Contract Lover - L.K Adaptation

105

Chapter 105 - Feeling Un just ("Is it that mu's that you don't like or is it me?") (3)

It was the end of summer and the weather was
starting to get cold. Xu Lisa leaned against the
door and asked coldly, "Xu Jongki, why did you come all the way here all of a sudden. Not only did you get close to Mu Jiyong, you even brought up marriage. What are you thinking?"

Xu Jongki turned around and didn't care that she
had referred to him with his full name. Quite the
contrary, he smiled at her and said, "Lisa, do you
really not know what it is that I want?"

Xu Jongki let out a sigh and blow out some smoke.

Extinguishing the cigarette, he walked over to Xu Lisa. "I was young and wasn't thinking straight
at the time and didn't know that it was so difficult
to marry into the Chen's back in the days. Now
Mu Jiyong had offered a handsome amount to let
you marry Mu Jungkook. The wealth is right at our
fingertips. The two of us should be on the same side."

"Mu Jiyong is going to pay you for me to marry Mu Jungkook? Has he lost his mind?" Xu Lisa rolled her
eyes at Xu Jongki then, as though something else had occurred to her, she asked, "You said it was difficult to marry into the Chen's? Which Chen's? Chen Mingyu?"

Xu Jongki paused for a second before he said to her, "It's nothing. It's all in the past. Mu Jiyong dotes on his second son and is worried that his older son
would scheme away all of the Mu's fortune. He is
willing to pay for you to pretend to get married to
Mu Jungkook. You will then ditch him and run off. That would be a blow to him. See? You don't even need to do much other than going through the motions. You will be a rich divorcee afterward. Wonderful, right? Plus, Mu Jungkook is someone who had gone bankrupt. He might never rise back up again. It doesn't befit you to stay with him. Once this is over, you can stay in the entertainment circle or be in a relationship with anyone of your choice. I promise I will not interfere again."

"I can't believe you can even say such a thing. You
are worse than an animal." Xu Lisa snickered.

"You are all wrong. Mu Jungkook doesn't like me. He
is with me simply because he didn't want to be with
Liang Yeri. Now that Liang Yeri is out of the
picture, I am of no value to him anymore. I am afraid your plan isn't going to work out as you have wanted it to. And now, Xu Jongki, you need to tell me what is your involvement with the Chen's."

Xu Jongki's brows furrowed deeply "That that was
all in the past. You know, my business hasn't been
doing well. I wanted to have a chance for a comeback and that required a large investment Back then, the Chen's was one of the prestigious family in town. I gave you to Chen Mingyu for my livelihood. I did it so we can both have a bright future. Don't blame your old dad."

Xu Lisa's heart sank. "You gave me to Chen Mingyu?
Why didn't I know about it?"

"You were drunk that day..." Xu Jongki explained softly.

"But... daughter, it's okay. He didn't do anything. He
just sent someone to take you home. I can guarantee
that."

Xu Lisa was infuriated. She snickered and spoke
through her gritted teeth, "Xu Jongki, I don't care how much Mu Jiyong had promised you. Don't you worry. As long as I am around, you will not get your hands on even one penny of it."

Everybody had their own thoughts in their own
minds when they watched the two-episodes finale. As soon as the show was over, Xu Lisa faked illness
and dragged Mu Jungkook off with her.

Mu Jungkook didn't look all too happy either. He was gloomy and quiet the entire way home. When Xu Lisa wanted to get out of the car after they got
into the garage, she realized that Mu Jungkook sat in the driver's seat, refusing to unlock the door to let
her out.

Xu Lisa knew that he wanted to talk to her so she
sat back and asked, "What is it?"

"Why did you react the way you did when they
brought up our marriage? Was it really that awful
marrying into the mu's?"

Releasing his seatbelt, Mu Jungkook pressed himself closer to Xu Lisa.

What he really wanted to ask was, "Was it really that
awful marrying me?" But he changed his wording the very last minute.

Xu Lisa did not want to get into that with him. She
merely explained genuinely, "Mu Jungkook, that's just a plot between my father and yours. Your father offered mine a handsome amount to pretend that I am going to marry you and run off once it is done."

"But you didn't found that out until after dinner, right? But you turned it down without even giving it a thought over dinner. Why was that?" He voice was low and he looked vicious. "Was it the Mu's or the me that you don't like?"