After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady

And An Nuannuan's dopey yet pure character,

seemed to be exactly what Xu Musen had always wanted in his previous life.

Actually, if nothing unexpected had happened, Xu Musen felt he and she could have slowly come together.

But Yao Mingyue was that biggest unexpected event.

He had thought that since he kept rejecting her, this proud girl would also angrily ignore him.

Before her morbid jealousy became too severe, they would separate for a few years, and everything would slowly change.

However, it seemed like fate had ordained that their lives would remain entangled.

Moreover, Yao Mingyue seemed to care about him... more than Xu Musen had anticipated.

All the actions and changes in Yao Mingyue during this period had also taken Xu Musen by surprise.

If Yao Mingyue could truly cure her heart disease, could there be a chance to make up for the regrets of their past life?

Xu Musen shook his head, suddenly feeling like his thoughts were somewhat scoundrel-like.

What happened to the pure-hearted warrior's return?

Regardless of the future, as childhood friends, as neighbors closer than family, Xu Musen still hoped she could find her own happiness.

He set down the carving knife.

"May we both find a way of life where our souls are free.

Before everything becomes irreversible, this time, let us also become winners in life."

He put down the carving knife.

Turning his head, Yao Mingyue had also finished carving and was glancing over at him from time to time.

"What did you write? Is there anything about me?"

Yao Mingyue looked into his eyes, a flicker of light in her gaze.

"Isn't it that if someone sees it, it won't work?"

Xu Musen looked at his wooden tag, searching for a place to hang it up.

"Don't hang it here, or it might be cleared away before long."

Yao Mingyue gazed towards the mountain: "How about we hang it on that tree over there?"

Following her gaze, Xu Musen saw the tree, behind the Golden Temple, in a place hidden from the sunlight, so almost no one visited, and several trees grew there.

"People usually put their blessing tags in the busiest spots to get more blessings. Why hang it so far away?"

Xu Musen commented.

Yao Mingyue clenched the wooden tag in her hand, speaking up: "I don't need the blessings of others; I just need to remember it for myself. I'm not greedy; I just hope not to lose it again..."

Xu Musen glanced at the wooden tag in his hand and started walking forward: "Let's go."

The two arrived at the end of a staircase behind the Golden Temple, which was nearly the highest place around.

The branches were high up, and both of them couldn't reach even with a jump.

"If we stood on top of each other, we could probably reach it."

Yao Mingyue suddenly said with a smile, winking at Xu Musen.

Xu Musen always felt that her suggestion of standing on top of each other was a bit improper. Should they stack vertically or horizontally?

"Carry me on your back, just this once, okay?"

Yao Mingyue walked up to Xu Musen, lifted her fair cheeks, her eyes hopeful without the dominance of her past life, now, she was just the little girl who used to chase after Xu Musen calling him brother.

Once, every time Yao Mingyue said she was tired, Xu Musen would offer to carry her on his back.

But now, the spot on his back that used to belong to her,

seemed almost like it was no longer hers...

Her phoenix eyes held traces of deep-seated sadness, perhaps so deep that even she hadn't realized it.

The words that had come to Xu Musen's mouth, he swallowed back down now.

After all, he had carried her before.

"Come on."

Xu Musen slowly crouched down, and Yao Mingyue was momentarily stunned before her eyes brightened.

Her hand first slowly rested on his shoulder.

Unknowingly, his shoulders had become so broad.

She gently leaned on his back, the long-missed familiar scent and warmth almost made Yao Mingyue wish she could always hold him like this.

Xu Musen took a breath and slowly stood up.

"Am I very heavy now?"

Yao Mingyue whispered softly in his ear.

"Yeah, heavy as a pig."

Xu Musen's voice was indifferent, but the girl's scent and soft touch still somewhat disrupted his composure.

"Before lying, shouldn't someone listen to their own heartbeat first? It's almost jumping out."

Yao Mingyue whispered in his ear, their cheeks almost touching each other.

In this bustling tourist spot, both could feel their hearts shamelessly thumping loudly.

"Are you going to hang it or not? If not, get down."

A bit grumpy at having been caught, Xu Musen retorted.

But Yao Mingyue noticed his ears were turning red.

Hmph… the stubborn little man.

Yao, on Xu Musen's back, stretched out her hand, trying several times before she finally managed to grab a branch; she pulled it down, and with her other hand, she took out her wooden tag.

Looking at the writing on it, she spaced out for a moment before revealing a smile and hanging the wooden tag on the branch.

"Yours?"

Yao Mingyue stretched out her hand, and Xu Musen handed over his tag.

Taking it into her hand and noticing Xu Musen's gaze, she huffed: "I'm not peeking."

She really refrained from peeking, and they tied their wooden tags together.

Releasing the branch, the tags swung into the air with the sound of wind chimes colliding in the air.

Yao Mingyue looked up at the faint writing on both of their tags—only the wind could see them now.

Morning light spilled like golden threads from the horizon, shimmering on the tags, while the red tassels swayed gently and melodiously, as if the heaven was watching the inscribed messages.