Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 99: That’s Not Dislike, It’s Jealousy

She’s just a small secretary, if she stays, she stays; if she’s fired, she’s fired. It’s just a simple decision, he just needs to mention it to the HR department, so why is President Ji going to all this trouble?

Does he think of her like a little dog, throwing her a bone to play if he likes, or tying her up with a leash if he doesn’t?

"Ji Rui, is this something only you have the power to decide?"

Le Tong was so provoked that she couldn’t contain her anger anymore. She no longer addressed Ji Rui with the same courtesy as before. Calling him by his name came naturally to her, effortlessly. Not calling him an asshole was already giving him a lot of face.

Ji Rui looked certain, with a barely noticeable hint of smugness in his expression, "That’s right! This decision lies with me, unless you have three million!"

It’s great to be someone with money and power, they can decide others’ retention or even fate based on their mood.

Le Tong felt that she was now like a seriously ill patient waiting for surgery, while Ji Rui was like the doctor holding a gleaming scalpel, and if the scalpel in the doctor’s hand shifted just slightly, her fragile life would be over.

Le Tong widened her eyes, glaring at Ji Rui, wanting to say something, but then she heard the man say, "If you want to sneak away, that’s fine, but no company would dare to hire you!"

This was a threat, a blatant threat!

Le Tong was furious, words alone couldn’t express her anger, so without thinking, she lifted her foot and kicked towards Ji Rui’s knee.

Ji Rui seemed to have eyes on his feet, gracefully stepping back a few paces just in time to avoid her.

"For the four days you took off without permission, I’ll allow you to make up for it with this pile of work, otherwise, you’ll have your pay docked for absenteeism."

President Ji coolly tossed out this line, turned around, and left. A few minutes ago, when he came out with the files, he was furious enough to kill. But once he returned to his office and the door closed behind him, the corners of his lips couldn’t help but lift slightly, revealing a barely noticeable, victorious smile.

Le Tong tightened her fists, biting her lip as she stared at the closed door for a long time, unable to regain her senses!

"Tongtong, let’s have lunch together!"

Yang Sheng had just returned from abroad yesterday, and as he passed by Le Tong’s desk while delivering documents to Ji Rui, he casually tossed her an invitation.

Le Tong buried her head in the pile of files, not even looking up, and snapped back, "No time!"

Yang Sheng glanced at the stacks of files that towered above Le Tong’s head and commented sympathetically.

"Tsk, seems like the CEO is showing his power, huh?!"

Le Tong finally lifted her head and glared at him, "Enjoying the show? Remember to pay up after watching! A hundred bucks per show, twenty percent off for couples, and it comes with a free drink and a cup of popcorn!"

Yang Sheng laughed heartily, "Haha, still able to joke, looks like you haven’t gone insane!"

"Don’t worry, I won’t cling to you and call you hubby!"

Le Tong rolled her eyes at him again, then stopped paying attention to him and buried her head back into her work. The piles of files were enough to keep her up all night for two days!

Ji Rui, you turtle jerk, bullying a little secretary makes you feel cool and accomplished, doesn’t it?!

Yang Sheng laughed again as he walked into Ji Rui’s office, the smile still lingering on his face.

"Found a gold nugget?"

Ji Rui glanced at his annoying grin and couldn’t help but mock him.

"No, found a wife!" Yang Sheng laughed brightly, unrestrained.

"Huh?!" Ji Rui didn’t understand and looked at him with confusion.

"Rui, you’ve driven my little junior sister crazy, what are you going to do about it?"

Yang Cheng put away his smile and spoke formally.

Ji Rui couldn’t turn the corner, "What’s that got to do with you finding a wife?"

Yang Sheng pushed the file in front of Ji Rui, while he half-sat on the corner of the desk.

"Of course it does! Look at the pile of files on her desk, it’s no wonder if she goes crazy! She just said if she loses it, she’ll make me responsible and marry her!"

Yang Sheng twisted and embellished Le Tong’s words a bit, turning them into something alarming.

Ji Rui’s emerald eyes were full of inquiry as he looked at him askew, "Isn’t that what you hoped for?!"

Yang Sheng also met his gaze askew, "Rui, is that what you think of me? Needing to take advantage of a situation to win a woman’s heart?"

Ji Rui raised an eyebrow, "So, you’re saying I’ve been meddling where I shouldn’t?"

Yang Sheng leaned in close to Ji Rui, staring intently into Ji Rui’s calm eyes.

"Rui, don’t make it sound so grand! As if you’re really doing me a favor at your own expense. I’m telling you, it has absolutely nothing to do with me! You still won’t admit you’re biased against Tongtong? She was just taking her rightful leave, but you treated it as absenteeism and then gave her a ton of work as punishment!"

Yang Sheng pointed out Ji Rui’s misconduct, directly complaining on behalf of Le Tong.

He had never seen Ji Rui treat anyone so unjustly, but lately, it seemed that every time Ji Rui dealt with Le Tong, he lost his usual composure and acted out of character.

Is it because he really detests Le Tong? Or is there another reason?

"Yang Sheng, you don’t need to plead for her, she deserves it!"

Ji Rui frowned slightly, displeased with Yang Sheng coming straight to him for Le Tong.

"You know very well whether she deserves it or not!"

Yang Sheng didn’t know what Ji Rui was up to, but he felt that Ji Rui should know it himself.

Unfortunately, Yang Sheng still overestimated Ji Rui.

If Ji Rui realized that what he was selling was actually jealousy, he could save himself a lot of trouble in the future.

Sadly, Ji Rui was so emotionally dense that he only thought he was extremely annoyed by Le Tong. Little did he know, since the day he saw Yang Sheng wearing the cufflinks Le Tong gave him, his heart had been gnawed away bit by bit by jealousy.

But having never been moved before, how could he know that feeling of being scratched by a cat or burned by fire wasn’t called annoyance, but jealousy.

"Yang Sheng, you came to see me during work hours just to talk about my secretary?" Ji Rui glared at Yang Sheng.

Every time Yang Sheng pleaded for Le Tong, Ji Rui felt very impatient, but this time, it was especially so!

Yang Sheng also felt that he had been particularly concerned about Le Tong lately, it seemed like this was the first time in ten years he was so troubled over someone.

"Of course! I was thinking, if you can’t stand Tongtong’s insubordination, she could work as my secretary, I’d be more than happy!"

Yang Sheng thought this was also a good two-in-one solution.

"Don’t even think about it!" Ji Rui immediately crushed his idea.

Yang Sheng stared at him, "Rui, don’t you find yourself strange? If you don’t like her, why not let me have her? I really appreciate Tongtong’s work ability, and I need a secretary like her. What do you say? Give her to me!"

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