The Reason Why ( Scarlet Heart Ryeo Fanfiction)

Wait!

One week later.

"Sunbaenim!!" Seo min screams as she runs toward Ha Jin and hugs her tightly.

"Seo Minaa, How are you?? I missed you!" Ha jin pats her back and they both let go.

After talking for a while and meeting the people Ha Jin used to work with, they both head towards the workspace of Seo Min. It was indeed a small room with two to three chairs, lots of makeup, wigs, costumes and a vanity mirror with bulbs around the rims. Despite being cluttered the room somehow felt cozy.

"Sunbaenim! I'll come to the point. I know you trusted me with this literally one request but I don't think I could help you much..." always energetic Seo Min seems quite shy today which makes Ha Ji worried that maybe she had burdened her with rather such a sketchy task.

"AH! It's okay! I wasn't expecting too much myself you know! I mean it was so long ago! But look on the bright side! We finally got to meet for so long" Ha Jin taps the back of Seo Min hands gently. Cheer up.

"But you came to Busan for that! I know I couldn't help much but I still want to! You see there's researching team, marketing team, employers, and then us, literally at the bottom of this chain. There is no official list of guest that arrived that day but..." she continues after a pause.

"But there is this list of customers that actually bought the products and we asked them for their numbers for marketing purposes. Ofc it is unethical to use someone's personal data but if it is really important... we maybe able to find him." Seo min raises her left eyebrow and looks at Ha Jin while pouting.

"Uh... I'm sorry. I don't know his name." Ha jin is embarrassed as she should be.

"What?!!! You told me to find a person you don't even know and came so far at that! How are we going to find this person? For all I know they could have written their names and numbers wrong to avoid spam messages? It is a dead end now..." seo min lays back on her seat and sighs.

"He was the person I was talking to before I fainted that day. He looked like someone in his late 40s and had round rimmed glasses. I don't know how to describe..." Ha jin wonders if it literally is the dead end. She also lays back on her chair and starts staring at the ceiling.

After sometime of intense thinking something strucks Seo Min's mind.

"Wait, are you talking about Ji Mong?"

"Yes! Do you know him?!! He is known as Ji Mong in this world too huh..." Ha Jin sits straight and holds Seo min's hand as she continues.

"Where can I find him? I need to talk to him like immediately."

" What are you saying?! You can talk to him right now! He visits madame 3-4 times in an year, his sister. That was his car you saw outside! Let's go talk to him right now before he leaves."

Seo Min grabs Ha Jin's wrist and takes her across the hall and they enter Madame's room who is busy on her phone, alone.

Shit! Shit! He left! Talk about timing but he wouldn't have gone far. Run.

Holding hands they run downstairs towards the main door, the car at that exact time starts and speeds up, meanwhile a someone in a bear mascot giving out pamphlets hands one to Ha Jin and she takes it unconsciously, they follow Ji Mong's car for a while only to find they missed him by thread.

They stop and look at the car going away, letting out few swear words in utter disappointment. But wait, at the intersection few meters away car suddenly stops. Ha Jin eyes widens again with hope. She starts running towards the car. Seo min doesn't follow her. She knows before she reaches, the traffic lights would turn on green again. Its useless.

But holding onto that hope Ha jin runs faster and finally reaches next to his car, panting hysterically, she taps the window and he lowers it down.

" I.." Ha Jin starts to speak.

" Stop." Says Ji Mong in a cold voice, not even bothering to look at her.

" What?!" Asks Ha Jin confused. But then she looks at the hand she used to tap the window, the one with a pamphlet, wait does he think she is selling them?! No! She throws it away.

"I'm not giving you this, I really-"

"Stop." This time he looks at her and has a dead expression on his face.

Does he know her? He is not surprised or anything, so maybe he doesn't.

"-Need to talk to you. I'm not a salesperson. I'm not trying to sell you anything. But there is something I need to find ou-" Ha Jin almost pleads.

"Stop" Ji mong continues

"You're looking for answers, right?... stop." He starts the cars and leaves Ha Jin with even more questions. 

Not like 'How did you know?' But more like....

'Why?'