Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

The scene was quiet for a moment. Shi Yanchun carefully touched Yu Ru's hair with one hand and asked, "Xiao Ru, my birthday is coming in a few days. My family is going to hold a party for me. Can you come? Bring Xiao Yuan with you and let him accompany you. There won't be many people, only our family members. What do you think...?"

Yu Ru didn't even think about it and immediately shook her head, "Grandma Shi, on your birthday, I will send someone to bring gifts to celebrate, but forget about me being there. I don't like going to places with a lot of strangers."

"Xiao Ru..." Wen Zhuomo hesitated for a moment before saying, "We all hope you can come over... just treat it as your own home."

Yu Ru looked at the two elders with a calm smile on her face. After a moment of silence, she gestured, "Grandma Shi, Grandpa Wen, I won't go. You don't need to persuade me anymore. I now understand that in this world, nothing is supposed to be nobler than another thing. So when I see something that makes me feel noble again, I won't be timid. I already have the courage to face all the inequalities that should be equal. I don't go to your place not because I'm timid, but because there's no need. I will visit you, but not at your house. ]

Shi Yanchun's eyes were moist again. She pursed her lips, trying not to cry out loud, then leaned forward and hugged Yu Ru, "Okay, okay, we understand."

"Xiaoru, then tell us where you are? We will go to see you." Wen Zhuomo said again.

Wen Nachuan, who was sitting on the side, felt a little uneasy when he saw the three of them showing affection. He looked up at Yu Ru, and suddenly a small figure flashed before his eyes. That was Yu Ru's childhood.

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"Can you walk faster? You always make me wait for you. It's so slow and a waste of my time." Wen Nachuan turned around and saw Yu Ru walking slowly. The impatience on his face became more and more obvious.

Yu Ru lowered her head and glanced around her. Seeing no one passing by her, she breathed a sigh of relief and quickly quickened her pace. However, her legs were still injured and she couldn't walk fast no matter how hard she tried. Even if she walked slowly now, her legs still felt torn apart, which made her feel very painful, let alone walking fast.

Wen Nachuan looked back again and saw that she had moved the same distance as if she had not moved at all. He made an annoyed "tsk" sound and quickly returned to her side to urge her to walk faster. "Can you walk faster?"

He roughly pulled the stationery bag from Yu Ru's hand and said, "I'll get the things for you, so don't hesitate."

At this time, other students who were studying in the private school happened to pass by them and saw this scene. A girl stopped and said to Wen Nachuan with contempt: "Wen Nachuan, why are you so mean to your sister? She is still so young, can't you be a little gentler? You are not a gentleman at all."

In the eyes of others, Yu Ru is a tiny thing. Most people think she is only five or six years old, but in fact, she is already nine years old this year. The experience that began when she was six years old made her severely malnourished and almost stopped growing. She is still in the stage of recuperation and recovering very slowly. Compared with Wen Nachuan, who is the same age as her, she is like a little baby, a circle smaller and a lot shorter.

"She is not my sister. Stop meddling in other people's business. Go away! I won't do anything to her. I won't hit her or scold her." Wen Nachuan responded unhappily.

The girl rolled her eyes, walked straight to Yu Ru, squatted down and asked: "Little sister, where do you live? I'll take you home."

Wen Nachuan, who was standing nearby, sneered when he heard this and said, "Where does she live? She lives in my house now, eats my food, drinks my drinks, sleeps in my house, and is completely on the same path as me, so there's no need for you to worry about her."

The girl didn't believe it and asked Yu Ru again: "Is that so, little sister?"

Yu Ru nodded.

"Okay, she's dumb and can't talk. No matter how much you talk to her, she won't reply. Just stop worrying about it."

Yu Ru raised his head and looked at the girl's face. The only two eyes that were exposed curved up and smiled at her. He made a "thank you" gesture to her, bowed, and then tried to move forward, not giving her a chance to talk again.

After returning to the Wen family, Wen Nachuan angrily threw the two sets of pencil cases in his hands onto the sofa, but because the sofa was too soft, the two pencil cases bounced back to the ground. He casually glanced at the pencil cases that fell on the ground, ignored them, and walked directly inside, while shouting loudly for his parents. "Dad! Mom! Are you back?"

"Dad! Mom! Mom!"

Yu Ru, who came in later, saw the two stationery bags on the floor. She walked over to them, picked them up, patted them, and put Wen Nachuan's bag on the table. She looked around, but there was no one around. It was quiet nearby, and there was a faint shouting in the distance.

Yu Ru walked slowly forward with her stationery bag. When she turned a corner, Wen Nachuan's voice was very clear and close.

"Mom, we are not related, why did grandpa and grandma let her live in our house? And they also asked me to take her to a private school to study with her, why?"

Qi Zhaolin was holding his second son who had just turned two years old. He looked at his angry eldest son with a calm expression. He did not answer him immediately, but looked around and saw Yu Ru standing not far away. She first whispered a warning to Wen Nachuan not to talk nonsense, then she held the child in one hand and put her arm around his shoulder with the other and walked forward.

Yu Ru saw her walking towards her and his eyes were on her. After thinking for a while, she also walked forward.

When the two of them met, Qi Zhaolin squatted down, looked at Yu Ru, and asked with a smile: "Yu Ru, are you hungry? How about asking your aunt to cook something for you? Today is the day of the family dinner, so the meal won't be served so soon. Eat something else to fill your stomach first."

The baby in her arms was also very cute to Yu Ru. She even took out the pacifier from her mouth and handed it to Yu Ru, "Sister, eat some neinei..."

Yu Ru shook her head and wanted to hold the baby's hand and pass the pacifier back to him, but she thought of her own illnesses and was afraid of infecting him with any problems, so she retracted her hand as soon as she stretched it out.

The next second, her stomach betrayed her and made a "gurgling" sound, which made her too ashamed to look up. She wanted to flee the scene immediately or find a hole to crawl into, but Qi Zhaolin was her elder and had not left yet, so she did not dare to leave without permission.