The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 161 Where's the Gift?

Hyundai Department Store, Apgujeong, Gangnam District, Seoul

Christmas is approaching, and the building is bustling with people, noisy and crowded. Bae Young-jun walks while blocking the crowd for Choi Sulli on his right.

She was wearing a light brown turtleneck sweater, a light pink cartoon mask, and a cute woolen hat on her head. She leaned against Pei Yongjun and looked around. The fluffy ball on the top of the hat swayed back and forth, and she looked very happy.

The two came out of the elevator near the door and walked past several stores, their vision suddenly widening.

"Wow! Editor-in-chief, look! Christmas tree! So big!" Choi Sulli's eyes lit up and she pointed ahead excitedly.

A huge artificial Christmas tree rose from the open space on the first floor and reached the third floor, occupying almost the entire view of the atrium. It was hung with silver ribbons and golden balls. Red and green gift boxes were piled at the foot of the Christmas tree, more than one person tall, filling the entire building with a strong festive atmosphere.

"Let's take a picture." Bae Yong-jun looked at the crowd of people taking photos gathered at the foot of the Christmas tree, and glanced at Choi Sulli beside him. She was looking at the Christmas tree with sparkling eyes.

"Hmm," Choi Sulli hesitated for a moment, seeming very tempted, but in the end, she shook her head, "Forget it, let's go buy a gift for Ji Eun first."

Of course, Choi Sulli wanted Bae Young-joon to take a photo of her, but the two of them came today to prepare for Lee Ji-eun's Christmas party and wanted to buy some gifts.

What's more, she was still a little nervous.

After all, she is an artist. Although she has faded from the public eye for a long time, not many people pay attention to her anymore. This is why she dared to take the risk and come to the mall with Bae Yongjun.

If she had waited until her own variety show started filming before preparing for her solo performance, she might not have had the opportunity to go shopping with editor-in-chief Nim in the mall like other people.

After all, there are so many people here, and they are all busy shopping. As long as the two of them are not too close, there will be something to talk about even if they are discovered.

However, if two people take a photo together, it would be difficult to explain.

As for the solo photo, Choi Sulli felt that it didn't matter whether she took it or not, so she reluctantly refused.

It's okay, it's okay, it's fine.

She shook her head, composed herself, and continued walking forward, "Ah!"

Suddenly, she felt a chill on her head and screamed in surprise. It turned out that her hat had been pulled off.

She quickly covered her head and turned around, only to find that Pei Yongjun was holding the small ball on the top of her hat in his hand, looking at her with a smile.

"Ah! What are you doing? You're so annoying~" Choi Sulli gave him a reproachful look.

"It's swaying, which is quite cute." Pei Yongjun smiled.

Choi Sulli was a little shorter than him and was wearing a hat with the pompom on it just at the level of his eyes. It swayed with her movements, which was very cute.

"Give me the hat."

She held out her hand to take the hat.

He looked at her slightly red cheeks above the mask, and her big watery eyes that he couldn't tell whether they were shy, angry or happy, and couldn't help but raise his hand, making her action fail.

"Editor-in-chief nim!" Choi Sulli shouted without any aggression, and naturally acted like a coquettish child. Her voice was soft and sticky, like a white and clean rice cake.

"Sorry, couldn't help it."

"Okay, okay, give it to you."

Seeing Choi Sulli's eyes widening, Bae Yongjun handed her the hat. Before letting go, he couldn't help but squeeze the soft ball in his hand.

"Really? Editor-in-Chief Nim, why is he so mean today?" Choi Sulli took back her hat and adjusted the pompom that had been pinched a little strangely, muttering, "How annoying."

She turned her head to look at him, only to find that the look in his eyes looking at her seemed to be somewhat fiery and aggressive.

Well?
He doesn't want to kiss here...

Choi Sulli quickly put her hat on her head, grabbed Pei Yongjun's hand and walked forward, "Hurry up, hurry up, or it will be too late."

Without looking back, she pulled Pei Yongjun and walked towards the elevator.

Pei Yongjun followed her footsteps and his eyes calmed down.

He was startled just now. It was when he was pinching the fluffy ball that he suddenly thought of Quan Enfei. It's true, the ball is soft, yet very resilient, it really does resemble...

The scene of him grabbing her before leaving the house suddenly emerged in his mind, and he couldn't help but feel angry again, and it showed on his face.

but……

He looked around at the crowded crowd in the mall, and without any other ideas, he followed Choi Sulli and walked quickly upstairs.

When they reached the second floor, Choi Sulli took him into a watch shop.

"Buying a watch?" Pei Yongjun was a little surprised.

"Ji Eun-unni really likes wearing watches, come and take a look." Choi Sulli didn't seem to have any fixed ideas and was browsing around the store casually.

Choi Sulli looked around and seemed to find no one suitable, so she pulled Bae Yongjun out again.

"Which one should we go to next?" Pei Yongjun pointed to the Jaeger-LeCoultre store diagonally opposite.

Cui Xueli frowned slightly and hesitated for a moment, "Let's go to this one."

She pointed to an independent designer jewelry store next door.

"Haven't decided what to buy?" Pei Yongjun asked.

"No," Choi Sulli shook her head, "I haven't thought about it yet."

"Really? Jieun-unnie just told me, otherwise I would have been ready a long time ago."

"Just told you?" Pei Yongjun blinked.

He remembered that in the parking lot, Lee Ji-eun said "she also called Sulli over", but from what Choi Sulli said, it seemed that was not the case.

Did you say that on purpose to increase your chances of being invited?

IU is such a smart woman.

Pei Yongjun's thoughts flickered, and he let go of this trivial matter.

"How about this one?" Cui Xueli's voice came.

He looked over and saw her raising her arms, her sleeves sliding down a few inches, revealing her slender, white wrists, on which hung a thin platinum bracelet.

"Does it look good?" Choi Sulli waved her hand. The shiny platinum bracelet made her arms look even whiter and more beautiful.

"It looks good, very beautiful." Pei Yongjun nodded.

Choi Sulli looked at him happily, as if she had received great recognition.

After asking the price a few times, Cui Xueli decided to come down. The clerk was busy greeting other customers and asked her to wait.

Choi Sulli nodded, turned on her phone, raised her arm to her face, and started taking a selfie.

After taking a picture, she glanced at Pei Yongjun on the screen and adjusted the angle slightly so that the two of them were in the same frame.

One on the left, one on the right, one in front, one behind, one tall, one short.

Pei Yongjun's profile was just slightly higher than her shoulders, as if he was leaning on her.

Do you think they are a good match?
Choi Sulli pressed the selfie button to capture this moment.

Pei Yongjun looked at Cui Xueli with curved eyebrows and raised his hand to stroke her hair. "Xulli, you are so beautiful."

"Hehe, of course." Choi Sulli put away her phone and rubbed his palm with her head. "Just knowing it is good."

She was extremely happy, like a hummingbird flying around in the sunshine, free and happy.

(End of this chapter)