Timeless•Liskook[on-going]

Repaying For Sins

Lisa furrowed her eyebrows. Kai's explanation was reasonable so she didn’t think too much of it, but she was a little disappointed with kai. After so many years he was still the same. He panicked the moment taehyung came back. He couldn’t be bothered about anything and even discarded his pride to beg her to do things that she wasn’t willing to.

Actually, kai was very popular in school. He was good in his studies, played a great game of ball and even played the piano. A lot of girls liked him and that was why joy went after him so crazily. He was very confident usually, but he changed whenever he met kim taehyung. Because, wherever taehyung appeared, he would cover kai's glory.

No matter how outstanding kai was, he would pale in comparison in front of taehyung.

However, Lisa felt that these were issues with an individual’s mentality. It did not matter what others thought of you. The key thing is whether or not you think highly of yourself. It was good enough to just be yourself. Why was there a need to compare yourself with others in everything?

Like her, she had never compared herself to Kwon Eunha.

Kai regarded taehyung as his imaginary enemy and compared himself to taehyung in everything. It was because of that that he lacked confidence.

Lisa had said these words of advice to kai many times, but he simply would not hear it. Now, she no longer wanted to say it anymore. Although she really did not like this aspect of him, when she thought about it from another perspective, it was understandable for men to be competitive. She should not be too harsh in her demands of him.

Lisa sighed and persuaded him, “kai, actually, you don’t need to think too much about it. Even if the kim family really goes bankrupt, even if you’re no longer rich, I still won’t mind. You should know, I’ve never been materialistic. It’s enough as long we can get by in life. Furthermore, we’re still young. We can strive together.”

Kai did not say anything. He looked at her sorrowfully and slowly let go of her hand. He crouched on the ground in dismay.

Lisa looked at him with pity. She knew that he would not listen to any advice right now. He was so focused on grasping at a life-saving straw to solve the kim Corporation’s crisis. He was still young and did not want to suffer such a crushing defeat so quickly.

Lisa could not help but think about her father. The kai before her was very similar to her father when he went bankrupt. Back then, when her father was on the verge of bankruptcy, he was also extremely unwilling to take his defeat lying down. Hence, he had gone around begging people for help but got treated indifferently and was mocked and ridiculed. When he got home, he was also like kai, dejectedly squatting in one corner and feeling depressed on his own. As he repeatedly ran into brick walls, he fell apart and despaired, and eventually went to extremes.

The scene of her father hugging her and jumping off the building seemed to flash before her eyes. She felt a stab of intense pain in her head. Lisa closed her eyes and forced herself not to think any further. Slowly, she opened her eyes and said to kai, “Get up, I’ll help you!”

“Really?” kai was wild with joy and swiftly sprung up. Shedding tears of gratitude, he hugged Lisa. “lisa, thank you. Thank you.”

Lisa hand hung stiffly by her side, and she did not hug him back. She said coldly, “Just this once, never again!”

“Okay, okay, okay. No matter what happens in the future, I will not request this of you. Absolutely not,” kai repeatedly promised. Then, he said excitedly, “I’ll call Mr. Jeon now and make an appointment to meet him. It’s better to settle this before the wedding, so that Mommy won’t deliberately make things difficult for you regarding the wedding.”