Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

"I know."

The old lady glared at Xue Rui unhappily, then turned to look at Lin Ruoxi, unable to utter a word for a long time.

These were all taught by her, saying that one should not suffer any loss in public and that it is enough to save face. Did Lin Ruoxi use these on her?

She inexplicably had a feeling that her granddaughter and Xue Rui were a family, and she was the outsider.

"Xixi, you haven't even gotten married yet and you're already turning your back on others. You'll have to forget me, your old woman, in the future." The old lady said as she wiped her tears and snot.

Lin Ruoxi panicked immediately. Why was grandma crying? How should she comfort her?
"Grandma, no, I won't forget you." Lin Ruoxi explained hurriedly.

The old lady pointed at the snacks Lin Ruoxi had placed on the ground and cried even harder: "Aren't those all Xue Rui's favorites? Don't think I'm too old to see that."

Xue Rui smacked his lips and the corners of his mouth twitched. You blame me for the granddaughter you taught yourself?

Xue Rui folded his arms and leaned against the door frame: "Old lady, stop pretending. You did this a lot when you were young, right? Otherwise, how come you broke off contact with your family?"

"You!" The old lady's eyes widened, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were stretched out. She pointed her finger at Xue Rui viciously, and her whole finger was shaking.

"It's fine if you can't cry, but don't wipe your eyes with your saliva. It's disgusting." Xue Rui added.

The old lady was acting from beginning to end, just trying to trick the little girl into staying by her bed and coaxing her.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Rui saw the old lady looking around for something with her head down.

Lin Ruoxi didn't know what her grandma was looking for, so she hurriedly took the tissue from the table and said, "Grandma, here's the paper."

"Xixi, where is my cane?" the old lady asked.

"Well, I hid it." Lin Ruoxi said softly. She was now squatting in front of the bed, and she had quietly stuffed the crutches under the bed.

She had a hunch that grandma was going to hit Xue Rui next.

"Hahaha!" Xue Rui slapped the door frame and laughed. He saw Lin Ruoxi's little action.

"Grandma, is what Xue Rui said true? Did you do this kind of thing often in the past?" Lin Ruoxi asked with her head tilted.

The old lady snorted coldly: "No."

"Then why did you go find a cane to hit someone?" Lin Ruoxi felt that her grandmother was furious.

"Xixi, are you really trying to piss me off?"

The old lady raised her old hand high, but found that her granddaughter was squatting in front of her with her eyes tightly squinted, motionless, ready to take her slap.

"Oh~ forget it."

She couldn't bear to be cruel. People always need someone to rely on. Now Lin Ruoxi's only support is Xue Rui. It is normal for her to lean on Xue Rui. It's not like she has less food and clothes. The villagers don't know how much they envy her...

Xue Rui stood by the door from beginning to end without moving. He thought it was quite fun to watch the two of them pretending to bicker.

The old lady naturally noticed Xue Rui's calmness. She had been known throughout by others and had no means to catch Xue Rui.

She thought for a moment and asked in a hoarse voice, "Xixi, when are you going to get married and have children?"

When Lin Ruoxi heard her grandmother's words, her face turned red instantly. The sounds in her ears seemed to come from under the water, so muffled that she could not hear them clearly. She could only hear the sound of her own heartbeat.

When to have a child?

Xue Rui is the one who makes the decisions on all important matters. She slowly turned her head and looked at Xue Rui.

"Old lady, I bought some supplements for you." Xue Rui hurriedly brought in things from outside to change the subject. He didn't expect the old lady to come up with a powerful statement right away.

He is really panicking now, Lin Ruoxi will really consider it.

"Xixi, let's take grandma back home." Xue Rui said in a low voice.

"Hmm~"

Lin Ruoxi responded with a voice that was a little drawn out, and Xue Rui's legs went weak after hearing it.

He was really afraid that Lin Ruoxi would mess around...

Because strictly speaking, men do not have the right to reproduce, Lin Ruoxi can make the decision unilaterally.

Don't give him two bars one day...

The old lady picked up a blue box and counted the words on the box with her fingers, muttering, "Is this the Melatonin that was shown on TV?"

She smiled with satisfaction. Her granddaughter was not sensible, but as long as Xue Rui understood, that was enough.

Xue Rui smiled and nodded: "Well, you should share more with other old men and women. It's not good to eat too much of this stuff."

Now he finally understood who the counterfeit and fake products were trying to deceive.

Because the old lady was illiterate, even if he said "Yueliyue" or "six nuclear bombs" today, she wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

"Go back. My mother told me yesterday to spend the holiday with you." Xue Rui gently pushed the dazed Lin Ruoxi.

"Well, okay." Lin Ruoxi responded blankly and took back the snacks she had brought.

She didn't know what was wrong with her. After listening to her grandmother's words, she couldn't get rid of the image of the child in her mind, but his face was always blurry...

Lin Ruoxi really wanted to know what her and Xue Rui's child would look like.

Several people drove back to Lin Ruoxi's old house. Lin Ruoxi skillfully removed the dust cloth in the house and began to prepare lunch for Xue Rui.

"Rui, go to your room and rest for a while. Grandma and I are going to make dumplings." Lin Ruoxi said.

"Yeah." Xue Rui was very familiar with this scene. He returned to the room where they shared bunk beds.

This room used to belong to him, but now it belongs to a beautiful girl who has nothing to do with him. He couldn't help but sigh that life is so wonderful.

He sat on Lin Ruoxi's computer chair and casually opened a few drawers to look around. He didn't know what he was looking for, but he just felt like he had nothing better to do.

In the bottom drawer, he found a file bag. He took a look and saw that there was no seal, so he opened the bag without hesitation.

He originally wanted to ask Lin Ruoxi, but the little girl would not refuse him, so it was better not to ask.

When I opened the bag, I saw several award certificates neatly stored inside;

Xue Rui pulled out a piece of paper. The paper had turned pale and yellow, and there was transparent tape on the back, but the words were still sharp and clear. It clearly read "Love to Study Baby Award";
I looked up at the upper left corner and saw the two big words "Xue Rui" written on them.

Xue Rui couldn't help but laugh. It turned out that he won the most awards in his life when he was in kindergarten.

But he felt that these certificates were meaningless, so he tore them up on the first day he brought Lin Ruoxi here...

I guess Lin Ruoxi picked it up again, repaired it, and kept it in the innermost part of the drawer.

Xue Rui took out the remaining few and placed them on the table. Some of them were progress awards he had just received in high school. He had left them with Lin Ruoxi and had never taken them away, so Lin Ruoxi also kept them as treasures.

Xue Rui couldn't help but think that Lin Ruoxi herself had so many certificates that the walls of the village were all covered with them. She didn't take any of them with her when she left, and didn't even look at them.

But the children's award certificate, which seemed meaningless in his eyes, was carefully kept by Lin Ruoxi, and was even placed in a file bag, as if recording every moment of the child's growth?
Coupled with Lin Ruoxi's meticulous care for him, Xue Rui couldn't help but shake his head again and again. Lin Ruoxi really treated him as her son.

Always giving silently behind the scenes, but never asking for anything in return.

Xue Rui felt that he knew too little about Lin Ruoxi's "secret".

He continued to search Lin Ruoxi's room, wanting to see what strange and bizarre things Lin Ruoxi had collected.

The result was disappointing to him. There were two condoms with their outer packaging crumpled and discolored under the mattress.

Well... there are still a few dozen dollars in change.

Lying on the bed, Xue Rui recalled every little detail in this room. It seemed that time always passed very slowly when he was a child, and the time from Monday to the weekend was so long that it felt like being in prison.

As for growing up, every year passes like the blink of an eye, and before you know it, a year has gone by.

He opened the photo album on his phone and flipped through old photos out of boredom, occasionally looking at the messages the girl had posted on Universal Campus.

Gu Muxue did not lose the operating rights of Jiaotong University, probably because she had not found a suitable candidate yet. Judging from the equipment information, Gu Muxue has always been in charge. Xue Rui occasionally sent Gu Muxue one or two messages to let her know that he was always there. After all, although the little girl hated him, she still couldn't let him go in her heart, otherwise she would not have contacted Lin Ruoxi.

What he wanted was to report his daily life to the little girl every day, and then suddenly disappear one day, and not let Lin Ruoxi review the news about Mu Xue, so that the little girl might sneak up to find him...

Well, this way it doesn't count as a foul.

Then there will be a chance to redeem it.

Suddenly, his father called him.

"Dad, you're back?" Xue Rui said.

"Xiao Rui, did you get the box of red wine? Pick a time to send it to your Uncle Gu. It's the first batch of wine from our winery. Give it to him to try."

"Take it."

"Well, remember to send it in your name, don't mention my name."

"I've got it." Xue Rui put down his phone, feeling melancholy.

The red wine was given directly to Lin Ruoxi by his mother, and it is now lying in Lin Ruoxi's trunk.

The point is that Lin Ruoxi has already discussed it with Gu Muxue. Lin Ruoxi will send it over this afternoon and specifically told him not to go...

He could never have imagined that the two of them could get along so peacefully and leave him aside.

As evening approached, Lin Ruoxi wore a black business suit with a white shirt underneath. Her slim-fitting trousers made her long legs look even more charming. She also wore a pair of short-heeled leather shoes. To outsiders, she looked like a professional female elite.

She was preparing to drive to Gu Muxue's house.

"Xixi?" Xue Rui said with a grin.

Lin Ruoxi pouted: "No... No way."

She owed Gu Muxue and agreed not to bring Xue Rui with her, but it was really hard for her to refuse Xue Rui.

"It's getting dark, and I'm worried about your safety. I'm sitting in the passenger seat, and I guarantee I won't be able to get off." Xue Rui continued.

For a moment, Lin Ruoxi was so anxious that her eyes were filled with tears.

Xue Rui sighed: "Then wear a Bluetooth headset so I can hear what she said."

"Well, this is fine."

……

Half an hour later, in front of Gu Muxue's house, Xue Rui received a call from Lin Ruoxi.

"I'm at Gu Muxue's door." Lin Ruoxi said as she picked up a big bag and walked towards Gu Muxue's house.

Gu Muxue asked her to come back in the evening, saying that her parents would ask fewer questions...

There was originally a whole box, but Xue Rui asked her to take half of it, saying that a whole box would not look good.

At this time, Gu Muxue was already waiting in front of the door. She looked at Lin Ruoxi's dress and found that she was much more mature than herself.

She shook her head helplessly. Why should she compare herself with Lin Ruoxi?
The current situation is also out of helplessness. The wine is a favor between Xue Rui's parents and her parents. She can't refuse, but she doesn't want Xue Rui to come to her. Before her relationship with Xue Rui is properly handled, she can only use this method to transition.

Gu Muxue walked forward and whispered, "Do you remember it?"

"Okay, I'll remember it." Lin Ruoxi said in a low voice.

Xue Rui was so anxious as he listened through the Internet. What were these two people discussing?

"Xixi, what do you want to remember?" Xue Rui asked.

Lin Ruoxi quickly turned her head and whispered, "Well, I'm your employee, and Gu Muxue is your girlfriend."

Xue Rui: “…”

Gu Muxue was stunned for a moment. What was Lin Ruoxi talking to herself?

But Gu Muxue understood it quickly. She asked coldly, "Did you call him?"

Lin Ruoxi was panicked because Xue Rui didn't come.

"Should I...hang up?" Lin Ruoxi asked in a low voice.

"Forget it, whatever you want." Gu Muxue said coldly.

"I'm sorry, I apologize on his behalf." Lin Ruoxi glanced at Gu Muxue.

Gu Muxue has been deceived too many times. She doesn’t know if the current situation can be considered a lie, but she doesn’t want Gu Muxue to be hurt again.

Walking into the living room, Lin Ruoxi found Gu Qingshan sitting on the sofa with his back to her, and she didn't know whether Gu Muxue's mother was there.

Lin Ruoxi said, "Uncle Gu, hello Aunt Zhao, I...my boss can't come because of something. This is the wine my boss asked me to deliver."

Lin Ruoxi was still not used to lying, and she was stumbling over what she said.

Gu Qingshan didn’t even look at it, thinking that this is how it would be after the holidays.

Find a little girl to call him uncle sweetly this year?

Corrupt officials have so many tricks up their sleeves!

He said coldly: "Take it and tell your boss that I will have to take better care of him if he does this again."

Lin Ruoxi stood there blankly. This was not what she had planned.

Gu Muxue didn't say anything either. Was she going to leave now?

In fact, Gu Muxue knew that Xue Rui was "remotely controlling" Lin Ruoxi on the other end of the phone, so she just decided to be a hands-off boss.

"Xixi, just say it was given to you by Boss Xue Jianfeng." Xue Rui's voice came from the Bluetooth headset.

Xue Rui suddenly felt a little flustered. Gu Muxue was clearly next to them, but she didn't speak up for Lin Ruoxi?
Dad, I'm sorry!
Who made your name better than mine?

If he said it was sent by him, Gu Qingshan would definitely ask where he went.

"Well, this was sent by Boss Xue Jianfeng." Lin Ruoxi said according to Xue Rui's instructions.

Sure enough, when Gu Qingshan heard Xue Jianfeng, he turned around and took a look.

Gu Qingshan smiled slightly. Xue Jianfeng sent him wine for the holidays?

But why would the person who came be this girl?
Lin Ruoxi should be Xue Rui's employee...

He was too lazy to guess the twists and turns. Anyway, it was Xue Jianfeng who gave him the gift first, and the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously.

Gu Qingshan leaned over the coffee table and took out two boxes of tea leaves. He said softly, “Young lady, don’t leave yet. Give these two boxes of tea leaves to your boss.”

What goes around comes around, and since Xue Jianfeng is willing to give in, he doesn't bother to argue.

Lin Ruoxi handed the wine to the Gu family's nanny and took the tea leaves from Gu Qingshan's hand.

"Thank you, uncle." Lin Ruoxi said softly.

"If you have something to do, please go first. I'll take you there." Gu Muxue said as she reached out to open the door.

“Hmm?” Gu Qingshan frowned and uttered a sigh.

You said we had a good relationship last night, why do you seem like you are trying to drive us away today?
Gu Muxue bit her lips tightly, she was afraid that her father and Lin Ruoxi would talk for a few more sentences. With Lin Ruoxi's innocent mind, her father would get the truth out of her after just a few words.

"Lin Ruoxi, come to my room and sit for a while." Gu Muxue smiled and took Lin Ruoxi's arm.

When she went upstairs, she reached out and took off Lin Ruoxi's headphones. (End of this chapter)