1016 My Love
At night, the production crew organized a simple celebration dinner at a restaurant. Because there were no investors or journalists around, the environment was relaxed.
"You guys aren't my first batch of newbies, but will probably be my last. Thank you for your faith in me!"
"This is my first movie ever and I'm really glad to have worked with such a professional team. Thank you for selecting me, Director! I've been really happy throughout the shoot. Thank you, everyone!"
"I'lI make a toast here as well, especially to Bro Jen. I've got to be honest with you...I was actually the one who set up the snake because I was jealous that you got all the girls' attention...but you're the best! I'm impressed!" Qi Fang announced and finished his drink.
"But, Bro Jen, you look much better in a female outfit. Stop dressing up like a guy already!" Qi Fang stared at Jennie today as he spoke.
"Nonsense! Bro Jen should wear more male outfits! You're just afraid that she might be more manly than you, aren't you?!" Ji Yumeng talked back and a few others agreed as well.
...
After a few rounds, people started speaking what they really thought deep down in their hearts.
Even then, the atmosphere was harmonious.
At the end of the night, most of them waited for their cars outside of the restaurant.
People started leaving one after another. In the end, there were only Jennie, Hanbin, and Limario left.
Hanbin looked at Jennie again before he gathered his courage and said to Jennie, "Senior, I...I hope we can still collaborate in the future! Your acting's really superb!"
"Thank you." Jennie, of course, realized the special feelings Hanbin harbored for her, so she kept her reply short. Especially when the devil was right beside her!
Young man, stop giving me trouble!
Obviously, Hanbin could not read her mind and was a little disappointed with her curt reply. He then took out a name card from his pocket. "Choi Jisu's dominating Glory World Entertainment, especially after Leng Manyun left. You have almost zero chance there to become more famous...if you need anything, give this contact a call!"
Hanbin handed her the name card of his own manager.
Jennie took a glance at the name card but did not take it. "Thank you for your concern, but I don't think I'll be needing it."
Awesome! Hanbin is scouting me right in front of my boss...
Hanbin frowned. "Why? Speedy Multimedia is one of the biggest firms in the industry. It won't treat you any poorer than Glory World Entertainment and my manager is the best in Speedy Multimedia! I've told him about you before. If you'd like to, our company is willing to settle the penalty for violating the contract for you!"
Jennie coughed, not even daring to turn around and look at the devil's expression. She then said in a proper tone, "I'm sorry, Glory World Entertainment holds a special meaning in my heart. It's my dream, my hope, my love, and there's nothing that can replace it, so I'lI never leave!"
1017 I'll Make You Impotent!
"Special meaning..." Hanbin was not satisfied and he did not understand why she was so adamant about staying with Glory World Entertainment.
Why did Jennie sound like she was confessing her feelings to someone?
As Hanbin was about to ask more, a taxi came by and Jennie quickly fled into the car. "I'm leaving now, goodbye!"
He had actually spoken to Jennie in front of Limario on purpose as he wanted to establish his power and to remind Limario that he was not worthy of Jennie. Unfortunately, in the end, Jennie rejected him so swiftly...
...
At Platinum Palace, Jennie reached first and a short while later, Limario returned as well.
As soon as she saw her boss, Jennie hopped over to him. "Hey, Boss! Did I do well just now? I'd like a reward!"
Lisa stared into her eyes, he then kissed her passionately...
The moon was bright and the night sky was beautiful with refreshing cold air...
Clang!
There was a loud noise from behind! Lisa and Jennie turned around. They then saw Jisoo standing there. It seemed like he had just dropped a big pot from his hands onto the ground, his handsome face looking furious.
Lisa still had Limario's mask on, so Jisoo must have misunderstood!
"Jisoo, listen to me..."
Before Jennie could continue, Jisoo covered his ears and yelled loudly, "No, I'm not listening! My brother is such an amazing, smart, cool gentleman, is the best husband ever, and even has Little Treasure...It's not just the women in town, even I'm falling in love with him! And yet, you're doing this! Jen, I'm so disappointed in you!"
Jennie was annoyed. "Bro, relax, alright..?"
"Relax!? How can I relax right now!?" Jisoo turned to Limario and looked at him with his furious eyes. "Bastard! You're the one who seduced my sister-in-law, huh? Don't you know who I am?
You dare to mess with her?! I'm going to make you impotent today!"
Ugh..."impotent", he said...
Before Jisoo could get hurt, Jennie slipped in between them and shielded Jisoo's attack. "Jisoo, calm down, he's..."
Jisoo interrupted her with a loud roar before she could finish her sentence, "Are you serious?! You're even defending him right now?!"
Jennie put her hand to her forehead, figuring that she could not reason with him anymore.
"Alright then...I'lI will not stop you now...go on! Make him impotent! Go!"
Jennie stepped away, leaving him open to the path to hell.
Jisoo charged straight at Limario, aiming for his lower body.
Then...
"Ah!!!"
It was a mournful scream. Even before the poor thing could even reach his opponent, his hands were locked behind his back...
1018 A Sudden Public Display Of Affection!
Then, the cheater read all of Jisoo's moves; he always knew what Jisoo would try to do next, then reflected all his attacks and dominated him...
After countless attempts, Jisoo screamed, "Bro! Let me go! Let me go!"
From the way this man defeated him so naturally, it had to be his brother!
Jennie's mouth twitched and she shook her head. "I tried to stop you, yet you chose to learn it the hard way!"
Little Treasure had found out about Limario actually being Lisa through his own unique observation skills while Jennie realized it from his aura and Little Treasure's reaction, and Jisoo...
He had to find out after getting beaten up...
Jisoo rubbed his wrists, panting, "When did you bother to stop me?! Couldn't you just tell me that he's my brother?"
Jennie rolled her eyes at him. "The moment I started talking, you yelled back at me. I didn't even have a chance!"
Jisoo had a big heart and totally forgot about being beaten by his brother already as he circled him excitedly, "It's so real, so natural! If I wasn't smart enough, I might've been fooled by it!"
Jennie was speechless.
How was he smart? He only realized it after getting beaten up!
Jisoo's expression turned cold all of a sudden. In a solemn tone, he asked Lisa, "Bro, why are you disguised like this? Are you working on some urgent and important matter that can't be found out by anyone?"
Lisa thought about it. Jisoo was not far from the truth. "Mmm."
Jisoo became irate. "What is it? Why do you always keep secrets from me? Why don't you share with me?!"
"I can't share with you," replied Lisa.
"How do you know I can't carry the burden with you!?"
"I went to shoot a movie with your sister-in-law."
Jisoo went quiet...
His mind reacted about 10 seconds later.
So, his brother had spent so much effort and time, and the so-called urgent and important matter...was to act in a movie with Jennie?
What a sudden public display of affection!
Jisoo covered his chest with a painful expression.
"If I die someday.. it must be because of the both of you! Bastard, no wonder you've been missing lately! I thought you were working on something important but here you are dating! I even stayed up late to take care of some work for you, I'm all exhausted!"
"Well, Uncle...are you guys having hot pot for dinner? May I join?" The voice of someone, who had clearly just woken up, appeared from behind them.
The smell of the hot pot was strong and he could even smell it from his place opposite. Mino had crawled out of his bed and followed the aroma.
"There's nothing to eat now! It's all gone!" Jisoo then realized that something was not right.
"Wait, brat, why are you so calm? You know...that he's your uncle?" Jisoo was looking at the man beside Jennie.
"Yeah..." Mino nodded.
"Hey! Why am I the only one who didn't know!? This is unfair! Is this discrimination? But how did you know?" Jisoo asked.
1019 Torture To The Heart and Body!
"I found out when I visited the crew on the second day of the shoot," Mino yawned as he scratched his head and answered honestly.
Then, Jennie's expression changed.
"Ahem..." Jennie squinted and looked at Mino, then she cracked her knuckles and walked over to him.
"Blondie, you come here..."
"I...I'm not going to!" When he saw Jennie's dangerous expression, the sleepy Mino was instantly clear-headed. In fact, he regrets everything now. Damn it, he had said the wrong thing!
"How dare you not tell me when you knew all along!?!" Jennie had her hands on her hips as she roared, then she jumped over and started beating him up.
"I was forced to! My uncle threatened me! Why don't you blame my uncle instead of only hitting me?! Hey! Not the face..."
...
When he saw that Mino was getting beaten up too, Jisoo looked pleased that someone was suffering together with him.
Moments later, the four of them sat at the dining table together. Apart from the four of them, there was, of course, the little bun too.
When he saw that Little Treasure was not shocked at all about Limario and his Mommy holding hands, Jisoo was even sadder. Even Little Treasure knew! Indeed, he was the last to find out!
However, Jisoo had regained his energy soon because Jennie had made them a fresh batch of hot pot. Even though he had dropped one pot and had even gotten beaten up, he was in luck that he got Jen's personally cooked hot pot instead!
After Jennie brewed the base ingredients for the hot pot together, she went to her room and brought down some bottles.
Then, Jennie sat beside Lisa and started to wipe the cooperative Lisa's face.
Mino kept his head down to eat. After all, what the eyes do not see, the heart would not grieve over.
Jisoo curled his lips and asked, "Jen, what are you doing? Why are you wiping these feminine products on my brother?"
Jennie rolled her eyes at him. "What feminine products? Men's faces are very important too!
Besides, this is a set of skincare products that I specially bought for your brother. His face will definitely be uncomfortable from being covered up for so long, so I'm just giving him a skincare massage. Ahh. it feels quite good."
When the little bun heard her, he instantly looked up and poked his little face with his stubby fingers while looking anticipatedly at his mother.
Jennie smiled and reached out her hand to touch the little bun's soft face. "Mmm, baby's little face feels even better!"
Jisoo replied, "I think I'm full already..."
Mino indicated that ever since he had found out that Lisa had gone to the extent of disguising himself to shoot a movie with Jennie, he was numb to everything. He could not even bring himself to lose his temper; his rival was too savage!
After Jennie finished with Lisa's face, she fed the little bun and looked suspiciously at Mino.
"Blondie, how did you notice that Limario is Lisa? You even noticed it before Little Treasure and me! That doesn't make sense!"
"I..." Mino was about to say something when a sharp cool gaze suddenly locked him down.
How dare he say that it was because Lisa was jealous of her and Chaeyoung, thereby revealing his flaw...?
"Just...I just simply found out. Why do you ask so much?! You've already beaten me up!" Mino answered half-heartedly, then started to stuff his mouth with food.
Jesus, it was already hard enough to get a good meal. Such torture to the heart and body!
1020 They Would Have Weak Points
The next day, Jennie woke up bright and early and changed into casual clothes. She had made an appointment with Baekhyun to visit the grandmaster of Chinese art, Elder Song Jin, in Taoyuan Village.
Because Taoyuan Village was quite far, it would take about three to four hours of travel time. Plus, the roads in the village were not great, so cars could not enter. That was why Jennie decided not to drive and had bought tickets for a long distance coach instead.
Before this, in the studio, Jennie and Baekhyun had already researched in detail on their strategy with Song Jin. It included all of Elder Song's work and information throughout his life, especially his personality and preferences. Unfortunately, the results of their research were not too optimistic and revealed little.
As the coach gradually left the city, Jennie leaned back against the seat and looked at the densely packed information on her notebook with a headache. "Sigh, he's tough to work with...those who can get to Elder Song's level are all extraordinary at the least! It's rather hard to curry favor from him!"
Beside her, Baekhyun was also using his iPad to browse through Song Jin's work. He mumbled,
"Elder Song is now living alone, so it wouldn't be useful to enter through those close to him. The worst thing is, Elder Song especially hates people disrupting his peace and quiet. Those who want to use money or other things to brown nose him have minimal chance of succeeding..."
"Huh, he must have a weak point if he's human! There's no way that there aren't any loopholes at all! There's no use just talking, let's just discuss when we meet him in person!"
"Mmm, okay!"
In the car, Jennie tilted her head and fell asleep.
When she woke up, they were about to arrive.
Because Jennie and Baekhyun were getting off at the last stop, there were only the two of them left on the bus and the place really looked like a ghost town.
Well, that was no wonder too, or else, the view would not be in such a natural form.
"Wow! The scenery here is so beautiful!" As she looked at the green forest outside her window, Jennie instantly regained her spirits and could not help but marvel at the beauty of nature.
Baekhyun nodded. "Even the air is so refreshing!"
"Ahh! This is pure air with no haze! I must inhale more of it!" Jennie closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths.
"Wait till we enter the village. The scenery will be even more amazing!" Baekhyun said with some yearning.
"Huh, Elder Song really knows how to enjoy life! He should have lots of creative inspiration in such a place, shouldn't he?"
...
As the two chatted, they reached the last stop. Jennie quickly got her bag and descended from the bus with Baekhyun.
"Where do we go from here?" Jennie looked at the borderless paddy fields and forests before them, feeling carefree and relaxed. She thought in her heart that even if she could not get Elder Song to help them, treating this getaway as a vacation was pretty good too.
If there was a chance, she would bring Little Treasure here to play. The last time she had gone camping with Lisa and did not bring Little Treasure along, Jennie felt guilty. She was ready to make it up to him with another trip.
Baekhyun looked at the GPS on his phone.
"We'll first follow this little road and walk straight ahead!"
"Okay, let's go!"
Jennie picked a peach blossom from the side of the road and walked ahead, full of vigor. Then, half an hour later, the two of them were stunned.
"Uhh, Baekhyun...are we lost?"
Gong Shange clicked on his phone anxiously. "But the GPS says that the path is here!"
"So, the GPS is telling us to swim across?" Jennie gaped in disbelief at the wide stream before them.
Baekhyun sighed, "The terrain here is complex. I think the GPS isn't accurate. I was too careless to read it!"
They had no choice but to continue to take a longer route. It was evening by the time they finally found a small courtyard.