He turned his head to look at Lisa, lightly exhaling, "One day, I'll die by your hands, do you know that?"
She really drove him crazy.
"Where did you get that idea from, Mr. Jeon?" Lisa looked as if she were wronged.
Jungkook was helpless, reaching out to pinch Lisa's apple-red cheeks.
Her intellect was incomparable, and it only depended on if she wanted to use it. As for Jungkook, she knew his weakness too well.
No matter what, even if she was wrong, she could still be so confident.
Most importantly, her one single sentence could soften his heart…
The word 'honey' was able to melt Jungkook's heart right away…
He definitely did not have any room left in his brain to think about what Kai's phone call just now had been about.
And he truly trusted Lisa, since she had dated Kai for such a long time and still didn't take the last step with him. On the other hand, she still moved in with him and even slept on the same bed with him. This meant that in Lisa's heart, he was still different.
"So you're not angry anymore?"
"No." Jungkook shook his head.
"To be honest, Kai didn't really have much to say. I think he saw the news, found out my relationship to the Oh family, and regretted that he didn't take any of the advantages." Lisa tilted her head as she deduced.
"In the future, you don't even need to mention irrelevant people like him."
Looks like Jungkook was still slightly jealous…
Lisa immediately hugged Jungkook's neck, smiling in a cajoling manner. "As you wish, husband."
Things changed that night. Lisa had guessed correctly. Once a nosy person dug deeper into the situation, the fact that Sooyoung was a third wheel to Mr. Oh and Mrs. Oh's marriage and how she proudly moved into the Oh family with her children was also exposed. This caused quite a large disturbance, but Sooyoung was more cunning. Before the public rage could push to a climax, she took Nancy onto talk shows to cry about how she had been wronged, how she and Mr. Oh were in love, and how she had moved into the Oh Family with the matriarch's silent permission, unlike how the rumors painted her as a scheming bitch.
Seeing how the public opinion was reversed, Sooyoung couldn't hold it in any longer and jumped out at the first opportunity to cleanse her own name.
This did fit their style…
That night, Lisa called her mother, and they had a long discussion.
The next day, when reporters went to interview Lisa's mother, although she really wanted to insult that scheming bitch Sooyoung, she followed Lisa's advice.
Liaa had reminded her multiple times to not do that, as sometimes silence was the best response, or things would only get worse.
- South Side Recuperation Center -
Jimin was pretty free lately. Without his luxurious nightlife, he was able to spend his nights following the latest gossip.
He had been consistently following Lisa's situation, and today's reversal seemed to be within his predictions.
But Lisa's lack of response and action only increased his curiosity.
"The power that stands behind her didn't seem to do anything this time around," Jimin exclaimed.
After the situation with that pregnant patient last time, Jimin felt that there was a mysterious force behind Lisa.
At that, he lifted his phone, found Sehun on his Wechat list, and sent him a message.
"That sister of yours is very interesting, there's finally a presentable woman in the Oh family."
"Are you talking about Nancy?" Sehun responded instantly.
"Lisa," Jimin replied with one word.
Sehun didn't reply, but a voice call came right over.
"How's your health? You seem to be free, seeing as you have the time to browse WeChat," Sehun joked.
He was in the same circle as Jimin, and they would get together with everyone all the time. They weren't necessarily close, but they weren't strangers either.
"It's great, I really like it here." Jimin's mouth tugged into a smile.
"You know… Lisa?" Sehun asked.
"Yeah, she's my personal nurse," Jimin said on purpose.
Sehun smiled, "Really? What a coincidence."
"That sister of yours is really great, so if I said that I wanted to date her, would you support me?"
On the other end of the line, Sehun's expression changed slightly, and the light in his eyes became sharp.
"Ah, what happened to your taste lately, that sister of mine isn't even your type."
"I've had too many flamboyant women, they get boring. Right now, she is more fitting for my taste, and she is pretty and have big brains so... " Jimin retorted.
"Fine then, since you're interested, then go for it. If you can become my brother-in-law that'd be great too." Sehun laughed.
After hanging up, Jimin played with his phone, his mind turning at a fast pace…
Based on what he knew, the force behind Lisa wasn't something to be overlooked, but was it Sehun?
On the surface, Lisa and Sehun didn't seem to be close, but Jimin felt that their sibling relationship was a bit weird.
Maybe, because of the civil war within the Oh Family, Sehun had always been helping Lisa?
After hanging up, Jimin sent Sehun a text after remembering something.
"Give me Lisa's WeChat number."
"Isn't she your nurse? Why don't you get it yourself?"
"Are you dumb, if I could get it myself, why would I need to ask you?" Jimin rolled his eyes at his phone in anger.
"I don't have it either, I only have her phone number."
"Isn't her WeChat number her cell phone number?" Jimin became curious.
"No."
Seeing Sehun's reply, Jimin was completely dumbfounded. Okay, not linking her WeChat ID to her phone number was a twisted idea that did fit Lisa's style.
He picked up his phone and dialed a number, "I don't care what you do, get me Lisa's WeChat number in 3 minutes."
As expected, three minutes later, he received a message on his phone.
On it was a series of numbers, which Jimin searched on WeChat and found that it was indeed Lisa, whose profile picture was a photo from when she was young.
It seemed to be from many years ago, as she wore a white t-shirt and had a high ponytail.
"Such a dumb look." Jimin smiled, and then he added her as a friend.
After a long time, he still wasn't accepted, so he began to feel agitated. He added her again, writing, Jimin here.
He was directly rejected this time. Lisa replied, "I don't know you well."
Jimin was so angry and speechless. This was the first time he had sent a woman a friend request, and it must be noted that most women see having him as a friend on Wechat as an honor that could be bragged about.
"Lisa, just you wait," he threatened.
On the other end, Lisa was about to sleep when she glanced at the message, and she mumbled to herself, "He crazy."
- The next morning -
When Lisa woke up, things took another turn; apparently Sehun's adoptive mother, Mrs. Oh had agreed to an interview.
Her words in the interview were a slaps on Sooyoung's face. She claimed that she did not agree for Sooyoung to move into the Oh Family, nor did she admit to a bad relationship between her and Mr. Oh. She even directly criticized that some people would do anything to climb up.
Sooyoung didn't think that Mrs. Oh would stand in direct opposition to her, and she ran to cry to Mr. Oh about it in the hospital.
Although Mr. Oh sympathized with his mistress, he was too scared of his wife's Family's power to blame her.
He could only convince Sooyoung not to escalate the situation any further and make peace instead.
Neither Lisa nor her mother made a statement during all this, so not long after, the attention around them died down.
A few nurses at the hospital tried to gain information about Sehun's private life through her, but she acted as if she didn't know anything.
When taking care of the old grandpa in room 2, she would also give Jimin his medicine, very unwillingly.
She didn't want to tend to that prissy-pants prince.
"Lisa, why won't you add my WeChat?" Jimin took one look at Lisa as she walked in, threw off his covers, and jumped up to ask.
"What law in South Korea states that I have to add your WeChat?"
Lisa didn't bother raising her head. She headed directly to place the medicine on the tray, and poured him a glass of warm water.
"Take your medicine."
"Add me, and I'll take it." Jimin's temper started flaring up again.
"I don't actually care, it's not like you're taking medicine for my sake."
Clearly, this method wasn't working, and Jimin was so angry that his teeth started aching…
"Lisa, last night I called Sehun , and we talked about your situation."
As expected, the moment Lisa heard Sehun's name, she paused in her steps.
Seeing that he had her attention, Jimin pretended that there was something profound going on and stated, "Sehun… seems to treat you differently than a little sister."
After hearing that, Lisa's facial expression changed...
In the end, Lisa turned around, glared at Jimin and dropped an arrogant response.
"Looks like I've been too kind when doing you injections lately…"
"-_-"
Was this brat blatantly threatening him?
Nancy and Sooyoung were enough to make her head hurt, so now that Jimin brought up Sehun, it completely stressed her out.
Chaeyoung once asked her on WeChat how she planned to deal with all this.
She told her that she wanted to ignore it, which meant that she was not going to respond to anyone and just let the matter resolve itself.
But looking at the current situation, it appeared that if Sooyoung and her people didn't stir up any results, they wouldn't give up.
Lisa was in the middle of cooking up a revenge plan to protect herself while slapping them on the face.
Just as she was contemplating what to do, an online statement induced a frenzy…
"Hello everyone, recently because of certain things, society and I alike have been troubled. Thus, I have especially stepped up to explain some things to everyone and clear my name. Although my last name is Oh, I have not had any contact with the Oh Family for many years, other than when my grandmother passed away, and I wanted to be there to send her off. I have no monetary connections or debt to the Oh Family, nor will I participate in their fight for inheritance. Please stop making your own assumptions, as it could negatively affect my family and I. From now on, I want to go on with my normal life and not talk about this matter any further. I would like to make it known that I will not return to the Oh family, nor will I accept anything from them that would benefit me. I won't take a single share of their inheritance, or go to their company to work. Please let me return to my normal life, thank you." At the end of the statement was her name, 'Lisa'.
The entire statement was written in Lisa's tone and sounded very real. Although there wasn't a signature from Lisa, no one would doubt it. After all, forging one's signature was punishable by law.
Seeing that the statement fit her own thoughts so perfectly, Lisa's mood was lifted.
Other than Jungkook, she couldn't think of anyone else who would be able to guess what she was thinking and upload a statement like that at a crucial time like this.
She immediately dialed a number on her phone...
The call was picked up after 3 seconds.
"Hello?" Jungkook picked up the phone.
"I saw the statement. It was written beautifully, but it was just missing one sentence."
"What sentence?"
"You should've written that I want to cut all ties with the Ohs, and never talk to them again until I die."
"If I wrote that, it would make you seem narrow-minded and people will say bad things about you, which will hurt your public image."
"I'm joking, I know you've thought about it all. I'm assuming… you wrote that statement yourself, and not your company's PR team, right? You carefully thought out each word for me, didn't you?" Lisa softly asked.
"Guess your eyes didn't get worse." Jungkook was acting all prideful like a lion again.
That statement was the product of his lunch break. He had diligently typed it out on his laptop. Then, after confirming that there were no mistakes, he uploaded it to the internet.
Because of Jungkook's involvement, this statement was quickly disseminated amongst all the major media outlets and was immediately seen by everyone.
"Jungkook…?"
"Yeah?"
"I actually really want to thank you, but I won't say it this time, because you once said that I shouldn't always say thank you. I'm your wife, and it's natural for you to protect me, but I don't know what to do when you're this good to me."
"I just don't want you to get hurt."
"I understand, it's because I'm useless. Although I'm labeled as a genius, I'm always randomly involved in deadlocks and need you to come to save me. I was thinking, if you hadn't returned and were still in the US, what would I be doing right now..."
"Nope, your 'what if' doesn't stand. I'm already by your side, and I'll never leave."
Lisa held her phone, her eyes glistening with unshed tears…
"Let's have dinner tonight, my treat." After finishing her sentence, Lisa hung up the phone.
The corner of Jungkook's lips lifted up slightly, he knew that his baby was feeling touched again.
It was only a statement, but it conveyed everything Lisa wanted to say. Furthermore, it all seemed much different because it was Jungkook who had written it personally.
That night, Lisa rushed home.
She changed into a dark blue dress shirt and black slacks, giving off the impression of a white-collar employee.
As she was getting ready to leave, she got a call from Sehun.
He seemed to be calling her quite frequently lately…
Lisa thought that he was going to admonish her about the statement.
Surprisingly he said, "You better quit that job at South Side."
"Why?" Lisa didn't understand.
"If you don't want to cause trouble, then don't interact with Jimin. You guys aren't compatible."
"You say it as if you know what is best for me," Lisa coldly replied.
Sehun fell silent…
"I'm being serious, Lisa."
"So am I. You've told me before to not get too close to Jungkook. In your eyes, none of the other men in this entire world are better than you."
"But they will really harm you."
"Then who wouldn't harm me? You?" asked Lisa impolitely.
"If you want to come back, I can protect you."
"Whoa, stop right there. Do you think I don't know what you're planning? You must have seen my announcement today. From now on, I don't want any interaction with the Oh Family. You better take care of yourself."
Lisa hung up the phone immediately after she finished...
As she went downstairs, Jungkook's car just happened to arrive at the front door. Lisa walked out, opened the door, and got onto the passenger seat.
"What's wrong?" Jungkook asked when he saw that she was unhappy.
"Nothing, I got a harrassment phone call."
Jungkook nodded and didn't ask any further. He turned around and drove out of the area. "What do you want to eat?"
"My treat today, pick your favorite, of course," smiled Lisa.
"Japanese, okay?"
"Of course!" Lisa wasn't picky; she would eat anything and everything if she went out with others.
So, when Jungkook picked Japanese, she immediately nodded.
Fifteen minutes later, the car parked outside a Japanese restaurant that looked high-end from its decor.
The two entered into a graceful little private room, where the tatami decorations were placed with care.
A popular Japanese song played in the background. Even though they couldn't understand the lyrics, the melody was still very nice.
During the meal, Lisa and Jungkook casually chatted...
"Jungkook…"
"You call me 'honey' when you need me, and 'Jungkook' when you don't. Lisa, can you be less obvious when burning bridges?"
"-_-"
Lisa felt terrible when Jungkook said this, and then she lightly coughed, "Uhm… Honey, I've been causing trouble for you since we got married. Will you ignore me if you ever get annoyed at me one day."
"Do you think I would do that?"
Lisa shook her head. "I know you won't, but I hate myself sometimes, always causing trouble."
"What's wrong with that? I don't mind cleaning up after you." Jungkook held up the sake glass and took a small sip.
With the concentrated alcohol aroma on the corners of her mouth, Lisa would occasionally think, did she save the entire galaxy in her previous life? Why did she meet such a warm, kind, rich, tall, and handsome man like Jungkook?
After the statement was published, Jungkook utilized some connections and ways to publish several news pieces in the afternoon and evening. All of those basically fought for Lisa's innocence, and no matter how Sooyoung pretended and faked her grief, she could never change the fact that she was a homewrecker. Nancy's reputation completely went down the drain as well, and she was so pissed that she didn't go out for several days, in fear that others would talk behind her back.
Mr. Oh was also discharged from the hospital since Lisa had already stated that there was no point for him to continue to pretend to be sick.
"Do you know when I wanted to return to the Oh family the most?" asked Lisa carelessly, as she was on her phone, and accidentally saw the news of Mr. Oh's discharge from the hospital.
"You have times when you wanted to go back to the Oh family?" Jungkook was somewhat curious.
Lisa nodded.
Then she continued to say, "It was seven years ago when we were in love. Back then your mom didn't like my family background. But the truth was, I despised myself as well. I would always dream of that man suddenly wanting me back as a daughter, and then I would become a socialite like Nancy. Maybe then, your mom would have agreed to us being together."
Lisa held the teacup with both of her hands as she spoke; she looked like a little girl…
She was cute, but the look also made him feel sorry...
"Are you surprised that I was once vain?" Lisa teasingly stuck out her tongue.
Jungkook looked at her as his heart throbbed. "Lis…stop."