Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

A few days later, Shui studied Alix's drawings with a keen eye. She glanced at her, who was tapping something on her phone.

"With your current drawings, I get a sense of your happiness. Seems like things are going well currently."

Alix's eyes shone. "Is it that evident?"

She gave a smile while giving Jin a meaningful look. Yes, Jin was also a part of the art therapy session as Alix had insisted with her win.

"All thanks to Liu Jin here, who is so kind and accommodating."

While Alix's side looked sunny, Jin's side had dark clouds hovering over him. Clouds of gloom, frustration and confusion. Shui coughed with the state of his bubbling anger that was close to exploding.

She quickly asked, "So is Uncle Jing helping you?"

"Yup. With Liu Jin's generous check and Kang Yuze's compensation, I managed to secure good deals with his suppliers. Now it's time to plan relook at our current business model and make some hard changes where Mr. Liu Jing will help me~"

"That's nice. Taking charge of the company looks to be going well. How is your sister taking this?"

Alix frowned. "She is such a crybaby. When I demanded an answer from her for not being aware of the low quality fabric, she burst into tears. She said something along the lines of -

Wasn't snatching my seat enough for you that you are blaming me for being a bad CEO too? How much crueler can you be sis?"

Alix continued, speechless. "I mean duh. You were the CEO. Who else should be answerable if not you? You know, she should join the entertainment industry. I feel she fits there."

Shui shook her head. "Anyway. It's great that things are going as per your plan, but it's important to focus on the past too. It's important to learn about the gaps."

She clicked her tongue at that. "I thought you forgot about it."

"..."

"I am your art therapist. How would I forget? Don't try to fool me!"

She just shrugged at that. "I don't remember much. How is it my fault?"

"That's why you are supposed to be drawing to draw out those memories. Even any hint of it. Your brain still has those memories. The art will help you connect you with them."

She made a face. "Is it necessary?"

"Xiao cares about you and so do I, so yes, it is necessary. And don't forget, there are a lot of questions and mysteries floating around your accident which you shouldn't take lightly. We cannot afford for that to happen again."

Alix leaned back on her chair, puffing out a tired breath. Shui let her be and then focused on Jin, who was brooding heavily about something. He was dazedly shading on the paper without much energy into it.

Shui took a look and asked, concerned. "Something is bothering you, right?"

Jin's stupor broke and he blinked twice. "...No."

Her brows furrowed. "Don't lie to me. You are not supposed to lie to me."

He stared into her eyes, her drawings with the lonely woman in them flashing in his mind. "Y-You will be partaking in an art exhibition soon, right?"

She was taken aback, surprised. "Yeah."

Alix's ears perked up and she got a reason to leave the boring activity of drawing out her memories. She straightened her back and listened in. But nothing really happened after his question because he went silent.

So Alix interfered as she was programmed to. "Ah, he is such a shy boy. He wants to ask if he can come to the exhibition, right Liu Jin?"

He choked hard and threw a murderous glare at Alix.

I will kill this woman!!!

Alix absorbed all his deadly aura without even a sweat to her brow.

Shui replied. "Oh. Is that what you wanted to ask?"

Jin began to sweat hard. "N-Not…I mean…yes."

Alix smiled. "He wants to support you as a good friend."

The sarcastic emphasis on good friend made Jin grit his teeth. "How about you focus on your drawing?"

"Anything related to you and Shui is much more interesting~"

Jin pointed his finger at her with the force of his entire arm. "Look what she is doing! I didn't interrupt your conversation with her so why is she interrupting ours?"

And putting useless things in Shui's head! He added in his mind.

"Aw so cute. You look like a child complaining of injustice."

"Shut up!"

Shui raised her palm and said, "Okay, okay, calm down you two."

She narrowed her eyes at Alix. "Back to your drawing board, Miss. Ren."

Alix sneered. "You people have no sense of fun and enjoyment."

"..."

She ignored her and then looked at Jin. "Of course, you can come to the exhibition."

Jin stiffened and rubbed his hands together. "A-Are you sure…?"

He thought she would be uncomfortable with that request.

"Yeah," she smiled and nodded.

Alix lazily stretched her arms but in a good mood. "Perfect. We will have so much fun."

Jin's eyes widened. "The hell? You are coming too!?"

She innocently blinked. "As Shui's good friend, I want to support her too."

Jin pointed his finger at her once again and faced Shui. "Please don't allow her!"

"Hey, that's cheating. You two childhood friends cannot gang up against me, okay?"

Shui got a headache. "Alix…I will force you to be here for two extra hours if you don't stop messing with Jin."

"..."

Alix grudgingly grabbed the paper again and cursed under her breath.

Shui then looked at Jin again. "You just stay away from Alix and everything will be fine."

His nostrils flared. "The problem is that she doesn't stay away from me!"

"She will or else she knows what will happen to her like how I just gave a demo."

Alix - "..."

Jin felt some peace after hearing that.

Shui said, "Now that's settled, I want to know more about what's bothering you."

Jin blinked. "Me?"

"Yes. You were brooding quite heavily. I don't think it was just about asking about the exhibition."

"Ah…Oh, that's nothing. It's just business related. A few days ago, I had a meeting for a merger deal with a fintech company. But it fell through and I don't know why…" he released a sigh.

Alix raised her brow. She remembered him mentioning it to Jinhai and asking for his help regarding it.

Liu Jin lost that deal?

Strange…