falling in love with someone is a crazy feeling. whether it's forbidden, complicated, or a secret, we can't do anything about it. but Jisung? he couldn't be crazier for falling for someone who has died decades ago! It all started when he first visit...
call me obsessed if you wish, ill wear the label if you choose to hang it on me, but I can't stop thinking about him. like a ghost, he constantly haunts my thoughts. yes, him. that mysterious, beautiful, young man from 1869. this young beautiful thing that damages my heart the more I see him. today, as I leave my flat and head to school on a rather foggy morning, I think about him. from the old church that is across my flat, to the point where I sit down in class, I still am thinking of him.
i want to get to know him. i want to know more about him. half way through my dance class, it hit me. the old guy at the antique store has said that there was more stuff from the Wen estate. perhaps, there is something more to this lele. as soon as class was over, I headed straight back to the antique store.
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entering the store, I found the old gentleman waiting behind the counter with a friendly smile.
"hello, may I help you?" he asks.
"ah... yes.. i was here more than a week ago! i actually bought an old portrait from the Wen estate. you've told me that it also had some stuff that may have been forgotten in their basement.." I asked, my eagerness showing.
he thought for a moment, and then seemed to remember.
"oh yes! that picture of the pretty young man.."
jisung smiles unconsiously. right. he indeed is pretty.
"I remember now! ...you don't want to return it, don't you? because well, you see... all sales are final, I'm afraid."
I shook my head. "no..! actually, I'm interested in checking out what else you may have."
the man tapped his fingers on the counter for a moment, as he appeared to think.
"hmm... let me see! i sold most of the stuff just the other day to some collector.. some old candlesticks... an end table... OH-! i do have something left actually! follow me, kid!"
as I followed the man, I asked, "what do you know about the estate itself?"
"the Wen family were once quite prosperous. one of them, was even a member of parliament for a time, ages ago! but over the last century or so, their fortunes declined. some scandal there was, some time back! uhm... one of the main heir's, a rather promising young fellow I hear, was killed at the battle of the some, in 1916. the family gradually died off and the last of the passed away in the late 80s.. the estate was completely bankrupt by then. the old house, sat unoccupied for years, as it all wound through the courts. so. the land was sold off to pay off the debts to some developer who as I said, knocked it down, and is currently putting a grocery mart in its place....." he recalled, rummaging around in a dark corner.
