Chapter 314: Chapter 314

After a long while, Yang Sheng found his voice.

"Ji Rui, what did you say? Are you sure you’re not having a fever?"

Saying this, his hand already reached out to feel Ji Rui’s cool forehead.

"Le Tong is Baobao’s biological mother!"

Ji Rui repeated once more, and after speaking, he tilted his head back and poured the remaining half glass of wine into his mouth.

Yang Sheng inhaled sharply. As Ji Rui’s best friend and most capable assistant, after all these years, it was the first time he heard Ji Rui voluntarily mention Baobao’s mother. Moreover, the answer was so shocking and unbelievable.

Regarding Baobao’s mysterious mother, Yang Sheng knew no more than outsiders.

At first, he speculated that Baobao’s mother might be Ji Rui’s classmate or friend from abroad, but because of the distance, it was hard for him to pinpoint the real person.

Therefore, when he heard that Baobao’s mother was someone he knew, and moreover, his close junior sister Le Tong, he instinctively thought Ji Rui was drunk talking.

Yang Sheng said with certainty.

"Why not? She is indeed Baobao’s mother. Do you know where the bone marrow that saved Baobao came from?"

Ji Rui held his wine glass and stared at Yang Sheng.

"Could it be Tongtong?" Yang Sheng quickly connected the dots.

"That’s right, it’s her!"

Ji Rui took a large sip of his wine, "To hide her identity, she secretly went to another hospital to bone marrow. When I found out she was Baobao’s mother, she was coming back from another hospital. I scolded her severely for selling her own son for money..."

Yang Sheng was utterly confused by his words, furrowing his brow and interrupting him, "Wait, are you saying you also didn’t know Tongtong was Baobao’s mother?"

Ji Rui stared into the glass, "Yes, I only found out after Baobao’s surgery was done!"

Yang Sheng’s eyes widened, "Then you and Tongtong..."

Ji Rui nodded, confirming his guess, "That’s right, before she joined the Ji Family, Le Tong and I did not know each other. We had never met, only connected through an agency, which is how we had Baobao."

Yang Sheng had always been curious about Baobao’s mother, and now knowing the truth, he found his thoughts in absolute chaos.

"Ah Wei, two glasses." He tapped Ji Rui’s empty glass. Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs novelꞁire.net

The bartender understood and poured two glasses of tequila, pushing them towards the two men.

Yang Sheng lifted his head and downed the drink in one gulp, licking the residue off his lips before saying with a sigh, "What kind of fate is it between you and Tongtong, that you ended up meeting . It’s really..."

"A doomed relationship!" Ji Rui responded, downing another glass of alcohol as well.

Yang Sheng stared at him, vaguely understanding why Ji Rui was in a bad mood.

"Did you have a fight with Tongtong?" He cautiously probed.

Ji Rui remained silent, implying acknowledgment.

Yang Sheng quietly picked up his glass as well, needing time to digest what Ji Rui had said.

Previously, he had heard Professor Liu mention Le Tong’s hardships more than once, including the fact that she once took a semester off to care for her terminally ill mother.

Thinking about it, that semester was exactly around the time of Baobao’s pregnancy and birth.

"Tongtong... was it because of her mother’s illness that she had Baobao?"

Though not a doctor, Yang Sheng knew that ordinary organ transplant surgeries could cost hundreds of thousands. Le Tong had been dependent on her mother since childhood, and acquiring hundreds of thousands was impossible without resorting to illegal means.

Ji Rui nodded woodenly.

"Sigh..." Yang Sheng let out a long sigh. He had always admired Le Tong, but now knowing the truth, in addition to admiration, he felt a tinge of sympathy and regret.

"Then why are you fighting now? Is it about Baobao?"

Although Yang Sheng believed he understood Ji Rui and Le Tong, their relationship always seemed elusive and mysterious to him; he never quite understood it.

Presumably, he wasn’t the only one who didn’t understand it - even Ji Rui, who was involved, also couldn’t understand it. Otherwise, this man, who was mythologized as capable of almost anything, wouldn’t appear so vexed.

"It’s not about Baobao!"

Ji Rui gulped down more wine, "Baobao is her life, how could she bear it!"

This, Ji Rui could see very clearly. Only, even he hadn’t noticed that when he said this, his tone carried an inexplicable sourness.

"Then what are you fighting over?" Yang Sheng was increasingly puzzled.

"I don’t know either!" Ji Rui shook his head. If he knew, he wouldn’t be sitting here drinking sullenly to drown his sorrows.

"You..." Yang Sheng looked at the usually cool and steady man in front of him, now showing rare signs of helplessness and frustration, and he couldn’t muster any reproachful words.

"Rui, Tongtong is a very smart woman. Her intelligence is often not used to manipulate others, but to protect herself. Do you understand?"

Being involved, Yang Sheng, who had just learned an incredible truth, even though very smart, couldn’t figure out what kind of game these two were playing.

He could only share his limited understanding of Le Tong with Ji Rui, hoping this man, who often hurt others without realizing it, could reflect properly.

Anyhow, whether he was accused of being biased towards Le Tong or favoring romance over friendship, he believed if these two really were fighting, the one who was wrong, the one being unreasonable, wouldn’t be the graceful and composed Le Tong but rather this spoiled President Ji, who rarely considered others’ feelings.

Ji Rui listened to Yang Sheng, silent for a long, long time, before lifting his eyes to look at Yang Sheng, "Is your point that she did this to protect herself?"

Being an advisor was actually quite difficult for Yang Sheng; the person involved revealed no details, only leaving him to guess and speculate.

"That’s likely the case!" Yang Sheng answered with great caution.

Ji Rui was stunned for a few seconds, "What does that have to do with me?"

Yang Sheng inwardly cursed him for being dull like a piece of wood, reaching out to pat his shoulder, "It means you have the ability to hurt her!"

Ji Rui turned his head to look at Yang Sheng with an inquisitive look, his gaze remaining sharp and penetrating despite having had several glasses of strong liquor.

Unfortunately, his sharp insight and keen perception turned negative whenever it involved Le Tong.

Yang Sheng figured he could only say so much, and as for whether President Ji, who became dull like a piece of wood when it came to Le Tong, could finally understand, it would depend on his fate.

After all, matters of the heart should not be overly meddled with by outsiders, especially when the two people in question were still in an ambiguous state.

And most importantly, even now, Yang Sheng couldn’t yet determine whether Ji Rui was fortune or misfortune for Le Tong!

Yet, Ji Rui was a person with a strong capacity to cause harm, and with only Le Tong’s strength, she might not be able to protect herself well. Yang Sheng was willing to lend Le Tong a hand at such a time!