Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

With a loud bang, Xue Yao pushed open the door, grabbed a pillow from the bed, and started pounding it on Xue Rui while muttering complaints.

"I'm so angry! You're deliberately targeting me!"

“You are all good kids, except me.”

……

Xue Rui's mind was foggy, and he couldn't understand what Xue Yao was saying.

He taught Lin Ruoxi "how to politely accept red envelopes".

It's not really a skill; it's just a matter of politely declining a few times and then pretending to be embarrassed to accept it.

Does this create a stark contrast?

Why is Xue Yao so angry?
For some reason, Xue Rui suddenly had a strange feeling that he had been framed again.

"Stop!" Xue Rui seized the opportunity and grabbed Xue Yao's wrist: "Explain yourself, how did I do it on purpose?"

Xue Rui was angered by the beating, and his voice rose a notch.

"She said she came to see her grandparents, not to ask for red envelopes. So, I'm the only one who didn't come home to see my grandparents?"

As Xue Yao spoke, tears fell to the ground in a steady stream.

"What Xixi said?"

Xue Rui looked bewildered; he was quite certain that he had never taught Lin Ruoxi these words.

This little girl is something else; she knows how to handle old men and women so well.

"You bastard!"

Xue Yao was still so angry she could hardly breathe. She bit Xue Rui's wrist hard and then picked up a pillow and started hitting Xue Rui's head with it.

Her older brother used to be so obedient. He would bend down and beg for a few dozen yuan. Every time she secretly shared her pocket money with Xue Rui, she felt a sense of satisfaction.

But now, her brother has become successful, and she's become the most useless person in the family...

There are two more sisters-in-law, and my parents' hearts are entirely focused on my brother and sister-in-law, so they have to endure this kind of grievance during the New Year.

Xue Rui stared blankly at his sister's tears, neither dodging nor avoiding them, letting Xue Yao's pillow hit him.

In his memory, his sister was always carefree and happy, but recently she seemed to have become more sensitive.

There was no way around it; because of him, his parents' attention was diverted too much.

Just like when he was little, his father often scolded him: "Give way to your sister."

At a young age, when he was still young and didn't understand things, he also experienced jealousy and unhappiness.

Xue Yao now feels the same way he did back then, and Xue Rui can understand Xue Yao's emotions.

Xue Rui raised his arms to protect his face, allowing Xue Yao to vent her dissatisfaction.

Sunlight streamed into the room, and Xue Rui could vaguely see a sparkling pendant hanging around Xue Yao's neck.

Upon closer inspection, he realized it was the kitten pendant he had given her on Valentine's Day, with a very obvious teeth mark on it.

Xue Rui couldn't help but laugh. His sister seemed carefree on the surface, but she was actually quite gentle.

Xue Rui had thought more than once that Yao Yao would sell the necklace he had given her to recharge her game account...

"How can you still laugh after bullying me like this?"

Xue Yao was very angry, but for some reason, seeing her brother's silly look when he was being beaten, she also smiled a little.

No, I have to act serious, or I'll get beaten up.

As Xue Yao thought this to herself, she continued to wave the pillow.

"Yaoyao, did you just laugh?" Xue Rui asked, puzzled.

"No, absolutely not."

Xue Yao tried her best to control her expression, but still let out a "pfft," revealing her thoughts. She pressed the pillow hard against Xue Rui's face to prevent him from seeing her expression.

"Well!"

……

Living room on the first floor.

Lin Ruoxi was still having dinner with Xue Rui's elders. Listening to the noise upstairs, she was very anxious and looked restless.

It seems that Xue Yao and Xue Rui have had another argument, and she vaguely heard Xue Rui begging for mercy.

Xue Jianfeng glanced at the direction of the stairs, rolled his eyes speechlessly, and said, "Don't worry about them. Siblings don't hold grudges overnight. They'll make up soon."

"Hmm... okay."

Lin Ruoxi nodded blankly and quickly shoveled the food in her bowl.

Of course she knew this, she was just afraid that Xue Yao might not be careful and might accidentally hurt Xue Rui.

"Slow down." Ren Qunfang chuckled and kept putting food into Lin Ruoxi's bowl.

Only then did Lin Ruoxi return to her usual eating speed, swallowing a wonton in one bite. Just a few minutes earlier, Lin Ruoxi could only eat one wonton in three bites. Although she was extremely elegant, it made the viewers feel anxious.

Ren Qunfang knew Lin Ruoxi's appetite very well. If she had eaten at that speed before, she probably would have gotten hungry soon.

"Auntie, I'm full." Lin Ruoxi wiped her mouth, pulled out a chair, and was about to run upstairs.

"go Go."

Ren Qunfang waved her hand helplessly; she wanted to chat with Lin Ruoxi a little longer.

But Lin Ruoxi only had eyes for Xue Rui, and wanted to stick to her son's side every moment.

When the two of them are together, the air is filled with a sweet atmosphere, as if they have entered a candy shop.

The moment Lin Ruoxi pulled out the chair, she suddenly heard Xue Yao's scream from upstairs. She froze, unsure of what to do next.

"Mom and Dad~"

"Grandpa and grandma?"

"sister in law!"

……

Xue Yao called out to the whole family, but no one on the first floor was moved, including Lin Ruoxi, who was just about to go upstairs.

Is Xue Rui hitting his sister?
Lin Ruoxi was conflicted. If she went up to mediate the fight now, would Xue Rui yell at her?

Lin Ruoxi thought of Xue Rui's fierce expression and shrank back weakly. She obediently sat back down, shoveled the remaining food from the plate into her bowl, and ate it in small bites.

Grandma was about to clear the plates when she saw Lin Ruoxi's expression and asked with a puzzled look, "Ruoxi, didn't you just say you were full?"

"Um, leftovers are not good."

"We have a dog at home," Grandpa said with a smile.

Lin Ruoxi blinked: "Hmm, me too."

"Haha...cough cough..."

Grandpa coughed after being amused by Lin Ruoxi.

Lin Ruoxi, on the other hand, was preoccupied with eating and pretended not to hear the noises coming from upstairs.

Xue Jianfeng leaned back in his chair, a cigarette dangling crookedly from his mouth, and asked casually:
"Xixi, Yaoyao and Xiaorui are fighting. Aren't you going to go and see?"

"Hmm, you... what you just said, siblings don't hold grudges overnight, they make up quickly."

Lin Ruoxi quoted Xue Jianfeng's original words.

Xue Jianfeng's lips twitched. Lin Ruoxi's favoritism was obvious, but she wasn't this calm when Xue Rui was at a disadvantage earlier.

“Xixi, you have to treat everyone equally at home and not be too biased. Your uncle didn’t do that before, and now that I think about it, I was afraid Xiaorui would complain about me…”

Xue Jianfeng felt a surge of emotion. He had originally intended to say these words to Xue Rui, but for some reason, he just couldn't bring himself to say them to Xue Rui. Yet, he felt no psychological burden when speaking to Lin Ruoxi.

This is actually a dilemma for many Chinese parents. Traditional parents' love is reserved. When facing their children, they habitually use "criticism" instead of praise, for fear of spoiling their children too much...

When emotions are suppressed for too long, it becomes difficult to speak up when one truly wants to express them...

In Xue Jianfeng's original plan, he was grooming Xue Rui as his successor, and he intended to hand over the family business to Xue Rui in the future.

As for Xue Yao, it didn't matter. With him and Xue Rui at home, she had the best safety net. But he never expected that Xue Rui wouldn't give him that chance at all, instead soaring to great heights through his own abilities.

Now, he's thinking of using Lin Ruoxi's words to apologize to Xue Rui.

It's a bit late, but it's better than nothing.

"Xixi, you understand what I mean, right?" Xue Jianfeng blinked.

Lin Ruoxi smiled sweetly and said, "Uncle, he has never complained to me about you."

"That's fine, that's fine..."

Xue Jianfeng smiled kindly, his emotions rising, and he couldn't help but recall a few classical allusions. Although he wasn't well-read, he couldn't let his daughter-in-law look down on him.

He pondered for a long time before slowly saying, "It is truly a case of 'the tree desires stillness, but the wind never ceases; I wish to care for my parents, but they are no longer there.'"

Xue Jianfeng spoke with great intonation, feeling that the sentence was very appropriate.

Lin Ruoxi frowned deeply and asked softly, "Grandpa and Grandma are sick..."

"Shh~" Xue Jianfeng quickly made a shushing gesture.

Grandpa Xue Rui has a tumor. I don't know where Lin Ruoxi heard the news from, maybe it was when she was having her fortune told that day?
Suddenly, he was pushed and shoved out of the living room by several people.

Xue Xiaying asked with a worried expression, "What's wrong with our parents? What illness do they have?"

"How do you know?"

Xue Jianfeng looked surprised, his gaze shifting back and forth between the three faces.

"Didn't you say it yourself? Luckily, our parents are uneducated and can't understand what you said."

Ren Qunfang narrowed her eyes and pinched Xue Jianfeng's waist.

"It's nothing. During the last checkup, they found a tumor on Dad. The doctor said it's nothing serious, just surgery..."

"Then what did you just say about not being able to see your loved ones? It's such bad luck during the New Year," Ren Qunfang complained.

"Aren't we family? I'm talking about Xiao Rui. Before I could even raise him properly, he..."

Xue Jianfeng paused, glanced at Lin Ruoxi, and thought to himself: "He just took someone else's cabbage home."

"Hmm, he's very healthy." Lin Ruoxi's expression was very serious.

"Xue Jianfeng, how dare you curse my son?" Ren Qunfang cursed through gritted teeth.

Having taught many students, Xue Xiaying could roughly understand what her brother meant.

"Brother, I told you to read more books."

"Xia Ying, are you making fun of your brother for being uncultured again?"

Xue Jianfeng pretended to be heartbroken.

“No, that’s not true. You’ve mentored several college students. You’re much better than those educated people…” Xue Xiaying kept praising Xue Jianfeng’s strengths.

"hey-hey."

……

Room on the second floor.

Xue Rui threw his slippers on the ground: "You want to murder your own brother?"

If you don't discipline them for three days, they'll be climbing on the roof and tearing off the tiles.
That's exactly the kind of person he's talking about. Once she finds an outlet for her anger, she takes advantage of it and almost smothered him with a pillow.

"Who told you to find me these two sisters-in-law? They've made me suffer so much."

Xue Yao covered her bottom, looking aggrieved.

Xue Rui opened his mouth as if to say something, but swallowed the words back.

He's playing both sides; no matter how hard he tries, he has no point in arguing about it.

With the mindset of "I'll take the beating if I have to," Xue Rui asked with a smile, "Yao Yao, what do you suggest we do?"

"Next time, find someone who's obedient," Xue Yao said, hands on her hips.

Xue Rui's expression changed several times. What do you mean by "next time"?

Will he have a next time?

Xue Rui glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and noticed Lin Ruoxi holding a bowl, standing cautiously behind Xue Yao.

He smiled slightly at Lin Ruoxi, then looked up at Xue Yao and said:
"Yaoyao, have you ever seen a girl more obedient than your sister-in-law Xixi?"

"Brother, you didn't understand what I meant. What I meant was to listen to me," Xue Yao corrected.

Xue Rui and Lin Ruoxi frowned simultaneously, neither of them understanding what Xue Yao was saying.

"Why should my girlfriend listen to you?" Xue Rui retorted.

"Oh dear, she wants to marry you, so shouldn't she try to curry favor with her sister-in-law? Get her to buy me ice cream, to boost my image..."

Xue Yao looked smug and mumbled a lot of things.

Lin Ruoxi looked blankly at Xue Rui, her long eyelashes fluttering.

Xue Rui gritted his teeth; his silly sister had actually blurted out what was on her mind.

More importantly, Lin Ruoxi actually listened to him, blinking her eyes as if asking, "Rui, should I try to curry favor with my sister-in-law?"

"Yaoyao, if you want to get something from your sister-in-law, why don't you try to curry favor with her more?"

Xue Rui asked, suppressing his temper.

"Hmph!" Xue Yao snorted coldly.
"Me, fawn over them? You can have several sisters-in-law, but you can only have one sister-in-law. If anyone doesn't fawn over me, I won't agree to this marriage!"

Xue Rui took a deep breath, trying to suppress his anger: "Yao Yao, don't you think too highly of your position in the family?"

"What do you mean by 'highly regard'? I watched you grow up. Don't you remember who secretly gave you pocket money back then?" Xue Yao said in a condescending tone.

"Hehe." Xue Rui laughed in exasperation.

People can actually laugh when they're in a state of extreme speechlessness.

Because in a sense, Xue Yao was stating an objective fact.

“The competition isn’t fierce enough for them right now, so I won’t benefit from it,” Xue Yao said seriously.

"Yaoyao, why don't you look behind you?" Xue Rui pointed at Lin Ruoxi.

"Hmm?" Xue Yao turned her head with a puzzled look. The moment she saw Lin Ruoxi, her expression froze for a moment. The whole room seemed to be paused, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Xue Yao took a deep breath and said in a very serious tone:

"Sister-in-law, I feel at ease now that I'm entrusting him to you. Please take good care of him."

Lin Ruoxi smiled shyly: "I promise you, I will take good care of him."

"Get out!" Xue Rui said with a laugh.

They haven't even grown their hair yet, and they're already pretending to be elders?
"okay."

Xue Yao walked out of the room with a grin, closing the door behind her.

Lin Ruoxi placed the bowl and chopsticks on the bedside table, sat on the edge of the bed, and gently touched Xue Rui's chest: "Do you want to play on your phone? Let me feed you?"

At this moment, Xue Rui was holding his phone, editing a New Year's message for Gu Muxue.

"No need, I'll eat by myself after I finish reading the New Year's greetings." Xue Rui subconsciously moved his phone to the side.

Lin Ruoxi stared intently into Xue Rui's eyes. She saw the reflection of a phone in his pupils, with many emojis on the screen, indicating that he was chatting with Gu Muxue.

"Then you eat first. What do you want to send to Mu Xue? I'll type it for you."

Lin Ruoxi gently stroked Xue Rui's cheek.

Xue Rui looked slightly embarrassed and changed the subject to Xue Yao: "Don't listen to Yao Yao's nonsense."

Lin Ruoxi was originally a motherly girlfriend, and Xue Yao just had to bring that up, now it's like he's being raised by Lin Ruoxi like her eldest son...

"Whether she says it or not, that's what I think."

Lin Ruoxi gazed into Xue Rui's eyes, her gaze filled with boundless doting affection and tenderness. (End of Chapter)