After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady-Chapter 919 - 377: I was forced to have a foot in two boats! (5.4k ask for subscription!)_2

"I've memorized it, thank you, Grandma."

Xu Musen nodded solemnly.

...

At this moment, An Nuannuan came to the study.

"Dad."

An Shanhai saw his daughter enter and immediately smoothed his slightly furrowed brows.

"Why are you here?"

An Shanhai watched his daughter sit obediently in front of him. He looked at her seriously for a long time and couldn't help but acknowledge how much his daughter had changed in the past couple of years.

In his heart, she was still a child, but in the blink of an eye, she had indeed reached the age where she could be considering engagement and marriage.

"Musen asked me to come. He said you had something you wanted to ask me, too."

An Nuannuan paused slightly and then blinked her clear, bright eyes.

An Shanhai was momentarily speechless, staring at his daughter's sincere face. He had thought that she had come specifically to comfort her old father...

This little cotton-padded jacket, why does it feel a bit drafty?

"I am... Nuannuan, is there anything you want to discuss with Dad?"

"Yes."

An Nuannuan nodded her head seriously and asked, "Dad, you didn't scold him, did you?"

An Shanhai: ...

"Darling, does your dad look like that kind..." An Shanhai's words trailed off as he remembered he actually had scolded him, but that was because of what he said. Which father wouldn't get angry at that?

An Shanhai took a deep breath, "Nuannuan, aren't you curious whether your little boyfriend was rude to me?"

"He wouldn't be. He's not that kind of person." An Nuannuan immediately shook her head, her face full of trust for Xu Musen.

An Shanhai: ...

So your old man is just that kind of person, huh?

This little cotton-padded jacket isn't warm at all!

An Shanhai felt like crying but had no tears. However, seeing the light in his daughter's eyes reminded him of the years when she was always spiritless, sitting dully in her wheelchair alone.

The daughter before him reflected the true vibrancy of her age.

He could only swallow back a sigh and said, "Nuannuan, I'm not opposed to you two being together. Musen is a nice boy, and I've seen the care and affection he has for you, but... engagement and marriage are lifetime commitments, and they are different from dating. Your father hopes that before you make the decision to get engaged, you will truly resolve any discord between you."

An Nuannuan didn't consider too deeply, she simply nodded her head, "Mm, I know."

An Shanhai hesitated, then decided to speak, "Nuannuan, what I mean is... that girl named Yao Mingyue by his side..."

An Nuannuan: "I know about these too, he told me everything."

An Shanhai paused, unsure whether to sigh or be angry.

The brat certainly hadn't lied; he didn't hide anything or cheat sneakily.

But, just because you step out into the open, you think it's justified?!

"Nuannuan, you... don't you have any thoughts about it?"

An Shanhai saw his daughter's unruffled manner and momentarily didn't know what to do.

"Musen promised me, he will settle everything, and we will always be together. I believe him."

An Nuannuan spoke without bitterness or feigned calm. What was present in her tone was the solid sense of trusting someone completely.

"Nuannuan..."

An Shanhai clenched his fists. "Your father is just afraid you will be wronged in the future. After all, you are a girl; what if he changes his heart one day..."

"Dad."

An Nuannuan softly called out and cut off her father's words, "That's the one thing he won't do."

"You've only been together for a year or two, people change."

"I know, but he's just stubborn, the kind that once he digs in, he digs in for a lifetime..."

An Nuannuan showed a faint smile, her eyes reflecting memories. She had watched Xu Musen for more than just a couple of years.

Like a shadow, she had silently observed him her whole life.

She saw that even though he had been disappointed in Yao Mingyue, had been angry, had argued, and even thought of separating, he had never been unfaithful. Even at the end of his life, he still protected her...

An Nuannuan cherished this trait in him, and she had long understood that she would have to face it someday.

She looked at her father's worried face.

At this moment, An Nuannuan didn't have her usual naive expression; her eyes were clear and bright, "The moment I decided I liked him, I knew this day would come. He could have kept it all from me, but he didn't because in his heart, I have a place that belongs to no one else.

And besides, I like him just because I like him. Why should I back down just because someone else likes him too?"

"Daughter, love isn't about winning or losing..."

"Dad, I know you're worried about me, but you should also have confidence in your daughter. I've waited for this day for a very long time, and because of too many worries, I have already lost too many chances to be with him..."

An Nuannuan's voice was slow, just like in her previous life, always timid, only daring to hide in the shadows.

If only, if she had been braver, if she had been there when Xu Musen needed her, then perhaps in her previous life, he would have belonged to her.

Perhaps, Xu Musen wouldn't have reached the step of life and death.

Perhaps everything would have been completely different.

She had already had her fill of the bitter fruit of timidity.

"So, this time I must fight for it. Besides, I've got the upper hand now, right?"