Chapter 68 Kwon Ji-yong Side Story 3/3.23.52
May 27, 2012.
Kwon Ji-yong returned from the airport and went to live in an apartment near his company in Mapo-gu. When he entered the complex, he noticed several reporters staking out the place.
Kwon Ji-yong didn't care; the female lead in their romance was no longer around, so he let them film whatever they wanted.
Kwon Ji-yong walked straight into the studio, which contained many of her paintings. Most of them were painted during her travels; rather than capturing beautiful moments with her own emotions, she preferred to paint what she felt.
As Kwon Ji-yong looked through the paintings, he could easily sense An Joo-fung's thoughts and feelings through her talent.
These are all her private views.
After looking at them, he framed all the paintings and put them away.
After doing all that, Kwon Ji-yong sat cross-legged quietly on the ground.
Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the gauze curtains, casting patches of light on the ground, some of which shone on Kwon Ji-yong.
He looked out the window.
The flight from Incheon to City B in China takes less than two hours. It was a morning flight, and it's already late afternoon; she should have arrived long ago.
Kwon Ji-yong picked up his phone, scrolled to An Yeo-feng's number, and hovered his finger over the screen for a long time, but couldn't bring himself to press the button.
Kwon Ji-yong left the studio and stood in the familiar room. Everything around him seemed to be silently telling the story of the past.
The paintings we bought together on the wall, her skincare products on the dressing table, her clothes in the walk-in closet...
She will never see her master again.
Kwon Ji-yong suddenly took out his phone and dialed An Joo-bong's number.
"The number you dialed is not in service. Please confirm and dial again."
"The number you dialed is not in service. Please confirm and dial again."
"The number you dialed is not in service. Please confirm..."
"The number you dialed is not in service, please..."
"The number you dialed is..."
"Please dial..."
"you……"
Kwon Ji-yong suddenly felt short of breath, and a suffocating sensation surged over him like a tidal wave.
June x, 2012.
Kwon Ji-yong was alarmed to discover that the outside world had begun to forget about An Joo-bong.
Since his relationship was exposed, fans, media, and haters have been discussing it online, and the topic has remained highly popular.
The uproar surrounding his relationship seems to have suddenly stopped overnight. The media, who used to relentlessly pursue his love life at every event and try every trick in the book to find out more, have all stopped asking, as if nothing had ever happened.
The paparazzi who were lurking at the entrance of the residential area have disappeared.
June 16, 2012.
Today is Anru Feng's birthday. Who will celebrate with her?
Parents? Friends?
Or is it him from a parallel universe?
Or perhaps... someone else who likes her?
If it weren't for him, he would be truly unfortunate.
I wonder if she's happy or not?
He hopes that the people he loves will be happy and that his unhappiness will be reduced.
I really want to know if she's happy.
If only he knew whether she was happy or not.
July x, 2012.
Quan Zhilong discovered that his friends, who had only met An Rufeng once or twice, no longer remembered that An Rufeng existed.
They had even given him advice on proposing to An Rufeng not long ago.
August x, 2012.
Kwon Ji-yong was becoming increasingly frightened.
Those who had frequent contact with Anru Feng have also forgotten about her.
September x, 2012.
The youngest member, Taeyang, and Tap have already forgotten about Anjoufeng.
Only Dacheng could speak to him about Anrufeng's matter.
October 10, 2012.
When Quan Zhilong showed Da Cheng the video of An Rufeng, Da Cheng, who had promised Quan Zhilong that he would often recall An Rufeng's story so as not to forget her, looked puzzled and didn't understand why Quan Zhilong was showing him a video of a woman.
The city also forgot about Anjou.
Seeing Daesung's puzzled expression, Kwon Ji-yong felt a surge of panic.
Kwon Ji-yong was terrified, terrified that one day, like them, she would completely disappear from his memory.
The thought that he could completely forget the woman he loved most in his life made him feel hopeless.
November x, 2012.
Kwon Ji-yong found himself starting to forget An Joo-pung.
When looking at her photos, he was only occasionally distracted at first, but later, when looking at her photos, Kwon Ji-yong couldn't remember what An Joo-bong looked like when she smiled; there was only a blurry image.
December x, 2012.
Kwon Ji-yong found himself increasingly unable to remember An Joo-bong's voice. Gentle, lighthearted, playful, assertive, angry, and with a hint of a smile.
Kwon Ji-yong pulled out a video of An Ru-feng on his phone. When he heard her voice coming from the phone, he felt a sense of unfamiliarity, as if she were a stranger to him, someone whose voice he had never heard before.
Kwon Ji-yong began to force himself to listen, over and over again, trying to etch An Joo-fung's voice into his mind.
But every time he doesn't watch the video, a sense of unfamiliarity quickly overwhelms Kwon Ji-yong's mind.
January x, 2013.
After An Rufeng left, Kwon Ji-yong continued to use the same perfume as An Rufeng. Although the scent of hers did not make him feel at ease, it was familiar to him and allowed him to remember what it felt like to have her by his side.
But gradually, he could no longer remember that feeling.
The familiar scent smelled strange to him.
February x, 2013.
Kwon Ji-yong was terrified.
He tried to recall what he and Anru Feng had done together, but the memories were like grains of sand blown away by the wind, impossible to grasp.
Kwon Ji-yong began to force himself to recall, trying to grasp the fleeting fragments of his memory, but his mind was often a complete blank.
The once clear image is now just a pile of fragments. He tried desperately to piece them together, but he could never get them to be complete.
The harder Kwon Ji-yong tried, the more powerless and helpless he felt. He spent more and more time thinking about his relationship with An Joo-bong, but remembered less and less of it.
Kwon Ji-yong didn't know whether the pain of never being able to see his lover while carrying the memories was more painful than the pain of truly feeling that he had forgotten the memories of his lover.
March x, 2013.
Kwon Ji-yong found himself starting to forget An Joo-pung's name.
Kwon Ji-yong looked at An Yeo-bong's photo, but couldn't remember her name at all.
Kwon Ji-yong searched his memory desperately, but the name seemed to be hidden away and he couldn't find it no matter what he did.
He flipped through his old diaries and saw An Rufeng's name appear repeatedly, but Quan Zhilong felt it was unfamiliar.
Kwon Ji-yong panicked and tried desperately to remember, but the more he tried, the less he could remember.
Kwon Ji-yong felt desperate.
...
May 28, 2013.
Kwon Ji-yong lost a bet with Tap, and Tap asked Kwon Ji-yong for a painting he had long coveted.
Kwon Ji-yong left the painting in his apartment near the company, and he and Tap went to pick it up together.
The address of the apartment near the company was exposed, and reporters were always staking it out, which annoyed Kwon Ji-yong, so he moved to a new place two months ago.
Having not been there for a long time, Kwon Ji-yong was startled when he entered the room. He suddenly found the room unfamiliar, as if there were many things that shouldn't be there.
When they went into the studio to look for paintings, Tap followed them in.
"Zhilong, when did you start liking Chinese paintings? And you've collected so many?" Tap was quite surprised to see that the studio had many Chinese paintings that didn't fit the abstract and modern trend.
Doesn't he remember that Ji-yong was interested in Chinese painting?
Kwon Ji-yong was also very surprised. When did he collect so many Chinese paintings? He had no recollection of it at all.
Although he didn't remember collecting Chinese paintings, Kwon Ji-yong didn't show any panic at the sight of unfamiliar things in his home; instead, he easily ignored it.
They immediately started looking for the drawing they wanted to give to Tap, but Tap didn't continue the conversation, as if his earlier curiosity had never existed.
While searching for the painting, Kwon Ji-yong unexpectedly discovered that he had a diary.
Kwon Ji-yong couldn't help but open it and was surprised to find that it contained a record of his relationship with a woman named An Joo-poong.
Is that true? When did he start dating this woman named An Rufeng? It's been going on for so long, he should at least remember her name, right?
But he has no memory of it.
Kwon Ji-yong sees his own sweetness, pain, and struggle in the diary, but it feels like he's watching someone else's story.
"Zhilong, why are you crying?" Tapu noticed that he had suddenly stopped moving and started staring at something. He couldn't help but look over and found that he was actually crying. He couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Kwon Ji-yong snapped out of his daze, touched his face, and felt it was cool.
It's strange, I don't feel anything at all, so why am I crying?
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Author's Note: This parallel universe is finished. I'll start writing about other universes tomorrow! The chance of an update tomorrow is about 50/50.
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