Taehyung: “… Fu*k you! Does that make any difference? Does it make any difference?!”
Lalisa couldn’t help laughing when she heard Taehyung’s growl. Jungkook was just teasing him.
However, Jungkook didn’t feel guilty at all. He glanced at Lalisa, intimately touched the tip of her nose and then replied to Taehyung, “There is a difference.” If Min Lisa was not Kwon Lalisa, he would not even look at Min Lisa, no matter how beautiful she was.
Lalisa held her chin in one hand, while her other hand was held by Jungkook. With a satisfied smile on her face, she said, “Stop it. I’m hungry. I’ll have to go home after the meal.”
Upon hearing that she was going home after the meal, Jungkook frowned. Lalisa was going to explain to him why when her cell phone rang. She looked at the caller ID, showed her cell phone to Jungkook and then answered the phone. “Mom.”
Hearing Lalisa’s voice, Yeji sounded relieved as she asked, “Lili, where are you now? Why didn’t I see you at the school gate?”
Lalisa curled her lip as she winked at Jungkook, grabbed her schoolbag and walked towards the outside. “I took a taxi and forgot to tell you. Please go home, Mom.”
Jungkook hung up the call with Taehyung unhappily, grabbed the hat and mask on the table to wear them, and then followed Lalisa out to send her back. Looking at his unhappy face, Lalisa couldn’t help saying, “I didn’t know that you would come to pick me up, and neither did I know that Mom would go over to do the same.”
Listening to Lalisa’s explanation, Jungkook still drew a long face and continued to drive sullenly. Lalisa looked at him and could not help recalling how he was when he was in Long Beach. She reached out to hold his hand and then said softly, “Don’t be angry, okay? I really didn’t know my mom went to pick me up.”
Jungkook took a look at Lalisa and he didn’t wave away her hand, but he still looked angry as if saying: I’m in a bad mood. Don’t mess with me. Lalisa sighed and asked tenderly, “Then what do you want me to do?”
“After you go back, find an excuse to sneak out and have dinner with me,” replied Jungkook, glancing at her. “You promised me.”
Lalisa was afraid that she couldn’t do as he asked her, but when she looked into his eyes, she could not help nodding and saying, “Okay, then don’t be angry.”
Jungkook smiled secretly, looked at Lalisa from the side and raised an eyebrow. “Really?”
“Yes, trust me!” Lalisa looked at Jungkook with a smile, only to find that his face had changed so fast that she almost thought he had just been acting. It was a pity that he didn’t become an actor.
Jungkook gripped Lalisa’s hand as he pulled over the car at the traffic light intersection, gazed at her and said in a low voice, “If you hadn’t become Min Lisa, I would never have let you leave me. So Lali, please understand me, okay?”
When he heard the news of her death, he thought that if he saw her again, he would never, ever let her leave him. He was not stealing her out of the Min Family because he was trying his best to control himself as he continued warning himself that if he did that, it would hurt her, so he didn’t impulsively confine her around him.
Jungkook’s words stunned Lalisa. She put his hand to her lips and kissed it softly through the mask, and her voice was slightly hoarse as she said, “I know. I know it has been really hard for you recently.”
At the time when her soul became weak, she returned to the place where she died and saw how sad he was, and then she saw how he was desperate in Long Beach, so how could she not understand him? Even she felt that she should be by his side all the time, but she could not do that now because she was not just Kwon Lalisa; she was also Min Lisa. She had to bear the responsibilities of both identities.
Besides, she owned 008. She could avenge herself with the help of 008, so she had to return to the capital and let those who murdered her get their due. Only after that could she stay with him without any burden.
When the green light came on, Jungkook started his car and sent Lalisa back to the Min Family’s villa. Lalisa took a look at the villa before kissing Jungkook’s cheek and saying softly, “Wait a minute. Remember to grab a bite, okay?”
Jungkook helped her unfasten the seat belt and Lalisa got off to walk into the Min Family’s villa.
As soon as Lalisa entered the villa, she met Yoongi at the entrance. His eyes were slightly sad as he looked at Jungkook’s car parked outside. A hint of embarrassment flashed through Lalisa’s face, but she soon concealed it. She came over and greeted Yoongi with a smile. “Yoongi, why are you standing at the door?”
Yoongi withdrew his gaze and blinked to conceal the dimness in his eyes, then rubbed Lalisa’s hair and said gently, “Grandpa called us this afternoon and asked us to visit the Yang Family. Mom went to pick you up but hasn’t come back yet, even though it’s almost been an hour. I was a bit worried, so I came out to have a look.”
Lalisa’s heart sank when she heard that the whole family was going to the Yang Family. She blinked and looked at Yoongi, asking, “Grandpa’s home?”
Yoongi nodded and said emotionlessly, “When we were still in the hospital, Uncle asked us to visit Grandpa after we were discharged from the hospital. It’s been two days since we left the hospital, and Grandpa called us and said it was Friday and he wanted to invite us to visit his home.”
Lalisa gaped. She had just promised Jungkook to have dinner with him, but now she had to go to Grandpa’s home. What should she do?!
From what she knew of him, he would certainly be angry. Once he was angry, he wouldn’t eat his meals, and then his health… Lalisa thought it should be alright if he missed a meal?
But maybe he hadn’t eaten all day.
Lalisa looked up at Yoongi, who smiled and returned into his room. “It’s been over two months since you went home, and Grandpa and Uncle want to meet you, so Mom agreed. We’ll all be going to the Yang Family for dinner tonight.”
Lalisa was going to ask if she could stay at home, but she swallowed those words back at Yoongi’s explanation and nodded with a smile. “Okay, I understand. I’ll go upstairs to prepare. It’ll be my first time visiting Grandpa’s home, so I have to make a perfect impression on him.”
Yoongi nodded with a smile and watched Lalisa go upstairs before glancing sideways through the floor-to-ceiling window. He could see a black car parking outside the villa. A dim gleam flickered in his eyes. You wanted to go out with him, didn’t you? He couldn’t help despising himself. Min Yoongi, when did you become so despicable?
After Lalisa went upstairs, she called Jungkook, apologized to him and promised that she would never do this again. Jungkook coldly snorted in response and hung up the phone.
Lalisa looked at the phone and then at the car that just drove away, feeling guilty…
Lalisa carefully chose her clothes. And then she tied her hair up high and put on a white shirt and jeans along with a pair of sneakers, which made her look youthful and lively. She looked exactly like an energetic girl that old people would like.
Seeing Lalisa dressed like this, Yoongi smiled and asked, “Why did you tie up your hair?”
Though regardless of whether her hair was tied up or put down, she was always so pretty.
Lalisa smiled and went to the kitchen, saying, “I think Grandpa and Uncle prefer the clean and neat style.” She poured a glass of water for herself and drank it.
Yoongi nodded. “Your cousin used to dress like this, but now she has short hair.”
Lalisa smiled. Many military women had shoulder-length short hair or had their hair cut short, which made them look neat.
Yeji pushed open the door of Lalisa’s room and came in. Upon seeing the latter’s clothes, her eyes lit up and she quickly came over to look at Lalisa up and down, repeatedly nodding her head as she commented, “Good, very good. Your grandpa will surely like you.”
Lalisa chuckled and winked at Yeji, who looked at the time and said, “Let’s go over to the Yang Family. Your dad and brothers will go there after work.”
Lalisa and Yoongi nodded. Yeji went to drive the car. Lalisa couldn’t drive without a driver’s license, and Yoongi couldn’t either because of his injuries. Sitting in the passenger seat, Lalisa was constantly gazing outside the car window along the way, so Yeji couldn’t help asking her what she was looking at.
Lalisa withdrew her gaze and replied, “I feel like something changed here.”
Yoongi glanced at Lalisa in the rearview mirror, and a dim gleam flickered across his eyes. He lowered his eyes and told himself not to look at her anymore. Yeji said with a smile, “Really? But I can’t see any difference.”
Lalisa smiled. “Maybe I made a mistake.”
The Yang Family lived in a military compound, which was a bit far away from their house. Yeji usually drove slowly and there was a traffic jam on the beltway, so it was almost 7 o’clock when they arrived at the Yang Family, and Soohyun, Jimin and Taehyung were already there.
Seeing Lalisa, Taehyung quickly squeezed his way over to her and whispered, “Aren’t you with him?”
“We split up when you called him,” Lalisa whispered back.
Taehyung tried to say something when there was a burst of laughter. A man in his seventies walked out, surrounded by a crowd. He was General Yang, Yang Weiguo. Although he was old, he was still vigorous. When he saw Yoongi, he cried out loudly, “You brat, come on over here.”
The people standing behind him were his son, Yang Jingchao; his daughter-in-law, Yuan Lihua; Yang Jingchao’s eldest son, Yang Woosung; second son, Yang Dojoon; fourth son, Yang Hoseok; and youngest daughter, Yang Jiyoon. Yoongi strode forward to greet Yang Weiguo first and then the others in turn.
Their third son, Yang Sejun, was on a mission so he was not here.
Yang Weiguo nodded with satisfaction as he looked at Yoongi, reached out to pat him on the shoulder and then said, “Good, very good! You’re more capable than I was when I was young. You’re already a lieutenant colonel at such a young age. Can you exceed me in military rank in five years?”
Yang Jingchao was just a major general.
A flash of embarrassment crossed Yang Jingchao’s face and he couldn’t help but call out to Yang Weiguo.
“If you don’t want to be surpassed by your nephew, you have to work hard and not get knocked down by these kids,” Yang Weiguo said.
Dojoon looked at Yoongi with a smile and said, “I didn’t expect you to have already become a lieutenant colonel without telling anyone. I’m ashamed that I couldn’t help showing off to everyone when I became a senior captain at the age of 30.”
Yoongi replied with a smile, “I serve in a special forces corps, so it’s easier for me to be promoted. You’re being modest.”
Woosung went over to put his arm around Yoongi’s shoulder and then said in a loud voice, “Not bad, cousin. You really shock us! Did you know my father locked my brother up in the confinement room when he found out you were already a lieutenant colonel?”
Looking at Hoseok who scowled miserably, Yoongi nodded. “I knew. I had a drink with Hoseok the night before.”
Jiyoon didn’t continue this topic. Looking at Lalisa, who had been standing beside Yeji quietly and listening to their conversation with a smile, she asked, “Is this our little cousin Lili?”
Lalisa stepped forward, smiled at the crowd and bowed to Yang Weiguo, saying, “Hello, Grandpa. Hello, Uncle. Hello, Aunt. Hello, cousins. I’m Min Lisa.”
Yuan Lihua walked up to Lalisa, held her hand and said with a smile, “What a pretty and sensible girl!”
Yang Weiguo also looked at Lalisa with a nod. “She looks exactly like her mom when she was young. No wonder she is your child.”
Lalisa didn’t know what to say. General Yang, are you having an illusion? My mom is still young, and I don’t think I look like her.
Yuan Lihua nodded and smiled. “Yes, she really is a bit like her mom when she was young. Maybe Lili is truly our Yang Family’s child.”
Lalisa chuckled and didn’t know how to respond. Jiyoon said, “Don’t stand by the door. Come on in.”
“Wait a minute,” Yuan Lihua said. “There’s still a guest who hasn’t arrived yet. She hasn’t seen us for a long time, so it is really rare that she offered to meet us this time. She is coming. Let’s wait a minute.”
The Yang Family lived in the innermost villa of the military compound. They went to the gate to receive the guests, so they wanted to wait for the last guest here. Yeji and her family were quite intimate with them, so they accompanied them waiting.
Yeji asked, “Who is it?”
Yuan Lihua laughed and replied, “You’ll see.”
At this time, an SUV came into their lines of sight. Yuan Lihua came forward with a smile and said, “Look, she has arrived.”
Lalisa looked at the SUV and felt it looked familiar. Soon, the car stopped and a man got off the car. She stared with her eyes widened. The man went back into the car to take out a wheelchair and place it on the ground, after which he carried the woman in the car out and seated her in the wheelchair. Yuan Lihua walked up to them with a smile and said, “You finally agreed to come out? How many years has it been since you haven’t contacted us?”
Taehee smiled at Yuan Lihua, and then at Lalisa. She said, “Lili, it’s great you’re alright. I was worrying about you.”
Except for Jungkook and the Min brothers, everyone else was surprised.
Seeing Taehee greet her, Lalisa happily went over to crouch in front of her and give a greeting. “I’m alright now. Thanks for your concern, Aunt Jeon, and I’m sorry that I couldn’t have dinner with you last time.”
Taehee smiled and patted Lalisa on the shoulder. “It doesn’t matter. I didn’t expect that you still remembered that. I heard you came to the Yang Family, so I followed you here.”
Seeing that they were so intimate, Yuan Lihua couldn’t help asking, “When did you two come to know each other?”
The others also looked at them with puzzlement, including Yeji. Although Jeon Taehee had a good temper, as the daughter of the Jeon Family, she was not quite approachable and could sometimes even be eccentric. After she had a car accident, she refused to see anyone, even including her old friends. Why did Lili know her?
Besides, Taehee didn’t seem to have come to visit the Yang Family at all, but seemed more like she had come here to support Lisa in case she was despised by the Yang Family people as it was her first time coming to visit them.
Although Taehee was no longer that noble heiress of the Jeon Family, her son was now the leader of Jeon’s International Group. She even brought her son with her, which showed how important Lisa was in her heart.
Taehee smiled as she touched Lalisa’s hair and looked at her tenderly. Jungkook, who was standing by the side, said, “My mom and Lisa used to be in the same sanatorium. Lisa didn’t know her identity back then and often chatted with her. My mom is very fond of her and often asked me to invite her to visit our home after she left the sanatorium. Last time, Lisa promised to accompany my mom for dinner on Saturday, but she failed to come due to the car accident. After my mom heard that Lisa had been discharged from the hospital, she insisted that I accompany her to visit Lisa.” Then he cast a tender glance at Lalisa and smiled as he finished, “I heard Aunt Yang and her family were coming here today, so we followed you here.”
Yuan Lihua nodded and looked at Lalisa with a smile that was more gentle than before. She said, “Oh, Lili is so popular. Do you know how hard it is to get close to your Aunt Jeon? We’ve tried countless times to visit and chat with her, but she rejected us every time. Please spend more time with her in case she gets autism.”
Yeji laughed and cast a seemingly annoyed glance at Yuan Lihua, despite clearly sounding pleased. “What are you talking about? Lili still has classes to attend.”
Taehee didn’t pay any attention to the others. After chatting with Lisa for a while, she greeted General Yang respectfully. “Uncle, sorry for worrying you. I should have come to visit you earlier.”
Taehee’s mother, Yang Lan, was the cousin of Yang Weiguo. Although Jungkook was no longer blood-related to the Yang Family people, they were still relatives.
Yang Weiguo took a look at Taehee and said solemnly, “Let’s go to the house. Don’t stand here talking.”
Although the Yang Family lived in a military compound, their house was rebuilt after they got the permission. It was much larger than other houses and had a big living room, so it was not crowded even though there were so many people sitting in the living room. Yang Weiguo, sitting in a black leather armchair, looked at Taehee and asked her seriously, “What’s your plan for the future? Live in misery for the rest of your life? Our Yang Family’s child shouldn’t be so weak.”
Taehee’s mother and father had already died, so now she had no relatives apart from Jungkook and Yang Weiguo…
When Taehee heard Yang Weiguo’s words, a gloomy gleam flashed through her eyes. Yeji said, “Dad, we haven’t experienced what Taehee has been through. You can’t judge her like this.” Taehee shook her head at Yeji. Lalisa patted Taehee’s hand to comfort her, and latter smiled at her before turning her eyes to Yang Weiguo and saying, “Uncle, you’re right. My enemies would be happy to see me continue to live in misery. I didn’t do anything wrong. Why should I be punished like this?”
“So you’ve decided to stand up?” Yang Weiguo sent a questioning look at Taehee and she nodded in response. “Yes. It’s just as Lili said—I shouldn’t be weak any longer. I’ll take a good rehabilitation program, let myself stand up again and let those who hurt me get their due.”
Lalisa blinked. When did she say that?
Seeing Lalisa’s look, Jungkook could not help smiling. Then something suddenly occurred to him and he looked deeply at Lalisa. Every time someone mentioned that ungrateful b*stard, he would be gloomy for several days. But now with her around, he no longer felt angry…
Yang Weiguo turned his eyes to Lalisa and continued to gaze at her for about five minutes. Lalisa smiled at him and didn’t appear to be uneasy under his stare. A twinge of surprise flickered across Yang Weiguo’s eyes. Even his son couldn’t stand his stare for so long, but this girl didn’t turn a hair. She was really a special girl!
Yang Weiguo asked Lalisa, “Lili, how did you convince your Aunt Jeon?”
Lalisa smiled, her eyes shining as she replied, “We were both betrayed by our loved ones, so we could understand each other. But it seems that I’m luckier than Aunt Jeon.” Yang Weiguo raised an eyebrow and then nodded as he thought of Lisa’s identity. Lisa came to his daughter’s home because she was abandoned by her biological parents.
Yeji sat next to Lalisa, held her hand and then told Yang Weiguo, “Lili is the lucky star of our family. It seems that she’s your lucky star too.”
Taehee’s eyes sparkled with a sly light and she said, “No, she’s the lucky star of my family.”
Taehee recalled how when her son returned home today, he had suddenly stuttered that he wanted to visit the Yang Family with her, and she refused. Her son couldn’t persuade her and could only tell her that Lisa was also there. She tricked him into telling her the truth. It turned out that her son had fallen for that girl…
She couldn’t get the details out of him on the way, so she decided to interrogate her silly son when she returned home tonight on how he fell in love with this little girl.
But this girl was really a good girl. She was quite sensible and most importantly, she found her quite congenial to her, and very few people gave her this feeling.
The others didn’t understand why they were so intimate. Taehee didn’t explain, but the Min brothers all scowled. Damn! How could Jungkook use his mom like this?! He really played dirty!
However, this dirty-playing man only gazed at the girl in front of his eyes, forgetting everything else.
“I didn’t expect Lili to be so popular,” Jiyoon remarked.
Lalisa smiled at Jiyoon and said, “I’m really flattered.”
General Yang wanted to talk alone with Yoongi, so after exchanging a few pleasantries with Soohyun, he called Yoongi to his study to talk with him.
Jiyoon said with envy, “It’s an honor in our home to be invited by Grandpa to his study and talk with him alone. I remember Dad received this honor when he respectively became a lieutenant colonel, senior colonel and major general.” She looked at her two brothers and laughing added, “My second brother and third brother haven’t received this honor yet.”
Woosung and Dojoon were speechless and glared at Jiyoon. Dojoon said, “My sister, can you stop shaming your brothers when so many people are around?”
Jiyoon curled her lips. “There are only our families and good friends here. What are you afraid of? Besides…” Jiyoon gave a sly smile as she finished, “You’ve been shamed by me a lot already.”
Taehyung laughed, pointed at his two cousins and gloated. “Hey, cousins, I suggest you guys retire from the army as soon as possible. You’re busy at work all day long yet you’re just captains, while my brother is often on vacation and hang out with us, yet he’s already a lieutenant colonel and has a high salary too, even though he’s younger than you. Are you sure you chose the right job?”
Woosung and his brother shot dark looks at Taehyung. God, how they wanted to drag out this little cousin, whom they had adored since childhood, and beat him up! Beat him so hard that even his mom and dad wouldn’t be able to recognize him!
As the youngest child of the Min Family, he had a cheerful personality and was very cute, so everyone loved him, and everyone would give him whatever he wanted. That was why he was not afraid of irritating his uncle and cousins at all. Seeing the Yang brothers get angry, he pointed at Hoseok and said, “Look at Hoseok, he’s really smart. He bought some shares of Hexing Group and now he doesn’t need to work with those shares in his hand. He plays all day long and operates two small bars to earn some extra money. What a truly comfortable life! Why don’t you guys study from him and change your jobs?”
Yang Jingchao and Soohyun had been chatting on the side, not paying attention to them, but upon hearing Taehyung’s words, Yang Jingchao looked up at Soohyun and said seriously, “Why don’t you send Taehyung into the army? I’ll give him some good exercise.”
“Huh?” Soohyun looked at his brother-in-law and asked, “Wouldn’t that bother you?”
Yang Jingchao sighed and said, “As a man, he gossips even more than women. He’s not manly at all. His mouth never stops all day long. Look at my sons. They can only surrender to his mouth.”
Hearing this, Taehyung shouted, “Uncle, what’s wrong with you? I have a good reason to say this and even your two sons are speechless. They know that the both of them added up aren’t as excellent as my brother, so they are too ashamed to refute me!”
Yang Jingchao glared at Taehyung, who shrugged as he leaned against Jimin and asked him, “Jimin, what do you think would be suitable for Eldest Cousin and Second Cousin if they changed careers?”
“Fu*k you.” Jimin spat out two words and immediately ran away.
“Min Jimin, we’re going to kill you!” Taehyung shouted.
Yang Jingchao looked at his brother-in-law with surprise and said with a frown, “How could you have educated your son into being like this?”
Soohyun said calmly, “I didn’t educate him. Your sister did.”
Yang Jingchao was speechless as he gave Soohyun a dark look. “That’s because you didn’t fulfil your responsibility, so my sister educated him into this. Gee, he really lacks manliness!”
Soohyun: “…” Okay, it’s all my fault!
Sitting there, the Yang brothers exchanged looks and didn’t join the childish fight between Taehyung and Jimin. Taehyung chased Jimin around the Yang Family’s living room but failed to catch him. In the end, he collapsed on the sofa and looked breathlessly at the Yang brothers sitting on the sofa, asking, “What are you two doing here?”
“Jimin didn’t offend us. Why should we help you?” retorted Woosung.
Dojoon nodded. “Yes, Jimin said you were a sissy, not us. Why should we help you?”
Jimin, standing in the middle of the hall, laughed out loud. “Well, when you were a child, Eldest Cousin and Second Cousin really wanted to…”
“Oh, my gosh!” Taehyung was furious. “Min Jimin, shut up!”
“Don’t be angry, little cousin. To be honest, when you were dressed like a girl as a child, I was so attracted by you.”
Lalisa looked at Yeji with glowing eyes. Feeling uneasy at her daughter’s stare, Yeji glanced at Jimin helplessly before giving Lalisa a smile and saying, “When I was pregnant with Taehyung, everyone thought he was a girl, so I bought a lot of princess dresses for him, even including those for four or five-year-old girls. But then I gave birth to a boy. It was a waste to throw these clothes away, so I dressed up your brother in them.”
“Mom! Shut up!”
Jungkook had been watching them fighting and quarrelling with great interest, but seeing that his girlfriend was so interested in another man’s childhood, he was immediately upset and even the air around him turned cold.
Lalisa was not afraid of his anger at all. With shining eyes, she urged Yeji to go on. Taehyung hurriedly ran over to hug his mom and put his hand over her mouth to stop her from speaking, then he looked at Lalisa and said, “Lili, don’t listen to their nonsense. Look, look how strong and masculine I am! How could they call me a sissy?”
Lalisa took a look at Jungkook seriously, clenched her fists, and said firmly, “But you are a sissy!”
“Lili, are you still my sister?!”
Lalisa winked while Dojoon laughed. “Little cousin, you know what, because Taehyung wore dresses for girls and had long hair when he was a child, your second cousin and I thought he was a little girl and almost fell in love with him. We were really sad when we found out he was actually a boy!”
Lalisa’s eyes lit up. “It seems that Taehyung is more attractive as a girl than a boy!”
Yang Jingchao looked over at Lalisa. Seeing that she got along well with his sons and spoke in a pleasant way, he gave a subtle smile and said to Soohyun, “I like your daughter.”
Soohyun also looked at Lalisa, who happened to meet his gaze. She gave him a brilliant smile. Soohyun smiled and agreed, “I like her too.”
Yang Jingchao nodded and remained quiet for a moment before making a startling remark. “Don’t you think my sons are suitable for your daughter?”
Soohyun thought he misheard his brother-in-law and looked up at him, asking confusedly, “Brother, what did you say?”
Yang Jingchao returned Soohyun’s look with a smirk on his face and asked, “How do you think of my three sons?”
Soohyun laughed as he took a look at the chessboard on the table and tried to change the topic. “Brother, how long has it been since we haven’t played chess? Let’s play a game.”
Yang Jingchao sat opposite Soohyun, took a chess piece and continued, “How about Hoseok? He has a nice personality and is considerate. If you marry Lisa to him, we’ll treat her like a princess.”
Dumfounded, Soohyun covered his mouth with his fist and coughed. “Brother, you must be kidding. Lili is still too young.”
Besides, he couldn’t make a decision for her… His daughter being such a good girl, she deserved a better man, such as… Soohyun looked aside only to be startled—Jungkook was standing next to him and looking terrible. Looking at Soohyun, Jungkook said indifferently, “Uncle Min, let me play chess with General Yang.”
Jungkook’s eyes were solemn, harsh even, as he gazed at Yang Jingchao. Soohyun raised an eyebrow and stepped aside. Jungkook took Soohyun’s seat and stared coldly at Yang Jingchao. As he arranged the chessboard, Jungkook said, “General Yang, you first please.”
Soohyun stood aside, wondering why Jungkook appeared hostile towards his brother-in-law. Was it that his brother-in-law was too outspoken and so offended this boy? Oh, it was not good for him to be so aggressive at such a young age.
Yang Jingchao didn’t know what was wrong with Jungkook. Why had he suddenly become so hostile towards him…? And he called him General Yang?! Since you call Soohyun “Uncle”, you should call me that too, okay?
Lalisa heard their conversation and was amused yet moved by Jungkook’s childish action. When was the last time that Jungkook did such a silly thing for her? It seemed to her that he had never done anything like this before. He had always been rational about everything.
He had never lost control of himself. If they hadn’t experienced separation, maybe she would never have been able to see such a cute Jungkook in her life.
The war among the Min brothers and the Yang brothers was over, and they were playing games in front of the TV. Jiyoon and Yuan Lihua went to the kitchen to help cook, while Lalisa was chatting happily with Yeji and Taehee.
Jungkook and Yang Jingchao were playing chess attentively. Yang Jingchao moved a chess piece and looked up at Jungkook, remarking, “President Jeon is really a genius. You’re not only a legend in the business circle, but also a good chess player.”
Jungkook, with a straight face, moved his chess piece and raised his eyes as he replied, “I’m flattered, General Yang. I’m not a legend. As to whom of us will win, that’ll depend on skill.” After Yang Jingchao moved a chess piece, he moved one too.
Yang Jingchao moved another chess piece and was about to speak when Jungkook made a move and captured one of his chess pieces. Yang Jingchao paused and said, “Oh, people are different. President Jeon is really an all-rounder.” He didn’t want to continue playing chess, as he thought if he continued, he would suffer a disastrous defeat.
However, Jungkook seemed intent on provoking him. He put down the chess piece in his hand looked seriously at Yang Jingchao and said flatly, “I’m flattered, General Yang. In fact, I only saw others playing chess once before. This is my first time playing chess.”
Yang Jingchao blushed as he forced a smile and said to Taehee, “Cousin, you have a good son. He’s a genius…”
Soohyun almost choked with laughter on the side. His brother-in-law had always gained the upper hand over others, but now he could only surrender to Jungkook. How amusing it was!
Lalisa also almost burst into laughter. Now she found that Jungkook was simply too bad and saved no face for Uncle. Look how embarrassed he was!
Feeling Lalisa’s gaze, Jungkook gave her a stern look. Lalisa looked at him innocently in response. Did she do anything to offend him? Why was he glaring at her?
She saw Jungkook take out his cell phone, following which her cell phone tinkled. It was the prompt sound of WeChat.
Lalisa walked to the courtyard with her cell phone. After she read the message he sent, she giggled. It was not her fault that she was too charming.
Smiling, she shook her head and was going back to the house when her hand was suddenly grabbed and she almost screamed out in fright. She covered her mouth with her hand, not letting herself scream out, and turned her head only to see Jungkook. She asked in a low voice, “What are you doing here?”
Jungkook held onto her tightly but didn’t speak. Afraid of being seen with him, Lalisa looked around and said, “There are people everywhere. I don’t want to be seen with you. Let go of me.”
“You broke your word.” Jungkook sounded so aggrieved that Lalisa suddenly felt guilty. She looked at him as he gazed at her and his voice was a bit husky as he continued, “You said you would accompany me to dinner tonight.”
Lalisa felt his grip on her hand gradually tightening. She sighed and whispered, “You know that I couldn’t help it.”
“You also attracted someone and added a love rival for me,” Jungkook accused again.
Lalisa didn’t know what to say. “That’s just their wishful thinking, and they are probably joking. Don’t take it seriously, okay?”
“You also laughed at me,” Jungkook added.
Lalisa burst into laughter, took a sideways glance at him, and wrenched her hand free. “Jungkook, are you kidding me? You’re teasing me, right?”
Jungkook remained straight-faced and said seriously, “Sit beside me when we have dinner later.”
Lalisa paused and then refused. “That’s impossible. With so many people watching, I can’t possibly sit next to you.”
Jungkook frowned. “Why can’t you sit by my side? Sit right next to me!”
Lalisa, seeing his furrowed brows, could not help thinking of how he was in Long Beach. She felt angry yet guilty, but in the end, she nodded and said, “Okay, I’ll see about that later.”
“Sit next to my mom and I’ll sit beside you.” Jungkook had just finished his words when Yeji called Lalisa for dinner. Lalisa answered and went back in. Yeji asked her what she was doing outside. Lalisa smiled and replied, “I went to answer a phone call.”
Taehyung curled his lips and said with a snort, “Liar.” Only Jimin who was beside him could hear him, of course.
Seeing Jungkook come in, Jimin yelled at him, “Were you answering the phone outside too?”
Jungkook put his cell phone into his pocket and hummed as he walked towards the dining room.
Taehee waved at Lalisa, saying, “Lili, come and sit by me.”