After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady-Chapter 936 - 383: I Want to Marry You, You Must Agree to It.

The moonlight was uniquely beautiful.

Xu Musen and Yao Mingyue walked along the familiar road in the neighborhood.

The temperature in Zheng City was much lower than in Huhai, and although it is part of the Central Plains, culturally and geographically speaking, Zheng City is somewhat more northern.

The seasons were distinct, and it was still very chilly at night.

"You have something on your mind?"

Xu Musen noticed Yao Mingyue had been a bit distracted since they came downstairs.

Yao Mingyue slightly parted her lips, and a faint mist of breath drifted from the delicate edges, "I always feel... after dinner, the way auntie looked at me was a bit...strange."

"Really?" Xu Musen laughed, "Are you just being overly sensitive because you're always so suspicious?"

Yao Mingyue kicked him in annoyance, "After all, I grew up with Auntie. Can't I tell? Did you say something to her while washing the dishes?"

"Yeah, we chatted casually."

Xu Musen nodded, but didn't clarify, which made Yao Mingyue bump him with her shoulder in frustration.

"Come on, what did you say?"

"Just talked to her about eventually getting married."

Xu Musen smiled as he spoke.

Yao Mingyue pursed her lips, "Your engagement to Nuannuan? No wonder auntie was so happy..."

Yao Mingyue's words carried a hint of acidity; they were family in their affections long ago.

She could feel that Auntie was happy when she came out of the kitchen, but her look at her was a bit complicated.

Perhaps it was the same for everyone, feeling regret that a child you've watched grow up, who you had high hopes for, didn't end up together.

Thinking of this, Yao Mingyue felt a lump in her throat. Everyone was reluctant, but the outcome had still arrived at this step.

Was all of this really fated... Not exactly, she also blamed herself for not cherishing what she had...

The air outside was icy cold, like needles penetrating into her body, making Yao Mingyue's steps even more disordered.

"Yes, and no as well."

Xu Musen interrupted her reverie, looking down at her with a smile, "My mom seemed more concerned about why you kept holding my hand and wouldn't let go at the door."

Yao Mingyue was stunned, then realized something was amiss.

"I was holding you... Xu Musen, have you no shame?! It was clearly you who insisted on grabbing me..."

But after saying it, Yao Mingyue suddenly remembered something more critical, her steps hesitated, anxiety filled her, "What did... what did Auntie say?"

Xu Musen stopped as well, sighed, and a dense mist formed with his breath, seemingly tinged with melancholy, "My mom said since I'm getting engaged to Nuannuan, it's not appropriate for us childhood friends to be like this, so she suggested I think of something, even if it meant I'd be at a slight disadvantage, why not just make you, my little childhood sweetheart, into a wife as a solution."

Yao Mingyue, initially nervous, found out towards the end that this guy was just babbling nonsense!

So much for your loss! Why don't you go dreaming!

Angered, she stepped on Xu Musen's foot, "You're awful, who's joking with you?! What did Auntie really say?"

Xu Musen laughed out loud, seeing her angry look, which seemed much better than her melancholic expression from before.

"What do you think my mom would say?"

Xu Musen tossed the question back.

Yao Mingyue's eyes dimmed instantly; she had gone through innumerable possibilities in her mind; perhaps it was for them to be more mindful in the future.

Perhaps it was to maintain some distance...

Or perhaps there was some real reluctance there, after all, Yao Mingyue knew Mother Xu had always treated her like a future daughter-in-law.

This nearly twenty-year bond had long surpassed a typical mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship, like she was her own daughter.

Naturally, they should have been family, yet now they might really have to drift apart.

That reluctance, they all have it, but what use is reluctance...

Xu Musen was, after all, getting engaged to An Nuannuan, and Nuannuan was a truly wonderful girl.

Even with Yao Mingyue's obstinate nature, she couldn't find a single fault in An Nuannuan, and besides, Nuannuan had also waited for Xu Musen her whole life.

She deserved it all.

The night wind was so cold, biting like icy thorns, as if seeping through every pore in her body and stabbing straight into her heart.

Yao Mingyue gently covered her chest, she should have fought for it, but she worried about her health too. If she somehow won, if she defeated An Nuannuan, but didn't conquer her own health, and in the end, leaving Xu Musen alone, wouldn't they just be more heartbroken...

Yao Mingyue looked into Xu Musen's eyes, her lips trembling with cold, "Uncle and auntie... are also my parents. I understand them, no matter how unreasonable I act, they will always indulge me, spoil me."

"But I can't do that. Uncle and Auntie have been too kind to me, you've been too kind, and Nuannuan is also great..."

Yao Mingyue's voice became smaller and more bitter, her hand gently covering her chest, as if holding back an ominous future.

Xu Musen silently watched her, not stopping her from speaking further.

"So, as long as this delicate situation isn't challenged, let's not tell uncle and auntie about these things. At least, I can still be their favorite half-a-new daughter in front of them, at least it won't break the hard-earned warm atmosphere..."

Yao Mingyue bit her lip, feeling the sourness welling up in her eyes, "Xu Musen, can you... promise me that?"