Chapter 320: Chapter 320

Mr. Yuan’s sketches arrived in Le Tong’s inbox within two days, and soon, Le Tong chose one of the designs.

This design fully utilizes the feature of the house being slightly higher than usual, transforming it into a duplex. Originally less than forty square meters, the house now has more than twenty square meters on the second floor after renovation. The second floor has a bedroom and a small study combined with a lounge, while downstairs is the living room and dining area.

Just looking at the computer-generated images sent by Mr. Yuan, Le Tong already loved this design dearly, and when Ji Baby took a look, the little one also liked it very much.

Thus, on Saturday afternoon, with the help of several bodyguards, Le Tong began moving her belongings into the house across the street. By Sunday evening, she was so exhausted that she finally collapsed on the new home’s sofa to take a breath.

"Mommy, have some tea!"

Although Ji Baby couldn’t be much help, he was very diligent in serving Le Tong with tea and water.

Le Tong held a cup in one hand, sipping tea while gently rubbing Ji Baby’s head with the other. Her gentle gaze was fixed on Ji Baby, filled with satisfaction of having everything one could want with a child.

"Mommy, can Ji Baby always live with Mommy?"

Ji Baby climbed onto the sofa, nestled in Le Tong’s arms, and raised his little face to ask.

Le Tong paused for a moment; this question was indeed hard to answer.

"Baby, when your Daddy comes back, Mommy will discuss it with him. In the future, you can go home from Monday to Friday, and stay with Mommy on Saturdays and Sundays, okay?"

Ji Baby pouted in silence, clearly not liking this suggestion.

Of course, Le Tong wanted Ji Baby to always live with her as well, but Ji Baby was not only her son, but also Ji Rui’s son. This current outcome was already an enormous happiness for her, and she dared not ask for more. Moreover, the more she asked for in this matter, the more unfair it would be to Ji Rui.

So, even knowing that her son was unhappy and unwilling to accept the proposal, Le Tong quietly drafted in her mind to discuss the matter thoroughly with Ji Rui when he returned.

Yet by Tuesday, Ji Rui didn’t come back; remarkably though, Ji Baby appeared in Le Tong’s office during working hours. Read complete version only at Nove1Fire.net

"Baby, why aren’t you staying at home properly? Why come here?"

Le Tong was relieved as she and Ji Rui worked on the same floor, where usually only Ji Rui and herself were present.

"Miss Le, I’m sorry, it’s me..." Xiao Li followed behind Ji Baby, apologizing to Le Tong with a face full of regret.

Le Tong knew that Xiao Li had always been very prudent in his work and would only bring the little one here if this little rascal was pestering him persistently.

"It’s okay, I’ll take him inside the office to rest."

Le Tong led Ji Baby into Ji Rui’s office, careful to avoid being seen interacting affectionately with Ji Baby by other colleagues.

The true relationship between herself and Ji Baby was unknown to everyone in Ji Family except for Xiao Li and Yang Sheng.

And she did not want her relationship with Ji Baby to make her a special exception.

"Mommy, is this real?!"

Ji Baby, who had hardly spoken, thrust something crumpled up like a newspaper towards Le Tong stubbornly after she poured him a cup of milk.

Le Tong worriedly took the newspaper and unfolded it. Right there were smiling faces of CoCo and Mr. Ji.

"Baby, let’s discuss this when your Daddy comes back, okay?"

Le Tong held Ji Baby in her arms and said softly.

"No!" Ji Baby was a very stubborn little guy, remarkably persistent on certain principles.

"Did Daddy say he quarreled with you because of this?"

Ji Baby’s thinking was clearer than many adults.

Le Tong hesitated for a moment, recalling that before Ji Rui went on a business trip, they indeed had an unpleasant disagreement. But the reason involved Luo Yifan, having nothing to do with CoCo.

For a fleeting moment, Le Tong even considered revealing the truth about Ji Baby’s identity to him, but she reconsidered, knowing the truth would be too hurtful for sensitive Ji Baby.

"Sweetheart, Mommy quarreled with your Daddy because of work, it has nothing to do with this issue."

Compared to matters of Ji Rui’s personal feelings, business matters felt much safer.

Ji Baby gazed at her skeptically, then glanced at the newspaper she tossed aside.

"Is what the newspaper says true?" he asked again, but without the previous anger and momentum.

"Baby, this is your Daddy’s affair; Mommy isn’t clear about it either." Le Tong could only answer truthfully.

The truth about Ji Baby’s identity couldn’t be told to him. But her and Ji Rui’s relationship, she dared not create any more misconceptions or illusions.

Ji Baby’s dark, bright eyes were fixedly watching Le Tong.

Le Tong thought he might ask more questions, but in the end, he didn’t ask anything.

Le Tong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In the days that followed, Ji Baby didn’t bring up the issue again. Seeing him happy, it seemed he had either forgotten about it or decided to ignore it.

On Thursday, Ji Rui finally came back after being away for nearly a week. Upon seeing him, Ji Baby was affectionate and clinging as always, just like before.

On Friday morning, Le Tong pushed open the door to the CEO’s office, empty for days, holding a cup of coffee.

"Mr. Ji, your coffee."

As she turned to leave, Ji Rui suddenly called her back.

"Le Tong, these past few days..."

Le Tong interrupted him, turning back, "Mr. Ji, whether in public or private matters, I haven’t made any inquiries."

Although Ji Rui only mentioned he was away for work, Le Tong intuitively felt his trip was related to CoCo, meaning it was purely personal.

And she indeed had no interest in his personal matters. He insisted on telling her, which would only add to her burden, so knowing nothing would be far easier.

The words Ji Rui intended to say got stuck in his throat.

"You haven’t seen much of Ji Baby these days. How about you pick him up after work and take him home tonight?"

Since Ji Baby’s discharge from the hospital, he had been staying at Le Tong’s place. The duration was too long, and Le Tong feared Ji Rui might be displeased, so she took the initiative to temporarily return custody of Ji Baby.

Ji Rui’s deep eyes were steadily fixed on her, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. After a while, he slowly asked.

"Did Ji Baby do something to make you angry? Or did he interfere with something good?"

Facing the Ji Rui who seemed back to his old self, Le Tong didn’t even have the energy for anger anymore. "Mr. Ji, Ji Baby hasn’t made me angry nor interfered with anything. I just thought you two might need some time alone."

[Caught a cold, no triple updates today, kiddos, don’t wait up, wash up and go to sleep. Goodnight! Owe three updates.]