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When Gi-seok says he has sweet dreams only when she is by his side, her heart weakens, yet she avoids him for three days, worries over no reply to her letter sent two months ago, and doubts whether the purification truly worked before he finds her hiding in the abandoned library.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"A Tree Beyond the Years Chapter 16 follows Jakyeong as she realizes her pity for Yang Gi-seok has deepened into something more and resolves to keep her distance. When Gi-seok says he has sweet dreams only when she is by his side, her heart weakens, yet she avoids him for three days, worries over no reply to her letter sent two months ago, and doubts whether the purification truly worked before he finds her hiding in the abandoned library.","key_events":["Elder warns Jakyeong she may be deluded that purification is complete, then disappears","Servants invite Jakyeong to lunch with Master on his orders, but she refuses citing work","Jakyeong learns no reply came for two months to her exorcist letter and suspects reply via Noehyeok","Jakyeong hides in abandoned library for three days to avoid Gi-seok, who finds her there","Jakyeong admits sweet dreams beside Gi-seok but restlessness when apart, decides to keep distance"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"YANG GI-SEOK.\nYANG GI-SEOK.\nJAKYEONG.\n\nYANG GI-SEOK.\n\nIN MY WORTHLESS LIFE,\nA MAN WHO SUDDENLY TUMBLED INTO IT.\nWHETHER IT'S ME, WHO LOST A MOTHER TO THE YOKAI,\nOR YOU, WHOSE LIFE IS BEING EATEN AWAY BY THE YOKAI...\nAT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST PITY,\nTHINKING WE SHARED A SIMILAR KIND OF PAIN...\n\nBUT NOW, TRYING TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE\nHAS BECOME UTTERLY MEANINGLESS...\n\nWHY ARE YOU SO LATE?\n\nLANDOWNER,\nHAS ANYTHING BEEN TROUBLING YOU DURING THE NIGHT LATELY?\nHM?\nI’M ASKING IF YOU’VE BEEN SLEEPING WELL.\nWHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SLEEP WELL?\n\nNOT HAVING OMINOUS DREAMS,\nOR TOSSING AND TURNING AND WAKING UP AT DAWN, I SUPPOSE.\nWHEN YOU’RE BY MY SIDE, I HAVE SWEET DREAMS.\nBUT...\nWHEN YOU'RE NOT...\n\nWHENEVER HE DOES THIS, IT ONLY WEAKENS MY HEART.\nIT SEEMS YOU'VE CALMED DOWN QUITE ENOUGH THEN.\nLATELY, YOU HAVEN'T DISPLAYED ANY STRANGE BEHAVIOR,\nNOR DO THE YOKAI SEEM TO BE RUNNING RAMPANT.\n\nSO...\nI HAVE TO KEEP MY DISTANCE FOR THE TIME I HAVE LEFT.\nBECAUSE I CAN'T LET THINGS...\n\nSTRAY ANY FURTHER.\n\nYOU'RE SAYING THERE'S STILL NO REPLY?\nYES, NOTHING HAS ARRIVED FOR YOU, EXORCIST...\nNo..\n\nHOW STRANGE.\nIT'S BEEN TWO MONTHS SINCE I SENT IT, AND STILL NOTHING?\nAre they sending the reply via Noehyeok right now...?\nBEFORE, THE YOKAI'S ENERGY\nEVEN REACHED THE SERVANTS,\nBUT AFTER PUTTING THE YOKAI INSIDE THE LANDOWNER TO SLEEP \"THAT DAY,\"\n\nTHEY REGAINED A CLEAR ENERGY,\nSO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY ROOM FOR FOUL PLAY.\n\nYOU ARE AWAKE, AREN'T YOU?\nCOULD THERE BE AN\nUNUSUAL PRESENCE LINGERING HERE THAT I'M UNAWARE OF?\nAN UNUSUAL PRESENCE?\nHARDLY SOMETHING NEW.\nTHIS ENTIRE PLACE IS A BIZARRE DEN ANYWAY.\n\nQuit showing off..\nBUT WASN'T IT SUFFICIENTLY CLEANSED THROUGH PURIFICATION?\nHM?\nOR ARE YOU MERELY DELUSIONAL IN THINKING IT WAS PURIFIED?\n\nPARDON?\nWHAT DO YOU MEAN BY...\nHEY, SAYING ONLY WHAT YOU WANTED TO SAY AND LEAVING...!\nELDER!\nOOPS...\nHERE YOU ARE!\n\nI'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR YOU!\nHOW ABOUT HAVING LUNCH\nWITH THE MASTER AT THE PAVILION TODAY-\nTELL HIM THAT I HAVE BUSINESS TODAY AND MUST DECLINE.\nUGH,\nTODAY AS WELL...?!\n\nWHAT DID HE MEAN BY THAT EARLIER?\n\"DELUDING YOURSELF INTO THINKING PURIFICATION IS DONE.\"\nHMM...\nIS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?\n\nCOULD THE YOKAI BE AWARE\nOF ME AND HIDING THEIR PRESENCE... ?\nTHE MASTER ORDERED US TO BRING HIM...\nAGAIN, HOW COULD WE...\nWE...\nOH DEAR, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE DETERMINED TODAY.\n\nI'D BETTER STAY AWAY FOR NOW.\n\nTHIS PLACE IS...\nCOMPLETELY EMPTY TODAY AS WELL.\n\nTHIS PLACE IS A SHABBY,\nABANDONED LIBRARY TUCKED AWAY IN SECLUSION.\nI STUMBLED UPON IT BY CHANCE WHILE AVOIDING THE LANDOWNER FOR THE PAST THREE DAYS....\nTHANKS TO THAT, I FOUND A PLACE WHERE MY HEART CAN REST EASY. 1:\nMy pathetic scurrying was pretty ridiculous, but...\n\nTHOUGH IT COULD USE SOME CLEANING.\nMy nose is ticklish from the smell of Dust.\nDON'T WEALTHY FAMILIES USUALLY KEEP THEIR LIBRARY\nWELL-MAINTAINED TO SHOW OFF THEIR INTELLECT?\nAside from the dust, it's not a bad Place.\n\nIF ONLY THERE WERE SOMETHING RECORDED ABOUT THE YOKAI....\n\nGASP!\nL-LAND...\nLANDOWNER...?!\n\nI DIDN'T SENSE ANY PRESENCE WHATSOEVER....\nWh-\nWHAT BRINGS YOU ALL THE WAY OUT HERE...?\nTHEY TOLD ME YOU WERE BUSY.\n\nYET YOU DON'T LOOK BUSY AT ALL...\n\nAND SO,\nDID YOU COME ALL THE WAY HERE JUST TO SAY THAT?\nNO.\nI CAME BECAUSE OF YOU...\nSO HEARTLESS THAT YOU WON'T EVEN SHARE A SINGLE MEAL WITH ME.\n\nTH-THAT IS...\nJAKYEONG.\n\nSTAY AND KEEP ME COMPANY.","bubble_count":104,"pages_count":30,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"A Tree Beyond the Years Chapter 16 follows Jakyeong as she realizes her pity for Yang Gi-seok has deepened into something more and resolves to keep her distance.","spoiler_summary":"A Tree Beyond the Years Chapter 16 follows Jakyeong as she realizes her pity for Yang Gi-seok has deepened into something more and resolves to keep her distance. When Gi-seok says he has sweet dreams only when she is by his side, her heart weakens, yet she avoids him for three days, worries over no reply to her letter sent two months ago, and doubts whether the purification truly worked before he finds her hiding in the abandoned library."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y/chapter-16-iy6ckq","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — A Tree Beyond the Years #16","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T01:36:50.757Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y"}}