Snow heaped up on Lee Hyun’s yard during last night. He woke up early in the morning and mumbled while looking at the scene out of his window.
“The roads are messy. More traffic accidents, more people slipping on the ground. Doctors must be getting a lot of money now. A doctor is the best profession in Korea…”
After sweeping snow in his yard, he began to cover the cages with blankets so his chickens, ducks, rabbits and dog could spend winter comfortably. He freed the animals while working to cover the cages and they became excited as they began to play on the snowfield.
“It’s not good to let food wander around by itself… but I will make today an exception.”
Lee Hyun granted them a large amount of generosity!
Even though it was Christmas, Lee Hyun had been spending his time playing Royal Road. But today was special, he decided to go into town to buy clothes for his grandmother and sister.
“My sister is a female… It will be difficult to have her spend winter with only two coats to wear.”
She was no longer a high school student and was old enough to style herself but he rarely bought clothes for her. When he gave her money to buy her own clothes, she would save it instead so Lee Hyun decided to buy it as a present for her.
“I will buy something expensive for her. ”
Lee Hyun hurried his preparation to go out. He succeeded in his hunt for Balkan and there was a lot of money to be received from various broadcasting stations. This was the reason why he was determined to buy a good, expensive coat for Lee Hye Yeon.
“I hope winter clothes are on sale right now!”
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“Rather than a street market, I should go to an outlet with popular designs...”
Lee Hyun took the subway and headed downtown. The street was bustling with couples linking their arms.
“I just can’t understand why they link their arms when they aren’t even criminals. It’s as if they are going to run away if they let go of their arms.”
Meandering like that Lee Hyun went and carefully observed woman’s clothes.
Women were very sensitive to trends and styles. Even in Royal Road, no matter how good the defense options of the clothes were, if they did not like some part about the design or if it did not fit the owner, they did not not wear it much.
“I should buy her something that is popular right now.”
He was determined to buy her a whole set rather than just a coat now. Birthday or Christmas, he wanted to see his sister smiling after receiving his present for her.
“I just can’t understand women!”
Even in the middle of winter, even when it was snowing, he could see many ladies wearing mini skirts.
“Can women even feel the cold?”
Generally, more women seem to wear pretty clothes rather than something warm. It seems they were willing to endure a lot of discomfort and cold for their fashion.
After a long time of looking around, Lee Hyun realized it was difficult to pick something by himself. In Lee Hyun’s point of view, the best choice would be a hiking jumper and heated underwear. But choosing clothes for his sister, it was completely beyond him.
‘A woman would know more about woman clothes...’
Lee Hyun’s social circle of girls was not large, so he did not have many people who he could ask for advice.
“Well, I should try contacting someone at least.”
The very person that came to his mind that might know a lot about clothes was Jung Hyo Rin, so he sent a text message to her. As Hwaryeong in Royal Road, she wore a variety of clothes and in reality she went to many fashion shows so she could be called a professional.
His phone was an old model that could not even do video chat but there was no difficulty in sending text messages.
‘I am trying to buy clothes for my sister, if you have the time could you come check them with me?’’
Besides his basic fees, Lee Hyun paid less than 2000 Won per month. When he had to call his sister, the phone was enough to get a few simple words across.
“Where are you?”
“Are you coming late?”
“Let’s go home together.”
“Did you eat already?”
10 second call was plenty enough using 300 minute free rates. Those who chose the 400 minute rates were people who could not end their calls and fell asleep on the phone, it was an unthinkable call pattern!
After sending his text, a reply came back not even a minute later.
‘My schedule is full today. It’s a concert so what can I do?’
Lee Hyun sent a reply saying it’s ok and tried to come up with someone else. Kim In Young. Who played as Irene, was the same age as his sister and could be helpful picking out clothes for her.
‘I’m sorry! I’m watching a movie with my friends today.’
The day before Christmas, everyone already had plans. His female friends in university either rejected saying that they were meeting their boyfriends or didn’t even reply.
“There is no one to send a text message to...”