Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu-Chapter 1028: Her parents’ sorrow (2)

"Have you heard of reincarnation? Same body but different soul. That's what happened with Ren Alix."

"That is just a fictional concept-"

"And it has happened to your daughter in reality. It's not so fictional anymore."

There was a beat of long silence.

"There is nothing wrong with my brain. I remember pretty much everything? Though there are some gaps here and there. But the truth of the matter is that your daughter is gone and I am alive through her body now."

Ren Cuifen trembled. "Please…please don't say such things! I-I can see my daughter right in front of me," tears rimmed in her eyes.

"That's just her physical body."

Ren Luoyang was slightly losing his patience. "Enough Alix. You have no right to hurt your mother like that."

Suddenly, a chill settled in her eyes that they had never seen before, even after Alix had changed.

"Then what do you prefer? Play house-house with a dead daughter? Shower your love to some fake person in false beliefs? Yes, it is certainly tempting. It will let you escape the grief of losing your daughter. But do you really want to live a life like that? A life where you never came to learn that your daughter was long gone this whole time."

They froze, their faces turning ashen.

Ren Cuifen stared into her eyes for a long time and in some tiny corner of her heart, a sinking feeling resonated within it.

She really…looks different.

She couldn't point her finger where but her daughter's demeanor, her aura, her chilly gaze, her slight tilting of head and the unfamiliarity towards them in her expression - began to dawn the inexplicable reality.

"M-Maybe you have lost some memories so you must be feeling confused."

But she proved her wrong when she recapped some very key events from Alix's life. Some memories were hazy and fuzzy but overall, her memories weren't the problem.

Silence.

She leaned back against the pillow. "I told you because as parents, you deserved to know. I am not saying to believe me right away. But you will eventually see it and understand it. I understand her a bit from her memories and I am nowhere like Ren Alix. She was strong, confident but not nearly evil enough, unlike me who…well, ignorance is bliss."

They shook hard.

Was strong…

Their daughter was already being referred to in the past tense.

Ren Cuifen broke down. She couldn't hold her tears back any longer. The more she talked, the more she could feel it as a mother. She could sense that the daughter she was trying to search in those eyes wasn't anywhere.

But they stopped the conversation there. Then time passed. She started living at the Ren villa and that was when they began to realize it.

Alix's tastes had changed. The things she liked, the things she disliked, her interests, her mannerisms, everything was starkly different from Alix's. It just came naturally to her so there was no way that it was any sort of acting.

The inevitable dawned on them.

Her tastes hadn't changed. The person inside had.

"Who…who are you?" Ren Cuifen asked one day during breakfast, her heart crushed and defeated.

Ren Luoyang's tired expression wasn't any different from his wife's.

She raised her gaze and watched them carefully.

"I told you before at the hospital. Ignorance is bliss."

They pressed on. "Please?"

Her eyes looked devoid of any warmth.

"I would rather not utter my old name again. That name is gone and so is that life. But."

She looked back at them.

"What I can certainly say is that I will take good care of Alix's body. I won't let a single harm come to her anymore. From her memories…it is hard to believe her change. I cannot see your daughter ever becoming like the way she did. She was too smart and too good to get this blind and crazy in love. She was not supposed to become a disappointment."

They trembled.

"So what I do assure you is that if there is any funny business here, then there is hell lot to pay."

The couple looked stunned. "Funny business? You don't think that A-Alix…"

She smiled. "The world is sometimes a very dark place and even darker are people's hearts. But don't worry. I am the perfect person to fight schemes and darkness. You better not mess with me."

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A sharp shudder shook them and they swallowed a gulp.

My daughter never held this evil look…

Ah she…is really not our Alix anymore…

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At present, Ren Luoyang grabbed Yuze by his collar carrying the fury of a father and the weight of a dead daughter on his shoulders.

"We should have seen it. We should have recognized your true face! It might be late now…but it is not over. You will pay for everything you did, Kang Yuze!"