Love In Fallen City

Chapter 4

She promised Mrs. Lee. Mrs. Lee was leaving within a week. Lisa was busy packing. Although there was nothing to pack at home, it was still a mess for a few days. She sold a few odds and ends and made a few sets of clothes. Mrs. Lee even found time to be her consultant despite her busy schedule. Mrs. Lee’s efforts to win over Lisa were seen by the people in Kim Mansion, and gradually they developed a new interest in Lisa.

In addition to being suspicious of her, they were also a little cautious, whispering and talking about her behind her back, but not scolding her in person. Occasionally, they would call her "Sixth Sister", "Sixth Aunt", ”Sixth Miss”, fearing that she would really marry a rich man in Hong Kong and return home in glory. Everyone had to leave room for meeting her so as not to offend her.

Mrs. Lee and Mr. Lee took their children to pick her up in a car and boarded the ship in the first class cabin of a Dutch ship. The ship was small and bumpy. Mr. Lee and Mrs. Lee fell asleep as soon as they boarded the ship and vomited non-stop. The children cried beside them.

Lisa really took care of them for a few days. Finally, the ship docked and she had the opportunity to go to the deck to see the sea view. It was a hot afternoon. The most eye-catching thing was the huge billboards on the pier. Red, orange, and pink were reflected in the green sea water. One by one, the irritating and conflicting colors jumped up and down, fighting under the water in an unusually lively manner.

Lisa thought that in this exaggerated city, even if she fell, it would probably be more painful than elsewhere. Her heart was in turmoil. Suddenly, she felt someone running over and hugging her legs, almost pushing her down. She was startled. When she saw that it was Mrs. Lee’s child, she quickly calmed down and went to help Mrs. Lee take care of everything. Unexpectedly, the ten or so pieces of luggage and the two children refused to be put together. The luggage was gathered, but in a blink of an eye, one child was missing.

Lisa was so exhausted from running around that she didn’t even bother to look at Yeyan.

After landing, we called two cars to the Repulse Bay Hotel. The car drove out of the downtown area, over the mountains and over the ridges. After a long time, they saw only yellow earth cliffs, red earth cliffs, and dense green trees and blue-green sea in the gaps of the earth cliffs. When they got closer to Repulse Bay, there were still earth cliffs and jungles, but it gradually became brighter. Many people who had returned from the mountain tour passed by their cars, one car after another was full of flowers, and scattered laughter was blown away in the wind.

Arriving at the door of the hotel, they could not see where the hotel was. They got off the car and walked up the extremely wide stone steps to a high platform with sparse flowers and trees. Then they saw two yellow houses on the higher ground. Mr. Lee had already booked a room. The servants led them along the gravel path, into the dim dining room, through the dim hallway, and up to the second floor. After turning a corner, there was a door leading to a small balcony with a wisteria trellis and half of the wall was bathed in the setting sun.

There were two people standing on the balcony talking. One of them was a woman with her back to them. She had long black hair that fell to her ankles. On her ankles, she wore a red gold twisted bracelet. She was barefoot. It was hard to tell whether she was wearing slippers. A piece of Indian pink pleated narrow-legged trousers was slightly visible above her feet.

 A man who was blocked by the woman shouted, “Hey! Mrs. Lee!” and walked over to greet Mr. and Mrs. Lee, and nodded to Lisa with a smile. Lisa saw that it was Jeon Jungkook.

 Although she had expected this move, her heart still beat violently. The woman on the balcony disappeared in a flash. Jungkook accompanied them upstairs. Along the way, they kept expressing surprise and joy as if they had met an old friend in a foreign land.