Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

Chyou glowed like sunshine as soon as she stepped into the mall. But in her excitement, she forgot to don her disguise which led the crowd in the mall in an immediate uproar.

"Omooo it's the Queen and Gu Yating!"

"Queen, Gu Yating! I saw your movie today! It was amazing!"

"You are my favorite actor from now on, Gu Yating!"

They were immediately surrounded with a gushing flow of people asking for their autograph and pictures.

Yating was still new to this fandom so he could only awkwardly thank them while secretly blushing from their compliments. Chyou, on the other hand, expertly navigated through the encore of their zeal.

"Hahaha. Thank you, thank you, my lovely people," Chyou merrily waved her hand.

"Queen, queen, how come you are at the mall today with Gu Yating? Oh, oh, I know! Are you here on a date?" One of the young female fans sheepishly asked.

The crowd collectively gasped while Chyou almost stumbled.

I don't know if this is a date either! She cried silent tears.

"Are Queen and Gu Yating together?"

"Is it real? Are you two a couple?"

"I knew it! Your chemistry was so off the charts in the movie! It was like you are made for each other~"

Chyou coughed hard.

Wait, wait, wait, this conversation is heading in a dangerous direction! What if this is not a date and Yating is put in a difficult position? Aahhhh I don't want to see what expression Yating might be making, she shed silent tears once again.

She cleared her throat.

I need to clear up the misunderstanding as soon as possible before things go-

"Chyou and I are not a couple yet," Yating blinked twice. "But this is definitely a date."

A steep silence descended as everybody in the crowd stared hard at Yating. Then a shrill broke out.

"WHAAAAAAAAT!!?"

Chyou nodded her head furiously with the revelation, albeit in her mind.

Yes, yes, whaaaaaaat!?

Yating threw her a speechless look because of her reaction. "I can understand their shock but why in the world are you shocked?"

"..."

She sweated and averted his gaze.

Yating - "..."

He then took a reverse gear to his memories and asked, "What did you think my invitation to dinner meant?"

"..."

So this is definitely a date! She rejoiced inwardly.

Then she sweated harder as she realized her idiocy of not realizing this fact sooner.

Chyou nervously laughed and waved her hand in dismissal. "Of course I knew this was a date. I was just pulling your leg ahahaha!"

Everybody - "..."

Queen, you are the epitome of acting but please realize that this was your least convincing performance! Everybody unanimously thought.

The crowd was confused as to whether they should express their excitement over the confession of this date or cry over Chyou's lame cover up. Whatever it was, they could feel an air of confrontation brewing between Yating and Chyou with the latter being obviously put on the spot.

"*Ahem* oh my it got so late. I should get going. It was nice to meet you two!"

" Ah I realized I have already been five minutes late to my spa appointment."

"I just realized I had actually lost my way in this big mall…I need to find my way back," one woman started taking backward steps.

The crowd dissipated just as fast as it formed around them.

Hm? Hm? Why did everybody leave? Chyou gulped with her back still facing Yating.

At which point do I need to turn? Can that point never come? She wondered.

"O-Oh there! Right there! I see the clothes outlet haha. I will be right back after some shopping. S-so wait for me, okay!"

"Chyou."

"..."

Her brow twitched. There was a deep and stern ring to his tone and she could imagine him standing like a teacher with his arms folded.

I screwed up so badly, she sobbed.

Then she heard a sigh exhale after which he said, "I am sorry."

Hm? She blinked rapidly.

"I wasn't really clear on my intentions and I assumed you got it. But since this is the first time I asked you out, I should have been clearer that I was asking you out on a date."

Chyou covered tomato-ripped face in her palms.

He is apologizing even though it's my fault! And this is a date!

Yating rubbed the back of his head.

Ah, I messed up big time. Dad would chew me out if he got to know this, his mouth twitched.

He coughed. "Well, now that you know what this is, do you still agree…" he cleared his throat, "for dinner?"

Chyou stood straight and said, "O-Of course…"

She really wanted to look back and face him but her heart pounded too hard to calm down.

Ahhh was it so difficult to look at him earlier? This is so embarrassing!

"Wh-which reminds me that my shopping is awaiting me! Let's go!"

Though she said that, she ran ahead at full speed towards her destination, leaving Yating behind all alone.

Shopping? Aren't we going for dinner?
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But he soon realized that this was the mall and Chyou was a woman. Of course a trip to the mall wouldn't end up with just dinner.

He shook his head helplessly. He could feel his own heart running a marathon.

Thank God she agreed…Ah I was so scared with the misunderstanding, he breathed out in relief.

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After finishing up with the shopping, the next destination was a parlor where she aimed to get the best makeup done. Naturally, Yating had nothing much to do, so he quietly waited in the lounge.

When it was all over, Chyou didn't look any less than a Goddess who stepped out of the heavenly realm. Yating felt his throat becoming dry.

He slowly got up, his ears filled with drum beats of something loud pounding but he didn't know what. He loosened his tie to make some space for breathing.

Now that Chyou was all dressed and freshened up for the date, she regained her confidence and chirped as she trotted to Yating's side. "How do I look?"

"Goddess…" he blurted out.

Chyou's face flushed as she expected something along the lines 'Beautiful' or 'Gorgeous.'

"Thank you..."

This time, Yating buried his face in his palms.

I want to hug her...

Chyou shyly chirped. "I am all set and ready! Shall we head back?"

His daze broke and he looked at her. "Head back where?"

"To the hotel of course."

"Why the hotel? I cancelled the reservation there. Didn't you want to have dinner here at the mall?"

"..."

Chyou took a backward pedal down the memory lane and hazily recalled herself murmuring mall repeatedly in despair. She joined two and two together and...

"!!!"

Nooooooo!!!