Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 591 - 590 Christmas Gift (Fifth Update, Seeking Votes)
Before Baobao’s afternoon nap, Le Tong asked the doctor to check Baobao’s temperature, confirmed everything was fine, and then told Baobao she needed to go out to handle some errands, advising Baobao to take a good nap.
Baobao nodded obediently and agreed, not asking Le Tong any further questions, only hugging her neck and giving her a couple of kisses on the cheek.
"Mommy, be careful on the road."
Le Tong asked Xiao Li to drive her to the nearby shopping mall, and after he dropped her off, two bodyguards accompanied her as she shopped, while Xiao Li went to handle other tasks for Ji Rui.
The shopping mall was divided into several floors, with the first floor hosting luxury goods and expensive jewelry.
Men’s items were on the second floor, children’s clothes and products were on the third floor, and women’s items took up the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors.
Le Tong initially planned to buy two sets of clothes for Ji Rui as a Christmas gift, but after a while, she thought Christmas is a special occasion, so she should buy something more meaningful; clothes can be gifted any time.
Changing her mind, Le Tong returned to the first floor.
At first, she entered a jewelry store and was startled by the eye-popping prices of the items inside, which made her realize the place looked familiar upon closer inspection; it turned out to be one of the chain jewelry stores under Zhuo Jiarui’s brand.
Remembering the sky-high price of the necklace she bought for Yuan’er last time, Le Tong silently chanted in her mind: Attention! Turn around! Walk straight ahead!
She walked briskly to the store entrance, where a man walked in, and instinctively she moved aside, trying to pass by, only to hear a surprised cry.
"Tongtong?!"
Le Tong raised her eyelids and looked at the man directly. If it wasn’t the store owner, Zhuo Jiarui, then who could it be?
"Boss Zhuo, hello!"
Le Tong smiled politely and stood still helplessly.
"Tongtong, are you alone?"
Zhuo Jiarui looked past her into the store, apparently assuming Ji Rui must be following behind.
"Yes, I’m alone."
Without giving Zhuo Jiarui a chance to say anything else, Le Tong immediately said, "Boss Zhuo, sorry, I’m in a hurry, gotta go."
With that, she sidestepped and flashed past Zhuo Jiarui, leaving him standing at the door dazed, watching her duck into another shop before turning back into his store.
Zhuo Jiarui has always been in Le Tong’s mind as the typical representation of a playboy, and although he was very polite to her now, her subconscious still favored keeping a distance from him.
Inside the store, Zhuo Jiarui seemed to sense he was not welcomed by Le Tong, recalling how he ignorantly bragged in front of Ji Rui before, declaring he would pursue Le Tong.
Moreover, the pursuit was not serious – it was just for fun.
But ever since he learned Le Tong was Baobao’s biological mother, every time Zhuo Jiarui recalled the matter, he broke out in cold sweats, fortunate that Ji Rui seemed to have forgotten about it and had never given him any trouble.
It seems this time should be an opportunity to compensate for past mistakes.
"Did the lady just now show interest in any jewelry?"
Zhuo Jiarui asked the store manager who approached him, internally deciding to gift the jewelry Le Tong showed interest as a wedding gift for Ji Rui and Le Tong.
"Boss, she didn’t look at anything. She glanced around and turned away immediately when you walked in. What’s the deal? Who is she? Is she your new flame?"
This store manager had been with Zhuo Jiarui for many years, growing accustomed to the beauties coming and going around him, and Zhuo Jiarui never concealed his flamboyant and flirtatious nature in front of others.
However, hearing the store manager’s teasing now, he felt quite unsettled, "Hey! Don’t speak nonsense. That lady is the president’s wife of Ji Family; if these words reach Mr. Ji’s ears, it’d be enough to put me in serious trouble!"
The store manager was also startled, "Uh, really? I thought she was just an ordinary office worker, getting scared off by the high prices."
Zhuo Jiarui glared at her, "High prices? She’s a Yang Family heiress, her wealth can buy all my jewelry stores without batting an eye!"
Just days ago, when he saw reports about Le Tong and the Yang Family in gossip magazines, he was even more shocked, secretly grateful he hadn’t made any moves toward Le Tong!
Otherwise, offending both the Ji Family and Yang Family, even a thousand lives wouldn’t suffice for Zhuo Jiarui!
Unwilling to bicker further with the store manager, Zhuo Jiarui retreated to his office and picked up the phone to call Ji Rui.
"Rui, long time no see!"
"What’s up?" Ji Rui’s typically concise manner.
"Tongtong just left my store. I think she liked something. How about I send you the season’s new limited jewelry collection over email so she can pick at her leisure?"
Zhuo Jiarui figured that instead of sending gifts haphazardly, letting her choose before gifting would suit her tastes better.
"She went to your store? Sure, send the info to my email and we’ll look at it together."
Ji Rui then remembered, despite being with Le Tong for several months, she never asked for anything. The last bracelet he gave her was only worth a few thousand, nothing expensive.
Conversely, his wardrobe and shoe rack were filled with leisure clothes and shoes often matching his usual preferred brands, undoubtedly pricey, and Le Tong always paid using her own card, never spending any of his money.
With these thoughts, Ji Rui, who had been busy, instead of continuing his work after hanging up from Zhuo Jiarui, opened the email Zhuo Jiarui sent with detailed looks at several newly designed limited necklaces, choosing a distinctly elegant one to give Le Tong for Christmas.
Half an hour later, Zhuo Jiarui received a call from Ji Rui asking him to package the selected necklace beautifully and immediately send it to Ji Family.
Zhuo Jiarui agreed repeatedly, intending to send it directly as a gift, when he received a notification on his phone of a payment transfer – the exact price of the necklace from Ji Rui’s account.
Zhuo Jiarui quickly dialed Ji Rui’s phone, "Rui, I was going to gift the necklace to you, why pay for it?"
"I’m giving that necklace to Le Tong as a Christmas gift; why should you pay?" Ji Rui retorted in annoyance, hanging up the call instantly.
On the other side of the call, Zhuo Jiarui lamented, initially trying to please Ji Rui, now seemingly having offended him further?
Sighing silently, Zhuo Jiarui took the necklace chosen by Ji Rui, instructed the store manager to package it luxuriously and attractively, then drove personally to deliver the necklace to Ji Family.
Ji Rui had just come out after finishing a meeting, seeing him still looking displeased.
"You’ve arrived?"
Seeing his expression, Zhuo Jiarui knew he was genuinely angry and carefully handed over the bag with the necklace to Ji Rui, "Rui, I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to gift the necklace to Tongtong, I just wanted to gift you both something." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
"No need!" Ji Rui accepted the bag, his tone finally softening a bit.
