Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

Chapter 804  A failure

Qiao Kang eyed him and mouthed. 'Zhu Chyou!'

Yin trembled and bit his lip in frustration. "Why is she here?" His gaze darkened.

The latter's eyes and he pulled him aside, whispering into his ear. "Yin, calm down! Chyou is outside. Do you want to be a bubbling volcano in front of her? You look like you will chew her alive."

"I want to chew her alive!"

"Sshh!!! You cannot mess with her. Please understand. She is Zhu Chyou. Don't forget the family behind her," her desperately urged.

"So you think I should suffer the crap she is putting me through!"

Qiao Fang was now almost covering his mouth. "Chuck it! I will tell Chyou to drop by later. This time, you will cause a scandal now! Don't come outside, okay?"

He quickly attended the door and saw Chyou standing. She was about to knock again.

"Zhu Chyou," he flashed a polite smile.

"Qiao Kang," she asked with a tinge of haste. "Is Yin there?"

"Well actually, he isn't. He just stepped out-"

"I am here."

Qiao Kang froze. He wanted to faint.

What is he doing!? I just lied to her and you are coming in front of her face!?

Chyou blinked rapidly and she threw a glance at Qiao Kang. "Um…Yin is here though."

His brow twitched and he failed to find an answer. He could only nervously chuckle and break into a sweat. He cleared his throat. "My bad. I didn't see him in the room so I thought…Anyway, glad to see you, Zhu Chyou. I will take my leave. It seems you two have to privately talk."

He rushed outside with the fastest speed he could.

That's strange…

Chyou thought, feeling uneasy. She felt more uneasy, looking into Yin's eyes.

"Come in," he said in a monotonous voice.

She clutched her purse, her heart pounding fast. She followed him inside. She walked slowly behind him and said after a long time, "Yin…"

He didn't respond.

She panicked further. She thought that with the video he posted, he showed her his support but was what Sun Jiang said actually true?

Was Yin just acting?

She quickly shook her head at that. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

That's not possible!

His silence unnerved her so she continued further. "Yin, thank you for the video. I really cannot tell you how-"

"How what Chyou?"

He turned back with a slight glare in his eyes as he met her gaze. Qiao Kang warned him to not cause any trouble with Chyou, but his heart couldn't pacify the seething rage.

"Forget about the video. Will you tell me why you would betray me like this?"

Her eyes widened. "Betray? A-Are you talking about last night-"

"No!"

His chilled voice made her jolt.

"I am talking about exposing my addiction to Sun Jiang! I…I cannot believe that you will gossip about it to your manager!"

"Wait, wait. I didn't tell Sun Jiang at all!"

"Stop lying, Chyou! How else would she come to know other than from you?" His eyes reddened with fury.

"I really didn't-"

"You told her about it and she used it against me in front of the President! She threatened Qiao Kang for a press conference!"

She froze.

"Do you know how the President looks at me now?" He threw a salty gaze at her. "He bashed me so badly. I lost all my face in front of him. Only because you babbled everything to Sun Jiang!"

Chyou trembled. She struggled to speak. "Yin, I…I didn't tell Sun Jiang anything. In fact, I j-just came to know about it this morning itself. I was shocked because I don't know how she knows."

He angrily laughed. "Okay. You didn't tell her. So then who? Oh, was it Gu Yating?"

Her lips parted in disbelief. "He didn't. Yating would never do this."

His gaze darkened. "You are defending him?"

"Because he doesn't have a reason to do this."

"You will say that even after all the pictures floating around?"

Her eyelashes trembled. "Yin. Tell me just one thing please. Do you…also believe the narrative around those pictures?"

"I don't want to Chyou," he breathed hard, his body shaking hard. "But it's very frustrating to see your girlfriend with another man late at night and that too just after her date with her boyfriend."

"He was feeling down, Yin. I was just there to cheer him up-"

"Was it cheering him on or triggering him to fall for you even more!?"

She stiffened.

'What if I want that woman to be you?'

Chyou lowered her gaze, unable to answer. Even though she didn't want to believe in his words, it was difficult to not find truth in them.

Was she overstepping her boundaries of friendship all this time?

"You are out with Gu Yating even when you understand how uncomfortable it is for me and then you tell Sun Jiang about my addiction! Or it might be Gu Yating but even so, you are defending him! Is he your boyfriend or me!?"

Her eyes ached and tears began to pool in them, but she didn't let them.

"I-If…" her voice sounded hoarse, "If you didn't really believe in me, then…why did you post the video?"

He stretched his eyes wide. "First of all, your manager threatened Qiao Kang and secondly, we cannot show our fans that there are problems between us, right?"

She stared at him blankly.

He cleared his throat. "Here I am doing everything possible to get rid of my addiction. Just like you want. Just so that I could become the man you will be proud of introducing me as your boyfriend to your family! But what I get in return is only your one-sided selfishness!"

She bit her lower lip hard, her shoulders quivering further. She recalled Xiaosi's words.

'Love, trust, happiness and compromises cannot be one-sided.'

It was at that moment that Chyou felt something crumbling inside her. A tight knot twisted her heart as a bitter feeling enveloped her.

The bitter feeling of being a failure.