“It’s the elegant but
“Another day of very rude farewells has passed for me.”

The grandmother left Yeonseo's side one morning, without any warning.
With no friends to confide in or parents to rely on, all Yeonseo can do in the face of this cruel separation is accept it.
But before Yeonseo can even begin to recover from her broken heart, unbelievable events begin to unfold one by one.
From the betrayal of her older sister, Ki-ju, who had been working diligently as a live-in helper, to the grandmother's mysterious plan to thoroughly block the inheritance of a huge amount of money by setting strict conditions, the existence of a helper shrouded in mystery, countless hints pointing to crucial moments in the grandmother's life, and even the truth about the inheritance discovered in the grandmother's traces... Why did the grandmother plan this unkind farewell to Yeon-seo so long ago? What lies on the last page of the inheritance that seems to have no end in sight?

When I got the call and rushed to the hospital, my grandmother had already been moved to the morgue.
The morgue was eerily cool compared to the hot weather outside. Entering the morgue in the basement of the hospital was scarier than knowing that my grandmother was dead.
I never thought there would be a grandmother in the freezer I saw in movies and dramas.
The facility manager said they had no choice because they could not contact the guardian.
I calmly took out my cell phone.
There are several missed calls from unknown numbers.
I think it was probably when I was singing happily with the kids at the coin karaoke.
--- p.10, from “Because of a Goat”

Now that warmth has moved to books.
The whereabouts of money are in the book.
He said it was two pages of numbers.
Could it be the account password?
The motivation that was missing suddenly started to rise again from somewhere.
I need to cheer myself up.
You must not get tired.
You must not give up.
The many legacies my grandmother left behind are waiting for me.
I have to somehow solve the game my grandmother gave me.
That's the way to live.
--- p.50, from “My Favorite Time of the Day”

There was silence for a moment, and the other person's breathing stopped as if he was embarrassed.
“Who is this person?”
It's a cold, metallic voice, as if asking questions.
“I am Jooyeonseo, the granddaughter of Jinhwa.”
"ah."
A single scream-like sound was heard.
It's a reaction that says you know me.
“I didn’t know I would get a call this quickly.”
--- p.82, from "I Can See the Door"

For the first time, I felt scared.
The realization that 'there is no one', which I had never accepted, acknowledged, or thought deeply about until now, raised its head.
The truth I had been ignoring was slowly creeping closer to me, and I felt like I was being sucked into a hole of unknown depth.
You're saying I was just lucky enough to meet a rich old lady? That was like saying I was nothing.
The reason my eyes were spinning at those words was because I was afraid that it would turn out to be nothing.
That was scary.
I thought that was why he was so scared that he threw a tantrum at Ki-ju.
Even the host, who seems to have no idea what's going on, is hiding words that are as sharp as a knife.
I was afraid of how people would see me.
I had lived comfortably behind the huge windbreak that was my grandmother, but now I had to stand alone before the harsh wind.

--- p.124, from “Hidden Times”