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

Chapter 15 - Going Home

That night, the employees of Resplendent Entertainment witnessed a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence—Jennie actually got off work on time!

Or rather, it would be more accurate to say that she impatiently got off work on time. Everyone who caught a glimpse of her rushing out was surprised, to say the rest.

Jennie in her past life could be considered a qualified workaholic. She had very few interests outside of work, and she didn’t like to go home much.

Sometimes if the hour was late, she would just spend the night at the company. On those days, her assistants and secretariats would often have to accompany her in working overtime.

In other words, the concept of leaving on time was practically non-existent to her. This all contributed to why so much discussion was set off after her departure.

“Did something come up? How come I didn’t hear about President Kim having any arrangements today?” One of the secretariats asked in shock.

“Now, this is where you’re poorly informed. It’s not that the president didn’t have arrangements, it’s that she pushed all of them aside! I heard that she was supposed to attend a business cocktail party today, but she had Assistant Jisoo go in her stead.” Another secretariat explained proudly. She’d gotten the news from Kim Jisoo herself.

The first secretariat blinked and asked curiously, “What did the president leave to do then?”

“…” The other secretariat blinked to show her own curiosity and cluelessness.

…..

What did Jennie leave to do? To go home and make Lisa smile, of course.

Although she had already succeeded once, she felt indignant and perplexed just thinking about how Lisa had laughed at her expense.

During the entire trip home, she was racking her brain for ways to make her smile. Once she reached her long-awaited destination, she hastened into the house… only to have her excitement dashed when she saw that aside from a busy servant, there was no one else inside!

For Jennie to be home before Lisa… that was simply illogical!

Jennie was frustrated.

As she saw it, that woman should always be at home, waiting for her. She should be able to see her whenever she wanted. It was unjust for Lisa to be gone like this when she was already home and more than ready to see her!

One might accuse Jennie of being inconsiderate for thinking this way, but she actually couldn’t be blamed for her unreasonable belief. It had most likely developed over her hospital years in her past life. Subconsciously, the expectation had become ingrained in her.

Back then, Lisa would be by her side from morning to night, as if she was afraid she would feel lonely all by herself.

Therefore, she’d long since gotten used to the woman’s presence and her unwavering attention.

“Miss, you’re home early. Will you be having dinner here?” The servant —Wang-jie— was very surprised. Three years ago, she followed Jennie from the Kim Manor to their current residence, and not once had she seen Jennie return before dinnertime.

Jennie glanced at Wang-jie with some distaste, but it wasn’t because she disliked Wang-jie as a person. She just didn’t want to eat Wang-jie’s cooking, and that wasn’t because Wang-jie’s culinary skills were bad or anything either. Jennie wanted to eat Lisa’s cooking.

The iceberg pair lived inside a small hillside villa. It was a wedding gift from Mother Kim. The “small” villa actually couldn’t be considered small, as it was complete with two floors, a front and back garden, a swimming pool, a tennis court, and an exquisite greenhouse.

However, if the Kim Manor was used as a comparison, then the villa was indeed small.

Because Jennie disliked having too many people around, the villa was maintained by only three servants. Wang-jie was responsible for cooking and indoor cleaning, leaving the outdoors cleaning for Liu-shu and Zhao-ma.

The three resided within a house outside of the greenhouse, and even the meals were prepared in a small kitchen there.

Thinking about it, it was true that Jennie rarely ate at home. In the past, only under the circumstances where Lisa had already finished cooking and happened to see her would she reluctantly sit down to have a few bites.

Right now, Lisa was elsewhere so she didn’t even want to consider eating.

Taking out her phone, she directly dialed her number. The call connected after three rings, but the person on the other end spoke before she could even open her mouth.

“President Kim, are you looking for Lisa? She’s shooting a commercial right now. Do you want me to call her over?” The one who picked up was Lisa’s assistant, Kang Seulgi. The two had grown up together in the same orphanage, so they considered each other sisters.

Kang Seulgi was five years older than Lisa, and she had a rather lively personality. She was the only person by Lisa’s side who knew about the marriage and Lisa’s feelings for Jennie—excluding herself, at least.

A trace of nervousness could be heard in Seulgi’s respectful tone of voice. Jennie frowned.

Was she that scary?

Seulgi wasn’t a stranger to her. She’d done quite a few things for her in her past life, and she understood how strong the bond between her and Lisa was. Since she had decided to take Lisa under her wing in this lifetime, then naturally she would protect this cheerful older sister of hers too.

“When will she be finished?” Unfortunately, when she tried to make her voice sound gentle, it still came out cold enough to make Seulgi shiver from head to toe.

“Around half an hour. Would you like Lisa to call you back after she’s done?” Despite her not knowing what she was calling for, she didn’t believe that Jennie would call for no reason.

Speaking of, Seulgi really was terrified of her, but that didn’t stop her from harboring dissatisfaction towards her. After all, her family’s Lisa was such an outstanding woman, but Jennie refused to return her feelings.

As an onlooker, Seulgi felt sad for her sister. If it were her, she would’ve already given up on loving someone as difficult as her.

“Tell her to come home,” Jennie said before hanging up, leaving behind a stunned Seulgi.

Why did those words sound so strange? Like a wife waiting for her partner to return home! Ah! Could it be that President Kim called because she wanted Lisa to go home early?

Disbelief filled Seulgi’s eyes as she stared at the phone screen. Seeing that the other party had already hung up, she could only turn her attention to Lisa, who was busy shooting.

The commercial wrapped up in less than twenty minutes, and Seulgi wasted no time rushing to Lisa with the latter’s phone in hand.

“Lili, President Kim called. She wants you to hurry home, and from the way she said it, I think she’s waiting for you there. Tell me quick, be honest, could it be that you’ve made progress? To me, she sounded like a wife waiting for her partner to go home,” Seulgi prattled on excitedly.

Compared to the excited Seulgi, Lisa’s reaction was much more reserved. She didn’t think that Seulgi’s guess was right.

Her first thought was that Jennie needed her for something. In any case, she didn’t refute Seulgi’s words and simply dismissed her before rushing home in her car.

Regardless of what she might be needing her for, just the thought of Jennie waiting for her at home was enough to make her feel like nothing else was more important.