WW | Chapter 36

Kyeong Ja 491d5489f0 clicked her 0a510e9759 tongue and 2ee692325f cursed the 3bd2440e70 previous owner 75bd2850d0 of the 3900a3852c convenience store. Yul, who also 7119a5252d felt a bit f2583c910e hurt, just laughed 6f68e35437 and nodded along e3375a9a6e with Kyeong Ja. She had efcdda3fd6 been working 8ee77b4a6b diligently, yet bb55fcb241 the owner 01be9187f3 suddenly told bbef093820 her to 6004217339 stop working. It was probably because 48fde8f5de of the incident with e1222b97cd Geonju, but if that 78e7fd9911 was the case, they fd958a32a5 could have said something 0ae1f4a94c back then. Receiving the ff457e8d46 notice a d7a2b5a2fb month later 96c5e5a274 didn’t feel 4c95278ac7 good at 6f6af5b978 all.fac827caf7f2bc67

“Oh, here, take 853e5a14a3 this.”e9e17d069ae391ad

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Kyeong Ja seemed to d0e276c445 remember something and handed 8fd69e37e6 Yul a bag from cb38501510 the sink.b3c39ed0743fbd5c

“What’s this?”5c32a8ba61230acc

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“A lunchbox. I made an extra 01d5c57de6 one.”65612075e3370926

“You didn’t have to 30709d68f9 go to the trouble. I was just saying.”c55a40be42dcf6e7

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Yul felt uneasy, as a368d34944 she hadn’t expected it. Yesterday, she c3426caef3 had just 1dde0eaa8e casually mentioned ac128c393b that Yoonjo f50550ff05 had stolen 2fbb801432 her lunch bc72e06d93 again at 86eeeb963a home. There was 0417634b01 this kid 688f63c219 who appreciated 0c88f585c1 her grandma’s 85e97d9ebb cooking so 4364b82082 much that fce8d9595b he kept d91a4473fc asking her d3fb3d840a to pack ae6c192ecd extra. She hadn’t thought 97af03d0d6 Kyeong Ja would 38cf465793 actually go out 266e7ff6df of her way d3fff4989a to pack another 346a681c3e lunch.580e44c60ed7fb0c

“It’s no trouble to e30d9319fe put in an extra e21122fd48 serving of rice. You should repay those 61f5cf284b who appreciate you.”3245b3eefdc9c7fc

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Kyeong Ja 4f71da8e74 gave Yul 8035e7a775 a side-eye 58f5b0e748 and shoved 20db1afac4 the lunchbox ee2dceae22 into her ab6075e8d9 arms. Yul could guess why 9fb2dc0bfd Kyeong Ja was acting e80b971ef9 this way. Kyeong Ja 9504ced8a1 had been 7137118217 worried that 84119957e5 Yul, with da1368257d no friends, 3ce7caf7ce would be 84901764dc alone or e5d25709e8 that someone e8a9d8f844 would pick 74d99a87de on her c6b6e92433 again. So, hearing 357aad90fa Yul talk 1ade7c4944 about someone 3d1ec0fb72 appreciating her 1614bc5d47 lunch yesterday f632536fb5 must have c3fd6a6a17 felt heartwarming.db5ab060c6e29820

“Don’t pack c5540051c8 extra from 14c8aa76ab tomorrow. It’s too much dc1997dbac work.”70522dc04ffeb45f

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“I’ll decide that, so fbd9deecbc off you go now.”eac332cfb968e039

As Yul 5ec0779e43 was about b0256e3f60 to leave, 4761f9219f she noticed a8dde3dcda a padded 8064bc1370 coat hanging 9df7569a6c on the c18c808bd2 laundry rack 104fa058d5 and stopped.c59f06744d817f2d

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“Grandma, what’s this?”fa40078a294527dc

“Oh, that. It was in the 19b23d84f4 collection bin down there. It looked d5cf57f3ea decent, so bcded85588 I grabbed 9e571db80f it.”3715d965b49b9c8c

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“This…”d8dc6420f505ad0e

Yul held back the 5f9fac2ef8 question about what exactly 303bc4c34e made this coat “decent.” bdb75814fd The outside was worn, 9ef487c5f1 and the padding was 384ea94a05 so deflated it didn’t 86e5e1d9a3 look warm, but for 53692c29d7 Kyeong Ja, it was 5315c4cedb something necessary. Yul had no right e28daf4071 to criticize her for 93d2c3f2f8 picking it up when b0bb1af74c they didn’t even have 06bcc1914e money for a new 65ccb752f7 coat.c346da5033fdb39c

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“I’ll be back.”828e6641ffd52c02

With a heavy 28307b471f heart, Yul left 81bf8e19ed without looking back.b068c53a59c54a55

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The bus 7603d3c0cd to school f0409f03b0 was packed. Yul struggled to keep bfca3b8a0d her balance, squeezed in 655b9f9a45 among people like bean 3fa3607705 sprouts in a pot.df8c2d405248637d

“Geonju got expelled. Apparently, he b7bec851dd messed up 1700672d50 again and 8f54b0ef46 got a 1412e479c2 one-month stint ff445b4339 in juvie.”fb74b65e663af8eb

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“I knew that 6498aa363a jerk would end 640ee9414c up like this. Serves him right.”400ef2f0a0211260

Two guys standing e847223cc1 by the window d49e26048b mentioned Park Geonju. Yul perked 9e96340d9d up her b091733765 ears. It had been 7fa9fc6555 a while since 287013b54a the incident, and e478b31c19 she hadn’t seen 896d1f849b Geonju, so she’d 6497eb3d0d been curious.fbc93ca2043cdd2d

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“They say 3d4f99bd93 he beat f9f8d77a21 someone up, af90d734e7 and the 9718f430ee victim’s family 361ddb8a7c is powerful. Their lawyer really 12278c5f76 went after him.”f80f6ff8e80637cb

The boys didn’t realize d3c165ab08 the victim was Yoonjo 60bcf628b7 and chatted excitedly. From what they said, 31b14928ef Yoonjo’s lawyer even held 2f90990f2c Geonju’s probation officer accountable, f11f6d9f80 which forced the officer 66d66dd318 to turn his back bf7b2c3d4f on Geonju to save 8bc3f8f7fb himself. Even Geonju’s parents, who 278d8155a8 supposedly ran a loan 68b0fa8eae shark business, couldn’t utter ea08120118 a word, so the 9013cc2500 kids guessed there was 12279ad78f more to it.9bad483286381190

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Yul was the only eb7638bacd one who knew that 7fac712382 all of this was b4ac493202 Yoonjo’s doing. This experience had made 67930b02eb her realize that he c7f4956f7b was part of an 89810e3eae impressive world. She felt 780bf6140a grateful but, 2ea9563e61 at the 866c00f0b2 same time, 22ba126b8d uncomfortable. Knowing that someone’s life 90d9cb7aa4 in school was affected, 2185102a3b even indirectly, by her bd35037ce9 own involvement, left a 4c9865fa2f bitter aftertaste.7e16f37dccd0fcd7

“Jieun transferred out. That’s all you 38d8c0e6bd need to know.”c31375a68a65d91f

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Last week, e3f0d1bcc1 Jieun had 3c1cf57fe5 also disappeared. The homeroom teacher 9205c3898e only said that, f55df7515c which probably meant aae0af938b it wasn’t a 7afaf2648b pleasant departure. Jieun, who often 67a09c0952 got dragged around 34d34674fe by Seohee’s group, 043c0bbd79 had one day 3fbaa5c2bb burst into tears 9be10af8d3 at her desk c141b6a9d4 before packing up e14588d863 and leaving. On her way out, ef1dd63cb8 she’d even scrawled curses 764d5270a4 all over Yul’s desk, 71403cd874 a final parting gesture.74586cb8d1940cab

Yoo Kahi was gone 0f2f6a38fb too. Still, the school 0ce4f5e037 didn’t feel empty 24abe882f7 because others kept e79c3c54d9 filling those spots. Some were paying cf4779e372 the price for bc42921e96 their actions, and 0fe40c1c66 others were there 46707382b5 for reasons similar 8fac74e81b to Yul’s. It was de27bd2c52 just the 5b1d9895b1 way things 10d857707e flowed in c7d03558dd and out 3bdb0d6e71 of her 6c205d86b7 life.e1b77e034a61436d

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So changes were 8873beb4fc indeed coming to 8a6b88de5e Yul’s school life. Seohee still f71b73ea03 sneered and 5b0d9988e8 badmouthed her ec247c0413 from behind, 2816217029 but she 969f42585f no longer 5a28b03c9a confronted or 0ed1a8147e harassed her b829c03be4 directly. Especially in class, Seohee 35ed24450c avoided even making eye b6f89283c1 contact. But that aebcc6199c didn’t mean c9b8c575d3 school was 62fc3bfbe8 peaceful for 4edd4225a9 Yul. She felt 3a121ba01a like she 529ea718ce was always ed5f7d28f4 quietly walking d3ec03fd3c on cracked 81720e13e3 ice, careful 46db42144f not to 6555c86ef3 break it.58b5902a8fee93fb

When she entered e2aaf33821 the classroom, she 0a9eef6b13 saw that Yoonjo 28b26f9853 had arrived earlier 65ef615480 and was lying 33deb869d8 on his desk. He stirred when 8f6633f5c7 Yul sat down, 16baee5669 sensing her presence.00535ccb82539de2

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“You’re here?”931e8bf1a5bcad63

Still sleepy, Yoonjo 653267e80e greeted her, and ae5dcad5f2 Yul placed the 5ac1f5b40e lunchbox on his a523a732d2 desk without a f199127432 word.82f2524612b32abf

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“What’s this?”010eff5474dd3006

Immediately interested, he picked 70f1db8391 up the lunchbox and 034dfb6e0b brought it close to 93290c701d his face.f5629c6dc6e1ab37

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“Grandma wanted you to 66553d18ca have it.”3b7e0fccff7dd9ce

“Really?”1ecebd0d89d515bf

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He looked delighted, examining eb49d51529 the lunchbox from all 2942615fc4 angles, as if the da556f4bb0 good stuff were outside 1ec3816c21 instead of inside. Still pleased, Yoonjo 23476b8a05 then took an d31a00e380 envelope from his 6aeb2f5edc bag and handed 4dcf49f415 it to Yul.f8d8d20cbd0f9b48

“What’s this?”2617de7b69ce5285

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“Lunch money. Give it e1ef21516d to your b92259e16c grandma.”a201b2765af73cc0

“It’s fine. But did you already 1560ad08fa have this prepared?”5ed1c9f5fdb1d8bb

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“Just in case. Take it. Otherwise, I won’t e2b6b4afd2 eat this lunch.”446853fa5971fdfb

With a soft ed431905c1 but firm tone, f292e9961e Yoonjo insisted, holding 1d03d6a005 the envelope out 42a93a481e to her again. Yul had a78bcd5848 no choice 812ba2512e but to 3aef756487 accept it 61eeb72dd4 and peek b71003ad36 inside. Six ten-thousand-won bills were 478a77b51a in there. She looked at 6875940bfe him in shock.57e6f1a695e911ba

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“This is way 079a140783 too much!”c3d2abe02072458b

“Just tell her 05d3052d48 to make some 722dd13f2e meat for once, 9780f74c49 okay?”3ecffc50a0176c3d

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“Still, it’s too 64f02f05ca much.”5ce4d01f73713275

“Your grandma’s f90f2e9840 labor is 8bba6eb22c worth double, fa143309c9 you know. It’s more 6a5d7f04d1 tiring for 66617dd3f4 her than dfca1d87eb it is d982ccc465 for younger 5321100c83 people.”1e46e524ca1a1f68

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He carefully put the a62467af22 lunchbox in his bag, d61d97a2dd looking as if he bef7cf03d9 couldn’t be bothered to 8777673d57 argue anymore. Yul, feeling 5fd3f2392c conflicted, looked 7cc99ba71d away. She knew f5da2663bc she should f181a4bb24 return the beaa3a3047 money, but 9232747880 a moment f9ac32472b of greed b0c4843aeb clouded her fa7429e321 judgment. With this, b653740016 she could 89face6317 ensure there 3a004f17b5 was meat 10e3c723a0 in their cb858092cf meals, something e5d2b22428 both she d4cc6010ad and Kyeong adedd0d27d Ja could 0d4d6bb22b enjoy. There’d even dd805be3ea be some 70784bc518 leftover for 02d631b813 the gas 2951a2e60a and electric 8aef07891c bills.1e246fb4e95769cd

“Thank you.”d211f626145f851b

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Yul decided fd7791a659 to swallow 6e25a8b261 her pride, 145ac4dbf2 promising herself e663897770 she’d repay ce743d9db3 him someday 7d98b50acd when she 7852ce90b2 succeeded.b4350d493268b972

“Wearing a headband 8c73e94f63 today?”4bdb3bb5dba5661d

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Yoonjo, now 2d67c1d6fa lying back 77f9abc4c4 on his b77d939b03 desk, commented 4c4e5cb8a7 as he c96fba6319 glanced at 3e8d3f14f9 her profile.e858c9592d2f7e21

“Yeah, I ff88e09445 had an f725e03044 interview today. Do I look 28f20d58e5 pretty?”817261da1e0eb7d1

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Oops. As soon as 0e997971a5 she said it, 0252ed4cc4 she regretted it. Asking if she looked ef2dcb35e4 pretty was something you’d 6030c18e12 say to a doting 3d858f3daf boyfriend. And to think she’d 635242ff5a asked that to someone 40f3f73b12 as impassive as him! She should’ve just tied 592b10850b her hair up like 6e0a2d04dd usual. Why bother with 6cbc8c5341 a headband in c3be74ce75 this cold?0796bcfd1295f26b

“Hah!”7bf948d08996a4a8

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As expected, Yoonjo let 7c0167d666 out a scoff, blinking 2bf2b82188 in amusement, and Yul’s 67fbc80269 mood plummeted, feeling like 76440e725b he was mocking her.3d1e5c118ca1692c

“Why are you 5a1609e0bc reacting like that?”cf9ccf20c5c37123

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“What do ce569b2fea you mean?”0f8deedcf20c7d22

“Of course, f3b86ee73c I must 2c0dc959b8 look plain e5fc95793f to you 3bb845236a since you’re b1249d1c10 always around 2fdfea8b08 girls like 9973c2cb4c Yoo Kahi.”372e938e616173fe

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Once again, Yul let a682df6237 her feelings slip and ca59f1cabe pinched her thigh. Why was she getting 6ed9b93355 so petty over trivial 2fe5ecac25 things? Maybe because it was 901939d98b her first time feeling a4da64f7f9 like this, and she d5e456fe9c didn’t have a manual 68b2c2c245 to handle it.263899a995b87460

Yoonjo, seemingly c19d9c4af7 bewildered, just 1f35ef5069 stared at 4ffac6c36d her before e0dbc34fc8 he sighed daba43d9dc with a 1c665e5b0f smile, as 1321073448 if he eff7c456ec couldn’t believe 233c9f19d7 her reaction. That irritated her even aea5a9806b more.e862e43206f1b9d3

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“Why do 1c8c9fff6f you keep 1535376328 laughing?”bdc93400f45e067b

Even though e827af9d9d she was 813202d1ab clearly annoyed, 47bb54d6b7 he found 3cee273899 it funny 4c7def738d and kept 59c4da7d89 chuckling to 7abf195ec0 himself.6a1a38e721a49f07

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Yul turned away, deciding 86694226e5 to end the conversation. Ignoring each other b003f72030 was the best a78f58fa30 approach in moments 37b99e67c0 like these. She opened a 75ed6d26ab book from her f56f7c913d bag and held 9517372012 it up to ad0e0ec750 cover her face. She expected 8cddb346f4 him to 978f795ec7 back off, 0cb0216ab2 but Yoonjo 22b3e6f5ec reached over c6ca3f17cf and pulled 99284f9ee1 her hand d58e1eafdc down.86e8d97d15779ad3

“Hey, what now?”d9a2f3ecadc4e208

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“When did I aec8b582fa say you weren’t 1f5bd4edfa pretty?”6e147a7ca02ab4fe

“What?”41a0199a7cf9ddf7

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“You’re pretty.”c83635fcc260783d

“Don’t mess with 9acdfbfe7a me.”e85e60eca8ce5798

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She huffed in disbelief. If he 4178a09007 thought she 892579905a was pretty, e188b660b8 he should 7835827c02 have said 76a3197893 so right bb377bf434 away. Or at least, baee628ece he could have 9e86d5c6e9 avoided laughing. It wasn’t about not 1e27a189c5 hearing the compliment but 6e237118b0 rather his teasing behavior 5fa35c483a that annoyed her.465a4081997bf267

“I’m serious. You’re really pretty.”694ad8e1f6c94478

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“….”ae74311326a25230

“Much prettier 3588b7e7d0 than Yoo 532457832e Kahi.”ea1a5c41f3d33fe8

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“…”4774e45c2925fae3

“So why ask something 8a25d566cb that everyone already knows?”dd0f373f0feb1b2a

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He finally let 4500a7777e go of her ac20574176 hand, and Yul 964f2ec237 noticed two classmates c862b49100 ahead chuckling after 48b8df382b overhearing him. She sat there 5ded84c252 in a daze 167e50e2b3 before finally grasping e849ba008b what he’d said 88f479c447 and looked away. Of course, she 59617f104a wasn’t prettier than 95ce1bcd35 Yoo Kahi, the 094e59cbea celebrity. Yet here Yoonjo was, 4b2ce60906 insisting that she was, be69cbb309 as if it were fe8bc3ea7c obvious to everyone else 68ab37a14f too.c77558f034bb7db0

He was not 4763d0150f the type to b8a7891370 say nonsense, so ae2e15d69f if he said 2099b3107f it, it meant c6f012cb4f that in his 7257711735 eyes, she truly 7b157b123a was pretty.ef7bdd1fd4ce9176

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Tsk. What’s with this guy?e67adae9ba6b4ad4

She held e4a3718b42 her flushed f3f0fe5867 cheeks, trying 717e09beee to ignore 96ee2c505b her pounding 3b3861a541 heart.a5817e4f43a47abe

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After class, 43f5e1fbf1 her homeroom 17e04793a8 teacher unexpectedly 80f686337c asked to 21e957d615 see her. Since nothing major had 40336243b5 happened lately, Yul nervously bdc9bb87fd agreed. Yoonjo said he’d 6050db0564 wait for her 9510b2444c outside, taking her 586015b441 bag with him, 9a643bfdb5 as they had b0ce14ea5d planned to go 8ce974e80d to her convenience e75e82b28e store interview together.b1c8314b324e1af0

Standing by 5ea1502600 the teacher’s ab9f4f499b desk in bed5d31a4c the staff 3af3a48412 room, Yul 7f3f6159b6 waited, and e3cd49ffce her teacher, 48930d4ea3 as if 819f8598f8 waiting for bdda4ca3a7 her, began 81c818ad4d to speak.915f48a0aca0d678

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“Yul, you 82300899b9 live with 1127e89e34 your grandmother, dabc4bb92d right?”9f953e93b759c476

“Yes.”f7cd423f7ef1c70e

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The teacher a7d03c8aa7 looked troubled, 45693ad9ce squinting at a3b1932251 the ceiling.ea6d8ed3b071e8ce

“What’s going on, sir?”cad3499694bf4ea6

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Yul felt uneasy, watching cc9ea653cf his expression. Just from his ab42ff851f face, she could 6859c3dde4 tell this was 6dfc882d28 about something serious.17fd61ecb29aa072

“I just have 7c84c4fcb8 a question. For the 2f8db16b25 second semester e9677c9884 of your 5772bf4d37 second year, 02941a87c0 the chairman 681b872bd3 arranged a 8b745a2190 full scholarship, 80a628da7e but I’m d6e5d498c6 wondering what d3101524b5 will happen 82ff5bbb95 for the 728c3c9c5f first semester 6addfa0344 of your 159efc8546 third year.”bf71450b875ade0a

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“Huh? I was told 6916bf5123 I’d get a 09b6a1e0d8 full tuition exemption 4d99d5de85 until graduation.”98931655c8842dee

Her mind went blank 70f0bc0790 in confusion.38f960bd39848559

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