Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

Chapter 408 Could That Be an Ordinary Old Lady?

Gu Muxue was in a very heavy mood at the moment.

It seems to be a common practice that people do not give water to the elderly just because they dislike the fact that they go to the toilet too frequently.

There are probably many similar incidents. I wonder if Lin Ruoxi's grandmother is one of those who is ignored.

Now that more than half of the semester has passed, she is no longer a flower in a greenhouse. When she was bullied by Xue Rui, she only cried and argued with herself, and never said anything to her family.

Children who go out are used to reporting good news but not bad news.

Is it the same with Lin Ruoxi’s grandmother?

"Ruoxi, the staff said they went to the activity room."

Gu Muxue hesitated for a long time, but ultimately did not tell Lin Ruoxi what she had just heard, for she was afraid that Lin Ruoxi would worry.

"Yeah, I heard it. Let me clean up the toilet first." Lin Ruoxi responded.

Gu Muxue asked indirectly, "Did Xiaorui choose this place?"

"Well, he chose it." Lin Ruoxi said in a light tone.

"I'll wait for you outside the door." Gu Muxue said as she took out her cell phone and decided to call Xue Rui.

She covered her phone with her hand and walked a few steps away, her eyes fixed on the door.

After a few beeps, the call was connected.

"Are you home?" Xue Rui said with a smile. He thought Lin Ruoxi would call him first to let him know she was safe.

"Xiao Rui, Ruoxi and I are in the nursing home." Gu Muxue subconsciously lowered her voice.

"Then please say hello to the old lady for me."

Xue Rui was a little surprised, but did not ask any further questions. Although the girl had a bad temper, she was kind-hearted. She just thought that Gu Muxue went to visit an elderly widower.

"Xiao Rui, help Grandma Ruoxi find another family. I just heard that the elderly are being abused here..."

Gu Muxue repeated what she had just heard and added:

"I've been to a nursing home, and the caregivers were very kind to the elderly. How should I put it... that feeling was different, just like treating my own parents."

"Hiss~ What's your name?"

Xue Rui wondered why he had never seen anything like that before?

"Old Gu took me to the cadres' retirement home." Gu Muxue snorted, thinking that she had seen more than Xue Rui.

"Cadre? Mu Xue, you..." Xue Rui couldn't help laughing.

People really laugh when they are extremely speechless.

Can the person who can be visited by Gu Qingshan be just an ordinary old man?
If it were him, he would also treat him like his own father.

"Xiao Rui... stop laughing."

Listening to Xue Rui's laughter, Gu Muxue's pretty face became redder and redder. She also came to her senses. Grandma Lin Ruoxi couldn't enter that kind of nursing home.

"Then will it work if I complain to their leaders? The service industry is afraid of complaints."

Gu Muxue thought about asking Lin Ruoxi's grandmother later. If there was any neglect or abuse, she would help.

Because Lin Ruoxi is the kind of person who will never tolerate a loss. For example, if she gets cheated when buying something, Lin Ruoxi will get angry and make up her mind never to go to that store again.

Xue Rui smacked his lips and said, "Emmm, Mu Xue, let me ask you, when I scared you with a caterpillar when we were kids, why didn't you tell the teacher about it?"

"Because I..." Gu Muxue stammered.

Xue Rui said: "Now you understand, because the teacher can only take care of you for a while..."

"Xiao Rui, that's not right, because I still want to play with you." Gu Muxue said playfully.

"This……"

Xue Rui thought that when Gu Muxue was a child, she was just like other children. She didn't dare to tell the teacher when she was bullied for fear of being bullied even more severely.

However, the truth is completely the opposite. Not telling the teacher is so that you can continue playing with him?

For a moment, Xue Rui felt that the December weather was so warm that it melted his heart.

Of course, he would rather go back to more than ten years ago, slap the brat who was playing with the caterpillar, and tell him: Stop playing, play with the doll opposite.

"Mu Xue, does this count as a confession?"

"Hmph, that doesn't count."

"That's a love story?"

"Anyway, I didn't say that." Gu Muxue muttered, and then continued to bring the topic to the issue of the nursing home: "Since complaining is useless, what do you say we should do?"

Gu Muxue now feels deeply powerless and can only place her hopes on Xue Rui.

Xue Rui thought of this and laughed. In the past, his method was to put enough pressure on the hospital so that the hospital would not dare to ignore it, and then send Yu Minlan to visit from time to time, plus his mother would occasionally go over to send some gifts during holidays...

Xue Rui felt that even if the old lady was not on the list of people to be paid attention to, she was definitely not on the "ignored" list.

But now that Gu Muxue wants to help, it will be easy for her to be promoted to the "important list".

Xue Rui deliberately coughed twice: "Since you are asking so sincerely, I will give you a suggestion. You call Lao Gu and tell him that you went to the nursing home empty-handed and it was embarrassing. Ask him to send someone to send you some fruit, and then you can take people to see the old lady."

He may need to "use a big banner to cover up his own shortcomings", but Gu Muxue herself is a little tigress in the mountains.

All the tiger cub needs to do is to let out a few "wows" and Qingshan will rush over to cover the tiger cub. After all, tigers are protected animals.

"Oh, then I'll call my dad." Gu Muxue said obediently.

"Mu Xue, why do you sound a little guilty? You're not going there with your paws empty, are you?" Xue Rui felt that this was not Gu Mu Xue's tone.

"No...No, let's talk about it in the evening."

Xue Rui listened to the busy tone on the phone and wondered if his actions would cause any trouble.
Based on his understanding of Gu Qingshan, Gu Qingshan would most likely go there in person. Then it would become like asking his girlfriend's parents to visit another girlfriend's parents?
The more Xue Rui thought about it, the more panicked he became. He couldn't expect the car to fail, right?

So, he immediately decided to call the old lady to talk to her.

After a few rings, the old lady's dissatisfied voice came: "You little brat, you also know how to call me?"

Xue Rui's eardrums were itchy from the vibration, and he wondered if the old lady's hearing loss was so severe?
"Grandma, how are you feeling recently?" Xue Rui asked with concern.

"I'm fine when you're not with me." The old lady said sarcastically.

"Xixi has gone home. I'm on a business trip and will come back to see you during the winter vacation."

"It's fine as long as my granddaughter comes back. You don't have to come back."

……

After a few pleasantries, Xue Rui changed his attitude and solemnly warned:

"A leader will come to visit you later, so don't say the wrong thing."

"What leader?"

"Private nursing homes are mainly managed by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and the Civil Affairs Bureau. The city's Industrial and Commercial Bureau is in charge, and even Village Chief Hua has to bow and scrape. You should think about it yourself, so that no one can make things difficult for you..."

Xue Rui lowered his voice to highlight the importance of the matter, and then used the "village head" in the old lady's cognition as a comparison, and tapped on it a little to deepen the old lady's impression.

"Then what should I do?" The old lady asked in a panic. She thought that Xue Rui seemed to be out of tune most of the time, but he was very clear about the big things and he was always doing it for her good.

"You won't go wrong if you say less. If you don't understand, ask Xixi."

He was not around, so the old lady could not respond flexibly and could only leave the matter to Lin Ruoxi.

Lin Ruoxi is the most protective of him. She is usually a weak person, but she can even quarrel and hold grudges with others for him.

Thinking of this, Xue Rui put his heart back in his stomach.

……

Hedong, a private nursing home.

Lin Ruoxi stood in front of the door, watching Gu Muxue talking on the phone with her family, with a little envy in her eyes. Gu Muxue knew what that look was, and she turned her head subconsciously: "Dad, remember to buy some fruit when you come over, bye."

"Well, is Uncle Gu coming?" Lin Ruoxi looked surprised.

"Let's go see grandma." Gu Muxue changed the subject.

"Well, grandma just asked me why I hadn't gone over yet. It seems Xue Rui called her." Lin Ruoxi said.

Gu Muxue pouted, feeling that Xue Rui seemed to be everywhere:
"Ruoxi, did you say anything to Xue Rui?"

"No, what's wrong?" Lin Ruoxi asked curiously.

"It's just... it's like he saw through me."

Gu Muxue looked at her empty "little paws" and glanced around uncertainly, as if Xue Rui was looking at them.

Lin Ruoxi's eyes curved: "Rui is very powerful, he can see through my heart."

"Can it be understood this way?" Gu Muxue couldn't help but hold her forehead.

"Well, what about telepathy?" Lin Ruoxi asked back.

"Okay." Gu Muxue stood on tiptoe, recalling many past events.

While chatting and laughing, a spacious and bright activity room came into view. It was completely different from the desolate outside world, and many elderly people gathered inside.

Some elderly people can even play table tennis, while others play chess and mahjong.

"All here?" Gu Muxue's peach blossom eyes widened slightly. It was unexpectedly not bad.

"Old people are afraid of the cold and loneliness, so they gather here," Lin Ruoxi explained.

"So what does grandma like to do?" Gu Muxue asked.

Lin Ruoxi thought for a moment and said, "Well, she doesn't know anything. She likes chatting or being in a daze."

The two men pushed the door open and walked in. A young girl in her prime appeared in the nursing home. She was as charming as apricot and peach blossoms in early spring, making people unable to help but take a few more glances at her.

Then, someone familiar began to shout, "Mrs. Wang, your granddaughter is here to see you."

"What a beautiful girl, who are you looking for?" an old man asked Gu Muxue.

"Hello, Grandpa. I'm looking for Grandma Wang." Gu Muxue nodded politely and continued to walk inside.

The old lady stood up from a distance and waved at Lin Ruoxi.

"Hello grandma, I am Gu Muxue who often chats with you on video." Gu Muxue said.

"Okay, okay." The old lady nodded, quickly pulled Lin Ruoxi aside and asked in a low voice: "What is her relationship with Xue Rui?"

Lin Ruoxi shuddered all over: "Grandma, Mu Xue... is my roommate."

"You are lying again. I don't believe he will let you live in the school." Under the old lady's eyelids were a pair of eyes shining with brilliance.

Before Lin Ruoxi could refute anything, the old lady continued: "You are like losing your life without him. You stayed by his side every day and night for the past two years. Now you say you want to live separately, I don't believe it."

Lin Ruoxi pouted. Although her grandma didn't understand the Internet, she seemed to know everything.

"I didn't lie." Lin Ruoxi said in a low voice.

She and Gu Muxue have always lived together, so it’s not wrong to say they are roommates.

Now the old lady was uncertain.

After all, it was really hard for her to imagine that Xue Rui could find another daughter as stupid as his own in the world.

"Grandma, are you living well here?" Gu Muxue asked with a smile.

"Not bad." The old lady responded happily and subconsciously glanced behind Gu Muxue.

"I brought you something, but I didn't bring it in."

Gu Muxue was embarrassed and just hoped that her father would come quickly.

Lin Ruoxi said softly:
"Grandma, let's not take other people's things, okay?"

"what?"

Gu Muxue's eyes were blank. It was impolite for her not to bring anything, so why was Lin Ruoxi educating her grandmother instead?
"Things like Melatonin are not good for you, so don't let Xue Rui buy them." Lin Ruoxi said in a low voice.

"Okay, so it's all for him?" The old lady was immediately furious.

Suddenly, two old ladies nearby started arguing loudly, attracting their attention.

However, the elderly people seemed to be used to it.

One of them shouted, "My son is a manager in a big company, managing hundreds of people."

Another person was not to be outdone: "My daughter is abroad. She sent me some foreign tea last time. Old Li, have you tried it? Tell me about it..."

The old man at the side twitched his eyes and moved away from the two of them, fearing that he would also be affected.

"My grandson took the college entrance exam two years ago..."

The old lady's eyes lit up when she heard this. She finally reached the area she could understand. She was about to say something when Lin Ruoxi grabbed her wrist.

Lin Ruoxi shook her head slowly: "Grandma, the teacher said not to compare."

"You've read so many books, aren't they useful just for this moment?" The old lady sighed. She didn't know who she inherited this non-competitive character from.

After a while, the topic changed again.

"My pension is high, and my family wants me to live longer. Your son is losing money on you every day. What do you think he is thinking?"

"Your daughter never came to see you. When you can't move, you can see the nurse..."

Gu Muxue's hair stood on end when she heard this. How could the old man be so aggressive?
She had never thought about it in this way...

It turns out that intrigue exists not only in the girls' dormitory, but also in nursing homes.

Moreover, their conversation also made her extremely certain of Xue Rui's guess that if Lin Ruoxi didn't come, the old lady would really be ignored.

Because the elderly here have even tacitly accepted this "unspoken rule".

The old lady's eyes were depressed. She had no pension and her only relative was her granddaughter.

Lin Ruoxi held her grandmother's hand tightly: "Grandma, Xue Rui and I both hope you live a long life."

"Hmph, he may not think so." The old lady said this, and the wrinkles on her face could not stop rising.

"Well, I'll come back more often. I think the toilet in the room is not very clean..."

Suddenly, the door of the activity room opened again, and a middle-aged man in an executive jacket stepped in, followed by several flattering smiling faces.

"Hey, Dean Qin, what are you doing with a fruit basket?" the old man holding a table tennis racket joked.

"Leader, please come this way." Dean Qin did not respond and carefully kept a distance from the middle-aged man.

“Don’t be nervous, I came here for my personal business.” Gu Qingshan waved his hand and handed the cup of water to the driver beside him.

"Private matter?" Dean Qin was shocked. No wonder no one informed him!
That would be even more troublesome!

He quickly scanned the group of old people with his sharp eyes, but he couldn't figure it out.

Is there anyone here who is worthy of Gu Qingshan's visit?

"Dad, here!" Gu Muxue stood up and waved with a smile.

Dean Qin smiled at Gu Muxue from a distance and found that there was an old man sitting next to Gu Muxue.

He turned his head and whispered to the person behind him, "Quick, check the admission information of that old lady."

"Dean, there's nothing to investigate. I know all the people with special backgrounds, and she's not one of them." The person behind him responded in a low voice.

"So much nonsense, I'll check it out if you ask me to."

Can an ordinary old lady be visited by the city bureau leaders? (End of this chapter)

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