BXBX NOVEL Chapter 259 - I Want Him
Wang Lei was playing with Li Jie. With the giggle of the little boy heard as Yu Yan played with them, she couldn\'t actually keep up with how Li Jie and Wang Lei were playing because they were using cars.
"Vroom vroom!" said the little boy as he was zooming back and forth his small sports car. With Wang Lei seated on the carpet as the bow was on his knees playing, Wang Lei got a black sports car and drove it near his car.
"So, do you like red sports car?"
"Yes!" Li Jie immediately answered his question. "When I grow up, I\'d definitely want to have one so I can let my mama and nainai ride~!"
"Alright," Wang Lei said, acknowledging his answer with a pat on the head. "I know you\'re going to reach your dream. May I know what you want to become in the future?"
"Hmm…"
Innocent little Wang Lei blinked his eyes a few times, cocking his head to the side as he wondered about Wang Lei\'s question.
"I don\'t know what I wanna be. But I think I wanna be great like you!"
Wang Lei smiled. With Yu Yan amazed that Wang Lei can manage a little boy like Li Jie very well, she just watched them from the corner of her eye as she served Wang Lei tea that her mother just made a moment ago.
"Thank you," Wang Lei thanked his secretary, Yu Yan just giving him a nod.
As they were playing and while Li Jie\'s grandmother excused herself to sleep already, Wang Lei continued playing with Li Jie, the television turned on as Yu Yan was watching a TV show.
While the show suddenly went for a commercial break, Li Jie suddenly stopped playing his cars when he saw an advertisement of a race track shown with electric powered cars zooming back and forth.
The little boy\'s eyes shone like stars as he was immediately in awe with how the toy was moving. With him eager as if wanting to hold the exact same toy from the advertisement, Wang Lei and Yu Yan saw how Li Jie immediately withdrew his gaze, looking at his little toy with content.
"What\'s wrong, Li Jie?" Wang Lei asked, the little boy shaking his head as he looked at his mother.
"Nothing, Mr. Wang Lei. I was looking at the toy and only found it amazing."
Wang Lei cocked his head to the side. "And… you want it?"
"I do," Li Jie honestly answered, smiling at his mother with such a sweet grin on his cute face. "But I don\'t want my mama to buy something unnecessary as that. I am still happy with my toy. Li Jie is a good boy. Li Jie knows that we need to buy more important stuff other than this."
"Oh, mooncake."
Yu Yan didn\'t know whether to laugh or cry because of what her son had said. She wanted to be happy because her son already opted for a simple lifestyle with only having a few toys, but at the same time, she felt bad that her son said it this way when it is his right to play and enjoy.
"Li Jie…" Yu Yan inched in closer and scooped him in her arms and gave him three kisses on top of his head. "You know you can ask me anything as you are a good boy and you don\'t demand for it. You\'re a good boy. You deserve this as you are such a nice boy."
"I know, mama," Li Jie said, giving his mama a kiss on the cheek and tried his best to embrace her with his little arms. "But don\'t worry. It\'s amazing and all, but Li Jie is happy with what he has for now."
Wang Lei couldn\'t help but smile. With him patting the little boy\'s head, Li Jie\'s eyes shone when he was instead complimented by the man and then said something that he always wished for.
He always wanted to hear something so endearing from a man—a man that he would like to be his father.
"Don\'t worry, Li Jie," Wang Lei said, giving him another pat on the head. "I will give you the toy as a gift for being a good boy not only to your mama, but for having such good principles I have never thought of even when I was a child."
"R-really~!?"
Li Jie\'s smile was different and joyful compared to the smiles that he usually shown his family. With him looking at his mother eagerly, Yu Yan couldn\'t also believe what her boss Wang Lei had said, blinking her eyes a few times.
"Mr. Wang Lei is such a good man! I hope in the future, I\'d really be like this to other people!"
Yu Yan couldn\'t help but cough. With her only faking a smile and then nodding as she couldn\'t help but think that maybe Wang Lei is doing this because he wanted to get her favor by being close with her son.
"Thank you, Mr. Wang Lei," Yu Yan said fakely, doing her best to conceal her annoyance because of his hidden agenda. "I will gladly be happy that you are going to give my son such a nice present out of your good heart."
There was even sarcasm hinted in her voice! With Wang Lei chuckling, Li Jie snapped them out of their thoughts with what he said next.
"I\'m really happy that I am now playing with a guy, Mr. Wang Lei! It has always been my mama, but she rarely plays with me, too, because of her busy schedule!"
Both of the adults suddenly became silent. With them focused on work, and with how Wang Lei always asked Yu Yan to do overtime, he only realized in the boy\'s statements now that he was keeping her from him because of how often he asked his secretary to do overtime.
With how Yu Yan was not complaining about it, Wang Lei could now deduce that Yu Yan did not say no because she was only doing this to have extra money for how she raised Li Jie.
As the little boy now stood up from the carpet, he yawned, already excusing himself as he also felt the need to comfort himself in the comfort room.
"Please wait for me," the little boy said with great manners. "I need to go pee-pee."
With that, the two adults just smiled at him, Li Jie now running off as he went to the nearest comfort room. As the two, Yu Yan and Wang Lei are now alone in the living room, the CEO looked at his secretary, an apologetic smile appearing on his face.
"I\'m sorry for keeping you from your son."
"It was not your intention," Yu Yan said, giving him a small smile as well. "You didn\'t know yet that I have a son and besides, I have to be honest, I needed the income. I have a little boy to raise alone."
Wang Lei couldn\'t say anything. With him only nodding once, what he said next further surprised his secretary as she didn\'t expect what he heard from him.
"You know… I meant it without hidden agendas when I told your son that I will give him a toy."
Yu Yan blinked her eyes a few times, quite confused.
"Why? Didn\'t you say that so you could curry favor to me?"
Wang Lei couldn\'t help but laugh. With him arching a brow at her, he did an Indian seat on the carpeted floor and folded his arms in front of his chest.
"I would like to do that… but I have to be honest. Your little Li Jie had melted my heart with his manners and mature thinking for his age. You really raise him well."
Yu Yan brimmed with pride. Nothing feels better than a person complimenting on how she raised his child. With her nodding in agreement as she didn\'t hold back with her smile, she genuinely thanked her boss.
"Thank you, then, Mr. Wang Lei… for your compliment."
With a nod, Wang Lei even told her a proposal that surprised Yu Yan yet again.
"Even though I gave you more time home, then maybe I could do work here and we could extend work hours here since we live in the same house. For you to check on Li Jie every now and then. What do you think?"
Yu Yan arched both of her eyebrows.
"You really want to do that?"
"Sure," Wang Lei said, a mischievous grin also appearing on his face. "Other than sincerely wanting you to be with your son, I\'d also take this opportunity to prove my point."
Yu Yan scoffed, rolling her eyes at him as she also folded her arms in front of her chest.
"Which is?"
"That I mean what I said."
Wang Lei inched in closer, his face near hers.
"You… will understand what I mean."
As they continued staring at each other, little did they know that before Li Jie came, he was hiding behind a wall, watching them with sparking eyes as he thought to himself:
\'Mama and Mr. Wang Lei are this close? I want him as my baba!\'
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