Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

"Not sleeping."

Lin Ruoxi patted her face and encouraged herself.

Yu Minlan took a deep breath. She felt that this was not a solution, so she told a white lie:

"Sister Ruoxi, is there a possibility? Xue Rui wants to wait until you fall asleep and then dress up as Santa Claus to give you a present?"

"If you're not asleep now, he certainly won't come. He joked with me before about drugging you. I guess... he wants you to sleep more deeply."

“Sister Yu, you are so smart.” Lin Ruoxi perked up, took out a pill from her pocket, and said to herself, “It’s safer to take another pill. I sleep lightly.”

Yu Minlan snatched it away and said, "Silly girl, take care of yourself."

……

Gu Muxue's room.

"Whoosh~"

Gu Muxue leaned in Xue Rui's arms and gently blew on the red mark on Xue Rui's shoulder.

Xue Rui sneered. In his arms was Gu Muxue, the girl he had dreamed of for a long time, but in his mind he was thinking about what Lin Ruoxi was doing?

The cell phone was placed right next to the bed, but Xue Rui didn't even dare to look at it, for fear of ruining Gu Muxue's mood.

Not to mention replying to Lin Ruoxi's message, he didn't even know what time it was.

"Mu Xue, staying up late will cause acne."

Xue Rui said softly that he wanted to coax Gu Muxue to sleep first.

"Xiao Rui, when have you ever seen me have acne?" Gu Muxue said with a proud tone.

Xue Rui cursed in his heart, "God is unfair", and said shamelessly:

"I said I had acne."

Gu Muxue grumbled dissatisfiedly: "Oh, then you go to sleep."

"Have you taken the medicine?" Xue Rui asked.

Gu Muxue hugged Xue Rui's arm tightly: "I don't want to eat. I will feel sleepy if I eat."

Xue Rui's eyes lit up when he heard this. After hesitating for a moment, he said in a serious tone, "You must eat. I promised Uncle Gu and Aunt Zhao that I would take good care of you."

Gu Muxue was stunned, her eyes were a little dazed, and she murmured and nodded: "Okay, I'll eat it."

Xue Rui turned around, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

If I were to use a caring approach, I don’t know how long it would take to persuade her.

But as long as he brought Gu Muxue's parents up, he would be shouldering a certain responsibility, and Gu Muxue could not refuse this reason.

"Da Lang, it's time to take your medicine." Xue Rui smiled as he held a cold medicine.

"Asshole, be serious." Gu Muxue muttered, but still chose to open her mouth.

She always felt that Xue Rui wanted to coax her to sleep and then do other things;
For example, go find Lin Ruoxi.

Rather than the physical discomfort, she was more afraid of not being able to see Xue Rui when she woke up.

After feeding Gu Muxue the medicine, Xue Rui held Gu Muxue in his arms and gently patted her back with his palm.

Gu Muxue's eyelids kept fighting each other. Today, Xue Rui was more gentle than before. He took care of her as if he was coaxing a child to sleep.

This made her even more uneasy, but she became more and more sleepy.

If she didn't see Xue Rui when she woke up the next day, she would...

Just, make a note of him in your little notebook.

Gu Muxue's tongue gradually lost control and she began to speak slowly:
"Xiao Rui, you are very talented in taking care of children."

"Just be beautiful."

"Huh, you're the most vain one, and you're still worried about getting acne." Gu Muxue teased.

Xue Rui took advantage of the warming relationship between the two to ask some questions that he had not dared to ask before: "Mu Xue, you are really discerning. I have another question for Master Gu. When I was in high school, he ignored me for a while. What did he catch me by surprise?"

"I won't tell you. Anyway, I have evidence."

……

As time passed, Gu Muxue felt her eyelids getting heavier and heavier, and her words became shorter and shorter:
"hug."

"I'm holding it."

"Tighten it..."

After Gu Muxue fell asleep, Xue Rui did not leave immediately, but continued to wait there for a while, until Gu Muxue's breathing gradually stabilized. He gently laid Gu Muxue flat on the bed, tiptoed to pick up the phone, and tiptoed out the door.

Xue Rui looked at the colorful lights outside the window and couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly: "This festival is over."

He specially made a Christmas tree, thinking of organizing some group activities at home to enhance the relationship between the three of them.

But the result...

Not to mention improving their relationship, he didn't even know how to sleep today.

Although he got to eat the cabbage as he wished, he was not as happy as he expected.

Because Xiaobaicai's various behaviors reveal a strong possessiveness.

This was a sign that Gu Muxue loved him even more, but he felt that a storm had arisen at home.

The friendship boat won’t capsize just like that, right?

In fact, what worries Xue Rui more is Gu Muxue's attitude towards work. For example, most girls, when they have an intimate relationship with a boy for the first time, hope that the other party will take responsibility and will take the opportunity to make some small requests.

But Gu Muxue wouldn't do that, and even gave him the opportunity to make requests, making it seem as if he was the one who was at a disadvantage.

This is how the two of them get along, and Gu Muxue prefers to be the one in a superior position.

This is also what makes Xue Rui feel powerless. He can grasp Gu Muxue's mood, but he has no way of predicting what Gu Muxue will do.

Gu Muxue is independent, proactive, and always plans before taking action...

If Gu Muxue was determined to go against Lin Ruoxi, the one who would have the most headache would of course be him who was caught in the middle.

Xue Rui sat on the sofa. His heavy mood made him suddenly want to light a cigarette. He subconsciously reached under the coffee table and touched a pile of books.

Principles of Economics

World Economic History

As expected, they are all books on economics.

However, when Xue Rui saw the two books below, his expression suddenly became solemn.

"Sun Tzu's Military Strategy - Protracted War".

No, why would a girl read military books?
"Mu Xue, please read less extracurricular books. I will keep them for you first."

Xue Rui muttered to himself, took the two books away, and began to look through the messages on his phone.

It was already one in the morning, and the first message on the screen was sent by Yu Minlan five minutes ago:

[Boss, you are so stingy. You only give me a bottle of perfume for the holiday? It can't even fill a sock. ]

Xue Rui: [How much can a sock hold? Do you think it's a snakeskin bag?]

Yu Minlan: [Picture]

In the picture, a bottle of perfume lies alone in a pair of black stockings, looking empty.

Xue Rui laughed inwardly.

Xixi, you are too greedy!

Who hangs stockings at Christmas? What's the difference between them and sacks?
Xue Rui thought that since all the gifts had been given out, Lin Ruoxi had probably fallen asleep.

Xue Rui replied: [Well done, you have the potential to be a spy.]

After receiving Xue Rui's message, Yu Minlan struggled for a long time, typing and deleting the words on the screen, and then deleting and typing again.

[Ruoxi waited for you for a long time but you didn't come. She thought you wanted to give her a surprise in the middle of the night, so she drugged herself and is now sleeping soundly.]

[Boss, my mission is complete. I'm going back first.]

Yu Minlan thought about it for a long time, and after making sure that she had completely cleared herself of any responsibility, she sent it to Xue Rui.

Xue Rui was stunned for a long time after receiving the news, and cursed all of Yu Minlan's ancestors in his heart.

He had originally found a temporary excuse to get Lin Ruoxi away, thinking that he could make up an excuse after the gift arrived, and the little girl wouldn't mind.

Now, he has an additional task of being Santa Claus.

The point is that he never thought that Gu Muxue’s first night would be on Christmas, and he had to make sure that Gu Muxue could see him when she woke up the next morning.

But the little girl's expectations were also very high, and he couldn't pretend not to see it.

After all, he was the one who said he would take Lin Ruoxi to celebrate the festival...

However, he had too many troubles, such as the scratches on his body. Lin Ruoxi was most sensitive about Gu Muxue "bullying" him, so he could not intensify the conflict. For the sake of the future, he even had to secretly let the two of them establish a friendship.

Xue Rui couldn't find any solution at all, so he picked up the military book in front of him and flipped through two pages.

[A strategy for victory, hiding the truth from the world.] Xue Rui's eyes lit up, and he turned back a few pages and began to study it carefully.

……

Two hours later, Xue Rui stood in front of Lin Ruoxi's bed.

In the dark night, Xue Rui bent down quietly, took off the warm noise-cancelling headphones from his head, and gently put them on the little girl's ears. Before leaving, he also took the stockings hanging on the bedside.

"Yes, he slept very soundly indeed."

Xue Rui breathed a sigh of relief. He took out the leftover sound-absorbing cotton scraps from decorating the piano room and blocked the gap in Lin Ruoxi's door tightly.

Walking into the kitchen, Xue Rui took out the "tools for committing the crime" that he had prepared in advance.

A dozen white towels, a kitchen knife, and the vegetables Lin Ruoxi had bought in advance.

"Xixi, I'm sorry."

The silver blade gently touches the table, and the white towel falls silently under the blade.

……

The next morning.

Lin Ruoxi stretched and subconsciously stretched her arms to her side.

However, the touch in my arms was very strange, and there was even a harsh sound of plastic friction.

Lin Ruoxi woke up suddenly and found herself holding a pair of stockings stuffed with snacks in her arms, bulging like an oval balloon.

She suddenly remembered that she was so sleepy yesterday that she just took out a pair of socks from the closet and hung them on the head of the bed to receive the gift from Xue Rui.

"Rui, you're here." Lin Ruoxi said in a cheerful tone.

She ran out barefoot and found the house empty.

There were spots of golden light on the floor of the living room, and judging from the sunlight, it was already past nine in the morning.

Lin Ruoxi returned to the dim bedroom. She found her cell phone and discovered that the alarm was on. She thought she was sleeping too soundly and didn't hear the alarm.

Lin Ruoxi raised her head and sniffed the air. She smelled the scent of food in the air.

I walked to the dining table, where there were five or six dishes neatly placed, and a note:

[Remember to heat it up before eating. I have to go to class first. 】

Lin Ruoxi's nose felt sore. This was Xue Rui's handwriting.

She hugged the note paper in her arms, smiled foolishly, and took out her cell phone to take pictures of the food on the table.

Xue Rui came last night, brought her Christmas gifts, and even cooked a big meal. Xue Rui made such a big noise, but she didn't wake up from beginning to end.

Thinking of this, Lin Ruoxi couldn't stop her tears from falling from the corners of her eyes:

"It's all my fault. I...I slept too deeply..."

She turned on her cell phone and found that Xue Rui had sent her a lot of messages.

Xue Rui: [Xixi, Mu Xue prepared a big bag of Christmas gifts for you. I used the scarf you knitted to pay for it. You can just thank her on WeChat, no need to thank me.]

Lin Ruoxi: [Dear, thank you! ]

Lin Ruoxi smiled with her eyes curved and kissed the wallpaper on her phone.

Xue Rui always thinks so carefully.

……

At the same time, at Gu Muxue's home.

"Boom!"

Gu Muxue was awakened by the sound of cutting vegetables. She squinted her eyes drowsily and shouted towards the wide-open door:
"Xiao Rui, is that you?"

"Mu Xue, don't get up. I'll be done soon."

Xue Rui's loud response came from outside the door.

Gu Muxue smiled with joy. She rolled around on the bed with the quilt in her arms until she felt pain in her waist. Only then did she suppress her excitement.

"Sigh~" Gu Muxue sighed slowly, good times are always short.

Suddenly, she saw a white sock on the bedside. She picked it up curiously and found a bottle of perfume inside.

Without much explanation, she knew this was a Christmas gift from Xue Rui.

There is also a white knitted scarf next to the socks. It should be Xue Rui's?
No, that lazy guy would never be able to stack them neatly without Lin Ruoxi's help...

Could it be that... this scarf is also for me?
Just when Gu Muxue was puzzled, Xue Rui walked into the bedroom with a small dining table:
"Mu Xue, it's time for breakfast."

"Xiao Rui, you...why do you have two dark circles and bloodshot eyes? Didn't you sleep?" Gu Muxue asked in surprise.

The corners of Xue Rui's mouth twitched. He didn't sleep all night last night.

He cooked a meal in "silent" mode at Lin Ruoxi's house.

When cutting vegetables, several towels are placed on the chopping board. Cooking is like committing a crime.

Xue Rui chuckled: "Mu Xue, your snoring is too loud, I didn't sleep well."

Gu Muxue was so angry that her face turned red: "You are talking nonsense, I never snore."

Xue Rui knew that he couldn't hide it because there was a surveillance camera at the door of Gu Muxue's house, and he would know that he went out in the middle of the night as soon as he checked.

Although there are surveillance cameras in Lin Ruoxi's home, it doesn't matter. It is enough to prove that he has been there.

He waved his hand to signal Gu Muxue to eat, and explained:

"I went out last night and returned a favor for you."

This was another strategy of his. Xue Rui named it "positive spy strategy", which was another use of the counter-espionage strategy.

Who doesn’t know some military tactics?

"Favor?"

"Xixi knitted you a scarf as a Christmas gift. Are you ready?"

Xue Rui asked in a low voice.

He knew Lin Ruoxi and Gu Muxue very well. The little girl didn't want to owe anyone anything, while Gu Muxue was most afraid of owing favors to others.

Gu Muxue said in a weak tone: "No...no, I don't even think you will celebrate Christmas."

Because she and Xue Rui have known each other for so many years, the most they would do is give each other an apple on Christmas Eve. As they are two close holidays, she never thought that Lin Ruoxi and Xue Rui would prepare gifts at the same time.

"I just found out about it last night, so I went out in the middle of the night to return the gift for you and bought a bunch of snacks to fool you. Now I'll owe you a favor after the holiday." Xue Rui said slowly.

"Yeah, that's true." Gu Muxue nodded.

Lin Ruoxi’s gift was a hand-knitted scarf. Handmade things are the hardest to return.

"Say thank you." Xue Rui said shamelessly.

Gu Muxue gritted her teeth and squeezed out two words with difficulty: "Thank you."

She always felt that something was not right.

The bastard who got the biggest advantage was balancing two relationships, so why should she say thank you?
Even if she wanted to thank someone, she should thank Lin Ruoxi.

"Hmph! You're full of anger." Gu Muxue looked annoyed.

Xue Rui smiled awkwardly, thinking that the little girl was quick to react, unlike the little girl who turned around and thanked him after being fooled by him.

"Eat an apple first to whet your appetite."

Xue Rui picked up an apple and put it to Gu Muxue's mouth.

Gu Muxue bared her teeth and took a bite of the apple, then her peach blossom eyes slowly widened with disbelief.

She snatched the apple from Xue Rui's hand, and with her two slender fingers, she pinched out a rolled-up note paper from the apple.

"Xiao Rui, where did you buy the apples?" Gu Muxue said as she slowly unfolded the note.

Xue Rui watched the note being slowly unfolded and felt that this operation was too familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

"What should I ask you?"

Gu Muxue asked again, but this time there was a chill in her tone, and her voice became interrogative.

"I didn't buy it. It was sent by express from my hometown. It's in the security room of our school..."

Xue Rui suddenly had a bad feeling that the person who would send him apples on Christmas Eve was not only his family, but also another girl...

Gu Muxue sneered and threw the note in front of Xue Rui.

[Eat my apple, you are mine! ——Love you, Chen Tingting. 】

Xue Rui looked grim, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

He calls himself "Emotional Zhuge", who is in charge of all the plans...

I actually...fell in a place like this?

There is always a loophole in a hundred precautions! (End of this chapter)