Love Me If You Dare

Extra 6

A number of serial killings happened in early February in B City.

The police in B City are furious and eager to crack the cases as soon as possible.  Since the famous criminal psychologist Professor Jeon and his assistant Lisa is in town to visit their family, the B City Police Department has invited them to join in the investigation.  

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On the day of the first meeting.  

It is a sunny day with a cool breeze.  It’s 7:30am.  The police officers arrive at the crime scene.   The meeting with professor Jeon and Lisa is scheduled at 8:00am.   When they walk past the area that is cordoned off to the public, they see a beautiful lady in her twenties. With plastic gloves and shoes on, she is bending down and examining the blood stains on the ground.  A man stands behind her.  He is leisurely drinking a cup of Starbucks coffee.  

The lady looks up when she sees the officers.  She gives a sweet smile : “Hi.  I am from the Criminal Psychology Team under the Department of National Securities. My name is Lisa.“

All the police officers that came are men.  Their faces brighten as they realise they will be working with a pretty lady.  They take turns to introduce themselves to Lisa.  One of the officers in his thirties recognises her : “Lisa, I am Kun.  Do you remember me? I used to keep you and Taehyung entertained when you guys came to the police station.  Wow, you have grown so much!  You are such a pretty girl now!”

Lisa is about to reply when they hear a faint mocking smile from behind.  

Lisa is slightly embarrassed. Jungkook  walks up and nods to the crowd.  Then he introduces himself: “Hi.  I am Jeon Jungkook.”

Everyone is silent.  They wait eagerly for what Jungkook has to say about the case.  But instead, Jungkook  turns to Lisa and says : “I will wait for you in the car.”  Then he turns back to face everyone else: “Goodbye.”

So everyone watches as the alleged super detective walks off without giving any contribution.  

“Well…” Lisa smiles and turn everyone’s attention onto her again : “Let’s profile the criminal.  Here’s a list of things you should concentrate on…”

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The case went well.  Based on the profile Lisa provided, the police identified seven suspects.  They took five days to interview the suspects but they could not figure out who is the killer. Then Lisa came to the office.  It only took her one day get a confession.  Superior interrogation skills, lie detection, micro expression observations… she uses a variety of tools, and she is very proficient in all of them.  It’s an eye opener for the B City Police.  

Compared to Lisa, Jungkook is like the arrogant man who has no actual skills.  They have decided his fame is overrated.  When Lisa was briefing the team, Jungkook was taking a nap in the car.  When Lisa was interrogating the suspects, he came in with two bento boxes with sashimi for Lisa and himself.  And he left promptly after dinner.  Even though the bento boxes did look impressive, he is not a house husband… surely?  He is supposed to be a very good detective, but he certainly doesn't act like one.  

Taehyung is no longer working in B City.  The officers that were involved in the ‘killer machine’ case years ago have either retired or transferred elsewhere.  The new bunch of officers in B City have not worked with Jungkook before.  And based on what they have seen so far, they have a very mediocre impression of this legendary detective.  

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The day after the case is closed.  

Two officers, June and Kun are resting in the garden courtyard  inside the Police Station complex.  

June :  “That Professor Jeon didn’t care about the case at all.”

Kun : “Yeah, it’s solely Miss Lisa’s effort.  It’s a hard case to crack, she is a brilliant detective.” 

“Mmm…. I heard that they are a couple.  If this is true, then I must say, he is a lucky man.  He may be hopeless in solving cases, but he has a pretty and smart wife.” 

“I think the rumours are true.  Yesterday, as Miss Lisa is leaving, I saw Professor Jeon resting his hand on her shoulder as they walked.  Oh, what a shame!  She deserves a better man…”

June : “I think Professor Jeon sponges off his wife.  Obviously, he only managed to be the team leader because she is silently helping him do all the work behind the scenes”  

………

Unknown to the two officers, Lisa and Jungkook are sitting behind them, blocked by a hedge.    

Lisa turns to look at Jungkook.  She is surprised that he seems to be unperturbed by the comments.   He continues to drink his mineral water leisurely.  

Lisa reaches out her hand to pat his face : “They said you are sponging off me.  Aren’t you angry?”

Jungkook smiles and reply : “Such short-sightedness.”  He takes a glance of her : “The measure of a superior detective is not about many complex cases he can solve, but his ability to train a rookie into a great detective like him.” 

And before Lisa can speak, he adds : “And, he is able to successfully stand out from the many suitors to become this great detective’s husband.”  

Lisa laughs.  She leans over and whispers in his ear : “I love you.”

Jungkook smiles.  

After a short pause, Lisa says : “I don’t mind that you pass me the simple cases.  Like the one I just worked on.  But the reality is that, complicated cases are few and far between.  We have not seen any in the past 12 months.” Then she looks in his eyes : “Well, if you keep ‘resting’, will this  brain of yours that you are so proud of start to deteriorate due to lack of stimulation?” 

What is meant to be a small joke is not taken very well by Mr. Jeon.  Lisa immediately regrets what she said as she sees an angered look on his face.  

But a few seconds later, Jungkook  smiles and speaks with a sweet tone : “My dear, you are so cute.” He leans over to kiss her forehead.  “ A Porsche is still a Porsche even if it’s not driven for a while.  But if the Porsche is forced to go at slow speed everyday because it has crawler tractor attached to it, then it will wear out and deteriorate.”    

Lisa laughs at his analogy : “Ok, Ok… You are a Porsche, I am a …” Her smile freezes : “Wait a minute… are you trying to say I am a crawler tractor?”

The “Crawler Tractor” comment has great consequences. 

For the next three months, Lisa refused to take on any simple cases.  She insisted that Jungkook  needed some first hand experience of  what it felt like do the job of a ‘crawler tractor’.   

Normally, Jungkook calls the shots at work and at home.  But Lisa threatened him a ‘don’t come near my bed if you don’t agree to this’ statement, he said ‘yes’ straight away.  

And of course, the benefit this arrangement brought was that Jungkook was able to solve many cases at an alarmingly fast speed, and the rumours of him ‘sponging off her’ vanished.  

When the officers mentioned Jungkook, they described him differently- 

“Oh, that grumpy detective who is also a hen-pecked husband…."