Chapter 78: The feeling of death

Chapter 78: The feeling of death After dessert, we were supposed to make our way back to the mansion but I decided to stroll a bit. And since we were strolling in the streets where anyone could attack Jin-Yeok, the guards used their bodies as barricades and walked ahead of us. I didn’t like that I was parading everywhere with Jin-Yeok and having our pictures taken because people would make speculations that we were a couple and write about it. If the other two saw this, how well would they take it? I felt so many eyes on me that it was starting to get uncomfortable. I felt like I was being watched, my every step and my every action. Gosh, even my words needed to be filtered if I didn’t want to be slandered for saying bad words on the streets. It’s not like I have a habit of cussing or anything, and living with the three masters has made it possible for me to filter my true thoughts without getting caught. ’Thank goodness I’m not addicted to the Internet. Who knows what I’d see if I went online after getting home? People must be slandering me.’ And if Su-Yeon had taken to the Internet to vent, cry and say I had stolen her man and that I was a man whore, I can guess how many people would hate me before knowing the whole story. But maybe she might not resort to that yet. It’s not like having other people hate on me would make Jin-Yeok hate me. So, she would either decide to get rid of me the old-fashioned way or set me up so Jin-Yeok would come to hate me. I choose neither option, though. I’m just trying to live in peace. My eyes caught the candy shop across the street and as if I had been bewitched, I walked away from Jin-Yeok and attempted to cross the road without even looking if any cars were coming. "Jo-Pil, where are you going?" Jin-Yeok called and I paused, turning my head to answer him. "I want to get some candy." I said and continued walking, only for a car to zoom towards me at the speed of light as if it were waiting for that very moment to hit the acceleration. "Jo-Pil!" Jin-Yeok called out to me in an alarming tone. I tried to get out of the way but my body wouldn’t move. I didn’t understand. What sort of plot was this? I don’t know if I was simply frozen in fear or if my body was being controlled, but I couldn’t move and stared at the car coming my way at full speed. And the person sitting behind the wheels was none other than Su-Yeon. That damn bitch... So this was the route she decided to take in the end. Why was it always the cliche hit-and-run route? ’This is definitely going to hurt. I hope I don’t die.’ I shut my eyes, but then a hand pulled me out of the road, and we rolled over, safely out of the way, and the car sped past, not stopping for a second. My heart was thumping violently and my body was trembling. What was that? I got a familiar eerie sensation creeping all over my body. Where have I felt this before? Ah, it was when that heavy material fell and crushed me. I couldn’t feel my body even though it felt like I was trembling. My eyes were open, but my vision was blurry, and a still coldness filled my body. It ran through me like winter and caused me to slowly lose my consciousness. This feeling... It was the feeling of death creeping all over me. I don’t know how I know but I just know it. Was I dying? But I didn’t get hit though. Jin-Yeok saved me. He saved me, and we rolled around the flow a bit, so why...? I blinked my eyes, my eyes blurring as something wet and warm flowed down my head. It seemed like I hit my head so I was bleeding. Was it bad? "Jo-Pil," Jin-Yeok called out to me anxiously. Yeah, it might’ve been very bad since he had that time in his voice. Was he scared? It sounded like he was more angry than scared. "Jo-Pil!" He yelled once more, shaking my body. I was in his arms so why was he yelling so much? It made my head ache. I should probably answer him so he doesn’t have that pathetic tone in that pretty voice of his, but for some reason, I couldn’t open my lips. I couldn’t answer even if I wanted to. I... "Hwang Jo-Pil!" He yelled for the third time but I was sleepy. I felt him carry me up but even the sensation on my body was dull. Very dull. I’d just sleep for a minute and maybe when I wake up, I’ll be back in my world. This was the feeling I got when I came to this world, right? So, I hope to wake up in my real world and I don’t have to worry about my three masters. I don’t have to see their handsome faces and their... Habit of spending lavishly. Okay, maybe I’ll miss them a bit. I finally fell asleep, and the next moment, I woke up in a hospital. "Manager, you’re finally awake." I heard a voice I hadn’t heard for a long time. My eyes shot open and I turned to my side right away only to find Tae-Ming with teary eyes. "Tae... Ming?" "You remember who I am, thank goodness." He hugged me but his weight only pressed on my aching body. "Ouch, ouch," he quickly let go and sniffed. "Sorry, manager." He said as he cleaned his eyes. "We were so worried you would die. It’s a miracle, honestly." A miracle, eh? I looked around the hospital and then at Tae-Ming. It was all real. I guess it was indeed a miracle. I was finally back. I laid my back on the bed and covered my face, feeling emotional for some reason. "I’m glad I’m out of that dream," I exclaimed but was I really glad? I might’ve just been saying that because that was my goal from the beginning. To wake up. But was that really what my heart wanted?