Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife
Chapter 156: Really Just Friends

Chapter 156: Chapter 156: Really Just Friends

"Impossible..." The beauty stared at Le Tong and took a few more serious looks before turning away.

Le Tong thought she would let it go, but unexpectedly, the woman quickly came back, holding a newspaper!

Ji Baby, who was comfortably lying on Le Tong’s lap playing with a kitten, initially paid no attention to the beauty. It wasn’t until Le Tong asked again that he perked up his ears to listen carefully. And what he heard was unbelievable!

His big sister was actually the fiancé of the second son of the Luo Family?

How could that be?!

How could it be possible?!

She was the perfect candidate he wanted to introduce to his daddy as a girlfriend, preparing to make her his mommy. How could she be the fiancé of the Luo Family’s second son?

Then, he heard Le Tong calmly and composedly respond, "Miss, you’ve got the wrong person!" Afterward, Ji Baby’s heart, which had soared to the sky, plummeted back to earth. He hugged the kitten and lay peacefully on Le Tong’s lap, playing again.

Then, that beauty, unwilling to give up, returned once more, this time holding a newspaper!

Before Le Tong could react, Ji Baby "whooshed" and sat up, staring intently at the newspaper.

Even though he was only five years old, he knew quite a few words, and ordinary reading wasn’t a problem for him. But as a five-year-old kid, he naturally wasn’t interested in dull things like newspapers, and he definitely wouldn’t grasp what was reported on it.

"Miss, take a look! If this person isn’t you, could it be your twin sister?"

The beauty handed the newspaper to Le Tong, who hesitated whether to take it, but Ji Baby snatched it away.

Ji Baby knelt on the soft chair, quickly flipping to the front page after grabbing the newspaper, and immediately saw the stunning beauty gracing the front page, both in picture and text.

The beauty and the second son of the Luo Family were holding hands, their faces beaming. Even if Ji Baby wanted to believe the store clerk’s twin sister theory, the beauty was wearing the purple dress that was used to wrap two kittens that day.

To insist that this person wasn’t Le Tong might fool the store clerk, but it couldn’t fool Ji Baby.

"Sister, are you really Yifan Brother’s fiancé?"

Ji Baby widened his eyes, staring fixedly at Le Tong’s face.

Le Tong awkwardly smiled, reaching out, trying to snatch back the newspaper. For some reason, she didn’t want Ji Baby to see the wild speculations and hearsay in the newspaper.

"Of course not, it’s all nonsense. Sister and your Yifan Brother are just friends." She never cared about others’ opinions, yet strangely, she didn’t want Ji Baby to misunderstand.

Ji Baby, half-believing, half-doubting, stared at her, his inky black eyes like a deep, unfathomable ocean containing waves that Le Tong couldn’t understand.

"Really just friends?" Ji Baby looked at Le Tong without blinking, seemingly trying to discern the truth of her words from her expression.

"Yes, definitely just friends!" Le Tong nodded heavily, almost raising a hand to swear an oath.

Beside her, the beauty clerk, watching this strange scene unfold, inexplicably felt like she was witnessing a boyfriend questioning a cheating girlfriend.

And as for Le Tong herself, she was completely oblivious, only feeling an inexplicable desire not to let Ji Baby misunderstand her relationship with Luo Yifan.

Ji Baby didn’t entirely believe Le Tong, but since she had said this much, it seemed inappropriate to argue loudly, for he feared Le Tong might dislike him.

"Then why were you holding hands with Yifan Brother?"

Even though he couldn’t argue, he could still question a bit.

Le Tong was a bit speechless; what exactly was going through this little fellow’s mind?

"On TV, only boyfriends and girlfriends hold hands..." Ji Baby blinked at Le Tong.

He remembered very clearly. On the TV show he watched, if a man and a woman held hands, the host brother would offer blessings like "May you be together forever and grow old together."

Le Tong felt defeated by this little Ghost Spirit; was he really a five-year-old child?

"Baby, Yifan Brother didn’t have a female companion on his birthday, so he asked Sister for help. It’s natural to help between friends, right? Then, holding hands and walking out together was a courtesy, just like when Baby holds hands with a little friend on stage during a performance at kindergarten!"

Le Tong patiently explained to Ji Baby, reaching over to take Little Bai from his arms, "Isn’t Little Bai unwell? Let this doctor sister take a look." Le Tong deliberately changed the subject.

Ji Baby obediently handed Little Bai to Le Tong, stood up, and naturally slipped his hand into Le Tong’s palm, looking up at her, "Sister, no lying to Baby!"

At that moment, his thoughts were almost entirely on Le Tong, caring less about Little Bai’s illness.

Originally, Little Bai wasn’t vomiting that badly. He exaggerated Little Bai’s illness just to gain Le Tong’s sympathy.

In this matter, Le Tong felt no guilt, because although there might have been some fibbing involved, it was indeed true that she and Luo Yifan weren’t boyfriend and girlfriend.

"Sister didn’t lie to Baby!" Le Tong handed Little Bai to the beauty clerk, reaching out to rub Baby’s head.

Ji Baby, always half-believing, half-doubting Le Tong’s words from beginning to end, didn’t show it again because he worried if he kept questioning, Le Tong might become annoyed or impatient.

Ji Baby nodded obediently, letting Le Tong lead him as they followed the beauty clerk into a private room on the side of the pet store. Inside, there were pet-specific beds and many medical devices for pets.

"Where does the kitty feel unwell?"

The beauty clerk, soothing Little Bai by stroking its back, turned her head to ask Le Tong.

"It kept vomiting this morning!" Ji Baby quickly took over the conversation, fearing being found out.

"What did you feed it in the morning?" The beauty touched Little Bai’s belly, asking.

Ji Baby rolled his eyes at her, "Who knows, I can’t follow it around all day wherever it climbs!"

This woman liked his daddy, but a lovesick woman like her surely wouldn’t catch his daddy’s eye!

Ji Baby felt an inexplicable hostility towards this beauty clerk, naturally looking at her with a challenging gaze and speaking very unkindly.

At times like this, Le Tong felt as if Ji Rui was possessing Ji Baby, and this version of Ji Baby she didn’t quite like.

Normally, it wasn’t her place as an outsider to meddle in educating Ji Baby, but she couldn’t resist patting Ji Baby’s head, "Baby, you can’t talk to Sister like that."

Ji Baby responded with an aggrieved "Oh..." and lowered his eyes to glare at his toes, sulking.

Having always been the center of attention, he had never needed to consider how to behave for others. Le Tong was someone he wanted to get close to, so his adorable and sweet side naturally came out.

But against a woman who saw his daddy as a juicy treat, why should he show a pleasant face to her?