After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady

Driving home, Yao Mingyue didn't even glance at her family's villa.

Instead, she followed Xu Musen back to his place.

Returning to the familiar room, after an absence of several months, everything was just as he had left it.

Even the desk was still cluttered with high school textbooks and exam papers, which he had been too lazy to tidy up.

Looking back now, the sight gave off a different flavor.

The bed, however, already had its winter quilt changed by Mother Xu.

"It's still your familiar pigsty."

Yao Mingyue walked in, making herself at home by lying directly on Xu Musen's bed.

"Lying in a pigsty?"

"Maybe I was Gao Cuilan in a past life, just fond of you, Zhu Bajie."

Yao Mingyue hugged his quilt, rubbed it, and then sounded a bit disappointed, "Too bad, the quilt is too clean, doesn't have your piggy smell anymore."

Xu Musen was helpless against this sickly sweet girl, and he set down his things, "Aren't you going back to check on your own home first?"

"Home? What kind of home is it when there's no one there?"

Yao Mingyue spoke softly. Though the villa was regularly cleaned by housekeepers, every time she went back, it felt cold and deserted, devoid of vitality.

Especially at night, if there was any wind or rain, the empty villa seemed even more eerie.

She really didn't like that feeling.

Xu Musen didn't continue on the subject, handing her a new towel instead, "Then go wash your face first, we'll get ready for dinner in a bit."

Yao Mingyue looked at the towel he handed her, and Xu Musen's gentle eyes.

She smiled as she took the towel, her lips curving involuntarily, "Inviting a girl to wash up at your place... Aren't you afraid of being misunderstood?"

Xu Musen smiled back at her.

"Of course not, you are my dear sister, after all. It would be terrible if siblings had strange thoughts about each other, wouldn't it?"

Xu Musen playfully teased her with their current relationship.

Sure enough, Yao Mingyue's lips pouted slightly, but in the next moment, she huffed, "Being a beast is being a beast. Even beasts have partners, only I don't."

Xu Musen's mouth twitched. What did she mean by even beasts have partners?

Xu Musen turned to start cooking. Mother Xu was in the kitchen preparing vegetables, as always, instinctively taking over household chores.

"Mom, let me do the cooking today. You go watch TV and rest."

"I'll help you out, you won't be able to manage on your own."

Mother Xu was still a bit skeptical about her son's cooking skills, as he had hardly ever worked in the kitchen.

"Auntie, I can help out."

Yao Mingyue also came into the kitchen.

Xu Musen glanced at her right hand, which was still wrapped in a band-aid.

"You'd better not cause more trouble, just go and rest."

"Oh, Ming Yue, what happened to your hand?"

Mother Xu had just noticed Yao Mingyue's right hand wrapped in a band-aid.

"It's just a small cut, nothing serious."

Yao Mingyue smiled and shook her head.

"Then you shouldn't do any work; the wound can't get wet."

Mother Xu said, concerned.

"It's fine, I'm just here to chat with him and can still help fetch things. Auntie, you've worked all day, let us take care of you for the day~"

Yao Mingyue smiled sweetly, gently wrapping her arm around Mother Xu's.

"You two kids..."

Mother Xu's heart warmed, looking at Yao Mingyue's well-behaved and thoughtful demeanor.

Not only had Xu Musen changed, but this little girl had grown up a lot too.

Her current temperament was indeed praiseworthy.

Mother Xu was slightly regretful in her heart, wondering just how fine a girlfriend Xu Musen had found. He had actually left Ming Yue high and dry.

Plus, she'd always thought that given Yao Mingyue's temperament, if she knew Xu Musen had a girlfriend, she would be so angry she might stop acknowledging him altogether.

But seeing the situation now, it seemed the reality was far beyond her expectations.

She even felt... Ming Yue seemed to be more concerned about Xu Musen than before.

And her foolish son's attitude towards Ming Yue seemed to have changed from before too.

In any case, even though she didn't know what was going on between these young people...

The current harmonious atmosphere was quite pleasant.

...

Soon after, the door opened.

"Wife, whose car is parked in our spot downstairs?"

Father Xu also came home and noticed a brand-new Audi A6 parked in their spot as soon as he entered the residential complex.

He entered, grumbling, "That looks expensive, and it's new too, but taking a parking spot without leaving a number, the rich these days really have no manners."

Mother Xu was making tea in the living room, listening to her husband's complaints, barely holding back her laughter, "Right, I saw it too. Seems like a young person brought it back. That car isn't cheap at all, we didn't dare cause a fuss."

Father Xu continued in disbelief, "What does it matter if the car's not cheap? Rich folks still need to have manners. I just don't get how their parents raised them — they could have at least left a number."

"Exactly, exactly. If the child isn't taught, it's the father's fault. Just looking at it, you can tell the dad didn't teach well."

Mother Xu echoed but her lips were curling into a smile all the while.

Father Xu had yet to sense anything amiss, continuing on.

"Exactly, young folk are just rash when it comes to driving. Flashes around in an Audi like they own the place. If I were his elder, just wait until I got back, I'd smack him silly..."

Just as he hadn't finished speaking, Xu Musen emerged from the kitchen with a dish.

"Yo, old dad."

Xu Musen greeted cheerfully.

Father Xu was taken aback, and then joyfully responded,

"You little rascal, how come you're back so early?"
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"Of course because I missed you guys, dad. What were you just talking about?"

Xu Musen had heard their conversation in the kitchen and deliberately asked with a smile.

"Well, someone downstairs took our parking spot. These young folks driving cars are just impatient. Flaunting an Audi like they're something special. If I were his elder, I'd certainly sort him out!"

"I doubt you'd really want to scold him, Dad," Yao Mingyue smiled.

"Why wouldn't I? He's not my son..." Father Xu began, but the very next moment, Xu Musen pulled out a set of Audi car keys.

With a grin, he dangled them before his father's eyes.

"Look at this. Does it remind you of that Audi you wanted to have a go at?"

Father Xu was stunned for a good while, his mouth open for several seconds without uttering a single word.

Could it be... this Audi actually belongs to his own son?

"That car..."

"That's right, it's your son's. Still feel like hitting him?"

Seeing his father's shocked expression ignited a sense of accomplishment between the grown men.

Father Xu stared blankly at the brand-new Audi keys in his hand: "Did you take out a loan shark, or have you kidnapped some rich girl?"

Xu Musen: "..."

"Pfft, hahaha..."

Mother Xu couldn't help but burst into laughter, now finding her own prior reaction hilariously over the top.

"Really, can't you two hope for the best for your own son?"

Xu Musen found it both sad and amusing.

"Hello Uncle!"

Yao Mingyue also came out of the kitchen at this time, smiling and greeting Father Xu.

"Ming Yue's back too, good, good, as long as everyone's back, that's good."

Father Xu's mood brightened considerably upon seeing Yao Mingyue.

At the dining table, Xu Musen showed his parents the contract for the car purchase.

Paid in full.

Father Xu looked at the string of figures on the car purchase contract and was filled with mixed feelings: relief, guilt, and a pang of sadness all turned into joy at that moment.

Happy for his son.

In the car, An Nuannuan's grandfather had taken out a few bottles of his prized vintage wine, which Xu Musen then shared with his old man.

It had been many years since Father Xu had tasted such good wine. During the toughest times, whenever he was stressed out enough to drink, he could only afford the cheapest bulk wine.

The fine liquor warmed him from within, not only dispelling the cold of winter but also lifting the long-standing gloom that had overshadowed their family.

Father Xu's words shifted from "What do young people know about Audi," "Young people shouldn't be so hotheaded," "Watch me teach him a lesson," to "If young people don't drive Audis, are they going to drive Ya Dis?" "If young people aren't hotheaded, are they still young?" "My son is unbeatable in this world!"

The first meal home from university.

Father Xu was so pleased he nearly drank himself under the table, and Mother Xu, for once, didn't nag him for getting drunk.

Because today, everyone in the family was happy.

Yao Mingyue, with her injured right hand, couldn't even hold chopsticks, so basically, Xu Musen fed her throughout the meal.

When grains of rice stuck to her lips, Xu Musen instinctively reached out to help her remove them, eating them himself.

Xu Musen didn't even realize he had gotten so used to taking care of An Nuannuan that he had subconsciously mixed up the two girls.

Yao Mingyue's face turned a light shade of red, surprised by Xu Musen's actions, even though she understood that he probably just saw her as An Nuannuan.

But she couldn't help feeling joyfully sweet inside, like the tangy taste of an orange.

Mother Xu watched the two of them, feeling more puzzled the more she observed.

Why did these two seem even closer than before?

Father Xu's eyes were red from the drinking as he looked at Xu Musen and Yao Mingyue.

"Ah, we let you two suffer in the past. Now that you've grown up and can live a good life, we couldn't really be of any help..."

Xu Musen said, "Mom and Dad, you did great. We have grown up, and the days ahead will only get better!"

Yao Mingyue joined in, "Yeah, Uncle, Auntie, you've worked so hard. I will take good care of you with Musen from now on."

"Good... good kids."

Overwhelmed with emotion, Father Xu felt the corners of his eyes dampen. Looking at the two young ones, he slurred as if he was still stuck in the past and blurted out.

"You're in university now, making your own money. Apart from studying, if you two have anything... we certainly won't object... Wife, why are you kicking me?"

Father Xu's words were cut off by a kick from Mother Xu.

Mother Xu hadn't drunk a drop and had been watching Yao Mingyue's expression closely.

"You've had too much to drink, less talking, let's get you to bed."

She began to stand up, tugging at him to leave.

"I'm not that drunk..."

Father Xu protested but winced when he was pinched at the waist.

He sobered up a bit and suddenly recalled that his son seemed to be... already in a relationship with another girl.

Yet in his mind, the two kids had always been together since childhood, and subconsciously, he couldn't quite believe it.

At that moment, Yao Mingyue's eyes sparkled, with a hint of sourness and brightness...

"I'm drunk... Anyway, continue eating, I'm going to lie down."

Father Xu immediately changed his tune and staggered back to his room.

"I'll take him back, you two keep eating," Mother Xu said with a smile, quickly ushering her husband out.

At the dining table, Xu Musen and Yao Mingyue exchanged glances.

Without a word.

Yao Mingyue was the first to chuckle: "Uncle was just speaking drunken nonsense, right?"

"Right."

"But aren't a man's drunken words usually his most sincere?"

"Drunken words are nonsense; there's a saying you might not have heard: When a man gets tipsy, even his mother-in-law cries at the performance."

Yao Mingyue cracked a smile, looking at Xu Musen's slightly flushed cheeks: "How about you? You've had a drink too. Do you still like me?"

Xu Musen looked into her shimmering eyes and took another sip of his drink in silence.

"I'm drunk too, I'm going to sleep," he replied.

Yao Mingyue watched his retreating figure and smiled.

"Drunken words are nonsense... so you do like me..."