Chapter 528 - 350: Becoming the Boss Tomorrow

After Gu Muxue spoke, the atmosphere suddenly grew so quiet you could hear a pin drop...

Xue Rui’s heart pounded wildly. ’Gu Muxue is suggesting we sleep together?’

’This is actually the best solution,’ Xue Rui thought after a moment’s consideration.

’After all, I’m doing this right under Gu Qingshan’s nose!’

’If I get caught, he’ll probably beat me half to death...’

’Of course, if I get caught, I can just hide behind Gu Muxue. She’s the only one who can protect me.’

Lin Ruoxi wasn’t overthinking it. She just wanted Xue Rui to be happy. Besides, she had already made up her mind to share Xue Rui’s affection with Gu Muxue, so she had no objections to her request. She felt she’d had more than her fair share of him already.

’I took all of Xue Rui’s firsts, so of course Gu Muxue is bothered by it. She even asked me for his first kiss last time...’

Gu Muxue nervously peeked at Xue Rui, afraid he might get cocky. Thankfully, he knew how to behave...

Right then, Xue Rui was eating his midnight snack with Lin Ruoxi clinging to his left and Xiaobu rubbing against his right leg. A sudden wave of discomfort washed over her. ’Am I also going to be just another one of his pets in the future?’

Gu Muxue’s brow furrowed. She poked Xiaobu on the head and muttered, "You silly thing. What’s so great about him?"

Lin Ruoxi tilted her head, analyzing Gu Muxue’s words. ’Xue Rui told me to listen for the hidden meaning in what people say.’

’Gu Muxue is scolding me indirectly. On the surface, she’s poking Xiaobu’s head, but she’s really poking mine and calling me silly.’

’But... Gu Muxue is the same way.’

"Muxue, Rui is a great person. You... you don’t like him, do you?"

Lin Ruoxi felt Gu Muxue’s illness was because she wasn’t true to her feelings. If she could just say what was on her mind, she wouldn’t have so many things bottled up inside.

"Nonsense! Who said I like him..."

Gu Muxue’s voice was barely a whisper. Her face was bright red. ’What is Ruoxi even saying?’

Lin Ruoxi thought for a moment. ’I need to push her a little...’

She wrapped her arms tightly around Xue Rui, then turned to look at Gu Muxue. In the same tone one might use to tease a child, she said, "Then what if he doesn’t come over anymore? Would that be okay?"

"And you?" Gu Muxue asked quietly.

"I’ll go with him," Lin Ruoxi answered without a hint of hesitation.

Caught in the middle, Xue Rui nearly dropped his chopsticks when Ruoxi posed her question. ’Their relationship is way beyond what I imagined,’ he thought. ’They can even joke about things like this?’

"I..." Gu Muxue bit her lip.

Gu Muxue knew perfectly well that Lin Ruoxi was trying to make her face her true feelings. ’But I already have,’ she thought. ’Everything that’s happened today proves I’ve already compromised.’

’Does Lin Ruoxi think this isn’t enough?’

’But there’s no way I’m letting Xue Rui get smug about this. I’ll never say it!’

’Sigh...’ Xue Rui lamented internally. ’It’s true what they say—everyone has someone who can put them in their place. Who knew Ruoxi could actually get the upper hand on Muxue?’

"Muxue, I’m the one who came here on my own. I came because I missed you, and I’m definitely not leaving. I’m all yours tonight," Xue Rui said, quietly reaching out to take Gu Muxue’s delicate hand.

’Excitement and joy swirled within him, mingled with a thread of nervousness...’

’My dream is coming true—holding Lin Ruoxi’s hand with my left and Gu Muxue’s with my right.’

The corners of Gu Muxue’s eyes lifted slightly. Xue Rui had given her a graceful way out...

But then she saw the smug look on his face, and a sudden, inexplicable anger flared up inside her. She grabbed his hand and pinched it hard.

"Hiss—" Xue Rui winced in pain. ’Muxue’s pinching skills are getting more and more vicious. She used to pinch a big chunk of flesh, but now she just twists the skin...’

Lin Ruoxi tried to suppress her emotions. She knew Gu Muxue did this often, but that pinch looked really vicious...

Seeing Xue Rui’s pained expression, she finally couldn’t hold back. She reached across him, grabbed Gu Muxue’s wrist, and said with a frown, "No pinching!"

’I’ve always hated seeing Xue Rui get hurt,’ she thought. ’And now Muxue is hurting him right in front of me. Even if it only leaves a small red mark, it still makes me so angry. It hurts him!’

As soon as she said it, she remembered that Gu Muxue was still sick. ’I shouldn’t have gotten angry...’

’But I really can’t help it...’

The man she loved on one side, the friend she felt indebted to on the other. Tears welled up in Lin Ruoxi’s eyes.

A chill shot up Xue Rui’s spine, making his scalp tingle...

’In all my wildest fantasies, I never imagined these two would actually fight!’

Xue Rui quickly covered Lin Ruoxi’s mouth. ’Muxue really crossed a line with her,’ he thought.

He gently stroked her head and said softly, "Xixi, I’m tough. A little pinch is nothing. I was just faking it."

Gu Muxue quickly let go of Xue Rui’s hand. She’d never expected Lin Ruoxi to react so strongly...

Gu Muxue looked down and said, "Ruoxi... I’m sorry. I won’t pinch him anymore."

’Xue Rui doesn’t just belong to me anymore; he belongs to Lin Ruoxi, too.’

’Xue Rui is a jerk, and a very resilient one at that.’

’So, I should be considerate of Ruoxi’s feelings.’

Xue Rui stiffly turned his head. He had been planning to soothe Lin Ruoxi and then placate Gu Muxue, but who would have thought Gu Muxue would be the first to apologize?

’Without any hesitation?’

’What’s going on?’

’When it comes to Lin Ruoxi, Gu Muxue is like a completely different person...’

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!

The door was knocked, and Zhao Lizhen’s voice came from the other side. "Muxue, what’s all that noise about?"

Gu Muxue instinctively shielded Xue Rui with her body and called out, "Mom, Ruoxi and I were just playing with the cat! We’re going to bed now."

"Get to sleep soon. A friend of mine is taking us out tomorrow. If Ruoxi is free, she can come along too," Zhao Lizhen said.