"Later on you should listen well to the lectures, if you cannot understand you can ask the teacher, or perhaps your Ge, if not you can ask me too." Jungkook thinks about it, "If there's a question that you can't do, you can take a photo of it and send it to me. Ge Ge will reply to you after I see it."

Lisa nods.

"Do you have an exam when you start a new term?"

"Yes."

"After the examination, tell Ge Ge about the result." Jungkook says, "It's best if you could get a high mark so Ge Ge will feel a sense of achievement."

"Oh."

"Okay, go and play by yourself."

Lisa takes her things and goes out. She couldn't help but turn her head. She gathers her courage and calls after him, "Ge Ge."

Jungkook lifts up his head. "What?"

Lisa hesitates for a while and says, "Tomorrow do you want to come here and have dinner with our family?"

"Tomorrow?" Jungkook raises his eyebrow, "I can't."

Lisa looks at him.

She hums an "okay."

"Ge Ge should stay at the dorm. I want to get the two hundred dollars of red pocket from the University." Jungkook laughs lightly, "With your suggestion, wouldn't Ge Ge's persistence be wasteful?"

Lisa doesn't know what should she say. She just nods and opens the door to get back to her bedroom.

Lisa puts her things on the table and opens up her drawer. She finds the red envelope that she got from previous year. It is empty.

The New Year isn't coming so she has no money.

She thinks about her piggy bank, but if she wants to take money from it, she should break it.

But Lisa feels it's also feel strange to give him red pocket money.

She considers it for a long time and just places a candy inside. Then she takes a star paper and just writes five words.

【Guk Ge Happy New Year.】

Then she folds it into a star and places it inside the red pocket.

She open up her bedroom door. She could hear that Jimin and Jungkook in the living room. She blinks and runs lightly toward Jimin's bedroom.

She looks for Jungkook's backpack. Lisa opens the zip up, but she doesn't look what is inside. She cautiously puts the red envelope inside.

Though it looks like a bit unpresentable gift.

But that way, since he is not going home, he could get two red pockets.

—–

The night of New Year's Eve, after the dinner, Jiyong just returns Lisa's phone to her. The whole family is sitting down on the living room to watch Spring Festival Gala Evening. Lisa isn't too interested with it. She opens up her phone.

She has a lot of messages. She finds Jungkook's message.

— Wishing little Lalisa to be happy everyday. You could get into your dream senior high school and university. Happy New Year. Also, Thank you little Lali for your red pocket.

Lisa considers for a while. Should she ask whether he enjoys the meal in the University? Should she ask whether he has friends to accompany him in the school? Should she ask whether he feels lonely or not?

But she doesn't ask it.

She sighs and just replies.

— Thank You Ge Ge. Ge Ge, Happy New Year.

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