𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞 | 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ✓

Chapter 29

Lisa and Jungkook walked out of IKEA and ran into a family walking towards them, leaving Lisa momentarily stunned.

It was her father, Jin Mao.

Jin Mao was in his mid to late forties now, with a somewhat portly figure not nearly as tall as Shen Shishan and nowhere near as burly either, as evidenced by the statures of both their children. Lisa had inherited her petite frame from her dad while Eunwoo was tall and robust.

Jin Mao came from humble beginnings and had done tough labor jobs. In his youth he actually had decent physique and some muscles, full of vigor. But now that he was a businessman making good money, he had assumed the airs of a boss and gotten fat. Once a person gets obese, even the most refined features lose their definition.

Naturally by Jin Mao's side was his current wife, the young mistress he had an affair with all those years ago when she was his assistant.

The assistant was much younger than Lisa's mom, alluring and beautiful, with the soft charm of a delicate woman. Lisa's mom from a scholarly family always carried herself with an air of sophistication, naturally lacking the allure of temptresses on the outside for a married man like Jin Mao.

The young mistress also had their six year old son in tow.

This picture perfect family running into them left Lisa at a loss. She had wanted to just lower her head and hurry past them if they didn't notice her, but Jin Mao saw her—

"Little Lisa."

Lisa had no choice but to stiffly greet: "Dad."

She then turned to the young mistress and called: "Aunt Jiang."

"Sister Lisa!"

The little boy was adorably chubby. He let go of his mom's hand and grabbed Lisa's shirt hem.

Lisa rubbed his fat little head and smiled: "Little Bao, you've gotten chubbier again! You need to exercise more, understand?"

"I understand."

Aunt Jiang had a hypocritical smile: "You see, the little prince listens to no one in the family, but he promises as soon as Lisa says it."

Jin Mao took the opportunity to tell Lisa: "You should come home more when you're free. Little Bao misses playing with you too. Spend more time together to build your bond, he's your little brother after all."

Lisa nodded and flatly replied: "I'll come back for Little Bao's birthday."

After Lisa and Jungkook left, Aunt Jiang said to Jin Mao: "I must say, Lisa's boyfriend is quite handsome."

"Hmph, dating a boyfriend without even telling me, this daughter is clearly distancing herself from me."

Aunt Jiang pushed Little Bao towards him. "But this is your real son!"

**

Lisa quickened her pace, hurriedly leaving Building A. The cold wind was biting. She pulled her coat collar tight.

Although Jungkook didn't ask, he had also clearly witnessed the earlier situation.

Even though they were words to placate a child, Aunt Jiang had subtly singled out Lisa, planting the seed in the child's mind from young that "Sister is an outsider"...

Lisa was visibly unhappy.

"Brother will buy you ice cream."

"Oh..."

Without waiting for Lisa's reply, Jungkook took her hand and led her into the Häagen-Dazs shop right across.

He ordered a super large ice cream set, with scoops of blueberry, vanilla, matcha and chocolate, sprinkled with Oreos and chocolate chips. A circle of freshly baked crispy waffle cones with hot aroma surrounded them.