Chapter 139
At Seolhwa’s request, the two children exchanged glances, an awkward look on their faces.
But when Seolhwa asked once more, the girl named Jin Yeong glanced at Jin Ye and finally opened her mouth.
‘They say Yu Gang sahyuk used to be a wandering child. One of those kids who did not even know who his parents were. He just happened to catch Elder No Mun’s eye one day and ended up being taken in. He’s young, but since he’s an elder’s disciple, he’s a first-generation disciple.’
‘How did he end up catching the attention of a Mount Hua elder?’
‘Apparently, Yu Gang sahyuk was using Mount Hua’s martial arts. When they asked him later, he said he wanted to learn martial arts so badly that he beat up a kid from the Mount Hua-affiliated martial hall and forced him to teach him.’
‘And Myeong was also a child wandering alone when one of our elders happened to see her and brought her to Mount Hua. Maybe it reminded him of his own childhood? Yu Gang sahyuk especially looks after Myeong. And Myeong is really attached to him too.’
Seolhwa recalled the excuse Yu Gang had given Meng Deungho back at Suro Stronghold.
She had thought it was a story he had made up to explain why he had internal energy techniques from the orthodox sects.
‘So it was true after all.’
No one ever knows what pain hides behind a cheerful façade.
Because he was always smiling and bright, she had assumed there was no darkness there. She had not realized such things had happened when he was young.
“Sorry, sorry! I’m super late, aren’t I?”