Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

Lin Ruoxi followed Gu Muxue's head as she turned. When Gu Muxue turned her head to the left, Lin Ruoxi moved to the left as well, urging Gu Muxue to spit out the fried dough stick in her mouth.

Gu Muxue's face was very ugly. She originally wanted to vomit in the trash can, but Lin Ruoxi clung to her tightly and kept waving her palm in front of her, as if she wanted her to vomit on her hand.

"Hehe." Xue Rui suppressed a laugh from the side.

That's how little girls are; once they completely trust someone, they tend to be overly concerned and even unsure about social distancing.

He's always been tormented by Lin Ruoxi, and today it's Gu Muxue's turn.

Gu Muxue thought to herself, "I only ate one bite of fried dough stick. Everyone else has eaten it. Could it possibly poison someone?"

Instead of Lin Ruoxi urging her, she might as well swallow what was in her mouth.

Lin Ruoxi noticed Gu Muxue's little movement, reached out and pinched Gu Muxue's cheek, stopping Gu Muxue from swallowing any further.

Gu Muxue turned to Xue Rui, casting a pleading look at him.

Xue Rui grinned mischievously, thinking that he must let Gu Muxue experience Lin Ruoxi's stubbornness, so he did not offer to help.

As Lin Ruoxi raised her other hand, Gu Muxue's pupils dilated violently.

What is Lin Ruoxi planning to do?
Gu Muxue subconsciously stuck out her tongue and spat the bitten fried dough stick onto Lin Ruoxi's hand.

"Phew~" Lin Ruoxi breathed a sigh of relief and threw the things in her hand into the trash can.

"You..." Gu Muxue couldn't utter a word for a long time.

A surge of shame welled up inside her, flushing her cheeks and ears. Gu Muxue instinctively lowered her head, wishing the ground would crack open so she could disappear into it.

Just now, I spat food into an adult's hand like a baby, and Xue Rui saw it.

"Mu Xue, why is your face red?" Xue Rui teased.

Gu Muxue clenched her teeth and buried her head even lower.

She imitated Lin Ruoxi and carefully smelled the fried dough stick in her hand.

“Ruoxi is right.” Gu Muxue frowned, agreeing with Lin Ruoxi’s statement.

If that's the case, she has even less reason to criticize Lin Ruoxi, since Lin Ruoxi was doing it for her own good.

"What are you two whispering about? I can't understand a word you say."

Xue Rui was completely confused.

"Ammonium alum is aluminum ammonium sulfate, and ammonium bicarbonate is a leavening agent. Heating it will produce ammonia gas. If it smells pungent, it is very likely that the aluminum content is too high," Lin Ruoxi explained softly.

"What will happen if you eat it?" Xue Rui pressed.

"I told you to read more books, because eating too much aluminum will make you stupid," Gu Muxue explained.

Xue Rui slapped his forehead, looking like he was slow to realize something.

"Xiao Rui, what's wrong?" Gu Muxue asked, her face full of confusion.

Xue Rui cursed, "The city is full of tricks. I want to go back to the countryside. I finally understand why I'm not doing well in school. When I was little, my mom wouldn't let me eat these things, but I ate them behind her back every day..."

"Hehehe~ How rebellious!" Gu Muxue laughed heartily.

"Mu Xue knows quite a lot."

Lin Ruoxi reached out her hand, gesturing for Gu Muxue to hand her the remaining fried dough sticks.

"No, my dad is in charge of these things, I hear about them a lot."

Gu Muxue handed the half-eaten fried dough stick to Lin Ruoxi.

After taking the fried dough stick, Lin Ruoxi stuffed it into her mouth without pausing, as if she were the one who had forced Gu Muxue to spit it out.

Gu Muxue's eyes widened instantly, thinking that there was an even more rebellious one here. She frowned and looked at Xue Rui, signaling him to handle it.

"You knew that, yet you still ate it?"

Xue Rui darted forward and pinched Lin Ruoxi's cheek, just like Lin Ruoxi had pinched Gu Muxue earlier.

"We've already bought it, so we can't...we can't waste the food," Lin Ruoxi said, her words slurred.

“Spit it out. It’s not you who’s wasting food, it’s the shop owner who sold you the fried dough sticks.” Xue Rui said firmly.

He recalled many details. In the past, when he had breakfast with Lin Ruoxi, Lin Ruoxi would always categorize the food without explaining why. She would give him the food that was fine, while Lin Ruoxi would eat the food with excessive additives.

"Um……"

Lin Ruoxi obediently stuck out her tongue, looking aggrieved.

Xue Rui glanced at the fried dough sticks on the table, hesitated for a moment, and then called Da Huang over.

After several trials, Xue Rui determined that rhubarb would also not be eaten.

"Even dogs wouldn't eat this, but I've been eating it for years." Xue Rui threw all the fried dough sticks into the trash can.

With a soft "pfft," Gu Muxue chuckled again.

After laughing for a while, Gu Muxue couldn't help but ask, "Ruoxi, since you know how to tell the difference, why don't you distinguish them when you buy them?"

Xue Rui patted Lin Ruoxi's head and said, "Xixi is timid and doesn't dare to argue with others."

"Hmm." Lin Ruoxi pouted. Xue Rui was right.

"Xixi, from now on you can smell it freely, I'll take care of the arguments," Xue Rui said with a grin.

"Um...arguing is bad, we should, we should..." Lin Ruoxi said, her face puffed up with anger.

"What should we do?" Xue Rui asked with a surprised expression. The little girl seemed to be getting more and more assertive and daring to defend her rights.

"I...I should secretly block their account and never go there again," Lin Ruoxi said guiltily, which was what she usually did.

Xue Rui was speechless; he thought Lin Ruoxi was going to report the business.

Gu Muxue smiled helplessly. She had already peeled several tea eggs and placed them on the plate in front of her. "Ruoxi, where did you buy your fried dough sticks?"

Gu Muxue's voice was calm, but Xue Rui detected a hint of displeasure in it.

Xue Rui turned his head to look at Gu Muxue. Gu Muxue's gaze was calm and unwavering. She held a peeled egg in her hand and waved her wrist at him.

"Hmm, it's the first house on the left after you leave the community..." Lin Ruoxi answered casually.

Xue Rui's lips twitched, thinking that someone was about to be in big trouble.

Lin Ruoxi is quick-witted, while Gu Muxue... is extremely vengeful.

However, Xue Rui had no sympathy for these unscrupulous merchants, after all, he had been eating there for many years...

After dinner, Gu Muxue walked around the room, gazing at the room with lingering affection for a long time, before bending down to play with Dahuang for a while.

Big Yellow's tail swayed gently, and the dog rubbed its head against Gu Muxue's palm. In the end, it even lay down on the ground, obediently exposing its belly.

"It wasn't a waste of time feeding you. I don't know if you'll still recognize me in the future," Gu Muxue said in a very soft voice.

"Woof!" Big Yellow barked.

"Mu Xue, wait for us a moment, we'll come and see you off." Lin Ruoxi was buttoning up Xue Rui's shirt.

"Xiao Yu is waiting for me at the door. Today is the Lantern Festival. You guys go out and have a good time. I heard there's a lantern festival tonight."

Gu Muxue gestured to the two of them, indicating that they didn't need to see her off.

Before closing the door, she winked at Xue Rui: "Xiao Rui, remember what I said."

With a "click," the door closed, and Xue Rui suddenly felt a great sense of loss.

Because he knew that from today onwards, Gu Muxue would no longer come here.

Gu Muxue had just reminded him to tell Lin Ruoxi about the matter as soon as possible.

Lin Ruoxi stared blankly at the door, her hands secretly starting to unbutton her clothes again.

"Xixi, what are you doing?" Xue Rui asked helplessly.

"Well, shirts get wrinkled at home," Lin Ruoxi explained.

"How could it get wrinkled if I didn't rub it around?" Xue Rui retorted.

"Ugh...it's uncomfortable to wear." Lin Ruoxi wanted to hug Xue Rui a little longer; clothes with buttons were uncomfortable to hold.

But she noticed that after Gu Muxue left, Xue Rui seemed to have something on his mind.

"Rui, what's wrong?"

"Xixi, I have something to tell you."

Xue Rui led Lin Ruoxi to sit down, and after hesitating for a long time, he didn't know how to start the conversation.

If they live separately from now on, it means that he won't be by Lin Ruoxi's side for half the year, which literally tears his life in two.

Moreover, there is no fixed time limit, unlike his usual business trips where he is given a specific time to return home.

Lin Ruoxi sat on the sofa, her long legs draped over Xue Rui's legs, her arms around his neck. She liked this position; it didn't put too much strain on Xue Rui, and she could still hug him.

Xue Rui moved Lin Ruoxi's legs apart and pried her hands apart, deliberately keeping a distance from her.

"Xixi, do you think our relationship is normal?" Xue Rui asked coldly.

"Rui... what's wrong?" Lin Ruoxi used both hands to try to climb into Xue Rui's arms again.

However, Xue Rui pressed her forehead down.

Xue Rui wouldn't let her get close...

In an instant, Lin Ruoxi's face turned deathly pale, her breathing became rapid, and she clenched her fists uncontrollably.

This was the first time Xue Rui had rejected her in this way, and she was very worried, which made her think of many things.

Xue Rui was asking her a question.

Is the relationship normal?
"I...I'm your girlfriend, what's wrong with me?" Lin Ruoxi squatted on the ground, her voice trembling slightly.

Xue Rui remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "Mu Xue is the same."

"She's yours too, as long as you're happy." Lin Ruoxi gave a doting smile.

“But there will be a lot of trouble.” Xue Rui sighed.

Lin Ruoxi bit her lip; she hadn't expected this day to come so soon.

Xue Rui seemed to be hesitating, making a choice.

She remembered that Gu Muxue seemed to have given Xue Rui some instructions before she left.

By the way... Gu Muxue only went back for a few days, and it seems she took most of her luggage with her, as if she would never come back.

Lin Ruoxi had a terrible suspicion: Xue Rui and Gu Muxue had conspired to get rid of her.

Did I... lose?

"Rui, is there something I did wrong? I can change it."

The world before Lin Ruoxi's eyes was blurry, and she clung tightly to Xue Rui's legs.

She didn't know what to do; she seemed to have nowhere else to go but to stay by Xue Rui's side.

"I can learn to eat whatever you want."

"Oh right, don't you like playing games? I can play with you too..."

……

Lin Ruoxi said a lot, until she broke down in tears.

Xue Rui clutched his chest, his conscience pierced by a sharp pain.

He originally intended to speak vaguely, letting the little girl guess the worst before proposing the idea of ​​living separately. This way, the little girl would be more likely to accept it, otherwise he really couldn't resist her coquettishness.

But Lin Ruoxi seems to be thinking too badly, as if he were the heartless Chen Shimei who wanted to "abandon his wife".

The little girl's humble appearance really broke his heart.

He only said something ambiguous, and the little girl's eyes turned dull, no longer bright as before, as if she had lost all hope for the future.

Xue Rui couldn't imagine what Lin Ruoxi would become if he ever said something heartless.
Xue Rui gritted his teeth, bent down and picked Lin Ruoxi up in his arms: "Xixi, why are you thinking so much?"

Lin Ruoxi raised her head, rubbed her teary eyes, and once they were focused again, she revealed a joyful smile.

Lin Ruoxi sniffed and gently touched Xue Rui's lips.

"Oh, I was wrong. You can punish me however you want."

As usual, Lin Ruoxi gently rubbed Xue Rui's cheek.

Xue Rui chuckled. Of all the people he had known in his two lifetimes, Lin Ruoxi was the most special girl.

Other girls all have an attitude of "I did nothing wrong" and "You'd better comfort me."

Lin Ruoxi always bowed her head and admitted her mistakes without any explanation.

Lin Ruoxi's love for him was too humble.

"Xixi, what I mean is, we've been targeted recently, so we need to lay low for a while."

Xue Rui tried his best to lower his voice and make it as gentle as possible.

Because the little girl in his arms was still trembling.

"Hmm, who's eyeing you?" Lin Ruoxi suddenly raised her head, her eyes scanning the house.

“During the Chinese New Year, Mu Xue’s mother mentioned me, meaning that she had discovered the bad things I had done, so I have decided that you and Mu Xue should live separately for the time being.”

Xue Rui took the responsibility upon himself.

"Okay, I'm fine with it."

Lin Ruoxi's gaze was unfocused; so this was what Xue Rui wanted to say.

It's just that I spent less time with Xue Rui, but compared to losing Xue Rui, it's already the best thing that could be.

"Xixi's grown up, she agreed so readily?"

While praising her, Xue Rui stroked Lin Ruoxi's back until she was completely calm.

Fortunately, this matter is finally over.

"Rui, you can hit me anytime from now on, just don't push me away, okay?"

Lin Ruoxi hugged Xue Rui very tightly, as if she wanted to meld him into her body.

"Ok?"

Xue Rui frowned, thinking that the little girl was talking nonsense again.

“At least… it’s still worth getting beaten up,” Lin Ruoxi murmured.

Xue Rui gritted his teeth, thinking that next time he returned to Huacun, he would definitely perform a ritual to pray for the souls of the Lin family.

If it weren't for that scumbag, Lin Ruoxi wouldn't have ended up like this.

"Rui, did you really say that the city is full of tricks and that you wanted to go back to the countryside?" Lin Ruoxi asked, tilting her head.

Xue Rui was stunned for a moment. So the little girl didn't understand the rhymes on the internet at all.

Gu Muxue is a city girl, while Lin Ruoxi is from the village.

For some reason, it seems like we're doing multiple-choice questions again?

Lin Ruoxi seemed to be asking: Do you want to come home with me?
Xue Rui couldn't help but sigh: Rural roads are slippery, and people's hearts are even more complicated.

"Xixi, did you think I was going to leave you?" Xue Rui began to change the subject.

"Hmm..." Lin Ruoxi murmured in response, thinking that Xue Rui was very gentle today, so she should definitely coax him a little more.

Xue Rui chuckled, thinking to himself that he had finally found a way to use this against him.

"So, in your heart, that's what you've always thought of me? You think I'm a bad person who starts something and then abandons it?" Xue Rui questioned.

"No...I didn't." (End of Chapter)