After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady

Xu Musen looked at his father's reddened eyes and didn't say much more. This was the unique relationship between Chinese fathers and sons.

It was like that between a ruler and his ministers, or a leader and his subordinates, but not quite like that between a father and son in intimacy.

However, Xu Musen felt that the relationship between Chinese fathers and sons was more like a legacy, where the father represented his past self, and he himself was the father of the future.

It all stemmed from the expectations within his own heart.

This was the unique charm of the father-son relationship in China.

Xu Musen refilled his dad's glass with alcohol, raised his cup, and toasted his father, "Dad, let's have another one."

Father Xu wiped the corners of his eyes and laughed, "Sure, let's have another one!"

Mother Xu and Yao Mingyue both watched the father and son with smiles, without nagging or trying to stop them.

They just watched them smilingly, occasionally serving them food and pouring tea.

A man sometimes needs to drink and smoke, and at such times, what they needed to do was to prepare tea and quietly share the happiness.

Even if it meant nagging him the next day.

This was what a harmonious family was supposed to look like.

In the evening, Xu Musen helped his mom clean up the dinnerware.

"Oh, Ming Yue, why don't you stay over tonight? Your foot hasn't healed yet and it's inconvenient for you to be alone. Stay at our place tonight."

Mother Xu pulled at Yao Mingyue.

"Sure, it's been a long time since I've stayed over."

Yao Mingyue did not decline and nodded with a smile.

Back in the day, when Liu Rushuang was constantly traveling for work, Yao Mingyue, often scared of staying alone, would stay over at Xu Musen's place. Years had flown by since then.

Mother Xu hadn't expected Yao Mingyue to agree so readily and was momentarily stunned before smiling radiantly, "Alright, alright, sit on the sofa for a while, I'll go make the bed for you!"

"Okay!"

Xu Musen went to wash his face and then saw his mom with a footbath filled with hot water: "Son, keep an eye on this footbath water."

Xu Musen was touched, "Mom, you finally remembered your son, but you don't need to trouble yourself over my footbath, I can manage."

"You misunderstood, it's for you to prepare a foot soak for Ming Yue to help her alleviate the sprain."

Mother Xu chuckled and turned back to prepare Yao Mingyue's bed.

Xu Musen was speechless for a good while.

He carried the footbath over to Yao Mingyue.

"Is this footbath prepared for me?" Yao Mingyue, who had overheard the conversation, asked with suppressed laughter.

"Yes, the trotter soup at dinner was good. Just right to give the pig's trotters a hot soak to remove the hair."

Xu Musen placed the footbath down by Yao Mingyue's feet.

He also helped her take off her shoes.

Her delicate little feet were as pale and tender as blocks of white jade tofu.

Seeing no one else in the living room, Yao Mingyue gently lifted one foot, pointing her toes slightly in front of Xu Musen.

High above, like an empress bestowing a favor upon a male pet, "Don't some people really enjoy gnawing on trotters? How about I let you have a bite?"

Her toes were petite and cute, her nails rounded and polished, free from any nails polish or clutter that might affect food safety.

One could safely give it five stars for edibility!

Xu Musen grabbed her foot and tickled it.

"Hey, that tickles..."

"Are you acting up?"

"You've always had a taste for this... pfft, haha."

After teasing her a bit, Xu Musen gently placed her foot into the basin.

"How's the temperature?"

"Not bad. Aren't you going to soak your feet after driving all day?"

"What you're using is my footbath."

Xu Musen lamented that whenever a girl came home with him, his status at home plummeted immediately.

Yao Mingyue held her chin and laughed. She stretched out a foot and playfully pinched Xu Musen's pant leg, "Let's soak together then, since the basin is quite large."

Xu Musen found her words familiar, similar to what one might say to a girl, "Don't leave tonight, my bed is big and comfy."

Seeing him not responding, Yao Mingyue hummed and said very seriously,

"Do you know how scarce water resources are nowadays? There are many places in Africa where people can't get water!"

Xu Musen:...

You're using my lines!

Weren't these the exact words he used to coax An Nuannuan into sharing a footbath before?

But honestly, was he really that sleazy back then?

Xu Musen didn't stand on ceremony anymore, a shared foot soak wasn't a big deal.

He positioned his feet on either side of the basin, Yao Mingyue placed her feet in the middle, seemingly encased by his.

"Your feet are so rough, filthy man."

Yao Mingyue teased as she found amusement in pinching Xu Musen's toes with her own.

Although this force was no different from a massage, this kind of "toe-interlocking" felt even more intimate than hand-holding.

Xu Musen retaliated by pinching her back.

"Ouch, that hurts!"

"Serves you right, who told you to be so delicate and tender?"

"You, would you dare bully Nuannuan like this?"

"Nuannuan usually lets me bully her willingly, not like you, a rigid straight girl with no sense of fun."

"Xu Musen!"

The two continued bickering without noticing Mother Xu coming into the living room.

She saw them sharing the basin for the foot soak.

Although they were childhood friends and had bathed together as kids, this was nothing much.