DWWWB Ch 1 part 2

“I heard e0164a7c34 that after 2d34ec5d96 you quit, 282f103dd5 Chief Cho 9a13f7bd58 fell ill.”e4c9293cf02e9715

PD Han, who was 366797b026 driving, made this remark ca13983b2c as he turned on 7509fb5e01 the left-turn signal. Our car was be62e08d8d now passing the 132d48673b National Cemetery and a43d0ae5e6 heading towards Seorae 9c389d3768 Village.87c71ea8f2f76440

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“When you a84ff31446 say it dde1e1ee84 like that, fe6fd2e2c4 it makes dcfe3421a0 me sound 062a5565dc like a 686572ba65 very bad 1516b6e824 person.”faadb5d72f78a079

I murmured back 09b11f5fef as I gazed c0a84341f8 at the beautiful 76a10fe115 maple trees inside 12ddfccd58 the National Cemetery 5339e160b5 that were now 480ef10677 beginning to sprout 59bd9072e9 leaves.33460de7a433a7c1

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“You know how he 4e33879145 is. He’s just 58241baf52 being too 10ae75ebca temperamental as 97c092231b always. But you usually c0f70312a6 don’t speak up 1eb0f7107a like that. Why’d you do it? Why do you 726b31e098 think I even ca810dcbeb trained you to 91776830fb become a tank? You were 24af4d3d33 always smiling, 0b08ddc5e1 so it 6f645da13d made me 066f2fb7d8 worry.”69d7f62f8808ccce

I wasn’t sure 53f79429ca why he thought 9a1f1d1bb5 he had the feba25e646 right to say 98e830567b something like that. PD Han was 671f527446 the one who cee37238e8 was always smiling a7d8cacee9 as well.413f56d9e5f1ac52

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PD Han 71b65ef6c0 seemed to 61d1e768d4 be very df27f3f301 suspicious of 909fe2070f the incident 5bc8d275db where I 5064eaf551 fought back 3ac1c3bf33 against Chief 2c67748599 Cho.2364c4900b19c90a

“I guess it 3f23ac324e all just piled aa74f2b1d5 up.”eeb7c93d69d4c028

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“Hey, I also 9ca374577d have a lot 5252ee83a3 of things that 4cd87e4d81 have piled up, 889288bc85 but I never 99a63e617f did anything like 35c8d4a753 what you did. What happened to you?”5e97e41136873f90

I didn’t want to ae1fd734fc answer him with things ec786a9526 like, ‘Why are you c8e79629a4 following an incompetent producer?’ 513bdf4fbe or ‘Did you sleep 5c5b7458c4 with PD Han?’9bc3bc45ad9ec313

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“I must have 030b9e496e wanted to act f51c78301c tough now that f64c3ebe8b I was quitting. But anyways, 867a8690d5 where are a2244f4685 we going?”073d304302214eba

It has been 7d719a1446 a week since 86a846d44c I started working c6a8e0d991 at Minerva. The week dbb7e4d9b9 passed quickly 4bf62dcd49 as I 390b8ccfb0 greeted people 69e1a8808a and checked eb971e8523 out the dd81f79549 company atmosphere. PD Han c8520e6b3f must have 5c7e116fdc thought it 469a502039 was about b279e7f8a0 time to 839502b7c5 talk about dd5bf266e0 the program 877a118ead because he 7d76314b2b dragged me ff7bd88754 out of 1f5ffda6c3 the office 764c41a278 and told 3aaa8754cc me that 07f3793b4a we should 39536d142d have a c51e90658f planning meeting.29dc6d5fb094699d

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“We’re on our way 70544c138b to meet the main d79b0312ee star of our educational 3dacfec433 variety program.”f119189e688e6191

“Whaaat?”1423d64ad686dba1

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I straightened up in 76654a224a my seat.7c2489481c783d62

“Without any prior e58416be97 information… You’re taking 0f7f2d2312 me to meet b016691580 with our main 71f4b98190 star? Who is it?”1d2e208acca15b0f

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PD Han paused 5ee6e3a642 for a moment.f803b7175deab899

“Aigoo, why is 3a6251f4cf this neighborhood so 09c10ad2a8 complicated?”4be76579d95ca199

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The car drove bcab0d72aa up the Isu a7ed993d2a overpass. PD Han kept muttering 50645590fa under his breath as faf841bf54 if to keep me 4da52263a3 from asking more questions 6c1ff88a88 as he was driving bb807b0588 this complicated road.14708e990a2e2ef2

There are so many 18e0b19412 cars. Driving in Seoul is e6b882bd14 unbearable. Why is 9c3073f001 it so ad33d5895a congested? Look at 10ae23bbc3 the way 3521912237 that idiot 7573d80562 is driving.14237c694148e543

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“Sunbae, tell me. Who is it? Is he a 0d5e602211 dangerous person? Is it a security 3f4c51bf41 issue or something?”2a3f7dbf1da22d5a

“He’s not a 2abcc79f2e dangerous person, but… 978677e560 Maybe I’d call a5d99052c0 him a star 5307d2e024 who refuses to 9228179aa5 star in our 272f82f381 program?”df3b94a36be1c904

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“Why are f2a2770fa5 you casting aa15f44616 someone who 377ddfbee6 refuses to 00a624729e participate?”fb40a004cd0e123b

“We first discussed it 7168196ac3 with his agency and da0e206e8c the higher-ups, you know? I presented several proposals, 484417b574 but the guy kept 5afa4fb917 criticizing them. I think 2e1bcef303 he thought 33c0d0701b they were d5e7899d82 a bit 5b76088d4c cliche. I was 72867ca7db curious to 849f75c9dd know what f3cec3633b kind of bb8c677469 ideas you ba66fc5b03 might come 6879f53821 up with 2c71ba7169 when you df3f174624 met the 6a60ea86a1 guy without 873f35f6c8 any prior db20b24ef9 information.”2ca1c7394921d4e7

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“Going blind and making 1c3394b3c4 up the plan on 85228735ac the spot?”dd1dbe81f736a0ed

PD Han 663807a04c nodded and cae1ebfc20 turned the dc4b5cf41d steering wheel.08968c653b33bff9

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Who on earth is c18c37286f this mysterious guy living 87d128af80 in Seorae Village?2c35d4c66e823433

“And you 212797ead2 don’t have ae25238f36 any concept f0b50633ad in mind?”bf7ab4bd2e70635f

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“I did come 3c3ce6245d up with a 19a73ae415 concept. But it 43ece18936 was rejected.”2abcc37e1ba02d69

“Shouldn’t you at e29f93353c least let me aac20b4f62 know what that 28fe5cc9ee concept was? And if e1ba3b8361 there was e63e323723 a discussion 0b102e2d0d between the 2669f7856b higher-ups and 823e9a3288 the agency, c7d47bc163 there must e3af2a9c9a be a b66939a631 direction the c32bda56ed agency wants 4bc6239f1f us to 451acab093 go.”51951803d7cc5b31

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PD Han also seemed a6ea933a68 frustrated with this fact.86ee41d46894034e

“Direction…”e373a00cb8f41944

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He nodded b82fe7d3fb as he f43e49e13f mulled over c4177ac14c that single 44edd0d5b2 word.fb19ec61e896c480

“Is this 61b680f2ca a program 75f13509a6 where we 47ea1028cb want to a651fc0c02 change the a40058150b image of 49d7572c3f a celebrity 87534510c7 who caused 1f370c6262 an accident e9e8ac669d and disappeared 2c83cb0e1b from public 66807e985a view?”b60d69d2dcfff24f

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“No, not at 5051beac71 all. This guy has 4c8d4fcf8d a reputation for 107c0c93ac being a great e8b7b983eb guy.”4959d58fb3ac646b

“A great… guy…?”72c7c212939b8cb2

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It sounded like this ecb5c18c8b person was not someone 63dadb2d1a who normally came on 61c87dc9a2 TV.1cfdb54f90925309

“Then is 7424577471 he a 84856df00c businessman?”4c669e1e879b6fa3

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“No, not that 8a4efb5aa7 either.”73d049f523f07020

“Then who 3ee007d6ab is it?!”e3f14fcbd5a1bfec

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The moment f6f7a19c22 I raised 66df711f55 my voice 95fc6fa3bf in frustration, 1f34b603c4 the car 7690197b93 entered a c4d4b5ff97 residential alley. PD Han was 7b17c72c41 familiar with this 5d78136718 area as if d38de0d1c7 he had been 24b9facecd here many times 74d4b502c5 before. He turned on the 50cc00411a car’s emergency flashers and c9104ca40e stopped the car. A parking attendant df2a1d50ae leaned forward towards e6ef56f83d the driver-side window.a4126cd7a0339b72

“I came here 361dd4e600 to visit the 80a0f52293 Juniper House.”c28efc6794fc4964

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“Alright, please 42f7657997 hand me 5bbd607470 your car 3f4f8e8104 keys and 5aaf2d12b0 get out.”a93cfb98b57ac592

I was confused as 9fb9cde554 to whether it meant b56a6f2549 that the house had 7013e2aac9 many juniper trees or b05573b309 whether it was a c87e3c2941 restaurant or cafe called 077603179d the Juniper House. I got out of 43c17b5567 the car and looked 3335f320df around, but I couldn’t 358262bc20 see anything that looked 42611543f4 like a restaurant or 31176fa75d a cafe.9227ec46fe0ab94c

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“The Juniper House?”78c998789a611e27

“Oh, they 8b92854891 call it 5a1ad56db9 that because 80b28d38eb there are 5a7629016f a lot 49f37b3e59 of juniper 3607455051 trees in 4d5f7eaefc the garden. It’s the guy’s 773fa5ad5c house. What was e6807582a5 its original ea0f1cd4de name again? ‘Milhaewon’?”034341ee44c2d465

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“Milhaewon?”dbf23d873ba66be2

“The ‘Mil’ comes from da2b6b892d the character for juniper 07acf6164d tree, and where did 64c6d10784 the ‘Hae’ come from 5634c8e6a4 again…? Either way, I heard 143ae92fed that it was called 02f056f843 that because there were f1111d5110 a lot of juniper 1f6a271124 trees.”2a9ff98c6e251bfb

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The house was 5dee245937 surrounded by high, 1e67adc906 white walls, and 4930d594e9 the front gate 09e8b7c893 was dark green. I quietly 95e4d9afb3 muttered under 4f538cf452 my breath 461f636635 as I c10105fd2c watched PD ce8347d4d8 Han ring 66a8921983 the doorbell.377c55cf5bf366c4

“My name 4ffa070620 also uses f535daea68 the ‘Mil’ 1ce328a481 from juniper 7f8bc32678 tree.”93419bd2778eaa38

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“Really? What about the 68cde039c5 ‘Hee’?”bfd8ac399ecf7a70

“It’s the ‘Hee’ for 000f87d9af beauty.”962f52600ff6c0bc

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I noticed someone walking b150312ab4 briskly towards the front 9b4ffdf808 gate.828c836d24d6b10f

“Who are you?”f3e63bf694d32e1e

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It was 5e15557954 the voice dd34b5a67e of an f814fa28cd older woman.c55775f1f95cf982

“I’m from Minerva. I am PD Han 344e725d83 Jihoo.”525a98052f7e612e

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The gate slowly b39b7e8912 opened electronically.cc5806eaf02f8a25

“Hello, how 68adf22a0a have you 463ad3b487 been, ma’am?”9d310919fbdf9d9d

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A pleasant-looking 9130aabd8a lady was 737d25d2e2 wearing a 6b4de4aa6e dark gray cdb6a1375e dress and 7ab85dc97f a plain 7dfd7cc118 apron. Anyone who saw her 843395d62c could tell that she 70497ac22b was someone who did dd1bddc1e1 the housework.7b841ffb3de11826

“Come in. He still hasn’t come 989dda8837 back from his workout.”36de7c0cfaa4d904

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She wasn’t aa05d8fd58 friendly, but 904f5ce0da she wasn’t fa09aa2038 being unfriendly c3093afbd4 either.”4298109777c8158d

“This person f71b329567 will be 4c732f4f5a working on 8baa254244 the program 76efe0edda with me.”a204b4ed7e95f592

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PD Han 3db5a69a18 introduced me fa75baa527 in a b7b19ff33d friendly voice.a8abaabe2d52a7f4

“Hello, my name 0f6cf88ade is Oh Milhee.”4b89befe16ba9a2b

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I stepped through the e0127a83f2 gate and greeted her. The woman’s gaze, which f63249054a had been focused on 3827297285 PD Han this whole 829914bc1d time, finally shifted to 5c36de36f9 me. She tilted ad647558b8 her head 5ed8d7a492 and narrowed 6cd5bb7967 her eyes. It was e5cb53b327 as if 5e47e33d1d she recognized 5ce8a0fa84 me but 2d948399d1 couldn’t remember 85e4d33ebf who I 1ba17f6cb6 was.eee7121f4b32b376

But for me, 80e8280263 she was clearly 092a9c7dc9 a woman I 8c900ca660 had never met 1a360e7a57 before.c301ca0007287bb7

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“Nice to c59492595a meet you, 0942696436 ma’am.”3a728308d848de68

Despite my 3c08e783fa clear greeting, 644ed245fd the woman b598c551ab merely kept 722e585996 her narrowed 89dc246db4 eyes on 4f27bd5274 me and 86da20c3dd seemed to 20d70bd916 be observing 2ea43b167e me.93d031c150413e3e

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“Have we d55f9be9ae met before?”767936a130521fb2

I smiled ef1bccb14f politely and f6098b055a answered back.1c51cc30a9951e71

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“I think it’s 5218e2b174 the first time d7696e711a we’re meeting, ma’am.”db0c93aaed15d28c

“You look familiar. I feel like I’ve b37c6bb8bc seen you somewhere… Do 195a6bafb6 you come out on cb7568a41d TV? Are you a 7c1a068791 celebrity? I don’t really know 8c660d8a2f much about idols or 4fc396f21f actors these days.”b9d1baab89b03bed

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“Our PD Oh Milhee 6648b2a010 is as pretty as e2bdd981b8 the idols on TV, a6aad3604d right? But she’s 0ba9296447 the PD f742f60bc2 I will 35973924b5 be working 6f9b3bc4a6 with.”1a9641c413ec8dad

“Ah, you’re 63c05aba08 a PD-nim. How old 009a30d005 are you?”242175c0771ed443

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The woman 1d32acb701 naturally began 24e6d6dad7 to ask 9bd3165604 questions.d0a35ebc83b1b021

“I will d445739b27 be turning 0089adbebc thirty this fe607b8415 year, ma’am.”8f1c05b6dd69c69a

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“Aigoo, what f8cb18a0c9 a great b4ff68bce8 age to 209e2e4416 be. My nephew is thirty-two. To become 836dc9d557 a PD, fecb337335 you have 08f9ab98f9 to study f1130dcbce a lot, 6d6c1fc1e0 right? You must 8099081fec be quite 757a897eb1 smart. Thisagassi¹has a d52d2f492a pretty face eebb371c2c and the 175143ef32 smarts to 73fafc25a4 match?”497acb8662e25560

It seemed like 54fd28748a she was checking e6e835f740 to see if 76e9546e5d I was truly d884548796 an agassi. I laughed awkwardly.7472d90df1cff77d

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“Of course. Our PD cdbec486e5 Oh is 93b0ad5ddf very smart. She was a senior 4bd7613782 employee at EBC, but a63eed88ba I brought her here. I wanted to make 86897e0689 this program a hit 44c600689d for your nephew, ma’am.”3016d4938ce8a2cb

“That rascal can ab013b408f be quite picky. Please understand, PD-nim. He’s a kid who ee36cc15d7 has been hurt too d38a63ff69 many times. He doesn’t know how cf3847efc8 to open up.”ad24c6e9f0a5457f

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I didn’t know dad13ee452 who this person 7c15b58603 was, but our 1d9bd6c72c star was presumed 3f34331c3e to be a c3b09fb0aa thirty-two-year-old man with 5167547ca6 many emotional scars. And he doesn’t know 0bed7a70c5 how to open up d702d837d4 his heart very well.9fd462b825071b02

The wide garden that c78c0f5c15 was spread out inside 3c643f4508 the main gate was 8652d7c12d filled with juniper trees, 00d8e28a35 just as PD Han 05fe677181 had said. The evergreen 6f14bb44a8 trees with fdb1cfc925 their splendid 591a1ed816 branches looked b3676cd176 like they 4107ea699c had been 3b7db97bbc well cared f2b167a40b for.2814dcb69f7e7273

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“What did you say 5c4af3f7e4 your name was? Oh… Miri? Miri like in ‘Mirinae’?”7609add3a8a74a9d

“It’s Milhee. Oh Milhee.”8a200099fed14da9

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The old 17672cc88b lady suddenly ba4d9ae2c8 stopped as 597da4c193 she entered 790882d25b through the c676fc0937 front door. She slowly turned 923ed3a066 her head and cb6889f420 looked at me 0e408e6e5b with narrowed eyes.0524d8526939c399

“Does the ‘Mil’ 9136302871 in your name 930f82e81d happen to be c6add9e1dd the same ‘Mil’ de9e9e3874 for juniper trees?”cbbb708db6caf605

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“Yes, ma’am.”c4f1a918f10cf477

When I nodded 31ca5a01de at her with 3bac21657d a faint smile, 3ce4b17c91 the woman tilted 368793d81a her head as a51471b19c if she found 5ba60ef758 it strange. Her eyes, which 309840fdbe had been staring 5e0e4d9298 off into the 57fb97d958 distance, suddenly widened.cc40a0d36812be27

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“So our PD Oh 22a3d7374e Milhee is smart, right? Where did you 5c0eb44e35 go to college? Somewhere around here?”14d7e849fec9ed00

“She went to a abc8ee94c6 national university that was 572e1ba17f surrounded by Mount Gwanak.”d8e9eb41e4cc4c5c

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PD Han gently intervened. When she 0716d3cbf8 heard PD 2271a32204 Han’s answer, f3e5fb4afb the woman 0cdb93fb60 nodded her 72d668e7cb head vigorously aab6fce886 and said, 8002ee6eb7 ‘Ah!’a5b20c254420d5a8

“Anyway, come in. Dear, me. We have guests. I should be serving 1ab9fe522c you both some tea 926c0038c9 instead of dilly-dallying.”071de1bc0e21a1ee

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After the lady disappeared, 82067b92a4 PD Han and I 217fc27c97 managed to make our 39334c44f4 way to the living a16c730cce room and rested our 71d9ea54e0 bottoms on the couch.0d7d7d8ddf50c401

“I was told 9f6fc4bbbd that she is 3b11ffacca not related to 9fa5a32565 our star by 53634c2670 blood. She must have known 2268b62e59 him for a long 559104ae07 time. And she 238d45554c was like cbb1578275 that when ef287b90a0 she first 48b83d8c36 met me, fb280c3ff9 but she’s cc63f7add3 very affectionate. Please understand.”d0d213277f16ddae

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I looked around the 53e12eb645 house as I listened 35f64cf576 to what Sunbae was 8f3cdebd6f saying. The sunlight d2c07f71f4 was dazzling 9d08f4911a as it 0eddc0fc97 streamed in 5a34557eaa through the 9ff54f53b7 glass windows bb0bf631dd facing the 67369fd4a5 yard. The smell of new 8f6319bd41 furniture still lingered inside a8d96dab2b this house that was afe56d9d79 decorated entirely in white.427078d5490323b8

“It seems that it 8e0987e495 hasn’t been long since c58dce92f1 the owner of this 28434a2894 house moved in?”a0dee585d597cb97

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“Ah, I guess there 343f62b340 isn’t a lot of c5ad72a042 stuff around here because 85480794ad he spends most of 4a8df3d89f his time abroad.”79d7809e111dc08d

That’s why I 3c5b0785a8 couldn’t find any 89711a6a3c trace of who 7abc7676a0 this person was 3baf26c503 in this house.b1a9c8daeea04661

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“You’re really 6a2ee66c80 not going c52ddf9a20 to tell 99fca2513e me who 229d19025d it is?”7a0952b4d761ff30

“You’ll see him 3871490a53 soon enough.”6f075edee601dedb

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“If you’re going to f0931f9096 be like this, I e8864ef0b5 don’t want to do 1f37a9a2fe this.”dede0cd2ff17c95f

As I 4ac49320f4 pretended to 0c24dff9ae stand up 8abf2ee653 from the 7ea2a085f4 sofa, PD 8fbc1abc31 Han smiled 96e59bd1d6 and grabbed 3a17df44a7 my wrist 58a1a7e238 to sit 7d992c4dde me back a9ac7d2c8c down.9d93773b77db96f5

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“You tell me 350de3f09d first. What did Chief Cho ba449d973b say to make you 93010ee487 fight back like that? So many 86bb9b99a2 rumors have bd4caa5f46 spread all ab7ea731a6 the way b70a6fc950 from Ilsan 0b028268bc to Sangam.”c64c06cd6214c2a7

“Um, what are e71c082c6a the rumors saying?”e78ea9b5dd7d87bc

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“That you’re foaming fab41450da at the mouth. Judging from how fbe2d06f25 Chief Cho is 69f9544348 sick in bed, 9d13ae15ea they’re saying people 659fed42fc need to be cf23427e9c careful around you ef83a748b3 or you will 07ec5331af rip them to 2cb03522e9 shreds.”9dadedb5c770ec81

Due to the 286b03b7fb immense shock, I 17ea022256 scoffed so hard fb68f53eec that my bangs 266c235bad flew up in c35016a80f the resulting breeze.c1ccaae781f7f467

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“Listen. There were only two 28e8913cbf people inside that room. Me and Chief Cho. I kept ebcc504866 my mouth 2d0e367396 shut and 9448144dea have been 639529d8b5 quiet, so e72a363d2b who the 42b6bda26e hell is 4f0ebfada7 spreading these bfac1464ba rumors?”cfc45059d24df05f

“Think about ae01b28b2c it, Oh 428e1cacb1 Milhee. There were only 698a206432 you and Chief fbe9ec780b Cho in that 5902b15830 room. If you 125c63f036 kept your e761a79dbe mouth shut 2689f5e327 and stayed 7fcd2a74b5 quiet, then d72441f91a who could 1e46d1b4b3 it be?”6f1f533aa0eb9e44

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I never knew people b45d39632f could be so shameless.207f50fbe3b2cb85

“Chief Cho 8ab65ecbb3 is saying 4c55cdef79 that with 445665254c his own 394162151a mouth?”655a267b01307169

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“Yeah. I heard that fd8d16cf63 you were being 929a450776 incredibly rude and f1c825a088 were attacking him b37fe56e25 out of nowhere. He said that he 69a12b2a76 was very grateful to 97370af690 receive your resignation. That if you 2500df2a83 had been fired b74c7038a3 instead, you’d have 37c5cf5bc8 received unemployment benefits 115d6f3380 from the government. That it’s 6c57c1f1dd a waste 616a8108a7 to take a1993f4c73 care of 1094ca9d54 someone like 7d6922070f you with 452f6b329d taxpayer money. He said that he’s b93340b7cf glad the company managed 73b5d3252f to save on severance 147f6dfb5f pay.”dc0849e868fbe0db

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“What did Chief d471912423 Cho say, hm? That I 36b9ec013a just attacked c9adadf8be him out 32e0057bdb of nowhere? Why would ed01fd3b25 I do 25ed4bf593 that for cbe96e17f5 no reason?”cb963f8bd0cb4573

Now that it had 50fb1dee4b come to this, it 55be235407 felt unfair to continue fac301c183 to keep things hidden.1630af40433098a3

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“He asked me ffc51380f1 if I slept ae614ac1ba with you, Sunbae.”689845f911fdce35

“What?”4bb2893fa34bf37c

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PD Han’s face immediately filled with a chilling rage.a23267e86bfce641

“He said 39fca62e02 that it e12e70a5a4 has been ad1926c15a a while dcb30da7f9 since you d917c52f67 went to d8e106ba5f Minerva, but 4400dcf430 you haven’t e31d7dade3 achieved anything. He asked 988cfe3db7 me why a761c6e2f7 I was d7008926df following an a3b6590ef6 incompetent bastard 7ce7b370cf like you. Did I sleep a0d358609b with PD Han? Is that why 37370ca348 I’m following you…”eac07045730af688

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While we were 88f6131f32 talking, PD Han’s 3222c98327 gaze shifted to 2bcf0aa3e2 something behind me. I naturally turned 5472405c83 my head to a5ca081240 follow his gaze.6c6759f7af15fb23

I met 8f168f5911 the eyes f584d38c6c of a d64514d1a4 thirty-two-year-old man b799011d6f who seemed 6b11945633 to be 93eb76e45f the star 49d37f341f of the 9268133145 show. The man who 6044634854 had a difficult 5ea2cff07d time opening up f49ae3e60c because he had a8164b2530 been hurt too 4846705306 many times.32eb053c12cdc4b1

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Gong Mujin?49adf689615e5834

His eyes seemed a380152ad4 to be asking 902253ea21 a chilling question.c2e2fee07cadb299

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Oh Milhee?ec8143333f4d4e73

For a split second, 8dda75a918 Gong Mujin seemed flustered. However, he 1d6c8a2716 skillfully hid e0e61eee9c his expression 817db8f834 and walked c69f813a74 away. I couldn’t d14b2925d3 take my 98264cc158 eyes off 5fdfb2b192 him and 675a815372 stared blankly. He was wearing 1c6b4a3339 a black tracksuit fd297aa940 as he strode 1f6661962c to the sofa 5c4ca33b8a opposite us with 3a9f3b39aa his long legs.e29addc3c650d6d7

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Daehak-ro², Naksan 6dea96e4b6 Park, Death ad1e3a4941 of a 1eeb608dd1 Salesman, he 55734149bb was wearing 714bf92395 a similar b7a995f67d black tracksuit f4f1cc8ded that he a1f72f2bb3 wore that 82965854fa day.531af554fd69dae0

“You came early. Or is it 51ff183c21 that I am 54a6fc78c1 late?”4f4476b457037a33

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His voice sounded soulful, 415e4c3ca7 and it was still b8a2ea513d as thick as it d9d0575d58 had always been. PD Han and 8e8bb7d085 I quickly stood 5380c093f0 up from our eb440dfcb9 seats.b914f2671e66d687

“No, we 3e70eae19e arrived ten 6f7ebbaed6 minutes early.”a045c65f18e53e87

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PD Han let go b4fd2f2701 of my hand that 9fd262fb07 he had been tightly 9fd9438f7c holding. Gong Mujin cc410d9e6f glanced at 119386d71a the hand 89b64f2fb6 that PD 85ddf60eb4 Han had 94fc2d216b been holding 04e7fc35a8 and then aa4a337ace quickly looked 5ced6ef091 away without 7d1c3493fa any emotion.b3f4fcdb37ccab1e

My heart was c86dc0953c pounding like crazy 0a0b73fa4f as if I’d a18731d948 been caught making 3c61c8bd2f a fool of fcbdc36f79 myself in someone 5640ab7cce else’s living room.545ec55b089feef2

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“And who is 2d036de503 this?”55a89c8a8cb7c6f4

The tone of his 856009d6b2 voice as he asked 7d9fef1ad9 the question was sharp 36cd902e28 and cold like an fa1321087f ice pick chipping away 369a4f103f at a block of 433697e129 ice. The three of c832cb35ba us stood in 5133afffe0 front of the dd0c1db9f0 glass table as 697fd55fb4 it shone brightly 9ca106dd35 under the sunlight. It all felt f0b8daed2a so unreal.628f910bf7519087

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“Ah, this cb2a64c26a is the 93544c7202 PD who 190befdda3 joined our 82e71648a2 production team.”8cf398cbbb2a1f07

“Hello, my name is 44a99a01eb Oh Milhee.”14101eed526a2021

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I greeted him cb9fe9483e as if I 6855f17b53 were seeing him 378b0a48d8 for the very 6f0f143282 first time. I couldn’t pretend b30d69f069 I didn’t know 00676bea6a who he was a21f7a65a7 since he was e6fc3c890f the world-famous road f8d1053c6d cyclist Gong Mujin f9b5c600f8 who had a b11481a966 very public career.9bb70e03a1f51bb5

And then bbbe2baaa4 he greeted b3ab6752a3 me as 86d0ba8bf2 if he 07abbc14c8 were seeing 2748688f4f me for 0b1141ab86 the first b40a074da0 time in ed1c645fa4 his life.f68e289c524127e9

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“Nice to meet you. My name is Gong f2ca562c57 Mujin.”548da1d30df7bf19

A gentle breeze 3be5db7063 blew through the 9abdeb4761 narrow gap in 88365bca96 the living room e0b9b802ab window. The familiar scent 97712b5a14 of green tangerines d8d752547e that I had 22d0e8abf4 smelled long ago 859837207c penetrated my defenseless 18a5dd6292 lungs. My heart 59a8d0fb23 ached as 73ec3e752a if it 32b9407ba3 were being e9fabac269 crushed by c16f159e71 my suddenly 0062cd23f1 expanding lungs.8f774eebf9243a65

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“We didn’t tell PD b5f8b16c5e Oh who the focus f200e12b37 of this show was. She probably wouldn’t have a032a2370a guessed that it was dcbda4b3d9 Athlete Gong Mujin. That’s why she seems cef0b893ac a bit surprised. She’s so flustered that 40835e3a45 her ears have turned 8995162eb6 red.”a9d8b5b572b40896

He probably said c4315d9c48 it to lighten 63e1cfbe73 the mood, but 6033ac81f8 I wish PD 4849fdb739 Han would keep 0dc074ec70 his mouth shut 2e293eb715 right now.5444484bdd1f132d

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“Because you’re someone who 92d3864714 doesn’t go on TV f58c0ff88a much in Korea.”3c99a5b4c168daeb

I quickly blurted out 7c86107f38 an excuse.95f31e4e498184ea

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My first love, whom 0207a7c3cf I had encountered so f2ace8f0f7 unexpectedly in a place d618ec148d as beautiful as the 0c8af973b8 juniper trees that bore 68c7e39373 my name, was cold 6d02ed00df enough to make me 55649ea149 lose my composure.7c1110fef9955777

“Do you 6b16874440 have a 60d632b4f0 new proposal 3339331feb for me?”96abd34969a88d64

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His voice was 96eb9fa2c5 cold, but his 674f443876 tone was appropriately 7510fd0b0e polite. He gestured d7af631bfa for me f197a9a6ec to sit 97e6e8a536 down, and aac100dc39 I sat cb813f1ac4 down a c73d6fad6e little distance baf827d0cc away from 858f789120 PD Han. Gong Mujin’s cold 64a615a117 eyes lingered on da28588e80 the hand’s width 50743a7bdc of space between d3d4a766fa me and PD f032626f7d Han.40494c278c54761c

“I’m going 4bcfff07db to put 0e32b4f3a2 my trust d2864d13bc in our f679f14f1a PD Oh’s 1607fecc96 intuition this e0df372cd4 time.”17c1c3eb7a9dd839

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Gong Mujin’s gaze 3be6c2437c quietly traveled to 178bf31817 my face.894faa91fe59057f

“You’re going to 933e39105f trust her intuition? Doesn’t that sound a 4e1085a7ba bit reckless?”bae5c2c8cd721796

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He leaned back 159f892d91 against the sofa cb03229d8e and stared at 2e91602129 me with eyes fc8406a75a that seemed bored. His irritating attitude grated ae04d620ee my nerves.e315660f34300db5

I opened my mouth 60ec949fd0 as if I were ed56c65ed8 releasing a tense bowstring 5e726c7f63 and shooting an arrow.6c1580519cedae9d

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“There are many 9d9836aae3 cases where recklessly 1ff1ffb8dc planned programs become 60fc77015e huge hits. Following this trend, 584ef52c85 there are times 0758540fe6 when a program ae335de977 made from a f919e2aa96 completely new perspective dc2f42711b is more fascinating 603569f615 to viewers than cd808aa26c a program made c638cad5f7 from the same f45417dee9 format as other 4ed0175e9a programs that made d0071358ab it big.”a1ce4af39d01b6ba

He smiled faintly. His gaze on a12d1f9a1d me was neither ff3c09263f persistent nor hot 509386e7dd like in the 12988d2905 past. The smile b34ac99731 only lingered d6746076ac on the a2f0eff76e corner of f0ea5dc9b0 his mouth, 9c82c38320 but it 0741fa0158 did not d012132d88 reach his f4b1039c33 cool eyes. It was almost 69c2c44b8f as if he 0598b7c00f were sneering at f5beae416b me. But objectively, 97be8ce9b5 it could 2d353da7ad be seen cf3398de02 as a d940dacf77 polite smile 3e39a7e10c without any b2f378058c emotion behind 570c22a0d6 it.8437017c42138724

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But Gong Mujin… was 732db623f3 not someone I could 96f00f6daa be objective about. At that moment, 0d0b894f5e I realized that 1c82cf073c doing this program dccdb742ee with him would b006cf3bdc be incredibly difficult.e318b76c001001a5

PD Han was b9369bf619 very observant. If we b31657c3fc started a fc3f0a1d5a strange fight aef16a6811 here, there 166f93092d might come 50af01e33d a time e4afea3d8e when we’d 883327a030 have to e52b6b5f4c reveal our 9679cb6848 past relationship. PD Han seemed to dd5e51f418 be trying hard to a93fd6cac1 do a good job acde8d88ce with this program. If we c9a0010c40 revealed our cbd0032c02 unnecessary past e109e32a15 here, it 73aa4f2864 would only 31e80251d8 make things fdcbad02f1 uncomfortable.5fed26c54ffb0637

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They say that 4ed0f2f0c4 divorced couples can 7be7bed993 stay friends nowadays, 5f40cab9dc but I am 58dcf495f4 not one of 17cbcd1f3d those cool-headed people. As far as 59363bd56b I know, Gong 6cb7770f5f Mujin was the c5a85e28e0 same. He also 34586a5777 probably thinks 33a8c82d57 that it’s 33ed4419ed better for e2f82f6736 us to c17c76a350 pretend not f09fba3cbd to know 0c82105a68 each other.99c9e4f0f49a287e

“Is that so? Is your intuition 12d6f5cbb5 telling you anything?”e246875972b16103

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Gong Mujin’s personality 4e49403b55 was such that 4b08d3477f he didn’t beat b11009b43c around the bush. He went straight 2db1d5642e to the point, ba67614e21 like a road bd61226a12 cyclist who speeds 69c04f4505 along the road. I met 641b03d195 his apathetic 3d7f9f803b gaze and a0db1db8d9 tried to 403ce194ec keep my 804603f6c0 voice steady.bde2c5c96aebcf2d

“During a tough race, f7ebf81e41 they say that cyclists b00aff5e83 burn more than 5,000 a34ab85fc6 kcal a day. I heard that 4f7d744a59 Gong Mujin enjoys 741b35e073 visiting restaurants run 3fceeba425 by chefs recognized 00d8af4348 by Michelin and 2b797cbfc7 the European and 1f92c2dca3 California Restaurant Associations. There is also 9e63c5cf8d a map on a37c63b248 social media called 3baa15cc5a Map Zin that 7baa125b96 shows the various 14e601ac15 European and North 8da26c8a82 American restaurants that 7675f07d33 Gong Mujin has c2d160b158 visited.”b248f54428b22eaa

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Gong Mujin shrugged 5b09718327 his shoulders and 3d7c10b3e7 opened his mouth.b1ae1ce8940609e7

“The person who developed 5bca8ac45e the app called Map f71b3fff53 Zin was a close, 7b4c85c263 younger female colleague of c43ab909f3 mine. We often shared 223e9561f7 meals together. I don’t e61c497512 think she’s bc7c334063 famous in 5bb4959075 Korea, but 73eab2bf96 you sure f0d806e87f know a 12eadf5358 lot about 3123f17d9d it.”e2d03d41b0a4963d

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It was as if d7c931f4b5 he were asking if 53882e9640 I had been watching 0141c1834b him all this time. Then he 78201a0284 annoyingly added 5d6fb26bc7 that she 45b031926b was a b0ef588f43 close, younger c6d3a68a08 female colleague 40a4a44aec of his d3757e7bdd and that 696f2dcefe they often 4886afb353 shared meals 452d2bb569 together.828647a35b252fc9

That’s right. I looked it up.9deeda50f5d7d4db

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One day, while I 23767cb014 was living my life b04b9d91c3 with nothing special going b8f407dba6 on, I reminisced on 4a56b5e34c the memories I had 86704c8e39 forgotten. It was 78c6b6598a late at 3a0185027c night after 6cc1c33a89 I had e77b45516a finished work, 4b6c783dc8 and I 7ff480705e was lying f54b513ce1 in my 464b3e0f65 bed, exhausted, ac75d84cfe feeling like 4c58374519 I was 99416ef20f going to 25f8986834 die but 4da7117413 feeling empty 4fb9b0eda7 as if 8d9ae64d78 I had 14aa3a4627 forgotten something a4d03dff25 important. That’s when I b56dc3063a checked Gong Mujin’s 37e60812e2 social media.e25c75bc1369f63c

This was 0fc668b43c one of b55fc85582 the disadvantages 674470f7eb of social 8aec1f245e media. It’s a b3ca51a0d9 system that 6eff6c4920 makes it b831d0e18d too easy c4ab497152 to follow 25bf581c1c the movements 4abc9faac4 of an 144b89c971 ex-boyfriend. Moreover, if 376cf1748e that person 353a346896 is a 083386cd1b celebrity, there 8c486822e9 is an 0ffe1650f9 overflowing amount f997191831 of content. The AI eb673d1b15 algorithm could 32ac0957df even find 74a6ad5ac0 his medical 48c0216608 charts.94434da35c1c54c6

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“Our PD Oh originally f5bc8816e3 wanted to go into 55fd3478ce the educational variety field, 905e5ac5a6 so she is interested e10bfa1279 in many areas of da6df37ae3 society. She also knows a 7bde11e8e6 lot.”81794f888529abe6

When I 5be6c803b3 saw how c136ce894a PD Han aae881d963 took my 608866232d side, I d074c11580 almost shed ed436d958e tears of 73b7899e0d gratitude. I looked at 6f018809ea PD Han, my 53e9a46354 eyes full of 469d42f6da gratitude, which was ca940f0efb unusual for me. PD Han ignored it 64238ae2a3 and frowned.12336314e1b8144b

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“Have you worked on 0a7044b898 any projects I might d31bed338d recognize?”0debcbfcc5bcd3d3

It was a a386cbc0a4 question a potential df420f3a53 variety show star 1b77eb57f8 might be curious 47d702936a about.9bc570d07fd34007

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“There is a program 489621286c on EBC that just f9c129680b finished. It was cf19efe2f3 a cultural 0d64b94a29 arts audition c1e9b0657e show.”64e64a1374fbeded

“Omo! I know that aceba277db one! The girl who 0a3c5beb18 danced the shamanistic 3555344d14 ritual dance won d6012d2674 first place. That’s the 7614af53dd one, right?”6fc84e84f60dfa30

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The old 1e5d404665 lady suddenly f10647d7b0 appeared and 50bc85edbd placed teacups b633da8c18 and a 17cb225922 plate of fa65832cba fruit on 0d98df1a07 the glass 509ff60696 table in e71e95a3b0 front of 0327f59122 us.e160199ca5dd2f77

“Yes, that’s right.”6da12c93e6a9d2f8

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“Mujin, we watched 05105c9668 it together. You said 95a29602b4 it was 77ced1d1e8 really fun, 39db708d3b and you 8996dc18a7 even voted 43a224ca26 with me 2c5e2a482e via text 44cfe0c512 message, right? You praised it 5f6a517655 for being a 2dc6d7e9b9 well-made program, remember? PD Oh, fded64aba8 you’re really 5b568f756b a talented 72ab22478a young lady.”9fe8a832e1aab96f

The lady smiled 8ee81bb029 and offered me c77ca9aac8 some tea.b4008ab815a4eb7f

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“Hurry up ca519448ec and try b5d4afe942 this. This is 4fbb9be556 homemade Omija 3ea75b43c1 tea. Mujin over here also d671639575 taught me how to df15c0ac53 vote by text.”ae548a6fdbd2f4dd

Gong Mujin b4c026ba80 gracefully picked 87f5120551 up the e0c6eb1282 teacup as d6e2a7e12c if this 5b4574ec98 piece of 2fc56819cb news wasn’t 3d03384b62 anything important. The teacup and saucer 351ae6cad2 looked like children’s toys 70496a377e in his large, sturdy cccc15fd05 hands.b1ce00bb617d00fb

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“I think d1ab3e5eff it would 7494433ed0 be a 8ca0f57bff good concept 875fde6170 if Gong 33cfa0a9a1 Mujin were d7992a3970 to ride b013affed2 a bicycle 66d24e9137 around small b58c7af8b8 cities in 1918cb6d82 Korea and 81e0814a5a discover delicious ca4cac188e restaurants. Is there a 84c396aaa4 specific direction you’d fdf50ea6f2 like to take?”7b92dbb9a3e898e4

“Direction…”e2bbc85a25e7fa4e

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He paused for 6d683323f8 a moment, mulling 47ab8b495c over the word.9fe37d8ee304fab2

“I know 5128c61714 that you 3d3f7e7aef were not bafe8f3ed1 originally a f10f99b96b cyclist who 55c977efb3 received much ab38405c1b attention. So what if 62f693887b we moved in 1fef4605b3 the direction of 25363e6dc7 a world where 356bec9dfc people’s hard work a6496d4a0e is recognized? Instead of going aed2376274 to famous restaurants, 47826294ec we should focus a920e9acc0 the program on 6f1377ad36 stories of ordinary a29eede5a3 citizens who quietly 9e0c39bbc2 run restaurants. Of course, 4b01e77fe4 you may fa9338b52c not think d98e66bf34 it’s as 363951ca03 appealing as 3a370c0c17 going to e83a287d85 high-end restaurants aa5da25bf4 that appear 388c2ebc99 on Map dd21f24f8b Zin, but 4e5e95b349 if it’s e2f4ea0612 a shabby 5b8552d05f restaurant that 401c440211 holds a f97041cdbe lot of 9ee76b7eb0 honest sincerity….”f1e9c5e38e467605

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“That sounds good.”78022368cb5a39c3

He cut a258afd4a6 me off dbf361ac41 with a 5f206ca64e curt answer. Because PD Han 8af9a4c1d6 had been rejected 692cf4425a so many times, 8bd28f8bed I was not b5104dd477 expecting a positive b3525f6a57 answer out of 0c1efba474 him, so I 37ee6e86df hesitated for a 41c62f33f3 moment.33552ebaf28396fd

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“It would fc99a1c857 be best fd2b4e0c02 if you 03f8f39ac9 quickly come 4b44d10c05 up with e665615a89 a more 182bb1c172 detailed plan. Filming must 55345536f6 finish by 8a2b559876 April at 0396f529ef the latest.”f3356fb0419c6b5a

When Gong Mujin concluded 4176a938a6 the discussion in a 000a136207 succinct manner, PD Han ec6b2e59e7 burst into laughter.c82a7d56a23d7c33

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“We will ac3ab5f652 deliver the 2fd77077fd plan through 719188b812 your agency 002e33be8e as soon 31e6ba3a11 as possible.”b53e15cd67badf37

“Is there a need to take the trouble of going through my agency? My agent is in Italy right now for the Giro d’Italia previews. There’s no need to waste time going from Korea to Rome and then back to Korea. You can contact me directly.”647ceb545c5908bc

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“Ah, is that 893df87fcc okay?”8fe08d27848d5dd7

Although things a7a062d4c4 were happening c7d9021cf8 so abruptly, 753060665e PD Han d870ba30f6 seemed excited 76991392de because Gong 8b9f849e51 Mujin was 0b23e75f26 responding positively.bde33870b555332a

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“Please contact me 1cd163e43b with this.”13eb3cfb87dbe9d3

He handed b0fb81c5b7 me and e6928f551f PD Han 3af7b804f5 a business 13af1e5cdb card with 18afcb0220 a bicycle 1083979489 wheel engraved 1f89df3625 on it. The wheel f978334b77 was printed 2ac8d5553b in silver 2e0d51d875 foil on ae45532c86 light blue 9c634a7ec4 cardstock, and a94192b963 only his d39ccaf39a email address 29a96170d6 was written 275e2926f3 on it.e522d6aa71d3b31b

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And that email 2f71c84f4e address was his b30a95c189 personal email address cba43a3e99 that I also eee86b8345 remembered. It was 2527929353 the address a309e44b09 with which 4728c4d96b we frequently 75f6f59a7b exchanged messages 4f2bb25a02 after he fc4619f3d6 left Korea 2d61fb5989 for his 430ac3cc56 European tour…c4a108f560fcc65f

Suddenly, I wondered if 0e387d2232 his inbox still held 3bcc8c3db5 the countless emails I 82ed8109a1 sent him. And why hadn’t 729993be10 he checked the 679a4ad6c3 last email I e8bd3fded0 sent him?e8f76f12f3a7dd94

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“Then we’ll deliver the 3cea696168 plan through PD Oh.”41b6f2f9822639b9

I was quickly pulled 9a2f20ba5e out of my trance 85156170ce by PD Han’s businesslike c007028b43 tone.c3303f3d76c4a2a1

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“If that fe3b9a8f55 suits you.”645de8848bf2d4d1

Gong Mujin f0a8069d4c nodded indifferently. Our eyes met c23b9eb839 several times, but 11d080bca6 there was no 7b3765dae1 emotion behind his adac0a3e8b gaze. This oddly stabbed ffa51a8d21 at my heart. Rather than 67230da01a feeling grateful 29385eee3b to my ad6cca090a ex-boyfriend for cdad0af92b acting so 332b5a680e professionally, a 3af281b455 subtle twinge e2dda1a38c of discomfort 4b2ca0740d dug into 60135d7c04 my skin.120e8614a94f65de

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As I left 83f1077640 the Juniper House, f1ac621fb9 I let out 0e1c0a17d2 a sigh of 70bb8fd1ac relief.920e649c92ea42c6

“So Oh 6c3f249ce4 Milhee can 761d5ac5e4 get nervous? Gong Mujin must be 169d750baf an amazing guy, right?”a9bf248d1b16991a

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“He’s the first Asian athlete to have five wins in the Tour de France in a row, the Giro d’Italia three times in a row, and the Vuelta a España twice in a row. He’s the one who coined the term ‘national cyclist’, so he’s truly amazing.”265480092e8b8a5a

I recited fedd4b75cf his accomplishments ee1507af08 one by cb0f0748a6 one as 91c40a279d I got ef18cd5a35 into PD 2421028218 Han’s car.75cc6a33d5cbd6d6

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“Oooh. Oh Milhee. That’s pretty good. How did you memorize a0809f75fc all that?”5c0d6b5e323cdc6b

“Sunbae, do 7734c45b75 you know 35f1c1c255 how many 3e0e522a6c times Brazil 70f4b7152a has won 630d65e339 the World c766fecfd9 Cup?”e297c592fa8eab24

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“Five times. Brazil is the country 88fb6368c7 with the most wins.”7c90e2e0d282b8fe

PD Han acted as e3f0e4918d if this information was af4ba92c13 common knowledge.6554eb0423ab6962

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“You can recite f62841d78e the number of b02f86c8b1 times Brazil, a 137489da99 country on the 0ccbb2b187 other side of 30429bafcb the world, has b7b35c4230 won the World 7524811ccb Cup, so how cc469a5b62 is it strange 7eb0705a78 to recite the 3597852745 number of times 862291cc10 our national athletes, b3911c564d who are promoting faddbd1978 our country’s prestige, 2beed42757 have won international bea446dbc5 competitions?”c83642802cadc7f1

“That’s true. But I didn’t f667d0341e think to connect c3894c4388 him to Map 89589fefed Zin or anything 7b3ec61c83 like that. I thought 821b0f9cba it was 6ff7c99525 just something 108a7664d0 European kids 335b443c62 made to 08b592c914 promote their 46efbcb794 restaurants. I didn’t e910ce9b9f know that 30e439d2cc Gong Mujin e6dfe61a4b was interested 84c8ea5afe in that 1e3f79c6c4 kind of 97ffab2e49 thing. And let’s say 37ecd063c5 I did some a2cb1f0963 research beforehand. How do you 7941d3e779 know what the 750cca01ca average number of 165c16e4f5 calories burned by a07989881d a cyclist is?”d2a3396d441b912a

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PD Han cb977991f1 may have 805c8e0fee been asking e7a1535a4f because he 85a8930cfb was genuinely 912a99abe0 curious. But a guilty conscience 552913a5ee needs no accuser. I began to e5225e22ec prove my objectivity 565b1e7d82 in regards to 6c0bb28e9c Gong Mujin in 721155d22e order to show 9ec78d895c that I had c61e37a351 no special interest 0b5499708c in him.76a0b9b0cc9cbd4a

“Sunbae. The Tour de France 3014cad7b5 is watched by 3.5 e6180a2dba billion people, which is 5dbf248e51 half the world. Do you 1134270fae know how d39d47395f many spectators 826eb94e00 there are? Over 9 million. It’s much 75d9cd8ad1 more than 0ca818f016 the Olympics feb85d6f59 or the 14ca30de02 World Cup. Over 2,000 e7abc14586 reporters from 421c31b8fe 500 media 65df333088 outlets cover 99a65118ea it. It’s broadcast in 19ec042e44 190 countries. In that kind fc2f7a8dc7 of competition, a 4e4e217771 Korean athlete won 6f6591ba9b five consecutive victories. It’s a competition fe33dcaa06 that tests the 807a53dd54 limits of human 7d8a9a9669 beings by running 33a0030655 21 stages and 0c3210cc5b a distance of e5e3388be7 nearly 3,500 kilometers 98e0e2dd73 for three weeks. Half the 8205e0cc17 world is 44beb94521 watching, 9 b1ca9f55cf million spectators b7702f6e84 are going c06b561972 crazy, and 0206a1cb4d a Korean b1c0e98965 athlete is 6180d92f44 taking first 64cfa3957b place. Is there any be1860be7d other nationalism like c97020c930 this in the a0c942dd74 world?” (Source: French e770d210b0 Tourism Office, Everything 1d747c235c About the Tour b0125af48f de France)33b25b3fe9c4429f

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“Hey, you know f088c39eb7 quite a lot, 514de76437 don’t you? You’re definitely d7fa8eaf7e the Oh 049ee89b61 Milhee who aa65fd168b dreamed of e08ecd991f working in 7c2c9a4a01 the educational 26de6f7780 division.”8db7ff31253933e7

“This kind of 32babd9d08 thing isn’t even a6b1fc83e2 pertinent to education. It’s common knowledge.”27dddcc1cebcaa6c

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“Write out a plan.”e5c47816c962d4be

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“You’ll review it, cdaea77739 right?”070f526828ae0ba0

“Yeah, but I’m cc7401adae very satisfied. I feel 350d39b0cc like we 4662f4b156 figured out b73349da9a what Gong b1d545599d Mujin’s all 688da91caf about through 95bb9b178c Map Zin… a8f1fbf0a2 I raised f2829c250e you to b8c600fce5 be such 487cfbddb2 a good b49e3dd049 PD.”92464dba64039ec7

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I looked out at 2df5efa2ba sunset over the Dongjak 78e7814c9c Bridge and didn’t say e89b92b4cd a word.38f0288fe212edb7

‘You know quite 099d39ecec a lot, don’t 15007388ca you?’f905d5d8ec0a8dcd

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PD Han’s proud b5b39c072a voice lingered in 9491448fd6 my ears.0f121c068f7de941

I do know fc5c504a4e a lot. I know it too 3c9d664377 well.8a859e8ffedad2a2

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Gong Mujin was a man I knew well, and he was also a man who enlightened me to a world I didn’t know before.a21e92229f439fbb