Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

Chapter 375 Yu Ru is under a lot of pressure

Yu Ru leaned back in her chair, staring at her toes in deep thought.

After a while, she said, "Baby, those perverts seem to be particularly lusting after the Yun family." Yu Ru looked at the phone next to her and pointed at it, then said, "I've seen five people write these kinds of fantasy diaries so far, and that's just what's written. I wonder how many more haven't been written yet."

"Moreover, within their circle of perverts, there seems to be a legend that the seven children of the Yun family were transformed from the seven stars of the Big Dipper in the sky. By gathering them together and offering them as a sacrifice, one can obtain the power of the stars and become infinitely powerful. Is that ridiculous? Why don't they say that they happen to have nine illegitimate children in their family, and that cutting off the heads of those nine illegitimate children and making them into beads is like collecting the Nine Dragon Balls to summon the dragon? And if a family has thirteen children, they can burn them as candles in the middle of the night to summon Satan."

"Mom, aren't the Big Dipper the stars of Yun Jizhan and Yun Mianruo? Aren't all of Dad's brothers and sisters named Shan?"

"Shan is their formal name. They all have courtesy names: Yun Jizhan, Yun Mianruo, Yun Xuantong, Yun Hanzhang, Yun Jianqing, and Yun Lingxi. I'm guessing they correspond to Shanxin, Shanshi, Shanren, Shanshou, Shandi, and Shanzhi respectively. Add Yunjixing, and that makes seven. The surname Yun is not common, and with such cultured names, their family must be quite prominent. Besides the seven sons of the Yun family in Shuicheng, there shouldn't be anyone else."

"Then...Mom, they really believe it? People are people, not stars!"

"Yes, people are just people, just ordinary people who eat and sleep. I don't understand how this got brought up the Big Dipper in the sky. I feel like I'm dreaming these past few days, and I'm starting to wonder if I'm going schizophrenic. Everything I'm experiencing right now is so bizarre. I feel like something is forcibly pulling me into a new world, and it feels so disconnected."

As she spoke, Yu Ru sighed, "This old man's notes contain some incantations and information about the Big Dipper. I think they really took that rumor seriously. I wonder if the Yun family members themselves know about this legend. This must be information released by their enemies, trying to use public opinion to unite everyone and wipe out their family."

“Mom, let’s spread rumors too. Let’s say that so-and-so’s son is a Dragon Ball, and that cutting off their heads as a sacrifice can summon the dragon and obtain the dragon god’s protection.”

Yu Ru shook her head. "Baby, if you heard this rumor, would you believe it? Those children they had, let alone the Nine Dragon Balls, even if you said they were reincarnations of the Laundry Pearls of the gods, no one would believe it. Each one of them is ugly in their own unique way."

"That seems to be true. (p′︵‵。) Mom, what should we do then?"

"I don't know either. I'm just feeling lost and under a lot of pressure. Originally, I only wanted to kill Fang Longfei and his protectors. Now I've discovered the grudges and secrets of several powerful families, which are also involved in international power struggles and national affairs. I have no way to deal with these. Moreover, many seemingly unrelated people actually have deep connections, which is very inexplicable. Right now, the most important thing is that the Yun family seems to be in danger. Now that I know about it, I have to see if I can resolve this, but this involves many people, and I don't know where to start."

At this moment, Yu Ru propped one foot up on the chair, resting her chin on her right elbow, lost in thought. She murmured, "What should I do... Half of the supplies that Father and Mother Yun arranged to send are used up, we're out of bullets, and many of the bodyguards are injured. Mother Yun said that only twenty new bodyguards have been selected so far, and the pool of suitable candidates is very limited... Doctor Ling won't arrive until the day after tomorrow... Everyone is so busy right now. What should I do? Have I caused trouble?"

Shan Ci flew through the dumpling's body to Yu Ru's side and shouted, "I didn't cause any trouble! Mom didn't cause any trouble! Mom was right. Mom dug out the sore that was growing on this land, and things will get better and better from now on. The temporary hardship and sacrifice will be followed by long-lasting happiness. ?(?`^′?)?"

"Is that so?" Yu Ru raised her head, forcing a smile. "I hope so."

"The phone's ringing! The phone's ringing! The phone's ringing!"

Because she's been very busy lately, Yu Ru hasn't heard her phone ring much, so she changed her default ringtone to this loud "Call me!" sound. The ringtone is so loud that it startles her as soon as it starts.

Yu Ru trembled very slightly, then took out her phone from her pocket to check. The caller ID read "Mom." Seeing that it was her mother calling, Yu Ru turned down the volume, didn't answer, and put the phone back in her pocket.

Seeing her do this, Shan Ci asked curiously, "Mom, who is it?"

“My biological mother,” Yu Ru replied expressionlessly.

"Mom, aren't you going to answer?"

"I don't want to answer. I've discovered an ironclad rule: every time I'm at my most vulnerable, my parents always manage to deliver the final blow that completely crushes me. I'll answer when she calls a third time to prove it's an emergency."

After a while, Yu Ru's phone was still ringing; this was the third call Gu Yulan had made. Having no other choice, and considering that it might really be something important or urgent, Yu Ru had to answer.

As soon as the call connected, Gu Yulan cried out, "Yuru, something happened to your father and your brother..."

After hearing what Gu Yulan had to say, Yu Ru's expression turned serious. She replied, "Don't cry. I'll handle this. Don't tell anyone about this. Don't go to anyone, and especially don't cry in front of others. From now on, do whatever I tell you to do. If you don't listen to me, I'll sever all ties with you. Just pretend you never had a daughter like me. Do you understand?"

After exchanging a few hurried words with her mother, Yu Ru hung up the phone. Immediately afterwards, she found someone in her contacts and called them.

The other party answered quickly.

Yu Ru immediately said, "Director Wang, take a look at the message I sent you. I need your help urgently."

Upon hearing the other party's response, Yu Ru hung up the phone, turned on the computer next to her, and began sending a message to Director Wang.

"Mom, is Grandma having any trouble?"

"Hmm." Yu Ru stared intently at the computer screen, her fingers flying across the keyboard.

I'll tell you later.

"Can't we just leave it for now? Grandma and Grandpa made you so angry last time, and you still bothered with them. You'll make yourself sick from this. Just ignore them from now on and don't answer their calls. (｀⌒′メ)"

Yu Ru took a deep breath, her fingers still typing on the keyboard. "There's no other way. They are the people who gave me life and flesh and blood. No matter how much I hate them, I still have to take care of them in their old age and see them off when they die. If something happens to them, I have to help them. If I don't help them, no one else will. Although I find them annoying, they are not the kind of heartless parents, so I don't need to be ruthless. If I really don't care about them at all, then I would be unworthy of being a child and wouldn't deserve to be a human being."

"Doesn't Mom hate them?"

"I don't hate them, I just find them annoying and irritating. Actually, I understand them. They had a tough life before and hadn't seen much of the world, so they don't know how to solve their children's problems, nor are they capable of doing so. This is a common problem among parents in many ordinary families in China. My parents aren't the exception; they're just one of millions of ordinary parents. They're already struggling to make ends meet, so how can they have time for romance?"

"If you don't have money, don't have children. It's such a hardship to bring a child into this world. The mother suffered so much growing up there, and now she's all grown up and even stingy when it comes to buying a piece of beef. (??へ?? ╬)"

Hearing this, Yu Ru looked up at the dumpling and smiled, then continued typing, "Baby, I used to think like you, unable to understand why they would have me even though they didn't have money. Now I think they had no choice. Many things seem like choices, but in reality, there are no choices. Back then, our economy wasn't developed, people's understanding of information was very limited, and the general level of education was low. People's perceptions were fixed, and the idea of ​​carrying on the family line was ingrained. In addition, there was a labor shortage and a serious aging population at that time. Whether from a personal perspective or from the macro perspective of the country's social structure development, it was normal and correct for everyone to have children."

"Being born is indeed a blessing; they brought us into this world. And I think most parents have already given their children the best life they can within their means. It's just that some parents didn't receive love when they were young, and society was turbulent in the past, so they don't know how to do more for their children. The current state of parents is more of a tragedy of our times, but also part of the process of progress. Of course, I'm an exception to my grandparents. It was a sin for them to bring my father into the world. With grandparents like them, I'd rather be dead."

"Mom! (＞д＜) Such a filial mother, but Grandpa, Grandma and Great-Grandma are unaware of their good fortune."

“Yes, she’s always so disobedient, doesn’t know anything and is full of rebellious spirit, always causing me trouble.” Yu Ru nodded. “Sometimes I think, if my grandma were like Yun Jixing’s grandma or Grandma Zhang’s grandma, how happy I would be. Yun Jixing told me before that when he was a child, he went on a trip to Dong Province with his parents and liked the food there. When he returned to the old house, he casually mentioned it, and Grandma Situ sent two aunties to Dong Province to learn authentic Cantonese cuisine and bring it back to cook for Yun Jixing. Don’t you think other people’s grandmas are so good?”

"When I heard him say all this, I immediately thought of when I was a child and someone broke my hand. My grandmother didn't even care and even scolded me. In the end, it was my neighbor who took me to the hospital to have my hand checked."

“I don’t expect my grandma to be any better to me, but at least treat me like a human being. She didn’t care that her own grandson’s hand was broken. Even if you saw a stranger’s child like that on the street, a normal person would feel sorry for him.”

"What! Σ(?д?|||)?? Mom, why didn't you tell me about something this big? Great-Grandma did this. How could she be so wicked? She didn't care and then scolded you. (｀⌒′メ) Mom, after we finish what we did at this villa, take me to the south of the city. I'm going to beat Great-Grandma to the ground! And I'm going to beat Great-Grandpa to the ground too!"

Yu Ru suddenly laughed, but didn't laugh out loud. She changed the subject and said, "If I die young, my parents and grandmother must have done countless first-class merits in the process of killing me."

"Mom, something's not right. I feel like Great-Grandma's treatment of you isn't like how she treats her own granddaughter. Could it be that you're the granddaughter of an enemy, and they adopted you? (?-_?) They're treating you so badly because it's revenge. You're actually the long-lost heiress of some wealthy family! Their real granddaughter, the fake heiress, is taking your place and enjoying the rich life! Σ(｀艹′；)!!"

"What do you mean by 'real' or 'fake' heiress'? You're getting more and more humorous." Yu Ru laughed so hard her whole body trembled slightly.

Shanci rarely saw her laugh like that. Although it didn't know why she was laughing so much, seeing her laugh made it laugh happily too. "Hahahaha!"

"Mothers like that are in novels. Those female protagonists who suffer so much have had their happy lives stolen away, which is why they are so unfortunate. (?i _ i?) Don't you fit the three elements perfectly? Beautiful, tragic, and strong. So you are the real heiress who was switched at birth. If that's the case, then it can explain why your great-grandmother and the others are so indifferent to you."

Yu Ru smiled for a while, then her smile faded. She said, "Then you might be disappointed. I am their real granddaughter and daughter. Look at me and my dad, don't we look alike? I remember when I was little and before I left home, the thing my relatives said most often when they saw me was that I looked like my dad, like a miniature version of him."

"Mom, but there are many people in this world who look alike but aren't related by blood. Look at all those livestreamers now, a bunch of them imitating celebrities. Some don't even need makeup, and they can look seven or eight parts like the celebrity."

“You’re right, but there’s something I didn’t tell you. Actually, I secretly did a paternity test two years ago, and I did it four times. My dad is their biological son, and I am their biological daughter. So the reason they don’t care about me is simply because they want to have children but don’t want to take care of them. I’m not some rich heiress who has been separated from her family; I’m just a child from an ordinary family.”

Shan Ci: "..."

Shanci felt as if it had been doused with cold water. It shrieked and said in utter grief, "( ?? ﹏ ?? ) No! How could this be? I can't accept this. Mom, why aren't you the real daughter? I'm so sad."

Yu Ru rested her hand on the table and glanced at Shan Ci, laughing, "What are you sad about, little one? Whether it is true or not, it doesn't affect me, because I already have a very good life. Even if I really am a real heiress who has been living away from home, I can't completely abandon this family. After all, they raised me, and I have to take care of them."

"(p′︵‵。) Mom, if, I mean if, you were the real heiress, would you go back to the real heiress's house, or the fake heiress's house?"

“I won’t go back to any of them. My home is where Yunji Star, you, and those little animals are.” Yu Ru answered without hesitation.

At that moment, she noticed a red light flashing on the top of the dumpling, which meant it was being recorded as a video. Shan Ci always had an extreme obsession with publicly sharing her statements and past good deeds, so she liked to secretly record audio and video during conversations with her. She had been caught doing this many times before.

She understood its good intentions; it simply thought she was good and wanted everyone to see how good she was, so it deliberately recorded a video to leave for others to see. However, she felt this method was too deliberate and unnecessary. Those who thought she was good would naturally think she was good, and those who didn't, even if she lost her life one day for doing a good deed, would think she deserved it and was just meddling.

She frowned slightly. "Baby, are you recording a video again?"

No, Mom.

"Then come here, let me check."

"No. U'? ` U"

"Don't think I can't do anything to you just because you won't let me check. I can monitor you on my phone too. I've been too busy lately and have too many videos saved up, which is why I haven't been able to check. But if I wanted to, I could still find out." As she spoke, Yu Ru picked up her phone, ready to check the dumpling's internal data.

"Mom! Is there no trust between us again? Waaaaaah... I'm so sad. You don't believe me at all. I've been raised by you since I was little. (?﹏?)" Shan Ci cried out in anguish, its body pacing anxiously around Yu Ru. It was indeed recording a video, intending to take it back to Yun Ji Xing so he could better understand what a good person Yu Ru was. Therefore, Yu Ru absolutely couldn't know about the video, otherwise she would definitely delete it.

"You haven't believed me so many times, Mom. Do you know how much it hurts me? I can't sleep at night because of the pain. There's a flashing light above my head. Can't it just be because I was confused and accidentally pressed the light? After all, it's remote..."

Yu Ru was speechless for a moment. She really found it hard to believe Shan Ci, after all, it had indeed lied to her several times, even denying it when she had recorded videos. But...

The little thing looked so sad that it broke her heart. Ever since Shan Ci's system fully matured, she had never treated it as a robot, but as a real person. She couldn't ignore its emotions, its questions, its inquiries. So no matter what the question was, she would patiently answer it and explain it in detail, hoping to educate it into a mature "person".

Yu Ru remained silent for a while, then gave in. She put down her phone and said helplessly, "Okay, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have speculated about you. I won't check anymore."

"Mom, I love you. (??? ???)"

The video ends here.