After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady

Without stockings, the slight scratch on her calf looked even more conspicuous.

Yao Mingyue propped up her leg, and her crystal-clear jade foot stretched gently.

Her feet were slightly larger than An Nuannuan's, but their smooth lines and paleness were not a bit inferior; in fact, these were the tender and perfect feet of an eighteen-year-old girl.

Xu Musen was quite sure he wasn't a pervert, so he sat to the side, taking a cotton swab with disinfectant to help her dab at the wound.

Fortunately, it was only a minor scratch and should be fine after a night's sleep.

"She's not here today?"

Yao Mingyue suddenly asked.

"Yeah."

Xu Musen nodded and didn't offer any extra explanation.

"Do you plan on living here from now on?"

"It's more comfortable here than in the dorm."

"You live alone?"

"Otherwise?"

Yao Mingyue pursed her lips; looking at the small room behind her, which had only enough space for a bed, she mused how many people could actually fit in that bed, though, was another matter.

Gazing at Xu Musen, who was tending to her wound, she couldn't resist saying, "Aren't you afraid someone might sneak in quietly when you're alone here?"

Xu Musen looked up at her, "As long as you don't come, I'm absolutely safe."

Sneak in?

Who could be more proficient at that than you?

Yet Yao Mingyue couldn't help but curve her lips upward, looking at Xu Musen: "Then can I take that to mean you can't resist me?"

"..."

Xu Musen disposed of the cotton swab, "My feelings for you are quite ordinary."

"Then why did you keep avoiding looking at my thigh while you were tending to my wound?"

Yao Mingyue's hand gently pressed down on the hem of her skirt, her thighs slightly together, creating a closely knit crevice with the delicate flesh.

And the more so it was, the more alluring it was with a sense of mystery.

"What's so good about a chunk of fat?"

Xu Musen snorted. Whether it was her as a child or grown up, he'd seen all of her forms.

He was tired of it.

"Really?"

Yao Mingyue's smile grew, and the hand that had been pressing down on her skirt suddenly flicked, lifting her skirt hem!

"??!"

Xu Musen instinctively stepped back, but all he saw was a stretch of black.

Yao Mingyue held back her laughter, acting pleased as she swayed her skirt, revealing the black safety shorts beneath.

They were even more modest than some denim shorts.

"Are you disappointed?"

Her voice was teasing, as if she quite enjoyed this feeling of flirting with him.

"Yao Mingyue! Have some dignity, will you? I still need mine, even if you don't."

Xu Musen glanced outside; thankfully, there was no one there anymore.

Otherwise, from the outside view, he would've been socially dead.

Yao Mingyue laughed heartily.

"Don't worry, I won't let others see. And as long as you marry me in the future, isn't this just a couple's flirtation?"

Yao Mingyue spoke, her voice carrying a seductive tone as if to say, "As long as you're with me, I'll belong only to you."

This girl, who was cold and inaccessible to others, only showed this sprouting affection when she was with Xu Musen.

Xu Musen couldn't be bothered with her, "Yao Mingyue, I thought you'd be a bit better, but you're still the same."

"Getting better doesn't mean staying further from you. I used to overthink, but from now on, I'll openly admit it, I just like you."

Yao Mingyue supported her delicate chin with one hand, looking intently at Xu Musen.

"Suit yourself."

Xu Musen knew it was useless to persuade her, "Go back to rest early, I'm going to close up."

Yao Mingyue took another sip of her milk tea and looked at Xu Musen, "I actually came to see you today for another reason. I've started my own business now, are you interested in a partnership?"

"Entrepreneurship?"

Xu Musen looked at Yao Mingyue; in her past life, although she had inherited her family's business directly, Yao Mingyue was still talented in business.

However, he remembered that at this time, she was supposed to dislike business dealings.

Because Yao's uncle had an accident on his way to a business deal, and Aunt Liu could hardly return home a few times a year due to business commitments, she had always been repulsed by it.

And he had started his own business in order to earn more money, to avoid a woeful destiny of living off a woman in the future...

In short, the original motivation for his entrepreneurial rush was to get further away from her...

Yao Mingyue's gaze swept over the milk tea shop; she remembered the last time she was here, the proud claim of a girl that this milk tea shop was founded by her and Xu Musen.

The feeling was as if she had a legitimate identity to stick to Xu Musen every day.

Truthfully, despite having the natural advantage of being childhood friends, Yao Mingyue felt this status no longer brought much security.

The emergence of An Nuannuan made her realize that she had to fight for some things herself.

Yao Mingyue lifted her eyes toward Xu Musen, her gaze falling upon the cheek that was deeply imprinted in the recesses of her heart.

She revealed a smile, shaking her milk tea cup, yet it felt as lonely as a glass of red wine.

"Because I just want to get a little closer to you, not as childhood friends, but as Yao Mingyue and Xu Musen, as two individuals."

Yao Mingyue's eyes were picturesque, her smile carrying determination and some hidden... sourness.

She didn't know if they could be like before, but at least… she didn't want the distance between them to grow any further.

He runs, she chases…

Xu Musen was silent for a moment, then sat opposite Yao Mingyue.