[At her stay at home Yoonhee tells Yoonshik about her school life, and about Jaeshin, Yongha and Sunjoon (Yoonshik notices Yoonhee seems different when she talks about Sunjoon than about Jaeshin or Yongha). The next day Yoonhee visits Chosun and enjoys a conversation with her, making Chosun more and more interested.]
Yoonhee treks towards Sungkyunkwan with a heavy heart (this is the same night–she comes back to Sungkyunkwan after visiting Chosun). She walks through the Jeonhyuang door (the door she walked through with Soondol on the first day) and arrives at the dorm to find her room, which is empty. Even though she knows Sunjoon will sleep at home and come tomorrow morning, she is nonetheless sad to be looking at the dark room.
She walks into the darkness. Her eyes slowly adjust and she is able to see the inside of the room. She thinks about whether to go get a candle or to go directly to sleep, when she sees Sunjoon’s desk, on top of which is a closed book. Her eyes quickly scan the room, and she sees his gat.
Sunjoon must be here. Before she can think any more, her legs take her outside. She runs, with her bare sangtoo, towards the cafeteria. But it’s dark and deserted. Suddenly she misses him more. She tries to think about the places he could be, but before she can make a reasonable guess she is already running towards the library.
The library is closed–locked, with a giant lock. She doesn’t give up. She shakes the door to the library and makes noises by pounding and pushing on the door. Then she runs from the library towards Bicheondang. But Bicheondang shows no sign of life, only darkness.
Her legs take her from each place she cannot find Sunjoon. But now, she doesn’t know where to go anymore. There is no way he would be at Byuksongjung or Hyangkwanchung. Might he be at Jeongrokchung? She runs again. But alas, it’s empty.
Yoonhee walks to the courtyard outside Myunryundang and stands underneath the ginko tree. She can’t find him, within this small place. Why does this small place seem so wide today? She walks around, going from Myunryundang, to dongjae, then to daesungjeon. And before she realizes it, she is in front of seojae, the west dormitory. Before she can leave, the seojae hajaesaeng (lower level students) appear behind her.
“Stop right here! Why is someone from Dongjae loitering around here?”
Yoonhee stops. She doesn’t turn around.
“Why aren’t you answering? I asked, why are you here.”
Yoonhee turns to them, angry that they are talking down (banmal) to her.
“Are you talking to me?”
“Who else is here other than you?”
She thinks back to Yongha’s advice (He told her to be a little confident and stand up for herself). So she firms up and shouts, “Your rudeness is inexcusable! How dare you hajaesaengs treat me like this? What country’s laws do you abide by?!”
[This goes on for a bit--the lower level students insult her by saying she didn't get a real education, and she, offended (since they are insulting her brother as well in this manner), says that she came here in her own right, and those who weren't admitted through the proper exam shouldn't belittle her, and tells them to apologize. They are taken back by her and her loud voice, and another student tries to stop both parties by saying that it's too loud--what if Sunjoon hears?]
“Hey, don’t you know that Garang sahyung is in Daesungjeon? What if he comes here because of all the noise?”
She knows where Sunjoon is. There’s no time to stay here to listen to their apologies. She leaves them and runs.
She goes into Daesungjeon. Her eyes search all around the place, but it’s empty. She goes around the building to the courtyard.
There, amidst the trees, she finds Sunjoon who seems to be taking a walk underneath the moonlight.
