“Who is that woman?”
The guild master turned his gaze to see who was making a fuss. Then, a woman in a robe that partially covered her face was revealed.
“Is she someone trying to find a job through our guild?”
The woman’s refined tone in questioning me momentarily hesitated, but her spread-out robe was undeniably shabby.
It was almost unlikely for a high-class lady to visit the job placement guild personally. Unless it was a proficient information guild.
Seeing the woman who appeared suddenly and judging that Edith had no power to resist, the guild master expressed his discomfort openly.
“This is our private conversation. Please refrain from interfering suddenly. If you’re looking for a job, go over there and submit your request to the staff first.”
Edith, who unintentionally cut off the guild master’s words, was bewildered.
“Is she planning not to pay any commission fees while trying to introduce a job in a tavern to someone who wants to work as a maid?”
To Edith, who had been managing the household alone from a young age after her mother passed away, this treatment was familiar.
People who had no family to stand up for them were often taken advantage of, even in the capital.
“It seems like the maid Vivian mentioned, who used to work for Gotturk, might be this woman, considering she wants to work as a maid and has a baby.”
It wasn’t pleasant to see her carrying a small baby in this cold weather, unable to leave the child anywhere. At that moment, as the baby with blue eyes gazed at Edith, she felt uncomfortable.
“Neil, why do you keep insisting that it’s my fault that your reputation is bad among those trying to hire maids? Why do you keep demanding I refund all the money when I’ve done nothing wrong?”
“What have you done besides waiting for job proposals from the guild?”
“Well… Anyway, since our people have worked hard, a full refund is not possible! We’ve already paid part of the profits as taxes!”
As the guild master raised his voice and slammed the wall with a firm fist, the baby, surprised by the loud sound, burst into tears.
When physical threat was applied, Neil also took a step back, visibly intimidated.
Just when the guild master was about to strike the wall again…
Thunk!
Upon Edith’s signal, the bodyguard, who had been standing back in worn-out clothes, suddenly intervened with a discreet movement, blocking the guild master. Faced with this unexpected turn of events, the guild master could only feel bewildered.
“Did she receive an order from this woman just now?”
Although the guild master’s sharp gaze was directly on Edith, it fell short of intimidating her, having emerged unscathed from the schemes of Nicholas Portrion and Sophia.
“Isn’t it a bit embarrassing to use force against someone trying to resolve the situation through dialogue? If you’re going to be caught like this by someone stronger.”
“Let go of this!”
“Moreover, even when refunding, you said you’d deduct the tax. What if there’s a tax investigation by the tax office?”
When the words “tax investigation” came out of Edith’s mouth, the guild master hesitated for a moment.
Indeed, it was the reaction of someone who had been pricked.
Just ten minutes ago, due to the dark atmosphere that made it seem like a fight could break out at any moment, Edith had entered the guild office and stood there silently for quite some time.
During that time, Edith, who overheard the guild master scolding Neil, immediately noticed that his words sounded strange.
“The guild only collects commission fees when a request is fulfilled.”
Since Neil’s request to mediate a maid job didn’t materialize, legally, the guild wasn’t entitled to any commission fees.
Of course, what was written in the law and the actual lives of people often differed, and there were many cases where information guilds collected money under the pretext of a down payment.
“But that’s a story when the information guild made efforts to find a maid job for Neil, whose reputation was tarnished.”
In the current situation, whether Vivian had observed Neil acting as a job seeker for a few days or if the stories she provided were helpful, the guild master seemed to have taken the money without actively assisting.
Perhaps he thought that by helping her, who had been expelled from Gotturk, find a job again, there would be benefits in the future.
“Seeing you complain about taxes, it seems like you operated the guild very transparently. Did you only mention taxes when taking money from clients because you weren’t honest with yourself?”
“…….”
Only then did the guild master realize that the bracelet on her wrist seemed quite expensive. The slightly exposed cuff shone, and even if he didn’t know, it seemed she had the means to afford a lawyer.
“If you mess with rich people, it’s just going to be troublesome.”
Moreover, a tax investigation? That was absolutely not acceptable. The guild master, burdened with many things, quickly realized that continuing the conversation would be of no benefit to him.
“I’m done here. Blaming others because you’re not in a hurry to find a job.”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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