Chapter 104: Uyeon-Ui Ilchi Ttoneun Sasil? (Coincidence or Facts?)

Even though I didn't have any right to be present here, I wasn't going to miss this opportunity to see Yeon in action. I was too shocked the last time but now I wanted to see exactly what she was capable of. "So, does someone want to fill me in on what's been going on exactly?" He shot his woman a bad look which I couldn't help but laugh at, but I had to start earning his trust again. "This lowlife has been stalking your sister ever since she came to live with me." "Came to live with you?" He shot me an incredulous look still, so I had to be careful with my choice of words. "You know what I mean, but the point is that the person who was the first to betray you had now come for his rights without apologising or doing anything to make up for the loss of his support?" "And what's going on with you? Why do you care so much about what happens to my sister?" He asked me with a raised eyebrow and I really had to put on an act of hiding my feelings, this man knew me inside and out and I couldn't let my intentions slip out before we dealt with this lowlife. "What do you mean? I was the one who's been taking care of your brat of a sister..." I had to try my hardest not to laugh at the incredulous look Yeon shot me "...so why wouldn't I care? In fact, I looked after her so well that I even threw him a punch...on your behalf of course a few months ago when he grabbed her..." "He grabbed her? Touching between the two sexes is forbidden and you're telling me he still touched my sister!"

I just sat back and minded my own business as Hwi made his way over to the man and punched him a couple of times until he was bleeding onto the floor before he looked at his wife. "And who are they?" "His family who he claims he can leave at any time for your sister. However...Yeon do you want to take over this one?" I just blinked innocently at the look he was still giving me before she turned her attention to her brother. "Orobabi, he claims that his family set him up in marriage to this woman, but it turns out that he got her pregnant after a....rather quick romance. And he's claiming that he will leave them for me but right he is also courting an imperial officer's daughter as his 5th concubine!" Hwi looked back at him in disgust before turning on his wife "and what do you have to say about all of this?" "He...he is my first love. he...I let him...disgrace me...my parents disowned me...he's all I have but then...he wanted more women. And now he wants to leave us all for the girl that everyone in this part of the country talks about, the one who had access to the other princes." "What did he plan to do with my sister?" "He is obsessed with beautiful women and just wants to keep her as a concubine, that was what he told me." "A concubine? What on earth do I want to be a concubine for? Protection? I already have that. Money? I've been working for 3 years now I can earn my own money. Then what? Marital acts? Why on earth would I give myself to a man who will never legally be my husband?" Yeon wrinkled her nose before official asking her brother to end the engagement contract between them as he was the only person in her family do accomplish this. As soon as he promised her she gave some alms to his wife before going to bed, her eyes never leaving mine. I stayed behind to help her brother sort him out for good with blood on our fits before he was dumped somewhere and we drank together again.

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"That god-damned brat of mine...who knows what other trouble she's gotten into...and she won't tell me anything" this was my first experience of a suitor chasing my baby sister around...and it felt horrible. No wonder women were kept at home, it was jus easier knowing where she was and that she wasn't in bad company. I hated the thought of men looking at my sister and having those kind of thoughts...she was my only family and her mere existence kept me sane from the moment we were orphaned together. To think that I had to marry her off myself and let a man...her husband...it was just too horrible to think about someone corrupting her in that way..."you have to marry her off someday you know." Hui-Jee chimed in whist keeping her eyes locked onto Seon-Ho of all people. I closed my eyes momentarily and I couldn't get the look he had on his face when my sister took his father down no mater how hard I tried to forget it. I had never seen that look on his face, not even for my sake. Even when he 'saved me' a couple of times it wasn't in the most gentle way, but towards my sister...

I thought back to the time when he took her to the market to cut off ties with me when she couldn't remember who I was...I distinctly remember his eyes following every single move she made although I was too angry at him at the time to point it out. I do not remember him ever paying her this much attention before she lost her memories...and when she bravely exposed his father at the cost of her own life...we were barely getting back on track to how we used to be before the mess his father and now I had to figure out how he felt for my sister, because I could not get those words he said about marrying her out of my mind and even thought he came here to visit us, it was clearly not myself he was spending so much time with.

"You know what? You're right, I do have to marry her off now that she had reached that age and I cannot put if off anymore. By next year, she must be married." I was a light drinker so it wasn't hard for me not to notice the glimmer in my best friend's eyes upon hearing those words and his lips curved into a smile that I had also never seen before. "Do you have someone in mind already?" He asked me loftily and now I felt like my world had been turned upside down again, just how the hell was I supposed to feel about this? I barely just got her back and now he wanted to take her from me again..."'I've met a few people when I carried out your father's work. But Yeon...she needs someone who can understand her the most rather than me marrying her off to the first person I approve of. There's not a lot of men who would approve of my sister how she is; studious and always wants to learn and work instead of being a meek little housewife. But since I haven't lived with her for a few years I have no idea what her temperament is like anymore..." "it's still the same don't you worry about that." I could feel the annoyance in his tone of voice as I was clearly putting him on edge." "I've spoilt her her entire life just like our father did, so I need to find someone who cherished her like I do." "Who will do that apart from the one you brought her around." He muttered bitterly as he tried to avoid my questioning gaze. "Someone who treats her like a gift and not a punching bag..." "no one else will be able to look at her never mind touch her."

I had no idea why I suddenly felt a little nervous for her when heard how hard his tone of voice got...and it made my questions whether he really was in love with her or if he saw her as a possession to be locked up for his sight only. "I will not have anyone who keeps her locked up." "Maybe if she didn't get into so much trouble then she wouldn't have that problem. It's proven enough that she still hadn't told us exactly what she went through." I hated to admit it but I had to agree... maybe what my sister needed was not only someone who could protect and understand her...but someone to keep her in her place so she could stop being so damned reckless all the time...

"Do you have anyone in mind Seon-Ho?" I waited for his answer with bated breath, hopping I was wrong about my intuition... "I know the perfect person who can carry out all of your wishes. Not only this...he plans to do everything he can to have her and ask for your blessings." He gave me a telling look before walking away and leaving me to drink until I could no more...