Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

Yating was equally appalled seeing Jun and Ai together in Chyou's set. Meeting Ai's eyes, he slightly trembled as his heart thumped in his chest.

Ai…

He stared at her for a few seconds more with a longing gaze. Only he knew how much he missed Ai and only he knew how much it pricked him to see her with Jun. It felt like forever since he had last seen her.

"A-Ai."

Ai politely nodded with formality. "Gu Yating."

Gu Yating…Even now, she takes my full name.

Jun narrowed his eyes. "Take your melancholy somewhere else, Mr. Gu. People will judge your character if you stare at someone else's girlfriend for far too long."

Yating smiled. "You don't have to be concerned about my character judgement, Mr. Liu. I am capable of taking care of myself."

Thinking about all the grievances Ai had to face because of him, he mocked. "Sure. But only yourself. Not others."

"What do you want to imply, Liu Jun?"

"That you are being a nuisance here so how about you leave this set and purify this set again?" He sneered.

Yating sharply countered. "This place doesn't belong to you and for your kind information, I had already made a prior appointment with Miss. Zhu. Right now, you are being a nuisance in my appointment and wasting her and my time. So how about you leave this set?"

Ai pulled Jun's arm and shook her head. "We are done here anyway."

"I know but why the hell is he here?" His voice turned cold.

Yating snorted. "The last time I checked, I didn't need your permission to be anywhere. I am here with Miss. Zhu's permission."

Jun eyed Chyou. "Seriously?"

She nodded.

"Why?" He widened his eyes. "You know his father plotted against Ai and is in jail now. Why do you want to meet him? He and Gu Rong are upto no good."

Yating threw him a dangerous stare.

"His father is in jail, and that's exactly why he wants to meet me," Chyou glanced at him and asked, "Right?"

He quietly nodded. "Yes."

*Flashback*

It was one day when Yating was working in his office as usual when he received a call.

"Is this Mr. Gu Yating? I am assistant officer Soo Yijun from the police station."

Yating became alert and asked, "Is it about my Dad?"

"Yes. He is saying he wants to meet you."

He coldly rejected. "Tell him that I don't want to and neither bother asking for it anymore."

"Mr. Gu Rong is really insistent. If you could visit the police station just once, this matter will be over."

Yating pressed his temple. His eyes expressed the conflict he was feeling. Gu Rong's actions against Ai had extremely hurt his heart. Ai was an important person to him and to plot against her aas something he couldn't bear.

But Gu Rong was also a father who had raised him single-handedly. They had their own share of differences but as a family…

You were only what I had Dad. Neither you are with me today, nor Ai.

This was the grief he was bearing all alone this whole time. He was helpless to bring either of them back to his side. Gu Rong was the culprit, and Ai was with someone else now. Even if he desperately wanted her by his side, he could bring himself to do anything that would vanish the smile off her lips.

Yating drew out a silent breath. "I am coming."

In the police station, Yating faced his father through a glass partition, who looked tired and haggard but still brimming with anger.

"Why did you call me?"

Gu Rong stared at him. "Can you not see my condition here, Yating!?"

"And that is something you brought upon yourself."

"I didn't!" Gu Rong was completely frustrated. "Yating, you have to believe me. I didn't bribe those judges against Zhou Ai!"

Yating didn't show any mercy. "But you were very vocal about your dislike for Ai and how you would have ruined her career if she didn't leave me."

"I…"

He knew Yating had a fair point, and that statement was a part of the whole reason why Yating never refused to help him

"Yating," he gave him a helpless look, "I know what I said and I still stand by it. I don't like Zhou Ai for you, and I would have done everything in my hands to stop her from getting close to you. But I didn't bribe the judges. I know this sounds contradictory to you, but I didn't plan that against Zhou Ai. I don't know why that freak judge took my name, but I have nothing to do with it! Please believe me. Somebody else is behind all of this!"

Yating said nothing.

"It was you who interfered with Ai getting a book signing event."

"What? What book signing event?"

Yating's gaze turned colder. "Don't feign ignorance. The book signing event that Cai Guiying got, but didn't."

Gu Rong was stunned. "I have nothing to do with it either! I didn't interfere in any decision-making process against Zhou Ai regarding the event!"

Yating narrowed his eyes. He didn't wish to trust his father's words when his dislike for Ai was so crystal clear. But today, he found himself unable to stand his conviction. His eyes were genuinely pleading for his son's help.

"Yating, you have to do something. I am not behind this. Somebody else is using me. This is a big mistake! Putting me in jail isn't going to solve anything. The real person who planned all this is out somewhere, and this won't stop until he is caught. It will be too late before this misunderstanding goes out of hand!"

,m Yating answered after a long time. "Fine. I will look into this again."

Gu Rong beamed with hope.

"But only this once. If everything points at you once again, then this is the last time you will see my face," he warned.

"As you say," he agreed.

"Let me see what I can do."

Gu Rong quickly said, "There is one person who can help you."

Yating raised his brow. "Who?"

"The Zhu family, or Zhu Chyou."