Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 655 - 653: A Small Farewell. 3 (Second Update)

When Nuonuo went to bed, Le Tong was worried about her sleeping alone, so she accompanied her into the bedroom. After watching her climb into bed, she went to the bookshelf, took a fairy tale book, and sat on the edge of the bed, ready to tell the little girl a bedtime story.

The little girl lying in bed said, "Brother will tell it!"

Le Tong was about to explain that her brother was in the military camp and couldn’t call to tell her a story, but the little girl was already turning around, kneeling at the bedside, reaching over to open the nightstand.

"Brother said there’s a story he told in here."

Only then did Le Tong understand that Da Bao had anticipated the little girl’s discomfort, so he had recorded stories on the iPad in advance.

Nuonuo opened the iPad, and on the desktop was a folder named [Brother Dabao’s Story Folder].

Before Le Tong could say anything, Nuonuo had already lain back in bed, clicked on the folder, and inside were story videos arranged by date, one story per day. Looking at the date of the last story, it was just as Da Bao said on the phone, recorded the day before his military training ended.

Nuonuo didn’t care about anything else and opened the first story, attentively watching Brother Da Bao animatedly tell the story on the screen, seemingly having completely forgotten about her mommy sitting at the bed’s edge.

Le Tong secretly praised Da Bao for his thoughtfulness and also felt ashamed of her negligence as a mother.

The stories recorded by Da Bao weren’t long, about ten minutes each, and when Da Bao’s story ended, the little girl’s eyes were already sleepy.

Le Tong took the iPad from the little girl’s hand, placed it back on the nightstand, helped her tuck in the blanket, and kissed her on the cheek until she was completely asleep before getting up to leave.

Coming out of Nuonuo’s bedroom, Le Tong went to Little Treasure’s room to check on him. The boy who always said he missed Brother Dabao was lying there fast asleep with a bloated belly, showing no signs of missing his brother.

Indeed, boys are carefree and don’t worry about anything.

Le Tong’s conclusion was actually only suitable for a child like Little Treasure because her big baby boy was in the military dormitory, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

After a whole day’s exhaustion, he should have easily fallen asleep, but Da Bao was worried about his little brother and sister at home.

He was sleeping on the top bunk, just close to the window. The sleepless Da Bao simply sat up, hugging his knees, looking out the window.

The moonlight outside was like water, casting swaying tree shadows on the tree trunks, and the night breeze rustled through the treetops.

Wondering if Nuonuo and Little Treasure were asleep?

That little guy Little Treasure definitely said he missed his brother and then quickly fell asleep after hitting the bed.

That little girl Nuonuo might cry looking for him, or she might obediently fall asleep after listening to his story... who knows?

This particular night, Da Bao only forced himself to lie down again after midnight, dozing off without realizing what time it was.

The next morning, before it was light, the assembly trumpet sounded, and Da Bao sprang up quickly. Although he didn’t sleep well that night, the years of training with the family coach were not in vain. Compared to other students, his physical condition was clearly excellent.

The intensity of military training was high, but apart from the slight discomfort on the first day, Da Bao could handle all sorts of high-difficulty and high-intensity training with ease from the second day. While other students whined and complained, Da Bao also felt it was tough.

But his hardship was different; he missed his family, wanted his daddy and mommy, missed Little Treasure, and especially, missed Nuonuo, who cried like pear blossoms in the rain when he left.

Since the day he brought Nuonuo back from the woods, he had never been apart from her for more than ten hours. So, this half-month separation was the first time Da Bao experienced the agony of longing.

At this point, he was extremely grateful that he hadn’t chosen a university in another city.

Like him, Nuonuo was very dispirited, and instead of her usual smiling face, she had lost weight and always wore a stern expression as if everyone owed her money.

The Ji Family knew the reason and tried to spend more time with her, comforting her, but the school teachers didn’t know. On the fifth day after Da Bao went for military training, Nuonuo’s class teacher called Le Tong.

In the past, matters concerning Nuonuo and Little Treasure in school were generally handled by Da Bao, so the teachers had never contacted Le Tong before.

"Mrs. Ji, Ji Sihan seems emotionally off these days; is it because she’s discouraged by her average test scores at the beginning of school?"

Nuonuo’s performance had always been average. Even with genius students like Da Bao and Little Treasure tutoring her, there seemed to be little improvement. The Ji Family didn’t pressure her, believing that as long as she did her best, her grades didn’t matter much.

"Teacher Wu, you misunderstood. She’s not discouraged because of average grades. It’s because her brother went for military training, and she’s not used to it, so she’s been downcast. It’s nothing. She’ll be fine once her brother returns!"

Teacher Wu was half-believing, and after hanging up the phone, she muttered to a colleague next to her, "Rich people really are different; they don’t care about their children’s grades. But to say she’s melancholic all day just because her brother isn’t home, that seems too exaggerated."

Although the teacher didn’t quite believe it, she didn’t dare offend Ji Sihan either. In her first year, being lectured by Da Bao left a shadow in her heart, so she was particularly cautious around Ji Sihan and Ji Huan, fearing that one misstep could cost her job.

Previously, when the children saw Le Tong after getting up, it was always a kiss and a "Mommy good morning!"

Now, the first thing Nuonuo said after getting up every day when she saw Le Tong was, "Mommy, how many more days until brother returns?"

Each time, Le Tong couldn’t bear to tell her the real answer.

Finally, on the last day of Da Bao’s military training, when Le Tong was asked by Nuonuo for the nth time, she could easily reply, "Your Brother Da Bao will be back this afternoon, little treasure!"

Nuonuo had already known in her heart and had packed her school bag especially full, with a bunch of Brother Da Bao’s favorite snacks and drinks secretly tucked inside the night before.

"Can we go pick up brother?"

Nuonuo, with her bright, twinkling eyes full of stars, looked at Le Tong, how could she say no?

"Hmm, you and Little Treasure have a self-study class this afternoon. Mommy will take leave for you, and after the second class, you can come out. Uncle Xiao Li will take you to pick up Brother."

"Great, Mommy, I love you!" Gaining approval, Nuonuo cupped Le Tong’s face and gave her a loud kiss.

[There’s one more update, still a few votes short today]