Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 720 - 718: Everything Is a Big Deal to Me (Second Update)
After a few kids left, Da Bao said to Dean Luo.
"Dean Luo, I think the children’s education at the orphanage is excessively monotonous and boring. How about this, I’ll get in touch with some top students from art colleges to see if they’re willing to come and teach the kids regularly. What do you think?"
Dean Luo had long recognized the issue that Da Bao mentioned, but with limited funding at the orphanage, they had to prioritize cultural education.
"Since Mr. Ji is so considerate, I’d like to express my gratitude in advance."
Dean Luo was eager for any opportunity to allow the children to be more exposed to art.
Da Bao was always highly efficient, so he made a few phone calls and quickly arranged it with several top students, setting a time for them to come and teach.
Then, Da Bao made another call to the instrument store according to the list of teaching supplies from those top students. Not long after he left, the instrument store delivered the supplies to the orphanage as per his request.
When the thank you call from Dean Luo came in, Da Bao was about to leave work. He intended to pick up Nuonuo and Little Treasure today.
He had upset the little girl the night before and needed to make up for it and win her back.
Da Bao hung up the phone and turned to look at the bustling shops passing by the roadside.
He figured he’d probably offended Nuonuo quite a bit this time, so naturally, the little girl should be angry with him.
But Nuonuo’s attitude was unexpectedly different; not only was she not angry, but she was also particularly attentive, waking up early today to pester mommy to teach her how to make noodles.
The bowl of noodles Da Bao had in the morning was quite odd in both taste and presentation. It was the little girl’s special breakfast that she got up early to make for him.
"Uncle Huang, has Nuonuo attended any rehearsals for the school orchestra lately?"
From third grade, Nuonuo joined the school’s orchestra, and occasionally, the orchestra would call students for rehearsals. Da Bao had been mostly away from home lately, so he wasn’t aware of Nuonuo’s activities in this regard.
"No, it seems Nuonuo resigned from her role in the orchestra, saying she wanted to focus on her studies since it’s her graduating year."
Da Bao frowned slightly. When did this happen, and why hadn’t anyone told him?
"Mommy, did Nuonuo resign from the school orchestra?" Da Bao immediately called Le Tong.
"Yes, she said she couldn’t handle so much practice, so she kept the rehearsals with Teacher Fan’s orchestra and dropped the school ones. I saw her studies were quite intense, so I just let her be."
Le Tong sounded quite nonchalant, as if she didn’t think it was a big deal.
In the Ji Family, the parents, Le Tong and Ji Rui, mostly respected their children’s wishes. Nuonuo’s reason was reasonable, so no one had any grounds to interfere.
Da Bao felt a little uneasy, not because Nuonuo resigned from the school orchestra, but because as her brother, he had heard about it accidentally from someone else.
Apparently, in the Ji Family, he was the last to know about this.
Although the matter itself wasn’t significant, he could feel an unspoken sense of being ignored.
So, upon picking up Nuonuo, the first thing he did was ask her about it.
"Nuonuo, you’re not in the school orchestra anymore?"
Nuonuo took off her backpack and tossed it behind her. She seemed to be ravenous, reaching into the box next to her and feeling around until she pulled out two boxes of milk, handing one to Little Treasure, and sticking a straw into the other for herself.
After gulping down a big sip, she remembered she hadn’t answered Brother’s question and realized that both she and Little Treasure had milk, but she’d forgotten to get one for Brother.
Realizing this, Nuonuo didn’t hesitate, she simply pulled the milk from her mouth and handed it directly to Da Bao.
For years, sharing the same box of milk or the same cup of water with Nuonuo happened frequently. At this moment, Da Bao naturally opened his mouth and took the straw, finishing off the rest of the milk in a breath, then raised an eyebrow and looked at Nuonuo.
Clearly, he was waiting for her answer.
"Yes, studying is too intense, I don’t have time to rehearse."
Nuonuo wasn’t shy about admitting that she wasn’t particularly talented.
Da Bao carelessly crushed the empty milk carton into a ball and lazily glanced at her.
"Why didn’t you tell me?"
Nuonuo’s stomach was still grumbling, and she bent down to rummage through the snack box and pulled out a box of cream puffs.
With her head low, she was opening the package as she replied to Da Bao, "You were working overtime every day then, I barely saw you. Later when you came back, I forgot I hadn’t told you about it."
Nuonuo didn’t seem to be lying, and in fact, she had no reason to lie.
To her, her brother was so busy then that he hardly had time to sleep. How could she bother him with something so trivial?
At the time, she felt there was no need to mention it, and later when Da Bao came home, she simply forgot.
Nuonuo’s utterly unconcerned attitude only made Da Bao feel more uncomfortable.
Back then, this little girl even told him when she lost an eraser, but now, she resigned from the orchestra position and he heard it from someone else, she made new friends, and he learned about it inadvertently during her phone conversation with new friends...
In the future, what else concerning her would he find out from others?
Or what other interactions would she have without seeing the need to inform him?
Brother...
He was her brother, but what did this role exactly mean?
Before, though he never explicitly said it, he always subconsciously believed that as her brother, naturally, he would be part of everything in her life.
But the reality was, she was growing up day by day, forming her own thoughts and making her own decisions.
From receiving endorsements to resigning from the orchestra...
And she began to have a desire for socializing that he had never expected.
Before, having her parents, him as Brother, and Little Treasure as her brother was enough for her.
And in her mouth, he was mentioned the most as her Brother.
But now, her attention seemed to be shifting little by little from him as her Brother. She wanted to make more new friends, including those she previously admired like older schoolmates, and now even some guy she just met a few hours ago!
"Such things you wouldn’t have forgotten before!"
Da Bao’s tone subtly carried a faint trace of blame. Seeing the little girl reach for cream puffs, he quickly grabbed her hand and took a wet wipe to thoroughly clean her hands.
"But it’s not a big deal!" Nuonuo raised her face to smile at him and stuffed a cream puff into her mouth.
"Your matters are big deals to me."
