Chapter 267: Chapter 267

Ji Rui just pursed his lips without saying a word. After a while, he stood up and said.

"Ask Baobao tomorrow."

The next day, Mr. Ji and Old Madam Ji came to see Baobao. When Ji Rui saw them enter, he only gave them a silent glance and turned to leave.

Le Tong also stood up to leave, but Baobao grabbed her by the wrist.

"Mommy, mommy, will you stay here with Baobao?"

Mr. Ji and Old Madam Ji both looked at Le Tong in surprise. Le Tong smiled awkwardly at them and explained, "Chairman, Madam, don’t misunderstand, Baobao calls me mommy, it has nothing to do with Mr. Ji."

Despite Le Tong’s explanation, Mr. Ji couldn’t help but look at Le Tong with an evaluating gaze, as if assessing a future daughter-in-law.

Le Tong knew her position was awkward, but since Baobao didn’t want her to leave, she had no choice but to sit in the hospital room with a smile, scrolling through her phone, trying to minimize her presence.

As Le Tong had expected, Baobao’s feelings for Old Madam Ji, though not as deep as for Mr. Ji, were still affectionate as he called her grandma in a sweet voice.

Normally, Baobao only behaves this way with people he likes.

Baobao still wasn’t in great spirits. After 30 minutes of charming Mr. Ji and Old Madam Ji with his sweet talk, he leaned against Le Tong and fell asleep.

Le Tong adjusted him to lie down properly, covered him with a blanket, and looked up, wondering if Mr. Ji was ready to leave. But the old man said, "Miss Le, let’s talk."

This old man was indeed Ji Rui’s father; he left no room for protest, just like Ji Rui.

Le Tong nodded and followed the old man out to the balcony.

Le Tong could roughly guess what the old man wanted to say to her.

"Miss Le, are you and Ah Ru a couple?" Indeed, she guessed it right!

"Chairman, I just made it clear; I have no relationship with Mr. Ji whatsoever."

Until now, Mr. Ji had not questioned Le Tong about her relationship with Ji Rui or Baobao for nearly a month.

Probably back then, Mr. Ji just thought Le Tong was someone Ji Rui hired to take care of Baobao.

But now, because of Baobao calling her mommy, the old man seemed a bit unsettled.

"Miss Le, do you think I’m as naive as Baobao, who is only five?"

The old man’s gaze was sharp, and his words, quite harsh and sarcastic.

If not for Baobao, Le Tong wouldn’t bother dealing with such an old man. Now, she somewhat understood why Ji Rui didn’t get along with him.

"Chairman, that’s all I have to say. Believe it or not, excuse me!"

Out of respect for how he treated Baobao over the years, Le Tong remained courteous.

As she entered, she coincidentally saw Ji Rui coming in. Ji Rui’s expression turned cold upon seeing Mr. Ji behind her.

Le Tong wasn’t interested in this family’s drama, and walked directly to the door, "Mr. Ji, I’m going to make dinner. If Baobao wakes up, let him come to see me."

Ji Rui looked at her intently, as if trying to discern something from her face.

But Le Tong’s face revealed nothing, she opened the door calmly and left quickly.

Ji Rui uncharacteristically accompanied the two elders to the elevator. Once the elevator doors closed, Ji Rui spoke coldly to Mr. Ji.

"Don’t interfere with my affairs, and don’t mess with my people. Otherwise, don’t blame me!"

Mr. Ji met his dark gaze and asked equally harshly.

"Le Tong is your person? Who is she to you? Your girlfriend? Your wife?"

The gradually warming father-son relationship seemed to plummet to freezing point once again because of Le Tong.

"Who she is to me is none of your business. Just don’t think of touching a hair on her!"

Ji Rui, with a cold face, warned Mr. Ji. For the first time, he tore into Mr. Ji over an outsider!

Mr. Ji also had a stern face, but he remembered clearly that their cold war had ended not long ago, and it wasn’t worth risking a fallout over an outsider again.

"I’ll come see Baobao tomorrow." Mr. Ji simply said as he walked out of the elevator.

Pressing the elevator button, Ji Rui called out to his retreating figure, "Let me warn you, you’d better not say anything bad about her in front of Baobao, or I can’t guarantee he’ll still call you grandpa!"

Mr. Ji’s footsteps paused. By the time he turned his head, the elevator door had closed again.

After getting in the car, Mr. Ji ordered his personal assistant in the front seat.

"Investigate Le Tong’s background!"

Ji Rui returned to the ward. Baobao hadn’t woken up, so he instructed Xiao Li to watch over him. Then, he went to the suite at the end of the corridor that was entirely set up for their use.

He quietly walked over to the kitchen door, leaning against the doorframe.

The kitchen’s exhaust hood roared as Le Tong, with her back to him, seemed completely unaware of his presence.

He just stood there, quietly watching her slender back, as she methodically chopped the meat and stirred it in the pan.

Le Tong turned her head, slightly surprised to see him. "Mr. Ji, why aren’t you keeping Baobao company?"

"Baobao hasn’t woken up. Did my dad say anything to you?"

Ji Rui suddenly felt a bit afraid, fearing that the old man might have said something frightening that would scare Le Tong away.

Such things had happened around the friends of Ji Rui since he was a child, regardless of gender.

Mr. Ji was a control freak. His actions, rather than protecting young Ji Rui, seemed more like an attempt to control everything about Ji Rui.

In the past, Ji Rui didn’t understand this, and when he did, he no longer cared.

After all, he wasn’t concerned about those people. If they could be easily sent away by Mr. Ji’s money or other means, it showed their affection for him wasn’t genuine.

Or rather, it wasn’t deep enough for them to risk offending Mr. Ji for him. Such friends aren’t worth having; Ji Rui wasn’t pitiful enough to rely on fake friends for companionship.

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But just now, when he saw Mr. Ji following Le Tong into the ward, his anger erupted without warning.

If he wasn’t afraid of disturbing Baobao or making Le Tong uncomfortable, he probably would have confronted Mr. Ji right then.

Yes, at that moment, he actually felt scared!

Afraid that Le Tong would be hurt by Mr. Ji’s words!

Afraid that Le Tong would choose to leave him and Baobao again because of Mr. Ji’s words!

[Third update, there will be one or two more updates later to make up for yesterday’s Ha!]