The Wife Is a Superstar 2

Chapter 373 - Trophy Wife

"Big Bro, am I still your brother?" V couldn't help but whine. Then he threw a resentful look at Jennie.

"Don't be such a drama queen!" Jennie snapped at him, extremely annoyed. "You just need to sing the song with me. It's my song. Why are you suddenly wanting to change everything?" Then she turned to Lisa. "Hon, which is better? My current song or the version he wants the song to turn into?"

"Of course yours is better, love," Lisa immediately replied. He looked at his brother coldly. "Ruby Jane's song is already perfect as it is. Don't go around changing it just because you want to. Besides, I'm the inspiration behind it. So it's basically my song as well. I don't want you changing my song."

V looked at the couple in exasperation. The bullies! They were clearly ganging up on him.

He took a few deep breaths to calm down and prevent himself from losing his temper. Then he explained to them, "I've been in the music industry longer than Ruby. I think that my suggestions are worth considering. Yeah, this song is great and all but it's not perfect. It's too sweet and sappy! With this kind of lyrics and melody combined together, I think it's too much! Do you want the listeners to die from dog food overdose? We should at least change up the melody a little to make it more modern and appealing to the younger generation."

"It's a love song! It's supposed to be sweet and sappy! And what's wrong with dog food? We're singing it for a romance TV drama! Its main selling point is to drown its viewers with dog food! Jae and Alice say that people love this kind of stories!" Jennie retorted. She turned to Lisa again. "Am I right, hon?"

"Of course you're right, love."

V threw his hands up in the air in surrender. Now he was starting to understand why Jennie was one of the very rare handful of people in the music industry who wasn't the least bit intimidated by the notorious hothead producer JJ. She was extremely stubborn and liked getting what she wanted just like JJ. The only difference between them was that Jennie wasn't in the habit of exploding into extreme rages unlike JJ.

Seeing his younger brother's discontent about the situation, Lisa's heart softened a bit. V would always be his flesh and blood brother no matter what happened. But he could also understand his baby girl's protectiveness towards her song. V basically wanted to change the entire melody, only keeping the lyrics.

"Why don't you write another duet instead of trying to change Ruby Jane's song? Is there a rule that says there should only be one duet for you to sing together?" Lisa suggested to his brother.

"Oh!"

Both Jennie and V's eyes lit up at his suggestion.

V nodded, immediately diving into deep thought. He grabbed a piece of blank paper and a pen from a nearby table and started jotting down some of his ideas.

Jennie went to Lisa and sat beside him, hugging his arm. "Hon, that's such a great idea! We'll keep my song as it is, while Hyung will write another song that'll suit his tastes better. Then we can have two songs to sing together."

"Yes. Let's do that instead," V agreed. "We'll go ahead and release your song as the theme song for the TV drama. Then we can release my song as a stand-alone single afterwards."

With that, everything had been decided between them. V jotted down a few more ideas before putting the paper aside.

Then Jennie and V resumed working on her song. Although Jennie rejected any major changes to the song, she allowed V's other minor tweaks as long as she thought that they improved the song.

She didn't want any major changes in the song at this point because JJ would surely fight with her again when they begin recording the song. The music producer would definitely try to make some sweeping alterations once again.

JJ was harder to deal with than V because he wasn't afraid of anyone, including Lisa. Just thinking about her upcoming arguments with JJ was already making Jennie's head hurt.

Since Jennie limited V's power to make changes in the song, V also made her promise not to make any major changes to the song he would write. Jennie agreed. It was only fair.

Their work proceeded more smoothly and peacefully this time.

As for Lisa, he finally realized what he had done. He was already regretting making the suggestion in the first place. Another duet meant that the two would have to work together longer and more closely with each other. He trusted both of them but still couldn't stop the green-eyed monster inside him from rearing its ugly head.

All he could do was scowl as he watched his baby girl and brother sing a love song together. He had no idea if his brother would also write a love song. The song wasn't even written yet but he felt like he already hated it.

'Calm down, Lisa,' he told himself. 'He's your brother.'

Lisa could only sigh at his unkind thoughts. But at least he noticed that he wasn't that jealous of his brother anymore regarding his baby girl compared to before when they just started their relationship. It was because he felt more secure in his position in her heart now.

The thought made him smile.

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With her winning streak in the awards show and the recent revelation of her close connection with the legendary business genius Sir Jian, people in high society continued to talk about Jennie as their hottest topic of discussion.

Her reputation in these circles weren't that good. There were two big reasons for this.

The first one was because of Jennie's mother, Chaerin, who these people scorned as a gold digging and social climbing slut. They loved to mock her. Some even hated her because of suspicions that she had affairs with their husbands. However, nothing was ever proven from these suspicions.

The second one was because of Jennie's own trouble-making behaviour as a teenager. She had terrorized and bullied many of these people's children in the past. She thought that being a celebrity gave her the right to do whatever she wanted.

In short, Jennie was nobody but a problem child to these people.

Although many of them were amazed at her drastic change for the better, some of the old-fashioned ones still thought of her as nothing but a showgirl. These people were similar to the Kim elders. They looked down on people working in the showbiz industry. They even looked down on V.

Nevertheless, Jennie's status and reputation within these circles improved recently when it was reported that she was engaged to Jiyong. If she married him, then she would become a Kwon. The Kwons were many levels higher than any of them on the social hierarchy.

Of course, this generated a lot of envy and hate from them.

"What's so special about her? She'll just become a trophy wife in the end. The Kwons gain nothing from her. What can she contribute to the Kwon family? She has nothing but her beauty and her ability to sing. That's it."

This kind of opinions were widely spread in these circles. Many of them just couldn't accept the possibility of Jennie ascending several levels above them on the social hierarchy. Why couldn't it be them instead?

Even most of the Kims, especially the elders, only saw her worth as the bridge which would connect their family to the Kwons. They still didn't think highly of her own abilities and accomplishments. However, they must act nicely to her on the surface for the sake of leaving a good impression to the Kwons.

As for Jennie herself, she wasn't directly aware about any of these, nor did she care. So what if they were looking down at her? To her, these people were nobodies and strangers. What they thought about her was none of her business. They could look down on her however much they wanted.

It was a different matter to Lisa and Grandpa. They were clearly aware of all of these talks about her. Both of them were enraged for her sake. However, they didn't do anything to shut them up.

The two couldn't wait until Jennie slapped them all when she made her translating and interpreting debut at the upcoming international business conference in a few days. It would be much more effective and satisfying that way.

"I wish I could record the reactions of all those snobs who keep on looking down on Ruby my girl! That would be so funny! Bahahaha! They dare look down on Jian's beloved granddaughter and student? Hah!" Grandpa m (who felt very bored) told Lisa after disturbing him at work.