After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady

Xu Musen sipped the hot tea in his hands and felt a cool sensation rush to his forehead.

The scene of being imprisoned by Yao Mingyue with a drugged glass of red wine in his last life was still vivid in his mind.

Xu Musen was truly afraid of being played again.

"Phht…"

Liu Rushuang watched the sudden change in Xu Musen's eyes and couldn't help but start laughing.

"Say, Xiao Sen, you don't think I've put something like a knockout drug in the tea, do you?"

Liu Rushuang's eyes sparkled, and fresh out of the bath, she had shed much of her usual strong businesswoman persona, seeming more approachable and friendly.

As she spoke, Liu Rushuang poured herself a cup and took a small sip.

"No, I trust you wouldn't do such a thing," Xu Musen coughed and continued to drink his tea.

But Liu Rushuang, squinting her eyes and with a chuckle, said, "Then you've put your trust in the wrong place, I did actually consider drugging your tea just now."

Saying this, she took out a packet of white powder from her bosom.

"Pfft…"

Xu Musen couldn't hold back and sprayed out a mouthful of tea. Explore more at My Virtual Library Empire

So, was the tea still safe to drink?

Seeing his exaggerated expression, Liu Rushuang couldn't hold back her laughter.

Xu Musen looked at her and wondered if he'd been tricked again.

"Mom, can you not tease me like this?"

"Who told you to be so easily teased? Do you think this is a movie? Who keeps knockout drugs at home in real life?" Liu Rushuang said with a grin.

Xu Musen felt disheartened to retort because, in his previous life, your daughter indeed used to carry drugs around, and he was the victim.

Liu Rushuang pinched a bit of the white powder and gently blew it towards Xu Musen.

A faint fragrance mixed with the cool scent of mint.

"Mint powder?" Xu Musen recognized it by smell.

Liu Rushuang nodded, her gaze lifting to Xu Musen, a flicker in her eyes, "Xiao Sen, if this packet really was some sort of knockout drug that caused you and Ming Yue to make a mistake, would you be angry?"

Liu Rushuang asked directly.

Xu Musen was momentarily stunned; looking into Liu Rushuang's eyes, he remembered the scene of her going to fetch the wine with her daughter just before.

"So, Mom, when you and Ming Yue went to get the wine just now, was it actually for this?"

Xu Musen didn't directly answer but countered with a question of his own.

Liu Rushuang did not hide anything, smiling at Xu Musen, "Xiao Sen is getting smarter; nothing can be hidden from you now."

Liu Rushuang shared with Xu Musen the conversation she had with her daughter.

Xu Musen had thought that Yao Mingyue wanted to repeat her old tactics because with her 'sickly cutie' personality, it was indeed possible for her to drug him.

Especially at such a good opportunity.

Xu Musen had always considered himself a paragon of pure love. It wasn't a house and a lock that truly imprisoned him in his last life, but also because he never had the heart to leave.

After all, he had agreed to those conditions, and he did indeed have feelings for Yao Mingyue.

But sometimes, liking someone and being compatible are truly two different things.

Their personalities were destined for a tragic end together.

However, this time, Yao Mingyue had voluntarily given up what might have been the best, and last opportunity.

Was this still the 'sickly cutie' he knew?

"I don't know what exactly happened between you two, but I can feel there's still affection between you, and Ming Yue has changed a lot," Liu Rushuang sighed, "I truly hoped that you and Ming Yue could be together; you both grew up before my eyes, it would be best if you could become one family."

Listening, Xu Musen bowed his head slightly, his voice eventually coming out in a quiet apology, "I'm sorry."

Liu Rushuang stretched out her hand, gently touching his head as she used to comfort the naughty him when he was little.

"There's no need to apologize; in such things, we can only say it's a matter of fate. But there are some things I still want to tell you. Ming Yue still likes you, and you know her temperament; nobody can persuade her."

Liu Rushuang said, and Xu Musen fell into a slight silence.

But he already had An Nuannuan.

Sensing the concern in his heart, Liu Rushuang continued, "Mom knows what you are thinking; I'm not trying to force a choice on you. I'm just asking you, even if there's no future with Ming Yue, at least until she can find a life of her own, don't let her be alone, okay?"

Liu Rushuang gently stroked Xu Musen's head, her voice pleading.

Over the years, she was busy running around the company, and Yao Mingyue had almost been alone at home. During her most helpless time, it was Xu Musen who was with her.

Therefore, the cure for Yao Mingyue's heartache could also be Xu Musen.

Being alone is the hardest struggle, and if Yao Mingyue experiences it again, she might really go insane.

Xu Musen nodded without hesitation, "Mom, rest assured, ever since I was little, I promised Ming Yue I would take good care of her, until she can live well on her own, until the day she doesn't need me…"

Xu Musen said, but his voice also held a tinge of sentimentality that he hadn't noticed himself.

If the day came when Yao Mingyue no longer needed him, should he feel happy or a bit lost... Perhaps a bit of both.

At this moment, standing quietly at the door, Yao Mingyue, who had just finished her bath and whose hair was still wet, had heard all the conversation inside.

She lifted her head, and under her damp tresses, her fair face was a mishmash of many emotions.