Chapter 208: Chapter 208

Le Tong listened to him speak with his crisp voice, watching as he stuffed his little hand into his sleeve, and stammered a reply.

Ji Baby extended his index finger, pointed it at Le Tong’s nose, and mischievously laughed, "A beautiful sister!"

Le Tong pulled up her lips into a smile, but her eyes held a sadness too deep to dissolve.

Le Tong mimicked Baby’s action, lightly tapping his nose, trying hard to say something that could lift her mood.

Actually, it’s supposed to be a happy day, right?

Thinking this, Le Tong’s smile grew a bit deeper, even though the sadness in her eyes remained, it was much less pronounced than before.

Ji Baby huffed, probably remembering how Le Tong had reprimanded him at the hotel and in the yard today.

Le Tong’s eyes, which had just regained some spirit, dimmed again as she fastened the buttons on his coat, fetching Ji Baby’s little sweater, and spoke earnestly.

"Baby, someone who only treats you well isn’t truly good to you. The more someone loves you, the more they’ll take pains to educate you, understand?"

Ji Baby blinked, "Oh... Baby understands now..."

Le Tong pulled the sweater over his head, and Ji Baby’s little face poked out from the collar, "Sister, if Baby is more obedient, will Sister like Baby more than Sister likes Little Sis?"

This little guy is still hung up on this matter, evidently, he’s deeply jealous.

"Well, it depends on Baby’s behavior!" Le Tong helped him pull out the hand stuck in the sweater sleeve.

Ji Baby suddenly leaned his face close to Le Tong, forehead touching forehead, his dark eyes looking straight into Le Tong’s, "If Baby behaves well, will Sister come back to Baby?"

Le Tong was momentarily stunned, faced with Ji Baby’s deep and dark pupils, she seemed unable to think.

Ji Baby nudged her, petulantly whining, "Sister, say yes to Baby, will you? Please? Pretty please?"

Saying that, his soft lips printed themselves endlessly upon Le Tong’s nose, face, and lips.

Ji Baby used all his tricks to find and exploit her weaknesses, coaxing and sweet-talking her, causing the already fragile Le Tong to seriously waver.

Ji Baby’s hand looped around her neck, gently rocking her.

Le Tong held him, saying nothing for a long time, only tightening her embrace more and more.

Ji Baby made a fuss for a while, understanding that silence signified refusal, so he stopped venting and obediently snuggled into the blankets, patting the spot next to him, "Sister, tell Baby a story!" New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on Nov3lFɪre.ɴet

With Ji Rui, if Ji Baby threw tantrums, he generally wouldn’t stop until he was satisfied, and would get angry if he wasn’t.

But with Le Tong, he dared not be too reckless. He worried that if he pushed too hard, Sister wouldn’t pay attention to him anymore.

Thus, tonight, no matter what he said or did, he kept things moderate, knew when to stop.

Such a well-behaved Ji Baby made Le Tong’s emotions more complicated.

Saying she was happy seemed true, but there was also heartache, along with many other feelings she previously hadn’t been able to untangle, all flooding her heart now.

Those unclear feelings of the past seemed to suddenly find their cause.

Le Tong patted his head, "Sister’s going to take a bath first!"

Today, she’d been on the move all day, and besides physical exhaustion, she was even more fatigued mentally.

At this moment, she urgently needed a space to be alone, to quietly think.

Ji Baby blinked, intently examining her for a moment, then obediently nodded, "Okay, Baby won’t fuss, will wait for Sister patiently."

Le Tong turned and left the living room, handing the small backpack Baby brought to him. Ji Baby took out the phone and handheld computer from it, while Le Tong grabbed her clothes and walked out. As the door closed, she overheard Ji Baby saying, "Daddy..."

Le Tong paused, biting her lip gently, and closed the door quietly.

Le Tong stayed in the bathroom a while longer; after Ji Baby phoned Daddy and played several mini-games on his handheld computer, he finally heard footsteps approaching from outside.

Ji Baby quickly threw the handheld computer aside, snuck into the blanket, and pretended to sleep.

As Le Tong stepped into the room, seeing the little person on the bed lying motionless, she paused, she had thought that this little guy would certainly wait for her full of energy — after all, he had always seemed more and more lively when listening to bedtime stories over the phone before.

He’s probably genuinely tired!

Le Tong quietly climbed into bed, leaned down, attempting to kiss him, carefully regarding his appearance.

"Wow!" Ji Baby, whose eyes were tightly shut, suddenly blurted out, opening his eyes and smiling brightly at her.

Le Tong was startled, gathered herself, realizing that the little guy was pretending to sleep, deliberately trying to surprise her!

"You little rascal, trying to scare your sister?"

Le Tong lifted the blanket, raising her hand as if to spank his butt, but Ji Baby wasn’t afraid and instead giggled, purposely sticking out his butt for Le Tong to hit.

Probably, he felt that Le Tong adored him, even if she hit him, she would be gentle and wouldn’t truly punish him harshly.

Le Tong lifted her hand and quickly moved towards him as if to smack his bum but suddenly diverted her hand to his tummy, poking her finger inside his shirt and tickling his belly.

"Hahaha... Sister naughty... Hahaha..."

Ji Baby cradled his belly, laughing uncontrollably.

Le Tong tickled him a few more times, seeing how he laughed himself into a frenzy, she stopped, instead pinching his soft little tummy.

"Does Baby fear tickles this much?"

Le Tong’s fingers gently rubbed against his smooth belly, her eyes fixed on the hysterically laughing Ji Baby.

Ji Baby laughed for a while, finally stopping, suddenly sat up, climbed onto Le Tong, wrapped his arms around her neck, face to face, giggling as he spoke.

"Grandpa says kids who fear tickles will fear their wives when they grow up..."

Le Tong smiled softly, "Baby is only five, it’s too early to talk about this."

Though saying it’s too early, it’s not entirely so. Five years can pass in the blink of an eye, two, three, even four sets of five years can just vanish with a few blinks.

"Not too early, Sister, let me tell you! Many girls in kindergarten want to marry Baby and be Baby’s wife, but Baby doesn’t like them!"

"Why don’t you like them?" At this moment, Le Tong was more curious about Ji Baby’s experiences than ever before.

"Because they smell like milk..."

Ji Baby spoke earnestly, but Le Tong couldn’t help bursting into laughter.

Actually, Ji Baby himself carried a child’s unique milky scent, but he was unaware of it.

"Baby, tonight Sister won’t tell a story, instead, Baby will tell Sister a story about yourself, okay?"

[Chapter Two’s here, there’s no need for corny words of gratitude, Zhu Zi will just focus on writing, kisses to all!]