Chapter 248: Chapter 248

Ji Rui met Le Tong again a month after the Lantern Festival.

This time, like during the Lantern Festival, Le Tong sent him a short message the day before returning home, mentioning taking the baby out to play the next day. The words were extremely brief, with not a single mention of Ji Rui, as if he were just a stranger to her, merely a contact facilitating her meetings with the baby.

Ji Rui didn’t realize that he had gone from being jealous of Luo Yifan, who dined with Le Tong, to now feeling a bit jealous of his own precious son.

Reading the message, Ji Rui felt an inexplicable anger and immediately called Le Tong.

"Mr. Ji?" The other party seemed a bit taken aback by his sudden call.

"Who else did you think it was?" Ji Rui retorted irritably.

"Is there something you need?"

Le Tong, however, didn’t indulge him, ignoring his displeasure and directly steering the topic back to the purpose of the call.

"Can’t I call you if there’s nothing to discuss?"

This kind of idle remark was quite unlike the usually busy and laconic President Ji.

Le Tong paused again, visibly surprised, "You can, it’s just that we’re both busy; it’s impossible to be this idle."

This sentence left Ji Rui completely speechless.

Yes, how idle must he have been to call immediately after feeling displeased upon reading the message, without even considering what he wanted to say after dialing.

Seeing Ji Rui not responding, Le Tong called out to him.

Ji Rui glanced at the schedule displayed on the screen, "What time is your flight back tomorrow?"

Despite finding it odd, Le Tong still obediently provided a precise answer.

"Arriving in R City at ten."

Ji Rui acknowledged it, signaling that he understood, and then directly hung up the phone.

On the other end, Le Tong stared at the phone, baffled, pondering for a while but still unable to grasp the intent behind Ji Rui’s call.

Was it to confirm her return for the baby, or was it purely out of boredom, or perhaps an accidental call while reading the message?

The answer to this question came when Le Tong got into the car that came to pick her up the next day. The source of this content ɪs nοvelfire.net

As Le Tong exited the gate, she saw Ji Rui’s personal driver, Xiao Li, standing in the airport waiting hall. Xiao Li informed her that due to the severe flu outbreak, the baby needed to get a vaccine at school this morning, so he was instructed to pick her up.

Le Tong felt rather apologetic, "Brother Li, the airport express is quite convenient, no need to trouble you next time."

Xiao Li smiled, "Miss Le, I’m afraid of the little young master’s complaints more than anything else."

Without saying it aloud, Xiao Li thought that while Ji Baby might just complain to Le Tong, he wouldn’t have it so easy.

Le Tong smiled back without commenting further, walking alongside Xiao Li as they left the airport with her luggage.

Xiao Li helped her place the luggage in the trunk. As Le Tong opened the backseat door and was about to get in, a pair of long legs dressed in black trousers caught her eye.

The legs seemed somewhat familiar to Le Tong.

Looking up, she indeed saw President Ji focused on typing on a keyboard.

"Mr. Ji? Why are you here?"

Ji Rui lifted his eyelids to glance at her, "Xiao Li is my driver, what’s so strange about my being here?"

The implication was that it was Le Tong’s presence that was peculiar.

Le Tong awkwardly coughed twice, closed the car door, and instinctively moved to sit as far away from him as possible.

Having not seen the man for nearly two months, his temper seemed to have worsened progressively.

Le Tong didn’t care about Ji Rui’s sullen face, as long as he didn’t prevent her from seeing the baby, everything else could be disregarded.

"Mr. Ji happened to have some business in the area, so I just took the opportunity to pick you up," Xiao Li explained while driving the car onto the main road, easing the confusion in Le Tong’s mind.

Only now did Le Tong realize that the detailed questions he asked on the phone yesterday were to pick her up.

It seemed she really troubled the man.

"Mr. Ji, there’s no need to arrange for a car to pick me up in the future. I can take a taxi myself."

Le Tong felt she didn’t have such high status to dare trouble President Ji with special arrangements for her transport.

Ji Rui, who had been looking down at the data on the screen, turned and gave her a brief glance after hearing her words.

"I’m too lazy to listen to the baby complain," he replied, seemingly unwilling to let his gaze stay on her face for even a second longer as he quickly returned to focus on the screen.

This response only made Le Tong feel more uncomfortable.

Thus, the car fell silent after Ji Rui’s remark.

Le Tong inwardly regretted it; she had been cautious in avoiding interaction with the man, yet still ended up encountering him.

Clearly, just as she didn’t want to see him, he equally didn’t wish to see her.

Sigh, if she had known that he was only there to pick her up for the baby’s sake, she shouldn’t have greeted Xiao Li earlier. She should have sneaked behind someone else and slipped out of the airport to take a taxi back to the city.

Looking away, Le Tong turned her attention outside the car window, doing her best to ignore Ji Rui’s presence.

For over two months, she had almost forgotten about this man, but once he sat beside her, the oppressive feeling engulfed her, making her extremely uncomfortable.

It was like being crawled over by ants, unbearably itchy, or set aflame, feeling burning hot all over. In short, at that moment, Le Tong had the absurd impulse to open the car door and jump out to escape.

And Ji Rui, his situation wasn’t much better.

Though his gaze remained fixed on the screen, several minutes had passed without him absorbing a single line of text.

His senses, from sight to hearing, became exceptionally sensitive after she got into the car, yet his nerves remained thick-skinned.

He listened intently to her movements, but after she boarded, she said nothing beyond a couple of sentences.

He observed her actions through the corner of his eye, but she kept her head turned towards the window, leaving him with only a distant, lean silhouette.

He could sense that Le Tong was avoiding him or intentionally keeping a distance, evident from the last time she returned without letting him meet her.

But he couldn’t figure out why she was acting this way.

If it was because of that contract, he hadn’t mentioned it anymore, had he?

If it was about work, he hadn’t insisted on her returning to Ji Family to work either. What else did she want him to do?

Could it be that the little guy, the baby, had said something to her behind his back, causing her to avoid him now?

The more Ji Rui thought about it, the more confused he became, and the more he thought about it, the more restless he felt!

[Four updates today, goodnight.]