✦ Full Past Life Story

In the spring of King Yeongjo's twenty-first year, the two of you first crossed paths in a village along Cheonggyecheon Stream in Hanyang. Both were seven years old. One of you carried a laundry basket for your mother by the stream. The other was passing by, slipped, and steadied themselves with a hand on the basket. That was your first meeting. Words of apology, ripples of laughter—and from that day onward, the two of you became friends of the same alley. When you turned fifteen, you began to see each other through different eyes. Whose heart raced first does not matter. What matters is that