Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 92: Who Exactly Is the Girlfriend?

Yang Sheng came out of the President’s office and apologized to Le Tong.

"Tongtong, I’m sorry, I have to work overtime tonight, can’t have dinner with you."

Le Tong nodded to show she understood, "Are there things you want to buy for Auntie? If you haven’t bought them, I can help you buy them!"

Le Tong’s attitude towards people was extremely divided.

To people she didn’t care about, she could be extremely cold and indifferent, but to those she cared for, she was exceptionally considerate, rarely calculating gains and losses.

It was because of this, during her nearly half a year as a secretary at the Ji Family, she worked dutifully, arriving early every day just to brew a pot of coffee for the President, and staying late just to finish her duties properly.

At that time, her feelings for Ji Rui were admiration mixed with awe.

However, since the drunken incident, their relationship could never be as pure as before.

No matter what she did to clarify the situation, she couldn’t make President Ji believe that she had no intentions that night.

When misunderstood, the first explanation is instinctive. The second explanation is striving. By the third explanation, for Le Tong, it’s basically in vain.

If there’s no basic trust between two people, explanations are nothing but concealment or a defense, so what’s the point anymore?

Besides, Ji Rui seemed to suddenly change into another person in the car that day, making Le Tong feel disheartened.

So, even if she didn’t resign, she couldn’t treat Ji Rui the way she used to.

All the admiration and awe were worn away by Ji Rui’s constant doubts and tests.

Yang Sheng didn’t know much about what happened between them, just puzzled how suddenly their relationship seemed to hit rock bottom.

"Tongtong, why aren’t you working overtime now?"

Yang Sheng felt that Le Tong stopped making coffee and bringing breakfast for Ji Rui probably had the same reasons for not working overtime. Asking about the first two matters might infringe on privacy, so he simply asked about the absence of overtime.

Le Tong packed up the files on her desk, slung her backpack over her shoulder, and simply said, "It’s not worth it!"

Some investments are heartfelt, not for sale.

When Le Tong felt the person on the other end was no longer worth her heartfelt effort, stopping it was only reasonable.

Yang Sheng didn’t ask more because he knew further questioning wouldn’t get the real reason out of Le Tong.

Just like with Ji Rui, no matter how much he asked, he couldn’t get anything conclusive.

Yang Sheng was increasingly convinced that something must have happened between them, but he hadn’t guessed that the entanglement was much deeper than he imagined.

Le Tong followed Yang Sheng’s instructions to buy gifts for Auntie at the jewelry store; during the packaging process, she saw a pair of cufflinks that were very unique and immediately felt they suited Yang Sheng.

Seeing the price was within her acceptable range, she thought about how Yang Sheng had looked after her for so long without her giving him anything in return, and decided to have the cufflinks wrapped up too.

The next day, when back at the Ji Family office, Yang Sheng arrived on time because Le Tong still brought breakfast for him every day.

Le Tong first showed him the gift intended for Auntie, but since it was wrapped, Yang Sheng couldn’t see what it was, and just took a glance at the beautifully packaged gift before handing it back.

"Alright, as if I wouldn’t trust my junior’s taste? How much was it, I’ll reimburse you later."

Le Tong handed him the receipt as she also handed over the packaging for the cufflinks.

"What’s this?" Yang Sheng asked, puzzled, as he accepted the box.

"I saw it, liked it at first glance, and bought it on impulse. But I don’t need it myself, so I’ll give it to you. See if it’s useful, if not, just leave it in your drawer."

Although she had intentionally bought it, Le Tong phrased it this way. The reason was simply to avoid burdening the recipient with the gift.

Yang Sheng knew Le Tong so well; he knew the gift was definitely bought deliberately, and estimated she found such a roundabout excuse merely to prevent him from declining.

"Really? Let me see what good stuff you bought!"

Yang Sheng eagerly and curiously unwrapped the gift packaging, inside the small transparent box lay exquisite cufflinks.

Upon seeing the cufflinks, Yang Sheng’s eyes immediately lit up, "Wow, Tongtong, you have such great taste, where did you find such exquisite cufflinks?!"

Yang Sheng couldn’t wait to open the inner box, take the cufflinks out, and happily fasten them onto the cuff.

"Wow... It feels so good to have a girlfriend!"

Yang Sheng joked while admiring himself.

Le Tong raised her foot to kick him playfully, pretending she wanted to snatch them back.

"Brother, if you keep talking nonsense, I’ll take them back."

Yang Sheng held up both hands in surrender, "Hey, don’t! Don’t! I’m wrong, okay? It’s having such a great junior sister feels this good!! Is that alright now?"

Le Tong glared at him mock angrily, "Humph!"

"Alright, alright, brother was wrong, okay? Thank you, I really love these cufflinks!"

Despite being a grown man, Yang Sheng was very particular about what he wore.

However, he never particularly noticed accessories like cufflinks.

Unexpectedly, such seemingly insignificant items could add such a finishing touch on the cuffs.

"As long as you like them!"

Seeing her thoughtful gift being appreciated by the recipient naturally made Le Tong happy. Grinning, she took her phone out to snap a few pictures of Yang Sheng’s wrist, then posted a tweet with the photos.

"Bought a little something on impulse, didn’t expect the effect to be surprisingly good. My taste isn’t bad!! Haha..."

Soon, many colleagues at the Ji Family liked the post, curious about whose hands these belonged to.

"I guess it’s Special Assistant Yang..."

"No, I think it’s Tongtong’s boyfriend!"

"Both are correct, it’s Tongtong’s boyfriend, who is also Special Assistant Yang!"

...

Within a minute or two, more than twenty comments with similar sentiments appeared on her post, and Le Tong laughed as she handed her phone to Yang Sheng.

"Brother, look, you can’t clear yourself even if you jumped into the Yellow River this time."

Yang Sheng glanced through her phone with a smile, "Tsk, having such a beautiful girlfriend, I’m not at a loss, why would I need to clear anything?! Instead, how about you, paired with an old guy like me, don’t you feel it’s unfair?"

The close relationship between Le Tong and Yang Sheng wasn’t a secret at the Ji Family. Generally speaking, the more things can be openly mentioned, the less they become topics of imagination.

Therefore, Le Tong could assure that those posting comments didn’t actually believe she was Yang Sheng’s girlfriend.

Previous rumors had plenty of female staff considering her Ji Rui’s rumored girlfriend, now everyone was happy to link her with Yang Sheng, feeling that it removed a strong competitor.

"Unfair! How could it not be unfair?! So how much reputation and emotional damages are you prepared to compensate me for?!"

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