Just Blame Me

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Lisa's family lived on the seventh floor. It was a small, three bedroom apartment, and a row of people were currently seated on the not-that-large sofa in the living room. The house usually didn't see any relatives, but here they all were today.

With a bright, smiling face, Mrs Manoban announced, "Everyone heard that you were coming home, so they made a special trip out to see you."

Lisa simply smiled and nodded. She'd only told her mother that she was coming home, so no one would have known about her return unless her mother told everyone else. Of course she knew what her mother was thinking. She, naturally, wanted to show off to their relatives.

"Lisa ah, I haven't seen you in so many years. You've grown up so beautifully." Her second aunt stood up from the sofa and warmly grasped Lisa's hand. Lisa smiled and asked if her aunt was well.

Second Aunt was the wealthiest among their relatives. Usually, she was the one looking down her nose at others. And when she'd invite them out to dinner, she would offer to pay, which was really just her way of showing off.

After every meal together, Lisa's mother would be welling up with anger. So, seeing the two women act so close was a bit amusing to Lisa.

In all fairness, she did understand her mother's elation.

Second Aunt looked at Lisa rather indifferently, but then she smiled at Jungkook. "This must be Mr Jeon. Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Lisa's second aunt."

Jungkook leaned back just slightly, maintaining a good distance. "Hello."

Second Aunt had extended her hand for a shake, but after getting no response, she awkwardly pulled her arm back.

Lisa took this opportunity to tug on Jungkook, and then introduced him to her father. "This is my dad."

Feeling Jungkook's gaze land on him, Mr Manoban subconsciously straightened his back. "Mr Jeon, hello."

His expression was more or less dignified. Jungkook smiled at him and said, "Uncle, hello." After their simple greeting, Jungkook suddenly recalled something. Although he'd said that this was simply a get together with Lisa's parents, it was still their first meeting, so he'd brought along some gifts. "I brought Uncle and Auntie a few small gifts, but I forgot them in the car. I'll have the driver send them up."

Hearing these words, Mrs Manoban quickly said, "No need to bother your driver. I'll have Lucas go down to pick them up." She pat Lucas's shoulder, signaling him to go find the driver.

When Lucas brought the gifts up, Mr and Mrs Manoban called everyone into the living room for lunch.

At the table, all the relatives moved to ask about Jungkook. They all knew that he'd invested two billion into Universe, so how could they leave such a big gold mine alone?

Lisa remained silent as she ate. At first, she'd been thinking that meeting her parents would be troublesome, but now there was an entire group of relatives. Jungkook, on the other hand, seemed to be dealing with things quite well. These people were, after all, no competition for his business partners.

"Why are you only eating rice?" Jungkook grabbed a chicken leg and dropped it into Lisa's bowl, not at all courteous. Lisa was somewhat taken aback, but then she quietly said a word of thanks before returning to silence to eat the chicken leg.