Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

Chapter 233 I Don’t Dare to Call You by Your Nickname

"The landlord and I are in cahoots." Lin Ruoxi said in a low voice.

"What kind of world is this? The landlords have joined forces. How can the peasants fight back?" Yu Minlan complained.

"We're just getting started. I haven't planted any spies yet." Xue Rui said with a smile.

"I'm going to give Xue Rui a break." Lin Ruoxi said with a smile.

Yu Minlan said that she was not afraid of her letting Xue Rui off, so she did.

After saying that, Lin Ruoxi played another single card 3.

Xue Rui chuckled: "6!"

Yu Minlan covered her face, and Xue Rui threw out the number 6 with the aura of a king bomb.

The little girl shook her head: "No."

Xue Rui thought about it and realized that he had a bad hand and Yu Minlan only had one card left.

"Do you want 3?" Xue Rui secretly showed his cards to the little girl.

“Well, Sister Yu still has a 3 in her hand, she can’t afford it.” Lin Ruoxi said in a low voice.

Yu Minlan looked unhappy, and Lin Ruoxi had also figured out her cards.

Xue Rui understood instantly that Yu Minlan really only had one three left in her hand. He threw the card in his hand down: "Little three, then I win."

"Well, you win." Lin Ruoxi's eyes were full of smiles. Xue Rui would be happy if she gave him a break.

Moreover, she is very happy too.

Xue Rui picked up the note, dipped it in the water in the cup next to him, and put his hand on Yu Minlan's covered face.

There were also a few notes hanging on the little girl's face.

Just as he was about to dip the water again, he accidentally knocked the disposable paper cup containing water into the trash can.

Seeing Xue Rui looking a little helpless holding the note, the little girl grabbed Xue Rui's hand, licked the note, and then let Xue Rui stick it on her forehead.

Xue Rui was stunned for a moment. The little girl didn't care about her image at all. Her words and actions didn't match her cold face at all.

Moreover, that little tongue was so soft that he really wanted to pinch it.

"Stretch it out and let me pinch it." Xue Rui said.

Lin Ruoxi stuck out her tongue obediently, staring at Xue Rui with her big eyes, as if she was being cute.

Xue Rui looked at his greasy hands after touching the playing cards for a long time. It was really unhygienic. He said, "I'll go take a shower first and pinch them when I come out."

After Xue Rui left, the sound of water splashing was soon heard in the bathroom.

Yu Minlan thought to herself that Lin Ruoxi was really hopeless, as she had to use her own saliva to post a note.

It was estimated that Xue Rui had sold Lin Ruoxi, so she had to help Xue Rui moisten his fingers so that it would be easier to count the money.

"Sister Ruoxi, you will have no friends if you keep playing cards like this." Yu Minlan sighed.

Lin Ruoxi completely gave up her social circle, and it seemed as if Xue Rui was the only person in her life. Even her friend was specially selected by Xue Rui. In essence, Lin Ruoxi was her financial sponsor.

"I don't need friends. Xue Rui is enough for me." Lin Ruoxi stared blankly in the direction of the bathroom.

"Will you spoil him like this in the future?" Yu Minlan said with a smile.

“Well, it’s said on the Internet that if you like someone, you have to be partial to them.” Lin Ruoxi said seriously.

"Did you learn all this online?" Yu Minlan frowned, and she suddenly wanted to open another bottle of beer.

Lin Ruoxi shook her head slowly: "When we were in school, Xue Rui gave one chocolate to others and gave me two."

At that time, she had just met Xue Rui, and it was also the first time she experienced what it felt like to be favored.

She knew it wasn't fair, but it felt really good.

Who doesn’t like to be favored? The little girl just wants to give everything she has to Xue Rui.

Yu Minlan's eyes were full of envy. Although the way these two people get along is plain, it reveals sweet dog food everywhere.

She also wanted to meet someone like Xue Rui, but of course it would be best not to have two relationships at the same time.

She tilted her head and looked at Lin Ruoxi. This girl was so beautiful that it was impossible to feel jealous.

You gave him everything you had, but Xue Rui's love was divided into two parts.

However, whether for her own benefit or for Lin Ruoxi's sake, she was unwilling to expose the matter.

Yu Minlan was confused. Did Lin Ruoxi know about Gu Muxue?
Although Lin Ruoxi was a little slow, it wasn't possible that everyone around her knew about it. She was the only one who was kept in the dark, right?

Do you really not know? Or do you not want to know?
She suddenly remembered that Lin Ruoxi said she didn’t need friends. She thought about it for a long time and imitated her former roommate’s tone and said in a teasing tone: “Alas~ Sister Ruoxi said she doesn’t need friends, so that means I am dispensable? Sister suddenly feels so sad.”

The little girl was stunned and waved her hands in panic, "No, no, no...that's not what I meant."

Yu Minlan suddenly understood Xue Rui. It was really fun to tease Lin Ruoxi: "Then call me sister, and I will forgive you."

"Sister." Lin Ruoxi said.

"It's not sweet enough. You have to act coquettishly."

"behave in a spoiled manner?"

"Sister~" Yu Minlan pinched her throat and demonstrated it to Lin Ruoxi shyly.

"Sister~" Lin Ruoxi followed suit and called out in a sweet and crisp voice.

"No, you're shouting wrong."

...Xue Rui had just finished taking a shower and couldn't find a bath towel anywhere. He had just opened the door when he heard Yu Minlan's charming voice coming from the living room.

Xue Rui frowned: "Where did this evil monster come from? What the hell is going on!"

"Cough cough~" Yu Minlan, who was pinching her throat and acting coquettishly, was frightened by Xue Rui's shout and started coughing.

"Lin Ruoxi, help me get a bath towel." Xue Rui shouted.

"Here I come!" Lin Ruoxi's ears pricked up suddenly, and when she heard Xue Rui calling her, she immediately moved.

She took out Xue Rui's bath towel from the suitcase and jogged in the direction of the sound.

Xue Rui was still standing carelessly at the door of the room at this time. When he heard the "cracking" sound of slippers, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Since the little girl is rather slow, there aren't many occasions where she would be shy. But now that she is being watched, she never shys away from anything and openly gives him things.

This made his face turn red, and he quickly hid behind the door.

Lin Ruoxi stood obediently in front of the door, stretched out her slender arm and handed the bath towel in.

Xue Rui looked through the translucent frosted glass and found that the little girl had been standing at the door. He wondered what this girl wanted to do?
"What are you waiting for standing at the door?" Xue Rui asked casually.

"Let me blow dry your hair." Lin Ruoxi said.

"Then wait for me outside." Xue Rui said.

Lin Ruoxi said weakly: "I was at the door...I didn't go in."

Xue Rui paused with the towel in his hand. What kind of quote is this from a scumbag?
"I meant the living room."

……

Yu Minlan was eating melon seeds on the sofa when she suddenly thought of a question: Xue Rui called Gu Muxue without her surname, but he called Lin Ruoxi with both her given name.

Seeing Lin Ruoxi handing Xue Rui a towel, she asked, "Why did Xue Rui call you by your full name? It feels like a stranger."

She believed that close people should call each other by nicknames. How could lovers call each other by their full names?
She recalled that Lin Ruoxi also called Xue Rui by his full name.

These two are also very strange here.

Lin Ruoxi thought of Xue Rui calling her "Xixi"...

The little girl's face turned red, her eyes became unnatural, and she smiled foolishly.

Yu Minlan was confused. You didn’t have this expression when you entered the boys’ bathroom just now. Why did you blush when you said her name?

She reached out and pulled Lin Ruoxi's arm, and Lin Ruoxi returned to her normal state.

"Because... I don't dare to call you by your nickname..." Lin Ruoxi said weakly.

There are many people who call Xue Rui by his nickname, including Xue Rui's elders, Gu Muxue...

These people have known Xue Rui for a very long time and grew up with him.

She had only known Xue Rui for two years, and she didn't know if she could call out.

"Why not?" Yu Minlan was surprised that Lin Ruoxi was actually struggling with this point.

"But... he didn't agree." Lin Ruoxi said in a low voice.

Yu Minlan sighed. What do you mean Xue Rui didn’t agree?

How do you know they won’t agree when you didn’t even ask?
When Lin Ruoxi was getting along with Xue Rui, she put herself in a very low position, without any girlish arrogance, and always needed Xue Rui's nod.

If it were other girls, they would treat boys like cows and horses every day, and they would be proficient in everything from fetching water to cooking...

Lin Ruoxi took the initiative to take charge of all these tasks. Now she was holding a hair dryer in her hand, waiting for Xue Rui to come out and blow her hair.

Xue Rui came out wearing a newly bought pair of shorts and a pair of flip-flops. He decided to adapt to the local customs.

This is a characteristic of Guangdong Province. When he got off the plane, he saw people wearing slippers. The subway in the afternoon was also full of slippers. Only those who needed to go to work would dress neatly...

He sat down on the sofa carelessly, and the little girl immediately ran to his side and turned on the hair dryer. She kept scratching his hair with her little hands and raised her eyes, as if it was very fun.

After blowing Xue Rui's hair, the little girl put away the hair dryer and started to make Xue Rui's bed and tidy up the room.

Yu Minlan took this opportunity to ask, "Boss Xue, she said she dared not call you by your nickname, why did you call her by your full name?"

It’s okay that Lin Ruoxi is a little slow, but Xue Rui is a smart man. How could he not take advantage of this title?
Xue Rui turned his head and glanced at Yu Minlan. He didn’t know how to explain to her.

Yu Minlan became more and more confused. Why did Xue Rui remain silent?
"Do you... have any unpleasant things about your names?" Yu Minlan asked tentatively. She was afraid of asking something she shouldn't ask, so she quickly shut up halfway through her words.

Xue Rui shook his head. He felt that it was too troublesome to explain, so he decided to let Yu Minlan take a look at it herself.

He shouted, "Xixi, come here."

Only one second passed from the time Xue Rui shouted to the time Lin Ruoxi appeared.

"Yeah." Lin Ruoxi came over obediently and looked at Xue Rui with tenderness in her eyes.

Every time Xue Rui called her by her nickname, her heart would beat faster. She didn't know why, she just felt a little nervous, yet secretly happy.

Yu Minlan also noticed something was wrong. Lin Ruoxi's current state was even more obedient than usual. It was as if she was blinded by the word "Xixi" and was afraid that she would listen to whatever Xue Rui said.

"Nothing, I just want to check the scores later. Please make the bed and bring the computer over." Xue Rui said.

"Yeah." Lin Ruoxi tilted her head and looked at Xue Rui for a long time before she walked into the room reluctantly.

Yu Minlan was shocked. Is this what happens when you change the name?

It's like a boy can't resist a girl's coquetry and will be soft-hearted about everything, but Xue Rui just called Lin Ruoxi a nickname.

(End of this chapter)