“Honey, remember I mentioned it before? It’s all set now.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Our Min Woo… is getting married. I told you before, remember? Min Woo was seeing the youngest daughter of PP Confectionery. Of course, you didn’t go that day.”
“Why would I go to that? It’s not even a formal meeting, just an introductory one!”
“It’s important to our Min Woo, that’s why. We’ll soon set a date for the engagement.”
When Joo Ran cautiously shared the news of meeting PP Confectionery’s Park Min Kyung and her mother with Chairman Cha, who had visited after a long time, he burst out in annoyance.
“Min Woo has to make up for the mess he’s caused while being lovesick. Do you even know how much damage he’s caused to the company because of his womanizing? Tell him I won’t tolerate any more mistakes!”
“Why do you keep getting annoyed? Just wish them well. Anyway, I’ll make sure this time everything is handled more carefully and properly than ever. Min Woo is following my advice and understands your intentions, so it will all work out.”
“Anyway, make sure you relay my message! I won’t tolerate a second failure, make that clear!”
Although he outwardly expressed anger, Chairman Cha internally rejoiced at Min Woo’s engagement, which would tie him to a stable company.
PP Confectionery wasn’t as big as C&C, but it was one of the rising companies.
Their new products targeting late teens to twenties were a hit, and their aggressive marketing with TV program PPL and food YouTubers had led to product shortages – a sign of success.
Moreover, the company was rumored to be flush with cash.
‘If this goes well, I should consider intertwining it with other investment plans. It’s good to establish connections through such an event.’
Soon, plans for other gains stemming from Cha Min Woo’s marriage filled Chairman Cha’s mind.
The engagement between PP Confectionery’s youngest daughter Park Min Kyung and Cha Min Woo was quickly becoming a reality, expedited by Joo Ran.
Initially annoyed, Min Woo seemed to have made up his mind and was meeting Park Min Kyung more frequently.
He apparently visited her house occasionally too.
“Mother, can you make some time today?”
“What’s up?”
Min Woo, after a long silence, asked to go to G Department Store with Park Min Kyung from PP Confectionery.
Joo Ran’s mood had soured since the latest department store products, usually arranged by Eun Ji Yeon, had ceased, but her son’s request brightened her day.
It seemed like her son was planning to buy her something.
“I’d break any plans for my son. Just let me know the time, and I’ll be there.”
Humming happily while getting ready, Joo Ran thought, “That Jin Ah bragged about her new D brand bag. I need to outdo her. I wonder what our son will buy me.”
Arriving at G Department Store on time, Min Woo and Min Kyung were already there.
“There seems to be a lot of new items recently. Let’s pick a bag each for you and Min Kyung for a change of mood. Min Kyung, we’ll also look at a watch for our engagement.”
“Brother! I love such surprise events! You’re the best!”
Min Woo and Park Min Kyung seemed much closer now; he was speaking informally, and she clung to his arm, affectionately calling him ‘brother’.
‘They have really grown closer. Good, good. But even after getting so close, she didn’t contact me once? I’m going to be her mother-in-law soon, and she shows no courtesy. Is it because she’s young or did she not learn properly from her mother? Anyway, I’ll have a lot to teach her.’
Joo Ran felt relieved seeing how close they had become, but she was irked that Min Kyung hadn’t contacted her at all.
A bride should respect her mother-in-law as she does her husband, but young Min Kyung seemed clueless about such etiquette.
It was irritating enough that there had been no contact until now, but seeing Min Kyung almost clinging to Min Woo, regardless of Joo Ran’s presence, made her frown.
Even Eun Ji Yeon, when she first got married, had talked back with her head held high, insisting she continue her work and take responsibility… but Joo Ran had patiently taught and corrected her ways, and eventually, Ji Yeon had listened.
Min Kyung also seemed in need of time and guidance to temper her ways.
‘Yes, I, the generous mother-in-law, must teach her. Who else will do it? She’ll learn and become one of us. It’ll be a headache for me, but I must sacrifice.’
With these thoughts, she followed Min Woo and Min Kyung, who were glued together.
“Ah! Right!”
“…?”
Min Kyung suddenly turned to Joo Ran, as if she remembered something.
“Mother! Did brother tell you?”
“Tell me what? What are you talking about?”
“Mom and Dad said since wedding preparations take time, we might do it later, but during the engagement ceremony, we could also register our marriage and move in together. Brother mentioned it when he came to our house.”
“What?”
“It seems they’re concerned about brother’s past. He’s had his reasons, but they’re worried about living together for years without registering. I don’t mind it, though.”
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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