Rock Sugar And Pear Stew | L.K Adaptation

Chapter 49

Yeonjun tried to defend himself. "I understand. I've been working hard all this while so as to not disappoint anyone. Getting into a relationship doesn't hinder me from achieving this mom".

"How is it not a hindrance? She'll distract you". Mrs. Choi crossed her arms and held his eyes, taking up an imposing stance. "Can you tell me honestly that she hasn't distracted you? That you didn't think about her during your training or when you had a competition? Or that you haven't wasted any time because of her?"

"I____"

Mrs. Choi cut him off. "Whether the answer is 'yes' or 'no', you know very clearly yourself".

Yeonjun lowered his gaze and said softly, "I can adapt".

"On, You can adapt. So how long will you need to adapt? Why don't you first consider whether you have time to adapt? Yeonjun, how tall you are now? You're already 1.78 m! You can't possibly not know what this height means for figure skating. Who knows when you'll start growing again? And how tall you'll get? Your dream might stop halfway and right now you're still thinking about getting into a relationship. You're treating your dream as child's play!" The more Mrs. Choi spoke, the angrier she became. In the end, she inhaled a deep breath and shook her head. "Choi Yeonjun, I'm very disappointed in you".

"Mom...."

"Between your dream and love, you can only choose one".

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For the duration of the province skating championship, no one monitored Lisa's activities. During the day, she'll carry out her own training. At night, she'll drag herself back to the dorm, feeling as exhausted as a dog but still forcing herself to study after showering. She felt that she was currently working even harder than when she was preparing for the university entrance exams.

And Jungkook was back to annoy her with a video call invitation.

Lisa rejected his call.

She texted back: "Finals are coming, dude".

Jungkook: "I need to revise as well. We can revise together and monitor each other".

Lisa: "You're already out striving to make our country proud. Do you still need to take the exams?"

Jungkook: "I have to take makeup exams after I go back".

Fine, his life was more miserable than hers.

Jungkook send over another video call invitation. This time, Lisa accepted it.

Her phone mounted on the desk, Lisa felt a little strange revising while facing another person's face. Fortunately, she soon got used to it.

While Lisa looked down at her paper and focused so solving her maths questions, Jungkook's attention was on his phone screen. He rested his hand on his textbook and glanced at her surreptitiously. He watched how she furrowed her brows every now and then and how her lowered lashes curved into beautiful arcs. He watched the outline of her raised but delicate-looking cute nose and her plump lips which was like a cheery blossom petal. As she concentrated, she would hold up her pen and bite on her lower lip. Her soft lip was bitten into numerous shapes by her teeth.

Jungkook stretched out his index finger and lightly touched the knot between her brows. Then, his finger moved down slowly. Eyes, nose, cheeks....little by little he traced the features of her doll face.

Finally, his fingers stopped and lingered on her lips.

Mark came out of the shower. He was tightly wrapped in a thick layer of clothes and looked like he had just crawled out from a cave after hibernating for winter instead of being someone who just finished showering. That could not be helped; it was what Jungkook commanded.

When he came out, Mark immediately saw Jungkook touching a girl through the screen. The captivated look in his eyes was too darn perverted. Mark was very worried that Jk would do something even more nefarious as he looked at the screen.

Fortunately, JK was not such a depraved person. He withdrew his hand and gently pressed his finger against his own lips.

This tiny gesture and Mark's face to redden at once. He thought of turning away but could not bear to actually do so. He continued to watch on. Mark could not understand why a single dog like him was watching another person being affectionate. In any case, he had grown accustomed to it after the past few days of abuse. Currently, he was feeling extremely calm and had the urge to open a bag of melon seeds.

Lisa pondered for a while with knitted brows and suddenly raised her head. Jungkook immediately assumed the appearance of reading his book earnestly. His action were beyond fast and Mark vaguely felt like he was watching a video that had suddenly jumped from one frame to another.

Lisa regarded the Jungkook in the screen. The way that rascal read his book with lowered eyes was quite a pleasing sight. She tapped on the screen with a pen and said his name, "Jungkook".

Jungkook raised his eyes. "What?"

"Do you know how to do this?" Lisa moved her homework in front of the camera.

She had discovered an advantage to revising like this.

Jungkook quickly calculated the solution and explained it to her in detail.

As Lisa listened on, she became more and more puzzled. Was it because "absence make the heart grow fonder?" Why did she feel that Jungkook's voice sounded really gentle? She was getting drunk on it....

After he finished explaining the question, Jungkook saw that Lisa was in a daze. "Hey", he called.

"Ah? Thanks, thanks". Lisa picked up her pen and started writing swiftly on the question paper according to how Jungkook explained it. She rubbed her face subconsciously with her left hand.

Jungkook said, "There's no need to thank me. Just go and like my posts in WeChat".

"Weirdo".

Jungkook kept quiet for a moment. Then using a tone that sounded like an older brother asking after a  younger brother, he asked, "How is Yeonjun doing?"

"Don't mention him in front of me". Lisa said gruffly.

....

Done with their revision, Lisa and Jungkook bade each other goodnight. She did not forget like Jungkook's posts. Lately, she was too busy to browser her moments feed. When she clicked into Jungkook profile, she was stunned. Gosh, the fellow was only out for a competition. Was there a need to post so many things? Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, you're seeking so much attention that you're nearly becoming a rainbow.

Jungkook received a huge wave of "likes" from Lisa. He was about to praise her for it when he suddenly received a text from his mother.

Mama: "Did you get into a relationship?"

Jungkook: "?"

Mama: "Go on, continue acting dumb".

Jungkook: "????"

Mama: "Your Moments feed was growing grass previously. Now, you're posting daily at such frequent intervals. Who are you posting them for?"

Jungkook: "...."