Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

"Excuse me, Miss. Reporter," Liu Hai coughed. "Is it possible for you to scratch everything you wrote till now?

"The part where you said that you will adopt Mr. Soo Yijun or the part where you said that he and Miss. Ren Alix will marry?"

"Yeah pretty much that."

Okay I have fucked up now, Liu Hai sweated.

When did Jin's feelings change?

What about Shui?

Wait, does Alix like this bratty grandson of mine anyway?

He pulled Nian's jacket towards him and whispered in his ear to the best of his ability.

"When the hell did this happen!"

"For a long time now. Everybody knows!" Nian gritted his teeth.

"I didn't!"

"When do you ever know about anything except for food anyway!"

"Hey don't you blame me! We have the same genes!"

"Grandpa…"

He stiffened with a certain grandson's low growl looming from the back. Jin's murderous thirst to kill him was evident with how his black eyes glinted dangerously like a beast.

Liu Hai was now sweating buckets with Jin's every step towards him feeling like he was getting closer and closer to his death sentence. He pulled Nian's jacket again.

"Help me out!"

"You caused the ruckus so now you figure it out! Who told you to announce it on the stage anyway!" He glared.

"I just got excited thinking of Chunhua!" He cried.

"I don't care what you were thinking about but you are handling this mess on your. At this point, even Dad will disown you!"

Liu Hai glanced at Jinhai and Jun who looked at him as if they were strangers.

Damn it!

From the other side Alix tugged him urgently, panic set in her expression. "Um, Mr. Liu…what were you just talking about? I-"

"Oh, don't worry dear~ There was a teensy tiny small mixup but I will sort it out."

How the hell is announcing my marriage a teensy tiny mixup? Alix was dumbfounded.

"Ahahahaha!"

Everybody jolted hearing Liu Hai's sudden hearty laughter.

"What, did you all think that I was really serious? I fooled you, hohoho!"

He felt Jin's steps halt at the back which finally allowed him to breathe.

Okay, at least my life is safe now! That's good progress!

The reporters asked, "What do you mean, Mr. Liu? Were you not serious?"

"Of course not," he laughed.

At this point, the audience was simply feeling dizzy.

"So you were joking about Miss. Ren becoming your granddaughter-in-law?"

"Oh, I was serious about that duh," he rolled his eyes. "I never joke about my daughter-in-laws. Or granddaughter-in-laws. Or great-granddaughter-in-laws for that matter. My wife and I will live a long life."

"..."

"What I was kidding about was adopting Soo Yijun into my family. That was just pulling your legs~ Why would I adopt somebody else when I have an eligible bachelor right in the house!"

And he pulled Jin by his collar, dragging him in front of the stage.

"Ta-dah! Presenting to you the one and only CEO of Liu Corps~"

Jin froze and so did Alix and so did everybody else.

Oh my God…

Jian and Nian wished they could faint. They placed their hands on their chests, feeling a heart attack coming.

Stupid old man, this was your solution to wrapping up your mess!?

Nian cried.

Grandpa! I just said that Jin is starting to have feelings for Alix and hell we don't even know what Alix feels about him so why are you doing this to us!?

The crowd erupted into yet another round of shocked gasps.

"Does it mean that Mr. Jin's and Miss. Alix's engagement is set!?"

"Are you announcing their engagement on stage right now?"

Liu Hai grinned. "I will be happy to if they are ready~"

The same female reporter from before asked, "Sir Liu, but Miss. Ren had just said that she is not interested in marriage."

He blinked twice. "No, she did not."

"..."

At that point, Nian covered his face and was slowly disappearing into the back of the stage.

The reporter coughed. "...Yes, she did just a few minutes before when we asked her about her own wedding."

"Uh-huh."

"I think I saw you were busy eating a croissant at that time so m-maybe you didn't hear…?"

"Yeah, the croissant was delicious."

Liu Hai inwardly sweated another round of buckets.

Hm, hm? When did Alix dear say something like that?

She is not interested in marriage at all? Does it imply that she is not interested in this brat either?

So…have I fucked up again?

Even the reporters felt the painful stretch of silence that followed. Liu Hai didn't even dare to look into Jin's eyes so he faced the reporter again, who for some reason, felt she was the only one in the crowd to pity him at this moment.

"...What…did Alix say, can you please repeat that for me?" He asked in the slowest whisper possible as he leaned towards the reporter.

The reporter whispered in the same manner, "Sure, Sir. She had said, 'My wedding? That's impossible? Some people are meant to live alone. I am one of those people.' And we had counter-questioned to which she had said, 'When have you seen a villain falling in love? Or somebody falling for a villain? That would be very dystopian for evil to find love.'"

Liu Hai gasped, his eyes widening. He threw a look of disbelief at Alix and pushing Jin away, held her hands with great urgency.

"Who dares to say that you are meant to live alone!? Tell me his name! Or hers!"

Alix froze.

"Obviously, you deserve all the love in this world, no matter if you think you are a villain or not. I mean if that were the case then trust me, my family wouldn't have grown to what it has now. Each and every man in my family is downright evil and shit."

Everybody - "..."

For the first time in the day, the Liu family men collectively agreed with Liu Hai and nodded their heads.

He grinned. "So who cares if you are evil? I would all the more say that you are one of ours~ You perfectly belong in the Liu family. So unless you truly have somebody else you like, my Jini-boy will make you the happiest woman in this whole wide world~"