Nuonuo’s foot injury wasn’t severe; by the sixth day, she could walk freely. The family spent a whole week out, and only returned ho on Sunday night.
Usually, after dinner, the family would sit in the living room and chat, but today, Da Bao unusually returned to his room right after dinner.
Ji Rui and Le Tong also found their work piled up after being away for a week, so after playing with Nuonuo and Little Treasure for a while, they went to the study to work together.
Since Da Bao started handling so of the Ji Family’s work, his bedroom was partitioned with a screen to form a work area, equipped with all necessary office supplies.
Nuonuo, who was the most attached to him, just assud her brother had work to attend to and didn’t dare disturb him. She quietly sat in a corner of the living room practicing the piano.
Since that day when Zhang Ziweng left, the family hasn’t ntioned the endorsent and contract in front of Nuonuo, but her heart grew increasingly uneasy.
She was unsure whether she feared her family would change their minds last minute or if she was afraid of not doing well.
Normally, when Nuonuo practiced piano, her mind was free of distractions, but today, her head was filled with random thoughts, until Little Treasure, playing in the foyer, shouted, "Sister, it sounds awful, can’t you be serious?!"
Nuonuo simply put the piano away, sat cross-legged on the floor, and quietly fell into thought.
Actually, Nuonuo wasn’t sure why she was so determined to take on this endorsent.
Of course, Little Treasure going to help at her brother’s company was certainly one reason, but besides that, there seed to be so other reasons she herself hadn’t figured out.
Perhaps, she didn’t want her family and brother to look down on her, when even a ten-year-old kid like Little Treasure could contribute to the family, why couldn’t she, the sister, do anything useful?
She naturally couldn’t compare with her brothers’ intelligence, a reality she had learned to accept calmly a few years ago.
But does everything in this world depend solely on intelligence?
Can’t things also be decided by other different talents and skills or through effort?!
At this ti, Nuonuo hadn’t figured it out. Her actions were rely an attempt to prove to her family and outsiders that even if she didn’t have a smart mind, she could still accomplish so things her peers couldn’t by being proactive and working hard.
And her persistence this ti was more driven by her subconscious.
anwhile, Da Bao, who returned to his room right after dinner, wasn’t busy with work but was discussing Nuonuo’s endorsent terms with the Ji Family’s legal advisor.
The legal advisor’s surna was Lei; he had previously worked as a legal advisor in an entertainnt company, so within a day, he drafted the contract terms roughly as Da Bao wanted.
Da Bao carefully reviewed each clause and instructed Lawyer Lei to revise any unreasonable parts.
After going over the details for two or three hours, Da Bao was still sowhat unsatisfied when he heard a knock on the door.
"Brother, Mommy made so snow frog with rock candy. You should eat it before continuing to work."
Usually, Nuonuo wouldn’t knock when entering, but she did this ti as she assud her brother was working.
Da Bao minimized the contract docunt, "Co in."
With that, he stood up, stretched, and walked over with large strides to take the tray from Nuonuo’s hands.
"Brother, are you busy?" Nuonuo looked up at him with a small face filled with concern.
Her gaze reminded Da Bao of sothing familiar, similar to how Mommy looked at Daddy after he had a busy day.
Uh, what am I thinking!!
Da Bao forcibly moved his gaze away, suppressing the thoughts that popped into his head and the inexplicable emotions in his heart.
Since that night when he woke up on Nuonuo’s bed, he found himself increasingly unable to control his heartbeat and bodily reactions.
"It’s late, you should go to sleep."
Da Bao held the tray in one hand and pinched Nuonuo’s cheek with the other.
"Brother, I..."
"Go to sleep, I still have so work to do!" Da Bao insisted on turning away, even forgetting the goodnight kiss he had never missed for years.
Feeling so blatantly ignored, Nuonuo was deeply saddened, though she attributed her brother’s aloofness to work, it still made her feel uncomfortable.
"Brother, let give you a massage."
The little girl, feeling unwell due to being ignored, followed Da Bao eagerly into the small partitioned room.
Da Bao, who was initially seated in the chair, stiffened upon hearing her offer!
For Da Bao, the little girl’s considerate massage should have been heartwarming and delightful.
But because of that night’s experience, Da Bao’s scalp tingled at just hearing those words!
He knew sothing about himself was different, but he hadn’t yet fully ascertained what that difference was.
Before he was certain, or rather, before he made up his mind, he didn’t even dare to engage much with Nuonuo.
Psychologically, he naturally longed for such contact.
After all, Nuonuo was his treasure, and they had been close for eleven years.
But physiologically, he dared not easily try touching her again.
His body was gradually feeling less like his own, often having abnormal reactions due to Nuonuo.
He thought he would get used to it after trying a few tis and return to normal. But reality told him his symptoms were worsening. Just now, her one look of concern made his heart race, breathing rapid, and palms sweaty.
"I have a video eting with others, be good, you should go to sleep first, I’ll go to the gym later to massage myself."
The Ji Family’s gym was well equipped; selain treadmill type for exercise, it also had massage chairs and massage beds to relieve fatigue.
Nuonuo stopped, her face filled with disappointnt.
"Okay then... brother, don’t tire yourself out, I’ll go sleep first."
While speaking, she moved forward a step, intending to give Da Bao a goodnight kiss as usual.
But Da Bao waved her off, turned back to face the computer screen.
Nuonuo was sowhat stunned, staring at Da Bao’s unmoving back for a long while before hanging her head down and dejectedly saying, "Goodnight, brother..."
Da Bao was tense all over, instinctively holding his breath. Though his eyes were on the screen, he couldn’t read a word until he heard the door close. Only then did he let out a long breath, collapsing onto the desk with a thud.
In truth, though he had never been in a relationship, he had experienced the surges of adolescence in boys two or three years earlier, so he couldn’t possibly not understand what had happened to him that night!
But precisely because he understood, he deliberately avoided it, fooling himself into believing it was just an accident that night!
After all, he was more aware than anyone that she was his sister!
Yes, Ji Sihan, she is his sister Ji Yu, a sister only eleven years old, who relies on and trusts him imnsely!
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