Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

Chapter 405 The Rice Restaurant Encounters an Incident

The next day,

When Yu Ru woke up, Yun Jixing was already up. She lifted her eyelids and saw the man naked, putting on his underwear by the bed, his trousers facing her. Because he had been injured for several months and hadn't done any work, his abs were long gone, and his limbs no longer had the smooth muscles they used to have. But, he still had a good foundation; he didn't have any excess fat, and his limbs were long and well-proportioned, making him pleasing to the eye.

Uh... are you kidding me! He just brazenly put it on right in front of her, didn't he even consider that she might wake up?

As she was lost in thought, Yun Jixing suddenly turned around. Yu Ru closed her eyes nonchalantly, pretending not to be awake.

Yun Jixing quickly put on his underwear, walked to the bedside, knelt on one knee, and leaned down to kiss Yu Ru. "Baby, are you awake? Or did I wake you up?"

Yu Ru pretended to be asleep.

Yun Jixing chuckled softly, her voice gentle and magnetic, making one's heart soften slightly. "Aru, shall I take you to take a bath?"

Yu Ru pulled the blanket over her face.

"Baby~" Yun Jixing lowered his head again, wanting to kiss Yu Ru's lips. Just as he was about to get close, Yu Ru slapped him. "You didn't brush your teeth."

"I'm not afraid." Yun Jixing continued what he had just done.

“I refuse.” Yu Ru cupped his face in her hands.

"Then let's go brush our teeth and take a shower while we're at it."

After saying that, Yun Jixing picked up a thin blanket, wrapped it around Yu Ru, and carried her to the bathroom.

after an hour,

After they finished washing up, Yu Ru was completely exhausted. She lay in the porcelain bathtub, the steam moistening her forehead and her eyelashes still heavy with weariness. Water droplets dripped down her hair, forming a small pool on her beautiful collarbone. When she looked over, her eyebrows were like hooks, and the corners of her lips curved into a smile that radiated boundless spring.

Yun Jixing's heart stirred, and he reached out to pull the person close and hug him from behind.

"What..." Yu Ru called out weakly.

The voice was as soft as freshly baked jujube cake, its sweet aroma swirling in one's ears, sending a tingling, numbing sensation through the heart. Yun Jixing felt a surge of energy returning to his body; what had initially been a simple desire to hug Yu Ru had now given rise to something else entirely.

However, he couldn't just think about his own happiness, so he gently kissed every inch of Yu Ru's skin to test her reaction. In response, a pair of small hands hooked around his neck.

……

Yu Ru and Yun Jixing planned to go to the mountain city for their honeymoon. It just so happens to be an ancient city with a rich history, so staying there for a while shouldn't be boring.

"Mom, will you take me with you on this trip?" Shanci asked, resting her head on Yuru's shoulder.

"Of course, I'll be away for quite a while, and I'll take you with me," Yu Ru replied while folding clothes and packing them into her suitcase.

“太好了！(?2?9?0?7?6?6`?2?9)”赡辞高兴地从郁如身上滑下来，落到地面上后，高兴地跳起了舞。

Yu Ru looked up at it, smiled, and said nothing.

Just then, her phone rang. She took it out and saw that the caller ID showed it was the manager of her glutinous rice shop, so she answered it.

"Boss, come quick! A lot of people from the shop next door are sitting in our shop and won't leave." The other person sounded very anxious.

"What's going on? Which store next door, the one that sells fast food?"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Okay, I understand. Try not to get into a conflict with them. If they smash things in the store, so be it. Make sure you're safe first. I'm coming over now. Oh, and don't call the police, I'll handle it."

Then, Yu Ru hung up the phone.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

"Something's happened at our sticky rice shop. It must be the neighboring shop that's jealous of our business and came to sabotage us. Let's go check it out now." Yu Ru grabbed Shan Ci and put him in her pocket, then got up and walked out.

It's noon now, lunchtime. Most families are home sleeping, and children are just starting school, so there shouldn't be many people on the streets. It takes about two hours to get from Shuicheng to the city where the Nuomi Restaurant is located, so Yuru decided to take a helicopter, which should take about twenty minutes.

Glutinous rice rice restaurant

The two women who helped manage the shop watched the people sitting inside with fear, shrinking into a corner and not daring to utter a sound. Not long ago, there were still a few customers eating in the shop, but when these people came in, without saying a word, they smashed everything in the shop to pieces, scaring all the customers away.

The people who came were the couple who ran the fast food stall next door. They came together with eight or nine male relatives. They wrecked the shop and didn't leave, each taking a table and filling the small glutinous rice restaurant. Their fast food stall used to be very popular, but since Yu Ru's shop opened, their customer traffic has decreased significantly. Although they still make money, it's barely enough to make ends meet, and they're not as comfortable as before.

They came here today to cause trouble, precisely for this reason.

"When is your boss coming?" a man smoking a cigarette asked the two women.

"Almost there, almost there, please stop smashing things." One of the women responded, "Let's talk this out, don't break things in the store."

"Speak properly? You're the ones who didn't know the rules first!" The man suddenly stood up. "Don't you know what 'first come, first served' means? We opened the shop first, so those of you who opened later can't have more business than us."

Two security guards, one male and one female, quickly grabbed riot shields and forks to block the woman's path. "Don't come any closer. Sit down and wait for their boss to arrive," one of the guards snapped.

Thanks to Yu Ru's goodwill, she would often bring the security guards at the elementary school across the street a pack of cigarettes whenever she asked them when the students had their holidays. Over time, Yu Ru got to know all the security guards, and when the incident happened, the aunt immediately called the security captain for help. Without the three security guards standing in, those guys would have tried to beat the aunt up.

The man glared at the security guard blocking his way, then returned to his seat without moving forward. A man next to him leaned closer and whispered, "Hey bro, these three security guards are all so old, are you afraid of them? Just throw them out."

The man glanced at the person next to him and said, "One of the security guards is a relative of the school's leaders. If you litter, that leader will come after you later."

"Oh."

After a while,

The shop door opened, and everyone turned to look, only to find a monk entering. The monk glanced around the shop and calmly walked inside.

“Amitabha Buddha, benefactor, this humble monk is a wandering monk who has just passed through this blessed land. I have nothing of value but ask for a meal. All things are empty except for the connection between us. I wish to use this meal today to pray for your well-being and your family.”

The two women and the security guards stared at him in surprise, and the eyes of the troublemakers also fell on him, but the monk remained calm. The first to react was an elderly security guard, who turned to the women and said, "Auntie, let this monk eat here. The monk has a temple behind him, and the temple has high-ranking officials behind it. If he sits here eating, I don't believe those people will dare to be insolent."

"Oh...oh...okay, fine." The aunt nodded blankly, then, as if remembering something, said somewhat apologetically, "Um, sir...you see, my shop has been taken over by a bully, there are no tables for you to sit at. How about...you use a stool as a table?"

"Thank you, benefactor." Yuan Juren bowed slightly in thanks. "I can sit here." Ignoring the gazes of the crowd, he sat down at one of the tables, where the ringleader of the troublemakers was already seated.

The leader's face was so dark it could wring water out of it; his squinty eyes were fixed on Yuan Juren, scrutinizing him with extreme impatience and offense, as if he were examining a piece of trash. Even with such disgust, he said nothing, because he had overheard what the security guard had said: behind every monk is a temple, and behind every temple are powerful officials. He couldn't just go and beat up a monk.

The three people were strangely sharing a room; the shop was quiet, and no one spoke.