Chapter 22

Mina who sat in Lisa's car felt that this was the happiest day of her life, it was even more exciting than the day she graduated from university.

There was a constant sweet smile on the girl's face; this made Lisa, who was driving, speechless.

"Are you that happy?" Lisa couldn't resist asking.

Mina nodded seriously, "But I think Mr. Chanyeol isn't very happy."

Lisa glanced at Mina ponderingly, and couldn't resist smiling as she said, "So it turns out that you knew everything, yet you still pretended to be ignorant."

"Hehe." Mina pursed her lips and laughed then said, "Actually I didn't know everything, but by carefully thinking through, I was able to understand some of the things you did."

"Listen here, if that Chanyeol bullies you in the future or makes things difficult for you, let me know. I'll help you take care of it, just like the Sung family previously." Said Lisa seriously.

"Yes, Boss."

From the beginning till the end, Mina didn't ask about the matter regarding the Sung family, and her wits made Lisa surprised.

Lisa also felt relieved, perhaps this girl knew a lot more than what she had originally thought, but most of the time she preferred to act as a silly girl-next-door, who was silently concerned about her.

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When they arrived at Mina's home, Old Yang and his wife just returned from their walk, seeing Lisa and Mina get off the car, they revealed a look of astonishment.

"Good young chap! You're rich!" Old Yang saw the car Lisa drove, and couldn't help but to be pleasantly surprised as he said, "I knew you weren't simple little Manoban, but I never expected things to change so fast. You changed your job, and your single-wheeled car has been changed to one with 4 wheels!

[TL: The single-wheel car refers to Lisa's mutton skewer stand.]

Aunt Yang instead had her eyes on the bags of clothes in Mina's hands as she got out of the car, and agitatedly asked, "Mina, why did you buy so many clothes? Even the bags that are holding them look so nice, these clothes must be very expensive, right!?"

"Mom......" Mina shyly called out, and said, "It's Lisa who bought these for me."

The couple revealed strange expressions, but were happy. The way they looked at Lisa also turned increasingly affectionate.

Mina knew what was on her parents' minds, but if she revealed that Lisa was married, then they definitely wouldn't allow her to get in touch with Lisa in the future. So she could only endure her blushing face, and quickly picked up her bags of clothes and sped into the house. She even forgot to say goodbye to Lisa.

Old Yang sincerely said, "Lis, it has been hard on Mina ever since she was a child, don't disappoint her."

Lisa didn't know whether to laugh or to cry, and also didn't know what to say, so she could only nod in an honest manner.

Explaining at a time like this would be redundant, and would only bring about more trouble.

After bidding farewell to the elderly couple who treated her like their daughter-in-law Lisa felt lost and frustrated. While driving she thought, if it wasn't for coincidentally meeting that ice queen Jieun, marrying Mina would actually be a pretty good choice, she's thoughtful and virtuous.

But once she thought about how her wife was now lying on a hospital bed, Lisa got rid of such thoughts. No matter what, she still had to take this path with Jieun first, as for the future, who could predict that?

When she drove back to Dragon Garden, the outside air had already turned cool, the cold wind ruffled the tree tops, making the spacious and empty villa seem extremely tranquil.

Lisa was just about to walk to the door and enter the house when she saw Auntie Mi-kyung open the door from inside.

"Auntie, you're going this late?" Lisa puzzlingly asked.

Auntie Mi-kyung was delighted, with a smile she said, "Young Master you're back, perfect timing, I was planning to bring the books Miss wanted to the hospital. Although Miss agreed to recuperate for half a month, she says she must read books. Perhaps Young Master could go with me? I think Miss would be very happy."

I hope she will, when she sees me.

Thought Lisa in her heart, she then said, "Auntie, it's already this late, how about you rest early? I can send the books myself."

Auntie Mi-kyung took it that the couple wanted some private time together, and didn't say any superfluous words. She immediately passed the large plastic bag of books to Lisa, and returned to the house.

Lisa who had just returned home once again set off, heading towards Zhong Hai First Hospital for the second time today.

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Half an hour later, when she reached Jieun's ward, the lights inside were still switched on, however Jieun wasn't alone in that room, there was also a woman sitting inside that Lisa wasn't really happy to meet, even though she was a real beauty.

"Yo, some busy person even knows to come to the hospital to visit." Jennie seemed to be discussing something with Jieun, and when she saw Lisa open the door, she unhappily ridiculed her.

Lisa ignored this superior that kept trying to pick a quarrel to her, smiled and placed the bag of books onto the bedside table, "Auntie is getting on in years, it's too tiring for her to leave home in the middle of the night, so I sent it, on her behalf. Just call me out for something like that, it's really toiling for an elder like her."

Jieun indifferently looked at the books, and said, "Next time I'll call you."

With regards to Jieun listening to Lisa's words, Lisa felt considerably satisfied. Looks like this woman is pretty rational, and isn't just someone with an indifferent and cold character.

Jennie wrinkled her nose, and discontentedly said, "Lisa, you stink of alcohol and smoke, stand further away, don't hurt Jieun's nose!"

"Oh." Lisa apologetically smiled and took a few steps back, "I had a drink with some friends I just made, and forgot I haven't taken a shower."

"Hmph! Jieun is so tired and sick that she's on the bed, yet as her wife you still have time to have fun? Are you not ashamed?" Jennie sneered with disdain.

Even a clay buddha can get angry from such accusations, Lisa was a little impatient, "My wife hasn't spoken a word, what are you blindly accusing me for? The emperor isn't anxious but the eunuch is."

[TL: The idiom means that the person involved is calm and collected, yet someone uninvolved is anxious.]

"What did you say!?" Jennie's eyes opened up wide as she stood up, her well developed chest repeatedly heaved because of the anger, and her beautiful face flushed, "You dare to call me a eunuch, you're the eunuch!"

"Whether I'm a eunuch or not, wouldn't you know if you come and try me?" Lisa evilly smiled and said.

"You're shameless!"

"Stop!" Jieun finally spoke a word, with her brows knitted together, she looked at Lisa and Jennie, and rubbed her forehead like she was having a headache, "Can the two of you not quarrel in a hospital? It's already late, can you guys be quieter?"

Jennie pouted as she held onto Jieun's hand, "Jieun, look at this wife of yours, who does she think she is? She doesn't take good care of you when you're sick, and instead has the mood to go out to drink and philander."

Jieun remained silent for a moment, before raising her head to ask Lisa, "Where did you go to drink?"

Lisa who was feeling a little stuffy lazily replied, "Heavenly Province, there were many ladies. Why? Does my great wife jealous?"

"Oh, got it." Jieun nodded, then as if nothing happened, she stretched her hand, took out a book from the plastic bag, and began reading.

Lisa saw that things were fine, so she sighed and shook her head, and left the ward.

All that was left was Jennie who sat by the bedside, looking at the door. She turned to look at Jieun who was reading her book with concentration, and became dumbstruck and slack jawed.

She wasn't able to voice out a word for a long time, but in the end she finally managed to say one sentence, "You and your wife are both weird people!"

Despite tossing and turning the entire night, Lisa's lack of sleep didn't cause any problems for her, and she set out to buy breakfast from the peddlers as scheduled. After making her rounds, she brought the bags of varying sizes into the office.

The beauties had long been raising their heads in anticipation, once they saw Lisa arrive, they rushed over to grab what they wanted to eat. Several brazen sisters even intimately left moist marks on Lisa's face.

Yuna smiled as she made fun of her, "Did you insist on buying breakfast from the outset because you expected to receive this kind of treatment?"

Lisa wasn't shy either, while gnawing on the youtiao she smiled and said, "If you also give me a kiss, I'll tell you."

"All you know is how to take advantage of innocent married ladies!" Yuna rolled her eyes and no longer paid her any attention.

Suddenly remembering something, Lisa picked up a meat bun and walked to Chen Bo's booth. She was surprised to discover that Chen Bo was napping on the table early in the morning.

"Hey, Chen Bo, it's breakfast time." Lisa nudged.

Chen Bo murmured in a soft voice, then rubbed his reddish eyes and stood up with a ladylike posture. Seeing the meat bun handed over by Lisa, he revealed a "lovely" smile, "Thank you so much for bringing me breakfast everyday."

Lisa looked at him profoundly, and said, "Don't exhaust yourself too much, if there's anything you need help with, you can ask us for help, perhaps we can help you."

Chen Bo's complexion immediately turned unsightly, his pale face now panicked a little, and he rapidly blinked, "N-Nothing, I just didn't sleep well last night."

"Don't overexert yourself." Lisa didn't enquire further, she patted Chen Bo's shoulder, then returned to her seat and began to play games.

Only a short amount of time passed before a gorgeous-looking lady entered the office. She walked to Yeji's booth, and chatted with her about something.

Yeji who wore a moon-white skirt suit seemed to have a troubled expression, but in the end she helplessly tidied her documents, and followed the lady out.

When the two left, Lia who was still eating a cupcake anxiously ran over, and with a worried expression she said to Yuna, "Yuna, it can't be that something is about to happen to Yeji, right? That Department Head has been bothering her for so long now, why hasn't he given up yet?"

"That woman was sent by the Department Head?" Lisa puzzlingly asked.

Yuna knitted her eyebrows and nodded, "She's one of the directors under the Department Head; the whole company is aware that she is the Department Head's lover, it's just that nobody bluntly points it out. I wonder what the Department Head was asking Yeji to go over for. In the past it was always him that came here by himself, I wonder why he sent that woman over this time."

As if she thought of something, Lisa took out her phone and sent Yeji a message.

In a short while, Yeji replied back.

With merely a glance, Lisa placed the phone back into her pocket, picked up two of the meat buns on table, and walked towards the office's exit.

"Lisa, where are you going? If Ms. Kim doesn't see you here later, you're going to have to endure torment again." Yuna said in a panic.

"My stomach isn't feeling well, I'll eat while squatting in the toilet." Lisa turned and said.

The bunch of beautiful PR ladies immediately had a bunch of black lines on their foreheads as they pouted.

[ED: Black lines on the forehead refer to the wrinkles made by frowning]

It obviously wasn't possible that Lisa was going to go to the toilet, to squat and eat her meat buns. However, even if she did go there, she would still possess the appetite to eat.

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Once she walked out of the Public Relations' lounge, she immediately entered the elevator, and went straight to the car park.

Previously she sent a message to Yeji asking where she was going, Yeji evidently understood what Lisa meant, and replied with "Flowing Cloud Hotel."

Although she couldn't confirm whether or not leaving the office for work this time was a trap laid by the Department Head, Yeji was still a mature woman who was good at consciously protecting herself, so she wisely chose to let Lisa know. At the very least, she must let somebody know of her whereabouts.

As for what Lisa would do with this information, was not something Yeji could think of.

Lisa chose not to follow their trail to Flowing Cloud Hotel, and instead drove at breakneck speeds on the shortest route.

When she arrived at the hotel's lobby, she picked up a newspaper and quietly sat on a sofa in the corner of the lobby.

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Flowing Cloud Hotel possesses a 4-star rating, and also had quite a good reputation among the hotels in Zhong Hai's city center.

The traffic of guests entering and exiting the dazzling lobby was extremely heavy. Therefore, suddenly having one more person sitting at a corner reading a newspaper didn't arouse any suspicion.

After waiting for more than 5 minutes, Lisa noticed two figures that appeared by the hotel's entrance.

It was the gorgeous-looking lady from before, leading Yeji who wore a moon-white skirt suit into the hotel.

Both of them had good looks, and were tall with well-developed figures. It seemed like Yeji had her makeup done in the car, her hair was tied up, and the streaks of red on her hair paired well with her mature and beautiful face, attracting the gazes of many men in the hall.

After entering, Yeji looked around her, it was unknown whether she was doing it intentionally or subconsciously. Slightly frowning, she appeared to be a little disappointed, but her expression returned to normal in a blink of an eye.

After that lady discussed something with her, Yeji hesitated for a moment, but in the end she still followed the lady into the elevator, and went up.

Lisa quickly walked to the elevator's doors, and looked at the increasing number above the doors. Starting from the 1st floor, it stopped for a moment at the 5th floor, then moved up to the 13th floor, stopped again for a moment, then went all the way up to the top floor before slowly descending.

Looking at the hotel's directory on the side, the 5th floor was a spa center, the 10th to 15th floor were rooms for guests, and the top floor was for offices.

Obviously, in a situation like this, going to the guest rooms had the highest probability. After entering the elevator, Lisa took out her phone and tried to make a call to Yeji, to confirm her location.

"The number you're calling is currently unavailable......"

The emergence of the electronic voice gave Lisa a bad premonition, for a PR employee like Yeji, she should have her phone switched on for 24 hours a day so that business opportunities wouldn't be missed.

In normal situations, it isn't possible for her to simply turn off her phone. Furthermore, she even sent her a message earlier.

When the elevator reached the 13th floor, Lisa walked out of the elevator. The corridor was long, and had approximately 30-40 rooms. As it was morning and office hours, the corridor was absolutely silent, there wasn't even a single hotel employee on this floor for guests.

Without anybody to ask, it was obviously impossible for Lisa to check every room. In addition, what gave her a headache was the electronic locks on these rooms, which meant that it was impossible to open these locks by lock picking.

Unless Lisa wanted to be the lead story in the news, she could use her martial arts and smash open every door! Then she would be extremely famous.

"This old fella sure knows how to pick a place." Lisa muttered to herself, as she considered whether she should use some forceful methods.

Although she had only known her new colleague Yeji for about half a month, their relationship was pretty good.

The relationship between people doesn't require the test of time to truly be sincere and reliable. If they could trust each other, then it's worth doing something for the opposite party.

Taking a step back, if such a beautiful and mature lady was tarnished by that old fellow, Lisa would definitely feel worse than if she ate a housefly.

Just as she was having a headache, she heard the sound of a door opening and closing from the easternmost corner, and the gorgeously dressed woman who had led Yeji up walked out with a wide smile.

Lisa was thankful for this woman's involvement, she truly provided help when she needed it most.

Just as she was worrying about how to search, she provided the greatest hint.

After the lady took her leave from the door, she started walking back to the elevator with her head lowered. Lisa faked a relaxed face as she moved forward to meet the lady.

"Miss, What kind of benefits did you receive?"

The gorgeous lady's steps came to a halt, and she carefully raised her head to look at the young woman who suddenly appeared. She vigilantly asked, "What did you say?"

Because Lisa had only joined Lee International recently, this woman didn't recognize her.

"I don't mean anything else Miss, even if you didn't receive credit from this, you should at least have received benefits for your hard work. That little bit of commission you earned is not something I would snatch from you. However, I hope you will cooperate a little and help me knock on that room's door." Lisa made a very pure smile.

The lady's eyes squinted, and with a low voice she said, "You followed me? Aren't you afraid that I'll call the police!?"

"I'm truly unafraid of you calling the police." Lisa said.

"You're crazy!" The lady no longer paid attention to Lisa, and nervously tried to leave.

Lisa obviously wouldn't let her go, she casually grabbed onto one of the lady's arms and pulled her strongly into her embrace. Since she had the opportunity, her hands grabbed onto her breasts and pinched the two lumps of soft pink flesh.

"You!"

The lady was both frightened and angered, she could only feel her mountain ranges being completely covered, making her feel humiliated! This woman had too much strength, she simply couldn't throw her off! It was as if she was made of steel!

"Let go! Otherwise I'll shout, I'll sue you for molestation!" The lady resentfully threatened as a last resort.

Lisa didn't think much of it and smiled, her two hands that held onto the lumps of meat exerted a little more force, to the point the lady moaned softly.

"The texture is unnatural, you had it enlarged right?" Lisa evilly smiled and said, "You can scream and sue me, but before you do that, I will take off all of your clothes and throw you into the elevator. There won't be anybody passing by this place anyway, so don't underestimate the speed at which I can take your clothes off at. Then we could ride the elevator down to the first floor, where I'll kick you into the lobby. The lobby on the 1st floor is such a bright and grand place with many people, you can properly exhibit your figure there."

"If you aren't happy, you can call the police afterwards, I wouldn't even mind. All I did was take off your clothes, and I won't even need to sit in jail. If you want to file a lawsuit, that's fine by me as well, it's no big deal. Of course, since I'm going to do all that, I might as well use my phone to take a photo or video while I'm at it, Create a title and upload it to the internet, calling it-- 'Office Lady's Naked Excursion in the Hotel', this name is pretty good, right?"

The lady's face immediately paled, if things went the way this woman said it would, then even if she received compensation, she would completely lose her social standing, and she could forget about appearing in society ever again! Enraged, she said, "Don't try to threaten me! I don't even know what you're talking about! If you don't let me go, I will scream. I don't believe you actually have the guts to do anything to me!!"

*Tearing sound!!*

When she heard the sound of cloth tearing, the lady was dumbstruck to see that half of her skirt had already been torn off, revealing the white pantyhose and her shining white skin beneath!

Lisa with a rather dark and hoarse voice once again sounded out, with some impatience she said, "You had better not test my patience, or I will tear off what's on your chest next."

"You?! Just what do you want?!" The lady was so afraid that she wanted to use her hands to cover the edges of her skirt, but her two hands wouldn't budge under Lisa's grip. While tearing up, she pleaded, "Please don't, I-I'm just following orders."

Lisa coldly smiled and said, "None of this would've happened if you cooperated earlier, you only need to do as I say, and I won't make things difficult for you."

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In the room, Yeji laid against the soft bed, she could barely prop herself up on the mattress with her hands, and she had difficulties opening her eyes. She saw that the Department Head had already taken off all his clothes and only had his boxers remaining, and clenched her teeth as she attempted to stay awake.

Although she had remained vigilant, she never expected that the Department Head to collude with the client she originally had to meet today, and swindled her into this place.

What was impossible to guard against was that during the car ride, that woman, the villain's accomplice handed over a bottle of mineral water that was drugged with sleeping pills!

Yeji felt that the way she thought was too simple. She had thought it was enough to just put up her guard against this old man, yet never thought that the opposite party had already prepared such a meticulous trap, and waited for her to walk into it!

Once she thought of how this short and fat old man with that large belly and ash-colored chest hair wanted to do those painful things to her, she felt that she would rather receive death. No matter how strong Yeji usually was, she couldn't prevent her eyes from tearing up.

In her mind, she suddenly thought about Lisa asking for her destination. She originally paid little attention to that, and casually replied to the message. But as matters stood, despite how preposterous and unrealistic she sounded, Yeji wished like never before that the young woman whom she had only known recently would suddenly appear like a hero in the movies!

ThecDepartment Head's pair of little eyes were filled with lust and greed, and also some craziness. Looking at the mature beauty who wore an office lady skirt suit and with a perfect body outline, he pursed his lips and revealed a nefarious smile like his evil schemes had succeeded.

"Yeji, oh Yeji, you thought that by pretending to be a maiden, I can't deal with you!? There is no woman who I can't toy with in this lifetime! You can just enjoy it today, I even brought a video camera here today. Once I take off all your clothes and take some beautiful photos of you in various positions, I'll place it into my collection." The Department Head walked forward, and looked at the drowsy Yeji, he evilly smiled and said, "When you wake up, I'll show it to you for you to admire, and let you consider whether or not to serve me."

In Yeji's eyes, there was dejection, pain, and unreconciliation, but in the end she still couldn't resist the sleepiness caused by the drug. She laid on the bed, murmured a little, and fell completely unconscious.

The Department Head looked at her with lust, and was about to pounce on her and release her beautiful body from the clothes that bound her, when the doorbell was rung.

With a burst of discontent, the Department Head frowned, retracted his hands, walked to the door and looked into the peephole, he saw the familiar face of the gorgeous woman, and loosened up.

The room's door half-opened, and the Department Head evilly smiled and said, "What's up? Little naughty fox, it can't be that you're jealous and want me to feed you a load before you're willing to leave, right?"

The lady's smile was very rigid, and she didn't speak a word, like she ate a bittergourd. But slowly, another woman walked over from the side.

"It's you!?" thecDepartment Head's expression turned cold, he immediately recognized that this was the woman who embarrassed him in the company's corridor, the woman who wrecked his plans!

Why would she suddenly appear here!? Thinking of this crucial point, the Department Head quickly reacted, he withdrew his head and attempted to close the door quickly!

*Bam!*

Lisa's hand fiercely pressed against the door, causing the fat body of the Department Head to fall back into the room on his butt, and on the carpet!

"Your attitude isn't friendly enough, fatty old man."

Lisa profoundly smiled, pulled the gorgeous lady into the room, and closed the door while she was at it.

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