The Journey of the Chairman
18. Episode 18's
"Take a look at this little hanger, what do you think?" lemian asked, showing a beautiful hanger in the shape of a butterfly.
"Lumayan, I like the shape and color but look at the price is so expensive" Talitha said.
"Let's go to the stationery shop that is there" Talitha said.
"Ah yes wait a moment" said Lemian and then followed Talitha who first ran towards the tool shop across.
The two men entered the shop and saw many brushes and other tools that were so beautiful and of high quality.
"Human.. I think it's pretty good the carvings are very pretty and look good on you" Talitha said, taking one of the brushes on a table and giving it to Lemian.
"Excuse me Miss, do you like that brush?" asked a middle-aged man who approached them.
"Your eyes are very good at seeing good quality goods" he said with a small laugh.
"I want this" said Lemian.
"Do you want to just buy it? It's expensive stuff" Talitha said.
"It's okay, just wrap it up" Lemian told the middle-aged man to wrap the item Talitha had chosen for him even though Talitha just said it looked like it fit him.
"Let's go somewhere else and look around again" Talitha said.
"Didn't you buy something for yourself?" ask Lemian.
"No need, I'll buy it if I need it and I don't want to waste my money, unlike you" Talitha said.
"Well, what if we just go to lunch? You must not have eaten, right? Come on, I'll pay for it" said Lemian.
"Heum okay if you insist, hahaha" Talitha said.
The two men then went to a restaurant to fill their stomachs.
"Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen.What do you want to order?" ask the waiter who approached them.
"Message all you want" Lemian told Talitha.
"I want to eat spicy stir-fried meat, roasted chicken and meat-filled bakpaos" Talitha said.
"Give me two servings like he said" Lemian said.
"Okay sir, please wait a while we will bring your order soon" said the waiter then left their table.
"Oh yes Talitha, I want to ask you something" said Lemian.
"Human? ask" Talitha said.
"I heard from one of the jobs in your store, yesterday you came home late, where did you run out of?" ask Lemian.
"Ah sorry if I interfere too much in your affairs, I'm just a little curious" he continued
"It's okay, last night I went to a small village that was a little far from the capital, I had a little business there and when I came back it was dark and by the time I got home, Hanna and the others were waiting for me in front and told me that Mia and Melinda were out looking for me and had not come back yet, so I decided to look for them and just when I found them there were four drunk men bothering them" Talitha said.
"Then do they bother you too?" ask Lemian.
"No, I managed to get them to escape from the four drunk men and we went home" Talitha said.
"When I heard the rumors that four men were killed and found in an alley, was this just a coincidence, ah there was no way Talitha could finish them off" Lemian said.
"What's wrong?" tanya Talitha looked at the dreamy Lemian.
"Ah it's okay" said Lemian.
Their food arrived and the waiter served it on their table.
"Please enjoy the meal Mr and Mrs" said the waiter then left.
"Wah looks very delicious" Talitha said then devoured the food in front of him.
"This is for you" said Lemian.
"Human? Isn't that the butterfly hanger?" ask Talitha.
"Right, you like it, don't you? So I bought it for you just think of it as a gift for taking your time to accompany me today" Lemian said.
Talitha accepted it with pleasure.
"Thank you" Talitha said.
Finally they reached the store and there were many female customers.
"Welcome, Miss Talitha and Mr. Lemian" Maria said with a smile.
"It seems like today you are very busy because more and more customers are arriving" Talitha said.
"Right, Miss." said Maria.
"Carla, come here for a second" call Maria.
Carla then approached Maria.
"What's up, Maria?" ask Carla.
"Please prepare tea for Miss Talitha and Mr. Lemian" Maria said.
"Ah okay, wait a minute" said Carla.
After that Talitha and Lemian went to the resting place and chatted there.
"The opportunity to work with you is indeed a fortune, Talitha" said Lemian.
"Hahaha, really? I feel the same way" Talitha said.
"Oh yeah I'm curious about you, I think you're not just a merchant in this town" said Lemian.
"Why are you curious about me" Talitha said.
"I'm just curious" said Lemian.
"Well, I'll tell you a little bit" Talitha said.
Talitha began to tell stories.
"Actually I come from a warlord family, I am the first princess, but the commander never considered me as his daughter. So I decided to leave that family and choose my own life with Mia" Talitha said.
"Ah turned out to be so, meaning that lately the center of the conversation of the nobles is you" said Lemian.
"Hum?" talitha said with a confused facial expression.
"Look, man, I heard little news that the marriage relationship of the crown prince and the warlord's daughter was canceled and that's what the nobles are gossiping about at this time because they are trying to change their position to become crown princesses. Turns out you were the commander's daughter and the crown prince's former fiancee" Lemian said.
"Luckily I'm not married to that jerk, he's having an affair with another wife's son my father, I don't know what the fate of this kingdom is if he's in power" Talitha said.
"Hustt.. You can't say that, Thalita. We can get in trouble if we insult the royal members" Lemian said.
"I don't care about that, I just say the facts" Talitha said.
"However, doesn't the commander have only two daughters? then besides you, the other princess just held a wedding with the third prince, right? and you said your sister had an affair with the crown prince then why did she marry the third prince if she had been trying to get close to the crown prince" Lemian said.
"That's an order from the king and inevitably to correct the name of the commander who was humiliated during the queen's birthday event that took place a few months ago, he wanted to cover it up by doing this marriage" Talitha.
"Maybe he's already got his karma, hahaha" he continued with a laugh.
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