Chapter 209: Chapter 209

"Baobao, Sister won’t tell a story tonight. How about you tell your own story to Sister?"

Le Tong asked and couldn’t help but bury her head into Ji Baby’s soft hair, taking a deep breath.

The little one just had a bath, the light fragrance mixed with the milky scent, making Le Tong want to take a big bite.

Ji Baby hugged her, straddling her legs on either side and swaying them comfortably. He tilted his head, considering Le Tong’s proposal for a moment before speaking.

"If Sister makes curry fish balls for Baobao tomorrow, Baobao will tell..."

"Tsk! You little foodie!" Le Tong scolded playfully, but affectionately kissed his forehead.

"Hee hee..." Ji Baby didn’t mind the nickname at all. In fact, he seemed to find it amusing. "So, what do you think?"

Le Tong patted his head, "Deal!"

This little guy must have inherited almost all of his daddy’s business acumen and precision; whenever possible, he would never make a losing deal.

"Actually, Daddy never tells Baobao about his childhood..."

Ji Baby tilted his head, resting it on Le Tong’s shoulder, his small hand stroking Le Tong’s face softly.

Le Tong didn’t say a word, just quietly listened, her hand gently caressing Ji Baby’s small waist. In fact, she didn’t expect to hear much truth from a five-year-old; she just wanted to hear Ji Baby’s soft baby voice telling her perhaps just snippets of scattered fragments.

Grandma said, Baobao was sent back to Daddy on the third day after he was born...

Baobao has never seen Mommy; he doesn’t even know what she looks like...

Baobao cried and begged Daddy to take him to see Mommy, but every time, Daddy would get angry and ignore Baobao...

When Baobao was two and a half, Daddy sent him to kindergarten, and no amount of crying from Baobao helped...

Baobao secretly asked Uncle Sheng, who said Daddy didn’t have a girlfriend. Baobao then asked if Daddy really liked Mommy very much. Uncle Sheng said he didn’t know; he doesn’t know Baobao’s Mommy either...

As expected, what Ji Baby said about himself was all pieced together in fragmented sentences, yet Le Tong listened with relish, never interrupting him.

However, in these fragmented and disjointed pieces, the most mentioned person was neither his Daddy nor any family member, but the Mommy he had never met.

Le Tong didn’t dare to look directly into Ji Baby’s clear eyes, just looked down, her expression unclear, quietly listening as she held him.

As Ji Baby spoke, his small hands never stopped moving, sometimes playing with Le Tong’s hair, sometimes touching the buttons on her nightdress, sometimes lightly biting her hand. Fresh chapters posted on novel✦fire.net

No matter what he did, Le Tong indulged him, never saying a harsh word.

The things Baobao talked about had no chronological order; one moment he talked about things from when he was one or two years old, and in the next moment, it suddenly jumped to recent times.

Grandpa said the first word Baobao spoke was "Mom, Mom"...

Sister, after you and Daddy argue, Daddy often can’t sleep...

At this point, Ji Baby suddenly lifted his head, looking at Le Tong with a face full of pleading, "Sister, can you forgive Daddy?"

Le Tong, who had been looking down, raised her eyes in surprise at his words, and locked eyes with Ji Baby for a brief moment.

This little guy is way too smart, always seizing the opportunity to plead for his Daddy.

"Baobao, Sister isn’t mad at your Daddy, it’s just that we are not people of the same world. Working together, it’s inevitable there will be friction."

Le Tong tried to explain the situation to Ji Baby in a calm tone, not sure if he would understand.

In any case, she didn’t want to give him extra hope, only for him to be more disappointed later.

Ji Baby wrapped his arms around her neck, planting a kiss on her chin to please her, "Sister’s not mad, so don’t stay here for work, alright?"

Le Tong rubbed his head, faced his hopeful eyes, and bit the bullet, "No, Sister has already promised another uncle, I can’t go back on my word."

Ji Baby pouted silently, and Le Tong glanced at the time; it wasn’t early anymore. She held him and tucked him into bed, "Okay, Baobao’s story is over. Want to hear Sister’s bedtime story?"

Ji Baby’s gloomy expression instantly vanished, excitement twinkling in his shiny eyes as he nodded, "Mm! I want to hear, want to hear!"

Saying this, he snuggled into Le Tong’s embrace again, and Le Tong held him close, starting to tell a story slowly.

After finishing a short story of about ten minutes, before Le Tong could say anything, Ji Baby yawned and lifted his head from her arms, propped himself up, kissed Le Tong on the lips, and with a sleepy murmur, said, "Goodnight, Sister!"

Le Tong also kissed him on the lips, "Goodnight, Baobao!"

That night, Ji Baby slept soundly in Le Tong’s arms, while Le Tong held the warm little body in her arms, wide awake until dawn.

Early the next morning, Le Tong wanted to get up early to buy some ingredients, because she had promised to make curry fish balls for Ji Baby.

But Ji Baby, who clung tightly to her clothes all night, wouldn’t let go no matter how much she tried to move. Unable to do otherwise, Le Tong ended up staying in bed with him, afraid to disturb his sleep and sweet dreams, holding him still, with half of her body almost going numb.

However, lying in bed, Le Tong didn’t mind at all, nor did she feel bored. After daybreak, she kept her eyes on Ji Baby, watching his pouting lips, she leaned down to give them a kiss. When he raised his little fists, she took them to her lips to gently bite down...

It seemed she was suffering from Ji Baby deficient syndrome; no matter how much she looked at him, she found him cuter by the moment, and couldn’t get enough of him!

Ji Baby slept soundly, straight till after nine o’clock. In his sleep, he shivered a bit, and Le Tong thought he was having a bad dream. She was about to reach out to comfort him when Ji Baby suddenly sat up, ignoring even saying hello to Le Tong, and fussed about, running barefoot in the small bedroom.

Le Tong looked at the little confused Ji Baby with his hair all messy like a bird’s nest and found it amusing. She lifted the quilt to get out of bed, "Baobao, what are you trying to do?"

"Baobao needs to pee..." Ji Baby clutched his waistband and spun around.

Le Tong held back a laugh, "The bathroom is outside in the yard, you little confused egg!"

She brought over slippers for him to put on. Ji Baby impatiently slipped into them, clutching his pants as he hurried out.

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