Chapter 257: Chapter 257

The second hand of the clock on the wall ticked rhythmically, going round and round. A pair of long, strong hands and another pair of slender hands were tapping away at two different keyboards with different frequencies.

The lazy afternoon sun moved quietly over the shoulders of the two people in the living room, shifting to a potted plant in the corner. The little handsome boy on the terrace holding two cats waited eagerly for his beloved sister to play with him. He glanced back several times, only to see his father and sister immersed in work, so he obediently cuddled the cats and continued waiting.

After a while, the little handsome boy in panda pajamas fell asleep in the rocking chair, cuddling a white cat.

After nearly two hours of hard work, Le Tong finally took a long breath and gracefully pressed hard on the Enter key, sending the documents to Ji Rui’s email. Shortly after, she heard the email notification from Ji Rui’s side.

"Mr. Ji, the translation is done. You should review it carefully; it’s been a while since I worked on these, and my brain’s somewhat rusty."

Ji Rui opened the email and quickly scanned it, lifting his head to glance at her and then at her finger still wrapped in a bandage.

Despite the injury and a rusty brain, she managed to translate the documents in less than two hours, which Lin Ling couldn’t finish in a week, and even found a lot of related and very useful supplementary materials. Considering her speed and efficiency, his position of official secretary might forever remain vacant.

Looking at the quality of her work compared to Lin Ling’s, Ji Rui was speechless. Indeed, people shouldn’t compare, or else it might lead to dire consequences.

"Le Tong, have you really not considered returning to the Ji Family?"

This question, which had lingered in Ji Rui’s mind for a long time, was finally asked.

Le Tong seemed surprised that he suddenly brought up old matters again, for ever since she tore up the check to state her position, he hadn’t mentioned it.

She thought he had long given up on the idea. After all, he was such a proud person; how could he humble himself to plead with her, a mere secretary?

Moreover, she was quite self-aware, knowing she wasn’t like Yang Sheng, who held an irreplaceable position. She was merely a small secretary whom anyone could easily replace.

His wish for her to return was perhaps to have a thoughtful and obedient small secretary.

Unfortunately, Le Tong could never return to her past self; even if she returned to the position of the president’s secretary, she couldn’t play the role of the meek scapegoat secretary anymore.

Besides, she was doing well now!

Facing Ji Rui’s deep and unreadable eyes, Le Tong shook her head decisively without a second thought.

"No, I’m very satisfied with my current status."

Both in work and among the people around her, Le Tong felt content.

The current work, though tedious, was also filled with challenges. Most importantly, the people around were harmonious and kind; she no longer had to worry about President Ji venting on her for trivial matters.

If she had to point out a downside, Le Tong’s biggest regret now was not being able to be with the baby every day.

Yet she understood clearly that, for her, the baby was always an unexpected occurrence.

In his life, she shouldn’t have been there in the first place.

The way things were, being able to suppress her homesickness to fly back and see him now and then was an enormous fortune and happiness for her. She didn’t dare, nor should she expect more.

In the midnight hours, she’d feel a sense of unreality, as if everything she had with the baby was just a dream.

Her past experiences left her constantly worrying about gains and losses. If her happiness were more, she feared, heaven would find some way to take it back.

She had already lost her mother and didn’t want to endure losing anything else!

So, everything should stay as it is!

And merely one meter away from her, Ji Rui, who had gathered much courage to ask the question, was easily KO’d by her single sentence.

He was a bit flustered on the spot!

He had considered that she might refuse, but didn’t expect her to refuse so quickly.

Of course, he had thought about threatening her with a huge breach fee for her sudden resignation, forcing her to return to the Ji Family.

But this thought just flashed in his mind and was immediately dismissed.

Regardless of whether the trick worked, he was sure it would only make Le Tong dislike him more.

In the past, he didn’t care whether she disliked him, only cared about her dutifully staying in the secretary position and working well for him. At that time, he needed a good secretary, and she was a rare talent. Back then, money could restrain her; even if she hated him, as long as he paid enough money, she’d still work obediently for him.

But now it’s different. If she dislikes him, would her fondness for the baby also diminish, or even disappear?

Ji Rui admitted that he was very selfish.

Clearly, he had never given Le Tong anything, but he couldn’t give up her kindness towards the baby! This update is available on Novᴇl_Fire(.)net

The baby was his son. Previously, he never realized that the absence of a mommy impacted the baby so much.

Or rather, he had never put much thought into this son. Only when he began to care about the little guy did he realize that no matter how hard he, as a father, tried, there was always a void in the little guy’s heart that only someone called mommy could fill.

The baby’s mommy was obviously impossible to find; such a woman would only be trouble!

And Le Tong was precisely the closest person to a mommy in the baby’s heart. No matter how Ji Rui scrutinized, he couldn’t find a single fault in her treatment of his son.

Compared to him as a father, she, an outsider, seemed more like the baby’s parent.

The baby’s recent reviews from the kindergarten teacher were getting better and better. Before, Ji Rui truly didn’t care about these trivial things, but now, he finally understood that they weren’t mere evaluations but a measure of the baby’s emotional intelligence.

People with high emotional intelligence tend to succeed more easily and attain happiness more readily.

Of course, with the baby’s intelligence, Ji Rui never worried about his success. But happiness was a very abstract thing.

If he could make his beloved son closer to happiness, then he, even at the cost of being labeled selfish, must keep this woman for his beloved son.

At that moment, Ji Rui still believed that his hidden thoughts about Le Tong were mainly for his son.