The Wife Is A Superstar 3

Chapter 475 - New Engagement

Dragon Palace Home #10.

On Friday, Jennie and Lisa surprisingly stayed at home, even though both of them had very busy work schedules. Jennie didn't go to work at all, while Lisa only went for half a day before returning home in the afternoon. As for Jiyong, he disappeared and reappeared at random times.

The fact that everyone was at home on a Friday, which was a workday, made Hoyeon suspect that something was going on that she wasn't aware of. Both Jennie and Lisa were workaholics (in a good way). Hoyeon knew that the two no longer had any day off after the weekend the girl squad and Lisa's brothers gathered together at the mansion. Their schedule was full until the day they were scheduled to travel abroad. So why did the couple take a break from work today? It didn't make sense to her. They also wouldn't tell her anything. Even Jae remained tight-lipped.

She finally learned the reason why that afternoon. Jennie, Lisa, Hoyeon and Jiyong were lounging in the living area. It was only them. There were no subordinates watching over them this time. Jae was with Little Jun and the cats playing somewhere in the mansion. In the living area, Jennie and the others were watching the TV when the afternoon news program started broadcasting.

Hoyeon froze at the next news report. It said:

"A representative of Donghwi Kim, Deputy CFO and eldest son of President-CEO Jihoon Kim of Kim Industries, has released an official statement announcing his separation from his now former fiancée, Hoyeon, who is also the mother of his young son. No reason was provided for the break up as of this time. In the same announcement, his representative also shared delightful news of Deputy CFO Donghwi's engagement to..."

The news anchor reported that Donghwi was now engaged to an heiress from another wealthy family. This particular family was old and had aristocratic origin, just like the Kims. All the families involved in the engagement—the heiress' family, the Kims, and the Zhengs (Hwi's maternal family)—were reportedly delighted by this "perfect match made in heaven". The news anchor continued the report, saying:

"For those of you who don't know, Deputy CFO Donghwi is the eldest half-brother of multi-award-winning musician Jennie Kin. His ex-fiancée, Hoyeon, is Jennie's former bodyguard turned close friend. Jennie has also confirmed in the past that their young son is her godson..."

Hoyeon wasn't able to hear the rest of the news report. Her mind had gone blank. It had only been three days since the night that she broke up with Hwi, and yet he was already engaged to another woman? Her numbed heart gave a painful squeeze, but she didn't cry. She still loved him, but the hurt he had given were drowning all the love she had for him. She felt empty inside instead thinking about him.

"You knew about this?" she asked Jennie.

"Yes," Jennie replied, not denying it. "Louis informed me. He had been monitoring that man ever since the night he barged into Gold Heights and made trouble with you and Little Jun."

Without Jennie instructing him to do so, Louis had automatically placed Donghwi in the virtual black notebook. That was why he started closely monitoring Donghwi's activities with the intention of finding incriminating evidence against him. The increasingly smarter cat AI did it based on his own judgment. Louis only informed Jennie about it after Hwi's name was already placed in the virtual black notebook.

Jennie had no problem with it because she already planned on instructing Louis to do it anyway. After this event, however, Jennie decided that she needed to perform regular full scans on Louis in order to understand and control the direction of his evolution.

Louis was increasingly becoming independent which was one of Jennie's original goals in creating the AI in the first place. Thus, Jennie didn't have any issues about Louis developing a distinct independent personality. However, Jennie was concerned about Louis frequently bypassing her original permissions like what he did when he placed Hwi's name on the virtual black notebook on his own. Jennie didn't give Louis permission to modify the virtual black notebook in any way without her authorization first, but Louis did it anyway.

Jennie already scolded Louis, like a mother lecturing her young child. Louis apologized for being a bad kitty and promised not to do it again without her mommy's permission. Jennie was relieved hearing the virtual cat's promise, but it made her realize that she couldn't just leave Louis alone to learn things by himself. The advanced self-learning function that she developed was just too powerful. Who knew what kind of things Louis would randomly learn if left alone by himself?

The cat AI was like a child who needed direction and guidance. Jennie informed Lisa about it and both agreed to become stricter on Louis as if she was a real child.

Back to the present, Hoyeon just nodded at Jennie. She didn't blame Jennie or the others for keeping the information about Hwi's new engagement from her. She understood that Jennie must have wanted her to learn the news by herself and react on her own. Jennie wasn't the type to soften blows or completely coddle a friend. However, she would be there to show her support. Just like now. She and Lisa both took time off work, even though they were insanely busy.

"Thank you," Hoyeon told them.

Jennie sighed softly and told her, "It's not over yet."

Right at that moment...

"Meow~ Excuse me, Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Jiyong and Auntie Yeon. Sorry to bother you but I have something important to report," Louis politely interrupted them.

Jennie and Lisa looked like they already know what was going on.

"Go ahead, Louis," Lisa said.

"Thanks, Daddy! Meow~ Asking permission to display video surveillance from Gold Heights Condo building on the TV..."