Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife

Chapter 513 - 512: Lin Mei-Mei Fell from the Sky. Part 3 (Third Update)

Le Tong curiously leaned over for a look, and inside the basket, to her surprise, lay a sleeping baby.Le Tong silently mocked in her heart, seriously, who finds a child while going to the bathroom?

"Baobao, this is..."

As soon as Le Tong started speaking, Baobao quickly put a finger to his lips and softly went "Shhh..." indicating for Le Tong not to make noise.

Le Tong internally rolled her eyes, what is this? Just pick up a child randomly, and her position as a mother is now secondary?

Ji Rui also walked over, frowning immediately upon seeing the child in the basket.

"Baobao, why did you bring a child back?" As a father, he didn’t have the patience like Le Tong.

Baobao glared at Ji Rui, then nervously patted the little baby, as if afraid Ji Rui and Le Tong’s words would scare him/her.

"Baobao, you brought this child out, what if someone left it here temporarily and plans to return for it?" Le Tong whispered in his ear.

Baobao, like a magician, handed her a pink envelope, "Mommy, look!"

Le Tong took it, opened it, and pulled out a small palm-sized note.

The handwriting on the note was graceful, with few words, as follows.

The child is a girl, unable to care for her, hoping a kind person will adopt her!

Birthday: October 20th

"Mommy, it’s a sister..." Baobao’s eyes and eyebrows were full of joy, even as he kept his voice down to avoid waking the baby, Le Tong could clearly hear the excitement in his tone.

Le Tong silently lowered her eyes, lost in thought for a while, then raised her eyes to look at Ji Rui.

Ji Rui looked at his son, then at Le Tong.

His son’s attitude was clear, he wanted to bring this little girl home as his own sister.

But Le Tong, it seemed, was reminded of something sorrowful by the child’s presence.

Ji Rui was in a dilemma!

From his perspective, he did not want to adopt this child.

It wasn’t about money; if it were through sponsorship, he could support this child until she could be self-sufficient.

What he cared about was not wanting this child to trigger Le Tong’s sadness.

He also didn’t want another child in the home to dilute Le Tong’s feelings for him.

Moreover, he didn’t want to see Le Tong worrying over this child.

If this were their own child, he would be very happy. After all, it would be the crystallization of their love. Even if it was tough, it would be worth it.

But for a child picked up from the roadside, he admitted he couldn’t give too much love.

"Baobao..." Ji Rui patted Baobao’s head, with a tone of apology.

"Daddy... Baobao wants..." Ji Rui seemed to know what Baobao wanted to say and reached out to cover his mouth.

Le Tong silently watched the father and son for a long time before slowly reaching out to take the basket from Baobao.

She took off her gloves, gently brushed the baby’s soft little cheek, "Baobao wants to be a brother, right?"

Le Tong softly asked Baobao, but her gaze was fixed on the baby’s delicate and pretty features.

Baobao looked up at Ji Rui, his dark eyes filled with pleading. Ji Rui was still frowning, caught in a difficult situation.

If he could, he wanted to help his beloved son realize his wish, but the reality was, Le Tong’s health didn’t allow for such wishful thinking.

And the current compromise seemed to satisfy the son but would make Le Tong sad!

Just as Ji Rui was about to refuse, Le Tong, who was squatting and holding the basket, suddenly stood up, pinched Baobao’s face, and said with a smile.

"Since Baobao wants it, then she is Daddy and Mommy’s daughter, Baobao’s sister!"

Ji Rui felt a tremor in his heart, cautiously looking at Le Tong, trying to find some displeasure or sorrow on her smiling face.

"Oh yeah! I’m a brother now! I have a sister!"

At this moment, Baobao was already overwhelmed with joy, forgetting who just said not to wake the baby, now clapping and jumping in excitement.

Ji Rui took the basket, and until now, hadn’t taken any interest in looking at the baby inside, his gaze still resting on Le Tong’s face.

No matter how he looked, he couldn’t detect any trace of unhappiness or resistance from Le Tong.

"Le Tong..."

Le Tong looked up, meeting his worried eyes, and blinked knowingly at him, "Ji Rui, I think this is destiny!"

Ji Rui didn’t respond, lowering his eyes to glance at the child in the basket.

The child, who had been sleeping earlier, was probably awakened by her "brother’s" loud and cheerful shouts, and now was blinking her curious big eyes, looking around.

"Hi, little baby, I’m your mommy!" Now that she had come to terms, Le Tong had readily accepted this fact, her gaze towards the baby filled with maternal tenderness.

The baby seemed to follow the sound, turning to look over, her big dark eyes squinting upon meeting Le Tong’s gaze, with the corners of her mouth slightly upturned, forming a very cute smile.

Le Tong also smiled, looking up at Ji Rui, "Ji Rui, look how happily she’s smiling! What a beautiful, delicate baby!"

Baobao, hearing that the baby was awake, hurried over to try and take the basket.

"Daddy, let me see my sister!"

Fearing he might carelessly drop the baby, Le Tong motioned for Ji Rui to hold onto the basket and squat down.

Baobao leaned in, reaching out to tease the baby’s cheek, "Hi, sister, I’m your brother!"

The baby, amused by Baobao, smiled widely again, revealing her toothless gums, full of comedic charm.

Baobao grasped the baby’s little hand in his palm, "Mommy, look, sister’s hand is so small..."

Le Tong was amused, "When Baobao was born, your hands were also small, about the same as your sister’s now."

Baobao tilted his head and blinked, "Mommy, how old is sister?"

Le Tong silently calculated in her mind, "Sister is just one month old, thirty-six days."

Baobao let the baby hold his chubby finger, "Sister, brother will sing a song for you..." Diligently saying, he began humming a tune.

This time, Baobao switched to another song, still, Le Tong couldn’t understand.

Now, however, Le Tong wasn’t concerned with deciphering what Baobao was singing, because she noticed Ji Rui seemed not very happy.

Le Tong tugged on Ji Rui’s arm, leaning in to softly ask him, "Are you unhappy?"

Ji Rui wasn’t just unhappy; he was extremely frustrated!

A few minutes ago, he was struggling with whether to accept this baby as a new member of their home.

But in just a few short minutes, he had personally witnessed his position in the family experience a precipitous decline.

"Will my unhappiness change anything?" Ji Rui asked irritably.

The sad thing was, he quickly received the simultaneously spoken response from Le Tong and Baobao, "It won’t!"