Chapter 548 357: Who Is the One Being Disciplined?

"Xiaorui, what did I tell you last night?" Gu Muxue walked up to Xue Rui's side. In a spot hidden from view, she reached out and pinched his stomach.

She had warned Xue Rui to be gentle last night, but today he had actually beaten Lin Ruoxi so badly that her body was stiff when she walked. She was furious!

She had never imagined Xue Rui could be this kind of person.

Xue Rui endured the sharp pain, his voice hoarse. "Muxue, I'm doing this for your own good. You don't understand Lin Ruoxi."

If he didn't say that Gu Muxue had told him to do it, then Lin Ruoxi would continue to feel indebted to Gu Muxue.

In reality, Lin Ruoxi didn't owe anyone anything. But the girl would always do things she shouldn't because of this strange mindset, which made everyone feel a little restrained.

"For my own good?" Gu Muxue's eyes narrowed as she threatened in a low voice, "Xiaorui, if you ever do this again, I'll take her and leave."

Sweat beaded on Xue Rui's forehead from the pain. He called out, "Xiaolin, come over here."

"Coming."

Lin Ruoxi scurried over to them with small steps. Gu Muxue "perfectly timed" the release of her hand and asked with a concerned expression, "Xiaorui, did you have enough to eat this morning?"

Xue Rui looked skeptical. He still didn't understand why Gu Muxue cared so much about Lin Ruoxi's opinion. Her mood changed faster than you could flip a page.

"Mm, I fed him on the way here," Lin Ruoxi said in a low voice.

Gu Muxue pulled Lin Ruoxi aside and asked, "Why did he hit you?"

"Mm, I deserved it," Lin Ruoxi said without hesitation.

"..." Gu Muxue fell silent.

'That's right. She never understood the dynamic between Lin Ruoxi and Xue Rui. But since the people involved didn't mind, why should she keep pressing the issue now?'

'Anyway... there would be plenty of time in the future, plenty of opportunities to understand.'

"We're not playing with him today." Gu Muxue snorted, pulling Lin Ruoxi toward her parents.

Xue Rui shook his head helplessly. He had still managed to make the little miss angry.

At that moment, Guo Wei was in an open area making a phone call. Xue Rui overheard a few sentences; it was about work.

"My dad knows someone here. Come with me, we don't have to wait in line for tickets," Guo Ziyang said softly as he walked up to Xue Rui.

"Isn't Uncle Guo coming in?" Xue Rui asked.

Just then, Guo Wei hung up the phone. He smiled and said, "I might have something come up later. I'll have Ziyang take you all to lunch."

"I also have something to take care of, so I won't be going in. Please let Uncle Gu know for me."

"Thanks for your trouble." Xue Rui patted Guo Ziyang's shoulder, took a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and secretly slipped it into Guo Ziyang's hand.

Guo Wei saw everything but turned his head and pretended not to notice.

"Uncle Guo, are you busy right now?" Xue Rui turned back and asked.

Guo Wei paused for a moment. "Not at the moment."

'Could it be that Xue Rui already had a favor to ask of him?'

'A little too eager.'

"You're with the cultural tourism department, and I happen to have something in that area that I don't quite understand. I was hoping to ask for your guidance." As he spoke, Xue Rui opened a stack of documents and took out the previous promotional plan for Monster Charge's National Day holiday.

Of course, he had someone stay up all night to revise it, deleting all the commercial aspects of the plan. Now, it looked exactly like a proposal for a public service project.

The shared power bank business was just one of his many blooming flowers, and the one he least expected to make money from, but it had its own irreplaceable value.

"Uncle Guo, let's find a place to get a drink." Xue Rui made an inviting gesture. He had already scouted the area before coming, asking Li Ruihao which hotels were covered by their equipment so he could introduce them to Guo Wei.

But Guo Wei didn't follow his script. Instead, he sat right down on a nearby bench, took the file Xue Rui handed him, and quickly opened it.

"No need to trouble yourself. I bought water here."

However, when he saw the picture of the power bank device, he couldn't help but let out a soft "Huh?" "You made this strange gadget? I've seen it in quite a few tourist spots recently."

"But, does this thing even make money? I remember it didn't charge me when I used it," Guo Wei asked with a smile.

Xue Rui waved his hand dismissively. "It's all about serving the people. Talking about money is just tacky. I was recently thinking of using the National Day Golden Week to popularize it, but I'm not familiar with the tourism industry's procedures. Not like a professional such as yourself, Uncle Guo."

"Mm, a very high level of ideological awareness," Guo Wei teased.

'Every merchant has his tricks. There's no such thing as a free lunch. Wasn't this all for the sake of making money later?'

However, when he flipped to the last few pages, he found that the section on cooperation with government departments was a blank page. A strange glint flashed in Guo Wei's eyes.

'The entire proposal revolves around public tourism services, yet this one section is blank?'

Xue Rui had been observing Guo Wei's reaction the whole time. He didn't know Guo Wei well, but it was enough to know people in general.

"Oh, we were tight on time, and we're not clear on the procedures," Xue Rui said sheepishly, looking for all the world like an honest man.

In reality, it was because the procedures were cumbersome and he didn't have time to deal with them. He had never even considered collaborating with the government.

'But now an opportunity had presented itself, hadn't it? Guo Wei might not accept other kinds of gifts.'

'But he refused to believe that no one would want political achievements served up on a silver platter.'