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

Chapter 50: Jealousy

Touch then. Do it. Just a short moment, be gentle, Jennie won’t mind. Even if she does mind, just say that there was a bug!

Lisa calmed down her heart and stretched out her hand, landing a light touch on Jennie's head before speedily withdrawing.

The soft sensation she felt made her think, Jennie has really nice hair.

Jennie immediately looked up, but she was only able to catch a glimpse of a blurred arm. Lisa had on a fairly innocent expression. Before Jennie could ask her anything, she swiftly explained, “Your hair was a little messy.”

That caused her to blank for a moment. Afterward, she lowered her head and returned to wolfing down her food. Lisa silently let out a sigh of relief.

Because she had added chili sauce to her noodles, she was forced to occasionally pause and stick out her little tongue. As Lisa watched, her mouth felt dry, and the bowl of noodles sitting in front of her lost its appeal; all of her attention was drawn to Jennie. Only when she saw her look up and shoot her a what-are-you-looking-at glance did she bow her head and focus on her noodles.

Once Jennie finished eating, she turned her attention to the woman sitting across from her. She was almost finished. Maybe her noodles were too spicy, because a fine sheen of sweat had appeared on her forehead, and it was indescribably sexy. Jennie's eyes shone brightly as she sat back to admire her.

Now, it was her turn to feel uncomfortable. She managed to finish her noodles first before looking up and giving a slight cough, breaking Jennie's overheated gaze.

“Brother and I finished discussing our plan for cooperation. Do you want to take a look?”

“No need, I’ll leave the two of you to discuss it.”

Although she owned shares in the Kim family corporation, she was not involved in any of the management. As long as the negotiations with Lisa went well, she had no oppositions.

Lisa nodded and didn’t bring up work again. Instead, she said, “Brother told us to visit Grandfather, Mother, and Father when we’re free. They’ll be happy.”

Her voice contained traces of apprehension, as well as anticipation. She had never addressed Mother and Father Kim like this in private and wasn’t sure if Jennie would be displeased.

“Alright, we’ll go when we’re free.”

Jennie didn’t mind. She herself rarely thought about returning home because the Kim family was relatively independent. However, if Lisa wanted to go back and visit her elders, then she wouldn’t disregard her kind intentions. Her grandpa and parents liked to see them together, anyway.

It must be mentioned that the three senior members of the Kim family, as well as Brother Kim, seemed to be quite satisfied with Lisa. Otherwise, in her past life, they wouldn’t have agreed to let her take care of her, knowing that they had divorced. This point led Jennie to believe that her elders had pretty good eyesight—of course, so did she! After all, she was the one who had picked Lisa in the first place.

After dinner, Lisa started her daily hunt for the little tortoise. Jennie had intended to retreat to her study so she could look over some documents, but Lisa's tortoise hunt piqued her interest. However, instead of helping, she just followed behind her, amused as though she was watching a show. The glint in her eyes rendered Lisa speechless.

About ten minutes later, Lisa finally found the little tortoise inside her study. She didn’t know how the little thing managed to get in and nestle itself in the softness of her sofa. The tortoise looked like it was more than comfortable. When Lisa picked it up, it started to bat its beady golden eyes and flail its tiny limbs.

Seeing this, Jennie remarked disapprovingly, “This little thing is still so stupid.”

Lisa suddenly smiled; she was reminded of the time Jennie went into her study, wearing tortoise pajamas. It had happened not too long ago. Although she didn’t dare say it was “stupid,” it was undoubtedly “cute.”

“Very cute, yes.” She was obviously making a play on words, but she wasn’t about to let Jennie find out that she had compared her to the little tortoise. If she found out, she would be miffed. As the days passed, Lisa was beginning to understand her temper more.

“Hmph, it’s ‘stupidly cute,’ not ‘cute.’” The word ‘stupidlyʼ had to be added in front. Jennie was visibly displeased by Lisa's praise for the little tortoise. It was just a tortoise, but she treated it as though it was a treasure and spent time every morning and evening looking for it. That made her feel strange.

Of course, she wasn’t going to think that the feeling was jealousy. That possibility never even crossed her mind. She just couldn’t bear the sight of the stupid tortoise being loved, that was all. Lisa's attention should be on her instead.

The little tortoise blinked innocently and continued to play cute, oblivious to the jealousy its female master felt towards it.

“Alright, alright. It’s stupidly cute,” Lisa immediately gave in.

The ‘stupidly cuteʼ tortoise: Master Lisa is unreliable!

“Hmph!”

The ‘stupid cuteʼ tortoise, again: Master Jennie is tsundere!

…..

The next day, Jennie was woken by a phonecall. The sky was still dark.

The caller was Mother Kim, who surprised Jennie by saying, “Jennie, I received news that Lisa is the illegitimate daughter of the Manoban family’s second eldest.”

Mother Kimʼs voice contained obvious anger.

All traces of drowsiness immediately vanished as the gears in Jennie's mind started to turn. She tried to remember if she had heard anything about this in her previous life, but all she could remember was meeting people from the Manoban family once or twice in her vegetative state. The details were unclear.

“Who found out about it?” Jennie asked coldly. She didn’t ask if the information was real; since her mother was telling her about it, then clearly it had already been confirmed.

“It’s currently on the headlines of the two media companies controlled by the Lee family. The mastermind is obviously the Lee family, I’m just not sure if the Manoban family plays a part or not. Should we prevent this from spreading?” Mother Kim asked, giving the right of decision to Jennie.

Although the two media companies were mainly controlled by the Lee family, there were other shareholders in the company. If Mother Kim tried her best and made use of the Kim family’s connections, temporarily stopping the news from spreading wouldn’t be difficult.

Jennie thought of a moment before responding, “We can block it now, but we can’t block it forever. Mom, get Dragon’s Emissary ready while I talk to Lisa about this. If she doesn’t object, we’ll aim to blow up the news before the Lee family does—the public opinion must be in our favor!”