Next morning, the family was gathered in a kind of sitting room, surrounded on three sides by large windows. During summer, all the windows were usually pulled up, making the room part of the terrace. It was a perfect place to spend hours on end reading, drawing or simply enjoying the beauty of nature. Now, as it was still springtime, the windows were tightly shut and the floor radiated heat.
When she entered the room, Kim Jong-Seo motioned for her to take a seat in front of him, on the other side of a small table. Yoon-Yi did as she was told and after that remained quiet and still.
Kim Jong-Seo looked intimidating. Despite being seated on the floor with his feet crossed beneath him, his body looked tall and his shoulders broad. His long grey hair was tied in a topknot decorated with a metallic hair clip. Yoon-Yi remembered how she used to see those hair clips in historical dramas.
