Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 618 - 616: Afraid Sister Will Take Brother (Part 1)
Ever since some classmates went to the Ji Family’s house to celebrate Ji Yu’s birthday, a rumor started spreading in the class that the genius student Ji Yu was actually a complete siscon.
And after his birthday, Ji Yu completely put Shao Yuxin on his social blacklist. Others might not have noticed any difference, after all, even though Ji Yu was young, he was good at keeping up appearances. But Shao Yuxin, the person involved, clearly felt Ji Yu’s indifference and hostility.
And this feeling, which was clear and real yet hard to articulate, left Shao Yuxin in a daze for several days.
So for the first monthly exam, she lost the first place ranking she’s held for a whole year. That position was now firmly held by Ji Yu, whom she thought she could help study, with a more than ten-point lead over the second place, while she suddenly dropped to more than twentieth in the grade.
During class break, Shao Yuxin was called to the office by the class teacher due to her significant drop in performance, but Dabao was not interested at all and continued talking about game strategies in the corridor with a few male classmates.
"Dabao, do you think Yuxin will get scolded?"
Since he heard the Ji Family call Ji Yu that nickname on Dabao’s birthday, Yin Zhihao occasionally called Ji Yu by that name too.
Dabao truly considered the other as a friend, so he didn’t mind.
"Not sure." Dabao knew Yin Zhihao liked Shao Yuxin and didn’t want to dampen Yin Zhihao’s spirits, so he avoided talking about her as much as possible.
"She’s never fallen out of first place before. Dropping to over twenty this time must feel bad," Yin Zhihao said, bending over the railing with his hands resting on it, lost in thought while looking at the playground below the teaching building.
Dabao neither agreed nor disagreed because Shao Yuxin’s mood was never something he cared about.
"Zhihao, since you’re so concerned about her, you should comfort her when she comes back!" urged another boy named Ren Weiqi beside Dabao.
"Dabao, what do you think?" Yin Zhihao couldn’t make up his mind.
After spending a month together, Yin Zhihao admired Dabao a lot, having long forgotten that his deskmate was over three years younger than him.
Dabao shrugged, "I don’t know, I’m still young!"
It was only then that Yin Zhihao remembered Dabao had just turned nine. Thinking back to when he was nine, he was just playing all day, never having felt the flutter of his heart at the sight of a pretty girl like this.
"That’s true..."
Yin Zhihao was instantly convinced by Dabao and firmly believed that dabao was just a kid with a high IQ but emotional intelligence staying at the age of nine. From then on, Yin Zhihao rarely mentioned Shao Yuxin in front of Dabao anymore, thinking Dabao was too young to understand matters of the heart.
But in fact, Dabao understood much more than he did!
And his taste in girls was also much sharper!
Of course, Dabao couldn’t be bothered to correct Yin Zhihao’s misunderstanding, as it saved him a lot of trouble.
Meanwhile, little Nuonuo, on the day of Dabao’s ninth birthday, felt a sense of crisis for the first time.
Of course, she was still very young and didn’t understand what a sense of crisis meant.
But after that day, she vaguely began to feel uneasy and vaguely realized that her favorite Brother Dabao might be taken away by someone else.
Before Dabao’s birthday, Nuonuo was always carefully protected by her family and Dabao. As the Ji Family’s little princess, even with the birth of Little Treasure, she was never neglected before, and so she always thought her brother would only be good to her and Little Treasure.
But on Dabao’s birthday, she truly felt a threat, and this threat did not come from the Ji Family, but from the sister of her brother.
Thus, after Dabao’s birthday, Nuonuo began insisting on sleeping with Dabao every night.
On the first night, Dabao thought Nuonuo was just being occasionally clingy and wanting to sleep with him, so he didn’t think much of it and just stayed in the nursery, sleeping on the specially enlarged baby bed with his brother and sister.
The second night, the third night... Nuonuo continued to hold onto him tightly, not letting go. By the fourth night, Dabao couldn’t hold back anymore and whispered to her as he was coaxing her to sleep.
"Nuonuo, why do you have to sleep with Brother?"
Nuonuo placed her little hands around his neck, curling her body into a small ball in his arms.
"Afraid sister... will take away Brother..." said the little girl, already somewhat sleepy, in a mumble.
Dabao’s heart trembled slightly, and he tightened his grip, holding the little figure tightly in his arms.
"Silly girl, Brother won’t!"
Nuonuo’s fear of losing reminded Dabao of the time when she was abandoned by her biological parents just a month after birth, causing a slight pain in his heart.
Until now, he couldn’t understand how her parents could be so heartless as to abandon such a beautiful baby? 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
"But... the sister is pretty!"
The pitiful tone of Nuonuo made Dabao bow his head and kiss her cheek to comfort her sad emotions.
"She’s ugly. Nuonuo and Mommy are the prettiest; everyone else is ugly..."
Dabao’s words greatly pleased the little girl, and she laughed a muffled giggle in Dabao’s arms, suddenly wide awake.
Dabao gently stroked her soft curls, a smile tugging at the corners of his lips. The little girl laughed for a while, then looked up to correct Dabao’s mistaken statement.
"Aunt Yuan’er, Aunt Xiao Jing, Sister Wenwen, they’re all pretty..."
Indeed, in a child’s eyes, the concept of beauty is not necessarily just about appearance but is decided by the degree of closeness and fondness.
Or perhaps, this principle is not only accurate for children but also applies to adults in the same way.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be the saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
Dabao smiled and agreed with her, "Yes, Nuonuo and Mommy are the prettiest, Aunt Yuan’er, Sister Wenwen, Aunt Xiao Jing come in second."
Nuonuo was satisfied with this answer and nodded her head.
Then Dabao asked again, "So who does Nuonuo think is the most handsome?"
Without thinking, Nuonuo directly reached out a chubby finger and poked Dabao’s nose.
"Brother is the most handsome!"
Dabao grinned as he received the expected answer, and with a sense of pride, he bent down to plant kisses on the little girl’s nose a few times, then asked.
"No one else? Only Brother is handsome?"
Even though Dabao was only nine, he already had the vanity that adults often have.
Nuonuo tilted her head and thought for a moment, then turned around and pointed with her toe at Little Treasure, who was sleeping like a log next to her, "Little Treasure..."
Then, she continued counting on her small fingers, "Brother, Little Treasure, Daddy... the most handsome... Uncle, Grandpa, Great Grandpa... second most handsome..."
Indeed, the little girl’s criteria for beauty and handsomeness differed from those of adults.
The ones who cared for and took care of her, all the women were pretty and all the men were handsome!
