Two O₃S₂-macrocycles with different S…S distances (L¹ < L²) were employed as a strategy to isolate the adaptive products including dicopper(II) complex via controlling exo-coordination modes. L¹ gave a one-dimensional coordination polymer [Cu₂(L¹)₂(NO₃)₄]_n (1) based on a convergent exo-coordination. Meanwhile, L² resulted in the formation of a divergent exo-coordinated dicopper(II) complex [Cu₂(L²_ox)₄(μ-Cl)](NO₃)₄ (2), in which four oxidized macrocycles (L²_ox) act as paddles and Cu^II-(μ-Cl)-Cu^II entity as an axis shaft adopting a four-paddled watermill. The chloro-bridging ligand (μ-Cl) in 2 is derived from the dichloromethane solvent and stabilized by C-H…Cl^- H-bonding. The overall watermill structure is also stabilized by interligand C-H…O H-bonding to form a pseudo-cage. The present result demonstrates that a combination of the controlled exo-coordination and the induced species serve a consistent picture of the adaptive formation of a new type dicopper(II) complex with a highly organized structure.