"Of course I am."
"Oh yeah? How come it looks like you were coerced into dating him? Hm… what do you think would happen if I announced the news to everyone? Especially your mother, tsk tsk... that would be interesting."
"Sehun, what do you want?" Lisa didn't know how Sehun knew about their relationship. She and Jungkook had always been extremely discrete, even going as far as doing everything in their power to hide their tracks. It was as if Sehun had superpowers, however, as he somehow caught wind of their relationship.
"Nothing. It's not like I can do anything."
"If you want to announce it to the world, then do it. You don't have to threaten me, it doesn't work on me."
Lisa hated being threatened. As far as she was concerned, it was better to die with the enemy than to be controlled by him.
"Haha, I'm only teasing and you're already all riled up. I do like you like this though..."
"I don't have time for your bullshit. If you want to inspect the surrounding areas, do it yourself. I'm not going with you. You can either tell the director to fire me or you can get out of my sight."
With that, Lisa immediately turned around and walked away, ignoring Sehun...
The meeting with Lisa left Sehun extremely happy. Even though the rest of his tour was conducted by the hospital's deputy director, he was still basking in the joy of seeing her...
"Deputy Director, please look after my younger sister for me."
"Lisa is too polite. She has always been the most excellent employee at South Side. Everyone takes good care of her." After deputy director learned about the relationship between Sehun and Lisa, he had nothing but compliments for her.
He had read about Lisa being the Oh Family's illegitimate daughter in the newspaper before. But at the time, Lisa had clearly stated her independence from the Oh family, even announcing that she would never be in contact with them.
He had always seen Lisa as someone unthreatening, but Sehun's appearance changed his mind.
Not only did the man donate money, but he also made his intentions of having his little sister taken care of very clear. They seemed to have a great sibling relationship.
With Sehun's words, deputy director was no longer going to antagonize Lisa, or, more accurately, he didn't have the balls to.
After Sehun left in his car, the deputy director arrived at Lisa's office.
"Lisa..."
"Deputy Director." Lisa got up.
"I was looking at the recent schedules… you have a lot of night shifts. You don't need to work so hard as the head nurse, just delegate it to the nurses under you and take care of yourself."
"Uh… thank you Deputy Director for your concern." his sudden caring attitude scared Lisa out of her wits. She even thought that he was hitting on her.
His next sentence, however, fully explained his behavior. "Mr. Sehun funded South Side because of you. Please speak highly of us when you're with him in the future."
"Deputy Director, you've misunderstood. Sehun and I-" Lisa wanted to explain but deputy director didn't give her the chance to...
"I understand, I understand. You don't need to explain yourself to me. You can go back to what you were doing." With that, he turned around and walked away.
Lisa was left feeling dumbfounded. She murmured, "What did you understand?"
- JC Headquarters -
Jungkook received a phone call from his mom just as he was about to leave. His mother told him to bring Yerim home for dinner.
Jungkook hung up the phone shortly after. Just then, Yerim knocked on the door and walked in.
"President Jeon… I just received a phone call from Mrs. Jeon. She said that we should... have dinner together at your house. Are you available?" Yerim looked at Jungkook shyly.
"If she wants you to go, then you should go."
Yerim's expression immediately lit up and filled with pleasant surprise when she heard Jungkook say this.
Did that mean President Jeon agreed to take her home for dinner?
Just then, Jungkook asked, "Why aren't you going? What are you waiting here for?"
"My… my car is at the shop, I haven't picked it up yet, so I was thinking…"
"You can take a cab there." Jungkook immediately stopped Yerim from finishing her sentence.
"Oh okay, President Jeon, I'll gather my stuff and head right over." Yerim was slightly disappointed at what Jungkook said, but it didn't stop her from feeling elated that she was going to the Jeons for dinner.
If the chairman and his wife both approved of her, then it was just a matter of time before she was married into their family.
After Yerim left, Jungkook also gathered his stuff and headed out.
However, he didn't head to his parents' place. Rather, he drove to South Side to pick Lisa up from work.
After he arrived, Jungkook sent her a WeChat message. "I'm here."
Three minutes later, Lisa ran out of the hospital and found Jungkook's car parked 500 meters from the entrance.
Of course, this was her request; she didn't want her colleagues to see her being dropped off and picked up by such a luxurious car. People were going to talk about it.
"You're off work early today." Lisa smiled.
"Yeah, what do you want to eat?"
"We can buy some food and cook at home, what do you feel like eating?" Lisa was in a good mood.
"I asked Bambam if he wants to have dinner together, and he asked us to pick the restaurant."
"You asked Bambam again? Should I ask Chae to come as well?" Lisa laughed naughtily.
"I don't think you should."
"Why not? Don't you think that they would make a cute couple? We should get them to date each other."
"That's not it, Bambam's bringing a date."
"Oh really? Bambam got himself a girlfriend?" Lisa was surprised.
"I'm not completely sure, we'll find out when we see them."
Jungkook didn't say more and took Lisa downtown to walk around.
In the end, Lisa said that she wanted Sichuan food, so he parked outside a famous Sichuan restaurant.
Then, Jungkook called Bambam, and gave him the location.
15 minutes later, Bambam arrived. A girl wearing a light beige dress got off his Jaguar with him.
She looked about 23 or 24 years old. She had big eyes, fair skin, and long brown hair, the typical pretty girl looks.
Truth be told, her temperament was incomparable to Chaeyoung; she looked soft and meek, like someone who was extremely coquettish.
Unlike Chaeyoung and her, who were all-out iron ladies…
"Have you guys been waiting long?" Bambam walked in with his date and smiled.
"Not too long, just 15 minutes." Jungkook's sense of time was always strong.
Bambam broke into a smile, "Hey, President Jeon's time is valuable, thanks for waiting for us for an entire 15 minutes. Allow me to buy you dinner today."
"I wasn't going to pay anyway, you're thinking too much."
"Lisa, keep your husband at bay. It's impossible to enjoy a conversation with him." Bambam almost choked in anger.
"My husband's right, didn't you say you were treating us earlier?" Lisa said on purpose.
"You guys make a good family, each more heartless than the other."
After chatting for a while, they entered a private room and sat down. The room wasn't big, but more than enough for the four of them.
"This is…" Lisa glanced at Bambam's date and asked.
"She's a friend, Kim Yumi."
"Just a friend? Not a girlfriend? Why so conservative with the introduction?" Lisa gossiped.
"Ahem…we're not dating, so we're still friends." Bambam was a little embarrassed.
The girl smiled shyly and introduced herself, "Hi, I'm Kim Yumi. I work as an archives manager at the third bureau."
"Oh, you guys both work at the bureau." Lisa understood what was going on.
"My job is so boring, I don't get the chance to meet people, so those at the bureau are good enough for me."
"A belle of the po-po station isn't bad, you're lucky." Lisa smiled.
Jungkook wasn't a big talker, so he didn't interact much with Bambam's date. He only made small talk with Bambam.
Yumi shuffled up beside Lisa and talked to her here and there.
"I heard you guys are good friends with Bambam."
"Um… yeah, we were high school classmates and have known each other for years."
"That's really cool! Your husband is really good looking, are you guys childhood sweethearts?"
"You can say that." Lisa felt a little awkward.
"I heard Bambam's parents are all high-level officials, have you been to his home?" the girl batted her eyes innocently and asked her.
"No, and I'm not sure what his parents do. We usually just have dinner and hang out, and we don't really talk about that stuff," Lisa said as she realized that this girl was there to get information from her. How pragmatic was she to ask about Bambam's family background as soon as she opened her mouth? Did she mistake Lisa for someone who didn't know when to keep her mouth shut?
"Oh, I see. I'm the only child and my parents spoiled me, so they don't want me to date someone poor because they don't want me to live a hard life. Truth be told, Bambam's really nice and good looking. But the nature of his profession is dangerous, so we didn't start dating yet. This is something that I'm taking into consideration."
Lisa looked at her, bewildered, "You're young, but you seem to consider things thoroughly. However, shouldn't you find someone you like? Do other factors really matter? If you date him because of his other factors, does that count as liking someone?"
"I like him, but the other factors are just as important, and I have to keep my eyes open. After all, love can't replace bread, am I right?" Yumi batted her innocent eyes, but each word she spoke reeked of reality.
"Not everyone is born rich. The rich to the poor proportion in Korea is not equal, so not all of us can marry into a rich family. However, we can make sure that we find a man who has potential and takes responsibilities for his actions. Humans create their own futures. But if a man's moral standing is lacking, it doesn't matter how great his other factors are, he'll fail all the same."
"You have a point, but even if those with billions go bankrupt, they will still have millions. However, do you know how long I would have to wait if I marry someone with nothing to begin with? Ten years, twenty years? Us girls aren't forever young; who has the time to wait for a poor man to become rich?"
Lisa was shocked at what the girl said…
She was around her age, but her maturity was on par with a woman who was in her thirties or forties. It wasn't wrong for her parents to raise her up to be so realistic, but she was still young and was at an age when she was supposed to fall madly in love. It was a shame that she was so tied up by material things and reality…
Just then, the girl seemed to be thirsty, so she picked up a bottle of water. After pretending to try twisting it open, she furrowed her eyebrows.
"It's so hard to open… I'm not strong enough." Yumi complained coquettishly.
Then, Lisa said, out of nowhere, "Let me."
She took the bottle of water from the girl and twisted it right open.
Bambam and Jungkook looked over at the same time…
"Jungkook, your woman is way too willful. I can't believe she would ignore the men right next to her and open the bottle herself."
"Isn't that normal?" Jungkook was used to her iron-lady actions.
He would probably be more surprised if one day, Lisa coquettishly said that she couldn't do this and couldn't do that.
Bambam laughed, "Right, plus, online posts say that girls all pretend that they can't open water bottles. They're immediately stronger when they tear apart packages from their online deliveries."
Lisa couldn't help but burst into laughter…
Embarrassed, Yumi added, "My colleagues open my packages for me. I really can't open it. I think it's because I'm weak and don't have much strength."
Lisa smiled and didn't respond much after that. With her wits, she already saw the girl for what she was.
Therefore, the conversations afterward were no more than chit-chat, and Lisa's heart wasn't in them…
Bambam and Jungkook, on the other hand, had a lot to talk about. Yet, Jungkook never forgot to put food on Lisa's plate.
He didn't want her food to be too spicy, so he placed a cup of water next to her plate, dipping the food in before giving it to her.
Their cheesiness was too much for Bambam…
"Hey, seriously, can you guys leave that cheesy stuff at home and stop fawning your love? There are people here."
"Is there a law here that forbids us from fawning our love in public?" Jungkook asked arrogantly.
"You need to take it easy, Mr. President. This is a public place, you should be considerate of others."
"If I'm happy, then why should I be considerate of others?"
Bambam, "-_-" (sustained severe damages)
Lisa added, "Plus, we are legally-married spouses."
Bambam, "-_-" (KO'ed)
"Um, I'd like to make an announcement. In the future, when I treat you guys to dinner, I'll treat you guys separately. Don't come together, or else I might die young."
"Not possible. Either you get both of us or neither." Jungkook nipped Bambam's thought at the bud.
"Shit, are you guys mandarin ducks, tied at the waist?"
"Nope, allow me to make a correction. Mandarin ducks aren't faithful to their mates, they switch partners every year. Therefore, the stories that we've heard are all misleading. As a policeman in charge of the public's safety, you should read more books," Lisa warned earnestly.
"Jungkook… discipline your wife. If she talks like that, she won't have any friends."
"She's my wife, as long as she has me, she won't need other friends."
Bambam, "-_-"
When Bambam hung out with Jungkook and Lisa, he always felt like he was a pathetic third wheel.
When Chaeyoung was here, she would occasionally help him deal with this nauseating couple.
However, the date he brought today just listened quietly to their conversation but never interjected.
This was because she thought of herself as a lady; she refused to disregard her image and make small talk with them.
"Yumi, wanna give me a hand?" Bambam asked hopelessly.
"President Jeon and his wife are humorous, it's a good thing." Yumi smiled shyly.
"You don't need to be so formal, they're old friends with me. Just be yourself." Bambam suddenly found Yumi's actions awkward; it would've been better if that wrench Chaeyoung was here.
It was still early after they ate, so Bamban asked if they wanted to go sing karaoke.
Jungkook looked at Lisa; he didn't care what they did, as long as Lisa was happy.
Lisa knew that Jungkook didn't have many friends, and Bambam was his closest buddy, so she didn't have the heart to decline his invitation.
So, the four of them went to a luxurious karaoke place in the city.
After they got a room, Jungkook and Bambam were ordering drinks when Yumi decided to sing first.
Her voice was soft, squishy, and flirty. Moreover, she was tone deaf, and Lisa ended up losing her cool over Yumi's singing.
She used buying snacks as an excuse to get a breath of fresh air…
However, to her surprise, she saw Jimin at the door…
Jimin was coming out from one of the rooms with a bunch of friends. He looked up and saw Lisa, and immediately stopped in his tracks.
Lisa immediately turned her head and pretended not to see Jimin…
She picked up a bag of peanuts from the cabinet, tore it open, and began munching on them.
Jimin lost control of his feet and went up to Lisa, "It's weird to see you here, singing karaoke."
"Is it? What's wrong with that? Am I not human? You can be here, so why can't I?"
"So… you're a nurse with an exciting nightlife." Jimin provoked her on purpose.
"Stop it. Have you fixed my car?"
"Car? What car?" Jimin pretended he didn't know what she was talking about.
" Park Jimin, you ass…" Lisa missed her car. It had been a couple of days since it was sent to get fixed, and Jungkook had been driving her to work all this time.
She really didn't want Jungkook to go through all this trouble, so she needed her car back as soon as possible. However, this asshole was playing dumb with her.
"Your car sucks, there's no need to fix it. Just get a new one."
"Forget it, it's too much work talking to you. For the sake of my health, I will no longer speak to you. I will love my life and stay away from you." Then, Lisa snatched the bag of peanuts and walked away.
"Miss, you haven't paid yet…" the waitress at the bar called her from behind.
"Ask that guy for money." Lisa pointed at Jimin.
Jimin took out a couple of bills, threw it at the waitress, and then walked away.
"Is she the one you've fallen head over heels for?" Taehyung smiled after they got into his black Range Rover.
"No, of course not." Jimin was not about to admit his feelings towards her.
Taehyung didn't say anything else…
After a while, Taehyung suddenly muttered, "Love life, stay away from Jimin."
"Fuck…" Jimin immediately lost his cool. Did Taehyung overhear their conversation?
Why on earth did Lisa say something this impressionable?
Love life, stay away from Jimin? What the hell was wrong with him that she had to stay away from?
After Lisa went upstairs into their room, Yumi had finished singing the first song and started on a second.
The second song she sang has been pretty popular recently.
Yumi looked at Bambam as she sang, but he wasn't really listening. Instead, he was chitchatting with Jungkook.
Bored, Lisa sat on the couch eating snacks, occasionally clapping for Yumi.
Just then, Jungkook suddenly walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her. "Sing a song for me." he whispered in her ear.
"You know I'm tone deaf."
"It's fine, I won't mind."
"But I mind." Lisa rarely sang because she knew she was either going to be off-key or forget the lyrics. That would be awkward.
"Lisa, come on, sing for us. We won't laugh at you, even if you sing Three Blind Mice ."
"Haha, thanks for the encouragement, but Three Blind Mice is too difficult, I can't sing it." Lisa laughed.
"Come on, Lisa, sing something," Yumi wrapped her arms around Bambam and heckled at her as well.
"Why don't the two of you sing something together? What about a Love Song duet ?" Bambam suggested.
"Songs like that suits you better," Jungkook said as he glanced at Bambam.
"Hahaha." Lisa broke into laughter.
"Lisa, what about The Husband Makes Money and his Wife Spends it ?" Bambam continued to joke.
Yumi couldn't help but cover her mouth, chuckling nonstop.
Lisa thought that if she didn't surprise them with something spectacular, she wouldn't be able to hold the crowd.
Therefore, she stood up, picked up the microphone and said, "Now… let's hear a round of applause for my dear husband, who will be singing Silence is Gold."
Bambam and Yumi immediately began clapping…
Jungkook looked at his wife, who happily pushed him to the spotlight…
"Way to go." Jungkook looked up and stared at Lisa.
Lisa immediately whined, "Kook, come on, or else the two of them will laugh at us until tomorrow."
Jungkook had a beautiful singing voice. Back when they were still in school, Jungkook once sang Silence is Gold during the school's New Year's party.
His perfect singing skills made all the girls fall in love with him…
After all those years, could he still find the feeling he had back then?
"You're the best, honey! Come on, sing for us." Lisa used her ultimate weapon – puppy eyes.
A/n-
Who needs one more update?? Anyone?