Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 784 - 782: Underestimated Their Own Appeal (Second Update)
After seeing off Si Jun and Little Treasure, Da Bao and Nuonuo returned to their normal lives.
Nuonuo scored well on her middle school exams, but after entering this top tier high school, she felt a pressure she had never experienced before.
She didn’t dare to mention it to her family or Da Bao, but she did bring it up to Si Jun.
"You used to attend a private school, which was more humane in its teaching approach. Here, the traditional education method is used, so it’s normal for you to feel uncomfortable. You’ll probably get used to it soon."
Si Jun’s words did reassure Nuonuo a bit. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
But comfort is one thing; the immense pressure made her unwilling to relax even a little. While other students finish school at five o’clock, she often stayed until nearly six, simply because she felt she was lagging in some subjects, especially mathematics.
The math class representative in her class always left at six. After noticing, she started staying too, taking out her math homework for the day, asking this math representative for help with things she didn’t understand.
Since starting high school, Da Bao had personally been picking her up and dropping her off. That day, as usual, Da Bao waited outside the school gate after five o’clock, using the waiting time to take out his laptop and deal with work.
He was now with the Ji Family, moving like a guerrilla, staying wherever manpower was needed for a period. Le Tong and Ji Rui didn’t have much to say about this, obviously trusting Da Bao enough.
In fact, Da Bao’s current situation was a tedious job, but he enjoyed it.
Handling part of the emails in his box, Da Bao noticed it was almost six o’clock. Used to the habit of Nuonuo coming out at six sharp, Da Bao closed his laptop and got out of the car.
Just as he closed the car door and looked up, he saw Nuonuo with a backpack approaching the school gate, accompanied by a stranger Da Bao had never seen before.
The boy was half a head taller than Nuonuo, with a cultured demeanor, wearing rimless glasses. His fair and delicate face exuded a faint scholarly aura.
Without thinking, Da Bao raised his eyebrows and strode towards the two.
"Han Han!"
For some reason, Da Bao subconsciously changed his address. Upon hearing this, both Nuonuo and Da Bao himself were taken aback.
"Brother!"
Nuonuo, suddenly snapping back to her senses, waved at him with a smile, quickening her pace noticeably.
The polite boy beside her saw Da Bao and nodded with a smile.
"Who is this?"
Da Bao’s intuition was always accurate; anyone who naturally triggered his radar was definitely not some incompetent junior.
"Brother, he’s the math class representative in our class, Guo Yuhang." She then introduced him to Guo Yuhang, "Yu Hang, this is my brother."
"Hello, Brother Ji!"
After courteously greeting Da Bao, Guo Yuhang noticed his family waiting nearby, said goodbye to Da Bao and Nuonuo, and quickly ran towards his family.
"Does he also leave at six every day like you?"
Da Bao naturally knew that Nuonuo’s normal school end time was five o’clock, but Nuonuo said she wanted to complete some homework at school and could ask classmates staying late for help.
Da Bao never doubted Nuonuo’s diligence or questioned it, but after seeing Guo Yuhang, thoughts began to swirl in Da Bao’s head. Was the reason the young girl stayed so late purely for homework, or was it for someone?
"Him? Probably even later. Today his family arrived early, so he came out with me."
The young girl didn’t know her brother was secretly musing again, answered bluntly, opened the car door, and sat down on the passenger seat.
Da Bao stuffed her backpack into the back seat, returned to the driver’s seat, and started the car to leave.
"Are there many people in your class who are as diligent as you?" Da Bao asked skillfully, revealing no hint of interrogation to Nuonuo, who was now utterly unguarded.
"Not many, just a few really."
Da Bao was relatively satisfied with this answer.
"You used to be especially scared of math, do you have a common language with that Guo Yuhang?"
Judging by her lively and engaged demeanor just now with that boy, it seemed far beyond simply sharing a common language.
"Brother, you still remember I’m afraid of math? Well... I’m still very scared now, so I cheekily ask Guo Yuhang for help."
Nuonuo tilted her head in thought for a moment, "I wouldn’t say we have a common language; I feel he doesn’t really want to talk to me. But his method of solving problems is really simple and easy to understand, so I pester him to teach me!"
Nuonuo assumed Guo Yuhang didn’t particularly like dealing with her because, like today, when they left the classroom together, she was the one constantly initiating conversation from start to finish.
Of course, she didn’t like to be ignored deliberately, but since he patiently explained questions to her normally, with both walking together, it would be awkward if the atmosphere was too cold.
"Really, he doesn’t want to talk to you..." Da Bao thought deeply, glancing at the young girl.
Thinking to himself, silly Nuonuo, you’re underestimating your own allure!
"Of course, someone like him, a top student, wouldn’t see a failure like me!"
It wasn’t that Nuonuo was undervaluing herself, but compared to other subjects, her math scores were truly terrible.
"Silly, how can someone who gets into No. 1 High School be a failure? Since he doesn’t want to deal with you, don’t bother him for help; if you don’t understand anything, I’ll teach you."
Da Bao naturally had this confidence, easily surpassing the class representative in terms of grades and learning methods to problem-solving.
Plus, honestly, his darling girl could cling to him; why should that glasses-wearing boy give his darling a cold shoulder?
However, he couldn’t quite understand why the girl didn’t cling to him for homework help anymore, preferring him as her study buddy every day to the point of wishing they slept side by side. Now that their relationship had become closer than ever, why did this dependency diminish?
"Brother, you’re so busy, how can I trouble you to teach me often? Anyway, these problems aren’t too difficult, classmates can help me too."
Nuonuo’s reliance on Da Bao hadn’t disappeared. But she understood Da Bao better now. She wouldn’t, like before, disregard everything just for her Dear Brother to accompany her.
From seeing her brother bringing work home every day, Nuonuo knew his work was complex and messy, with many tricky issues. She couldn’t truly help him but also didn’t want to inconvenience him more.
Therefore, with difficult homework problems she could solve on her own, she didn’t want to bring them home and unnecessarily disturb her brother.
