Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 760 - 758: Nuonuo’s Good Friend (One More Update)
Nuonuo’s attention was quickly taken up by the matter of advancing to the next grade, and after that, the conversation among the five family members revolved around Nuonuo and Little Treasure’s progression.
While talking, Little Treasure suddenly threw a sideways glance at Da Bao.
"Brother, keep an eye out in the future."
Before Da Bao could respond, Nuonuo curiously leaned towards Little Treasure and teased.
"Brother, what do you want Brother to watch out for? Is it your girlfriend?"
Little Treasure rolled his eyes dramatically and pinched Nuonuo’s cheek, "You fool, I want Brother to keep an eye on you, so no other boys swoop in! I won’t be able to help you anymore in the future!"
Little Treasure’s use of "you" was a pun, referring to both Da Bao and Nuonuo.
Originally, Nuonuo had approached Little Treasure with a gossipy intent, only to end up blushing fiercely.
Da Bao wrapped an arm around Nuonuo and laughed.
"My Nuonuo is wholeheartedly devoted to me. Don’t try to sow discord here!"
Nuonuo’s face turned even redder!
Little Treasure couldn’t be bothered with these two flaunting their affection, so he crawled up to Le Tong to snuggle and whine.
"Mommy, can’t you control these two? It’s driving me nuts!"
Le Tong looked at her eldest son and daughter with a smile, then at Little Treasure, "If you find them annoying, you could also bring a girlfriend home to show off your affection!"
Ji Rui glanced at his not-so-serious wife and shook his head helplessly.
In most families, parents worry and guard against early romance, but his wife seemed eager for their son to bring a daughter-in-law home early!
"I don’t want that—having to constantly keep tabs on everything, it’s exhausting!" Little Treasure grumbled, snuggling against Le Tong while continuing his game.
"Well, there’s also a ’no worries’ approach, just look at your sister—does she monitor your brother?"
Le Tong, fearing things might get too peaceful, stirred up trouble again.
"Mommy!" Nuonuo, with her thin skin, was teased by both her brother and mom, her face hot as fire, glaring at Le Tong.
"Hehe... I’ll shut up, I’ll shut up..." Le Tong laughed, raising her hands to signal a truce.
The next day, Nuonuo cheerfully got Da Bao to drive her to school to fetch her grades and didn’t mention the spokesperson matter again, leading Da Bao and Le Tong to think that it was definitely put behind them.
In the days that followed, Da Bao, with time on his hands, took his siblings on trips to nearby towns in R City; during this time, Little Treasure’s college entrance exam scores came out—unsurprisingly, he topped the list, making it into B University without any suspense.
The siblings traveled out of town for several days, and upon returning, Da Bao was tasked by his father to go to Beijing and discuss a collaboration project with his uncle, Yang Sheng, while Nuonuo and Little Treasure stayed home—Little Treasure immersed himself in games, while Nuonuo had the driver take her to the orphanage daily to teach and play with the children there.
Ever since realizing she wasn’t the Ji Family’s biological daughter, every time Nuonuo looked at the kids in the orphanage, she felt fortunate.
If not for meeting her Brother Dabao at the time, she might have been one of these poor children.
She wouldn’t have such a privileged learning and living environment, nor would she have such loving family...
"Nuonuo, are you really going to attend school at Number One High?"
Si Jun, who was now attending Number One High School and would soon move up to eleventh grade, had known Nuonuo’s identity background for two years. With Nuonuo always attending a private school, Si Jun found it hard to believe the Ji Family would let her attend Number One High School. Not that Number One High was bad, but there were more ordinary kids there; wealthy families usually sent their children to bilingual private schools.
Nuonuo had just finished a class during recess, and Si Jun brought over a bowl of cooling tea to her. Nuonuo took the cooling tea and drank the slightly bitter liquid in one go.
"Yes, I’ve already talked to my Daddy and Mommy; they agreed."
Si Jun took the empty bowl from Nuonuo in one hand and handed her a candy with the other.
"Cooling tea is a bit bitter, eat the candy."
The friendship between Nuonuo and Si Jun grew stronger over the past three years; even if they didn’t meet every day, they would chat online, keeping updated on each other’s situations.
However, Nuonuo never disclosed her true parentage or her deeper relationship with Brother Da Bao to Si Jun.
"I used to think that with a family background like yours, the parents would be very authoritarian."
Si Jun admired Nuonuo’s family, but he envied the harmonious relationship between Nuonuo and her parents and brothers, not their wealth.
"Not at all, my Daddy and Mommy are very democratic, especially Mommy—she’s like a friend, and I can talk to her about anything."
Nuonuo thought that when she had children in the future, she would want to be an understanding and kind Mommy like her own.
"Isn’t your brother back from abroad? Why didn’t he accompany you here?"
Si Jun had discovered two years ago that his idol was actually Nuonuo’s brother.
"He’s on a business trip; he’s not as idle as Little Treasure and me."
The two leaned against the railing outside the corridor, chatting for a good ten minutes. When the class bell rang, Nuonuo returned to the classroom to continue teaching music theory to the children, while Si Jun went to another classroom to tutor some kids with poor grades.
This time, Nuonuo had brought quite a bit of local specialties and snacks she’d bought during the trip for the orphanage, which the staff distributed to the kids after school.
Nuonuo and Si Jun didn’t participate, just stood outside watching the kids inside, who, holding snacks and gifts, were jumping and shouting for joy.
"Si Han, thank you, and also thank your family on our behalf."
For these past years, the Ji Family had become the largest sponsor of this orphanage. Le Tong even promised the director that she would cover the high school tuition and fees for the kids here.
And the foundation established by the Ji Family patriarch regularly provided funds to improve the children’s daily lives.
Besides that, Le Tong set up some part-time positions for work-study in the direct sales stores of Ji Family products, specifically providing them for kids from the orphanage who reached sixteen, allowing them to earn some extra pocket money through part-time work.
Si Jun had been working part-time at one of Ji Family’s electronic product stores for a year, mainly on Saturdays and Sundays, but during summer vacation, working regular hours like the full-time employees.
Upon hearing Nuonuo was coming over today, he specifically arranged a day off with his colleagues just to meet up with her.
"Si Jun, if you keep being so formal, I won’t come anymore!"
Nuonuo didn’t like Si Jun constantly bringing up gratitude, so hearing his serious tone this time, she pretended to be angry by putting on a stern face.
Sixteen-year-old Si Jun, half a head taller than Nuonuo, had a handsome face, a tall and slim build but didn’t look weak.
Thinking Nuonuo was angry, Si Jun dared not say more, "Please don’t! I’m just saying. Don’t take it seriously! We have a gathering next Sunday, said to be organized by a Brother who’s returned home triumphantly. Wanna come?"
"I’ll see, I think I might be busy." Nuonuo remembered her brother saying he would take her and Little Treasure back to Beijing to celebrate their great-grandfather’s birthday.
