Chapter 154 - Persimmon

Jun Hyeon was still thinking about the things he had witnessed earlier, when the taxi dropped them off in front of Mr. Shin's mansion. Both were exhausted, but received endless messages on their cell phones from their respective 'students'. However, he had an opinion on the matter,

"It's better not to give sordid details when we arrive. This Baek Woo Geun can ruin Park & ​​Zhang with an indiscreet comment. In addition, it's better that the police have time to investigate Vivian Park, hyung," he commented.

Shin Hye Seong agreed,

"Besides, it is a very delicate family matter."

The doctor looked at him sideways, remembering when Yuna Zhang's car spun and stopped a few meters away from theirs, after the crash. His companion jumped out of the car as soon as Jun Hyeon finished braking, running towards the other car. Jun Hyeon followed him, and when they reached Yuna and his father, the doctor realized that the Stylist Zhang was having a cardiorespiratory arrest. 

While doing cardiac massage on Alexander Zhang, out of the corner of his eye he realized that Shin was struggling not to hurt Yuna while containing her from hitting her head against the steering wheel. The woman was struggling and seemed out of control when Shin removed her from the car. She screamed that she had to die, and only stopped when Shin placed a small object on the woman's forehead. 

At that time, Jun Hyeon was sure that the supernatural existed. He felt a chill rising from the ground level, and he felt suffocated, with an enormous weight on his shoulders. Shin quickly turned to him and touched his forehead with the cold object, and the sensation was immediately gone. Was it a stone? A coin? He wasn't sure. What he was sure of was that Yuna Zhang had just been exorcised. 

The police arrived shortly afterward, and it took them some time to explain what had happened. And why they interfered. 

But they didn't talk about it on the way back. They just agreed that they were hungry, very hungry.

Jun Hyeon and Professor Shin arrived dirty and exhausted when almost everyone was at the breakfast table. Ye Rim went to them, asking distressingly,

"How did things go? Are they well?"

"They didn't get hurt, in the end, but it's complicated," replied Jun Hyeon with a sigh, and in a low voice. "The police took them both to the hospital. I accompanied them there, and then we went to the police station to give our statements. But we better not talk about it now." Looking around and seeing that everyone was paying close attention, he just changed the subject,

"Apparently we missed the best part!"

"Ah, what a pity. Your grandfather just left with Dr. Park," Ye Rim commented, understanding that it was not a good time for such a delicate subject.

"Well, it's a shame really," he looked directly at Ye Rim's father. Mr. Nam was sitting next to Mrs. Yoo and Madame Jung. 

As he imagined, Ye Rim had her father's eyes and eyebrow shape, and some facial expressions. He was a tall, athletic-looking man with gray hair and a tired face from perhaps a little self-abuse and overwork. But Ye Rim had already told him that his father had been a mechanic all his life.  Mr. Nam also examined him was from head to toe.

"Aren't you going to introduce me to your father, Ye Rim?" he asked strategically.

But he heard,

"Ah, look, let me finally introduce you to my mom, Professor Shin! Mom, this is Professor Shin, who lent this beautiful house for my fashion show. This is Madame Jung, the owner of Jolly Bakery, in my hometown. I always talk about our confectionery in our classes, mom. Professor Shin always wanted to meet you!" 

Jun Hyeon was interrupted in his plans by someone who had the same idea as him. Looking to the side, he witnessed Shin Hye Seong looking as if they had shot him in the foot. His face was so pale! Beside him, the witty mini version of Ye Rim. Miss. Jung, despite not physically resembling her friend, had the same amount of energy in a smaller body, and presented hyung Shin to the tall woman in hat and gloves. Madame Jung smiled at the man in black,

"The good taste of your beautiful home already impressed me, Professor Shin. But now I'm impressed with the man you are. Bravo!"

'She looks like a picky person, I think he really got her approval!' he thought, amused. 

"So, Ye Rim, are you going to leave me out?" he asked grimly, as the more time passed, the more Mr. Nam seemed to be upset.

"Daddy!" Ye Rim spoke up, happily, pulling him closer to Mr. Nam. "Dr. Kim is a good friend who has been helping me lately. He's a doctor who has a foundation that helps many people. He's also the grandson of Mr. Go, who was talking to you a few moments ago, Dr. Kim please meet my father, Mr. Nam. "

Mr. Nam greeted him dryly, without commenting or asking questions. While beside her, Madame Jung bombarded Shin Hye Seong with questions and praise.

Jun Hyeon wondered what he had done wrong.

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A little alarmed by Hunter Shin's unexpected reaction to finding Chang Mi in a forbidden place, Eun Ha stood by the student during breakfast. Her teacher sat across from her, and she knew it was to keep a closer eye on the boy. 'Is he like this to know that it was Chang Mi who sent me the gift, or for some other reason?'

Chang Mi returned to his usual silence, after the words he had said in the library. But after eating, he was going to excuse himself when Shin suddenly asked,

"This stain on your wrist, is it a birthmark?"

Chang Mi looked down at his wrist, partially covered by the jacket sleeve. Eun Ha also looked, noticing the intriguing dark spot. As she showed curiosity, Chang Mi exposed his arm and showed the birthmark that looked like a comma, exactly on his wrist.

"This is the sign of special birth," commented the Hunter out loud. Eun Ha was surprised that he had revealed his thoughts in front of everyone, but figured it was on purpose. Chang Mi tried to hide the embarrassment of becoming the center of attention, and his white and aristocratic face turned red when his mother commented, shortly afterward,

"When I first saw his little arm with this stain, I thought it was a mess, a dead leaf or whatever. I took my finger and, RUB RUB RUB! Rubbed it a lot. He cried so much!"

"A leaf, Mrs. Yoo? asked Ye Rim, curious.

"Don't you know why our Persimmon is called Persimmon?" Kang Dae exclaimed, turning to Ye Rim. Eun Ha had always questioned the reason for the nickname, and asked,

"Please tell us."

Beside her, Chang Mi groaned in shame.

"Persimmon was found in a crate of persimmons!" masterfully summed up his older brother. Ms. Yoo started to explain, however,

"I still lived in the countryside and only had Kang Dae. Then one day, my husband came from the union with the fruits and vegetables of the day. We forgot a crate of persimmons in the truck. When I went to get this box, I found the most beautiful baby in the world in the middle of all those persimmons!"

"Hey, I thought I was the most beautiful baby in the world!" complained Kang Dae, but his mother replied promptly,

"You were, until Chang Mi arrived!"

This made everyone laugh out loud.

"We try to find the parents. My husband went back to the producer where he got the persimmons. At that time and place, the union used to buy vegetables from some producers in the region to distribute in our city. The Producer was as astonished as we were, and took us to the persimmon field. It was a very beautiful place, but it didn't even have houses around. Only the persimmon farm and the owner of the place. People didn't know who that baby could be. See, Chang Mi was not a newborn baby, he looked to be about eight months old, more or less. He was totally n.a.k.e.d, but clean. Silent, looking at us. He had no clothes, no identification. Nothing. We never found out how he ended up in a crate of persimmons."

Madame Jung was very curious and asked a few questions about the adoption process. From Ms. Yoo's awkward responses, Eun Ha quickly understood that she never actually made a legal adoption of Chang Mi, but registered him as her biological son. Because of this, the subject has changed to other topics. 

Eun ha smelled a rat about the Hunter's interest in Chang Mi, along with his strange and unknown origin. The student, after having received so much attention, withdrew as soon as he could, and was no longer seen.

But Eun Ha would not forget to question Hunter Shin as to why he was so interested. Nor would she forget to question Chang Mi about the man in the photo.