Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu-Chapter 1047: A good woman for a good man

Alix's eyes gently fluttered open in the dark stillness of her room. She stared at the ceiling for a while as if that would calm the storm in her heart and give her the answers she needed. A streak of light crept in as the door slightly creaked open and Alix made an annoyed face.

"Who?"

"...It's me."

Mui's quiet whisper made her glance at her side. "What?"

She kept her body stuck to the door frame, clasping the knob in her palm. "You should take back the CEO's position."

Alix blinked twice. "That's the kind of important discussion you want to have by standing in the doorway?"

She silently pressed her lips. "I have nothing more to say…"

"But you are making me have a lot more to say so come in already."

Mui didn't move.

"I can make you move if I want."

She closed the door behind her and walked in with such light and airy steps as if her existence was merely an illusion.

"What is the problem?"

"I don't want to be the CEO."

"Why not?"

"...Because I should be in jail."

"No, you don't. You really don't want to take the first hand experience of living in jail."

I have seen that with Lin, she thought.

"My choice doesn't matter."

"But my choice to lodge a complaint against you does and I am not really in a mood for it so…well, good luck with your job. I am cheering for you."

She tightly interlocked her fingers. "Why would you not do that?"

"Because Kang Yuze is already in jail and I understand what coercion is."

"He didn't tell me to push you off…" she failed to complete the sentence that reminded her of what she did.

"Yes, he did. Not everything has to be spoken out loud."

She bit her lip hard. "I don't…don't want your kindness. It is only hurting me."

Alix frowned. "What do you mean I am not hurting you? Of course I want to. A CEO's job is not easy. Are you not seeing that I am dumping everything on you? I won't have to lift a finger anymore to live a luxurious life. And why are we having this conversation again? Didn't we already talk about this..like last week? Why are you making me repeat?"

"You forced that announcement when I am still not convinced," she said in a low voice.

"But I am and that's what matters. You know, the one thing I have learned from the Liu twins is that being the eldest sibling is awesome because you get to exercise your authority over the younger ones. Sometimes, age is a wonderful concept."

"But-"

"You want me to kick you where I had kicked that prick?"

Mui's eyes widened and she instinctively closed her legs with a shudder passing through her spine. It was as if Yuze's physical pain transferred onto her.

Alix smiled. "I thought so. The discussion is over. Close the door on your way out."

Saying that, she lazily turned to the side on the bed with a yawn. A few seconds later, her mouth violently twitched and she asked, "Why are you still standing there like a mannequin? You are making me feel this room is haunted."

"...I will leave."

"Thanks."

Mui took two steps and stopped. She turned towards her again.

"Seriously, just speak your mind and get it out already - anything but the previous conversation."

Mui didn't know how to say it. "...I am…not trying to act like a normal sister out of the blue…"

Alix frowned.

Normal sister?

"But…I just wanted to ask will you and Liu Jin be together now?"

Alix froze. She slowly turned to face her and felt her awkward expression.

"Why are you asking that?"

"I mean..a-after the fashion show I thought you two would…I mean it's clear that he likes you so..but I don't know about you…" she quickly looked away.

"Do you like him?"

Mui let out a sharp gasp and stumbled back. "No!"

Alix's eyes slightly widened in response. "Why did you give such a sharp reaction as if I spoke of a sin? Liu Jin is a good man."

She frantically shook her head. "I don't see him that way. I just thought…N-Nothing! Doesn't matter. I will leave."

And she finally raced out of her room without a second thought.

Alix stared ahead at the empty space, thinking back to Jin's lost and defeated countenance left after her rejection.

"Yeah he is a good man…" she muttered to herself in a daze.

"He deserves an equally good woman."

—

Liu villa.

Jun raised his head from the tab he was working on and blinked at Jin and Ai, who had just entered the living room with reddened cheeks and fatigued eyes but were walking too quickly than necessary.

"Hold on."

They froze on their tracks. Ai was hoping they could sneak their way in.

"Come here."

Jin awkwardly began to turn when Ai grabbed his arm and urgently shook her head.

"Just keep walking," she whispered.

"But Bro called us."

"Still keep walking."

"It's too late when we have stopped now…"

"What are you two whispering?" Jun frowned.

Ai coughed. "We are not whispering."

"So walk over to this side."

When they didn't, Jun grimaced and walked over by himself. He stared at them, stunned.

"What hap…were you two crying?"

Jin paled and didn't know how to explain himself.

Does it still look like I cried? What should I do? What should I do now? I cannot even lie to Bro…

"We watched a tragedy movie together," Ai sniffled and wiped her eyelashes. "It was heart-wrenching."

Jun blinked rapidly and alternated his gaze between them.

"...You watched a movie? Together? And Jin agreed?"

"What is there to not agree in watching a movie with your sister-in-law?" She frowned. "Anyway, the point is that the movie was really heart-wrenching. We cried a lot. Jin has a soft heart despite what he looks like on the outside."

"..."

Jun was getting an odd sensation seeing them stand beside each other but with Jin not reacting the way he usually did. His eyes narrowed.

"Which movie was it?"

"Tears of Snow."

"Before her silence."

They answered unanimously.

"..."

Jun smiled and looked at his wife. "Care to explain?"

Ai remained calm despite the odds stacking against her.

"Yes. We watched both movies."

"..."