Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

Yun Jixing and Yu Ru’s trip to France still has five days left, and before that, they have to go to Dubai first.

The third generation of Buccellati suddenly wrote a handwritten letter to Yun Jixing, saying that he wanted to borrow the ring made by the second generation successor in his hand, which was also the engagement ring he gave to Yu Ru, to hold a large exhibition so that people who love jewelry can exchange ideas about jewelry art.

Every word in the letter was filled with heartfelt resignation. The jewelry was only loaned out for two or three months and would be returned immediately after the exhibition. The purpose was also to let more people see the beauty of the jewelry. There was nothing to refuse, so Yu Ru naturally agreed.

The ring had to be sent to Buccellati's store in Dubai for inspection before being sent to Italy. Because it was an engagement ring for Yu Ru and a one-of-a-kind piece, Yun Jixing decided to deliver it in person and take Yu Ru to play around in the area.

Time is running out, they have to leave tomorrow.

Yu Ru has packed her luggage and is working in the study. She is grinding ore because she has run out of paint. As soon as she knew she would be abroad for a while before coming back, she worked desperately, working at least eight hours a day. The core work is the statue of the gods, but it is not easy to make a living from this. She has to mine and extract pigments every few days.

At eight o'clock in the evening, when Yun Jixing found Yu Ru, she was still holding a large iron hammer weighing about four pounds in one hand and hammering ore. There were several baskets of colorful ores next to her, probably all waiting to be hammered.

"Aru." He called softly before he got close.

"Bang bang bang!"

The sound of the hammer hitting the ore was like the sound of a bronze bell being struck, echoing through the trees. As the hammer went down, her mind was filled with the grinding echo, but Yu Ru still caught his voice in this thunderous sound.

She immediately turned around and saw him coming, so she stopped what she was doing, put down the hammer, stood up and walked towards him.

Yun Jixing smiled and opened his arms to welcome her. "Mining King, why are you still working so late? An hour ago you promised me that you would work for another half an hour and then rest."

Yu Ru had no special expression on her face at his arrival. Instead, she looked a little lonely and helpless. She was filled with coldness and floated away. She came in front of Yun Jixing, raised her hands to press his hands down, then leaned forward on him, with her hands placed straight on the sides of her legs.

"Aru, what's going on?"

Yu Ru was not feeling right, like she was simply exhausted, but more importantly, her soul was slowly being pulled out of her body, like a patient dying of heavy bleeding, life flowing out with the blood, and when the blood ran out, the person died. Her body was gradually getting lighter, and when she finally reached him and leaned against him, he didn't feel any weight, as if she was just a shell facing him.

Yun Jixing restrained his smile and became serious. He picked up Yu Ru, took her to sit on the sofa nearby, and asked about the situation in detail.

Yu Ru just leaned on him, and no matter how Yun Jixing coaxed her or asked her, she just shook her head.

She didn't want to say it, and Yun Jixing couldn't force her to do anything, so he could only say something else to comfort her.

He held her face in his hands and said softly, "Aru, I've said before that if we encounter difficulties, we will face them together. You don't have to worry about causing trouble for me. We are a family, and family members love and support each other. If you have any problems, then I have an obligation to help you. Don't you agree?"

As he spoke, he touched Yu Ru's face and said, "Look at you. Your complexion has finally improved. You can't be sad all the time, right? Otherwise, you won't be able to eat. If you can't eat, your health will be bad, and then the vicious cycle will start again."

Yu Ru nodded in agreement, but there was still an unremovable sadness between her brows.

This time, it wasn't that she was having an attack of anger. She just felt inexplicably angry and wanted to vent it. She was really in big trouble.

She is wanted again with a reward on her head.

As early as half a year ago, she already knew that she was wanted with a reward. At that time, she found out who wanted to kill her, figured out the other party's background, and hired someone to assassinate the other party, but she was unsuccessful and lost a lot of money.

She had no other choice but to rely on her own skills and other small tricks to repeatedly remove the reward, trying her best to reduce the time it appeared in the public eye, and interfere with the network of the person who offered the reward to her, prank him, intimidate him, and distract his attention.

Three days ago, the bounty reappeared, and the price was raised to a level that everyone was crazy about. Converted into domestic money, it was nearly 800 million. She was still in China and had her own technical cover, so she was relatively safe. But being targeted by someone with 800 million yuan always had considerable hidden dangers. If she was not careful, she would die quietly.

"One hand claps, but it is silent despite its speed." She was very scared, and even more afraid of getting people around her hurt. It was at this time that she realized once again how weak ordinary people like her were in front of capital, just like an ant.

No, she was not even an ant. To be more precise, she was like a speck of dust, not even a living being in this world. No matter how much she encouraged herself, gave herself chicken blood, read chicken soup, and worked hard, she could not change this fact. The resources and connections she had were still too scarce. If something big happened, she would have no power to fight back, even if she broke a ton of ore.

Yu Ru has the qualities of a genius, but she also encounters a problem that almost every genius encounters: she cannot control the direction of her own destiny, and is trapped in a fate that does not satisfy people.

At this moment, her frail face shrank back into that lonely and bleak world, and was once again imprisoned in it to endure the torment. Back then, she was still a little girl, always staying in her small room blankly, hugging her scarred legs and staring out the window in a daze.

Thinking of all this, she couldn't help but shed two lines of tears, but perhaps those were tears of fate's pity for her.

"Aru..." Yun Jixing looked at her lovingly and wiped away her tears gently. "Silly girl, I still say the same thing. No matter what difficulties you encounter, I will stand on the same front with you. If you need money, I will give it to you. If you need power, I will also help you. No matter what difficulties you encounter in life, as long as you are still alive and breathing, there is still hope. Besides, you are only 23 years old now, you are still very young and can still make a breakthrough."

Before he knew what Yu Ru had been through, he could only comfort her in this way. He wiped the tears from her face and kissed her on the cheek.

What follows is a long wait, waiting for Yu Ru to digest those negative emotions on her own.

It didn't take long, about half an hour later, Yu Ru's emotions finally calmed down. She stepped out of Yun Jixing's arms, used sign language, and finally began to be willing to tell about her horrifying past.

Of course, only a small part.