After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady

The night breeze was gentle, it was April. The riverside in Huhai was very comfortable, this quiet beach, now lit by a warm candlelight. Yao Mingyue had changed into a white dress, having rarely worn dresses in recent years, her usual attire always giving off a mature look that reassured the adults. Yet she was, after all, still just an eighteen-year-old girl, her long dress swaying, the white hem fluttering slightly under the night sky, adding a touch of gentle beauty. The candlelight illuminated her stunning cheeks, the girl smiling as she held a not too big cake with just one candle on it, humming the birthday song softly as she stepped closer to Xu Musen. Xu Musen sat on the beach, watching Yao Mingyue approach, her in the long dress reminiscent of the lively and bright girl she used to be. "Xu Musen, happy birthday." Yao Mingyue holding the cake, came up to Xu Musen and sat down beside him. "My birthday was over several days ago," Xu Musen looked at her. "It doesn't count without my personal celebration!" Yao Mingyue holding the cake in front of Xu Musen: "In the past, it was always just you and me, and I don't want to be absent either in the future." Yao Mingyue's tone seemed to deliberately mimic An Nuannuan's words from a few days ago. Xu Musen naturally could tell, he smiled and looked at the cake in front of him, "Did you make this yourself?" "How did you figure that out?" A twinkle appeared in Yao Mingyue's eyes, this small cake indeed was something she had practiced making over and over these days. "Do you want me to tell the truth or to lie?" Xu Musen smiled, playing coy. "Let me hear the truth first." "The truth is, if a bakery had such craftsmanship, it probably would have gone out of business already." Xu Musen pointed at the crooked font and the pattern on the cake. Yao Mingyue's face immediately blushed a bit, embarrassed. She was never good at cooking and to have made it this well after a few days of practice was already quite an achievement! "You're the one going out of business! What's your lie, then?" Yao Mingyue grinding her small canine teeth, prepared to give him a bite if he didn't say something nice soon! "The lie? That might be that we are soul mates." Xu Musen chuckled: "Although, I think that might also be the truth." After all, being childhood friends for so many years, having a psychic connection is definitely possible. Yao Mingyue's small sharp teeth that were glaring coldly just a moment ago seemed to soften at this moment. She really liked such words, it was a tacit understanding unique to them. And it had been so long since he had really spoken such words to her. At that moment, Yao Mingyue almost felt her heart fluttering chaotically as she looked at Xu Musen's warm profile, pursing her lips slightly: "So you can say nice things, huh? I thought you were only gentle around her these days…" Xu Musen looking at her slightly flushed cute face, his heart felt increasingly serene: "You went through the trouble of making a cake, if I still nitpicked, wouldn't that show I lack emotional intelligence?" "Hmph, you never had much emotional intelligence to start with but let it slide this time as you managed to dodge this bullet." Yao Mingyue didn't realize that she indeed had become much easier to placate. Just like a starving person isn't picky about food. Just being able to fill the stomach was already a great happiness. "Why is there only one candle?" Xu Musen looked at the lone burning candle. "Because I said, this is our own private birthday." Yao Mingyue whispered, the evening breeze making her hair flutter somewhat messily, adding to her beauty. "This year, so much has happened, I lost a lot, but it seems I also gained a lot. At first, I was quite unwilling, now too, but slowly I can accept many things... Anyway, this year we both got a kind of rebirth, leading lives drastically different from before, whether it's you, me, or An Nuannuan..." As Yao Mingyue spoke, she lifted her eyes, and in the candlelight from the cake, the girl's eyes also flickered, as if illuminating the depths of the heart. Xu Musen was momentarily dazed; yes, he had been reborn, thinking his fate would only change for himself this lifetime. But then, the arrival of An Nuannuan and the changes in Yao Mingyue seemed like they too had experienced rebirth, just for this perfect meeting. If they indeed had... A warm little hand gently rested on his cheek. Facing the candlelight, Yao Mingyue smiled radiantly at Xu Musen: "So, this counts as our first birthday in this new life, huh." Yao Mingyue's smile was disruptively beautiful at this moment, her eyes sparkled with rare tenderness and a complex mix of fears and hopes. Something fiercely struck Xu Musen's heart. "Make a wish first, see how pleased you are, you get to make wishes twice this year." However, Yao Mingyue deliberately looked away, holding the cake in front of Xu Musen. Xu Musen looked at the crude cake with clumsy writing on it. "Wishing us a happy first year~" A smile appeared on Xu Musen's lips, he looked at the candlelight, making a wish... What else could he wish for. Xu Musen glanced at Yao Mingyue, suddenly recalling a possibility, if the time he had been reborn was after he and Yao Mingyue were married. What then should he do? In any case, it's bound to be different. Xu Musen slowly closed his eyes, this wish, it was about her.