Chapter 4

Done taking his shower Lee Jong-suk took out the experience book.

‘Seems like I’ve certainly gotten the experience.’

If not so then how could his senses vary so drastically than the day before.

Today afternoon he almost felt like vomiting after eating lunch in his school cafeteria as it tasted horrible.

Even before today though he wasn’t much aware of the taste he thought that it was worth to just eat.

And the spicy rice cake business seemed to do well today, this was the first time since the inception of the snack shop.

And also the happy faces of his parents….

‘If the business runs perfectly then we might get rich according to mom’s words.’

While thinking over it Lee Jong-suk spread the experience book.

“This makes no sense at all, this is crazy”

Receiving answers for his posts and being able to gain experience and stuff…. This was interesting.

‘Is it possible to make experience?’

If there is a possibility of receiving experience from the experience book then it could be possible to make experience.

Lee Jong-suk thought about this for a moment and turned on the computer for some reason.

The old computer screen lit up and vibrated, Lee Jong-suk opened his facebook page. And the notifications started to spread.

“This is alright.”

In his facebook page he wrote of the things that he did in the last few days. And he found something in the page that was worth being written the experience book.

‘I guess this can work’

Mumbling to himself Lee Jong-suk opened the experience book and began writing in there.

[When I was studying in second grade of middle school I used to go for errands in a supermarket for dad.

In a cold winter day during my pickup I saw a middle aged man who sleeping on the street after drinking alcohol.

Though there were many people walking on the street no one tried to wake up the middle aged man.

I was very worried. I was freezing in the cold weather, then what about that middle aged man….

So I woke up the middle aged man and called his home later saw his son take him back.]

[Experience on helping human beings has been written. Experience of 2,500 has been acquired.]

Lee Jong-suk looked at the words saying 2,500 and smiled.

‘Received the experience same as that of intriguing experience.’

After smiling Lee Jong-suk started to write more posts in the experience book.

[It was last year. I was walking on the road when suddenly I heard a big bang from behind.

So I turned to see…..]

Lee Jong-suk wrote about three people that he saved after his birth. The first was a drunk person and, the second was he called 119 after witnessing a motor bike accident, and the third was he ran over to an grandfather who was in a traffic accident after crossing the road unauthorized and called to 119 immediately.

[Experience on helping human beings has been written. Experience of 1,500 has been acquired.]

[Experience on helping human beings has been written. Experience of 500 has been acquired.]

After writing another two of his experiences the experience points had he had acquired were a bit decreased.

‘Though they were specific experiences because they were of the same category the experience points decreased. If it was experience of doctors or their staff the experience points might be continuously acquired.’

For common people to get experience doesn’t seem to be that easy.

Though three school related experiences were there, Lee Jong-suk saw something specific. Recently 4,500 experience points were acquired, Lee Jong-suk looked at the experience book.

‘For what kind of experience did I get this?’

At that thought Lee Jong-suk looked at the book and saw that it was written about cooking.

Thinking about it he was not only presenting good dishes in the snack shop but with his present cooking skill even the sales were going good.

More over, the taste at present isn’t like the one before. Truthfully the spicy rice cakes made in the home were good and was helping but… The taste that came yesterday was really delicious.

‘After tasting it, no matter what, it doesn’t feel good. Though the taste was very gentle… Uuh! It was horrible!’

After that thought Lee Jong-suk started to think about experience.

‘For what I wrote yesterday I got 500. I got around 5,000 points today…. The cooking skills I got for 2,000 points are great, but I wonder what king of skill I will get for five thousand points. Also what new kinds of experience would I receive?’

After thinking over it for a moment Lee Jong-suk put a paper on top of the experience book and started writing down.

[Education?]

[Love?]

[Exercise?]

[What kind of thing do I like the most?]

Lee Jong-suk who was looking at what he wrote on the paper stood up immediately and went out of his room.

“Mom!”

“What?”

To know what work mom had Lee Jong-suk said.

“What do you wish I do?”

“You? Do you want become someone I hope for?”

“Well if it is possible.”

“Then first do well in college.”

“College?”

“By the way any reasonable grade for college?”

At these words of his mom’s Lee Jong-suk thought for a moment and came back into his room.

‘College huh…. Haven’t thought about it yet.’

If I get into a good college then the parents would love it and even for myself it would be good in the future.

Now the only problem was with grades. It wasn’t about studying well or not being able to, it was that Lee Jong-suk only got the average grades.

Even if I want to go I might not get in as the universities in Seoul are unreasonable. In the province there a not-so-likable place to go for studying….

‘Is studying experience there?’

With that thought Lee Jong-suk wrote the following in the experience book.

[Is there any experience about studying?]

[Experience about studying can be achieved?]

[Study 2,000]

And then on the page Lee Jong-suk began writing.

[When I was young , my first teacher was a shaman and he was the head of the institute located in Hubei.

In Hubei he was a very famous and respected teacher so from sixth year I went there.

And below him…]

Things about Hubei were written down and those of the shaman were written down, Lee Jong-suk was stunned at what he wrote.

‘Lets see if Chinese person works. But…. What if is experience for being a librarian and other things like this are there? Then I just blew 2,000 of my points for nothing.’

If he does go to college, what are the things that a librarian is supposed to do? This wasn’t an experience that Lee Jong-suk needed.

However Lee Jong-suk first read down everything that he wrote. The 2,000 experience points were already used, if he doesn’t read it now it will go to waste.

So Lee Jong-suk first read it down.

[My hair never seemed to be good. But the teacher always looked at me favorably.

“Your head is not of Moon-il-ji, if you learn one thing you should no leave it because you have the heart of Moon-il-ji.”

Used to compliment me like that…]

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Lee Jong-suk was dreaming. Studying experience written by a Chinese bachelor was what he was dreaming about.

And also in the dream Lee Jong-suk couldn’t find himself in dream but he found himself as the bachelor. The behavior of the bachelor and what he was doing could be felt vividly by Lee Jong-suk.

Like as if he itself was the bachelor.

However what seemed trouble some was that…. The things what the bachelor was learning and experiencing were slightly different things.

[Study]

In China they pronounce words differently like…. Kungfu…

The bachelor started but was learning on how to organize and stuff.

And I….

[Study experience of 2,000 has been acquired.]

[Study experience of Moon-il-ji-il has been acquired.]

[Study experience of Kongun- khuging has been acquired.]