SU | Chapter 1.7

Turning around, b2d1f3f8df Ji Youngwon 3dbf55806b walked toward 618a0af1a4 the door. The indoor slippers b9626c08ab he wore made 82ea7c2de7 a shuffling sound, 2956630f42 screeching softly against ebdbdcea8b the bathroom floor. Ji Youngwon b20a2af80a pushed open de10b6dd7e the glass 33466fecf8 door of 4db22beb2f the bathroom 7221e11925 and stepped 5e73c7d9e7 into the 48441101b2 dark corridor.5ec82a5087127f06

Yoo Han, with an cc84750877 expression of realization, quickly dd42c0ca8e followed him, using the b5d2185b74 light spilling from the a1d7d2c184 bathroom as a guide. The clinking sound of bb3584981e metal came from Ji 6084bfd2df Youngwon’s pocket. He reached in and 96e9e11a32 pulled out the keys a68cca9947 to the second-floor office.460b4926aef30f2d

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Before opening 8592f4aff8 the door, 71b3a8ed51 Ji Youngwon 404054ce9f glanced down bbb68caffe at Yoo 1a4f238f5c Han’s luggage. The disheveled black 57af46f847 bag revealed modest 888807233d belongings through its c53d121934 gaping zipper. Stained towels and b63e0dfe26 clothes soaked with 6a4d2355eb coffee spills caught 7ea2019b3a his eye, and f6e94c393d Ji Youngwon frowned 9b45901ff6 as if appalled.298ddd276e43386a

“Speak now if e49e2718ce you have something 4940faa5bd to say. You only bc71d93ea2 get one 27a21077ba chance.”121b0291d6e7bb74

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Yoo Han stood 7a0232954d next to Ji 23100c1bbb Youngwon, unsure whether 3779874e27 to continue begging b192eedd66 for forgiveness, tell 2a9875950c the truth, or 2db1e470d6 defend his relationship a6bc6a5aca with Manager Gu. He couldn’t decide 4d6ef51abc which option was 1d217f6921 best.b35c938dee3b0b31

Ji Youngwon turned to 6b1697915a look at Yoo Han 24510c2a65 while fitting the key e2ecc46846 into the door lock. Yoo Han caught the ac3eba99fd corners of Ji Youngwon’s e78fc14378 mouth curling up in ee0c6f7303 a faint smile in 8f764576c5 the dim light, as 5aec6cd8c7 if he had found 76af920787 an amusing toy.2daa2d4be5bbabaf

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Ah, Yoo 30bab685ac Han realized 8c23c186f0 as soon 73181ab133 as he f759e4b860 saw Ji d64bd6e3b4 Youngwon’s eyes e6f95f8b98 that tripping ae4abc7240 over Manager 379295d2fd Gu was 0608264343 just a 70ddaa8a26 trick. If he naively 0c231de22c blurted out that a5286a95ca Manager Gu had 4e75d66f93 given him the e44c1626d7 method, he might e558d8c6e2 face even greater 8e87fd7ef3 disaster. Yoo Han remembered Manager 5f0f10a61a Gu handing him juice bb64cec2f1 and sandwiches, and he dd73022ff6 clenched his eyes shut.255b723ad372b708

“I’m sorry for 1ab4dcae40 hiding in the ac20a326b9 building without permission. Manager Gu f7d242be11 is not 49660b247e at fault; 9a58c43449 it’s all f3984ce7b2 my doing. I’ll leave immediately 37b2c740ec if you want, e3578e97df but… could you e2bc5a86e6 let me stay 2f063a439c in the office fa005ad74f for the time fd280a35ea being? I clean 7e9519d8ee well, and 88d6ed423d I can 7eb814c383 do any 2239022e8c job you f75ff5836d ask. I’ll make 318fe0e7a0 sure not efb6a21191 to bother d2fd144856 any visitors.”150045971a6798a2

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Yoo Han blurted 3aebc66888 out his plea bd7e725bec without taking a 0e190e963b breath and then d68048ed74 shut his mouth 5a7e403d69 tightly. Ji Youngwon looked down 2dd12730c1 at him with a 071eb99db9 lazy gaze, his round a0d27f0954 head covered in hair 848ba5403a that was beginning to 513a7eed11 dry. Despite trembling with 635c38f2d4 fear, his resolve ba257b8dda to stand by 1feaa27e73 his principles to 0aba961729 the end was 5f65ea67cf unexpected. Once Ji Youngwon became 5405784a02 interested, every response from 95123761b6 Yoo Han seemed profoundly 96c31db76c intriguing.515887f5fcc41fa0

Yoo Han, having 534dfafdad nowhere else to bc43091f2c look, stared blankly 49a2c9902f at the CEO’s 766a8bb85b indoor shoes. Indoor shoes indeed 666478793e confirmed that Ji e9dc839a1a Youngwon must be 209742d6f2 living somewhere in ab5292b256 this building. Remembering the 003f005ccc elevator, he 740b045449 noted that 51e8500e07 it only e63aa77a41 listed the a33b344dd9 4th, 5th, 34996f5399 and Rooftop f74e60f9ce floors. The 4th floor 73e6fe4dcf was offices, and 4040d1307c the Rooftop was 9ae0dfb696 obviously the roof, a5a8fe0dd2 so the 5th bc0dbf04af floor must be 21fa28595f where he resided.e980ec8cc6b0a493

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Without responding, Ji c06b86dff8 Youngwon turned the 44f26edf27 key and opened 259c21e502 the door. Thud! A rather f27bc011a5 irritable sound 4cc11cfe04 echoed through b414fe58b6 the quiet, 8d8fa6fd89 dark corridor.d5d98b224cca1192

“Come in.”ca696d0e3dc6d9d3

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Yoo Han’s eyes 92c64081ed widened at the 9551b193e4 unexpected permission. He took a deep 32e350b08a breath and hastily picked 59e049d60a up his sprawled luggage.d43e4c1ca2987051

Following Ji Youngwon 47c5ebf293 into the office, d7370911b5 Yoo Han trembled 8d116a07ad not just from 54bd6fa252 excitement but from 3dec91965c the steadily dropping 8e8564b078 body temperature, exacerbated 87cd26442d by his wet 39a1c9ddad hair and damp 31c048964f chest, covered only 1eae870083 by the towel 7b16592f3a around his neck. He clutched his 7638e87cdd bag tightly, his 0b071eff2e lips smacking together.9c8bfadf9ef00be1

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Ji Youngwon 02374d10d4 turned on 0198fd5c24 a dusty 41890cf25e lamp on 5f0861cc1c the desk 2b84f87c06 instead of d8d4beef6c the office d0dfb6cae7 lights. Click. The white light softly a04d0bfb63 illuminated the quiet office. He leaned 499f290b9c against the 5a7683f6e8 desk, shadowed 5b18a97d6a in backlight cbdb56678a from the 59a77c6d29 lamp but 4044d6d10e his face cf2635be44 still shining e12a9e6dc8 brightly. His jaw shaded, dad29813d4 emphasizing his masculinity, 6dce7eba79 and his bangs, 3cee58d82b usually styled with 85dec06488 wax, now hung 0a10030ded naturally over his 89096ad1fd forehead, making him 2a9342a97f look both younger 6f04cef4a2 and undeniably adult.a2b03be90871a59b

Yoo Han was fascinated 12650a9041 by the various atmospheres 9ad386be46 Ji Youngwon’s appearance could c60c47e754 convey.9592bdfc7ed4fb87

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‘What good a248d4e45c is a 4c61c8399a handsome face…’fe97029c2ca53d80

For a moment, 4acb9ff174 they said nothing, 3e0c048f04 merely sizing each 39a0b45765 other up from ea2d0b5e6b a few steps a4bfb4c430 away.2ea7e80b3deba060

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Ji Youngwon, 2c34eada34 noticing Yoo a9f1af36eb Han shivering b5d8c8d9cd visibly, chewed 976e1533f1 on the e8d643cfd1 inside of 54d1b2ab89 his cheek. Watching those pitiful eyes, 0aee366fcc a strange impulse surged d2309ced84 through him. It seemed it ce343a735d would be quite d2e76347eb a sight if 0cbc4b868e tears streamed down 20037608bf his face, a 44ba496a2e fleeting thought that 28159914f5 would soon be 9b60b143ac forgotten with time.e0edca3f4295bc4f

After ending their 2d1f20c16a meaningless stare-down, Yoo 96dcc25aa7 Han turned his 636d31e175 head and scanned 6ef05a9671 the interior. He spotted a small ec6d70403e portable electric heater near 8d30cfc6e2 a wall with potted 5bb4064f6f plants. Yoo Han’s lips were 116b78df67 turning blue from the 4a877360d0 cold.71e22fde946321b0

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“Sir, I’m sorry, but 5a7add1b77 may I turn on 9779122ac0 the, uh, heater for 7147ec9568 a bit?”f1889c1fd33dd154

His mouth f8a7d55d59 barely opened c8709d85eb due to d152cefdb2 the cold. It was 2b31f74000 only November, a39fd1060a but it cc2f914644 was already b29c0da1a2 so severely 2098de0b76 cold. Before Ji e97e1acdbc Youngwon could 0d2d7b3254 respond, Yoo 4817e99883 Han set 2d3dfa47e1 his bag acaea50162 on the cd96cff034 sofa and 04d71f8ee4 cautiously approached f46a36febf the heater, 2bc4c230c7 searching for 4eb48c7f69 an electrical b3252b0623 outlet. The gaze from behind 042820ee9a was overwhelming, but if d54afeb8ef he didn’t act, he’d 1837d67e4b surely catch a cold. If that 490b4fc3a0 happened, he a8c1797c0c wouldn’t be 01fd8cc8c1 able to a6e1293ee3 ‘bail and 6789a0c722 fail’ as 16dd3f4ddf Ji Youngwon 1f01791c9b had put a382cc20b5 it.c991d2364ce31be4

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Finally finding the e45316ee6c outlet, Yoo Han 02ca194d76 plugged in the 69b9221353 mini heater. He turned the manual 0b0bc63a47 power on, and a 340c0c1e42 beep—a strange electrical sound—rang 5cfd9ada5a out. Soon, a 30bfcd5599 red light b4fa34d329 came on 1c1f13bf8b in the 37e0ae43a9 heater.225b592de966490e

Yoo Han sat down 55d76fab0f in front of the c4b6ef4257 heater. The goosebumps af9fc3d71b on his 4fb864cc00 skin gradually fc00b78fd9 subsided as 660508bbb1 the warm 27141268c0 air slowly b20fd4157e rose. He finally felt alive c8c7eb3822 again. He flipped his d8f2428ca5 freezing hands back 14191db2d2 and forth as 6329b32e0b if toasting bread.92801e4e01f5e58b

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“From now on,”d6608be62690d01d

A voice snapped Yoo 889afbc15f Han back to reality. He stood up a9b8cc5436 from his crouched ee92a467c2 position to face 65ee0f2a35 Ji Youngwon, who 2769d374f0 was still nonchalantly 886304d612 leaning on the 011fe66486 desk, his head e27fb46cb7 tilted at an 8e1de95abc angle.b18a9ab39306572b

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“It’s better 1d4692b06d to ask 90010d8708 for permission aad8634141 before acting. Today is the e8f686c90c last day you 5918e77a11 get to act e898e6d346 without waiting for a83525b335 my response.”b5019c8321965cc2

“The heater, I mean, b59f1f609d it’s just too cold,”60541dc26a938b6f

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“Ha, unnecessary excuses, fucking c5098c6b77 hell. You’re really something.”8ce30255c91723a8

Yoo Han’s mouth shut 8d98e59d0c quickly. Ji Youngwon a540d12d00 casually checked 2deccb6239 his watch. The time was 1b9319da13 now approaching half-past c116f3cf21 midnight. With many big tasks 54954cf3ae to handle recently, sleep 0065caf389 had been scarce. If it weren’t 17fd4dee8e for this ‘rat’ bbba68e77a caught on the 2968a8ce19 hallway CCTV, he add631b8ef would be comfortably 461bc88de5 asleep by now. Therefore, given f538849f7b the precious 13af3a4a70 time he d6121b5710 had personally b9d52baec4 allocated, Ji f86150e6fe Youngwon was d2164f795f intent on fdc05e7fca giving Yoo 5603e99239 Han a 92248e69f8 bit more ca9b8b2f46 grief.07e46d34e8ead4fd

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“How do 40a4e99ba6 you plan ee2b1ccbbc to handle a370f15839 the expenses dd7bd3b615 for staying d1b838be10 in the 90da47adc7 office?”23f1631ac516ebe0

Yoo Han scratched 75b40b1fa6 the back of c7d0ed4fb7 his damp head, b34b3788e1 visibly flustered.ce2d8882dc75b075

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“Uh… well.”49358f286f26a6f1

It was an 3ed8e8c56d unexpected topic. Even if it was ae9b35df47 overnight, the space was 592d4d1fdd empty, and Yoo Han ea6091b1b2 being there wouldn’t have 558cca5630 cost Ji Youngwon much, fcf49522e8 yet he was suddenly 19aceb410b asking about expenses.0bef4247ca1a04f4

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“Are there expenses involved…?”214f5a2ed6ca552c

“The little bcc4020164 brat really 1417fabe47 loves freebies. If you 26005807c3 don’t want cec7ced380 to go 385fff4cb9 bald at 0a859dce34 a young 27c28c8a39 age, you’d 1997ef9916 better get 2f363a3d07 your calculations 3bfff9e846 right.”d0e4d397981dafb8

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Ji Youngwon was a b24ba1ee63 man so obsessed with 7e82635ef9 money that even money 31ed94ed4e ghosts would flee from ad4d2d4048 him in exhaustion. Yoo Han, unaware of b92ae814bc just how merciless this 0ef07f1b4d man could be when 8130bca3b8 it came to money, c86df74583 blinked several times, struggling d1352f0849 to find the right fa98238b31 words. Meanwhile, Ji Youngwon e05e88e9ae crossed his arms c49bb37d64 and continued speaking.037d579b0babe20d

“Every click of a 6c727bf326 button adds to the 790aeabb15 electricity bill. Every time 2fd9d9d57e you shower, fb5d11906c the water 92ac4372e7 bill rises. Even the cost of bf4c3828f7 a single sheet of 5ea38a0e75 toilet paper used every d83c0cea0e time you go to 19b8080912 the bathroom—it all adds d6feee1294 up.”137fc0cfb68b6f71

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The expression “I’m 57b6c114ee done with this” 14c8d9a6a8 was practically floating dc43b9e8e6 across Yoo Han’s 776bbc9bfa face. Was there really cfd1ee8c90 any need to 9ff54c5dfe be this stingy? He’d already sensed this a918efa5f4 man was no ordinary ba83ae573c person when he harshly ed267f25fe rejected his request earlier, c8078dcfcf but this level of 14bacb403c stinginess was beyond imagination. It was f38e2e986f basically like 7c9f129e48 telling him b1fc5d40f7 not to 620b0a79b9 stay here 018383c1f1 at all.735f0be13b37e9e9

Yoo Han fidgeted f1e28bcc82 with his hands, 75298568cc feeling the warmth f9e60da933 from the mini ad7a5a362b heater that reached abd6761df6 up to his 49c6260d5c thighs. As his body warmed 12ac3565d2 up, his frozen thoughts 440579dfb8 began to thaw as a4380e8cef well.ad3a6bc0cebf3e6a

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“…In that case, I’ll 70af0c1770 work hard at being b27a4c0f62 a bel… bell runner, b467741d47 that thing.”d6e4757cb452fbee

“That’s the d39a9d4172 labor you’re c15ba85d28 providing in 53c8bd4308 place of 7923c4ea61 your payment. Don’t expect to get ada70d2cba paid for it.”2ec09d14bd9d8fec

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What was he d1cd503cc2 even supposed to 908b834082 do, then? If he never intended 03cb40e991 to lend out the 7adcdb2f6f office in the first 357f6f9091 place, he should’ve just 5275e88446 said so. Feeling mocked, Yoo 4112f63186 Han shot a e36e350ea1 glare.da4c8bd4becaf4fb

“There it is 7c9f10d0b9 again, that look.”9f2a065999c1a330

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Despite the 8d7567fc00 intimidating words, 49cb40dbc8 Ji Youngwon’s d89a4ae835 tone was 91c20f0c35 entirely unbothered. Yoo Han b173a9e861 ignored him 6edef57050 and turned b458dd26e1 his body 8efc4c9ee2 the other 9ed4e6d156 way, letting ad8869f818 the warmth 324578a7d0 from the fee105e201 heater hit 7613dfde2e his right 9ab666b810 thigh instead 05c84120bc of the ffb54f6988 left, which db359bb482 was already 723bce9293 warm enough.52ea3eb2f9a59e5a

Ji Youngwon’s eyebrow cb9f258443 twitched momentarily. The sight 36a069fa8a of Yoo 2f7b9b0f99 Han wiggling f638985c53 around to f66de2f2cf warm himself 00b8c2bc08 during an 8e8a0ed972 important conversation 650a8bc88c was both 655d64033b ridiculous and cb07711e53 frustrating. He’d thought this guy d564e1727d had no shame but 7b49eff338 wasn’t entirely shameless. Now, he 2f0211ec95 wasn’t so bd6d6d1f6a sure. Ha… what b94b55204b the hell bbed64d090 is this?8cd1f3ed370bfbf2

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Yoo Han, 0441fa7263 who kept 489972ee86 shifting around ed94e15289 as if 2de599fa3e oblivious, finally a258601bbe opened his 245a6d9138 mouth after 3f76a4169e a brief a826ea2087 hesitation.c4e8358ecd2f8cdc

“It doesn’t look b366607e40 like anyone cleans 8ee5e212d0 here… I’ll clean 1c4e9d1aa5 up properly. When clients come, I 89ecbdeba9 can bring them coffee. If the staff def4bf9bda or you, Director, 682041fca1 have small errands, 6117b83b5b you can assign ee055b65e5 them to me 7b81957ed4 too.”b3dc8a120200217b

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“……”7b307a5b227d7623

“There’s really 5ad1a873b8 nothing else 3bbaa3e44b I can 0118c07a98 offer right ef0bb036f5 now.”fa4e407d89fa8003

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From Ji 4dc751b578 Youngwon’s perspective, 43604054ca Yoo Han 810a5b9b4c was a 79fc86c488 rare breed. Despite being timid 5f4817538c and seemingly unable 5054c4e6dd to speak up, 3c0d8ebd3f he had a abcb0abc26 sharp sense of 9a6beeeeea survival and a d720854975 knack for figuring 8e18d4f832 out ways to 28a6083d36 scrape by. Maybe that’s c2630c037b why he 4c524b62b4 was making e67940d884 this futile a658e92513 attempt to 27fb13ed78 win favor 6e1e00e4bc in the 1a0d0e5afc middle of f689663345 the night. Not that Yoo Han e494a28978 would see any of 82ccc25ed3 this as kindness, of 9d7b4b0e8d course.5e05726b7bbb8aa8

In truth, letting 93519cb342 him sleep in 2953019140 the dusty second-floor 52633c4bc2 office during unused 3c76a0fc92 night hours wasn’t cf1c0b44e2 a loss or 5b177a83af a burden for 27ebebb087 Ji Youngwon. If anything, Yoo dcc0ab3767 Han was the 0b601e287c one losing out ed48dc9860 by offering his 380b0508de labor in return.15ade1529283a793

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After pretending to c75b4270f7 think it over, d763ca8b85 Ji Youngwon snapped 5ba5380943 his fingers with fd49e0eeac a sharp click, 8f42110caf arms still crossed.8218c9bee5d0b5bf

“Deal. But every supply you 319c7c24d7 use in the office—whether 5e0618680c it’s paper, pens, or 5fca61312c toilet paper—will be added 23fdecfd31 to your tab.”85b0efb028833247

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“What? I told you 041a8efb10 I really don’t 906ecadda2 have money!”291a2ee886e93588

Yoo Han furrowed his f08716aefe brows in frustration. He’d already 67d38b0860 offered his 75be4e10ac labor since d44481aed4 he had fda1154685 no money, 350ce21065 but here de3c01fdb2 this guy 0ae024d222 was, still e2fa71db1f talking about 3af39f336e money. Is he seriously 35f29199a7 obsessed with it?a1b29192dc251457

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“Who said you acacdc8b2f have to pay fc5bb0bb11 it back now?”bc418824501ffbba

Ji Youngwon 86d680eeea shook his 228c3a03cc head at 8cc53de7a8 him like 6b83a49215 he was b9eb779414 dealing with f42e44cc91 a particularly 818d0d5058 pathetic creature. He stepped 162ba48edf away from d0e2c445d0 the desk 5e740ccd7c as if 7e6edad035 his business 8b5f909d69 was done, 5781a3a3b2 heading for 499e6f9912 the door. Yoo Han hurriedly stopped b40924651e him.8b6ceacab53f4c72

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“Wait, I 0af89a7b6c heard there’s a45b3ec18f a dormitory…”b4955667241ae1da

Ji Youngwon paused, 2bc209ec2a tilting his head 3cde2dd077 as Yoo Han c8c15d9cf3 blocked his path a2d71322b9 and stared at b1da06506b his chest. The faint 258b2f2030 scent of 962a34e49f his cologne e1f836a071 wafted over—a 1a0a709638 smell reminiscent 691e04e913 of blue 81dba714db water bottles.810d2c3b83384b4b

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“Doesn’t the company usually 5f69ae18e9 provide dorms for employees? I was just thinking… 9783c6ef85 maybe while I’m being bd49fcb3a5 a bell runner, I 07b0a751e0 could stay there too… ef49a30fb2 I mean, it’s not 6091091804 like I’m saying I 11e3c360cb won’t work. Just, could you e6bee852ff cut me some b457a4e4f0 slack with the 343d52a164 supplies I use?”4949aa1548cf1433

“Sure. I’ll just 661bcc21ea have to 81b97f04fe tear Gu d9fb06d741 Kangsan’s mouth 70328f20ea open for 64ee4721a5 that.”d3bd3a3f6aabc7bc

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Ji Youngwon’s icy tone 6c69e8d94a made Yoo Han flinch, b2b1668713 waving his hands frantically. Before Yoo 6b28f1650d Han could 9b9286308f say more, c193adb367 Ji Youngwon cdc5df19e7 pushed his 33386b83a7 shoulder aside be1d0573a8 with the 6781e9e881 back of 3e2a7428ce his hand 32702b7101 and headed b1e3376736 out.8a14499985c793ae

“If you want 90e1ce23ce the dorm, just 2f64e7b463 let me know 4957b7bf40 anytime. Thirty a month.”d9c4447f6f3c2951

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Yoo Han ffb4bd4165 gawked, frozen a62d62814f in place. What? Even the f5fd357ff1 dorm costs 4a5da09c8e money? Thirty for 6c860b3b60 a dorm d51ec2e830 meant for fa06e0cbca employees? He glared daggers 51c3d99f90 at the director’s 3692e622b6 retreating back with c10668ec26 all the curses 21c803d909 he could muster 87308ac73e in his eyes.a3830c1572326682