Rebirth of the Film Empress' Beloved Wife [JenLisa Adaptation]

Chapter 5: Overheating of the Brain

Jennie's phone rang with an incoming call. Without even checking, she knew it was from her assistant. The familiar caller's name made her narrow her eyes slightly, and the air around her seemed to drop in temperature. Her eyes even flickered with murderous intent.

Off to the side, as Lisa watched, her expression also became more solemn, and she couldn't help but begin to speculate who the call was from.

Immediately upon answering, Jennie spat out a cold "wait" and walked outside. However, with just this action and her response, Lisa was able to conclude who the caller was.

Jennie had two personal assistants; both female. The first one was called Kim Jisoo, and she was responsible for handling the company's external connections and communications. The other one was called Jung Krystal, and she was responsible for Jennie's personal affairs.

The two could be considered her left and right hands, so naturally, she trusted them very much. Usually, Krystal was the one in charge of picking Jennie up.

This was the same Krystal who had ended up betraying Jennie in her past life, and it was not only betrayal but blatant murder. By concocting a car accident, she'd succeeded in sending Jennie into a vegetative state for two years until Lee Sun-mi came along and finally killed Jennie.

Jennie knew about Krystal's betrayal because when she was stuck being a human vegetable, Krystal and Sunmi had stood together by her bedside and told her themselves.

Every single word had been imbued with malice and jealousy, their dissatisfaction towards her, their hatred for her, and most importantly, the scheme they'd devised to use against her.

The image of their vicious faces at the time was still impossibly vivid in Jennie's mind. Thinking about the scene again caused the cold aura around her body intensity more.

Lisa looked on and started to worry.

She had a feeling that something big was about to happen. Though there were several rumors that depicted Jennie's cruelty, this was her first time seeing such a bone-chilling and murderous expression on her face.

Unfortunately, in the end, it didn't matter how worried she was. She could only stand in one place as her gaze trailed after her departing figure. The look in her eyes became deep and serene.

For the sake of chasing after this woman, she'd truly put up a desperate fight, but years had passed, and the distance between them showed no signs of closing. She was helpless —so helpless— and she seemed to have become accustomed to this helplessness.

Because of the divorce plans, she'd freed up her entire day. Now, she had nothing to do. She went into the study. Recently, she received the Starlight Film Empress Award, so all of the scripts she could select from went up by a grade. One of them was a fantasy drama called ⟪Demon Meteorite⟫. She liked it enough to consider taking it up.

However, after more than ten minutes had passed, she still couldn't focus on the script. The image of Jennie and how cold she had looked before leaving was stuck in her mind.

Just what had happened?

Lisa shifted her attention to the computer. She turned it on and went directly onto Resplendent Entertainment's official website. Everything was normal.

Next, she went onto her own official webpage, and there, it was as lively as always.

As she read over the myriad of comments, she really didn't know whether she should laugh or cry. The gossipy ones especially; rendered her speechless. She was clearly clean and possessed excellent self-control, pouring her whole heart and soul into pursuing Jennie, and yet she was still involved in rumors and scandals.