Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 807 - 805: The So-Called Surprise (Second Update)
The daughter wanted to visit the son, and Le Tong naturally didn’t stop her. So, the next morning, Nuonuo was accompanied by Xiao Li as she flew to Da Bao in M City.
M City is the provincial capital of T Province, but in terms of urban appearance, it seems a bit inferior compared to R City.
The fact that Nuonuo was coming to M City to visit Da Bao was not communicated to Da Bao beforehand. The reason, of course, is that the little girl wanted to give her Brother a surprise.
Nuonuo sat in the car heading from the airport to the city center, curiously looking at the surroundings, "Uncle Xiao Li, where does Brother usually live?"
Xiao Li is regarded as a special assistant to Ji Rui and Da Bao, often running around, so he is quite familiar with matters on Da Bao’s side.
And Nuonuo, although Da Bao has been in M City for a period of time, she never came over to check on things, so she was completely unaware of the specifics.
"He lives in the employee dormitory on the top floor of the company. Don’t worry, it’s managed by specialists, and it’s convenient for eating and living."
Xiao Li gave the little girl a heads up in advance, so she wouldn’t feel unbalanced when she sees her Brother Da Bao living with ordinary employees in an ordinary dormitory.
"Oh..." Nuonuo tilted her head, resting on the window, pondering something. After a while, she turned her head to ask Xiao Li.
"Does Brother’s dorm have a kitchen?"
Xiao Li didn’t react immediately and nodded blankly, "There should be, I remember Young Master Da Bao lives in a one-bedroom apartment, there should be a kitchen."
Xiao Li occasionally stays here for a few days, but he always stays in studio apartments and has no need or desire to use the kitchen, so he hasn’t really noticed the facilities in the apartment.
"So can we buy some ingredients when we pass by the supermarket?"
Nuonuo’s cooking skills are not refined, but she has recently learned quite a few soup-making skills from Mommy. On the plane, she began planning to brew several kinds of delicious soups to nourish her hard-working Brother.
"Sure, there’s a supermarket near the company; we can get off early then."
Nuonuo indeed did her homework before coming. She navigated the supermarket proficiently, found the ingredients she needed, and in about ten minutes, emerged with a cart full of groceries. Xiao Li helped settle the bill and carried the ingredients out of the supermarket.
"Should we call Young Master Da Bao now?"
Even now, Da Bao does not know his beloved Nuonuo has arrived in M City.
"No, I’ll cook the soup in his dorm first, then I’ll go find him in his office, okay? Uncle Xiao Li, feel free to attend to your matters; don’t worry about me!"
Though Xiao Li is an elder, he couldn’t ignore Nuonuo’s words, so he helped her carry several large bags of ingredients, led her to Da Bao’s dorm, and went to attend to his own business.
Nuonuo escorted Xiao Li to the door, closed it, and without bothering to examine the layout and furnishings of the one-bedroom apartment, she went straight into the kitchen to find the pot for brewing soup. She processed the ingredients one by one and put them in the pot, waited for the water to boil, turned the heat down, and then left the kitchen to carefully inspect the small living space.
In her fixed mindset, a single man’s room is mostly messy.
But here, it was clean and tidy, and the living room was simply furnished. A gray sectional sofa and a coffee table faced a TV mounted on the opposite wall. Several pairs of shoes were neatly arranged on the shoe rack by the entryway. The white curtains were half-drawn, gently fluttering in the breeze, allowing a small patch of bright sunlight to stream in through the window, shining on the clean floor—a dazzling white.
Here, Nuonuo couldn’t find any traces of Brother’s presence, or more accurately, couldn’t find any traces of human presence—it was so clean that it showed no signs of life.
She twisted the handle of the only room’s door and discovered it was locked.
Nuonuo pulled open the drawer beneath the coffee table, hoping to find a spare key, but was disappointed.
During the process of waiting for the soup to be ready, Nuonuo found rice in the kitchen, rinsed it, and placed it in the rice cooker. Following the method Mommy taught her last night, she marinated the ribs with soy sauce and other seasonings, waiting till the rice was almost cooked before pouring the marinated ribs into the rice cooker.
Mommy said that the rib rice made in the rice cooker not only tastes good but is also easy to make, perfect for someone like her who wants to please Brother but lacks cooking skills.
The rice cooker soon emitted a rich fragrance of meat and rice mixed together, and at this time, the soup in the pot was almost ready. Nuonuo took a spoon, tasted it, and felt satisfied with her culinary skills, then she turned off the heat, took the dormitory key, and headed out.
She had asked very clearly earlier, Brother’s office is on the sixth floor.
As Nuonuo stepped out of the elevator, a woman in her twenties, dressed in business attire, approached her, "Miss, who are you looking for?"
Nuonuo smiled at her amiably, "I’m looking for Ji Yu."
The woman looked Nuonuo up and down, "You’re looking for Manager Ji? Do you have an appointment?"
Nuonuo was taken aback; did she need an appointment to visit her Brother?
"No, I’m his Sister."
Nuonuo thought that just saying she was Ji Yu’s Sister would allow her to pass freely, but unexpectedly, that woman frowned, looking at her skeptically.
"Sister? I’m sorry, Manager Ji never mentioned anything. How about you sit here and wait, I’ll call inside and ask?"
Originally, the woman was executing a perfectly normal procedure, but Nuonuo wanted to surprise her Brother, and if this call was made, there would be no surprise left.
"Sister, no need to bother, I’ll find him myself!"
Nuonuo waved her phone, swiftly dialed the number.
"Hello, Uncle Xiao Li, I’m at the lobby on the sixth floor. Can you come over? Don’t let my Brother know, okay!"
Although Nuonuo has never mixed in the workplace, she knows that Uncle Xiao Li is not only their driver but also an executive at Ji Family, surely not a small character here.
Sure enough, when Xiao Li rushed over excitedly, the woman who tried to block Nuonuo respectfully greeted him, "Hello, Director Li!"
"Xiao Zhang, this is Manager Ji’s Sister. If she comes looking for Manager Ji in the future, nobody needs to intervene."
Xiao Zhang instantly looked panicked and quickly turned to apologize cautiously to Nuonuo, "Miss Ji, I’m terribly sorry, I didn’t know..."
Nuonuo actually didn’t mean to blame her, as after all, this is a workplace, and there should be work protocols.
"Sister, no need for apologies. I put you in a tough spot, sorry!"
After speaking with Xiao Zhang, Nuonuo sprinted toward the office labeled as Manager’s room that Xiao Li pointed out.
"Director Li, Miss Ji shouldn’t bear grudges, right?" Xiao Zhang anxiously watched the swiftly departing figure, feeling uneasy.
"What are you saying? She’s just a little girl, doesn’t have many thoughts, it’s fine. Go back to work, just remember this for the future."
Over there, Nuonuo ran to the office door, composed herself, and twisted the door handle, pushing it open, "Brother!"
After a joyful call out, the little girl who was eager to see Brother was suddenly petrified, her expression complex, frozen outside the door!
