Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 659 - 657: Department’s Most Attractive Ji Dabao Has a Partner (Third Update)
The family of five enjoyed a happy Saturday and Sunday. On Monday, Da Bao sent his brother and sister to school as usual, then had the driver pick up Yin Zhihao and Ren Weiqi before they all went back to R University together.
That day counted as their official first day of enrollment, and the university held a welcome assembly for the freshmen.
Da Bao, caught off guard, was called up to the podium as a representative of the new students.
Luckily, Da Bao was not shy in the least in such situations. Even though he was suddenly called up on stage, he delivered a concise and witty speech that earned waves of enthusiastic applause.
His speech didn’t last long, only a few minutes, but in those few minutes, he had already garnered the reputation of being the most handsome boy in the economics department.
Ji Rui was tall and handsome. Da Bao inherited his physique and height from his father. At fourteen, he stood about 1.7 meters tall, which didn’t make him stand out among the university students, but he wasn’t short either.
Thus, although many knew he was a genius student who skipped grades to get there, his height and demeanor, which were not much different from the boys around him, almost made people forget the fact that he was only fourteen.
Da Bao always had strong adaptability. To him, university was not much different from high school or middle school.
If he had to say there was a difference, it would be the way male and female classmates treated him.
A looker like Ji Dabao, even if he wasn’t smart, would still attract quite a bit of admiration in this appearance-centered age.
But besides having a universally appealing handsome face, he also had a bright mind. This made the guys in the department view him as a common enemy.
The reason for the male students’ indignation was that from day one of class, wherever Da Bao sat, his seating radiated outward with him as the center, surrounded entirely by girls.
These girls were no longer the reserved and shy ones from high school. Da Bao just wanted to focus on his class, but the girl on his left handed him a bottle with the cap unscrewed, the one on his right pushed a box with a straw ready to him, the one in front handed him a burger, and the one behind shoved a pack of chips into his hands...
He couldn’t catch a word of the entire day’s lectures, as the buzzing around him was like being in a forest full of bees, making it impossible for him to hear anything.
Da Bao was overwhelmed by the unreserved girls but couldn’t bring himself to reject them outright. After enduring it for a day, he returned to school the next day with a shiny ring on the ring finger of his left hand.
He deliberately arrived at the big classroom early with a large backpack, took out his books and, as if on display, pulled out water, milk, bread, chips, and a whole array of snacks and food from the backpack, covering the seats to his left and right.
Once the girls settled around him, he purposely placed his left hand over the back of the chair in front, the ring on his left ring finger shining brightly enough to blind anyone.
All the girls whose hearts had begun to stir were particularly sensitive. A glance was enough for many of them to feel a sting in their hearts upon spotting the ring, but these self-regulating girls quickly convinced themselves that they were overthinking, gearing up to unleash their tender approaches on Ji Dabao.
The phone on the table rang.
Da Bao picked up the phone, glanced at the screen, and with just that one look, a slight smile tugged at his lips, and his eyes seemed to unintentionally leak a hint of joy.
Some of the girls sitting close by even seemed to catch a glimpse of gentle amusement in his eyes.
"Why are you calling me again?"
Da Bao’s words seemed to complain, but his tone was so soft it could drip, causing the girls around to feel a flutter in their hearts, followed by a chill.
"Didn’t I say yesterday? The classmates here are beautiful, but you’re beautiful too, and besides, I only like you. You know that."
Alright, if until a few seconds ago, the girls could console themselves that Ji Yu’s ring was just an accessory with no special meaning, that the gentleness in Ji Yu’s eyes was merely a hallucination...
But now these cruel words unmistakably pierced into the ears of those lovestruck girls, no, to be precise, it was like a sharp knife stabbing directly into their hearts.
"Don’t worry, even if you don’t trust me, you should trust our engagement! After all these years, don’t you believe me? You know, this isn’t just about you and me, it’s the engagement between our two great families. If I dared to break it, I’d have to be ready to be chopped into pieces."
Alright, so it turns out they were childhood sweethearts with a family-match arranged marriage!
Immediately, the surrounding girls began to mentally sketch out the background and appearance of this formidable rival in love: beautiful, childhood sweetheart, a worthy match for the prestigious Ji Family...
Every girl who heard Ji Dabao’s call couldn’t help but to weigh in their hearts how they compared to this powerful rival—were they in a stronger position, or had they no chance at all?
They say love is blind, but actually, such blindness comes with conditions.
When you know the other person is like Chang’e from the Moon Palace, someone you could never win over no matter how hard you tried, this blind love turns into complete resignation.
Da Bao continued to softly coax into the phone for a long while, until the professor for the class walked in. Only then did Da Bao kiss the phone lightly and hang up.
Of course, not every girl who admired him would give up because of that call, but at least, a good number already had.
Meanwhile, on the other end of the line, Yin Zhihao was left shivering with all the goosebumps he had.
"Damn, does Ji Dabao have to be so cheesy?!?"
Yin Zhihao was the so-called beautiful and well-born "fiancée" and childhood friend of Ji Dabao mentioned in Da Bao’s call.
For the sake of that call, Ji Dabao had spent thousands of dollars to buy the friend a set of luxury gear he had longed for.
Later that night, the two best friends were chatting over video, and Yin, who had received the luxury set, still repeatedly said he felt he got the short end of the stick.
He refused to believe that Ji Dabao, normally so cool to girls, could be this gentle and patient with any girl.
"One word: Act!" was Yin Zhihao’s evaluation of Ji Dabao’s performance during that call. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
Ji Dabao neither affirmed nor denied it. On the other side of the video, Yin Zhihao suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Da Bao, I recall something."
Ji Dabao looked at his somewhat absent-minded best friend with interest, "Remember what?"
"Actually, there are times when you are that drip-soft gentle!"
Yin Zhihao looked all serious, not as if he were lying.
"Oh, when was that?" Da Bao’s interest was piqued.
"When you talk to Nuonuo!"
[Third update! Today’s votes didn’t reach 150, but Zhu Zi knows you girls worked hard, and there will still be three updates tomorrow, so let’s keep pushing tomorrow!]
