Chapter 1 Return to the Peninsula An international flight is flying thousands of miles high in the sky. Jin Shiming sat in the window seat, supporting his chin with one hand, staring out the window in a trance. The sky is clear and blue, as if the clouds are dyed with azure blue. "The sky is high and the earth is vast, and I feel the infinity of the universe; when the excitement ends and sadness comes, I realize that there is a limit to fullness and emptiness. That's probably it!" Inexplicably, Jin Shiming felt a little desolate in his heart, and his expression became a little more sad. With his handsome face, slender figure and outstanding appearance, Jin Shiming already stood out from the crowd. At this moment, he also had a vague melancholy temperament, which immediately made the girls around him who were peeking at Jin Shiming feel empty. "In another hour, we will reach the peninsula." A deep male voice came from the side. The speaker was the man sitting next to Jin Shiming. The man was about 30 or 40 years old, with slightly gray hair on his temples, looking a bit weathered. However, he was quite sturdy, and with that angular face, he looked like someone who was not to be trifled with. "Mr. Suzuki, where did you learn Korean? Why do you have a Busan accent?" Jin Shiming couldn't help laughing. "I dealt with some Yakuza who smuggled into Busan in the early years," Taichi Suzuki replied. The other party spoke very lightly, but Jin Shiming did not think that the "dealings" he mentioned were just ordinary minor fights.
Although he had never known Suzuki Taichi's past in depth, Jin Shiming more or less guessed that he had a close connection with the yakuza organization. Even the name Suzuki Taichi is probably not his real name. But so what? Everyone has a past that they don’t want to talk about, Suzuki Taichi has one, and so does Jin Shiming. "Mr. Suzuki, with your skills and looks, you might become more popular than Jackie Chan if you enter the entertainment industry! It's really a waste of talent for you to be a bodyguard and driver for an artist who was sent to an island country by his company to debut and is not very famous!" Jin Shiming teased. "Working for you is better than selling milk tea, right?" Taichi Suzuki replied with a mocking tone. Times have changed nowadays, and the Yakuza have become a sunset industry. Some older Yakuza even make a living by selling milk tea, stealing sea cucumbers, and making emoticons. Of course, what Suzuki Taichi said was just a joke. If he really wanted to find a job, it would not be difficult, and he would earn more than working for Jin Shiming. After all, Suzuki Taichi has an old-fashioned sense of chivalry in his bones. Jin Shiming had done him a favor, so he vowed to repay him. Jin Shiming was about to say something when he was suddenly hit by an intense sleepiness that dragged his consciousness down. "Suzuki-san... I... please..." Jin Shiming barely resisted for a few seconds, and his consciousness became completely blurred. Suzuki Taichi was quick to grab Jin Shiming, who was falling forward, and prevented his head from hitting the back of the front seat. "Is it here again, that weird old problem?" Suzuki Taichi frowned and helped Jin Shiming adjust to a relatively comfortable sleeping position. The reason why he followed Jin Shiming to the peninsula was certainly to repay his kindness, but more importantly, he was worried. Jin Shiming suffers from a very rare narcolepsy, which causes him to feel sleepy at any time and without any warning, and fall into an irresistible state of sleep within seconds. There is no regular pattern to the frequency of the symptoms; sometimes they occur several times a day, and sometimes they don't occur for months at a time. The duration of drowsiness after the onset of the disease varies, ranging from a few minutes to one or two days. Once the disease breaks out, even if some external stimulation is applied to Jin Shiming, his consciousness cannot be awakened, and one can only wait for him to wake up naturally. It can be said that this strange disease has seriously affected Jin Shiming's normal life and is accompanied by considerable safety risks. Jin Shiming had suffered several sudden attacks before, but fortunately Suzuki Taichi was by his side so no accidents happened.
According to the diagnosis reports from major hospitals, no obvious abnormalities were detected in Jin Shiming's body, and this narcolepsy is more likely to be a mental illness caused by mental stress. "Some knots in your heart can only be untied by yourself." Suzuki Taichi murmured. …… Consciousness seemed to fall into a void of chaos. Unable to resist or struggle, one can only continue to sink and be dragged into the bottomless abyss. After an unknown amount of time, Jin Shiming heard a slight rustling sound in a trance. Something was born out of nothing, and the chaotic state changed slightly. Jin Shiming's consciousness became a little clearer, and he saw a pale blue butterfly hanging in the air, gently fluttering its wings. Every time a butterfly flaps its wings, it scatters tiny bits of firefly-like light that dance all over the sky in this boundless world. Jin Shiming subconsciously stretched out his finger and touched a bright jade that was within reach. The light jade bursts out with bright light, just like a flower in full bloom. The light jades in the air seemed to be guided and gathered towards Jin Shiming. After a while, Jin Shiming was wrapped in a "cocoon" made of light jade. At the same time, the light cocoon slowly floated up, carrying Jin Shiming upwards. As his consciousness was once again drifting away and becoming blurred, Jin Shiming took a last look at the dark blue butterfly. The light on the butterfly dimmed a little, and the frequency of its wings flapping slowed down a lot, making it look quite weak. "Will we meet again?" Jin Shiming tried to make a sound, but no words came out. However, the butterfly seemed to have listened to Jin Shiming's thoughts. It flapped its wings with difficulty, trying to make the light on its body a little brighter. In a daze, Jin Shiming heard a melody mixed with the sound of a clock ticking. "Even if we are lost in time, we will still meet in the end..." …… "Passengers, this flight is about to arrive at Incheon International Airport. For the safety of you and others, please do not stand up or open the luggage rack..." Amid the looping broadcast, Jin Shiming slowly opened his eyes. "Are you awake?" Suzuki Taiyi's solemn expression relaxed a little when he saw Jin Shiming wake up. "If you don't wake up, I will have to carry you off the plane." "Mr. Suzuki, thank you for your help. I'm fine now!" Jin Shiming thanked him. Raising his wrist, Jin Shiming looked at the time on his watch. 2011年10月16日，11：40。 After nearly half a year, he is about to set foot on the land of the peninsula again, and his emotions are somewhat complicated. It is obviously not appropriate to say that "the closer I am to home, the more timid I feel."
Even after living on the peninsula for nearly a decade, he has never been able to fully integrate into this country where xenophobia is rampant. It is true that Jin Shiming's name sounds very much like a person's name on the peninsula, but his nationality has been Chinese since birth. His surname "Jin" is essentially not related to the surname "Kim" which is very common in the peninsula. The word "Shiming" is taken from the saying "Understanding the worldly affairs is knowledge, and understanding the human nature is writing", which expresses the expectations and blessings of Jin Shiming's parents for him. Translating the name into "(Kim-Se-Myung)" is just for the convenience of daily life. Strictly speaking, Jin Shiming was just a foreigner who settled on the peninsula. But it is also nonsense to say that Jin Shiming has no feelings for the peninsula. After all, he spent nearly half of his life on the peninsula, where he left behind many memories, as well as relatives, teachers, and friends whom he cherished. (End of this chapter)
