Childhood Friend of the Zenith

“What did you just say?”

A cold voice wrapped around my ears. The displeasure in her tone was unmistakable, and her sharp gaze matched her voice perfectly—it left an impression.@@novelbin@@

The expression on her face made it clear that she thought she had misheard me, but beneath it, irritation simmered.

She looked to be just past twenty, dressed in expensive silk and adorned with lavish accessories.

Anyone could tell she was from a wealthy family.

“What did you just say to me?”

Seeing her, I snapped back to my senses.

“Ah.”

Mi Madam.

The woman standing before me was the Mi Madam I knew.

The matron of the Gu family and the head of one of the most prominent trading companies in Zhongyuan.

And, more importantly, someone I still wasn’t sure how to deal with.

This young and beautiful woman standing in front of me—she was her.

“……What exactly did you just call me?”

Hearing her words, I finally came to my senses. It was obvious that I shouldn’t have carelessly addressed someone who looked this young as "Madam."

I quickly changed the subject.

“Ah, my apologies. You just resemble someone I know.”

“……Resemble? That person has the surname Mi as well?”

“……”

Damn it. Of all the things to say, I had to call her Mi Madam.

“Yes... It was just an odd coincidence.”

At my response, Mi Madam’s eyebrows lifted.

“Judging by the way you’re calling it a coincidence, it seems you know who I am?”

“……”

Ah, for fuck’s sake.

I slipped up. I must have been more flustered than I thought.

I had already figured, from seeing Namgung Jin and Moyong Tae, that I would inevitably run into people I knew in this world.

And yet, despite knowing that, I had let myself get caught off guard in this situation.

How should I smooth this over?

I didn’t need long to decide.