Chapter 297: Chapter 297

Ji Rui’s eyes dimmed slightly, "Does it make you uncomfortable to go shopping together?"

His voice was still as usual, cold and monotonous.

But Le Tong seemed to hear the helplessness and bitterness in his words, surprised at his sudden change of demeanor.

If the person before her were Yang Sheng, she would definitely go over and touch his forehead to see if a high fever had fried his brain.

But this was Ji Rui, the man who was always so arrogant, who she avoided like the plague. After all that’s happened, she wouldn’t even initiate a conversation with him, let alone physical closeness.

So she just quietly stared at Ji Rui, trying to find evidence of his unusual behavior on that handsome yet excessively steely face.

Ji Rui saw that she still remained silent, and his eyes grew even darker.

"Then I’ll get off here and let Xiao Li take you to the supermarket."

And with that, he was about to instruct Xiao Li.

Le Tong quickly interrupted him, "Let’s go together, I have a discount card for the supermarket."

Both of them knew well enough that a person like Ji Rui wouldn’t care about saving a little money with a discount card. She was just giving them both a way out.

Faced with this suddenly docile man, insisting further would make her seem petty.

"Alright," Ji Rui gave her a deep look and said no more. Googlᴇ search noveⅼfire.net

The two remained silent all the way, and the atmosphere in the car grew heavy and stifling because of their silence.

In fact, a few months ago, Le Tong had already gotten used to this dull and uneventful atmosphere with Ji Rui.

But after the harmonious period during Ji Baby’s illness, facing such oppressive tension again was something Le Tong found hard to adapt to.

Her condition now was probably like eating bitter herbs after just finishing candy.

The atmosphere in the car made Le Tong uncomfortable, and just now it was peak hours with traffic jams, after nearly ten minutes, the car was still stranded on a road just a few hundred meters away from the Ji Family’s place.

If it weren’t for the oppressive atmosphere inside, Le Tong would have closed her eyes and rested for a bit, but now she couldn’t relax at all, sitting in the car was just torture.

Le Tong straightened up and looked at the traffic ahead, "Brother Li, why don’t you pull over somewhere up there? We’re not far from the supermarket, I can walk there myself. Mr. Ji, if you want anything, just give me a list and I’ll buy it all."

Ji Rui took his eyes off the screen, glanced at the long line of cars ahead, "I’ll go with you, Xiao Li, you can go back and stay with Baby."

Actually, Ji Baby was someone who knew how to entertain himself; as long as he’s willing, even without any company, he can enjoy himself carefree.

Le Tong was about to say something else when Xiao Li had already started slowly switching the car to the roadside lane.

"It’s like a furnace outside, Mr. Ji..."

Le Tong’s intent was certainly not to worry about Ji Rui being unable to endure the frying-pan-like heat outside; she just didn’t want to walk side by side with this man.

"It’s fine; I’ll consider it exercise." Ji Rui quickly interrupted her.

With Ji Rui being so accommodating, what else could Le Tong say?

The two got off the car one after the other, with the sun yet to set, Le Tong walked forward along the shade of the trees, not at a slow pace, but still Ji Rui, with his long legs, quickly left her behind.

Le Tong breathed a sigh of relief, yet felt puzzled by his actions.

She only assumed he was doing it intentionally, after all, given the turmoil a few days ago, the knot in both their hearts wouldn’t easily be untied.

However, his actions contradicted his insistence on getting off the car to accompany her to the supermarket.

If he didn’t want to be with her, he could just sit in the car and go back. Yet he insisted on getting off the car together with her, treating her like a stranger, walking one after the other, what was that supposed to mean?

Just as Le Tong was secretly guessing the man’s intentions, the man who had left her ten meters behind suddenly stopped, leaned against a tree trunk, swiping his phone until Le Tong was in front of him. Only then did he start walking slowly at her pace.

The man’s thoughtfulness surprised Le Tong.

"Sorry!" The polite words naturally came out.

Ji Rui neither looked at her nor replied, which made Le Tong awkward.

After a moment, she finally heard Ji Rui say, "Le Tong, can’t we be less formal with each other?"

Le Tong turned to look at him, "Eh?"

Ji Rui also turned his head, his gaze directly meeting hers.

"Are you this formal with Yang Sheng?"

Le Tong was somewhat stunned, how did her dealings with him involve Yang Sheng?

"No!" But she still answered his question truthfully.

Because even if she said she was, Ji Rui wouldn’t believe her.

Her close relationship with Yang Sheng was, in the company, either rumored as a couple or joked about as long-lost siblings.

"Why?" Ji Rui persistently asked.

Le Tong rolled her eyes inwardly, why ask why? Yang Sheng’s character and his treatment of me could casually leave you several blocks behind, alright?

Only, these sarcastic words, Le Tong wouldn’t say, because saying them would definitely cause trouble for Yang Sheng.

She’s beyond saving herself, it wouldn’t matter if Ji Rui dislikes her, but Yang Sheng is different; he’s finally secured his position as a special assistant earning millions a year, if he’s suspected or suppressed by a petty boss because of this private matter, it’d really be getting shot for no reason.

"I never told you?" Le Tong pretended to be surprised.

"Eh?! Told me what?" Ji Rui rarely showed a confused expression, staring at her.

That handsome face, whether because of the uncommon expression or because the orange-yellow sunset gently spilled on it, looked more charming and attractive than usual, the originally stern face gaining more dimensionality because of that confusion, most impossibly, it actually carried a hint of cuteness.

Le Tong gently shook her head; it must be because she stared day and night at Baby’s face, which so resembled this man’s, that she had such an illusion!

"Yang Sheng and I are fellow disciples, the professor repeatedly told him to take good care of me, so he doesn’t dare to be fierce with me. As for me, a bargain right in front of me, to not take advantage would be silly, why should I be polite with him?"

Le Tong spoke very casually, the confusion in Ji Rui’s eyes remained, clearly not convinced by Le Tong’s words.

"Is that it?" He had no plans to let Le Tong off with that answer.

"Yes, absolutely just that!" Le Tong nodded affirmatively.

However, Ji Rui didn’t accept this, "Yang Sheng is not that kind of person!"

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