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Her Tale of Shim Chong

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Chapter 28

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6. "I was too impatient before." 7. "Change can't be achieved with clothes alone."

1. "We need to begin with how you conduct yourself." 2. "When walking, you must tread lightly, as if balancing a bowl of water on your head."

1. "Don't hunch your shoulders," 2. "and keep your back straight."

1. "Dress simple, but clean," 2. "and be careful not to look untidy."

1. "You should tie your hair back out of your face as well." 2. "A modest appearance," 3. "with clean skin,"

1. "and a subtle flourish..."

1. "Will this really work?" 2. "Of course!" 3. "Try walking around Arcadia like this for a day, and you will see."

1. Tread lightly, as if balancing a bowl of water on my head...

1. Keep my back straight... 2. Lower my gaze humbly...

1. "Blind Shim's daughter? Don't be silly." 2. "She's far more... Y'know..." 3. ""But they all remember how I used to look."" 4. ""Don't worry about that." 5. "As long as you stick your chest out confidently" 6. "and act as if you've always been this way," 7. "they'll forget in an instant.""

1. "Everyone likes looking at pretty things." 2. "Kind residents of Arcadia,"

1. "I lost my dear mother within a week of being born," 2. "and was raised by my tragically blind father" 3. "with the milk he begged from neighborhood women." 4. "Without any other means to care for him in return, I must humbly call upon your charity once again." 5. "Please, spare just a spoonful so that I may feed my father as he lays in our cold, damp home..."

1. "I will gladly accept any food or work you can offer me." 3. Come on, just a few tears...

1. "Weck!" 2. "I beseech you all..." 3. "Of course, whatever we"

1. "Whatever we can do!" 2. "Don't cry, darling!" 3. "Here, take this!" 4. "I know it's not much, but...!" 5. "Th-Thank you all so much!" 6. "We're rooting for you!" 7. This much already? 8. "You said you were looking for work as well? Can you sew?" 9. "Here, take these."

1. To think it was this simple... 2. "Have you had breakfast, dear? Here, take one." 3. "Oh," 4. "thanks..." 5. "Meals are the most dangerous." 6. "Even if you're starving, you can't use your hands." 7. ""Ha, even I know that much."" 8. ""Oh, but that's not all.""

1. ""You shouldn't open your mouth any wider than this."" 2. Don't stick all the rice together, or scoop up too much at once. 3. Don't lick the plate after you're finished. 4. Don't drink soup directly from the bowl, take small spoonfuls and sip them quickly. 5. "Ugh, my legs are going numb with all this kneeling..."

1. "Thank you for the food..." 2. "I will return home and share it with my father." 3. "He must be hungry."

1. "A shining example of filial piety!" 2. A pitiful little girl 3. with no mother and a blind and ailing father. 4. "An exemplary young woman, who tragically lost her mother" 5. "and cares for her blind and ailing father!"

1. So this is what she meant 2. by drawing power from how others see me. 3. It works so well... 4. "Thank you so much for your regular donations." 5. "Oh, but of course!"

1. "Despite the difficulties with the Indangsoo Sea, you give so generously." 2. "Well, we still have plenty!" 3. "How can I complain when others have it so much harder...! Haha..." 4. "Why, just look at Chong!"

1. "A beggar girl?!" 2. "Why, she's the pride of Arcadia!" 3. "Shim Chong, the devoted daughter!" 4. "We could all learn a thing or two from her."

2. To be continued