Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

Jin gasped and felt a sharp headache tearing the left side of his head apart. Sweat formed on his forehead, making Jun panic. “Jin, wait! I will call the doctor for you!”

The doctor immediately arrived but by then, Jin had fainted again. He checked his stats and vitals and said, “The wound was deep, so he will be in and out of consciousness for some time. Plus, there might still be some lingering effects of the anesthesia kicking in.”

“So he is okay, right?” He tensely asked.

He smiled. “Yes, Mr. Liu. Like I said, your brother isn’t in danger. He will fully wake up in some time.”

As the ward fell silent, Jun felt a hand on his shoulder. “Jun.”

“Hey,” he quickly wiped his eyes and tried to hide his shaky voice from Ai. “The doctor said he is fine.”

“Hm.”

She stared at Jin and thoughtfully said, “Jun. I have something in my mind. Will you listen to me?”

—

When Jin came around the second time, he felt the pain in his head much lighter and better and his mind working more clearly.

But the moment his eyes fell on a certain woman beside him, he felt as if that headache would return.

“Zhou Ai. You do realize that you are the last person I want to see after waking up, especially the woman who doesn’t know anything other than slapping me?”

Ai’s composure only irked him further. “It’s not like slapping is my hobby.”

He sneered. “Sure it doesn’t look that way.”

“Then you can only blame yourself,” her sharp words made him grit his teeth.

“Get out.”

“No. Before that, I want to talk to you.”

“Yeah, I am not exactly in the mood to chit chat here with you,” he gave her sardonic smile.

“Doesn’t matter.”

His gaze darkened.

Ai bored her eyes straight into his as if she wasn’t leaving him any place to escape. “Jin, you are a very complex person.”

“Excuse me?”

“You are very different from Jun. He doesn’t hide whatever it is in his heart. But you do. That’s why I said before that you wear a mask to hide your true intentions. It’s very difficult to know what’s inside YOUR heart.”

“Your point?” He asked, bored.

“Jun told me once that you like Shui. When we met at the library for the first time, you were really worried when Jun suddenly fell sick. But I doubted your concern when you were staring at Jun and Shui dancing at the banquet night. Then your whole tone changed when Jun announced his breakup. You openly became his enemy. Then here in Shanghai, you ruined my meal that Jun prepared for me. But you beat up Cai Lingyun for revenge and saved Jun from getting hurt today.”

Jin yawned. “I am sleepy. Get out.”

Ai ignored him and continued. “It was really hard to decipher your feelings, but it finally occurred to me when Nian told me that incident in your childhood when he and Jian locked you up in the room.”

This got Jin’s full attention.

“And then I was completely sure when Jun also added to that incident.”

“And exactly what did you decipher, Miss. Zhou?” Jin mockingly asked.

“Who is more important to you? Shui or Jun? Tell me.”

He narrowed his eyes.

“I want to know.”

“You are not getting any answer from me.”

“I already know. I just want to hear it from your lips.”

He shrugged.

Ai said it herself. “I had everything backwards. It was always Jun from the beginning.”

He froze.

“You, Jun and Shui were always together during your childhood not because you liked Shui too but because you wanted to spend time with Jun. You…have a brother complex towards Jun, right?”

Jin curled his fist, and his gaze with which he looked at Ai only became darker and icier. He wanted to cover her mouth and stop her from talking.

“You disliked Shui because Jun loved her so much that you thought she was snatching his affection that was meant to be yours. But then you began to hate her when their relationship fell apart because she blamed Jun and his possessiveness which you couldn’t tolerate. You cannot tolerate anything against Jun. That’s why you beat Cai Lingyun. You really care about him. That’s why you took the hit for him today. You ruined my meal because spaghetti was the first dish that Jun cooked for you, so it has a really special place in your heart. That’s why you didn’t want me to eat it.”

The more she talked, the more rattled he got. It was as if she was exposing his deepest secrets which he never wanted to come to light. He wanted to fight back, but he was too tired with the mild headache he was having.

He exhaled a restless breath. “Why are you talking so much?”

“Because I think that things will become easier if you and Jun had a proper conversation. But you don’t want to do that because you don’t want to let him know that you care about him more than what he had expected.”

Jin chuckled wryly. He laughed for a long time but as opposed to his smiling lips, Ai could gauge the sorrow reflecting in his eyes. Then he stopped laughing and quietened down.

“It’s very easy to like Bro Jun, right?” He said as he looked outside the window.

“Yes,” Ai didn’t hesitate to answer.

“Say, Zhou Ai. What do you like about him the most?”

Ai took a moment to answer. There were so many things that she loved about Jun. But if she wanted to name one thing, then it would be…

“Jun is very kind. I like his kindness the most,” she answered with the purest of her smile and the softest of her gaze.

Jin showed no change in his expression, neither did he accept or reject her answer. Instead he said, “Brother complex you say…Do you know why it’s like that?”