Love In Fallen City

Chapter 5

She met a group of Western gentlemen, surrounding a woman like stars surrounding the moon.

Lisa first noticed the person's jet-black hair, which was braided into two large braids and piled high on her head. Although the Indian woman was dressed in Western style this time, she still had a strong oriental flavour.

Under the black gauze cloak, she wore a tight-fitting long dress made of goldfish yellow, which covered her hands, revealing only her shiny nails. The neckline was cut into a very narrow V shape, opening straight to the waist. It was the latest style in Paris, and there was a famous style called "a line of sky". Her face was yellow and oily, like the golden Guanyin Bodhisattva, but there was a demon hiding in her big, shadowy eyes. She had a classic straight nose, but it was a little too sharp and too thin. Her thick pink lips seemed swollen.

Jungkook stopped and bowed slightly to her. Lisa was looking at her, and she also looked at Lisa proudly. Her proud eyes seemed to be looking at people from afar, as if they were thousands of miles away. Jungkook introduced them, "This is Miss Kim. This is Princess Rosé." Lisa was in awe.

Rosé stretched out her hands, touched Lisa's hands with her fingertips, and asked Jungkook, "This Miss Kim, is she also from Seoul?" Jungkook nodded.

Rosé smiled and said, "She doesn't look like a Korean." Jungkook smiled and said, "Where does she look like?" Rosé put her index finger on her cheek, thought for a moment, raised her ten fingers, as if she wanted to describe something but couldn't, shrugged and smiled, and walked in. Jungkook supported Lisa and continued to walk out.

Although Lisa didn't understand much English, she understood from her appearance and smiled, "I'm originally from the country."

Jungkook said: "I just told you that you are a real Korean, so you are naturally a little different from what she calls a Korean."

They got in the car, and Jungkook said again: "Don't be fooled by her airs. She flaunts herself outside, saying that she is the biological daughter of Prince Krishna Kollampa. But because the princess fell out of favor and was sentenced to death, she was exiled and has been wandering ever since, unable to return to her country. In fact, it is true that she cannot return to her country, but no one can confirm the rest."

Lisa said: "Has she been to Seoul?" Jungkook said: "She is also very famous in Seoul. Later she followed an Englishman to Hong Kong. Do you see the old man behind her? He is the one who supports her now."

Lisa smiled and said: "You men are like this, you flatter her in front of her, but you say bad things about her behind her back. The money is not worth it. I am the daughter of a poor old man, whose status is not as high as hers. I wonder what you will say to others about me! "

JungKook laughed and said, "Who dares to say both of your names at once?" Lisa curled her lips and said, "Maybe because her name is too long and can't be read in one breath."

Jungkook said, "Don't worry. I will treat you as you are, no doubt." Lisa pretended to be relieved, leaned against the car window, and whispered, "Really?"

His words did not seem to be sarcastic to her, because she gradually realized that when they were alone together, he was always gentle and gentlemanly. For some reason, he was so steady behind people's backs, but liked to be unrestrained in public. She couldn't figure out whether it was his strange temper or he had other purposes.

When they arrived at Repulse Bay, he helped her get out of the car and pointed to the lush jungle beside the driveway and said, "Look at that tree. It's a specialty of the south. The British call it 'wildflower.'"

Lisa asked, "Is it red?" Jungkook said, "Red!" In the dark night, she couldn't see the red colour, but she knew intuitively that it couldn't be redder, red beyond control. Bunches of small flowers nestled on the towering trees, burning all the way through, and even the purple-blue sky was smoked red. She looked up.

Jungkook said, "People in Guangdong call it 'shadow tree'. Look at its leaves." The leaves looked like phoenix tail grass. When a gust of wind blew, the light black silhouette trembled sporadically. I could vaguely hear a string of small notes in my ears, which were not in tune, like the jingle of iron horses in front of the eaves.

Jungkook said, "Let's go for a walk over there." Lisa said nothing. When he walked, she slowly followed him. It was still early anyway, and there were many people walking on the road - it didn't matter. A little way past the Repulse Bay Hotel, there was a bridge flying in the air. On the other side of the bridge was a mountain, and on this side of the bridge was a wall made of gray bricks, blocking the mountain on this side.

Jungkook leaned against the wall, and Lisa also leaned against the wall. At first glance, the wall was very high and the edge was out of sight. The wall was cold and rough, the colour of death. Her face, propped up against the wall, was also changed by contrast - red lips, watery eyes, a face with blood, flesh, and thoughts.

Jungkook looked at her and said, "For some reason this wall reminds me of words like 'end of time'. ... One day, our civilization will be completely destroyed, everything will be gone - burned, blown up, collapsed, maybe this wall will be left. Lisa, if we met under this wall at that time... Lisa, maybe you would be a little sincere to me, maybe I would be a little sincere to you."

Lisa said angrily, "You admit that you like to pretend, but don't drag me into this. When did you catch me lying?" Jungkook sneered and said, "Yes, you are the most naïve person." Lisa said, "Come on, stop kidding me!"

Jungkook was silent for a long while and sighed. Lisa said, "What are you dissatisfied with?" Jungkook said, "There are many."

Lisa sighed, "If someone as free as you is like this, you will also blame your fate. Someone like me should have hanged myself long ago."

Jungkook said, "I know you are unhappy. You must have seen enough of the bad things and bad people around us. However, if this is the first time you see them, you must be even more disgusted and uncomfortable. I am like this. I was already 24 when I came back to korea. I had many dreams about my hometown. You can imagine how disappointed I was. I couldn't stand this blow and slid down involuntarily. You...if you knew me in the past, maybe you would forgive me now."

Lisa tried to imagine that she was seeing her fourth sister-in-law for the first time. She suddenly cried out, "It's still better that way, the first time I see them. No matter how bad or dirty they are, they are people outside of you, things outside of you. If you grew up in that place, how can you tell which part is them and which part is yourself?" Jungkook was silent, and after a while he said, "Maybe you are right. Maybe what I said is nothing more than an excuse to fool myself."

He suddenly laughed and said, "In fact, I don't need any excuses! I like to play - I have the money and the time, so why should I find other reasons?" He thought for a while, became irritated again, and said to her, "I don't understand myself either - but I want you to understand me! I want you to understand me!" He said this, but he was already desperate in his heart, but he still said stubbornly and pleadingly, "I want you to understand me!"

Lisa was willing to give it a try. Within a certain range, she was willing to do anything. She turned her face towards him and whispered, "I understand, I understand." She comforted him, but she couldn't help but think of her own face in the moonlight, the delicate outline, eyebrows and eyes, beautiful beyond reason, beautiful beyond imagination. She slowly lowered her head. Jungkook giggled.

He changed his tone and said with a smile, "Yes, don't forget, your specialty is to bow your head. But some people say that only girls in their teens are suitable for bowing their heads. People who are suitable for bowing their heads often like to bow their heads as soon as they come. After bowing their heads for many years, wrinkles may appear on their necks." Lisa's face changed, and she couldn't help but raise her hand to touch her neck.

Jungkook smiled and said, "Don't worry, you will never have them. Go back to the room later, when no one is around, unbutton your sleeves and take a look." Lisa didn't answer, turned around and left. Jungkook chased after her and said with a smile, "I'll tell you why you can keep your beauty. Rosé said last time that she didn't dare to get married because Indian women would get fat if they were idle and stayed at home, sitting all day. I said, Korean women, on the other hand, would not even get fat if they just sat there, because getting fat requires at least a little energy. Being lazy does have its benefits!"