Rebirth: Once Again With You

Meng Renshu looked down at her worried-stricken face, and the irritation he had been suppressed spilt out. Wasn't this girl supposed to love him? And it didn't start in a year or two but more than a decade.

How could such love quickly fade at a random man's appearance? Meng Renshu couldn't accept it.

Li Caiyi was supposed to be his. She was his wife up until her death!

Meng Renshu snickered sinisterly before slapping her hand away. "That guy is a murderer. A fugitive who is searched all over the country. Why do you think he uses a fake name to fool you? Because he knows you'll run if you find out his identity."

Li Caiyi's eyes widened in shock. Her mouth was wide agape, and her whole body stiffened. A moment after, her body swayed as if she had lost her balance.

Meng Renshu quickly held her up by her shoulder and waist as he studied her face. Her pupils shook in trepidation, and her lips quivered ever so slightly.

At that moment, Meng Renshu felt a strange sensation within him. Seeing her confused and flustered like this awoken a wicked and dark desire within him.

'Yes, just like this. Open your eyes and see how vile that man is. Then you can come to my arms.'

Li Caiyi was so out of it she barely registered how Meng Renshu caressed her cheeks lovingly. Her skin was smooth and very pleasant to touch. He could also feel her warm breath, and it tickled his heart.

"His pair of hands that you allowed to touch you that night belong to a cold-blooded killer. He took three people's lives with the same hands." Meng Renshu whispered gently beside her ears. "Mercilessly."

His voice was light and angelic, yet it hypnotized her like a devil's whisper, preventing her from thinking of anything but his words.

"Even after turning back in time, you are still that pure and naive Xiaoyi. You trust a murderer as your savior and believe you can have a happy life with the same person without knowing what he does right now. He can be out there doing something unsavory, and you'd never know."

Meng Renshu's stare travelled down from her face to her neck. Her white and slender neck.

A person could easily break that neck if they exerted some force. Such a fragile and delicate body.

Before he could stop himself, Meng Renshu, who was attracted by how tender her neck looked, slid his hand down and wrapped his hand around her neck.

The cold touch of his skin against her sensitive neck startled Li Caiyi out of her daze. Only then did she notice how disturbingly close he was. They were practically pressed against each other.

"Get off me!" Li Caiyi pushed his chest with all her might and took some distance from him. Her heart beat fiercely in its ribcage.

She couldn't believe her eyes. What did he just try to do to her? Did he want to kill her in the middle of the day?!

Li Caiyi glared at him vigilantly, but Meng Renshu only smiled at her. "Your face doesn't look well. Do you perhaps feel ill?"

'This psycho bastard!'

Goosebumps rose all over her body at how quickly he could hide his dangerous thoughts behind an innocent mask. If it weren't for her curiosity to hear more about Shen Qiang, she would most probably already run as fast as she could from there.

"When I heard you spent a night with an unknown man with a questionable background, I thought you have no fear anymore. Is it because you already planned to take your life then? Now that you want to cherish your life well, you are afraid of me?"

Meng Renshu laughed in amusement, ignoring the terrified expression on Li Caiyi's face.

"You know I will never hurt you, Xiaoyi. You are precious to me. I can't say the same with that boyfriend of yours, though. Who knows? He probably planned to do what I demonstrated just now to you in the future."

"Crazy. Meng Renshu, you are crazy."

"I believe I'm still sane until I remember our past memories. After spending the rest of my life like a dead person, it would be weird if I'm still perfectly sane now, isn't it right?"

Chill ran down her spine at his smile, which didn't reach his eyes at all. He eyed Li Caiyi like a predator marking his target, without the intention of letting her go once he got his eyes onto her.

"And how can you be so sure if Dai Zhiqiang is the one you are searching for, anyway? You are way too trusting with people, Xiaoyi. That's why I can't leave you alone. I don't want something bad to happen to you."

"I don't believe you. Dai Zhiqiang isn't a person like that. He is a righteous man who can't let injustice happen before his eyes. He is also a good person who cares a lot about his family." Li Caiyi put her fist in front of her chest.

"Sure, perhaps he is a good person, just like you said. For now, that is. However, who can guarantee he wouldn't fall into the same path again? The fact that he is dangerous never changes. I'm here to ensure nothing happened to you because of him."

Li Caiyi was at a loss for words. She didn't want to believe him, but Meng Renshu had lived longer than her before. He must have gone through an investigation regarding her sudden death, and it wouldn't be surprising if he investigated Shen Qiang too, who happened to be with her.

Li Caiyi remembered Shen Qiang said he wasn't a good person like Li Caiyi thought him to be. At that time, she was so overwhelmed by her emotion that she thought little of it. What if what Meng Renshu said was true?

'No, even if it is. I believe Zhiqiang has his own reason for doing that. And Dai Zhiqiang in this life hasn't done anything to warrant such suspicion yet,' Li Caiyi thought stubbornly.

She was the one who spent the most time with him, so she should be the one who knew best how kind he was. There must be some kind of explanation behind this.

"Meng Renshu, save your time and energy because I don't need your protection. I feel the safest when Zhiqiang is with me than when you hovered around me all the time, so leave me alone."

Meng Renshu frowned at her response. Li Caiyi subconsciously braced herself just in case he tried to do something funny again.

However, he just shrugged his shoulders. "Up to you. But you have no right to tell me what to do either. How about we go to K city now?"

"What 'we'? You go by yourself, and I will go by myself too. I don't want to be seen anywhere with you."

"Xiaoyi, you are so slow in learning. You realize it's useless no matter how much you try to chase me away, right?"

Li Caiyi stomped her feet in frustration but later admitted her defeat. Trying to dissuade Meng Renshu only drained her energy faster.