After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady-Chapter 519 - 237: The White Swan Must Also Descend to Eat the Toad (Definite Chapter! 6k)_2

Yao Mingyue’s slightly playful and willful remarks instantly made everyone present laugh.

Such self-admiring words, if spoken by anyone else, would definitely have been met with ridicule, but when coming from Yao Mingyue, she did have the capital to be vain.

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"Exactly, exactly, some people just don’t appreciate what they’ve got, if it were me, I’d accept it in a heartbeat!"

"Anyway, at home you play the son for your parents, at school you’re a venting bag for the teachers, and in society, you slave away for your boss. People spend their lives licking someone else’s boots; might as well lick a rich and beautiful woman’s instead."

The crowd echoed in agreement—who would want to toil away as a beast of burden if they could be with a rich lady?

Xu Musen also cracked a smile; he had thought the same at the time, but only after actually living off someone else did he realize that it wasn’t easy.

The smile on Yao Mingyue’s face slowly faded, her eyes slightly lowered, and the smile on her face became tinged with melancholy.

"But then, over time, I came to understand, it wasn’t that he had to keep liking me, but that I had become unable to leave him, that I had already become dependent on him. I took his kindness for granted, I was too greedy, too wilful..."

"Perhaps I really don’t understand what it means to like someone, but one thing I’m certain of is, I can’t find a single reason not to like you."

Yao Mingyue’s eyes were slightly wet, dazzling like shooting stars in the setting sun.

For a moment, the crowd fell silent.

"From a very young age, I liked to follow him around. If he played in the mud, I played too; if he climbed trees, I’d climb after him; I even wanted to learn to pee standing up... Then I would get home and get a thrashing from my aunt, who said he was leading me astray."

At that time, he seemed to hold a grudge, unwilling to take me anywhere. But I would always stick to him; if he wouldn’t include me in his games, I’d tattle on him, and even though he didn’t feel like it, he’d have to take me..."

As Yao Mingyue spoke, her expression showed a hint of pride.

He looked up, their eyes quietly meeting for a moment.

Bringing up these past events seemed to warm the air between them.

"I always thought that we would continue on just fine, but after that day... it seemed like everything changed."

Yao Mingyue’s voice involuntarily trembled a little, and even though so much time had passed, she would still occasionally have nightmares.

Xu Musen also fell silent, the events of that day were an indelible scar for them.

In an instant, as they looked at each other, the fear and sadness in Yao Mingyue’s eyes were slowly covered by a bit of warmth.

She wouldn’t tell these things to others.

She looked at Xu Musen, the luster in her eyes flickering.

"Since that day, it was as if he had become a different person. Whenever he had something tasty or fun, he’d call for me right away. Each day he thought of jokes to cheer me up. I still remember he used all his saved pocket money to buy me a Barbie doll I wanted. He said, anything someone else has, Brother will buy for you. Back then, he was really so cool..."

That was a memory from a long time ago, and Xu Musen also remembered parts of it; he remembered how Yao Mingyue would always covet a Barbie doll.

But times were tough back then and Yao Mingyue was also living modestly. Every time she would look longingly in the store and then leave silently. Toys that used to be simply bought now required saving pocket money for a long time.

So he used his saved pocket money to buy one for her, though he had originally planned to buy a remote-controlled car for himself.

Yet he tooth-grittedly bought the Barbie doll for Yao Mingyue and waited until a month later on his birthday to get the remote-controlled car from his mom as a gift.

But seeing how happy Yao Mingyue was at the time, Xu Musen felt it was all worth it.

Their past selves were so pure, simply wanting to be kind to each other.

Yao Mingyue’s eyes sparkled with tears, recalling their former selves, as though they had nothing and yet embraced the whole world.

"Actually, from that time, I had already unknowingly planted a seed called ’him’ in my heart.

He said to me, don’t confuse being moved with liking someone. I was a bit confused, but I also want to tell you, my liking for you... took root in my heart long ago, dependence, being moved, were just nutrients watering that seed, but... I really started liking my Brother Musen a long time ago..."

Yao Mingyue bit her lip, her tearful eyes sparkling in the sunset’s afterglow, exceptionally poignant.

The spectating crowd, now silent, struggled to find words. They could hear in her voice, the love of childhood friends, a lifelong regret.

Who hasn’t loved someone full of regret in their youth?

Xu Musen opened his mouth; indeed, maybe Yao Mingyue’s affection for him was mixed with many things, but... that didn’t mean there was no affection.

Or maybe, even if she considered a lot and wanted a lot, the part of her that liked Xu Musen remained untouched by anything else.

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"Damn it! To make such a great girl cry, what a jerk!"

"Childhood sweethearts, envy them. That’s a match made in heaven... the last pair of childhood sweethearts who didn’t end up together has already died and turned into butterflies..."

"Who’s the guy she was talking about just now? When I see him, I’ll teach him a lesson..."