After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady

"Just the most popular combo will do, and two orange juices, thanks."

Xu Musen spoke up next to her, wondering what the point was in explaining anything to these NPCs.

Having said that, Xu Musen found a table and sat down.

Zhu Yulan also walked over and quickly sat down to avoid everyone's gaze.

But under the table, she couldn't help but give Xu Musen a light kick.

"Hey! Why didn't you explain just now?"

Zhu Yulan glared with her large eyes.

Her eyes were a delicate combination of almond and willow eyes, carrying a charming naivete amidst the refinement, a sense of youthful innocence.

If An Nuannuan was clarity with a touch of silliness,

Then she was silliness with occasional bursts of clarity.

Xu Musen laughed and waved his hand, "Why explain to a bunch of NPCs?"

"NPC... what does that mean?"

"It means these people aren't going to cross paths with you much in the future. The world is vast, you don't have that many onlookers, so why care about what others think? If you stand straight, you don't fear a crooked shadow."

"Easy for you to say."

Zhu Yulan didn't bother to argue further, otherwise it might seem like she was the one who couldn't let go.

"Don't just sit there with your mouth idle. Weren't you going to treat me to a meal? I'll make sure you get your fill today."

Xu Musen grinned as the waiter brought over their combo.

Golden fried chicken, a few exquisite desserts, and juice.

In reality, to humans, a mix of fat and sugar is always the most attractive.

Anyone who's tried dieting knows that after cutting out carbs and sugary foods for a while, being able to eat a piece of fried chicken and soda is like living the dream!

"Eat up."

Xu Musen didn't stand on ceremony and directly picked up a drumstick and started gnawing on it.

Zhu Yulan watched his crude way of eating... and despite herself, found it quite appetite-stimulating.

Zhu Yulan also picked one up and started chewing. As she took a bite, her eyes lit up.

It was actually pretty delicious.

She was quite picky with food, which was part of why she had managed to maintain such a slim figure. It had been a long time since she'd eaten something this greasy.

She had almost forgotten what fried chicken tasted like.

"Ding dong..."

Her phone chimed with a message, Yang Xiaotao sent her a message: "Zhu sister, what gourmet meal are you eating for lunch?"

Zhu Yulan glanced at Xu Musen.

"Tsk, this guy is so stingy, he only treated me to KFC."

"KFC is delicious, too! But my mom says that kind of fried food is junk and has growth hormones. It makes you grow sideways instead of tall, and I wasn't allowed to have it a long time ago. She told me to learn from you, Zhu sister, and get taller. (Sob sob~)"

"..."

Zhu Yulan silently looked down and wow! She could see her long legs clearly!

Cough spit!

She remembered that Yang Xiaotao, though barely over 160 cm tall, had developed quite nicely where it mattered.

She must have eaten too many hormones!

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It's pleasing to oneself as well.

Zhu Yulan: "Eat, eat, eat, that's all you know!"

Yang Xiaotao: "???"

What had she done to upset her again?

"Alright, I'll bring you a portion when I go back. After all, he's the one treating. You keep holding down the fort."

Zhu Yulan vented her feelings, then sweetened the pot again.

Yang Xiaotao, the little foodie, immediately perked up at the mention of food: "Okay, boss!"

Zhu Yulan closed the chat window and noticed there were a few unread messages, just by looking at the annotations above them.

Zhu Yulan chose to ignore them.

"Who are you messaging?"

Xu Musen, seeing her snarling and grinning moments before, couldn't help but ask.

"Xiaotao."

Zhu Yulan put away her phone.

"That girl is quite cute. It's not easy with your temperament to trick someone so obedient to be your worker bee. Treasure her," Xu Musen said with a laugh.

But the next moment, he was kicked again.

"What do you mean? There are plenty of people who want to be my friend, so you don't need to worry about it, and don't you dare have any ideas about Xiaotao!"

Zhu Yulan glared with her almond eyes, round with dissatisfaction, and hummed unhappily. A server was delivering a meal to the table next to hers when she suddenly noticed something.

"Hm? Why do they all have little gifts and we don't?"

Zhu Yulan looked around; every table with a child had some small gifts on it.

Xu Musen looked and felt like this scene seemed oddly familiar.

"This toy comes with the children's meal, not the regular meal,"

the waiter explained with a smile upon hearing this.

Children...

Zhu Yulan resisted any word that suggeted "juvenility," even though she found the toys rather appealing...

"Then forget it."

She slowly shifted her gaze away from the toys.

Xu Musen caught all of this, silently sighing to himself.

He felt the hundred yuan in his pocket.

He had originally thought that today's meal would settle at two hundred yuan.

Looks like it was going to cost him another hundred.

Alas, what a loss!

...

At this moment,

a silver Lamborghini appeared at the entrance of Zhu Yulan's company near Fudan University.

It parked conspicuously at the company's entrance.

The car door opened, and a young man wearing a designer suit with gold-rimmed glasses and blonde-dyed hair stepped out.

He was also holding a large bouquet of roses, looking quite handsome; clearly the rich second-generation type.

He immediately drew quite a few gazes.

The young man entered the store and looked around, but didn't find the person he was looking for.

"Hello, are you looking for a job..."

Yang Xiaotao came out to greet him, but considering the man's appearance, he didn't seem to be there for a job.

"Is Zhu Yulan here?"

He asked with a smile, holding the roses in his arms.

"Zhu... Ms. Zhu, she's gone out to have lunch with someone, to KFC of all places…"

Yang Xiaotao muttered slightly resentfully. She'd had to work overtime on the weekend already, and now the boss had slipped out for a nice meal while she had to stay and work.

Went out with someone?

Huang Tianming's brow furrowed slightly at that. In his mind, Zhu Yulan was not one to dine out with others often.

Most people simply couldn't stand her temper.

Even he, who had returned from overseas and had been her childhood friend, had been trying to invite her out for days, but she kept giving him the cold shoulder.

That's why he had decided to come over and surprise her directly today.

Yet unexpectedly, she had gone out to eat with someone else.

"Is it a friend of hers?"

"A friend? More like a 'scam-friend'... Always thinking about freeloading off each other and scamming each other," Yang Xiaotao murmured under her breath.

Huang Tianming: "?"

He was confused, but what she had just said about Zhu Yulan going to KFC was even more puzzling to him.

Wait, the Zhu family was a well-known enterprise in Hu Hai; as the Zhu family's princess,

there was no way she would go to a place like KFC if she was dining out with her ladies.

He pulled out his phone and checked it.

He had been sending her messages for several days, inviting her out to dine with a chef he had specially flown in from France.

But Zhu Yulan had replied with a chilly "No time" three days ago.

Just moments ago, he had texted her again, but as usual, there was no reply.

And just like that, she turned around to have a meal with someone else.

A powerful intuition gripped him.

"You said she went to KFC? With a man or a woman?"

Huang Tianming asked again, somewhat incredulously.

"Of course, it's... eh, do you have business with my boss?"

Yang Xiaotao blurted out subconsciously, but when she caught sight of the roses in his hands, she suddenly realized something was off.

Huang Tianming didn't answer her. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He left the roses aside and stormed out without another word.

"Eh..."

Yang Xiaotao watched as he drove away, suddenly worrying if she had inadvertently caused some trouble.

The young man was clearly an admirer of Zhu Yulan; moreover, he seemed quite familiar to her.

But right now, Zhu Yulan was having lunch with Xu Musen.

What if they met? Wouldn't they end up fighting?

Yang Xiaotao instinctively wanted to join in the drama.

However, if it came out that she had leaked the information... Yang Xiaotao immediately clutched her behind.

Should she consider putting on a few extra pairs of underwear?

So that it would provide some cushion when she got a spanking later?