Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

After the party, Yu Ru and Zuo Buqiu parted ways and got into Yun Jixing's car. With a driver driving, they sat together in the back seat.

Yun Jixing smiled at her and wanted to sit closer to her, but because of the structure of the car, he was always far away from her. He secretly regretted driving this car. He had decided that before he was with Yu Ru, no matter what he did, he would not want a car with a partition in the back seat.

"Aru, you look so beautiful today." Yun Jixing said while looking at Yu Ru lovingly.

In fact, Yu Ru didn’t dress up much today. She just wore a black suit skirt and put on a little lipstick, but she made his eyes light up.

Yu Ru glanced at him and quickly lowered her head, [Thank you, you look good too.]

Yun Jixing smiled and nodded, then said, "Aru, let's have dinner together later. Come to my house, I'll cook for you, and I have a gift for you."

Yu Ru thought about it and nodded.

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Yun Jixing cooked two bowls of braised beef noodles for himself and Yu Ru. He had braised the beef yesterday, and the flavor had invaded every texture of the meat. It was loose and soft, fatty but not greasy. You could smell the fragrance in your mouth before you even eat it, and the fragrance lingered in your mouth after you eat it.

"Aru, how is it, is it delicious?"

Yu Ru nodded and gave a thumbs up, but her face showed no expression, and she didn't seem to like the beef noodles very much, so she put down her chopsticks and raised her other hand to give a thumbs up. Yun Jixing smiled, Yu Ru looked so cute in his eyes, and he wanted to hug her and kiss her a few times.

After dinner, Yu Ru sat on the sofa in Yun Jixing’s living room waiting for him to get the gift.

Soon, he came out carrying a medium-sized woven bag. He sat down next to Yu Ru with the bag and took out ten separate embroidered small cloth bags from it.

"Aru, last year I found some intangible cultural heritage craftsmen to customize a few pairs of thousand-layer cloth shoes and hats. I just got them recently. Try them on and see how they look."

He opened the bags one by one, and pairs of cute and exquisite shoes and hats appeared on the sofa. The shoes included tiger-head shoes, butterfly shoes, cicada-head shoes, dragon-head shoes, and unicorn shoes, and the hats included tiger-head hats, Eight Immortals hats, Kongming hats, dragon-head hats, and Liuhe Yitong hats. They all looked like traditional Chinese children's hats and shoes, with various patterns and exquisite craftsmanship.

Yu Ru likes traditional things. She can basically make all these things in front of her. She has made quite a few of them, but no one has ever given them to her. To say the least, when she saw Yun Jixing take out these things, she was a little shocked.

As she stared in a daze, Yun Jixing picked up the Eight Immortals hat and gently put it on her head.

"Aru, this is the hat I used to wear when I was a child. It's an old item from a hundred years ago. It's a little old, I hope you don't mind." He put the hat on Yu Ru, and then tidied her hair and the tassels hanging on both sides of the hat.

"When I was little, I hardly ever got sick. I don't know if it was because of this hat. Anyway, this hat has good meanings. It can drive away evil spirits and bring blessings, good luck, wealth, and peace. It's New Year's Day again, and it's a happy time. I think you'd wear it."

Yu Ru didn't respond, just looked at him.

He looked at her with a smile, then squatted down and prepared to change her shoes.

"Aru, can I change your shoes for you?"

Yu Ru's eyes followed his movements downwards and she nodded slightly.

Yun Jixing smiled slightly, took off the two slippers on her feet, and replaced them with a pair of tiger-head shoes. After changing the shoes, he looked up at Yu Ru and saw that she was in tears. Her eyes were like dewdrops on the epiphyllum growing in the cemetery, and her face was expressionless, but the tears were flowing but she was crying silently, which made people feel more distressed.

He leaned forward and took a few tissues, then quickly sat down next to her and wiped her tears.

"It's okay, it's okay. I'll order a few hats and shoes like this for you every year. Okay?"

Yu Ru shook her head.

Yun Jixing stretched out a hand to pat her back, and stopped talking, just silently accompanying her. Yu Ru leaned to one side, leaned on his shoulder and closed her eyes.

After an unknown amount of time, she calmed down and stopped crying. She stood up and walked to stand in front of Yunjixing.

Yun Jixing looked at her in confusion.

"Aru, what's wrong?"

Yu Ru didn't say anything, just stared at him for a long time, and as if she had made some important decision, she began to unbutton her clothes. When she unbuttoned the second button, Yun Jixing felt something was wrong, and he suddenly stood up and walked in front of her, grabbing her hand to stop her from doing this.

"Aru, what are you doing?"

[I want you to have a good look at me.]

Yu Ru took his hand away and continued to unbutton her clothes. In a moment, she took off her outer suit jacket. She threw the suit on the ground and continued to take off the second piece of clothing.

Yun Jixing panicked. He bent down to pick up the coat and grabbed her hand again, begging, "Aru, don't do this. Put on your clothes. I beg you. Let's sit down and talk it out and solve it together, okay?"

Yu Ru gently pushed him away and made him stand straight in front of her. [Just watch first. I won't do anything. Just watch. This is necessary. I am solving the problem with you now.]

Yun Jixing could see that Yu Ru was in pain as well. He was sure that this was her first time taking off her clothes in front of a man, and perhaps she felt that this was an insult and a very shameful thing, but he didn't understand why she did this.

Could he just watch? Could he just watch? Was that the only way to get the answer?

Thinking of this, he shed tears of sadness.

Yu Ru was wearing a suit, a cashmere sweater, a thermal jacket, a knee-length suit skirt, and a pair of fleece stockings. She had taken them all off, leaving only her underwear on. She had also taken off the Eight Immortals hat and the pair of tiger-head shoes.

It can be said that she has basically exposed her body to Yunjixing.

Looking at her body full of scars, Yun Jixing was so surprised that he almost lost his voice. He suddenly felt a scarlet color in front of his eyes, so dazzling that he could not open his eyes. He imagined that Yu Ru's body should be as pure as the jade bottle in Guanyin's hand. Now, it has turned into a kiln-fired glaze long-necked bottle, still beautiful, but with countless cracks, which greatly stimulated his vision.

He swallowed, his fingertips began to tremble, and he walked forward with unsteady steps.

"Aru..."

Yu Ru suddenly turned her back to him, showing the scars that ran across her entire back. None of the scars were too dark, but so many of them were so densely packed together that it was enough to shock people and even make their scalps numb.

They were like countless lancets rushing towards Yunjixing, piercing his heart with holes and causing him to burst into tears like a flood. Coming to his senses, he staggered to where the blankets were placed on the sofa, grabbed a blanket, strode to Yu Ru, wrapped her in the blanket and held her completely in his arms.

"Aru, okay, I understand, it's okay, it's okay..."

Yu Ru broke away from his embrace, took a step back and threw the blanket back onto the sofa, and excitedly began to sign, "Did you see clearly? I want you to see every scar on my body. This is very important! Very important! Think about it clearly. If you are with me, can you guarantee that you will not feel disgusted when you see these scars when you make love with me?"

Yun Jixing picked up the blanket and wrapped Yu Ru with it again. He hugged her tightly and said with tears in his eyes, "I see it clearly, I see it clearly, really, Aru, believe me. But... it doesn't matter, I love you, including your scars, I accept all of you. I don't feel disgusted, not at all."

Yu Ru leaned in his arms motionless, crying silently.