Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 584 - 583: Avenging You (2)

Then, unsurprisingly, she saw the names of the Yang Family and the Ji Family prominently at the top of the boycott list.

Clearly, this was a planned move, yet neither of the two men beside her had given her the slightest hint in advance.

"Ji Rui, brother, both of you come over here."

Le Tong felt this was a huge deal, yet she had been kept in the dark the whole time, which left her feeling somewhat uneasy.

Yang Sheng and Ji Rui exchanged a glance, silently got up, and sat down next to Le Tong, one on either side.

"Which one of you is going to explain this?"

Le Tong pointed at the news on the screen and asked calmly.

The two exchanged another look, and finally, it was Ji Rui who spoke up.

"I was just paying them back in their own coin. I couldn’t just swallow the insult and pretend nothing happened. As for Yang Sheng, I dragged him into this, so don’t blame him."

Ji Rui took all the responsibility upon himself. Le Tong looked at him with an unclear expression, "Aren’t you concerned about your mom’s friendship with her mom?"

She remembered Ji Rui once saying that he didn’t want to be too harsh because of his mom’s close friendship with CoCo’s mom. But the current situation was way beyond harsh.

Yang Sheng, who had been silent all this time, unexpectedly patted Le Tong’s head, "Silly girl, Rui is avenging you! Don’t you understand?"

Le Tong looked at Yang Sheng with a puzzled expression, "Avenge me? What grudge do I have against her?"

Yang Sheng sighed heavily, helplessly rubbing his forehead, "Tongtong, you really underestimate your place in Rui’s heart, don’t you?!"

Le Tong thought that she and CoCo only had a few clashes at most, and it was merely verbal sparring, not enough to call it harm.

The reason might be that at that time, she and Ji Rui had nothing to do with each other, so CoCo’s sharp words couldn’t hurt her.

"But I have no major conflict with her, right? Is it worth it? Doing this, we might also suffer great losses, right?"

Le Tong knew how important she was to Ji Rui now, but to risk mutual destruction over some trivial past matters seemed either foolish or insane.

Ji Rui put his arm around Le Tong, "Are you worried we’re doing something foolish over some past unhappiness that no longer exists for you? Actually, what we’re doing is killing two birds with one stone."

It had to be said, Ji Rui understood Le Tong better than Yang Sheng did at the moment.

"Huh?!" Le Tong still didn’t quite understand.

"If Longxing Industry collapses, we can divide up their market. Think about it, which is greater, the unlimited returns afterward or the limited expense now?"

Ji Rui patiently explained.

Le Tong finally understood thoroughly, then let out a long sigh of relief.

"So that’s how it is. How long have you been planning this? How come I knew nothing about it?"

Ji Rui ruffled her hair, "I’m a bit thirsty. Can you make me a cup of herbal tea?"

Le Tong raised no suspicion and obediently got up and walked to the kitchen.

"Why did you lie to her? When you initially planned to do this alone, it was clearly to stand up for her, to get revenge for her."

Yang Sheng gave his friend a teasing look, very clearly joking.

"If only the Ji Family were to tackle Longxing, it would indeed be for her revenge, because then the Ji Family would suffer greatly. But now, isn’t the Yang Family also involved? The result of our alliance, do you think it’s more about her revenge or about the huge future profits?"

Ji Rui wasn’t afraid of Yang Sheng’s tease, directly shifting the focus of this matter to profits, leaving Yang Sheng speechless.

A moment later, he laughed out loud.

"Well, alright, alright. Since you want to help her get revenge without wanting her to have any burden, I, as her brother, won’t say more."

Ji Rui maintained a calm expression and said simply, "Thank you!"

"Actually, even if you didn’t mention it, grandfather would have done it, but he didn’t expect you to act faster than him."

Yang Sheng looked in the direction of the kitchen, speaking thoughtfully.

"Of course, when Le Tong became my girlfriend, you weren’t her brother yet, and the Old Master wasn’t her grandfather yet either."

In Ji Rui’s view, there’s an order to everything. Since his relationship with Le Tong was established earlier than her relationship with Yang Sheng and the Old Master, naturally, it was his responsibility to protect her and stand up for her!

"Tch!" Yang Sheng rolled his eyes at Ji Rui in disapproval.

"Rui, are you out of your mind? From the moment my aunt was pregnant with Tongtong, she was my sister, grandfather’s precious granddaughter. At that time, it had nothing to do with you!"

Though what Yang Sheng said was the truth, Ji Rui deliberately ignored this unchangeable blood relationship.

"That’s just what you think. Don’t forget, at first, Le Tong didn’t even want to acknowledge you guys!"

Yang Sheng couldn’t believe that Ji Rui, known for his meticulous, cold, and rational mind, as well as his robot-like emotional detachment in work, also had the ability to turn black into white and white into black.

"Hahaha, Rui, if I hadn’t heard you say this myself, I would have thought it was Baobao speaking."

Only a child would have the confidence to boldly claim black as white and white as black.

Ji Rui ignored him and got up, heading towards the kitchen.

"Hey, are you angry?" Yang Sheng called after him.

Ji Rui didn’t look back, "Do you think I’m like you? Le Tong asked me if I was hungry, I’m going to see what I can eat."

Yang Sheng couldn’t help admiring Ji Rui’s hearing ability. He hadn’t heard anything, so how did Ji Rui hear it?

"You lied to me!" he said, getting up and following him.

Unexpectedly, when he got closer, he indeed heard Le Tong asking again, "Brother, what about you, are you hungry?"

As soon as she asked, Yang Sheng’s stomach embarrassingly growled.

During lunch, due to his dad’s presence, the atmosphere was strange, and he could guarantee that apart from Baobao and Xiao Jing, who were happily chatting and eating, the rest of them probably just nibbled a few bites.

"Whatever you’re eating, count me in."

At this time, the servants were resting, leaving only Le Tong in the kitchen handling things.

"Noodles, is that alright?" Le Tong picked up some instant noodles and waved them at the two men.

"Sure!" Yang Sheng agreed readily, and Ji Rui turned his head to glare at him, Yang Sheng knew this was indicating his displeasure at him being such a bright bulb of a brother-in-law!

"I’ll take this tea out, you take your time with the cooking." Yang Sheng, sensing the murderous aura emanating from Ji Rui, quickly turned away with the herbal tea on the tray.

"Why are you being so nice to him?" Ji Rui wrapped his arms around Le Tong’s waist from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder, watching her skillfully work with her hands.

"Pff" Le Tong laughed, "Are you jealous over this?"

Ji Rui didn’t answer, which was a silent admission. If Yang Sheng hadn’t been so annoying just now, he might not have been jealous.