Jennie initially thought that Lisa was just another employee.
She didn’t expect that it’d be this difficult to get to see him.
Since she had already come all the way here, she was definitely not leaving until she met him.
She didn’t say anything more to the staff at the front desk, and instead walked to the resting area nearby and took a seat as she waited for Lisa to knock off.
Seeing that she refused to leave, the two female employees began mocking her.
“How thick-skinned…”
“President Manoban has never been appealed by women. So what if she looks a little pretty? President Manoban would never be interested in a woman like her.”
*
Wei Zheng went downstairs to settle some matters.
As he walked past the front desk, a female employee called out to him.
“Personal Assistant Wei, this poor and pedantic lady came looking for President Manoban. We’ve already told her that President Manoban wouldn’t meet her if she didn’t have an appointment, but she’s just being annoying and refusing to leave. She’s been sitting there for two hours, and we’re worried that she’s tarnishing our image by putting up here. Should we get someone to chase her out?”
The employee glanced in Jennie’s direction as she said that.
Jealousy filled her eyes.
Although she appeared poor, she was undeniably pretty.
It upset her.
“Someone’s looking for President Manoban?”
Wei Zheng looked towards the resting area and saw Jennie. He froze for a moment.
Then, a look of shock appeared on his face.
That woman… wasn’t she Miss Jennie that President Manoban got him to check on?
What was she doing here?
Seeing that Wei Zheng’s expression changed, the employee at the front desk thought that he was unhappy with Jennie’s hanging around too. She was full of conviction now. “I’ve never seen someone so shameless.”
Wei Zheng watched for a few more seconds before approaching her.
He made a phone call.
“President Manoban, that Miss Jennie is here at the office. She says she wants to see you.”
The reply was cold and serious, “Miss Jennie, who?”
“Jennie.”
“Her?” Lisa was surprised.
“Yes. President Manoban, would you like to see her? I heard she’s been waiting for two hours.”
There were a few seconds of silence.
“Bring her up.”
“Yes, President Manoban.”
He hung up and walked to Jennie.
He politely called her, “Miss Jennie.”
Jennie looked up and saw the pleasant man in a suit. She was caught off guard. “You are…”
Wei Zheng said, “I’m President Manoban’s assistant. I heard you’re looking for President Manoban?”
Jennie stood up. “Yes, I’m looking for Lisa… No, President Manoban, to discuss something. Could you take me to him?”
She pleaded with him with eyes that said she was afraid of his rejection. She added, “I just need ten—no, five minutes. I won’t take too much of his time.”
Wei Zheng nodded and smiled. “President Manoban has agreed to see you. Miss Jennie, please come with me.”
*
As they watched Jennie enter the elevator, the expression of the front desk staff changed drastically.
“What’s going on, aren’t we supposed to chase her out?”
“Personal Assistant Wei actually took her up? Could she really know President Manoban personally?”
*
One hour before.
The President’s office.
“President Manoban, here’s the information about the lady who was in your room last night.” The President’s Assistant, Wei Zheng, placed the documents on his desk before taking a step back politely.
A man was sitting behind the black office desk.
He was in a black shirt with the buttons at the collar and cuffs and two more before his chest undone. It revealed his toned, alluring chest.
He was looking through the set of documents Wei Zheng had just handed him.
Even as he looked down, his handsome face still perfect in every way—the angle of his nose bridge, his tightly pursed lips, each feature was incredibly charming.
His eyelashes were lush and curled upwards, the way many women could only hope to achieve even with mascaras.
Wei Zheng glanced at his Boss and couldn’t help but swallow a gulp.
Even as a man, he was occasionally stunned by his Boss’s beauty.
A moment later.
The man was done reading the document and looked up.
His handsome face was calm and cold.
“Second Bro, you were looking for me?”
At this point, the office door was pushed open and a man came in.
The man was in a pink shirt, with his hair styled in trendy dreadlocks. On his left earlobe was a shimmering ear stud.
His pleasant face displayed a hint of tension as if he was worried about something. He took just a few steps forward upon entering before stopping in his tracks.
He stood roughly five meters from Lisa and had both his hands in front of him like a student awaiting punishment by the teacher. “Second Bro, I’m in the wrong. I shouldn’t have done something like that last night! Second Bro, you can scold or hit me, but please don’t send me back to the Old Man.”
Lisa looked up at him and sneered. “How daring of you! I’d be too kind if I simply scolded or hit you. It wouldn’t be enough even if you died a hundred times.”
“Second Bro, I’ve learned from my mistake!” Lee Seunghoon was pale from fright. He walked towards Lisa and suddenly knelt on the ground, wrapping his arms around his thigh and crying. “Second Bro, I won’t dare do this again. Please be magnanimous and let me off this time! M-Moreover, you didn’t lose your first time last night…”
Lisa looked at him with disdain and kicked him aside. “You’d better make yourself clear about everything that happened last night. Otherwise, I’ll make sure you can’t walk out of here on your own two feet.”
Lee Seunghoon was in shock now as he continued sobbing. But just a moment later, he wiped his tears and snot away and explained everything he was supposed to.
When he was done, he looked at Lisa with a pitiful expression. “Second Bro, on the account that the beautiful lady got into a car accident on the way, let me off this time. I swear I’ll never do anything like this again.”
Lisa’s expression changed instantly as a strange emotion flashed past his eyes. “You say, she met with a car accident?”
“Yes, yes.” Lee Seunghoon couldn’t wait to be done with this. “She’s still lying in the hospital.”
Lisa appeared calm and composed, but much was running through his mind.
He wouldn’t have the guts to lie about this.
If the lady they’d arranged for him had met with an accident on the way, then who was the lady who spent the night with him?
His brows were knitted together.
Lee Seunghoon started crying again when he saw his stern expression. “Second Bro, Second Bro, I’ve explained myself. I swear, every word I spoke is the truth, there wasn’t a single lie!”
Lisa looked at him for a while before kicking him again. “Leave.”
Lee Seunghoon looked as if he’d just escaped death. He hurriedly got up. “Alright, alright, Second Bro. I’ll leave right now, right now!”
He was gone in the blink of an eye.
*
The elevator went directly to the 37th floor.
Outside the president’s office, Wei Zheng knocked on the door.
Jennie heard a deep, cold voice inside, full of magnetism, with a bit of majesty that superior people possessed.
“Come in.”
Just listening to this voice made people feel that the person inside wasn’t easy to get close to.
She followed Wei Zheng into the office nervously.
“Chairman Manoban, Ms. Jennie Kim has arrived.”
After Wei Zheng said this, he turned and left.
The door was gently closed again.
At once, Jennie and the man sitting at his desk reading documents were left in the huge office.
This was a masculine office, most of the furniture inside was black or grey.
The color was simple and a bit dull.
Only a few potted plants were placed to slightly alleviate its monotony.
The man was buried at the black desk…
Jennie raised her eyes and glanced at him secretly. She could feel the powerful aura he exuded.
He was in good shape and was wearing a black shirt. Because he had his head lowered, Jennie could only see the rough outline of his features.
But she could still see that his features were deep and three-dimensional.
As she continued to look around him, the man suddenly raised his head.
Jennie met a pair of deep cold eyes.
Shocked, her eyes fell on the man’s handsome face, and her heart suddenly skipped two beats.
She had never seen such a good-looking man.
The man’s face was sculptured finely. Every part of his face and every line was perfect and flawless.
His facial features were very three-dimensional and deep, with a pair of cold and deep eyes, a tall nose bridge, and sexy and alluring thin, tight lips.
He had a noble temperament and exuded a cold aura from all over.
There was no expression on his face, and his eyebrows were very cold. Even at a distance, Jennie could feel the cold air coming from him.
When those cold eyes stared at her, she stopped breathing for several seconds.
She stared at him for a moment, her head blank.
Until a cold magnetic voice sounded in her ear. “Ms. Jennie Kim.”
Jennie returned to her senses.
Thinking of how she had just stared at him as if she was lovestruck, her face turned red and she bit her lip. Flustered, she said, “Hi, hello, Mr. Manoban”
“I wonder what’s the matter, Ms. Jennie Kim?”
Jennie seemed to return to her senses only now.
After hearing his question, she remembered her purpose of coming here today.
She suppressed the strange emotion in her heart, sorted out her thoughts, and said, “Mr. Manoban, I would like to ask you to do me a favor.”
Lisa raised an eyebrow.
Jennie also knew that it was a strange thing for her to ask a stranger for help suddenly, but for Hanbin, she couldn’t care less.
After a few seconds of silence, she said, “My brother has a heart disease and needs an operation right away. I heard that Mr. Manoban was previously experienced in such operations. I hope, hope that…”
“Hope that I can help your brother with this operation?” Looking at her swollen flushed face, Lisa said the next difficult words for her.
“Yes.” Jennie exhaled and looked at him pleadingly. “Mr. Manoban, please help my brother. He is only 19…”
*
Lisa raised her hand and interrupted her.
“Since Ms. Jennie has come to me, you should know that I haven’t done an operation in many years.”
“I know.” Jennie nodded. “But I believe that Mr. Manoban is a good man and will never let an innocent man die.”
“A good guy?”
Lisa seemed to have heard something interesting and laughed.
He put down the document in his hand, stood up, and slowly walked towards Jennie.
He stopped in front of her.
Jennie found out now that this man was also very in shape. He was very tall, about 1.88 meters.
Because she was 1.68 meters—which was not a short height for women—standing in front of him she was barely at his neck.
She had to raise her head to look at him.
They were standing too close.
The clear smell of the man’s body drifted to her nose, full of attractive male hormones. Jennie stared at him with a flushed face, her heart beating fast.
She couldn’t help taking a step back.
Blushing and biting her lip, she said, “Mr. Manoban…”
“Ms. Jennie Kim, I’m a businessman.” Lisa stared at her with thin lips. “Let’s talk business. Since Ms. Jennie wants me to help you, what benefit can you give me?”
Jennie hesitated.
Benefit?
He looked like a person who had everything. What benefits could she possibly give him?
“Mr. Manoban, I don’t know what you want…”
Lisa looked at her tender and lovely face and said one word at a time with certainty, “What if I want a wife? Will Ms. Jennie Kim be willing?”
“What?!” Jennie looked up in shock.
Lisa looked calm and said lightly, “There is no free lunch in the world. Ms. Jennie, I can agree to your request to help to perform the operation on your brother. However, you must marry me.”
This time, Jennie was sure she didn’t hear anything wrong.
She was too shocked to react.
In any case, she had never expected that his request would be to marry him.
This was too… ridiculous.
She couldn’t believe it. “Mr. Manoban, are you serious?”
Lisa raised an eyebrow and asked, “Do you think I’m joking?”
“Why?”
He had such good qualifications, couldn’t he find a wife?
He actually wanted to marry a woman that he met for the first time?
Or was there anything inexplicable about him?
She stared involuntarily at him.
Lisa noticed that and, after guessing what she was thinking, frowned, his expression turning dark for a moment.
Then, he was amused again and pulled her over in a good mood.
“Ah!” Jennie bumped into his arms, her head hitting his warm and strong chest. She felt like she had hit a rock and her nose even turned red.
Before responding, her hand was pulled and moved downwards.
Above her head, his sexy low voice was full of amusement. “Ms. Jennie, you don’t have to worry about being a grass widow when we get married. You can now check if I am normal.”
Jennie blushed and shoved him away.
“Mr. Manoban, please, please respect yourself!”
She didn’t expect this man, who seemed cold and abstinent, to play hooligan with her.
Lisa looked at her flushed face and his eyes deepened.
She seemed to love blushing, and it had been the same last night. She had cried for mercy with her white skin turning an alluring pink color.
*
Recalling last night, his eyes became more intense as he stared at her.
As Jennie met his eyes, her heartbeat sped up and she started to panic.
The man’s eyes were full of obvious desire and possession as if she was already in his pocket.
She even had the illusion that he had already grasped everything in his hands and had known that she would come to him today.
“Mr. Manoban.”
She bit her lip and was silent for a moment. Then, she looked at him and said, “You can ask for anything other than marrying me…”
Before she finished speaking, he said coldly, “Then we have nothing to talk about. You can go.”
Jennie clenched her fists.
She stood still.
Lisa did not drive her away.
Both of them were silent.
After a while, Jennie took a deep breath, her voice trembling. “If I marry you, will you help me with the surgery?”
Lisa narrowed his eyes. “You agree?”
Jennie smiled bitterly. “Isn’t that what Mr. Manoban asked? As long as you can cure Hanbin, I… I’ll marry you.”
Looking at her bitter and helpless smile, Lisa frowned, showing an unhappy expression on his face.
He walked up to her.
He reached out and pressed his hands lightly on her weak shoulders, his deep black eyes deep with seriousness. Word by word, like a promise, he said, “Marry me. I promise you won’t regret it. I will do whatever I can to give you all the affection you want, and we’ll share everything.”
****
They got a marriage certificate quickly.
At the Civil Affairs Bureau, there were people waiting to receive them outside.
They had special services and within a few minutes, the marriage certificate was ready.
They came out of the Civil Affairs Bureau.
Jennie looked at the small red book in her hand, stunned.
She felt like she was dreaming.
Did she… just get married?
She had imagined it millions of times and had expected it millions of times. But she didn’t expect it to occur under such circumstances.
****
After getting in the car.
Jennie looked as if she was dreaming.
Beside her, her new husband Lisa turned his head and glanced at her. “Jennie, don’t look like you’ve lost something. You married a rich and beautiful man, who will give you all the honor and affection you want in the future. You didn’t lose anything.”
Although the marriage was apparently intentional, he was still very uncomfortable looking at her depressed face.
Jennie listened to him and turned her head.
The man’s side face was also extremely handsome. His eyes were half-squinted, and the texture of the black shirt neckline button was unbuttoned to reveal his sexy collarbone.
In the backlight, his handsome features became deeper and deeper. His rolling Adam’s apple was sexy yet exuded a strong sense of abstinence.
She had to agree that he looked very good.
Moreover, he was also rich.
At first, she had thought he was a senior at the Mo firm.
But now she knew he was much more prominent than she had thought.
He was the President and the sole heir of the top giant firm.
The Kai's family could also be regarded as a prestigious family in Yuncheng, but ten of Kai's family were still no better than one Manoban family.
Objectively speaking, in this marriage, the person who had taken advantage was indeed her.
The disparity between them was too big. They belonged to two different classes that shouldn’t have contact at all. Even if he was looking for a wife, he should have been looking at a lady from a prestigious family, not an ordinary person like her.
Thinking of this, Jennie pursed her lips and said nothing.
*
“Master, madam. Is it time to return to the company?”
The driver no longer called her Ms. Jennie.
“Do you want to go to the hospital to see your brother?” Lisa’s cold eyes fell on her face.
“Yes.” Jennie nodded.
Lisa said, “Go to the hospital first.”
Jennie hesitated and said hurriedly, “I’ll take a taxi by myself.”
She knew he was busy.
When he had left Manoban Corporation just now, there had been a pile of papers on his desk.
Although the two were already married, it wasn’t because they loved each other.
Jennie didn’t really treat him as a husband, so she didn’t want to bother him too much.
Lisa ignored her and said directly to the driver, “Go to the hospital.”
His insistence caused Jennie to be unable to refuse.
She was silent for a few seconds, then pursed her lips and whispered softly, “Thank you.”
As soon as she said this, Lisa’s dark and deep eyes swept over her and he frowned, looking unhappy. “Do you need to be so polite to your husband? Jennie, I don’t care how you’re going to adapt to our relationship, but next time, I don’t want to hear those two words from you again.”
When he said this, his voice was low and suppressive.
The atmosphere inside the car turned cramped.
Jennie was a little breathless with this powerful aura.
She swallowed, unconsciously shrank back, and whispered, “I know.”
It seemed that she suddenly realized that the husband she had married was rich and handsome, but his temper didn’t seem to be very good.
Sure enough, no one was perfect.
****
They arrived at the hospital.
The driver got out of the car, walked to the back of the car, pulled the door, and retreated respectfully.
Jennie thought Lisa would only bring her.
She picked up her bag, got out of the car, and waved at the people inside the car. “Then I’ll go first. You, you be careful on the road.”
She was really not used to her relationship with Lisa yet.
They had just been strangers who didn’t know each other awhile ago.
Now this man had become her husband.
Then, she turned to leave.
But she heard a cold magnetic voice behind her. “What’s the matter, who told you I was going back to the company?”
“Eh?”
Jennie turned around.
Lisa got out of the car, buttoned his cufflinks and walked slowly towards her.
“You…” She froze.
Lisa came to her.
He stretched out his arms and pulled her into his embrace.
Surrounded by his warm and seductive breath, with his hot hands clasped around her waist, Jennie’s face turned red.
As soon as she pushed him away, she heard him say coldly, “Jennie, I wanted you to marry me not to be a fake couple with you. Now that we are married, I should also see your family.”
Jennie stiffened.
She knew it.
Before they had gone to get the marriage certificate, he had said that he wanted to be a real couple with her.
So any physical contact was normal.
She… should not push him away.
She froze in his arms for a few seconds, no longer struggling.
Lisa smirked in satisfaction, holding her thin waist and tightening his hand around it slightly. “Let’s go, I want to see my wife’s brother.”
When he used the name “wife’s brother”, Jennie stiffened again.
He led her into the hospital.
But Jennie tugged at his sleeve and stopped.
“Wait a minute, I have something to say.”
*
He lowered his head and frowned at her. “What?”
She bit the corners of her lips and stayed silent for a while as if she was thinking about something. After a while, she talked to him in a consultative tone. “Can we not disclose the matter of our marriage?”
Immediately after speaking, she felt the air pressure around the man drop again.
Jennie swallowed and did not dare look up at him.
“Hanbin doesn’t know that I have broken up with my ex-boyfriend. If I told him that I was married to you, he would be shocked.”
In fact, this was only one consideration.
On the other hand, Jennie felt that her marriage with Lisa would definitely not last.
He may be passionate now, but he might find it boring after a while and divorce her.
She wouldn’t care if someone else knew she was married.
But Hanbin…
This was the person she cared about the most.
She was young and her thoughts couldn’t be concealed.
Lisa immediately guessed what she was thinking.
A gloomy color covered the man’s handsome face and cold air was released from his body. “You mean, you want to keep our marriage a secret?”
He was Lisa, he had never been ignored like this before.
When other women had even a little bit of relationship with him, they couldn’t wait to declare it to the world.
But this woman…
Was she so afraid that others would know about their relationship?
Did she still love her ex-fiancé?
Thinking of this, Lisa’s expression became more gloomy, and his eyes were so cold that a layer of ice was about to condense.
“I…” Jennie faced his gloomy eyes and was scared speechless.
“Jennie.”
The man’s slender fingers pinched her jaw, his eyes cold and sharp as he said, “You are my woman. In the future, you can only think of me alone. I have no intention of divorcing you, not now, not ever.”
His fingers tightened slightly, his voice overbearing. “You must not have such thoughts either, do you hear me?”
His eyes were full of possessiveness.
His gaze was like that of a hunter locking eyes on a prey.
This prey belonged to him alone.
No one was allowed to even take half.
Jennie was a little scared.
This was the first time she met a man as aggressive and powerful as him.
He seemed ready to devour her at any time.
****
They walked to the ward.
Jennie was still a little hesitant, but Lisa had already reached out and pushed open the door, taking her directly into it.
Hanbin was reading a book.
He heard the sound and looked up.
Hanbin’s eyes widened when he saw his sister coming in with a tall, handsome, and elegant man, who held her by the waist. The book in his hands fell to the ground.
He gaped. “Sister, you…”
Hanbin had also grown up with Kai and Jennie.
The three had a good relationship.
So when he was very young, Hanbin had already known that his sister was going to marry Kai in the future.
Kai has always been good to him, and Hanbin was very satisfied with this future brother-in-law.
In his mind, Kai was already his brother-in-law.
Suddenly seeing another man and Jennie being so close, Hanbin couldn’t believe his eyes.
“He, who is he? Sister, you…”
“Hanbin, he…”
While Jennie was still hesitant about how to introduce him, Lisa took her to the bed, looked down at the shocked Hanbin, and said directly, “I am your brother-in-law.”
*
Jennie went quiet.
She couldn’t even begin to imagine how Hanbin would react.
“W-What?” Hanbin was shocked once again. “You’re my brother-in-law?”
He looked toward Jennie like a lost child at a junction. “Sister, what’s going on? Isn’t my brother-in-law Kai? What happened?”
Lisa’s expression darkened a little as he heard him mention Kai.
His solemn look was intimidating.
Hanbin immediately shrank back.
Jennie doted on him the most and instantly turned to glare at Lisa when she saw how afraid he was. “Why are you scaring Hanbin, he’s still a patient.”
At this point, however, he was less afraid of Lisa.
Seeing how protective she was, Lisa said, “He’s so timid for a boy, is this your doing?”
“It’s you who’s too terrifying.” As someone of a “protective nature”, Jennie had become a lot gutsier than before. She talked back at him, "Hanbin isn’t this timid usually.”
On the hospital bed.
Hanbin had just snapped out of his shock.
He looked at Jennie, then turned his gaze towards Lisa beside her. He still found it hard to accept this fact. “Sister, is he really my brother-in-law?”
Jennie felt an intense glare directed at her the moment Hanbin asked the question.
She paused for a moment before nodding. “Yup.”
Hanbin was stunned.
“Then, you and Kai…”
That terrifying brother-in-law glared at him again.
Hanbin stopped mid-sentence and dared not go on.
Jennie looked at him calmly and explained, “He and I have broken up.”
Hanbin was taken aback. “Why?”
He stole a glance at Lisa and suddenly thought of a possibility. He felt uncomfortable about it.
This supposed brother-in-law was evidently of a different league from Kai.
He was way more handsome than Kai and gave off a more respectable aura—one that Kai never did.
To be fair, Kai was a decent candidate.
But if one had to compare him to this man over here, the contrast was stark.
One was a Young Master of an ordinarily rich family, while the other was a powerful man with a background akin to that of a royal family. There was no room for discussion.
Hanbin wondered if his sister had cheated!
He despised such acts of unfaithfulness.
But Jennie was his biological sister.
If she really did it, what was he to do?
Just as Hanbin was running through these thoughts and wondering whether to forgive his sister for her wrongdoing, Jennie coldly said, “He got together with Nancy.”
Hanbin kept quiet for a few seconds before widening his eyes in a mix of shock and fury. “He cheated?! He’s with Nancy now? How could they do this to you…”
Jennie was expressionless. “In any case, he and I are over.”
“Yup, your sister and he are over. The man who has anything to do with her now is me.” Lisa took a few steps forward and placed his hand on Jennie’s shoulder gently.
Jennie went quiet.
And so did Hanbin.
*
After knowing that Kai had cheated on her with Nancy, Hanbin found it easier to accept this new brother-in-law.
He even found it comforting.
This brother-in-law was so much better than Kai in so many aspects. If Kai did not know how to appreciate his sister, someone else would!
He would definitely regret this in the future!
Hanbin looked at Lisa and politely called. “Brother-in-law.”
The way he addressed him satisfied Lisa.
He immediately took the watch off his wrist and handed it to Hanbin. “It was an impromptu decision to come here today, so I didn’t have time to prepare anything. Take this as a greeting gift first.”
Hanbin drew in a shocked breath.
That was a diamond Patek Philippe watch, it cost more than two million each.
How could he simply give something that cost millions to someone?
Just how rich was this brother-in-law?
Jennie was shocked as well. “No, no. This watch is too expensive, Hanbin cannot accept it.”
“He can. Because I say so.” Lisa stuffed it into Hanbin’s hand, not accepting any other response. “Once I gift someone, I’ll never ask for it to be returned. You can do whatever you like with it.”
Hanbin was astonished.
He dared not decline it, but at the same time, he felt that the gift was too extravagant.
“Sis…” He looked towards Jennie pleadingly, seeking help.
Right then, Lisa’s cell phone rang.
He looked at the caller ID and picked it up.
A few seconds later, he hung up.
“I’ve got some things to settle at the office, I’ll attend to it first.” He said to Jennie, “We’ll have dinner together tonight. I’ll get the chauffeur to pick you up later.”
He then turned toward Hanbin. “Rest and recuperate well. If need be, you can come to me anytime, I’ll take good care of both of you.”
They had no idea how precious Lisa’s promise actually was.
Neither did they know what it meant for a man with such power and status to give a promise.
**
Lisa took his leave.
Hanbin looked at the watch in his hand, his curiosity piqued. “Sister, just what sort of person is Brother-in-law? Is he very rich?”
Even Kai wouldn’t be able to give someone else a two-million watch so casually.
“Yup, he’s pretty rich.”
He came from Yuncheng City’s most powerful Manoban family, a household that was immeasurably wealthy.
They weren’t just wealthy, they were so in an extraordinary sense that an average person could only begin to imagine.
“This watch…” Hanbin looked glumly at it, unsure of how to handle this piece of valuable.
“Give it to me.” Jennie put her hand out after some thought. “This is too expensive a gift, we can’t accept it. I’ll find a way to return it to him.”
Hanbin nodded and handed it to Jennie.
This gift really was too extravagant.
Even if they accepted it, they’d never find an occasion to wear it. In that case, they might as well return it.
“Sister, how did you meet Brother-in-law, and how long have you been together?” Hanbin was very curious about this handsome and rich Brother-in-law.
Jennie was paring a fruit for him.
She hesitated for a moment before giving him the pared and cut fruit. “Hanbin, he and I… are married.”
Hanbin widened his eyes.
“You’re married?!”
“Yup.”
“When was that?”
“Just today. We went to get our marriage certificate before coming to see you.”
She’d wanted to keep it from Hanbin, but since Lisa had no intention of keeping this under wraps, she found no reason to either.
Hanbin choked on his own saliva.
This was simply incredulous, he could barely believe what he was hearing.
*
“Sister, what exactly is going on? Was this some speed-dating going on?”
He was worried that Jennie had casually married another man in the spur of the moment because she’d been triggered by Kai’s betrayal.
But…
That brother-in-law of his didn’t seem like someone who’d easily agree to something so important.
“Hanbin, you don’t have to worry about all these. What matters most to me now is that you can be treated. Your brother-in-law… he’s a cerebrovascular specialist. With him performing surgery on you, your chances of recovery are a lot higher.”
Upon hearing this, Hanbin fully understood what was going on.
“Sister,” His eyes went red, “you married him for my sake? Is that the case?”
He hadn’t expected his sister to exchange her lifetime of happiness in order to get him treated.
Even if he fully recovered, he’d feel guilty about it.
“Hanbin.” Jennie sighed softly. She put the knife down, took a sheet of tissue and held Hanbin’s hand. “Honestly, I’m not that aggrieved. Your brother-in-law isn’t some old, ugly, perverted man, tons of girls are dying to marry him. Truth be told, in marrying him, I’m the one who has to gain.”
“Sister…”
“Compare him to Kai, who has better qualities?”
“… O-Of course it’s Brother-in-law.”
“Exactly.” Jennie wiped the tears with the tissue and smiled. “I found a better man than Kai, you should be happy for me. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be really sad if I was left alone after being abandoned?”
****
Outside the ward.
The siblings did not know that somebody had sent Lisa their conversation.
At the Manoban Corporation.
Lisa had just commenced an important meeting.
Cell phones had to be on silent mode during meetings. When vibration was heard, everybody in the meeting room exchanged glances and tried to locate its source.
A few seconds later, they saw the President picking up his cell phone to read a message.
Everyone was speechless.
Wasn’t it against the rule to be reading messages during meetings?
This was odd enough, but odder things awaited.
They actually caught President Manoban smiling.
It was a brief one, but they did see it!
Lisa was reading the messages Lu Rao sent.
Lu Rao: [!! I heard that girl say you’re married, don’t tell me this is true!!!]
Lu Rao: [You made her sign the marriage certificate by promising to perform surgery on her brother in exchange? I can’t believe you’re such a person.]
Lu Rao: [That girl actually said she’s the one who’s got to gain in this marriage.]
Lu Rao: [She even said that you’re better than her ex. No, wait, she asked her brother, her brother was the one who said that.]
After reading all the messages, Lisa’s lips curled up. It was a lapse of his default seriousness in the meeting.
He replied with one word: [Yup.]
Lu Rao immediately replied: [Yup? What does ‘yup’ mean? You really made her sign the certificate in exchange for the surgery?]
Lisa: [I’m better than her ex.]
Lu Rao: […]
A few moments later, Lu Rao sent another message: [You’re really married?]
Lisa: [How can anyone lie about marriage?]
Lu Rao: [Impossible!!]
****
Six o’clock in the evening.
Lisa’s chauffeur drove to the hospital to pick her up punctually.
The chauffeur was extremely polite. Upon seeing Jennie, he courteously greeted. “Young Madam.”