After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady

Yao Mingyue had a moment where she truly wanted to pick up that rope and tie up Xu Musen to hide him away.

Even if they didn't go to college, Yao Mingyue was confident she could support him for a lifetime.

Looking at Xu Musen's cheeks, the words he had just said kept repeating in her head.

"You've never really taken action to love…"

"I've confessed to you so many times, but you…"

"To get what you want, you must work hard to strive for it…"

Yao Mingyue's eyes flickered between brightness and darkness, and she bit her lip.

Her mother had also said these things to her.

To love someone, you need to be more proactive…

Does that mean, as long as she took action to love him, actively expressing her feelings, there would be a result?

Maybe, even if a result wouldn't come so quickly, at least she could tell those girls, if they wanted to approach Xu Musen.

That their rival would be her, Yao Mingyue!

Yao Mingyue had her own pride and confidence.

Thinking this, the corners of her mouth slowly rose, and she reached out to gently touch Xu Musen's cheek.

If she couldn't have him for the time being, she certainly wouldn't let anyone else get ahead of her.

One day, she would slowly savor everything about him.

Perhaps, Xu Musen would never expect that his discouraging words had reached the ears of this sickly sweet girl.

And they seemed to have become an encouragement for her to "take initiative."

...

Sunlight streamed in from the window.

Xu Musen woke up in a daze.

But he felt as though his hands were bound in some way.

Opening his eyes, Xu Musen realized he was in Yao Mingyue's bedroom with the sky clear after the rain and a brilliant blue outside the window, the villa's view still quite nice.

Only then did Xu Musen remember with a start that he had actually fallen asleep in Yao Mingyue's room!

Moving his body, he realized that the sensation of being bound was actually because a blanket was covering him.

The soft fluff carried a faint scent of a girl.

Xu Musen lifted the blanket, surprised to find himself unharmed.

The little sickly sweet girl, she actually let him off the hook?

Xu Musen quickly loosened his belt to check.

Good, it was still full of spirit!

He stood up, his bones making crackling noises.

His back was a bit sore.

And in the bed, Yao Mingyue's figure was nowhere to be seen.

Descending the stairs, Xu Musen seemed to smell a faint scent of something burnt.

The air was filled with smoke.

Looking toward the kitchen, Xu Musen saw Yao Mingyue clumsily bustling about.

The trash bin was already filled with many burnt and completely inedible fried eggs.

Was she trying to cook?

Xu Musen stared blankly for a moment, watching her clumsy movements, her fair arms now dotted with burns from splattered oil.

"Let me do it,"

Xu Musen walked over, snatching the pan from her hands: "Go run the burned spots under cold water."

Yao Mingyue watched him and, although his tone was very steady, she very much liked this feeling of tacit understanding between them.

During breakfast, Xu Musen noticed that Yao Mingyue seemed particularly well-behaved today, as if she had forgotten all about last night.

"Xu Musen."

She suddenly called out.

Xu Musen looked up at her: "What is it?"

"The things you said yesterday, that at the very least we're childhood sweethearts, at least friends, that's true, right?"

Yao Mingyue's tone was also very calm, as if she had accepted this status.

Xu Musen looked at her like this, feeling somewhat surreal.

In the end, he nodded silently.

"Of course."

"Then since we're friends, we should treat each other as friends, you don't have a problem with that, right?"

At this moment, Yao Mingyue actually revealed a smile.

Xu Musen always felt like she had dug a hole for him, yet he couldn't quite pinpoint anything wrong.

He nodded: "Sure."

"That's great, then. I wish you a happy college life in advance."

Yao Mingyue's mouth hinted at a smile; she raised her hot milk to clink glasses with Xu Musen.

Xu Musen looked at her, really worried whether the milk in his hand had been tampered with again.

But her words—had last night's conversation truly made her change her mind?

Xu Musen was silent for a moment, but he also let go, thinking this was the best outcome.

Wishing each other well.

He raised the milk in his hand, made a toasting gesture in the air to her, and drank it down.

After the meal, Xu Musen slipped away.

Yao Mingyue, on the other hand, took out her spare phone, inserted the SIM card, and called her mom.

"Ming Yue, did you sleep well last night?"

"Pretty well, Mom. I want to discuss something with you—I've decided on my university choices..."

...

The days of summer vacation were still quite nice.

Xu Musen had already transformed into a little boss, and summer workers were indeed cheap and useful. A few guys went out with their cameras every day, turning nearly as tan as He Qiang.

But seeing them drenched in sweat every day, bringing in an income of thousands for him and then happily collecting their hundred-yuan pay, the joy was evident on their faces.

Xu Musen was truly happy for them from the bottom of his heart.

The harder you work, the closer I come to the goal of my villa and luxury car!

I'll get you guys a beautiful sister-in-law rel="noopener noreferrer" later!

If he had nothing to do in the afternoons, he would go to the driving school to practice driving.

He Qiang, hesitant to speak, found him: "Can I ask you something?"

"What is it?"

"That, you and Yao Mingyue haven't had any issues these past few days, right?"

He Qiang was still thinking about Yao Mingyue's strange behavior from the other day, but seeing that the two of them seemed fine and even came to practice driving together, it seemed like nothing was wrong.

In fact, it felt even more natural.

"Nothing's wrong. Why?"

"It's nothing. I was just asking casually."

Seeing that his good buddy was fine, naturally He Qiang would no longer stir the pot.

"You're being cryptic," Xu Musen teased.

Suddenly, a message arrived on his phone.

An Nuannuan: "Xu Musen, I had acupuncture today, my leg feels warm, as if your hand is rubbing me all over, wave after wave."

Xu Musen: "Nuannuan, no need to be so descriptive next time."

"But I feel like my leg is like a hedgehog."

An Nuannuan said this and sent a photo.

It was a picture of one of An Nuannuan's legs.

For the acupuncture, An Nuannuan probably wasn't wearing pants, just a towel covering her, revealing her entire pale, tender thigh, so white it dazzled Xu Musen's eyes.

Many acupuncture needles were sticking out of her leg, like the strings of an organ.

Xu Musen: "The acupuncture looks very professional, but are the number of needles in the left and right leg different?"

"Is it?"

"Yeah, you should zoom in on the right leg and take a separate photo."

"Oh."

"And your left leg too, take a photo of it alone for me to diagnose."

"Is it okay if I just take a video for you?"

"That would be best!"

Xu Musen contentedly saved the photo.

Not for anything else, just to learn a bit about the culture of Chinese acupuncture.

Suddenly, he felt life was really quite enjoyable.

Before long, the admission notices were sent out.

He Qiang had also applied to Hu Hai University, so he would be in the same university town as Xu Musen.

This was an unexpected joy. After starting university, he planned to start a business, and he would definitely need the most trustworthy people to join him in the most important parts.

He Qiang was very reliable.

An Nuannuan had gotten her admission notice a day earlier. She was admitted to the fine arts department to study painting.

Xu Musen was admitted to information engineering, an old major he was adept at.

The person delivering the notice was just outside the community gate.

When Xu Musen went down to get it, he happened to see Yao Mingyue.

"Are you here to pick up the admission notice?" Yao Mingyue asked him with a smile.

"Yeah."

Xu Musen cleared his throat, feeling a bit awkward inside, but now that the notices had arrived, it was too late for her to regret anything.

"You two are here for the admission notices, right? Please give me your names and the last four digits of your phone numbers," said the mailman.

After they both reported their details, the mailman checked and said, "Oh, you two are together."

The mailman took out two notices that were close to each other and handed them to Yao Mingyue.

Xu Musen watched Yao Mingyue, afraid she might suddenly lose control and tear up the notices.

But Yao Mingyue simply handed him his notice without even looking at it.

"I have plans to go shopping with auntie today, so I'll leave first," she said.

Yao Mingyue quickly tucked the notice into her embrace and turned to leave.

Xu Musen held the notice, watching Yao Mingyue's retreating figure.

Why did he feel like something was off?