Chapter 292: Chapter 292

Le Tong’s words made Ji Rui fall silent again, unable to define the strange relationship between them, nor knowing what kind of relationship he wanted to develop with her next.

But he was very certain about one thing: the kind of ’nothing at all’ relationship that Le Tong kept emphasizing was definitely not what he wanted!

"I don’t understand! I only know that since you are Baobao’s biological mother, there’s no way that you and I are nothing. Unless you tell me now that you have nothing to do with Baobao, and in the future, you’ll never be connected to him again, then you and I will truly be nothing."

Ji Rui leaned against the door, not moving an inch, but his aggressive words made Le Tong feel oppressed.

She couldn’t help but start guessing the real intention behind this man’s words: was he trying to threaten her to stay by their side, or was he trying to drive her away?

Either possibility was difficult for Le Tong to face calmly. But if she had to choose between the two, then she...

Le Tong hung her head, contemplating carefully. She leaned against the kitchen cabinet, trying to put as much distance as possible between herself and Ji Rui. This man, the closer she got to him, the more dangerous it was.

"Mr. Ji, what exactly do you want from me?"

Le Tong didn’t want to appear so pathetic, but she couldn’t accept the possibility that Ji Rui wanted to force her away. Even just as a hypothesis, it could drive her crazy.

In the past, even when she believed her son was living abroad in some unreachable corner, she couldn’t stop herself from missing him more deeply and feeling guilty.

Now, he’s within reach, no matter what she has to endure, she must bear it.

Ji Rui thought it was a very good opportunity, just about to suggest she and Baobao go home with him, when suddenly his thigh was hugged tightly, and Baobao’s tender voice interrupted. For original chapters go to novel✦fire.net

"Daddy, don’t bully Baobao mommy!"

Baobao’s words were like a heavy hammer, striking his heart hard.

He inwardly thanked his luck; if his darling son hadn’t appeared in time, he might have made the same mistake he did at the hospital.

Although he still hadn’t figured out what about his words at the hospital offended her, through their long interaction, he somewhat understood her temper.

Even though she always seemed smiling and gentle, she was incredibly stubborn. She didn’t like others forcing her, and naturally disliked being threatened.

Although this opportunity was rare, even if she agreed under pressure, she wouldn’t be happy inside, right?

Ji Rui rubbed Baobao’s head, bent down to pick him up, and kissed him reassuringly, "Daddy didn’t!" Luckily, his darling son reminded him in time. Otherwise, if his words were spoken, she would have resented him again.

Turning to Le Tong, he said, "I didn’t mean anything, I just wanted you to accompany Baobao well."

His measured words were immediately rewarded with two sound kisses from Baobao.

Le Tong looked at him doubtfully; his previous words clearly didn’t mean that.

Ji Rui didn’t say more, picked up Baobao, and left the room.

When Le Tong finished tidying the kitchen and walked to the living room, Ji Rui was pacing in the white dove-cage-like room.

Le Tong looked at him in confusion. Fortunately, this time Ji Rui didn’t tease her, turning to look at her, "Le Tong, why don’t we redecorate here?"

Le Tong was increasingly baffled by his thoughts. Since when had this man’s thinking become so erratic?

"This house isn’t mine; I’m just renting it..."

Although Le Tong really wanted to buy it, the owner’s asking price was something she simply couldn’t afford, and the building age was too long for the bank to accept a mortgage, so for now, she could only sigh at the building.

Ji Rui spoke casually, which was unsurprising; a hundred or so thousand was no money to him, akin to scooping a ladle of water from the sea.

Le Tong thought he was going to indirectly offer her money again and immediately felt uncomfortable.

Ji Rui seemed to sense her anger and hurriedly interrupted her.

"I can talk to the bank; see if you can pay a down payment, and set up a mortgage or something, with a longer term, which shouldn’t be too overwhelming."

Le Tong was shocked again.

This time, the shock was mixed with joy.

This house, for her, contained all memories of her and her mother, so no matter how much the rent increased, she was unwilling to move out.

"Really? I can really take out a mortgage and buy this house?"

At this moment, Le Tong had forgotten she was mad at Ji Rui, her eyebrows filled with cheerfulness, her facial features suddenly became vibrant due to her excitement.

"Yes, of course! How about I call my friend now, and talk about the situation here? Can you give me the detailed information of this house?"

As Ji Rui spoke, he had already taken out his phone.

Le Tong, rarely like a child, jumped around and ran to open the drawer on the bedside table, taking out a thick pile of documents.

Ji Rui took the obviously old documents, scanned them seriously, but didn’t ask about the name of the same Le on the land certificate.

Le Tong only thought about this question later, awkwardly pointing to the owner’s name, "Mr. Ji, here..."

Ji Rui raised his eyelids to glance at her, "Oh, that’s not important. Just inform him of the building’s usage date and number; they will check the rest themselves and assess it."

Le Tong nodded to him gratefully, genuinely saying, "Thank you, Mr. Ji."

Ji Rui didn’t say much, scanned through the documents, then picked up the phone and dialed out.

"It’s me, I have a friend who wants to buy a house, but she’s currently short on cash. I’ll give you a number; could you see how much can be mortgaged and for how many years? Get back to me as soon as possible; I’ll wait for your call."

Ji Rui finished speaking, hung up the phone without any polite conversation.

Only then did Le Tong check the time — my goodness, it was already past eight in the evening!

"Mr. Ji, your friend is probably off work now; it’s late to ask about this now. It’s not urgent at this moment." Le Tong felt embarrassed.

Ji Rui glanced at her, "If he doesn’t reply to me tonight, can you sleep?"

In truth, she wouldn’t be able to sleep; after all, how long had she been dreaming about this?

While her mother was still alive, she’d been calculating how to buy this house to cheer her mother up, but her ability was limited at that time!

[Oops, the girls have become Zhu Zi’s creditors, still owe a Chapter, haha, what a pit...]