PICK UP A SON, GET A FREE HUSBAND 1

Because She Didn't Care

At the Manoban Residence.

After she had coaxed Leo to sleep and applied a face mask, Jennie was preparing to have a good night's sleep when her phone screen suddenly lit up. There was an incoming phone call.

The caller ID displayed the name: Chairman Kim...

Jennie narrowed her eyes slightly and walked out to the balcony to take the call.

"Hello..."

"What kind of greeting is 'hello'?! Don't you know how to address your father with respect? Where are your manners?!"

"Are you sure you want to fight with me over this again?"

"Actually, I wish that you weren't part of the Kim family, but our family's blood runs through your veins. That's a fact that I can't erase! Whatever filthy things you've done outside will ultimately bring shame to our Kim family."

"Heh, the filthy things that I've done... Was that something Krystal said again?"

"Krystal didn't even need to bring up something like that. Everyone on the internet is saying that! They're saying that you're poisonous and unrepentant and that... that you're a kept woman who glorifies her shamelessness and flaunts her filthy deeds in front of everyone!

"Don't tell me that I'm accusing you wrongly! I sent someone to wait outside your apartment for quite a few days, but you never returned. Why don't you tell me where you've been staying these past few days? And where did you get that money?"

"I'm warning you, Jennie. I'm giving you one last chance. Come back right now and apologise to Krystal! Furthermore, I've already arranged a decent job for you at a branch company in Singapore. Your plane tickets have already been booked. Pack your things and leave the day after tomorrow!"

Ah, he had exiled her once five years ago. Five years later, he actually wanted to exile her again...

Jennie emphasised each word as she spoke, "Chairman Kim, while I do have the Kim family's blood running through my veins, aside from contributing a single sperm cell, you've never raised me for even a single day. Even if my reputation drops to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, you don't have the right to criticise me and you have even less of a right to get involved in my life!"

"Jennie! How impudent! You had better think hard on the consequences of provoking me! You..."

Jennie immediately hung up, cutting off the roaring coming from the other end of the phone.

This time, her heart was strangely tranquil. She wasn't angry. She wasn't disappointed. She definitely wasn't sad.

"Jennie..." A gentle voice suddenly called out to her from nearby.

Jennie turned her head only to see Lisa anxiously looking at her from the neighbouring balcony.

Jennie spoke with some surprise, "Eh, Lisa... You haven't slept yet?"

Lisa walked up to the edge of his balcony, on the side closest to hers, "I heard some noises coming from the balcony so I came out to take a look. Are you okay?"

Jennie casually shrugged her shoulders, "I'm fine. Chairman Kin gives me the same lines every time he calls. I can probably recite it from memory by now."

Lisa wasn't very good at comforting others. He reached across the gap between the balconies and rubbed her head, "Don't feel sad."

Jennie laughed. Beneath the starlight, her expression was calm and serene. "I'm not sad. In this world, the only ones who can hurt us are the ones that we care about. The more we care about them, the more it hurts. But now, I'm not going to get hurt anymore."

Because she didn't care anymore.

That time in the hospital was going to be the last time she would feel sad about those people. Never again.

"Alright! I'm going to bed now! I still have to get up early tomorrow! Good night!" Jennie waved at him.

"Getting up early? There's nothing planned for tomorrow. You can sleep in a bit."

"I'm getting up early to buy groceries."

"Why are you buying groceries?" Lisa didn't understand.

"To prepare a meal of course! I promised that I would cook for you and Leo last time, but I've been postponing it for so long that I still haven't made one yet."

"You've just recovered. There's no hurry."

"It's just buying some groceries and cooking a meal. That's not tiring at all. Also, I just happen to have some free time tomorrow. Alright, that's settled! Oh yes, remember to eat less for breakfast tomorrow so you can save some stomach space. I'll definitely have you two wishing that you had an extra stomach!"

Lisa chuckled when he saw her confident expression, "Alright."