Xi

14

Jennie paused mid-stride. She turned her head around and said her final words to Song Ji-Hye, "Oh, by the way, I heard that you son has returned home yesterday by coincidence, which is the day you've been arrested. He originally wanted to give you guys a surprise, but never thought in the end, he was the one who was caught by surprise."
"Minchul..." Song Ji-Hye's eyes sparkled. Crystalline tears rolled down from her eyes out of the blue.
"Sob... Sob..."
When Jennie heard the miserable cries coming from behind her, she did not turn her head nor pause mid-stride. She walked resolutely toward the outside.
The setting sun was not as scorching hot as the afternoon sun. But it was equally warm.
Jennie stood in front of the police station. She closed her eyes and felt the warmth from the sunset that was shining on her face. She heaved a sigh of relief.
While she was about to open her eyes and depart from the place, she suddenly felt a dark figure overshadowing her, blocking the light that shone into her eyes.
Jennie was stunned. She instinctively opened her eyes and looked ahead, only to be greeted by an unexpected figure. "Why did you come here? Did the doctor allow you to be discharged from the hospital, or... did you sneak out again?"
Lisa did not refute her. He stared at Jennie fixedly. He said matter-of-factly, "I came to look for you."
His brief reply allowed her to understand the full situation. Indeed, this guy had sneaked out again.

Jennie rolled her eyes in resignation. She immediately unbuttoned Lisa's shirt to check if his wound opened. She did not want to be nagged by the attending doctor again, who was worse than the old butler, when she returned to the hospital.
Jennie stayed within close distance to Lisa for a long time, and they were so close that Lisa could kiss her face the moment he lowered his head.
Looking at Jennie's extremely serious looking side profile, the corners of Lisa's lips curled upward discreetly.
In fact, the moment Jennie and the rest learned about the incident yesterday, Lisa had already received the same news. Later, he also got to know that Jennie would come to visit Song Ji-Hye today.
After Lisa learned about this, the creases between his eyebrows had never smoothed out. He had already found out Jennie's true identity. He knew that the current Jennie would not be deeply upset by the event that had happened many years ago. He also knew that the current Jennie was very strong, and she would not be easily bullied by others.
However, Lisa was uneasy about the fact that Jennie had taken the initiative to visit Song Ji-Hye. After all, that woman had wanted to take Jennie's life not long ago.
It had not been easy for Lisa to regain his wife. He got so worked up that he grew restless and uneasy throughout the day in the hospital. In the end, he could no longer hold back himself. He ran away from the hospital with Xia Zhetao once again.
After checking Lisa's left arm thoroughly and confirming his wound had not reopened, Jennie heaved a sigh of relief.
"Why couldn't you just stay inside the hospital? You're already an adult, how could you simply run away? Must you always make us worry!"
Upon hearing a trace of worry under Jennie's rebuke, Lisa was in a good mood. He whispered, "It's okay. I know what I'm doing."

Upon hearing his words, Jennie immediately rolled her eyes at him. Who was the one who got himself all battered last time? He was even bleeding all over the place. In the end, the doctor had vented his anger on Xia Zhetao and her and were lectured for a long time.
Lisa met Jennie's accusatory gaze. His eyes sparkled. He wittily switched the topic. "Have you finished visiting her?"
"How did you know...?" Jennie swallowed her remaining words and let them die a silent death in her.
How could she forget that the reason Xiao Jingyao had managed to figure out the incident that happened more than a decade ago was because the person in front of her had given him the clues? If so, it was not surprising to know that he knew she would come to visit Song Ji-Hye today.
Wait. That was not quite right. Could Lisa be here because he knew she had learned about the truth and came to confront Song Ji-Hye? Was he worried that she would be overwhelmed by sadness after she learned the truth, and that was why he...
At that moment, Jennie still had no idea that her actual identity had been exposed. She mistakenly thought Lisa had come here just for the sake of comforting her.
When she was about to explain things to him, she was interrupted by a familiar voice that suddenly rose from behind her. "Good day, Ms. Kim. Why are you here?"
Jennie froze. She turned her head around and looked in the direction, only to see Haruto's handsome face. He was grinning stupidly. "Officer Watanabe?"
"Just call me Haruto. Big Sister Jen used to call me by that name. Ms. Kim, why are you here?" Haruto slowly walked toward Jennie. His eyes were glued on her, and he did not realize the other person standing next to her.