Chapter 34

Left without a choice, Lisa felt conflicted as she was dragged towards the tennis court, she bore an innocent expression and asked Jennie, "If you want to go you can go ahead, I'll go somewhere else to exercise. I'm not a VIP after all, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to participate."

Jennie glared at her, then spoke in a low voice, "Don't you think that I don't know what you're thinking of. You want to go to the swimming pool to look at women don't you? Know this, the VIPs here are all rather famous in the business and political world. Since you work as PR for Lee International, you must come in contact with these people, every level of relationship is a key to success, remember your leader's advice!"

"I'm just someone who buys breakfast, my previous job was being a mutton skewer seller, what does this have to do with me?"

"Well, it does. The tennis court is right ahead. Hurry."

"......"

Maple Forest Leisure Centre's grandeur indeed lived up to expectations, once she entered the tennis court, Lisa felt as if she had entered a soccer stadium. This made her feel as if she was in a western country where tennis flourished, this is because tennis isn't very developed in Huaxia, it was truly special to use such a large space to play tennis; she would be able to understand it if it was table tennis though.

On the tennis court with a meticulously coated red and green surface, there were already quite a number of people in tennis wear and swinging rackets, there were also beautiful ladies among them, the well-developed chests shaking as they ran was a sight to behold. The men were at a side cheering, but who knew what kind of "ball" they were actually looking at.

Following Tzuyu, they walked to the south-eastern most court. The facilities there were even more luxurious in comparison, other than the grandstand with leisure seats, there were several attendants serving beverages, and there was beautiful blues music being played in the background.

At this time there were already quite a number of men and women chatting at the court, and the only ones who were actually playing tennis were two young ladies.

According to the analysis of Lisa, a tennis amateur; these two ladies adopted very graceful postures, and had fascinating physiques, but their eyesight must be pretty bad. The ball is so slow yet they can't receive it, it was basically a 'you serve, I serve' situation, neither of them could receive a served ball.

"Ms. Tzuyu, you've finally come, we've been waiting for you." A handsome man said with a smile.

"I didn't expect Mr. Han to be here too, you're a truly rare visitor." Tzuyu generously shook hands with that man.

"If you didn't come, it'd be boring for us to continue playing." Said a middle aged man with a large belly.

Tzuyu exposed a radiant smile, "Mr. Ho sure knows how to crack a joke, today we're all here to have fun playing tennis, it'd have made no difference even if I didn't come."

"Don't say such a thing, if the host doesn't come, we won't have the heart of the group." A pretty lady flattered.

This bunch of rich people warmly greeted, but in ten sentences not a single one was true.

Jennie and Lisa who made their appearance alongside Tzuyu naturally received attention as well, some of them instantly recognized Jennie who was rather famous in the business world, and immediately came forward to greet her.

"I never expected Ms. Kim to come as well, long time no see. You are still as beautiful and charming as ever." A middle aged man with scholarly looks praised Jennie, he seemed very sincere.

Jennie nonchalantly smiled, "Mr. Song is too polite, I bumped into Ms. Tzuyu and she told me there's a game going on here, I'm just here to join in on the fun."

After that, a number of people came up to chat with Jennie as well, the mood was pretty good, but they very naturally left Lisa alone, without rejecting her or getting closer to her.

These elites of the business and political world had rather cruel judgement, they could easily tell that Lisa's true identity definitely wasn't some important person.

From the way Lisa followed Jennie, they were able to obtain a verdict, majority of them directly guessed that Lisa was something like an assistant to Jennie, while some secretly thought that they could be having some sort of affair; this was something that was commonly seen in their circles.

As a result, Lisa relaxed and sat in a corner, watching the two women chat with a bunch of people she didn't recognize.

"Ms. Kim, I heard that Ms. Lee is unwell and has been hospitalized, is this true?" As they chatted, there was finally someone who brought up Jieun's condition.

Jennie nodded with a slightly worried look, "That's right, Bureau Chief, but our CEO should be discharged next week, she's already back to good health."

The Bureau Chief joyfully said, "That's good, our government's leader actually has a very high appraisal of your company's performance over the last few years. Ms. Lee is a lady who could triumph over men, at such a young age she managed to lead Lee International to obtain such fantastic results, with even more boldness than the previous CEO. She's truly a necessary pillar for Zhong Hai's chamber of commerce. I still remember the time last year when the top ten entrepreneurs of Zhong Hai were being listed."

When Jieun was mentioned, the bunch began flattering again, several young and promising men also showed slight expressions of yearning.

Lisa secretly forced a laugh, looks like there is nothing that could be done about Jieun's cold temper, if she showed a little more warmth, the men that had ideas about her would indeed be enough to flood her doorway.

Seeing that they had chatted just about enough, Tzuyu suggested, "Everybody came here to play tennis, I think we can just leave official matters aside for now; I wonder who would like to go up to warm up first?"

"Haha, Ms. Tzuyu is right, then let me go up to show off a trick or two, who would like to exchange blows with me?" A straightforward middle aged boss smiled as he picked up his tennis racket and asked.

"Let me." A slightly plump woman who had obviously taken good care of her skin picked up her racket with a smile, "Mr. Han, please go easy on me, I've just given birth a few months ago, my body still isn't it tip-top condition."

Lisa looked at the woman swinging her plump butt to chat and play tennis with the man, in her heart she secretly laughed and thought whether this was playing tennis or flirting?

The warm-up game for tennis had only just begun, and another bunch of people came from the side of the court. The one leading them was a man who had a fair and clear skin. He wasn't considered tall or large, but he had a charming aura which ordinary men didn't have, causing him to seem rather feminine and glamorous. If it wasn't for his adam's apple, he could easily be taken as a youthful maiden with gender neutral makeup.

The man was accompanied by three subordinates who held sports equipment, and four bodyguards fully clad in suits; even under the blazing sun they didn't let allow any slack, and they vigilantly observed their surroundings, they seemed to be of high quality.

The appearance of this group of people received the attention of many others at the court, but their expressions were somewhat different from when Tang Wan came. Although they were still smiling, these people's eyes contained a tinge of fear.

"I never thought Mr. Park would come, your presence truly brings light to my humble place." As the host, Tzuyu was the first to go up and greet him.

The young man with the surname Park gently smiled, took off his sunglasses, and revealed a pair of enchanting single-eyelids. He made a light handshake with Tzuyu, and immediately let go in a refined manner, "Ms. Tzuyu must be joking, I had just used my father's reputation to get to know everybody here, I'd be happy as long as everybody doesn't hate me for interrupting midway."

Hearing the name 'Park Jimin', Lisa's eyebrows creased, she pulled on Jennie's elbow, and whispered a question, "This Park Jimin, is he the son of Park Si-hoo?"

Jennie gave her a weird look, and said with a smile, "Looks like you aren't actually completely ignorant, huh. Well, you're right, he is Park Si-hoo's only son, the great Young Master of Dongxing. I'd advise you to stay away from him, otherwise it could be dangerous."

"Dangerous? He seems rather polite though." It was the first time Lisa met Jimin in person, she'd never have thought that Rose's potential enemy's young master would be a delicate young man like this. Moreover, from his manners, Lisa definitely wasn't able to tell that he was born as a part of the underworld.

Jennie face warped a little, and she used small voice to tell Lisa, "The danger I mentioned, is because he's a psychopath. He likes to play with women or men that he thought no power over him. Especially, person like you."

Lisa quivered all over, it's no wonder he refused to touch a top grade beauty like Tzuyu for a single moment longer than necessary, it wasn't about being polite, he just didn't like coming into contact with powerful women!

Jennie saw how Lisa's face looked like one that had just eaten rat poison, so she chuckled and whispered, "What are you afraid of? With a face like yours he wouldn't even look at you!"

But Lisa wasn't listening, because she had suddenly thought of something. A few days ago she saved Chen Bo while she was out for supper, at that time Chen Bo said there was a man with the surname Park that requested for Chen Bo to serve him.

Thinking in this way, she was able to connect the dots. Some time ago, she was followed by a black Honda with several strangers, and was puzzled as to who sent them, but now it seemed like it had something to do with Park Jimin.

Sure enough, after Jimin simply chatted with the people of the business and political world for a while, then carefreely looked towards Lisa while giving her a "lovely" smile.

Lisa originally thought that would be all, but after Jimin chatted with several of those big bosses for a while, under their astonished gazes, he walked with a strong men' perfume smell to Lisa's side, and sat down in.

"Hello Miss, would you mind if I sat here?" Jimin had a face that resembled male korean celebrities, thin lips and rosy face, looking at him closely now, his skin looked pretty smooth as well.

Although Lisa had met a number of men like this overseas, it's the first time one sat so close to her. She forced a smile and spoke in a reserved manner, "You've already sat down, what're you asking me for?"

"To sit is my right, I asked because I wanted to know your opinion."

"Then can I say no?"

"You can't." Jimin spoke unreservedly.

Seeing the two who were strangers speak like they were familiar with each other, those who knew better revealed weird smiles; they naturally thought that Jimin had already taken fancy to the female secretary Jennie brought.

Jennie's mouth was hung open, amazed to the point that she couldn't speak a word. She had just said that Jimin wouldn't have interest in Lisa, but she didn't expect her words to have the opposite effect. After seeing Lisa's distressed look, Jennie nearly couldn't hold back her laughter.

The two's conversation wasn't in whispers, so a number of people in their surroundings heard it.

At this time, Jimin courteously asked, "I wonder how should I address you, Miss. My name is Park Jimin, currently Dongxing Group's vice-chairman."

Lisa felt a burst of discomfort in her heart. She pouted and said, "Just call me, LM! Lee International's PR Department's number one PR."

Lisa could only feel goosebumps all over her body. She drew out a cigarette from her pant’s pocket and lit it up. Only after she blew out a breath of smoke did she manage to calm down and say, “I don’t like men.”

“You don’t like men, but that doesn’t mean I can’t like you.” Jimin blew past that obstacle by saying that.

Lisa held the cigarette in her hand, then combed her hair with the same hand, she wasn’t afraid of the cigarette burning her hair. This soft and sticky Jimin was more troublesome than she imagined. If it was a fiendish tall and sturdy type of man, Lisa wouldn’t be afraid at all, but this fella was like a bunch of cotton, strength was useless against him.

The guests in their surroundings had already begun doing their own thing, there were also several people on the tennis court slowly volleying the ball.

The warm sunlight scattered all over the court, Lisa stretched her waist and no longer breathed a word.

Jimin stared at Lisa smoking with a frown for a long while, then continued speaking with a smile, “I know that there may be some kind of misunderstanding between Ms. LM and I, but I sincerely wish to be friends with you, I wonder if I have that chance?”

“Friends?” Lisa vaguely replied, “Your way of making friends is to send a car to tail me?”

Jimin did not deny it, he frankly nodded and said, “That did happen, but that was just an accident. I did not expect Ms. LM to adopt such extreme measures either, but I can guarantee that I will not pursue that matter. Actually, the order I gave them was merely to investigate your situation.”

“I don’t like people investigating me.” Lisa dully said.

Jimin stared at her, face to face without the slightest bit of fear and said, “Ms. Lisa, I guarantee that it won’t happen again. As a woman who I see as magnanimous, I believe you would forgive me for my one reckless move.”

Already being addressed with honorifics, Lisa truly couldn’t bring herself to spout curses, so zhe just indifferently nodded, “Fine, forget it, I’m also too lazy to create trouble.”

“In that case, as friends would you like to play with me?” Jimin suddenly asked.

“I’ve never played before.”

“It doesn’t matter, what’s important is the friendship formed, not the comparison of points.”

Jimin's words were impossible to refute, utilizing his spontaneousness to form favorability to the point of having no other choice.

Lisa sighed, took the initiative to stand up, walked to Tzuyu's side and said, “Tzuyu, can I borrow a tennis racket?”

Tzuyu had been keeping an eye on Lisa and Jimin conversation. Although she couldn’t hear what they were saying, she guessed that the two had known each other before. She didn’t say any superfluous words and nodded, signalling an employee to bring Lisa a standard racket.

Jimin's attendants also brought out a tennis racket immediately.

When Lisa and Jimin walked to the court together, the two ladies who were initially playing obediently got out of the way.

Many of the businessmen and politicians present began to doubt their own judgement, for Lisa to chat with Jimin, then play tennis with him, could her true identity be that of someone extraordinary? But there wasn’t someone like her known in Zhong Hai. They began to guess that perhaps she was the young master of a big family in another region.

“Erm……” Lisa walked to the side of the court, and asked Jennie who was in the midst of chatting with other people, “Ms. Kim, can you help me with the basics?”

Jennie was stunned. Although she didn’t know why Lisa asked such a silly question, she still gave a simple explanation, “When someone knocks the ball over and after it bounces off the ground once then you may knock it back. It has to fall into the opponent’s court, if it falls out of the court, points will be deducted.”

“Oh, I understand.” Lisa recalled what she saw on television in the past, and had a rough understanding of how to play.

“You don’t know how to play?” Jennie realized a problem, and doubtfully asked.

Lisa honestly replied, “I’ve never played before, but now, I have a rough understanding of the game.”

People who have played tennis are basically all very clear of this, despite how large the tennis racket is, and how much bigger the tennis ball is in comparison to ping pong, the truth is that in this court that doesn’t seem very large, trying to hit a ball that bounces off the ground isn’t a simple matter at all.

Many beginners who try tennis for the first time would feel the same thing, which is how they obviously see the ball in front of their eyes, yet they’re unable to hit it no matter how they try. As for scoring a point with a counter, it was even more difficult.

Under the watchful gazes of the bunch who were expecting a good show, Lisa swaggered over with a cigarette in her mouth and racket in hand onto the court, then spoke to Jimin on the other side, “Bring it, I’ll play a few shots with you.”

At the sides of the court, many people understood what she was referencing and displayed queer expressions. Even Jennie blushed a little. This fella always speaks so crudely.

Yet Jimin just warmly smiled, tossed up the ball, and performed a serve! His movements weren’t considered perfect, but his jump and swing looked very graceful.

The ball streaked across with an arc, went over the net, fell onto the ground on Lisa's side of the court and bounced up at an oblique angle!

Lisa was already standing at where the ball bounced up from. As she was holding on to the cigarette with her right hand, she very naturally held the racket in her left, and casually swung it at the ball!

“Bang!!” The collision between the ball and the racket created a loud crashing sound!

Under everybody’s astonished gaze, after the ball flew past the net, it continued to fly out of the court!

Like a missile fired towards outer space, it flew in a diagonal line, going past another thirty meters or so, even flying past the ten meter tall wire fencing, then began to fall towards the parking lot outside the court.

Several ladies cried out in alarm, was this a ball hit by a womab using her left hand!?

Even if it hit on target, and was swung out of the court, that would be acceptable. But this woman just casually swung it with her left hand, and it actually flew way over the wire netting!

Even if a comfortably shaped stone with a perfect weight was given to them, none of them would dare say they could easily toss it over this wire netting!

Seeing everybody including Jimin's reactions in her, Lisa realized that she had used too much strength. Actually she didn’t really use too much strength, she just underestimated the way the tennis ball would react to the tennis racket.

Lisa awkwardly smiled and tapped away the ash on her cigarette, then said, “My apologies, this ball is rather bouncy, I’ll go pick up the ball after finishing the game.”

The others stiffly smiled, then oddly looked at Lisa's arm which had muscles that didn’t seem that developed. If someone actually gets punched by that fist, that someone would probably lose their life.

“Ms. Lisa truly has Godly strength.” Jimin was someone who had seen the world, and he also had prior knowledge of Lisa possessing abnormal strength, so he managed to quickly regain his calm. He retrieved a new ball from his attendant and said, “Let’s continue then.”

This time Lisa didn’t use that much strength, she just calculated how much strength was needed to send the ball to the opposite side of the court, as for the angle and speed, she didn’t really care about that, the trajectory of the tennis ball was simply like a crawling tortoise in Lisa's eyes, it didn’t give her the slightest amount of pressure.

Everybody watched Lisa slowly walking on the court, and every time she stopped right at where the ball would bounce at, then she would return it with a casual one-arm swing. The ball would always fall at where Jimin stood, there wasn’t much movement needed for Jimin to receive the ball.

In everybody’s eyes, Lisa wasn’t playing, she was simply toying with the ball!

Although the forms Lisa took when playing tennis belonged to the ‘extremely ugly’ category, this didn’t affect the crowd’s evaluation of her skill.

Many young ladies had their eyes glowing as they watched her. Lisa with the cigarette in her mouth, hair rustling with the wind, and her slight frown along with that leisure expression. These were all embedded into their minds.

Tzuyu sighed as she noticed Jennie at the side who was blankly looking at Lisa, in her eyes there was the same bewitchment as the other ladies.

In Tzuyu's opinion, Lisa was without a doubt a playgirl. This opinion was set in stone ever since the first time they met at the river when Lisa asked her for a one night stand, and was further reinforced when they bumped into each other at her daughter’s school with Mina. She didn’t expect that this time it would be Jennie.

Mina was an innocent type of girl, it was normal if she was tricked by Lisa, but a famous PR like Jennie, an outstanding administrator actually fell into her trap? This made Tzuyu ponder how Lisa managed to capture the hearts of these two ladies who had totally different personalities yet were both remarkable women.

At this moment, seeing Lisa wantonly swinging with a crappy form, yet able to fully grasp where the ball goes, Tzuyu began to understand. It seemed like the unique trait this woman possessed was something other men couldn’t possibly possess.

Lisa didn’t know that Jennie who stood outside the court was looking at her in a way she never had before, and more so didn’t know that she had entered Tzuyu's blacklist. All Lisa noticed was that Jimin on the other side was almost lacking the strength to return the ball. It seemed like after continuously smacking the the ball dozens of times, Jimin was burnt out.

When the ball once again shot towards her, Lisa directly caught the ball with her hand, casually spat the cigarette butt out of her mouth, and shouted towards Jimin, “Still playing?”

Jimin perspired profusely, ‘delicately’ bent forward, and propped himself up with his hands on his knees. He tossed away the racket, waved his hands with great difficulty, and said in an aggrieved manner, “No… l-lets stop here……”

“Then I’m leaving.” Lisa truly wished to stay here for not a moment longer. Originally, due to Rose, Jimin was inevitably her enemy, but this enemy kept giving her enchanting smiles, how could she bear it!?

Jimin became a little panicked, he didn’t care about the strain and gasped as he shouted, “Lisa… Ms. Lisa, please wait, I wonder… I wonder if I have the pleasure of inviting you to dinner?”

Once Lisa imagined herself at a candle-lit table sitting with a gorgeously dressed man who flung flirtatious glances at her on the opposite side of the table, she felt chills all over. She walked over to the side of the court and grabbed hold of Jennie's little hand and said to her, “Let’s go, I’m hungry and want to eat!”

After she said that, she didn’t even give Jennie a chance to reply, and forcefully dragged her out.

Feeling the intimate contact with Lisa from her hand, feeling that scorching heat, Jennie couldn’t help but blush. Her heart started to beat like a drum, but she didn’t have the strength and didn’t feel like pulling away her hand, so she could only turn her head and hastily bid farewell to the several bosses and leave the tennis court with Lisa.

After Jimin's attendants supported him who had a regretful face to the side of the court, one of them woefully asked, “Young Master, that wonan failed to appreciate your kindness, shall we get some men to send her a little present?”

Jimin gloomily swept a glance at him, nearly making that man pee in his pants.

“She is my friend, I like her, don’t you dare speak ill of her in my presence in the future!”

“Yes… yes… yes Young Master……”

Jimin looked towards the direction Lisa left, and once again displayed a look of infatuation.

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