“Where were you guys? I woke up to see the house completely empty and you both were nowhere to be found. If you guys went for a simple walk, why were both your phones on silent? Did both of you do something behind my back? Tell me.” Yun-hee shouted as soon as both of them entered. It seemed like she seemed to be really worried about them. 

Joon-won sighed as he expected something like this to happen. Min-Seok on the other hand tried his best to calm his daughter down as he pointed at his clothes before saying, “It’s true, Yun-hee. We really went for a small walk to the local park nearby. That’s all. As for the phones we forgot. It was just pure coincidence. Look at our sweaty shirts for proof.” Pointing at their shirts which were sweaty a bit.

Joon-won slowly made his way towards the kitchen and before Yun-hee could reply to Min-Seok’s words he said, “Alright Yun-hee. Both of us are back now. So go and get ready. Let’s go to the university around 9:30 to check you in.” Yun-hee heard him and just nodded before going into the washroom to brush her teeth. Joon-won just drank some water before he went into the living room. 

He took out his phone and sent a message to Gah Soo about the meeting time. Gah Soo was very sincere to him, even taking a day off at the convenient store for him. He asked if she was free at 9:30 to assist him with the process. He got an immediate reply and said she would be at the front office lounge at that time. Sending her a quick thanks, he stood up after seeing Yun-hee come out of the washroom. Min-Seok was preparing breakfast and so he made his way inside. 

By the time he came out after finishing his morning routine, the breakfast was already done and Min-Seok was telling Yun-hee to take a bath after finishing her breakfast. Min-Seok went inside to brush after telling Joon-won to have breakfast. So he did just that. He sat on the couch with his breakfast and watched some news with Yun-hee in silence.

After that all three of them took a bath, got ready and got out of the house. Joon-won quickly found a cab and they were on the way to the university. He didn’t know the university and it was also his first time getting there. The university was not that far but compared to his it was probably double the distance. The car eventually came to a stop and they got down. This time Min-Seok was quick to pay and Joon-won turned around to see Yun-hee staring at the big welcome banner and the university sign by the entrance. There were a lot of people coming and going out. Some were students with books in their hands while mostly seemed like freshmen joining in along with their parents just like them. 

He could hear Yun-hee mutter the University name, “Arios University Of Commerce.” Slowly, seemingly taking everything in. Joon-won just patted her shoulder before all three of them walked in. 

As they did, Joon-won turned towards Yun-hee and asked her, “Do you know where the front office is?” 

Yun-hee just shook her head before replying, “I thought you knew.” 

“Just go ask the students there. It seems like they are helping the people out with these kinds of stuff.” Min-Seok pointed out a couple of students who were around with the batch ‘Volunteer’ on their chest. Joon-won just nodded before walking up to a guy and asking him. After getting his answer he thanked him and walked back towards the two as they continued towards the head office.

Yun-hee kept looking around the entire time as they walked towards the big campus. The campus was smaller than Joon-won’s but for Yun-hee who came from a mediocre town, the place was huge. She felt like she was living in all of those student dramas and movies she watches about school life and how colourful they always seemed to be. 

Joon-won noticed the fascination in her eyes and could see how she was dreaming things. She shook her hand before slowly murmuring to her, “Don’t imagine all those movies depict the life in universities as real. It’s all fake and not real at all. If you aren’t careful with what you do and what kinds of people you are surrounded with, you can go down a very long and bad spiral, wasting your life away.” 

In a way what he said could be from his own personal experience, that is, the real Joon-won’s experiences. He was exactly like Yun-hee, fascinated by the city and eventually slowly getting engulfed by the so many things the city had offered him which he didn’t get back in their town. He got surrounded by people who weren’t serious about life and so he slowly got influenced by them before getting led astray by them. The last thing he wanted was for an intelligent young lady like Yun-hee who was his sister now led astray. 

Yun-hee turned to look at him for a few seconds before slowly nodding. The look in her eyes changed a little as there wasn’t as much brightness as before and was much more calm. Joon-won naturally sighed in relief when he saw her. 

They eventually reached the front office and noticed there were long lines with many stalls and many more students helping around all the new students and parents. As they were looking at the crowd, confused, one of the students walked towards them and asked.

“Are you both incoming freshmen?” 

Joon-won shook his head and replied, “No, I’m not. My sister is.” 

The young man glanced at Yun-hee before looking back at him before asking, “Which course is your sister joining?” 

“The Financial Management course.”

The young man nodded before pointing at one of the stalls to the far right and said, “If it’s the financial Management department course, then please go to that stall right there and show your acceptance letter. That stall deals with that course.”

Joon-won thanked him but didn’t move from the place as the young man continued on. He instead took out his phone and called Gah Soo. 

“Gah Soo is the lobby you are talking about the huge number of stalls at the front of the office?” He asked right as Gah Soo picked up. 

“Of Course not. I forgot that they actually kept the stalls starting this week as it’s the final stretch for joining and all the students start pouring in. Until last Friday, the last time I noticed it was still in the lobby. Alright enough of all that. Come to the stall at fourth from the far right. I am right behind the stall helping out. Come here and I’ll notice you.” Joon-won just sighed before cutting the call.

He turned towards the two who were looking at him before saying, “Alright let’s go. My friend is at the stall helping out too.” And so all three of them made their way to the right. 

They got to the line Gah Soo and the young man before pointed at to see a huge crowd. He sighed seeing that. He looked around and saw Gah Soo walking towards them already with a smile on her face. He waved his hand and she in return also waved her own while nodding her head. 

She reached them and Joon-won introduced them to each other, “Dad, Yun-hee, this is Gah Soo. The friend I have at this University. She also studies the Financial Management course and is in her 3rd year now. She is here to help us out. Gah Soo, this is my sister Kim Yun-hee and here it’s my dad.” 

Min-Seok was the first to respond after that lengthy introduction as he said to Gah Soo wtih a smile, “Nice to meet you Gah Soo. Thank you for helping us out today, you must have classes and other stuff to do instead of just helping us out.” Yun-hee also looked at her while nodding her head clearly feeling the same.

Gah Soo quickly shook her head and waved her hands as she replied, “Oh, no need to thank me at all. I’m very happy to help you guys. Joon-won rarely asks about things and so it was a complete surprise when he asked for my help. Now come with me. I’ll take you guys to the front to finish up the process.” As she turned around to go ahead before getting stopped by Joon-won.

“Gah Soo, wait. Are you crazy? You want us to go the complete front, cutting the line? These people standing would eat us alive if you do that.” For Joon-won it was a crazy idea. All the people in front of them were covered with sweat from the heat, clearly looking like they stood in the line for hours. So they would barate her and them if they cut in front, never angry a mob of parents.

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