Chapter 7 (2/2)
The grandfather closed the ,
”Keepthe situation!”
After everyone slipped out of the study
”Stand up,” he said, in a gently voice
Then I rose to my numb feet
He sat me down on his lap and looked at me steadily
”How come,” he said
I gave him a curious look
”You didn’t frown or squir but sat rapt,”
I didn’t realize one numb, and lost track of the time
”You’ve changed so much since I last saw you,” he said
He must have been taken aback at how ree turn
”Have I?” I asked, with an ingenuous look
”Yeah, I can barely recognize you,”
I needed to come up with a decent answer
”I can’t stand anymore,”
”What?” he asked
”I can’t stand how other family members treat my parents anymore,”
damn, why no tears!
He held
I wanted to nail him down
”Grandfather?”
”Yeah, what’s up?”
”Make the three your friends,”
”What do you mean?”
”TheAnd the next president,”
”If you make the president and the other tho may be the next president your friends, you will not have to decide whose side you are on”
It was apparently hard work speaking innocently; from a 10-year-old’s point of view
His soft eyes dilated as if thinking to hi?’
”You can’t?”
”Why not? The more friends you have the better,” he said, then let out a soft laugh
If I hinted at the upco June 29 Declaration, he would be much more taken aback
I should mesmerize him, I told myself
”Why don’t you play outside? Grandfather’s got work to do,” he said
I went out the door and closed it behind me
The grandfather had so, then picked up the phone and dialed a number
”Give 50 (million won) to YS and DJ,”
”Both of two, sir?”
”Right, and don’t forget to give them empty compliments,”
After setting the phone down, he curved his mouth
Very clever thinking indeed, he told himself
He su-jun He wanted to test him
Young-jun did hotfoot it over to the grandfather, with a nervous look
”Tell hts,” he continued, ”What should we do, in this turbulent period?”
After a little pause,
”If the president used troops, the protesters would disperse and the turbulent period would subside,” Young-jun answered
”So, we should be on the side of the president, right?”
”Uh down
The grandfather s-jun, which however was not true
He was tut-tutting inwardly