Episode 325: The Bondage of Fate (2)
Yu Jin-san was wandering alone outside the wall of the drawing room.
He had his arms crossed with a serious expression.
It was just enough time to have a cup of tea.
“Grandpa!”
The granddaughter who went in to sell gold fossils finally came out.
His expression looked brighter than when he entered.
Moreover, it seemed like things were going well as he was jumping up and down like he was dancing.
Yu Jin-san asked urgently, feeling some sense of relief.
“How did it go? “How much does it cost?”
“It costs 50 nyang.”
“Good work. If that’s the case, you won’t have to worry about money for a while. But have you never bargained?”
“Of course I asked for more. Then, do you know what the old lady said?”
“hmm. “I think he said he would pay about five more nyang.”
The granddaughter, who hesitated for a moment, then started gurgling and falling asleep.
“Fuhihi. If you bring your grandpa, you’ll get triple the pay! “We made a fortune.”
At that moment, Yu Jin-san’s smiling face suddenly hardened.
“...what?”
“Let’s go in together. “They say they’ll give you another hundred nyang of silver.”
The moment when Yoo Seol was about to grab his grandfather’s sleeve. He moved his arm to avoid my touch.
“This guy sells his spare money for just a hundred nyang of silver? “I won’t go in.”
At that moment, Yoo Seol’s smiling face changed into an expression of absurdity.
“Grandpa. What are you talking about. “Where do we get that money?”
“Don’t worry. “We can sell it at a higher price somewhere else, so let’s just go.”
The moment when Yu Jin-san finished speaking and was about to turn his back.
Yu Seol’s hand moved quickly and reached for the grandfather’s wrist.
Yu Jin-san reflexively flinched and tried to avoid it, but this time he had no help.
Up!
“I can’t go on like this.”
“Ugh. “Quickly let go of this!”
Jin-san Yu tried to shake off his hand, but he did not budge as if he were stuck in a gap between a huge rock.
“You just go in, take the money and come out. “If you go there, there’s a pretty old lady.”
“What is pretty? If you know it, you just have a dirty temper...”
At that moment, Jinsan Yu hurriedly trailed off. As if he made a mistake and was trying to hide it.
However, the perspicacious granddaughter’s expression was already subtly changing.
“...is that kind of relationship? Was it like that?”
Yu Jin-san took a deep sigh and spoke softly.
“baby. Don’t misunderstand. “The only person in my heart is your grandmother.”
“Then who is that old lady? “What was your relationship?”
“...What is a relationship? “It was just a passing relationship.”
Yu Seol narrowed her eyes and looked at her grandfather.
“What kind of person was my grandmother?”
Yoo Seol has no memories of her grandmother. Because he died before he was even born.
I was curious, but my grandfather had been reluctant to say anything until now.
“She was a kind and wise woman who was smart about everything.”
“like me?”
“then. “She was so beautiful, just like our Seol.”
Seeing the smile on my granddaughter’s face seemed to make her feel better again.
But that didn’t mean he wasn’t a child who could just be ignored.
If it were just a hundred nyang of silver, it was an amount that would make one’s eyes roll.
“Anyway, let’s go in. “I have to make money.”
“Yeah, I got it.”
Jinsan Yu had no choice but to be dragged away in tears.
It was a place in a very old memory, but many things, including the atmosphere, had changed.
Since the manor wasn’t that big, it didn’t take long to reach the destination.
The grandfather’s steps stopped in front of a small one-story pavilion.
“It’s here. “Let’s go in.”
“no. “Hjaebi will go in alone, so you can wait here for a while.”
What about anyone? Yu Seol patted his grandfather’s shoulder and cheered him on.
Yu Jin-san also relaxed and found some time to relax due to her jokes.
“I see. “Then did you know that my granddaughter is Eum-gae, who became the best expert in Safa at the age of eleven?”
Bai Yaoran looked blank for a moment and then clapped his hands together.
“oh my god. “For some reason, I couldn’t feel any energy... It was the most absurd moment of my life.”
“Why is this surprising? “It’s all thanks to me teaching them well and raising them properly.”
It was when Yu Jin-san was smiling happily.
“It’s been a while since you showed up and you’re showing off your granddaughter like that? “Somebody doesn’t have children because of some damn guy!?”
“Heh heh. Have you been living alone your whole life? “I unintentionally became sorry.”
“by the way. Come to think of it, I heard there is a showdown between Eum-gae and the Murim Lord?”
It seemed like the posters that Heukyabang had put up in each area had already spread all the way here.
“I thought it was just in the closet, but I heard all the rumors. “Behind the destruction of our Confucian family, there was that damn nun.”
“So you mean you are the enemy of Cheolcheon? Anyway, it’s truly exquisite.”
“what?”
“Even so, the Murim Alliance’s Cheongundae visited me not long ago. “With a lot of money.”
“Why are they here?”
Myohwabang here is a place to sell or collect Kangho’s rare items.
For what reason did the Murim Alliance visit this place?
I couldn’t help but be curious.
“Why, why? He’s trying to use a trick for the upcoming showdown. “It would be a good idea for your granddaughter to prepare in advance as well.”
“What on earth did they buy here?”
“You know the rules. Myohwabang does not give out information about its customers even if a knife is stuck in its throat.”
She said firmly, but she couldn’t give up like this. Because I couldn’t miss even a single thing related to my granddaughter.
Jinsan Yu urged her with an earnest face.
“Is it really like this? “Is this all I can do for you?”
“It’s no use begging. “How can you just break a rule you’ve never broken before?”
“phew. “Then what on earth do you want?”
Baek Yo-ran narrowed his deep blue eyes and looked at Yu Jin-san.
“I don’t have much time left to live, but I want to recall old memories before I die. “Even for a moment.”
Jinsan Yu tilted his head and asked as if he didn’t understand what was happening.
“Old memories? how...?”
How on earth could he bring back memories of her past?
I was confused at first, but soon figured out the method.
Because across from me, she was poking out her wrinkled lips.
* * *
‘omg!?’
Yoo Seol, who had been secretly watching, hurriedly fell in front of the door.
He covered his mouth with both hands and continued to blink in surprise.
‘What should I do...’
I couldn’t muster up the courage to look through the hole.
After a while, he walked back and forth in front of the pavilion with a serious expression.
Soon the door opened and the grandfather appeared.
“let’s go. “I received money for the allowance.”
“....”
Yu Seol didn’t say anything.
He silently handed me the heavy bag and walked beside me without saying a word.
It was about time to leave the myohwabang manor.
“baby. Why aren’t you saying anything? “Aren’t you happy?”
Instead of answering, Yoo Seol softly called out to her grandfather.
“...Grandpa.”
“why?”
After a moment of silence.
The granddaughter asked in a low voice.
“I did it?”
“What do you mean?”
“Did you do it?”
At that moment, Jinsan Yu’s face turned red.
Only now did he realize that Yoo Seol had sensed the situation inside.
After being taken aback for a moment, he looked down and denied his granddaughter’s interrogation.
“I didn’t do it! So what do you do?”