Chapter 249: Chapter 249

The car moved forward about a hundred meters to the intersection; turning left would go back to the Ji Family, while to the right, it didn’t matter much to Le Tong.

"Brother Li, please drop me off at the bus stop ahead." She just wanted to quickly find an excuse to get away from this oppressive man.

Xiao Li looked at Le Tong from the rearview mirror, puzzled, "Eh? Miss Le, aren’t you supposed to have lunch with the young master?"

"It’s not even eleven yet; I’m thinking of buying some things at De Yang Road."

Le Tong casually made up an excuse just so she wouldn’t have to share the space with this man.

Before, when Le Tong worked at the Ji Family, she interacted with this man daily, and due to unavoidable circumstances, she had to habitually endure the man’s intimidating presence, so it didn’t seem threatening.

But now, accustomed to breathing in a free space, Le Tong suddenly found herself sharing a small area with this man, and even though he said nothing, his mere presence almost suffocated her.

So, she desperately wanted an excuse to escape.

Xiao Li glanced into the rearview mirror at Ji Rui, who was handling some business with his head down, waiting for the silent man’s instructions.

Ji Rui didn’t raise his head or move, yet somehow seemed to sense Xiao Li’s gaze, his hands still typing relentlessly while instructing Xiao Li with his mouth.

"Then go to De Yang Road."

Le Tong almost bumped her head against the car door and quickly turned to stare at the man.

The busy man seemed to feel her gaze, looked up, and met her curious eyes.

His deep eyes gradually showed a hint of confusion, "Aren’t you going to De Yang Road to buy something?"

Le Tong stared at him for a while without speaking, suspecting that this man was messing with her.

However, she couldn’t voice this thought.

"Mr. Ji, aren’t you going back to the Ji Family? Going to De Yang Road is not on the way; I can just get off at the bus stop and walk there." Le Tong kindly reminded the man who seemed to have confused directions.

The man raised an eyebrow, "Who said I’m going back to the Ji Family?"

After he spoke, he ignored Le Tong and continued with his own business.

While Le Tong was speaking to the man, Xiao Li had already switched the car to the right direction. Turning right didn’t require stopping at a red light, and before Le Tong could say anything, the car was already driving into De Yang Road.

"Miss Le, where do you want to buy things? I’ll see where’s convenient to park."

Le Tong was dumbfounded; she hadn’t actually considered what she’d do at De Yang Road. Now, she just stared at the traffic blankly.

Returning to her senses, Le Tong noticed a large supermarket sign a few hundred meters away.

"Oh, just ahead at that supermarket."

Her answer surprised Xiao Li.

Going to the supermarket? Isn’t there a supermarket anywhere; why take this direction? The young master’s school is clearly in the same direction as the Ji Family, both to the left.

Not only Xiao Li was surprised, but also Ji Rui, although he didn’t show it.

The car parked at the roadside parking space; Le Tong got out and hesitated, leaning into the car door to say to Xiao Li, "Brother Li, I need to buy quite a lot of things; why don’t you take Mr. Ji back first? I can just take a taxi afterward to pick up the baby."

Ji Rui lifted his eyelids and glanced at her, "No rush, we’ll wait for you; later we can go pick up the baby together."

Le Tong thought, President Ji, you’re not in a rush, but I’m dying of impatience. Are you deliberately playing games with me? Knowing I want to shake you off, yet clinging to me deliberately, right, right?

"But..." Le Tong wanted to say something else, but Ji Rui waved a hand, "Go quickly; parking fees are expensive!"

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Ten dollars and eight bucks an hour for parking, is it money to President Ji? Probably it’s more like waste paper shredded from the shredder, right?

Le Tong secretly criticized, yet on her face, maintained a polite smile for Ji Rui. "Alright, then I’m afraid I’m taking up your valuable time, Mr. Ji."

Le Tong pushed a shopping cart, deliberately wandering around the supermarket for a long time; since President Ji said he’d wait, let him wait slowly.

At checkout, looking at the bags of purchases, Le Tong was somewhat distressed.

Did she act foolishly again?

To spite Ji Rui, she not only strained her wallet, but now with these bags full of stuff, how would she carry them home?!

Just as she was fretting, a pair of large hands reach over and effortlessly picked up all the bags of items.

"Brother Li!" Le Tong looked at Xiao Li as if seeing a savior.

"The President said you probably bought quite a bit, so he asked me to come in and help carry them."

Le Tong followed behind Xiao Li, thinking that such a considerate thing, Ji Rui couldn’t possibly do.

So she attributed this credit directly to Xiao Li.

Perhaps Xiao Li saw the various disputes between her and Ji Rui, hence said good things about his master in front of her, even putting his own kind acts in Ji Rui the great man’s favor.

After helping open the trunk so Xiao Li could load the bags inside, Le Tong leisurely got into the car and glanced at Ji Rui in the seat; he showed not the slightest impatience.

"Mr. Ji, sorry, I lost track of time while shopping." She spoke very sincerely, though actually, she had deliberately dawdled in the supermarket for half an hour.

Ji Rui lifted his eyelids to look at her, "It’s okay, we are early!"

This well-mannered and composed Ji Rui made Le Tong feel strange and unaccustomed.

The car continued straight forward on De Yang Road; as Le Tong watched, she felt something was wrong.

"Brother Li, aren’t we going to pick up the baby?"

Ji Baby’s Saint Ying Academy is in the same direction as the Ji Family, meaning the car should turn back.

Xiao Li was about to answer when Ji Rui, sitting beside Le Tong, responded, "I arranged for the driver to take the baby home directly."

Le Tong’s heart sank; was this man forbidding her from seeing the baby?

What could she have possibly done to upset him?

"But, I promised the baby to take him for seafood..." Le Tong looked at Ji Rui, nervous and anxious, suddenly losing her spirit to contend when it involved the baby.

"Didn’t you buy a bunch of ingredients? Cook at home!"

Ji Rui’s words made Le Tong breathe a sigh of relief.

After a while, she then realized that when Ji Rui said "home," he meant his home, as this direction was precisely towards his home.

Le Tong couldn’t help but feel confused; how did it come to this?

She was initially planning to have a cozy "party for two" with the baby, but suddenly, Ji Rui, someone who made her uncomfortable, was added into the mix?

Moreover, she unwittingly became this man’s free cook and errand runner, and she still felt a tiny bit of regret just now.

Little did she know, Mr. Demon Ji had likely set this trap long ago, waiting for her to step into it?!