Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 738 - 736 Showing Weakness in Front of Her (Third Update)
In the small bar, the father and son were having a great conversation.
The last time the father and son met was about half a year ago. That meeting was at the overseas branch, where the two met during a conference for business purposes. After the meeting, they had a meal together, and the father hurried back to handle affairs at home.
Now, sitting comfortably at home, neither of them was bound by time or concerns, so they completely relaxed and chatted over drinks about the future and development trends of the Ji Family.
In the end, Ji Rui asked Da Bao about his future plans.
Da Bao is a person who habitually plans his future early. Before returning to the country, he had already roughly thought about his future path.
"Daddy, I see that you and Mommy are still enjoying this life of fighting side by side for now. I’ll report to the Ji Family in August, and you don’t need to assign me a specific position for now. I want to see which department or branch is more challenging, then decide my direction afterward, or maybe I’ll choose to start my own business."
Ji Rui repeated his usual saying, that among his three children, Da Bao, Little Treasure, and Nuonuo, whoever is interested in joining the Ji Family is always welcome, but if they have other personal aspirations to achieve, he and Le Tong will not obstruct, but rather fully support them.
"Alright, feel free to do as you wish. Whatever your decision is, your Mommy and I will fully support you."
The Ji Family under Ji Rui’s leadership has been expanding enormously over almost twenty-one years, with management becoming increasingly sophisticated and regularized, and all kinds of talents abound. Even if Da Bao and Little Treasure choose to start their own ventures, Ji Rui and his wife are not worried about finding someone to manage the Ji Family.
Although Da Bao holds his liquor fairly well, he is still at a certain disadvantage compared to his father.
Chatting and drinking, in the end, Da Bao was the first to collapse onto the bar counter before Ji Rui.
Ji Rui looked at his eldest son, who was about the same build as him, and felt a bit of a headache, afraid of disturbing his wife and getting scolded. So he quietly called Little Treasure upstairs, and the two of them together supported Da Bao back to his room.
As they were halfway down the stairs, Le Tong happened to come out of Nuonuo’s room. Seeing the three big men in the house, arm in arm, lined up on the stairs, she initially didn’t look closely and curiously asked, "What are you three up to?"
Feeling guilty, President Ji and Little Treasure immediately said in unison, "Nothing!"
Le Tong only heard the two voices, then looked carefully, only to find her eldest son’s head hanging down in the middle.
"Da Bao is exhausted and fell asleep?" Le Tong guessed.
"Yes, probably hasn’t adjusted to the time difference yet!" Ji Rui quickly responded.
Le Tong thought it over but found it odd, as her eldest son seemed energetic during dinner.
Doubtful, she took a step forward and started up the stairs.
After a few steps, she smelled a whiff of alcohol wafting over.
Le Tong furrowed her brows, "You guys have been drinking?"
Ji Rui saw that it couldn’t be concealed, so he nodded, "Yes, had a little bit. Didn’t expect Da Bao to fall asleep after just a few sips, he must be really tired!"
President Ji’s explanation, Le Tong did not believe, but she thought it rare for the father and son to sit together and have a drink. If she were to scold them, it would spoil the fun.
"You two help him back to his room first, I’ll brew some hangover tea."
Turning around, she took a few steps, then looked back at Little Treasure, "You didn’t drink, did you?"
Little Treasure, only fourteen years old, had never touched alcohol.
"No, I only helped get Brother to bed." To ensure Le Tong believed him, Little Treasure opened his mouth wide and exhaled a few times.
Only then did Le Tong give Ji Rui a glare and walk quickly to the kitchen to brew hangover tea.
Half-asleep, Da Bao felt someone feeding him something and mumbled, "Nuonuo, Brother doesn’t drink! Bitter!"
In his daze, Da Bao was transported back to a few years ago, when he had a cold, and his Mommy concocted a bitter herbal medicine for Nuonuo to bring to him.
"Be good, it’s not bitter!" Le Tong coaxed him gently, recalling his appearance on the sickbed when he was a bit over five. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
Back then, no matter how bitter or foul-tasting the medicine, he claimed it wasn’t bitter, always gulping it down like soup in one go.
At that time, Doctor Dong and the nurses all remarked it was fortunate his taste buds weren’t too developed, as it would have been torture for a five-year-old child to take so much medicine daily.
Actually, Le Tong had been suspicious back then. As a foodie, Da Bao had a picky palate, so how could he not taste bitterness?
Looking back now, Le Tong became more certain that her baby son was only pretending the medicine wasn’t bitter so as not to make his mommy sad.
Turns out, in front of Nuonuo, that little girl, this baby son was willing to tell the truth.
Drunken and confused, Da Bao vaguely heard someone say it wasn’t bitter, so he obediently opened his mouth.
The hangover tea was a granule form, indeed not bitter, but sweet.
Da Bao opened his mouth and gulped down the granules, smacking his lips, "Hmm, not bitter..."
Le Tong was amused by his rare silly behavior and chuckled, patting his cheek, "Silly, lie down and have a good sleep."
Carrying the empty cup out of the room, Le Tong was still thinking about what Da Bao had just said.
She had always worried that her baby son was strong-willed and responsible from a young age, always thinking that as the eldest son of the Ji Family, he felt compelled to shoulder many responsibilities himself.
This personality would surely be tiresome.
But unexpectedly, in front of that little girl Nuonuo, this strong-willed son naturally revealed his vulnerable side.
Lost in thought, Nuonuo hurried out of her room and tugged at her wrist, "Mommy, did Brother get drunk? Is he okay?"
That little face was filled with concern, anyone unaware might think something major had happened.
"Yes, go check on him!"
Actually, Da Bao wasn’t very drunk. He was probably tired and had a bit to drink, which is why he keeled over: whether he was drunk or just asleep was hard to tell.
But these words did not come from Le Tong.
Anyway, it might as well be considered as helping that silly son of hers. After holding back for so many years, it’s time to make some changes.
Hearing Le Tong’s words, Nuonuo hurried into Da Bao’s bedroom.
The bedside lamp was dim, but she could clearly see that the person who was drunk lay on his back on the bed, with the blanket and everything else on the floor.
Nuonuo frowned, ran over, bent down, picked up the blanket, and carefully covered him.
Initially, when the blanket was pulled up to his neck, the person who seemed asleep suddenly raised a hand, "Too hot!"
Murmuring, the blanket was once again tossed to the floor.
Nuonuo silently bent down again to cover him, and seeing his hand rising again, she slowly spoke up.
"Ji Yu, if you dare to take off the blanket again, I won’t care about you anymore!"
The not-so-loud warning from Nuonuo seemed to scare the drunk, who mumbled something, but his raised hand obediently fell back onto the blanket.
"Are you really drunk? Or are you pretending?"
