In the past afternoon, Yoon Shik submitted the assignments in to the office of teaching staff and came back to his dormitory when he encountered a senior in the academy. Yoon Shik bowed his head to greet them when Sang Hoon asked, "Yoon Shik, is your sister a storyteller?"
Yoon Shik lifted his head. "Yes, she is. Why are you asking, sunbae-nim (senior)," Yoon Shik questioned and looked for an answer.
"I saw her in the Tea house. She was storytelling to Sung Tae and others," Sang Hoon asserted.
Yoon Shik frowned but then wore a tiny smile on his lips. "May I know if sunbae-nim knows her name?" Yoon Shik politely spoke.
"Miss Hani," Sang Hoon replied.
"But how did sunbae-nim find out that Hani is my sister? It was known only to a limited fellows of mine," asserted Yoon Shik politely.
"I have seen her the other day in Baek Chun's restaurant where he was telling Miss Hani to be honest like her brother, Kim Yoon Shik," pronounced Sang Hoon.
"Thank you, sunbae-nim for informing me," Yoon Shik expressed his gratitude.
"You do not need to thank. I told you because your sister shall not story tell to upper class men. Do not take it the other way. What I mean is that someone might take advantage of the situation when you are studying here. If any upper-class men liked her then he might take her as a concubine and I do not think you won't be able to do anything. Just a little advise for my junior," proclaimed Sang Hoon.
"I understood, Sunbae-nim. You are saying right. Thank you again for telling me," Yoon Shik asserted and bowed his head.
"No worries. I shall go then," saying this Sang Hoon walked past Yoon Shik. Yoon Shik knitted his brows and turned back. He decided to go to the tea house to talk with his sister.
"Why did she tell story to Sung Tae and his friends? Did she not know what kind of men are they? Hani, why do you not listen to me?" Yoon Shik murmured. He was outside the entrance and quickly descended the stairs. He was running towards the market because numerous thoughts were running inside his mind especially of the day when Sung Tae spoke bad against his sister.
As he was running, his foot was hit against the pebble and he fell on the ground. His right hand got injured and bruises near the elbow. Standing up, he looked for the cart around but there was nothing. "Why is it feeling like something wrong will happen?" Yoon Shik thought as he kept running.
Cheung Shin was coming on the horse that way when he saw Yoon Shik was running. He stretched the cue backwards to halt the horse and it stopped. He turned and saw Yoon Shik was still running and the gat on his head was fallen on the ground.
Cheung Shin moved the cue and turned the horse towards Yoon Shik's direction. "Yoon Shik," Cheung Shin called out the name loudly. Cheung Shin who was running stopped, hearing his name. He turned and found Master Shin was approaching towards him on a horse. The horse stopped right beside Yoon Shik. "Greetings to the master. I am getting late so I shall leave," Yoon Shik anxiously said and turned to go when Cheung Shin stopped him.
"Get on the horse," Cheung Shin commanded.
"What, master? I cannot," Yoon Shik was a bit hesitant when Cheung Shin spoke, "Hop on the horse this instant. I will take you wherever you are leaving to." Cheung Shin offered the help.
"But master how can I?" Yoon Shik muttered under his breath.
"You won't be able to reach at the time wherever you are going. And, you will exhaust yourself in this summer's afternoon's heat. You shall obey your master's command," proclaimed Cheung Shin with a stern expression.
"Master, thank you for asking. But I do not know how to hop on the horse," Yoon Shik politely said. Cheung Shin forwarded his hand to Yoon Shik. "Put your foot on the stirrup and hold my hand tightly," Cheung Shin commanded Yoon Shik. Yoon Shik stared at Cheung Shin. He just recalled that Cheung Shin was a woman.
"What are you looking at?" Cheung Shin questioned. "Hold my hand. I will pull you up," Cheung Shin repeated his words. Yoon Shik gulped and hold the hand of Cheung Shin. He found unlike other women hands, Cheung Shin's hand was not soft but it was rough.
Cheung Shin pulled Yoon Shik up who put his foot on the stirrup. Yoon Shik had mounted the horse. "Hold me tightly and do not move too much if you don't want to fall from the horse," Cheung Shin warned Yoon Shik and put his hand which he was holding around his belly.
"Hold me tightly," Cheung Shin sternly said. Yoon Shik came out of his thoughts and put his both hand around Cheung Shin's belly.
"Where are you heading to?" Cheung Shin asked, titling her head slightly.
"Tea house," replied Yoon Shik. Cheung Shin pulled the reins on the horse and it started moving. Yoon Shik felt the forward force and his body hit against Cheung Shin's back. "Don't lose your hold," hearing Cheung Shin's command, Yoon Shik tightened his hold on him.
"I am taking a short route so that people won't notice us," Cheung Shin proclaimed and turned to the forest route. They reached the back side of the tea House in the 15 minutes.
Cheung Shin held Yoon Shik's hand as he got down the horse. "Thank you, master Shin," Yoon Shik bowed his head.
"Don't tell anyone that I took you here. And, most importantly you shall learn how to ride a horse. You are going to be a Government official by the next year and it will be funny to know that you don't know horse riding," Cheung Shin advised Yoon Shik. Before he could say anything, Cheung Shin rode away on the horse.
"I shall not do any delay," Yoon Shik mumbled and ran towards the front of the tea house. As he came towards the front, he saw many people there mostly Yangbans. He stepped inside the entrance and ascended the stairs. As he entered the tea House, he looked around when the owner, Jae Beom, came to him.
"Yoon Shik, what happened?" Jae Beom asked worriedly as he saw the beads of sweat on Yoon Shik's forehead.
"Ahjussi, did you see Hani here? Did she come here? Is she still here?" Yoon Shik asked worriedly.
"Yes, she is here with a few Kisaengs on the first floor, the private room where she usually tells story," Jae Beom stated. Yoon Shik ran towards the first floor. Park Yeong saw Yoon Shik running upstairs.
"Yoon Shik," he mumbled and stood up from the seat he had taken. Sunwo read his lips and asked him, "where?"
"He ran upstairs," Park Yeong asserted and walked towards the stairs. Chan Sul, Ro Sang Pil and Wang Wook looked at each other. Park Sunwo too walked behind Yeong followed by those three.
Yoon Shik checked every private room there but did not find Hani. "Where did she go?" Yoon Shik panicked. Yangbans there were looking at him and were whispering with each other.
Yeong put his hand on Yoon Shik's shoulder and tapped on it. "Yoon Shik, what happened? Why are you in this state?" Park Yeong asked confusedly.
Yoon Shik turned to him. "Did you see Hani? She was here telling story to Sung Tae and a few others," Yoon Shik in a panicking expression spoke. Sunwo too heard Yoon Shik.
"She left," Yeong stated.
"Did you see her?" Yoon asked Yeong.
Yeong blinked his eyes and turned back. "Chan Sul, Hani has left right?" Yeong asked.
"Yes, Miss Hani left earlier when we three were in the washroom. Even Sung Tae left the time, she left," Chan Sul proclaimed.
"You were listening to her story?" Yoon Shik asked, glaring at Chan Sul.
"We did hear but for only 15 minutes. Why? Do you know by any chance know Miss Hani? Are you here to listen to Miss Hani's story? Ahh, she is really famous among men," Chan Sul asserted and grinned.
"Shut your mouth before I rip it apart," Yoon Shik bellowed at Chan Sul.