After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady

He was fickle-minded, but not the kind to initiate chaos and then abandon it, because to get him to accept someone wasn't an easy feat.

Lianmai spoke, and she also recalled the conversation she had with Musen by the seaside that night.

Yu Lan listened, a bit dazed, "How do you know so much about him?"

"Because I, like you, have feelings for him."

Lianmai said calmly, yet her words nearly caused Yu Lan to drop her cup.

I have feelings for him...

Such a calm, yet such a brave statement.

This statement was something that Yu Lan, a young lady who dared to defy her family, had hesitated too long to utter herself.

"Boss Xu is a good man, he's gentle and considerate to others and always brings respect and hope, and to many people, he's a beam of light in the darkness. We're like moths drawn to flame; we're all attracted to this light, but not everyone has the courage to lurch towards it."

Lianmai spoke softly. That night, although she didn't exactly confess, they had exchanged answers in an unspoken understanding.

As adults, the lack of a definitive answer was an answer in itself.

Lianmai had no regrets; she and Musen were never from the same world to begin with.

On the contrary, the fact that Musen didn't hastily reciprocate a girl's feelings proved that he wasn't someone who changed his affections easily.

Though a playboy, he still had principles.

Monogamy is just a moral standard set by human society.

Putting aside these norms, if he really could take good care of all of them, from the most primal aspects of life and emotion, it might actually be better than many lifelong yet unspoken relationships.

Lianmai was someone who had been hurt; she never believed in the restraints of so-called laws and morals.

If they were truly useful, then her so-called father wouldn't have abandoned them and become unreachable, even for a lawsuit.

The only thing one can trust is the person themselves.

Of course, they are also the least reliable.

Hence, Lianmai didn't bother to bet.

She couldn't afford to either.

Yu Lan, listening to Lianmai's words, was a smart girl; she could infer some underlying messages between the lines.

"Then you don't persist..."

Persist a little?

Yu Lan suddenly felt weird about her own question—it felt like inviting someone to undermine her own efforts.

Perhaps she thought her "rival" was too daunting?

Lianmai smiled and shook her head, "Actually, I don't have any regrets. I've said what I wanted to say to him. Throughout life, there are many things we may like, but what we can truly obtain is, at most, a tenth or a fifth. I shouldn't be greedy, and I can't afford to bet, so I'm not that entangled."

She looked at Yu Lan.

The implication was that Yu Lan's current struggle and uncertainty stemmed from the fact that she and Musen were still from the same world.

She still had a chance... though this chance was merely about being by his side.

No one could monopolize him anymore.

What was Yu Lan going to wager now?

If she lost, could she let go as Lianmai had?

Even if she won, she couldn't have him all to herself.

It seemed that the best option might be to extricate herself in time.

But... could she be content with that?

Ah...

Indeed, love was the conundrum that had perplexed all of humanity for thousands of years.

Yu Lan pondered in silence for a long time, eventually shaking her head bitterly, "I don't know, but I guess I want an answer too, just not now..."

Yu Lan looked up at the slowly setting sun.

She knew now wasn't the time, and she was still in the stage of "redeeming her faults with merit." Even if she wanted to start digging, there was no rush until she had paid back what she owed them.

Lianmai looked at her expression, and both women remained silent.

Their gazes slowly turned towards the window.

Playboys do bring trouble...

...

The coastline looked a bit ragged after the roaring winds had passed.

There were indeed a lot of seafood washed ashore by the sea breeze.

Of course, most had been dead for a night already; once seafood dies and is exposed to the air, it quickly starts to smell bad.

Some crustaceans, like crabs, often rot internally before they finally die.

That's why there's such a big price difference between live and dead seafood in the market.

Musen and Yao Mingyue searched along the coastline for any living seafood.

Musen threw dead fish into a recycling bend in the coast, where the fishy smell could attract fresh fish for an easy catch.

Ming Yue, unable to go into the water, could only push her wheelchair, gripping tweezers in her hand, picking up sea snails and such by the shore.

Musen held a spear, as the waves and the violent weather had battered many fish; many stayed in shallow waters to breathe oxygen.

Thus, the success rate of spearfishing was still quite high at this time.

Of course, this success rate was all relative.

For those with little experience in diving, it was still challenging to spear a fish successfully.

Musen busied himself for half the day and managed to catch only a flounder and an octopus.

The two rested for a bit by the seaside.

"These fish aren't enough; I'll go a bit deeper to see if I can spear a couple of big ones. You just wait for me on the shore," Musen said, eyeing the sky as evening approached, the temperature was about to plummet rapidly, and he wanted to catch as many fish as possible while there was still sunlight.