Mr Manoban's Daring Wife 2 [Jenlisa]

Chapter 315: A Mirror Reflection

"Kai oppa, please wait!" Jennie huffed, crossing her arms.

"Ow!" She yelped when she tripped over her feet and fell knee-first onto the marble floor with a loud THUD! She had scraped her knees a bit.

Kai let out a frustrated growl. He turned around to throw the obnoxious child a hateful glare. "Didn't I tell you to leave me alone?" He stomped to her and grabbed her by the collar of her frilly yellow dress. "I hope you know you're obnoxiously annoying."

Because the video was recorded from a hidden camera positioned a few meters back, it could not capture Jennie's face properly, but Lisa could hear her sniffles. "I-I'm sorry Kai oppa...I-I just wanted to play with you a bit more—"

"I've already played long enough with you." He groaned, dropping her back down. His ears perked up when he saw his mother down the hallways.

'Damn it.' He could not afford to show his mother that he made the heiress cry. He gritted his teeth and forced himself to smile.

In a hushed, nearly reprimanding voice, he whispered, "But if you wipe away your tears, stand up like a big girl, and promise not to tell your grandfather about this, then I will play with you for a while."

Jennie brightened up at his words. "Really?! When?"

Kai was struggling to maintain his smile that was beginning to resemble a grimace. His mother was approaching them now. "Once I am done with my assignments." He gritted his teeth.

Jennie bobbed her head and harshly rubbed her tears away. She blinked a bit and felt a wave of dejavu, but she was too young to know what that was.

Something flashed before her eyes. She saw a confusing image of a blurry face and the distorted voice of an older boy scolding her, "Don't rub your eyes so hard! You'll hurt yourself." She blinked again but the image was gone. She tilted her head, confused at who the boy was. He sounded like Kai...but not really...

"Rub faster." Kai hissed at her to which she slowly obliged.

"Ugh, never mind." He sighed, grabbed his handkerchief and then did it himself. When he saw his mother was not far off, he panicked and did it much rougher than she wanted him to.

"Now smile and tell me you love me." He quietly instructed her once his mother was within hearing distance.

That was easy for Jennie. She grinned and jumped onto him, hugging him tightly, "I love you very much Kai oppa!"

The video ended.

The part, "Now smile and tell me you love me," was too low for Lisa to have heard it. All he witnessed was his Nini declaring her stupid love for the stupid punk.

"Do you realize it now, Lisa?" Hojin Manoban asked him.

Jing Caoxiao bowed his head and retreated to his Master's side.

Hojin Manoban continued, "For that child to move on so quickly, it means her feelings for you were never genuine, to begin with. When you left, she easily clung onto another heir. She is exactly like every other person in this world. She only cares about your wealth. When you could not protect her, she found someone else to. When you could not give her gifts, she found someone else to."

"Do you understand now?" Hojin Manoban questioned his silent grandson.

Lisa monotonously replied, "Yes." Even though he did not understand it until he saw it for himself. But it was not time yet. Not today, not tomorrow, not next week. To defy his grandfather, he knew he would need to improve himself first. And from then on, he pushed his body above and beyond his limits, all to see a certain girl.