Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

"What's that? Okay, I am coming."

Alix hung up and said to Mui, "There is some confusion with Mom's discharge formalities. You be here at the pharmacy, I will check what's wrong."

"Okay."

She frowned. "I don't like it when you are so obliging."

Mui threw her a glare. "What do you mean by that?"

"Yeah this is what I am talking about," she sneered.

Alix stood in front of the elevator, busy scrolling on her phone when the doors opened. She walked in without lifting her head and pressed the upper floor button. At one point she paused from her scrolling, her brows crinkling.

I feel a strong presence here for some reason…

"How is Mrs. Ren?"

Alix jolted, her head jerking up to find Jinhai's black eyes staring back at her questioningly. Her heart almost crashed against her ribcage as she forgot to breathe.

Damn, he was here too!?

She failed to find her voice for a few seconds but she eventually braced her racing heart.

"Mr. Liu…oh yes, Mom, right? Yeah she is doing fine now…"

"Is it anything serious?"

"She needs to work on her iron deficiency, that's all…"

He gave a slow nod.

Calm the fuck down, you stupid heart!

Though there was a company of two other nurses, she felt as if she was all alone in this elevator with him.

Shit, did I show any weird expressions?

She tried to smile and decided to divert the topic. "Where are you heading to…?"

"Back to Nana."

"Ah," she slightly tapped her right foot, feeling fidgety. "...How was the checkup?"

She sensed Jinhai's unblinking stare at her that felt to her like an onset of an asthma attack.

Shouldn't I have asked that?

"All good. Her reports are normal."

Alix saw a distinct sense of relief in his eyes that shone with love and warmth.

"I don't know what I would have done had it been even a little late," his voice turned hoarse at the idea of Nana's health going out of hand.

"If Ailun hadn't dragged us to the health fair in his school, who knows when we would have found out. I cannot express my gratitude to him enough and to the person who thought of organizing the school festival."

"Glad it's all fine now…" she looked away, unable to continue meeting his gaze.

The elevator stopped at a mid floor and the two nurses stepped out with one man walking in at the same time. Alix breathed out with relief that the small disturbance finally broke the strange atmosphere for her.

I will just stay quiet till I reach my destination.

Suddenly, Alix felt something odd and she turned to her back, watching the man that had entered the elevator half a minute ago smiling at her.

"Ah, I am sorry. I saw you rushing to the hospital with your family before and now we met again."

She shrugged.

Silence fell for a moment before he broke it again, "Hey you are Ren Alix, right? From the fashion show?"

"...Yes."

"Woah, cool," he took a small step closer that made her eyes squint. "I had watched that show. You were amazing!"

"Thanks."

"You totally crushed the wedding look," he grinned and took another step closer.

Alix paused in a deep thought. Though she never paid much attention to herself as Zhan Yahui, she still had a fair sense of judgement of when she was being hit on.

"Thanks…" she slightly shifted a step away in response.

"By the way, what brings you here? Anybody sick?"

She inwardly gritted her teeth.

Why would anybody else come to a hospital?

"I came here because my friend got into an accident," he sighed. "Now he cannot walk for a few months and I am his go-to guy now."

And he is chatty too. Control Alix. You cannot kill people like before, she took a deep breath.

"Oh, I see you are heading the same floor as I am. How about we head for some coffee?" He chuckled.

Alix's gaze darkened. She knew very well that he was just looking to fool around with someone. It was all exhibited in his mannerisms as to how he was invading her space.

She then inwardly sneered and glanced at him.

"Hmm, I wouldn't mind accompanying you for some lovely coffee but…"

"But? Don't hesitate. We will have fun," he waved his hand in dismissal.

"Sure we will, but you would have to ask my fiance for that."

"Huh? Fiance?"

"Uh-huh. Well since you watched the fashion show, you would have also watched my live matchmaking with the sponsor, right?"

"That Liu guy…?"

"Yup. He is my fiance and I think he will have some different opinions about our lovely coffee time."

He snorted. "That's fine. Who cares about him? It's just for ten minutes. He won't even know."

Alix's brow heavily twitched.

Should I say he is too brave or too stupid?

"He won't know if you don't tell. Plus, he cannot really be that possessive now, can he?" He scoffed.

"You wouldn't want to test that."

Alix froze as Jinhai's quiet voice echoed in the constricted elevator like an impending storm.

Fuck! In my quest to teach this prick a lesson, how did I forget that he was right here!? And I even announced myself as Jin's fiance in front of him!?

The man frowned at Jinhai's intervention. "What?"

"You wouldn't want to test our possessiveness."

Alix swallowed a gulp, feeling a deadly heat cross envelop her neck.

The man was left dumbfounded. "Back off old man. Who are you in the first place?"

Jinhai stared at him but pointed at Alix, expressionless. "Her future father-in-law."

The two froze at the same time. Alix felt like she wanted to disappear into the background while the man hitting on her felt his legs going jelly. It suddenly dawned on him that Alix and Jinhai were not strangers but future family and he was shamelessly flirting with his daughter-in-law right in front of his eyes.

"T-That…" he found it difficult to breathe under his cold, killing stare.

"So I would appreciate it if you maintain the original distance you had between you two before…"

Jinhai placed his palm on the man's shoulder, gripping it tightly with his fingers that made him gasp.

"Before I teach you what proper distance looks like."