Chapter 286: Chapter 286

What puzzled Ji Rui was that Ji Baby seemed to have no complaints about the environment here at all and flatly refused his suggestion.

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Le Tong glanced coldly at him, seeing his face full of disdain, felt very displeased in her heart. She deliberately pushed the suitcase behind him, pretending to bump into him by accident.

"Mr. Ji, you’re getting in my way of putting things down, can you please stand outside in the hallway for a bit?"

Ji Rui was forced to stand in the corner, and his son, whom he thought would fiercely reject such an environment, calmly kicked off his shoes, put on the new slippers Le Tong thoughtfully bought for him, and first walked to the curtain, lifted it and looked out, then turned happily to Le Tong and said.

"Mommy, you’re amazing, how did you know Ji Baby likes these Superman curtains?"

Le Tong, who was pushing the suitcase past him, turned around and playfully tapped his nose, "Because Mommy is the worm in Ji Baby’s belly!"

Laughing gleefully, Ji Baby hugged Le Tong’s waist and acted spoiled for a moment, then began to wander around.

Contrary to Ji Rui’s imagination, Ji Baby excitedly put his hands on his hips and turned around the house, then, probably tired, kicked off his slippers and climbed onto the newly bought single-seater sofa to rest.

Le Tong took a box of milk, warmed it in the microwave, handed it to Ji Baby, and continued busying herself by putting away their luggage.

Meanwhile, Ji Rui felt as if the mother and son had forgotten about him.

Once Xiao Li and the others put down the luggage, Ji Baby, comfortably stretching on the single-seater sofa, mercilessly said to Ji Rui.

"Daddy, you go ahead, Mommy and I are tired."

Ji Baby’s words were as if the host was issuing an order to dismiss a guest, so plainly excluded, Ji Rui felt a sourness in his stomach.

Having been used to his darling son clinging to him all the time, Ji Rui, no longer favored, felt like a concubine suddenly banished to the cold palace, extremely imbalanced emotionally.

"Ji Baby, let’s go home."

Ji Rui walked over, bent down and kissed Ji Baby on the cheek, trying to persuade him to go home with him.

"Ji Baby will live here from now on, won’t go back!"

Ji Baby, seemingly fearing Ji Rui wasn’t hurt enough, suddenly dropped another bombshell.

Ji Rui thought he misheard and looked at his son to confirm.

Ji Baby was holding the box of snacks Le Tong handed him, nibbling on a piece.

"Ji Baby won’t go back, Daddy, you go back by yourself."

Ji Baby, like a little emperor, nestled in the sofa, repeated his wish while munching away.

Ji Rui was about to ask why, when Ji Baby swallowed the snack in his mouth, then explained.

"Daddy is so busy, he definitely doesn’t have time to take care of Ji Baby, Mommy is different, Mommy will accompany Ji Baby all day. Besides, Daddy is okay by himself, with that woman to accompany you, Mommy is different, if Ji Baby doesn’t accompany Mommy, Mommy will be all alone."

Ji Rui finally understood, the trouble his son was causing was ultimately because of CoCo.

But no matter what he said, his darling son simply didn’t believe that nothing ever happened with CoCo, nor would anything ever happen in the future.

"Ji Baby, Mommy will be okay alone."

Le Tong, who was on the other side making the bed with her back to the father and son, was as surprised by Ji Baby’s words as Ji Rui.

She had just been completely immersed in her son’s affection for her, and now, she returned to normal.

Her son’s desire to stay with her for fear that she would be lonely touched her.

But as touching as it was, she was still very aware that her son’s illness is not like a cold or headache and needs a good environment to recover.

Here, there are many inconveniences, if Ji Baby had any discomfort at night, she couldn’t promptly get someone to treat Ji Baby like Ji Rui could, so she wasn’t opposed to Ji Baby staying here for a day or half a day occasionally, but from the perspective of his health, it really wasn’t suitable for long-term stay.

Yet Ji Baby was determined to stay here and accompany Le Tong, upon hearing her persuasion, he immediately pouted and sulked on the sofa, questioning Le Tong.

"Mommy, do you not want Ji Baby anymore?"

Le Tong most feared this trick from Ji Baby!

If Ji Baby were healthy and too capricious, she would take a tough educational approach.

But right now, no one can guarantee that excessive emotional fluctuations won’t affect Ji Baby adversely, so she had to turn around and coax him softly.

"How could Mommy not want Ji Baby? If Ji Baby goes home with Daddy now, Mommy promises to come visit Ji Baby everyday, okay?"

"No, Ji Baby won’t go back, Ji Baby just wants to live here."

But Ji Baby was as stubborn as a bull, though he didn’t say it outright, he was displeased with Daddy’s attitude towards his Mommy. To put it simply, he felt it was unfair to Mommy, though at his age, he didn’t understand what was fair or not, he simply felt he couldn’t let Daddy bully Mommy anymore.

Given his limited strength, the only thing he could do now was to stand by Mommy and support her.

Le Tong was at her wits’ end and had to turn to Ji Rui.

Ji Rui was even more helpless, half-kneeling in front of the sofa thinking for a moment, having no choice but to compromise.

"Alright, Ji Baby will stay here for a day or two, if you don’t get used to it, let Uncle Xiao Li come pick you up. How about it?"

A few months ago, Ji Rui saw Ji Baby once or twice a week and didn’t feel it was wrong.

But since Ji Baby moved in with him, no matter how busy he was, the father and son basically saw each other every day. Now the little guy said he would stay here to accompany Le Tong, Ji Rui suddenly felt a void in his heart, like something important fell out, leaving an empty hole.

Ji Baby saw that Ji Rui finally compromised, and immediately pulled out a bright smile, waving his little hand at Ji Rui.

Ji Rui quietly leaned over and kissed his little cheek twice, as he turned away, feeling the illusion of losing his son.

Ji Baby was cold to him, only holding the snack box and continued eating, Ji Rui felt somewhat helpless, but Le Tong put down what she was doing to see him off.

"Mr. Ji, I will take good care of Ji Baby."

Le Tong stood at the door and assured him, Ji Rui nodded, on this point, he was at ease.

He believed there was absolutely no one else in this world who understood how to take care of Ji Baby more than Le Tong.

No wonder, initially Ji Baby harshly criticized and mocked all those women, except for Le Tong, like love at first sight, ever since meeting Le Tong, every time he brought her up, he always wore a lovesick expression, turns out, it was the bond of kinship at play.

"Then I’ll go first, don’t overexert yourself, tidy up then take a bath, I’ll ask Manager Chen to send some takeout over."

[Three more, still owe one from yesterday, probably will be ready post-midnight, don’t wait up, wash up and sleep, goodnight, mwah.]