Chapter 342: Chapter 342

"Daddy, have you ever courted a girl?"

Ji Baby tugged at Ji Rui’s face with a look of disappointment.

Ji Rui honestly shook his head, "No!"

Ji Baby clicked his tongue and said with a head shake, "How did Mommy ever fall for you? I really don’t get it."

Ji Rui’s eyes narrowed slightly, recalling Le Tong saying more than once that she liked his looks.

Unfortunately, he’s not a woman, otherwise, he might have tried seducing her with his looks.

Ji Rui was startled by this shameless thought, looked at his son’s face, which was said to resemble his own, and wondered if, given her affection for Baby, he might have a good chance if he tried to seduce her?

"Sigh, what a waste of this face..." Baby seemed to share the same thought, squeezing his face as he said so.

Ji Rui scrutinized his son carefully, should he really try?

But how should he go about it?

For President Ji, securing a multi-billion contract with his brains is a piece of cake, but using his face to seduce someone is as difficult as trying to make a duck swim across a river.

Whether it succeeds or not, it’s a rhythm that could get him drowned in a minute!

During dinner, Le Tong noticed something strange about Ji Rui today. Normally, the father and son both have a good appetite; at the dining table, Ji Baby talks while eating, while the usually taciturn President Ji just eats in silence.

But today, he seemed to have no appetite at all, occasionally glancing at her face.

Initially, Le Tong decided to ignore him, but he showed no sign of restraint, and in the end, his eyes were glued to her face without moving away.

"Mr. Ji, do I have a pimple on my face? Or has it blossomed?"

Le Tong thought he was still brooding over the lighting ceremony incident, unaware that the man’s thoughts were not on that matter at all.

"No, your skin is great."

Ji Rui’s words were not just casual flattering; in the past, he had read many books describing women’s skin as "fairer than snow," which he had always thought was an exaggeration.

But now, looking at her after a day’s work, and having been busy in the kitchen for nearly an hour, seeing her up close, her skin still appeared white and translucent, saying her skin was fairer than snow wasn’t an exaggeration at all.

Le Tong gave him a sidelong glance, "Are you trying to say I’m old?"

Usually, when people compliment someone on their skin, it is followed by saying they don’t look their age.

Ji Rui stared at her without blinking, "If I say you’re old, isn’t that equivalent to calling myself old?"

Le Tong burst into laughter, "Mr. Ji, so you do realize you’re old?"

Ji Baby also glanced at Ji Rui gloatingly, laughing, "Hahaha... Mommy is a gentle and cute beauty sister, while Daddy is a rigid and ill-tempered grumpy uncle!"

For someone as self-confident as Ji Rui, being ridiculed by Le Tong and his son made him secretly start doubting himself.

He raised his hand to touch his still tight face, "I’m not that old, am I?"

In his eyes, for once, there was a trace of uncertainty.

Le Tong rarely saw him so unsure of himself, so her desire to tease him faded considerably.

"Your face doesn’t look old at all, but your mindset might not be so young anymore."

What Le Tong said was also true; it’s said that a man is in his prime at thirty-one, but where is the splendor and vitality of Ji Rui’s life?

Not that he needs to indulge in parties to show his prime, but the aura he exudes is dull and oppressive.

In contrast, Yang Sheng, not much younger than him, exudes an aura that is obviously much more youthful than Ji Rui’s.

If defining a psychological age, Le Tong feels Yang Sheng’s is twenty-five, but Ji Rui’s feels thirty-five to forty.

These observations, Le Tong was too embarrassed to mention in front of Ji Rui, after all, he had just turned thirty; saying he had a forty-year-old mind would be quite a blow.

Even speaking so subtly, she clearly saw a trace of embarrassment flash through Ji Rui’s eyes.

"Mommy, you also think Daddy is dull and uninteresting, right?"

Ji Baby blurted out what Le Tong restrained herself from saying to save Ji Rui’s face.

Le Tong coughed twice, "Baby, you can’t talk about your daddy like that; he’s the president of the Ji Family, he can’t be smiling and playful like you all day, right?"

Ji Rui didn’t say anything in response to Le Tong’s good-natured help, just gave her a deep look.

Baby tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Hmm... Right! If Daddy were as cute as Baby, he’d be bullied terribly!"

Le Tong really admired Baby’s cheeky demeanor, smiling as she pinched his face, "Sweetheart, you’re so cute, Mommy hasn’t seen you being bullied horribly!"

On the contrary, it’s others who are probably bullied terribly by him!

"That’s because Baby is smart enough, but Daddy is a dum-dum..." Baby said, giving Ji Rui a sidelong glance.

Ji Rui, being so dismissed by his five-year-old son, finally felt a bit aggrieved, gritting his teeth, he coldly snorted, "Yes, I’m a dum-dum, and you’re the smartest!"

Seeing that his daddy was a bit upset, Baby, with a mouth full of oily food, gave Ji Rui a big kiss on the face.

"Daddy is actually very smart, but in front of Mommy, he’s always like a dum-dum..."

Baby’s words seemed to hit the mark, and a flash of insight lit up Ji Rui’s mind.

Indeed, he’s only ever a dum-dum in front of Le Tong.

It’s because caring too much makes him always concerned about her opinion of him?

Because trying to present the best of himself makes him clumsy and awkward like a fool?

Ultimately, it’s because he cares too much, focusing only on her thoughts, forgetting to be the carefree original self!

"Baby, you’re really smart!" Ji Rui pulled Baby closer, giving him two loud kisses on the cheek.

Baby was startled by Ji Rui’s sudden enthusiasm, looking at this seemingly enlightened Ji Rui in surprise. Thɪs chapter is updated by novel·fire.net

"Baby, do you know why Daddy always acts like a dum-dum in front of Mommy?" The words were aimed at Baby, but his eyes were fixed on Le Tong.

Le Tong suddenly looked up, meeting his passionate gaze, feeling a bit alarmed inside!

"Why?" Baby asked curiously, widening his eyes.

"Because, your daddy likes your mommy!"

[Dum-dum Mr. Ji finally confessed! Happy Year of the Goat, beauties! Here’s wishing the single folks to find a handsome guy next year, students to ace every exam, and those married to have a joyful and harmonious family! Two updates today, bamboo’s off to join the family watching the Spring Festival Gala...]