Mr Mermaid | LK Adaptation

Chapter 45

Chapter 45

Late in the evening, Jungkook's parents still had not come home. Jungkook gave them a call and only then did he find out that it was his parents' 25th anniversary today, so they had gone out to celebrate and would not be back so early.

So they could not wait for his dad to come back and cook dinner.

They set up an electric hot pot in the dining room, bought back a whole bunch of ingredients, and began to cook their own hot pot for dinner. Hiding in an air-conditioned room on a hot summer's day to eat hot pot — one could only describe it as hedonistic.

After dinner, they had some fruits, and then after watching television for a little while more, Jungkook sent Jaehyun packing.

Jaehyun had been planning to stay over for the night. He tried to offer a compromise. "I can sleep on the sofa."

Jungkook shook his head, "The sofa in my house can't fit you."

"I can bear it."

"I cannot."

Yes, he could not stand the fact that Jaehyun was still in the house after night fall. Even though brother Jaehyun had stayed over before in the past, Lisa wasn't here back then. Things were different now.

Also, most importantly, Lisa was obviously speaking more to Jaehyun than to him — how could he be magnanimous in this situation?

After Jaehyun left, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little strange. Lisa sat on the sofa idly watching television. Then, Jungkook walked over to sit beside her.

Lisa did not shift her eyes from the tv, but all her attention had turned to him. Her fingers rubbed lightly against the edges of the remote control in her hand, a sign of her nerves.

The two of them were suddenly alone together — even Jungkook felt rather unsure what to do, He placed both hands decorously on his thighs, only turning his head to look at her face. "Today, you..."

The sound of the door opening interrupted him.

Jungkook turned to look and saw that his parents were finally back, but... they really had terrible timing...

Daddy Jeon did not notice the strange look his son was giving him. He said, "Kookie, your mum and I saw Jaehyun outside. Why didn't you let him stay the night?"

"Well, it's inconvenient," Jungkook explained vaguely.

Madam Kim came over and put the small paper bag in her hands before Lisa. After that, she sat down and said to Lisa, "A friend in Hong Kong sent it to me. I don't use this brand and it's unopened. You won't mind, right?"

"For, for me?" Lisa was surprised at the sudden gift.

Madam Kim nodded in reply.

Lisa lifted the bag and looked inside to find a set of cosmetics. It was a brand she did not recognise — her make-up skill tree had not been awakened yet. She looked gratefully at Madam Lu. "Thank you, Auntie!"

Jungkook had also taken a peek and seeing the cosmetics, he smiled and said, "Mum, Lisa is still young and naturally pretty. She doesn't need makeup."

Lisa cast an odd look at Jungkook — her expression read "You're dead meat".

Honestly, how could you bring up age in front of auntie? And why did you have to bring me into it too?! Not only are you dead meat, are you trying to bring me down with you?!

Madam Kim stared at Jungkook with narrowed eyes, and Jungkook could almost hear the sound of his mother gnashing her teeth. He quickly sprang up and ran away. "I'm going to take a shower!"