Chapter 64: The Klutziness Strikes Again

The time Su-Jin spent inside Director Cha's office hadn't been long. Yet, when she finally emerged from there, her emotions had already subsided. 

Granted, she had been stunned silly by the knowledge that her parents had once met Ji-Won's parents. Her father had even helped Ji-Won's mother's Foundation with raising funds for the orphanage. 

Who would have thought that such a fate connected the two families for so many years?

It made Su-Jin sigh in awe over the fickleness of fate. 

'I guess such things that you can only see in movies do happen in real life as well.' Su-Jin sighed.

After leaving the Director's office, Su-Jin took the little girl back to the previous room. But before they could enter, she suddenly thought of something. 

"Wait." Su-Jin crouched down before the little girl and spoke in a secretive tone. "Can you keep what happened just now a secret from your Uncle Ji-Won? Especially about me seeing his picture and my conversation with Director Cha?" 

The little girl blinked her eyes innocently.

"Why?" she asked, tilting her head to one side. 

The small gesture gave her the appearance of a confused little puppy, who doesn't understand what the big human is asking of her. 

At the sight of such cuteness, Su-Jin smiled and subconsciously stretched out a hand to pat the little girl's head. Then, she continued to speak using a soft, coaxing tone.

"Because I don't want Uncle Ji-Won to know that I have seen that picture without his permission. What if he doesn't like it and gets embarrassed? So, for now, let's keep this just between ourselves. Later, when the time is right, I will tell him myself." 

The little girl remained quiet for a while, seeming to ponder over Su-Jin's words. The two stared at each other, until the little girl eventually nodded her head in agreement.

"Alright." she replied simply. 

Then, she briskly turned on her heels and entered the room, leaving Su-Jin alone in the corridor.

Straightening up, Su-Jin let out a deep sigh of relief. 

In truth, she wasn't afraid of Ji-Won becoming embarrassed, but rather she was the one feeling awkward. Not just because she had seen a picture of Ji-Won's parents or of him when he was younger, but also because of everything she now knew regarding his family. 

After listening to Director Cha speak about the Kang family, it wasn't difficult for Su-Jin to make a few conjectures. And the fact that she was now sure of Ji-Won being Chairman Kang's son was just one of them. That meant her boss was something like 'the heir to the throne' of Kangji Tourism.

However, no matter how shocking this new revelation was for her, the most shocking thing was still the fact that his and her parents had met, even going to the same high-class party in the past. 

Even as she returned to her previous task of reading storybooks to the children, Su-Jin still couldn't shake the feeling of astonishment.

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The team's separate endeavors continued for a while longer, with each group deep engrossed in its activities. 

By the time Su-Jin finally stopped reading and went outside, everyone was gone, except for two little boys. They were standing under a tree, craning their necks to see something outside Su-Jin's line of vision.

"What are you doing here alone? Where is everybody?" She asked them, glancing around curiously.

One of them turned around to look at her, while the other one kicked the tree trunk with his foot.

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Giving the two little boys an accommodating smile, Su-Jin bent down to their level.

"What did this tree do to you?" she asked calmly.

"It stole our ball." The little boy who had hit the trunk said, giving the poor tree a withering glare.

"Eh, what do you mean by that?" Su-Jin asked in bemusement.

In reply to her question, the boy raised his arm and pointed somewhere above them.

"Look up there." He said.

Su-Jin raised her eyes, following the direction of the boy's hand. 

A moment later she saw a red ball, perched between two branches. It was the same object they had been playing with a little while ago. Most probably one of the boys hit the ball harder than he should have and it landed up in the tree. 

Though the question still remained, where was everyone and why did they leave these kids alone?

"I see." Su-Jin said with a smile. "Then I guess we have to rescue the ball from the bad tree, don't we?"

Without wasting time, she hurried inside and, barely two minutes later, returned carrying a ladder. She leaned it against the tree and after she made sure it was stable enough, she began to climb slowly.

Ignoring the ladder's ominous creaks, Su-Jin finally managed to reach the first branch. She tiptoed on the last step, struggling to touch the ball. 

The plaything was too far away, though, and her fingers barely brushed against it. Thinking it might be better to climb all the way up onto the branch, Su-Jin pushed herself upward and, after a minute's struggle, she was successfully perched on top of it.

'Why do I have a Deja vu sensation?' she asked herself, suddenly feeling very nervous.

Yet, in spite of the nervous tingling sensation, she took a deep breath and stretched both arms towards the ball. 

"Ah, got it!" Su-Jin let out a cry of relief as she successfully grabbed the ball.

Then, careful not to hit the children, she threw the toy towards the ground. The ball landed between the two boys and bounced away at a fast pace.

"Thank you very much!" Both children cried out with enthusiasm, running after the ball and leaving Su-Jin alone.

Seen from up there, Su-Jin currently looked like an oversized bird. She remained perched onto the branch, while craning her neck to see where the boys had gone to. When she ultimately couldn't see them anymore, she decided it was time to get back down.

The playground was currently empty and there was no trace of anybody around the courtyard either. Therefore, Su-Jin slowly began her descent, hoping she could get down safely before anyone came to see her.

All went well, until she reached the middle of the ladder. That was when her foot unexpectedly slipped, causing her body to sway. 

Su-Jin tried to grab onto the frame of the ladder, but her fingers missed it by millimeters. 

Thus, without anything for her to hold onto, Su-Jin's entire body leaned backwards and she began to fall. 

A loud scream escaped from her lips, sounding both desperate and helpless. 

In her panic, Su-Jin could only close her eyes shut and wait for the unavoidable impact.

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