Chapter 1

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Lisa Manoban is a gold medal business executive. She had a busy daily life. She is busy sourcing for new customers while having to serve her existing customers.

Usually after taking an order, the details will be taken over by colleagues in the Department of Field. Unlike how it was a few years ago where orders are all done personally. Having said that, there are still some exception. Some of the 'VIP' members who pay more than two years of fees, they will try to meet all the requirements. Even if having to designate her to the house daily, she is willing to do. Lisa Manoban loves her work and chasing the earnings from the performance is her passion.

"Professor Cha, have some tea."

Lisa smiled. The eyes of the man, Cha Eunwoo is strange. He has paid for three years of fees, and is one of the super VIP. Now, Professor Cha is sitting leisurely in Cha Home while reading in the study. The aroma from the tea together with the early winter warm sunshine from the window projected obliquely in the air. A static flavour of the ancient tea makes the aroma difficult to describe hinting the mysterious ancient taste.

Now, before we begin the story, let's introduce this ancient Professor Cha.

Cha Eunwoo is a visiting professor in the Department of Anthropology at the K-historical University. He is also a famous international collector and antiquity master. He also comes from the extraordinary Cha Family! The previous generates of the Cha Family had run the largest pawnshops in the capital. When the capital was in turmoil in 1949, many were fleeing the flood while holding treasures of the heirloom. With the increase, the number of antiquities in the pawnshops of the Cha Family was totally unknown.

Although today, the Cha Family no longer run the pawnshops, but the Cha generation heir, Cha Eunwoo are still in the collection industry and the auction market continue to shine.

Expert said 'The World's Richest is not a banker but an antique collector.' In the years of Cha's operations, regardless of Korean or the Western-style, Cha Family's collection is more enriched. So the Cha Family strictly controlled in temperature and humidity treasury is known in the industry as a 'small Forbidden City' in the world.

A man around antiques all day, must have the ancient full flavour right? No, no..... Professor Cha is handsome! The 30-year-old Professor Cha has a very tall nose with deep and charming features and hidden behind the frameless flat glasses are hawkish sharp black pupil. He is tall and handsome. Indeed, very charming!

Professor Cha has less expression with less words but a strong sense of presence that inexplicable people to deterred. Lisa Manoban had been with him for six months and yet she still feels curious with such a combination of contradictions. It is indeed too mysterious!

"What does Professor Cha think about the taste? I added mint leaves and liquid liquorice to quench my thirst today."

Recently, Lisa fell in love with tea. She will buy a variety of flowers and tea. Whether it is chamomile rose, or orange blossom and cinnamon leaves, her daring bold style of tea, several times, the 'efficient' brothers and sisters find the smell too strong, no one wants to be her 'white mouse' to try the strange taste tea. The only one that is brave enough currently is only Professor Cha.

Of course, Lisa do not think that her handpicked herbal tea is hard to drink or else she would not get her own super VIP member under the poison... uh..... hehe.... Joking. Not everyone can drink her tea and she would be reluctant to share if Professor Cha had not had the six months of friendship with her.

One is a mysterious antique collector, one is a family cleaning management company. These two-people living in a different world, how would there be any intersection? This should be going back six months ago, when Lisa's mother. Because of the relationship between calligraphy, and the community's calligraphy class. The calligraphy teacher is Professor Cha's mother. Cha mother is worried about the son whom is living alone. There is no one to tidy his home. So both the good sisters whom have great relationship, Manoban Mother force the daughter to solve the problem for the teacher.

Lisa is a professional. She could have arranged the company's most experienced aunty to come over to complete the task. Scheduling for her to go to Professor Cha's house every Monday for the cleaning work is ok, but the trouble is that Professional Cha has a strange personality. He does not like the environment to be too clean. He likes his most used area such as the bedrooms and sanitary wares to be clean and bright but he can turn a blind eye to the rest of the area as if it has been greyed out.

Such a weird personality with the habit of not liking strangers in and out of the house, it is concluded that this task can only be handled by Lisa Manoban. And Professor Cha's reason is very simple.... 'When it is required, Lalisa Manoban to come to his house...' which means do not allow the others to enter his home.

Hahahaha.... It does not matter. VIP members has the final say. All can be discussed. Think about this, both parents know each other. Based on their relationship, Professor Cha and she is not 'complete' stranger. So she is the only one woman who freely access Professor Cha's home with the magnetic card. She is also the only woman who can climb on Professor Cha's bed and change the sheets. She is fully aware that this makes other women very jealous. Every time she met with the beautiful neighbour, the look of discontent!

However, in Lisa's view, Professor Cha is the VIP member of the company and the son of mom's teacher. She earnestly performed her task and occasionally shared some interesting news. However, she was neither staring nor daring to look at the handsome guy.

This is because she has a boyfriend. So, charming Professor Cha is really safe. The beautiful neighbour really do not have to have the look of resentment.

"Today's mint leaves are picked. I went to the flower market last Sunday to buy a pot of peppermint home. Mint should not be difficult to plant at home right? Last time, I whatever I tried to plant all was unsuccessful. I was ridiculed by my mom for a long time..."

"Yeah, Professor Cha still remember Natal? Our boss of 'Efficiency' talked loudly on my cell phones about me not being able to keep the peppermint plant alive. I was loudly ridiculed, maybe the entire office could hear it!"

In the past six months, their way of interaction has always been this way. Although Professor Cha has less expression, often in her own way, Lisa is full of energy. Without hesitation, she sway with her passion. In her dictionary, here is no complete 'No and Quiet' these two words. When you first are unfamiliar, it was still quiet for a few days. But as days goes by, what fun, delicious and interesting news, she could not help but share with him. Even if Professor Cha does not respond or show any slight reaction, it does not matter. As long as he does not ask her to shut up.

Seeing the Professor Cha's cup is empty, Lisa raised the exclusive country-style bone Korean porcelain teapot that belong to herself and pour him a full cup. This unique British style utensils seems very trendy in Professor Cha's antique home.

"Professor Cha, you want some handmade cookies?"

Cha Eunwoo turn to look at her with his long eyelashes.

Lisa shrugged. Knowing the limit, the last longan rice cake apparently scared Professor Cha. She raised her hand very seriously and said "Rest assured, I swear that today's almond cookies by no means contain any ingredients that are not found in recipes."

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