Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 667 - 665: As Long as Nuonuo Is Happy (Part 1)
Nuonuo’s subtle and nuanced reaction might be easily overlooked by others, but it didn’t escape Da Bao’s notice.
Da Bao glanced thoughtfully at Little Treasure, who was still happily jumping around on his own, and discreetly moved closer to Nuonuo.
"Nuonuo, what are you thinking about? Are you feeling bored?"
Usually, Da Bao rarely mentions work in front of his younger siblings, but today, he casually brought it up, unexpectedly causing the little girl to overthink.
Nuonuo pursed her lips and shook her head, glanced at Little Treasure, and there was a hint of reflection in her eyes.
Da Bao pondered slightly, then looked at her gloomy little face. He vaguely understood her thoughts, reached out to rub her freshly washed, not fully dried curls, and leaned down to nuzzle them, breathing in the light fragrance of her hair.
"Silly Nuonuo, do you want to come to the company too?"
Nuonuo looked up at him in surprise, first nodding, then quickly shaking her head.
"So, do you want to or not?" Da Bao asked gently, with a smile in his eyes.
Nuonuo shook her head firmly this time, "I don’t want to. Nuonuo isn’t Little Treasure. Nuonuo is dumb, can’t be helpful!"
Eleven-year-old Nuonuo had somehow started to have this realization.
Da Bao was stunned for a moment. He only guessed the little girl was unhappy because Little Treasure was going to the company to help but didn’t guess the deeper real reason.
"Who said Nuonuo is dumb? Why don’t you take out the violin and let Little Treasure play us a tune, see if we don’t get scared to death!"
Da Bao said this to tell Nuonuo that everyone has different strengths and talents. Some are highly intelligent, possibly suitable for business, while others with average intelligence might excel in other areas like arts.
But evidently, at this moment, Nuonuo was more focused on the issue of intelligence.
"Little Treasure is smart, even though he’s younger than me, he can already help Brother." Nuonuo’s expression darkened a bit; it was clear she was very bothered by this.
Apart from being bothered by her own lack of intelligence, she was bothered by not having a clever mind like Little Treasure to help Brother.
Le Tong, sitting on the other sofa, heard her son and daughter’s conversation without missing a word.
"Nuonuo, do you think Little Treasure wants to help Brother? He’s just being playful."
Le Tong’s words might be somewhat biased but weren’t entirely wrong.
Little Treasure was still young, but he loved playing games and everything exciting. If he said he wanted to help at the subsidiary, it was obvious he just wanted to find an outlet for his excess energy.
Ultimately, what Da Bao thought was similar to what Le Tong thought.
The two new games developed by the company were aimed at teenage boys. He initially planned to have Little Treasure try them out. When he mentioned going to the company to help, he thought of arranging for him to join the development team, let him try these unreleased new games, critique them, and have the design development engineers make the necessary revisions.
So, saying Little Treasure is going to help or to play is valid either way.
And Little Treasure’s clever mind was quite similar to what Da Bao and his mommy thought; it was merely under the guise of helping to play new games others didn’t have the chance to.
"Little Treasure, honestly tell Brother, are you going to the company to play new games?"
Da Bao, afraid Nuonuo wouldn’t believe it, turned his head to ask the kid playing darts behind him.
"Yeah! Last time, the game Brother let me try was fun, but too easy to beat! Didn’t you say the revised version’s difficulty was much higher?"
Indeed, Little Treasure’s mind was entirely focused on fun and exciting games; the notion of helping Brother was just to sweet-talk Brother into letting him into the company.
"See, Brother didn’t lie to you, right?" Da Bao looked at Nuonuo with some heartache, not knowing how uncomfortable she must have felt living in the shadow of Little Treasure, the little genius.
"But..." Nuonuo still wanted to say something.
Da Bao interrupted her, "Next time when the company develops games suitable for girls, will Brother also ask Nuonuo for help?"
He lowered his head, carefully braiding her fluffy curls into two braids. He didn’t expect his casual response would lead Nuonuo to think so deeply.
Since comforting her didn’t work, he simply let her do something similar to Little Treasure, and she wouldn’t think too much.
In any case, the company was indeed planning to develop a nurturing game suitable for young girls.
Nuonuo’s eyes lit up, "Really?"
Thinking she could help Brother, the little girl’s mood instantly improved.
"Of course it’s true!"
The little girl’s bright, shadowless smile made Da Bao think: Even if the company didn’t originally plan to develop a game for girls, he would have someone go and make one, as long as it makes Nuonuo happy, what’s a game?
As for this sudden thought, Da Bao didn’t find anything wrong with it, and he thought this idea would apply to Little Treasure too.
Yin Zhihao and Ren Weiqi formally reported to the subsidiary on Monday. Da Bao asked them with a smile if they wanted him to accompany them, unsurprisingly receiving simultaneous eye rolls from them.
Of course, Da Bao wouldn’t accompany them, because on that Monday, Nuonuo was going to participate in a music competition in a neighboring city.
Da Bao, being her brother, naturally had to accompany her.
The orchestra rented a bus, and Da Bao and Nuonuo didn’t make any exceptions and followed along with the orchestra members to the neighboring city.
Teacher Fan and the orchestra members were not unfamiliar with Da Bao. Two girls about his age specifically chose to sit next to him.
Nuonuo sat by the window, Da Bao by the aisle.
Besides the orchestra’s piece for the competition, Nuonuo also had a solo piece entry. Nuonuo was likely a bit nervous; she didn’t sleep well last night. Not long after the bus started, she leaned against Da Bao’s shoulder and fell asleep.
The girl on the other side of the aisle offered some snacks, "Ji Yu, do you want some chips?"
Afraid of waking Nuonuo, Ji Rui shook his head and mouthed a thank you to the girl with a smile.
The girl, either naturally outgoing or forgetting she wasn’t very familiar with Da Bao, pinched a chip and playfully offered it to Da Bao’s mouth.
Da Bao was startled, instinctively turned his face away, dodging the girl’s gesture, but had to explain, "Sorry, I have a sore throat."
Da Bao didn’t want to make things awkward because the girl was Teacher Fan’s prized student and Nuonuo quite liked and admired her.
But as he turned his head to speak, he inevitably woke Nuonuo.
Nuonuo opened her sleepy eyes and moved her head from Da Bao’s shoulder to face her senior sister’s somewhat embarrassed smile, with the chip still hanging awkwardly halfway in the air.
