After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady

Yao Mingyue finished her blood draw; the doctor wiped her with a cotton swab and told her to press on it to stop the bleeding.

Xu Musen always felt as if there was a gaze scrutinizing him. He turned his head and his eyes met with those of Zhao Lianmai.

Zhao Lianmai's gaze lingered on Xu Musen, as well as on Yao Mingyue in his arms. She smirked slightly and, pressing down her cap, left without a word.

"..."

Was he being despised by his own employee?

Xu Musen hadn't expected to run into her here.

By the looks of it, she probably came to accompany someone to the hospital.

"What's wrong?"

Yao Mingyue got up from her seat and looked at Xu Musen, who was staring off into space.

"Saw an acquaintance."

"Who?"

"My little employee, doesn't even come over to say hello. What kind of boss am I?"

Xu Musen shook his head and smiled wryly.

Yao Mingyue's gaze sharpened a bit, and she had a pretty good guess who it might be.

Her eyes became somewhat guarded as she looked him over.

"Xu Musen, did you provoke her or something?"

Typically, if an employee and boss met and didn't greet each other, there must be some problem.

"...Do I really look like someone who's restless?"

"Well, you're definitely not upholding male virtues."

Yao Mingyue clicked her tongue, feeling both resentful and sour remembering that this guy actually helped another girl with a leg massage.

If it had been her old temper, she would have found a way to help him into the bathroom and scrub him clean with a steel wool sponge before continuing the use!

Xu Musen shrugged and looked down at her, "So can you let go of me now?"

Yao Mingyue was still glued to him, seemingly intending to stick close unless Xu Musen spoke up.

"Tsk, not knowing the good luck she's in..."

Yao Mingyue let go of him, complaining to herself, not knowing how many people would wish to hold him but never had the chance.

They then went elsewhere to continue with the medical examinations.

After a busy half-day, Yao Mingyue and Mrs. Xu went for some female-specific checks, and Xu Musen took a brief rest in a corridor.

Xu Musen saw the dark-skinned girl exiting the hot water room nearby, holding a cup of freshly poured hot water in her hand.

Their eyes met again, but Zhao Lianmai still didn't seem intent on speaking and was about to move on.

"Xiao Mai, I can understand you not noticing me the first time, but this is the second time. You can't just pass by without saying hello, right?"

Xu Musen spoke with a helpless smile.

Zhao Lianmai stopped in her tracks, turned to look at him, and a complex expression flickered in her eyes before she spoke in a lowered voice, "I won't tell Nuannuan about today, but you better watch yourself."

Having said that, she tried to bypass him.

Xu Musen was momentarily baffled, then he realized what she meant.

In Zhao Lianmai's eyes, Xu Musen and An Nuannuan were a couple.

But today, Xu Musen was holding another woman. Wasn't that cheating?

"You've misunderstood. We're just here for a checkup together."

Xu Musen explained, but Zhao Lianmai glanced at him and said, "Nuannuan likes you... or at least has a good impression of you. If you really want to be with her, keep your distance from others, or make things clear with Nuannuan so no one ends up getting hurt and cursed."

Zhao Lianmai's tone was meaningful.

Xu Musen, upon hearing this, couldn't help but chuckle.

"You really live up to your name, just like wheat awns that prick people. You're probably the only employee in the world who dares to talk to her boss like this."

Although Zhao Lianmai's words were unpleasant, it was apparent she cared about An Nuannuan.

Zhao Lianmai pursed her lips.

"Alright, let's not talk about me. Are you here to visit a patient?"

"Yeah."

Zhao Lianmai nodded, seeming reluctant to say more.

"Hey, sister?"

At that moment, a little head suddenly peeked out from a hospital room.

It was a little girl with a ponytail, looking very delicate, with skin similar to Zhao Lianmai's slightly tawny tone,

and her clothes seemed to have been worn for a year or two.

Yet, she still looked ethereal, very lively, but she seemed somewhat thin.

It seemed that Zhao Lianmai's tawny skin was inherited from her family, fundamentally different from the tanned skin that He Qiang acquired from being sunburnt outdoors.

The little girl came over and hugged Zhao Lianmai's leg, her glance at Xu Musen timid.

"Is she your sister?" Xu Musen asked, looking at the little girl who seemed a little younger than An Nannan.

"Yeah."

Zhao Lianmai nodded, and the little girl tugged on her clothes, sounding anxious, "Sister, the nurse just said we have to pay again..."

"It's alright, go back and stay with mom. I'll sort things out," Zhao Lianmai reassured her, patting her head.

The little girl nodded and then glanced at Xu Musen again with some shyness but said nothing before returning to the hospital room.

"Is your mother hospitalized?" Xu Musen inquired.

"Yeah."

Zhao Lianmai nodded, her hand subconsciously touching her pocket, her slender eyebrows slightly furrowed.

Xu Musen noticed her expression.

"Do you have enough money?"

"It's okay, I need to go to the front desk."

Zhao Lianmai said, then turned and walked away.

Xu Musen stood watching her back for a moment, then took a brief look through the glass of a nearby hospital room.

Inside, he could see a middle-aged woman lying on one of the beds, with the little girl from before leaning by her side.

Xu Musen looked at the patient's registration board at the door.

Heart-related diseases...

Xu Musen didn't know much about medicine, but he understood that anything involving the heart wouldn't come cheap.

No wonder Zhao Lianmai was constantly taking on part-time jobs. The money she sent to the rural credit cooperative a few days ago must have been for the hospital bills here.