Impossible Lovers

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Mee prepared a large table of dishes today, including roast duck. Lisa ate almost everything, but when the dumplings were cooked in the evening, she still sat at the table with a dipping dish and hadn't eaten a single one.

Jungkook  sat beside her and had just taken a bite of a dumpling when his expression changed slightly. He put the dumpling back in the bowl and used chopsticks to split it open, revealing a coin inside the filling.

Seeing this, Mee happily said to him, "It looks like little Jungkook  will get rich next year."

Lisa rolled her eyes, looking enviously at the coin in Jungkook 's dumpling. Jungkook  noticed her gaze and asked, "Do you want it?"

"What are you so proud of!"

"...I mean, if you want it, you can have this coin."

"You weren't this accommodating when you took my dream penthouse," Lisa glared at him; Jungkook  seemed to have a habit of pretending to be a good person in front of his mother!

Jungkook  couldn't argue about the house, so he remained silent. Mee, however, became interested in the topic, "I heard from Lisa that you bought a penthouse and have started the renovation?"

"Yes, but I haven't had a chance to go there yet. The project manager is overseeing it for me."

"That won't do; the renovation process is quite complex. Each project needs to be carefully inspected after completion."

After some thought, Jungkook  nodded, "You're right. Since I have a few days off during the Chinese New Year, I'll take the opportunity to go and see."

Mee suggested, "Take Lisa with you; she has experience with renovations as she's done it several times."

Jungkook  glanced at Lisa as if asking if she wanted to go with him. Lisa didn't respond, Jungkook  fell silent for a moment before asking again, "Do you really not want the coin?"

"No, I want to earn it myself!" There were two dumplings with coins inside, so the other one would be her reward!

When she was a child, Lisa had studied the differences between dumplings with coins and regular ones to improve her chances of finding the lucky ones. Over time, she had developed a keen eye. Carefully examining the plate, she occasionally used public chopsticks to tap the dumplings. After a moment, she locked onto a target and used her chopsticks to pick it up.

Everyone at the table stared, as though waiting to see if her method worked. Lisa carefully took a bite of the dumpling and soon felt something hard in her mouth.

"Um!" She lightly bit down and the coin came out of the dumpling.

"Hehe, see?" Lisa took the coin out and placed it on a tissue, saying, "I told you I could find it myself."

Mee chuckled from the opposite side, "Of course! Since childhood, you've always been the expert at finding these things. No matter how well-hidden something shiny is, you can dig it out."

Upon hearing this, Jungkook  also laughed softly. Lisa really had a talent for sniffing out secrets.

Lisa raised an eyebrow, accepting the praise gladly. She picked up her phone, saw a notification from the [Blind Date and Family] group, and promptly entered the chat.

Her older cousin kept flooding the group with numerous red envelopes, and while the elders might not notice, Lisa immediately caught on that she was intentionally trying to dominate the chat.

Hmm, what kind of forbidden secrets are being shared up there? She should take a look.

Bracing herself, she sent the message up and then saw her older cousin's first message in the group.