Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

Xue Rui really wanted to applaud Lin Ruoxi; her reason of "insufficient sleep" was simply impeccable.

Teacher Zhang smiled with satisfaction, thinking to herself that Lin Ruoxi was quite opinionated.

So, following Lin Ruoxi's words, she said, "Did you hear that? Good students are able to balance their studies and life. They go to sleep right after evening self-study so they have the energy to study the next day."

Lin Ruoxi slowly turned her head, recalling her high school life.

She and Xue Rui almost never attended evening self-study sessions; they were either playing games at home or coding...

Of course, Lin Ruoxi wouldn't undermine herself, but instead echoed:
"Yes, you need to sleep eight or nine hours a day to ensure you have the energy to study."

As soon as Lin Ruoxi finished speaking, some students started counting on their fingers.

"I get up at 5:30 in the morning and finish evening self-study at 10:00 at night, so I can't make up eight hours."

One of the female students couldn't help but complain.

Lin Ruoxi's face froze for a moment, and she began to calculate silently as well.

If get out of class ends at 10 PM, I won't fall asleep until at least 10:30 PM. Forget about eight or nine hours, I'd be lucky to get seven hours of sleep...

Xue Rui watched Lin Ruoxi on the podium with great interest, thinking to himself that the little girl was talking too much and had gotten herself into a mess.

However, Xue Rui also wanted to see how Lin Ruoxi planned to smooth things over.

"Well, lack of sleep will lower your learning efficiency, so everyone can sneak a nap in class. I used to sleep in class all the time, and the teacher wouldn't notice..."

Lin Ruoxi's voice was very soft and gentle, even whispering, but it undoubtedly caused a huge uproar in everyone's ears.

The students couldn't help but gasp, staring at Lin Ruoxi in astonishment, thinking to themselves, "Graduation makes you so arrogant..."

At the same time, his eyes kept glancing at the homeroom teacher outside the door, as if hoping to get a positive answer.

As for Teacher Zhang, her face was very pale, and she was trying to figure out how to explain it to the students.

Xue Rui felt a chill run down his spine.

No, is this something that can be discussed openly?
So you can't find it? That's because no one wakes you up while you're sleeping. Try it on someone else.
Seeing everyone's strange reactions, Lin Ruoxi asked weakly, "Was I...did I say something wrong?"

"Correct!"

The boys in the last row started to jeer.

Teacher Zhang interrupted:
"What's the difference? Lin Ruoxi learned it before going to sleep, how can that be the same?"

"Well, your health is more important. You should all get plenty of sleep and eat well. If you're tired from studying, you should rest..." Lin Ruoxi kept nagging on and on.

Seeing that things were not going well, Teacher Zhang quickly gave a wink to the girl in the front row. This was her "confidante student" who understood her intention.

The moment the female student received a look from the teacher, she immediately understood and began to steer the conversation towards academics:

"Senior, how do you usually solve problems you can't solve?"

The female student asked a standard question, which, while not particularly original, was certainly not wrong.

Lin Ruoxi was still feeling sorry for her students; she thought these kids were suffering too much. Hearing the sudden question, she instinctively answered:
"There is no problem I can't solve."

The female student was stunned; she had never heard such an answer before. Undeterred, she pressed on, "Not even once?"

"Hmm, there isn't much high school material..."

"Cough cough!"

Xue Rui coughed twice to interrupt Lin Ruoxi, and then glared at her fiercely.

Lin Ruoxi belatedly covered her mouth, realizing that she had said the wrong thing again.

However, the students in the audience had already figured it out; this senior's intelligence seemed to be on a completely different level from theirs...

Lin Ruoxi's little brain was working quickly as she recalled what Xue Rui had taught her in high school.

Be humble, be low-key, and empathize with others. The simplest way to do this is to belittle yourself and blend in...

"Ugh, studying is so tiring."

Lin Ruoxi changed the subject, her eyes darting towards Xue Rui, trying to see if she had done it right.

Teacher Zhang's lips twitched repeatedly; she didn't know how to smooth things over anymore...

Xue Rui covered his face in despair.

The little girl first "confessed" that she slept in class, then said that there was very little high school material, and then said that studying was tiring.
XiXi, your image has been ruined...

Xue Rui beckoned to Lin Ruoxi to come out quickly and stop discouraging the senior high school students.

You've already caused enough trouble for our graduating class, so please leave this one alone...

"Everyone, please take good care of yourselves." Lin Ruoxi nodded and jogged off the stage.

Teacher Zhang gave Lin Ruoxi an awkward smile, but the smile was uglier than a grimace.

She had never met Lin Ruoxi and didn't know how the top scholar was chosen back then...

As a teacher, she certainly knows that there are differences in students' intelligence. Lin Ruoxi's ability to become the top scorer shows her high talent, but there must have been countless hours of hard work involved.

But what she didn't expect was that Lin Ruoxi's talent was so high that she had never suffered the hardship of studying.

Because she could sense that Lin Ruoxi was actually being very restrained in her words...

Just like a child who has never been hungry cannot understand what hunger feels like;
Ancient farmers, toiling in the fields with their faces to the earth and backs to the sky, imagined that the emperor used a golden hoe to till the land...

As for Lin Ruoxi, she had experienced hunger and poverty, but she never worried about her studies.

Lin Ruoxi's concern for the students was more about their lives, and the entire discussion went off-topic...

"Teacher Zhang, we'll be going now."

Xue Rui gave a meaningful smile, thinking to himself, "Now you know why I disagreed before, right?"
"I won't see you off. Have fun." Teacher Zhang nodded and walked to the podium to calm the students down.
"People learn differently, so Lin Ruoxi's experience shouldn't be taken as a reference. What suits you best is the best. The same goes for life; you all have to walk your own path..."

Xue Rui nodded repeatedly outside the door, thinking to himself that Teacher Zhang was quite responsible.

Lin Ruoxi hung her head, vaguely feeling that she had disappointed people.

However, Lin Ruoxi felt that Teacher Zhang's words made a lot of sense.

She has her own path to walk and her own life to live. She'll graduate in a little over two years, and Xue Rui promised to give her a baby...

Thinking of this, Lin Ruoxi's eyes subtly lifted.

Xue Rui glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and noticed that Lin Ruoxi seemed to be secretly laughing.

What did you do that you have the nerve to laugh at?

Xue Rui turned to look at Lin Ruoxi, and the moment their eyes met, Lin Ruoxi quickly pursed her lips, suppressing her smile, and stared at Xue Rui with a serious expression, her face tense.

Lin Ruoxi felt she had messed things up and was too ashamed to laugh.

But when Xue Rui turned back, Lin Ruoxi couldn't help but laugh again...

Xue Rui didn't press for details; he only knew that the little girl was very happy.

"Xixi, there are still a few days left of the holiday. Where do you want to go?" Xue Rui asked.

"Hmm..." Lin Ruoxi enjoyed the trip, but then she remembered that she would be a mother in a few years...

She needs to work hard to be worthy of Xue Rui...

Actually, Lin Ruoxi didn't intend to fight for anything, but whenever she thought about her child, it felt like a thorn was stuck in her heart.

She can lose, but what about her child?
Lin Ruoxi gently shook her head and said reluctantly, "You...you go and have fun with Mu Xue, I still have to work."

"Hmm?" Xue Rui scratched his head, seemingly unable to understand the little girl.

Xue Rui temporarily put his work aside to spend time with the two girls, but Gu Muxue was being closely watched by Old Gu, and Lin Ruoxi was engrossed in her work...

"I'm quite busy with work on my end too," Xue Rui comforted him. Orange Calculator had a massive backlog of work waiting for him to sign off on and approve.

……

Amidst the soft rustling of signatures, the plane tree leaves on campus fell in a flurry, and the imported Siberian air carried away the last vestiges of osmanthus fragrance...

It's late December now.

The servers at Orange Computing emitted a low growl, the sound of thousands of GPUs groaning in the dark, sunless server racks, which even raised the campus temperature by a few degrees.

Xue Rui's computing center was running at full capacity, with half of its computing power being used by Lin Ruoxi to run Go AI calculations.

Xue Rui sat by the bare roadside, holding a thermos in his hand, basking in the sun with his eyes closed, looking just like an old man at the village entrance.

Wu Hongwei carried a chair and naturally sat down next to Xue Rui:
“Finally, I’ve run a full run, and I can finally take a break. I’ve burned through more than two million in the last two months, and it hurts me to see it. How do you feel?” Wu Hongwei asked.

If Xue Rui's computing center were sold at market rates, the revenue from two months would be astronomical. However, Xue Rui hasn't received a single penny and is still burning money into it.

"Old Wu, your vision is too narrow. I'm different from you. I have a broad mind and care about the world..." Xue Rui shamelessly began to praise himself.

Wu Hongwei couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted, "Lin Ruoxi is using so much computing power that some schools can't get a turn and have a lot of complaints."

Because Orange Computing is an open-source community, the allocation of computing power is also transparent.

Lin Ruoxi alone occupies most of the computing power, so it's perfectly normal for some people to have objections.

"Then let's issue a public announcement saying that Lin Ruoxi exchanged shares for computing power, and if they want to cut in line, they should send me money," Xue Rui said casually.

"That's true." Wu Hongwei nodded, then asked further:

Is this Go-related project easy to monetize?

"How would I know?" Xue Rui waved his hand, too lazy to explain to Wu Hongwei.

AI first became known to the public because of a world-renowned Go competition.

Xue Rui asked Lin Ruoxi to make arrangements in advance in order to seize the opportunities of the times.

When Google's AlphaGo becomes world-famous, Lin Ruoxi will naturally reap the benefits because she is working on a similar project.

We'll see the results in a few days.

Xue Rui believed that his little girl was no worse than anyone else.

Even if we don't compare ourselves to giants like Google, we can at least stand out among our peers, right?
However, Xue Rui wasn't concerned about these things for the time being. Tomorrow was Christmas, and Xue Rui was playing with his phone, figuring out how to get Lin Ruoxi and Gu Muxue together to celebrate the holiday.

Xue Rui opened Lin Ruoxi's chat window:
[XiXi, tomorrow is Christmas, do you want to come to MuXue's house to play?]

Lin Ruoxi: [Then I'll ask Mu Xue.]

Xue Rui: [What I say goes! Why are you asking her?]

Lin Ruoxi: [Okay! I'll listen to you.]

Xue Rui turned off his phone, feeling increasingly panicked.

He definitely didn't get Gu Muxue's consent...

Just to be on the safe side, let's ask.

So, Xue Rui opened Gu Muxue's chat window:
[Mu Xue, Xi Xi said tomorrow is Christmas, and she wants to come over to play.]

Gu Muxue: [Oh? Then I'll ask Ruoxi.]

Xue Rui stared blankly, wondering how he had ended up in such a state.

Am I not the head of the household?

Was he sidelined?

Xue Rui quickly replied: [Don't ask yet. If you disagree, I'll reject her on your behalf.]

These words revealed his true intentions to everyone.

On the other side of the screen, Gu Muxue was in class. Looking at Xue Rui's message on the screen, she sighed helplessly.

Gu Muxue knew perfectly well that it was Xue Rui who wanted to spend the holiday together, not Lin Ruoxi.

In recent months, Gu Muxue hasn't even exchanged more than a few words with Lin Ruoxi.

When Xue Rui said that Lin Ruoxi wanted to come over to play, Gu Muxue was very excited and couldn't help but want to ask her about it.

Upon learning that it was Xue Rui's idea, Gu Muxue immediately became dejected.

Am I going to lose my friends?

Gu Muxue's emotions were complicated. Thinking that Xue Rui understood Lin Ruoxi best, she asked:

【Xiao Rui, if friends haven't been in contact for a while, does that mean the relationship is over?】

On the other side, Xue Rui couldn't help but laugh. He could understand Gu Muxue's worries. For many girls, friendship takes time to maintain. If they don't contact each other for a while, the friendship will basically be gone.

Boys are different. Not contacting each other doesn't mean the relationship is over; it just means they've entered a "frozen state."

Let alone a few months, even if we haven't been in touch for years, when we meet again, we'll only exchange a few words like, "Where have you been, kid? Want to grab something to eat?" A few words are enough to rekindle old friendships.

Xue Rui knew who Gu Muxue was referring to, and he replied:

[It depends on the person. Look at Qiu Mengze and me, we only contact each other a few times a year, but every time we meet, we're closer than anyone else. It's the same with your friend; he hasn't contacted you lately because he's been too busy.]

In Xue Rui's view, Lin Ruoxi's thinking logic is more like a boy's, and because she has been too busy lately, she has "temporarily frozen" her friendships.

Gu Muxue: [Then I'm relieved.]

Xue Rui's lips twitched, wondering if he had shot himself in the foot.

He immediately added, "Mu Xue, what I said isn't entirely correct; friendship still needs to be maintained."

On the other side of the screen, Gu Muxue rested her chin on her hand, revealing a relieved smile. It turned out that Lin Ruoxi hadn't broken off their friendship.

Looking at Xue Rui's words, it's clear he has ulterior motives.

But it would seem strange to meet up with Lin Ruoxi alone after such a long time without contact, right?

After all, she and Lin Ruoxi met because of Xue Rui, and it was inevitable that a certain "middleman" would profit from the difference.

[You greedy bastard, you even want to charge me a toll for my friendship?]

Gu Muxue typed a lot of curses in the chat box, then quietly deleted them.

Gu Muxue was so angry she wanted to grind her teeth, but she had no choice but to comply with Xue Rui's wishes.

A slender finger tapped across the screen: "[Then I'll do as you say, let her...]"

Halfway through the tapping, Gu Muxue suddenly felt very wronged.

It seemed like Xue Rui had "bullied" her again, and she was completely being led by the nose by him.

After a brief pause, Gu Muxue deleted the message and retyped it:
I'll reluctantly agree this time; you can bring her home on New Year's Eve.

On the other side of the screen, Xue Rui stood up excitedly upon receiving the message.

He immediately called Lin Ruoxi: "[Ruoxi, don't come tomorrow. Let's go over on New Year's Eve.]"

To save face, Xue Rui added:
We shouldn't celebrate Western holidays; we should have cultural confidence.

Lin Ruoxi: [Didn't Mu Xue agree?]

Xue Rui's eyes widened in disbelief. This little girl wasn't easily fooled; she had already guessed the process?
However, in just a moment, Lin Ruoxi retracted the message and replaced it with a new one:

【Okay! Mu Xue and I will listen to you.】(End of Chapter)