Chapter 291: Chapter 291

"Mommy, Daddy said from now on he’ll handle doing the dishes!"

Ji Baby yelled, already throwing himself into Le Tong’s arms as she was bending over folding clothes.

Le Tong hugged him back, "Baby, have you already forgotten what Uncle Doctor said? Didn’t he tell you not to run too fast? Forgot?"

Ji Baby pouted and said, "Oh... didn’t forget..."

"Hmm," Le Tong ruffled his hair, "Alright, Baby, fold your own socks."

Le Tong pretended not to hear Baby’s earlier shout, just handed a few pairs of socks to him.

Baby might think that even after leaving the hospital, it would be like when he was hospitalized, and she and Ji Rui would stay by his side.

However, she and Ji Rui were actually nothing to each other, to force meeting every day because of Baby, not to say she couldn’t accept it, Ji Rui probably didn’t want to either.

Still, these were clearly words that would spoil Baby’s happiness, Le Tong didn’t plan to say them now.

At least, let the little guy be happy for a few days. As for her real relationship with Ji Rui, maybe she could explain it to him in a different way after a few days.

As expected, Ji Baby’s attention was immediately captured by the socks, he asked Le Tong with a cheerful shake of the pair in his hand.

"Mommy, how do you fold socks?"

Le Tong took a pair and demonstrated once.

Baby tried folding a pair, received high praise from Le Tong, and then pulled all the socks scattered on the bed in front of him.

"Mommy, Mommy, let Baby handle these."

While diligently folding the socks, Baby muttered, "Daddy will wash the dishes, Baby will fold the socks, and Mommy won’t be so tired."

Le Tong felt a warmth in her heart, "Baby is so good," she said, bending to plant a couple of kisses on Baby’s little crew-cut head.

Baby tilted his head, "Mommy, Baby will always be good, and Mommy must always always stay with Baby!"

Le Tong suspected this little one was overthinking again, lovingly pulling him into her embrace, "Mommy promises to always always stay with Baby."

Ji Rui, who had been calling out as he walked over, saw Le Tong holding Baby and instinctively felt he might be interrupting something.

Le Tong released Baby and turned to look at him.

Ji Rui gestured towards the kitchen behind him, "The dishes are all washed, do they go in the cabinet to be sanitized?"

Le Tong became even more surprised, assuming this man, who seemed incredibly refined, must usually be quite unfamiliar with kitchens, yet unexpectedly, he had a bit of common sense.

Le Tong turned and walked over, and Ji Rui moved aside to let her into the kitchen, but he didn’t leave, just stood at the door watching her as she wiped the dishes dry with a clean towel, then categorically placed them in the sterilizer.

Le Tong said with her back to him, her hands never stopping.

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"That stuff between us, I’ll find some time to explain it to Baby soon. In a day or two, he should be going home. Don’t worry about him, I’ll take good care of him, and you’re busy, so don’t bother running back and forth."

Earlier, outside, Le Tong had also reflected on herself and wondered if she overreacted to Ji Rui coming to her home to mooch a meal.

After Baby’s serious illness, it was only natural for Ji Rui, as his father, to worry about him living alone in an unfamiliar environment, and she seemed to be a bit overly harsh in getting angry.

Ji Rui leaned against the doorway, staring at the back of her head.

Her neck was very fair, and her long hair was casually tied into a bun, with strands of hair hanging down her snowy-white neck, a contrast of black and white that created a strong visual impact.

He had never looked at someone’s nape so closely and found it sensually tempting to lean in for a kiss.

"The stuff between us? I don’t understand what you’re referring to." Battling the emotions churning within, Ji Rui curiously asked.

Le Tong’s hands paused, "What ’stuff’ could be between us? Isn’t it just about why we have Baby?"

Le Tong intentionally forgot many things related to Ji Rui, as she was now entirely focused on Baby. The man in front of her, apart from being Baby’s father, was nothing else to her.

Ji Rui frowned slightly, remained silent for a moment, and shifted his gaze from her neck to the side of her face.

"Besides Baby, don’t we have a lot of other things?"

Ji Rui couldn’t accept her perspective, for he believed they shared many memories. How could she say there was nothing?

Though he didn’t consider their matters as messy issues, to her, they evidently didn’t exist.

Le Tong finished putting the dishes away, closed the cabinet door, turned to face Ji Rui.

"Mr. Ji, what’s the point of this for us?"

She realized she didn’t understand Ji Rui as well as she’d thought.

For instance, she barely convinced herself that Ji Rui was here just for Baby, and she shouldn’t speak harshly.

But then, this man was subtly implying his purpose was more than just Baby.

She didn’t want to overthink about this man and didn’t wish to think too much.

Moreover, she didn’t wish for him to think too much about her.

Because a man like him was beyond what she could handle or bear.

"Le Tong, what exactly are you avoiding?"

In terms of emotions, Ji Rui indeed was slow; even now, he wasn’t clear about how he felt about her or how to define her.

He merely felt, out of instinct, that he shouldn’t leave his son for her to care for alone and thought he and she shouldn’t be strangers after saying goodbye.

Ji Rui’s counter-question once more caught Le Tong off guard. Tonight, Ji Rui repeatedly reshaped her view of him.

"I’m not avoiding anything. I hope you understand that my being Baby’s biological mother won’t affect our relationship. We were nothing before, we are nothing now, and we’ll still be nothing in the future. Do you understand?"

Having worked at Ji Family for nearly a year, Le Tong was very aware of this man’s temperament. Once he sets his mind on something, his persistence is terrifying. This terrifying persistence allowed him to be invincible in the business world. For this man, this terrifying persistence is almost an innate pathological obsession.

It’s like, although he looked down on her from the heart, because of that one-night accident, he regarded her as his.

Though he never voiced it, Le Tong sensed it more than once from his words and actions.

And his contract back then explicitly stated he wanted her to be Ji Rui’s woman.

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