Chapter 13

YooLim opened the door and said, "I am back". Then, she looked around the place and feel the weird cold inside the house. She said, "MaMa, I am home now". She continued hearing the strange talking voices in a low tone in the kitchen area. She thought her mother is cooking for tomorrow. She took off her shoes and put them on the shoe shelf and head forward to the kitchen. Before she reached the kitchen, she notice the room in front of her room is opening. She remembered that she close the door tight back there and lock with a key. She was wondering who get in there. So, she tried to get inside and switched on the light. But the switch wasn't working. And then, she felt freezing cold. Then, she turned on the phone light to look around the place. She was not seeing anything strange. So, she turned back to head out. Suddenly, the door was closed. She tried to open it with all her strengths. The door handle was not opening. She started to fear the darkness and coldness in that room. Finally, she was making a sound to wake her parents up. However, they weren't coming up to open the door. She didn't know they are there. And then, she heard the old song from behind. She was so scared to glance at it there. Therefore, she just closed her eyes and faced the door. She was saying a word repeatedly, "This is just a nightmare and dream, it will disappear when I wake up". She said, "wake up YooLim, wake up now". Then, someone put an icy cold hand on her shoulder and whisper the words near her ears. She felt the strange thing come near. She also felt it get closer to her right ear. She was standing there like a stone and sweating a lot. She was shaking her hands and grip tight. Then, she said it aloud, "Go away and don't bother me, I am the owner of this house and you are not belonging here anymore". She didn't know why she speak out like this. And thus, she heard the laughing voice of a woman. At last, the room temperature went back to normal. She slowly opened her eyes and try to open the door. The door opened and she get out of the room. This time, the strangest thing welcome her. She couldn't believe her eyes because the whole house is decorating with old decorations. The paper wallpapers were the same as the movie of the Japanese colonial period. She looked at the table at the end of the hall. There had peony flowers in the beautiful vase and the landline phone on the table. She was walking forward to the kitchen and see a beautiful lady cooking there. She noticed that lady is wearing red shoes and a beautiful peacock on her QiPao dress. When the lady turned around, she is sure that was her. That lady was smiling up at her and said, "Don't stand there like this, come and sit down here". She was moving up there slowly and looking at the plates on the table. Then, she tried to ask that lady, "Where am I now?". That lady was giving her a rice cake by saying, "Here is Shanghai in 1937". She said, "No way, I am traveling back to the past". That lady was slicing the bread and put some on her plate by saying, "I take you here". She asked, "why". That lady looked at her with her black eyes and said, "You are the only person who sees and hears me". She said, "It's not right". That lady said, "eat it and I will take you downtown". She said, "No, take me back home". That lady said, "No way, I want to show all of my life and you can help me". She said, "I don't want to". And then, she closed her eyes and kick the table leg. Then, she returned back to the present time. She was kicking the dining table and the kitchen was still dark. Her parents came up there later. She stood up from the chair and run up to them. Suddenly, she hugged them tightly. She couldn't explain how she glad right now. Her parents looked at her and said, "What happened to you, YooLim?". But she knew she can not say this to her father. Her father did not believe in ghosts and something like that. However, her mother believed in such things. Therefore, she said, "I will tell you later".

In the morning, Jack was heading to school early and waited for her at the gate. Around 8:00 am, he was still waiting for her. But the teacher told him to go now. He did not have a choice so he head to his classroom. At that time, she showed up with her mother. He noticed the headmaster tell her to call her mother today. Therefore, he didn't disturb her this time and decided to meet her at lunchtime. when he went into the classroom, he see everyone hit with paper planes. He was catching a plane which head towards him. And then, the classmate said, "Jack accepts Changle's love". He said, "Cut it out who is Changle here". The girl named Changle was raising her hand and come up to him. He was giving her paper plane back and headed to his seat. She was freezing there but he doesn't notice her. His classmates were really troubling others. However, he must communicate with them well for his science class, art class, and others. He was not good at those classes. He was only good at fighting, basketball, football, and music. Everyone here knew he is the bad boy. He became a good boy after he is an idol. Now, he became a bad boy again and thus the school gang wants to chase him. He was focused on studying and seeing the annoying face which look at him every hour. They got a time break from one class to another. He was heading to science class with his friend but she keeps following him. He just ignored her and headed into the classroom. From there, he was becoming a team with Changle. He couldn't show off how bad he feel right now. Changle was smiling up like a mooncake. She looked at him with full of happiness in her eyes. He was looking at the flask on the table and thinking of others.