Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

Gu Muxue gazed at Chen Tingting's smiling selfie, trying her best to control her voice and make it sound as gentle and sweet as possible:
"Really? Whose photo would you like to include?"

Xue Rui immediately became alert, thinking that this question was a trap.

“I’m not old enough to put photos in my pocket yet, but I’m thinking that when I have kids, I’ll put their photos in my pocket, and when I don’t have kids, I’ll put your photos in my pocket.”

Xue Rui believed his answer was flawless, as it addressed Gu Muxue's question without requiring immediate action.

We can deal with the future later. At worst, I can just bring a wallet and a card holder and put photos of both girls in them. That would be fair and just.

After answering for a long time without receiving a response from Gu Muxue, Xue Rui slowly turned his head to look at Gu Muxue.

At this moment, Gu Muxue's expression was gloomy and so cold it seemed like water could drip from it.

Xue Rui swallowed hard.

Before she could analyze the situation, Gu Muxue turned her wallet over, half-squatted in front of Xue Rui, and pointed at Chen Tingting's photo with a smile, asking:

"Xiao Rui, is this family member or a lover?"

Xue Rui broke out in a cold sweat. He suddenly remembered that his wallet had passed through Chen Tingting's hands.

Was it when buying popsicles?
Damn it, it's impossible to guard against!

You managed to dodge the phone, but not the wallet?
"Mu Xue, let me explain." Xue Rui forced a fawning smile.

However, before Xue Rui could explain, Gu Muxue threw the photo on the sofa:

"Hmph! You should just stay with her."

Xue Rui quickly held up Xiao Bu: "Mu Xue, I'll let you play with Xiao Bu."

However, Gu Muxue walked towards the bedroom without looking back, her strides getting longer and longer until she almost ran back to the bedroom.

With a "bang!", the bedroom door slammed shut, locking Xue Rui out.

"Mu Xue, open the door! I'll explain everything to you."

Xue Rui pounded on the door.

Inside the room, Gu Muxue leaned against the door, blinking rapidly as she tried to hold back her tears.

A wallet is such a private item that only people with extremely close relationships can look at it; no one else can touch it, let alone put photos in it.

In what situations can you access your wallet?

It was nothing more than the two of them taking off all their clothes and chatting in bed...

Did Xue Rui make a mistake after only one day of Chen Tingting's arrival?
She demanded, "Xiao Rui, what exactly did you do today?"

"Mu Xue, I'm innocent! Chen Tingting slandered me at your school gate and almost ruined my reputation."

"I finally managed to get away with it, but then she said she wanted to buy ice cream, and was afraid I'd run away, so she asked me to leave her some valuables as collateral..."

Xue Rui recounted what happened that afternoon, portraying himself as the perfect victim.

Because Xue Rui was certain that Chen Tingting and Gu Muxue wouldn't be able to discuss things in too much detail.

Upon hearing this, Gu Muxue breathed a sigh of relief, her tense body softened, and she slid down against the door panel little by little until she finally sat down on the ground, powerless.

I had such a big reaction just from seeing Chen Tingting's photo.

Have you been too stressed lately?

But she really couldn't accept that Xue Rui was involved with another girl.

She struggled to sit up, trying to open the door for Xue Rui.

Suddenly, Xue Rui's voice came from outside the door: "Little white rabbit, open the door! It's the big bad wolf."

Gu Muxue quickly withdrew her outstretched hand as if she had been electrocuted, and her pretty face flushed red.

Xue Rui calling her "little white rabbit," is he thinking of...?

"Hmph!" Gu Muxue snorted coldly and knocked on the door a few times.

"Go with your little Bu. You can sleep in the living room with it tonight."

Xue Rui stood outside the door, his expression blank. He sighed helplessly, thinking to himself that he was so young, yet he had been reduced to sleeping on the sofa.
Fortunately, Gu Muxue's sofa was very large, and there was a 1.2-meter-wide chaise lounge in the corner, which could be used as a bed.

"Xiao Bu, your mother doesn't want us anymore. From now on, we'll have to rely on each other."

"Meow~"

Inside the room, Gu Muxue's lips curled up almost imperceptibly.

She eavesdropped at the door for a while, and after confirming that Xue Rui hadn't gone to get the spare key, she tiptoed to the corner of the cabinet, took out a teddy bear, and placed it neatly on the bed.

This little bear was a gift from Xue Rui, and it has been patched and repaired several times now.

Gu Muxue pinched the bear's ears, pointed at its nose with her other hand, and silently mouthed, "Bastard."

Seemingly not satisfied, Gu Muxue bit the bear's ear and tugged at it again.

Gu Muxue mistook the bear for Xue Rui, and whenever she was angry, she would beat the bear.

Gu Muxue thought she would channel her negative emotions into the little bear, and when she faced Xue Rui again, she would be a cheerful Gu Muxue once more.

After being "beaten up," the little bear had glistening drool left on its ears.

Gu Muxue's gaze softened as she looked at the teddy bear. She gently pulled the teddy bear into her arms, pressing one of her long, fair legs against it, as if she wanted to drown the teddy bear in her embrace.

After hugging for a while, Gu Muxue pouted slightly and looked towards the crack in the door, her eyes full of hope.

I've calmed down, why aren't you coming in yet?

The key is on top of the shoe cabinet, you should know that, right?

After hesitating for a long time, Gu Muxue turned off the light with a loud "snap," hoping to get Xue Rui's attention outside the door.

I stared blankly at the crack in the door for a while; the living room light was still on.

Gu Muxue pinched the bear's nose:
"If you're not going to come in, then don't come in. Don't think I can't sleep without you."

After saying that, Gu Muxue closed her eyes and rolled around on the bed a few more times before finding a comfortable position.

Anyway, it won't make a difference if it's just one more day. When Xue Rui goes to Lin Ruoxi's place, I sleep alone all the time, don't I?

But no matter how long she lay there, Gu Muxue was not sleepy at all. She would occasionally raise her head to look through the crack in the door, and then lie down again to try to fall asleep.

Gu Muxue squinted at her phone; it was already midnight…

Gu Muxue lay in bed for three hours without falling asleep.

In an instant, Gu Muxue suddenly had a lot of questions.

It's midnight, what is Xiao Rui doing?

Did he really fall asleep in the living room?
Won't my back hurt if I sleep on the sofa?
What temperature is the air conditioner set to?

Will I catch a cold?
……

What started as a problem eventually turned into countless worries.

This is different from what happened with Lin Ruoxi, because Gu Muxue was certain that Lin Ruoxi would take good care of Xue Rui.

"Sigh~" Gu Muxue sighed and struggled to sit up.

She still couldn't put her mind at ease and decided to go out and check on Xue Rui.

Gu Muxue walked barefoot to the door on tiptoe, then hunched her neck and slowly turned the doorknob, trying not to make a sound.

She wanted to secretly see what Xue Rui was doing.

Peeking out cautiously, Gu Muxue looked around, her eyes wide with surprise.

She noticed that Xue Rui was shirtless and curled up in a ball on the chaise lounge, probably from being cold from the air conditioning.

Xiao Bu, meanwhile, nestled in Xue Rui's arms, the two of them huddling together for warmth.

Gu Muxue frowned. How could this bastard actually sleep with the cat?
Gu Muxue strode forward and roughly picked up Xiaobu.

Xiao Bu was forced to turn on, his jewel-like blue eyes filled with confusion.

Gu Muxue muttered to herself, "Remember this, he is mine."

"Meow~"

Little Bu called out softly.

After chasing Xiao Bu away, Gu Muxue looked at Xue Rui sleeping soundly and frowned slightly.

Xue Rui is already asleep. Should I call him in to sleep?
No, no, I already told him to sleep in the living room. If I call him back, wouldn't that make me seem like I have no principles?

So Gu Muxue went back to the room, and when she came out again, she had a blanket in her arms. Gu Muxue roughly covered Xue Rui with the blanket and then stuffed a pillow under Xue Rui's head.

Throughout the entire process, Xue Rui simply turned over and smacked his lips a few times, showing no sign of waking up.

"She's sleeping so soundly."

Gu Muxue pouted, looking somewhat disappointed.

She thought it would be best if Xue Rui was woken up by her, then she would have a reason to scold him a few times, find a way to back down, and then let Xue Rui go back to her room to sleep.

But Xue Rui hasn't woken up, so should she go back to sleep?
Gu Muxue looked down at the cramped sofa, then at the spacious bed in the bedroom in the distance.

After hesitating for a long time, a resolute look flashed in Gu Muxue's eyes. She gently lifted Xue Rui's blanket, tiptoed into Xue Rui's arms, and revealed a satisfied smile.

She had said that Xue Rui could sleep on the sofa, but she hadn't said that she couldn't sleep on the sofa herself.

However, before Gu Muxue could find a comfortable position, she suddenly realized that Xue Rui was pressing her hair down.

"Xiao Rui, you stepped on my hair."

“@#@Mu Xue…”

In her murmured words, Gu Muxue found her own name. Although her hair was still being pressed down by Xue Rui, she no longer had the intention to push him away.

Fine, let it be, just get a little closer.

Gu Muxue closed her eyes contentedly.

Suddenly, the phone next to my pillow vibrated and the screen lit up.

Gu Muxue realized it was Xue Rui's phone and couldn't help but become curious.

Who would send a message to Xue Rui in the middle of the night?

Gu Muxue thought about it and figured that since Xue Rui often looked at her phone anyway, it wouldn't hurt for her to take a look too.

So she unlocked the screen and opened Xue Rui's WeChat.

The screen displays a large number of contacts, with Lin Ruoxi and himself pinned to the top.

Xue Rui saved Lin Ruoxi's contact as her nickname, and her contact name was "Mu Xue".

However, the first place is now "Xi Xi" because Lin Ruoxi just sent a message, the second place is herself, and the third place is the eye-catching "Chen Tingting".

However, Gu Muxue didn't care too much, because it was she who asked Xue Rui to add Chen Tingting.

Lin Ruoxi: [Are you asleep and ignoring me? Okay, I'm going to sleep too, goodnight.]

Scrolling up further, I found many similar inquiries, which started at 10 p.m. and continued until after midnight.

Gu Muxue was puzzled and couldn't understand why Lin Ruoxi was staying up all night.

So Gu Muxue typed a line: 【Ruoxi, why are you staying up so late?】

Lin Ruoxi: [Mu Xue, is that you?]

Gu Muxue continued typing: 【It's me.】

Lin Ruoxi: [Because I said goodnight and he didn't reply, I don't know if I should go to sleep.]

Gu Muxue was stunned for a moment. Sometimes Xue Rui would indeed suddenly "disappear," just like now, playing on his phone until he fell asleep.

But I don't know whether I should sleep or not. What does this mean?
Lin Ruoxi acted as if she needed Xue Rui's "approval" to sleep.

This girl is really too well-behaved.

Gu Muxue replied: 【He's already asleep. You should go to sleep early too. Goodnight.】

Lin Ruoxi: [Goodnight, please take good care of him for me.]

Looking at Lin Ruoxi's message, Gu Muxue felt a mix of emotions churning within her.

What does it mean to help you?

Am I not his girlfriend?

Gu Muxue pouted, not bothering to argue with Lin Ruoxi about the choice of words.

Turning off her phone screen, Gu Muxue looked up at Xue Rui, her heart filled with a mixture of love and hate.

She admired Xue Rui's kindness and compassion, but she never imagined that this compassion would turn into "being a womanizer."

Gu Muxue keenly noticed that since Chen Tingting came to Chang'an, her nerves had become more and more sensitive.

In the past, she would never have fussed over Lin Ruoxi's choice of words.
But now, she seems to become vigilant at the slightest disturbance, as if someone might steal Xue Rui away from her.

"Xiao Rui." Gu Muxue gently stroked Xue Rui's cheek.

"Ok?"

Xue Rui mumbled a response, and as if by reflex, hugged the person in his arms tighter, then kissed Gu Muxue's hair again:
"sleepy……"

Goodnight, you bastard.

Gu Muxue said softly.

……

The next morning, Xue Rui was awakened by the sound of the range hood.

He groggily opened his eyes and saw the blanket covering him. Some fragments of memories flashed through his mind.

Last night, he seemed to have slept with Gu Muxue, and even kissed her while half-asleep.

Unable to determine if it was a dream, Xue Rui thought he would ask Gu Muxue later.

At the same time, the range hood stopped abruptly, and Gu Muxue's slender figure walked to the coffee table, slowly placed a bowl of porridge down, and said indifferently:
"Get up and eat."

In Gu Muxue's eyes, the argument from yesterday was still going on, and Xue Rui still owed her a way out.

Seeing Gu Muxue's attitude, Xue Rui thought that she was probably dreaming last night and had become delirious from being chilled by the air conditioning.

Xue Rui slowly crawled out of the quilt and found that there were a few strands of hair stuck to his body, making him feel itchy.

Xue Rui smiled slightly. It turned out that last night was not a dream. Gu Muxue really did sleep on the sofa with him.

"Oh dear, whose hair is this?" Xue Rui pinched a few strands of hair and examined them carefully in the light from the window.

When Gu Muxue saw the hair in Xue Rui's hand, her pretty face immediately turned red: "Xiao Bu's."

Xue Rui grinned and, mimicking Gu Muxue's usual sarcastic tone, said:
"Oh dear, this person's ability to lie through their teeth is getting better and better every day."

Gu Muxue pouted: "You, believe it or not, it's up to you."

"I believe you, of course I believe you," Xue Rui said with a serious expression.

Gu Muxue blinked in confusion, wondering what kind of trouble Xue Rui was up to now.

"Little Bu is a cat during the day, but she turns into a human at night and crawls into my bed, which is why she has human hair."

Xue Rui took out a cat treat and waved it:

"Little Bu, you were the one who covered me with the blanket last night, weren't you?"

"Meow~"

Xiao Bu licked his lips, staring longingly at the cat treat in Xue Rui's hand.

Gu Muxue pouted, fully aware that Xue Rui was referring to her.

She turned her head and said, "You...you'll just spend your whole life with it."

Suddenly, she lost her balance and was pulled down onto the sofa by Xue Rui.

Gu Muxue remained defiant, refusing to even glance at Xue Rui.

"Without you, Xiao Bu can't become a person."

"You bastard, you still know that? Why didn't you come in to sleep yesterday?" Gu Muxue said, her voice full of grievance.

In fact, Xue Rui had been exploited too much by Lin Ruoxi recently, and he fell asleep as soon as he lay down last night, which is why he forgot to sneak in to sleep.

But can Xue Rui say that?

The answer is no.

So, Xue Rui changed the subject and said:

"Doesn't that show you your word is as good as gold? If it's your request, I'd go through fire and water without hesitation..." (End of Chapter)