Rebirth of an Idle Noblewoman || LK Adaptation

𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑰𝑿

Manoban Manor was dead silent.

It wasn’t that late, but Byunghun and Yejin sat in the living room, and upon seeing Lisa come in with a calm expression, Byunghun threw his cup onto the floor in frustration. “Unfilial daughter, stand there!”

Lisa paused in her steps, feeling her head spin at the two words.

Back in her past life, she would argue endlessly with Byunghun if something like this happened, and she had fantasized that the people that had misunderstood her would realize that they were in the wrong and be guilty, and in turn, be good to her like they should be.

But she never knew that these people had always thought that she came back to the Manoban family for their riches, and of course, these people that were always biased against her, that never looked her in the eye, that never cared for her, and would never feel guilty towards her in the slightest!

Lisa tried her best to put on a straight face, looking over at Byunghun and smiling softly. “Yes, what is it?”

Her gaze was calm and collected, and her back was straight, the chandelier above masking her with a light halo.

Byunghun was stunned by this reaction of hers, while Yejin stood up with a mocking expression.

“Lalisa Manoban, you need to understand that the Manoban family has done all we could by accepting you into our home! We didn’t even ask you to contribute to the family, just learn your manners and stop to stop embarrassing the Manoban family, but what have you done? I won’t critique you for not coming back for two days and two nights during the holidays, but you’re in your final year of school! The exams are coming up, and we’re not even hoping for you to get into any good schools, just be a clean and chaste girl that won’t shame our family!”

After she said so, the living room returned to a deafening silence that made the servants want to flee back to their quarters.

Lisa chuckled softly before looking at Byunghun. “I’m not chaste? Is that what you think too…Father…?”

The last word was spoken so, so lightly, as if it were a flickering candle that could be blown out by the slightest breeze.

This was the first time that Lisa called this person in front of her ‘Father’. He was her father, bonded by blood, the closest person to her in this entire world. All she wanted was for him to just.

Look at her.

But in the end, she was always, always shunned.

Seeing Lisa’s show of fragility, Byunghun didn’t know what to do either, so he just sat down and waved her away. “Go upstairs, and study well in the future. Our family is a family of merchants, but we are a clean family, too.”

Ah.

So in his eyes, she had always been a stain in the Manoban family’s clean resume, and that had never changed.

Why did she expect anything different?

Lisa looked up and breathed deeply, blinking down her tears. Without saying a word, she made her way to the home telephone and dialed Old Ban’s phone number, which went through quickly.

Then, she handed the phone to Byunghun. “I just called my class teacher, he will tell you why I have been late to come home for the past few days. You’re my elder, so I respect you and listen to what you have to say, but… I hope you can be fair to me too. I came home late, so it must be my fault? I was doing dirty dealings outside? Am I such a person in your eyes?”

She didn’t even try to bring up the fact that the chauffeur left without her. If Eunha did such a thing, she would have prepared an excuse for it. Now, she could only expect Old Ban to help her out.