Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

His lips parted in shock. Needless to say, Yating was startled to know this revelation. He had no idea that Gu Rong was cooking a marriage idea in his mind. He knew he was harping about choosing his wife for him, but he didn't give any hint that Yating was supposed to meet a woman.

Chyou continued. "Uncle Gu brought the proposal to Dad one day and said it would be nice if we could meet at the banquet."

Yating shut his eyes and wished for the universe to swallow him whole.

Damn!

He sincerely apologized. "I am really sorry. Dad didn't say a word about this to me or I wouldn't have stood you up like that. It was rude of me not to meet you."

"No, it's okay. I kind of saw some argument happening between you two. I figured you wouldn't do anything after that your Dad tells you to. Sometimes, my brother is like that too when he fights with Dad haha."

Yating sighed. "...Yeah, that's pretty much what happened."

She leaned back. "It's okay. I had a feeling you would reject me anyway."

Yating paused. "Certainly, I would have told you that I liked another woman, but I would never refuse to meet you at least. You deserved a proper answer."

Chyou beamed with appreciation. "Thanks. I am glad you think this way. Actually, this is also why I brought this topic up. First, like I mentioned before, the more you delve into Ai, the more you will only hurt yourself. You deserve to find a good woman too, and that won't happen unless you move on."

Yating slightly lowered his gaze. "I am trying."

She sadly shook her head. "You aren't, and I felt that. You are still clinging onto hope."

He said nothing.

Chyou scratched her chin. "I don't mean to be intrusive but when Dad told me about you, I just did a little bit of research on you out of curiosity," she coughed.

He raised his brow.

"For your kind information, I didn't hack into anything," she said in her defense.

"I didn't imply anything of that sort."

"Good. So I found many things about you. You are talented, hard-working and dedicated, but what I really appreciate the most is that you decided for your own career and started from the bottom. Uncle Gu was against it. But you stood firm and I like that. Not every child can stand up to their parents and do something other than what they set for them. I respect people like that and from the bottom of my heart, I really do want to see you happy."

He felt at a loss.

"Th-thanks..." Yating suddenly felt embarrassed. "Sorry, I am not used to this."

"You are not used to getting praises?" Chyou asked, bewildered.

"Not the way you praised me."

"Is it different?"

"Yes and in a good way of course. That's why I don't know how to react."

Chyou studied him with more curiosity. "Strange."

Yating smiled. "But I understand your concern. Thanks. I really appreciate it. What is the second reason?"

"Second is that I don't want to hurt Uncle Gu. You see, I understand that he made us meet hoping for something to happen between us. But that's exactly what I don't want to happen. I don't want to give him any hopes because...I haven't told this to anybody yet, but I do have a person I like."

"Oh. That's great. He is a lucky man," Yating earnestly nodded.

Chyou smiled. "Uncle might think that I would perhaps say yes, but it won't be like that. Actually, I was also going to say the same thing as you if we had met at the banquet that I have a man I like. Right now, Uncle is in jail. He is already stressed out, and I don't want to stress him more by giving him any hopes."

Yating widened his eyes. "Please don't worry about that. I understand now what you are saying. It will be fine. Dad might feel disappointed for a while because things didn't happen his way, but he will bounce back. He is very stubborn in that sense. Rest assured. I just want your help with his case. You can forget about the marriage meeting and be comfortable."

Chyou felt greatly relieved.

Yating inwardly gritted his teeth.

p Dad you...making things difficult like this. The hell you had a secret agenda in sending me here. Even in jail, you have the time to think about setting me up!

Chyou laughed. "It's fine. Don't feel guilty. I can guess what you are thinking. After a certain age, our parents become too invested with our marriage topic."

"Is Mr. Zhu like that?"

Her eyes widened. "No way! He wants to keep me by his side as long as possible. That's also why I haven't told him about the man I like yet."

"Lucky you," Yating grimaced. "Why can't my Dad be like that? Anyway, you can be at ease. The secret of your crush is also safe with me," he smiled.

She clapped once. "Cool. So tell me. What can I do for you?"

Yating brought his focus to the topic. "You know the history and the present. Dad is insisting that he is innocent. That's why I thought if you could help dig a bit more about that judge Mr. Zheng."

"I already have. Jun had come up to me with the same thing. I had investigated the Summit's footage too, but there they never met anybody suspicious."

Yating hesitated.

There must be something that could help him. He thought about the other judge Mr. Wang and slowly said, "Dad thinks that somebody else is behind this who is framing him. If it's like that, then Mr. Wang's death doesn't feel like a coincidence to me."

Chyou tilted her head. "I could look into his rivals if anybody has any connection to it."

"Can you do that? Thanks."

They talked a bit more about the case and settled on the things Chyou had to look into.

He shook her head and smiled. "I won't take more of your time now. See you soon."

"Same here."

As he opened the door and stepped out, he bumped into a man. "I am sorry."

"No problem. Who are you though?"