Ai stood up and placed her palm on Jin's shoulder. "Stay here with Shui and make sure you drop her home."
"Wait, what about you?"
"I have already called Jun to pick me up," she smiled. "He is almost here."
She whispered near his ear. "She needs you the most now."
Jin said nothing and simply nodded. Ai excused herself and left, filling an awkward silence behind. He walked up to her and gently took his seat beside her. Her slightly reddened eyes still expressed the horror she felt.
Jin saw her quivering hands clasped together. He pressed his lips, gauging the right and wrong choices. But he figured there was nothing right or wrong in this situation.
He gently placed his hand over her trembling hands and firmly pressed them. "It's all okay now."
His gesture and words exhibited the assurance she wanted to feel. He hesitated for a moment and stretched his hand to wipe away the moistness from her eyes.
"Who did it? Who had spiked my drink...?" She asked with a bitter expression.
Jin's own gaze darkened with rage. "Ren Mui."
"What?" She was dumbfounded. "Why would she...she plot against me?"
"It wasn't against you but against Alix. The drink was meant for her to consume but she offered it to you instead unknowingly."
Jin felt something jarring as he said it out loud.
Unknowingly? Was Alix really unaware...?
He squinted his eyes. The Alix with whom he had few conversations till now post coma seemed to be too smart to fall for such a trap.
Wait a minute, she did say something about teaching her sister a lesson tonight...
It was at the time he helped her outside before the party started. Since Ren Mui naturally got exposed during Jin and Yuze's scuffle, was it not possible that Alix had planned it beforehand?
If it is like that and she used Shui for her own purposes then...
A vein popped on his temple.
Mui angrily laughed. "And yet you wanted to do the same with Shui."
"You see now that was not stupid. That's the difference between you and me. Unlike you, I think two steps ahead."
"Huh?"
She smiled. "How would I have exposed you had I consumed your drink? Nobody would have believed my drunken babbling or it is more right to say that everybody would have just thought that I probably drugged myself to get Kang Yuze's attention. Throw myself at him."
Her mouth twitched.
"On the other hand..." Alix's eyes sparkled with joyful mischief, "because I involved Shui, the reality suddenly became very credible, right? It wasn't a story or a lie anymore. People wouldn't have believed me who acted crazy before, but nobody would have dared to ignore Shui's plight.
Han
Shui's plight to be precise," she emphasized her last name a few notches deeply.
Mui stiffened.
"And through Shui, Liu Jin got involved too, which I knew would happen. He was the icing on the cake. So now two big families got involved. The Han and the Liu families~ Giant families where people generally don't think to mess with."
Mui shuddered. Jin's ultimatum was still fresh in her mind. He was going to destroy her.
"I could have just thrown the drink if I wanted to," she shrugged. "But then where is the entertainment if I won't drag you down for plotting against me? It was more about making you the Liu and Han family's enemy rather than me protecting myself."
She gnashed her teeth hard and in a fit of rage raised her hand to slap her. But Alix caught her wrist and pressed it so hard that made Mui see stars in front of her.
"Ahhh!"
Alix violently pushed her back against the car and narrowed her eyes. Mui trembled hard. Suddenly, Jin's terror seemed like nothing in front of her eyes that leaked of pure evilness.
"You see, little sister," Alix whispered icily. "I don't really remember what problem you have with me. I am even willing to forget the fact that it was you who had pushed me down the stairs."
Mui froze.
"I don't care who you are. I don't care if you run the family business. I don't care if you want Kang Yuze all for yourself. I just want you to stay out
my
way and let me live peacefully the way I want. Trust me, you really, really don't want to mess with me because..." she leaned, whispering in her ear, "you have no clue who I really am."