Volume 15, Chapter 6: "Slave Dating"
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The guests were told to wait for 10 mins. Since 15 mins passed after they entered, people did not know about the celebrity of Korea University: Seoyoon. Because of the visual impact of her beauty, guests ordered repeatedly.
Lee Hyun in the meantime didn’t want to do the cooking sloppily but he had to compromise on quality because of the quantity. Nevertheless, the guests were still satisfied because they just stared at Seoyoon while eating and drinking.
While she walked around she gave off a lemon fragrance because of the special perfume for the day. Seoyoon handed guests the menus while standing there silently waiting for their orders.
The clients kept ordering new things and the kitchen got backed up because the other students couldn’t cook. Lee Hyun analyzes the margin needed to break even to be 700,000 won. Since he was earning money it felt rewarding in a sense. He considered it business experience for the future.
On the third day of the festival Lee Hyun gets time off to look around. While walking someone drags him as a volunteer to the slavery auction. He received number 23, the people before him all tried singing and dancing so he didn’t know what to show off as his talent.
He chooses to peel an apple quickly in one go producing that ribbon skin. Since he didn’t actually move a lot, they weren’t that impressed. The people before him get sold for a over 10,000 won. They start him at 10 won. An aunt with children felt pity and bid 20 won.
Hayan bids 30 won and it increases by very little to 390 won. Lynn Jeonghyo (Hwaryeong) then appears and bids 2 million won. Everyone was surprised by her and Lee Hyun is awarded to her.
She says “slave, arm.” and gets Lee Hyun to hook his arm around hers. Lynn asks Lee Hyun to show her around. He says he doesn’t know the festival very well. He tries to get her to just walk around with somebody else.
She asks if she should return slave, an explicit threat of return. Lee Hyun has no choice because no one would bid 2 million won again. Lee Hyun says he will show her around. She tells him thats the spirit and its revealed she knows how to deal with Lee Hyun after being acquainted: blackmail is best.
Meanwhile the onlookers keep thinking its a mismatch and how lucky Lee Hyun is. Lee Hyun thinks about how in his 22 years of life, the only female contact he’s had was his sister. Lynn then asks if he wants to play whack-a-mole. Lee Hyun obviously refuses.
Lynn ignores him and says its 2,000 won, making Lee Hyun pull out the bills from his pocket. Lee Hyun misses 12 on his first try. He blames Lynn holding his arm. She tells him to try again and lets go. He misses only 3 the next time.
Meanwhile, Lynn stealthily grabs Lee Hyun’s hand. They go doll shooting next. Lynn misses while Lee Hyun analyzes the weight and the correct method of shooting. He gets a sparrow doll with the intention of giving it to his sister for her birthday present but Lynn takes the doll and asks if he’s giving it to her. Her eyes were sparkling in a way which didn’t allow him to refuse. He gives it to her which leads to her embracing it as something valuable.
They go on the merry-go-round, watch a theater play, and go to the rooftop to watch the festival at night. Lee Hyun brings her to a small stage with a piano. She decides to sing a song while playing with the piano with one hand because she didn’t want to let go. she sings Dialogue of Eyes, her debut song at age 16 that made her a worldwide star. The audience starts to grow as she sings. Lynn didn’t look at the piano but instead watched Lee hyun sitting next to her with her obsidian eyes shining as she sang.