prolog

Part 1 Dance
Chapter 1 Democracy
Chapter 2 Jin
Chapter 3 Democracy
Chapter 4 Jini, Genie

Part 2 lamp
Chapter 5 Democracy
Chapter 6 Jini, Genie
Chapter 7 Democracy
Chapter 8 Jini, Genie
Chapter 9 Democracy

Part 3 Indongho
Chapter 10 Jini, Genie
Chapter 11 Democracy
Chapter 12 Jini, Genie

Epilogue

Commentary on the work
Author's Note

Two souls thrown into the whirlpool of fate
Resonating warmly beyond the boundaries of life and death

“I wanted to ask the teacher who pushed me to the brink of death and left you alone as the survivor.
Why did you do that to me?
I wanted to ask fate, which forced me to make this choice.
Why are you doing this to me?
(……) Fate was not fair between us two either.
Genie wasn't even allowed to choose.
(……) I was an intruder into Genie’s life.
If Genie had a mouth that could speak human language, he would ask me the same question.
“Why are you doing this to me?” _From the text

On her last day at work as a primate keeper, Jini receives an unexpected request to rescue a chimpanzee and heads to a villa near Indong Lake with her teacher, Professor Jang.
Just as they are about to begin the rescue operation, Jini realizes, terrified, that the beast hanging from the treetop is not a chimpanzee, but a bonobo.
A memory from six months ago that I tried to forget suddenly comes back to me and I feel dizzy, but I quickly pull myself together and focus on the rescue operation.
But in the process, Bonobos gets shot with a tranquilizer gun, and Jini gets into the passenger seat of the car driven by Professor Jang while holding the unconscious Bonobos in her arms.
Professor Jang suggests giving the bonobo a name, suggesting the name 'Genie'.
She is a bit taken aback by the unusual words, but quietly mutters Genie's name under her breath.
Jin, Genie… … .
At that moment, the car skids while trying to avoid a deer that suddenly jumps out onto the road, and an accident occurs where the car crashes into the guardrail without warning.
At that moment, something unbelievable happens.

Amidst the chaos and confusion of two souls intersecting, Jini begins a arduous journey to return to her true self.
Through Genie's subconscious, she sees Genie's past as if watching a video, and she is no longer able to control Genie's body.
I have no idea what's going on in reality.
A series of paralyzed reason and uncontrollable situations.
Jin-i meets Min-ju, a thirty-year-old unemployed man, by chance in that gap and asks for his help.
He may not be trustworthy, but he is absolutely necessary to regain his original form.
The time allowed is only three days.
Will Jin-i be able to regain her true self?
And can you give Genie back her full life?

“I had to go back to myself.
“Before the next intersection, before my body’s engine completely stops, I had to give Genie back her life.” _From the text

Breathtaking excitement
Depicting the moment when the boundary between two worlds beautifully breaks down

For the first time, Jeong Yu-jeong presents a female protagonist and borrows the fantasy genre to develop a novel in a way that is distinctly different from what she has presented so far.
As Jung Yu-jeong said, “I don’t care about genre, I just use whatever method is appropriate for the story,” even though this is her first time trying this genre, she boldly and boldly portrays situations and characters, yet with more precision and smoothness than anyone else.
The story is told through the mouths of Jini and Minju, but it is the bonobo Genie who serves as the medium that connects the two.
It closely connects Jin-i and Min-ju, who are incomplete human beings, and becomes a channel that opens their hearts to each other and makes them better people.
It is about comforting the trauma that Jin-i and Min-ju have and using it as a driving force for growth so that they can overcome that trauma on their own.
The choices Jin and Minju made at the end of their fierce lives were not just choices for Jini, but also choices for themselves.
In this way, the light that spreads from the relationships surrounding Jin, Genie, and Minju pours in like a shower, creating a warm and delicate work.
It is the return of the storyteller everyone has been waiting for, and the completion of a beautiful and powerful narrative.

“I couldn’t stop my imagination from running ‘into the dream’.
So I closed the book without any regrets.
While I was at it, I took out a new notebook and wrote this.
'A story about the three most intense days of my life.'
I wrote the plot and outline at full speed.
(……) Given the nature of the story, I decided it would be appropriate to wear fantasy clothes.
“The ‘someone’ who becomes the protagonist’s physical being must not be human, nor must it be a being too different from a human.” - From the author’s note

The most intense three days of my life
A story of life starting again in a dazzling way

Even though the events that unfold over just three days are written in a 1,500-page manuscript, they unfold at a fast pace without a moment to be bored.
Although it captures the breathtakingly intense final moments, the overall atmosphere of the work is rather lighthearted and warm.
Jini (Genie) and Minju run at full speed towards a common goal.
And the ‘meaning of death’ and the ‘meaning of life’ that they each search for.
At first glance, the two seem to be on different lines, but in fact, they are located at a single point where two thick lines called 'life' and 'death' intersect.
This is because life and death are not on parallel lines that cannot intersect, but are inevitable and fateful in that they will eventually overlap and intersect.


A solid foundation that is firmly grounded in reality while adding the fun of the fantasy genre, and three-dimensional and attractive characters that drive the story.
"Jin-i, Genie" is another world of Jeong Yu-jeong, meticulously constructed with quick breathing, rhythm, and surprising appeal.
At the center of that world is the bonobo 'Genie', the zookeeper 'Jin-i', and 'Min-ju' who grows up through them.
This change in Jeong Yu-jeong may have been expected.
It's touching and moving.

“She showed me that life is not the opposite of death.
Life awakened me to the truth that death is a deferred death.
It taught me that after the brief time allowed to me, there will come an eternity in which I will not exist.
Until then, I have to live.
“That was the destiny’s command to those who had life.” _From the text