Chapter 237: Chapter 237

Ji Rui was puzzled. He was Ji Baby’s dad, lived with him, and ate with him, so why did Le Tong, an outsider far away, know about his loose baby tooth while he didn’t?

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For example, he dressed Ji Baby every day but didn’t know that his precious son liked bright colors.

Ji Baby, who had disappeared for a while, bounced back from the dressing room, hugging the bright yellow down jacket Le Tong gave him.

"Look, Daddy, look at this!"

On Ji Baby’s flushed little face from running, there was an expression full of pride and showcasing.

"Sister bought this for Ji Baby, Sister also bought one for herself! The shop’s aunt said Ji Baby and Sister are wearing matching mother-child outfits!"

Before Ji Rui could say anything, Ji Baby continued to chatter, showing off his little happiness.

Ji Rui pinched Ji Baby’s smiling cheeks, glanced up at the screen, and saw that Le Tong had returned to the gentle woman she was before, looking at Ji Baby with a doting expression, her gaze soft enough to drip water.

It was completely different from the clean gaze that made one’s heart cold when she looked at him.

"Daddy, I picked out this coat myself, does it look good?"

The show-off Ji Baby had already put on the bright yellow down jacket while Ji Rui’s attention was captured by Le Tong, and now he was posing boastfully, winking at Ji Rui.

Ji Rui refocused his gaze, looked at Ji Baby’s lively little face, accentuated by the bright yellow, and nodded involuntarily.

"Yes, it looks great!"

Indeed, the style and color of the clothes matched Ji Baby’s lively and cute temperament. As Le Tong said, the clothes might not be expensive, but they were ones Ji Baby liked and suited him.

It seemed that the pile of new clothes he had specially ordered for Ji Baby from the designer was destined to be neglected this New Year.

"Sister looks good in it too, like a high school student!" Ji Baby winked at Le Tong on the screen.

Ji Rui asked, his gaze curious and somewhat expectant as he looked at Le Tong. What kind of girl would high school Le Tong be?

Le Tong wasn’t looking at him at all, so she couldn’t catch his expectations or see the ambiguous emotions in his eyes.

"Ji Baby, it’s nine-thirty, time to go to bed."

After showing off his new clothes for a while, Le Tong’s gentle reminder made Ji Baby’s face wrinkle into a bitter melon face, pouting pitifully.

"Sister, really can’t come online starting tomorrow?"

To Ji Baby, Le Tong living with him and seeing each other every day was best, but Le Tong insisted on leaving, which he couldn’t control. Though unhappy, he comforted himself that at least they could still see each other on screen every day and chat for half an hour.

Now even this half an hour of meeting each day was gone, feeling like it demanded his little life.

"Yes, Sister will probably come back on or around the fourth or fifth day, you have fun..." But Le Tong didn’t change her decision because of Ji Baby’s pitiful look.

On New Year’s Eve, Ji Baby and Ji Rui had their family reunion dinner at home. Halfway through, the doorbell rang.

Because it was New Year’s Eve, Aunt Guan and Mo Xin had gone home to have New Year’s Eve dinner with their families after preparing the dinner. At this time, only Ji Rui and Ji Baby were in the house.

Ji Rui got up to check, and Ji Baby had already jumped down from the chair, "Could it be that Sister is back?"

Ji Rui couldn’t bear to dash his precious son’s hopes because even if Le Tong had really returned to R City for the New Year, she wouldn’t show up at their house at this time.

Ji Rui, with his long legs, quickly reached the doorway with a few strides, looked through the peephole, and naturally, the person standing outside wasn’t the Le Tong Ji Baby had hoped to see.

Ji Rui’s hand rested on the doorknob, his expression turned cold.

Ji Baby, who came running up, looked up and tugged at Ji Rui’s wrist.

"Daddy, is it Sister?"

Ji Rui said nothing, neither nodding nor shaking his head.

"Daddy..." Ji Baby tugged at Ji Rui’s hand again, calling out anxiously.

The doorbell rang again, this time more urgently than before.

The "ding dong ding dong" sound of the doorbell struck Ji Rui’s heart, and the veins gradually protruded on his hand holding the doorknob.

"Daddy, who is it?!" Ji Baby climbed up Ji Rui’s body, wanting to look through the peephole to see what was happening outside.

From Ji Rui’s reaction, Ji Baby no longer hoped that the person outside would be Le Tong. However, he was still very curious about who would be visiting on New Year’s Eve, and yet Ji Rui refused to open the door?

Ji Baby had only climbed halfway up when the cell phone he left on the coffee table rang.

His attention was immediately captured by the person on the phone, slid down from Ji Rui, and ran to the living room to pick up the phone.

He called Le Tong the most on this phone, so he answered without even checking.

"Ji Baby, this is Grandpa."

From the receiver came a slightly elderly voice.

Ji Baby hadn’t seen Mr. Ji for quite some time since Ji Rui took him away from home. He hadn’t seen him since then.

"Yes, Grandpa is right outside your door now, let Grandpa in quickly."

Ji Baby turned to look at Ji Rui standing at the door without moving, hesitated for a moment.

Compared to Mr. Ji, Ji Rui was definitely more important in Ji Baby’s heart, but it didn’t mean Mr. Ji held no place in his heart. After all, until a few months ago, Ji Baby had been living with Mr. Ji. In terms of time spent and meetings with Ji Baby, the elderly man exceeded Ji Rui.

And Ji Rui perhaps won over Mr. Ji just because of the blood relation with Ji Baby, which created a stronger bond between them.

"Ji Baby, don’t you miss Grandpa?"

The elderly voice from the receiver left Ji Baby stunned. "I do..."

"Grandpa brought snacks and dishes that you and Daddy like, let Grandpa in, alright?"

In the end, Ji Baby nodded, "Okay!"

A five-year-old child, no matter how clever, doesn’t know how to handle the conflict between the Grandpa and Daddy he likes.

He only knew that Daddy and Grandpa had fought, Daddy ignored Grandpa, and then took him away, not allowing him to return to the big house to see Grandpa.

As to whether Daddy or Grandpa was right or wrong, how could a little kid understand so much? But he did miss Grandpa after not seeing him for some time.

"Daddy, Grandpa brought snacks that Ji Baby and Daddy like, let Grandpa in..."

Ji Baby ran back to the doorway, tugging timidly at Ji Rui’s clothes, pleading.