The Scent of Life (1)
CHAPTER 15 LADY KANG

Hye Bin paddles his bike leisurely past people on walks, and jogs in the city park. Cherry Blossom flowers have begun to bloom beautifully. This morning her schedule helped Halmeoni in an elderly guesthouse.

Not far from the city park there is a large house with a large yard and green by trees. At the guesthouse the elderly are entrusted by children and their relatives. Some were even abandoned and eventually treated at the guesthouse. Hye Bin works there thanks to Doctor Hyun, although the guesthouse does not belong to the Doctor.

Hye Bin's smile expanded as she walked into the guesthouse yard while guiding her bicycle into the backyard. Sometimes there are grandmothers and grandfathers who are walking or just sitting around chatting while playing cards. Pity them, thought Hye Bin.

People today are increasingly individualistic and do not know how to be devoted to their parents. Parents in this guesthouse are entrusted because their children are busy working or busy with their respective families.

Hye Bin patiently often becomes a place to share their stories, listening to their advice so that Hye Bin will not fate like them. Hye Bin always remembered her mother at home. He didn't want his mother to be as lucky as them. In old age, they were ignored by their children. He saw a group of grandmothers who were sitting around chatting while drinking tea.

"Hye Bin," a voice from behind him. Hye Bin looked over.

"Halmeoni," greeted Hye Bin with a big smile towards an old woman who was pushing the laundry carriage.

Hye Bin immediately ran towards the woman after putting her bicycle. He hugged the old woman and took over the stroller. Halmeoni to Hye Bin is like her own grandmother. She is different from women in general. At his advanced age, he is still active in any activity and even helps wash clothes in the elderly guesthouse. A veil always covers his head. People say he is a Muslim even though one skin color with another. Halmeoni is a patient and always passionate woman.

At first meeting with the woman, Hye Bin did not think that Halmeoni was Doctor Hyun's mother. Remembering the story of Halmeoni early he decided to become a Muslim when he was young and one-child widow, Doctor Hyun. He worked to support himself, and his son by working as a washerman for students in medical dormitories.

It has become a habit of students like to get drunk at the end of the week, and it is certain that they have vomited and someone urinated recklessly. Of course it was Halmeoni who washed their drunken scars. Clothes even slovenly and smelly panties.

There was one man who looked different by the young Halmeoni. The man's name is Hussein Yoo. He is a man who is quite calm, polite, and never seen to be drunk like his friends. Halmeoni also washed his clothes. The man's clothes never look dirty and dirty like his friends who like to get drunk. Until one day young Halmeoni ventured to ask.

"You look different to your friends. I've never once seen you drunk. Among the clothes I wash, only your clothes are consistently clean. I'm wondering, why are you different?" young Halmeoni asked while putting dirty clothes in a plastic bag.

Hussein Yoo just smiled.

"Because I am a Muslim, Ahjuma," Hussein Yoo replied briefly.

"muslims? Yeah, I've heard that word, but I don't know what it is?" said young Halmeoni.

"We were taught to maintain cleanliness and purity" Hussein Yoo said.

"Interesting" responded young Halmeoni.

Hussein Yoo then picked up a thick book and gave it to the young Halmeoni.

"Read this hopefully it can be clearer," Hussein said.

Halmeoni thanked me. At home he read the thick book. The amazing thing he got from reading a book that explained Islam extensively. Halmeoni decided to convert at the age of thirty-five.

She married Husein Yoo but death separated them when Doctor Hyun her stepson was studying in Germany as a neurologist like her stepfather. Eventually she chose to stay at the elderly guesthouse even though Doctor Hyun had asked her to stay with her family.

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Hye Bin painstakingly carried baskets filled with clothes and sheets as he passed through the guesthouse hallway to the backyard. When he came out the door, suddenly someone hit him, and made the clothes he was carrying fall apart. Hye Bin fluttered as so much dry laundry fell on her body.

"Sorry" said the man, helping to pick up the messy clothes.

"Basic! Careful a little why?" namel Hye Bin to the figure of a man who wears a jacket and green shoes.

Hye Bin grumbled as she took all the clothes back. The young man smiled while still helping Hye Bin put the clothes into the basket.

"Stop nagging, you'll look beautiful" the man said as he stood up and walked away.

Hearing the words of the foreign man earlier Hye Bin instantly fell silent. His gaze followed the direction the man had left. Who her? thought Hye Bin.

From far away, Hae Won comes rushing to Hye Bin.

"You okay?" ask Hae Won.

"Yes. Help me, "pinta Hye Bin.

Hae Won held a pamphlet in front of Hye Bin's face. Hae Won smiled meaningfully. Hye Bin frowned looking at Hae Won's expression.

"What's that?" ask Hye Bin.

"That's a pamphlet from the audition spot looking for an actress to play a drama. Come along," Hae Won.

"really? Ah, when's the audition?" hye Bin said while reading the pamphlet carefully. Later this week they agreed to join the pitted against fate.

Halmeoni called them both. There is news that the guest house owner will come to visit with guests. All administrators and guesthouse employees are asked to prepare in front of the page to welcome.

The owner of the elderly guesthouse, Madam Cha came with a woman. The woman was about forty years old. Kang's daughter-in-law, her skin is like ceramic. The evidence of their money and care is amazing at an age that is not called young. Madame Sun Hwa her face was a bit stiff and looked cold.

Halmeoni whispered to Hye Bin explaining who she was and what she wanted. Madam Hong Sun Hwa The daughter-in-law of the Kang family is doing a charity event at their guesthouse. Shortly afterwards journalists came to cover their activities with the elderly. What an incredible imaging.

A man in a jacket and green shoes sat on the driver's bench in Mrs Hong's car while sleeping. He was waiting for his mother who was doing charity work at an elderly guesthouse.

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After the charity event, Madam Hong was seen walking into a room. Inside the room was Mrs Kang, her mother-in-law. He looked sharply at the figure of an old woman who was sitting in a wheelchair.

"Ma ...," said Madam Hong coldly surprising the old woman.

Madam Kang turned his head and his countenance turned deathly pale, his eyes widened, his body trembling. Hong Sun Hwa walked over to the old woman. The more Madam Hong approached, the more Madam Kang trembled. Madam Kang covered her face in fear as if seeing a ghost.

"Go, go you bad girl!" madam Kang shouted many times while trembling and covering her face.

Shown in Mrs Kang's memory, as she finds a white parcel in a room in Kang's residence. With a trembling Mrs Kang opened the package and it turned out that there were two dolls inside. One female doll with a small padlock is associated on the head, hands, and feet. Another male doll with eyes covered in cloth. The doll was covered in dried blood.

Looking at the horrifying sight, Mrs Kang shouted but her voice was stifled, as suddenly a hand smothered her mouth and a dagger was pointed at her neck. Hong Sun Hwa's voice rang out clearly in her ears threatening to kill Miss Kang if she told anyone what she found. Madam Kang nodded her head then pushed out of the room. Since then Hong Sun Hwa has always terrorized him.

Madam Hong just looked at Madame Kang expressionlessly and silently mutely. Shortly afterwards came Madame Cha to appease Mrs Kang.

"I'm asking you to leave, Madam," Madam Cha asked Madam Hong.

Madam Hong snorted, kept quiet, then left Madam Kang's room. At the door he runs into Hye Bin. They just stared at each other in silence. Hye Bin then ran towards Mrs Kang's room and hugged the old woman who was crying in fear. Hye Bin was saddened by the poor woman's mental state.

Mrs Kang was depressed when she learned her adopted son Man Se had disappeared without a trace and was made worse when her husband died of a heart attack, while her brother-in-law Samchon Kang was arrested by police. Mrs Kang was admitted to a mental hospital, and in her old age ended up in an elderly home.

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Hye Bin puts on Mrs Kang's new bathing suit. The old woman was feeling uneasy and nagging. Hye Bin smiled at Mrs Kang's condition which had started to improve compared to yesterday when she met Mrs Hong.

"Ma, put on the shirt first huh," Hye Bin asked with a smile. "We ate this" he said.

"I don't want to eat any more corn. I want to eat chicken porridge like yesterday," said the grandmother like a child who sulked no longer want to eat food that he did not like.

"Yes, dear Mama. Let's get on the stroller first. We're numbers!" take Hye Bin to the old woman while carrying her to move into a wheelchair.

Hye Bin pushes the wheelchair out of the room towards the garden next to the guesthouse.

"How is Mrs Kang?" madam Cha asked as she came closer to bring her Old Grandma's favorite chicken porridge.

"The conditions are better. It's a little difficult to give him medicine because he often sulks," complained Hye Bin.

"Patience. I'm really grateful to you. No one has survived long with him all this time" Madam Cha said.

"Yes, Madam," Hye Bin replied as she looked at Madame Kang who was eating her own porridge with all her limitations as her hands had already started to tremble.

His face was a bit pale from diarrhea for three days. His gray hair dominated his head. One does not think that the figure of a simple old grandmother is the mother of a wealthy businessman, the owner of the Kang Group.

Hye Bin remembers the first time she met Old Grandma. Mrs Kang was sulking not to eat being fed by the nurse before. The bowl in the nurse's hand was blown away due to a scab. Hye Bin saw the unpleasant situation sitting on her knees in front of Grandma. Looking at the figure in front of her, the grandmother was shocked, her eyes were rounded.

"Man Se-ah ... You're coming, son?" said Mrs Kang surprised.

Hye Bin was confused by what the grandmother said. Who is Man Se? Not to lose Hye Bin's surprise, Mrs Kang held Hye Bin's face.

"You've been invisible for a long time, my dear son. Where have you been? Miss you. They don't treat me well here. Take me home. Tell Min Hyuk to pick me up," the old woman said with tears in her eyes.

Hye Bin can understand Mrs Kang's psychiatric situation. The old grandmother thought of herself as a woman named Man Se. Who Man Se is to Hye Bin doesn't matter. The important thing was that he had to say whatever the old grandmother said. Mrs Kang is senile.

"Yes, let's eat first. Later we call brother for a walk out of here," persuaded Hye Bin pretending to be Man Se.

The old granny smiled then stroked Hye Bin's face again. Hye Bin smiled and asked the nurse to get some more food.

"Oh Man Se, I want to drink apple juice," Madam Kang asked a bit of a shout.

Hye Bin, who is called Oh Man Se by Mrs Kang, awakens from her daydream, and responds to Mrs Kang's request. A glass of juice is proffered by Hye Bin. The old woman smiled and stroked Hye Bin's cheek. Hye Bin replied with her best smile.

Devil Talbis to ensnare humans actually managed to destroy the harmony of the Kang family. A demon that infiltrates in human blood will cause disharmony in the body that causes humans to be sick, weak, and then die. Man Se disappears, Mr. Kang dies, Mrs Kang is mentally ill, her weak soul Min Hyuk submits to the ambitious Sun Hwa. The vicious circle will still spin and has not been cut off in its cycle.