Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 704 - 702 Sweet Rewards (Third Update)

The ambiguous feelings of a first love, when one cannot see through the other’s innermost thoughts, are the most unforgettable.

Le Tong considers herself a savvy mom who would never do anything silly to ruin the beauty of her son’s first love.

However, Ji Rui clearly doesn’t grasp Le Tong’s thoughts, as their minds work differently, "Aren’t you afraid your precious son might overthink and get caught in a mental trap?"

Truthfully speaking, Le Tong wasn’t worried about that.

Moreover, after chatting with Ji Rui for a while, any previous confusion Le Tong had was thoroughly resolved.

"Don’t worry, I have confidence in my son. He’s very clear about what he needs and aware of what he’s doing. Plus, I believe he would ask for help if he needed it. So for now, we just need to hold still." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Ji Rui nodded in agreement with Le Tong’s viewpoint. When it comes to children’s education, he always trusts her and follows her lead.

While they were talking, the float on the surface suddenly sank, the slack fishing line tightened, and multitasking Ji Rui quickly lifted the rod and reeled it in. Soon, a more than one-pound carp was thrown ashore.

Le Tong stood up to help take the fish off the hook and put it into the bucket. Including this one, there were four carps of similar size in the bucket.

Ji Rui came over for a look at the caught fish and then belatedly remembered an important question.

"You said Da Bao has someone he likes. Who does he like? Do you know?"

Le Tong nodded with a smile, "Yes, I know."

Le Tong thought to herself, not only do I know, but you also know!

"Is it his classmate? Or a colleague? Or..."

Le Tong smiled without saying anything, indeed, men can be a bit dense about feelings.

The two spent a whole morning at the reservoir and caught more than a dozen fish. When leaving, Ji Rui returned the relatively smaller fish to the reservoir, keeping three larger ones to bring back to Uncle Yin’s house.

The couple walked to the courtyard gate coincidentally running into a few kids who also just returned from picking tea leaves.

"Daddy, Mommy, look, I picked a big basket, and I picked the most among the five of us."

Little Treasure immediately ran over seeking praise, but Da Bao immediately exposed him.

"Little Treasure, how dare you say that? Look at the leaves you picked, half are old half are young, and those tea stems could almost be used as chopsticks."

Upon hearing the eldest son’s complaint, Le Tong reached into the basket to grab tea leaves, and indeed, it matched what the eldest son said.

"Nuonuo picked the most and with the best quality." Following behind, Yin Zhihao gave the fairest assessment.

They went into the courtyard and put down their baskets, upon comparison, it was indeed Nuonuo who picked the most, and all were tender green buds.

"My precious daughter is indeed clever and skillful!" Le Tong laughed as she pinched Nuonuo’s cheek.

Little Treasure was indignant nearby, "Mommy, I’m not too bad either."

Le Tong glared at him, "Certainly, if you picked seriously, you wouldn’t be worse than your sister. You were surely lazy just now, right?"

As they say, a father knows his son best, but in the Ji Family, it could be changed to a mother knows her son best.

Little Treasure’s little thoughts never escaped Le Tong’s sharp eyes as a mother.

Feeling guilty, Little Treasure blinked twice, pouting silently.

Upon hearing the commotion, Uncle Yin walked out of the house instructing workers to take Ji Rui’s caught fish to the kitchen for preparation and then went over to inspect each person’s harvested tea leaves.

In terms of both quality and quantity, Nuonuo ranked first, Da Bao second, and Little Treasure’s, needless to say, was the poorest among the five.

"Uncle Yin, can I learn to make tea later? I want to take all these leaves, of course, I’ll pay."

Uncle Yin was amused by her earnestness and laughed, "Of course! Alright, let’s go inside and rest for a while, food will be ready soon."

After working the whole morning, the kids were drained and enjoyed lunch greatly. A big group of people loudly finished lunch, and at Nuonuo’s insistence, nobody took a nap, heading directly to the tea workshop with their harvested leaves.

Nuonuo had promised to brew all the tea for her brother to drink, thus, she paid close attention as Uncle Yin explained the process.

As she learned, her face was serious, afraid of making even the smallest mistake.

Ji Rui, the unromantic dad, joked with Nuonuo, "Nuonuo, you’re learning so earnestly, do you plan to become a tea maker?"

This remark made everyone present laugh, except Da Bao, whose gaze was deep and inscrutable as he looked at Nuonuo, while Le Tong watched her children thoughtfully...

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Since returning home, Le Tong and Ji Rui, the parents, were lucky to taste the box of tea that Nuonuo had harvested and participated in making the entire process. Later, one day Le Tong wanted to taste her daughter’s handiwork again, but found no sign of the box of tea in the storage cabinet.

"Nuonuo, where’s that box of tea you picked?" Le Tong asked while poking her head out to the diligently studying Nuonuo.

"Brother took it to the company!" Nuonuo raised her head and replied.

Le Tong felt slightly bittersweet; indeed, as children grow up, the mother’s position must shift.

While lamenting, she heard Little Treasure’s loud voice, "Mommy, the box I picked is in the cabinet. You’re welcome to drink my box, and I won’t mind!"

Le Tong couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

"Alright, since Little Treasure doesn’t mind, Mommy will drink your tea!"

Though saying so, she thought, you little rascal wouldn’t mind, the tea is horrible, you’d be happy if others quickly finished it for you!

Still, as Le Tong drank the cup of harsh and bitter tea Little Treasure made, she felt its sweetness after bitterness, akin to raising children, the rewards come after the toil.

Naturally, she also hoped her precious son’s feelings would find sweet returns.

After Da Bao took the box to the company, he didn’t keep it with other teas and drinks; instead, locked it in a drawer.

Of course, he didn’t drink it daily, only occasionally when exhausted or deeply missing that little girl, would he use the tea set bought specifically for this tea, sitting alone, savoring slowly.

The clarifying aroma of tea lingered at the lips, lasting long.

This made Da Bao mistakenly feel that even if his feelings for Nuonuo weren’t reciprocated equally, with this cup of tea, it’s sufficient!