Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

*Flashback*

“Why did you call me here?” Jin angrily demanded an answer from Shui, who had suddenly contacted him after a long time to meet her. “Is there still anything left for you to destroy? Or…”

With a malevolent sneer, he mocked her, “Is it that you aren’t satisfied enough seeing me sleep with other women?”

Shui didn’t respond, but she had silently held on to her breath.

“I told you, right Han Shui? I promised I will make you regret having feelings for me. You broke Bro’s heart and with it, you drove him away from us forever. You ruined everything, and you had the nerve to say that you love me? You thought you deserved happiness with me after how you ended everything!? Look what you did Shui…Bro Jun doesn’t believe me anymore…even after five years, he refuses to believe that I did not betray him. All because of you…” his knuckles cracked. “He hates me…” his gaze turned empty and blank. “He hates everyone…”

Everything that ensued after Shui’s rejection triggered the deep resentment in Jin’s heart for her even more. She made Jun’s life miserable, who was the most important person to him. She made Jun lose all his trust in him, making Jin look like a cheater in his eyes. The last thing Jin wanted was for his most beloved brother to hate him, but Shui did just that.

So, Jin wanted revenge. He wanted to punish Shui in the worst way possible. And what was the best way other than targeting her love for him?

She broke Jun apart, so he decided to break her apart too. He had flings with women right when she would be in front of him. He made it a point for her to know that he slept with other women only so that she would spend all her days crying miserably.

“So why did you call me here?” He sneered. “Do you want to see me kissing another woman again? Have you developed a taste for it I wonder?”

Shui spoke after a long, long time. “I want to marry you, Jin.”

He stared at her unblinkingly. “Excuse me?”

“Let’s get married, Jin.”

After a period of brief silence, Jin burst into laughter. “Marry you? Are you hearing yourself? Maybe you have finally totally lost it.”

“I am serious, Jin. I want to marry you.”

“Thank you for wasting my time,” he smiled and took off to leave when Shui blocked his way.

She said once again, “Didn’t you hear me?”

“Oh I heard you alright. But you are not listening to yourself. Get out of my way.”

“You have to marry me, Jin!” She shook hard as her voice trembled. “You…you have to marry me.”

“And you think that becoming my wife would change me or my feelings for you? You dream quite boldly, I must say.”

“I am not joking!” She exclaimed. “You have to listen to me…” she bit her lip hard as she faced him.

“Oh? And what will you do if I don’t. I thought I was quite clear of my hatred for you.”

Shui chuckled with tears brimming in her eyes. “Yes…I am quite clear about that, Jin. You have always made it so very clear to me. But that ends now. You have to marry me or else…”

A sharp object shone in the darkness of the night as she pointed it at her wrist. “I will kill myself if you don’t agree.”

Jin merely raised his brow. “Really? After thinking so hard, that is what you came up with? Threat? Shui, you do realize that I don’t give a damn about you or your life, right?”

She snickered. “You do. But you think I am not serious.”

Jin narrowed his eyes as he saw the edge of the knife dig in her skin. “Suit yourself. Do whatever you want.”

He pushed her harshly that made her stumble, but he didn’t look back. But soon, he heard painful gasping sounds from his back. When he turned, he froze to see that Shui had really cut her wrist. Blood trickled down on the ground as she collapsed.

“Shui!!!”

He rushed towards her and held her head. “Shui! What the fuck! Are you crazy!?”

Shui weakly smiled. “Jin…please…you have to ma-marry me…Please…I won’t leave you with,” she sharply gasped, “another choice…you have to…marry me…at all costs. E-even if you save me now, I will kill myself again. Over and over…again…until you agree…”

Jin trembled. His heart surged with a rush of anger, but he was helpless to do anything. The only thing he could grudgingly do was take her to the hospital.

When their families came to know about this, Xinyi and Zhiyuan had completely fallen apart.

“Shui…” Xinyi held her daughter’s hand with tears streaming down her eyes as she laid on the hospital bed. “Shui…”

“Mom…” she smiled at her.

Zhiyuan gritted his teeth. “What do you think you are doing, Shui!? You actually…you actually tried to end your life!?”

“Because I want to marry Jin. I will…go to any lengths for that…”

“No, Shui please!” Xinyi cried hard. “Please…don’t do this…You are our daughter. We cannot lose you, Shui.”

“And I cannot lose Jin, Mom. Tell him to agree to marry me or next time, nobody will be able to save me…”

“Shui!” Siying exclaimed in rage. “Why do you want to go so far!? You cannot force Jin to marry you! Even if you did become his wife, do you think you will ever be happy in such a marriage?”

She chuckled. “My happiness or sadness is up to me, Bro. I only know that I don’t want to wait anymore. I thought…things would settle down after some time. But they never did. If I don’t do this, I will lose my future with Jin-“

“You won’t have any future with him with this forced marriage either, Shui!” Zhiyuan roared.

Xinyi broke down. “Shui, I know you love Jin. I know it’s really painful…but this is not the way. Please try to understand. Won’t you think about your family even once? You love Jin, but doesn’t our love matter to you at all?”

Silence.

Shui gave her final answer. “I have made up my mind, Mom. I want to marry Jin and that’s it otherwise, you wouldn’t see me alive anymore.”