Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 641 - 639: Who Is the Foolish Child (Part 1)
As for why Teacher Fan accepted Nuonuo as a student, it’s unclear whether it’s as Da Bao and Le Tong guessed. In any case, as parents, they always tend to think positively about matters concerning their children, and Da Bao is no exception.
The next evening, Nuonuo was driven to Teacher Fan’s studio, accompanied by Da Bao, her responsible brother.
Initially, Le Tong planned to go with them, but Da Bao said there was no need for both of them to go since he would be there with Nuonuo; too many people might give the impression that Nuonuo is a spoiled princess. Le Tong found Da Bao’s reasoning sensible, and she trusted Da Bao to handle things well.
As for Little Treasure, who was clamoring to accompany his sister to learn piano, Da Bao bluntly refused, worried he might disrupt Nuonuo’s lesson, leaving Little Treasure sulking in the martial arts room, kicking a punching bag to vent his frustration.
Teacher Fan was a bit surprised that Nuonuo wasn’t accompanied by her parents. He had to say what he intended for the parents to Da Bao instead.
"Little friend, your sister is still young, and she might not fully understand the lesson. I hope you can sit in during the class and assist her if she has any questions when you get home."
"Okay, I understand, Teacher Fan. My name is Ji Yu." Da Bao’s youthful appearance combined with his mature manner of speaking and expression momentarily led Teacher Fan to mistake him for an adult.
Thus, even though Nuonuo was the one learning the piano, Da Bao sat obediently beside her, listening attentively as Teacher Fan first briefly introduced the history of the violin. Then, Teacher Fan took out a violin, explained its structure to Nuonuo, and taught her how to hold the violin with her left hand and the bow with her right hand. The first lesson was spent entirely on basic knowledge.
Although Teacher Fan’s teaching pace wasn’t exactly slow, Da Bao was secretly worried whether Nuonuo could keep up. Indeed, on the way home, Nuonuo, contrary to her usual habit of clinging to him at every opportunity, hugged her precious violin tightly and repeatedly muttered the content Teacher Fan had taught.
"Nuonuo, don’t rush. You won’t have another class until next week; you have a whole week to familiarize yourself with the teacher’s words."
Da Bao had never seen Nuonuo so determined and focused on something, and seeing her furrow her little brows made him feel slightly heartbroken.
"Brother, I’m afraid Teacher Fan will think I’m not smart and won’t teach me anymore..." Nuonuo seemed troubled.
Da Bao quickly pulled her into his arms. "Who says Nuonuo isn’t smart? My Nuonuo is very clever!"
Nuonuo shook her head, "Brother and Little Treasure are smart, Nuonuo is dumb."
It was the first time Da Bao heard Nuonuo compare herself with her brothers and draw such a self-deprecating conclusion.
While Da Bao was contemplating how to comfort Nuonuo, he heard her say, "Nuonuo has to recite the Three Character Classic ten times to remember it well, while Little Treasure can do it after one try..."
Nuonuo’s words left Da Bao speechless for a moment.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Silly girl, everyone has times when they are smart and times when they are not. Like Daddy, isn’t he very smart and capable? But Daddy can’t even cook noodles."
Nuonuo remained silent, silently stroking the strings of her violin, until they were almost home when she asked Da Bao, "Then when is brother stupid? When is Nuonuo smart?"
Da Bao pinched her cheek, "Brother fell off his bike last time, didn’t he? Brother was clumsy, right? And Nuonuo makes beautiful clothes for Barbie dolls, Mommy also said Nuonuo is smart, right?"
Da Bao’s words helped to ease the worry on Nuonuo’s face.
"Moreover, no one is born knowing everything. With effort, you’ll definitely do well, Nuonuo, don’t you agree?"
Nuonuo nodded repeatedly, and as the car drove back into the courtyard, the little girl finally regained her smile.
What surprised Da Bao and Le Tong was Nuonuo’s strong dedication to the violin. Originally, Teacher Fan said for beginners at her age, practicing for about half an hour a day was already quite good.
However, the little girl insisted on training for at least one to two hours every day. Her dedication and effort naturally earned her weekly praise and recognition from Teacher Fan with a smile.
Everyone in the family, from Ji Rui Letong to Da Bao, supported the little girl’s serious pursuit of learning the violin.
Only Little Treasure began to feel discontent over time.
The reason, naturally, was that his dear sister had less and less time to accompany him due to her practice.
Thus, after Nuonuo had been learning the violin for more than half a month, the neglected Little Treasure finally couldn’t hold it in any longer and, one evening, angrily shouted at Nuonuo as she practiced violin in the courtyard.
"Stop playing already, it sounds terrible!"
Indeed, as Teacher Fan said, the violin is a relatively challenging solo instrument. With Nuonuo being a beginner, her accomplishments after half a month consisted of accurately playing "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7."
From an auditory standpoint, saying it sounds terrible wasn’t exactly wrong.
But for Nuonuo, having worked hard for more than half a month only to receive a bucket of cold water from her brother, the level of disappointment was imaginable.
Da Bao, who was in the garden helping Le Tong water flowers, heard Little Treasure’s shout and realized that it wasn’t good. He quickly turned around to stop Little Treasure but it was too late—the music had already stopped abruptly following Little Treasure’s shout.
"Ji Huan! Apologize to your sister right now!"
Da Bao grabbed hold of Little Treasure who was trying to escape after stirring things up and put an arm around Nuonuo.
"No! It really does sound bad!"
Da Bao raised his hand, truly wanting to spank him!
"Brother, Little Treasure isn’t wrong!" Nuonuo reached out to hold Da Bao’s hand.
"Nuonuo, don’t listen to Little Treasure’s nonsense, Teacher Fan has also praised Nuonuo, saying you are amazing, hasn’t he?"
Da Bao was actually quite troubled. As Nuonuo and Little Treasure grew older, the IQ gap between them became more apparent.
Little Treasure was only a bit over two years old but already possessed the ability to memorize things instantly and showed high analytical skills. Some first-grade elementary school knowledge was already no challenge for him. Nuonuo wasn’t dumb; she was just an ordinary child, but when compared to Little Treasure, who was always by her side, she became the "dumb" child.
Initially, whether it was the parents or Da Bao, they were all very careful to protect Nuonuo. However, many things were unavoidable. This Little Treasure, the mischievous kid, didn’t know how to restrain himself and would occasionally show off his cleverness in front of Nuonuo, unknowingly nurturing Nuonuo’s budding inferiority complex.
"Brother, Nuonuo knows, Teacher Fan let brother and sister play for Nuonuo to listen..." Nuonuo’s reaction surprised Da Bao with its calmness.
"Yes, learning anything takes time, just like when we practice boxing. We didn’t know anything at first, but now aren’t we getting better?"
Da Bao rubbed Nuonuo’s head, realizing he might have underestimated the little girl.
