Lost Memories | A Liskook Adaptation

Chapter 20: So Gentle

Lisa looks up at the group photo on the billboard.

She reads and searches through the names slowly.

She finds it.

The guy in the photo is still twenty something; a fair white face, handsome looking with a tall nose. Even though everyone's head is small in order to fit in the group photo, it's obvious that he is good looking.

It seems to match up with the man that she has seen in her dreams. But it also feels unfamiliar.

This is what Bangchan has told her just now: her ex-boyfriend's name is Yugyeom, who was also in the same class. They got together during their second year. But when they were about to graduate, they broke up for some reason. It was said that it was because Yugyeom was pressured by his family.

"He has already returned to his home in the Gansu Province. His family arranged work for him, and he got married last year. I still have his phone number." Bangchan hesitates, "Do you want it?"

"Please give it to me."

Upon receiving the number, Lisa doesn't dial it. When she's saving it into her phone, she types his name one character at a time: Yug....ye....om.

She suddenly feels depressed.

Even his name feels unfamiliar.

She looks up at the group photo again.

She turns left and right, there's no one. Only Taehyung is standing not far away, watching her quietly. She smiles at him, stands on her tip-toes, reaches out her hands, yanks the photo, shoves it into her pocket, turns around and walks out of the school.

Taehyung comes to her in surprise, "You......"

She tugs his elbow, "Let's go."

They get back into the car. Taehyung looks at the photo feeling a bit of a headache, "How could you tear it off? If you wanted it, you could have asked the office for one. "

Lisa takes a sip of water and answers, "I don't have that kind of time. If they start asking me all kinds of questions, I would have to keep explaining that I lost my memory. I don't want to talk about it!" She points to a spot on the photo, "This one."

Taehyung is stunned as he looks to where she's pointing.

"My ex-boyfriend."

Taehyung doesn't comment.

Lisa smiles, "He's good looking, isn't he? He's already married with kids. I guess that solves one of my worries. She puts her arms behind her head, leans backwards, and closes her eyes.

Taehyung starts the car.

After a while, his voice comes on, "Lisa, don't feel sad."

".......Mm"

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They get back in the evening.

Probably because she's feeling a little down, so Taehyung doesn't ask her to go eat dinner with him. He drives back to the lab by himself.

Lisa walks up to her apartment by herself. It's already night time, so the apartment is dark. She sits on the side of her bed for a while without turning on the lights. Through the dim lighting, she stares at the photo quietly for a moment, and then puts it inside the drawer. She takes out a cigarette and match, and walks to the balcony.

The old city district below her looks like a desolated painting; it hasn't changed much in the past four years. She lights up her cigarette, slowly starts smoking, and can't stop her tears from flowing.