Slowly Falling | LK Adaptation

Chapter 40

Lisa was in her store, lining up some elk antlers on her workshop table and checking them one by one. Christmas was approaching, so she was filled with orders for several other businesses and functions. In addition to her seasonal Christmas-styled garlands, diffuser stones decorated in elk antlers were also very popular during this time.

However, the mold she used resulted in some fragile antlers, so she had to carefully check each one to make sure that there were no cracked antlers before gluing them to her diffusers. If she found a broken antler, she would have to spend time repairing the damage.

Lisa's craftsmanship was impeccable, and she was very diligent with her work, so things like this needed to be carefully resolved.

She had ordered two different antler molds domestically, but both of them were easy to break. Hence, she decided to improve the quality of her future diffusers by going abroad and buying imported molds not available in Korea. Lisa had planned to wait and buy another mold before doing another batch. Although she repaired the items that needed to be repaired, she found the process too troublesome to continue.

While she was fixing another antler, the screen of her phone lit up. She wiped her hands and glanced at the message. It was the class leader of her high school senior year.

The class leader had previously asked her about a class reunion. As they did this, they took the opportunity to pull Lisa back into the high school chat group. Back then, she didn't immediately leave the group, but she did mute it and didn't reply to any of the messages.

But it seems that Lisa's class leader was determined. They had finally got a date and time for the reunion a few days ago, and Lisa had messaged that she wasn't sure if she would be free and didn't fully commit to anything, refusing to come without actually refusing. But unexpectedly, the class monitor didn't give up and asked her again today.

Class Monitor: Lalisa, we're booking a private room tomorrow night. We need to know the number of people attending, so can we confirm your attendance?

Lisa stared at the message for a long while and thought about it. In the end, she picked up her phone and replied.

Lisa: ok.

Class Monitor: Alright, I'll add you to the list. We'll see you tomorrow evening at 6.

Lisa: Do you want me to pay now?

Class Monitor: No hurry, we'll properly calculate things.

Lisa didn't reply. She picked up another antler and found that it was cracked.

"....."

She suddenly felt an urgent need to go abroad and buy some materials!

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At 6:00 p.m. that Friday evening, Lisa stepped in the club where the reunion was going to be held. She figured that her fellow classmates must be doing quite well to be able to reserve a private room.

Lisa looked at the message the class monitor had sent her. The class monitor actually sent the location of the room in the class group chat, but fearing that Lisa wouldn't see it, they also sent her a private message.

After confirming the location once again, she approached the waitress wearing cheongsam by the door. The lady welcomed her in and guided her towards the elevator. She didn't know which of her classmates would be attending this reunion, but she had been here before and knew that their largest private room could seat around twenty people. However, they did have connecting private rooms that, when opened, could house forty people quite comfortably.

It seems that this kind of connecting room was what the class monitor reserved. As soon as she approached the closed door, she heard the lively chatter inside.

To be completely honest, she wasn't used to attending such occasions, and she had no deep feelings towards her old high school classmates. Lisa actually wasn't sure what she can talk about with them.

She stood just in front of the door, hesitating. Just as she was wondering whether she should just leave, the door opened from the inside. It was one of her former classmates who had wanted to go out and gave a smoke. When he saw Lisa standing outside, he pocketed the cigarette that was in his hand and looked her over. After a few moments of silence, he hesitantly asked: "Are you Lisa? I haven't seen you in years, ah. You look a lot more beautiful than our high school days!"

His loud voice attracted the attention of the people inside the room, and everyone ended up looking towards the door. One by one, they recognized Lisa, and enthusiastically greeted her. It was too late to back out now. With no other choice, she entered the room.

"Lisa, come and sit next to Rosie. You used to sit next to each other, right?"

The class monitor pointed towards an empty seat next to a woman drinking some tea. She was a pretty lady with short hair. Lisa nodded; still remembered Rosie. After all, she sat next to her for an entire year. She went and sat next to her and took off her coat, hanging it on the back of her chair.

Lisa had always been a loner, and during high school, everyone thought she was cold. They all had little to no contact with her. But now, everyone had graduated and had been exposed to society. So even though they hadn't seen Lisa for years, everyone felt more familiar with her compared to when they saw her every day in school.