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CHAPTER -71

Lisa thought a bit before smiling. “Your servant asked Madame Lisa what the difference was between monks and ordinary people. She said, ‘They speak not of human matters when meeting with humans, and are humans with no matters in the human world.’ Young master, won’t you say these words are ingeniously clever?”

Taehyung’s eyes brightened as he spoke. “Anything else?”

Jennie thought a bit and said, “There is, there is; she even told a story to your servant.”

“What kind of story?” Taehyung rose until he was sitting up on the bed, smiling as he listened to her talk about Lisa. He was growing more and more attracted to her inner self. There were plenty of beautiful women in this world, but few who were both beautiful and talented. Those who were talented as well as interesting were as rare as a golden toad.

It just so happened that Lisa was this kind of woman because the story she told Jennie and Bai He was none other than, the women at the bottom of the mountain are tigers! 1

Taehyung couldn’t stop laughing upon hearing it, gasping, “She… where did she hear this from, it really… is…”

When he thought of the little monks at the Buddhist ceremony who knew nothing but pretended they did, he felt even more strongly that this story was both justified and amusing.

Jennie spoke up as well. “Compared to her, your servant’s stories aren’t that interesting anymore.”

“Is that so?” Now that Taehyung had heard and laughed his share, he waved a hand. “Why don’t you go sleep as well?”

“Young master, do you not need anyone to serve you tonight, either?” Jennie’s face flushed. It wasn’t that she wanted to spend time with him, but that she worried he’d hurt his youthful body if he persisted in this way.

Taehyung adopted a stern look and said, “Withdraw!” With her in the estate, how could he be in the mood to frolic with other women? She was that very same tiger at the base of the mountain. By now, she’d already burrowed into his heart.

Meanwhile, a certain Prince Jeon who was still painfully oblivious of his feelings was wearing down the floor in his room as he paced. It’d been two days since he’d started this strange behaviour. He couldn’t seem to get her out of his mind. The only time when he stopped thinking about her was when he had to go to court. Ｏtherwise, he could only think about being at her side.

But she wasn’t here.

Ye-mama came every day to report the situation at the Kim estate to Old Madame. She always came back with praise, such as how much Madame Kim liked her, or how the people by Taehyung’s side appreciated and admired her, or how she was doing her utmost for the Kim family, or how she hadn’t lost any face for the prince’s estate.

Jungkook didn’t care about any of this. It was fine even if she raised a brow and turned the Kim estate upside down. As long as she could come back earlier! But today Ye-mama had come back and said that she was doing quite well at the Kim estate and that Old Madame and the prince did not need to worry.

Jungkook creased his brows. Did this ‘quite well’ mean that she didn’t want to come back? Coincidentally, the old madame was feeling well enough to attend the vegetarian banquet, but he immediately jumped at the chance to represent her, “Then I’ll go instead!”

“What?” Old Madame nearly dropped the teacup in her hand. Fortunately, the old female servant on the side managed to lend her a quick hand to straighten the cup before its contents could burn anyone. She coughed lightly twice before peering at her son. Though her lips twitched, she managed to contain her smile. A man with such a volatile aura as him wanted to attend a vegetarian banquet. Wouldn’t all the jaws in the capital drop at the news?