The hastily bought coat seemed fairly decent. Tae Seo, who was checking the fit of the clothes, sat on the sofa in the middle of the store and noticed a man looking at him through the mirror.
The man had his small eyes wide open, and his mouth agape. The impression he gave was reminiscent of a shriveled anchovy. His trembling arm, seemingly unable to even hold his coffee cup, reminded one of a pitiful twig.
“Director, by any chance, do you know… the person in the back?”
“I don’t know.”
The man’s gaze was so persistent that even Manager Jang, standing next to him, noticed. Once he became aware of it, it kept bothering him. It was when Tae Seo furrowed his brows a little, suppressing his annoyance.
“Sir, please give us your dirty coat. We will clean it and send it to your home.”
“It really suits you well. It seems there is no need for any adjustments when you wear it.”
Tae Seo was able to forget the man’s presence amidst the slightly overzealous service of the employees.
“Director, would you like to look a bit more? I think we need to call a manager…”
“I told you there’s no need to call anyone. It’s excessive for Manager Jang to follow me around just to buy one coat. Let’s go with this one.”
“We will prepare it right away.”
Tae Seo, who had set a boundary with Manager Jang, straightened his shoulders. It was when an employee approached to adjust the pocket flap and the back vent.
“Excuse me! I want to try on the coat I left for alterations.”
Tae Seo’s gaze once again fell on the man at the somewhat fierce outcry.
“Yes, sir. I will bring it right away.”
One of the employees who had been standing by his side disappeared into the back of the store at the man’s request. Then, the man who had been sitting and sipping his coffee until a moment ago, stood up, pouting his lips.
The man pretended to look around the store before soon standing beside Tae Seo. Then, he squinted his eyes at another employee.
“But didn’t you say that the coat I bought was the last one?”
“Ah… I’m sorry for the confusion, sir. The product you bought is a different line that contains 50% cashmere.”
“So what’s that…”
“That is a premium line product, handcrafted with 100% cashmere.”
“…If I had known there was a premium line earlier, I would have bought that. Show me in size L. No, I’ll just buy it right away.”
Tae Seo frowned as he watched the employee cautiously picking at the thread. At the edge of his sight, he saw the man’s pale fingertips, pointing at the clothes I was wearing, trembling.
Looking at the employee with a troubled expression, he could roughly picture the situation.
Anyone who met the meticulous criteria could enter the store. But it seemed like the man was making a fuss, not knowing that there were items only VVIP could purchase.
“Sir, we apologize for the inconvenience. The product you mentioned is the last one, and another customer is currently trying it on.”
Whether the man believed the employee’s circumlocution or not, he didn’t know. However, it was apparent the situation was quite displeasing to him.
The man, who had been glaring at the coat Tae Seo was wearing for a while, snorted, then lifted one corner of his mouth in a smirk. Then suddenly, he swiftly moved closer to Tae Seo.
For Tae Seo, who had lived abroad for a long time, it was natural to respect others’ personal space (the personal area where one feels uncomfortable when invaded by others). Therefore, he was uncomfortable with the man who had come too close.
“…Do you have a problem?”
Even before the store manager could step in, Tae Seo looked down at the man with a gaze full of irritation. He couldn’t understand why the man, who had other mirrors at his disposal, insisted on standing right next to him, stretching out one arm clumsily.
He no longer wanted to waste time. It was when Tae Seo extended his arm to check the watch peeking out from under the sleeve of his coat.
“Ah…!”
The scream that came from right next to him was so intense it felt as if his breath might stop. Tae Seo lifted his dark eyebrows. Only then did the man’s arm, which had been continuously flailing in the air, come into Tae Seo’s sight.
What adorned the slender wrist was a watch from the company R. It seemed like the man wanted to flaunt the sparkling golden metal band and rosecolored watch face.
It was a good watch, too. However, it was probably worth about a tenth of the price of the watch Tae Seo was wearing at the moment.
Tae Seo’s watch was a limited edition model that cost as much as a small apartment. It was a product that anyone interested in watches would dream of. The man seemed to have recognized Tae Seo’s watch immediately.
The man, who had been staring blankly at Tae Seo’s watch for a while, quickly closed his mouth. He pulled the end of the sleeve of his knit tshirt to hide his watch, and his shoulders slumped.
“Do you have a problem?”
“No, no… nothing…”
He unintentionally killed the man’s spirit, but for some reason, it was amusing. Tae Seo bit his lip to hold back a laugh and straightened up to look into the mirror again.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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