village girl › nct 2018

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oKay after this imma go to sleep cuz it's like 9 am and i stayed up to watch netflix– my eyes feel like they are burning aCk

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3RD PERSONS VIEW。

"your majesty, do you want lady jaeyoung to be present during the taste test?" minseok question lady misun as he escorts them into the mini dining hall.

"that would be nice but i'd rather not for now."

minseok nodded, "as you wish."

"send in mrs kang instead."

minseok nodded again, "yes, your majesty."

king daehyun sighed and placed a hand over lady misun's, "sun, what's going on with you lately?"

"well, moon, i'm just interested in this girl lately."

king daehyun raised a brow, "eh? why so?"

"she reminds me so much of–"

"your majesty, as requested, mrs kang." minseok bursts into the room, cutting lady misun off.

lady misun smiled softly at the assistant and let him go. mrs kang made her way towards the table and bowed.

"is there anything you would like, your majesty?"

"i would like to have a talk with you, mrs kang. about... min jaeyoung."

mrs kang froze in her seat, getting nervous all of a sudden, "what's wrong with jaeyoung? is it her recipe? did she say anything bad to the princes awhile ago?" she kept spazzing different questions.

lady misun chuckled lightly and shook her head, "none of the above."

mrs kang frowned, "then... what happened?"

"i'm just curious... is jaeyoung your real daughter?"

"she's adopted..." mrs kang looked down. "she's knows she is and she's been trying to find her real family for years now."

"ahh... how'd you find her?"

"she was left on my doorstep." mrs kang said truthfully.

"on the day after the accident, right? the day when the... flood... finally dispersed."

mrs kang felt uneasy but she went along with it and nodded, "y-yes that's right."

"so you wrote her birthdate as the date after the accident."

mrs kang fiddled with her fingers, "is there something wrong?"

lady misun shook her head, "n-no. not that i think of. why did you gave her that last name?"

"as a tribute to min haera."

. . .

"what's wrong?" jaeyoung kept asking mrs kang as they headed back to the house.

mrs kang looked spaced out and unfocused ever since she came back from the taste test, hyori and jaeyoung couldn't help but worry.

"auntie?" hyori voiced out but to her luck, no response.

mrs kang went to the kitchen to grab something to drink and hyori immediately followed her after telling jaeyoung to go up to her room.

once the two were alone, hyori mustered up all the courage she had to confront her aunt. "is everything alright?"

mrs kang nodded slowly, a sad look plastered on her face, "i guess so..."