Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

"Mu Xue, you are a guest, how can we let you do the work?"

Ren Qunfang blocked Gu Muxue's way, raising her voice slightly as she reminded Xue Rui inside the room.

As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Muxue's smile became slightly stiff, almost exactly the same as Ren Qunfang's expression, which was a "forced smile".

Gu Muxue knew that Xue Rui's mother was hiding something from her, but she still couldn't figure out what it was.

Lin Ruoxi hasn't left yet?

That shouldn't be the case. Lin Ruoxi sent her her location last night, and she checked the shared location this morning. Lin Ruoxi was definitely not at Xue Rui's house.

Xue Yao got goosebumps all over her body from watching, and cursed her older brother in her heart.

What did my brother do to make my mom so nervous?

"Could it be..." Xue Yao had a bold guess in her mind.

Just then, the door suddenly opened, and Xue Rui's carefree voice came from inside:

"Mu Xue, come in."

Without saying a word, Xue Yao went into the room to confirm her guess.

"Auntie, I'd like to chat with Xiao Rui for a bit." Gu Muxue smiled politely and walked past Ren Qunfang.

The moment Gu Muxue stepped into the room, her smile vanished, replaced by an icy expression.

She was there to settle scores with Xue Rui, so of course she wasn't going to give him a friendly look.

"Mu Xue, sit down and rest for a while."

Xue Rui patted the bed sheet, gesturing for Gu Muxue to sit down, and then shooed Xue Yao, who was trying to open the closet door, out.

"Hey, Da Huang, come here and smell me," Xue Yao called out to the door.

Before long, Da Huang wagged its tail and walked into the room. Xue Rui's heart jumped into his throat. He chased both the man and the dog out of the room at the same time.

Outside the door, Xue Yao pressed her ear tightly against it, listening intently to the sounds inside.

"Yaoyao," Ren Qunfang called out in a low voice.

Xue Yao gave an awkward smile. She knew her behavior was impolite, and just as she was about to leave, she heard her mother's slightly worried voice behind her:
"You just listen here, and when they start arguing, go in and try to mediate."

Xue Yao looked surprised. She stood up straight and saluted her mother.

Opportunities to "eavesdrop" on official business are rare, so she has to make the most of them.

Inside the room, Xue Rui put on a fawning smile.

He planned to lay the groundwork with Gu Muxue while washing the dishes, but considering that Xue Yao and Yu Minlan were both there, he didn't inform them in advance.

How can we confront Gu Muxue about Lin Ruoxi not leaving in a way that is both abrupt and polite?
"Mu Xue, I learned a magic trick this year. Would you like to see it?" Xue Rui asked seriously.

Gu Muxue's lips curled up almost imperceptibly; Xue Rui still knew how to make her happy.

"Watch closely, you'll be absolutely stunned in a moment," Xue Rui said mysteriously.

"Let's begin." Gu Muxue gestured for him to begin.

Xue Rui used an old bed sheet he had taken off to block Gu Muxue's view, his hands trembling slightly: "Muxue, do you believe I can open the closet without using my hands?"

"I don't believe it." Gu Muxue shook her head.

The cabinet was translucent, and you could vaguely see a human figure inside.

Lin Ruoxi curled up in the closet. She didn't know why, but when only Gu Muxue and Xue Rui were left in the room, she felt much more at ease.

"Okay, cabinet, open it now."

Xue Rui's voice came from outside the cabinet.

Lin Ruoxi knew that Xue Rui was giving her instructions. She pushed open the cabinet door with trembling hands, only to see Xue Rui with his back to her, using the bed sheet to block Gu Muxue's view.

Gu Muxue's eyes widened slightly when she saw the cabinet door open.

But soon, she "guessed" what Xue Rui was doing.

From Gu Muxue's perspective, Xue Rui must have opened the cabinet door with one leg in a "golden rooster standing on one leg" posture.

"Xiao Rui, are you performing magic or acrobatics?" Gu Muxue laughed heartily.

Xue Rui turned around, glanced at Lin Ruoxi in the cabinet, and said through gritted teeth, "This is just the beginning. My performance is the magic of making people disappear."

With a "whoosh," the bed sheet was pulled away, and Lin Ruoxi's figure appeared on the lower shelf of the cabinet.

The laughter stopped abruptly, and the air seemed to freeze, making it hard to breathe.

All three of them paused in their breathing.

Lin Ruoxi kept her head down, not daring to breathe.

Not only did she refuse to leave, but she also deceived Gu Muxue, not daring to look Gu Muxue in the eye.

As for Xue Rui, his back was almost completely soaked.

Without any prior warning, he threw Lin Ruoxi straight in front of Gu Muxue, fearing that Gu Muxue would fly into a rage and summon everyone in the family to "judge him."

Gu Muxue stood up and slowly walked to the cabinet. She looked down at Lin Ruoxi and said, "Didn't you leave?"

Gu Muxue's voice was flat, revealing neither joy nor sorrow.

But to Lin Ruoxi, who was feeling guilty, it sounded like a cold interrogation.

"I'm sorry, I...I lied to you." Lin Ruoxi buried her head even deeper.

"Mu Xue, don't be angry, it's all my fault."

Xue Rui's forehead was covered in cold sweat. He stood in front of Lin Ruoxi, trying to help her share some of the pressure.

"We'll talk about your business later, move aside," Gu Muxue said calmly.

Xue Rui swallowed hard and slowly made way for him.

Now nothing he says matters; Gu Muxue holds the power of life and death over him and Lin Ruoxi.

Gu Muxue turned her head and saw Xue Rui smiling ingratiatingly at her. Her lips twitched slightly, and a sense of satisfaction welled up inside her.

Yes, she's still obedient.

But when she looked down, she saw Lin Ruoxi huddled in the corner of the cabinet with her head down, her hair at her temples wet and clinging tightly to her forehead.

Gu Muxue reached her hand into the cabinet and felt the stuffy air inside.

Lin Ruoxi noticed Gu Muxue's movement out of the corner of her eye. She shrank back, closed her eyes tightly, and trembled slightly with nervousness.

"Go ahead and hit me, I won't scream," Lin Ruoxi said weakly.

Seeing Lin Ruoxi's nervous reaction, Gu Muxue's expression froze, her hand hovering in the air, unsure of what to do.

However, Lin Ruoxi waited for a long time, but Gu Muxue's hand never came down.

She slowly opened her eyes, gently raised her head, and met Gu Muxue's gaze.

"Are you hot?" Gu Muxue slowly brought her hand closer to Lin Ruoxi's cheek.

When Lin Ruoxi saw Gu Muxue's hand approaching, she leaned her face forward, closed her eyes tightly, and kept hoping that Gu Muxue's slap would fall.

As long as she gets hit, Gu Muxue won't make a big deal out of it.

However, instead of the expected stinging pain, I felt a gentle caress on my cheek.

Lin Ruoxi slowly opened her eyes. Gu Muxue was wiping her sweat with a tissue and carefully tucking her sweat-dampened hair behind her ears.

"You...aren't angry?" Lin Ruoxi asked tentatively.

"What's the use of me being angry now that it's already happened?" Gu Muxue said helplessly.

Lin Ruoxi felt a lump in her throat. She understood why she felt so at ease. In her subconscious, she knew that Gu Muxue would never hurt her.

Xue Rui looked at the two girls with a smile in his eyes, and only now did he understand what his grandmother had said.

Gu Muxue had the right to make a scene, but she didn't.

Isn't this a way of showing him affection?

Lin Ruoxi's love is superficial, while Gu Muxue's love requires him to savor and appreciate it carefully.

When Lin Ruoxi came out of the closet, Gu Muxue's expression instantly darkened, and she looked down at Xue Rui with icy eyes.

Xue Rui understood Gu Muxue's gaze; it was asking him for an explanation.

"It's all my fault, I... I overslept." Lin Ruoxi stood in front of Xue Rui, taking all the blame upon herself.

"Xixi, it's my fault, you don't have to take the blame for me."

Xue Rui pushed Lin Ruoxi aside, thinking that if they continued arguing, Gu Muxue would really get angry.

“Rui, you can’t be wrong.” Lin Ruoxi said seriously.

"Stop arguing, it's my fault."

Gu Muxue took a deep breath and said with a smile:

"What a pair of star-crossed lovers! One is quick to say, 'It's my fault,' and the other is eager to say, 'I was wrong.' They're truly of one mind and one heart. They only have eyes for each other and won't tolerate anyone else saying a bad word about them. It makes me look like I'm the one stirring up trouble. I'm just unlucky to have come here..."

Xue Rui and Lin Ruoxi exchanged a nervous glance, then silently lowered their heads, ceasing their argument over right and wrong.

"Mu Xue, why are you an outsider?" Xue Rui asked awkwardly.

"Mu Xue, please... please stop talking."

Lin Ruoxi couldn't stand the psychological torment; she thought it would be better to be beaten.

Gu Muxue narrowed her eyes slightly, a smug smile playing on her lips.

We can't even handle you guys?
“Click, click~”

The doorknob was pressed repeatedly, and Xue Yao's voice came from outside: "Brother, I'm here to break up the fight, open the door quickly."

"Stand at the door and keep watch for me, and I'll give you another five hundred," Xue Rui shouted.

"Okay~"

Gu Muxue walked to the bedside, picked up the brand-new bed sheet, and was about to put it on the bed.

Lin Ruoxi's eyes lit up. As long as she had something to do, she wouldn't feel so pressured. She quickly picked up a corner of the bed sheet.

Xue Rui's hand froze in mid-air, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

The little girl beat him to it and took over his job.

"What's with the location tracking?" Gu Muxue asked casually.

"Well, it's a virtual location set up by the computer," Lin Ruoxi answered truthfully.

"This is a one-time exception." Gu Muxue paused for a moment, then said, "Once the living room is empty, I'll have Xiao Yu take you away."

"Hmm..." Lin Ruoxi nodded like a chick pecking at rice. Gu Muxue had forgiven her.

She said weakly, "Then...you forgive me too..."

"Ok?"

With just one look from Gu Muxue, Lin Ruoxi shut up obediently.

Lin Ruoxi pursed her lips, looking at Xue Rui with a face full of apology, her meaning clear:

I can't help you anymore, you'll have to coax her yourself.

Xue Rui slapped his forehead, thinking that Lin Ruoxi was really too talkative. Gu Muxue hadn't planned to make a fuss, but Lin Ruoxi kept reminding Gu Muxue.

If he didn't know Lin Ruoxi so well, he might even have suspected that Lin Ruoxi was doing it on purpose.

Suddenly, the sound of Xue Yao and Xue Jianfeng chatting came from outside the door, and the three of them stopped talking in tacit agreement.

"Dad, why are you covered in dirt?" Xue Yao shouted deliberately.

"Keep your voice down, is Mu Xue inside?"

"Dad, why don't you change your clothes first? I'll put your coat in the washing machine."

"Okay, remember to take the key out of your pocket."

……

Outside the door, Xue Yao took the key out of her father's coat. She felt that the key looked unfamiliar. She tried to insert it into the lock and turned it gently.

With a click, the door opened.

Lin Ruoxi instinctively crawled into the closet, while Xue Rui hurriedly blocked the door.

"Don't panic, sisters-in-law, I'm one of you." Xue Yao grinned and squeezed in.

Xue Rui tentatively exchanged a glance with Gu Muxue and received an affirmative answer. He speechlessly let Xue Yao in and snatched the key from her hand.

"Hey, hello to both of you sisters-in-law."

Xue Yao greeted Lin Ruoxi and Gu Muxue with a smile, which made Xue Rui's eyebrows twitch.

How did we end up with such a shameless person in our family?
However, compared to the guilty conscience of the whole family, Xue Yao was the most open and honest one, and Lin Ruoxi and Gu Muxue both liked Xue Yao.

"Yaoyao, did you leak the information to Muxue?"

Xue Rui narrowed his eyes and winked at Lin Ruoxi, signaling her to put some pressure on Xue Yao.

However, Lin Ruoxi did not notice Xue Rui's gaze. She simply tugged at Da Huang's ear and gently patted Da Huang's head.

Xue Rui rescued Da Huang from Lin Ruoxi's "clutches" and joked:

"Anyone who didn't know better would think that Big Yellow betrayed you."

That little girl is really something; she doesn't dare to vent her anger on people, so all she knows how to do is bully the dog.

Lin Ruoxi pointed at Dahuang, her expression pitiful:
"It's...it's Big Yellow. Last night when I was trying to sneak away, it wouldn't let me go out..."

Everyone was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then burst into laughter.

Lin Ruoxi's innocent personality is so endearing that it's hard for anyone to be angry with her.

"dong dong dong~"

A knock on the door interrupted their laughter.

"What's making you so happy?" Xue Jianfeng asked.

Lin Ruoxi hunched her shoulders and slowly closed the cabinet door.

Xue Rui nodded and reluctantly opened the door: "Dad, what's wrong?"

Xue Jianfeng rubbed his back, glared at Xue Rui with annoyance, and gave Gu Muxue a kind smile: "Muxue, this is a red envelope from Aunt Xue Rui for you, take it."

Gu Muxue wanted to decline, but then she thought that Lin Ruoxi was still in the closet, so it was best to get Xue Rui's father away as soon as possible.

"Thank you uncle."

Gu Muxue accepted the red envelope with both hands, and Xue Jianfeng reminded her, "His aunt specially saved this for you; she never gave it to anyone else."

Gu Muxue's eyes widened instantly, her heart pounding with tension.

She knew that Uncle Xue was on her side, but what Uncle Xue didn't know was that Lin Ruoxi was also in the room and could clearly hear the conversation.

"Mm." Gu Muxue nodded.

"Oh dear, you really are something. I've told Xiao Rui so many times not to associate with that Lin Ruoxi, but he just wouldn't listen and even brought that girl home for the New Year..."

Xue Jianfeng rambled on and on, mostly saying that Lin Ruoxi was not as good as Gu Muxue.

As the head of the family, Xue Jianfeng, knowing that his son had brought another girl home for the New Year, naturally had to make his position clear to Gu Muxue so that she could feel at ease being with his son.

"I'm going to teach him a lesson today!" Xue Jianfeng said, starting to look for something on the ground.

"Uncle, don't do it." Gu Muxue stood in front of Xue Rui, and she gestured for Xue Yao to go and mediate.

"Dad, forget it, let's go outside and talk."

Xue Yao hurriedly stopped her father, covering her face, unable to bear to look.

When Lin Ruoxi was around, her father said he supported her.

Gu Muxue came and started talking badly about Lin Ruoxi behind her back again.

But Lin Ruoxi happened to be hiding it in the closet...

After stepping out of the room, Xue Jianfeng immediately returned to normal and asked Xue Yao, "How did Dad do just now?"

"Dad, you acted the two-faced turtle very well."

Xue Yao gave a thumbs up.

"What turtle?" (End of Chapter)