Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

Liu Chunhua brightened. “Good, good. It’s so good to hear that you like Jun. We are also very grateful that he met Ai. She is everything I could wish for my grandson to have as a wife.”

Ai softly thanked her. “Thank you, Grandma.”

“Aish you calling me Grandma…” she sobbed, “feels so pleasant.”

Xie Nuying then slowly said after much thought. “We don’t have any problems with Jun and Ai’s relationship. They already have our blessings. But as you know about Yichen and my divorce…Naturally, we don’t live together anymore. If this bothers you…”

Nana furiously shook her head. “Of course not! Nobody is judging Ai here because of your marriage. Whatever happened is a personal matter between you. It’s separate from Ai as a person. Just like you love Jun for wholeheartedly loving Ai, we love Ai for the same reason. She is sweet, intelligent and treats my Jun well,” her gaze softened. “As parents, we don’t want anything more than that. I just don’t want my Jun to face any hardship again and I know with Ai by his side, he will always be happy.”

Jinhai chimed in to his wife’s support. “You don’t need to worry about these things. As long as they are happy in their relationship, nothing else matters. They also have our blessings.”

Jun and Ai’s ears perked up with happiness, and they sneakily entwined their hands together, feeling blessed and lucky to have such a loving family and parents.

Xie Nuying and Zhou Yichen sincerely thanked them.

When lunch arrived, everybody dug in, unable to control their hunger. After talking a bit more, the atmosphere loosened up even further and the initial awkwardness disappeared.

Though for Zhou Yichen, there was any awkwardness in the first place, so he already went buddy-buddy mode with Jinhai.

“Mr. Liu! Out of everybody here, you are the quietest person of all. And next after you is Jini-boy.”

Jin, who was popping a piece of chicken in his mouth, glared at him.

“Why are you talking so little? Wait, you even hardly open your mouth,” He pouted. “This is the time for the in-laws to bond!”

Jun smoothly ignored their convo and focused on putting more chicken on Ai’s plate.

Jinhai paused, furrowed his brows and looked at him. “I only talk when it’s necessary.”

“But we are having lunch!”

“All the more reason to stay quiet.”

“Hmmm….” Zhou Yichen touched his chin, “who do you remind me of?” He then darted a glance at Xie Nuying.

Feeling his stare, she narrowed her eyes. “You have something to say to me?”

He sneered. “I didn’t say anything.”

“You are stupid to think that eyes don’t speak.”

Ai cleared her throat, sternly signaling them not to continue this argument into a fight.

Zhou Yichen ignored Xie Nuying and snapped his attention back to Jinhai who had been trying to eat the same piece of chicken for a long time now but couldn’t because of this new in-law striking a new conversation with him every time.

“So, Mr. Liu! I heard that you are the CEO of Liu Corps. You are training Jini-boy to work to become the next CEO, aren’t you?”

“Yes.”

“How is the work of a CEO?”

“Depends.”

“Do you even get free time?”

“Yes.”

“It would totally feel amazing to be the topmost Boss right?”

“Fine.”

Jinhai’s all one word responses were perfunctory, and he prayed that Zhou Yichen stopped his line of questioning soon so that he could eat his good in peace. On top of that, he felt bitter that Nuo, his lovely daughter, seemed to be completely charmed by him.

Zhou Yichen then chirped and asked, “So as a feeling of goodwill, how about you let me be the CEO of Liu Corps for sometime?”

Jinhai choked hard on the piece of chicken he finally managed to swallow but unfortunately, his throat couldn’t pass that chicken down to his stomach.

Jin, too, stared at Zhou Yichen, trying to figure out if he was just fooling around.

Nana scolded him. “You should eat slowly, Jinhai. Don’t get sick by eating too fast.”

He stared at his wife, speechless.

How is it my fault? You did hear what he said, right?

Zhou Yichen then continued as if he just got a brilliant idea. “You know, being a CEO would look awesome on my resume, right?”

“…Resume?”

“Yes. You know, I keep switching between my jobs depending on what I would like to do next. I have worked in tons of fields but being CEO is new to me,” his eyes sparkled like gold. “This is an experience I ought to have!”

Jinhai stared at him hard.

Is this his…work lifestyle?

He threw a glance at Jun, who was cleverly avoiding his father’s questioning gaze. He remembered when he asked about Zhou Yichen’s work, Jun hadn’t given him a clear answer and instead just disappeared by giving some lame excuses. He didn’t think much of it at that time and neither bothered to dig into Zhou Yichen’s background.

And now, he felt a crisis coming. Jinhai wasn’t sure if his new in-law was just pulling his leg or not.

“Are you sure you are fine working with different jobs?”

“Why not? Life is meant to be enjoyed! We only get one chance and we should live it to the fullest~”

Ai remarked. “How many times have I told you not to fool us with philosophical reasons like that? Just admit that you cannot stick to one job for too long.”

“…”

Zhou Yichen clutched his chest. “Ai-chan, as always, you are so straightforward. But was this really the time to bring that up, my dear?”

“You shouldn’t lie so blatantly to others, especially when you are going to be in-laws in the future,” Ai didn’t hold back at all.

Jinhai stared at Zhou Yichen once and then at Xie Nuying, whose expression looked unaffected but somehow Jinhai felt he could understand her.

Is that why they got divorced?

Zhou Yichen recovered from the blow that his own daughter struck him with and went back to his cheery self. “So, Mr. Liu! I am looking forward to visiting Liu Corps with you!”

“…”

Jinhai and Jin both froze at that.

“It must really be so amazing to be the Boss. So cool! And not only that, we will bond so much too~ It’s the perfect time to get to know each other.”

Jin shot a panicked stare at his father.

You better not let that happen. I don’t want Senior Zhou Ai version to work in the office with me!

Then amidst that chaos, a voice echoed from the entrance that made Jun freeze this time.

“Jun, you idiot! How dare you fool me and have all the fun without your grandfather!?”