Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

"When is the Business Summit?"

Nuo asked Siying as she was wrapping up with her work that Jian shamelessly but pitifully dumped onto her with the excuse of spending time with Leina and their boys. She had her own restaurant and while Jian handled Natusukashi's affairs, he would sometimes take Nuo's help here and there.

Idiot brother, she sighed.

Siying, who was overloaded with his son's cuteness as he played with Muyang, said, "I don't know how to thank you enough for giving birth to Muyang…" he sniffled. "He is too adorable just like you."

"..."

And this person is just like Bro Nian!

Two years old Muyang seemed to be in a very deep thought as he held two colorful marbles in his hand. After much contemplation and careful calculation, he handed one marble to his father with a sparkling smile. "Dada pink!"

Siying burst into tears. "You are sharing your precious marble to play with me? You are so kind."

Muyang placed another marble in Nuo's hand and grinned. "Mama blue!"

"Aww, thank you. You are the best!" She kissed his cheeks.

Siying was close to fainting. He could only see bubbles and flowers all around his wife and son.

Nuo pinched the space between her brows. "I asked you a different question, you doting father."

He sincerely held onto the gift from Muyang and replied. "The Business Summit, right?"

"So you were listening."

He dropped a peck on her forehead. "How can I dare ignore you? Of course, I was listening to you. But Muyang…"

Nuo could see his eyes well with tears again. "No, stop! No more crying!"

Muyang mimicked his mother. "No stop! No mo cwying!" Then he laughed.

Siying squeezed his son in his embrace. "You looked and sounded just like your mother. You are awesome, Muyang!"

A knock sounded on their door and a figure stepped in. Her black hair fluttered at the back just beyond her shoulders. The earrings chiming on her ears followed the same rhythm. From a twenty odd year old young girl, Shui had matured into a beautiful, wise woman.

"Bro is being bro, huh?" She kept her bag aside and smiled.

"Please talk to him," Nuo sighed.

"Well, I cannot completely blame him because my nephew is such a cinnamon roll!"

She squealed and walked a little faster to pick Muyang in her arms. His watery eyes beamed in delight at his Aunt's sight. He giggled and buried his face in her neck.

He carefully placed another of his marbles in her palm. "Shui yellow!

Shui cried. "How can anybody not drown in his cuteness?"

Siying joined her. "I know right!"

Nuo face palmed. "Not you too…"

She noticed her bag and asked, "Hospital again?"

Shui nodded, tickling Muyang in her arms and earning his melodious laughs.

Siying asked, "Is there any improvement in her condition?"

"Not yet. Going to the hospital everyday might not change anything, but I cannot sit still either."

Nuo smiled. "You are doing great, Shui. She will definitely feel your sincerity."

"I just hope so," her gaze held an unreadable emotion. "Oh yes, you were asking something?"

"I was just asking about the Business Summit."

"Oh yes! Bro got the invitation, right?"

"Yup," Siying replied.

"Cool. Everybody will be at the Summit~ Have fun you two."

"You won't be coming?"

She shrugged. "Summits are boring for me, plus I have a lot of backlog in my plate. I need to get that sorted. By the way sis Nuo, you didn't go to the Liu villa today?" She blinked.

Nuo paused and looked at her. "Some work kept me busy."

"Oof, don't worry about it. Bro is here to do all the donkey work."

"Hey!" Siying complained.

She ignored him. "So you should go and meet Jin. Hehe, he would also be feeling so impatient to finally meet his sister and nephew in person after six years."

She held a small smile. "Yeah, he would be."

"So it's set! Bro will be the hard laborer here while you and Muyang visit the Liu family~ Bro has no right to complain, okay?"

"When did I ever?" He shook his head.

Shui grinned and handed Muyang back to Nuo. "I have to rush to the hospital now. See ya!"

Muyang waved his hand in a goodbye and she returned it with a flying kiss.

"She figured out that I stayed back because of her, right?" Nuo sighed.

"I told you she would."

"I know but I just couldn't…"

"It's okay, Nuo. Today was going to be difficult." Siying pursed his lips. "She spoke about Jin very normally."

"She wants me to visit the villa because she wants to show that she is okay with Jin's return. But she is not. That's why she doesn't want to go to the Business Summit. She knows she will see him there."

"She…can't be running away like this forever," Siying shared a look of concern.

Nuo let out a strained smile in return. "She can't and neither can Jin. We can only hope that these six years would have made them stronger."

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Shui opened the door to one of the hospital's private wards and stepped in silently. A woman laid on the bed unconscious. A monitoring machine and some other medical equipment were connected to her through tubes.

Shui replaced the old flowers with a fresh bouquet in the vase and then sat on the chair beside the bed. A second vase contained another set of fresh flowers.

"How are you doing, Alix?" She smiled. "The tulips are so fragrant, right? Do you like the scent? It feels so calming. I guess Xue beat me in coming here first today," she chuckled. "She put that second bouquet there, right?"

She got no response but she continued to talk about random everyday stuff. The machines continued to softly beep in the background.

"You know, Jin is back," Shui whispered after some time.
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"You remember him, right? You met him in Guangzhou when he and I were on a business trip. Yes, the same man with whom you had clashes and he made you apologize to me. But let's not dwell into the past," she coughed awkwardly.

Shui felt like she wanted to talk more, but she stopped at that sentence. She simply stayed beside Ren Alix in silence, giving her quiet company.

Suddenly, the machines beeped louder and a moment later, Shui noticed her finger move ever so faintly.

Her eyes widened in disbelief. "A-Alix?"