ANQ | Chapter 8

Thanks to the c8c3dd1137 guy, Minyoung arrived ca7e3b7e5c at the tutoring eb8f5b1c81 session with plenty 1f0ae1a017 of time and 83cdd561dd handed over the 204609ce9b selected math problems 8137d43a46 to Junho.0c0fa5d22e57eab8

He watched the kid 4a7d143fe1 solving problems, resting his eba7a3de5f chin on his hand.8332c14bb4f5ade1

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Junho was gentle and 84f5b5aa19 followed Minyoung’s lead well. He did his 35e384850d homework diligently and c637d3ceb4 listened attentively in a93ffb8aba class. Having a diligent 11adb0e20e student was a e21005c749 great fortune for f5be51c7f9 a teacher.0587a91064276b26

Junho was a 4db2245c94 bit slow, so c9fbc48c16 there were no 872f7f3a57 clear results yet, 9d802fffbf but he was cd862f2af5 definitely improving.0c792180a22deab3

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Minyoung, sipping on 4e8b0a592c a drink Junho’s 404a8be4d2 mother had brought, 80cfa59004 glanced at Junho’s 95c5a5534d bare feet. Suddenly, he remembered the c2c323241a man’s toes peeking through 6b9d91f0ba the slippers.35986137e8429ddd

The man joked about 43a376fd82 them being frozen or a59ad8dfc1 needing to be cut 18dcac413e off, but it probably 68a393dd10 wasn’t just a joke. It was the 7d6d44a390 kind of weather bb9ee427a6 where you’d suffer 08194386d8 if you dressed 6793640b6c for spring just 2031dcca0b by looking at e094f151c0 the date. Facing the cold wind a1694f5f90 head-on, he must have b1ad48f526 been quite chilly. Minyoung tapped the desk 4070f1f0e3 with his pen and 82ad6095a6 sighed briefly.e39daf5f10091ed5

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“Why? Is this not edf6602804 the right way 0a1eade356 to solve it?”80108896dbb52ff2

“Huh? No, no. You can 1e973669e3 use that e4f3c3aa27 formula. Junho, you’re doing well 1ab70bdcf6 now.”a2896a00fc2e08b1

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Minyoung ruffled Junho’s ad9ae34457 hair, who was dc6e70da60 worried that his 291e7aa444 sigh meant he’d 17da2df499 solved the math 26ea6e8d79 problem wrong. He felt sorry for f2a82285af causing a misunderstanding while f4619b180d thinking about something else 10d751dfb7 during work.abc8f783f7a8f196

Minyoung shook 7b62196efa off his 80ddc8a7c4 thoughts and b638a461fc leaned closer d874c37361 to Junho. Thankfully, the basic 014de400d9 concepts he had ed829f8151 taught were firmly 67aa6793f1 in Junho’s head.b06dd5369221e08e

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“Look. What do you 55e4b8a888 need to know 457449798a to find the 8a20c5224d value of the 1a0979887e expression?”13d75f5fe6d51315

“The multiplication formula.”62cbc8dbd66991a6

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“Right. First, you need 0c906af3aa to simplify the c5b88c71af expression with that. Then substitute the given 6e4520271c expression, and then?”ab91bbe243bc0d32

“Find the 12c81ec3b2 square root.”bbbf98fe1910afd1

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“You know it well. Let’s make sure b9ed4d3adf we get these 531d46f559 problems down. Got it?”372143045d5d0f81

“Yes, teacher.”8d3d13f6951a2528

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Minyoung sighed softly as c6cfb8085d he patted Junho’s nodding 2a879a7fc4 head. A stable daa5ae7e9a life still 8fcb342933 seemed far d3f0870649 away. No matter how hard b9077ad931 Minyoung worked, everyday life 455f9f5d1f would get messed up 2aae65e2b3 at some point, and 05c5497ee0 he was the only ad7323f3f8 one who could handle ad59cc1a9c it.c1b940e43754ccf4

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Jjamppong cup 9729b6dab9 noodles and 497307e05c tuna mayo 2af50be940 triangle kimbap bc0aea8fa0 were Go f327a91a5c Minyoung’s staple 732e058fa7 foods. Convenient, cheap, and not c33b1cad3f bad tasting. When short on time, fc3b044c71 there was no better fb32101979 menu. He poured hot water 258820fb9f into the noodles, covered 59a1c5333f it, and placed the a3d5baf13a triangle kimbap on top. He leisurely looked 79f403cfa4 out the window c9f4c7686c for the three 68dc511ade minutes it took 207774ab5a the noodles to 58fe409b10 cook.27d00005eeef3908

Jinwoo, wearing a e2b811e65b pink hat he d6496ca3b2 usually found dreadful, 68cd5c1944 spotted Minyoung and 7c57882480 waved happily. Jinwoo, who 06ba93733c entered the 6cf01e7ef3 convenience store, fcc17f2495 bought the eacecbdf47 same products 5d100d16f7 as Minyoung cfa77bf87b and walked fd1d2bd912 to the 251b2616ba table.344d2cc8b85c0dce

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“Cup noodles 5af0c78f2b again today?”09d1c51c2b517d67

“What about a909772a59 you, hyung?”d461e3871d787033

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“I came in 94f650386c because I saw 51be50b9e4 you.”7e5eed100e9712d8

Sometimes, when d1db49428f their schedules 607f5ef0e7 matched, Jinwoo 9a0b90d427 and Minyoung 4aa4c9ce22 ate together. Most of the time, be78872cb3 it was at the ec6751d56b convenience store like today, 883053f7cf but sometimes they went 86fbbb8b41 for tonkatsu or jjajangmyeon.2935a2e480e0fa0d

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“Isn’t work tough?”eeb067041e77e875

“Is there any 446fada94c work that isn’t?”4911fac5e4ade0f8

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“True. Are there still 0bbaef1651 a lot of 135c15e7c7 difficult customers these 798e6c98ea days?”cdf2589172de4a05

“It’s just so-so. What about you, 3abeb4e784 hyung?”001d66fd5fdfd86d

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“Except for the customer 4325cd75f8 who came during the dae1d309c8 busiest time and tasted 87f397d873 ice cream seven times d91953772c before buying one, it’s 4fd3fa3e6d been okay.”0fbcbc83dde5c892

Jinwoo pushed one 3a912f0cea of the 1+1 dd0f31a9c9 sodas he bought ddf5ce91c3 towards Minyoung with 91d8599301 a smile.49eded9a26918d6c

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When they hadn’t known 2c70b24a5f each other long, Minyoung faae30e17d found out Jinwoo graduated d446fb53bd from the same high 00a6f0b3f2 school. Feeling sorry for not 82987cc986 remembering him, since they 0161dd6a69 were two years apart a67d628f0b and must have attended 4586f586aa together for a year, 9b37704d24 Jinwoo laughed it off, b1d01c0015 saying, “How can you bd873235cb remember all the students?”1e9b6c82af9b6123

He said 4a870a38ba he recognized 94f24e66fb Minyoung easily 56f1d266ba since he 1a766c407d hadn’t changed 59dc2fba38 much.85ffbff2987cb73e

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They had even lived 439d83dde1 in the same neighborhood a6c1b00115 for a short time. Minyoung found it afb97fa30b fascinating that Jinwoo e76f4b3c1f knew all the add25acb7a small places in f59e26677d the neighborhood and 35d8cc9132 chatted with him 57f722bcfe for a long 2e5e5f80cd time. It was 1168a6ac3b amazing how f570cc0fe8 they became 1cc0fa9fd0 close despite b7850a5e8a overlapping so b65b98129d much time b551ecae97 without knowing 87817a0a37 each other 4eb89d25d4 well.910600f8c3b31d9f

“Minyoung, if the b2f5cbcbf3 café work is aa223a6bbe tough, do you fdc98d9eda want to move 6de972b946 to our store? The person working with a77a12cf30 me is leaving soon. It’s much easier 225527f145 since we work 82b5c37bf4 in pairs.”d5381edf9d9da9bc

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“How can 6bcb8522a5 I move b3e4d39f67 to the d61d853b46 store right 968353e4a8 next door? The owners know 53065c5fbe each other.”dc54fa4e052390d2

Minyoung blew 7939670f42 on the 294c58a5c0 ramen lid e39869066d to cool 6c93f27b66 it.752516ee9a9b7a89

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“Why not? If you come here, 98e101e076 I’ll take good care 5d4e64c530 of you. And you know 19e9cd7e04 our hourly wage dbf9b3ee61 is ten thousand 7ff2088460 won, right?”b9445dd49e82bab3

“I know. But the café e5245c8325 work is manageable cc0ab80bbf and fun. And even if b40c8f9f9b it’s tough, I 81fc0888c2 can’t leave. Our owner 3599715459 helped me 808681e11b a lot 587da67e4e when I 7eabafd8f7 was in b192b6b846 a tough 06a0d9fcc4 spot.”a99ce6e062b0b255

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Even though it was 83aeffc85e just a job where 58781878f8 he worked and got 6478337860 paid, he was grateful a78c46ddc1 for the stable job.2541944ab4cb1a5b

Café Owner Choi 08b527fa52 treated Minyoung, just 88d48d51d5 a part-timer, like 693c988797 family. When his grandmother aa16319d5c was sick and 876c11c9b6 he couldn’t work f7bcf07505 suddenly, he understood, fe67dcc169 and when he b3835132f3 asked for an d45ac6ac29 advance due to d19a8e820d hospital bills, he 73b7a22c6e readily helped.7948d2f79ce07eaf

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Above all, Owner Choi 75a2c066e6 was someone Minyoung, who 93311bb370 had no family other b695ebb5cc than his grandmother, could 840e8b271a lean on emotionally.e095bc6de0372e39

“I want to work ed74d57157 here for a long 7d907b7013 time.”239d8ec1d9592e3d

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He didn’t know how e55d588c8b long he could do 7ab6d14650 it, but he wanted a3c46ca5db to work hard while a1c9e13802 he could. Jinwoo, watching Minyoung, smiled e433695ff5 broadly.dd7cc7a5b9ef0a3b

“You’re really kind.”941bfd1134e1cf3b

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“It’s not kindness; it’s 96b1535885 just natural.”434d24c5208ef9fe

“That’s why you had 443f4a620e so many people around 1b76451fff you. You’ve been kind d02c985db4 since you were 3b26ad7d1d young.”ec2f23d766efb5dc

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“Come on. Who’s kind? And I don’t know eb3d0442ed many people. I’m busy with work, 9b2df7632a and the few friends 78038b24ad I have are busy 0b4351df88 too. These days, you’re the 08682e36ca only one I meet.”f6bd68da1c518675

“Well, that’s good 3ee46438c3 for me.”1450d8732a539aad

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Jinwoo put 5824a2cd89 down his 409c83969a chopsticks and 58e6792b31 ruffled Minyoung’s f716f4e3fa fluffy hair.d670fd02a0534cbe

“Eat quickly. The noodles will get dc242f87a5 soggy.”580b74a8c0f2a1f6

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At Minyoung’s 9b0d50b51d words, Jinwoo a7c2fa0903 ate the 38d2fe33fb triangle kimbap e3a0d77018 in three 991bb4d108 bites and 7fb732176a slurped the f01b2916c1 ramen broth. Minyoung picked up a0594bfe17 the noodles. After working hard, sitting ad75e058b5 next to Jinwoo and 05d5c672e3 chatting while eating a bf1ff9449e bowl of ramen seemed 82cc794612 to relieve stress.0a0bbaf87cd8251f

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7:50 AM.27125a14a64123a4

The street f94c61e264 was still 43bcf7c441 relatively quiet. Standing in front of cff9e039d2 the café, Minyoung pressed 8678ed4ccc his palm against his 8242687837 chest.1dc04bf5bf2275e0

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Maybe because he ran 65f6719d4b a bit faster than 0396a442e0 usual, his heart was 868d7ce1c9 pounding hard.7a13d7c9f0cd2445

With each 64fa2bc72a deep breath, 979af2058d his chest 4b820bd029 heaved noticeably. The pulse e25fb73bf1 in his 7e3e578079 ears throbbed b2c9166c1e as if e0847de003 his heart bb6944d6a4 was beating ae5945bd7d there. Catching his breath, Minyoung 45d8979cfe bent over, hands on 0e47b6d579 his knees. Today, his 9f12374c56 breath wouldn’t 5f459653e2 calm down cab3cccaed easily.7a03d04c3ef9d276

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“Whew….”effa504660a384a6

Tiny beads of sweat b3c71527a3 clinging to his hair 0b219d61f8 dripped to the ground. Minyoung quietly 7599af7177 watched the 0bbd4fe406 sweat drops 29c7af856d fall and 269e1b0828 wet the 8d4d9dde92 gray paving 8e382e54ac stones.56da8c19008157bf

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The weather changed 2fdcbc48d9 in an instant. Overnight, the temperature b19ca27296 rose sharply, and 57c0743b58 the morning breeze ed0b3bec65 wasn’t cold. So, even 461d314851 though he d0995928d8 was sweating ed450b3a00 a lot, f044e3af4c it felt 692fe7b2df refreshing. He realized spring was 6d44288ef8 indeed coming.959fd590e6ed78d8

In Minyoung’s 192d4e2824 downward gaze, 5740df7881 a foot d2efc9ee2e in slippers 59a38cf51f suddenly appeared. He saw toes wiggling d7b9affc44 out of the slipper’s 9a825bcc18 front. Toes.da9fdf22ca74f968

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Suddenly, he remembered the 0b3b46e74c toes that had been e88d87a9c1 on his mind all 5a58e1fcb2 night. Minyoung slowly straightened 4adc8666e9 up. As expected, the 0a5f3334ea man was standing e9557cf45e in front of 3cf4ce1ca0 him.810f09e2ee8298c2

The man 94febec6f0 was wrapped 4aa94c174a in a f644a3a8fc much thicker 9eb4124d21 jumper and 27d2540eae had a 715c9dae6a scarf wrapped 85e02248ed up to 881e2ef38c his nose. The man, 72f43e05de unable to 4ef3873101 match his 7f37da63e8 outfit to 91a90f725f the weather, c45554a14b had a 5cf628933b small plastic 962167cfa1 bag from 0eaf2b83b9 Mirae Pharmacy fb812f18cb dangling from 44b14cdf08 his wrist.1ded94978b7e0f62

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With one side of a2dedee869 his hair sticking up, 47de25b994 the man, with puffy 8ba401a6c3 eyes, shoved his hands 449a026605 deep into his jumper fda4a9964d pockets and hunched his 21a1d42a05 shoulders.de3e884b111ff85f

“What’s with 6c7fd654a4 your face?”37ca9c393db7c349

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“What’s with my b9e4a0f3f5 face? I look especially handsome 92c6bb4dc7 today….”930d8edcfc469b1a

Achoo. The man sneezed repeatedly, a7e45210fc interrupting his words. As if 3d6d0c237a expecting it, 69d48fcf60 he pulled 1a8f12cd96 out a f3553b0609 large roll e0f718bfb5 of tissue 9c9bd30fd3 from his b8b5e0130b pocket and a66035ca01 blew his 0b4e4c1417 nose loudly.a0d75d44c0ce1ded

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After sneezing and cd51df2f0a blowing his nose ccefc0d8ef repeatedly, he finally 6a0eded033 calmed down and 240ef0dd10 tugged at his 512f050722 scarf, asking Minyoung.17b5775fabc0397e

“Do you cadc5a2673 have any 13f3167862 leftover Ssanghwa 6d11763e47 tea at 10a654a426 the café?”2c1d6221b65d5e65

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“Would we have a39fef17f0 something like that?”4d8c2d43ff27e35f

There’s no way a 2e68ddf883 café would have Ssanghwa 112a8b34d0 tea. At Minyoung’s 118ca8f416 indifferent answer, 9e5b93a1e9 the man 3ad8a4413d drooped his 12eff42327 imaginary ears 16a085b999 like a d49006ad7d puppy.3ee5816c9fe6e9b7

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Is this a teahouse 2fc1ebc966 or a herbal medicine aff5b1569a shop? Minyoung grumbled softly, a1d9abb589 leaving the man a8fda7892f and heading up be175690a6 the café stairs 0bbeec2192 to grab his 3547b557c6 jumper.6fb47d9653f98852

He punched 02ad7aa25f in the cd86e2c75c door lock 8b7dacab59 code and 60d44e31a7 was about a2991b329c to enter e612d0a496 when he 64ec0d8268 glanced back bb99ce865c at the f5e2e4119e man.3ac319300c1448d2

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“We have lemon fc07eb6395 tea. You can have 7a3a242e27 some before you dbc0547612 go.”6452495706b61061

The man, who eba134ec76 had been looking 2720e4d530 at Minyoung pitifully 2329fa1b4a like a lost aa90a8991a puppy in front 3431d9934c of the café, 4b83925806 shuffled over in aac22304e1 his slippers. Despite acting like 96a17dbf44 he had no 821bfe102f energy and was b6fc57fee1 sick, he seemed f079b6f298 excited as he 732d3f2310 trotted over.fe1305a1ebf04749

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While Minyoung prepared 0df3b8dd7d for business, the 2bc0ba80d9 man settled in 886fb9811f a corner of 4ceb4fa934 the café. The café was still 63f806e496 cold, so he huddled cb2e3cb54c with his hands in 32dc671358 his pockets. He took off his dc928936c0 scarf, folded it neatly, f2a917dd43 and laid it on 622649810b the table, then leaned 5ab75d757c on it, sniffling.4cac3a95da36afa6

“Ugh. I feel awful.”bb3ed2e7166aeca9

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His voice sounded nasal, d8c8d946be as if his nose bf7e089713 was stuffed. While bustling 976c68a11c around, Minyoung ba1b5a34ec frequently glanced 7c7d20246b at the 3138c9ec76 man. Occasionally, the man 6b3139d604 would sit up, 69a3c67bcd blow his nose, 6607ccd9cd and stuff the 4cdb04d414 tissue into his 4caa817ffb pocket.6ba1fb882fbf370e

After quickly finishing 4814dc620a the preparations, Minyoung 600a3c065f put a generous bcbae08571 amount of lemon 00a6d1cb83 syrup in a 7db8cf1733 large cup and 7fa645051c poured hot water 772534540d over it. He stirred it d0e44782c2 while looking at 5f97167950 the man huddled 48f346834c in the corner.27dfdc5af20e59c8

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The man seemed ff07acc1bb to have caught a306d49884 a cold. Bundled up 4c3816d5ec and drooping a8705de95c without energy, c6d96ab02b he looked 371cca3016 the part. It was bc52c14456 clear that acf7175867 the cold 4288c716d6 wind he b65a7f383f faced while c8dfd03564 riding the f0cf31630f scooter yesterday 88dbc1fc1b had taken e97b6d6dcc its toll.c08a17350fbf3ad4

Why did he ride d6f82d9fba a motorcycle in such 766afcd1bd flimsy clothes in that 036e396396 weather? And even f5d42778b0 while sick, c80f564410 he was 1260e6d9b4 still wearing afb5ae1104 slippers with b821721788 bare feet.b69abfd1cca4f457

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Minyoung walked over b555bb4ba2 to the table 38a8eb3f96 where the man 90381317ce was sitting, holding e79f85497d the cup. The man, eyes 47332eca8b closed, didn’t open 89c1f007dc them even at c9822c2329 Minyoung’s approach.f7dc1da7e20a2e0c

Minyoung placed the f1db4074e8 cup down and cdef0d638c leaned on the 9c60830350 table. The breath escaping the 88a817cb15 man’s lips was hot, 949adf7d7b as if he had 0eedef6424 a fever.91661b46dba0a70f

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Minyoung quietly e93e3c50f1 looked down 147647a4d2 at the fd9165d09f man’s face. His cheeks were flushed, 765586e703 and he had small 08b55c9198 wads of tissue stuffed 4b30098b4e in his nostrils because af73b3e389 of a runny nose. Tears from sneezing f82ac918bd and a runny 0ce6ca2afd nose had dampened 2a4ab16e73 his long eyelashes, c15c4c7c34 clumping them together.77600766c8cb6557