Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

Smelling the sweet aroma of roasted sweet potatoes, the group headed towards the bustling crowd.

The reason is simple: joining in the fun is human nature.

However, when Xue Rui saw what was in front of him, he stopped in his tracks, his heart pounding with anxiety.

Rows of stalls offered various games, including balloon popping, ring toss, and pitch-pot...

Xue Rui glanced at Lin Ruoxi beside him, and suddenly lost interest.

The reason is quite simple: it's like a highly challenging single-player game, where every step, from character development to completing levels, is immersive.

However, if someone sends you a "modifier," the game's lifespan is almost over the moment you open it.

Xue Rui was carrying a "modifier" with him...

Every time Lin Ruoxi throws a crumpled piece of paper, she can hit the center of the trash can with perfect accuracy.

The ring toss game should be no exception...

"Wow! So many dolls!" Yuanyuan exclaimed in amazement as she looked at the dolls scattered all over the ground.

"Yuanyuan, which doll do you want?" Lin Ruoxi looked eager to try it out.

The three walked to the largest stall, where a huge oilcloth was covered with plush toys. The owner stood up and greeted them with a smile:
"Hey beautiful, wanna give it a try?"

Xue Rui's heart skipped a beat, and he said with a stern face:
"Xixi, you're not allowed to play games today."

"Okay, then... then I won't play anymore."

Lin Ruoxi lowered her head, feeling somewhat disappointed. She didn't understand why Xue Rui wouldn't let her play.

In fact, Xue Rui thought that only by banning Lin Ruoxi could he enjoy the game like a normal player.

However, the stall owner was unaware of the reason. He saw the girl's timid and submissive manner and assumed that she was the kind of girl who had no say at home. He simply assumed that the boy was preventing the girl from spending money recklessly.

He grinned at Xue Rui with annoyance, using his usual tactic of provocation:

"Don't be so stingy, you're a grown man. It's a holiday today, why not give the girl a doll to play with?"

Xue Rui was taken aback for a moment, thinking to herself, "I'm not letting her play for your own good..."

However, Xue Rui was too lazy to explain. He waved his hand and said, "Give me a fifty-yuan ring."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Ruoxi hurriedly took out fifty yuan from her pocket and handed it to the shopkeeper.

"Alright!" The shopkeeper grinned and counted out a bunch of rings.

In the world of nesting dolls, the business isn't afraid of you winning, it's afraid of you not winning at all.

"Yuanyuan?"

Xue Rui keenly noticed that Yuan Yuan's gaze was fixed on the large doll at the very back.

"You put on the small one for your brother, and I'll put on the big one behind you. I'll switch with you," Xue Rui said, rubbing his hands together eagerly.

"Dude, don't brag. Putting aside how far the last row is, both the ring and the dolls are bouncy. If you touch a doll, it will bounce away." The young man next to him looked annoyed.

The girl next to her advised, "Don't bother with the covers, you've already spent several hundred yuan, you might as well just buy one."

"Boss, another fifty." The young man stood up and gestured for the boss to come over.

"Have you mastered the technique yet? Someone recently stole three of my large plush toys in one go."

“Then I’ll be next,” the young man said with a smile.

Xue Rui was amused, thinking to himself that this guy was quite stubborn, and the last row of dolls might all be "veteran employees".

"It's only challenging if it's difficult, otherwise I'd go bankrupt." The boss chuckled as he counted out a bunch of rings.

"I won! I won!" Yuanyuan shouted, pointing to the little figurines in the front row.

"Okay, here you go." The stall owner handed Yuanyuan a little penguin while playing with it.

In fact, the row of dolls was right under their feet; they only needed to bend down and put the hoop down to win.

But the dolls in the first row look like they're sold by weight, costing only a dollar or two to produce, and not many people would wear them.

Xue Rui just wanted Yuanyuan to participate as well, since he had noticed the envious look in Yuanyuan's eyes when she looked at other people's children.

Yuanyuan held up the doll and tiptoed to hand it to Xue Rui, saying, "Here you go, brother. I'm a big girl now, I don't need the doll."

Xue Rui rubbed the round head, thinking to himself that this child was so sensible.

The more Yuanyuan said this, the more Xue Rui wanted to give her a doll.

However, after trying a few laps, Xue Rui found that the difficulty was exceptionally high. He was standing more than ten meters away from the doll. If he threw the ring too lightly, he wouldn't be able to hit it, and if he threw it too hard, it would bounce off.

However, thanks to his experience of watching a lot of short videos in his previous life, Xue Rui quickly found a shortcut: he threw four or five rings together to increase his hit rate.

However, this act of "throwing money around" also attracted the attention of many customers.

"Dude, that's not how you throw money around," the young man advised.

However, the young man's girlfriend was unhappy. She retorted to him, "You didn't manage to snag one either, so what's the difference?"

youth:……

Midway through, Xue Rui bought another fifty yuan worth of rings and gradually mastered some of the techniques.

As three or four rings flew out at the same time, one of them finally caught on the doll's foot.

"Boss, we've got it!" The young man was shocked, eager to try it himself.

"Wow~ That's amazing!" Lin Ruoxi's eyes were full of stars as she looked at Xue Rui with admiration.

However, Xue Rui couldn't be happy at all, because he knew that Lin Ruoxi was far superior to him.

Praise from a powerful person is like coaxing a child...

"Brother is so amazing!" Yuanyuan clapped excitedly.

"Hehe." Xue Rui felt a surge of satisfaction; this was the right way to praise someone.

The boss slowly sat up from his chair, glanced at it briefly, then lay back down, followed by a nonchalant voice:
"It doesn't count if it's caught on your feet; it only counts if it's on your head."

"Boss, isn't this a bit too much?" the young man said, his face showing displeasure.

"It's alright, I think it makes sense." Xue Rui was already prepared; these kinds of games usually don't count if you get caught up in them.

Most importantly, he's in hot form right now, and I feel like if he adjusts the angle a few more times, he'll definitely be able to make the shot.

As expected, Xue Rui successfully slipped the gadget onto the doll's head the next time he made his move.

"You can only throw one at a time; the ones you put on top don't count," the boss added.

The crowd erupted in uproar.

Someone pointed at the boss and yelled, "How can you expect to get repeat customers if you run a business like this?"

The boss gave a barely perceptible cold laugh. His business never had repeat customers, so he didn't care about reputation at all.

Xue Rui was taken aback: "Then why didn't you remind me when I lost it?"

"You didn't ask either," the boss said with a chuckle.

"Come on, say it again if you dare." The young man said, stepping forward to demand an explanation, as if he were the one caught in the trap.

"Brother, let it go, it's not that serious." Xue Rui hurriedly pulled the young man back.

"No way, you can tolerate this? You've already gotten the part." The young man said indignantly.

"Oh, it's nothing, the most important thing is your mood."

Although Xue Rui was also a little angry, he was not so angry when he saw the young man's outburst.

"If your skills aren't good enough, just practice more." The boss sat down nonchalantly.

Xue Rui turned around abruptly, a phrase that had just flashed through his mind: "If you're bad, practice more."

Who can bear this?

The young man noticed Xue Rui's change in mood and winked at him, signaling them to go and demand an explanation.

"Don't worry, I have a way." Xue Rui patted the young man on the shoulder.

"Oh?" The young man was full of curiosity. He followed Xue Rui and wanted to see how Xue Rui planned to deal with the boss.

Xue Rui slowly walked up to Lin Ruoxi and handed her the remaining rings, as solemnly as if he were handing over the Olympic torch.

Since you're so heartless, don't blame me for being ruthless too. Xue Rui made a decision against his conscience—to release Xi Xi.

He said solemnly, "Xixi, I allow you to play games."

The young man opened his mouth, not understanding what this solution was.

"Ok!"

Lin Ruoxi had a sullen expression. She gripped the ring toss tightly, secretly making a decision to take all the big plush toys home.

The boss glanced at them with interest, thinking to himself, "These idiots can't even handle men, how can they expect to catch a girl?"
He can just lie there and count his money.

However, the moment he looked away, a commotion broke out around him.

"You're amazing, girl!"

"Absolutely! You got it right on your first try."

"Do you often practice at home?" the young man asked humbly.

Lin Ruoxi felt embarrassed by the praise, and her cheeks flushed slightly. She said modestly, "No, I just observed for a while longer."

"If you can't be humble, then don't be humble. You can be a little arrogant."

Xue Rui tried hard to suppress his laughter, but he felt incredibly happy inside.

Lin Ruoxi tilted her head and thought for a moment, what does arrogance look like?

After a moment's thought, Lin Ruoxi took a deep breath and exclaimed in a clear voice, "I want to take all the dolls here!"

Another ring toss went up lightly, and everyone's hearts were in their throats.

The crowd breathed a sigh of relief and burst into applause only after the ring bounced a few times on the doll's head and came to a steady stop.

But Xue Rui had already gotten used to it and didn't feel anything was wrong, as if it was the natural thing to do.

When Xue Rui looked at the stall owner's recliner again, he found that the recliner was empty, and he couldn't help but stand on tiptoe to look around.

Suddenly, Xue Rui's arm was grabbed and something was stuffed into his hand.

He looked down and saw two hundred-yuan bills in his palm.

"Brother, let's talk in private." The stall owner spoke in a low voice, his eyes glancing at the dolls on his stall from time to time, a bead of cold sweat trickling down his forehead.

He finally understood why boys wouldn't let girls play games.

This person is clearly here to cause trouble!

But the key point is that Xue Rui once gave him a chance, but he didn't seize it.

Now that there are more and more people, he's in a bind.

Xue Rui suddenly felt very disappointed. The stall owner's attitude had changed far too quickly. He stuffed the banknotes back into the stall owner's hand.

"I still prefer your arrogant attitude from just now."

"I didn't recognize you, you big shot! Look how cold it is, why don't you take your wife and daughter out for hot pot? Don't bother us small businesses." The man added two more bills.

Xue Rui sighed deeply, feeling utterly empty inside.

Xue Rui had actually anticipated this outcome, which was why he didn't allow Lin Ruoxi to play games.

"It makes it seem like I'm bullying you." Xue Rui shook his head speechlessly and said to Lin Ruoxi in front of him:

"Xixi, stop now, we can't fit any more stuff at home."

"Hahaha~" A burst of laughter erupted from the surrounding area.

"I don't want the money, I want to take the plush toy I found."

Xue Rui smiled slightly at the boss.

"No problem, I'll go get it right away."

The shopkeeper readily agreed and ran off to retrieve all the plush toys that Lin Ruoxi had won.

However, now it was Xue Rui's turn to be in a dilemma.

Lin Ruoxi had five layers on her clothes, each about half the height of an adult, and she didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Here, take these two, brother. I'm really out of room at home."

Xue Rui put down the two plush toys, after all, this young man was the one who had defended him the most, and he was also the one who suffered the most.

Especially given the young man's naive and playful nature, coupled with Lin Ruoxi's display, he might end up wasting money again.

"How can this be?" the young man said, reaching for his pocket to take out money.

The young man's girlfriend was pleasantly surprised. She grabbed his hand and hurriedly thanked him, saying, "Thank you."

After the group had walked away, the girl glared at the young man with annoyance: "Look at them."

The young man chuckled awkwardly, thinking to himself that he was being compared to someone again.

But he always felt that something was off...

Upon closer reflection, wasn't it that girl who got the doll in the nest?

"What are you looking at? Look at that guy's girlfriend!" the young man said with a smug look on his face.

I never imagined I could say something like that!

However, he didn't notice at all that his girlfriend had clenched her fists.

With a muffled "bang!", the young man's face visibly contorted.

Isn't that what you always say to me?
I'm only saying this once, why are you getting so worked up?
……

At the other end of the square, three people each held a plush toy, while Yuanyuan, being small, was practically dragging the toy along.

This created an interesting scene: Xue Rui was leading Yuan Yuan by a rope, and Yuan Yuan was dragging a large doll. Wherever they went, people would take a second look.

Lin Ruoxi tiptoed and brought her face close to Xue Rui's, then winked at him.

Lin Ruoxi habitually asked Xue Rui for a "reward".

Xue Rui looked around, covered Yuan Yuan's eyes with one hand, and quickly kissed Lin Ruoxi on the cheek.

"This family is so young and happy," a passing auntie said with a fond smile.

Lin Ruoxi felt a sweet warmth in her heart. She didn't explain further, but simply nodded and smiled at the older woman.

Passing by the snack stall again, Lin Ruoxi asked, "Rui, is there anything else you'd like to eat?"

"I'm not eating anymore, I can't hold any more in my hands," Xue Rui said, shaking his head.

"Hmm..." Lin Ruoxi felt a little disappointed. She didn't want to go back so soon and wanted to hear more praise for her and Xue Rui.

"Xixi, do you feel like something's missing between us?" Xue Rui suddenly asked.

Other girls' boyfriends play games, win a plush toy for their girlfriends, and then receive kisses and compliments from their girlfriends;
And him? It was the complete opposite…

"What is missing?"

Lin Ruoxi raised her head and looked at the hands of the surrounding little boys, making sure that her Xue Rui had the same things as the other boys. Then, she looked at Xue Rui with eyes full of doting affection:
"What else do you want? I'll give you anything."

Xue Rui looked away somewhat embarrassed, feeling inexplicably ashamed.

The way he said that made him sound like an unreasonable little child.

Lin Ruoxi's attitude is really no different from that of mothers who spoil their children.

"What are you thinking? You always treat me like a child." Xue Rui muttered softly, head down.

A gust of cold wind blew by, and Lin Ruoxi couldn't hear what Xue Rui said.

"Rui, what did you say you wanted? I didn't hear you clearly," Lin Ruoxi pressed.

"Sister, I know!" Yuanyuan eagerly raised her hand, like a student eager to perform in class.

"What does brother want?" Lin Ruoxi asked with a smile.

“Brother said…” Yuanyuan tried hard to recall Xue Rui’s fragmented words from earlier.

I want...my...child...

"He wants a child!" (End of Chapter)