The Wife Is a Superstar 2

Chapter 294 - Wonjae's Family

Light snow started to coat the city, as December welcomed another cold winter season. Malls, shops, restaurants and other commercial places began to have festive Christmas decorations. Shoppers swarmed the malls in droves, attracted by the Christmas-themed sales and limited edition products.

Both Jennie and Lisa didn't celebrate Christmas. In her past life as Maria, Christmas was celebrated sometime in January. And even then, it wasn't a joyous family-oriented occasion. Her mother used it as an opportunity to review the organization's yearly performance.

Even now as Jennie, she didn't think much of Christmas. It wasn't a public holiday in the country, so she planned on working as usual. JJ and the members of Pandemonium wanted to release the single next month, so she needed to whip them harder to finish it in time.

In addition to this, she also continued to study with Professor Kalisha Schwarz and Professor Hisakawa Akio who returned to the country just for her. Not to mention her business lessons with Grandpa.

She was also preparing for the launch of her gaming company, Planet Monkey, with Hou Liang sometime next year. And also to finish preparations for when the Bauer siblings arrived from Germany to start working on her other company, Orchidia Beauty.

In short, she was very busy this December.

However, Wonjae begged her and Lisa to decorate both the mansion and the penthouse for Christmas. She agreed, feeling a bit guilty of not allowing him to go home to celebrate Christmas and New Year with his family. She needed him because it was a very busy month.

Although Jae never complained, she knew that he must be feeling disappointed and missing his family. So she made a win-win decision for both of them.

"Jae, why don't you bring over your family here instead? You can celebrate Christmas and New Year here together."

For the first time ever, Wonjae was speechless. After the initial shock, he burst into tears. He continuously thanked Jennie while sobbing in happiness.

In just a week, Jae's family arrived. Lisa lent one of his private jets after hearing about the matter. Jennie also lent her penthouse at Gold Heights Condominium to them. Jae was so overwhelmed by both of his bosses' kindness and generosity that he swore eternal loyalty to them and their descendants.

Jae temporarily moved out of the mansion to spend time with his family at the penthouse. Of course, he travelled back to the mansion every morning to continue his work as Jennie's assistant.

The ones who arrived were his mother (the undisputed boss of the family), father, older sister and her husband and their two children, his other older sister and younger sister. It seemed that his aunts, uncles and numerous cousins also wanted to go but he and his mother shot them down because they didn't want to be seen as taking advantage of Jennie and Lisa's hospitality.

His mother told them that if they wanted to go, they should buy their own plane tickets and book their own hotel rooms. When his mother spoke, it was the end of discussion. Nobody dared to face against this terrifying mother dragon.

The family visited the mansion the next day to have dinner with Jennie and Lisa. They all thanked them, especially Jennie, for being good to Jae and for being so generous to them. They also brought a lot of souvenirs.

Afterwards, they visited the main branch of the Cao family. Jae's father was a distant cousin to Cao Guang, Jihoon's assistant.

Despite all the excitement with the arrival of Jae's family, Jennie continued to work hard. Jae's twenty two-year old younger sister named Clover accompanied Jae and Jennie while they worked. Clover's exuberant personality was very similar to her brother. She also started calling Jennie boss and Lisa sir boss. The siblings both fangirled over Jennie and Lisa.

24th of December.

Even though Jennie and Lisa wouldn't normally celebrate Christmas, they ordered a Christmas Eve dinner at the mansion for Wonjae's family. Little Jun, Hoyeon, Mei and all the household staff from the penthouse came over to the mansion to celebrate with them. Alice also came, immediately getting along with Jae's younger sister. The twins Jae and Alice became triplets with the addition of Clover.

Jennie invited her big brother Jiyong, but he declined saying that he was busy. She was disappointed but didn't force him to come.

The Christmas Eve dinner was prepared in cooperation of Lisa's private chef, Jennie's penthouse cook, Jae's mother and first older sister.

Before dinner, Jae's father connected a home karaoke system they brought. Jennie was very entertained by the family because they all sang with gusto. Even when their singing voices weren't all that pleasing to the ears, it was still fun watching them because of their enthusiasm. They seemed happy all the time.

"Boss, please sing. We want to hear you sing live," Clover begged Jennie. She spoke in English so that her family members could understand.

"Alright."

Jennie wasn't shy. She took the mic and then started singing a classic song in English. Lisa whipped out his phone and started recording his baby girl on video.

When everyone heard the opening tune, all cheered. They stood up and started sway-dancing to the music.

"Left a good job in the city

Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day..."

The beat started to change. Wonjae's family's booties also started shaking and their bodies shimmying. Alice joined them, copying their dance movies. Even Little Jun started bouncing in delight as he danced with her new playmates, Jae's 10-year old niece and 2-year old nephew.

"Big wheel keep on turnin'

Proud Mary keep on burnin'

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river..."

Jennie winked at her honey who was recording her, as she danced and continued to sing the catchy song. Her voice also became stronger and growlier, reaching high notes that sent them into frenzy. They acted as if they were in a concert.

Everyone gave a loud applause when the song ended. Jennie gave her small private audience a fancy curtsy bow.

"The best version of 'Proud Mary' I've ever heard in my life!" Jae's father declared, giving two thumbs up to Jennie.

"Thank you, Uncle," she replied.

After their fun karaoke session, they finally ate a hearty Christmas Eve dinner. It was in buffet style, so everyone enjoyed the food at the same time, including the penthouse and the mansion's household staff.

Everything was delicious. Lisa and Alice ate more than usual, liking the taste of authentic food. Jennie had to watch her figure as a celebrity, so she only ate the same amount as usual.

Lisa's butler and other household staff couldn't believe how much the mansion had changed ever since Jennie came to live with their master. It was warmer and felt more like a place where a family lived. They also felt more appreciated as employees. Like right now, they never would've imagined that they would be eating and chatting with their master and mistress and their guests like equals.

During dinner, Jennie asked about Jae's sisters. The youngest, Clover, was going to graduate with a Business Administration degree in a few months.

"Do you already know where you're going to work after you graduate?" Jennie asked Clover.

"Not yet. I'm eyeing a few companies but the competition among new graduates is fierce. Only a small number of us will get hired."

"What do you think about working here instead? Or do you want to stay in your country?"

Clover's eyes lit up. "Oh! I would love to work here! That's why I did my best to learn the language."

"Good. Come work for me then, if you want. I plan on creating a beauty company in the near future. You can help me set it up," Jennie told her.

"YES!"