Reborn, I Refused the Yandere Rich Woman.

Xu Musen was a destitute programmer drowning in family debt when he agreed to a blind date with his childhood friend, Yao Mingyue. She was a wealthy, dominant CEO who proposed a marriage contract: she would clear his debts and provide him with a life of luxury, provided he remained entirely devoted to her. Xu Musen accepted, believing it to be a lifeline. However, the arrangement quickly revealed itself to be a gilded cage. Yao Mingyue’s affection was suffocating and obsessive; she isolated him from his friends and family, erased his social contacts, and confined him to their home. When he attempted to leave her by filing for divorce, she drugged him and locked him away, treating him as her personal property. During a car accident, Xu Musen sacrificed himself to save her, dying with the regret that he had never achieved independence.

Upon dying, Xu Musen found himself reborn eighteen years into the past, back in his high school days. He stood before Yao Mingyue during one of his weekly public confessions, but instead of groveling, he publicly rejected her and declared an end to his pursuit. This sudden shift stunned everyone, including Yao Mingyue, who was accustomed to controlling him through intermittent reinforcement. For the first time, she felt a loss of control and became obsessed with understanding his behavior. Xu Musen, determined to avoid the tragic fate of his previous life, focused entirely on building his own wealth and future rather than chasing a woman who viewed him as an object.

Recognizing the emerging potential of the mobile internet era, Xu Musen decided to develop a mini-program game. Using his programming skills from his past life, he created a simple, addictive tile-matching game that required no download. He partnered with a platform to distribute the game through QQ, leveraging a viral marketing strategy similar to Pinduoduo’s referral system. He set up street stalls, offering free gifts to users who scanned QR codes to play the game, effectively acquiring thousands of users at a low cost. The strategy proved highly successful, generating significant revenue and establishing his first source of capital.

During his marketing efforts, Xu Musen encountered a new character: a quiet, wheelchair-bound girl named Nuan Nuan who collected the flowers he had discarded after his failed confessions. Unlike Yao Mingyue, Nuan Nuan was innocent and straightforward, offering him a flower in return for the ones she had saved. Xu Musen recognized her artistic talent from the hand-drawn designs on the flower wrappers and sought her out to collaborate on the game’s visual assets, securing a valuable partnership. Meanwhile, Yao Mingyue’s obsession with Xu Musen intensified. She watched him from a distance, followed him, and attempted to reassert her dominance, but Xu Musen remained unmoved and focused on his studies and business.

As the game gained popularity, Xu Musen’s financial situation improved rapidly, allowing him to support his family and secure his independence. He also noticed a change in his own abilities, finding that his academic performance improved as he shed the mental burden of his past infatuation. The story follows his journey from a manipulated victim to an autonomous entrepreneur, navigating the complexities of his second chance at life while evading the possessive grip of his past. Yao Mingyue, unable to accept his rejection, begins to unravel, setting the stage for further conflict as Xu Musen builds a new life far removed from her control.