Alix raised her brow as she sat facing Jing and Jin the next day. She was slightly uncomfortable at the prospect of being at the Liu villa, but she kept it aside and maintained a poker expression.

Jing’s squinted eyes gave the expression that she wasn’t going to be let off so easily.

“I will come straight to the point. How dare you threaten my nephew?”

Ugh…

Jin wanted to hide somewhere. The interrogation felt more like a father protecting his five year old child from bullies.

Alix shrugged. “Because it was easy?”

“…”

“If your nephew has a very glaring weakness, then it’s not my fault. I would be a fool to not use it to my advantage.”

“…”

Jing looked at her dumbfounded. He expected her to fluster and try to defend herself even if a little bit but here she was acting all hawty?

“…Should I commend your audacity?”

Alix smiled. “Why not? I like being praised. Is that why you called me here? To take back the check? Sorry, but you aren’t getting it back.”

Jing said, “It’s not about the check. It’s something even more important.”

Jin frowned at his super grim expression.

All of a sudden, Jing radiated the brilliance of a million suns all clubbed together. “I called you here for gossip! You threatened my nephew which means that my nephew has a secret he could be threatened about. Right? Right? So spill the beans. What is Jin’s secret!?”

Jin stared at him aghast. “That is why you called her!?”

“Duh. Will I let go of such juicy gossip and secrets?” He rolled his eyes. “If you are hiding something, then I must know about it!”

Alix blinked her eyes rapidly. “…Sorry?”

Jing sheepishly waved his hand. “Don’t treat me as Jin’s uncle. Treat me like I am your best friend! Besties share everything with each other, right~?”

A look of horror flashed across Jin’s eyes. He shot urgent looks at Alix, signaling not to mention even the c of cigarettes to Jing.

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Alix ignored Jin’s desperate gazes and was focusing on Jing as if he was some puzzle she wasn’t able to crack.

“…So you are eager to know the secret rather than admonish me for using it?”

“Yeah? Well if you could use it so effectively against him then it’s Jin’s fault in the first place for getting so easily threatened. That too right now when he has taken charge of the Liu Corps. Jini-boy, you need to sharpen your senses,” he pouted as he looked at him.

Jin’s gaze darkened.

Alix continued to stare at Jing, unable to get a grasp on his intentions at all.

Is he plotting something? How is he so lax about a stranger threatening his nephew? He seems to even support it…

Jing beamed. “So! So! Spill the beans!”

“No!” Jin barked. “No way will you tell him anything!”

“Don’t be such a party pooper Jini-boy!”

“Shut up! And don’t call me Jini-boy!”

They continued to bicker like that for ten minutes after which Jing huffed. “Forget it. I will squeeze that answer privately sometime later in my nephew’s absence.”

Jin glared.

“For now,” Jing chirped. “I wanted to also meet you because I understood that you wanted my supplier contacts.”

Alix stared at Jing as if still wrapping her head around his behavior but eventually pushed that thought aside.

“Yup. I need your contacts.”

Jing smiled. “Why do you think I will give it to my rival? Isn’t that a little too gutsy to ask?”

Alix flashed her own smile. “Is it really so gutsy when the rival in question is close to retiring anyway?”

He blinked.

“It’s quite insider news. Even Liu Jin didn’t reveal it to me but you are retiring, right?”

He arched his brow. “Huh…And how does it serve your purpose?”

“We are in the same industry.”

“Uh huh.”

“It doesn’t seem like you have any protege either to carry on your legacy and here I am all young and bursting with energy to save my company.”

His jaw dropped and so did Jin’s.

“Hold on, hold on. You cannot be suggesting that I take you under my wing, right?”

She chuckled. “I am suggesting exactly that.”

Jin felt at a heavy loss to say anything.

“Wait a second! You didn’t mention this before! It was only you wanting his contacts.”

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“…”

Jing tremblingly raised his hand at her while his other hand clutched his chest. “That’s some deep shit 4d chess you are playing.”

“Thanks.”

“You want a rival to help you and that rival is none other than the great me?”

“It’s Liu Jing which is precisely why I chose you,” she sneered. “You will have a lot of time in your hands so might as well help me save my sinking ship.”

“Are you crazy?” Jin was flabbergasted. “This is the height of shamelessness!”

“I have somewhere heard that nobody can be more shameless than the Liu’s. What I am doing hardly counts.”

“…”

At that point, Jin clutched his chest too and began to sweat.

Is she overconfident or too stupid? I don’t get it.

“Why do you think I will agree to help you though?” Jing couldn’t understand the source of her confidence.

Alix smirked. “You really love your husband, don’t you?”

That made Jing shine like a fluffy ball of light. “I love Yukito the most!”

Jin got a bad feeling about this.

“I have a secret video recording of his where he said his deepest and heartfelt feelings for you. It’s a very old video and it was a gift for you. But he never showed it to you because he found it embarassing. But he kept it with him anyway. I have that video.”

Jin’s gaze darkened. “You are obviously making this up.”

“A very credible source told me this. You wouldn’t to accuse her of lying, you know~”

Alix shrugged. “If you see that video, you will definitely be over the moon. It sure made me swoon a bit too. But it’s a secret video and I am not sure if I should share it-”

“I agree!”

Jin was stupefied. “Uncle!!! Don’t be so hasty about this! It’s obviously a farce!”

“I can prove it by showing you a little clip of it,” she chuckled evilly.

Jing emitted a new golden aura. “Yukito confessed his deepest and sincerest feelings for me and I don’t know about it? It cannot be that way! Of course I want to watch that video! Ren Alix. I agree to whatever you want me to do but promise me you will definitely send me the video!” He burst into tears.

“Deal~” her eyes sparkled.

She smiled at Jin. “See that wasn’t so difficult, was it now?”

“…”