Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 71: Who Said I Trust Her?

Then, Yang Sheng and Le Tong started a series of debates about what kind of sheep she was. In the end, the two evenly matched individuals reached a deadlock, neither able to persuade the other. It was a draw, neither winning.

"Rui, what tea is this? It’s quite good."

Yang Sheng, his mouth dry from speaking, picked up the cup and drank the tea in one gulp.

"Do you like it? There are two boxes here; take one with you." Yang Sheng, delighted, took the box of tea away.

Ji Rui was too lazy to look at Yang Sheng’s smug expression, and using his chin, pointed to the gift box and spoke to Le Tong.

"There’s a box of herbal tea in there. I don’t like it, you take it and drink it!"

Even though Le Tong wasn’t familiar with the actual market value or price of tea leaves, she knew that anything given to President Ji must be top-quality stuff.

"Thank you, President, but I rarely drink tea."

She didn’t want to accept favors or charity from others for no good reason.

Although Yang Sheng also accepted Ji Rui’s tea, even ignoring the aspect of Yang Sheng’s friendship with Ji Rui, which she couldn’t compare to, she was still different from Yang Sheng.

Even if Yang Sheng received a substantial gift from Ji Rui, he had enough financial resources to reciprocate. But what could she give in return, besides a simple thank you?

Ji Rui gave her a deep look, his tone carrying a slight resentment, "Then throw it away!"

Le Tong remained silent. She never accepted expensive gifts from others, even if it was Luo Yuanyuan or Yang Sheng. It was impossible for the rule to be broken with Ji Rui.

Moreover, because she had that one night with him, accepting his significant gift would make her feel like she was indirectly selling herself.

"President, I’ll go out and get busy first!" Le Tong tried her best to conceal her complicated emotions. Whenever Ji Rui was so unpredictable, she would immediately choose to avoid him.

Today was no different. She pretended not to see Ji Rui’s increasingly gloomy expression, stood up, and walked out with large strides.

The two men in the office watched her as she opened the door and quickly slipped out.

Yang Sheng looked at Ji Rui thoughtfully, "Rui, are you trying to test her by forcing these on Tongtong?"

Ji Rui was taken aback for a moment, then gave a faint hum.

"Then tell me, what am I trying to test you for?" Implying to Yang Sheng that the tea leaves weren’t just given to Le Tong, they were also given to Yang Sheng.

Yang Sheng was also stunned, "Rui, how am I the same as her? If you needed to test me like this, I wouldn’t have stayed at the Ji Family long ago!"

After knowing each other for ten years, they had already established an understanding and bond that others couldn’t comprehend.

Ji Rui tapped the table with his finger, "No difference!"

Yang Sheng looked at Ji Rui in surprise, "Rui, besides me, when did you start trusting someone in such a short time?"

Ji Rui bowed his head and took a sip of tea, "She’s your junior sister."

Yang Sheng laughed, "Then if my dad comes to the Ji Family, which department head or manager is President Ji planning to make him?"

Ji Rui glared at Yang Sheng fiercely, "Yang Sheng!" He spoke with a strong warning tone.

Yang Sheng fearlessly stared back at him, "Why can’t you admit that you trust her, having nothing to do with me, or anyone else, simply because she has some quality that makes you trust her?"

Ji Rui put down his cup with a snap and said in a deep voice. freёnovelkiss.com

"Who said I trust her?!"

Trust, for ordinary people, is just an extremely normal emotional bond.

But for a man like Ji Rui, trust is an extremely luxurious thing.

Even with the Ji Family, apart from Baobao, there’s no one he can completely trust.

Although they all have the same Ji surname and similar blood, they engage in intrigues and mutual killings. If Ji Rui were to trust any member of the Ji Family, let alone sitting in the president position, even his life would be at risk.

Therefore, even when Yang Sheng said that, he still believed that what he did for Le Tong was simply the consideration and care of a superior for a subordinate.

Trust had absolutely nothing to do with it.

"Fine, consider me wrong and said something wrong!"

Yang Sheng knew he couldn’t persuade the stubborn Ji Rui and could vaguely foresee that Ji Rui would suffer a lot for this in the future. Helplessly, the person in the game remained unaware, and as an observer, he could only give up.

Because Le Tong hadn’t fully recovered, Ji Rui informed her early on to go home on time after work to rest properly.

Le Tong, after taking medicine all day, had mostly recovered. After returning home and having dinner, she felt a bit bored. Seeing those books piled on the armrest of the sofa, she remembered that she had been constantly busy since her last trip to the library, even though she had promised Uncle Zhong to visit often, she hadn’t been back.

Le Tong leisurely walked out, bought some sunflower seeds and a hot drink near the library, and went to the library with them.

"Good evening, Uncle Zhong!" Le Tong placed the sunflower seeds and the hot drink in front of Uncle Zhong, who was sorting data with his head down.

Uncle Zhong looked up and smiled at her. "Tongtong, long time no see. I thought you would disappear again after just one visit like last time."

"Uncle Zhong, I won’t disappear." Le Tong said, handing the books to Uncle Zhong.

Uncle Zhong weighed the heavy books in his hand, flipped through them, and looked at her again.

"Have you finished all these?"

Le Tong nodded, "Finished them all!"

During this period, she had been sleeping poorly, often waking up in cold sweat from nightmares in the middle of the night, unable to fall back asleep. She originally planned to finish these books in a month, but due to insomnia, she finished them all in just over ten days.

"Tongtong, why are you thinner again?"

Uncle Zhong stood up and gave Le Tong a once-over.

Le Tong had no choice but to say, "Had a fever yesterday, so I seem to look much thinner."

Uncle Zhong patted her shoulder, saying with heartache, "Your body is getting weaker and weaker. I know an old Chinese medicine doctor. Do you want to see him and get some herbal medicine to strengthen your body?"

Le Tong thought of the doctor’s advice that day, thought about it, and agreed.

"Uncle Zhong, please make an appointment for me. I work during the day and have to work overtime at night. As long as I don’t work on weekends, I’m free all day."

After hearing Le Tong’s words, Uncle Zhong shook his head helplessly, "You treat yourself as a machine! At this rate, you’ll ruin your health sooner or later."

Le Tong felt embarrassed to argue, so she just smiled, "Alright, it’s settled then. I’ll go read! Also, after seeing the doctor, let’s have tea together, okay?"

Before, Le Tong was always a filial daughter. Now that Mrs. Le is gone, she has no outlet for her filial piety. Her kindness to Uncle Zhong is largely due to this filial feeling at work.

Uncle Zhong was naturally delighted and quickly agreed. Once Le Tong dove into the shelves to search for books, he hurriedly made a call to the famous old Chinese medicine doctor to make an appointment.

The person on the other end was an old friend of his, and as per his request, scheduled the time for Saturday morning.

Le Tong stayed in the library for the entire evening, only leaving when the library was about to close, holding a few books.

"It’s late, be careful going home by yourself." Uncle Zhong reminded her.

"Mm!"

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