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"How about under the coffee table?" asked Ga Eul

"I don't think so," answered Yi Jeong. "Maybe near the couch?"

"Here it is. I found it. How many is that?"

"That would be the 7th camera that Woo Bin has hid in here. I'm going to kill him. Anyway, I think you are good enough to start working on the wheel. Have you already gotten the air bubbles out?"

Ga Eul nodded.

"Now throw the ball of clay on the center of the wheel."

Ga Eul did as instructed but may have used too much force. The ball bounced of the wheel and landed on an air vent, revealing the thing hidden inside.

"Hey that's another camera. Here, let me get it. Bring that chair over here and hold onto it while I climb on. For god sake, I had told him to install cameras in the display area, where he hasn't set up any, by the way."

About ten minutes later, they successfully removed the clay and camera and returned to their lesson. Only this time, he demonstrated. He threw the ball of clay on the center of the wheel and cupped and squeeze it into a tower shape. Ga Eul watched him intently. Watching Yi Jeong work was always a real treat. There was so much serenity in his face when he worked. He always seemed lost in his own little world, completely oblivious to his surroundings. Ga Eul was brought out of her musing by the ringing of her phone.

"Hello? Yeah I'm on my way." Hanging up the phone, she made her way towards the door.

"I'm so late. I'm going to have to do his share of dishes again," she mumbled.

"What happened?" asked Yi Jeong.

"I had to pick up my brother from school. I was supposed to leave 20 minutes ago."

"Come on, I'll give you a ride."

_oOo_

"And that was camera number eight," said Woo Bin as he monitored his friends on his phone. "I can't believe Yi Jeong. First he tells me to install the cameras, and then he gets rid of them. Granted he probably wanted them to be in the display area but he never specified."

Jae curled her leg of on the living room couch. "Why did you install eight?"

"I didn't want to miss a single angle," he said with a sheepish grin.

"Woo Bin, I should probably start looking for an apartment. I can't live here forever. But I don't know where to start."

"We could check the papers. I'll tell my men to look for apartments while we skim through these"

She took one look at the line of bodyguards at the door. "I'm so used to my bodyguard Chen that it feels weird not having one anymore."

If things were different, Woo Bin would offer to lend her some of his. He did have a lot, but then he'll have to disclose how those bodyguards were actually mafia men sent by his father. He hadn't gotten around to telling her about his family history yet.

"Oooh, I like this house," said Jae Kyung while handing Woo Bin the apartment listings.

"5 bedroom apartment, overlooking a beautiful garden with a swimming pool and various other facilities," read Woo Bin.

"Let's hurry before someone beats us to it."

_oOo_

"Chin Hae, I'm sorry that I'm late."

"Noona, you bought a car? That comes with a driver!"

"No. That's my friend. And that's his car."

"Nice to meet you, Woo Bin hyung" said Ga Eul's brother while bowing.

Yi Jeong faced with many awkward situations in his life. His recent encounter with the plant guy came to his mind. However, unlike that situation, he couldn't run in response to this one.

"No, this is Yi Jeong, where did you hear the name Woo Bin?"

"The parents were talking about him the day you left for that trip. They were saying how he's crazy and they don't want him to be their future son- in- law."

"Ga Eul, what's going on?" asked Yi Jeong.

"Noona, ice cream!" said Chin Hae dragging Ga Eul towards an ice cream truck, leaving Yi Jeong with no choice but to follow. Without much ado, Chin Hae selected strawberry cheesecake for himself. Then, turning to Yi Jeong, he asked, "What flavor would you like, Yi Jeong hyung?"

Yi Jeong browsed all the different flavors with interest. It had been so long since he had eaten ice cream.

"I think I'll have strawberry cheesecake as well. But wait, chocolate chip cookie dough looks delicious too. No no no, may be blackcurrant would be better. But they also have German chocolate. Could I perhaps have an initial tasting?"

After tasting seventeen different flavors, Yi Jeong finally settled on his first choice. He ate slowly, savoring the taste.

"It's been so long," he told a rather amused Ga Eul

"Why? It is delicious. I can eat ice cream all day," said Chin Hae.

"Well, art exhibitions don't really serve ice creams."

"Really? How boring."

"I know, they are the worst. It's filled with boring old people who have the worst taste in music. Sometimes, I get so bored with me that I actually drag Woo Bin with me, imagine!"

Lost in the conversation, Yi Jeong wasn't paying much attention to where he was going and ended up colliding with a pole, dropping the ice cream straight to the ground.

"Graceful move for the future heir of an art museum," said Ga Eul.

Yi Jeong, who was too busy lamenting over his fallen treat didn't pay her much attention.

"Aww. I had so much left."

"Do you want some of mine?" asked Chin Hae.

"No, no, you enjoy yours."

"Ok. Noona, let's go to the park."

_oOo_

Jae Kyung and Woo Bin went to meet the realtor. From the onset itself, the meeting was going badly.

"Here we are not only looking to acquire tenants but also to build a community, a certain type of community. Most of the inhabitants are young married couples. We don't have anything against bachelors, but married couples are just more responsible. I assume you two are a couple?"

"Of course, come on honey, let's look around," said Woo Bin, while grabbing Jae Kyung's hand. "Relax, they won't check once you get the place," he whispered.

"Feel free to look around," the lady said.

Jae Kyung liked the place so far. Unlike her mansion, it was nice and cozy: only five rooms. The floor had Italian tiles and furniture that modeled on the antiques.

"The bed looks so comfy. Do you think she'll notice if I jump on the bed? It's just begging to be jumped on," said Woo Bin.

"I think so. She has eyes like a hawk. Let's check out the balcony."

They entered the living room balcony.

"The view from here is lovely. I can imagine sitting here in the evening, sipping coffee, talking to pigeons."

"We will take it," Woo Bin told the realtor.

"Good choice. The neighborhood is quite homey and the price is reasonable too, only 3600000 Won."

"Honey, why do we need another apartment? We already have such a lovely home," said Jae Kyung, while dragging her pretend husband towards the door.

_oOo_

The trio made their way to a nearby park. The first thing Chin Hae did was to make a run for the swings.

It was occupied.

"Why don't you go on the slides instead?" said Ga Eul.

"Nonsense. I'll just stand here, stare at them, and make them uncomfortable. Much more effective, Noona."

"You should introduce him to Woo Bin. They'll get along spectacularly well. Only Woo Bin would probably stand here and sing until the other guy ran off the swing."

She remembered Woo Bin singing Baby I like it and shuddered internally.

"Why don't you go on that swing, it looks much safer, it's fitted with a safety belt and everything," said Yi Jeong, while pointing at the swing designed for infants.

"You sound just like Noona. It's a swing. It doesn't go that fast."

Chin Hae got on the swing, having successfully weirded out its previous occupant.

_oOo_

"The rent is 20000 Won, ma'am. Would you like to have a look?"

Having learned from their previous experience, Jae Kyung inquired about the rent first.

This apartment was less spacious than the last, having only 2 bedrooms, but it was still homey enough. The best part: the living room also had a balcony attached to it. She should check out the bedroom.

A few steps from the bedroom door, an enthusiastic dog ran towards her.

"Aww, how cute. Is it yours?" she asked.

"Yes, but not for long. This little girl is going to be your roommate."

"Excuse me?"

"This is Jeanette. She's a purebred pug who just can't wait to live with you. Yes, she can't. Yes, she can't. Aww my little cuddly poo," said the landlord while scratching Jeanette's tummy.

"Excuse us a moment," said Woo Bin, taking Jae Kyung aside.

"Is she crazy? Who rents an entire room to a dog?"

"Well, the apartment is really nice. And I like animals. I'm sure I can learn to live with it."

"You sure?"

"Maybe, Jeanette could take my mind off Leo."

"Leo?"

"My pet lion that I had as a little girl. Classic story. Girl meets lion. Becomes best friends. The villain of this story, my father, gives him up for adoption. He's in the city zoo. I visit him sometimes, but they don't let me feed him."

"That sucks. I guess you should take it then."

With unwavering confidence, they made their way to announce their decision.

"We'll take it." The duo chorused.

"Wonderful. When would you like to meet the entire family?"

"What's wrong with you? She's not going to marry the dog."

"Don't be ridiculous. I meant her other roommates, Jeanette's seven bodyguards."

"Seven?" asked Jae Kyung.

"Male bodyguards?" asked Woo Bin.

"No, Jeanette isn't ready for motherhood yet. They're all female German shepherds."

"Woman, you're crazy," said Woo Bin while they sprinted towards the exit.

_oOo_

After enjoying swing time, Chin Hae moved on to the slides. Yi Jeong wasted no time in taking his place.

"This is aweeeeesssssssooooooommmmmmmeeeeeeee. It's like flying," he said.

"I'm glad you are enjoying yourself. Is it your first time?" asked Ga Eul.

"Yeah. When I was younger, my father was too busy instilling the skills needed to be the heir of the So family in me to take me to the park." He turned his face away. "And my mother, well she was sick most of the time." He shot up. "Let's try the see-saw."

From the other side of the see-saw, Ga Eul studied his expression. He looked a little pale. Maybe there were some unpleasant memories he would rather escape. A change of subject was in order. "I'm surprised Jun Pyo Sunbae's house didn't have a swing."

"President Kang thought that the heir of Shinwa was above such trivialities. She insisted on more educational forms of entertainment, like Model United Nations. She would make us dress up in the appropriate attire of the country we were representing and insist we memorize the script in the native language of our respective countries while we discussed the matters. She even organized a panel of judges to grade us on our performance."

"Wow. Looking at how childlike Jun Pyo Sunbae is nobody would ever guess that his mother would be so… so… strict."

"Bitchy is the word you are looking for. Once, she caught us jumping on the bed. She thought our behavior was criminal. To give us a taste of how they are treated, she locked us all in the attic. It's needless to say we never went to Jun Pyo's house to play after that. Most of our meetings were held in Woo Bin's house. Speaking of Woo Bin, his Gran did take us to the park once, but he thought that burying other kids in the sand and making a mermaid out of them was more fun than swinging. Woo Bin thought it was art, parents of those kids didn't agree."

"He is the same old Woo Bin Sunbae," said Ga Eul while pushing her feet against the ground to lift her side of the seesaw in the air.

"As he would tell you, you can't really improve on perfection." Yi Jeong chuckled while doing his best Woo Bin imitation.

"You two really do know each other well. If someone didn't know both of you, then they could easily mistake you to be brothers. Do you have any siblings?"

"Yeah, I have an older brother, Il Hyun. He is around six years older than me and was always very protective. In Kindergarten, I would often clutch his hands to prevent him from leaving me alone. He would often have to sit with me for ten minutes until I calmed down enough. Like any good older sibling, he tried to shield me from realities of life. When my pet hamster died he quietly replaced him with another one. He taught me so much, you know. We would often do pottery together. He taught me how to ride a bike, and no matter how many times I fell off, he still persisted.." He took a big gulp as if trying to compose himself than in one big breath he said, "Anyway, now he is gone and that is fine. It's not like I never get to see him. He visited when I was fourteen."

Ga Eul got up from the see-saw giving Yi Jeong a sudden jolt.

"Hey, that was not cool," he said while giving her a mock glare.

"Come; let us go to the merry-go-round. You'll love it. Stand on it and hold onto to the bars while I spin you.

"So, none of you F4 members had a standard childhood, huh?"

"Yeah, one disadvantage of having families which such high-powered jobs is that you don't get to ride on your dad's shoulders or be pushed on a swing by your mom," said he while staring at the lady pushing her child on the swing. After a poignant pause he said, "It' not like she didn't try. It's hard to be a doting mother when you're ill. It wasn't that she would completely neglect me. Sure sometimes she would forget to come to my school art exhibition, or forget my birthday, but it's hard to remember things when you are confined to a bed all the time. I'm sure she was still proud of me." Sniffing as if trying to hold off tears he continued, "Only because that one time I showed her a pot I made for her birthday and she threw it away and said that with each pot you make you are turning more and more…" as if suddenly realizing that he was rambling, he stopped.

Yi Jeong's head was facing downwards and his body was shaking. Even though his head was buried in his shirt, Ga Eul was acutely aware of how much pain he was really in. In an attempt to distract him she began to spin the merry-go-round as fast as she could.

"Ahhhhh, Ga Eul you are going to kill meeeeeee,"

Ga Eul was glad that she had successfully distracted him. Seeing him dejected really bothered her.

_oOo_

"Is this all of it?" asked Jae Kyung

The current apartment they entered was tiny. It was so tiny that Woo Bin could walk across the entire living room in only four steps. Not only that, when the ad announced that it had two rooms, it actually meant two rooms. The kitchen and bathroom were actually one room while the living room and bedroom made the other.

"It looks exactly like the picture in the ad. I thought the picture was compressed to show all the rooms as one," whispered Woo Bin

"Don't you like it?" asked the landlord. "It really is the next new thing."

"I think it is a little too cozy for us," said Jae Kyung.

"Well, it would be difficult to find something bigger for a reasonable rent, unless you get a roommate." He shifted closer. "I'll be your roommate. We could live in this cozy apart nicely." The landlord started at Jae Kyung, a hopeful look in his eyes.

She stiffened.

Woo Bin answered him by stuffing his own brochure in his mouth.

_oOo_

Ga Eul made her way to the top of the slide; when she reached her destination, she looked down at Yi Jeong, flashed him her usual smile, and said, "Since you never did the regular things as a kid, I, Chu Ga Eul, daughter of Chu Il Won and Chu Min Ji, vow to give you a taste of it today. Come on, we'll drop my brother off and then go exploring."

Sliding down the slide, she headed off to drop her brother with Yi Jeong in tow. Nervous about a possible encounter with her mother, he waited outside, out of view.

"Bye Mom, I'm going out to with a friend. I'll be back in a few hours," with that said she made her way out. However, her brother had made it out with her as well.

"Noona, I just wanted to say, have fun on your date."

Hoping to save herself from further embarrassment, she began to drag Yi Jeong away.

"Don't worry, I won't tell the parents that it's not Woo Bin Hyung who'll become their son-in-law."

Ga Eul was hoping Yi Jeong hadn't caught that. He was walking with both his hands in his pockets, wearing a huge grin on his face. So maybe he hadn't.

_oOo_

"This is so much better than the last apartment we saw. It actually has a separate bathroom and kitchen," said Jae Kyung.

"It is also bigger. You could be quite comfortable here."

"We are definitely interested in renting the place," said a beaming Jae Kyung to the landlord.

"The only thing we are particular about miss, is that our tenants be responsible."

"Of course. I always pay my bills on time and I have enough funds," said the heiress handing over her bank records.

"Your last payment was to Untangling Your Knots."

"A gift for a friend."

"Ma'am, I think you should leave."

Making their way to Woo Bin's car the duo brainstormed.

"I think it's time to bring in the reinforcements," he said.

_oOo_

"The paramount thing in any child's childhood is building successful fort, at least once. But where can we go to do that?" she asked.

"Come with me, it's time for some payback," said Yi Jeong while directing her towards his car. Twenty minutes later, they reached their destination. Ringing the doorbell, they waited.

"Hello, Gran. Is Woo Bin home?"

"No, dear."

"Can we wait for him in his room?"

"Yi Jeong, if you want to get back at Woo Bin for something you can just say so. Come in you two."

He let out a nervous chuckle.

"Master So, could I get you two anything to eat?" asked Woo Bin's butler.

"No, thank you. Please get us all the pillows and blankets you can find."

Yi Jeong meticulously constructed the framework of the fort by using Woo Bin's favorite chair and table. He also used other chairs to help the process. He was about to line the floor with a blanket when Ga Eul hit him on the head with a pillow.

"Pillow fights are also part of a regular childhood."

"Is that so?" He threw the same pillow at her, but it missed his mark, hitting a framed picture of some certificate. Ga Eul went towards it to pick it up.

"Class clown?"

"It was awarded to him in middle school. He considers that to be one of his biggest achievements. That's what I call payback," he said while placing the picture frame in his bag.

Ga Eul covered the framework with blankets. Taking advantage of her distracted state, Yi Jeong threw a pillow at her, this time hitting his mark. Ga Eul responded by draping him over with a blanket.

"Aww, Yi Jeong, you make the perfect blushing bride," said Ga Eul while admiring her handiwork.

_oOo_

Jan Di was sitting in anatomy class carefully copying down the diagram of the human excretory system when she noticed that someone from the administrative office had entered her classroom, and he and her teacher seemed to be completely immersed in deep conversation. Furthermore, they both kept throwing worried glances in her direction.

"Geum Jan Di, can you come here please."

Jan Di walked towards her teacher.

"A friend of yours, Song Woo Bin, has come to see you. He is waiting for you in the lawn. He says it's an emergency, and you must leave with him immediately."

"Did he say what the emergency is?"

"I'm afraid not but he seemed rather tensed."

Jan Di ran to the lawn, a tornado of thoughts spinning through her mind. What could have happened? Had Jun Pyo gotten locked in his room again? Or did he get a severe case of food poisoning from the sheer number of ddeokggochi (fried rice cake skewers) he ate from the street yesterday? Maybe it was something to do with Ga Eul. She had to pick up Chin Hae today. Did she get hit by a bus on her way there? With all that in her mind, she made her way towards Woo Bin, her legs shaking with nervousness.

"Woo bin Sunbae, what happened? Are Jun Pyo and Ga Eul okay?

"Yeah. They are both fine. Why wouldn't they be? Anyway, I just needed your help with finding an apartment for Jae Kyung. We are having no luck whatsoever."

"You said it was urgent."

"It is. I have to catch a movie in three hours."

Jan Di grabbed his shirt, breaking off a button. Then, remembering where she was, she took three calming breaths. "Never scare me like that again."

_oOo_

"Let me get this straight, you want to run around the hay field while I throw paint at you?"

"That is the gist of it," Ga Eul said while wearing her protective gear and clothing.

"But this may hurt you."

"Relax. It's only paint and you have full control over the speed. Just hold the paintball in your hand and aim," she said while taking a successful shot at him.

"It's on."

He chased her across the field. Initially skeptical about a game whose sole purpose was to dirty your opponent's clothing, he was now thoroughly enjoying himself. Ga Eul was a good opponent. She successfully dodged his shots by hiding behind a pile of hay. Then, from the safety of her hiding place, she took several successful shots at him. Yi Jeong hadn't laughed so much in a while.

"You are quite an opponent, Ga Eul yang," he said while stretching out his hand.

She came out from behind a pile of hay to shake it, which turned out to be the wrong move. He used this opportunity to color her hair.

"Well played," she said, before striking Yi Jeong with three shots pinning him to the ground

"Okay. Okay. I surrender" said Yi Jeong who was on the ground raising his arms in defeat.

"You look so beautiful." She helped him up, pride for her handiwork shining on her face.

"Woo Bin would pay you a fortune to send him a picture right now."

_oOo_

"You didn't even ask her where she was going? For all we know she could be out with that creep, Woo Shin."

"You mean Woo Bin?" asked Chin Hae.

"Chin Hae, go to your room."

With a pout, he made his way towards his room. If adults took kids seriously, then they may get their facts straight.

"I told you, I was dicing vegetables. If you mind this Woo Bin so much why did you let her go on that trip with him?"

"You know I can't say no to our little girl."

_oOo_

"Yi Jeong, it's clay. It'll sink."

"But Ga Eul, it's so beautiful. It looks just like the miniature Titanic."

Ga Eul accepted defeat.

She chose sailing paper boats as their next activity. Instead of using paper, Yi Jeong insisted on making his boat from clay. It was rather beautiful, albeit useless at sailing.

"Ga Eul launched her boat into the water, unlike Yi Jeong's boat, it floated.

"I used to come here when I was little."

"With Jan Di?"

"Yeah, once she lost a boat race. She spent the next day researching ways to make her boat faster. It was a little effective."

"The same old Guem Jan Di." He chuckled. "But I dare say, she is good for Jun Pyo. She reins his more naïve side in."

_oOo_

"And remember, extra whipped cream. Sure, cherries too."

Woo Bin's evening plans included relaxing at the F4 lounge with Jan Di and Ji Hoo. But on entering it, an unusual sight greeted him. Yi Jeong was lounging on the sofa, a tub of ice cream in one hand and a phone in the other. He ordered something that included a lot of whipped cream and cherries.

"What are you ordering, pizza?" asked Woo Bin.

"Who puts whipped cream and cherries on pizza?" asked Jan Di.

"I do, I'm not saying it's my favorite but it's not bad. Bro, what's with all the ice cream?"

"Dude, did you go through a breakup?" asked Ji Hoo.

"Breakup? You hid this from me? How could you hide such vital information, Woo Bin Sunbae?"

"You feel betrayed? It's me who should. I'm his bro and yet he didn't tell me!"

"Relax, there is no girl. I just wanted some Ice cream. And anyway, Woo Bin, it is you who is holding out on us."

All eyes turned to Woo Bin.

"What. Don't look at me. I don't have a girlfriend. Jae and I are just friends."

"Jae, who is Jae?" asked Ji Hoo while eating a spoonful of ice cream from the tub.

"What Jae? I didn't say Jae, you did." Taking the tub from Yi Jeong, he said, "You better watch your figure if you ever want to be a good wife. Now go bake me some cookies."

"Dude, that is so sexist. Anyway, what I meant was why Ga Eul's parents you'll be their future son-in-law?" Yi Jeong took the tub back from Woo Bin and continued enjoying his treat.

"What!" Jan Di dropped her spoon of ice cream.

"What can I say, I'm just that charming. They only spoke to me once and they already wish to add me to their family."

"Actually, they are worried that you'll be their son-in-law. They think you are crazy."

"Well, I suppose they felt that their daughter wouldn't be able to resist a smoking hot bad boy." Eying Jan Di's glare he abruptly added, "Not that I see her that way. She's like my little sister, you know."

"Anyway, break time is over. I gotta to get back to studying. Thanks for the ice cream, Yi Jeong Sunbae," said Jan Di as she made her way to the exit. She made sure to give Woo Bin a warning look on her way out.

"I'm tanked. I think I'm going to go home, take a long shower, and then rest my eyes," said Ji Hoo as he picked up his bag and prepared to leave.

"I think I'm going to take all this ice cream home. The fridge over here doesn't have enough room," said Yi Jeong while he picked up his three tubs of ice cream, rushing home to prevent them from melting.

"Alright, bye. I'm just going to hang here for a while," replied Woo Bin.

_oOo_

After spending a pleasant couple of hours with Yi Jeong, Ga Eul returned home. She should finish her homework. But before she could make it to her room, she noticed ten miscalls from Woo Bin Sunbae. She should visit the F4 lounge and check this out.

On entering the lounge, Ga Eul was greeted by the sound of Jae Kyung Unnie's voice.

"It says here to thread the needle and make a knot at the end."

"But how big should the knot be?" Woo Bin Sunbae asked. "Does it have a picture?"

"Nope. No picture. After that, it says to put the pointy end of the needle in the hole of the button and pull it through. This step has been shown in this gif."

"Hold on. I'm still tying the knot."

Woo Bin Sunbae sat on the sofa, with his shirt on his lap, a thread in one hand and a needle in the other. Unnie sat beside him holding a laptop.

"Jan Di tore off the button of my favorite shirt. I'm attempting to fix it." He tied a knot at the end of the thread. Unfortunately, it was too small. The entire thread just passed through.

"Here, I'll help you." She took the thread and needle and placed herself between Woo Bin and Unnie.

"So, Jan Di tore this off? Why?"

"I don't know. All I did was ask her to help in finding Jae an apartment."

"Really, that is so unlike her." Knowing Woo Bin Sunbae, there probably was more to the story. She'd ask Jan Di later. "Is that why you called me?"

"Yeah, we are having no luck whatsoever. The apartments we can afford are either too small or come with crazy landlords."

Ga Eul thought over this for a minute and then turning to Unnie, she asked, "Maybe you could get a roommate? That would make it easier. How about we all get together next weekend and help you?"

"Thanks, Ga Eul, I really..." she was cut off by the ringing of her cell phone.

"No, we're done. I'll be on my way."

"It was Gran. She was asking when we'll be back. I'm hungry so I think I'll go."

Woo Bin was about to get up; presumably to drop her off but Unnie stopped him.

"You drop Ga Eul off. I'll take your car. I know the way, I'll be fine."

After some more reassurances from her end, she made her way out.

"Well, she took the car, so we'll have to walk."

"Sunbae, can I ask you something?" Ga Eul picked at her phone-case.

"Relax. I'm like the brother you never wanted. You can ask me anything."

"It's about Yi Jeong's brother…"

"Il Hyun? What did that soul-sucking scorpion do now?" There was venom in his voice that she never heard before.

"Yi Jeong and I took my younger brother to the park that's how the subject came up. When Yi Jeong was talking about him, the memories he was reciting were all happy, yet there was melancholy in his voice. He abruptly ended the topic and it didn't seem right to pry."

"Well, how do I say this…Yi Jeong's family isn't exactly traditional."

"Yeah, he mentioned that his mom was sick most of the time and his father would travel a lot."

"You mean philander? Il Hyun got tired of taking care of his sick parent and little brother and left when Yi Jeong was only eleven, leaving that poor child with his psychotic parents, helpless to face the world alone." The sheer amount of hatred in his voice surprised her. She never saw him so…angry. "He remained in touch. Intitially. But slowly pulled away, changing his cell phone number and everything. Like he is some celebrity that we were all dying to find. Apparently, he is some art consultant now. He even has his own website. What a snob. Here, I'll show you." He typed something on his laptop and a website came up. "Look at how flashy it is. Look at the color combination. So tacky, nobody likes a showoff Il Hyun!"

"So, you did look him up?"

"Anyway, I guess Yi Jeong still misses him sometimes but trust me, it was good riddance to bad rubbish. Come on, I'll walk you home," he said while holding open the door for her.

They walked the rest of the way in silence, reaching her house without much hassle, completely unaware that two pairs of eyes were watching them like hawks.

"Look, it's that Woo Shin guy again. Why doesn't he let our daughter be?" said Ga Eul's father.

"Scoot over, let me see," said his wife.

Authors Note: Hello readers! Sorry for the delay. Thank you to all those who are still following the story and a warm welcome to all those who are new. Did you like the chapter? What was your favorite part? Tell us your thoughts in the reviews.