Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 811 - 809: One-of-a-Kind Love Soup (Part 2)
Da Bao quickly finished the ice slush in his cup, efficiently tidied up, and saw Nuonuo lazily lounging on the sofa when he came out.
"Are you going back to sleep?" Da Bao asked with concern.
"No, I’ll go to work with you."
Nuonuo didn’t want her Brother to skip work just because she came, although she did wish he could take a good rest. But the Ji Family has always been very responsible, and they would never put work aside for leisure.
Carrying her backpack, Nuonuo obediently followed Da Bao back to the office. Xiao Zhang, who was very considerate, specially brought some fruit and juice inside, saying that she bought it for Miss Ji during her lunch break.
Nuonuo politely thanked her, and as Xiao Zhang was about to say something, Da Bao handed over a few documents, "Miss Zhang, could you please translate these documents and hand them to me by five this afternoon?"
Xiao Zhang timidly took the documents, glanced through them, and her face immediately changed. She left quickly with the documents clutched to her chest, looking distressed.
Nuonuo, with her sharp eyes, watched the office door close and started getting curious, "Brother, that sister was so nice to me, why did you give her a hard time?"
Da Bao glared at her, "Tsk, I wonder who was just now stirring up a whole room of jealousy. What, a cup of juice and some fruits bought you over?"
Nuonuo shot him a look back, "Brother, there’s a difference. Xiao Zhang is Xiao Zhang, she has nothing to do with that woman."
Da Bao picked up a piece of scrap paper, balled it up, aimed it at her face, and threw it over, "You silly, do you think I just make accusations randomly? She is best friends with the Sales Department Manager. Originally, I did not have any appointment with that woman. It was because she suddenly called saying there was something special to report, which is why I let her in."
Da Bao is always very organized and efficient at work, and unless something unexpected happens, he never disrupts his work plan. Xiao Zhang, who had worked under him for a few months, couldn’t have been unaware of his habits, yet she still let that woman into his office.
Moreover, the work that the woman reported, in Da Bao’s view, was nothing but trivial matters. At that time, he was already feeling impatient and dissatisfied with her report. With a bit of thought, one could figure out what that woman was plotting.
Initially, Da Bao would indicate or explicitly state to those female colleagues or subordinates who approached him with ulterior motives that he was already taken and would not entertain any other female interest.
But that woman did not take the usual route, directly and bluntly attempting to seduce him through actions without any verbal insinuations. Such behavior was utterly disdainful in his eyes.
In Da Bao’s view, there’s nothing wrong with liking or admiring someone, after all, liking someone is a wonderful thing.
However, liking someone is not just a one-person affair. You like him, he likes you back, that’s mutual affection leading to mutual happiness.
Only having one-sided affection is not wrong. You can confess, you can demand fair competition, but you shouldn’t resort to disgraceful actions to fulfill your liking.
As for that Sales Department Manager, Da Bao had already instructed Xiao Li to find some excuse to reassign her.
A woman who uses work as a weapon to pursue a male superior is someone who doesn’t distinguish between public and private matters. Da Bao believed she simply didn’t deserve to hold that position.
"Is Xiao Zhang that woman’s accomplice?"
Nuonuo felt quite uncomfortable, immediately put the juice back on the coffee table, and got up to pour a cup of water.
"Whether she’s an accomplice or not, I don’t know. Nonetheless, I won’t keep such people around me." Someone like Xiao Zhang, who also can’t separate work and personal feelings, even if she’s unknowingly being used, does not deserve sympathy or forgiveness.
"Are you going to fire her?"
Having never tumbled around in the workplace, Nuonuo felt her Brother was making a big fuss out of a small issue.
"No, but I will transfer her to another position."
In business as in war, Da Bao naturally wouldn’t keep someone with such low loyalty near him.
However, he felt that such matters were not necessary for the innocent Nuonuo to know.
"Nuonuo, I’m thirsty, make me a cup of tea."
Nuonuo’s attention was immediately diverted, and she turned to look at him, "Where do you keep the tea leaves?"
"In the cabinet right next to you." Da Bao pointed to the storage closet in front of her, "Fourth shelf on the left side."
Nuonuo opened the cabinet door and saw it was full of tea cans, unable to decide for the moment, "What kind of tea do you want to drink?"
"Anything is fine. I’ve been feeling a bit overheated these days, something cooling would be nice."
So Nuonuo brewed him a cup of Biluochun, carefully brought it to him, watching as he gently blew on it and took a sip.
"I bought some monk fruit; I’ll make you some ba wang hua luo han guo soup tonight. It’s good for cooling and nourishing your lungs."
Da Bao had only mentioned it casually, but seeing Nuonuo’s serious demeanor, his heart was filled with delight.
"Heh, you seem to know a lot!"
Joking outwardly, yet inwardly feeling as if he’d drunk the sweetest honey.
One must know, Nuonuo was not even sixteen yet. At this age, girls tend to enjoy playing, coupled with their heavy academic workload, Da Bao originally didn’t dare to hope she would spare much thought for him.
For Da Bao, being able to stay by her side, watching and waiting for her to grow up slowly, in the capacity of her brother and lover was already an unexpected great joy.
And this little girl, who originally couldn’t even cook, didn’t see him as purely someone to rely on but rather made an effort to come all the way from R City to cook him fragrant pork ribs rice and stew a whole pot of nourishing soup. Apparently, her feelings for him were as deep as his for her, so deep that they couldn’t be separated, right?
Da Bao was not someone awkward with words, but he wasn’t the type to constantly express his affection verbally. He believed that liking and love were not spoken but shown through actions.
The little girl probably wouldn’t realize the extent of his emotion and joy when he lifted the pot lid in the kitchen. At that moment, he even had an urge to immediately marry her into his family.
Although the little girl was already part of the Ji Family as his sister, what he truly longed for was for her to become Ji Yu’s other half, not just in formality, but in a relationship protected by law.
"I pestered mom to teach me all night last night... but it’s my first time doing it, even if it turns out not to taste good, you must give it a try!"
Feeling uncomfortable with his teasing, and fearful that he might have high expectations, Nuonuo subtly set the stage in advance.
Da Bao reached out to pull her onto his lap, "Don’t worry, it will definitely taste good."
"Ah? Why?" Nuonuo asked wide-eyed, puzzled.
"Because it’s a soup made with love just for me, unique in the world, how can it not be good?"
