Chapter 317: Chapter 317

Le Tong ignored him and walked straight to her front door, took out her key, and wanted to unlock it.

Silently standing behind her, Ji Rui suddenly reached out and held her hand...

When his hand forcefully held hers, Ji Rui clearly felt her whole body stiffen.

At this moment, he vaguely understood that she was not unhappy, but rather, afraid?

"Le Tong, are you scared?"

Le Tong tried hard to pull her hand back, but she, being a woman, could never match the strength of a man who was nearly a head taller than her.

She lowered her head, bit her lip, and stubbornly replied, "No!"

What a joke! What could she be afraid of?

"Then you..." Ji Rui still wanted to say something, but Le Tong suddenly raised her foot and stomped hard on his foot.

Even though Le Tong was only wearing flat shoes, she used all her strength, making Ji Rui cry out in pain and unconsciously let go of her hand.

Le Tong aimed her key at the keyhole, about to open the door, when it opened from the inside revealing Ji Baby’s smiling little face. Latest content published on novel•fire.net

"Daddy, Mommy, you’re back!"

Shouting happily, the door was wide open, and he immediately jumped out, hugging Ji Rui’s thigh with one hand and Le Tong’s waist with the other.

Bound by her son’s enthusiasm and expectation, Le Tong could only helplessly watch as Ji Rui swaggered in, led by his son.

"Baby, Mommy is going to cook, go to the fridge and get that bag of snow peas, help Mommy remove the hard edges."

Le Tong completely ignored Ji Rui’s presence, put down her bag after entering the house, and quickly tied her shoulder-length hair into a bun, rolled up her shirt sleeves, and went into the kitchen.

Ji Baby obeyed the command, ready to follow into the kitchen, but Ji Rui picked him up and placed him on the sofa, "Wait for Daddy."

Ji Baby blinked as if he understood his intention, gave him a sly smile, waved his little hand, "Go on, go on... hurry and coax Mommy!"

Ji Rui pinched his face, "Baby, you’ve watched too much of ’If You Are the One’!"

Ji Baby leaned back on the sofa, rolled his eyes at Ji Rui, "It’s Daddy who’s dumb!"

Being called dumb by his five-year-old son rendered Ji Rui speechless. He ruffled his son’s hair vigorously, got up, and went to the kitchen, opened the fridge and took out the bag of snow peas.

"Mr. Ji, aren’t you eating takeout?"

Le Tong wasn’t as easygoing as Ji Baby, she turned around, crossed her arms, and looked at him with a confrontational stance.

Ji Rui blinked, "Even if I’m eating takeout, I can still help, right?"

Finishing his sentence, he walked out with the snow peas, regardless of how unpleasant Le Tong’s expression was.

He was calculating that Le Tong wouldn’t easily confront him in front of their son. So, he was very conscious of avoiding being alone with her.

Although Le Tong felt annoyed inside, as long as he wasn’t flaunting himself before her, she could barely endure it. Besides, as long as he stayed with Ji Baby, Ji Baby clearly turned into his shield, no matter how determined she was, she couldn’t say anything in front of their son.

Ji Rui brought in the cleaned snow peas, Le Tong took them to wash, only to find the bright green snow peas were torn into fragments by the father and son.

Indeed, the young master and young lord of wealthy families wouldn’t even know how to do such trivial things.

"Seems like they’re torn a bit too much..."

Ji Rui initially had no awareness of this, but upon seeing Le Tong paused slightly, he realized he truly was an ignoramus in the kitchen.

Le Tong wasn’t inclined to lose her temper over such trivial matters, she just wanted this man out of her sight as soon as possible.

Seeing things develop further in a bizarre direction, Le Tong only felt her head swell intensely.

Originally, she thought after Ji Baby was discharged from the hospital, she could simply take him out like before to see him, but she overlooked Ji Rui.

Before, he hardly interfered with her meeting Ji Baby.

Now, he still doesn’t interfere, but he insists on inserting himself into the time she spends alone with the child.

Le Tong realized, she seemed to have overestimated her tolerance and underestimated Ji Rui’s thick-skinned nature.

Ji Baby had only been out of the hospital for a few days, and she was already on the verge of being driven crazy by Ji Rui’s forceful intrusion into her life.

It’s not like she hadn’t communicated with him, but he always cited not being at ease with Ji Baby as the reason.

And there was a way to prevent him from hovering around her all the time. That was, to send Ji Baby back to his house while she painfully reduced her time spent with Ji Baby.

Indeed, there’s no free lunch in this world? Wanting to spend more time with Ji Baby also meant enduring the torture of privately being with President Ji?

At this thought, Le Tong’s mood became even more downcast.

Ji Rui only felt the pressure in the kitchen getting lower and lower, he cautiously glanced at Le Tong, seeing her with her head down ignoring him, he quickly retreated.

Ji Baby raised his eyebrows, teasing him, "Did Mommy scold you?" The little guy’s ability to read faces was far exceeding his daddy’s by many, many times.

Ji Rui picked up Ji Baby and placed him on his own lap, honestly replied, "Didn’t scold, but seems kind of mad."

Ji Baby rolled his eyes at him again, slid up from his lap, and scampered into the kitchen, hugging Le Tong’s waist, and looked up at her face.

"Mommy, did dumb Daddy make you mad?"

Le Tong was cooking, her hands didn’t stop but she lowered her eyes to glance at him.

"No! Only a fool would be mad at another fool!"

Ji Baby giggled, turned around, ran out and climbed back on Ji Rui’s lap like a monkey, hanging around his neck to comfort him.

"Daddy, don’t worry, Mommy isn’t mad!"

Ji Rui raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Oh?!"

Ji Baby bit his lip as if trying hard to hold back laughter, "Mommy said only a fool would be mad at another fool! So, Daddy can relax."

These two, mother and son, are teaming up to mock him, aren’t they?!

"So, do you think Daddy is a fool?"

Ji Rui gritted his teeth, gently slapped the little guy’s butt.

Ji Baby giggled, "That’s not what Baby said, it’s what Mommy said!"

This Ghost Spirit easily shirked all responsibility.

Actually, these father and son were both cunning like spirits; Ji Rui was using Ji Baby as a shield.

And Ji Baby used Le Tong as a shield.

Indeed, Ji Rui gritted his teeth again, but said nothing.

Le Tong brought out the dishes and saw the father and son huddled together whispering about something.

"Ji Baby, wash your hands for dinner."

Ji Rui carried Ji Baby and stood up. Le Tong glanced at the takeout on the coffee table, mischievously reminded the man already in the washroom.

"Mr. Ji, do you need me to heat up your takeout?"

Ji Rui, who was originally helping Ji Baby wash his hands, twitched his face, and Ji Baby’s little face popped out from his arms, eyes shining with sympathy as he looked at him, "Daddy, you’re so pitiful!"

Ji Rui glared at him, "Kid, are you gloating?"