The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 162 Is Liu Zhimin jealous?

After walking around for two hours, they passed by unknowingly. Bae Young-jun and Choi Sulli were a little tired, but they had not bought the gift for Lee Ji-eun yet.

"How about...buy a bracelet?" Choi Sulli turned around. "Bracelets from this shop are very popular lately. If you really can't do it, just give me a bracelet."

She pointed to the sign at the door of the shop next to her. On it was a familiar platinum four-leaf clover bracelet, slender and shiny, dotted with a bright ruby, with the words "Classic Remake" written next to it.

Pei Yongjun looked at the sign of the store next to him and felt a little familiar.

Bulgari.

This is the place where Liu Zhimin bought the bracelet for Jin Minyao.

It turns out this is a popular style. No wonder a little girl like Kim Min-won also likes it.

"Okay, let's go in and take a look. I've seen other people buy this as gifts, and it looks pretty good." Pei Yongjun said.

"Really? That's great." Choi Sulli's eyes lit up when she heard that. Her personal experience immediately increased her interest in the bracelet. "Let's go."

She excitedly pulled Pei Yongjun towards the counter of the store.

"Buy a bracelet, write a letter to Jieun, and prepare some handmade items. That should be enough."

There were a lot of people in the store, and the two of them lined up slowly. Choi Sulli counted the things she wanted to give to Lee Ji-eun as Christmas gifts one by one.

"Should we buy another cake? I wonder if Unnie has already ordered one..."

"So many?" Pei Yongjun raised his eyebrows. "Now I don't know what to give."

"Jieun-unnie is very busy, and we don't see each other often, so I'll just give it to her along with her New Year's gift," Choi Sulli explained. "But, Editor-in-Chief-nim, you should be fine with it. Jien-unnie will only look at my gift carefully anyway."

She giggled, her smile filled with innocent pride, as if she was feeling a little childishly happy that she had surpassed Bae Young-joon in her friendship with Lee Ji-eun.

"If that's the case, then I really have to prepare seriously." Pei Yongjun said seriously, "Why not give her a car?"

"Car?" Choi Sulli's eyes widened. "How could Jieun accept a car if it was given as a gift?"

"Then if she doesn't want it, I'll just drive it myself. It's a good time to get a new car."

"Ah~" Choi Sulli reacted and gently hit his arm, "Then you really bought it."

The two of them were chatting and laughing, and before they knew it, the person in front of them had finished buying and made room.

Pei Yongjun stood in front of the counter and saw the bracelet lying in the middle of the counter.

As soon as he saw her, the salesperson started selling her bracelet. "Sir, this bracelet is a remake of the most popular style in Paris in the 1980s. However, the material has been completely updated. The purity of the platinum is…"

She chattered on and on, and Choi Sulli nodded, seeming a little moved.

"There aren't many left in the store. If you need it, I can give you a 95% discount, but the sale ends at o'clock. Or..."

The salesperson hurried over, but Choi Sulli still didn't buy it immediately.

"Editor-in-chief, you watch here and don't let anyone buy it. I'll go over there to check out the brooch." Choi Sulli and the teller went to the other side of the counter.

Pei Yongjun leaned sideways on the counter, watching other people coming and going to choose things.

Suddenly, he felt someone bump into him from behind.

He took half a step away, but was pushed again. "Get out of the way."

Pei Yongjun turned his head and saw a pretty girl with long hair in front of him. It was Liu Zhimin whom he had not seen for a long time.

She wore a red and black beret and a British-style woolen outfit, including a brown coat, shirt, black pleated skirt and long black stockings. On her feet were a pair of exquisite brown leather shoes that sparkled.

However, Liu Zhimin was not in a good mood. She pretended not to know Pei Yongjun, pushed him aside, and went to the front of the counter to look around.

"Ji Min?" Bae Yong Jun called her.

"Who are you? Do we know each other?" Liu Zhimin raised his head, glanced at him, and then lowered his head again.

Pei Yongjun felt like he was facing a sulking child and just found it a little funny.

"Hey, what are you laughing at? Is it funny?" Seeing Pei Yongjun's smiling face reflected in the glass of the counter, Liu Zhimin suddenly turned her head and glared at him.

"Nothing, just felt it was a coincidence that we met again."

"What a coincidence?" Liu Zhimin's cold expression could no longer be maintained, revealing an indignant expression. "If you hadn't given my gift away, would I still be buying things now? Seriously."

"Whatever you want to buy today, it's mine." Pei Yongjun didn't care. "Besides, doesn't Minyu like it very much?"

"How about I tell her you bought it?"

"No, just leave it at that," Liu Zhimin snorted, "If it weren't for seeing how happy Minxian is, I wouldn't let you go."

"Besides, if I say I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you. I don't need you to give it to me again."

She said a few words to Pei Yongjun, and it seemed that she was no longer angry. She forgave Pei Yongjun and even looked like she was keeping her word and admitting defeat. "That's it for now. Next time, buy your own gift. Understand?"

"I understand." Bae Yongjun nodded. "Trainee Jimin, you are absolutely right."

Liu Zhimin rolled her eyes at him and said nothing more. She continued to choose and decided on a pair of small rose gold earrings, which also cost more than 300 million, about the same as the bracelet.

"This is it, help me put it together."

"Okay, right away." The salesperson smiled and went to pack.

Liu Zhimin looked at Pei Yongjun, "What are you doing here? Who are you buying it for?"

"want……"

"Ji Min?!" A surprised voice came from behind, Choi Sulli came back.

She immediately saw Liu Zhimin talking to Pei Yongjun, "Why are you here? What a coincidence~"

Choi Sulli smiled and leaned over to Liu Zhimin, holding her arm affectionately. "Long time no see. How have you been at the company recently?"

"It's fine, senior Sulli." Liu Zhimin smiled. She seemed a little uncomfortable with the innocent smile on Choi Sulli's face.

"If you have something to tell me, I can help you complain to Taeyeon. She's very powerful." Choi Sulli talked to her.

As she was talking, Choi Sulli said that she wanted to buy a Christmas present, then she remembered something and quickly turned to the clerk and asked her to pack up the bracelet while she went to pay.

Then, she took the opportunity to ask Liu Zhimin, "By the way, Zhimin, is there anything going on on Christmas Eve?"

"Would you like to come and have fun together? It's a Christmas party."

Choi Sulli has a good impression of both Yoo Ji-min and Kim Min-young, especially Kim Min-young.

"Party?"

"Yeah, yeah, we're all friends. You and Minhyung can come together, right? Jieun-unnie prepared this."

"Ji-eun unni? IU senior?" Liu Zhimin blinked and looked at Bae Yong-jun, as if thinking about something.

"Come on, come on." Choi Sulli urged a few more times, "Editor-in-chief, can you let Min-yeon come and play too?"

"I'll just tell Jieun-unnie."

As a junior trainee in the company and Bae Young-jun's cousin, Lee Ji-eun shouldn't refuse.

"Come when you are free." Pei Yongjun looked at Liu Zhimin who seemed a little hesitant.

"I..." Liu Zhimin was about to say something when a voice suddenly came from the side and interrupted her.

"Ji Min, how's the selection going?" The voice was unfamiliar. Pei Yongjun turned around and saw a strange woman who looked to be in her thirties. She was very beautiful, covered in jewels and had a big heart-shaped bloodstone hanging on her chest.

Behind her was a little girl holding a little boy in her arms.

This is……

Liu Zhimin's mother?

Pei Yongjun turned around and found that Liu Zhimin's condition changed almost instantly.

From a young trainee who was still a bit angry, she turned into a dignified young lady with just the right amount of expression. Her youth and vitality suddenly turned into quietness and grace.

Choi Sulli was a little stunned, "Jimin you..."

"Hello, are you Jimin's friend?" The woman with the pendant nodded to Choi Sulli and Bae Yongjun with a dignified smile on her face. "I'm her mother. Nice to meet you."

"Ah, auntie, hello." Choi Sulli quickly greeted.

"Hello, aunt." Pei Yongjun also greeted her.

"Don't be so polite. It's rare for Zhimin to make friends." Liu Zhimin's mother waved her hand and looked at Liu Zhimin again, "How is it?"

"Mom, I've already chosen an earring." Liu Zhimin pointed to the earring in the counter with a calm expression, standing out from the noisy crowd around her, as if this was some ancient royal palace on the peninsula, cautious and well-behaved.

"Yeah, not bad." Her mother nodded.

Cui Xueli then continued what she had just said, "Aunt, we were just talking about the Christmas party."

"I'm also an SM artist. Jimin has helped me before, so I want to invite her to my friends' Christmas party. Is that okay?"

She looked at her mother expectantly, "Wow, you're so beautiful. Why don't you and Jimin come together? People would believe you if you said you were sisters."

Liu Zhimin's mother does look very well maintained.

Pei Yongjun glanced at the little boy behind him again.

If this is also her son, then she is the mother of two children.

"Help? Christmas party?" Liu Zhimin's mother seemed a little surprised and turned to look at Liu Zhimin.

However, Liu Zhimin had already lowered her eyes, staring at her hands hanging on her lower abdomen, as if she didn't hear anything.

"Sorry." Liu Zhimin's mother's words were somewhat unexpected. "It's really not convenient that day. It happens to be an old man's birthday at home, so..."

She smiled and said, "I'm sorry."

"Oh, I see," Choi Sulli began to feel embarrassed. "It's okay, it's okay. I hope the old man stays healthy and lives a long life. Let's play with Jimin again when we have the chance."

"Well, okay, thank you for taking care of Zhimin," her mother showed a somewhat helpless smile and stroked Liu Zhimin's long hair, "This child is sometimes very naughty."

"No, Zhimin is fine." Choi Sulli quickly shook her head.

Pei Yongjun looked at her mother's hand brushing her long hair, but Liu Zhimin remained indifferent, standing motionless with a well-trained smile on her face, but the knuckles of half a fist were exposed at the cuffs of her sleeves.

She was clenching her fists.

To mother?
After speaking a few more words to Choi Sulli, Liu Zhimin's mother smiled and said, "Thank you both, but Zhimin and I have to go now. Sorry, we have some things to do at home."

"Well, goodbye, nice to meet you." Choi Sulli said goodbye to her.

"Nice to meet you, see you next time." Pei Yongjun also nodded and said goodbye.

Liu Zhimin still said nothing.

“Jimin, have some manners,” her mother said, raising her voice slightly.

"Senior, unnie, I'm leaving first, sorry." Liu Zhimin bowed and greeted, but the smile on her face faded a little.

"By the way, you bought that bracelet just now, right? It was our first meeting and it was very rushed, so I paid for you and Zhimin together. Consider it a gift from me to you." Liu Zhimin's mother said to Cui Xueli.

"Mo? Aunt, there's really no need. I can do it myself..."

"It's finished."

Liu Zhimin's mother left with a smile.

The clerk came over and handed the gift bag to Cui Xueli, "Miss, the lady just now helped you to settle the bill."

"Hey, what does this mean?" Choi Sulli also noticed something was wrong. "Next time I eat out with Zhimin, I'll just give her the money. What's going on?"

"Is this okay, Editor-in-Chief Nim?"

She turned around and called out to Pei Yongjun, who was bowing his head beside her. "How about giving the money to Minyan? Ask her to pass it on?"

"Don't worry about it for now. Let's talk about it next time we meet." Pei Yongjun looked at the crowded crowd in front of him. Liu Zhimin and her daughter had disappeared.

"Okay, but Zhimin seems to be quite afraid of her mother. What does her family do? Why is she so strict? I would be suffocated if it were me." Choi Sulli began to complain about Liu Zhimin's mother. "Isn't she going to smile like that all the time?"

She shuddered and muttered, "It's really scary."

"Is this interesting?"

"Is it interesting..." Pei Yongjun lowered his head, looked at his mobile phone screen, and raised his eyebrows.

The above is the message Liu Zhimin just sent him.

[Bae Yongjun, don't go to that Christmas party! ]

"I think it's really interesting."

Jealous?
Does Bae Yong-jun think his charm is too great?

"Sulli, what do you think of me?" He turned and asked Choi Sulli beside him.

"Ah? You? Editor-in-chief, you..." Choi Sulli's cheeks turned red little by little, and her voice became soft and sweet, "I'm fine."

She glanced at Pei Yongjun shyly, "Hate it! Why are you asking that?"

"Go, go, go!"

Choi Sulli pulled Bae Yongjun and walked out of the mall.