The Wife Is A Superstar 7

Chapter 1308 - Rush

Jiyong was very unhappy at being forced to make a choice by an arrogant woman. However, he had to grit his teeth because marrying his stubborn fiancée was more important than anything right now.

"Fine," he managed to say through a tense jaw. "But make sure that you deliver on your promise. I want to marry Jisoo tomorrow!"

"Tsk." Chaeng curled her lip before smirking. Then she shut the door on his face.

Jiyong's expression was thunderous. The woman was too infuriating!

It completely baffled him how a shy and gentle woman like Jisoo would remain best friends with an arrogant and foul-mouthed bitch like Chaeng. Not only that. Even his sister had become close friends with the woman.

"Uncle, aren't you glad?" an all-too-familiar child's voice said through his hidden earpiece. "Uncle should thank Aunt Chaeng for persuading Aunt Jisoo to finally marry you before Luka's twin cousins are born. Acting so fierce to your benefactor is not classy."

"Shut up, kid."

"To be told to shut up by my own uncle, it's causing Luka great emotional distress. At this rate—"

"I'll give you an extra red packet if I can really marry your Aunt Jisoo tomorrow so just shut the hell up tonight, alright? I'm not in the mood to receive a lecture from a little kid like you."

A few seconds of silence.

Then Luka asked, "How much will be in the red packet?"

A vein started throbbing in Jiyong's forehead. With a snort, he walked away to find another room to spend the night.

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The next morning, Jisoo's room was filled with lively chatter and frenzied activity. Jennie directed her personal glam team to take care of Jisoo while Jae held a camera to record everything.

Chaeng was busy on the phone at a corner remotely delegating some of her tasks at work. She gave herself a half day-off in order to make hasty arrangements for her best friend's marriage registration today. The worst that could happen was for her to work overtime which wasn't really too bad for someone like her who loved her job at Orchidia.

After Jisoo fell asleep last night, Chaeng disturbed all the other members of the girl squad in their group chat to let them know about Jisoo's situation. Everyone agreed that they needed to come together in order to help Jisoo regain her self-confidence.

The door opened and Hoyeon entered while pushing a rack filled with hanging garment bags.

"Oh, they're here!" Jennie helped Hoyeon pull the rack inside the room. "It's a rush job but thank goodness that several of my favourite designers were able to send some nice dresses for Big Sister. We might have to do some quick alterations, though."

Chaeng finally finished her phone calls. She immediately helped Jennie and Hoyeon in choosing a suitable dress for Jisoo among the options.

Jisoo felt overwhelmed by her friends. She had no idea that they were going to do this. Her eyes watered as she watched them busying themselves for her sake.

"Please don't cry," the makeup artist said. "Mr. Kwon made a special rush appointment at the Civil Affairs Bureau so we need to get you ready in time. You can cry all you want after your successful marriage registration later."

"Don't worry, Jisoo," the hair stylist assured her. "We'll make you so beautiful today that Mr. Kwon won't be able to take his eyes off you once he sees you."

"True that!" said the nail technician next.

Jae secretly gave the glam team a big thumbs up.

Jennie, Chaeng and Hoyeon looked at each other and released a collective sigh of relief. Jisoo appeared flustered by everything but at least she wasn't wallowing in her low self-esteem anymore.

A panda-eyed Alice soon arrived. As usual, she moved like a zombie and acted like a vampire who was about to burn into ashes whenever sunlight hit her. If not for her friends, she wouldn't go out of the house at all and continue slaving away on her webtoon.

She brought a simple yet elegant bouquet of flowers.

"A b-bouquet?" Jisoo asked. "Is that really...necessary for a simple marriage registration?"

"Don't think too much about it, Big Sister," Jennie said. "Flowers are always nice to have. The bouquet will make your photos with Big Brother more romantic later."

Jisoo was still a bit hesitant but she smiled and thanked them.

Clover video-called them to join in the fun. She couldn't attend today's sudden event because she was still in France. It was still night there so she basically hadn't slept a wink yet.

Jisoo almost couldn't contain her emotions. She could feel all her friends' love and care for her. At the same time, she felt bad for harbouring envy towards her own sister who had been so good to her despite their unpleasant relationship in the past.

Jennie caught Jisoo looking at her. She smiled. Jisoo mouthed "thank you". Her sister's smile turned brighter.

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"Yo, what the hell, Fifth Bro?" Jackson arrived while carrying presents that he prepared in a hurry. "You only gave us a few hours notice that you're going to marry today!"

"Be thankful that I even told you about it in the first place," Jiyong said while buttoning his suit in front of the mirror.

Jackson clutched his chest and pretended to be heartbroken. "Ah, you've become so cold to your bros!"

Jiyong ignored him but Jackson continued bothering him while he was getting ready.

In contrast, the scene was more relaxed in the other side of the guest suite.

Lisa and Haruto were bottle-feeding Little Levi and Little Liam respectively at the sitting area. Mingyu chatted with them while admiring the adorable twins.

"Little Liam is a carbon copy of yours, Third Brother," Mingyu commented while looking at Little Liam in Haruto's arms.

"En." Lisa couldn't hide the proud expression on his face.

His mother, Chitthip, would always mention that Little Liam had been exactly like him when he was a baby. They were both unbothered and didn't care much about anything that didn't interest them.