When she ended her conversation with her group, it was a surprise that there was no message from Jin. He was also a bit rude with Gu Lan. Now she remembered that he talked rudely many times with Lan since the last couple of months whenever there was a group chat. She shook her head to unnecessary thoughts and went to sleep.
She spent later few days reading about business and finance. She also studied the business of the Song Empire. Frankly, she would love to continue her job in this company.
Since Song Empire's main line of business was the IT industry and she had zero knowledge about it, she decided to research basic information related to IT.
One day she got the message about the time and venue of the interview from Song Empire. It will be on Thursday. What she never wished, happened with her, she will be working in the headquarters of the IT department. So, she decided to do research about it in the library. She messaged it on her group.
The next day she woke up at her usual time, took bath, got ready, and went to the library. She immersed herself in the study.
Unknown to her, a tall man was following her from the beginning. He borrowed a book and pretended to read. It was a book related to hacking. He looked at his Miss. Her sitting posture, concentration level, and expression were still the same.
Su Yeon felt a gentle gaze on her. She subconsciously looked in his direction. Gon quickly looked down. He shivered; all those things are still the same. A memory flashed before his eyes…
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A young girl fooled the guards with her subordinate and went outside to the market. She went to a lowkey library in the market. A teenage boy was following her like a shadow. She went inside, took her desired book, and picked a place beside the window. She started reading it with utmost concentration. That boy was surprised! He stole glances at her.
"You can ask me, what do you want to know?" that girl asked while reading.
The teenager replied, "Princess, you didn't like to study and sleep during the teaching, then how can you read so heartily?..." He got nervous and looked down.
"Learning and reading are different, I don't like when our great scholar teaches me, I feel like sleeping due to his mellow voice. But reading is different... look here, today I am learning about a different language!" She shared her book with him.
He got nervous and looked down. No one has ever treated him like this, so he was hesitant at first.
"What happened? Wait...You... How do you know that I sleep in the teaching!" She moved forward and looked at him.
He was getting more nervous. "I... I thought I should follow you like this when you asked me to be friends with you..." that teenager replied.
She smiled and said, "Coming to think of it... I don't know your name, what is it?"
"Name? I.. I don't have any name..." he replied sadly.
"Hmm... Since you don't have any name, let's give you one!" She said and started to think about it.
"You... Are kind person, friendly, and extremely loyal to me... To describe these into one word... Gon! From now onwards your name is Gon! Do you liked it?" that young girl asked.
The teenage boy was overwhelmed by her kindness. He liked that name very much and when he heard it in her voice, it felt that yes, he has someone who is his friend. He looked at her and nodded.
She felt happy and offered her hand, "So, Gon ah, you are my friend from now on! And don't call me Princess, use something else..."
He nervously shook hands with her and suggested, "Can I call you Miss?" She was satisfied with his response, it felt like she is elder than him so she nodded and continued her reading.
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He came out of his thoughts and followed her. Nothing special happened that day. She went home after studying in the library. When she reached home, Gon also went in his way.
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When he reached the main mansion, he saw his master was sitting on the swing in the garden. He stood behind him. "Master," he reported.
"Oh, you came. What happened? Why do you sound so happy?" Master Song asked.
There was a small, almost invisible smile on his face. He replied, "Today Miss went to the library for studying. As usual, she likes to read any kind of book instead of her study books."
"Huh? My little dumpling used to like reading in the library? I never saw or heard about her using our library," Master Song looked back at Gon and saw that Gon was avoiding his gaze. "What are you hiding? Is there anything I don't know?" he asked.
'Master, you don't have any idea what things Miss used to do behind your back!' Gon thought and pitied his Master.
She was the complete opposite of the image that she had created in front of the world. Only him, his Young Master, her closest friend, and her maid knew how she was.
Gon said, "Master about that… Miss used to like reading books in the local library. That library was a low-key library so it was not dangerous for her."
Master Song was shocked, "What! A local library? She never left the Palace when she was young. How come?..." he looked at Gon. Now he understood, that little notorious kid of his used this child to escape from Palace. The only good thing was that at least someone used to be there with her. A smile appeared on his face, "She used to trouble you a lot, right?"
Gon replied, "Not at all Master, our Miss and Young Master gave me a new life, they treated me like a human and never forgot my presence. It was my choice to become Miss's shadow guard."
Suddenly Master Song remembered something and his face became serious. He told, "Gon, today I met our Prime Minister Kim…"