Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu-Chapter 990: The smell of a setup?

Shui got to work the next morning. If she wanted to prove Lin’s innocence, she had to move fast. Talking things out with his parole officer, Chang Fang, didn’t give her much insights. He was all smiles and assurance that he was working on to find the drug dealer, but Shui’s heart held suspicions.

Why do I feel strange about him?

She also couldn’t shrug out his immediate reaction when he first met her gaze as she stood inside his office.

Did he panic when he saw me or was it just my imagination…?

"Siiiiiiissssss!!"

Her cousin Soo Yijun, jumped on her and twirled with her around in delight.

"You finally remembered me!" He shed tears of joy.

Shui pouted. "When did I ever forget my cute brother?"

He flared his nostrils. "You have!"

A smack landed on the back of his head by his father. "Don’t bother her."

"Uncle Yunru!" Shui grinned and hugged him. "Ah, you are still as handsome as ever~"

"Your tongue is as glib as your Aunt’s," he shook his head.

"Oh, oh where is Aunt Zizi?"

Zhiyuan’s sister and Shui’s aunt, Han Zizi, now Soo Zizi was a free spirit.

"Out shopping with Zhenya," he shrugged.

Yijun grimaced. "Why is my sister’s shopping soul never satisfied? Is she really my twin?"

"Women and shopping go hand in hand, son."

Shui clapped. "Ah such wise words, Uncle. No wonder Aunt is so in love with you. Yijun, get your pointers from him."

Yijun smirked. "I have my own charm points."

Yunru raised his brow. "So why hasn’t it translated to getting a girlfriend yet?"

"...I am currently enjoying my single life."

He scoffed. "Yeah, sure."

He looked at Shui and smiled. "Come on in. I have tried a new pork buns recipe. You came at the right time."

Shui and Yijun raced to the dining table but Shui was a second faster in grabbing the steaming pork bun first.

"Step it up, Yijun. You are a police officer. How can you be so slow?"

He snorted. "I couldn’t break your heart, so I let you win sis."

She rolled her eyes. "Ah, that makes me so overwhelmed."

Shui took a bite and her eyes gleamed in delight. Her mouth watered even more. "Deliciousshhh!"

Yunru smirked in pride. "I tried out a new filling. Retirement is giving me lots of good ideas. I wonder if I should open a restaurant?"

She giggled. "I am sure Aunt Nana will help you out. I will be your first customer!"

He ruffled her hair. "You are the best niece. Here, take another one."

"Offer me a pork bun too, Dad," Yijun said.

"You are already stuffing two at once," he dryly said.

"Because it’s delicioushhh. I will be second in line after sis."

He chuckled. "Provided you two beat Zizi in the race first."

Shui already raised her white flag of defeat. "Nope, I cannot win against her."

"Mom is very biased towards her husband. She loves you more than her children. She won’t let even Zhenya and me win!"

"Well what can I say…" Yunru sheepishly grinned.

"Ah, the hearts, the hearts! Too blinding!"

Everybody shared a dose of hearty laughter with the pork buns. Yijun asked, stuffing his mouth with the fourth bun, "What brings you here, sis?"

"Slow down, you idiot," Yunru scolded. "And leave some for your mother and sister."

"Winners keepers~"

Shui said, "I want Yijun’s help in finding a drug dealer."

The father-son pair gave her a stunned stare.

"Huh? Drug dealer?"

"Yup."

Their eyes immediately narrowed icily and and threat loomed in the air.

"Did somebody hurt you?"

Shui glanced at them and coughed. "Wait, no, no. It’s a misunderstanding. It’s not about me. Nobody bullied me."

"Then why are you looking for such a dangerous criminal?" Yijun frowned.

"Well…it’s related to Hou Lin."

She gave them a short summary of the events until now.

"He doesn’t want Jun to get involved in this."

Yunru said, "But why do you want to help him? I don’t think you should get involved with him either."

Shui pursed her lips. "I understand where you are coming from Uncle. But Hou Lin…he is really not the kind of guy to get involved in drugs. Plus, he did help out regarding Jin before…"

"So you think you should help him out this time?"

She cleared her throat. "Just this time and we will be even. Then we will be back to our own life. He just happened to have gotten mixed up in some unfortunate circumstances. If we catch the dealer and get his confession, it will clear out the suspicion against Hou Lin."

Yunru and Yijun exchanged thoughtful glances and remained silent for a while.

Shui urged. "Pretty please?"

Yijun pouted. "You always show that pitiful face."

"If it works, it works," she stuck out her tongue.

Yunru sighed. "Fine. But just this time."

She jumped on her feet and hugged him. "You are the best!"

"What about me? I will be doing all the leg work," Yijun complained.

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Shui stuffed a pork bun into his mouth and grinned. "You are the best bro~"

Yijun snorted. "Fine, fine. I have a very generous heart. Anyway, is there a picture of this guy?"

Shui let out a disappointed look. "Not really…"

"Why not? Did You Lin’s cafe not have cameras?"

"Not yet," she sighed. "They are still working on getting some interiors done in the cafe, but Hou Lin’s brother said that they were already in talks with some dealers about setting up the security cameras too. It was going to get installed by next month."

Yunru asked, "So how was the parole officer sure that he visited his cafe?"

"The street camera on the opposite side captured him. His picture is not so clear but the police still identified that he was the same wanted drug dealer. And he got some reports from some officers who were tailing him."

Yijun asked, "But they couldn’t catch him after he left the cafe?"

"The officers lost him on the way is what he said…"

Yunru frowned.

"This doesn’t sit well with me. Why did the officers tailing the guy not realize that Hou Lin was only letting him inside for his meal? I mean, if the conversation between Hou Lin and the dealer went down as you said, then it shouldn’t be hard to figure it out. And then the officers lost him too. Hmmm…this feels like a setup."