Contract Lover - L.K Adaptation

89

Chapter 89 - Foolishness ("At least when he still
needs me") (2)

She must say, the older the wiser. Old Madam Mu's
subtleness was impeccable.

But Xu Lisa could tell that curing Mu Sehun had worked.

Xu Lisa smiled and said, "Well then, thank you,
Old Madam. Thank you, Tianna. It's my duty to assist
both Jungkook and Sehun. This really will not be
necessary."

Hearing that, the old madam raised her brows, even
her crow's feet at the corners of her eyes seemed
to have softened. Her right hand, which has on a gold bracelet, trembled when she put down the tea cup in her hand. She blotted the corners of her mouth with a napkin and said, "Miss Xu is a smart person so I am not going to beat around the bush. I admit, I am old and stubborn and was biased about Miss Xu's background and career. I had thought that actresses are lesser than girls from prestigious families. Mu Dara tells me all the time that my way of thinking is wrong. And I will admit to that too. But, Miss Xu, you haven't been with Jungkook for a very long time and don't know him all that well. He lost his mother when he was very young and he hated his father from the bottom of his heart. That, and along with his rambunctious way that he was when he was in school, he did not return to the mu's until the year that his grandfather passed away. His is inevitably boring, tyrannical, and unpredictable. If you want to stay with you, you should be prepared mentally."

The old madam gave a long speech but Xu Lisa got
what she was trying to say to her. That the old madam would no longer interfere with the two of them being together. But Mu Jungkook had bad temper and she might not be able to handle being with him in the end.

It's best if they split up.

Xu Lisa had no intention to marry into a
prestigious family. The only reason she had been
buttering with the Mu's was to prevent Liang Yeri from making her way in and joining forces with the Mu's to go against her. Once her contract was over in 6 months' time, she would just walk away. Whether Mu Jungkook was tyrannical or ruthless would have nothing more to do with her.

That being said, Xu Lisa still responded politely. "I
have thought about all those before and I appreciate
your telling me that."

"Oh, don't think you do." The old madam waved her
hand and dismissed the butler before she said to Xu Lisa in a low voice. "Do you know how Jungkook's
mother died?"

Xu Lisa was taken aback a little. She shook her
head.

"When Jungkook was 14 years old, my husband was
gravely ill. Jungkook was kidnapped and we received a demand for a large ransom." The old lady's eyes narrowed. Her eyelids, already drooping, almost covered up all of her eyes. "The kidnappers called up his father and told him that they have his son. At that time, his father was already with another woman - Sehun's mother Wang Lia. You've met her before. When his father received the call, I had no idea what had gotten into him. He took a look at his precious second son Mu Sehun and said, nonchalantly, my son's right here next to me. I don't know what you are trying to pull."

By this point, Xu Lisa was almost dumbfounded.

Did that mean.... that Mu Jiyong had just forgotten
about Mu Jungkook, his other son? And he just hang up on the call like it was a prank call? What the heck?

The old madam sighed and continued in her old
and raspy voice. "During that time, his father was
vacationing in Maldives and didn't pay the call any
attention. Jungkook's mother called him many times
and he wouldn't even pick up. At the time, all of the
Mu's finance was in his hand. Jungkook's mother cried day in and day out and tried to pull any strings that she could find, the police, and tried to come up with enough money for the ransom. Within three short days, she cried so much that she went blind. We have all thought that Jungkook would be a lost cause by that point. except for his mother, even though she could no longer see, she never gave up hope. She would be gone all day trying to get money. She got into a car accident that night and was killed on the spot."