Chapter 38

The cut on Lisa's finger that she had just made dozens of seconds ago began to visibly scab over and heal by itself!

Lisa creased her brows, and once again raised the scissors to cut open the wound that had just healed, allowing the blood to drip down once again. She treated her finger so harshly making it seem as if that finger didn't even belong to her.

In order to get the blood to flow down continuously onto the wound, Lisa kept cutting open her finger again and again each time it restored itself.

To keep injuring a pre-existing wound, just how painful would that be!?

Rose finally understood what "feel" Lisa had been referring to; this was indeed hard to bear, though it wasn't the itch on her body.

What was hard to bear was watching Lisa constantly use that cold pair of scissors to cut open her own finger, so that her blood would drip down on her! Rose felt like that pair of scissors was actually stabbing her own heart instead!

But as she watched Lisa fully concentrated on dripping her blood onto her wound, Rose didn't dare move the slightest bit, she could feel the tears that she had just stemmed begin to surface again.

It was as if she was making up for the years of not shedding a single tear.

Lisa constantly mutilates herself to 'cure' me with her blood?

About seven to eight minutes later, Lisa's finger healed for the nth time. When she saw that she had used enough blood, she put down the scissors and used a towel to rub her finger clean, as if her finger hadn't been wounded in the first place.

Rose lay dazedly on the bed staring at Lisa. It was not known when some color had returned to this pretty oval face of hers, but her jade-like face appeared a lot more tender now.

"Alright, rest for ten minutes and you should be fine." Lisa laughed.

Rose seemed to finally have returned to her senses, she hesitated for a while before replying: "What happened? I was definitely seriously wounded a moment ago, but now I feel like the wound is completely healed."

"Don't think so much about it, just think of it as my blood being the most advanced medicine there is."

"But-''

"No buts." Lisa seemed oddly serene with her eyes gazing into the distance, "I don't want to be looked at as a freak, so don't ask me about it, alright?"

After seeing the sorrow on Lisa's face, Rose immediately stopped. She had never seen Lisa display such a deep sorrow before. Just what secret did this woman's body contain? Just what kind of past was haunting her?

Behind that powerful and suave back of her, just what kind of dull gray world exists?

"You're not a freak..." Rose staunchly said.

"My wounds can heal immediately. Even if I fall down from tenth floor, I would be completely unharmed, saying that I'm not a freak? Then what am I?"

"No, I don't want to hear anything about it again! You're not a freak, period!" Rose lifted her warm hand and put it on top of Lisa's hand, as she spoke in a coquettish yet stubborn manner.

Lisa forced a smile, "But others won't think the same way."

"Then I'll be a freak too."

"Idiot!"

Warm and sweet tranquil times always pass exceptionally quickly, after kissing and touching each other in Rose's room for a while, a knocking sound came from the door.

Other than Rose's most trusted aides, nobody dared to knock on this door.

"Come in." Said Rose in a rather lazy manner.

The one who slowly opened the door was Bambam. This round-faced lad had a solemn expression with his brows knit together, but when he entered and noticed Rose sitting up on the bed in her pure white pajamas looking perfectly alright, he suspected that his eyes were playing tricks on him. She didn't seem the slightest bit sick and was even smiling at him!

"Boss... you... why are you?" Bambam stuttered.

"What? You don't like my fast recovery?"

"No no! It's not like that.." Bambam immediately waved his arms in denial, he couldn't figure out why Rose had suddenly recovered despite having been unconscious and had only just received treatment. When he turned to look at Lisa who yawned by the side, Bambam couldn't help but make the conjecture that this was a miracle brought on by this mysterious woman... but Lisa is not a doctor, and definitely isn't Doraemon, so how could she suddenly cure Ms. Rose?

No matter what the reason was, Rose's mysterious recovery made Bambam beam with joy, as their pillar was back.

"Boss, it's great you woke up, otherwise we really wouldn't know what to do next. There's someone in the bar who wants to see you." Bambam said.

"Who?"

"It's... it's your father, he even brought several West Union Society's heads, saying that he wants to visit you, boss." Explained Bambam.

There was a faint glint in Rose's eyes. She then glanced at Lisa and saw that she wore an indifferent expression, so Rose nodded and answered, "Bam, you may go out to entertain them first, make sure the others do not carelessly make a move and make sure they don't start a dispute. I'll first take a shower before coming out."

"Yes, boss!'' Bambam hesitated for a second, then decided to ask in concern, "But, boss, are you really alright?"

"You'll know in a moment."

Once Bambam left, Rose bashfully looked at Lisa, "Lis, you can leave first, I want to shower."

"I will guard you." Lisa earnestly answered.

Rose rolled her eyes at her, seemingly immune to Lisa's pervert attitude.

Realizing that she won't get to taste anything sweet, Lisa could only walk out of the room grudgingly, towards the bar's lounge.

Once she entered the lounge, she felt that the oppressive atmosphere that made it hard to breathe. At this time, there were quite a number of people sitting around in the bar.

There was a large gathering with at least twenty or thirty people on each side, and they all had malicious or evil smiles as they looked at one another.

On one side of the bar was Bambam and several youngsters who were major figures of the Red Thorns Society.

The Red Thorns Society had not been established for long, so although it has been rapidly developing, it was formed with youngsters as the majority. This is also why they confronted the people of West Union Society so bravely and fiercely, however they lacked experience and shrewdness.

On the other side were the people of West Union Society, headed by Rose's father, Park Seo-joon.

Rose's facial features did not resemble Park Seo-joon, but he had handsome looks, wore a black shirt with a black leather jacket and a silver Rolex limited edition watch, looking just like any other middle-aged high level senior executive in the city. He didn't seem to possess the charisma of an underworld boss at all.

At this moment, Park Seo-joon sat on a black sofa with his legs crossed. He held a clay teapot in his hand and sipped on tea, appearing as relaxed as one could be.

Sitting in front of Park Seo-joon were several men in various kinds of clothing who looked like big shots. What made Lisa surprised was that the familiar Tiger sat by Park Seo-joon's side as well, and when he saw Lisa walk out, he didn't react all, as if he didn't recognize Lisa.

The subordinates of both sides stared daggers at each other, but the big shots of West Union Society seemed carefree and relaxed as they just quietly chatted amongst themselves.

They didn't seem to take things seriously at all. It was clear that there was a large disparity between the West Union Society's leaders who had acc. u. mulated vast experience and these 'little children' of the Red Thorns Society.

Lisa had only seen Park Seo-joon in pictures before, this was her first time meeting her in person.

"Bam, why are you just sitting there and staring? Come here, make me a glass of bloody Mary." Lisa curled her finger at Bambam who looked like a leopard ready to pounce. She couldn't care less about comparing loftiness with that bunch of people, she'd rather have a drink while waiting for Rose.

Although Bambam felt a little awkward in this situation, he didn't dare ignore Lisa's call, so he immediately got up from his seat and prepared a drink for Lisa with a smile.

This scene made everybody who was tensed up inside the lounge look at Lisa with weird gazes.

One of the leaders of West Union Society with a smoking pipe in his mouth raised his eyebrow. He had a thin face and looked to be the youngest among them. The man then took out the smoking pipe and pointed it at Lisa, asking with a smile, "Brat, you're the girl that slut is keeping?"

Once those words were said, the people from the Red Thorns Society immediately brimmed with anger. Many of them knew of the unordinary relationship between Lisa and their leader. They weren't familiar with Lisa, but they could not tolerate an insult towards Rose!

Quite a number of people from West Union Society put their hands into their jackets, obviously preparing to fight.

Lisa unhappily waved her hand, signaling to these youngsters not to get agitated, "What do you want to do? Wait till you've grown a beard before glaring to start a fight, sit down!"

Next, Lisa turned around and faced the smoking pipe man with a smile, "I think we're just the same, however you chose to be kept by a man like chairman Park, while I chose to be kept by a beauty. Our tastes aren't the same, you're more amazing than me, you have such heavy tastes."

The Red Thorns Society's members heartily laughed, and looked at Lisa with reverence and worry. After all, their opponents had the capability of shooting her into a beehive in an instant.

It was as if Park Seo-joon had heard the biggest joke in the world as he laughed so hard that he began smacking the sofa, "You're really such a silly youngster, a cute and naive youngster."

"I don't like what you just said." Lisa honestly replied, "I'm not silly, and I'm not naive."

"So what? If I want to say these things, what can you do?! Nobody can stop me! It's even more impossible for you!"

Park Seo-joon appeared stern like a lion who had awoken, "Rose is my daughter, no matter what, she's still my daughter, but who says that their daughter cannot be their enemy?"

"Those words of yours are extremely contradictory." Lisa creased her brows.

"They aren't contradictory at all." Park Seo-joon sneered, "Do you remember that matter over ten years ago, when America bombed the Huaxia embassy in Southeast Asia?"

"I think I've heard of it, but I was still young then." Lisa nodded.

"Huaxia back then wasn't as powerful as it is today. America's officials just straightforwardly stated that it was an 'accidental bombardment' as an excuse and didn't want to explain any more. At the same time, the President of the United States who came to Huaxia expressed condolences with great remorse in a meeting, sympathizing the bombardment from his country. This is how reality is, interests are interests, while affection is affection, there's nothing strange about that."

Lisa understood what he meant, Rose was hurt by his men, but it had no relation to him coming to visit Rose! Lisa couldn't help but shake her head and say, "I now realize how naive you are, you think you are America?"

"All I know is, you definitely aren't Huaxia." Park Seo-joon sneered.

Smoke bro who sat at the side didn't understand these words, he impatiently said, "Boss, let me shoot this brat down!"

Without waiting for Smoke bro to make a move, Tiger who had remained silent all this time suddenly aggressively grabbed a gun from one of the subordinates behind him, and yelled, "This brat is tired of living, I'll first help boss to get rid of her!"

As he said that, Tiger released the safety and pointed the gun at Lisa.

Everybody in the bar tensed up at that moment. Nobody expected Tiger to suddenly get so angry that he was ready to kill for Park Seo-joon.

"Stop!"

Park Seo-joon spoke up at this critical moment, in a pleased manner he said, "Tiger, I know you're loyal, but now isn't the time to pull the trigger and kill, don't forget our purpose for coming here today."

"But boss..." Tiger was a little anxious as he panicked to say something.

"Listen to my order." Park Seo-joon unflinchingly said.

Tiger had no choice but to hold back his fury, toss the gun back to that subordinate and sit back down. He still however stared fiercely at Lisa.

Lisa didn't have any change in expression, but she was full of happiness in her heart, Tiger's acting was practically on an Oscar-winning level.

"The reason why I came here today is to visit my daughter and see how her injury is. I do not intend to fight, if it were otherwise, tossing a few bombs into the bar would fit my style more." Park Seo-joon said, "But if I don't get to see my daughter, I can't guarantee that nothing would happen."

Everybody present had their muscles tensed up, Park Seo-joon never jokes, but they couldn't let the injured Rose come out. Subconsciously, everybody in Red Thorns Society moved closer to the corridor that lead to Rose's room.

If Park Seo-joon's men tries to force their way in, they were all prepared to put their lives on the line.

Right at this time, a familiar voice sounded from the corridor.

"Don't block the way."

All of those from Red Thorns Society turned around in shock. What they saw was Rose wearing a violet blouse with lace, three-quarter tights, and a white waist belt. Her soft hair was still a little wet, an indication that she had just taken a shower. She had slightly red cheeks, limpid eyes, and was very charming.

"Boss... you... you're alright?"

Many people from Red Thorns Society was astonished to the point of being speechless. Didn't Rose get shot by a gun? How is she suddenly alright!?

Several big shots of West Union Society also stood up from the shock. They couldn't believe what was before their eyes. They obtained accurate intelligence of Rose receiving a gunshot wound on her abdomen, and that she was possibly still in coma. How did she become so healthy to be able to stand in front of everybody so suddenly!? Furthermore, she didn't look like she was hurt at all!

There was no way that they would doubt the intelligence they had received, but they had no clue as to how that gunshot wound could heal in such a short period of time! Could it be that she was pretending to be alright? Forcing herself to endure the pain? It didn't seem like it!

Various emotions flashed in Park Seo-joon's eyes. In the end, he had exchanged glances with Rose, this pair of father and daughter who turned into enemies were silent, like a family that hadn't met for ages, they scrutinized each other, and the mood became strange again.

"You've slimmed down." Park Seo-joon said, with a little tenderness in his eyes.

"Not too slim, just enough." Rose dully replied.

Everybody had difficulty understanding just what was going on, didn't this pair of father and daughter of the underworld have a fall out which resulted in them pointing swords at each other for years? Why would he tranquilly and caringly talk about his daughter's figure!?

Park Seo-joon looked at Rose's supple and tender face, sighed and said, "You look more and more like your mother, practically the same as her when she was young."

"I don't remember." Rose apathetically said.

"You should not remember, for she left us after giving birth to you. Speaking of that, you mother and daughter are really fickle to me, she left me after giving birth to you, while you left me once you grew up." Park Seo-joon lamented.

"The crux of the problem is you, not us."

"That's because the two of you have no way of understanding me."

Rose's face remained calm and unyielding, "Have you come here just to say such things?"

"Don't say that, I'm your father after all. Whether you admit it or not, half of the blood in your body comes from me, there's no way you can deny this." Park Seo-joon seemed a little pleased, "No matter how strong and obstinate you become, in this lifetime you will have the name 'Park' imprinted on you, Roseanne Park."

Rose clenched her fist, and then loosened it, "You've aged, and like to speak nonsense."

"Haha......" Park Seo-joon raised his head and laughed, "That's true, I've aged. Recently I have grown more and more white hairs, but luckily I have a good daughter like you, so I won't be lonely when I grow old."

"You will be lonely." Rose resolutely said.

"That's hard to say." Park Seo-joon gave a strange glance at Rose's body, "Your gunshot wound, is it alright?"

Rose sneered, "Thank you for caring, your subordinates don't have much skill in shooting a gun."

"I'm glad that you weren't seriously hurt after getting shot, truly... Although it's a pity, you would still be able to participate in the banquet next week since you're healthy." Said Park Seo-joon.

"Be rest assured, I will attend." Rose said, "If that's all, you may leave."

Right at that moment, one of the young heads in Red Thorns Society picked up a call. He chatted on the phone for awhile, then ran to Rose's side in a flurry to whisper something into her ear.

Rose's expression changed, she looked at Park Seo-joon's smug face, and gazed sharply at him, "Your thick skin and judgement of seizing every opportunity is greater than me."

"Haha, when one has aged, one would like to do things the lazy way. Rather than crossing swords with you people, why not directly take back the territory during this period of time." Park Seo-joon said with a smile, "It's good now, I've taken back the three territories you snatched without losing a single men, I welcome all of you to try snatch it again, I won't guard them heavily, this is true..."

After saying that, Park Seo-joon waved his hand, and everybody from the West Union Society stood up. Some of them were already brazenly laughing their hearts out while following Park Seo-joon as they walked out of Rose bar's entrance.

Several men of Red Thorns Society breathed a sigh of relief, but after seeing Rose frown, they walked up to her to ask what had happened.

Rose briefly explained, and everybody was filled with resentment.

It turned out that while Rose was hurt and the Red Thorns Society was in chaos, Park Seo-joon regained control of the three territories that the Red Thorns Society had taken from him by brazenly sending a large number of people there.

Lisa who was watching this scene play out from the bar counter finally finished her third glass of cocktail. She made a few alcohol burps and got off the stool. She then walked over to Rose's side, embraced her in front of everybody, and patted her tender back.

"Don't frown, all of this will end after next week's banquet."

Rose leaned her head on Lisa's shoulder, sniffing the woman's scent of smoke and alcohol in enjoyment, and slightly nodded.

All of the youngsters in Red Thorns Society revealed shock and awkward smiles as they watched their boss gently lean into this woman's embrace, but all of them silently gave these two their blessing.

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In a blink of an eye, the weekend came again, it had been two weeks since Jieun was hospitalized. Lisa lamented the passing of time because she had to pick Jieun up from the hospital tomorrow.

Early in the morning, Auntie Mi-kyung had prepared a sumptuous breakfast. She knew that Lisa had a big appetite, so she was used to preparing an extra portion of every dish. She even turned on the TV beforehand and changed it to the new channel for her. She was incredibly thoughtful.

In the beginning, Lisa wasn't used to this pampering and spoiling treatment, but she realized later on that if she didn't let Auntie Mi-kyung do these things, then she'd feel extremely uncomfortable and worried. In the end she still had to let her do what she wanted to do.

"Young Master, Miss will be returning tomorrow morning. How about you buy some flowers to make the occasion more joyous? I think Miss will like it." Auntie Mi-kyung happily suggested.

Lisa gulped down the congee, gnawed on the oat steamed bun, and muttered, "Flowers? Which kind of flowers?"

"Daisy!" Auntie Mi-kyung suggested, "But if Young Master buys roses, I think Miss will like them too."

Although she didn't know what daisy meant in the language of flowers, she at least knew what red roses meant. She revealed a smile and said, "Auntie, with Jieun's personality, even if I bought her a bouquet of flowers, I reckon that she'd just think of it as me squandering money."

"Young Master." Auntie Mi-kyung had the face of an experienced person as she persuaded, "All women like flowers, even if Miss pretends to not like them on the surface, she would still be very happy inside. I watched Miss grow up, how could I not understand her?"

Lisa found those words reasonable, but still felt that buying flowers for her wife was a little strange. In the end she still decided to buy some flowers before going to the hospital tomorrow. Not the red roses though, those were too sappy, instead the daisy is a better choice.

The air in Zhonghai had become a lot more cooler in the autumn, it was like the autumn winds had swept the heat away along with the leaves. This gave Lisa the urge to stay under the blanket on this early morning.

During half of the year that I came back to this country, the words 'stay under the blanket' somehow got onto my mind, this is something I've never thought of in the last twenty years of my life. I have degraded, rotted.

To be able to breathe in the moist air of the morning under the hazy sunlight, to be able to toss and turn in the bed, and to be able to smell the fragrance of food being prepared downstairs, yep... such an simple life...

The door was knocked, and Auntie Mi-kyung's familiar voice was heard from the outside, "Young Master, please come down for breakfast, it wouldn't be good if Miss got angry while waiting in the hospital."

This was the day Jieun would be coming home, which was why Auntie Mi-kyung came specially to wake Lisa up.

Lisa put on her oversized shirt, and shorts. As she didn't need to worry about possibly falling sick, Lisa never cared about how cold the weather was, she just wore whatever felt comfortable.

After preparing, she ran down the stairs to enjoy her sumptuous breakfast. Afterwards, she left the house under Auntie Mi-kyung's urging and drove towards the hospital.

When she passed by the flower shop, Lisa hesitated, she thought about the saying 'listen to the words of the elderly, and you won't lose out', so she got off the car and into the flower shop to browse.

The boss was a mature beauty, seeing Lisa enter, she happily came up to ask what she wanted.

Lisa remembered Auntie Mi-kyung say something about daisy, but only after asking did she find out that there were different types of daisy! There were white, red, yellow, pink and even orange ones!

What do you think, is there even a need for flowers to grow in so many ways? Lisa gloomily thought.

"Miss, the different colors of daisy represent different things, let me explain them to you before you buy some." The lady boss passionately said.

How could Lisa have the patience for that? She confidently waved her hand and said, "There's no need, just give me one of each color, that will save me a lot of trouble!"

The lady boss' forehead were filled with black lines. It was the first time she met someone who bought flowers like this. A flower of every color, did she think that the language of flowers was like a child randomly drawing? Randomly painting the colors, without even knowing what's what.

But the customer's demands was an order, the lady boss happily wrapped a bouquet of multi-colored daisies, then passed it to Lisa.

Due to mixing so many different types of daisies into a single bundle, the price was a lot harder to calculate. Lisa just placed down a few money, as she was too lazy to count the price with the lady boss, then quickly left the flower shop.

When the lady boss counted it all, she realized that the amount paid was insufficient by a hundred, but when she raised her head, she realized that Lisa had already driven off, and she nearly fainted from the anger.

When she arrived at the hospital it was right at the appointed time. When Lisa took a step into Jieun's sickroom, two familiar figures which she hadn't seen for a while appeared in front of her.

"Ms. Manoban, it's been a while." Jungkook wore a modest and polite smile as usual, in his hands was a bouquet of white orchids, bright and lovely.

Beside Jungkook was V with that happy yet itching for a fight face, he was actually scratching his ass at that moment, it was unknown if he was bitten by a mosquito there or had something that shouldn't have grown there.

Jieun who wore a casual white blouse sat on the bed, by her side was a small luggage bag that she had finished packing. While answering some kind of form with her head lowered, she paid no heed to Lisa who just entered, it seemed like it was something that needed to be filled up before leaving the hospital.

Lisa looked at Jungkook, this fellow was more proactive than her, the wife. It seems like he really likes Jieun huh. Lisa answered in a bored manner, "For a busy man like you, to send my wife flowers, you're truly giving me respect."

Jungkook smiling face stiffened. What the hell do you mean giving you respect!? I am sending Jieun flowers, what does it have to do with you!?

"Ms. Manoban is truly polite." Jungkook saw the varicolored daisies in Lisa's hand, so he resisted laughter and put on an act as he said, "I wonder what this bouquet of flowers you brought is? I have never seen such a way of sending flowers."

Jieun secretly looked up at this time, upon seeing the bouquet with assorted daisies, she creased her brows. She too was very curious as to what kind of flowers Lisa would send her, but after seeing a pile of good daisies being piled together like a bouquet of wild flowers, she honestly didn't know what to say about Lisa.

Lisa didn't seem to mind as she smiled and answered, "Huh? Then, I wonder what meaning your flowers represent?"

Jungkook proudly said, "Beautiful and noble, these are the things I admire about Jieun, the orchids are just my way of expressing them."

"Thank you for praising myyyy wife." Lisa dragged on at the word 'my', provoking a pair of creased brows from Jungkook, then said, "The reason why there are so many colors in this bouquet of mine is mainly because I truly don't know how to praise my baby Jieun, she's beautiful, kind, noble, confident, sexy, lovely, virtuous, dignified, compassionate, serious, charitable... a good wife and loving mother, model worker, a candidate for Huaxia's woman of the year... geez, don't you think all of these flowers represent her? Therefore I could only buy them all.

Who cares what the facts were, I bought so many flowers and used so many descriptions, there are definitely some that would fit! Lisa happily thought.

Being praised by Lisa with such sappy words, Jieun couldn't help but slightly blush. What the hell is Huaxia's woman of the year!? It's fine if this idiot has a thick skin and doesn't know how to buy flowers, why did she have to used so many sappy words?

Jungkook was speechless, if he knew this would happen, he would've bought an orchid of every color as well, but he probably wouldn't be able to blurt out such nauseating words, so he could only force a smile and say, "Ms. Manoban is indeed versatile and multi-talented."

"Thank you for your praise, Mr. Jeon even spotted this tiny merit of mine! Actually I've always been very low-key. If there's nothing else, so as to not hold up your precious time, you may put down the flowers and go." Lisa wore a polite face, then made an inviting gesture with a smile.

Jungkook's face turned pale and black. He was nearly unable to hold back his anger!

Very well! She took my decorous talking as the truth, and even shamelessly accepted it! Then she even straightforwardly told me to put down the flowers and get lost! She did all of that without saying a single dirty word, and was all smiles. There's nowhere I could vent my anger on at all!

V who stood behind Jungkook looked at his master with pity. To chase after a married woman, and even torment himself like this, was it even worth it?

"Then... Jieun, I'll leave the flowers here, congratulations on being discharged, I'll be leaving now."

Jungkook felt that if he continued to stay, he'd be just like a volcanic eruption. However, while a volcano erupts with lava, he would erupt with blood pouring out from the throat.

When Jungkook and V left, Jieun indifferently looked up and said, "Don't be so rude to him, he didn't do anything special."

"Giving you flowers isn't special!?" Lisa spoke loudly, "He came here first than your wife, he really wants to die!"

With that said, Lisa walked over to the bedside cabinet, picked up the orchids Jungkook bought, and directly tossed them into the trash bin. She then walked up to Jieun in a satisfied manner, and presented the flowers to her, "Congratulations on being discharged, baby."

Her way of saying 'baby' sounded a little awkward, but having been brought up educated with etiquette, Jieun still received the flowers and said "Thank you."

Lisa laughed out loud and said, "You don't have to thank me, I know that you're already touched to the point where your heart is in utter chaos, but please don't cry, I'm afraid of women crying in front of me the most."

Jieun softly sighed. This idiot is still this improper, her punk character has returned. Why would I cry for no reason!?

After dealing with all of the formalities and leaving the hospital, Lisa drove Jieun home for the first time. Although the two of them had ridden on the same car before, it was always Jieun who picked Lisa up in her expensive Bentley.

Jieun who sat on the passenger seat looked at the BMW M3's new interior, and promptly pointed out, "Lisa, the car you're driving is mine, don't you feel a little ashamed?"

Lisa shook her head, "I'm not ashamed. My wife has many cars, it'd be a waste for you to leave them there. What I'm doing is helping you put an end to wastage, it's my honor!"

"I'm being serious." Jieun creased her brows and said, "Don't you think you ought to work hard to obtain a good car and house based on your own efforts? For you to drive your wife's car, aren't you afraid of getting laughed at by others?"

Jieun patiently tried to persuade Lisa, she just hoped for Lisa to feel a little shame, and use that as the drive to work harder.

Lisa pondered over it, then nodded with a serious face and said, "Baby, now that you mention it I do feel that this isn't right. One of these days I'll use a small knife to cut out the BMW logo, it wouldn't be considered a BMW then, and won't be this conspicuous, what do you think?"

Jieun truly felt like forcefully turning that steering wheel to cause the car to collide with the guardrail on the expressway to kill off this idiot!

Jieun felt her heart frost over from the disappointment after looking at Lisa's flippant face. With an apathetic expression, she refused to say anything more.

Lisa knew that her wife was sulking over her lack of ambition, so she concentrated on driving, and feigned ignorance.

The journey home ended in silence. Auntie Mi-kyung was already waiting at the door, when she saw the two getting off the car, she immediately went up to help Jieun with her luggage. She had the two enter, then went to prepare lunch.

Jieun didn't care about Lisa once she entered the house, she gave her secretary a call as she went upstairs to deal with the company's matters, then worked until it was lunch time before coming down.

Auntie Mi-kyung was worried about Jieun, and told her not to work so hard right after returning home, but the latter seemed to be immune to such persuasion. She listened to what was said, but still continued to work.

Auntie Mi-kyung's cooking was exquisite, the table was filled with dishes to welcome Jieun home, it was a lot more sumptuous than usual. The food came in various colors, and emitted a dazzling aroma, this made Lisa swallow her saliva just from looking.

"Auntie, when you have time you should teach me how to cook, I like these dishes." Lisa said with a look of anticipation.

Being praised is something that makes people happy. Auntie Mi-kyung had a wide smile as she replied, "It's good as long as Young Master likes it, I can teach you whenever you're free, an old woman like me is always free."

Jieun watched this scene unfold, then thought about earlier where she tried to persuade Lisa to put in effort at work, she didn't expect that this idiot is more willing to learn how to cook. She couldn't help but look at Lisa in an even more displeased manner, as the feeling of coldness and disappointment in her heart intensified.

Although Auntie Mi-kyung prepared a number of tasty dishes, Jieun was in a depressed mood, so she simply ate a little, and suddenly said that she wanted to go out.

Auntie Mi-kyung used her leg to poke at Lisa under the table with a hinting gaze. Lisa understood what she meant, and asked Jieun with a smile, "Where are you going? If you're going to the office, how about I send you, I'm free during the weekend anyways."

Jieun coldly glanced at Lisa, and expressionlessly said, "There's no need, I'm not going to the office. I'll be fine driving out myself, you may continue eating with Auntie.

With that said, Jieun picked up the car key she placed on the table beforehand, and walked out the door without looking back.

Not going to the office? Lisa was puzzled, there once was a time where in the middle of the night she said that she wanted to go out for no rhyme nor reason. Although she was curious, Lisa didn't senselessly tail her, she had to respect her privacy after all.

Thinking of Jieun's gaze as she left, Lisa felt like their relationship had returned to when they first met, that cold contractual relationship without any feelings.

I originally thought that things became better over the past few days, and even thought of getting along with each other when coming home today, but I guess I'm just assuming things. What a pity.

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