Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu-Chapter 976 Late night customers

On the other side, Lin was shutting his cafe for the day while his brother arranged the tables inside.

"Hey, man! Is this cafe open?"

Lin looked back at a man wearing a black leather jacket with his hands buried in his pockets. He wore a cap on his head and stared at him with a trace of tension in his eyes.

"I am sorry," Lin bowed. "It's closing time."

"Hey, don't do this man. I am starving. I have walked a long way. Let me in please. You must have sandwiches and other stuff, right?"

"There is a convenience store just 10 minutes away-"

"Dude, I cannot even last another 2 minutes, you want me to walk for another 10? Like I asked before, you would definitely have some sandwiches left, right?"

Lin hesitated. "We do but it's-"

"I will just take five minutes, dude! I don't wanna walk more just to find another cafe or supermarket."

Lin released a sigh. "Okay, please come in."

"Yo, thanks!"

Cai saw a customer coming in with Lin and he frowned. "Bro, aren't we closing?"

"He said he will be done in five minutes…"

He shook his head.

You should have outright rejected him Bro…

Lin felt his scolding stare and quickly looked away, coughing.

"Can you please make some coffee and sandwiches for him?"

"Fine…" he grumbled to himself.

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Ten minutes later, the customer returned from the washroom, wiping his hands with the tissue.

"Thanks bud. You are a good man."

The man with the leather jacket left the cafe as quickly as he had arrived.

Cai pointed out. "He took ten minutes, not five."

Lin nodded. "I have learned that people tend to add five-ten minutes more to the original time they proposed."

"That is not really punctual."

"Indeed."

Cai let out a sigh. "Bro, don't allow customers after the closing time in the future. It would become very chaotic if somebody saw and started demanding the same thing."

Lin pursed his lips. "It seemed to me he got out late from work and didn't get time for dinner…"

"That doesn't matter. We have 24x7 convenience stores that are filled with rice balls and ramen and other good stuff. We have one just ten minutes away. Nobody will be left hungry."

"He was too tired to continue-"

Cai cut him off with his glare. "Just harden your heart, that's all!"

Lin lowered his head like an obedient student. "Yes."

He snorted. "Good. Let's close the cafe for real now-"

*Knock knock*

"Are you open?" a voice came from the door side.

Cai turned, exasperated. "Ah for the love of God, no we are not-"

The rest of his words couldn't come out as he recognized Shui standing at the cafe entrance. The two brothers stiffened at once.

Shui pressed her lips and stood still at her place awkwardly.

"I am sorry. I will drop by tomorrow."

Lin quickly said, "No, it's okay. Please come in. Don't mind my brother."

Cai pouted.

That's so not cute of you, Bro.

Shui thought about it back and forth in her mind and said, "...Okay. Don't worry. I am not here to eat."

She stepped in and stood before Lin. A few moments of discomfort hung in the air which Cai couldn't bear for long.

"It won't hurt to brew another cup of coffee, haha…"

"No, I really don't need it-"

Cai quickly ran inside the kitchen to escape the uncomfortable situation, leaving his brother to fend for himself. Enjoy new chapters from novelbuddy

Shui and Lin stood in silence, nobody saying a word to each other. Eventually, Shui gathered her words to speak.

"I am sorry for dropping at your closing time."

"You don't have to apologize, Miss. Han," he paused for half a moment and offered, "Please do sit."

Shui slightly bit her lip and scratched her chin but finally conceded. "Thanks…"

She quietly pulled a chair and took a seat, placing her handbag on her thighs.

Lin remained standing.

Shui looked up and blinked. "Won't you sit?"

"I am fine."

She frowned. "No, it's not. I am not really a customer right now and you aren't serving me as an attendant, so why should you be standing?"

Lin looked away and thought that Shui's argument held merit, but he couldn't bring himself to share a table with her.

"It's really fine."

"In that case, I will stand as well."

"Please, no!" Lin nervously exclaimed in a slightly higher pitch and quickly grabbed a seat.

"Is it okay now…?"

"Much better."

Lin fiddled with his collar with anxiety setting in, pressing his lips now and then.

Where is Cai? He should be done with the coffee by now…

In the kitchen, Cai was taking his own sweet time and speed to brew Shui's coffee.

Let's stay here for as long as I can~

Outside, Shui said, "...I just thought I should let you know what Yuze told me about his involvement with Jin's business deal."

Lin faced her and blinked once. "Did Mr. Kang…admit his involvement?"

Shui nodded and recapped the entire conversation to him. Before she could continue, Lin expressed breathlessly.

"Th-that's not true..!"

Shui was taken aback. "Sorry?"

"Sir Liu Jin i-is not playing with your feelings, Miss. Han. He-he will even never think of doing that! I don't know…what Mr. Kang means by acting conveniently to suit his needs, but Sir Jin is not like that!" His breaths grew ragged and his trembling hands clasped together.

Shui parted and closed her lips, slightly stunned. "I know that, Hou Lin. Jin will never have any bad intentions towards me. It's just that Yuze misunderstood him. Of course, it doesn't mean that I support him or what he did but that's how things looked to him from his point of view as somebody…" she cleared her throat, "who confessed to me."

Lin leaned back, relieved upon hearing Shui's words. "I see…But he should not have messed with Sir Jin's deal."

"Naturally, I expressed my disappointment regarding that. It was an important deal for Jin. But he won't interfere again."

Lin's brows slightly furrowed. "Is that so…?"

He stared down at the table in deep thought.

Shui said, "That's all I came to tell you. You…"

She fiddled with her thumbs and exhaled a quiet breath.

"I know it must have been really hard for you to still come to my office and tell me about this incident despite how I lashed on you at the gallery. So...thank you. Thank you for telling and caring about Jin."