Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 89: Drowning Sorrows in Alcohol

That night, Luo Yifan and Le Tong both drank a bit too much. As they left the KTV, the two of them walked out the door with their arms around each other like brothers.

Luo Yuanyuan kicked Luo Yifan from behind twice, "Bro, you can go crazy on your own, why do you have to drag Tongtong down with you?"

"I like it..."

Luo Yifan said with a cheerful smile, hugging Le Tong’s shoulder.

Le Tong also chimed in to support him, "Yuan’er, don’t blame Yifan. We are like friends who bond over drinks, a thousand glasses aren’t enough to satisfy us! That’s the only way to have fun! To feel great!"

Even though Le Tong was staggering, her speech was still quite articulate.

Originally, Luo Yuanyuan didn’t want to kick her, but hearing these words, she couldn’t help kicking her on the backside once.

"Feel great, my foot. Look at how drunk you are. Just toss you onto the street, and you’ll be able to sleep until daylight hugging a lamppost."

Le Tong chuckled a couple of times. It was the sound of genuine laughter, but her face, as she lowered it, held a trace of unexplainable sadness.

Even though she could hold her liquor, she usually drank with moderation and never got drunk on purpose. But tonight, she was evidently drunk.

"Bro, are you going to take a cab home yourself, or do you want to join us in taking Tongtong home first?"

Luo Yifan was even more drunk than Le Tong. Not only did he stagger as well, but his speech also became stuttered.

"Take... take Tongtong home..."

The car arrived at the alleyway near Le Tong’s home. Luo Yifan was already asleep leaning against the car door, while Le Tong, aside from walking a bit unsteadily, was still clear-minded and articulate in her speech.

Xu Tao and Luo Yuanyuan accompanied Le Tong to her doorstep. After opening the door, Le Tong urged the two to leave quickly.

"Quickly go, Yifan is still waiting for you guys in the car!"

"There’s a driver..."

Luo Yuanyuan tried to step inside, but Le Tong stopped her with an arm and pointed at Xu Tao with her chin.

"You two should hurry up and go home to enjoy your private time together. I need to go back to sleep."

At this moment, Le Tong just wanted to be alone quietly, but if Luo Yuanyuan were to enter, she wouldn’t be able to leave easily for ten or twenty minutes.

Luo Yuanyuan wanted to say something else, but Xu Tao pulled her back.

"Yuan’er, Tongtong is indeed very tired. Let’s go!"

After seeing them off, Le Tong propped herself against the wall, felt her way back to the bed, kicked off her shoes, and climbed under the covers.

They say drowning your sorrows with alcohol only makes you more sorrowful. Le Tong finally understood the meaning of those words.

She felt miserable, so she kept drinking, but rather than easing her discomfort, the alcohol only intensified it and made her want to cry her heart out.

Le Tong pulled the blanket over her head, curling up under it, and cried aloud.

...

The next day, when Le Tong woke up, she felt like her head was about to split apart from the pain.

She got up, found some hangover medicine and headache pills, took them, and then walked into the washroom.

In the mirror, her eyes were red and swollen. One look and it was obvious she’d cried a lot. What to do? With this ghostly appearance going back to work, even if the harsh President Ji didn’t say anything, Yang Sheng would definitely dig into it.

After thinking for a moment, Le Tong decided to disguise herself a bit.

She opened the drawer, took out a pair of large black-framed glasses, put them on, and let down some bangs. If not examined closely, it would be hard to notice anything unusual.

However, her headache persisted even after she returned to the office.

Le Tong took a powerful painkiller from the drawer. This medication, purchased online from overseas, not only worked as a painkiller but also had a calming effect.

She had once gone through a period where she needed medication to fall asleep, during which she often experienced headaches.

Taking out the documents Ji Rui needed urgently from the drawer, she forced herself not to think too much and began to work earnestly.

She didn’t know when Ji Rui returned, or perhaps Ji Rui had arrived even earlier than her.

When she brought the organized documents inside, Ji Rui looked up and was taken aback by her wearing glasses.

"You nearsighted?"

Ji Rui stared hard at her. He seemed more and more interested in meddling in others’ business, but just because he was nosy didn’t mean Le Tong had to satisfy his curiosity.

"Hmm."

Le Tong wasn’t nearsighted. The glasses perched on her nose at the moment were purely decorative, without prescription. Since she always wore the unchanging work uniform to the office, it wasn’t surprising Ji Rui hadn’t seen her like this before.

But she had no intention of explaining to Ji Rui, nor was there any need to.

Ji Rui looked at her a couple more times, "You usually wear contacts?"

Le Tong wanted to turn and leave immediately, but she had to wait for Ji Rui to sign several files before she could deliver them to other departments.

"Hmm." She responded curtly.

Fortunately, Ji Rui’s curiosity didn’t last long. Seeing that she seemed uninterested in speaking with him, he didn’t ask further.

Recalling the confirmation call from HR earlier that morning, Ji Rui couldn’t help but frown.

"You want to take a vacation next month?"

Since she was his secretary, her vacation needed his personal approval.

"Hmm."

Since bringing the files in, Le Tong had been repeating this single syllable. Even the dullest person would understand what that meant, let alone Ji Rui, who wasn’t dull.

If it wasn’t being speechless, it was that she truly despised him so much that she couldn’t even be bothered to speak to him.

"Reason!"

Even if Ji Rui understood that Le Tong had nothing to say to him, or that she detested him to the point of wishing him dead, he still had no intention of changing his attitude. His tone remained as cold and uncompromising as ever.

Le Tong felt no need to hide the reason.

"It’s my teacher’s wife’s birthday. I’m going to wish her well."

Ji Rui stared at her intently, "Celebrating someone’s birthday is more important than work?"

Le Tong felt that Ji Rui was intentionally making things difficult for her.

"President, without work, I might starve, but without friends, I would die of loneliness. One is to satisfy material needs, the other is to fulfill spiritual needs, they are completely incomparable."

Le Tong deeply disliked Ji Rui, who always managed to present a justifiable face even when he was in the wrong.

Ji Rui faltered for a moment. Not celebrating a birthday would lead to loneliness?

Loneliness, it seemed, had never been present in Ji Rui’s life.

As a child, he occasionally felt isolated, but isolation and loneliness seemed to be on different levels. Isolation was tangible and could be felt, whereas loneliness was untouchable. Since he was sensible, he vowed to reclaim the Ji Family, so all his spare time was filled with studying, work, and social engagements.

He had no time for loneliness, or rather, loneliness was a luxury he could never afford.

And for Le Tong to say she could be lonely, was it because the other party was someone very important and dear to her? Much like how Baobao was to him? frёeweɓηovel_coɱ

Thinking of Baobao, Ji Rui had to admit, if Baobao hadn’t appeared in his life, perhaps he really would feel very lonely.

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