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Jungkook wasn't as Taehyung believed. He had never hated his younger brother. In Soobin's memory, the last time Jungkook had spoken to him like this was that year when he had first come to Jeon Mansion.
At that time, Soobin had been five years-old when Jeon Jiho had suddenly brought back a boy, saying that he was his older brother.
Soobin, as the young master of the Jeon Family and the Jun Family, had always been surrounded by people who doted on him excessively. As for this older brother, he was never given even a good look.
But the colder he was, the more Soobin liked to wind him up, like the one time when he had cried while searching for his mama. He had told her that, even though he had shared his favorite toy with his older brother, his older brother had still ignored him.
Ji Hyun had instantaneously become furious and had lectured him in a very strict tone. That was the first time that she had acted so viciously towards Soobin, to the point that he could still remember what she had said even now.
——Jungkook is not your older brother! He is a bastard! You are forbidden from calling him older brother!
After that day, Soobin no longer carried all kinds of desserts and small toys when he sought out Jungkook.
Instead, he began to learn his mama's occasional words, mocking and ridiculing him. But regardless of how much he derided him and bullied him, Jungkook still hadn't reacted in the slightest. It seemed as if, in his eyes, Soobin was invisible.
This bored Soobin very much. Jungkook was like an emotionless robot, neither crying nor making noise. He also never said a word to him. One time later on, he had felt aggrieved and said to Jungkook, "Who do you think you are!? Your mom is a mistress! Shameless!"
At that time, Jungkook had been just like he was right now, suddenly lifting him up by his collar before throwing him to the ground. He had pulled him up by the neck, the space between his eyebrows thick with anger. He had glared down at him and asked, "I am older than you by two years. Whose mother is the mistress, can't you see? Mn?"
That day, Soobin had cried for a very long time, not knowing if it was because of the icy aura suddenly bursting forth from Jungkook had scared him or because of that question of his.
Soobin looked at the person who had pulled him up by the collar back then, the corner of his mouth raising into a stiff smile. "Oh, then what do you want?"
Jungkook sneered at him then said with a glare, "If I do anything, how would you be able to sail with the current growing up? You should know better than anyone, right?"
He released his grip on Soobin's collar and sent him a final glare. "Stay far away from her."
Soobin watched his departing figure and tugged at his own collar before sitting down on the sofa.
Ah, the last time it was for his mother. This time, it was for that woman. It seems that the woman called Lisa holds a little weight in his heart.
At that moment, Lisa had already finished bathing and was sitting in front of her computer drawing. Tomorrow, she had a day off, so even if she went to sleep later than normal tonight, it wouldn't matter. 《 Satisfactory 》's commissioning editor had asked her to draw a large poster for the collection edition. It wasn't until she had sketched a few drafts that she recalled that she still had ten more pages of yonkama left to draw. Her brows creased lightly.
Lunar New Year was early this year. In a month's time, she would have to go to work at Fantasy Wardrobe while drawing. It seemed that turning in her manuscript on time would be a bit more difficult.
Thinking of this, she once again sighed. Actually, she had more or less collected enough material for her new project.
Even if she stopped working now, it would be no problem. In any case, Director J seemed as if he didn't want to see her anymore. However, she had promised Zhou Minnie to work until Christmas. Leaving during Fantasy Wardrobe's busiest period also didn't seem so good...
She thought for a while. In the end, she chose to work for this month before leaving. There weren't that many days left anyway. As for the manuscript, she could always call over her two assistants to help.
She grabbed her phone off the table, intending to tell Jennie to send her two assistants over tomorrow. Her phone history showed that Jennie had called her at 8:43AM.
Yi, so apparently Jennie really did call me?
She hit return call, but Jennie didn't pick up even though she waited for quite awhile. Lisa glanced at the time and saw that it was currently only 11:00PM. She wouldn't have gone to sleep this early, right?
Fortunately, before the call automatically ended, Jennie picked up her call. "Hey, Lisa, I'm very busy right now, so if you have anything to say, tell me later!"
After Jennie distractedly said this, she hung up the call. Lisa, holding the phone, hadn't yet processed what had just happened.What could she be busy with this late?
She double clicked on her canvas and the image suddenly zoomed in.
Could it be that I had...disturbed her night life? She found a boyfriend this quickly?
Lisa's intuition concluded that this was probably related to why Jennie had called her that morning, but when she tried to recall that conversation, she couldn't clearly remember what had been said. She shrugged her shoulders and set down her phone to continue drawing.
At the moment, Jennie was indeed busy with the collaboration she had spoken of with her that morning. In the afternoon, pretending to be Taehyung's girlfriend, she had visited his home and stayed for dinner.
She could see that Taehyung's parents and his older sister spoiled him very much. Not only were they very friendly to her, they also didn't use their family's high status to hold others in contempt.
Before, Jennie had been somewhat anxious. Even though she had opened a studio and earned plenty of money, her family was merely an average, moderately affluent family and not some rich household.
The Kim Family, however, didn't mind, especially Taehyung's older sister who was also a successful career woman. She even admired her very much. The only problem was...from start to end, they hadn't believed that she was Taehyung's girlfriend.
Initially, she believed that it was because she and Tang Zheng has barely gotten to know each other, so the CP felt too weak, making it hard to believe that they were boyfriend-girlfriend.
Later though, Taehyung's older sister had remarked, "This kind of work-capable and attractive woman, how could she possibly fall for you?"
Mn, this was said to Taehyung.
Taehyung was so angry, it was unbearable. Although he had argued with her for a long time, he had still been unable to convince his older sister that Jennie was his girlfriend.
In the end, he didn't even eat and just dragged Jennie out to a bar to drink. Jennie originally believed that the son of a rich family like him would certainly have an excellent capacity for liquor, but in reality, he didn't even drink much before becoming inebriated.
Jennie had hurriedly dragged the already-speaking-gibberish Taehyung away, using a tremendous amount of strength to bring him back to her house.
She also had at home, so she fed Taehyung one before leaving him on the sofa in a drunken stupor. Because she had carried him, she was sweating all over from exertion in winter. She first went to take a bath before opening the refrigerator to find something to eat.
She couldn't cook like Lisa, so her refrigerator had been empty for a long time. The only daily preparation foodstuff was noodles.
With no better option, Jennie was forced to roll up her sleeves and cook noodles for herself. While she tried to cook, confused all the while, Jian Yan had called her. She had quickly answered before ending the call and continuing to cook her noodles.
After she had fished up her noodles, Jennie let out a long sigh and tried a bite of the freshly cooked noodles. The flavor was the same was always, hehe.
Not knowing if it was because of the chaser pill's influence or because the aroma of the noodles had attracted Taehyung, he slowly woke up.
Looking around at his unfamiliar surroundings, Taehyung supported his head with his hand, remaining sluggish for two seconds before looking in the direction of the kitchen. He was still able to remember that he had gotten drunk, so if his guess wasn't wrong, this should be Jennie's home.
This house was decorated very nicely, and it was also very spacious. She was just like what his older sister had said, very capable.
But he refused to accept her remark about how a woman like this wouldn't have him in her eyes.
He sedately stood up and walked over to the kitchen. Jennie was eating noodles, and seeing him suddenly enter the kitchen startled her, causing her to choke on her food. "Ke— you're awake?"
"Mn, but my head is still a bit dizzy." His gaze swept around the kitchen, finally resting on that bowl of noodles on the table. "You actually hid here to eat alone. I also didn't eat dinner."
"Mn..."
Jennie had yet to put together a response when Tang Zheng asked, "You can finish eating such a large bowl of noodles by yourself? That is almost as large as our family's."
"..."
Jennie was silent for a moment. "I was careless. The entire noodle packet had fallen into the pot."
Taehyung laughed and said, "It's okay. I can help you eat." After he said this, he casually picked up a pair of chopsticks and twirled some noodles into his mouth.
Jennie: "..."
His movement was too much like the moving clouds and flowing water; she simply had no time to block him.
Taehyung tasted a bite. His complexion suddenly changed. He tenaciously swallowed the noodles in his mouth before pouring himself a large glass of water and taking several gulps from it.
Ke—ke—ke— Taehyung's ears reddened, as if he had received a lot of provocation. "What is this?!?!"
Contrarily, at this moment, Lin Zhen serenely said, "My cooked noodles, aka——the world's most disgusting noodles."
Tae: "..."
"How can you eat this? Are you sure you're not slowly killing yourself?" he asked in disbelief.
Jennie rolled her eyes. "It's food. As long as it's cooked thoroughly, it's edible...this is my way of cooking."
Tae: "..."
It seemed that a successful career woman wasn't strong in every aspect.
"Are there any more noodles in your house?" he asked.
Jennie pointed at a small drawer of a lower cupboard and said, "There should be some noodles in there, though I don't know if they are expired or not."
Tae: "..."
He pulled out the drawer to take a look. Inside, there really were noodles. Mn, still ten days from the expiration date.
"These are still edible. I'll cook," Taehyung said as he removed his jacket and rolled up his sleeves before actually beginning to cook noodles.
Jennie looked at him in astonishment. "You can cook noodles?"
Tang Zheng chuckled and said, "During university, everyone was lazy and didn't want to buy food, so we would ask Jungkook to cook noodles in the dormitory. His culinary skills are excellent. After watching him cook for so many years, I stealthily learned a bit in the end."
"Oh..." Jennie nodded, feeling as if she finally understood something.
After he finished cooking the noodles, he fished some up and gave it to Jennie to taste. "How does it taste?"
She tried a bite. Her eyes immediately brightened. "Way more tasty than what I cooked!"
The corners of Taehyung's mouth quirked up. "No one can possibly cook more disgusting food than you."
Jennie: "..."
"Right, I heard a friend say that Strawberry Gardens has already opened. Tomorrow, let's go pick strawberries."
Jennje looked up after stealthily inhaling another another mouthful of noodles. She blinked at him. "Pick strawberries?"
"Mn, I feel that we really didn't look very much like lovers, so if we interact more, maybe we can find that feeling." After that, he could bring back home for another meal!
"Eh...okay." Jennie thought it over for a moment before nodding. After all, this was a mutually beneficial matter. "Just the two of us? Can I bring along a friend?"
Taehyung blinked and asked her, "Lisa?"
"Mn."
"Sure." Taehyung smiled. "I'll ask a friend to come as well."