Rebirth: Saving the Lovely Girl from the Start

Chapter 243: Chapter 240: Lin Ruoxi’s Home

This girl with wine-red hair... she just broke up with a boy at noon, and by the afternoon she’s already found a new one?

’This girl is amazing,’ Lin Ruoxi thought.

The middle-aged man to the side waved his hand, signaling for the people around them to make some space.

In an instant, the area his gaze swept over cleared out, leaving only the targeted girl with nowhere to go.

The girl felt immense pressure. ’Why is a manager asking about my love life?’

She glanced at the boy at the next table and said, "I’ve dated three."

Lin Ruoxi tilted her head, staring at the girl’s face. After a brief silence, she said, "Your eyes are shifting, and you keep fidgeting with your chopsticks while you talk. Are you lying?"

Yu Minlan was startled. ’She has this kind of skill?’

’Then why doesn’t she use it on Xue Rui!’

She suddenly felt that from the moment Xue Rui left, Lin Ruoxi’s intelligence had been skyrocketing.

Lin Ruoxi noticed Yu Minlan’s surprised look and whispered, "I’ve been studying Behavioral Psychology recently."

There were some books in her rented house, and she was currently reading one called *Behavioral Psychology: Decoding Body Language and Detecting Lies*.

Yu Minlan gulped. ’Xue Rui is so screwed now,’ she thought.

The girl gave a helpless grimace. "I can’t remember..."

"Hmm, that part’s true," Lin Ruoxi said with a nod, a flicker of shock in her eyes.

Yu Minlan was also stunned by this statement. ’There are actually people who can’t remember how many boyfriends they’ve had?’

"I’d like to ask for your advice. How do you pursue boys?" Lin Ruoxi asked, taking out another hundred-yuan bill.

Yu Minlan sighed. A moment ago, she had sensed an aura of authority from Lin Ruoxi and thought she had matured, that she had gained the air of a leader.

But now, coming to her senses, she realized it was just that the girl was extremely nervous in front of the middle-aged man, which in turn made Lin Ruoxi seem like she had a leader’s presence...

’Still, is Lin Ruoxi really here to learn from this girl as if she’s a master?’

The girl’s expression was complicated. She honestly didn’t know how to answer the question.

"I never pursue boys. They’re the ones who pursue me," the girl said proudly.

Disappointed, Lin Ruoxi shook her head, stuffed the money back in her pocket, and turned to leave with her tray.

Lin Ruoxi leaned close to Yu Minlan’s ear and whispered, "Xue Rui taught me this. If you pretend to walk away from the deal, the other person will reveal their true bottom line."

’What kind of things has Xue Rui been teaching her?’ Yu Minlan wondered.

Seeing Lin Ruoxi suddenly leave, the girl felt a pang of disappointment, as if the money that was just within her grasp had flown away. This beautiful manager was different from the others; she didn’t curse people out, and at noon, she had given her money just for a few words of conversation...

"Ma’am, you’re so beautiful. You still have to chase after someone?" the girl called out.

"Mhm, I haven’t caught him yet," Lin Ruoxi said with a nod.

"Then don’t chase him! Someone as heavenly as you..."

"No, I have to," Lin Ruoxi pouted, leaving in a huff.

The girl hadn’t told her the secret to pursuing boys, just offered some empty flattery.

The accompanying middle-aged man’s eye twitched. ’This boss is too hard to please. She won’t even listen to a little bootlicking.’

"President Lin, please sit here. It’s cooler with the air conditioning," the man said, quickly finding a cooler spot for Lin Ruoxi.

"Thank you," Lin Ruoxi nodded, her gaze casually sweeping across the cafeteria.

"What are you trying to find out? Why don’t I ask for you?" the man offered.

He was also curious about what this young woman was thinking. As their superior, he never cared about the employees’ private relationships, yet here was Lin Ruoxi, a shareholder, personally inquiring...

"It’s about that girl. At noon, we saw..." Yu Minlan explained the situation to the man.

After hearing the story, the man let out a hearty laugh. "That’s perfectly normal. Some girls have rather high expenses..."

He thought to himself, ’These two girls are still young, probably just out of school for the first time. They only became my bosses right after graduating thanks to their connection with Boss Xue. They don’t understand the lives of their peers at the bottom at all.’

Yu Minlan felt the man was being too diplomatic. She whispered to Lin Ruoxi, "It’s a transactional relationship. The girl wants the boy’s salary, and the boy is after the girl’s body."

She felt it was necessary to translate for Lin Ruoxi.

The man saw the two of them whispering and, with a smile at Lin Ruoxi, left his seat.

After their meal, the two left the electronics factory. Yu Minlan drove Lin Ruoxi around the nearby industrial park.

The sky grew dim. Many young couples walked hand-in-hand along the roadside, their paired shadows stretching out under the streetlights.

Knowing the truth, Yu Minlan felt no envy. These shadows could easily separate, or even combine with other shadows...

While waiting at a red light, Lin Ruoxi stretched her slender arm out the window. She watched the shadow of her hand on the ground and recalled the path she used to walk with Xue Rui after school. He would lean on her shoulder, and their shadows would stick together.

Yu Minlan sighed softly. Since seeing Xue Rui off at noon, Lin Ruoxi hadn’t smiled all day.

It was as if Xue Rui had taken Lin Ruoxi’s smile with him.

She thought for a moment. ’If we go back to the house, Lin Ruoxi will probably just stay cooped up in her room. It’s better to park by the road, get some fresh air, and chat.’

She bought Lin Ruoxi a hot milk tea from a shop on the street, and the two of them sat in the car, lost in thought.

"Ruoxi, what are you thinking about?" Yu Minlan asked.

In just half a day, Lin Ruoxi had grown more and more listless, like an empty shell. The only time her emotions had stirred was when she got into a huff with that girl, declaring that she had to pursue Xue Rui.