Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

Chyou rapidly blinked her eyes. “I don’t understand.”

Yating sighed. “You remember I was telling you that I felt I had seen Cheng Yin before somewhere? It wasn’t in any movie or commercial. I remembered where I saw him. It was in a club a few months ago when my team and I from Dream High went for dinner party. He was with his friends I guess? Later when I was leaving, I saw him chatting with some guy in an alley. I just looked at them for a second, but I am pretty sure he was taking drugs from that guy. I could see a white packet shining in that second.”

She froze.

D-Drugs…?

“It was kind of smoky in that club for the ambience. So when the fire broke out today and with all that smoke that arose, I think it triggered it memory and I remembered his face.”

Chyou had never expected she would learn something like this about Cheng Yin out of the blue. “You are definitely mistaken. Yin doesn’t do drugs.”

Yating wanted to say more, but he also understood that it would be hard for her to understand this. It wasn’t so easy to hear such a thing about the one you liked. “I really hope I am mistaken. That’s why at the very least, I urge you to find more about this. If I am wrong and I really assumed the whole thing incorrectly, I will definitely apologize to Cheng Yin.”

Silence.

His smile faltered as he rubbed his hands together. “I am sorry, Chyou. You have helped me a lot. That’s why I am concerned for you. I didn’t want to make you feel uncomfortable.”

She shook her head. “Of course not. I understand. Don’t worry, I will handle this.”

He sensed the slight worry and hesitation in her voice that she was trying hard to mask.

I really hope I am wrong Chyou.

—

“I want to know everything about how the fire started,” Xiaosi ordered his assistant in a frighteningly cold voice. “Take Yijun’s help too if needed. But I want to know every single thing.”

“Yes, Sir!”

He turned and bumped into Jun. His chilled gaze turned softer. “Jun.”

“Uncle Xiaosi. You were talking about the fire?”

“Yeah,” he looked menacing again, “I won’t forgive the person who is behind this accident. My daughter’s life was at stake. Who can be so careless at set that this fire hazard happened?”

Jun quietly nodded.

“You seemed to be waiting for Chyou.”

He looked back at Yating’s ward and rubbed his chin. “Well I just wanted to ask her about Bro Zixin’s laptop she was working to recover. She told the data recovery would complete today and we can see his files. But I don’t think it’s the right time now. Will ask later.”

Xiaosi blinked. “Zixin’s laptop? I did see her working on it. But…I am pretty sure she had taken the laptop with her to the set today.”

Jun froze.

“The whole set is burned now. I don’t think the laptop would have survived the fire.”

Jun opened and closed his mouth, taking the shock this news delivered. “What? The laptop was on the set?”

“Yeah. Chyou often works at the set related to company matters and stuff other than acting. She is mostly on sets for movie shooting for the whole day so she carries her work everywhere.”

Jun felt as if somebody just sapped out all his strength. He exhaled a long breath of momentary hopelessness.

“His laptop was the only way to learn something about the woman or anything that might have led to his accident.”

Xiaosi pursed his lips. “Don’t be mad at my daughter.”

He widened his eyes. “What? Of course I am not mad at her. Who can ever get angry at our lovely Chyou? I am just frustrated at the turn of events.”

Xiaosi ruffled his head. “We will surely catch who is messing with us.”

Jun sneered. “Yes, we will. I won’t stop until I do.”

—

“Just how did this happen?” Zhan Yahui got a headache watching the news. “It was supposed to be a small accident. How did the whole set blow up and get burnt?”

“We were careless.”

She gritted her teeth. “We cannot afford to be careless! I just wanted to destroy that fucking laptop Zhu Chyou had with her, not the entire set. This will turn out to be such a big investigation. So many people were involved. After Mao Jingyi was rescued, they already have suspicions that somebody else is leading all this. We cannot draw more attention.”

“But isn’t it beneficial for us?”

Her gaze darkened. “How is it useful when we are in trouble?”

“Of course, it is. Initially we had planned to attack only Zhu Chyou’s room to ruin the laptop. But an accident at such a specific place would have raised questions, especially to Liu Jun who is already alert. Now the whole set is burned. Nobody will think that the fire was ignited to destroy a single laptop.”

Zhan Yahui cocked her brow. “Window dressing.”

“Exactly.”

“That’s a good approach to take but you are forgetting that investigation will point out the source of fire and where it started. It would come out to be Zhu Chyou’s room.”

Silence.

She sat on the couch and smiled. “I will do something about it. Isn’t it one of the reasons why I came back to Shi residence?”

“That’s true. I will leave it up to you. How is Cai Guiying doing?”

“She is proving to be an excellent scapegoat. She told me about what she learned about Gu Yating’s intention to make a company for Zhou Ai. She handled that well. We need to keep it pushing in the right direction. You are keeping an eye on Shi Huan, right?”

“Yup.”

“And Zhou Ai?”

“She is working on her short story’s sequel.”

“How is the progress?”

“Going well for now.”

Zhan Yahu’s eyes twinkled. “Not for long.”