Can't take my eyes off you || L.K Adaptation

Chapter 18

“No, that’s not what I mean. I mean, I’m not going to Nanjiang Medical University. I want to retake the college entrance examination next year, so I can stay at home this year and not have to worry about not being admitted next year,” Lisa hurriedly explained.

“You want to stay at home? What can you get by staying at home for a year? Besides, you say you’re not going, then what were you thinking during the application?” Mrs. Jeon chided, exasperated. “I don’t know what to say, why…”

Lisa was dumbfounded as she was bombarded with a series of questions. When she filled up the application, all she wanted was to stay away from Jungkook. Now that she was given a chance to be born again, she intended to amend her mistakes and redraft her life objectives. She regretted her decision, she wanted to approach Jungkook one baby step at a time, she wanted to live well with him as a loving couple.

Lisa didn’t know how to answer Mrs. Jeon's questions, so she crossed her fingers and said, “Blame Jungkook! I picked Nanjiang because he made me angry! If it wasn’t for him, I would have definitely chosen Jindo!”

After she said it, Lisa silently apologized to Jungkook for throwing him under the bus, but she could not find any other excuses.

Jungkook was stunned as he was suddenly accused by Lisa. He dug deep into his memory, trying to remember what he had done during the period when Lisa was applying for college that caused her to be unhappy.

The other members at the table were also trying to figure out what Somi had done at that time.

“At that time, Jungkook was at the base, how could he have provoked you?” Somi retorted. Then, she had a doubt of her own and glared at Jungkook. “During the application period, Mom said that you called home several days in a row and talked to your wife. Did you make your wife angry over the phone?”

Jungkook kept quiet. It was true that he had made phone calls back home several days in a row out of concern for Lisa but he was certain that they did not fight because they had not talked much anyway.

Could it possibly that the annoying phone calls had triggered Lisa to change her mind and applied to Nanjiang?

After making such an assumption, Jungkook apologized. “Lisa, I’m sorry.”

As soon as Mrs. Jeon heard the apology, she was relieved. Although she did not know what they had been fighting about, it was better for the young girl to be stubborn and throw a tantrum than Lisa’s intention to stay away from Jungkook, as what Somi had claimed when she first came through the door. It was normal for couples to quarrel, but it was not normal for a spouse to want to keep their distance from their partner.

“Since you have decided, okay then, postpone attending college for a year. But it’s not very wise for you to stay at home for a year. Why don’t you go back to school and repeat the term for another year? This way, it would be safer, as you don’t have to worry about your grades affecting the admission scores,” Mrs. Jeon suggested. “We can afford the fees for another year of senior year, so you can be rest assured and go back to school.”

Only the loaded Jeon family could say such a thing as they could afford the fees.

At that time, attending school was expensive. A lot of poor families could not afford to send their children to school. However, Mrs. Jeon was calm and collected when she asked Lisa to repeat the term as if she was talking about the weather.

“Thanks, Mom, but no thanks. I have confidence in myself, I don’t have to go back to school.” Lisa shook her head and rejected her mother-in-law’s generous offer. When she was a school doctor in the remote mountainous village, she had helped tutor a lot of children in their studies. She had even skipped the grades of several smart children and taught them junior high and high school subjects.