Together Forever | LK

4.3 - Those Beautiful, Little Things

Jisoo handed her coat to her, then took advantage of the opportunity to express to Jungkook, "Teacher Jeon, I 'white part of the scallion' [cōng bái] you." After saying this, she left with chortles of "hee hee."

["white part of the scallion," is quite similar sounding to "chóng bài," which means to idolize/look up to/worship.]

Jungkook was silent for a moment before asking Lisa, "What did she say?"

"She said she idolizes Teacher Jeon, you." She had finally found her voice again but it was still somewhat raspy. Luckily, he could not hear it.

"When you did that, weren't you afraid you might sing something wrong or off?" She looked at him.

"I have a bit of a musical foundation in vocal studies, and I'm also very familiar with that song." He motioned for her to put on her coat. These last few days, the temperature had fallen somewhat, and it was rather chilly backstage. "But I still couldn't be certain that I could completely complement you. Good thing you and Chaeyoung are both very astute."

He spoke nonchalantly about this as if a moment ago, he had been singing in a karaoke bar and not performing in front of several thousand people. And the main point was, in those circumstances, he had been required to go on stage and sing.

Piano, vocal studies, speech, and broadcast... As she pieced together all these things about him, she gradually came to the realization that his family had actually intentionally trained and fostered abilities in him. Even if one were to disregard the profession he had once studied, simply these things alone were enough to make one feel a sense of regret and a twinge of sadness in the heart. Heaven had richly blessed him with many talents, but unfortunately, he no longer had an arena for him to demonstrate them.

By the time the evening gala came to an end, Lisa nearly collapsed from exhaustion.

Because they needed to remove their make-up and change their clothing, she and Jungkook were almost the last to arrive at the post-event celebratory feast. Students' Union had reserved the entire Haijingge Restaurant, and inside, boisterous noise and loud laughter stirred the eardrum.

The two of them had just stepped inside when Jaehyun immediately clapped his hands together, indicating that everyone should quiet down. "Hurry, hurry, bring the alcohol. Tonight, our mission is to get our two emcees hammered with booze until they fall over."

Before Lisa had a chance to say anything, a brimming glass of beer was stuffed into her hand. Her alcohol capacity was such that she would pass out after three glasses, and she had never before been the subject of a focused effort to get her drunk. However, judging from the atmosphere here tonight, she reckoned that unless they drank themselves unconscious, they should not even think about exiting through those main doors ...

Jungkook glanced down at the glass in his hand, sensing that he could not back out of this now. "My friends and students here, do you need to take into consideration the virtue of respecting your teacher?"

"Teacher Jeon," everyone suddenly shouted in unison, "we 'white part of the scallion' you." It was a resounding sound, and even the serving staff who were carrying trays around jumped with shock.

Lisa suddenly felt very, very touched and she turned her head to look at him. Though he could not hear, he could still see the words they had spoken.

Everyone's lips moving in unison, everyone's excited expressions caused many emotions to flood up into that pair of eyes — an intensity that flashed very briefly before it was gone.

In the end, contrary to everybody's expectations, they were the ones who were all finished off by Jungkook instead.

Everyone was transported back on bicycles ridden by dormmates who had all been summoned over from their various dormitories to help ... Only she, the one who had joined forces with Jungkook against their "common enemy," very clearheadedly looked toward Jungkook and said, "Oh no, they're all drunk. There's only us left to pay the bill."