Lost Memories | A Liskook Adaptation

Chapter 56: The First Sight of Suspicion Part 1

The temperature is cold in the early morning of autumn.

Lisa enters the office at dawn. There aren't many passersby in the building at this hour. When she passes a group of officers, she sees a few of them leaning crookedly against their chairs and sleeping. They've clearly been busy following Jungkook all night long.

She pushes open the Black Shield Team's office door and sees Chatterbox leaning forward and sleeping on his desk. Although he looks refined on the outside, his snoring is incredibly loud. Bambam is sitting in front of his computer. The monitor's light is reflecting on his face as he types on the keyboard. He notices her arrival and reveals a slight smile, "It's still early. Leader said we'll wait until it's office hours before bringing the suspects in for questioning so that we don't inadvertently alert the killer."

Lisa nods. Seeing that Jungkook's and Cold Face's seats are empty, she raises her head to take a look at the half-closed door of the room in the back. "They just went inside for a nap," Bambam whispers, "Both of them haven't slept for two nights. Do you want to go accompany Leader? I'll keep a lookout for you!"

Lisa glances at Chatterbox who's not moving, then glares at Bambam and gestures for him to keep quiet. She walks quietly to the side of the door. Afraid that she would wake them up, she peeks inside through the door crack first.

She spots Jungkook lying on the sofa facing the doorway right away. One arm is behind his head, his shoes are still on, and he's lying down just like this with a jacket over his body. The dim light from the sky outside of the window is shining on his face, showing his handsome features and contours like a still painting.

Lisa suddenly recalls the scene from her dream just now, so she continues standing silently beside the door for a long while.

Jungkook scrunches his eyebrows suddenly. He holds his temples with his fingers.

And then he opens his eyes and stares at the ceiling.

Lisa looks at him curiously. He fetches a medicine bottle from his pants pocket, pours two pills out, throws them into his mouth and swallows them. His eyebrows are still scrunching as he exhales a long breath of air, and then he puts one arm over his eyes.

It's as if he's trying to endure something or he's irritated about something.

Lisa pushes open the door and walks inside.

He notices her. He puts his arm down and looks towards her.

Lisa squats beside the sofa and looks into his eyes, "What medicine did you just take?

Jungkook doesn't answer. He grabs her hand and says softly, "Come up."

Lisa doesn't obey him. She reaches into his pants' pocket directly. He watches and doesn't stop her.

Lisa reads the words on the medicine bottle and feels her heart ache, "Why are you taking painkillers? Are you having a headache?" She remembers the time when they were in the office at the Jiangcheng station. She noticed that something was wrong with him back then and thought he was just sick.

"I'm fine. It happens occasionally ever since I lost my memory." He sits up, pulls her into his embrace while holding her hands, and stares down at her. Lisa rubs her forehead against his chin. They both keep quiet for a while.

"After that day, my headache has lessened a lot," he says suddenly in a low voice.

"That day? Which day?"

He lifts up her hand and kisses it lightly, "That day outside of the hospital. "

Lisa's heart skips a beat. She doesn't know if what he's talking about is for real, but she tilts her head up and gives him a peck on the cheek, "Don't work overnight anymore. I heard that it's bad for headaches."