Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 105: He Can’t Afford to Gamble!

Yang Sheng was a bit surprised by Ji Rui’s proactive revelation of his inner thoughts. "What are you thinking?"

At noon, when he took the documents up to Le Tong, he slightly sensed that Le Tong seemed a little upset. He just reminded her a bit that Ji Rui was not in a good mood today and advised her not to hit the muzzle of the gun. In any case, both of them are his good friends, and he doesn’t want to be stuck in the middle every day, finding it hard to get along.

Unexpectedly, because of his reminder, Le Tong actually took the initiative to break the ice. The two people who had been in a cold war for a while seemed to have a relationship that was gradually thawing.

A faint warmth rose in Ji Rui’s cold eyes. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

"I was thinking, in this world, there really is someone who cares about me!"

Things about emotions are often very subtle.

A lengthy explanation may not be as effective as a subtle act of care during a fragile moment in making someone feel your intentions.

Especially for someone like Ji Rui, who has a strong psychological guard against others, actions are always more convincing than words.

Even an ordinary cup of coffee can warm a heart frozen like ice at times.

Even though Le Tong made such a gesture, perhaps it still carried many utilitarian factors since he is her superior. It’s the most normal thing for her to curry favor.

But even if it’s flattery, she did the most appropriate thing at the right time, and such flattery, even if with utilitarianism, made him grateful.

In Ji Rui’s way of thinking for more than twenty years, he has been accustomed to believing that everything, including emotions, has a price.

Except for his mother, probably no one else would treat him well without reason. And for Le Tong’s kindness to him, the price is her satisfaction with the job she has at the Ji Family.

"Rui, your world is too gray."

Yang Sheng wanted to say that the world in a person’s eyes depends on what kind of glasses you wear to see it. If you wear dark glasses, everything before you goes dark; with gray glasses, everything appears bleak; with bright, sunny glasses, you’ll see a sunlit, vibrant spring view.

But Yang Sheng also understood that he had no right to criticize Ji Rui because no matter who it is, if one has lived in a world of hatred and deceit like Ji Rui since childhood, it is inevitable that they would develop a similar mindset.

However, in Yang Sheng’s view, Ji Rui and Le Tong are people living in the extremes of two different worlds.

Ji Rui lives in a world of material abundance but severe emotional scarcity.

Le Tong’s world is the opposite; she lives in a world of material scarcity but emotional abundance. It’s not that Le Tong is overly emotional, but she knows very well how to achieve a balance of trust between people. She has always managed to gauge accurately what kind of distance to maintain with what kind of people to make living the most comfortable for herself. Because of this, it seems she gets along well with those around her, whether as close friends or acquaintances, and she derives joy from such interactions.

But Ji Rui is like a child in the emotional world, utterly naive.

Except for those sharp, concise words of negotiation in the business arena, he basically doesn’t know how to get along with people in daily life. Or, one could say, given his status, he fundamentally does not need to understand any skills for interacting with others, as there are already plenty of people eager to please him just to gain his favor.

He doesn’t trust people; thus, it doesn’t exist to gain warmth and pleasure from interactions among people.

In his world, if you have to find a few trustworthy people, Baobao would be the person he trusts the most. After all, although that child is occasionally stubborn, he is generally a very pure and persistent child.

And he, Yang Sheng, also counts as one of the few people Ji Rui trusts.

Otherwise, he would never show even a hint of weakness in front of him.

Ji Rui had no objections to Yang Sheng’s conclusion. Ever since his mother left him, his world truly has been quite gray, until Baobao appeared like a bright ray of spring sunlight, bringing a corner of brilliant springtime into his world.

"I want to bring Baobao over to live with me!"

Ji Rui had actually considered this issue for some time; he hadn’t acted simply because he hadn’t found a suitable reason. This time, after the face-off with Mr. Ji over Ji Wen and Ji Wu, he was even more determined.

Yang Sheng was momentarily stunned, then reacted, "Are you worried that the old chairman might eventually use Baobao as a bargaining chip to threaten you?"

Not to mention Ji Rui feeling chilled, as a bystander, Yang Sheng also felt chilled at this possibility.

When one’s own flesh and blood is used as a bargaining chip to threaten the closest of kin for benefits, no wonder Ji Rui’s world would be this gray.

Ji Rui stared at the wine in his glass in a daze for a long while before speaking, "I don’t know! If he loves Baobao more than his two sons, he won’t, but I don’t want to gamble!"

Five years ago, if you asked Ji Rui what was most important to him, he would tell you without hesitation, it was the Ji Family.

But now, he’d probably tell you without even needing to think about it, it’s Baobao!

Therefore, he would not use his most treasured son as bait to test Mr. Ji’s true intentions.

Ji Rui is not a gambler, and the game where his son is the bargaining chip is one he cannot afford to gamble on.

Moreover, after so many years of probing and waiting, Ji Rui has no longer held any expectation for Mr. Ji’s cheap sentiments. Especially when he heard at noon that Yang Sheng said Mr. Ji indeed went all out and sold 6% of the Ji Family’s shares, he felt never so disheartened before.

He considered it pathetic, not only for himself but also for his mother, who had turned to dust and earth!

Over these years, keeping Baobao at the big house was initially because Ji Rui didn’t like this child, who was strongly requested by Mr. Ji to exist.

Secondly, and most importantly, is that Ji Rui honestly had no time to care for the child. Hiring a nanny isn’t impossible, but a child with the care of family is, in any case, happier than one raised by a nanny. With such thought, probably, it still came down to believing that Mr. Ji truly cared more about Baobao than anyone else.

"With your work intensity so high now, if you bring Baobao over, will you have time to take care of him?" Yang Sheng asked with no small amount of concern.

Although Baobao is not his son, calling him his godson wouldn’t be inappropriate.

"Hire a nanny."

Ji Rui had already asked someone to help find two nannies. Although he wasn’t used to having outsiders in the house, he still decided to hire two nannies for the sake of his treasured son. One would be to take care of their daily needs, and another to keep Baobao company.

Yang Sheng knew, once Ji Rui said it like this, there was basically no room for turning back. Moreover, knowing Mr. Ji’s personality, after this fallout with Ji Rui, it’s unpredictable what other things would happen to embarrass Ji Rui in the future.

Bringing Baobao out is indeed the wise move.

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