Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu-Chapter 1035: Wake-up call

"What do you think you were doing Grandpa!"

Jin bombarded his pent up frustrations the moment he got the chance backstage. After openly asking for Alix's hand for marriage, everybody was eagerly waiting for her answer when Jin had intervened and somehow contained the situation.

'I am sorry for the chaos, however this is a private discussion but you know how Grandpa is.'

'Hey-'

'So we will be leaving. Thank you all for coming.'

The extreme disappointment naturally echoed throughout the venue but despite the reporters' repeated questions, Jin remained firm and dragged Liu Hai away.

At present, Liu Hai was facing Jin's blast wave and he mumbled under his breath. "...I-I didn't know…"

"Enough!"

His brow twitched and he averted hai gaze.

"Look at me, damn it! You just never change, do you! What business did you have embarrassing Alix like that on the stage? You really think you can speak unfiltered and not worry about the consequences at all? Did you even see how uncomfortable she was?" He gritted his teeth, wishing he could bang his head somewhere.

"I…I was just trying to help you!" He exclaimed in his defense.

His jaw dropped, stunned. "The help that I didn't even ask for? What help are you even talking about? When did I ever ask you to arrange our marriage!?"

"Well not outright but your heart wants it doesn't it!"

He froze.

'You won't live alone when I am right here beside you.'

His own words flashed in his mind like a blaring siren.

"What…what nonsense! My heart doesn't-"

Liu Hai glared and pinched his ear hard.

"Ahhh!! Grandpa!"

"First of all, I am your grandfather so talk with respect, brat! Yes, I fucked up a little here and there-"

"A LITTLE? You-"

"BUT I took responsibility and salvaged the situation anyway!"

His gaze darkened. "How the hell was that salvaging the situation?"

"Everybody," Liu Hai's voice took a sudden dive into the Artic. "Out."

Ai anxiously tried to step in but Jun pulled her back and whispered, "Let's get out of here. This is going to be a bloodbath."

"That's exactly why we should be stopping Jin."

"Stop Jin? I am talking about Grandpa. He is pissed. That too royally."

The twins calmly added. "Yeah, yeah, keep walking, Ai. Jin is dead. Ah, we will miss him."

"Grandpa…" Shui clasped her hands together but Jing tugged her out anyway.

"Let's go, let's go dear. Blood is not a very beautiful sight to see."

When silence returned to the room, Jin scoffed. "What? You think I will be afraid of being left alone with you?"

Liu Hai's eyes narrowed. "You better be because unlike the usual, I am not in the mood to joke around right now. Sure, I ended up putting Alix in a spot because I didn't hear her answers to the reporters before but I did see you walking with her on the stage, so I also saw the way you were looking at her and the way you smiled at her."

"There was nothing wrong in that-"

"I will damn well kill you if you refuse to admit your feelings for her."

"...Huh?"

"Yes, I was a little late to the party but watching you with her today aroused that suspicion within me if you were seeing Alix as a woman?" ƒгeewebnovёl.com

He stared at him unblinkingly. "Grandpa, you are going too far."

He pinched his ear harder, almost reddening it like a tomato and Jin was barely able to bear that pain any longer.

"Far is where you are going, Jin. I kept hoping for you and Shui to get back together but today, I finally realized that it won't happen. Your eyes don't hold Shui's reflection in them any longer."

He trembled.

"It is sad and painful. Shui is a good girl and I hoped she would become a part of my family. But I also understand the demons you are facing. I would have never allowed myself to face Chunhua either had I done something like that."

Tears brimmed in his eyes but not because of the pain in his ears but the grief that shattered his heart.

"But what I am pissed off about is that you are beginning to run away from Alix too. I don't know if you simply have not realized your feelings yet or you know it yet you are ignoring it. I am not sure which one it is but the fact remains that now you are hurting Shui even more. She has let go of you because she sincerely wants to see you happy so now if she sees that you are walking away from Alix too, what becomes of her sacrifice?"

Liu Hai released his ear, a hint of frost still fresh in his eyes.

"And it's not just Shui. Everybody in the family wants to see you happy. Like hell you have decided to live your life all alone. I will kill you if you have decided anything stupid like that."

He felt as if a bucket of ice cold water splashed on top of his head like a crashing waterfall. His own emotions became a huge mess as breathlessness kicked in.

"You…You are wrong! I cannot…I won't betray Shui! I-I don't like Alix that way because-"

"Shui is in your heart?" His gaze darkened. "Then what was the big deal with you punching Kang Yuze with a short-circuited fuse? Why the hell did you care if he hurt Alix? Why did you get so angry at him!"

"Isn't that obvious-"

"No, it's not obvious Jin! It's not obvious that you beat the shit out of him because you just acted as a good Samaritan? A helpful passerby or a kind acquaintance? What were you thinking when you saw him hurting Alix?"

The prior fear and fury washed in his heart like a huge tsunami wave. But Jin was too afraid to delve into those feelings.

"You hit him before you knew it. You swore to make him suffer the worst pain possible. All because you only think of Alix as your friend? Who the hell are you kidding? Wake up, Jin. Wake up to your reality now that you have fallen in love with Alix!"