Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

Outside the entrance to The Creative Sense, Shui looked at her watch as she waited for Warlord. She sighed for the tenth time.

Where is that idiot? He said he would wait for me here.

Her foot tapped restlessly on the ground. Through the transparent glass doors, she could see the hustle and bustle going on inside. It sparked the curiosity within her too to take a look but not before meeting Warlord.

She dropped him another message on the Reading Point direct messages chat.

[HS – I am here already. Where are you?]

“I am here,” a chuckle sounded from behind her.

Turning her back, Shui noticed a woman standing before her. She blinked at her several times, feeling as if she had seen her somewhere before.

“Hi. I am the author CherryBlossom.”

Shui’s eyes widened. “Oh yes. I have seen you in the news before. Hello.”

Isn’t she Zhou Ai’s rival from Dream High?

Though she didn’t understand why CherryBlossom suddenly came forward to meet her.

‘Guiying’s’ eyes twinkled. “And you will be shocked to know this, but I am also Warlord.”

“…”

Shui stared at her, her lips parted in shock as felt speechless. “Huh? Say that again?”

‘Guiying’ laughed. “I expected that reaction from you. I know you thought that I must be a guy.”

Shui was still dumbfounded, but when she saw ‘Guiying’ showing the app on her mobile screen and logged in as Warlord, she took a sharp gasp. “You are really Warlord. You were a woman all this time!?”

“Yes.”

“H-How…I mean why?” She still couldn’t wrap her head around. The goofy and funny guy who she always thought to be silly and a little annoying was actually disguised as a man. But actually, it was a woman on the other side of the screen.

“Well, it’s nothing,” she smiled. “I just thought it would be fun that way. Also, once everybody knows that you are a woman, you can face online harassment too which I didn’t want to get myself into. So making a fake male identity was easier.”

“I see…It’s still hard to believe,” Shui shook her head. “Gosh you are a narcissist. You praised yourself so much to the point of being your own idol.”

‘Guiying’ laughed. “So what? We should be our own fans first~ At least it’s better than…having none,” she dryly chuckled. “But I request you not to reveal my gender to anybody or the fact that I am Warlord. Please?”

Shui thought about it and nodded. “Sure. If you are not comfortable with it, then I won’t say anything.”

“Thanks.”

“Where are the others by the way?”

“Well, I have told them that Warlord won’t be able to make it. They are quite pissed off since I made the plan, and now I disappeared. But I came here because I really wanted to meet you.”

“What if I was a man too?” She chuckled.

“Na. I was sure you were a woman by the way you chatted. Plus…I now remember that there were times when MrPerfect would pitch in and yell at others when anybody tried to be cheesy with you. That also made me more sure.”

Ah…

That was the time when Jun would get possessive and bash any men trying to flirt with her online, guessing she was a woman.

“Yeah haha…”

‘Guiying’ tilted her head. “It seems like you and MrPerfect were really close for him to act so…”

Shui gave an awkward smile which ‘she’ didn’t fail to notice.

“He is actually my childhood friend. That’s why we are close.”

“Of course, you did say that. I remember. Hehe…”

‘Guiying’ inwardly sneered.

Just a childhood friend? I don’t think so.

“But have the childhood friends turned into lovers? It’s so romantic, right?”

Shui widened her eyes. “No. We are not like that.”

Not anymore.

“We are just friends.”

Then Shui remarked. “By the way, if you are CherryBlossom aka Cai Guiying, then it means that you know Zhou Ai, right?”

‘She’ narrowed her eyes. “Well, yes. She is not just someone with whom I worked in the same company but we are…best friends too. You can say like you and MrPerfect but just that we met in high school.”

Her eyes slightly widened. “Oh.”

“Why do you ask?”

Shui shook her head. “Nothing.”

‘Guiying’ clapped her hands once in delight. “Oh where is MrPerfect by the way? Of course, I don’t want to meet him as Warlord, but I surely want to see him~”

She cleared her throat. “I don’t know. I mean, I think he is here.”

“How are you not sure? Weren’t you going to come together with him? Don’t tell me he is not here!” ‘She’ pouted.

Shui scratched her chin. “L-let’s talk about him later. How about we head inside first? It’s feeling too hot outside.”

‘Guiying’ didn’t miss how she was trying to avoid the subject. But she let it go. “Sure~”

They were about to head inside when Shui caught a familiar figure from the corner of her eye. She turned her head and froze as she saw a man’s figure walk past her from a distance.

How is he…

Shui quickly said, “I-I will be back. Wait here for me, okay?”

‘Guiying’ tilted her head and saw her hurrying towards the opposite side.

What happened to her?

Shui ran behind the man and caught his arm hastily before he went any further. “Jin!”

Jin stopped in his steps and narrowed his eyes. He turned and noticed her clinging onto his hand as she felt slightly breathless.

“Jin…”

Shui recalled the time at the restaurant and his cold gaze coupled with his harsh words. She found her own words at a loss, but her heart felt happy seeing him again.

“Jin…” Tears threatened to escape her eyes.

Jin stared at her and burst into a mocking smile. “Han Shui. Such a bad surprise to see you here. I arrive in Shanghai and the first thing I see is your face. I am so unlucky.”

She froze.

“Did you seriously stalk me all the way from Beijing to Shanghai because I wasn’t replying to your calls and messages? I thought I was very clear about my feelings for you that day,” he smiled, “Or do you want to hear that again?”