Chapter 246: Chapter 246

The clever Ji Baby used all his tricks to cajole Le Tong today, but it was completely ineffective.

In the end, he was still sent off by the hard-hearted Le Tong, who only promised to pick him up from kindergarten for lunch tomorrow.

Ji Baby was in a bad mood, yet he didn’t dare to lose his temper with Le Tong because he knew it would easily anger her. He feared that if Le Tong got upset, she might disappear without a trace like last time.

Therefore, he sat in the car, holding back a belly full of anger and frustration, without saying a word the entire way.

When he got home, he didn’t bounce around exuberantly like usual but instead curled up on the couch, deep in thought.

Ji Rui, having promised to have dinner with Baobao at home, found the house surprisingly quiet when he opened the door.

He bent down to change into slippers, quickly scanning the shoes on the rack.

Aside from his and Baobao’s shoes, there were no other extra shoes on it.

Ji Rui felt a slight disappointment, carrying his bag in one hand and loosening his tie with the other as he walked into the living room. He saw Baobao, hugging a pillow alone on the couch, lost in thought, not even reacting when he entered, seemingly unhappy.

Ji Rui felt strange, usually, whenever Le Tong came over, Baobao was very happy. Why was it different this time?

"Where’s your Sister?"

Ji Rui looked towards the lit kitchen, still holding onto a thread of hope that maybe Le Tong was cooking.

Although Le Tong had sent a message saying she would send Baobao home before dinner, Ji Rui had thought she would come back with Baobao and then, like last time, have dinner ready for his return.

Until just now, that was what he believed.

Ji Baby’s sulky answer shattered his assumptions.

Ji Rui frowned, so that woman had come a long way back for a date? And not to specifically spend time with Baobao?

Feeling a bit irked, Ji Rui threw his bag heavily onto the couch, and tossed his suit jacket and tie onto it as well.

Ji Baby still hung his head, sullen and unhappy.

He had thought that when Sister said she liked him, it was the utmost kind of like, but she had left him to go on a date with someone else.

Ji Baby felt very unbalanced and sour at that moment.

Ji Rui frowned even more. Did she return this time just for Luo Yifan?

Ji Baby hummed, then sulked for a while more, before glaring at Ji Rui.

"It’s all your fault!" Ji Baby exclaimed, suddenly flinging the cushion in his hands at Ji Rui.

Ji Rui caught the pillow and glared back.

"Ji Yu, what’s gotten into you?" Ji Rui growled lowly, his mood was no better than his son’s.

"Sister is so great, why don’t you like her? Why won’t you let her be your girlfriend? Now look, Sister went on a date with Brother Luo..."

Ji Baby’s logic, straightforward as a line, was that as long as Dad liked Sister, then Sister could be Dad’s girlfriend. Then Sister wouldn’t go on dates with others or work far away, and he could have Sister be his mommy...

Originally in a foul mood himself, Ji Rui fell silent.

Ji Rui didn’t understand it; except for family, he had never liked anyone.

So when Baobao asked why he didn’t like Le Tong, he couldn’t answer.

Though he had no answer to Baobao’s question, he, like Baobao, felt uncomfortable at the thought of Le Tong going on a date with Luo Yifan.

So, this woman still couldn’t stand being alone, huh?

Ji Rui brooded silently, then went to the bathroom.

At dinner, the father and son ate little, causing Aunt Guan to worry if there was something wrong with the food, as they usually needed two bowls of rice, but today they only picked at it before setting down their chopsticks.

Meanwhile, the instigator of the father and son’s poor appetite, Le Tong, was dining quietly in a restaurant with Luo Yifan.

Contrary to them, Luo Yifan seemed to have an especially good appetite tonight, ordering a table full of dishes, leaving Le Tong unsure where to start.

"Yifan, it’s just the two of us, why order so much? It’ll be a waste if we can’t finish it all!"

Luo Yifan speared the tenderest piece from the freshly served fish belly and placed it in Le Tong’s bowl.

"You can’t find such authentic dishes in D Province, right? These are all your favorites, and since you’re back, just eat to your heart’s content, no need to save money for me."

Last time she came back, Le Tong drank with Luo Yuanyuan and treated Yang Sheng and Uncle Zhong to a meal, but with Luo Yifan, she only made a phone call before boarding the plane as a farewell.

"Yifan, my decision to develop in D Province wasn’t made on impulse. This term, whether for three to five years, or perhaps a lifetime, is substantial."

Having rejected him directly several times before, Le Tong chose a different way to say it this time.

"It’s okay, I’m only twenty-eight."

Luo Yifan smiled as he placed a golden piece of squab in her bowl.

The timeframe Le Tong mentioned was acceptable to him.

He had already waited five years, so waiting another five years didn’t seem hard to him.

But Le Tong didn’t see it that way. How many five years does one have?

He had spent one five-year period on her, and she didn’t want him to spend another five years on her.

"To be honest, Yifan, the main reason I decided to go to D Province is that the one I love is also there."

Besides telling such a huge lie, Le Tong had no better way to make him give up.

Although this kind of lie would hurt him deeply, a clean break would be less cruel than dragging it out slowly.

Luo Yifan was attentively serving Le Tong a piece of meat when he heard her words; his hand shook, and the meat dropped into his wine glass. The clear transparent liquid was instantly tinged with threads of deep red, like blood dripping from his heart!

Le Tong looked at his hand frozen mid-air and then at his somewhat numb face. She felt very sad.

But feeling sad didn’t mean she would compromise.

"Yifan, I’m sorry. Forget about me. I’m not worth your time anymore."

Having spoken so much, Le Tong felt that this lavish meal was utterly ruined by her hands.

But Le Tong would rather destroy this expensive meal than ruin Luo Yifan’s youth, or even his happiness!

[The progress should be quick, just these few days...]