Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife
Chapter 35: Fascinated and Hard to Return

Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Fascinated and Hard to Return

Le Tong didn’t leave the company until six o’clock. Originally, she could wait for Ji Rui to commute together. But Ji Rui’s intent to keep his distance was so obvious that she wasn’t blind. How could she be so tactless and insist on sticking to others?

When she arrived at the Dragon Hotel by taxi, it was still a few minutes before seven. Since she had accompanied Ji Rui a few times when he entertained clients, the manager recognized her and came over from afar to greet her eagerly.

"Miss Le, accompanying Mr. Ji for dinner?"

"Yes, Manager Chen."

The manager led her into the reserved private room, invited Le Tong to sit down, and instructed the waiter to fetch high-grade tea from his office.

Manager Chen poured tea for Le Tong, "Miss Le, should we serve the dishes as usual today?"

Ji Rui often entertained clients here. He was the type who tried to make everything simple and quick. Having come so often, he was too lazy to order each time, so he instructed the manager to consolidate his orders into a few specialized menus.

"Oh, today I’m not with clients, just the three of us: myself, Mr. Ji, and Lawyer Fan. We’ll order according to their preferences when they arrive."

Le Tong picked up the tea, lowered her eyes, and took a shallow sip, not noticing the knowing smile in Manager Chen’s eyes.

While they were talking, the door of the private room was pushed open, and the waiter led the perpetually white-shirted black-suited Ji Rui inside.

Manager Chen went up to greet him, and Le Tong also stood up and went over a few seats to pull out the chair at the head position.

As soon as Ji Rui sat down, Lawyer Fan was also led in.

"Sorry Mr. Ji, traffic jam, I’m late." Lawyer Fan busily apologized to Ji Rui, but ignored Le Tong.

Le Tong didn’t feel much about this, or rather, it wasn’t that she didn’t feel it; after so many years of cold looks, she was long numb and used to it.

When one is powerless to change their surroundings, besides improving themselves better, they should also learn to overlook others’ gazes.

Le Tong knew she wasn’t as strong as she imagined, so there’s no need to take a bunch of troublesome things onto herself.

Thus, even with the three of them sitting together, she seemed like a redundant outsider, but she was still happily sipping her tea, occasionally refilling the tea for Lawyer Fan who was chatting endlessly with Ji Rui, and Ji Rui who was quietly listening.

Being well-treated important guests, the dishes were served quickly. Le Tong poured herself a full glass of wine, stood up, and offered it to the two.

"Mr. Ji, Lawyer Fan, yesterday’s matters really troubled both of you, let me first offer a toast to express my gratitude."

After speaking, she tilted her head and drank the wine in one go.

Ji Rui slightly raised his head, his deep eyes looked at Le Tong through the transparent glass.

Her lips were neither too dark nor too light—a natural pink color. Her lips felt very soft and warm, a comforting touch and temperature that made him feel at ease. Her skin was smooth and delicate, like warm silk that made one want to bury their face deeply within, fascinated and unable to return...

This time Ji Rui stared at Le Tong for quite a while, long enough that Lawyer Fan seemed to notice something, looked at him with a strange expression, and called him puzzled, "Mr. Ji?!"

Immersed in the whirlpool of memories from that night, he was suddenly pulled back to reality.

"Mm, get me some painkillers." Ji Rui’s voice was calm and unruffled. Such a man as him was not allowed to show any mistakes or fluctuations in emotion before others.

Lawyer Fan glanced at Le Tong rummaging in her bag for medicine, then took a serious look at Ji Rui, who now was sitting with his usual stoic expression, making Lawyer Fan a bit uncertain.

Could it be, the slightly unusual President Ji just now was simply an illusion from his blurry eyes?

"President, your medicine."

Unquestioningly, Le Tong quickly found the painkillers from the small box in her big bag, handed them to Ji Rui, and then went to pour a cup of hot water. Because it was too hot, she poured it back and forth between two cups to cool it down more quickly.

Lawyer Fan frowned, finding Le Tong usually smart, why was she so stupid now?

"Just ask the waiter for a cup of cold water?"

Le Tong met his slightly disdainful eyes and explained blandly, "The president doesn’t like it!"

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