Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 762 - 760: Played a Little Bit of Trickery (Part 1)
The Ji Family doesn’t lack talent, but neither do they reject it.
The next day, Le Tong communicated Da Bao’s ideas to the director, who said they’d find a time to have a proper conversation with Si Jun.
After helping his parents with their tasks, Da Bao resumed his vacation mode, and took Nuonuo and Little Treasure to a resort for swimming and hot springs for two days. Returning home, he began preparations for Friday’s trip to Beijing to celebrate the Old Master’s birthday with a gift.
Early in the morning, Da Bao was about to go out to buy a gift when he received a call from Grandpa, asking him to choose a birthday gift for the Old Master.
Over the years, Mr. Ji’s relationship with Old Master Yang of the Yang Family had increasingly improved. After discarding past enmity and prejudice, they became close friends due to similar interests and hobbies.
Mr. Ji called specifically to have Da Bao select some calligraphy or antiques from his collection as a birthday gift for Old Master Yang.
Nuonuo and Little Treasure hadn’t visited the Ji Family mansion to see Mr. Ji for several days, so they went with Da Bao to the mansion.
Nuonuo and Little Treasure weren’t interested in calligraphy or antiques. While Da Bao stayed in the collection room, Little Treasure and Nuonuo went to play in the garden.
"Young Master Little Treasure, the plums in the west side plum orchard are ripe. Do you and Miss Nuonuo want to pick some?"
Housekeeper Li was not young anymore, but he was still robust and sharp-minded, and remembered that Little Treasure and Nuonuo loved playing in the plum orchard.
"Really? Then let’s hurry!"
Little Treasure and Nuonuo loved eating plums, but the ones bought outside were mostly sour. The plums in Grandpa’s orchard were much larger and sweeter than those sold outside.
Little Treasure and Nuonuo asked Housekeeper Li to inform Da Bao in the collection room, while they rode a bicycle to the plum orchard.
By the time Da Bao had selected two calligraphy pieces from the abundance of precious collections, the young master and miss were lounging on the sofa eating plums.
The coffee table was laden with two fruit plates, filled with big, red plums.
"Brother, come and taste, it’s so sweet!"
Da Bao wasn’t particularly fond of plums, so he dismissed Nuonuo’s statement as an exaggeration. "Plums are all sour; how can they be sweet?"
"It’s true. Grandpa Li said these are all authentic Sanhua plums, which Grandpa had specially invited someone to plant."
Nuonuo spoke the truth. Two years ago, Mr. Ji, knowing Little Treasure and Nuonuo loved plums, had someone go to the origin and bring back some Sanhua plum trees to plant.
So, the plums on the fruit plates were indeed larger and redder than those seen in the fruit shops by Da Bao.
"Grandpa will spoil you both sooner or later!" Da Bao playfully kicked Little Treasure’s rear and pinched Nuonuo’s cheek.
"Even if Grandpa doesn’t spoil us, you would!" Nuonuo replied fearlessly.
Da Bao looked at her in surprise, "Nuonuo, I’ve noticed you’re getting more sharp-tongued."
The first few days back were fine, but ever since the two shared their thoughts, the little girl’s sharp-tongued nature had surfaced day by day.
Little Treasure glanced at Da Bao, "Tsk, Sister’s mouth has been sharpened for a long time. It’s just that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so you took a while to see the truth."
Da Bao shot a sidelong glance at him, "However, no matter how sharp Nuonuo’s mouth is, it’s still not a tenth as sharp as yours."
Nuonuo leaned over, picking the biggest, reddest one to hand to Da Bao, "Brother, come and try it. Little Treasure and I picked a lot. Let’s take some home later."
Da Bao took a bite and found it sweeter than he imagined, "Hmm, not bad. Grandpa Li, have someone pick two boxes tomorrow. We’ll bring some to our uncles in Beijing."
Housekeeper Li acknowledged and quickly instructed someone to pack the plums Little Treasure and Nuonuo picked.
"Brother, I’ve arranged to meet with Mr. Mai this afternoon for a screen test. Do you and Little Treasure want to come with me?"
Da Bao started coughing, clearly having choked.
Whether he was choked by the plum or Nuonuo’s words, only he knew.
"What did you say? A screen test?"
Da Bao thought the topic of the endorsement had already concluded, little knowing he had become naïve, influenced by Nuonuo.
"Yes, Mr. Mai just returned yesterday, so he arranged for today at 3 PM." Nuonuo continued eating her freshly picked plums, not minding Da Bao’s astonishment.
Indeed, Nuonuo had become more thoughtful about this.
Considering the family’s previous attitude, most likely they weren’t keen on her taking this endorsement again.
So, she contacted Mr. Mai in secret behind the family’s back. After a lot of persuasion, she finally convinced Mr. Mai to give her a fair screen test opportunity.
She also knew clearly that besides beating her competitor, she must also overcome her family, her imagined opponents in this situation. And to gain herself a chance, the most direct way was to let Brother watch her performance himself and listen firsthand to the opinions of the photographer and director.
Of course, if after the screen test she still lost to her competitor, proving that she was less skilled, she would have to accept not getting the endorsement.
Da Bao quickly realized he had taken things too lightly with Nuonuo, thinking she had forgotten about the endorsement since she was having so much fun and eating well.
Little did he know, this girl secretly contacted Mr. Mai behind the family’s back.
"Since that’s the case, I’ll go with you. Little Treasure, are you coming along?" When there’s no escape, face it bravely, handle it as it comes!
"I’m not going... I have an appointment to play tennis with a classmate in the afternoon."
This Ghost Spirit, Little Treasure, actually had no tennis appointment. He figured with his knee that Brother and Sister were seriously locking horns, so wisely chose to avoid it.
Hmph, he would not foolishly act as a whetstone for Brother and Sister’s confrontation!
Da Bao shot him a knowing glance, seeing through his intentions clearly.
"Alright, I’ll go with her."
Since he didn’t want to get involved, there was no need to force him.
After having lunch at the mansion, Da Bao had the mansion driver take Little Treasure home, while he took Nuonuo directly to the agreed location.
Zhang Ziweng was still accompanying Mr. Mai, and when she saw Da Bao, Zhang Ziweng felt slightly awkward.
In contrast, Da Bao greeted her and Mr. Mai naturally.
The photographer and director were the regulars for the brand, pointing and directing the staff for the setup at the moment. Da Bao recognized them and took the initiative to go up and greet them.
"Si Han, why is it only your brother accompanying you? Where are your daddy and mommy?"
Zhang Ziweng recalled the interaction with Da Bao a few days back, causing her forehead to throb.
In her view, the Ji Family’s young master was not someone to mess with. If she had known beforehand that only he would accompany Si Han, she definitely wouldn’t have agreed to come with Mr. Mai to support the scene.
"My daddy and mommy have to work, they naturally don’t have time to accompany me, and anyway, my brother’s opinion counts the most on this matter."
