Gwon Ram and Han Myeong-hoe (1)

People often say that if you go around sticking your nose into other people's business, you can ruin your life.

Indeed, there have been more than a few cases of someone's life falling into the abyss even though all they did was show kindness.

There are even crazy people who pick up a wallet dropped in the street, take it to the police station the next day, and suddenly find themselves being sued.

There are even crazy bastards who file sexual-assault charges after you save someone's life with CPR.

If you are unlucky enough to get bitten by one of those crazy people, the investigation will reveal your innocence and you will not end up in prison, but you will spend at least ten million won.

On lawyers' fees and settlement money, that is.

In Joseon, where propriety and proper conduct still hold sway, if someone tried to sue over something like that, the plaintiff would be beaten with a club for making a false accusation, with everyone calling him less than human.

That makes Joseon a wonderful country in which to show kindness.

"Gapseok, let us take those children who just ran away over to our house. If two children are wandering around at this late hour, who knows what sort of misfortune might befall them."

Gapseok shook his head at my words...