Contract Lover - L.K Adaptation

102

Chapter 102 - Marriage ("Don't be afraid, Lili. I
am here for you.") (3)

"I just heard some someone said 'demon blah blah
blah..." Xiao Rose grumbled but did not pursue the subject. She merely said in a serious tone.

"Lisa-jie, I just got a call from Uncle."

With a guilty conscience, Xu Lisa quickly said,
"Your uncle? If you need time off to take care of
family business, take as much time as you need. Don't worry about it. I'll let Jen-jie know."

"No, not my uncle." Xiao Rose was anxious. She raised her voice and said, "It's yours. Your dad!"

"My dad?" Xu Lisa was a little bit stunned. She
recalled the man who was listed in her blocked list, Xu Jongki.

The one who tortured original owner's mother to
death and refused to pay for original owner's tuition.

Xu Lisa was alarmed all of a sudden. "Why did he
call you? What did he say?"

"He said, his flight had landed this afternoon and he's here. He also said that he called you but couldn't get through so he asked me to schedule a time for the two of you to meet."

"Why did he want to meet up with me out of the blue?"

Xu Lisa's face dropped. How come she kept
running into one awful thing after another today?
Xiao Rose could tell from Xu Lisa's tone that she
and her father didn't get along. Her voice softened.

"Well, I'm not sure. Probably some family matters?"
Xu Lisa mulled over it a little and asked, "How did
he get your cellphone number? Have you met him
before?"

"No. He said he got it from Old Mr. Mu. Who's Old Mr. Mu? Mr. Mu's father?" said Xiao Rose.

Old Mr. Mu? Mu Jiyong?

Xu Lisa was completely dumbfounded. Xu Jongki
and Mu Jiyong should be two individuals who'd never cross path. How did the two of them touch base with each other? What was going on that she didn't know about?

She couldn't figure it out so she just told Xiao Rose.

"Block his number and ignore him."

Xiao Rose quickly acknowledged that.

At this moment, Xu Lisa could hear noises from
outside of the door. Mu Jungkook had returned.

Xu Lisa got out of bed and walked into the living
room in her bare feet. She waited for him to loosen
up his tie, changed into slippers, before she said to
him, "Mr. Mu, my father took the afternoon flight
over today."

Mu Jungkook didn't seem too surprised when he heard that. "And?"

"He... seemed to have met up with your father," said
Xu Lisa.

Mu Jungkook stopped what he was doing and looked up at her. After a little while, he finally asked, "How did the two of them get together? What did they talk about?"

Xu Lisa shook her head, "I don't know either. I
have a poor relationship with my father. He didn't
care that I am an actress and haven't spoken to me in years. He popped up out of nowhere when I became Brand B's spokesperson last time but I blocked his number."

Looking at her frantic look, the corners of Mu Jungkook's mouth rose up. Smiling, he teased her,
"Perhaps our fathers got together to talk about our
marriage."

"Marriage?" Xu Lisa's voice became high-pitched.

"You.... you.... you.... you know our relationship is fake. You shouldn't joke about something like that. What marriage? Preposterous."

Mu Jungkook chuckled and dropped the subject. He
walked over to her slowly, put his hands over her
shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Lili. I'm here for you."

Xu Lisa wanted to clarify some more but his one
simple sentence had calmed her.

..

A few days later, "Blossoming Us" part 1, with only
20 episodes, would be airing its final episode.

Xu Lisa received a call from Old Madam mu and
insisted that she must join them at their place for the last episode as that would only be the right thing to do.

Xu Lisa felt that she couldn't turn her down so she
agreed to it

The night of the final episode, she went over to the
Mu's with Mu Jungkook. As soon as the two of the
walked inside of the house, they saw Mu Jiyong
sitting on the couch. He waved and greeted her and,
on his side, sat original owner's wonderful father Xu Jongki. The two "buddies" were drinking together and seemingly enjoying each other's company.

Xu Lisa exchanged a look with Mu Jungkook and
had a bad feeling.

Seeing the worried look on Xu Lisa, Old Madam
mu felt that she needed to chime in to break the
silence. "It was me who took the liberty to invite Mr.
Xu over. His daughter is so successfully and the show that you are in is so good. And it was also about his generation. So I thought I'd invite him over to join us in the viewing."

Having said that, Old Madam mu looked up at Mu Jungkook. "And while we are at it, we can also talk about your marriage."

"What?!" Xu Lisa's eyes almost popped out of her
socket.

Oh my gosh, Mu Jungkook. What awful luck that he had called it.