All the department store employees in the store bowed their heads towards the man, as if it was a matter of course. His steps were unhesitating.
Yeoreum watched him intently while twirling jjajangmyeon noodles around her chopsticks.
‘He must be in his late twenties at most. Is he the department store’s director? A chaebol’s son, maybe?’
As she chewed on the noodles, she thought, ‘Ah, that could be…’
Didn’t they say he was to marry the heiress of the Wonil Group?
Then this man must be… a chaebol, too.
‘Why are chaebols so common around here?’
Is it because of this ‘world’ the Wonil Group heiress was ranting about?
Regardless, the director was an exceptionally handsome man.
If Sanha was like a tiger, this man was like a majestic peacock.
A white peacock, to be precise.
His skin was as white as porcelain, and his features were strikingly elaborate.
“Manager Kim, what’s going on here?” he asked, approaching the shrunken manager.
‘The peacock has a nice voice too. Melodious.’
As she continued eating and scanning the man, he glanced briefly at Yeoreum.
‘Mr. White Peacock, are you impressed? I get it.’
But Yeoreum, only thinking this to herself, kept eating her jjajangmyeon while sprawled on the newspaper.
“That, that person is behaving recklessly,” the manager stammered in explanation.
“Recklessly?”
His voice slightly rose.
‘Wow, did the peacock get angry? I understand. Must be frustrating to have the smell of jjajangmyeon in such a prestigious store. I’d be angry too.’
Smirking, she rolled more noodles onto her chopsticks.
“Yes. And precisely, she’s not even a customer, just an errand runner.”
The manager, who had been calling everyone in the store a maid, now referred to Yeoreum as an ‘errand runner.’
“This person was creating a ruckus, so we tried to get her out of the store. Then she threatened to sue our security team for ‘sexual harassment’ and even said she’d get our store on the internet news. She’s a very troublesome person…….”
‘Well, well.’
The manager reported to the director, conveniently omitting her own misdeeds.
“Director, I’ll handle this. Please rest assured and leave it to me.”
“You should have done that sooner. What is this mess?”
“I’m sorry. But she’s being uncooperative.”
While the manager made excuses, Yeoreum scraped the last noodles from the bowl, opened a bottle of water, gargled loudly, and even let out a satisfied burp.
Everyone stared at her in shock.
The White Peacock’s brow furrowed.
‘Even when upset, a handsome man is still handsome.’
Having finished her meal, Yeoreum wiped her mouth, checked her teeth in her phone’s mirror, and then looked straight at the peacock, grinning.
The staff was appalled, and the peacock furrowed his brow even more.
But soon, his expression softened into a gentle, cotton-candy-like smile.
‘Social compatibility mode on.’
The White Peacock, with his soft smile, approached Yeoreum.
“May I sit here?”
“Director, you want to sit here?”
“If it’s alright with you.”
“Go ahead.”
Honestly, is this store even mine?
It’s the peacock’s, after all.
Sit, by all means.
“Then, excuse me.”
“Director?”
The manager was more restless.
He neatly took off his spotless black shoes and, like Yeoreum, sat cross-legged on the newspaper.
A man who followed him stood by, unsure of what to do.
The two faced each other, as if in a standoff.
‘Go ahead, scrutinize all you want.’
Yeoreum did not avert her gaze from his.
‘But this peacock, his posture is impressive. Look at that straight spine. Up close, his eyelashes are even longer. Really no joke.’
“What do you want?” he asked directly after a moment of silence.
Yeoreum replied, “Closure of the Breuung store.”
His brow furrowed at her unexpected answer.
From the side, a sound of disbelief could be heard.
He spoke in a calm voice, “You do realize that’s an absurd request, right?”
“Not really.”
Yeoreum’s response brought a slight smile to his face.
‘Is Mr. White Peacock trying to charm me now? But no matter how handsome, you’re not my type. I already have Kang Sanha. My awesome and cute tiger!’
Yeoreum, smiling contentedly, took out her water and gargled again.
He slightly turned his head, seemingly unable to adjust, and then hesitantly spoke.
“If our employee made a mistake, we’ll compensate you. But if you continue to disrupt business and overstep your boundaries, we may have to take legal action.”
“You mean sue me?”
“We’d prefer not to escalate to such an unpleasant situation. Why not find a compromise within reasonable limits?”
“I’m open to compromise if the conditions are right. But how do you compensate for trampling on someone’s soul?”
“What do you mean?”
Yeoreum took out her phone and played a recording.
It captured everything from the manager’s nonsensical rant upon her arrival at the Breuung store to the numerous insults hurled at her.
His brow furrowed deeply, and the faces of the Breuung manager and the two employees turned pale.
“Director, that’s…” the manager began, hurrying over.
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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