Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

"Parents?" Gu Muxue felt a little better.

This title is quite nice. Xue Rui and Lin Ruoxi are both her children, and they both have to listen to her.

However, she did the things that parents do, but she didn't get the rights that parents have.

Xue Rui's eldest son is too rebellious.

She turned her head away and muttered, "Hmph, if I ever have a son like you, I'll be driven crazy by you sooner or later."

"He dares to anger my wife? My Seven Wolves will not hold back from now on," Xue Rui said righteously.

"What...what are you yelling about!"

Gu Muxue's cheeks flushed, her small hands clenched involuntarily, and her eyes darted around, afraid of being overheard by outsiders.

Xue Rui noticed that Gu Muxue wasn't so angry anymore, and said seriously, "Muxue, I didn't do all this entirely for Xixi..."

Xue Rui has spent the past two weeks visiting many schools to collect data and has also seen many laboratories.

I essentially worked as a "scientific research reporter" for half a month.

He discovered that although many schools had different research directions, their basic research components were quite similar.

However, due to inconsistent data formats, each laboratory has to perform different annotations, cleaning, and granular alignment on the same batch of data...

Each laboratory is like an isolated island, with data available only for internal use.

Even if Xue Rui lacks professional knowledge, he can still tell that they are doing repetitive work.

What he needs to do is leverage computing power to access these resources, integrate all the data according to a single rule, and improve reusability. Lin Ruoxi is just one of the beneficiaries.

"So, Mu Xue, what we're doing is equivalent to the First Emperor standardizing weights and measures, and you are one of the biggest promoters of this. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call you an empress." Xue Rui praised Gu Mu Xue even more highly.

"Little Rui, why are you being so sweet-talking today?" Gu Muxue reached out and pinched Xue Rui's cheek, feeling both angry and helpless.

Gu Muxue knew that Xue Rui was ambitious, but she didn't have such big dreams; she just wanted a peaceful and stable life.

However, Xue Rui progressed too quickly, and only Lin Ruoxi could keep up with him, while she could only attend classes at school in a routine manner.

Perhaps Xue Rui is right. Her responsibility is that of a "patriarch." She has to manage the family internally and provide support to the two of them externally.

After all, she had nothing but money.

But Xue Rui was so infuriating. He always acted first and asked her for money later, without ever discussing it with her.

Even though I don't understand what you're saying, can't you teach me?
Thinking of this, Gu Muxue applied some force to her hands.

"It hurts." Xue Rui squinted, thinking to himself that there really is one thing that can subdue another.

He usually pinches Lin Ruoxi's cheeks, but with Gu Muxue, he's the one being bullied.

"You want money again, huh? Then you have to agree to one condition," Gu Muxue said with a grin.

"Please speak, Lord Gu. I will certainly not refuse," Xue Rui said with a smile.

"Summer vacation starts in another month. It's too hot in Chang'an. Will you come with me to travel and escape the heat? We can also visit my grandparents."

Gu Muxue lowered her voice very low, as if afraid of being overheard by outsiders.

In reality, she wasn't very confident because Lin Ruoxi had no relatives. She frequently brought Xue Rui to visit relatives, and she was also worried that Lin Ruoxi would secretly be sad.

"No problem." Xue Rui readily agreed, but when he reached out to grab Gu Muxue's shoulder, he grabbed nothing.

Gu Muxue picked up the plate and went to wash the dishes.

"Lazybones, you don't even wash the dishes after eating." Gu Muxue's complaining voice came from the kitchen.

Xue Rui shook his head helplessly. That's just how the little girl is. On the surface, she's scolding, but in reality, it's also a kind of gentle pampering.

However, Xue Rui wanted to hear "You rascal~" more.

After eating and washing up, Xue Rui and Gu Muxue lay on the bed chatting as usual. Xue Rui had a laptop on his lap, and the title of the Word document was "The Dangers of Campus Loans." He planned to put it on the homepage of Omnipotent Campus.

Gu Muxue leaned on Xue Rui's shoulder, reached out and swiped on the touchpad, helping Xue Rui check for typos while also reading the entire manuscript.

"Is it really that harmful?" Gu Muxue asked.

Xue Rui's lips twitched: "Of course I saw it, didn't you see it when you went to the bathroom..."

Recently, when Xue Rui goes to the toilet, he always sees small advertisements on the school gate such as "Need money? Find Brother Wang".

2015 was the era of rampant growth of campus loans, coupled with students' immaturity, a culture of comparison, and a lack of proper money values.

The most classic example is selling a kidney to buy an iPhone...

College students have little concept of readily available loans.

Although college students are good at math, they don't understand how terrifying compound interest can be.

The compounding interest model will turn into an unpayable burden in just a few months.

If you tell your family the truth, you might get a scolding, but at least you'll save your life.

What I fear most is doing something wrong but not daring to tell my family, resorting to borrowing from Peter to pay Paul, which only snowballs and eventually crushes the entire family.

Xue Rui had seen too many similar news stories. Since he had been given a second chance at life and happened to have a suitable platform, he thought he could help as much as he could.

With a "smack!" the laptop was slammed shut, and Gu Muxue's face turned ugly.

The more Xue Rui talked, the more frightened she became.

"What's wrong?" Xue Rui was immediately startled.

"They brought it on themselves, what does it have to do with us?" Gu Muxue pointed at the computer: "I've already deleted it, you're not allowed to post it."

Xue Rui stared blankly; it was the first time he had ever seen Gu Muxue so assertive.

After a moment's thought, Xue Rui quickly understood the reason: Gu Muxue was afraid that he would offend too many people.

"Don't worry, I posted it anonymously," Xue Rui said with a grin.

“That won’t do either. This platform belongs to you. They can’t find the specific person. What if they retaliate against you?” Gu Muxue’s attitude was firm.

Xue Rui swallowed hard, about to retort, when he met Gu Muxue's fierce gaze.

"Go to sleep!" Gu Muxue turned off the light.

The room was pitch black when Xue Rui suddenly felt a sharp pain in his waist.

"Okay," Xue Rui had no choice but to agree.

Compared to those debt collectors, Gu Muxue is clearly much more terrifying.

Holding the petite shoulders in his arms, Xue Rui felt a warmth in his heart. Is this what it feels like to be cared for?

"Mu Xue, do you want to give me a strawberry on my neck?"

"Pah, I won't do that."

"If you won't smoke it, I will."

"You bastard! How dare you!"

"Call me a deadbeat."

"You damn bastard..."

……

The next day, Xue Rui appeared in Orange Computing's office with a "strawberry" hanging around his neck.

Xue Rui is going to hold a seminar to decide on the company's future direction.

Before everyone had arrived, Xue Rui pointed to the hickey on his neck and said to Wu Hongwei:

"See? We held a shareholders' meeting last night, and it was unanimously approved."

"Oh," Wu Hongwei replied perfunctorily, feeling that Xue Rui was mocking him for being single.

Besides, there are only two shareholders in the company, is it really necessary to hold a meeting?

A meeting held in bed?

"This is proof that I've slept with my shareholders, and also evidence of an eight-figure grant," Xue Rui said smugly. Suddenly, the office door opened, and Lin Ruoxi entered.

Lin Ruoxi looked at Xue Rui immediately, a warm smile on her face. However, her gaze quickly fell on the "hickey" on Xue Rui's neck, and her expression froze instantly. Her smile faded and turned into a serious look.

Xue Rui gave an awkward laugh and subconsciously pulled up his collar to try and cover the hickeys, but he was wearing a short-sleeved shirt today, so it couldn't cover them at all. He could only turn his head away under Lin Ruoxi's burning gaze.

Damn it, he actually forgot that the little girl gets jealous.

Lin Ruoxi sat down next to Xue Rui, staring intently at the hickeys on his neck.

After watching for a long time, Lin Ruoxi asked weakly, "Did Mu Xue inhale that?"

Wu Hongwei, watching from the side, broke out in a cold sweat. The atmosphere was too uncomfortable. He pushed open the door and walked out of the room: "I'll go ask Lao Teng why he hasn't arrived yet."

With a click, the door closed, leaving only Xue Rui and Lin Ruoxi in the office.

"Will you give me one later?" Xue Rui said shamelessly.

Lin Ruoxi didn't answer, but instead took a picture of Xue Rui's neck and then took out her phone to contact Gu Muxue.

Xue Rui stared nervously at his phone screen, unsure of what the little girl was planning.

Lin Ruoxi opened Gu Muxue's chat interface and sent the picture.

Lin Ruoxi: [Why did you suck on him here?]

Xue Rui covered his face, thinking to himself, "What's going on here? Isn't this just a little game between couples?"

Shortly after, Gu Muxue also posted a picture.

Judging from the angle of the photo, it is a selfie, with a reddish-purple hickey on her fair neck.

Gu Muxue: [He took my drugs too, why don't you say anything to him?]

Along with this came a meme of an angry cat.

Lin Ruoxi shrank her neck guiltily, unsure how to answer.

Xue Rui grinned, thinking to himself, "Xi Xi, weren't you quite tough just now?"
Lin Ruoxi hesitated for a moment, then her fingertips moved again, typing out a line: "From now on, you're not allowed to suck other areas, except the neck. The neck has a high density of blood vessels, and it's easy to draw blood clots."

Furthermore, Lin Ruoxi included a medical case of stroke...

Xue Rui was greatly shocked; the little girl always managed to find unique and interesting explanations.

Gu Muxue: [Don't tell me, go tell him. It's not like I wanted to smoke it.]

After turning off her phone, Lin Ruoxi tilted her head and looked at Xue Rui with her almond-shaped eyes blinking.

Xue Rui didn't understand what Lin Ruoxi meant, but the little girl usually liked to look at him like that, so he didn't think much of it and just reached out to straighten her head.

But the moment she was straightened, Lin Ruoxi tilted back.

"Xixi, did you wake up with a stiff neck?" Xue Rui teased.

Lin Ruoxi tilted her head and looked at him as if she were trying to be cute.

"No," Lin Ruoxi stammered, pointing to her neck. "I...I want one too."

Xue Rui: "..."

Lin Ruoxi is such a clingy person; if we don't give the little girl a hickey, this matter is unlikely to be resolved.

But this isn't a private place, and Wu Hongwei could come in at any time. Xue Rui said, "Waiting to go home."

The moment the words left her lips, Lin Ruoxi leaned in, and Xue Rui felt a warmth on his neck, along with a strong suction.

With a "pop".

Lin Ruoxi wiped her mouth, her eyes crinkling as she looked at her "labor results." Another faint red mark appeared on Xue Rui's neck.

It wasn't as obvious as Gu Muxue's; it was just a faint mark, but she was already very satisfied.

"Xixi, didn't you say you can't suck on your neck?" Xue Rui said, speechless.

That's such a double standard. He wouldn't let Gu Muxue smoke it just now, but now he's smoking it himself.

“Well, she…she doesn’t know where there are no blood vessels. Mu Xue can’t grasp it, but I can,” Lin Ruoxi said confidently.

Xue Rui opened his mouth, unsure how to refute it.

Is this the power of knowledge?
"What about mine?" Lin Ruoxi pointed to her neck, her eyes looking pitiful.

She's Xue Rui's girlfriend. If only Xue Rui has hickeys on his neck, how can you prove that she planted them?
The answer is: she needs strawberries too.

Xue Rui looked around, then got up and locked the office door from the inside.

He has to get Lin Ruoxi a child, otherwise today's meeting can't go on.

"Your neck?" Xue Rui asked helplessly.

"Hmm...you can plant it wherever you want." Lin Ruoxi hugged Xue Rui with a grin and pressed Xue Rui's head against her neck.

Xue Rui kept his eyes tightly closed, thinking that if Lin Ruoxi wasn't beautiful, she would be a complete female hooligan!

But there was nothing she could do; fate had been kind to Lin Ruoxi.
Xue Rui had originally planned to take a puff of breath on Lin Ruoxi's neck, but remembering what Lin Ruoxi had just said, he decided to go somewhere else.

Just as Xue Rui was diligently sowing "strawberry seeds," Lin Ruoxi suddenly hugged him very tightly.

Five or six middle-aged men stood outside the window, staring at her and Xue Rui with shocked expressions.

There was Wu Hongwei, Teacher Teng, the principal, and the college secretary...

She's been discovered!

However, Lin Ruoxi thought that she had already embarrassed herself, and she couldn't let Xue Rui embarrass herself as well.

So she held Xue Rui's head down, preventing his face from being exposed to others.

"Ugh!" Xue Rui struggled to climb out of Lin Ruoxi's arms, but the little girl held him tightly, and he couldn't exert any strength at all.

Lin Ruoxi only let go of Xue Rui's head after the person outside the window left.

"What happened just now?"

Xue Rui noticed that Lin Ruoxi's face was completely red, all the way down to her neck.

"N-nothing..." Lin Ruoxi stammered.

……

Outside the office door.

The group exchanged awkward glances.

Secretary Li was practically grinding his teeth to dust. He kept urging Xue Rui to accept interviews and appear in the local newspaper to make him look good and impress the leaders. On the way there, he kept praising Xue Rui.

And what happened? When he arrived, he saw Xue Rui in a woman's arms, and he was utterly humiliated.

"Young people, what's the big deal?" the head principal said casually, indicating that the topic should be dropped.

Wu Hongwei wanted to help Xue Rui salvage his image, since Xue Rui was the one in charge of the project. He said:

"Xue Rui did it all for work."

"He has dedicated so much to this project," Teng Wenbo echoed, expressing his deep admiration.

He had long heard that Xue Rui was financially dependent on Lin Ruoxi for technical skills and on another woman for money.

"Knock knock knock~" Secretary Li was the first to knock on the door.

A few seconds later, the door opened.

"Secretary Li, Principal? What brings you two here?" Xue Rui asked in surprise.

Xue Rui hadn't expected anyone from the school to come, so he quickly made room for everyone to come in and talk.

"You didn't see anything just now, did you?"

Lin Ruoxi asked earnestly. (End of Chapter)