"You're pretty weird... you're clearly a clean freak... yet you would eat my leftovers."
Lisa vaguely remembered that in high school, a girl in their class accidentally poured milk on Jungkook's clothes.
The girl was very apologetic at the time and offered to take it to the dry cleaners for Jungkook...
However, Jungkook immediately took off his shirt and tossed it into the trash can...
Since then, he never wore clothes from that brand again...
Everyone knew that he was a germaphobe, and strangers couldn't even get near him...
Yet, he let Lisa step on his feet to sneakily cut off the sleeves of his camouflage shirt during military training.
She was allowed to pour chili powder into his water bottle...
She was even allowed to fall asleep on his desk and drool all over him...
Thinking back, what she did was truly unbearable and embarrassing...
"You and your leftovers taste delicious," Jungkook said out of nowhere.
Lisa immediately didn't know what to say...it made her blush lightly because of course he knew how she tasted.
"Kook, did you ever use to think that I was really annoying? I was so arrogant, was a big show-off... and often played pranks on you."
"Of course I did," Jungkook calmly replied while he ate.
"Then, why would you still fall for me?"
"Who said that I fell for you?"
Lisa, "-_-"
"I'm clearly taking my revenge on you... I couldn't hate you more, so that's why I trapped you by my side."
Lisa, "-_-"
"Fine, Hubby... you win." Lisa was speechless at his theory of revenge.
After they ate, Jungkook gracefully wiped the corners of his mouth, and then stood up...
"Let's go..."
"Where?" Lisa filled with suspicion.
"I heard that someone bought plenty of vegetable seeds, didn't she want to plant vegetables herself?" Amused, Jungkook looked at Lisa.
"Ahem... do you think that I'm a bit immature?"
"That's right, indeed very immature... but I like it."
He liked her, which meant that he liked all the good things and bad things about her, including her child-like immaturities...
They changed into leisurewear and held each other's hands as they walked towards the vegetable garden behind the mansion with the vegetable seeds.
The gardeners were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped...
"Young Master, Young Madam, let us handle these... otherwise, you'll be covered with dirt."
"No, it's okay, we'll be fine by ourselves. You guys should take a break." Lisa smiled.
She and Jungkook then happily kept themselves busy in various ways...
Under the gardeners' guidance, Jungkook held up the pickaxe to dig holes...
Lisa then placed the seeds inside, covered them with dirt, and poured water on them...
There were a few types of seeds that were directly planted. It was tiring, but they enjoyed the work...
It was already 8:30 PM by the time they finished planting...
The sky had already turned completely dark...
The two of them sat on a swing in the back garden...
Lisa cuddled in Jungkook's arms as they swung on it...
Then they looked at the stars in the sky and listened to the birds singing...
"Kook, did you know? Back then, I never dared to imagine a life like this... but now it has really come true," Lisa exclaimed.
Jungkook softly caressed Lisa's hair...
"If you want to, we can live like this forever."
"Yes, forever..." Lisa tightly held onto Jungkook's hand.
It was rare for them to enjoy such silence amongst all the noise as well as such peaceful scenery...
– At Seductive Fox Nightclub –
Jimin had been very quiet recently... Although he lost the battle with Jungkook, it only increased his desire for war.
Therefore, he poured most of his energy into his company recently, as he tried to compete with JC Film and Television.
While they drank, Jimin suddenly remembered something, and he laughingly asked Taehyung, "Have you been talking to that girl who made you run around naked...?"
No wonder Jimin was the boss of the entertainment industry... He clearly had a natural inclination for gossip.
"Oh... yeah... she's still talking to me, I plan to attend her engagement party this Sunday," Taehyung slowly said as he held a wine glass.
"Pftttt... engagement ceremony?" jimin and Bang Chan both spat out their drinks...
"What's with you?" Bang Chan opened his mouth wide as he looked at Taehyung.
Even though Taehyung was never an expert at picking up girls amongst the three of them... he never failed, not even once.
He finally came across someone he liked, but now he was forced to attend her engagement party?
"What is with this...?" Taehyung helplessly laughed.
"Uhm... have you two slept together yet?" asked Bang Chan.
"Nope."
"What... then I frown upon you." Bang Chan thought that girl was a sure thing that managed to run off.
That day at Seductive Fox, they...
However, she getting engaged...
"Maybe we're not meant to be..." Taehyung actually still had bits of feelings for Jennie.
However... she didn't share the same thoughts....
Plus, she was about to be engaged, and the fiancee-to-be was a seemingly perfect match, so he shouldn't intervene.
"Don't be so pessimistic. You've to learn from our Jimin... his target is already married, but he still won't give up."
"What does that have to do with me?" Jimin asked innocently.
He was truly put on the spot...
"No, what I meant to say was that... Taehyung... just so happens to find a decent, unfussy, un-scheming, and un-self-righteous girl, and we all thought that his time has come... I'm just shocked that things ended before they even started."
Bang Chan felt unfair for Taehyung...
"I can't do anything about it... It's my fault for meeting her one step too late." Taehyung shrugged.
At this topic, Jimin became depressed again...
"So what if we're a step late? Since we have met, then that's meant to be... I think otherwise. I won't pester Lisa, but I refuse to give up..." Jimin said with resolve.
"Look at Jimin, then look at you..."
Bang Chan looked at Taehyung with disdain.
Taehyung only chuckled...
He wasn't as short-tempered, as straightforward as Jimin...
Even though he felt bad that he missed his chance with Jennie... it wasn't something he couldn't accept.
After all, he hadn't had much contact with her...
So he didn't feel too bad, just a bit of regret...
– The next morning –
Jungkook woke up fairly early to have breakfast with Lisa.
Even though it was the weekend, because of the preparations for JC's thirty-year-anniversary party, Jungkook had to work overtime at the office.
Lisa originally wanted to go with him, but sadly, the Oh Corporation was holding a board of directors meeting as well, so she had to go there first.
"Kook... come back early today."
"What's in it for me?" laughed Jungkook.
"There's definitely something in it for it... I've already prepared a leather whip and candles at home for your return," Lisa joked.
Jungkook laughed, "Okay, then I'll come back early today, and please you until you beg for mercy."
After breakfast, Jungkook drove off...
Lisa also headed to the Oh Corporation...
Halfway along, Jungkook received a call, "President Jeon, I found the IP that was used to slander the young madam. It was from a woman named Dahyun."
"Okay, do you know what to do?" Jungkook asked coldly.
"I do... but...." The person on the other end seemed to want to say something but stopped.
"Go on."
"But something already happened to that woman, and she's currently hospitalized. She was just in a car accident yesterday and broke a leg... they said that the driver responsible fled the scene, and the security cameras around the scene were tampered with... I think that she might've offended other people, so what should we do now? Should we directly...?" The person on the other end stopped once again, but his intentions were very clear.
Jungkook was silent for three seconds...
"Not for the time being, just watch over her. If you find that she's still defaming Lisa... then ruin her."
"Yes, President Jeon."
Jungkook felt relieved upon hanging up the phone...
Over these past few days, he had been searching for the person who defamed Lisa by posting that thread.
'Lisa's Ten Sins', combined with his mother's words, was very cruel to Lisa.
The slanderous talk was terrible... but luckily Lisa was quite open-minded about this, or else she might have become depressed from all the gossip.
Jungkook didn't know who Dahyun was...
He also couldn't remember what grudges she had with Lisa.
However, he only cared about one thing: he would never forgive those who harmed Lisa, no matter who it was.
Lisa received a WeChat message from Wonyoung on her way to the Oh Corporation...
"Unnie... good news, it turns out that even God himself couldn't bear to see that scum, Dahyun anymore."
"What happened?" Lisa put on her earphones and directly called Wonyoung .
"She was in a car accident last night, it was awful. The car crushed one of her legs... she's now receiving emergency operation at our hospital, and the driver responsible already ran off. The police couldn't do anything about it, and she had to pay for medical expenses herself. I heard that her father came from their hometown in the suburbs; they even sold their old house, but they still didn't have enough money... That sugar daddy of hers completely ignored her when he saw that she broke her leg. However, Kai visited her a few times, I think he left her with some money before he left."
"I see," Lisa said faintly...
"God is truly watching over us, Dahyun is such a despicable woman...none of the nurses here want to take care of her, and her parents had to take turns, along with some relatives from her hometown. She had it coming."
"Okay, I know."
Lisa suddenly thought of something when she hung up the phone...
When she went to visit Krystal a while back, the latter said that she wasn't going to easily let her off the hook...
Could this accident have anything to do with Krystal?
When Krystal got into that car accident, the driver also ran off, and she almost miscarried.
Now the exact same thing happened to Dahyun, was it really God's will?
Of course not, Lisa believed that this accident was a purposeful orchestration...
However, she didn't think that Krystal did anything wrong...
Call it an eye for an eye...
She arrived at the Oh Corporation ten minutes left before the meeting.
Lisa originally wanted to wait inside the conference room...
However, she saw Nancy come in...
"During the meeting, remember to help my brother out... Today, we're making a decision to appoint him as the vice president... We, including my dad, want to gradually strip Sehun of his powers. You should know what to do, right?"
"I don't need you to teach me what to do," Lisa lowered her head and played the game on her cell phone.
"Lisa... did you think that you can do anything you want, just because Jungkook is around to support you?" Nancy walked towards Lisa as she loudly interrogated her.
"Yes... with Jungkook's support, I feel like the entire world is under my feet. Do you have a problem with that? Is there anything wrong with that? You would do the same if you can. Don't you like Jimin? Then go for him, why are you wasting your breath here with me? What kind of tactic is that?"
Upon hearing what Lisa said, Nancy was so pissed that her face turned pale...
"I really want to rip that filthy mouth of yours off... Dad told me not to degrade myself to the same level as a bastard child like you. I won't talk to you anymore, let's just wait and see." Nancy really wanted to throw a tantrum, but this was the conference room, and the board of directors meeting was beginning in ten minutes, so she didn't dare to do anything too inappropriate.
Shortly afterward, people gradually walked in. There were a dozen or so director members, along with Mr. Oh, Sooyoung, Hyunjae, and Nancy.
Sehun was the last to come in...
After he sat down in the middle, he began to look around...
Finally, his eyes landed on Lisa's face...
" Dear sis, your lipstick color... sure is beautiful." He smiled looking at Lisa.
All the board members were thrown off by what he said... What strategy was Sehun using this time...
"Thanks, brother." Lisa showed no sign of weakness and called him 'brother' in english for the first time in front of everyone, after all these years.
She was now the Young Madam of JC and didn't want anyone to have any misunderstandings towards her, especially rumors that had to do with Sehun.
"Ahem... for all these years I've known you, this seems to be the first time that you've ever called me brother... For that, I have to drink two glasses more than usual at lunch."
Then, he flipped open the files in front of him, looked it over, and slowly said, "I assume all of you already know what this meeting is for today. It's to ask for everyone's opinion on appointing my brother, Mr. Hyunjae, as our company's vice president. The Oh Corporation may be a family business, but we wouldn't have succeeded without all of you shareholders' support, so everyone should get a fair chance at deciding such an important matter. Don't hold back, please say whatever you'd like."
No one said anything after Sehun finished speaking... No one wanted to be the first to talk.
Sehun laughed and looked at Mr. Oh. "Dad... you should say something first to encourage my little brother."
"Okay, then I'll say something. Hyunjawe is old enough now, and everyone has witnessed his upstanding character and modesty. I've decided to entrust him with this great responsibility, so he could help his older brother at the company. I hope everyone can support him."
After Mr. Oh spoke, a founding member immediately followed, "I support the chairman's decision, I believe that Mr. Hyunjae is capable."
"Let's begin..." Sehun spread out his hands and smiled.
Hyunjae wore a suit as he laid back on the chair with an incredibly arrogant look on his face...
With his father's help, he knew he would definitely get this position. Then, he would be able to find an opportunity to kick Sehun out.
"Nancy and I also support Hyunjae, we believe in him, so it would be great if everyone can give him a chance," Sooyoung said gently.
"Lisa... what do you think?" Of course, Mr. Oh wouldn't let Lisa off the hook.
"I..." Lisa seemed a bit troubled.
"It's fine, say whatever you like. Don't be scared, we're all family here." Sooyoung smiled in such a fake manner that Lisa felt like throwing up.
"I've to think about it some more, let the other's decide first..." Lisa smiled.
Later, the others voiced their opinions and made their decisions...
Of course, some were against Hyunjae's promotion, since he was young, impulsive, and inexperienced.
However the final results were, out of the sixteen board of director members, ten agreed, while five disagreed.
Finally, Lisa was the only one left...
"Lisa... have you decided yet?" Sooyoung was a bit impatient.
Lisa looked at Sehun and noticed that he had a very pleased smile on his face...
So she nodded and said, "I support Hyunjae's promotion to vice president... He won't let us down."
Hyunjae glanced at Lisa with disdain...
Nancy, however, had a satisfied smile on her face...
Both Mr. Oh and Sooyoung felt relieved, upon hearing that Lisa's decision was in their favour...
Sehun smiled. "Okay, the results are obvious. Next, allow me to announce that... Mr. Hyunjae has been elected as the vice president of the Oh Corporation. At the same time... he will take over the real estate renovations in the west side of the city. Make us proud."
"I will, thanks bro." Hyunjae stood up and smiled.
Everyone clapped...
"Sehun... that project is too extensive. If it's given to Hyunjae..." Mr. Oh seemed to be hesitant.
"Father, didn't you just say that you believed in Hyunjae? Since you believe in him, then have faith in him and let him do it. We have to believe in his abilities. You're right, he is no longer a child," Sehun said as he looked at Mr. Oh.
After the meeting ended and everyone left...
Lisa was just about to leave when Sehun's secretary stopped her.
"Miss Lisa... the president wants to see you."
"Okay."
Lisa stopped her footsteps, and then she walked back and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
"You asked to see me?" Lisa asked as soon as she entered.
"Please sit."
"I've got other stuff to do..." Lisa wouldn't sit.
"Weren't you pretty mighty just now when you challenged me by supporting Hyunjae? Where did that Lisa go? Are you afraid that I would take revenge on you?" Sehun laughed.
Lisa laughed upon hearing what he said...
"How could you blame the innocent? I wasn't helping him... I was helping you indirectly... After all, you were the one who silently allowed him to become the vice president."
"Oh? When did I silently allow that?" Sehun continued to smile with uncertain depth.
"Did you think I didn't know that aside from the that man, his wife, and his children, everyone else on the board of directors was on your side? He received ten approvals, but I don't think it's what they wanted, so it could only mean that you wanted things this way. You allowed Hyunjae to become the vice president, so how could you blame me? I was also only going with the flow..."
"Whoa, whoa... you're really something. What a smart girl... No wonder you wanted to be the last to vote, you were watching the others' reactions. What if my people disagreed, then what would you do?"
"Are you dumb...? If your people disagreed, then it would be pointless for me to agree. After all, majority wins, and I don't plan to burn bridges with them just yet... It's not time yet, but I do like to help my enemy's enemy... so helping you out wasn't too bad this time..."
Lisa saw through Sehun's intentions and even did Mr. Oh a favor...
Lisa even made Sooyoung and the others think that she was on their side...
However, what was the truth? She already knew that the board of directors meeting was only a gimmick.
Sehun implicitly allowed Hyunjae to become the vice president, which could only mean that he was about to deal with him.
Sometimes the higher one flies, the more painful it would be once they fell...
Not everyone understood this...
The old man might still think that the board of directors still cared about his authority and reputation.
He never realized that Sehun had already gained control over the entire company...
So, the Oh Family was doomed to fail... No, only Mr. Oh's side was doomed.
The four of them were no match against Sehun...
Mrs. Oh raised a ferocious wolf over these years...
However, Mr. Oh always saw him as a weak lamb...
Lisa even felt a bit bad for those who couldn't see through the situation...
"Fine... Lisa... you're too smart... I like you too much." Sehun's eyes were filled with admiration.
Lisa really thought of everything, and it wasn't like the mentality a 24-year-old girl should have.
"But I don't like you. If you want to take action, then hurry up... That way, I won't have to..." Lisa reminded impolitely.
"Don't you worry... he won't be happy for long... If God wants you dead, he'll make you go mad first... Let that dumb Hyunjae parade around for a few days, and once the time comes... haha... his happy days will be over... Do you know what my favorite game as a child was? Every time I caught a bug, I wouldn't immediately kill it by stepping on it... Instead, I would torture it to death, bit by bit... because I realized that the process of torturing someone filled me with great joy..."
"That's because you're all weird and twisted..."
"This society is a mess, I'm not the only one who's twisted. Everyone has twisted thoughts in their heads, they just won't admit to them."
"Fine, then that's your problem, but we're only fighting a common enemy... Remember that I will never be your ally, and you won't be able to use me... Once this all ends, I will immediately leave Oh Corporation, and I won't take a cent from you."
Lisa walked out right after she spoke...
"Lisa, you're welcome to come home whenever you're free..." Sehun added.
"That won't happen again." Lisa then walked out without looking back...
If she wasn't desperate to help Jungkook last time, she would never make a deal with the devil, Sehun.
Even though she stayed the night at their house and nothing terrible happened, but...
Lisa still felt unsafe... as well as hints of unease.
It felt like a bad sign that couldn't be put into words...
"Lisa... let's grab food together, I booked a restaurant to celebrate for Hyunjae." Mr. Oh stopped Lisa in the lobby.
"No thanks, I've got stuff to do."
"Have you arranged a meeting with Jungkook for me yet..." Mr. Oh hesitated and spoke.
As expected, this old man had an objective every time he said anything...
"I already told him, your assistants will schedule the meeting later on."
"What about Jimin... can't you help Nancy... your Auntie Sooyoung said that we won't let you help us for free... we could transfer the east-end ecological park villa to your name... all you need to do is introduce them... that's it."
"Sorry, Mr. Oh, I don't know Jimin well... and have no talents to deserve your villa, really... It's too expensive of a gift."
Lisa placed her bag onto the passenger seat of her Audi R8 and then got into the car after she spoke...
A villa? Haha, did she really need one?
"Head Nurse, I'm sorry to disturb you on the weekend, but could you come over?"
"What happened?" Lisa asked as she picked up the call from one of the nurses at South Side.
"A lot of fans and reporters have gathered here. I don't know who started the rumor that Soobin was seeking treatment at our hospital, and he's been diagnosed with something like depression. The situation is very chaotic right now, and Director Jung is in America right now so he won't be able to come back on time. No one is in charge right now, so Department Director Li told me to call you."
"Okay, wait for me, I'll be right over."
Lisa stepped all the way down onto the gas pedal and drove towards South Side at a great speed...
How did Soobin's chart get out? Who leaked it? There shouldn't have been a lot of people who even knew about this.
South Side was in complete chaos when Lisa arrived...
Even a calm person like she was scared by the scene before her...
Tons of fans surrounded the hospital entrance...
There were all sorts of media outlets, and although the police were here, they couldn't control the scene.
"Bambam... what's wrong?" Lisa hadn't seen Bambam in days.
She went up to ask when she saw him giving orders and trying to control the situation.
"Ah... I don't want to talk about it, someone leaked the information that the Soobin, was being treated here... and now it's completely messed up... I haven't had anything yet today, I've been trapped here this whole time, trying to maintain order. I told them to leave, but they won't listen... his fans are so stubborn..." Bambam complained.
A situation like this was supposed to be under the jurisdiction of the closest police office branch...
However, there were too many people around and they couldn't handle it, so they asked for backup...
To avoid more commotion, the director of the Public Security Bureau personally issued orders for Bambam to come here with his team.
"Okay... then I'll head in now to see what's going on inside."
As Lisa walked inside, her cell phone rang...
"Lisa noona..."
"My lord... where are you?" Lisa called Soobin several times along the way but he never picked up, so she was very worried.
"I'm trapped on the top floor, and I can't get down at all... some fans pretended to be patients and managed to get into the hospital... What should I do? I can't get out, and I have an interview this afternoon."
"Why didn't you tell me beforehand that you were coming over?" Lisa felt helpless.
"Department Director Li said that she wanted to do a check-up on me, and I didn't think too much about it... I also didn't know that someone leaked the information... my agent is basically yelling at Director Li right now..."
"Okay, stay there and don't move. I'll be right up."
Lisa changed into her lab coat after she walked in...
"Head Nurse, you're finally here, you should head up."
Lisa knew that she was only a head nurse, and she didn't have the authority to represent the hospital.
Even though the hospital deputy director position had been kept empty ever since Deputy Director got into trouble... there were plenty of other leaders who could handle this, but why weren't they here? Of course, it was because they didn't want to assume responsibility.
After all, this incident caused too much of an uproar... If handled properly, then they wouldn't be praised since it was within their duty to do so; but if handled improperly, they would face disciplinary actions.
Everyone wanted Lisa to take the fall for this difficult and uneasy task...
They all thought Lisa's current status was too distinguished. Even if something were to happen, given his respect towards President Jeon, Director Jung wouldn't say anything.
Lisa could understand them, so she had no complaints, even if she had to take the fall for everything...
After she arrived on the top floor, she saw Soobin in the hypnosis room, walking in circles anxiously with a mask covering his face.
"Noona... you're finally here. What should we do? I only have an hour left before the interview, and I haven't changed or done my makeup yet... I need at least half an hour to get to the television station... what should I do? I have to be there, I'm being broadcasted on Legend ."