Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

Chapter 30 Preferring girls over boys
Lin Ruoxi hid in such a secret place, surely because she didn't want anyone to see her, although it was highly likely that no one would come to her house.

"Look! How can you save people without looking?" Xue Rui hesitated for a moment and then opened the diary.

But the content inside was completely different from what he had imagined.

There is no story in it. It is just a boring account book with lines of delicate handwriting, but tainted with the smell of money.

On June 6, I helped Uncle Li Baoquan weed his home and Uncle Li gave me 23 yuan more.

On June 6, when picking vegetables, Aunt Yang gave me 29 yuan more.

……

Each and every item records the extra labor remuneration given by others, probably in the hope of paying it back in the future.

"I don't believe that no one gave less. Why doesn't this girl remember it?" Xue Rui sighed.

But there is a row of numbers that is different from these formats: Aunt Zhang, 30000-200-1000-20...

Judging from this line of numbers, Lin Ruoxi probably owed Aunt Zhang money, and every time she paid it back, the amount would be reduced a little.

"Thirty thousand? Not much."

Xue Rui put the diary back to its original place and prepared to go to the bathroom.

It was already dark, and Xue Rui happened to see a flashlight on Lin Ruoxi's desk, so he took it and walked out.

When I turned on the switch, the flashlight emitted ultraviolet light, illuminating many things in the yard with a faint white light.

"Huh? Isn't this a flashlight?" Xue Rui was curious and shone the flashlight around. He had seen villagers use it to catch scorpions.

Following the ultraviolet light, he found two round spots of light in the cracked wall of Lin Ruoxi's house. When he looked closer, he saw that they were two eggs the size of little fingers.

"What kind of egg is this?"

Xue Rui was curious. He observed for a long time and found that the owner of the egg was not at home. He stretched out his finger to take it out and have a look.

"Fuck!" A loud curse rang out.

Xue Rui's finger was pricked by something and he felt a piercing pain. It was retribution for his egg stealing.

Enduring the pain, Xue Rui looked inside again. He saw a scorpion with its two pincers raised, its tail raised, and its fangs and claws bared.

And a tiny red dot appeared on his finger.

"Damn it, how can I be so unlucky." Xue Rui cursed.

"What's wrong?" Lin Ruoxi ran over in a panic.

"I got stung by a scorpion."

Xue Rui's forehead was sweating from the pain. This was the first time he was stung by a scorpion. He didn't expect it to hurt so much, with an intense burning sensation, much more painful than a wasp sting.

He subconsciously took out his cell phone to check what to do if stung by a scorpion and asked for help from the omnipotent netizens.

"Oh my god..." As a result, he took out a Nokia.

Just when Xue Rui was at a loss, Lin Ruoxi grabbed his finger, bit it gently, and then a warm suction force came.

Xue Rui was stunned. What kind of solution was this? But it did seem to relieve the pain a lot.

After calming down, he realized that Lin Ruoxi was helping him relieve the pain and prevent the spread of the poison.

But Lin Ruoxi didn’t seem as nervous as he was. Could it be that this girl had also been stung by a scorpion?
"Have you ever been stung?" Xue Rui asked curiously.

Lin Ruoxi couldn't speak, so she just nodded slightly.

The two of them maintained this position for a long time, and then Lin Ruoxi gently let go: "Just bear with it, it won't hurt after a while."

Xue Rui valued his life very much and immediately called his uncle who was a doctor.

"Wow? Uncle, I was stung by a scorpion. Do I need to go to the hospital?"

"Xiao Rui? Were you stung by a scorpion? Are you swollen or dizzy?"

"That's not true."

"If you don't have an allergy, don't come. Drink plenty of water. By the time you get to the hospital, you'll probably be fully recovered."

"But it hurts."

"Think about it from another angle. Scorpion venom is a good thing. It is a medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. It has the effect of clearing the meridians. Maybe the sting will open your mind and your academic performance will improve."

"..."

Xue Rui hung up the phone angrily. His family favored girls over boys too much! If his sister was stung by a scorpion, his uncle would definitely send a car to pick her up instead of just saying such sarcastic words.

"Yes...I'm sorry." Lin Ruoxi bowed her head and apologized.

Xue Rui smiled bitterly and said, "You didn't sting me, why are you apologizing?"

Lin Ruoxi didn't know what to do. If Xue Rui hadn't come to her house, she wouldn't have been stung by the scorpion.

She stretched out her slender fingers and skillfully grabbed the scorpion with its fangs and claws bared.

"Hey!" Xue Rui was about to stop her when he discovered that Lin Ruoxi had already caught the scorpion.

"..."

Catching a scorpion with bare hands? Xue Rui was so impressed that he took a step back subconsciously, fearing that he would be stung by the scorpion again.

"You... want to vent your anger by stepping on it to death?" Lin Ruoxi asked tentatively.

She was also a little angry when she was stung by a scorpion for the first time, so her grandmother fried the scorpion for her to eat.

When she saw the scorpion was dead, she wasn't so angry anymore.

"I just want to know what kind of egg that is."

Xue Rui pointed at the two eggs and asked, if it weren't for his curiosity, he wouldn't have caused such trouble.

"Gecko eggs." Lin Ruoxi answered decisively.

Seeing that Xue Rui had no intention of stepping on the scorpion to death, Lin Ruoxi entered the house holding the scorpion's tail.

Xue Rui followed curiously until he saw Lin Ruoxi put the scorpion into a big can.

There was already half a bottle of scorpions stored inside.

"You caught them all?" Xue Rui asked in surprise.

"Well... one pound can sell for several hundred yuan."

A glimmer of joy flashed across Lin Ruoxi's eyes, the bottle was almost full.

In just one day, Xue Rui's opinion of this girl changed greatly.

She looks timid in school, but when she returns to the village, Lin Ruoxi is like a child king and seems to know all kinds of skills.

Moreover, this girl made the most of the small peasant economy. She grew vegetables, raised poultry, helped others with farm work, and also made a living from the land by catching scorpions and selling them for money.

No wonder she is so thin, all her energy is put into these things.

Even so, her academic performance was still among the best, which made Xue Rui feel a little ashamed.

"This is the fucking child of someone else's family." Xue Rui sighed and grabbed Lin Ruoxi's hand.

Lin Ruoxi's palms are slender and soft, her fingers are long and white, and there are some slightly yellow calluses between the fingertips, which are the product of long-term labor.

"What a pity." Xue Rui showed a look of regret.

If such a beautiful pair of hands continues like this, the joints will sooner or later become thick and the fingers will become deformed and will no longer be so beautiful.

Lin Ruoxi wanted to pull her hand away, but how could she be stronger than Xue Rui? It was not until Xue Rui had seen enough that he returned her hand to her.

"I peeked at your diary." Xue Rui openly stated his despicable behavior without any sense of guilt.

Lin Ruoxi was a little surprised at first, then murmured: "Hmm..."

"If someone does something you don't like, you have to scold them."

"The teacher said that swearing... is not good." Lin Ruoxi said in a low voice.

Xue Rui pinched Lin Ruoxi's face. He thought, if anyone offends Lin Ruoxi, it would be like kicking cotton...

"What's going on with Aunt Zhang? Do you owe her money?" Xue Rui asked.

"My grandma had surgery last year, and Aunt Zhang lent me 30,000 yuan. Tomorrow... I'm going to her house to pick fruit." Lin Ruoxi explained.

"How much do you get paid per day?"

"30."

"How much?" Xue Rui asked again.

(End of this chapter)