Chapter 169: Chapter 169

President Ji’s mood was particularly good because of that cup of aromatic coffee and the fact that he had earned a big box of coffee. You should know, he had been brooding for quite some time over that box of coffee that changed owners. Now, his calculating heart was finally appeased, and the gloom induced by his son was temporarily soothed.

But Le Tong, on the other hand, was in a foul mood because she spent an unexpectedly large amount of money, coupled with vaguely recalling bits and pieces of that night. Although the memories were fuzzy, it was enough to bring her mood to a low point.

Sitting blankly in front of the computer for a moment, Le Tong snapped back to reality, her head throbbing with intense pain. Usually, for minor aches, Le Tong would choose to ignore them, grit her teeth, and pull through. But this time, the pain was unbearable, her head felt like it was about to explode, as if something was trying to burst out of her skull.

There was no choice, Le Tong had to get up and go to the pantry to pour a glass of water. She found some painkillers in her bag’s small medicine box, took two according to the instructions, placed them in her palm, then picked up the water and was about to swallow them when she heard a crisp call.

Le Tong was so startled by the call that her hand shook, causing some water to splash out of the cup onto the documents on her desk. She hurriedly grabbed some tissues to wipe the water off the documents.

Thinking to herself, what the hell! Was it an illusion? How could she hear Ji Baby’s voice here?

After she hurriedly salvaged the documents, she looked up towards the entrance and met the cute smiling face of Ji Baby, realizing that the call she heard was not an illusion.

However, she would rather the Ji Baby in front of her be a hallucination caused by her headache.

But as the rapid footsteps and the increasingly close smiling face drew nearer, Le Tong realized this was a real, living, breathing little person.

Upon recognizing this reality, Le Tong’s first reaction was to find a place to hide.

But before she could put her thoughts into action, the smiling little figure had already jogged over, stretched out his arms, and accurately hugged her waist.

"Sister! It really is you! You work here?!"

Ji Baby’s eyes were sparkling with excitement, and he was hugging Le Tong tightly, his little face rubbing against her like a puppy wagging its tail in delight upon seeing its owner.

Seeing no escape, Le Tong had no choice but to play dumb.

"Baobao, why did you come here?"

Speaking of playing dumb, Ji Baby was no less skilled than Le Tong. He raised his face, blinking his pretty eyes innocently, "Baobao came to find Daddy! I saw Sister sitting here and thought I must be mistaken!"

In reality, since Ji Baby saw Le Tong leaving with Luo Yifan on Saturday night, he had silently made a plan. On Sunday, he called the Luo Family again to learn more about Le Tong from Brother Luo.

Brother Luo on the other end was quite surprised, "Baobao, your Le Tong Sister is your Daddy’s secretary, didn’t you know?"

Already annoyed with Ji Rui, Ji Baby became even more upset knowing the truth that Daddy, despite having such a great Sister right under his nose, did nothing and let Brother Yifan take the opportunity.

In Ji Baby’s simple mind, there was no concept of first come, first served. To him, if you like someone, you should find a way to pursue them. Since Daddy wasn’t proactive, he decided to step up himself!

At this point, Le Tong had no choice but to continue pretending. "Daddy? Does Baobao’s Daddy work here?"

Ji Baby didn’t actually know if Le Tong knew he was Ji Rui’s son, but it wasn’t the focus or important to him.

He nodded emphatically, slightly letting go of Le Tong, and turned to point at the door marked with the President’s Office, "Baobao’s Daddy works right in there! Didn’t Baobao tell Sister that Baobao’s Daddy is named Ji Rui? Did Sister forget? Looks like Sister is really a muddlehead!"

Baobao’s face showed a mischievous smile, as if he genuinely believed Le Tong was unaware.

Le Tong was secretly sweating; this little guy was just too smart.

But on this matter, she had already told quite a few lies, and there was no reason to contradict herself now, so she continued to bluff.

"Tsk, Sister thought it was another person with the same name! So, Baobao’s Daddy is actually Sister’s boss!"

As she said this, she bent down to tousle Ji Baby’s head, her mind racing, thinking about how to handle any embarrassing situations that might arise next.

Ji Baby giggled and stood on his tiptoes, pinching Le Tong’s face, "Sister is really muddleheaded, even more like a child than Baobao!"

Le Tong had a black line on her forehead. Being called muddleheaded by a five-year-old was bad enough, but to be told she wasn’t even up to a five-year-old’s level, where was her dignity? Had her intelligence sadly plummeted to a negative value?

"Baobao, why aren’t you in school again?"

Le Tong tried to change the subject. She couldn’t guarantee that, with her currently low intelligence, she could withstand Ji Baby’s incessant questioning.

Baobao tilted his head and looked at her, "Baobao had a fight with Daddy, got so angry with Daddy, so Baobao took a leave!"

This little brat really dared to speak! Clearly, he was the one who sought scolding himself!

Le Tong was startled, squatting down nervously to check his face and hands, "Did your Daddy hit you?!"

After confirming there were no bruises or marks on Ji Baby’s face or hands, Le Tong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Knowing Ji Rui’s temper, she really feared he couldn’t restrain himself and hit Ji Baby.

Ji Baby shook his head, "No, he wouldn’t bear to hit me!"

On this point, Ji Baby was very confident. It was for this reason that he could control the formidable businessworld in President Ji.

Le Tong burst into laughter, unable to resist pinching Ji Baby’s chubby little face.

"Baobao, you can’t do that! If Baobao made a mistake, you should take the initiative to apologize, okay?"

Thinking about it, with this quirky little guy, it should be hard to bully him given an average person’s intelligence. Saying he would bully others wasn’t impossible either.

Baobao snorted, "Baobao did nothing wrong, Daddy is the one who’s wrong! Daddy is a bad person!"

Regarding that, Le Tong couldn’t make any comments, only awkwardly laughing, "Alright, didn’t you say you were going to find your Daddy? Hurry off then."

Le Tong pulled Ji Baby out of her embrace, helped straighten his clothes, and smoothed his hair with her hand.

Tsk, this little guy really looked too cute. Obviously he had similar features to his cold, expressionless Daddy, yet he was much more pleasant and good-looking than his Daddy!

"Baobao wants to chat with Sister first! Daddy won’t run away anyway!" With that, his little hands wrapped around Le Tong’s neck, clinging to her persistently. Follow current novels on noⅴelfire.net

Although Ji Baby said he came to see Ji Rui, in reality, he was here to see Le Tong. He had missed Le Tong terribly after not seeing her for a few days and now just wanted to cling to her like a koala.

Le Tong was speechless about this but had no choice, letting him cling to her while he prattled on about Ji Rui’s wrongdoings. Eventually, feeling tired from squatting, Le Tong simply sat on the chair and put him on her lap.