Chapter 136 (1/2)

Chapter 136: Chapter 9

At her father's order Yoni held his trouser legs.

As Kanghyok didn't tie them tightly, she could take off his trousers. “What are you doing?”

“Sorry, sir. How can we let our benefactor leave without serving you a meal and a drink?” Yoni said, now with a male voice.

“Huh?” Kanghyok gave a hearty laugh as if he thought it ludicrous.

She was imitating a man, with her hair shaken loose.

When he laughed like that, others stopped him and entreated, “Sir, we're really sorry. Please blow off your steam and have a drink with us!”

“Goodness gracious!”

Though Kanghyok was not upset at all, she seemed to think so.

When Kanghyok turned his head, Dolsok already took a seat. With all smiles Dolsok was filling a cup with alcohol on his own.

“Okay, guys. It's the first time I'm having a drink here.”

At his remark, Dolsok made a surprised look. In fact, Kanghyok was notorious as a heavy drinker in Suwon. In Dolsok's best recollection, he drank booze just three days ago!

Of course, n.o.body mentioned about that.

“Let me taste the drink here,” said Kanghyok.

When he presented a cup, Pyonsu quickly filled it. “Such as it is, I'm the head of this acrobatic group, Wolbaek. Just call me Pyonsu, though.”

“Sounds good.” Kanghyok began to gulp down drinks.

‘Tastes sour, but also sweet. I like it…'

When he attended drinking parties with his friends at the hospital, he usually emptied his gla.s.s at a time.

Obviously the members of the Aeogae team was impressed by Kanghyok's drinking.

“Sir, this is Yoni. Please let me fill your cup.”

“Oh, that's good.”

“Please don't leak to anybody that I'm a woman. If my ident.i.ty is revealed, I'll be in big trouble.”

“Don't worry.”

Actually, Kanghyok was very good at keeping things under wraps. In fact, he knew too many secrets about his patients that it could take several days to tell them if he decided to. Of course, he kept them secret.

Nodding his head strongly, he drank up.

And then the guy who played on the swing crawled up to him on his knees, “Sir, my name is Makbong. I'm really sorry for what I did.”

“No problem. Just fill it up.”

Aside from Yoni and Makbong, many others of the Aeogae team wanted to offer liquor to him.

Kanghyok saved Pyonsu's life and they were quite impressed with the way he drank.

Kanghyok was not the type of person who refused it when somebody offered drinks. Besides, his head was spinning like a top. So he continued to accept their refills until he was completely drunk.

Because his master was already drunk, Dolsok could hardly drink.

“See you later, folks,” carried on the back of Dolsok, Kanghyok said goodbye to them.

At that moment Yoni quickly approached and asked, “Sir, when can I pick up the medicine for my father?”

“You have to come everyday. Come to my house tomorrow.”

“Ah, yes. As soon as the curfew is lifted, let me run to your house.”

“Okay.”

Kanghyok and Dolsok now came out of the kisaeng house.

Though it was bright inside, it was actually quite dark outside.

Dolsok carefully lifted the torch.

“Master, how come you drank so much like that?”

He was smiling at Dolsok quietly. When he drank like that, he felt he could now think straight.

‘No matter how hard I think about it, I have no idea how to go back to modern Korea.'

Initially, he thought he was dreaming, but he wasn't. How could a dream be so vivid before him?

‘I'm afraid I may have to live in this old Korea…'