After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady

Zhu Yulan furrowed her brows even tighter upon hearing the word "father": "What's he coming back for?"

"This is our home, isn't it normal for him to return? How long has it been since you last came home for a meal? Consider it that your sister misses you. Can't you join me for a meal?"
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On the other end of the phone, her sister's voice even carried a slightly coquettish tone.

Hearing this made Zhu Yulan's skin crawl. Although she and her sister would always squabble upon meeting, Zhu Yulan ultimately pursed her lips.

"I got it, I'll come over when I have the time."

After that, she hung up the phone.

On the other side, Zhu Xianglan, dressed in luxurious lady's attire, looked at the disconnected call, her mature cheeks that somewhat resembled Zhu Yulan's showing a slightly complex smile.

She stared at a photo in her hand. In the picture, Zhu Yulan and Xu Musen were in KFC, unabashedly scrambling for chicken wings.

She observed the unselfconscious demeanor of Zhu Yulan in the photo, competing over a chicken wing. The usual dinners prepared at home had all kinds of delicacies, yet she couldn't even be bothered to touch her chopsticks.

Furthermore, looking at her sister's face, that content and triumphant little expression, it had been so many years since she had seen her smile like that.

However, Zhu Lanxiang's impression of Xu Musen was still based on their last encounter at school.

The young man was quite good, full of ideas and capable, but that was in the context of ordinary people.

Capable people were a dime a dozen, yet a future net worth of millions or tens of millions was already the limit for ordinary people.

For them, however, such achievements were trivial; the gap between their households wasn't something that could be bridged in one generation.

Being friends was fine, but if it involved anything more, the resistance would be extraordinary.

At their level, although it wasn't like ancient times where you had to marry whomever your family chose, if you were born into such a family and enjoyed the wealth and prestige it brought you,

then you had to bear a cost that ordinary people did not—business marriages, which were indeed the most common method of familial resource exchange for their class.

Zhu Lanxiang looked at the two people in the photo, and a complex mix of memories seemed to flicker through her eyes, but she shook her head and chuckled, "My silly sister, so many things aren't as simple as you think..."

...

After being busy until the afternoon, it was finally time to head home.

Today was another weekend, and An Nuannuan had to go home for treatment every Sunday, so Xu Musen was left alone in the empty house on weekends.

Ever since Xu Musen had been forthright with Yao Mingyue about his situation with An Nuannuan, Yao Mingyue seemed to have evaporated from the world.

He never saw her again.

Originally, this was exactly what Xu Musen, recently reborn, had wanted.

But still, Xu Musen felt an indescribable sensation in his heart, as though he wanted to escape,

yet when he truly left, he always felt an emptiness in some corner of his heart.

After all, they had been childhood sweethearts for twenty years, and in his previous life, they had also been husband and wife for so long.

Plus, during their time together lately, he had witnessed every little change that had occurred in Yao Mingyue.

It was just that everything had become a foregone conclusion.

However, to treat her completely as a stranger was something he also seemed unable to fully do.

And his situation with Yao Mingyue certainly couldn't have been hidden from Aunt Liu, who perhaps had noticed as well.

But as parents, there wasn't much they could say about such matters.

For Xu Musen, Aunt Liu was someone he truly regarded as his elder.

Xu Musen thought for a moment, then took out his phone and called Liu Rushuang.

The call was answered soon.

"Xiaosen, what made you think of calling your aunt?"

Liu Rushuang was always cheerful, her voice exuding the intellectual elegance of a mature woman.

After a brief pause, Xu Musen spoke, "Auntie, are you busy with work today? It's been a few days since we've seen each other, and I wanted to have a meal with you and Ming Yue."

There was a moment of surprise on the other end of the line, which was soon followed by a cheerful reply, "Oh, Xiaosen rarely asks to dine out. No matter how busy I am, I'll make time for you. Where do you plan to go?"

"How about at your place? I'll cook."

"Sure, let's have it at my place. Have you discussed it with Ming Yue? She'll definitely be happy about it."

"Not yet, isn't she with you?"

Xu Musen queried, knowing that Yao Mingyue would often visit Liu Rushuang's company lately.

Anyway, for her, what she learned in college wasn't all that helpful anymore, as most of the material there, at best, could make someone an elite employee, but no book would teach you how to be a big boss.

Society is the best textbook.

Especially when it's your family's business.

"She's not been feeling well these last couple of days, so I didn't have her running back and forth. Aren't you with her?"

Liu Rushuang countered.

Upon hearing this, Xu Musen paused: "I understand, I'll go find her."

"Alright, then Auntie will pick you up later this afternoon!"

Liu Rushuang spoke cheerfully.

After hanging up,

Xu Musen held his phone, found that familiar profile picture, and their chat history stopped on the day he last asked her out to come clean.

Xu Musen thought for a while, then put away his phone.

Inside the library, Yao Mingyue still occupied her usual corner spot. These days, whenever she had time, she would come here to read books and news, or to do some paperwork.

Many male students had noticed her, and even several men came especially to catch a glimpse of her.