.
"Are you very happy now?" Le Tong gently pinched the muscles of his arm, looking at him with tender eyes.
Ji Rui leaned in to kiss her and tightened his other arm around the little one lying on him.
"Of course, happier than ever."
Le Tong gazed at him without speaking, and Ji Rui asked again, "What about you? Are you happy?"
Le Tong nodded without a trace of hesitation, "I’m very happy!"
A year ago, she thought she was destined to live alone for the rest of her life.
Unexpectedly, in just a few months, she not only found her beloved son but also became lovers with his father.
Now, she has grown accustomed to the company of Baobao and Ji Rui every day, and although, legally speaking, she and Ji Rui are not yet a family, on a spiritual level, she feels that she, he, and Baobao already form a complete family.
Having someone by your side working towards a shared future, living patiently and tenderly watching your child grow—if that isn’t happiness, then she would be truly ungrateful!
Baobao, lying on Ji Rui, heard his parents’ conversation and launched himself at Le Tong, hugging her neck and rubbing noses, saying in his childish voice, "Baobao is very happy too!"
Hearing Ji Rui say he was happy warmed Le Tong’s heart, saying it herself made her feel at peace, but hearing Baobao say he was happy made her feel bittersweet!
Le Tong and Baobao rubbed noses for a while until Ji Rui’s long arms wrapped them both in a hug.
"Alright, the happy family of three needs to sleep now!"
Baobao was indeed tired, and with Ji Rui and Le Tong lying on either side of him, he fell asleep after hearing only half the story.
Not long after Baobao fell asleep, Ji Rui lifted the covers and got out of bed.
Le Tong had been so busy these days that she felt too exhausted to move. Thinking Ji Rui was going back to his room to sleep, she didn’t bother to move, closed her eyes, and drifted off to a drowsy sleep.
Just as she was about to meet Zhou Gong in her dreams, the mattress beside her suddenly sank, and a familiar scent closed in.
Before Le Tong could react, she was pulled into a warm chest.
Groggily, Le Tong opened her eyes, staring at the man for a while until her blurry vision focused, "Aren’t you dealing with jet lag? Why not sleep?"
The man didn’t make a sound; he only moved closer, pressed his lips softly against hers, then her cheek, then her eyelids, and gently adjusted her position in his arms for comfort.
"The bed is big, let’s sleep together."
Le Tong felt as if she had been suddenly pricked, and her sleepiness vanished.
"Huh?"
Her body stiffened involuntarily.
"Be good, I’ll just hold you, I won’t do anything," Ji Rui murmured gently in her ear, his warm lips brushing the nape of her neck as if soothing her tense nerves.
Even with Ji Rui’s assurance, Le Tong couldn’t relax, lying tense in his embrace, a layer of warmth covering the back of her neck from his breath.
In truth, mentally, she had already accepted Ji Rui, otherwise, she wouldn’t have agreed to move in with him.
But her body was on constant high alert.
At first, she didn’t see it as a big issue, thinking she’d get used to it over time, but now, in this tender, affectionate atmosphere, her physical instinctive reactions were ruining it all.
Feeling such a strong sense of vigilance in herself left her at a loss.
At the same time, a sense of guilt towards Ji Rui crept in.
She was aware that if she couldn’t find a way to dispel the fear hidden in her heart, it would be hard for her and Ji Rui to move forward.
After understanding this, Le Tong tried her best to suppress the physical discomfort and turned to face Ji Rui.
"Ji Rui, I..."
The pain in Ji Rui’s eyes quickly masked by softness, he planted a few careful kisses on her forehead, coaxing just like one would a baby.
"Be good, sleep now, I’ll move a bit," he said, loosening his arm and shifting his body to the side of the bed, leaving a person-size space between them before reaching over to gently stroke Le Tong’s hair.
"Baby, goodnight!"
Looking at the man exercising such restraint, Le Tong felt nothing but turmoil, filled with self-reproach and guilt.
The man had already closed his eyes, clearly worn out, and Le Tong, feeling soft-hearted, leaned over to gently kiss his tightly pressed lips, whispering softly, "Goodnight!"
The man responded with a faint hum, his nasal voice heavy, indicating he was already halfway asleep.
Initially heavy with sleep, Le Tong now couldn’t fall asleep no matter what as she lay in bed.
The man indeed moved far away, his limbs conscientiously kept together, seemingly avoiding touching her.
Actually, Baobao’s bed was very large; it could comfortably accommodate not just two adults and a child, but even two adults and two or three children.
When Le Tong first saw this giant bed, she couldn’t help but blurt out, "Is this a bed or a football field?"
Ji Rui, however, calmly said, "When Baobao has a brother or sister, a few little ones can roll around and play on it however they like!"
Back then, neither Ji Rui nor Le Tong anticipated how unlikely it would be for Baobao to have siblings.
Now, Le Tong truly feels happy.
But if someone insisted on asking her what regrets she had, it would be that she couldn’t make Baobao’s wish of becoming a brother come true, nor could she fulfill Ji Rui’s dream of watching his own child grow from a newborn to a handsome young man.
Looking at the sleeping face of Baobao, Le Tong felt an overwhelming sadness, turning over to look at Ji Rui’s peaceful sleeping figure, the feeling was equally unpleasant. Though Ji Rui and Baobao would never bring it up in front of her again, she couldn’t suppress the occasional surge of melancholy.
Le Tong tossed and turned in the dark for a long while, eventually letting out a long sigh.
The trials over the years taught her that what one can possess is actually not much, and that two hands can only hold so much, after all.
Grasp this, and often you have to let go of that, so one cannot be too greedy.
She has Baobao, has Ji Rui, and fate has already been more than kind!