Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

Chapter 107: Dowry of Million

"Xiao Rui, come to the restaurant in Yanchi. Your uncle and second uncle are here today."

Xue Rui received another call while on the way.

"I didn't know to say it earlier."

Xue Rui muttered to himself, he was almost home.

When he arrived at the entrance of the restaurant, Xue Rui saw from afar his father greeting people at the door and chatting with some familiar-looking relatives.

A middle-aged woman smiled and greeted him:
"Xiao Rui, you've grown up so much now? Do you still recognize who I am?"

Xue Rui's face twitched. Who the hell is this relative?
"Aunt, of course I remember. You held me in your arms when I was a child. I remember it clearly." Xue Rui said with a smile.

He couldn't remember, but he looked about 40 years old, so he just made it up.

He approached Xue Jianfeng and asked quietly, "Dad, who is she?"

Xue Jianfeng glanced at her and said, "Your second uncle's daughter-in-law."

Xue Rui smacked his lips a few times. It was useless to ask. They only saw each other a few times in a year, and he would have almost forgotten about her by the next time they met.

With so many people coming today, it feels like Chinese New Year.

"Everyone is inside, come in." Xue Jianfeng invited everyone to go in.

Just as Xue Rui was about to go in, his shoulders were suddenly held.

Xue Jianfeng smiled and said, "You did a good job, you even knew to give gifts to Lao Gu. I won't bother with you about taking the cigarettes before."

"I didn't take the cigarettes. My uncle asked me to take them." Xue Rui decisively passed the buck.

"I heard from your mother that you are often with a girl named Lin Ruoxi?" Xue Jianfeng asked indirectly.

"Dad, you didn't even approve the money for dating, why are you asking so many questions?" Xue Rui retorted.

"I don't care how you play, you have to choose to take care of the family. If you can't get into college, there's no need to work hard." Xue Jianfeng said with a smile.

Xue Rui frowned. What was he talking about?

He's only in the second year of high school, and his dad is planning to let him live off him?
"Gu Muxue is a family-oriented person. Lin Ruoxi is the most family-oriented girl I have ever met. She can do everything from washing clothes to cooking." Xue Rui muttered in his heart.

He felt that both of them were "family-oriented".

In fact, he could understand Xue Jianfeng's idea. The two families knew each other well and had such a close relationship. Xue Jianfeng must want to become in-laws with Gu Qingshan.

The point is, Gu Muxue's family does have abundant resources, which is a shortcut in life for him. No matter what he does in the future, he will have the support of his elders behind him.

But Xue Jianfeng looked down on him too much. What did he mean by he couldn't get into university?
Besides, if he really couldn't get into college, how could he pursue Mr. Gu's daughter?

Would a highly educated family accept a son-in-law with only a high school education?

At the dinner table, the whole family sat together. Xue Rui couldn't remember the names of many people, but today they were all family members, so it was always right to call them uncle and aunt.

There were a few children at the table next to them, and Xue Rui didn't recognize them at all.

"Uncle, how are you feeling? Is there anything you should avoid eating?"

"Haha, you've grown so big."

"Uncle, what do you want to drink?"

"Little boy, do you want some cake? I'll get it for you."

“I want strawberry.”

……

Xue Rui had almost no contact with these relatives, but today he had to give face to his father, so he entertained everyone warmly.

"Let Xiao Rui greet you. The restaurant is very busy today as it is a holiday. Excuse me." Xue Jianfeng smiled and toasted everyone with a few glasses of wine before walking out of the room.

He had a smile on his face. Even if he didn't say anything else about his own son, at least bringing him out would not embarrass him.

"Oh, why are you eating cake when we're already having dinner?" a woman shouted.

"All children are like this. It's okay to eat a little during the holidays." Xue Rui said with a smile.

Xue Rui distributed some cakes to the children. When he turned around, he saw that there was a kid of about his age sitting at the table.

The young man was fat and wore glasses. He stared at his phone without saying anything.

"This is your brother Zhuangzhuang. He was admitted to a 985 university this year. Learn from him." Ren Qunfang said with a serious face.

"Yes, Mom, you are right." Xue Rui smiled and nodded, thinking to himself, what does my mother know?
It is very likely that you don’t even know what 985 is.

Last time at Lin Ruoxi's house, he took a programming book and said it was an English book, and his mother believed it.

"Hello, Brother Zhuangzhuang." Xue Rui shouted helplessly.

"Call for help!" A middle-aged man clapped his hands and almost knocked the phone out of the young man's hand.

"Oh, hello, Xiaorui." Xue Zhuang smiled at Xue Rui.

He sighed. His child was just like a three-year-old except for his better academic performance.

"Why are you hitting the kid?" the woman cursed in a low voice.

The man didn't say anything. His wife was just like that, taking care of everything for the child.

But in his opinion, being good at studying is only a small part of one's ability. A man still needs to be more tactful in dealing with people, otherwise he will suffer too much in the future.

Ren Qunfang asked with a smile: "Zhuangzhuang, do you have a girlfriend?"

Unexpectedly, Xue Zhuang's mother got anxious: "Zhuang Zhuang, you can't be like those kids who fall in love early, you still have to take the postgraduate entrance examination."

Ren Qunfang was surprised. This kid is already in college, and he’s not allowed to have a relationship?
She was almost pregnant at this age.

Xue Rui looked at the young man with some pity. He thought it was really unlucky to have such a mother.

You're only a freshman, and you've already arranged everything for the future?
This guy looks like a taciturn college student. He should be thankful if he can find a girlfriend in college, but his family restricts him from finding one.

How old are you when you graduate? There are no good girls left, so you can only go to the dating market.

"Those kids who fall in love prematurely can't even get into university." The woman said with disdain, and glanced at Xue Rui deliberately.

Ren Qunfang nodded thoughtfully, and she failed the exam.

She thought about it and it seemed to be the case. She turned her head to glance at Xue Rui.

"Mom, I just improved by several hundred places. Don't look at me like that." Xue Rui muttered.

Ren Qunfang frowned and thought for a while. It was true. She smiled and said:
"Not necessarily. My Xiao Rui seems to be in love. His academic performance has improved a lot recently."

"Ah?" The woman looked embarrassed. Xue Rui and Zhuang Zhuang were sitting together, and their states were very different.

Xue Rui was very relaxed, with his arms casually draped on the chair, while Xue Zhuang just lowered his head and played with his mobile phone.

Xue Rui glanced sideways and saw the young man swiping around on the phone interface, clicking in and out of the settings interface...

The woman glared at Xue Zhuang and motioned for him to talk to Xue Rui.

"Oh, Xue Rui, is there any question you don't understand? I can teach you." Xue Zhuang said.

Xue Rui had a strange look on his face. They were all of the same age, so why did he say such a depressing thing?

Xue Rui asked: "Do you play games?"

"My mother doesn't allow me to play games..." Xue Zhuang scratched his head and said.

"..." Xue Rui didn't want to talk to such an honest child, it was too boring.

"Don't listen to your mother." Xue Rui reminded him out of kindness.

That kind of woman is too controlling and has no regard for the child's feelings at all.

Xue Rui's grandmother came over and secretly stuffed a roll of money into Xue Rui's hand, about three to five hundred yuan: "Use this to buy something delicious."

Xue Rui did not refuse, as it was the old man's kindness.

"Have you found a partner?" the old lady asked with a smile.

Xue Rui suddenly felt like he was being urged to get married. He smiled and said, "Grandma, how old am I?"

"If you're not good at studying, you should find a partner as soon as possible, otherwise all your studies will be in vain," the old lady disagreed.

Xue Rui felt that his mother made sense and his grandmother was too realistic.

"Grandma, you're right. I have to hold on tight." Xue Rui nodded.

Ren Qunfang glared at Xue Rui and thought to herself, "Can't you find it? You must be overwhelmed by the choices."

"Just know that you should seize the opportunity. Don't be like your aunt, who is already grown up and still has no partner." The old lady sighed.

Xue Xiaying was tiptoeing to push the door open and when she heard her mother say this, she quickly stood on tiptoe and tried to run away.

"I'm going to the bathroom." Xue Rui found Xue Xiaying.

"Aunt, why are you running?"

Xue Rui called out to Xue Xiaying.

"I...uh...something happened at school." Xue Xiaying hesitantly.

She was most afraid of this kind of occasion. It was too scary to be urged to get married by a bunch of relatives.

"If you run away, you'll be in even worse trouble next time." Xue Rui shook his head.

Finally, at Xue Rui's instigation, Xue Xiaying gritted her teeth and walked in.

Xue Rui has experienced the feeling of being urged to get married, so of course he would not let Xue Xiaying suffer too much.

Whenever everyone was about to bring the topic to Xue Xiaying, Xue Rui would either change the subject to somewhere else or pour more wine to interrupt their thoughts.

Xue Xiaying sat at a table with the children, eating cake in small bites.

"Thank you." Xue Xiaying said gratefully.

"without……"

Xue Rui was about to say something when he saw through the crack in the door that Ren Jun was being held by his father by the neck and was walking over.

"Aunt, you eat first. I have something to do."

Xue Rui hurriedly chased after him.

Xue Jianfeng carried Ren Jun to the corner of the stairs like he was carrying a chick.

"Brother-in-law, I really came here to bring you mooncakes." Ren Jun explained hurriedly.

"Oh? Don't think I can't see it. You have been coming to my house so often recently. You want to be my brother-in-law, right?" Xue Jianfeng said coldly.

Xue Rui also followed.

"Xiao Rui, you came at the right time. Is this boy chasing your aunt?" Xue Jianfeng said while sitting high on the stairs.

"Hurry up and tell me." Xue Rui also had a gloomy face and sat down on the stairs below Xue Jianfeng.

These two men were like judges trying a prisoner, staring at Ren Jun with sharp eyes without saying a word.

Ren Jun glared at Xue Rui. This boy Xue Rui turned against him so quickly. He was helping him a few days ago, but now he was standing on the opposite side.

Ren Jun said sincerely: "Yes, I like Xia Ying."

Xue Jianfeng frowned. He looked down on his brother-in-law.

He is out of tune all day long and is not worthy of his sister at all.

"You don't deserve it." Xue Jianfeng said coldly.

"Yes, not worthy." Xue Rui repeated it just like the other actor.

Ren Jun's eyes twitched, and he thought that this was the end, his brother-in-law was not a pushover...

"I know I'm not worthy, but we can negotiate the conditions." Ren Jun said with a flattering look.

Xue Jianfeng snorted coldly: "The betrothal gift is five million, no room for negotiation."

Xue Rui's eyes twitched. His father was too cruel. He was going to break the record of Hedong City.

"Five million?" Ren Jun's eyes were dull, and he soon fell into deep thought.

Xue Rui frowned. What was wrong with Ren Jun's reaction?

He is actually thinking?
"Dad, don't force him to commit crimes." Xue Rui whispered into his father's ear.

It is impossible for ordinary people to make five million legally in a short period of time.

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Let's do this..."

"Um……"

Xue Jianfeng held up five fingers: "Five hundred remain unchanged, the unit is changed to the component."

(End of this chapter)