𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗦, Go Won

𝟬𝟰𝟬. 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸

The rest of the way was mostly silent, after a while they finally arrived to Songrim. 

"We are in Songrim now." Da-hye said. "I can go to Jeongjingak alone now." Da-hye bowed her head. "Thank you for bringing me here, Your Royal Highness."

"Are you telling me to leave?" The Crown Prince said. Why was the Crown Prince so blind? How could he be so arrogant?  How could he be so full of himself? "Do you not want to be around me?" The Crown Prince raised his eyebrow. If the Crown Prince wanted to be cruel, Da-hye would be cruel as well.

"You finally noticed, Your Royal Highness." Da-hye said. "I do not want to be around you. I tried to be nice, but seriously, how arrogant does one have to be to realize that someone does not want to be around them?" Da-hye asked.

"What?" The Crown Prince said. He never would have expected to hear those words from her. Did she really not love him? "You dare say that to the Crown Prince?"

"Yes, I do." Da-hye said. "I really tried to like you, Your Highness. But you are so cruel! You are so full of yourself." Da-hye shouted. "You can not even realize your own mistakes."

"What are you talking about?" The Crown Prince asked confused.

"You still do not know?" Da-hye asked. "After ignoring me for so long, you finally speak to me again. Only to ask why I do not want to be around you?"

"I apologize." The Crown Prince swallowed hard. He had never been confronted like this. "I thought..." The Crown Prince said.

"You thought everything would be fine after completely ignoring me for so long?" Da-hye asked. "Yes, I do not want to be around a person like that. I do not care if you are the Crown Prince, Your Highness." Da-hye started to walk away.

"Wait." The Crown Prince grabbed Da-hye's hand. "I cannot let you walk away like that." The Crown Prince said. He could not bear to see that the girl he loved did not even want to be around him. "You mean a lot to me. I cannot let you go."

Da-hye removed her hand from his. "But you can ignore me for nearly a month!" Da-hye turned around to face the Crown Prince. "Let me make this so you understand, I never want to see you again, Your Royal Highness."

"No, I cannot let that happen." The Crown Prince held onto Da-hye tight. He could not lose her. He would not. "Even if you do not want to see me, I do. And always will. No matter what." The Crown Prince said. He hugged her tightly however she did not. 

"Let me go." Da-hye said. "I do not deserve someone like you." Da-hye pushed him away. "Someone who cannot even realize how he has hurt me. I do not want that." Da-hye tried to hold back her tears. 

The Crown Prince was not going to give up just like that. He would not give Da-hye up. He pulled her in closer and went in for a kiss. His lips on her soft lips. It was sweet and passionate. 

But Da-hye did not kiss him back. She was tempted to but she did not. She wanted to give in. But, she had more self-respect than that. Da-hye pushed him off her. 

"My feelings for you are gone, and they will never come back." Da-hye said before walking away. But that was a lie

She wanted nothing to do with him. 

"How could someone so beautiful be so cruel?" Both Park Da-hye and Go Won said as Da-hye walked away leaving Won standing in the rain by himself. 

--

Da-hye decided to do one of her late night studies to get her mind off things. Yul was here as well.

"I do not usually see you here." Yul said. "Is everything okay?"

"Yes." Da-hye said. "Why would I not be okay?" Da-hye smiled. "I am just bored because Dang-gu is not here. I have nothing else to do." Da-hye explained.

"You will not mind if I stay here, right?" Yul asked.

"No, I do not mind." Da-hye said.

It was better to keep her mind of the Crown Prince. A few minutes later, Mu-deok and Uk arrived asking about an umbrella that Mu-deok had bought for Yul.

"The umbrella?" Yul asked. "I do not have that umbrella anymore." Yul explained. "I gave it to someone."

"Who did you give it to and where?" Mu-deok asked suspiciously.  Da-hye did not know what was going on, but was Mu-deok jealous that Yul gave his umbrella to someone? How did Uk feel about this?

"It was not intentional." Yul explained. "I am sorry. I know you had bought it for me." Yul said.

"You do not need to apologize." Mu-deok said. "Did you give it to a woman?" Mu-deok asked.

"Yes, I did give it to a woman." Yul responded. "Please do not be angry."

Da-hye smiled. She sensed a little bit of drama going on.

Mu-deok put her hand on her hips. "Why would I be angry?" Mu-deok asked. "Who was that woman? Tell me." Mu-deok said. Yul looked so scared. It was so funny. "Will you answer me already?" Mu-deok shouted. "This is so frustrating." Mu-deok put her hand on top of the other. "Who was the woman you gave it to?"

"Mu-deok." Uk said. "Mu-deok. That is not the way to ask. Yul is.... He is pale with fear." Uk explained. 

"You sound like a wife interrogating her cheating husband, Mu-deok." Da-hye laughed.

"That is right." Uk said. "It is not appropriate to ask him with such demanding tone." Uk explained. "Watch and learn." Uk turned to Yul. "Yul. Did you give that umbrella to a blind girl?" Uk asked.

"How did you know that?" Yul asked.

"By any chance, is she So-i, the girl you mentioned last time?" Uk asked. What had happened that involved So-i? Da-hye stood up from her chair and stood closely to them so she knew what was going on.

"Yes, I gave it to her." Yul said. "Why do you ask?"

"Today, I went to Jinyowon and saw their long-lost daughter, Jin Bu-yeon." Mu-deok explained. "She was blind, but she was holding an umbrella instead of a cane." Mu-deok said. What could Jin Mu be planning now?

"Was it the same umbrella?" Yul asked.

"Hey!" Dang-gu came barging in. "Hey, did you hear? They found Young Lady Jin's older sister. They found Jin Bu-yeon." Dang-gu said excitedly. "Do you hear me? What is with this atmosphere?" Dang-gu asked. "What were you talking about?"

"We were talking about So-i, the girl we were looking for." Yul explained.

"So-i?" Dang-gu asked. "Oh, the swindler?" Dang-gu said remembering who she was. "Did you find her?"

"Yes." Da-hye said. "The Jin Bu-yeon that Jin Mu has brought to Jinyowon is actually So-i, the swindler." Da-hye explained.

"She must have killed all those people to keep her identity a secret."  Yul said.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗗𝗮-𝗵𝘆𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰. 𝗕𝘂𝘁, 𝗜 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗜 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘆. 𝗦𝗼 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲.