Jungkook clearly witnessed everything... and he felt a bit bad for his brother-in-law.
"I told you, he's not a good match for Wonyoung. They think that I didn't know and still tried to hide it. This really upsets me."
"Young people have their own ways of doing things, so I don't think you should intervene too much."
"I'm not intervening, I'm only giving him advice. It's his own problem if he doesn't listen to me!"
"I know what you're worried about, but Lisa, you must know that some people won't listen if you tell them to be careful. He'll only learn and grow once he's made the mistake himself," Jungkook explained caringly.
"That may be the case, but Ruto is my little brother. I'll be worried nonetheless when I think of how he might get hurt in the future."
"Your caring intentions may mess you up..." Jungkook pinched her face, his eyes filled with spoiled adoration.
Upon hearing what Jungkook said, Lisa also felt that she might have been too sensitive when it came to Haruto. He was now old enough and had the right to be in love, or to choose whom to be in love with, but... she still felt hints of anxiety, as if Haruto and Wonyoung shouldn't belong together.
After they left the old house, the two drove to a farm courtyard on the outskirts of Seoul, a location scouted out by Bambam.
He said that their troops often gathered there for hangouts. One could fish and eat there, and the scenery was very beautiful.
When they got there, they found that Chaeyoung and Bambam had both already arrived and were fishing.
Of course, they still remembered to fight even though they were just fishing...
"Bambam, are you blind? Didn't you see that fish was about to take my bait, why did you move my fishing rod?"
"Yo, it's your vision that's messed up. The wind blew on it. Where's the fish that was about to take the bait? You were hallucinating! Look, I just fished around your area, but there weren't any fish. You'd better change to another location, or else you won't be able to get even one."
"I'll do what makes me happy, whichever fish that wants to go for hook are willingly taking the bait, why do you care?" Chaeyoung rolled her eyes at him.
"That's because I'm too righteous. I want to serve as the people's police of south Korea, help people get rid of evil, and protect them."
"Bullcrap, you're just scared of your dad. You're scared that he'll beat your ass if you didn't listen..."
Bambam, "-_-"
Lisa and Jungkook heard those two cute kids fighting from far away, and Lisa suddenly lightened up.
"Those two always fight whenever they see each other, are they planning on fighting for the rest of their lives?" Lisa laughed.
"Why didn't you call ahead of time before you arrived? Come, let's go eat, I'm not fishing anymore." Bambam left the fishing rod and immediately pulled Jungkook into the courtyard.
Chaeyoung also stood up. "Why did you guys arrive just now? I'm hungry."
"We both ate at my mother's."
"Your mother's home? You went back?" Chaeyoung confusingly stared at Lisa.
"Yes."
"Then your mom... didn't?"
"What?"
"Didn't chase Jungkook out right?" Chaeyoung thought that Lisa's mother was absolutely terrifying when she was pissed, and was ten times scarier than her own mom.
"She didn't. She looked quite upset though, but she wasn't angry enough to chase us out." Lisa smiled.
"Then not bad, there's still hope." Chaeyoung patted Lisa's shoulders, and the two also headed inside.
Chaeyoung took out a bottle of perfume from her purse and handed it to Lisa. "Here's your birthday present."
"Didn't you already send me money?"
"That's only the appetizer, I bet you'll love this."
"What is it?" Lisa curiously took the perfume bottle.
She was suddenly overwhelmed with surprise when she saw the brand...
"Chae, this is....?" Lisa looked at Chaeyoung with disbelief.
"Do you like it?' Chaeyoung laughed proudly.
"How... did you get this?" Lisa was surprised.
This perfume wasn't that of a luxury brand; instead, it was a product from an independent domestic designer.
This designer was quite odd, and he would only design one perfume each year and produce only ten bottles per design, with every bottle personally made by him.
Rumor had it that he even planted all of the ingredients himself, and they were especially precious...
This particular style of perfume was the one he produced last year and was called Extreme Seduction, coming with an extremely unique scent.
Back then, many online shops came out with fake versions of this perfume, and it was sold out all over. Lisa and Chaeyoung once came across a girl who used the real thing, and after one whiff, they never forgot that scent. It was very light, but very long lasting.
Lisa fell in love with it back then and tried all sorts of ways to buy a bottle, but she failed.
It was because that he only made ten bottles, which had long been sold out...
Now that a year had passed, Lisa was overwhelmed with surprise when Chaeyoung took out this perfume.
"It's quite a coincidence that the designer sat in first class on my flight a month or so ago, and I served him. I recognized him right away and then asked about this perfume. I said that my best friend loved it very much, and so without another word, he told me to leave him my address, and he'll mail it to me later. For every scent that was sold, he would keep a bottle for commemoration, and this bottle was the one he left for himself."
"Wow... Chae, you're so great, I love you so much!" Lisa was overwhelmed with joy.
Jungkook faintly looked at his wife and said enviously, "It's just perfume, I'll buy you as many as you'd like."
"I only like Johnny's perfume," Lisa said stubbornly; Johnny was the designer's English name.
"Then that's easy, just get him to come work at JC, and he'll especially make perfume for you," Jungkook said domineeringly.
Lisa, "-_-"
Chaeyoung, "You sure can do whatever you want when you're rich."
Bambam, "You really can't compete with the rich CEO tyrant when it comes to buying stuff."
"I don't want him to only make perfume for me. He's a free man and an artist. If you restrict him like that, it will kill his talents. How he is right now is the best, you can't forcefully ask for these. I was lucky enough to have acquired it, but it's okay if I didn't. It's all fate." Lisa smiled, and then carefully placed the perfume in her bag.
"But that designer is a bit too nice. He even gave the one he kept himself to you, did you sleep with him?" Bambam interrupted with jealousy.
"Sleep your head; do you think everyone is as perverted as you are to sneak into my bed?" Chaeyoung was on the edge with Bambam.
"Cough, cough... hold it. You mean, you two have gone to bed together?" asked Lisa on purpose.
"Ahem..." Bambam coughed heavily all of a sudden and didn't know how to cover it up anymore.
Chaeyoung also realized that her words slipped, and she immediately explained, "That was only a mistake. We were both drunk, and it wasn't on purpose... Besides, nothing happened between us, really."
"Yes, I believe that you two didn't do anything, even when you ended up in the same bed."
"Really."
"Yes, I believe you," Lisa laughed very hard, as she found it funny whenever she saw Bambam and Chaeyoung's awkward expressions.
"Only ghosts would believe you," Jungkook suddenly said.
"Whoa whoa, don't change the subject. I want to ask you, why would the designer sell the perfume to you?" Bambam probed Chaeyoung.
"Of course he didn't sell it to me that easily, I exchanged it with a limited edition of Michael Jackson's album. He's a fan of Michael Jackson."
"Chae, you gave that album to him?" Lisa knew that Chaeyoung bought the album when she was vacationing in the States. She searched through several music stores to find it and had always treasured it.
"Yea... I gave it to him, it's nothing. I don't like it anymore after all this time. It's just right for exchanging it for the perfume to give to you, I didn't lose anything." Chaeyoung smiled.
Lisa knew that Chaeyoung had always been very loyal, and she would even give up her own things to exchange it for what Lisa liked.
Only a best friend like this was worth being close friends with and was worth every bit of Lisa's risk and effort in saving her from the nightclub.
Bamban relaxed quite a bit after he heard that Chaeyoung got it through an exchange of items...
"Hey, why don't you take out your birthday gift? Hurry up." Chaeyoung was scared that Jungkook and Lisa wouldn't let go of the 'in bed' topic from before, so she immediately pinched Bambam's shoulder and reminded him to take out his gift.
With Chaeyoung's reminder, Bambam immediately snapped back to reality. He then turned around and took out something from his bag.
It didn't have a pretty packaging or a bag to go with it; he placed it onto the table with a loud bang.
"Lisa... this is for you, happy birthday."
Bambam's gift shocked the other three...
"Are you kidding? Bambam... are you being serious right now?" Confused, Lisa looked at the gift, and then at him.
"Of course it's not a joke, I truly wanted to give this to you. This isn't easy to find. I had to use my personal contacts to get this for you. It even has a serial number, it's definitely real, and is completely different from those fake ones you find online. You won't be able to get this even with money, you know?"
Lisa stared at the brand new pair of handcuffs on the table, as if a thousand llamas ran through her heart...
They were real handcuffs, and a pair of new ones too, with its own serial number.
Why would anyone give handcuffs to someone as their birthday present, was this Bambam insane?
However, Chaeyoung knew Bambam fairly well, and she immediately understood what it meant.
She laughed as she cursed at Bambam, "You're terrible. They haven't been married very long, and you bought an S&M toy for them to play with? How filthy are you?"
Jungkook, "-_-"
Lisa, "-_-"
"What are you scared of? This is to add spice to their married life, you know? Newlyweds like them have to try new things, plus it helps with relationship building. Don't be shy Lisa, and don't be scared. This is to lock Jungkook up, not you. Put this on Jungkook, and he'll be all yours to play with, however you like, whichever position you like," Bambam said earnestly, with a straight face.
Jungkook, "-_-"
Lisa, "-_-"
"This is the first time I've seen anyone giving handcuffs as a gift. Bambam... you win," Lisa exclaimed.
"I never take the normal way out, haha."
"I think you did this to save money. You're just cheap and don't want to give her something expensive. You can't get away with this, you must treat us to this dinner and the after-party at Seductive Fox tonight, or else we won't let you off the hook," said Chaeyoung as she pouted her lips.
"Ha, no problem. Not a big issue, but are you sure you want to go to Seductive Fox? You don't have anything against it, given your previous bad experiences?" Bambam admired Chaeyoung. Even after what happened last time, she was still brave enough to go to Seductive Fox.
"What is there to be scared of? My mindset is that I'll get up from wherever I fell. I stepped in dog shit last time and met a scumbag, but what I do have to be scared of, now that you and Jungkook are around? Besides, who dares to touch the captain of the Public Security Bureau? Does he not want to live?"
Chaeyoung might sound like she was making fun of Bambam, but her eyes filled with uncontainable admiration.
Bambam was the youngest police captain in the history of Seoul, and even though he hadn't been in position for many years, he had already cracked countless cases.
He fought with deadly criminals multiple times and rescued hostages. He was undeniably brave and courageous.
Even though he always spoke unwisely, everyone knew of his righteous ethics...
"Ahem... Now those are words I like. Fine, it's just spending money, I'll let go this time, and offer a year of my salary to treat you guys to it." Bamban bit onto his teeth, and gladly accepted to be exploited by Chaeyoung.
Lisa smiled as she took the handcuffs. She played around with them, and then after she looked at Jungkook, she said faintly, "Kook, how about... you try it?"
"I don't think that's a good idea, doll..." Jungkook slowly replied.
"Whoa, you two really like to show off your love, but since you guys are this cute together, I will accept and willingly swallow... this public display of affection..." Bambam teased.
Chaeyoung suddenly asked, "Have you seen the four-hundred-million-mansion? When are you guys going to have us over?"
"Anytime." Lisa slightly smiled.
The four of them ate at the farm courtyard, and after hanging around for a bit, they drove to Seductive Fox...
Just as the four of them sat down, a tall and handsome man pushed opened the door to their private room as four bodyguards followed behind him.
"Jungkook..." he greeted.
"Namjoon."
Jungkook stood up when he saw Namjoon. Then, he walked over and bumped shoulders with the tall and handsome mixed-blood man, greeting each other in their own way.
"Why didn't you tell me that you were going to come? I would've gotten everything ready for you."
"It's fine, I only brought over my good friends and wife to hang around for a bit."
Namjoon nodded, and then he left after he exchanged a few words with Jungkook...
Shortly afterward, the servers walked over one by one with a dozen exquisite fruit platters and bottles of beer, red wine, and liquor, filling up the table.
There were even two bottles of Chivas Royal Salute amongst the liquor.
Bambam also knew of the Chivas Royal Salute. This was a fifty-year-old one and should cost around ten thousand dollars on the market. There were only 255 bottles from its limited production worldwide. This boss was truly generous, sending over alcohol that was this expensive.
This only meant that he was quite close with Jungkook...
Bamban dripped with saliva when he saw the liquor. "Good job, bro. I didn't know you knew the boss here. That man is really odd, he hardly interacts with people outside of his circle and is very mysterious. I once suspected that he had connections with the mafia and looked into him for quite a while but didn't find anything."
"I've been friends with Namjoon's family since I was in the States, but I didn't contact him after I returned to the country since we work in different sectors anyways."
Jungkook didn't seem to want to say too much about Namjoon, and Lisa could hear Jungkook's tone.
Afraid that Bambam would keep on asking questions, she quickly changed the subject. "Did you guys forget to buy me a birthday cake?"
"Ah... I really did forget." Chaeyoung realized just then.
"That's easy, let me call someone at the police station to buy one and send it over." Bambam stood up and prepared to make the call.
Just then, the servers knocked on the door and entered with an extravagant three-layer cake...
"Our boss ordered for this to be sent over, please enjoy."
'That man really is something, he even knows whose birthday it was." Bambam looked at Jungkook with suspicion.
"I just told him to prepare one," Jungkook said lightly.
"Yo... so it was you, you're pretty considerate." Bambam patted on Jungkook's shoulder.
Then, the four of them sat down, and Chaeyoung placed 24 candles onto the cake for Lisa.
Then, she took her phone to take photos...
"Make a wish and blow out the candles, birthday girl."
"I wish you a long and prosperous life," Bambam teased.
"Happy birthday, doll," Jungkook lightly kissed Lisa on the corners of her lips, and the room suddenly filled with overwhelming sweetness.
Then Chaeyoung and Bambam both posted the picture on their friend circles...
Lisa also took her phone, and posted on her friend circle, "I'm now 24, happy birthday to me."
Then after a moment of hesitation, she opened up instagram and posted on it as well.
"I've turned 24 today; I would like to thank everyone that appeared in my life. No matter what happens later on in life, I will continue on with all my strength. If it's successful, it'll be called life; if it's rough, it'll be called experience."
The truth was, she didn't want to post it on instagram at all, but she suddenly remembered that Jimin didn't have her WeChat.
That guy gave her a bullet case and even lit up fireworks. If she didn't say one nice thing, then she would be too rude.
Of course, Jimin sent her a private message when he saw the update, containing only two words, "Happy birthday."
Lisa also responded with two words, "Thank you."
Despite how polite and distant this exchange was, Jimin was happy because Lisa replied to him.
She even posted on instagram so she could thank him...
"What are you smiling about? Did the BigHit stocks go up?" Taehyung was very confused when he saw Jimin staring and smiling at his phone.
"Nope."
"Then what are you so happy about?"
"Guess..." Jimin raised his head and smiled mysteriously.
"Your world revolves around only a few things, I know what it's about with my eyes closed, so I don't even need to guess. So what happened? Did that Lisa agree to sleep with you?" Taehyung teased him on purpose.
"I want to sleep with you, are you down?" Jimin looked at Taehyung as he gritted his teeth.
"Ha, I'll pass. I like girls, not men. I would still refuse, even though you're fairly attractive."
Jimin never imagined that one day he would be filled with joy, only because a girl posted on instagram.
Ever since he met Lisa, he suddenly realized how beautiful his world could be...
Even though Lisa wasn't his girlfriend yet, he still felt like his money-throwing and partying days were over.
It got to the point where he only had one thing to look forward to each and every time... Lisa was a drug he couldn't get off of. Once he tasted it, he heavily fell for it.
"Right, on a more serious note. I heard that Seulgi suffered quite a lot in jail. You must also know of what goes on inside the women's prison. It's much more terrifying than the men's prison when things get ugly. Don't you feel bad at all?" Taehyung always liked to gossip, so he would talk about these things with Bang Chan, and they all knew of what went on with Seulgi inside the prison. Some wealthy kid had a dad who was a major director inside the prison, and so they knew better than anyone how she was doing.
"Feel bad? I'm nice enough to not have her skin ripped off."
Jimin's eyes grew dark and cold at the thought of Seulgi...
Luckily, nothing happened to Lisa, or else Lisa's life wouldn't be compensated for even if Seulgi died over ten times.
A fight between women could call for small scheming plots, but how could Seulgi be terrible enough to hire criminals to deal with Lisa?
This infuriated Jimin more than anything...
Luckily, Lisa wasn't some average girl, and she had always been able to escape dangers and come out safely...
So naturally, Jimin knew of Seulgi's life inside the prison, but he wanted to torture her for eight years.
He wanted her to realize her mistake as she lived in pain...
"Ahem... you really don't know how to treat women with care, but why did that woman bother Lisa all of a sudden? I don't get it, was Lisa someone she thought she could bully? People must have some sort of self-awareness, or else they wouldn't even know how they died."
Taehyung sighed deeply...
Jimin didn't say anything; he only held up his phone and looked over and over again at the screen.
He couldn't seem to get over the picture that was taken unintentionally.
*
Jungkook received a call and spoke about work nonstop, while neither Bambam nor Chaeyoung would let go of the mic.
"Choose whichever song you want to hear, I know it all." Chaeyoung was a bit tipsy, as she stood on the table in her black mini-skirt and leather jacket, looking quite wild.
"You two should sing 'Mortal Love Song' for me," Lisa said in all seriousness.
"Are you sure? What music tastes do you have...?" Chaeyoung stared at Lisa in exasperation.
"Uhm... then Gangnam style works too," Lisa added.
Bambam was just drinking beer, and he nearly spat it out when he heard this...
"Jungkook, is your wife from a tiny village in the middle of nowhere? She's super lame, okay? What year is this, who's still listening to Gangnam style?" Bambam asked as he laughed.
Jungkook was on the phone listening to the reports from his company's executives, as he looked at Lisa with eyes full of spoiling adoration.
"My husband shares the same tastes, are you going to sing or not? If you don't know this song, just say so, why are you trying to find an excuse for yourself?" Lisa laughed.
"Who says I don't know it? Of course I do, doesn't it go like this?........'" Chaeyoung began to roar it out.
Yet she went off tune on the first note...
"Whoa, whoa, your tune ran off to the South Pole. Chae, do you dare to shut up?" Bambam shouted.
"I don't, hahaha..." Chaeyoung stood on the table and twisted around her waist to piss off Bambam.
Lisa burst out laughing when she saw how silly Chaeyoung was...
Just then, Lisa's phone suddenly rang, and when she lowered her head to see who it was, her expression changed...
After a moment of hesitation, Lisa decided to pick up...
As she picked up the phone, she walked out of the private room...
"Hello?"
"Happy birthday Lisa." At the other end of the phone, Kai's voice sounded somewhat hoarse.
"Thank you." Lisa's voice only sounded calm and distant.
"Lis, I miss you so much."
"Kai, let me warn you, you're now Krystal's husband, and you are about to be the father of her child. Please always keep that in mind."
Lisa wanted to laugh when she heard Kai say that he missed her.
Where did he go when she needed his help the most? His true nature was disloyalty and betrayal.
"Lisa, I really regret... not listening to your explanations back then. I should have trusted you, and I shouldn't have done all of those things to hurt you. I know that you won't forgive me, but I only want to repent. I've been living in regret and am extremely upset at myself. Why did I not treasure you, when God had given me such a wonderful girl?"
Kai seemed to have been drinking, so there were hints of aggressiveness in his tone.
Lisa only silently listened and didn't have any emotional responses...
"No one... sells medicine that cures regret in this world. Life is a one-way ride, and everyone needs to take responsibility for the choices they've made. Maybe this was destined. Thank you for the birthday wish, and... don't ever call me again, because I don't think we need to keep in touch."
Before Kai could speak, Lisa hung up the phone...
She was a very resolute person, as she would never want to be entangled in anything after the relationship ended...
Plus, she would never remain friends with an ex-boyfriend after a break-up, because she didn't have a heart big enough to forgive all the things that happened in the past.
If it wasn't because her number was linked to her name, she would've gotten a new number a long time ago, or else it would cause her a lot of trouble and frustration if Kai called her whenever he wanted to...
Luckily, Jungkook wasn't the jealous type, or else it would definitely cause misunderstandings between the two of them...
After Lisa finished talking on the phone in the hallway of the nightclub, she turned around to head back into the room.
When suddenly a familiar voice sounded from behind her. "Lisa, my dear sister."
Without turning around, Lisa knew that this person was Sehun because only he shamelessly called her 'dear Sister' all the time."
Plus, he had been calling her like that for seven years...
Really, she and Sehun have known each other for seven years now...
When she began dating Jungkook, Sehun also unknowingly found his way into her life.
Even though Lisa never accepted this identity of hers, Sehun still stubbornly called her 'dear Sister' for seven years.
For outsiders who didn't know the story, they might think that they were in a great relationship because the nickname sounded very intimate.
"Why do I see you everywhere I go?" Lisa felt annoyed, as she turned around to coldly look at Sehun.
He wore an orange shirt, with the buttons all opened and his chest showing, going full-on playboy style.
He held onto a foreign girl with one hand and looked like a wealthy playboy.
Who would imagine that this was the president of the Oh Corporation and the famous prince of the Oh Family?
"That means we've been blessed by destiny... Dear Sister, I heard from the old man that you're planning on returning to the Oh Family?" Sehun asked with a smile.
"Yes." Lisa nodded; she didn't see the need to lie.
"That's great, welcome back."
"Aren't you worried that I'll join forces with the old man to fight against you?" Lisa looked at him with suspicion.
"If you're fighting against me, then I'd be more than happy to accept," laughed Sehun.
"Humph, don't try to flatter me, only an idiot will believe you." Lisa knew that Sehun was incredibly smart and had unknown methods, or else he wouldn't have climbed to where he was today and gained control over the majority of the Oh Corporation. He even pushed the old man and his mistress into desperation, so she would never believe what he said. It was all a smoke screen; he was the best at doing stuff like that...
Lisa turned to leave after she spoke...
However, Sehun suddenly walked up to her, and he took something out from nowhere, stuffing it in Lisa's hand.
"Here, your birthday present." Sehun smiled nonchalantly.