Chaotic Nights (Wild Night)

CHAPTER 51

[—I wanted to give you these things. You can throw them away. I can't hide these feelings, I hope I won't cause you trouble. I want to see you, but it's dangerous there. It would be like going into a tiger's den. Let's meet again in a safe place.]

After she put down Shihoon's letter, Eunha opened the package.

The first thing she saw were pink flowered shoes.

Underneath the shoes, there was an elegant hanbok. In addition, a binyeo decorated with jade, high-quality papers, and a beautiful brush. These items had long ago caught her eye.

"Why?"

She believed that Shihoon's heart belonged to Yongi. But it seemed that Shihoon was hiding his feelings in his heart. She had never thought so.

Eunha was saddened. If she had known his feelings a little earlier, would it have changed anything? She didn't know the answer.

Her eyes turned red when she saw the bottom of the scroll.

It was a poem she had written to Shihoon. She, who had made clothes for courtesans because money was scarce, wrote the poem on the leftover white cloth.

When she learned that Shihoon had hung it on the wall, she felt truly happy.

She assumed that he was just being kind to her.

"I guess I really am a fool."

She curled up quietly as she held the scroll in her arms. She had experienced sad events today, so her mind was confused.

Eunha, who had her face buried in the blanket with her eyes closed, raised her head when she heard some footsteps.

She recognized the individual to whom those footsteps belonged. It was no wonder she had to hide these items. She hurried.

The closed door burst open, Jihak entered with a strong smell of alcohol. He was wearing a hat. His eyes darted to her.

Eunha looked at him with fear. In her arms was an article she could not hide. Although he was completely drunk, his eyes were focused on her.

He approached her, then bent down on one knee. Jihak sneered upon noticing the item protruding from Eunha's embrace.

Kim stood anxiously at the door. Jihak told him,

"Burn it all."

"Lord!"

Eunha was so scared that she grabbed Jihak's sleeve. But Kim picked up the items.

"I can't allow this!"

Jihak grabbed Eunha's arm who had stood up to retrieve the items.

"Do you intend to live with another man's marks?"

"How can you say I have another man...!"

"Isn't he Yoon Jongshin's son?"

"It's a misunderstanding."

Eunha, who pushed him, ran like crazy.

It was unbelievable that she had pushed Jihak. But she felt they should not burn the items, so she headed toward the back of the mansion.

Kim had already thrown the items into the fire.

She reached out her hand. She wanted to rescue the scroll that had not yet burned.

"Oh!"

Screams broke the silence of the night.

As she had just reached into the fire, something caught her waist.

The flames burned her hair a little.

Jihak hugged her. Sparks flew over their heads.

They fell to the ground in a clumsy manner after losing their equilibrium.

He wrapped his arm around her shoulder. He pressed his face against her cheek as she sobbed.

"Silly."

The attendants threw snow on the fire to prevent it from growing. Jihak, who rubbed his lips against her wet cheek, hugged her tightly.

"You haven't changed a bit."

"I'm... just a normal person."

Eunha tried to push him away. She tried to accept his behavior, but she hated how he stomped on people's hearts.

"Let go of me, please!"

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