I S U F D (Lisa X Mingyu)

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New Beginning — She always felt that he didn’t particularly like her.

A sunny and cloudless Saturday.

Sunlight illuminated the waking city as endless streams of cars filled the spacious streets and the noisy crowd bustled with activity.

In a certain luxury residential building, a tall male figure stood in front of a dress mirror as he meticulously tied his necktie. On the table, his phone began playing a familiar ringtone as he finally adjusted his necktie into place. He walked up to accept the call. “Good morning, sister-in-law.”

“Mingyu, don’t forget you made an appointment to meet Miss Chou today.” On the other end, his sister-in-law didn’t even say a conventional greeting of some kind and directly cut to the chase.

Kim Mingyu replied, “I didn’t forget. I’m already preparing to leave.”

His sister-in-law was quite surprised. “Didn’t you agree to meet up at 10:00AM? You’re leaving so early??”

“Mn, afraid that the road will have a traffic jam.”

His sister-in-law nodded approvingly. “It is always better if the male party arrives earlier.” After she said this, she once again changed the topic of discussion. “Although, don’t ask someone you just met if they ever had a boyfriend; if you proceed to that step, any girl that is asked this will be displeased.”

Kim Mingyu said, “I know this isn’t very polite, but I believe I am fully aware of my own problem. If I don’t ask in advance for clarity, then I am being even more irresponsible to the other party.”

“How can this be such an absolute matter on this earth? If, by chance, you and the woman get along very well and like each other a lot, then won’t you ultimately not care about this issue?”

“I previously also had this kind of wishful thinking, but I was ultimately proven wrong.”

“…Forget about it. You always have reasoning. That said, in this current decade, all senior high school students have had boyfriends, let alone a twenty-five to twenty-six year old woman?”

Kim Mingyu let out an inaudible sigh. “Sister-in-law, I understand these things you’re saying, but I have no solution. I had even gone to see a psychiatrist.”

Hearing him speak like this, his sister-in-law hurriedly consoled him. “It’s okay, it’s okay. This time, this Miss Chou, I had intentionally questioned. She has never dated before. Furthermore, she’s beautiful and generous. You need to get along well with her.”

“I will.”

“Then sister-in-law won’t disturb you anymore. Perform well today.”

After Kim Mingyu hung up the phone, he put on his coat. Only after he looked at himself in the mirror again did he leave.

He waited on the eighteenth floor for the elevator to come down from upstairs and stop at his floor. Inside, there was only a woman with mid-length, curly light brown hair standing there. She was wearing a long, light tan overcoat. Kim Mingyu glanced at her and then pressed 「-1」before moving to stand at the other end of the elevator.

Once the elevator doors closed, it continued its descent. Lisa Manoban glanced at the other man standing in the elevator and mentally rolled her eyes.

She had constantly seen this individual in the neighborhood. He lived a floor below her, but the two of them had never spoken. She also didn’t know his name, only hearing others call him ‘Mr. Kim.’