Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

The Spring Festival is over, and Ming Shi Sui is back.

When she came back, Yu Ru was eating dinner, and Yun Jixing was still feeding her.

Yun Jixing was worried about her, fearing that she might become emotionally unstable and commit suicide out of excitement. So he chose not to go back for the New Year, intending to go back after her condition stabilized.

Yu Ru's condition has been very bad since she vented her anger in front of him that day.

She was ruled by a strange negativity. She could type on the keyboard and click the mouse, and she could still work, but she couldn't eat. Her hands would shake and she had no strength. She couldn't even hold a spoon. She was like an ant-like person shrouded in the shadow of a monarch's tyranny. She was trapped in a bad situation and suffered from the pain of hanging upside down. It got worse day by day, and there was no end in sight. She could only die in pain, and she couldn't tell when she would pass away.

To be more precise, she was like an ox or a horse, only able to work without enjoying a moment of pleasure, and even unable to eat properly to maintain basic survival. The "monarch" living in her body exploited her ruthlessly, making her do so much work but not giving her food, wanting to starve her to death.

Yun Jixing noticed that she was not feeling well, so during the New Year period, he went to her house to cook three meals a day. He fed her after the meals were ready, and after she finished eating, he would clean up. Only after he had tidied everything would he go back to his room or go to work.

When Ming Shisui saw Yu Rushi lying on the sofa like an old cat and being fed by Yun Jixing, she was so shocked that she froze on the spot.

When she saw the first scene of the two of them getting along like this, she wondered if they had become boyfriend and girlfriend. But then she remembered that she had fed Yu Ru like this before, and she felt that Yu Ru must be sick again.

She put down her luggage, trotted over to the two of them, looked at Yu Ru and asked, "Baby, what's wrong with you? Are you sick? Why did you let Brother Yun Duo feed you?"

Yun Jixing glanced at Yu Ru and answered for her, "Xiao Ming, A Ru is sick, so I came here to take care of her."

"Oh..." Ming Shisui nodded and wanted to get closer to Yu Ru, but because Yun Jixing was beside her, she didn't want to go over. She just stood there and looked at Yu Ru with a heartbroken look.

Yu Ru saw what she wanted to do, so she reached out and patted Yun Jixing on the shoulder, motioning him to go aside. Yun Jixing understood what she meant, and immediately stood up with his bowl and stepped aside.

As soon as he walked away, Ming Shisui's face lit up with joy. He quickly walked to Yu Ru and sat down. He reached out and held one of Yu Ru's hands and touched it, and asked, "Baby, are you out of strength?"

Yu Ru nodded.

"Baby, why didn't you tell me when it started? So I could come back earlier." Ming Shisui asked worriedly.

Yu Ru gently pulled her hand away, slowly retracted her own hand, and gestured, "It's nothing serious, no need to ask you to come back specially. Have you eaten?"

Ming Shisui nodded, "I ate it. I ate a lot."

[Okay, go pack your luggage. There should be traffic jams today, right? If you are tired from the ride, just wash up and rest. Don’t worry about me.]

"How can that be?" Ming Shisui grabbed Yu Ru's hand again, "Baby, then you eat first, I'll come to see you later."

Yu Ru nodded.

After Ming Shisui left the scene and returned to her room, Yun Jixing sat back next to Yu Ru and continued to feed her.

Yu Ru chewed the food in her mouth and stared at Yun Jixing. After a while, she used sign language to say, "Thank you for taking care of me during this period. When I make money in a few days, I will buy you a few kilograms of gold bars as a reward. I will move out by then, so you don't need to worry about me anymore."

Hearing that she was moving away, Yun Jixing paused while digging food with a spoon in his hand. He looked up at Yu Ru and asked in disbelief, "Aru, what did you say? You... are moving away?"

Yu Ru nodded.

"Why? Are you not comfortable living here? I also have houses in other places, both in residential areas and in detached houses. If you are not comfortable living here, can I take you to see my other houses?" Yun Jixing said anxiously.

Yu Ru was silent for a while, then shook her head. "It's nice to live here, but I don't think I should live here, or live in your house, or it would be easy to have more contact. Although we are friends, I have decided not to be with you, so I can't accept so many favors from you, or have intimate contact. Just like now, I feel that I am quite mean, and it is unfair to your future wife. You should leave all these good things to your future wife, not to me, a person with whom you have no future. ]

Yun Jixing looked at Yu Ru earnestly, with a hint of sadness between his brows.

The scene now is similar to when Yu Ru pursued him in his previous life. He felt that he was not worthy of Yu Ru, so he kept rejecting her and deliberately stayed away from her. It turned out that being rejected by someone you truly like and seeing the other person denying himself/herself without confidence was so painful.

He put down the bowl in his hand and reached out to hold Yu Ru's hand, but Yu Ru quickly retracted her hand into the blanket, as if she was determined not to let him hold her hand.

Yun Jixing failed to shake hands, so he went to give Yu Ruye the blanket covering her.

After tucking the blanket in for her, he said softly, "Aru, don't think about yourself like that. You are sick, there is no way, someone must take care of you. I think a normal friend would do the same as me if he encountered such a thing. Besides, we are both unmarried, and it is consensual. This behavior does not violate public order and morality. If others know about it, they have no reason to say anything. There is an experience for a period of time. Now I just hope you can be my wife, and I don't want anything else.

I want to take care of you and treat you well, that's it, not to give up the person I meet now for another wife from the future who has not yet been settled. It is rare to meet a soul mate, so if a person pursues true love, he or she may have many relationships in his or her life. In this case, loyalty is not just to keep oneself pure for a certain person for a lifetime, but to treat the lover in each relationship with all your heart and strength.

Ah Ru, if I were to marry someone else with the feelings I have for you right now, then I would be despicable, and it has nothing to do with you from the beginning to the end. So, stop wasting time, okay? Don't think of yourself like that, you are not wrong, and it is not wrong to eat the food I feed you now. Think about what Grandpa Wei said, he said that you should look for problems in others instead of doubting yourself, right? Also, in my opinion, this behavior is not like you are hanging me up, but a good opportunity for me to express myself, because I think I can take this opportunity to go one step further with you. Feelings are not formed overnight, but there will be transitions to different stages. I think feeding you now is a transition, which means that you are gradually trusting me."

Yu Ru looked at Yun Jixing in a daze, not knowing how to respond, but his words did comfort her and made her feel that she was not that bad. But even so, she should still leave.