Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife
Chapter 158: It’s time to find someone to cherish you!

Chapter 158: Chapter 158: It’s time to find someone to cherish you!

Ji Baby wrapped her arms around her neck, resting her chin on her shoulder, and her little face rubbed against hers.

"Sister..." The little guy’s tone was so pitiful.

"Mm?!" Le Tong felt a suffocating weight in her heart, almost to the point of suffocation.

"Baby doesn’t have a mommy..."

Hearing Ji Baby’s words, Le Tong couldn’t help but let her tears flow.

She desperately sniffed, freed one hand to wipe the corner of her eye, then gently patted Ji Baby’s back. She wanted to say something to comfort the sad little one, but felt a tightness in her throat, unable to utter a word of comfort.

Ji Baby didn’t seem to expect any comforting words from her, just tightened her grip around her neck and buried his face in the crook of her neck, breathing heavily.

Le Tong felt a pang of sadness, forgetting how heavy Ji Baby was, and silently carried the baby for a long stretch, walking until her arms were sore, then came to her senses, turned her head, kissed Ji Baby’s face, and gently coaxed, "Baby, sister can’t hold you much longer! Can you come down?"

Ji Baby obediently nodded, released his hold on Le Tong, got to the ground, and instead tightly held onto Le Tong’s hand, as if fearing that if he let go, Le Tong would run away.

"Sister, will you still play with Baby later?"

Seeing that their residence was not far away, Ji Baby raised his little face and anxiously asked Le Tong.

Le Tong hesitated for a moment, but facing the little one’s pleading eyes, how could she have the heart to refuse?

"Mm, if sister has time..."

Most importantly, as long as President Ji doesn’t find out.

"Then can Baby call Sister?"

What Ji Baby meant by calling was not scheduling a meeting, but just calling when bored.

"Mm, but not during work hours!" Right now, whatever Ji Baby said, Le Tong probably found it hard to refuse.

With Le Tong’s affirmative answer, the grievance in Ji Baby’s eyes immediately vanished, quickly replaced by excitement and anticipation.

"Sister, can you tell Baby a bedtime story tonight?" Ji Baby pushed his luck with another request.

Le Tong, as if under a spell, nodded again, then stopped in front of the community.

"Baby, doesn’t Daddy dislike you playing with strangers?"

Only then did Le Tong remember to give Baby a heads-up, otherwise, if the little guy accidentally sold her out, it’d be terrible.

Ji Baby, being very clever, immediately understood the implication behind Le Tong’s words.

"Uh-huh, if Daddy asks, Baby will say that the sister from the Luo Family took Baby to see Little Bai."

In reality, not just Le Tong was careful; Ji Baby was equally cautious. After all, his grand plan was to matchmake his daddy and his sister. If Daddy found out about this now, he would certainly treat Sister like he did Sister Jiarong, and if Daddy scared her away, what would happen then?

Le Tong thought for a moment, thinking it wasn’t a bad idea.

Ji Baby hugged Le Tong and gave her a few kisses, reluctantly bid her farewell, and with Little Bai in tow, was led into the community by Aunt Guan, looking back every few steps.

Le Tong stepped out of the community, walked to the bus stop, and took the bus home.

On the bus, she sent a message to Luo Yuanyuan.

"Beauty, if Mr. Ji asks about Baby and the cat, just say you really took Baby to the vet with the cat."

Actually, Le Tong felt her action was unnecessary, as someone like Ji Rui wouldn’t bother checking up on such small matters.

Luo Yuanyuan quickly replied with a call, "Tongtong, what the hell are you up to?"

As soon as the call connected, she was greeted with a blast.

Le Tong knew she was referring to the matter with Ji Baby, "I’m not up to anything, just taking him to the vet with the kitten, isn’t it?"

"Keep pretending! That Ji Baby is a little demon, and considering how biased Ji Rui is against you, aren’t you afraid of getting into trouble?"

Luo Yuanyuan was always outspoken to Le Tong, unable to hide anything.

"It’s not as serious as you say, Mr. Ji doesn’t know anything. Baby doesn’t know I’m his daddy’s secretary, don’t worry, I’ll be careful."

When she said this, Le Tong actually lacked confidence.

Knowing full well that Ji Baby was like a ticking time bomb, she shouldn’t get close to him. Yet, she couldn’t help herself. Whenever she heard his pitiful words or met his hopeful eyes, her heart would melt, allowing him whatever he wanted.

"Sigh... Tongtong, this is what they call not crying until you see the coffin! If you lose your job or offend Ji Rui because of this, don’t come crying to me!"

Luo Yuanyuan’s tone was filled with helplessness, both for Le Tong’s stubbornness and her own inability to change Le Tong’s decision.

"It’s okay, Baby is a smart kid, he won’t give me away."

Le Tong usually didn’t pin her hopes on others, but this time, she did place her hopes on Ji Baby.

"Alright, I won’t talk about this with you anymore. Take care of yourself. What are you planning with my brother?"

It seemed the main purpose of Luo Yuanyuan’s call wasn’t about Ji Baby, but rather about Le Tong and Luo Yifan.

"There’s nothing going on between me and your brother, what could I possibly plan?"

Le Tong played dumb!

These past two days, she had deliberately avoided Luo Yifan. Even with Luo Yuanyuan, with whom she usually communicated daily by phone or message, she hadn’t contacted for several days, all to avoid discussing these awkward matters.

"Tongtong, you don’t think I don’t know my brother likes you, do you?"

Luo Yuanyuan’s words truly surprised Le Tong.

To be honest, Le Tong genuinely thought Luo Yuanyuan didn’t know.

Because, by nature, Luo Yuanyuan was carefree, and whether it was her own or others’ affairs, she was usually not very sensitive.

And Luo Yifan had concealed it quite well over the years. If he hadn’t confessed, Le Tong would have almost thought she was mistaken, that he perhaps just treated her like a sister, just as he did with Luo Yuanyuan.

"Haha, you’re so funny, Yuan’er. How come I didn’t know about this?"

Le Tong didn’t mention Luo Yifan’s confession to Luo Yuanyuan, and she believed Luo Yifan wouldn’t either.

"Tongtong, my brother might not be your ideal type but he’s at least seventy percent there, right?"

Luo Yuanyuan, ignoring Le Tong’s dodges, proceeded with her own line of thought.

Le Tong was silent for a moment, then said, "Yuan’er, maybe others don’t know, but you should know that I never planned on this sort of thing."

"That’s because you were young before, but now you’re twenty-four and it’s time to find someone who loves and takes care of you!"

[Updated with six thousand words in three Chapters, the last few days the girls have left many comments and voted enthusiastically, everyone’s so adorable! Zhu Zi loves you all so much! Mwah! Every comment has been carefully read and will be replied to collectively within a day or two! Bowing in gratitude!]