After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady

Zhao Lianmai's home still looked old and modest.

But compared to the first time I saw it, when the walls were cracked and on the verge of collapse, it was much better now.

The house was tidied up very clean, and the living room was already filled with dishes.

Zhao Lianmai's mother greeted them with a smile and enthusiasm.

"Auntie, Happy New Year, I hope you've been in good health this year," Xu Musen asked with concern.

"Very well, ever since my surgery two years ago, things have been a lot better. Come in, it's been a year, and my Xiaomai has been under your care."

Zhao Lianmai's mother was full of enthusiasm, which included respect for Xu Musen, the young boss. After all, if their family hadn't encountered him, they wouldn't know if they could have had a good meal this New Year's eve.

"Auntie, you're too kind. If we're talking about taking care, it's Xiaomai taking care of my business with her abilities. Outside, there are quite a few people wanting to poach her..."

Xu Musen responded with a smile. Zhao Lianmai just came in with a big bowl of hot soup and, upon hearing Xu Musen's words, didn't respond with modesty but instead had a hint of pride on her lips.

Sit down for the meal.

"We've just got these home-cooked dishes, I hope you don't mind."

Zhao Lianmai's mother said to Xu Musen and Yao Mingyue, looking a bit embarrassed.

In fact, the table was already quite lavish, with fish, meat, and even seafood like shrimp and crab.

Two years ago, for them to have a few bites of fatty meat during the New Year was already great.

"This is already very good, and we've tasted Xiaomai's cooking skills before. With her culinary talent, even the restaurants outside can't compare! Come on, Auntie, you eat too."

Xu Musen spoke up with a smile and first picked up food with his chopsticks for Zhao Lianmai's mother.

Zhao Lianmai's mother hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, thank you, look at you, you're the guest, it wouldn't be right."

"Auntie, don't mention it. Just look at Xiaomai, she's so casual, usually doesn't even greet me when she sees me."

"Ah? Xiaomai, how could you be like this..."

Zhao Lianmai's mother glanced at her daughter, and Zhao Lianmai calmly gave her younger sister a shrimp.

Completely ignoring this boss who came to complain.

"It's okay, Auntie, I'm used to it anyway. Talented people all have their own personality, and I just admire Xiaomai for that."

"You really do talk like a boss, always knowing the right thing to say. My girl here just isn't good with words..."

The atmosphere around the dining table was very warm.

Yao Mingyue looked at this scene, and for some reason, it felt like a son-in-law visiting his mother-in-law during the second day of the Chinese New Year and lodging his complaint.

However, in the next moment, Xu Musen put a shrimp into her bowl as well.

And even peeled the shrimp head and shell for her.

Yao Mingyue's lips curved slightly, and she decided not to care about these details anymore.

"By the way, we've met this young lady last year, but I still haven't had the chance to ask about her relationship with you..." Zhao Lianmai's mother noticed the little gestures between them.

They had not felt the right moment to ask last year, but the signs were quite clear now.

Yao Mingyue paused mid-action with her chopsticks, and Zhao Lianmai also raised her head, looking towards Xu Musen without revealing her thoughts.

"Then let me formally introduce her."

Xu Musen put down his chopsticks, cleared his throat, and despite the risk of being snitched on to "Boss Nuannuan", he had to give the answer that Yao Mingyue wanted.

"And I, like Xiaomai, am just a little employee munching on Boss Xu's payroll."

Yao Mingyue's voice, however, preempted his, and she stepped lightly on Xu Musen's foot under the table to stop him from speaking.

Her exquisitely beautiful face was smiling, and her calm gaze bore a meaning only she and Xu Musen understood.

Zhao Lianmai shifted her gaze slightly, examining Yao Mingyue for several seconds, then released a faint sigh through her nose.

Xu Musen wanted to speak, but Yao Mingyue stuffed a peeled shrimp into his mouth.

"You agree, right, Boss Xu?"

Yao Mingyue asked with a bright smile.

Xu Musen chewed the shrimp and exchanged a glance with her, and eventually he said: "It's up to you."

"Is that so..."

Zhao Lianmai's mother nodded, clearly not convinced, but seeing their little gestures, she did not continue asking and immediately changed the subject.

"Come on, it's so cold, everyone have more to eat..."

The lively atmosphere at the dining table was restored.

It's just that Yao Mingyue hardly picked up her chopsticks a few times, not because she disliked the food, but because she really couldn't eat much now.

She had become unusually quiet, not wanting to eat herself, yet also making time to pick food and peel shrimp for Xu Musen and help wipe his mouth.

She suddenly realized that actually, this was also quite nice; watching the person she liked talking and laughing with others at the dining table.

Yet she silently fed him, quietly watched his profile, and really couldn't help but show a faintly happy smile.

Happiness can be so simple after all.

Only the understanding of this truth came too late...

Yao Mingyue felt her hand holding the chopsticks trembling lightly, the humidity and cold under the mountain seemed more intense than in the apartment, as if slowing down the blood flow in her whole body, making her feel a little drowsy.

"There's still soup stewing in the pot; I'll go check on it. Ming Yue, would you come and have a look with me?" Zhao Lianmai suddenly said.

Yao Mingyue looked up and met her gaze, then nodded her head: "Okay."

The two followed each other to the kitchen.

The kitchen in Zhao Lianmai's home was still that kind with a stove burning firewood.

After adding the wood, it was as warm as a bonfire.

Zhao Lianmai threw two more pieces of wood into the stove and then wiped off the bench next to it before saying to Yao Mingyue, "Come sit for a while and warm up by the fire."