Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

"Alix?"

Along with the gentle movements of her finger, her eyelids fluttered slowly open and the hospital's room came to her view.

Shui gasped with slightly parting her lips. "You are awake…"

She immediately rushed outside and brought the doctor-in-charge a few minutes later. He quickly did a cursory checkup and asked some questions.

"Miss, Can you hear me?"

Ren Alix slowly shifted her attention towards him and nodded.

"Good," he wrote it down, "Do you know your name?"

"...Ren Alix."

He proceeded with some basic cognitive and memory tests and then asked, "Do you remember the day of your accident?"

"Not clearly."

He nodded. "That can happen."

"How long since I have been here?"

"Four months."

"I see."

"Do not take stress, Miss. Ren. You will recover in no time," he reassured her with a smile. "For now, please focus on resting and regaining your strength."

He stepped outside with Shui and she asked anxiously, "What do you think?"

"As you saw, Miss. Ren remembers pretty much everything about herself except the accident. That is normal. It would still take some time for her jumbled up memories to align within herself. But otherwise, I don't see a long lasting negative impact on her brain or other vital functions. She should fully recover soon in a month's time at best."

Shui felt greatly relieved. "Thank you so much!"

"It's my pleasure, Miss. Han. If you want, you can go inside and talk to her. But just don't stress on the accident part. It's better if she remembers it at her own pace. I will go and inform her family."

As he left, Shui quickly dropped an eager message to someone, informing them of this great news.

Shui stepped in and smiled at Alix. "Can I come inside? It's fine if you don't want to. I can come later."

Alix, who was staring outside the window, slowly turned her head and met her gaze. She held onto it silently as if searching something in it.

Should I or should I not…?

"Come," Alix responded after some time.

"Thanks."

Shui sat beside her and a trembling excitement enveloped her body. Her eyes slightly turned misty. "It feels so good to see you finally awake. Four months felt so long."

Alix simply observed her in silence.

"Xiao will be so thrilled! Like me, she has been coming everyday to meet you and talk to you."

"Oh."

Shui nodded. She got an idea and beamed. "Why don't I draw something for you? Hehe~"

She merrily took out a drawing pad and stationary stuff and went right into it. As she was done with a basic sketch, she showed it to her. "How is it?"

Even though it was a sketch, Alix could very well see Shui's artistic talent.

In it, a woman sat upright on a bed with her eyes closed and a peaceful smile encasing her lips. She seemed to be wearing a plain dress. Wind fluttered her hair to the right and a gentle beam of sunlight kissed her left profile from outside the window. Read latest chapters at m_v-l'e|m,p| y- r

"Is that me?"

Shui looked taken aback. "...Yes. I drew you, who is-

"Now awake from her long slumber and absorbing that moment. She is appreciating the coolness of the wind and the warmth of the sunlight against her skin. She is hearing the birds chirping outside. She is enjoying people's usual chitter-chatter. She is cherishing that she is getting to feel these things again, isn't she? She is letting the moment sink that she is alive."

It was exactly what Shui had in her mind as she drew her sketch, but it was surprising that Alix perfectly understood all the nuances even with the limited background and expression of it.

Shui gleamed. "Yes. You nailed it. As expected of my student, hoho."

The nurse knocked and poked her head in. "Miss. Han, Miss. Ren's family is here."

"Oh sure."

She looked back at Alix and said, "I will take my leave now. It's good if you have some private time with them."

Alix didn't respond to that.

Shui headed out and saw the Ren family - Alix's parents and younger sister immediately going in.

The door closed and she heard another voice calling out to her. "Shui!"

She turned and shone. "Xiao!"

Kang Xiao hugged her and sniffled. "Is it really true that Alix is awake?"

"Yes. I just talked to her too. She looks okay except that we shouldn't stress on her accident too much and let her remember everything at her own pace."

"Ah…And here I thought I would finally get to know that bastard who did this to her!" Xiao gritted her teeth.

She shook her head. "We cannot rush her, Xiao. Right now she only needs to focus on recovering."

Xiao nodded helplessly. "I understand…It's just so frustrating. We have been trying to find out what had happened, but we didn't get any clue until now. It's only Alix that can help us."

"We can only wait till she is better."

"It's okay," Xiao smiled. "We have waited for four months. What's waiting for some more time? I will head inside too."

"Sure."

Shui stood at her place, releasing a relieved sigh. She got an incoming call and picked it up.

"Yuze," she smiled.

"Shui, I heard about Alix. Is she doing okay?"

"Yup."

"She didn't lash out at you or something, right?" He sighed.

"Of course not. You know our relationship was already improving before the accident happened."

"I do but I wasn't sure how she would behave after waking up. What if she forgot your friendship and reverted to her old ways? But I am glad to hear that nothing of that sort happened."

"Me too."

"Oh yes, I called you for another thing too. You must know about the Business Summit, right?"

"Yes."

"Actually, I wanted to ask if you would be going too?"

Shui paused. "Well...I wasn't planning to go."

"...Because of Liu Jin?"

"No. It's not that."

"Then in that case, how about you come along too? You cannot always bury your head in your work, you know? Plus I am sure, Xiao will ask you out anyway for Alix's sake. You three have been the closest."

"Alix?"

"Yes, the Ren family is invited too. Naturally, her family and Xiao and I want Alix to be with the people she is comfortable with, so Xiao will definitely bug you."

"I see," Shui pressed her lips, taking a moment to reply. "I will think about it."