The new sester is the last one in elentary school for Nuonuo and Little Treasure. Naturally, the teacher is more nervous than usual, and the workload has increased significantly.
Little Treasure remains as pressure-free as ever, and Nuonuo already heard from Mommy that after the sumr break, Little Treasure would skip a grade directly to ninth grade, effectively no longer being in the sa grade as her.
Nuonuo knows she can’t compete with Little Treasure, but she also can’t allow herself to fall too far behind him.
After Da Bao started living at school, Nuonuo worked even harder than usual. The first month-end exam after school started, her total score in three subjects entered the top twenty in her grade for the first ti, ranking sixth in her class.
After receiving her report card, Nuonuo imdiately called her brother to share the good news. Da Bao hurried ho from school that evening, saying he wanted to celebrate with Nuonuo.
Da Bao ca to pick her up from school, carrying a teddy bear as tall as Nuonuo. Nuonuo was ecstatic, hugging the bear but also wanting to hug her brother. Her arms were too short to hug both at once, so she hesitated for a mont. She shoved the bear into Little Treasure’s arms and then opened her arms wide to hug her brother tightly, whom she hadn’t seen in nearly a month.
"Brother, I want to keep working hard and aim to be in the top ten by the graduation exam!"
Da Bao looked at the little girl’s slightly thinner but determined face and felt a pang of heartache.
He raised his hand to smooth her hair gently and said softly, "Silly girl, grades can’t be eaten, why work so hard?"
With her determined personality, always living in the shadows of him and Little Treasure, it must be very tiring for her!
At this mont, Da Bao would rather she never grow up, staying forever in that carefree state of a six or seven-year-old; those days were probably her happiest tis.
"Brother, I want to be your junior!"
Once in the car, Nuonuo finally revealed the reason for her hard work.
"You’ve always been my junior!" Da Bao smiled and pinched her cheek. The little girl had lost weight in the past month, but she seed to have grown taller.
"I an as your junior in university!"
Nuonuo had a naive expression but spoke with absolute determination.
"Well, Nuonuo, do your best!" Da Bao didn’t want to discourage the little girl.
For him and Little Treasure, attending R University was a choice; for Nuonuo, it was a matter of ability.
"Sister, you really lack ambition. I want to attend B University for college, don’t you want to join ?" Little Treasure, though younger than Nuonuo, always had clearer plans for his future.
He might always seem carefree like a young master who doesn’t care about anything, but his ambitions and thoughts were not inferior to Da Bao’s back then.
Nuonuo hugged Da Bao’s arm and rolled her eyes, "I don’t want to be your junior; I want to be Brother’s junior."
Little Treasure first showed a hurt expression, then waved his hand as if he didn’t care.
"Fine, whatever, be whoever’s junior you like."
Da Bao amusingly rubbed Little Treasure’s head, "What’s wrong? Is the little Flower Guardian feeling unbalanced?"
Little Treasure huffed, lowered his head to play his ga, and couldn’t be bothered with brother and sister anymore.
Nuonuo let go of Da Bao’s arm and hugged Little Treasure’s head instead, "Little Treasure, without as your little tail, you can do whatever you want."
Little Treasure looked at her with a sideways glance, "Hmph!"
Da Bao seed to have heard an incredible secret and leaned in gossipingly, "Nuonuo, tell Brother, what’s Little Treasure planning?"
Little Treasure snorted again, "Mind your own business!"
Da Bao tapped his nose, "Tsk tsk, whose charming little boy is this? So cute!"
"Brother, Little Treasure has a little girlfriend..."
Before Nuonuo could finish, Little Treasure covered her mouth with one hand, glaring fiercely at her, "Sister, stop talking nonsense."
Da Bao wasn’t surprised at all; after all, though his brother was only eleven, his intelligence and emotional quotient were likely higher than those of fifteen or sixteen-year-olds, so it’s not strange to have a girl he likes.
What intrigued him was, what kind of girl could capture the heart of this little demon king?
"Nuonuo, co here, secretly tell Brother, who is Little Treasure’s little girlfriend?"
Little Treasure turned to glare at Da Bao, "Brother, are you believing what Sister is saying?"
Da Bao chuckled mischievously, "Of course, I believe! Who doesn’t know how handso and smart our Little Treasure is? Is it not normal for a girl to like him?!"
Little Treasure withdrew his hand from Nuonuo’s mouth and pointed at Da Bao’s nose instead.
"Brother, you’re also handso and smart. Why don’t you have a girlfriend?"
Da Bao was montarily stunned but quickly regained his smile, "Because Brother hasn’t t soone he likes yet!"
Little Treasure glanced at him, "Yes, just like you, many girls like , but I haven’t t soone I like yet either."
He said, tilting his gaze to Nuonuo, "So, Sister, stop spreading rumors about , or I won’t tutor you anymore!"
Nuonuo stuck out her tongue and made a face, "I saw you holding her hand the day before yesterday, I thought you liked her too."
Little Treasure sighed in exasperation, "You dummy! She tripped, hurt her toe and it was bleeding, I was just kindly helping her to the school nurse."
Embarrassed by her misunderstanding, Nuonuo giggled sheepishly. The two little fools cuddled together joking and laughing while Da Bao watched them with a smile, yet there was a tinge of inexplicable sadness in his heart.
If he could, he would love to watch these two little fools playing and bickering every day...
Da Bao said he’d help Nuonuo celebrate, and the next day he really took Nuonuo and Little Treasure to a the park.
It was Saturday, and the the park was crowded. After playing a series of thrilling rides, Nuonuo and Little Treasure clamored to ride the pirate ship. The weather was a bit chilly, and Da Bao worried his younger siblings might catch a cold. He hesitated for a mont, but Little Treasure had already pulled Nuonuo onto the ship.
"Brother, I’m taking Sister to play, you wait for us here."
Now, Little Treasure stood protectively beside Nuonuo, looking more like a guardian than ever before.
Da Bao hesitated slightly, but the ship had already left the dock. He stood on the shore, watching the figures of his brother and sister fade into the distance.
On the ship, the two little ones were excitedly whispering as they donned life vests, and perhaps Little Treasure said sothing funny because Nuonuo laughed loudly, her clear laughter echoing back to Da Bao from across the lake.
"Little Treasure, take good care of Sister!" Da Bao shouted loudly to the silhouettes on the lake.
Little Treasure turned his head to wave at him, "I know! Brother, go enjoy yourself; we’ll call you later!"
Although the two had played this adventurous ride before, Da Bao still felt uneasy, slowly walking along the dry path towards the exit.
As he walked, he mocked himself internally, thinking as a brother, he was no different than a parent, and he would never change the habit of following these two little imps around for the rest of his life.
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