Chapter 11 (1/2)
“YS (Ki in He can randfather’sconstruction’s CEO
“What about DJ (Ki)?”
“It still seems possible that the two Kims will unify behind DJ, but because of the red co from (antipathy toward communism, the North that the Korean war aroused DJ was suspected to have been involved in pro-communist activities, which labeled him as a communist), DJ will more likely concede,”
Everyone saw eye to eye
“Any other corandfather asked
A slow smile curved his mouth
They didn’t have a hint of doubt that the two Kims would unify So didn’t the whole nation
But his youngest grandson as insightful doubted it
His smile made other CEOs nervous and wonder whether he found the
Satisfying?
Or pathetic?
“Let’s call it a day Gather , with a gentle smile on his face
It was ti off
Rather than putting off, I was afraid to do it But it was so I would encounter some time or other
I asked my tutor first, “Why don’t we have an outdoor class?”
“Outdoor class?”
“Yes in Dangjin on the west coast,”
“Dangin? What’s with the west coast, all of a sudden?”
“I saw in textbooks that Dangjin is the one and only place where you can watch the sunrise and sunset, and I want to see it for myself,”
Although it was such a poor excuse, the tutor would not reject unless he want to lose his big money job
“O, Okay,”
“Can you drive? Have a driver’s license?”
“Yeah, I have,”
“I’ll ask my father for the car Could you ask my parents for permission to have an outdoor class?”
The tutor s the luxury car
We got that permission easily later
Astoo hard and wanted et some air
No navigations or smart phones, we pulled out a thick map book
“Now, speak your jin?” the tutor asked once he got used to being behind the wheel
I already had a made up answer
“Well, I have a friend who jin, I wanted to see him,”
“Yeah? Why didn’t tell your parents the truth?”
“If I told the,”
“Haha, you’ve all grown up now,”
Grown up? I’
We shot the breeze until we got into Dangjin
That brought back the vague o
There was no sign of progressive development of the west coast
The car bounced over the rough dirt road, the washboard bumps made our teeth rattle
The beach was not lined with pensions, instead mom and pop stores were scattered
As soon as I saw htened
A small, familiar barber shop reminded me of my hair style in my childhood while a hair salon re
When we past the front gate of my school, old friends and teachers’ faces were so vividly brought back to my mind
Starring rew up in
“Could you wait here a moment? that is the house he lives in,”
“Have you been here? How did you know the way to the house?”
“The friend explained it so many times,” I said, then rushed out of the car
My throat tightened again and h in the distance,
[Yun Laundry]
I wavered with each step I took
What if I can’t look at my parents’ faces?
What if I utter ‘father’?
My greatest dread, what if I encounter me, Yun Hyun-woo?
After letting out a loud breath, I took a few steps forward, right up to the