As soon as Lalisa got home, Jinhwan and Hyunbin rushed over to her. Jinhwan looked at the marks on Lalisa's wrist, and frowned. "What happened? Taehyung told me on the phone that you were kidnapped by Lu Guangxiong. Is what he said true?"
Laliss smiled, hid her hands behind her back and then said in a low voice, "Don't speak so loudly. If Grandpa hears you, he will be worried."
Hyunbin frowned and asked, "Why did Lu Guangxiong kidnap you? You and..."
"I quarreled with his daughter Lu Xiaojing today." Lalisa looked over at the dining hall, "I'm hungry. Is there any food left?"
Jinhwan nodded, asked Lily to prepare dinner for Lalisa and asked her, "He kidnapped you just for this?!"
"Lili, is it because you and..." Hyunbin looked excitedly at Lalisa. Did she have any special relationship with Jungkook? He knew Jungkook and Taehyung were good friends. If his daughter was together with Jungkook through Taehyung... Then it was way better for Lili to marry Jungkook than marry Mingyu.
Lalisa smiled. "Who and I?" Lalisa took a look at Jiwon's room and smiled. "When a teacher picked on me in the school as instigated by Yao Tzuyu last time, Taehyung happened to stay with Jungkook. I asked Taehyung to come to my school and he brought Jungkook to my school with him. Maybe Lu Xiaojing told this to her father, so Lu Guangxiong thought I had some special relationship with Jungkook and kidnapped me."
Lalisa gave a self-deprecating smile. "That's really an undeserved catastrophe for me. I think I should go to a temple and pray to Buddha to drive the bad luck away from me. With one accident after another, I wouldn't doubt it if I am currently being possessed by a ghost."
Hyunbin's face froze when he heard Lalisa mention Tzuyu. He didn't know what to say and could only laugh awkwardly. "Oh, I see. Have a shower, dress your wounds and go downstairs to have dinner."
Lalisa nodded and walked to Jiwon's room. "I want to see mother first."
Jinhwan looked at Lalisa's back and called Hyunbin, "Dad, let's talk."
Hyunbin took a look at Jinhwan to see the latter had walked outside. Hyunbin frowned but still followed him out. Jinhwan stood in the courtyard, lit a cigarette and looked back at Hyunbin who shook his head. "I have to take care of your mom. I can't smoke."
Jinhwan put away the cigarette case, and took a puff of the cigarette. Hyunbin frowned. "Are you stressed at work?"
Jinhwan shook his head. "No, I want to talk with you about something else."
Hyunbin couldn't help frowning again and asked, "What is it?"
Jinhwan puffed out smoke and stared at his shoes. "I hope you don't meddle in Lili's marriage. She is still a freshman in high school, and still too young. Our company doesn't need any business partners. Besides, I can handle the company myself, so Dad, I hope we can give Lili a warm and comfortable home, not a depressing cage. You're forcing her to leave by doing this."
"What are you talking about?!" Hyunbin's face sank. "When did I make her depressed? I don't want to meddle in her marriage, okay?! Lili doesn't like Mingyu, so I won't force her to marry Mingyu."
"That's good." Jinhwan said and looked up at Yoongi who suddenly appeared in the yard. The latter came over and greeted the two of them. Hyunbin said hello awkwardly and asked, "Yoongi, when did you come over?"
Yoongi looked at the cigarette in Jinhwan's hand. "I've been here for a while. I was answering a call and smoking outside for a while. Were you busy?"
"No." Hyunbin patted Yoongi's shoulder. "I've heard that you're already a lieutenant colonel? That's great. You are more excellent than your dad and me."
Yoongi smiled silently and Jinhwan put out the cigarette before asking Yoongi, "Have you had dinner yet?"
Yoongi shook his head. "Not yet."
Jinhwan walked into the house as he said, "Lili and I haven't had dinner yet either. Let's have dinner together."
Hyunbin said, "Lili is taking a shower. It may take a while. You can chat first as I'm going to see your aunt."
Yoongi looked at Jinhwan and frowned. "Have you got a cigarette?"
Jinhwan raised his eyebrows, and passed a cigarette to Yoongi. "I remember you didn't smoke before."
"I smoke when I'm thinking about something." Yoongi took the cigarette and looked up at Jinhwan. "Do you have a lighter?"
Jinhwan took out a lighter and passed it to Yoongi. Yoongi took a puff and looked at the sky far away. "I remember you rarely smoked before too."
Jinhwan said, "I smoke a lot recently. So much so that I'm almost addicted to cigarettes." With that said, he lit up a cigarette for himself. "There is too much on my mind recently, so I almost smoke every day." He looked at Yoongi who seemed to have something in mind. "Is there anything bothering you?"
Yoongi looked at Jinhwan and suddenly smiled. He then casually leaned against the marble pillar, and flicked the red cigarette ash with his finger. "I didn't expect I could chat peacefully with you like this."
Jinhwan also smiled and took a puff of smoke. He put his left thumb into his pocket and tapped on his trousers with the four other fingers, saying, "Yes, we were not that friendly to each other when we met during the past several years, and it became worse after Lili arrived back home. I didn't expect that we could smoke together and chat peacefully like we are doing tonight." He looked up at Yoongi. "Tell me what is bothering you?" He puffed out smoke and looked at Yoongi again. "In others' eyes, your career is quite successful. As for the affairs of love... there is a girl who has already fallen head over heels in love with you. So is there anything that can bother you?"
Yoongi paused and shook his head. "Jennie is a good girl. I don't want to waste her time. I take her as my sister and have no other feelings toward her. Please don't say this again, my cousin."
Jinhwan raised his eyebrows and looked at Yoongi. "You don't like He Jennie?" Then he shook his head and smiled. "I can't imagine that a man wouldn't like a girl like her."
Yoongi sighed, stood up and put out his cigarette. "Let's go inside. Lili should have finished sorting herself out. She is frightened after the events of today. I came here to comfort her."
"Yoongi." When Yoongi walked to the door, Jinhwan suddenly called him. Yoongi stopped and looked back at him. Jinhwan put out his cigarette too, threw the butt into the trash can and walked to Yoongi, asking, "Why was Lili kidnapped? Was she kidnapped because of Jeon Jungkook?"
Yoongi paused and gazed deeply at Jinhwan. Suddenly he smiled. "You should be asking Lili this question, right?"
When Lalisa woke up the next morning, she walked to the balcony, laid out the yoga mat to do her yoga, when she saw a man standing on the road outside the villa looking in stealthily. Lalisa narrowed her eyes, squatted down and secretly looked outside. When that sneak waved at her, took off his mask and smiled at her with his white teeth. Lalisa looked at him and frowned, she then pointed at him and gestured him to go away. After turning away she continued to do yoga.
Last night, after seeing Yoongi off, she gave Jiwon acupuncture and then went to chat with Grandpa Min. It had been 11 pm when she went to her room and after she had finished dealing with the matters about the Queen, it was 1am. She had backache when she woke up this morning, so she felt she had to do yoga, or else she wouldn't be able to bear the pain.
Half an hour later, Lalisa finished doing yoga. She went downstairs and the Min Family people were all sitting in the living room and watching TV. Seeing Lalisa, Grandpa Min beckoned Lalisa to sit beside him with a smile. Jinhwan asked Lily to take Lalisa's breakfast to the living room, so that she could eat it here.
Lalisa sat beside Grandpa Min. The TV was broadcasting the financial news about Hongkun Group disappearing overnight.
Grandpa Min shook his head. "Lu Guangxiong is really a loser! He lost his company, his youngest son was put into jail for murder, so was he for tax evasion, and his... eldest son took him as enemy. He is a complete failure."
When Grandpa Min said this, Jinhwan and Hyunbin both looked at Lalisa and tried to figure out what she was thinking from her countenance; but Lalisa was calmly drinking the abalone porridge that Lily just served her, and watching TV attentively. She seemed to not be affected by the news at all and even said, "I had watched the news before. This man is scum, an unlucky scum."
Jinhwan smiled when he heard Lalisa's words. Lu Guangxiong was unlucky indeed. He could kidnap anyone except Lalisa who happened to be Yoongi's sister...
Jinhwan felt incredible when he saw the message that Taehyung released in his Circle of Friends last night. He never expected that a man like Yoongi would mobilize the army and even use helicopters in order to save Lisa.
"His company went bankrupt not only because he's got bad luck, but also because of bad management and corruption. His son played the main role in it. I had guessed months ago that Hongkun would go out of business." Jinhwan said and looked at Lily standing behind him, signaling her to fetch Lalisa some more food.
Lily turned around and fetched a cake for Lalisa. Lalisa looked at the big piece of cake, blinked at Lily and took it before beginning to eat it. Grandpa Min smiled when he saw Lalisa happily enjoyed the cake. He asked Jinhwan with a smile, "How did you know Hongkun will close down?"
Jinhwan said, "Our company cooperated with Hongkun on a small project, so I investigated Hongkun only to find their financial loophole was huge, but that it wouldn't affect our project, so we still cooperated with them."
Grandpa Min frowned when he heard this. "Cooperation? Our company has cooperated with Hongkun?"
Jinhwan hurriedly explained when he saw Grandpa Min was worried, "Grandpa, don't worry. We've terminated that project two months ago, so their bankruptcy won't affect us."
Grandpa Min was relieved to hear this and sighed. "We shouldn't cooperate with a company like Hongkun even if it won't affect us! We won't get a good end cooperating with this kind of company."
Jinhwan nodded. "Yes, Grandpa, you're right. I know."
Grandpa Min said, "Check if any of the companies we are cooperating with is close to Hongkun Group. If it is, immediately stop cooperating with it, okay?"
Jinhwan nodded and stood up. "Then I'm going to work now."
Grandpa Min nodded and Jinhwan looked at Lalisa who was still eating cake and raised his eyebrows. "Lili, let me send you to school, alright?"
Lalisa blinked. Jinhwan had offered to send her to school many times. If she refused again, that would be rude. Besides, Jungkook didn't come over today... so she stood up holding the plate and said vaguely, "Okay, as long as it won't take you much time."
Jinhwan smiled because Lalisa finally agreed for him to send her to school. "Of course not. I have plenty of time to send you to school."
Lalisa smiled and asked Lily to go to her room to fetch her school bag. After eating the cake, she went to the dining room and drank a cup of milk. Seeing Lalisa have such a good appetite, Jinhwan smiled. "You didn't eat enough last night?"
Lalisa put the cup on the table, took the tissue Grandpa Min handed to her and wiped her mouth, saying with a smile, "If I eat too little, I will be hungry at 10am." Then she complained to Grandpa Min. "Grandpa, the homework you gave to me recently is too difficult. My brain is tired, so I have to eat more to stay energetic."
Grandpa Min laughed and nodded. "It's not bad to eat more. Lili, you're too thin. You should eat more. That's good for your health."
Lalisa chuckled. Just then, Lily came downstairs holding her school bag. Lalisa took the school bag and went out with Jinhwan. As soon as she walked out of the gate, she saw a man in black and wearing a hat and a mask. The corner of her eyes twitched, and she followed Jinhwan into the car, trying not to look at that weird man...
Jinhwan had been chatting with Lalisa on the way. Lalisa asked him questions about work and Jinhwan carefully answered her. To Jinhwan's surprise, when he mentioned the issues of the company, Lalisa would give him good and pertinent suggestions, which surprised him a lot.
Noticing Jinhwan's surprised gaze, Lalisa suddenly realized she accidentally exposed the real her. Jinhwan asked Lalisa, "Lili, how did you come to know of these things?"
The corner of Lalisa's mouth twitched. She knew Jinhwan would doubt her. "What? Is what I said wrong?" Lalisa chuckled and said feeling embarrassed, "I learned these from TV. If I said it wrong, don't laugh at me. Just take it as nonsense."
Jinhwan shook his head. "No, your opinions and suggestions are pretty good. You've really surprised me."
Lalisa smiled and raised her eyebrows. "Really? I'm so honored. It seems that I should watch more business plays." She then smiled at Jinhwan naughtily and asked, "Jinhwan, do you think a person like me can start a business?"
Jinhwan looked at Lalisa, then continued to look ahead and drive the car, asking her in surprise, "Do you want to go into business?"
Lalisa smiled. "I wanna start a business and launch a career. Although I'm only a freshman in high school, I'm actually not that young, so I think I should consider my future."
Jinhwan raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then smiled. He pulled over the car beside the road, looked at the school gate from which streams of students flowed out and then at Lalisa, asking. "Can you tell me which field you are interested in?"
Lalisa smiled. "I'm not sure right now. I'm just wondering whether I should do it or not. You just said I was talented, so I'd like to ask you, do you think it's okay for me to start a business."
"Sure, you can." Jinhwan looked at Lalisa and his eyes were tender. "Once you figure out which field you are interested, just tell me. I'll help you."
Lalisa nodded, took her school bag and said to Jinhwan, "Thank you, Jinhwan. I'm going to class."
Jinhwan watched Lalisa walk into the school and then called his assistant. "Find out the companies close to Hongkun Group and exclude them from the list of our business partners."
On the other side, his assistant was surprised to hear this. "Then we'll have to pay the liquidated damage by tens of million Yuan."
"Okay, calculate the specific amount and put the report in my office. I'll make the final decision when I come back." Jinhwan hung up the phone, started the car and then made another call. The other side picked up the phone and Jinhwan said, "Arrange something for me. I want to see Tao Yan."
On this side, Lalisa entered the school gate, stood still for two minutes and then secretly looked back. When she saw that Jinhwan's car had left, she walked out of the school to see that the had sneak showed up again. Lalisa looked at Little Six who was in a weird hip-hop outfit, and the corner of her eyes twitched. She stepped back and kept away from Little Six. "Little Six, are you going to take part in "The Rap of China"?"
Little Six chuckled. "Young Master asked me to wear different clothes from usual, so I'm dressed like this. Do you watch 'The Rap of China' too, Miss Kwon?"
The corner of Lalisa's eyes twitched. She narrowed her eyes and asked in a low voice, "What did you call me just now?"
Little Six froze and exclaimed in his heart. God, why did he call her Miss Kwon?! He had told himself at least a million times to call her Miss Min, but since last night, she had been Miss Kwon in his heart...
"Xiao... well, Miss Kwon, I didn't want to know your real identity at all! But Young Master and Mr. Min kept calling you Lali when they were quarreling. I couldn't cover my ears!" Little Six took off his hat and mask and showed her his dark circles. Lalisa was startled and stared at his big dark circles. "What's wrong with you?! Did someone abuse you?"
A person wouldn't have such big dark circles even if he didn't sleep the whole night!
Little Six sighed and said aggrievedly, "I happened to come to know such a big secret. Do you know how scared I am, Miss Min? I dare not even sleep anymore."
The corner of Lalisa's eyes twitched. "Why?"
"I fear I might spill the beans in my dreams, and then Young Master will cut me into pieces!"
Lalisa rolled her eyes, and turned to walk into the school. As she walked, she waved at Little Six, signaling him to leave. "Don't stay here anymore. You look like a weirdo. If you want to finish the task your young master gave to you, please change your clothes before you come here again ."
Little Six looked down at his clothes and couldn't feel more satisfied. He pursed his lips. "In fact, I think this outfit suits me well." He looked up only to find Lalisa had left. He helplessly scratched his head and went to change his clothes.
As soon as Lalisa walked into the school, Somi ran up to her. Seeing she was going to throw herself into her arms, Lalisa quickly measured the consequence of her action, and hurriedly dodged her before she reached her. Somi was caught off guard and almost tumbled to the ground. Lalisa hurriedly held Somi's hand, helped her stabilize her body and said, "Although you're not heavy, I'll still be seriously wounded being bumped by you, so don't play this dangerous game again, alright?"
Somi scratched her head and smiled awkwardly. She nodded, and took Lalisa's arm excitedly. "Lili, do you know Lu Xiaojing's mother has dealt with the school-quitting procedure for Lu Xiaojing? And she looked really gaunt. They just got what they deserved!"
Lalisa looked at Somi and thought that if this girl knew Jungkook shot at Lu Xiaojing last night, she might have jumped around in excitement!
Seeing Lalisa not interested in this news, Somi tugged on her arm and said, "By the way, we're going to have a long holiday from tomorrow. Mr. He has prepared some piano music for you, but some students said they were too simple. They chose some other piano music and will ask you to draw lots and play the one you draw..." Somi said and looked at Lalisa in worry. "Lili, do you think that there's no problem with this? Playing whichever piano music that's drawn by the method of lots... I think it'll be a bit difficult..."
Somi started school late because her parents loved her too much, so she was already eighteen, although she was still a grade-one student in high school. She was one of the oldest students in the class, so she called Lalisa, Lili instead of Elder Sister.
Lalisa didn't mind at all. It was no big deal to her. She walked towards the classroom. "I don't care. Does it make any difference? Any piano music will do."
"Of course it's different!" Somi widened her eyes and stared at Lalisa. "The level of difficulty is different per piano music! They must be jealous of you. They want to see you lose face in the performance, so they insisted that you should draw lots."
Lalisa smiled, looked at Somi who was indignant for her and asked her, "What music have they chosen?"
Somi pursed her lips. "The top ten piano pieces in the world."
Lalisa raised her eyebrows. "The Wedding of the Dream", "A Comme Amour", "Ballade Pour Adeline", "The Blue Danube", "For Alice", "Sonata Pathétique", "Love Is Blue", "Kiss the Rain", "Cuckoo Waltz" and "Childhood Memories", she could play all of them. She remembered she had attended a piano contest when she was studying for her MBA degree in the US. She played "The Wedding of the Dream" and won the contest.
She got to know the internationally-renowned wedding gown design master Ricca because of this piano tune. She was invited to play "The Wedding of the Dream" in a fashion show of Ricca. If she was lucky enough to pick this tune, that would be great, but she could also play the other tunes. Although she didn't like the other tunes very much, she could play them well. Thinking of this, Lalisa smiled and patted Somi's shoulder, then carried on walking.
Seeing Lalisa not worried at all, Somi spluttered, "Alas, I feel I'm like a back-seat driver. How can you still smile?! Do you know how difficult those tunes are? You may make mistakes if you're not careful enough. I think they might set you up and make you pick "The Wedding of the Dream".
Lalisa raised her eyebrows. "Really?" She sounded a bit excited.
"Yes! You don't know how crazy our school's art performance can be!" Somi took her arm and walked towards the classroom. "I've made an online survey on the art performance. That night is the best time for the students to express themselves. The students will walk the red carpet in big name brand clothes and show their talents on the stage. In the end, the school will choose a campus belle and give her an award. The most popular girl on that night will be the campus belle and the most popular boy will be the campus beau. Not only that, the school will award them a trophy... Generally speaking, it's a stage for you to show your talent. Those students must be out of their minds trying to make you play a piano tune out of the top ten piano tunes!"
"Why?" Lalisa looked at Somi in doubt. "Why are you so angry at them?" She could play the top ten piano tunes well, so it was actually a good choice for her.
"Why?" Somi widened her eyes and stared at Lalisa. "Don't you know why those tunes are called top ten piano tunes? Although they're beautiful, they are also difficult! If you make a mistake, you'll become the laughing stock of the whole school, and then you won't be able to become the campus belle!" She then said indignantly, "Those girls are jealous of you and fear you stealing their thunder, so they are trying to set you up! And those boys are jealous of your great grades, so they want to see you make a fool of yourself too! Shit, they are really mean!"
Lalisa was amused by Somi and patted Somi, laughing, "It's alright. It's no big deal. They just want me to play a difficult tune so as to beat the other classes."
Somi blinked and looked at Lalisa. "Really?"
Lalisa smiled. "Sure." Then she turned around and walked into the classroom.
As soon as the two of them walked into the classroom, the clamorous classroom immediately quieted down. Somi secretly elbowed Lalisa and whispered to her, "See? They harbor evil intentions towards you! If not, why did they suddenly quieten down?!"
Lalisa too k a helpless glance at Somi and said, "My dear, didn't you hear the bell for class just now?"
It took her two minutes to talk with Jinhwan at the school gate, two minutes to laugh at Little Six's ridiculous outfit and quite a while to chat with Somi in the corridors. She dragged Somi to the classroom, because she felt the bell for class was going to ring.
Somi scratched her head awkwardly and chuckled. "I didn't pay attention."
Lalisa shook her head. "I've noticed that. Okay, it's time for class. Review the English class of yesterday. Ask me if you have any problem with it. I'm going to sleep."
She was busy dealing with the issues about the Queen last night, she didn't sleep until after midnight. She was really sleepy on the way to school, but she dared not show it because she was afraid Jinhwan might ask her why she didn't sleep soundly last night. Fortunately, it was Mr. He's morning self-study. He would allow her to take a nap in the class.
Soon Mr. He had come. When he saw Lalisa, he smiled and said loudly, "The students recommend Min Lisa to play one of the top ten piano pieces in the art performance. Do you accept this, Min Lisa? If you're okay with it, choose a piece by drawing lots, okay?"
Upon hearing Mr. He calling her name, Lalisa who was sleeping opened her eyes and took a look at Mr. He. She yawned and nodded. "It's okay. Mr. He, you can pick one for me, or..." Lalisa bent over the desk and pointed at Somi. "Let my desk-mate pick one for me. I'll play whichever tune she picks."
The other students began to discuss...
"Oh, she is really confident..."
"Didn't she grow up in the mountains? How can she play piano?"
"Yes, she doesn't look like a girl growing up in the mountains."
"Perhaps she is a genius."
"Even a genius won't be able to learn to play piano so soon!" A student said, "She is even better at piano than me! I started to learn to play piano at eight years old, and I still can't play all of the top ten piano tunes! How dare she say this?"
Lalisa didn't want to say anything, but they were so noisy that she couldn't sleep.
She stood up and looked at that student. "Hello, this is the class time, not your gossip time. You'll know whether I can play piano or not in the art performance, right? It's of no use for you to be guessing here, right?"
As her most loyal fan, Somi immediately echoed, "Yes! If you don't believe Lili, you can perform yourself!"
Most students were respectful towards Lisa, although they didn't know the reason why themselves. Maybe it was because Lisa excelled in both grades and appearance even though she came from the mountains, or maybe it was because of her family background. The former head teacher tried to pick on her, but instead of kicking Lisa out of the school, she was fired by the school, and now no other school dared to hire her. For some reason, none of them refuted Somi. They unconsciously believed that Lisa could make it. She would definitely stun the audience with beautiful melodies in the upcoming art performance.
Lalisa smiled and dragged Somi down to her seat, saying, "Review the English class. Don't make trouble for me."
Somi pursed her lips and said firmly, "What I said is true. You're good."
Lalisa shook her head with a smile. She was no longer sleepy, so she took out an album and began to paint some designs. Somi leaned over curiously when she saw Lalisa painting something on the paper. She wanted to clearly see what Lalisa was creating using paint. Lalisa took the album away, and looked at Somi. "You can only see this after you memorize the vocabulary from this class."
Somi pouted, but still turned to bury her head into the English textbook. At this time, Mr. He came over with ten paper slips, and asked Lalisa to pick one. Lalisa looked at the serious Mr. He and smiled before randomly picking one. She handed it to Mr. He. The other students all turned to look at her when they noticed this. Mr. He smiled at the curious students, and showed them the paper slip. "It's the Wedding of the Dream, as you wished."
Lalisa smiled. It was as she wished too. She hadn't played this tune for years, and now she could finally play it again.
Somi looked at the faint smile on Lalisa's lips. Her smile was almost blinding, illuminated by the sunshine. Somi couldn't help but smile as well. She rested her chin on her hand and gazed at Lalisa's face. "You're so beautiful. You look gorgeous when you smile like this."
Lalisa paused and then gave a bright smile at the compliment. She rubbed Somi's hair and continued to paint on the paper. Somi began to carefully review the class too.
The twenty-minute morning self-study soon passed. Lalisa put away her design drawings, took out her English textbook and was ready for the English class, when suddenly a person appeared in front of her. She looked up only to find Haruto was gazing at her unblinkingly. Lalisa blinked and looked up at Haruto in surprise. She hesitated before asking, "What's up?"
Haruto pursed his lips, looked at Lalisa and asked in a low voice, "I overheard my brother on the phone last night. He said you..."
"Wait a minute. Let's discuss about it after class, and in private, okay?" Lalisa looked at this boy and complained about Mino in her heart. "Why did he talk about her private life in front of this kid?! He was making trouble for her! Did this kid hear that she was with Jungkook now? That must be the reason why he was so angry, right?"
Thinking of this, Lalisa was a bit uneasy. If the students knew that she tried to defend Jungkook because she was his girlfriend, they would gossip about her again...
Reaching this conclusion, Lalisa rose to her feet. She felt it was necessary to have a good talk with this kid! He was thirteen years old, and he should be able to understand what she was talking about... Yes, he would understand her! He was so clever, and had a high EQ, so she just needed to talk with him. He would understand what she meant. Therefore, Lalisa nodded firmly and held Haruto's shoulder. "Haruto, let's go out and have a talk!"
"No." For the first time, Haruto refused her. Lalisa's heart sank and she looked at Haruto whose face was dark. Her heart jerked sharply. "What is he thinking of?! Will he reveal her relationship with Jungkook in front of the whole class?" Thinking of this possibility, Tang Xi took his hand and forced a smile. "Well, there are so many people here..."
"You..."
"Haruto!" Lalisa interrupted Haruto. "Aren't you going to have a good talk with me?"
Haruto frowned and said sternly. "I don't want to talk with you now. All I want to ask is if you... were you kidnapped by Lu Xiaojing's father after you quarreled with her yesterday?"
"No!" Lalisa Xi had been ready to deny anything he was going to say, so she immediately denied when he asked her. Then she blinked and looked at Haruto. The latter's face was like a dark cloud and he said angrily, "How can you be so kind-hearted?! She had asked her father to kidnap you for revenge. Why are you still covering up for her?!"
"Well..." Lalisa blinked and looked at Haruto. "In fact... I think, as I'm okay now, it's unnecessary to mention it again. In any case, it has already happened, so we'd better forget about it and move on. You'd better not mention it again and go to class."
She was relieved to see that Haruto didn't come to ask her about her relationship with Jungkook, and sat down on the seat, when someone suddenly screamed. Lalisa looked at Somi. "What's wrong with you?!"
"You were kidnapped?" Somi looked incredulously at Lalisa and exclaimed, "That shameless b*tch did this to you?"
Lalisa speechlessly rubbed between her eyebrows and explained, "I'm alright now. The police saved me, so don't worry about me. See? I'm safe and sound, right?"
Somi looked at Lalisa and said indignantly, "No wonder she quit and left school. She just couldn't bare to face the consequences! Shame on her! I'm going to her home and teach her a lesson!"
"Yes! Yes! We didn't expect she would such a shameless thing!" The other students echoed.
Lalisa rubbed between her eyebrows again. How powerful gossip could be! Rumors could really kill a person.
Thinking of this, Lalisa stood up and was about to speak, when someone exclaimed, "Come on, read the news! Last night in an abandoned factory in the suburbs, someone was kidnapped and the police mobilized helicopters to save the victim. There were over a dozen luxury cars on the scene! Someone even saw famous agents over there!"