I am reborn and refuse to be a sickly rich woman

Chapter 285 Another Path for Mingyue
eat.

Although Xu Musen's "family brother status" has always been not very good.

But there is no doubt that among the two families, including An Nuannuan, Xu Musen is the most important core of all of them.

After their first meeting, Xu's father and mother were naturally very satisfied with An Nuannuan, a cute and well-behaved girl.

They also felt that Nuannuan's way of thinking seemed to be different from other girls, but she was unexpectedly cute. She looked silly, but not stupid at all. In fact, she considered many small details more carefully than they did.

The most important thing is that An Nuannuan is really obedient to Xu Musen. As the saying goes, a good mother brings wealth to three generations, and the importance of a good daughter-in-law is self-evident.

But Xu's mother looked at An Nuannuan and Yao Mingyue who were sitting on Xu Musen's left and right.

An Nuannuan would pick up some fish meat for Xu Musen. After Xu Musen patiently picked out the bones, he would take out half of the fish meat and feed it to An Nuannuan.

Yao Mingyue would also pick out ribs for Xu Musen, and Xu Musen would pick out the bones and give half to her.

This weird and harmonious atmosphere.

Mother Xu looked a little dazed. Logically speaking... Nuannuan and Mingyue should be considered... rivals in love?
Not really. After all, one is already his official girlfriend, and the other is his childhood sweetheart’s sister...at least that’s their public identities for now.

But it seems that Mingyue has not completely gotten over Xu Musen.

As for Nuannuan, although this was the first time we met, I could feel that this girl was as clear as a mirror in her mind. Although she looked silly, she was actually quite smart.

But what made Xu's mother most curious was that the two of them seemed to be getting along quite peacefully.

And this is definitely not the first time they have sat together to eat like this.

Although the atmosphere was a bit weird, overall, the two people were quite harmonious.

These three people sat together, and it was really amazing... At that moment, Xu's mother remembered what her son had just said.

These three people together, it seems, as if, probably, maybe... can live a good life?
Xu's mother was shocked by her own thoughts, but then she thought that it was all the fault of her scumbag son.

So, while eating, Xu Musen suddenly got another eye roll from his mother.

But Xu Musen has gotten used to it.

After the meal, the birthday cake was served.

Liu Rushuang specially ordered a big cake for Xu Musen’s 19th birthday. Considering his age, he is already a 20-year-old young man.

It was time to put candles on the birthday cake. Yao Mingyue had a pack of birthday candles in her hand. Every year in the past, they would put candles on each other's birthdays.

But this time, Yao Mingyue looked at the candle in her hand and handed it to An Nuannuan.

Even if she was not convinced, she would not do anything to embarrass everyone since both families were present.

An Nuannuan took the candle, she glanced at Xu Musen briefly, then she took out the candle, split it in half and handed it to Yao Mingyue.

"Let's light the candles for him."

Yao Mingyue was stunned for a moment and looked at An Nuannuan. Her eyes were bright and made people feel very comfortable.

Yao Mingyue paused for just a moment, then reached out and took half of the candle.

The two of them took turns lighting the eighteen candles.

The last one fell on the table, between the two people.

At the age of nineteen, this year was a changing year for Xu Musen's destiny.

This was also the year when Yao Mingyue and An Nuannuan's identities changed.

Yao Mingyue spent the first eighteen years of Xu Musen’s birthdays with him. They were childhood sweethearts, and every little detail of those years seemed to reappear again and again on these eighteen burning candles.

Every flicker of the candlelight seems to be an unforgettable memory.

Yao Mingyue looked at the candle light silently. At the other end of the candle, Xu Musen was also looking at it silently.

However, now there is another girl beside him...

Yao Mingyue looked at An Nuannuan. The last candle in front of her represented the nineteenth candle of Xu Musen’s nineteenth birthday.

It was as if he had taken over all the memories that once belonged to them from Yao Mingyue's hands, and after he turned nineteen, there was someone else to help him light the candles.

Yao Mingyue had no expression on her face. At this moment, she didn't know what expression to show.

She felt a little tight in her chest, but looking at the eighteen flickering candlelights, at least the memories of these eighteen years still belonged to them.

No matter in the future or later, he will always remember the childhood sweetheart who once helped him light eighteen candles...

Yao Mingyue looked up at An Nuannuan, and An Nuannuan's gaze also fell on the nineteenth candle on the table.

Yao Mingyue took the lead in picking up the candle. She rubbed it gently in her hands, and finally smiled and handed it to An Nuannuan.

"The nineteenth one, you should come."

There was no sarcasm in Yao Mingyue's tone. It didn't matter whether they fought for the candle or not.

Just like the year when they stepped from eighteen to nineteen years old.

Ever since that confession in high school, the name An Nuannuan has slowly begun to make its way into Xu Musen’s world.

With just one move, he completely occupied all the space that originally belonged to Yao Mingyue.

Of course, it was also because she didn’t cherish it well.

It doesn’t make any sense to say who is right or wrong now. Yao Mingyue will not give up the person she loves, and this will never change.

It's just that the way she wants to get it is different.

An Nuannuan took the candle and turned to look at Xu Musen. The girl's emotions were no calmer than anyone else's.

For her, this was the first birthday they had together that she had finally waited for.

She had been waiting for this day for a very long time. He was nineteen years old. This year, every detail of their journey from the time they met to the present was circling in her mind.

Fortunately, everything finally came to fruition.

There was a gleam in An Nuannuan's big eyes that only she understood. She looked at Xu Musen, the one with a pale face and gradually losing his breath in her memory, and the one who was now looking at her tenderly with a doting smile.

Fortunately, everything is still in time.

Fortunately, I finally waited for you.

An Nuannuan held a candle and turned to look at Xu Musen, not caring that there were so many people watching them.

"Xu Musen, this is the first time I celebrate your birthday with you. Although I couldn't celebrate it with you before, you have uncles, aunts and everyone else to accompany you and care about you. But from today on, you will have one more person who cares about you and will celebrate your birthday with you every year. And every year, every day, every minute, every second from now on, I will celebrate it with you."

An Nuannuan seldom said sweet words, and even less often behaved in the shy and coy manner of a little girl.

Every time she said something so sweet that it was heart-breaking, she always looked serious, as if she was swearing to the most noble belief in her heart.

It seems that she lacks some of the girlish coquettishness, but this serious and pure look is more likely to touch people's hearts.

Xu Musen reached out and gently stroked her cheek: "Okay."

A simple word is a man's best promise.

Xu's mother and father looked at each other, the relief in their eyes could not be hidden. Liu Rushuang looked at her silent daughter and sighed slightly in her heart.

From the daughter's perspective, Liu Rushuang definitely has selfish motives.

But if she looks at it from the perspective of an elder, she is also happy for Xu Musen. It is not easy to find someone who only has eyes for him in this life.

Candles are lit.

Nineteen candles.

This year is destined to be a turning point in the fate of many people.

Turn off the lights, in the dim candlelight.

Xu Musen made a wish.

His wishes are always the same, he wishes the people around him good health, hopes he can earn more money, and of course, about Yao Mingyue. This year, from now on, his wishes will always include a little cutie named An Nuannuan.

After making a wish, Xu Musen opened his eyes and looked at the nineteen candles in front of him. In fact, the first eighteen candles and the last candle all had the same warm candlelight.

Even if there is a new beginning, it does not mean that every candlelight in the past is not warm.

It does not mean that the past can be forgotten.

Xu Musen looked towards the table. In the dim candlelight, Yao Mingyue and An Nuannuan on both sides of the table were staring at him without blinking.

They all seemed to care about what wish he made.

Xu Musen smiled at both of them.

"Don't look at it. The wish won't come true if you say it out loud."

"Tsk, who cares..." Yao Mingyue turned her head away with a snort.

"Mu Sen is a stingy guy." An Nuannuan also snorted and turned her head to the other side.

The two girls had a strange tacit understanding, which caught everyone's eyes and made everyone laugh.

"Okay, okay, let's prepare to divide the cake!"

Liu Rushuang really enjoyed joining in the fun and took on the task of cutting the cake.

She picked up a knife, cut off the word "Xu" from the cake and handed it to Xu Musen.

"Come on, Xiao Sen, you are the birthday boy, and you have a girlfriend. It will be hard for your Xu family not to be prosperous in the future."

Liu Rushuang's smiling words made Xu Musen cough dryly. Speaking of the matter of incense, it was cut off by your precious eldest daughter in the previous life.

Then, Liu Rushuang cut out the characters "牧" and "森" respectively and handed them to Yao Mingyue and An Nuannuan.

"The name Xiaosen has a good meaning. A single tree cannot make a forest. When you go out, you need to stick together to go further. Look at the word sen. The triangle shape is very stable."

As Liu Rushuang spoke, her gaze, whether intentional or not, finally fell lightly on Xu Musen.

Yao Mingyue's face changed, and she looked at her mother, feeling somewhat helpless. Xu Musen said he didn't understand.

We ate cake, drank some red wine and watched TV, having a great time.

This birthday has passed.

It's getting late.

It's time to rest.

Xu's mother even specifically asked Xu Musen: "Son, do you think it's appropriate for us to rest here today?"

"Mom, this is the first day we met?"

Xu Musen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The whole family asked if it was suitable.

"I'm not asking you, I want you to ask Nuannuan. After all, this is your new home. Even if we are parents, we still have to ask the little girl's opinion."

Xu's mother said unhappily that many young people nowadays do not like to live with their elders, especially their parents-in-law, so she should have this in mind.

"It's okay. Nuannuan likes the hustle and bustle, and there are many rooms. You can stay there."

"Well, it's already so late, why don't your Aunt Liu and Mingyue also..."

"No problem, I'll go ask them later."

Xu Musen nodded. An Nuannuan would definitely listen to him in everything, but his mother was right. This was his and An Nuannuan’s new home.

An Nuannuan is the mistress of the house, so you always have to tell her.

Xu Musen was about to go and say hello to An Nuannuan.

But as soon as I entered the master bedroom, I found that the wardrobe was opened and An Nuannuan was struggling to hold a quilt and sheets that were larger than her body.

Xu Musen hurried over to support him.

"Nuan Nuan, what are you doing?"

"I'm preparing quilts for my uncle and aunt!"

Although An Nuannuan's legs have healed, she hasn't walked for so many years, so her physical fitness is still worse than that of a normal person.

At this moment, she was preparing the quilt inside and out. Her pretty face was flushed from exhaustion, and there was a little bit of sweat on her forehead.

Xu Musen pulled up his sleeves to wipe the sweat off her forehead, looked at the two sets of quilts that had been arranged, and asked with a smile, "Do you want Yao Mingyue to stay here as well?"

"Yeah, it's already dark outside."

"Do you mind? This is our new house."

Xu Musen gently held her pretty face.

An Nuannuan's eyes sparkled as she said, "Of course not. We are a family. The people you care about are also the people I care about. Mom told me that a girl should give face to her...husband!"

When she said the last sentence, An Nuannuan's face turned red, but her tone was more confident than before.

They have now met their parents and obtained certification!

Xu Musen laughed and lowered his head to kiss her.

"Okay, then my dear wife, take a rest first. I'll go talk to them."

"Hmm~"

night.

Liu Rushuang and Yao Mingyue slept in the same room.

"Don't mention it. Although this room is not big, it is quite cozy. It has been a long time since we have lived under the same roof like this."

Liu Rushuang lay comfortably on the bed, not feeling restrained at all in the new environment.

The community is naturally small compared to her villa, but it is obviously more humane than living in an empty villa.

Yao Mingyue was sitting on the edge of the bed, wearing An Nuannuan's pajamas.

She is taller than An Nuannuan.

But the clothes that An Nuannuan wore fit her perfectly, but they seemed quite loose on her.

An invisible sense of frustration.

She sat on the bed with her legs hugged, looking a little depressed and dazed.

"Baby, what are you thinking about?"

Liu Rushuang hugged her daughter from behind and cuddled up to her.

"Mom, don't hug me like this..."

Yao Mingyue felt even more depressed, as if someone was mercilessly showing off behind her back. Really, my mother is already this old, why does she still seem as simple as a girl?

"Hey, are you still thinking about Xiaosen?"

"What does he have to think about? He doesn't have the heart to think about me right now."

Yao Mingyue didn't care, but the taste of vinegar was almost dripping from her mouth.

Thinking about what An Nuannuan said just now, it would be really hard for her to say it given Yao Mingyue's personality.

"Well, so, you were too proud of yourself before. Look at that little girl named Nuan Nuan. She looks innocent, but she is very good at saying sweet things. If you could be so good at talking, Xiao Sen would have been yours long ago!"

Liu Rushuang felt a little disappointed. If it were her turn, a boy like Xiao Sen would be doomed with just a few words!

Yao Mingyue blushed. She was a girl in this life, but in her previous life... it was all a bunch of nonsense.

"Mom, do you think I still have a chance?"

Yao Mingyue was still a little melancholy, because today they had finally met each other's parents.

Although we are not yet at the age to get married, we will definitely get married in two or three years at most as soon as we graduate.

No, with that bastard Xu Musen, maybe they will be able to have a child before they graduate from college...

"Then you have to see what opportunity is. Xiao Sen has liked you for eighteen years and has never gotten a chance. If you must have him, then you should be prepared to pay more."

Liu Rushuang touched her daughter's head with heartache.

Although these words hurt, they are also the truth.

Yao Mingyue was silent for a long time.

"However, I always feel that Xiaosen's attitude towards you is different from before. Men... sometimes have excessive tolerance, which is commonly known as..."

"Scumbag!"

Yao Mingyue said through gritted teeth.

Liu Rushuang smiled and said, "That's normal. Xiao Sen is so capable at this age, so it's normal for girls to like him. It's just like in the animal world. If there were no so-called etiquette and morality like humans, basically one male would own the entire species."

"Just him?"

Yao Mingyue gritted her teeth, but she also admitted that Xu Musen is really outstanding now and there are many outstanding girls around him.

"Humph, but he's only nice to her. He's just polite to other people, but not even polite to me..."

When Yao Mingyue thought about his attitude towards her during high school, she gritted her teeth.

"So, to him, you are actually another most special existence."

Liu Rushuang smiled and spoke.

Yao Mingyue was slightly stunned. Of course, she had also felt the change in his attitude towards her in recent times.

Sometimes, it's even sweet.

But this little bit of sweetness made his heart feel even more bitter.

"I know, I understand him, so I also know that he really won't leave her..."

Yao Mingyue never thought of leaving him, but if Xu Musen and An Nuannuan stayed together, then what would she be?

"So, have you decided to give up?" Liu Rushuang said softly.

"No, I like him, no matter what. He has liked me for so long, but he has never really felt my love for me. It's not my childhood sweetheart, nor my neighbor's sister, but the girl named Yao Mingyue whom he loved but couldn't get in his youth..."

"That's right. Since you understand that liking someone has nothing to do with identity, why bother about his identity?"

Liu Rushuang smiled and said, "I know our idea is wrong, but we don't live our lives to please others. There are always some people who will make you put aside all your bottom line and love them, just like... I love you."

Liu Rushuang hugged her daughter tightly, her eyes full of love and affection.

She knew that if she persuaded her daughter to give up, she would be sad for the rest of her life, but if she let her try, at least she might get something.

Yao Mingyue's heart trembled: "Mom..."

Liu Rushuang also thought silently for a while before speaking again: "Baby, if, I mean if, Xiao Sen and Nuan Nuan stay together forever, and you are unwilling to give up, then there is only one way..."

Yao Mingyue looked at her mother, and she already had a confused answer in her mind.

However, she bit her lip and refused to think of this option.

Liu Rushuang looked out the window. The moon was very bright today.

She murmured, "Baby, look at the sky. There is the warm sun during the day and the bright moon at night. If you really can't occupy the whole sky, at least you still have half of it..."

Yao Mingyue's body trembled slightly. She had never thought of this possibility, but she raised her head and looked at the bright moon outside the window.

The moon seemed to be shrouded in a hazy haze, and like the strength of red wine, Yao Mingyue felt her mind was in a mess, as if a vague memory was slowly emerging...

(End of this chapter)