Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

In the condo, Jun and Ai wrapped up with their dinner and so did the new kitty members of their family. Jun-kun kept his distance from Ai-chan the whole time as he ate his food while Ai-chan was a little hesitant. This was her first day at the condo after all though Jun and Ai worked their best to make both the cat’s comfortable.

During the dinner, Ai had noticed how Jun-kun was stealing glances at Ai-chan from time to time. He would look at her and when Ai-chan raised her head, he dipped his head back into his bowl.

Ai giggled with this whole back and forth stealing gaze gesture by Jun-kun.

You are definitely like Jun.

“My dear girlfriend, why am I feeling a little annoyed by your smile?” Jun sneered.

Ai looked at him with displeasure. “How rude. It seems like what people say is true about love. After some time has passed, your partner doesn’t appreciate you anymore. There was a time when you called my smile cute, but now you call it annoying. How times change…” she released a deliberate sigh.

Jun was speechless. “You should really cut down on your time with the twins. Their need of overdrama is rubbing onto you.”

“And now you call your girlfriend’s valid concerns a drama,” she pretended to feel hurt.

He grimaced. “Yup, it’s official. I must stop the twins from approaching you anymore before I totally lose you to them.”

After their daily dose of banter was over, Ai broached the important topic with a grim countenance. “Jun what Jin said at the office today, do you also-“

Her question was cut short by the doorbell ringing outside.

Jun frowned. “Who is it this late evening? Wait, I will check.”

Jun-kun and Ai-chan went back to their own chosen resting spots after a filling dinner.

As Jun opened the door, he blinked his eyes with bewilderment seeing the unexpected combination of trio standing before them.

“…Bro Zixin, Chyou and Gu Yating?”

That’s an odd combination to be together at this time, he thought.

He noticed the equally odd expressions on their faces. Zixin and Yating looked like they were seriously disturbed about something and what he felt he noticed was a hint of anger towards him too. Chyou, on the other hand, looked a mix of helplessness and confusion.

“What are you doing here?”

Ai popped in from behind Jun and was surprised to see them too. “Hello.”

Before Chyou could talk, Zixin asked first and with a not so friendly or brotherly tone, “I want you to answer some questions so will you let us in?”

Jun sensed the threat behind his question, and he narrowed his eyes. It was the first time he had witnessed Zixin acting cold and distant towards him.

Chyou said with a strained voice, “Jun, Ai, we really need to talk.”

Ai said, “Please come in.”

As the door closed, Zixin would have almost pounced on Jun in a fit of anger had Chyou not stepped in between. “Zixin, stop! We talked about this before and until we have a peaceful conversation, we cannot come to any conclusions.”

Yating shared Zixin’s emotions, but he managed to restrain them because Chyou was right.

Chyou released a sigh. She didn’t want to expose at first that she was listening to Zixin and Guiying’s conversation but after everything she heard, she had to interfere or else Zixin would have totally lost it with Jun. She recalled how dangerous his expression looked when she had stepped out to meet him after Guiying left.

Zixin trembled and closed his fist. Jun asked, seeing his state of seething rage he was trying to control, “What is this about, Bro?”

He faced him head on and asked without beating the bush, “Are you MrPerfect?”

Jun ever so slightly widened his eyes as he fixed his gaze back at him. “…Yes, I am.”

Zixin froze and with Jun’s validation, Yating’s lips parted in shock too. There was a long beat of silence in the condo’s living room.

“So that means,” Zixin continued, “You are the person who sent all those gifts and cards to Guiying and she…”

It hurt his heart to admit it that he was the man she fell in love with.

Ai asked, “What gifts and cards?”

“I think Jun is the most appropriate person to answer that question here,” Zixin’s eyes flashed with hostility.

“No, you are,” Jun said. “But first, can you tell me the whole context of this interrogation?”

Chyou pulled Zixin back and said, “Zixin, I understand your emotions, but we need to start from the beginning.”

“I don’t have patience.”

“You must or this will turn out into nothing but a very big messy ball of misunderstandings.”

Yating stared at Ai for a moment and glanced back at Zixin. “Yes, it’s wise if we just listen to all sides here.”

Chyou really hadn’t expected Yating to keep his calm because if Jun was a cheater, he would have been the first person to punch his face. She wholeheartedly appreciated his support in this crucial time.

She faced Jun and Ai and quickly summarized what happened at the restaurant and then after Guiying left.

Ai trembled and heard everything with a blank stare.

So that means…

Chyou said, “Jun, you told me that you are MrPerfect on Reading Point when I asked about your and Ai’s story.”

“Yes.”

“But then Guiying also says that MrPerfect was the one who chatted with her all this time, sent her letters and gifts. She didn’t explain anything more and I know there is definitely something deeper into this that we are missing but for now, the whole idea of you being MrPerfect and who also talked to Guiying this whole time is not looking favorable for you.”

Jun stared at Chyou and said nothing. He then stepped in front of Zixin and met his frosty gaze with his calm one. “Bro, can you answer my questions?”

“You are the one answering questions here, Liu Jun.”

“But you are a very important part of that whole story too. Your answers are equally important.”

Silence.

Then he said, “What questions?”

“When did you first meet Cai Guiying?”

“At the hospital.”

“When did you meet her next?”

“At the hotel where we had the get-together party.”

“Then?”

“Shui’s birthday banquet.”

“Then?”

“I started meeting her to help her out with her story. I wanted to know more about CherryBlossom’s work.”

“Were you the person behind in putting Cai Lingyun to jail?”

“Yes.”

“Why did you involve yourself with her so much? You were hardly acquainted with her.”

“I was curious about her. She is a nice person too. I wanted to become her friend.”

“Friend or more than that?”

“At first, only a friend but…today I realized that I…like her too,” his tone softened as he admitted that.

Jun said after a long pause, “Bro, do you know that before you had that accident, you had a woman in your life you loved?”

He froze.

“You won’t remember her now because you don’t have your memories but what are the chances that the woman you fell in love with before and after the accident are the same?”