"I'm sorry, my grandfather only gave birth to my father, so I didn't know I have 'uncles'." Lalisa cast a disdainful glance at these people. "Have you come over here so early in the morning to claim kinship?"
Kwon Jieren had known how sharp-tongued Lalisa was, so he didn't talk with Lalisa but turned to Hyunsuk, saying coldly, "Uncle, this company belongs to the Kwon Family. Lalisa will be married sooner or later and then she is no longer a member of our family. You can't just give the Empire Group to an outsider. If Lalisa inherits the Empire Group, it will fall into an outsider's hand!"
"Yes, Uncle, only in our hands can the Empire Group develop well. It should belong to our family and must not be taken away by an outsider!" Kwon Yaoren said and stared at Lalisa.
Lalisa looked at these greedy people and gave a sneer. She turned up the corners of her mouth. "Hey, who do you think you are? Do you think you can snatch my family's property by saying these stupid words? Haha... do you think I'm dead?"
Hyunsuk, who had been indifferent, suddenly scowled when he heard Lalisa said 'dead'. He stared at those people and coldly said, "I've already cured my coronary heart disease and have been recuperating for the last two years. By the way, don't come to the Empire Garden again. You're not welcome here. If you have any problems, talk to me when I go to the company. As for the Empire Group... it was founded for Lali. As long as Lali is happy, I don't care who will take over the Empire Group."
"Uncle, how can you say this to us? The Empire group is the Kwon Family's property and the Kwon's Group contribute a lot to its development..." Kwon Mingren frowned and looked at Hyunsuk sullenly, "How can you be so unfair?!"
"Lali is my granddaughter. Of course she will inherit all my properties." Hyunsuk paused, stared at them and said coldly, "As for you, if you think I'm unfair, I can spin off the Kwon's group and sell the part of its shares that I hold. You'll be in charge of the Kwon's Group and the Kwon's Group will have nothing to do with the Empire Group. What do you think?"
These people were stunned at Hyunsuk's words. How could the Tang's Group be compared with the Empire Group! The Kwon's Group could still exist just because Hyunsuk held a lot of its shares. If Hyunsuk sold his shares, that Kwon's Group would be swallowed by competitors soon! They certainly wouldn't accept this proposal!
In any case, although they only held a small percentage of shares of the Empire Group, they could live a wealthy life with these shares. And when the old bastard died, this little girl would be no match for them! Since they could kill her once, they could kill her a second time. When both of them died, the Empire Group would be theirs!
These people were calculating in their heart but they said hypocritically, "Uncle, we don't think it's proper. We are one family and we shouldn't be separated from each other."
"You should feel lucky that I'm not as grumpy as before." Hyunsuk looked at them and said, "I'd have had you thrown out if you'd said those words to me before."
Hearing Hyunsuk's words, Kwon Yaoren frowned and it had been quite a while before he said, "Uncle, don't get us wrong. We're one family and we should love and help each other. My father is idle recently. Why don't you go travel with him? As you said, you can just give the company to Lali. You're in poor health, so you should go out for some fresh air, which is good for your health."
"As you said, I'm in poor health. If anything happens to me, I'm afraid your father will be accused of killing his brother, so I'd better not go." Hyunsuk gave them a cold glance. "We're going to have breakfast. Aren't you leaving yet?"
Kwon Mingren, "..."
Kwon Yaoren, "..."
Kwon Jieren, "..."
For politeness, shouldn't he invite them to have breakfast with them?
They didn't know that since last night Hyunsuk learned what they did to Lalisa, he had regarded them as enemies. He had tried his best to keep calm and not to rush up to tear them up. He was so stimulated by them that his illness was almost about to recur again! How could they expect him to invite them for breakfast?
Well, they simply thought too much.
The Kwon brothers left in disgrace. Lalisa looked at Jungkook who came over and said, "I've found the source of the news. It was released by the Qin's Group."
When Lalisa heard this, a cold light flashed across her eyes, and she narrowed her eyes. "These people are really silly... Qin Yeri, does she think she can take me down by doing this?"
"Lali, I'm sorry. I brought this trouble on you." Hyunsuk felt guilty and patted Lalisa's hand. Lalisa smiled and helped him to the dining room, saying, "What are you talking about, Grandpa? You are in good health now. Besides, you will never bring me any trouble!"
Tang Zhong prepared them with two kinds of food. One was specially made for Hyunsuk and the other was an ordinary breakfast spread. Looking at the green food in front of him, Hyunsuk pursed his lips and sat down to have breakfast without saying anything.
Seeing Hyunsuk having breakfast so obediently, Tang Zhong was very surprised. Master always complained for a while before eating. Why was he so obedient this morning?
Was it because... Tang Zhong looked at Lalisa and cracked a smile.
"Don't worry, grandpa, I'll cure you." Lalisa suddenly put down her chopsticks and looked at Hyunsuk. "I will never let anyone use you to attack me, nor will I be defeated by them."
"Good." Hyunsuk smiled and nodded, but he thought Lalisa was just comforting him. Coronary heart disease had the highest mortality rate. It was lucky for him to live for so many years.
However...
Hyunsuk looked at Lalisa, "Have some food more. You'll have a busy day. now the journalists must be waiting for you at the gate of the company. Today you'll have a tough battle to fight."
Lalisa smiled carelessly, "It's not a big deal. Grandpa, don't worry. I will deal with it." And a cold gleam came into her eyes. She took a mouthful of porridge and sneered. "They think I'm easy to beat? They are wrong! I haven't started to do anything to them, but they can't wait anymore."
After dinner, Lalisa and Jungkook went to the company, and Hyunsuk and Tang Zhong sent them out.
Tang Zhong looked at their backs and frowned in worry. There was something in his heart, but he didn't know whether to say it or not...
Hyunsuk looked at him and raised his eyebrows, "What's up?"
Tang Zhong took a look at their receding figures, turned to Hyunsuk and said hesitantly, "Master, don't you see that this bodyguard Miss brought back this time is not the one who appeared in the news last time? Besides, she seemed to stay with this bodyguard in the guest room last night... ." Thinking of the possibility that Lalisa might straddle two boats, Tang Zhong said in worry, "Are you sure it's okay for her to behave like this?"
If the public knew this scandal about Miss, it would not be good for her reputation!
Hyunsuk didn't expect that his butler was so worried about his granddaughter, especially as it was over such a strange matter... the corner of his mouth twitched. He didn't know how to explain to his butler, so he simply ignored his butler's concerns and walked away.
Being ignored by his master, Butler Tang looked at his back worriedly but still hastened to catch up with him after a pause.
No matter how many boyfriends Miss had had, it would be fine as long as she didn't cheat on her boyfriend. Even if she did, it would be fine as long as she didn't get caught. And even if she got caught, it would be fine as long as the media didn't know about it...
Okay, to be honest, butler Tang was quite unprincipled in this matter. No matter what happened, he would definitely take sides with Miss.
Lalisa, completely unaware of how much Butler Tang was worried about her, went to the headquarters of the Empire Group. Sure enough, the headquarters had been crowded by many journalists. Whenever there was any negative news about these famous families, the journalists would guard all night in these companies until they got first-hand information.
Lalisa looked at Jungkook and the latter held her hand to encourage her. The capital was different from City A, and the Empire Group was also different from the Jeon's International Group. It was almost impossible for Lalisa to escape the journalists' cameras. Besides, the Empire Entertainment, which is owned by the Empire Group, had been attracting a lot of attention. Lalisa, the President of the Empire Entertainment, was always in the media's attention. When it was exposed that Yeri usurped Lalisa's design drawings, the latter was in France, so the media couldn't reach her, but now she had finally come back to China...
The media had been longing to interview her on this matter. Now they finally had an excuse to come to the Empire Group to interview her.
Lalisa smiled and her eyes had a sly gleam. She looked at Jungkook. "I wonder why a smart person like Grandpa Qin would do such a stupid thing. If I were him, I would have put himself instead of me in the spotlight. All he has done will only help me prove my ability."
Feeling the subtle regret in her tone, Jungkook raised his eyebrows, looked at Lalisa and asked, "So?"
Lalisa turned up the corners of her mouth. "The enemy is so stupid that I don't have any sense of achievement." She said and opened the car door to go out.
Jungkook took a helpless look at Lalisa and could only open his door hurriedly to go out and protect her. However, as soon as he got out of the car, Lalisa had already been surrounded by the journalists. Fortunately, the security guards of the Empire Group were already waiting there. They surrounded Lalisa in the middle to protect her. Jungkook couldn't squeeze into the crowd, but he was relieved to see that Lalisa was being protected by the security guards.
Lalisa was wearing a blue Givenchy suit, which made her look very capable and energetic. Most importantly, with a gentle smile on her lips, she looked very confident.
"Miss Kwon, can you comment on the news about your grandfather this morning?"
"Miss Kwon, why are you concealing your grandfather's illness?"
"Miss Kwon, may I ask if your grandfather has recovered?"
"Miss Kwon..."
Lalisa listened to the journalists' questions and kept walking. When she walked up to the gate of the Empire Group, she turned to look at the journalists with a smile on her face. "Firstly, wasn't it because my grandfather was ill that I became CEO of the Empire Group five years ago? Secondly, I didn't conceal the fact that my grandfather was ill. You can check the newspapers five years ago that all reported that I decided to take the post of CEO of the Empire Group because my grandfather was ill. Besides, my grandfather has completely recovered after five years of treatment. The reason why he no longer manages the company is that I can manage everything by myself now, and I don't want him to be so tired. After all, I only have one grandfather... And..." Lalisa looked at the journalists and there was a cold smile on her face, "As far as I know, the one who exposed this news is the heiress to the Qin's Group, Qin Yeri. Can you tell me whether this message I received is correct?"
The journalists didn't expect Lalisa to ask such a question and all eyes turned to a journalist who was from the news agency that announced the news this morning. That journalist couldn't help nodding. Seeing that reporter nod, Lalisa looked obviously disappointed.
She smiled sadly. "I thought since she is my friend, I should forgive her, even though she did something wrong..."
Hearing Lalisa's words, the journalists felt a little sympathetic with Lalisa. One of the reporters suddenly thought of something and asked, "Miss Kwon, do you mean that Qin Yeri exposed this news because she was retaliating against you?"
Lalisa gave that reporter a thumbs-up in her heart when she heard his question, but she appeared to be very sad. She pursed her lips and shook her head. "I don't know why she wanted revenge on me. Was it because I didn't intercede with the police of Paris? But she had committed a crime. Shouldn't she stay in the police station for a few days and reflect on her mistake? And I had asked the police to release her before I came back to China... I never expected that instead of apologizing to me, she would instead do something like this to cut off our friendship."
Lalisa paused and then said, "She is the only friend I have."
Hearing her words, the crowd was in an uproar. The reporters were all discussing how shameless Yeri was... And many of them even comforted Lalisa...
Lalisa smiled, looked at the reporters and said, "Thank you. I'll be alright. I'm Kwon Lalisa of the Empire Group. As long as I want, there must be a lot of people who want to make friends with me."
She implied that it was not that Yeri chose her but she chose Yeri... And the only friend she chose betrayed her.
As soon as the news about Lalisa was reported, the stock price of the Empire Group that had already dropped by more than 10 points began to soar...
The market held an optimistic view of the Empire Group not because of Hyunsuk, but because of its ability. They didn't care if the chairman of the Empire Group was sick, as long as the Empire Group could still bring benefits to them...
Five years ago, Kwon Lalisa, who was 23, could run the empire well. Five years later, the 28-year-old Kwon Lalisa, who had gone through numerous hardships and setbacks in the business circle, could surely bring the Empire Group to a higher level.
At this moment, Yeri who was sitting in front of the TV, suddenly threw the remote control on the ground when she watched the news. She glared ferociously at Lalisa on the screen, growling, "Lalisa! You shameless bitch!"
She was bailed out by her grandfather at a great expense. How could Lalisa say it was she who asked the French police to release her?! And... what she did had seemed to help Lalisa. She didn't defeat Lalisa, but garnered so much more attention to her.
Yeri stood up and turned off the TV. She was about to go to the study to explain to Qin Yue, when she saw Qin Yue coming out of the study with a dark face. Yeri was a bit timid to go up to him. She pursed her lips and walked up to him, with a fawning smile on her face. "Grandpa..."
Qin Yue took a look at Yeri and said with a straight face, "You screwed it up."
"Grandpa, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have been so careless." Yeri pursed her lips and said softly, "Please give me one more chance."
"Fine, I'll give you another chance, but do you know what the consequences are if you are defeated by that girl again?" Qin Yue turned and looked at Yeri, his face was without any expressions. "Have you considered clearly?"
Yeri nodded hard. Qin Yue nodded. "You can't handle that girl. Now you'd better find a way to solve this lawsuit. I'll give you the money and connections you need, but you'll have to solve the Empire Group's legal team yourself."
"Thanks, Grandpa."
Yeri didn't expect that Grandpa wouldn't scold her, despite how she messed things up. Instead, he had still agreed to help her!
Qin Yue glanced at Yeri and a cold gleam flickered across his eyes. After Yeri left, he returned back to his study. The TV in his study was still playing that news piece about Lalisa. He looked at Lalisa on the screen and gave a cold smile. "Kwon Hyunsuk, it seems that you've got a good granddaughter. She is just as crafty and insidious as you. So let's see whether you or me will win in the end."
As soon as Lalisa entered her office, she turned on her workaholic mode. She didn't stop working until the afternoon and even then it was only because she had decided to go over to Empire Entertainment. Because of the scandal of Xu Eunha, the staff of the Empire entertainment all held a sense of worship towards Lalisa. They had long wanted to hold a celebration party for Lalisa, so when Lalisa walked into the Empire Entertainment, the vice president of Empire Entertainment, Yang Le presented her with a bouquet of lilies. "Welcome back, President."
Lalisa took the flowers, handed them to Jungkook behind her and smiled, "I didn't expect that you liked playing romantic?"
Being teased by Lalisa for the first time, Yang Le blushed. He pointed at the agents and artists behind him and laughed. "They prepared this. I'm just being their representative."
Lalisa said thank you to everyone and said, "What happened recently may have made you panic, but, you should remember that, as a member of the Empire Group, we won't be beaten by these small setbacks, understood?"
"Yes!"
In the following month, Lalisa shuttled between City A and the capital. Sometimes she had classes during the day, but at night she was working hard in the office of the Empire Group.
During this month, the Empire Group and the Qin's Group had fought eachother numerous times. Every time the Empire Group attacked the Qin's Group, the later would recover quickly, which really impressed Lalisa. However, then she heard that the Qin's Group could hold on for so long because the consortium in Qin Yue's hands had been supporting it from behind, and the little respect she had for Qin Benyuan was immediately gone.
During this period, the only thing that made Lalisa happy was when Jungkook finally affirmed her capabilities and no longer followed her around all the time like before. Now she finally had freedom of movement, of course, provided that Little Six followed her to protect her.
Such days lasted for more than a month, and the war between the Empire Group and the Qin's Group was finally called off with the victory of the former.
Lalisa went back to the school and took an examination during the truce. What amazed the whole school was that Lalisa got first place although she had hardly attended school, so Lalisa applied for the permission for directly taking the college entrance exam without attending the classes...
The principal was a little reluctant because Lalisa's grades were so good. "You can come to school from time to time. With your talent, you can choose any top university abroad. Why not make an effort to study abroad?"
After all, your family has money for you to study abroad!
Lalisa declined his kindness politely. And as the Spring Festival was coming, Lalisa wished the principal happy Chinese New Year in advance. After getting the permission she wanted, Lalisa went to her company with Little Six.
Yes, she went to The Queen. The Queen received countless orders these days,and many large shopping malls invited The Queen to open a store in their malls. Now The Queen had almost become the fashion leader of City A. Many celebrities and stars would wear the Haute Couture of The Queen instead of Dior or Chanel to attend events.
Lalisa wanted to make The Queen a luxury brand instead of a popular one. If a brand was too popular, it wouldn't be high-grade, so in the first five years, she wouldn't try to make The Queen popular.
What she wanted was to earn money, and it was easiest to earn money from rich people.
So, Lalisa's eyes sparkled with excitement when she saw many luxury cars parked outside The Queen. It seems that she could pay off the loan within this month.
As soon as Lalisa walked into the hall, the people waiting for her all gathered about. Even the ladies of note who were always arrogant couldn't help but turn their eyes to Lalisa. After all, Min Lisa was The Queen's endorser now!
Did she come here because The Queen was going to launch new products?
Yes, to Lalisa's pride, the Queen's clothes sold so well because she was its endorser.
Now she has become even more beautiful and her figure was also getting better. Despite the fact that she still looked a bit fragile, she was almost perfect. The Queen had attracted many female customers because of her.
Lalisa walked gracefully into the elevator and went to Floor 4. As the elevator was transparent, she could see that all the designers were as busy as bees, except those who were receiving the customers. Seeing this scene, Lalisa smiled in satisfaction. It seemed that she was going to succeed!
As the elevator stopped at Floor 4, Lalisa went to Kai's office. Kai took a look at Lalisa and continued with his work.
Lalisa was already used to Kai's indifferent attitude. She casually sat opposite of Kai and asked, "Have you found a suitable new office building?"
"Not yet. I think we can rent the neighboring building and take this building as The Queen's headquarters." Kai looked at Lalisa. "Then we don't have to bother with moving."
Lalisa raised her eyebrows. She had no problem with this proposal. The space in this building was enough for them if they didn't have so many customers. But now the customers had to wait in the lobby, so they needed a larger place. If they rented the neighboring building, they could receive customers in that building and provide special services to VIP customers who had spent at least one million Yuan on The Queen's products.
"You can go talk to the owner. If there are no problems, you can just rent it. As for the rental, it's up to you," Lalisa said. She took out a design drawing from her handbag and handed it to Kai. "Have a look at this design drawing. It's called 'Blooming Flowers'."
Kai took a look at the design drawing and raised his eyebrows. "A wedding dress?"
Lalisa smiled and Kai nodded. "Not bad. Let me have a closer look at it."
Lalisa took out her laptop and showed him the digital design drawing, asking, "How do you think of it?"
Kai nodded with a smile. "Very good. You can publish it in our Summer Collection." Then he glanced at Lalisa. "Why did you suddenly design a wedding dress?"
Lalisa and Kai had become friends because of Jungkook, so now they would make jokes aimed at each other. Hearing Kai's question, Lalisa shrugged. "Of course it's because I want to get married."
"Okay, I can tell that to Jungkook for you." Kai put the design drawing into the drawer and laughed. "Anyway, Jungkook and his mother can't wait to make you Jeon Jungkook's wife."
"Unfortunately, it's not the right time yet." Lalisa shook her head in regret and turned her eyes to Kai. "How about you? I heard that you cheated Sister Jennie into playing as your girlfriend and was slapped by her?"
At the mention of Jennie, Kai pursed his lips in embarrassment. "Okay, my bad. But I had to find a way to cope with my father!"
Lalisa smiled. "Don't worry. Your Miss Right is waiting for you. Just like Seokjin and Jisoo. The two are so sweet now."
"They are an exception. They should have been together ten years ago, but I'm curious about the ending of this Romeo and Juliet." Kai stroked his chin and looked at Lalisa. "Why did you come here?"
"Well, I came here to tell you not to accept any orders in the upcoming days. We won't accept any more orders before the Spring Festival holidays have ended. We haven't given our employees any holiday so far, so I want to give them a long holiday." Lalisa smiled. "You know, I'm a good boss. And you should also go home to visit your family."
Kai stared at Lalisa who was smiling like a fox, and narrowed his eyes. "Just for this?"
Lalisa shrugged, stood up and looked at him. "Of course not. I have good news and bad news for you! Which one would you like to hear first?"
"Bad news." Kai folded his arms and looked at him expressionlessly. "Speak it out. I can stand any blow."
"Well, the bad news is that Mino has planned to make a movie and now the capital, crew and shooting set have already been finalised. The filming will start after the Spring Festival, so I will also be needed to start being filmed for the movie then. This movie has two female leads, so its filming won't last long but is estimated to be three months, so during this period of time, I..."
"You won't come to the company." Kai interrupted her coldly.
Lalisa nodded."Yes."
"Then how about our Summer fashion show? You must appear in the fashion show in our featured clothes because you're our company's endorser. Don't tell me you will be absent!" The Summer fashion show must be held in March, which was exactly when she will be shooting that damned movie!
Lalisa said, "I'm sure Mino will agree to me leaving at that time. I will surely attend my own company's fashion show. I just came to tell you that I won't come to the company frequently in the next several months."
Kai snorted. "You speak as if you come to the company frequently."
Lalisa, "..." Hey, buddy, save me some face, alright?!
Kai rolled his eyes and asked impatiently, "And the good news is?"
"The good news is that I've designed several sets of clothes and sent them to your email. Please check them out." Lalisa said confidently. Although she had been very busy these days, she didn't forget about her work. She spent a lot of time and energy on these design drawings. The one she showed Kai just now was the one she liked the most. To her pleasure, Kai had praised that design! Then the other sets must be no problem too!
Kai logged in his email box, carefully looked at the design drawings that Lalisa sent to him and raised his eyebrows. "Not bad."
Lalisa was very glad that her works were recognized by him. She said proudly, "Sure, I'm a talent."
"Why don't you just sign your name? If people know that Min Lisa is not only the endorser of The Queen, but also its chief designer and boss, The Queen's products will sell even better."
Lalisa shook her head in disapproval. "Don't you think it's a virtue to keep a low profile? I shouldn't be too high-profile now. If I am too high-profile, only trouble will come to me."
Kai took a look at Lalisa. Although he was a bit unhappy, he didn't say anything. He said to Lalisa, "There is only one condition that I have if you want me to allow you to not come to the company for the next three months."
"What is it?" Lalisa looked at Kai vigilantly. The condition Kai put forward was usually harsh.
Kai looked at Lalisa and turned up the corners of his mouth. "Am I that scary?"
"Yes, you are!" Lalisa said without hesitation. Didn't he know what kind of a person he was? He was truly too good at exploiting others and would devour his target alive if it was possible.
"Turn your designs into finished products." Kai saw the reluctance in Lalisa's eyes, but he just ignored it and continued to speak to Lalisa expressionlessly, "Give me the finished products. Then you can work at that movie without concern. it's good for you too."
Lalisa, "..." She had known Kai wouldn't let her off!
The clothes she had designed had a lot of embroidery details that had to be sewn by hand, so... she would have to work overtime to finish these clothes before she began to postal or in the filming of the movie!
But she had to agree in exchange for Kai's permission.
As the Spring Festival was coming, the Min Family people had all moved to the Min Family's mansion. Lalisa left the company, made a call to Jungkook and got into Jimin's car. Noticing her dark face, Jimin raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's up? Who bullied you? Look at your dark face."
Lalisa immediately complained about Kai. "Jimin, you know that I'm so busy these days. How could this guy still press me to finish so much work within such a short amount of time? Oh, he is so evil!"
Jimin couldn't help bursting into laughter. Then he reminded Lalisa. "Hey, I remember this company is yours, right?"
Lalisa paused and nodded. Jimin laughed and patted her shoulder. "So he did this for your own good. He didn't even ask you to pay him. He just tried to be responsible for his work. How can you complain about him?"
Lalisa looked blankly at Jimin and fell into a long silence. Being stared at by her, Jimin felt uneasy, so he gently pushed Lalisa's head. "Don't look at me like this. It's creepy."
Lalisa shook her head and exclaimed, "My God, Jimin, I didn't expect that you could be so wise. You make me feel ashamed at my stupidity!"
If Jimin had only just comforted her, she might still feel aggrieved, but now hearing Jimin's words, she suddenly felt she was wrong. She worked hard just because she wanted to own more.
Just like Jimin said, The Queen was her company and she would be the greatest beneficiary of its success. It was her duty to work hard for The Queen. Because of Jungkook, the business genius Kai helped her run the company, and she just took it for granted and threw all the jobs to Kai. Once Kai assigned her any work, she would feel she had done a lot. However, it was not true. In fact, she didn't do much at all...
"Jimin, thank you for your reminder." Lalisa felt lucky to have such a good brother.
When she was still Kwon Lalisa, she was surrounded by people who would only fawn on her, and very few of them truly cared for her. The Kwon family people couldn't wait to see her make mistakes so that they could gradually snatch the Empire Group from her...
However, the Min Family people were completely different. They would analyze for her from an onlooker's point of view and let her see what she was doing wrong...
Jimin smiled. "If you do things right, we'll praise you and be happy for you, but if you do something wrong, we'll surely help you correct your mistake. That's what families should do."
Lalisa felt warmth well up in her heart. Yes, that was what families were about. They would lead you to the right path and pull you back when you step onto the wrong path.
Yoongi was still enjoying his long holiday. After they all moved to the Min Family's mansion, he stayed at home all day long, except for when he was picking up Lalisa from time to time. Jinhwan and Taehyung had gone back to the mansion. Jimin happened to be free today, so he came to pick up Lalisa.
When the two of them arrived at their home the food had already been prepared by Jiwon and Yeji. They were waiting for them to have dinner together.
Seeing them come back, Jiwon beckoned the servants to serve the dishes and asked them to wash their hands and come and have dinner.
Lalisa took a look at the dishes and said happily, "What special day is it today? Why are there so many dishes?" Then she reached out to taste one of the dishes.
Jiwon gently patted her hand and said with a smile, "Go wash your hands first."
Lalisa naughtily made a petulant face, went to wash her hands and then sat down next to Grandpa Min. She winked at Grandpa Min and whispered, "Grandpa, what day is it today? Why did Mom and Mommy make so many dishes?"
Since Hyunbin's family and Soohyun's family had amended their relationship and moved back to the Min Family's mansion, the mansion became much more joyous and Grandpa Min's health and spirits had picked up. And since Jiwon had now learned how to cook from Yeji, the chefs in the mansion had almost lost their jobs. If it wasn't that the Min Family still had to hold banquets from time to time, the chefs would have definitely, without a doubt, lost their jobs.
Grandpa Min smiled and winked at Lalisa too. Lalisa blinked in confusion and Jimin shook his head with a smile. "I can't believe you've forgotten it."
"Huh?" A gleam of doubt flickered across Lalisa's eyes. "So what day is it today?"
"So you've already started to eat? Why didn't you wait for us for a little while longer?" General Yang's sonorous voice rang.
The smile on Grandpa Min's face spread when he saw the Yang Family people had all come. He laughed. "Thank you for coming here to celebrate my grandchild's birthday. Come on in. Take your seats please."