Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife
Chapter 151: Who’s Fooling Who? Not Sure!

Chapter 151: Chapter 151: Who’s Fooling Who? Not Sure!

Le Tong was flustered by his crying and quickly started coaxing with a soft voice while holding the phone.

Ji Rui, who had just walked in behind her, heard Le Tong’s extremely gentle whisper.

"Be good, baby, I’ll go with you!"

Le Tong stood by the window with her head bowed, the light streaming in from outside cast on her lowered profile.

Ji Rui couldn’t see her facial expression clearly but could distinctly see the beautiful outline shaped by the light, and her slightly moving lips glowing under the light.

He originally planned to ask Le Tong to brew him a pot of coffee. Since she wasn’t there, he had to do it himself. Who knew that just stepping into the pantry, he would hear such tender words filled with affection?

Ji Rui’s heart felt like it was tied to a heavy stone, sinking all the way into the cold sea, the suffocating feeling of oxygen deprivation deep underwater became more and more distinct.

Over there, Le Tong muffled the phone and spoke softly, while over here, Ji Rui’s face was as dark as a block of ink.

Baby?

Could it be that his little secretary was flirting on the phone with the second son of the Luo Family?

If she couldn’t stand the loneliness, why not simply resign and comfortably become the young madam of the Luo Family? Why show off her affection in front of Ji Rui all day?

Was she deliberately showing off? Or giving a warning?

Ji Rui was not a gossip, and hearing such disturbing words only made his discomfort unbearable. Although he really wanted to go up and slap away the phone by Le Tong’s ear, rationality stopped him in time. He stood still for a second or two, glaring at her slender back as if his gaze could burn through her spine, then turned around and left the pantry.

Gently pacifying Ji Baby over the phone, Le Tong didn’t notice that President Ji had been in and naturally didn’t know he left with a belly full of anger and indescribable emotions.

"Really? Sister, are you really willing to go with Baby?" Ji Baby exclaimed joyfully on the other end of the line.

The clouds in Le Tong’s heart drifted away with Ji Baby’s cheerful tone, a gentle smile tugging at her lips, "Yes, of course it’s true. But sister has to work, I get off at five-thirty in the afternoon. What time does Baby want to go?"

Ji Rui had to go out to meet a client this afternoon, and he needed to have dinner with this major client. Originally, Le Tong needed to go with him on such engagements, but these days, Ji Rui had been cold as ice towards Le Tong, and several engagements that needed her company specifically instructed her not to attend.

Le Tong vaguely felt that Ji Rui’s attitude towards her was mostly because of her and Luo Yifan.

Although she and Luo Yifan were essentially just friends, the people outside, including Ji Rui, would surely think of her as the prospective daughter-in-law of the Luo Family.

It’s obvious that someone as cautious as Ji Rui, how could he continue to keep a girlfriend, who is both a partner and competitor, by his side to handle so many crucial and confidential matters?

Even though Le Tong understood the rationale, she had no intention of explaining things to Ji Rui.

In her eyes, her image in Ji Rui’s heart was no longer that of the obedient and well-behaved little secretary. Now, he had already seen her as a scheming woman who never stopped trying to climb into a wealthy family.

If she were to explain to him now, he would only think she was trying to cover up. She’s not about to do something so counterproductive.

"Sister, baby lives in Longxing Garden, can you come pick baby up?"

Longxing Garden was where Ji Rui lived, and Le Tong had been there twice. Was Baby staying with Ji Rui now?

"Baby, aren’t you afraid that sister will deceive you?"

As she spoke, Le Tong couldn’t help but worry about Ji Baby’s weak sense of precaution. Did this little guy have no defenses against strangers at all? Daring enough to casually disclose his address and even ask someone he’d only met once to pick him up?

Little did she know that in this aspect, Ji Baby was even more clever than she was. It’s hard to say who was really tricking whom!

"Sister is so pretty, baby trusts you..." Ji Baby sweet-talked Le Tong with a syrupy voice.

Though Le Tong had heard plenty of compliments, unexpectedly she felt very flattered and delighted by the sweet words from such a little child like Baby.

"Hmph, alright, sister is too pretty to deceive you, but if anyone else says so, baby shouldn’t easily trust others."

Le Tong gently instructed Ji Baby, unaware that Mr. Ji had already instilled such words in Ji Baby since he was one or two years old. By now, he could recite them fluently.

"Yes, baby understands. When sister arrives at the entrance, just call this number, and baby will come down soon." Ji Baby replied obediently to Le Tong over the phone, and with that, they ended the call.

Le Tong didn’t know that Ji Baby, rare this morning, acted spoiled and refused to get out of bed, saying he was too tired to go to school. Ji Rui, knowing the little guy had waited for him until after 2 a.m. last night, indeed felt he should be tired, so he gave him a day off to stay home and play.

As soon as Ji Rui left, Ji Baby first called home and asked the butler for the Luo family’s number. Then he called and reached the Luo family’s eldest son. Being just a five-year-old, adults usually had no defenses against him. Coupled with Ji Baby’s sweet tongue, he simply described Le Tong’s appearance and clothing, and the Luo family’s eldest son told Ji Baby her name and phone number, but neglected to mention Le Tong was an employee of the Ji Family.

Perhaps he forgot, or simply didn’t pay much mind to the little guy’s dubious intentions and just gave the name and number before hanging up.

And Le Tong, kept in the dark, felt a vague sense of regret and fear after hanging up the phone.

Regret that she had a moment of softness and agreed to Ji Baby’s unreasonable request.

Fear that if Ji Rui learned the truth, his misunderstanding of her would deepen.

However, these feelings of regret and fear dispersed when she saw Ji Baby’s adorable face showing signs of dismay and sadness.

Ah, do all cute kids become one’s nemesis?

Like Wenwen, so is Ji Baby.

Le Tong, holding her phone, walked out of the pantry back to her seat, sat down, trying hard to suppress her chaotic thoughts and work hard to stay calm and focus on her work.

Although everywhere it was rumored she would become the young madam of the Luo Family, that was after all just a rumor. In reality, she still had to work hard to earn her living, and even if she suffered great grievances, she would cling to the golden rice bowl of Ji Family without letting go.

Petulance is something only the wealthy can afford. Someone like her, whose meal depends on her job, has no right to be willful!