Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

Chapter 173 City People Are Superior

The old lady was shocked when she heard the man's words. Is this what the doctor meant?

Eating whatever you want means that time is running out?

She frowned and thought for a moment, but she had always heard people say that old people have a premonition before they die, but apart from the pain in her arm, she didn't feel anything else.

At this time, a nurse came to the next bed to change the dressing, and the old lady said, "Little girl, what's wrong with me?"

The nurse had an impression of the old lady. She had originally thought about watching a show, but she didn't expect the family to be surprisingly reasonable and even gave the kind-hearted person a red envelope of several thousand yuan.

The nurse smiled and said, "You are not sick. You can be discharged after you have a good rest."

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, but she complained to Xue Rui in her heart.

What do you mean by good food and drink? It's just like entertaining guests at a grand banquet in the countryside.

The man in the next bed sighed deeply, thinking that at this point, everyone around him was telling "white lies".

Lin Ruoxi felt relieved after hearing the nurse's answer. She said weakly, "Grandma, please be careful next time. I'm worried that Xue Rui will be angry too."

The old lady smiled and touched Lin Ruoxi's face. Her granddaughter had become braver and had a better personality since coming to the city.

He just keeps talking about Xue Rui everyday, and I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing…

Xue Rui sent the visitors away, walked into the ward and glared at the old lady.

It's another matter of picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons. It really makes him worry. The old lady put herself in the hospital just for a piece of clothing.

The old lady met Xue Rui's eyes. She knew she was not right, so she turned her head and ignored Xue Rui.

Xue Rui looked at the old lady lying on the hospital bed, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

This matter is not completely without benefit. He can use this as an excuse to send the old lady to a nursing home.

This is also what the old lady wants to see.

Yu Minlan washed some fruits and brought them in. Xue Rui stopped her and said, "I guess there will be a lot of people visiting the patient recently. Thank you for taking care of him."

The middle-aged woman that Xue Rui just sent away was from Hua Village. Based on his understanding of older women, the news of the old lady's hospitalization would quickly spread throughout the village.

Lin Ruoxi donated a road to the village this year. Even if the villagers don’t have a good impression of the old lady, they will come to visit her for Lin Ruoxi’s sake.

Fortunately, Lin Ruoxi is very familiar with the villagers and will not be so nervous that she doesn't know what to do.

But it would be best if Yu Minlan was watching over him, as he still had to go back to school.

Yu Minlan said solemnly: "I will ensure that the task is completed."

Since she met Xue Rui and Lin Ruoxi, she has not worked in the bank. When she arrived at the company, she was asked all kinds of questions. She even heard someone in the toilet say that she was kept by Xue Rui and was the lover of a rich man...

Many people were jealous of her luck and made up a lot of unpleasant things about her behind her back.

The president and the manager did not assign her any work tasks. They just told her to serve Xue Rui and Lin Ruoxi well and she did not need to go to work.

But Xue Rui and Lin Ruoxi were at school most of the time, so they didn’t use her at all. The car she bought was almost covered in dust…

This kind of idle life made her feel guilty and anxious, always feeling as if she had taken some ill-gotten gains.

Only when Xue Rui assigned her a task, she seemed to be able to find the value of her existence...

"It's already May, when will you go back to school?" Xue Rui asked.

Xue Rui now found a reason to speak up, and his mood couldn't help but improve. He also chatted a little more with Yu Minlan.

He didn't know much about the graduation season for finance majors, and thought that the time was about right and Yu Minlan should leave Hedong for a while.

"I didn't fail the course, and I have already written my thesis. It will only take a few days for me to go back to school," said Yu Minlan.

She was a little surprised. Xue Rui was obviously just a high school student, so how could he seem to know a lot about college students' affairs?

"Good students are different." Xue Rui said with a smile. He put in a lot of effort at that time.

Make-up exams, graduation projects, papers, and school leaving procedures...

"I told my counselor about my situation, and the teacher said that I would be given the title of outstanding graduate," Yu Minlan said with a smile.

Xue Rui smiled indifferently. All resources flow to those who have no shortage of resources. Yu Minlan probably got the spot for outstanding graduates because of her early regularization.

But...Yu Minlan is already employed, so what’s the point of having the title of outstanding graduate?

"Tell me when you leave Hedong. I'm going back to school first." Xue Rui turned and walked towards the elevator.

Yu Minlan respectfully watched Xue Rui leave, she looked into the distance in a daze.

In the blink of an eye, she will graduate from college. When she was doing internship last year, she was still worried about her future...

But what about now? Just because she met Xue Rui, she not only had a job, but she could also drive back to school.

She wasn't someone who liked to show off, but she was actually looking forward to taking her roommates out for a drive...

"Sister Yu, where is Xue Rui?" Lin Ruoxi asked.

"He went back to school." Yu Minlan said. She felt that Lin Ruoxi was too clingy to Xue Rui.

"Yeah." Lin Ruoxi lay on the edge of the bed, staring blankly out the window.

……

During lunch break the next day, Xue Rui woke up from his bed in the dormitory and found that his slippers were missing, and Qiu Mengze's slippers were placed next to them.

He and Qiu Mengze shared the upper and lower bunk beds. He sat on Qiu Mengze's bed to relax for a while, and suddenly saw Qiu Mengze carrying a washbasin and walking into the dormitory in his slippers.

Since this kid started pursuing Qin Tong, he has been brushing his teeth three times a day and washing his hair twice. He must have been in a hurry to get up and put on the wrong clothes... Xue Rui casually said, "Don't wear my slippers. I have athlete's foot."

He actually doesn't have athlete's foot, but if you want to reject someone, it's best to find something that involves the other person's interests, so that it will leave a deep impression on the other person.

Qiu Mengze was stunned for a moment. He and Xue Rui had lived in the same dormitory for so many years. How could he not know whether Xue Rui had athlete's foot?

So he didn't take it seriously at all, and instead said nonchalantly: "It's okay, I also have athlete's foot, I'm not afraid of being infected."

"???" Xue Rui narrowed his eyes and pressed Qiu Mengze onto the bed with his bare feet: "Are you sick? You have athlete's foot and you're wearing my slippers?"

When Lin Ruoxi was at home, she often wore the wrong shoes. The little girl would run around the room in his slippers. If he got athlete's foot, Lin Ruoxi would probably not be able to escape.

Thinking of this, he became furious and used a little more strength in his hands.

"I was just kidding...I didn't do that, really." Qiu Mengze had his arm pinned down by Xue Rui, and now he could only beg for mercy.

Qiu Mengze felt that Xue Rui had changed. Didn't they just randomly change slippers before? Was there any need to make such a fuss?
Xue Rui knew Qiu Mengze, and his loud rebuttal at this time must be true.

"I don't believe it unless you lick it and show me."

"Oh my god, how can you be so disgusting?" Qiu Mengze's face darkened instantly. He didn't expect Xue Rui to be so cruel.

"Then how do you prove it?" Xue Rui asked with a smile.

Qiu Mengze gritted his teeth and said, "Let go first, I'll prove it to you."

Xue Rui let go of his hand, slightly surprised. What on earth was this kid planning to do?
Under Xue Rui's surprised gaze, Qiu Mengze picked up the slippers on the ground and rubbed them on his hands: "Is this okay?"

Xue Rui grinned and said, "That's not very convincing. Why don't you stuff your slippers into your crotch?"

"What the hell?" Qiu Mengze was shocked by Xue Rui's shamelessness.

"You don't want to do it, right? Then I'll do it." Xue Rui picked up a slipper with a smile and pretended to stuff it into Qiu Mengze's pants.

Yibing also came over to join in the fun. He grabbed Qiu Mengze's hands and said, "Brother Rui, hurry up!"

The commotion in the dormitory attracted many students to watch, and some students with good relationships also joined the battle.

However, at this moment, Xue Rui's cell phone rang. It was Lin Ruoxi calling.

Xue Rui was no longer in the mood to play around, and threw away the slippers in his hand: "Wai, what's wrong?"

"Come to the hospital soon." The old lady's voice came from the phone, her tone was a little panicked, and even a little sad.

Xue Rui frowned. He had just been to the hospital yesterday. What could have happened in one night?
"Don't worry, old lady. I'll be there soon." Xue Rui's voice softened. From the old lady's tone, it seemed like something big had happened.

Hospital inpatient department.

The old lady lay on the hospital bed, looking at the piles of fruits and flowers around her, and sighed deeply.

Many people came to visit her this morning, which was really unusual.

Given her popularity in the village, there shouldn't be so many people visiting her. These people didn't even show up when she was hospitalized a few years ago.

But today, even the village chief came.

She is an old woman with no one to rely on. Why would she be worthy of these people visiting her?

It would be fine if this was all because of Xue Rui, but her relatives are here too...

Her relative, who hadn't been seen for decades, suddenly appeared in the hospital.

This reminded her of what the man in the next bed had said. She might really be dying...

Yes, when a person is about to die, all grudges will be wiped out.

After all, they are blood relatives from the same family.

All the relatives she had lost contact with when she was young would come to see her before she died.

As for the arrival of the village chief? She also figured it out. He might be preparing to take her back to the village to die.

The funerals of the lonely and helpless elderly are all undertaken by the village brigade.

She looked at the sky outside the window and let out a long sigh. Her body felt a lot more relaxed and her arms no longer hurt.

She now felt an indescribable sense of relief.

Maybe this is the premonition before a person dies?

What the old lady is most worried about is Lin Ruoxi. She wanted to live a few more years and watch her granddaughter get married and have children, but now she is afraid that she no longer has this opportunity.

She subconsciously searched her mind and found that the only person she could talk to was that brat Xue Rui, and only Xue Rui was worthy of trust.

If she lets her granddaughter out, she doesn't know how much harm she will suffer. The best outcome is for her to stay with Xue Rui.

Maybe he would be wronged? But it doesn't matter, Xue Rui at least has a conscience...

Looking at the colorful flowers beside the bed, the old lady smiled silently, thinking that city people are so classy. People in the village send paper wreaths at funerals, but city people send real flowers.

There were two strips of cloth hanging next to the flower basket, with words written on them, but she couldn't read...

But why aren't the strips black and white? Are the customs in the city different?

She thought of the great-great-grandchildren in the village who also wore red belts...

Why worry about this kind of thing at this time? It's better to think about how to arrange the afterlife...

The old lady looked into the distance, thinking that there should be a lot of wreaths piled up at the door of the mud house in the village...

(End of this chapter)