Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 799 - 797: Won’t Let Him Off Easily (Part 1)
Mr. Mai was seated two or three seats away from Si Han, so he could only hear the reporters’ questions and Ning Yan and Si Han’s respective answers, completely unaware of the ambiguous gestures Ning Yan made towards Si Han.
Just from Ning Yan’s responses, Mr. Mai didn’t sense anything unusual.
It wasn’t until he saw a commotion among the reporters and heard Si Han suddenly shift focus entirely onto the designer that he felt a jolt. Looking up, he saw Ji Yu standing not far away, lips pursed, face stern, eyes cool as they stared in Ning Yan’s direction, and he silently thought this was bad.
Seeing the situation take a wrong turn, Mr. Mai quickly stood up and naturally picked up where Si Han left off, steering the conversation towards the designer and the style of this season’s fashion.
The reporters followed his lead, shifting their attention to other models and designers. Mr. Mai lowered his head and secretly sent a message to the designer with the last name Dai, inquiring about what just happened. The reply was a simple and concise text.
Mr. Mai carefully read the text and mentally cursed Ning Yan’s ancestors, relieved that the situation hadn’t spiraled out of control. Wiping his forehead, he breathed a sigh of relief.
To Mr. Mai, Si Han was like a landmine; everything was calm when not stepped on, but accidentally stepping on it would have devastating consequences.
And he himself had always been exceedingly careful to avoid this landmine, striving only to maximize Si Han’s commercial value. Yet, Ning Yan, that kid, even after being warned multiple times not to provoke Si Han, chose this public occasion to stir trouble.
Although the media attention had currently shifted, Mr. Mai still worried secretly for Ning Yan, hoping Young Master Ji would be magnanimous and not take it too seriously; otherwise, Ning Yan would definitely face serious consequences.
Mr. Mai’s worry was not unfounded because, once the press conference ended, Ji Yu came over with an excuse of having other matters to take Si Han away.
Ji Yu did not confront Ning Yan or Mr. Mai on the spot; he simply held Si Han with a cold expression as he left, not giving Mr. Mai a chance to explain.
As soon as the siblings left, Mr. Mai pulled Ning Yan to the side and sternly scolded him.
"Ning Yan, is your brain filled with grass? Haven’t I told you not to provoke Si Han?"
Ning Yan looked at him defiantly, "Mr. Mai, I didn’t provoke her. As her senior and partner, my behavior wasn’t improper!"
Mr. Mai, after hurriedly returning backstage, had quickly found and watched that segment of the video. The way Ning Yan looked at Si Han and his actions could easily lead to misunderstandings, explaining why the reporters were so excited and why Young Master Ji’s face was so grim at the time.
"Ning Yan, I’ll tell you once more, don’t provoke Si Han! I’ll try my best to smooth things over this time and see if the media can cut that ambiguous segment from the video. As for whether Young Master Ji will let you off, I can’t guarantee!"
Mr. Mai gave Ning Yan a good dressing-down before picking up the phone to call the entertainment editors of major media outlets.
The response was, "Mr. Mai, rest assured, we will cut that segment of the video."
A matter thought to be very difficult to handle was surprisingly easily resolved, making Mr. Mai suspect that the media people might be giving face not to him but to the Ji Family.
Mr. Mai wasn’t wrong; even before the press conference ended, Ji Yu had already called the major media outlets, asking them to block certain news and cut related reports and videos.
After doing all this, even though he knew what happened at the press conference wouldn’t cause any substantial impact on Si Han, Ji Yu still couldn’t rest easy letting Si Han have too much contact with Ning Yan. As soon as the press conference ended, finding any excuse, he took Si Han away from backstage.
"Brother..."
In the elevator, Si Han cautiously tugged on Ji Yu’s arm. Knowing her Big Brother well, she was aware that Ning Yan’s affectionate act had angered him.
"I’m fine..." Ji Yu suppressed his displeasure, raising a hand to gently touch her face, soothing her softly.
Nuonuo’s reaction earlier was very smart and wise, skillfully avoiding Ning Yan’s subtle advances and smoothly steering the conversation away. Therefore, he never intended to blame her.
As for Ning Yan, whether he genuinely had an interest in Nuonuo or was trying to use her for publicity, Da Bao would not let him off easily!
"Hungry? What would you like to eat? I’ll take you to eat!"
Originally, the celebratory banquet offered plenty of delicious food, but Ji Yu clearly wasn’t in the mood to stay there anymore.
"I want Chinese food..."
Strictly speaking, having been away from home for a few days, Nuonuo missed her mom’s cooking.
"Then let’s go home to eat!"
There were Chinese restaurants along the way, but to a foodie like Da Bao, rather than eating unauthentic Chinese food, he’d rather go home and eat noodles.
Nuonuo thought that when Da Bao mentioned going home to eat, he meant that the nanny had already prepared dinner.
Unexpectedly, upon returning home, the nanny looked surprised. "Young Master Yu, have you had dinner yet?"
Da Bao shook his head, "Not yet!"
The nanny quickly turned around, seemingly about to prepare dinner for the siblings.
"Auntie, you can rest; I’ll do it myself."
"You’re not tired? How can I let you do that?" The nanny hesitated.
"It’s nothing, Si Han and I will just make something quickly."
Saying so, Da Bao took off his tie, rolled up his sleeves, and extended his hand, leading a bewildered Nuonuo from the living room into the kitchen.
"Hurry and see, what do you want to eat?" Da Bao opened the fridge door, pulling Nuonuo over to let her choose. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Nuonuo glanced at the fridge packed full, "Anything is fine?"
Da Bao placed his hand on her waist, gently squeezing, smiling, "As long as we have the ingredients and you’re willing to wait, everything is fine!"
Nuonuo couldn’t help but swallow, her stomach indeed growling, unable to wait any longer.
"Bacon and corn fried rice, ham with two eggs, seaweed egg drop soup, is that okay?"
Da Bao observed Nuonuo’s hungry look, quickly listing a simple menu suited to her taste.
Nuonuo nodded, "Okay!"
This morning, she only had a box of milk with two slices of toast; now she was starving.
"Here, you sit!"
Da Bao pulled a high stool over behind him and lifted her onto it.
"Ah? Wasn’t I supposed to help?"
Nuonuo struggled to get down, but Da Bao held her with one hand, taking a small cake from the cabinet and putting it in her hand.
"Sit there obediently and eat this to appease your stomach first."
Da Bao was hungry himself, but he didn’t mind; after handing the cake to Nuonuo, he rolled up his sleeves and started preparing dinner for his little princess.
