Rebirth of the Film Emperor's Beloved Wife

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Hanbin called Jungkook to inform him about the press conference. Jungkook needed to be there.

The details were left out, so Jungkook only knew that Lisa was the one who gave the instructions and that the press conference would more or less be about their relationship. Towards this, he was a bit skeptical but not too surprised.

For people like them, who spend most of their time mingling in the entertainment circle, countering rumors with a press conference wasn’t an uncommon occurrence. However, it was rare for Lisa to do this. She was a prominent yet lowkey person.

Most of the time, she held enough power to control the public opinion; and yet, she seldom exposed herself to the public. It could be said that the name “Lalisa Manoban” was renowned, but only a few people knew about the woman herself.

Jungkook happened to be the opposite. He had a lowkey personality, but his activities were highkey, and he often appeared before the masses. Though, as a celebrity, this was inevitable.

Because he would often go online at home, he wasn’t oblivious to the discussions that were taking place. The speculations about him being kept by Lisa and the whatnot really made him frown. However, Jungkook wasn’t easily fooled either.

He was quick to discover that someone was purposely manipulating behind the scenes, and he had already sent his own people to investigate. For the time being, nothing useful had come up yet.

He hadn’t expected Lisa to act so quickly.

Afternoon rolled around. Lunch break happened to be an hour and a half before the start of the press conference. Jungkook headed for Lisa’s office, holding two lunchboxes in his hands.

This was something Hanbin had told him to do on the phone earlier, and unsurprisingly, it was by Lisa’s command.

Once again, he asked Hanbin to notify her first before he entered. Except, this time Hanbin told him that Lisa had given instructions to just directly let him in from now on. Jungkook was surprised, but in the end, he still decided to knock first. His expression was stiff.

“Come in.”

With considerable seriousness, he straightened out his clothes and steadily walked in.

Moments ago when she heard someone knock on her door, Lisa had already gotten up from her chair. Seeing that it was Jungkook, she pointed to the lounge area of her office and said, “I’ll go wash my hands, you can set the meal first.”

This was Jungkook’s first time stepping into the president’s lounge. The dark blue color scheme clearly reflected Lisa’s own style: Cold, yet exquisite and elegant.

In a corner towards the left, there was a small table for four. Lisa appeared soon after Jungkook finished setting the table, and the two quietly began to enjoy lunch.

Lunch consisted of braised eggplant with minced pork, steamed bass, sweet and sour ribs, spinach with shrimp, and mixed mushroom soup. The meal was simple, homemade, and very delicious.

Lisa couldn’t be more satisfied with it. Since the day she got married, she had always chosen take-out from big restaurants over home-cooked meals. Therefore, she was especially fond of Jungkook’s cooking. It contained the taste of “home.”

She had been very wise in choosing this man to be her contractual husband. It was a pity that she hadn’t known to cherish him. That didn’t matter anymore, though. The past was in the past, and from now on, she would work hard to make up for it.

“Jungkook, let’s disclose our relationship.” Since they were no longer divorcing, they could take this opportunity to reveal their relationship to the public. Doing so would also force Tzuyu to eat a heavy loss.

Lisa wanted to see if that woman would still be able to stay calm when she and Jungkook flaunt their conjugal love in front of her. Hmph!

The word “love” flashed across her mind, but she didn’t pay much attention to it. Most likely, she wasn’t even aware that she had thought it.

The level of tacit understanding between her and Jungkook would determine if he would be able to figure out her unique form of “love” or not.

Disclose their relationship, don’t disclose their relationship, or leave it ambiguous. Jungkook had considered all of them before. He’d even analyzed the benefits and consequences that each one would bring, and he’d also considered what Lisa might choose.

Of course, he’d thought about what he wanted, too. Lisa’s choice did not come as a surprise to him. After all, based on his understanding of her, she was very disdainful of liars.

“Alright, I’ll cooperate with you.” Lisa said calmly, without even a ripple in his expression.

Lisa was dissatisfied with his reaction!

She said she wanted to disclose their relationship to the public! Why was he so calm? Shouldn’t he be ecstatic? How could he reply so expressionlessly? How disappointing!

Dear, you should at least give me a genuine smile!

Even though she was filling with frustration and disappointment, and she had a stomachful of discontentment and complaint, her expression remained as rigid as always. She gave a small nod.

It must be mentioned that people who appear cold on the outside were often times fervent on the inside, and people with loft identities were capable of feeling discomposed too.

“The press conference is in another hour and a half, do you want to take a break before it starts?” Seeing Lisa’s indifference and how she didn’t seem to want to talk anymore, Jungkook assumed she was silently hinting for him to leave.

Hearing this, she became even more unhappy. This man wanted to run after eating? Did he not like her company? That shouldn’t be!

Once again, it must be mentioned that these two people share no tacit understanding of each other’s thoughts. Ah, so infuriating.

Lisa felt that making Jungkook smile was her most important task. To make him smile, she had to interact with him, so of course she wouldn’t just let him go like that.

After a moment of serious contemplation, she came up with, “What’s for dinner?”

“…” Jungkook decided that it was about time he did some research on auditory hallucinations.

“Why aren’t you saying anything?” Lisa prompted impatiently.

“What do you want to eat? I’ll make it for you.” Curing his auditory hallucinations would have to wait. He was convinced that for now, boosting his culinary skills was more important!

All of a sudden, he felt like he had gained enlightenment. So it turned out that her recent changes were due to his cooking! That explained why she started treating him differently after they had breakfast that one morning.

So that’s why!

After being “enlightened,” Jungkook decided that he must learn to cook well. Even if it was just so he could stay by her side for a bit longer, it was definitely worth it!

As the ancients once said, if you want to capture a woman, you must capture her stomach first. The ancients would not lie to me!