Chapter 183: Chapter 183

Yang Sheng was yelled at by him and then fell silent, probably pondering Ji Rui’s thoughts.

"Rui, are you jealous?"

Ji Rui didn’t even think, and immediately replied through gritted teeth, "Why would I be?!"

She messed up his and his son’s life and then vanished without a trace like she evaporated from the world?!

Damn it! Ji Rui cursed in his heart, gnashing his teeth, as he grabbed the bottle to fill his empty glass. Just as he was about to drink, he heard Yang Sheng on the other end of the phone saying, "Rui, do you know that you sound like a jealous husband right now?"

That remark was like adding fuel to the fire! Or rather, like stepping on Ji Rui’s sore spot.

Ji Rui slammed down his glass with a loud thud and said coldly.

"Yang Sheng, do you know you’re gossiping like a long-tongued woman?!"

On the other end of the phone, there was a long silence and just as Ji Rui was about to hang up, Yang Sheng suddenly spoke.

"Rui, you know about Chu Ran and me, right?"

Ji Rui, still angry, was taken aback when he heard Yang Sheng’s shift in tone, paused, and nodded, "Well, a little, but not much."

The fire of anger that filled Ji Rui’s heart was suddenly doused, and his tone became calm and gentle.

Chu Ran was Yang Sheng’s first love, but ten years ago, due to some unknown reasons, they broke up, and thereafter, Yang Sheng’s love life became a mystery.

"Rui, to be honest with you, I really regret my decision back then. Many things are confusing to those involved. I don’t know what happened between you and Tongtong, but Tongtong is a person with high pride and clarity, she doesn’t easily treat people well. You always say she treats me well, but I think she doesn’t treat you any worse than she treats me."

Ji Rui was once again stunned. Was Le Tong special to him in the eyes of outsiders?

But he never felt she was particularly good to him! Even if she was good, she had her reasons, didn’t she?!

"What do you mean?" Ji Rui frowned, thinking of Le Tong’s calculating behavior.

"She’s a girl who hides her thoughts very deeply. I don’t know exactly what she means. But if she considers me a good friend, then she, at least, considers you her friend as well."

Yang Sheng’s words greatly surprised Ji Rui, but despite the surprise, he didn’t completely agree with Yang Sheng’s evaluation of Le Tong.

Because if he believed Yang Sheng’s words, the image of Le Tong in his mind would be completely overturned.

"You speak as if you’re a worm in her stomach; I naturally know better than you what she thinks of me."

Ji Rui was now so filled with hatred towards Le Tong that he couldn’t bring himself to believe Yang Sheng’s words.

Besides, if she really saw him as a friend, she wouldn’t leave without a word. Wouldn’t it have been simpler to just tell him she didn’t want to?

It could only be said that Ji Rui overestimated his own tolerance and ability to accept, sometimes understanding himself even less than Le Tong.

In his current demeanor, even though he verbally said he’d give Le Tong five days to consider, in his heart he never thought Le Tong would reject him, or even if he did, he was ready, no matter Le Tong’s answer, he would directly tie her to his side!

"Alright, if you insist on being this way, I have no choice. If you see her, ask her to give me a call."

Yang Sheng seemed to have lost patience in persuading someone as stubborn as a rock like Ji Rui, and quickly ended with that, then hung up.

On the other end of the line, Yang Sheng simply thought Le Tong and Ji Rui were having some disputes, that she had forcibly taken a leave to go on vacation like last time. How would he know that his junior sister hadn’t gone on vacation at all, but was forced into an escape with a "huge sum" by President Ji.

Ji Rui slammed his phone down on the bar, picked up the glass of wine, and downed it in one go.

After drinking, he held the glass in his hand, staring at his phone hesitantly, before eventually reaching out and picking up the phone, dialing a series of numbers.

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is turned off..." Le Tong’s phone had been turned off for several consecutive days. Was she deliberately avoiding him?

Ji Rui’s hand, seemingly possessed, clicked on the Weibo icon on the screen. This Weibo was set up by Le Tong for him, which he had almost never used.

Logging in, he looked at the people he followed, and to his surprise, there were only two, one was the Weibo assistant, the other was Le Tong.

Because he followed so few people, almost everything on the homepage was their Weibo posts.

In the past, even when Le Tong worked under his nose, swaying in front of him every day, he never had the interest to know her, and no desire to know her more.

Now, when she had gone off hiding somewhere, he suddenly felt an impulse to understand her.

Yang Sheng’s words, although he did not completely believe them, had nevertheless shaken his steadfast views considerably.

Though, when Le Tong had wholeheartedly cursed him, his views on her had already been rattled. But things spoken by the person herself were inevitably seen as excuses, whereas the same words spoken by a third party carried much more persuasion and credibility.

This wavering gave Ji Rui the idea of using her Weibo to verify.

Le Tong’s Weibo had been registered for over a year. She didn’t post a lot, just a few dozen posts over a year, averaging roughly one post a week.

Ji Rui scrolled to her first post, which said, "Tomorrow is another new day!" followed by what was probably a picture of Le Tong herself, with her face photoshopped into a blooming sunflower. Content originally comes from ⓝovelFire.net

Ji Rui was infected by that smiling face, and his originally tense face relaxed a little; he didn’t know that on the day she posted this Weibo, it was the day her mother was buried.

The second post read, "Got scolded by the boss; it’s great, I’ve learned a few new cursing skills!"

The date of this post was before she joined the Ji Family, and Ji Rui couldn’t help but curl his lips; he wondered if she maintained such a cheerful mindset when he had scolded her.

Ji Rui then turned the page to the date she started working at the Ji Family.

She joined the Ji Family on April 10th, Ji Rui recited this sentence in his mind and turned to April on Weibo, looking at her posts from when she first arrived at the Ji Family, he suddenly realized why he remembered the day she came to the Ji Family so clearly.

"The real person is very handsome, much more handsome than on the finance magazines!"

It turned out she was talking about him, Ji Rui, in that post?

Looking at this post that should be considered praise for him, Ji Rui suddenly felt a bit embarrassed as if he had intrusively peeked into someone’s private thoughts.

[Merry Christmas to all the beautiful ladies! One more update coming, maybe two, stay tuned from Zhu Zi!]