"Waitress, she would like a glass of lemon water." He ordered.

The man looked at Lisa again and closely inspected her facial features and choice of clothes.

He then slowly said, "My cousin told you what I do for a living, right?"

"Yes, she did. You work in forensics."

"Yes, I am a forensics specialist hired by the police bureau. I studied in the United States and majored in Forensics at the University of Maryland. I'm now the youngest forensics Ph.D. in our province."

"Would you mind telling me your name?" Lisa clearly had no interest in this person's profession whatsoever; she only wanted to find out his name so that she could tell him the truth, and not lead him into any misunderstandings.

He was surprised that after the young woman across from him heard about his prestigious background, she didn't show any hint of emotions; instead, she calmly asked him for his name.

"My name is Kim Mingyu," he said calmly.

Kim Mingyu was very handsome,  his facial features were quite nice, and he was a clean-looking young man.

His white jacket was Armani's newest style, and he was wearing a Cartier ring on his index finger.

His outfit was extravagant, and he clearly didn't look like a forensics guy. But then again, never judge a book by its cover, right?

After a moment of hesitation, Lisa introduced herself.

"My name is Lee sa, as in Lisa."

"Lee sa? Now that is a rare korean name. I wonder what made your parents choose this name for you" Mingyu commented wondering.

"I'm not sure either, couldn't voice my opinion at that time." Lisa felt awkward.

"Okay, Lisa, what an interesting name." Mingyu held up his coffee mug as he slightly sighed with emotion.

"Mr. Kim, I've come here today because…"

"Don't worry, my cousin told me all about your situation. I heard that you graduated from a local third-rate college and are only an intern nurse at the moment. You only have a little brother and mother in your family, and they live on the outskirts of the city. Your brother is still in college, and your mother runs a small store, right?"

"That's right, that's basically my current family situation. The head nurse treats me very well, and I think she overestimated me. Given my conditions, I don't think that I'm worthy of a man like you, so… we're not compatible."

Lisa felt somewhat relieved when she heard Mingyu bring up this topic first, since it would make things easier than having to explain to him her entire situation.

However, Mingyu continued, "I'm not a shallow man. I don't care about conditions or situations. My cousin said that you're a very good person. You do things with great effort and pay great attention to detail. I've seen your picture before, and think that you're very pretty. I don't want much from my future wife, I only want her to be gentle and caring. That's it. Because I've got quite a handsome salary, you won't have to go to work at all after we get married. You just have to stay home and take care of the children. What do you think?"

"Uhm… I think that you're thinking too far into the future." Lisa was a bit speechless.

"Of course not, these things can all be immediately accomplished. You might know already that because of the nature of my job, I'm very busy so I barely have any time to date. If I think that you're a good match, then we should get married immediately because I don't want us to waste each other's time. These are all very practical questions."

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