EP.326
“It may be a bit burdensome for a noble family member to wear.”
Although the cheongsam is not a garment that boldly exposes skin, it is true that the body lines stand out and the side slits sometimes reveal the thighs.
It was definitely an unconventional outfit that would have been too burdensome for a young lady who had grown up beautifully in the Zhuge family.
“Writer Hopil.”
Have you given up yet?
Zhugehyang held my sleeve and lowered his head and said.
“Jegal Soje. As I told you, I am Hopil…”
“Ho… Writer Hopil said that the courage to take a step forward even in the face of a strong enemy is important.”
Zhuge Hyang glanced toward the second floor stand and said.
What are you looking at? I also turned my head and looked. Ha-yeon Lim was seen checking the cheongsam attire of other employees.
Certainly, Cheongsam is a strong enemy for Zhuge Hyang, who always wears comfortable, wide-legged clothes.
“This is your first time trying it on, so I’ll ask other employees to help you. “
There is no need to stop him if he wants to.
Actually, I miss you too.
—–
“I thought it was somehow strange.”
As I was sitting looking forward to seeing Zhuge Hyang’s cheongsam, Im Ha-yeon came up to me with a sallow expression and sat across from me.
“What do you mean?”
“Obviously, last time I ordered work clothes, I didn’t order Jegal’s clothes. “Why do the clothes I received this time have Jegalhyang Soje’s clothes?”
“Haha… It’s not my money, so I asked you to give it to me as a convenience. evil!”
Ha-yeon Lim seemed to be offended by what I said, so she lifted her foot and lightly pinched my thigh so that the employees could not see.
Haven’t you gotten a taste for pinching your thighs with your toes these days?
“Now I understand why I told you not to wear cheongsam the first time.”
Ha-yeon Lim sifted through her iced drink and glared at me.
I can’t believe you even noticed that.
“Ouch!”
While I was thinking about how to make an excuse to Ha-yeon Lim, a strange scream rang out from the locker room.
“It looks like something went wrong with Jegalhyang Sojeo changing his clothes. “Would you please go and take a look?”
At my words, Lim Ha-yeon stood up.
“Why is everyone screaming… Ugh!”
A confused sound was heard from Lim Ha-yeon, who entered the locker room.
What problem occurred?
“Is it really okay for clothes to stick to you like this?”
Zhugehyang’s restless and embarrassed voice can also be heard. Did you have a problem wearing a cheongsam?
“Nonsense!”
“Waaah.”
When I listened closely, it was not a scream, but an exclamation mixed with admiration.
“Huh, I think my thighs are showing too much.”
“oh my god!”
What on earth is everyone watching? Show me what you guys see.
“How about putting on an apron and wearing it as a Maydu uniform?”
“Apron?”
“Here, try it on. “The branch branch’s attire is made to match the apron better than the main branch, so it’s prettier.”
“It’s nice to wear a Maydu outfit with an apron, but don’t you think other outfits would look good too?”
“Would you like to try on the clothes I bought instead of the comfortable ones?”
“I don’t think it will work because my breasts are stuck.”
“I’m big too! Umm. no. “I don’t think it will work.”
“Would you like me to put on some makeup for you?”
“I will do it for you! Look at the texture of your skin! “You look like this even without makeup!”
“….”
While the locker room was noisy, Lim Ha-yeon returned to my seat with a disapproving look on her face.
“What is going on?”
“…Sounds good.”
Ha-yeon Lim looked at me with disapproving eyes for a while and then turned her head away.
Please tell me what is good.
Don’t you want to tell me? I can’t help it. I have no choice but to wait.
I pretended not to expect anything at all, sipped my drink and waited for Geumnam’s door to open.
“I can’t do that. You’re so embarrassed. “I can’t wear it either.”
No way.
——————-
“I’m sorry. As expected, it was an impossible step for me.”
Zhuge Hyang declared failure like a man in a daze and hugged his generous clothes as if they were precious.
“haha. it’s okay. “I will give out some drinks to the employees who are handing out promotional materials outside for a moment.”
If you don’t like it, there’s nothing you can do.
I guess I should leave Jegalhyang at the unoccupied stand on the first floor and have drinks delivered outside the door.
“Please come visit Daseogak when it opens soon!”
“oh my god! “This is my first time seeing an outfit like that!”
“Just pay the admission fee on the second floor and you can read unlimited books!”
“If I pay the entrance fee, I can read as much as I want?”
After all, it’s a cheongsam. The publicity effect is quite evident.
The outside of the bookstore was crowded with female employees handing out flyers and men who were distracted by the strange outfits.
“Everyone, please have a cold drink.”
Everyone is having a hard time. I handed the drinks made by Ha-yeon Lim to the female employees in front of the bookstore.
“Thank you, store manager.”
“Wow, it’s filled with ice! “The manager is very considerate!”
“Everyone was having a hard time, so we filled it with ice.”
Actually, Ha-yeon Lim added it.
“You’re the store manager after all!”
“…대낮부터 오랑캐 새끼가 계집질하네.”
Do I disapprove of the female employees’ friendly reactions toward me?
Sibijo’s voice came from behind.
“Are you a guy who sells women? A barbarian goes around wearing nice clothes without knowing anything. hey!”
The smell of alcohol stings your nose. Are these drunk people who came from somewhere after having a drink during the day?
“That store manager!”
“Stay behind.”
As soon as I backed away from the terrified employees, two drunk customers approached me.
“hey. A barbarian. “Where did you steal these clothes?”
A drunk customer poked my shoulder with his finger and laughed.
“customer. You seem drunk. “Go on your way.”
It’s in front of the business. There is nothing good about fighting for no reason. I slowly pushed the drunk person to the side with an expression that said good things are good things.
“Did this bastard hit you? Hey. The world has become better. “A barbarian attack someone?!”
A fist coming straight out.
Anyway, for a guy who shouts like a barbarian, there is no one who can get away with it.
“Prince Kang!”
Zhuge Hyang’s surprised voice was heard from inside Daseo Pavilion.
There’s no need to be surprised.
“Aaaah! Let go?! Won’t you let go?”
I can hold a fist like this and twist it with one hand.
“You bastard! my friend! evil!”
He catches the other guy’s flying fist and twists it in the same way.
I put my energy into my toes and hit the shins of the two guys. He grabbed the shoulders of the two guys who lost their balance and crushed them.
It wasn’t difficult to get the two drunk guys to their knees on the ground.
“If you want to get drunk, you have to get drunk well. “It will be too late to come to your senses and regret it.”
The voice is low. With a smile on your face, as if you were looking at a laughable bastard.
If I move my hand just one more time, the place I close my eyes today may be a coffin, not a bed. He advised quietly.
“I’m sorry!”
“We didn’t recognize the deceased! sorry!”
good. The drunk man was so frightened that he touched his shins and wrists and ran away.
“and. As expected, Manager Kang Yunho!”
“Kang Yunho? “Where have I heard this name before?”
“Black hair?! ah! Hey! “Myeongpo-gwae, the Korean who solved the ghost ship incident!”
“no wonder. “It looks like your skills are extraordinary!”
“I will place the resting guards in front. Thank you all for your hard work.”
For no reason, unnecessary attention is focused on me. I said hello to the staff and went back inside Daseogak.
“Are you okay, Prince Kang?”
As I entered Daseogak, Zhuge Hyang approached me with a contemplative look on his face.
“haha. This is familiar. It’s okay, so don’t worry too much.”
It’s not like today or tomorrow that we’ll get into a fight about being a barbarian.
“…Is this something you’re familiar with?”
Zhuge Hyang looked at me and couldn’t keep his mouth shut.
“It’s no big deal. “Let’s go up together and have a cold drink.”
In a small town, you don’t get kicked out after getting a piece of bread from a generous woman, and you don’t get ripped off in an alley for the money you earned while carrying luggage at the port.
Because minor disputes can now be resolved.
I smiled at Jegalhyang as if it was okay and headed to the second floor.
“….”
Zhuge Hyang looked at me in silence and couldn’t come up to the second floor for a while.
—————
“I am Kang Gongjani.”
When I got home from work and was organizing my documents, I heard a voice coming from the front door.
“It’s inside. “Please come in.”
“Hey, that’s… Hello.”
Zhugehyang stuck his face out into the room, looked around the room, and walked quickly to the front of the desk.
“hmm? “Why are you wearing a blanket?”
The sight of Zhuge Hyang entering the room was perplexing. Why is only your face exposed, wrapped tightly like a thin blanket?
Do you have any fever in your body?
“I’m going to take it off in front of Prince Kang.”
“yes?”
Is that a statement that even a barbarian would admire? It would be difficult if you made a statement that would be misunderstood.
‘uh?’
Before he had time to react, the thin blanket began to slide down the back of Jegalhyang’s neck.
no way!
no. I thought that if we lived together, we would at least see each other’s defenseless sides!
I never expected something like this!
Let’s concentrate our eyesight. You can’t miss a single scene!
The blanket peeled off like a chrysalis bounding a beautiful butterfly, slowly revealing her hidden body.
“I tried this on.”
The blanket fell to the floor.
Above it, the appearance of Jegalhyang wearing a cheongsam, which the female employees couldn’t help but admire, was clearly revealed.
“Huh.”
I thought it would be a slightly cooler outfit.
“Ah… ugh. As expected, my thighs are too…”
With a bright red face, Zhugehyang hurriedly bent down and tried to grab the slit on the side of his thigh with one hand, as if he was embarrassed.
Man’s desperate efforts to stop the ocean from being split by God’s miracle. Thanks to this, the lowered upper body sways greatly.
and.
I didn’t know much because I didn’t wear clothes that revealed my body. Jegal Soje is no easy feat.
Hayeon Sojeo level? no. Because Hayeon Sojeo is tall. In terms of numbers, is Hayeon Sojeo ranked first?
“If you’re embarrassed, you can also wear an apron.”
“Uh… Ha, Hayeon unnie didn’t do it.”
“Hayeon Sojeo also wears an apron when she works.”
“Then wait a minute.”
Zhuge Xiang quickly went back to his room, put on the apron that came with the cheongsam, and came back.
“Oh…”
I was amazed for a moment without even realizing it.
His neat and fresh appearance made him blush with embarrassment.
If Hayeon Sojeo is a woman who looks best in cheongsam, which emphasizes femininity, Jegalhyang looks very good in Meidou attire.
“You look good on me.”
“Hehehe, is that so?”
“yes. “It suits you so well.”
“Huh huh huh.”
Zhugehyang must have felt a little embarrassed by the compliment, so he covered his smile with his hand and twitched his body as if he was putting on an embarrassing fashion show.
Oh.
Thanks to this, the dizzying thigh line was also visible in the space between the apron and the skirt.
It’s not for nothing that the female employees were impressed.
I barely suppressed the smile that was about to spread like the side slits of a cheongsam and asked Zhugehyang.
“What’s going on with the cheongsam all of a sudden?”
I like it, though.
Why did you wear it? Is this a retry after the first failure?
Zhuge Hyang then looked at me for a moment with his smile gone, then lowered his head and opened his mouth.
“Because I can wear it even if I feel embarrassed in front of Prince Kang.”
“yes?”
“I thought about it carefully. “It’s clear that writer Ho Pil is right, so why would you deny it?”
Could it have been a strategy to distract people from their guard and attack their weaknesses?
You can’t let down your guard either. Jegalse!
“I am not a fan.”
“I realized this after seeing what happened today. Confucius Kang is Korean. Obviously, it wouldn’t have been good for it to be known that author Ho Pil was a Korean.”
Jegalhyang held on tightly to the hem of her skirt and made a painful expression.
“Keep talking.”
Yesterday was circumstantial evidence and physical evidence. Is it motivation today?
I looked out the window, not at Zhuge Hyang, and listened to her continued words.
“I felt so foolish. No, I’m stupid. “I should have considered Prince Kang’s feelings, not the evidence.”
Zhugehyang’s voice was watery.
“Jegal Soje. “I’m Hopil…”
“I know you’re embarrassed to reveal your identity. So, even though I was embarrassed, I tried it on.”
“….”
Before forcing something shameful on others, show yourself something shameful first.
As someone who lacks conversational skills, did she show off her utmost courage and come to meet me?
Zhuge Hyang spoke in a tearful voice. This time he did not avoid his gaze and looked straight at me.
“Kang… If you don’t like Prince Kang, you don’t have to tell me. Still, can you please be honest with me? Hey, if you want, take it off… no! So, I’ll take off my apron too!”
Zhugehyang said, clutching his apron with both hands in a voice that sounded like he was about to collapse from crying.
“Jegal Soje.”
“….”
Zhuge Hyang bowed his head again.
“ha.”
Hopil (胡筆).
The reason I hide my identity as a writer is not to enjoy a double life.
I’m usually a psychiatrist, but at night I’m a spy. In real life, I’m a ruthless S-class hunter, but on the Internet, I’m not an aggro player who loves beatboxing.
The reason I hid Hopil’s identity was simple.
‘Because this is a world where discrimination against barbarians is so rampant.’
People who believe they are the center of the world. Disdain for black hair comes out without any hesitation. In that world, I had to write a novel.
‘I was so desperate for success.’
To live in this world. To save the fate of the heroines. It was advantageous to conceal the author’s identity.
That’s how I separated Hopil from myself.
A writer who brought a new genre called Saekhyupji to Jungwon. Good luck.
Although he is a barbarian, he is a faithful merchant who risks his life for his friends. Yunho Kang.
After separating his identity, it became a good story, and although he was a barbarian, he was able to be recognized as a member of society.
I looked at the woman who recognized my identity for the first time in this world.
There is no reason to reveal your identity just because you trust me. Because the risk I had to endure was greater than the small pleasure of revealing my identity.
If you scold her a little today and say it was a misunderstanding, she might go back because she is timid.
but.
‘If you’re grumpy and waiting for my answer, there’s nothing I can do about it.’
After much thought, I spoke to Zhugehyang, who was waiting for my answer.
“Yes, I am Hopil.”
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