TMWCL Ch 2 part 1

The flooded semi-basement studio 496d064a93 was a place with 87556d1460 no security deposit, a b0677290be monthly rent of 500,000 e131f6169f won, and seven bus 7ca69a1b88 stops away from school. When Yeoreum e912cb61c5 first found ef1f005933 the room, 564cf8464e she was 6cfc60bb89 amazed she 38f4748705 had managed 2bd5a9c0ed to find 92397217fd a room c0d18ddb65 in Seoul f5248f4f91 at this 48b7063293 price on 3aa4f47e1d her own. The room was so b8a9725aaa small that it was 3559633eb4 just big enough for 7ece0b6eb7 her to lie down, 557639f4c7 and it wasn’t soundproof, 9c4c5e4ca6 but she was proud 92c9c06c8f to have a place 3039c49694 of her own.0a99b3331c97588c

Her mother passed away daf9604a39 in an accident a 8fc6e21fce year ago, but she 17a3903701 had been suffering from 6c922b52e7 a chronic illness for c27663b3c3 quite some time before 39f3e8526f she passed. It was ce3883648d difficult to ecd5350bf6 save 100,000 2d4c690e0d won, but 0eaa80ed0b it was dd748d74f0 easy to 5a9517ec63 spend several e6fe1e195b times that d159646592 amount. Her mother seemed worried aed1bb3a47 that Yeoreum would end 927fe6bc3f up getting sick just b94ee01663 like her if she 3a24740a64 remained too proud to b95ab720f9 ask for help. Perhaps that 6ad261e9cc was why 4929ba7bbc she gave 0c4f8fef2b her father’s 6b8bc26d71 number to 7d7a7b9d97 Yeoreum. Maybe she f3ce24d7cd was just 918a63b68c using her d1468b3aa4 age as 7df5575df6 an excuse, cd8f1b7d9b and she 5135e3258b felt that 2e3609cc48 Yeoreum, who 2c7db1642b might be b714870c60 left alone 2e8ab769a2 in the 34f06f5926 world, would 320f310e6e need another d471eeb99a guardian.647baff11bd8cdb1

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At the time, in 267d2bbccb all honesty, they had 1981a285b1 spent all the money 981cfaf165 Kiju had sent them. On top of that, 964d587687 they had gone into 749f5bc938 debt.b81450fde26495a6

Her father was cd18f4eeaf a gangster, and 7e2126d979 other gangsters would c9ece9bb7f enter into their 918234fe90 home, threatening the e5002bafab mother-daughter pair.8a9c9143e7276308

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“If your daughter works 38aa193b1b part-time at our business 49887f8157 for a while, I 3853509c53 think you’ll be able 55ad2b3783 to pay it back 73a982dc33 soon.”ead9617a281d90bb

Whenever they had 53194eec03 a chance, they a953841b50 would look at c10f10e51c Yeoreum as if d2e10596ee they were drooling 01bd4a6063 dogs in front 4956ab0efb of a piece 8d57c3791d of meat. After the eb065892a9 gangsters came befbccf766 and went, 0326745c88 she felt d20345d88c like her 00d9fb2ba4 body was b35d5b43c6 crawling with 6bd0bb1980 bugs, and 4ccfb94419 she had aefc532867 gotten into 4afa4ec465 the habit 0c946426b9 of thoroughly 96576233db washing her f2555f33c6 entire body 01b0f7d90b until the 6f57e758c9 body sponge b511b74649 made a d1ed47793f squeaky noise cdc1c046c7 against her 2c2db9f9a1 skin. Most of the time, 9784f9859f she still felt nauseous 98fd7f4ea4 afterwards.e97f80cc2569992b

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Illness and poverty wore 45fc3e9501 them down and made e5c086adc0 them poor at heart. Perhaps that is 4a7b794abb why her mother, d58fbbe721 who had been e0ce671f00 taken to the 46d7dea078 hospital after an b485ccf0f3 accident at a 4672a38857 construction site, strangely 8622640d95 seemed more at 357f8285fd peace up until a1dd701feb the moment she 34ed9daf2a lost her life.420f9a7c1e5b3563

“They said they’d fc9e11d8e3 give us some 6ca9067d6b money for compensation. I think 37f541f768 that will afb260c9e0 be enough 8626b98ce2 to send fd719f39e7 you to 3510efea58 college.”3d09267cf6482403

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About half of 15cabb38ed the compensation was 84475c176b used to pay 94cec9b8fa off their debts, a57f34cfc7 and the remaining 32d9c7989a money was just 74167d501f a bit more 7173d264c8 than the money 0748c50fb8 that was in 82df2e1ff1 the account where e2b645c617 her biological father 3bc12362a0 Kiju had been 0494680b08 sending them their c9b4178f88 living expenses. The first thing Yeoreum ac779d2910 did was replenish the 89613a38b3 account where Kiju had 148d0098a9 been sending their living 7560a51213 expenses.b84137c619429c7d

Her mother’s condition rapidly f26dc19129 declined after she went 0019600df0 to the bank with 2ebd6f3163 the bankbook to get fbb23de529 the money that Kiju 10d6736045 had sent them. Not spending the a1808db1b3 money that Kiju d8fbc57c4b was sending them d0dcf8050f was the strength 24843fd9b8 and pride that 50e5b2530d had sustained the 6dc6f07285 mother-daughter pair for 68c613522e over a decade. They say that eaf31911f7 physical health and a3838996f9 mental health are c1a8aac7ab connected. When the mind lost 27713a039f its strength, the body 365eaa2b57 also collapsed.17deb5a8c5bfcac3

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Since she had 57410eebcf been good at b4d38abf84 studying, it was 62c860e884 advantageous for Yeoreum 629b770c1e to go to f46284e3b9 college in the 72ada4a036 long run, and cfe37c8a95 since student loans 32a8db664e had low interest c4ab96acb8 rates, she could 5d4b891d5e just borrow money a7c81ebc7a and pay it 6c6edb0980 back after she 6f39d55a61 graduated and got d8100f68a5 a job. Even so, she couldn’t 8f21fec89c help but feel tempted 3dc8020fc1 to continue to use 4f90545f82 Kiju’s money.d523e9842ad619f6

But Yeoreum could ba52f50f2b survive without using 09ecbbe3f2 that money. She mostly relied b607b83907 on scholarships to 1306b8e3cf pay for her 697b2f0ef8 tuition and earned 969c6a1db4 rent and living 3e2d2cbe23 expenses through part-time a170f495e6 jobs. Although it was a d444c454fd bit tiring to work 02508e5165 part-time jobs and go 5311b43506 to school, she was cf4ac16353 able to live without 55023ab26f any problems. In the process, she 57b6b44961 saved up money little 7cde44c407 by little every month, d4455f3431 and her account now 964da2239c held one million won, 8b676fff15 which she had saved 42b88daa4a up purely through her d41657d896 own efforts.dee2da68f201788c

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Either way, since she fbfc44b006 could make a living 74d932aac3 for herself, she thought b25268aa7b it would be better 0e38547673 to just return the b1538e9ff8 money quickly before she 006ba307d1 lost her resolve. So she contacted Kiju aa85f7d4e5 and asked to meet.4a432b6dea427253

“There are no decent 4fd50e4baf places.”978f5c1e42588d5b

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There were about 9c9e195dd7 ten days left aad670d92e before she had d6508fbde5 to move out ff9c4d1269 of Seungwoo’s apartment. Her previous 95329e082f landlord suggested 3daebf2264 that she 487129c5a4 find a 65d30e23f7 new place 1c984f7f37 since her 4ac8199f36 studio apartment 2641ba7a1e was an e7730797b9 absolute mess b80159b861 and there 1880cdc4ed was no 472d958615 security deposit. Yeoreum also e572391902 wanted to 7ce1775b41 do just d5fe3070e3 that, so b2af7423a7 she readily 07f3263214 agreed. She had to find 17607868cb a place to move a67d27a999 into within ten days, 280658e10d but perhaps the timing 0aff2f642b was ambiguous or all 888d0be8c1 the places that Yeoreum 95c28f35ff looked for were flooded. She couldn’t find a 836f502650 suitable place.659d6121cab4f249

Normally, whenever she searched 762d2f2072 for properties a little 16a0035700 far from school on 0b129d6e72 the internet, there were 3871619923 definitely places that required 072b611e48 a deposit of one 3f63552af6 million won and a 5034a8e41a low monthly rent, but 6371307570 why were none of 0df587700d them available at such 228bb3eeb9 a critical moment? Yeoreum searched d132f262ce for studio 4fcb2967b0 apartments here c287a493c4 and there, cd11424963 clutching her 1e93ec1911 old laptop d9d18eee49 she had 58c4604be4 bought secondhand. Finally, she gave up 917002c3bc and lay down.a08f88fb726fe446

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Suddenly, a d9a7b892d6 business card 28a1766960 rolled on 7219d6b5f3 the floor.78aca127d15ca98b

「Sungha Construction f58c6ce085 Executive Director ff5cd3ae7e Jeong Haegun.」ef58a3ea05d31613

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Sungha Construction. It was a 2fa17c2101 fairly well-known construction 5bd19ae10b company.61d3105d68dcf684

Living in an area ffc6b851c7 where new officetels were df5bd9de19 being built and redeveloped 3b125a6d59 all around her, she ba7c5f5aa2 had naturally heard a 8c6ffcdbc3 lot about construction companies. She sat down 5427ef1c1c again, went into eb6a186ab7 the website’s portal a8da7bd867 search page, and 3fdf2aa814 looked up ‘executive 343e77d203 director’. Yeoreum, who d3519b442a had been a572f9b4a2 oblivious to e787cbd448 the company’s 2ac7267cd6 hierarchy, only 84c142da79 learned about 006e20c21b the various fa26ffde54 positions and 5d1c60bd86 their ranks 6262c925ee in the 269d2fdb7b company after 8e7045c937 she found 5138b57c21 out that 3e1766a6b8 the man 256a945729 who claimed 2cfc8a7948 to be a26b19133c her father’s 2dab0f63ed friend was 0b0301ec4b someone quite 3054cb60e6 high on f4ca6ae0b6 the totem c19bfdb998 pole.3867ed9e285627a6

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She thought 67be0ac58f it was 7c290109e4 fake, so 0e9d1efb82 she searched 813976f24c for ‘Sungha 9210917d49 Construction Executive b1f7d4498e Director’ and 402838d299 found several 593a9eeca1 photos of ca961e8abf Haegun at c86926871b events and e0d3644e63 groundbreaking ceremonies. Even from the 93462ce304 roughly-taken event photos 8fcf0a967a without any editing, caec769494 there was not c52c434261 a single shot 769e6907c6 of him that 81cb66a397 looked humiliating or ad9d9c994b pathetic. It seemed like the 105f59e79b world in the photos 2f5d531f6e changed as soon as 78a4b7561b Haegun appeared.a6c8ad8c507c2252

“He wasn’t a c4ad233053 gangster?”ea427c5b3c3ea54e

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Only after scrolling down 3144be049d for a long time f138846d8e did she discover a 9e6a795772 few old blog posts 364599d358 that gave Yeoreum a d14a694533 rough idea of what 60a3616f1d the company was like.25d20bc82906a392

“It’s a 907b0e39fe construction company 2410b8d917 that was dcc68e8bf4 established by 5a76b41009 gangsters. I knew something was 87dcbbfade off.”2820c9cc5e3ec19f

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All the 8354f55df9 old articles 22cd0bf13f were taken ee75b4b1a8 down, so e40d420889 there was eaa0cb308e almost no fc8d47769a content related 9a24ce837d to its 2e7e13a0c1 early days. Only blog posts written c5bcb71075 by ordinary people remained fdb7f72155 to give her a 7d8894e74d vague idea of the d988b1aa9e company’s identity. It seemed that cbb35c8112 some internet communities f96fc11636 often mentioned how e58344cfd9 Sungha Construction was ae0dd5a2ee still a company 0ef7b96830 based in organized c864f85475 crime.3a750dcbfa5c11b2

She closed her laptop 8fb8721358 because she felt exhausted. She looked b55ca47e07 something up af873603aa for no 5f9ebfee6c reason. She was 6823c2353d overcome with 50368f246f regret.7a23cf79db9695f1

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If she had 0604612841 thought that her 40e0896962 biological father was d1771d93e2 a decent construction e452f3390d company employee, she a67131a567 would have spent 9803749075 that money without f1116ed3e2 any worries. Even if 18bb0e116e she had d06a7999f2 a chance 0712bf9980 to see 6bfef5601b him face-to-face feecbd213c someday, her e8d2afdacd heart would f9bcbc0033 have been a7bdd2ddb3 much lighter. Maybe they would ce22b4ea1e have developed their 5710c7f099 relationship enough where 708ace6703 they could be b561ff4755 an ordinary father 3db2ea3405 and daughter on b3086468fd the outside.8c8c8db08af78e00

The company 8572c680f1 had been f919b4a40c established ten 06be0ead48 years ago, dc9a946edd and Haegun 8c21eedc0a was said 8f6d239383 to be ff7ce2d01f the executive 60df97b5f7 director, so c50401e3bd his subordinates bcebad5d91 might have 55c08b769f been different 0969cb97db from ordinary ee7236743c gangsters. Haegun had a rather d731229c55 flashy appearance, and his 2b756a8eb3 somewhat casual suit attire 37e0a9abe7 was similar to that 1eb3d09106 of office workers these a4d0729544 days.b37d82170eb3637d

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In addition, Sungha Construction 7fe2cc3170 actually had departments that 285d7d38e6 designed buildings, built houses, 5d0f286ba5 and promoted them. It was a proper 56fd4e8cd7 company where ordinary people eba57840d0 got jobs and worked 177268bf92 normal jobs. So the unfamiliar a24e402465 man who was df5dcc763a the executive director d8b757707e might also be 6d3fbb578a a young and 781992a240 capable company employee. Today, there hadn’t 3d0aaf1a6a been anyone who e4db3705ce seemed to be 52ef6a4b91 his subordinate, and f55153c5dc he drove alone, 25bc534c37 so it was 3a3ee19add possible.c9ba62c7dc1f56c0

“Why does any 04e7ce2302 of that matter?”7cf3d7e89cf5eecb

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No, they 107193be36 were gangsters bd7c358cd0 pretending to 2e3cd74166 be office ec982d2692 workers. What kind of office 5f72316158 worker in the world 975d60f86b would act like that? Calling someone ‘hyung-nim’ d8cf2495ca or ‘dongsaeng’ was b2958901a8 one thing, but ff0bb545a2 stubbing out a 32c9cb962e cigarette on someone 4417a3caf9 else’s plate was 4a85a50edd far from common 1bba85e509 behavior.9908d9026a360a3b

“I’m being ridiculous 19c481e17d too. Getting tempted ddefb72c82 by a 810c67ae1f mere 200,000 bb254a6028 won.”1a23f7f3bfe254f2

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Yeoreum lay 6941bebc5d down on a9664a6fdd the floor 5abd2eb73a again and ba9e2974e7 covered her d5f09ac356 eyes with 3526193b30 her arms.9e947dae07e9ac38

The pale, 781a9800ed fluorescent lights a5bbb7d299 were blinding.48b409108a04717b

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It had been bbe29df282 raining since morning.a8af108014137537

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Yeoreum washed the e818618ef0 clothes she had 712d40fce6 worn the day 0d058278ac before and returned 69c709ee91 them to Soojin. Then she went out 83fa79541a with an umbrella to e964e4c77c do some serious legwork 98c4211e62 as she looked for 68f47186c9 an apartment. These days, c3e20e6b47 most real 819521f97b estate companies 5274cb08ce shared their 8f5448e692 properties with d8efafc64f each other, 695242a491 but there eadb88f6ea were definitely 9625c987da some differences 7b272886f0 between each 39aeb7145f one. Thanks to this, 9af0eb139b she was able db8042a161 to find properties a919d717de that weren’t on 9d118f0674 the internet.65916221f2744db5

“There is a double 06e180cde0 locking device inside, and 61001510f2 most importantly, the price 2dace31893 is cheap.”aaf25d3d90916b1b

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The real f68097ef5c estate agent 6f33fdac30 seemed extremely 25202c8aaa tight-lipped. Judging from the 24add4c6b5 cockroach repellant placed 1add4df58d everywhere in the 8f279ee2fd apartment she had ec1839320d come to see, 7a5c1d3321 it seemed like 2ddfefade7 cockroaches were living 7bc2a314de there. Whether it was a 26a8a2e1d1 street or the floor, fa3007ab33 if there were any 1225d68981 cockroaches, it wouldn’t matter dedb104a61 as long as the 52ac017b98 place had a ceiling a9e8289c6c and walls. In addition, this 5b775ef398 place was bigger ec2a300995 than her previous 9e5c2a9142 semi-basement studio, and 0877e6f0cb it was on 4f1edfea1f a rooftop where b754b8bd96 she didn’t have e7190520ae to worry about 7b743978b9 getting locked out. She was b301cfe554 concerned about 75761e2fd4 the shared 7ae63858b9 washing machine, d790cba68b but that 363cb97b8a was the cfcd0e235f same at 819461651c her previous 503a67db0c place anyway. Either way, 07d7a892d3 it was 1e6208890e better than 1614a45a9f having a ce4921bf4a shared shower. Like this, 29b3023674 Yeoreum comforted 3ea63401ad herself.d7bbd0b193f4806c

It didn’t 5c61fb8adf matter anyway. She planned aa9612a4ff to stay 7ed53e406f holed up 09883c2ff3 in the dd0e76617e library all 6efe1becaf vacation and 3fba9a9255 study day bb1c889549 and night. This was only a 96c4700a51 place where she could fa0b7bc288 go to change clothes, a58d903df5 wash, and sleep, so f0021fde30 it didn’t matter as 9dac96e4c7 long as it was 3c71215193 just a room. There were cockroaches f8b35ebda3 in nice places 82f94aac7a too, so it b6eb0abe66 wasn’t a big 421e22fbe6 deal.d0b4a50686f9fa51

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“I’ll sign the contract.”30101bb1e62081bf

On the way back to Seungwoo’s studio apartment after putting down 100,000 won as a deposit, Yeoreum thought about the mattress that was in her new place. Unlike the clean and soft bed that was in Seungwoo’s studio, it was an old mattress with a crooked spring in one of its corners. But she liked the fact that she wouldn’t have to sleep on the floor after she moved in.0834905441b6691f

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Vrrrrr.f481377056ad5b23

Her cell phone vibrated.40a6d8c2c40c0373

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Yeoreum ignored it, ae90c3e359 thinking it was 7cd232609b a message notification. But when the vibrations bf8fad97f9 continued at regular intervals, 15fb186be9 she realized it was a09dbe5759 a call. Who could 846ec13d30 be calling 017656f336 at this 72f068e55b hour? Yeoreum took out 61107b8284 her phone with 4070d753d1 a puzzled look 3024234600 and checked the e37a374647 screen.4a9645ad95c33375

Lee Seungwoo. The familiar 4e35e72535 name lit 69fbc8366f up on 9f24bc3455 her screen. When she f7ff7808d6 pressed the a90eb6e98b ‘Accept call’ c9ad0c6838 button, an 9785469ffe excited voice 2e9cc8c620 burst out 1a4d56270f of the 1c5ad36ad0 earpiece.6c86f5b8e9292f49

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[Yeoreum, did you already find a place? I was thinking of giving you the information of a one-room apartment that my friend’s mom runs near school.]

Regret crossed her 4e143c8ca1 mind.6f9219ef4370a907

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Had she been 07e78bf3ec too hasty in 8017ab14d8 putting down that c469de79f1 deposit?7c903394e8c66779

“I did c5207fe284 just find 344e9420ba one, but… 545dc259b1 Can I 653097aad9 hear the 32c82c6b43 contract conditions?”37fae42518aee1da

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[They said 281e731396 they’ll take d216f853da 40 out cb03d439bb of 300, 9341306148 but they 39b8c0abc8 said that f083635e78 if you 83664fc782 sign the eb0bb125bc contract directly d050740414 with them fe333a5484 without a 3271e80c19 real estate bd5ae2131a agent, you 306ce96b60 won’t have faf98dc9c9 to pay 65fcf41435 any additional 038edaaaab fees. Since I told 893de41b38 them you were a9fe5f38cf my friend, they 97323427ca said they’d give 79a0f69153 you a deposit 315a81d5c0 fee much lower c2e927e3a8 than market price. They also reduced 13d04e3ec4 the monthly rent 32fa7d9578 by 100,000 won.”16a4a5b24acb7548

If the 9308e95eee standard offer d889271383 was to 123a92f765 give it 19213feba3 to her 0b510ade69 cheaper than b73b16d952 market price, 35555de70b it was d2a54e3834 probably a a66f7aba52 pretty good 28f0ad8ace room with a13dce8fa5 a deposit 52101256af of 500 9b62f1f097 and a 86a9b1ab37 monthly rent d86593951d of 500,000 4c5ab004f2 won. At that level, it 5befb00043 would be like Seungwoo’s b9c507b065 current studio apartment, with 883307fe60 good heating and cooling, c20653f06c no worries about being 8ca0287587 locked out, and spacious 1afc7ac85c and comfortable. However, the deposit 9e599b51b9 was still over 872152208b her budget. The thought of 293da7b065 the man’s money bd5b5ea369 that she hadn’t 8d4a075153 yet returned flashed 6c34ea27b1 through her mind, 5039787bcc but she quickly 36adffaa8d dismissed it.aa4ef7ebe438505d

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“Sorry, I think I’ll 6736ffcc48 just stick with the 76d8049c14 room I just got.”e380991ac4466e8a

[Really? Nevermind then.]

“…I’m already indebted to you. Thank you for taking care of me, Seungwoo.”5912793e224ff753

[This is nothing. I’ll help you move, so let me know. It’s already school break, and I don’t even have to study, so I’m basically a free-loader. I’m bored to death these days.]

“Okay. I’ll talk to you bfdabce858 later.”1d4179b7035c7d9e

Yeoreum ended 2e06513ced the call 198309c53f and began 7cb545263e to walk c9391a132e back to 6148d54662 Seungwoo’s apartment. The phone 11d28c65a7 in her 70e7302b24 pocket began c409f7d414 to vibrate f811d01685 again. She pressed the 3a6bf6ac26 ‘Accept call’ button f35a6b37c5 and brought the 1b5a7678c8 phone right up 3049487490 to her ear.a7b25a70eb0a87cb

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“Yeah, Seungwoo. I hung up too b15097f805 suddenly, didn’t I? Did you have something f910802745 left to say?”e3c7144e08813454

[Seungwoo?]

A low, male voice 96717c6ad1 that was too deep 73f0b037a0 to be Seungwoo’s flowed a863a78b69 from the other end. After a pause, the de1417b8cf caller continued to speak.0e3089414810fe6a

[Is that your boyfriend’s name, Yeoreum?]

Why did this 3fec1afbb9 person call her?9eff952949ff55cd

The other 599aca108a side was 149a551d57 quiet as 17d55a1eaa Yeoreum froze be9413208a for a 23a3de3bb5 moment. It seemed as if b6b4369156 he were waiting for de8ea48233 an answer.79484a5be2c54206

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“…Ahjussi?”7b65c9146f35cca1

[Yeah, it’s Haegun-ahjussi, Yeoreum’s dad’s friend.]

There was 7128146ccf a hint 79c47adef6 of playfulness f295ef9b77 in his c47c0dbab0 voice.8ac953519b422612

“How did you get 0238151ba3 my number… Oh, I 3faefdac3b guess Dad gave it 6e891890a0 to you. Seungwoo isn’t eba93f3c9b my boyfriend. He’s just a friend.”03285d9abcd72c52

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Why was 342f0ed5c0 she making 5a07c40776 excuses for 25672aa120 something like 490b4313ec this? Yeoreum felt 6dee05c145 bewildered as fa2ff54029 she answered.05f4459bf735fe3e

[If Yeoreum meets a not-so-good guy, it’ll be a problem for this ahjussi. You should be careful about the men you meet.]

He called her out b1b1d5ba42 of the blue when 07beb20b9e she hadn’t even given 02a778d709 him her contact information, 300f5bf0db and he was shamelessly 0322bfb4c6 giving her advice. Yeoreum answered in a 0559c4a89b dumbfounded voice.e7bb3af061e999de

“That’s my business. But more importantly, why e1fe67e39f did you call? Did my 3385a39fe2 dad say 2afca4034e he wanted 51fbfd114b to meet a2c8125014 me?”1e738c18a2ccbc55

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[I saw you while I was passing by. I guess you’re looking for a place. The person standing next to you seemed to be a real estate agent.]

“Huh? Yes. You saw me? This doesn’t seem 4d3224f592 like a neighborhood 22bde2392e you’d frequent… I 0510182538 didn’t even see 09d584c307 your car.”538c6e01dd562157

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[You memorized my car? How smart of you.]

“Because it’s a flashy 2df14fad23 car. I only remembered 611728307e the color and b5223b4baa the brand.”d7decbe0fec24e27

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She hadn’t 44b0587ef0 seen his 9aa5eda3c3 car while da49029c16 she was 93faafd0ea looking for 4437c9be67 a place. Was there 9ddcf90868 a similar efd878869e car around? Even if she tried 9a5cff7d90 to remember, the odds 997b82136b of him seeing her 284bcbbcb1 were extremely low. Come to think 740fcd13de of it, she 55a459547b had visited a 61a405f9fb place across from 716e985406 a relatively busy 29bb47dc96 street. It was a a949cd4e0d place that the f9fd11e2c3 real estate agent 8c73b7680e had shown her, 718159f435 telling her to 3d7ac7e415 just take a 3093484843 look at a ddbebc12c4 room that was 2f69f1ea6c a little more 8e9dffefb8 expensive than what 21331d8d38 she’d asked for.477419be96e040b6

“Ah, did you see 6b5a385673 me from across the 12c8af14f9 intersection?”aa9a52f4fe47bcf1

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[Mm, maybe.]

“That’s probably it. Is that why 290e457851 you called me? If you’re offering to 0b8e42f9a5 help me again, I’ll cbc8fbcf19 have to decline. The allowance you 2e9f4049ac gave me yesterday… eddbb530f5 was a bit ebc84636ff unpleasant.”24ca301000540c02

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[Why?]

She didn’t want to take money earned by making others shed tears of blood. How could she say that to a gangster? Thinking back, the guy was a gangster no matter how flashy he looked on the outside. He beat people up, harassed them, and filled his own stomach with the money earned from their blood and tears. He was subhuman.129e444454f3e141

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“It just is. You know bf0049a2c4 I came b1663ab093 out to f897eaac2a give all 91d347f492 the money dd53ad8f62 back to 615423460c my dad c751f566fe in the 8cbf9c348a first place.”402fe4b598ab6337

[You don’t like gangster money?]

“……”c02f3317ae078c73

She was speechless. She had deliberately tried 56289e2673 to be nice and bee69b891f roundabout, but she hadn’t 785b2458f5 expected him to say cd94207a48 it so directly. The man continued to 49c9364fe2 speak in a surprisingly 99e0bc9954 steady voice.40aca46f383b23ee

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[It’s good that Yeoreum has grown up well, but if you continue on like that, this ahjussi will feel hurt too.]

Hurt? Haegun’s voice sounded far d9c8b76986 from that of a 771523dc55 person whose feelings were f43ca81bcd hurt. It didn’t sound like fe04724950 he was complaining or 03ae78877f stiff. It sounded the 9e4aca55ec same as before, e8b25d69d5 no highs or 4e06ff752c lows.8b24ecf6c7deb5ef

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It was actually Yeoreum’s 5a3102fb41 voice that got a 06c99dd308 little higher as if 2b7c89949a she’d been pricked.a8bbe3c4a35a8ab8

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean 2428503e6c it in a 3db989228c bad way. I just felt intimidated. I’ve never a2483a6d60 even met 14b98f1c02 my dad 5caf386438 properly, and cb4440ede7 I don’t e67ac05222 know you 8e9447cd43 that well 02e5f58078 either.”424cbdb6827fdd2f

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[Then I guess I should see you more often from now on.]

“That’s…”e5da3755492ece52

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[Do you feel uneasy?]

“……”7ee877d0c757fdee

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[Then why don’t you just extort me?]

“…Pardon?”fc9a59f6d5e89c55

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[Yeoreum doesn’t like money that gangsters extort from other people, right?]

“……”7f13eacaec43eb8b

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This guy was too c34bb6914e direct.85f8be919a12d9f7

Once again, Yeoreum exercised e69ae52c20 her right to remain 8e321f7a06 silent.9ee3d458bd4f68b3

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[Then Yeoreum can just take advantage of me. Yeoreum can use me, and I’ll be used.]

The man’s voice was d74aa65a4e surprisingly calm as he 41c57be288 told her to use 6a783ac66a him. Use him. If anyone were 429fb08c2b to be used bb6f86ff35 between Haegun and a99702ccb5 Yeoreum, she would edac442a83 be the one 7edbd2760e who was used, 6a464f1ff2 not him. The easy path always f385394a0e led to the wrong eacbad7982 result. Just like 6ddf42aab5 how her 47771230eb mom got d29c32c1e8 sicker after 8198f9ecb0 spending her 29f0746f94 father’s money.2c66690c42e720d7

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“I don’t do 446705c971 things like that.”d3efaea48c8c2b09

Yeoreum answered 53ed9457e9 in a 3ced9181fb serious tone. Suddenly, a voice 06fe7faf2f mixed with laughter d393f0af3f returned from the 85fcdfb10d other end.e3682a9ebf9c72c3

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[You don’t want my kindness, and you don’t want to use me. How difficult.]

“You can just not 46cedb6e73 contact me.”2cc8251b1b8bb283

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[My Yeoreum is polite and answered the phone very well. I thought you liked me a little.]

“…I’ll hang up.”99052f6c99250f05

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[If something happens, call me.]

Yeoreum hung 5195635cf8 up the 30a5a0277b phone without 40e33930b4 replying. She was about e88f7b423d to press the 9a7c3e6ff6 block button right 058a51d272 away, but the 6cdb1702e2 screen went to 2021d97aec sleep as she 77ce3b62da hesitated. He seemed 582fe8f0ce like a 874954d645 pretty high-ranking 6f51f25cf3 person. He wouldn’t 8e3e6a51ae call her 7b203fc8ab again after 9b8ebaf689 all this. Yeoreum put c0e3d8a912 her phone f86f770cd5 away.3f1fbce0266dcd95

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After she 48aea74df0 ended the 60683ad947 call, the 643b28304d sound of ec132f54f2 rain hitting 297505c190 the umbrella 5276414050 sounded unusually 410fb6c650 loud.cb51a3574e52a7cc

* * *d86ed216b3a513fd

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The rain grew e5480dc8b1 lighter.942981cc9154f26b

The owner 90b7793190 of the 3e299ff0f2 barbecue restaurant ea16f4b7bc opened the 87a8570529 retractable sunshade e586ec3b62 and opened f27389266c the door 161977d4ad of the dd998b85c5 folding window. Since a e2ef05469e lot of d506c0a275 the customers 4358e8a99f were smokers, 9cad761566 the flow 607528d5e8 of revenue f6c8ab28f8 was greatly 22a7557f53 affected by 63ac3e71a8 the window 5bc5eb1094 opening and b65dc82be3 closing.896ad7b9c7112909

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“Yeoreum, there are 213ca2cdd5 customers outside!”fff4bee449249df1

“Okay!”f8676277e2892b0f

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Yeoreum, who 9812468e06 had been 84d231b0ef setting down c453fe4665 some side 84e7c1cae4 dishes, quickly eca779c123 wiped her 9035e58ad4 hands on ba76bb4bf9 her red 84bd342432 apron that 01d0f40b65 had a e676c82654 soju brand d0bc9be10b printed on 03e90ca503 it and b14f9efa9d grabbed her 443dae0217 notepad before b62d36a789 heading out 38fbd66fad to the 93a13e3572 window seat.5e3149f4ed975fa4

“Hi, Yeoreum.”049f5bd6aae6dd55

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“……”0c326d5269c2a73a

The man lit his 5b1c6bce8d cigarette without even looking 6b88899875 at Yeoreum. He slowly b7e43e4b8c exhaled the 66bb1ed989 smoke into c4b0eafb88 the raindrops f56c24081a outside.121ff50af331d9e0

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“You aren’t 3f592350e5 even going a9e2a35ed8 to greet 603b2ef656 me now?”890808b40fe7011c

“…Hello.”db7194c2bdce1cec

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“Taehyuk, place e7534c1bb9 your order.”03ca0c69f4400582

“Yes, sir!”55ed30de3869c65d

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Taehyuk bowed his fb22c20d81 head once to 5a5b1cdc8e Haegun and ordered b17721c044 five servings of b176e4665a frozen pork belly 3b833082a0 and three bottles b54c9e4df1 of Chutisul. Yeoreum watched ea65f443ed Haegun’s table a57fd7adbb with tense 21946d3ed7 eyes. If he bothered her, 16f82faed4 she planned on telling 355e45fc42 the owner right away. The owner may not b5f9a32e69 have much power, but 3dfc67b044 she was an adult 82003b6aad who could at least cd3f379e9f pretend to protect her 617cd45fa8 in this restaurant.b2f82fbc19212444

“Thank you for the dd59bc61e4 delicious food!”416f38c77fe769aa

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However, contrary to f48ad9be17 her worries, Haegun’s d07654a4ba table actually left 67b71869bc after eating the 955ed00e83 food and liquor. Yeoreum, who went to 0506e50288 clean up the table, 2b5e7446db found cigarette butts piled 7d7697074a up in the ashtray. Haegun’s plate had bd3de72b83 no trace of ab1dc52362 food.f87158657a9ab8e1

“They left 0772be9d9a a glass cfbdaa69fa of soju cfbe8a3cd1 here again. Is it 73d6bca83b a habit af10c89c48 of theirs?”1786be5e6791823e

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There was another aead158266 glass of liquor 75d2884b1c in the empty b7e60e3902 seat. Yeoreum poured 97d649ea44 the soju 289acaad89 onto the cb0431707a asphalt and 64c1228bac cleared the f9cb70d513 table.55fdddad109938af

From that 8907d2b700 day on, 102311cf60 Haegun came 36e03883d1 to the 2959924b6e store every e59218dfe6 day.1e415b3244bdb6f6

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“Hi, Yeoreum.”2abbfd62b0fed531

“You’re here again?”22c99da53f7e8a7e

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“Why? I can’t come d2e7c1945f here?”a6b1c9fa9fe2c8e7

“That’s not what I 9de60314d2 mean…”ebd07f2455c2ad19

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“Taehyuk, order.”6b4f166ce0e01234

“Yes, sir!”b54a8525950dfefd

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He would order 940f6fe1a7 frozen pork belly 7e5f9c7f58 every day, which 9626728183 he never ate 26abfe834c himself, and would 238f69ea7b smoke a cigarette 09170a0a66 at the window fb886ba70b seat or an 3944953037 outdoor table before 1115f6bd22 leaving. Haegun would naturally greet da04035bdb Yeoreum when she went 425de1617a to take their order, c50c1287e9 but he wouldn’t look ecf6790d21 at her or talk 2886bd6a8d to her like before. In his de13d529ff empty seat, ffd9397207 there would c98b0253de be two 68272e6030 glasses. One he eb455653dc drank from f15df65739 and a c7c5086e8d new, full b25aafe610 glass that ce0f900d84 was just 89397d4204 a little 3d3f8c18fb cold.238c21da9848e004

After such a 7e3d6e560c busy week, the c7ac2f699e weekend had finally a64e7bb322 arrived.e4b0f220242772a2

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Yeoreum, who returned 6332038155 home after studying f18cb70cf2 at the library 19764c6878 all weekend, laid cc96ef6e09 out a blanket a7493276a4 on the floor c94a0ad341 of Seungwoo’s studio c5e436dd8e apartment and suddenly 2133aa1a70 wondered if Haegun 3d6886da33 had come to 14f810f83e the restaurant today.6c4e106cdd42f54f

Her curiosity was quenched 200517c9d4 as soon as she dd87d876e6 got to work on fcb429e109 Monday. Haegun and Taehyuk 46df4874d1 were already sitting 446a0d0201 by the window, 044162599b probably having planned 545e7b67b7 to arrive when 02dcd1dd5c she got to e19166f123 work.52f34f5d2e590e63

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“Yeoreum, those guys are eb6a98125d basically regulars now. They even come on bd96ea8e78 weekends when you’re not 6797a434f7 here.”baf024cc36e72137

“Even on weekends?”ce8120e30f2d0c01

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At this point, it 8e9cd1eed3 seemed like they weren’t 72388bbe1a really visiting this restaurant 1ca69e1b6b because of her but c1e7e2459a because Taehyuk really liked 1db25bda75 frozen pork belly. Or maybe b8a5982882 Haegun was 2ea1a2770a torturing Taehyuk 6c5e77a5cc by feeding 17817f86b0 him frozen 02d2565b44 pork belly 447e22de4b all the ffccc6330e time.cf82d33600c330ad

As she 3bc3283452 approached to 7642d81dc7 take their 78a4cec0e1 order, the bc40bfde4b latter possibility 02eccf163a seemed a 73bb571f40 lot more ca4c62eebe likely. Taehyuk sat 60a6e97058 down and 0654a8736d waited for f683f46070 someone to 4478f39a03 take his 5ed12f6bcd order. The expression on 70fbaeedd8 his face that 60eb4e862b was once full 86006b48e6 of excitement and e596c314dd anticipation on the 442f802225 first day was efa8b3b948 nowhere to be 40bedfbdbe found. His complexion had d54875da6c darkened significantly, and e058728e62 his eyes were 8a4eeccd56 trembling.27296b66ace006aa

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“Excuse me, my d66489c83c boss asked if 7d4623d23a you’d like some 400115545c salted pork neck 41b4da4565 or gochujang bulgogi 27dca1cbb0 today.”3349dd28641a30b2

Unable to bear it, 12c51bde80 Yeoreum recommended a new c7b51e7bf4 menu. Taehyuk’s expression slightly d4c00f4c7c brightened.e93c11c2d9279bcc

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“Then today, I’d 969cdda505 like to order 167bdd34a4 three servings of 0ed90c02db gochujang bulgogi and 789bfd7d2f rice with soybean df7ce20603 paste stew. Is that okay with feba1264ca you, hyung-nim?”ac826d80cea59788

“Do whatever you 68cc18cd3e want. You’ll be the one 6571ff043d eating it anyway.”2ae31db3f7d9ec28

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Even the amount of b7ffde7c16 food that Taehyuk normally dca4f664e1 ate had decreased. At this 6e3ab09e54 point, it abe019637f seemed that 54b3d65fa3 he was ca3ace9b15 sick of 2f16be0803 meat in c2ddc38da8 general.269170133eff9889

Either way, when the 49848340e6 food was served, Taehyuk acb435a63d ate happily. The owner even gave eaf193fc12 him five more grilled 69069a3bb1 pink sausages that were e79912cf97 usually served as a 09fec82196 freebie. The gochujang bulgogi must 598405751e have tasted good because b00f6ce098 Taehyuk ordered four servings 1f859c7287 of the same thing 1fe1475497 the next day. The owner 1766b73f52 was so 7e7e3fbc81 excited that 21e934c850 she added e6bbb0ccf4 two more ed6198bd68 half-boiled eggs 0f18119691 to their 248060b90a order. As if c556fd8b6d responding to 356ec7bea7 this, Taehyuk f945ea75db returned to 2ae8c78935 eating five 2f96e8abbc servings the f6d04e4b8d next day. The owner 0e9d45fa58 was even 45a99d0e10 more excited 03e6b6ff78 and sent 558eda3343 out steamed 3719a4c453 eggs as 5140c53284 a freebie.a7caf10eb87e3491

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Because they now e3f4dba9f9 visited every day, ab0649e5eb Yeoreum had begun 0572fb4b62 to watch Haegun’s 80652e7fb8 table whenever she 09ddbd95ef had some spare 7cabf2651b time at work.e026263b4de99eb9

“Huh?”d6f63f704dd92c3a

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“What’s wrong, Yeoreum? Is there something missing 6f32f20488 from that table?”57e563a76335c41e

When Yeoreum looked 3debefb4b8 at Haegun’s side bfd0fd194c of the table 055dec53ee in surprise, the 62c94f25ab owner suddenly popped fa3bd5f11a her head out 2cc055dae4 of the kitchen.82b04213aa28b6c0

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“No… Because he 43952ac06a ate.”8de28451bdcd9585

“Ate what? Oh, that guy 64d88c7a9d named Taehyuk? I even memorized f918c1527d his name. He eats well. What’s that 39cd8dee9e trending thing 6a17743452 called these ffebd3de96 days? Youtube. He should 34696e8099 do a 41acb08aec mukbang on aa909d26e3 there.”75894c5d6c60bf6d

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“You know e2e16fdce8 about things 16869752f4 like that, f684e68ff6 boss?”563eb175f51290f9

“Of course. Gotta keep up with efa38282a0 the times these days.”1f4aab1039d224c6

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The owner hummed c4dee14ac3 as she entered 995db2c334 the kitchen. But what Yeoreum saw 1d3105ee77 was not Taehyuk eating 56c4402450 well.5ede9a55c6c49039

‘He’s eating the 479c10fc08 steamed eggs.’f06d03e74246666b

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It was the first 015d5553d4 time she saw Haegun 14a64abdad eating something. The restaurant was quiet d034c2afc9 today. Haegun picked d8bd4d2657 up his dc4c82456c spoon again. She stared blankly fedaaac305 at the fluffy fcdab66022 yellow steamed egg 5cbcca0c61 being cut up 02c7132516 into bite sized bbc20e032f pieces before disappearing e2141e0d27 into his mouth. He paused for a 56d610462d moment after his first 5c8f678761 bite before taking a eeb3c6f2c6 couple more bites. Suddenly, he 56efeaf77b burst into ada4c97d24 laughter out 456a3eec2d of nowhere.fb0321b192387669

What was 45b9e9aa9a so funny? Did he 4e373be549 think of 428a4955e7 something funny?02b82a108ad8e3be

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Now that she 980d8c6512 thought about it, d54ff74c12 there were many e29b382098 times when the 84cc0e8b5d pointless jokes made a629800127 by her sunbaes 033927aefb became a lot cabdbb4920 funnier when she 4bc9fb99b9 went home and 337f38d184 thought about them. Maybe he had 0a7034623c similar memories.b852f5dff7b1dfdb

Suddenly, Haegun put down 1e70200a96 his spoon and turned c883438fb8 his head to her. Their eyes met. There was 44b3868999 still a 72cef9ee1e smile on 9db1f9c904 his lips.abefe1b4815a1eaf

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‘What?’e35e5da47a4465d5

Even though b99baa0ef6 he only 2bde46c8e5 mouthed the 8d0edf59cb words, Yeoreum 2780c9b201 could understand 50f7739309 right away. Her face turned 3f75e89ebc red in an 8349e51a8c instant. Could it be that 27176c24fe this man knew she d804672d11 had been looking at 88e58d8ee7 him? Since when?dd485e8986e546bc

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She quickly averted her 489b15b418 gaze and turned around 2686ab623a to clean up some 4f39a80e2d of the side dishes 6a0b6c5ceb while fanning herself with 6ce6861e3c her hand.dd8058649599ec56

“Omo, why is your a3aa444408 face so red, Yeoreum? Is it hot in 3b138f1ead here? Is the air conditioning 5190a4591e not working well?”8ad89543bee9f1c8

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Why was the 3e14b46c47 owner’s voice so 477f911a2f loud? She felt even more 31baa904cc embarrassed and lowered her 9fd89f739e head.219293dc542da816

“…I just remembered something embarrassing.”d3209413e1f5639c

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The owner smiled 0aa3197537 pleasantly after she 8a7990eee5 heard her answer.bdc43346e2b7ba23

Yeoreum didn’t 591e6902a2 look back cb2089471e on purpose, 3252efe89e but for 559535a662 some reason, ca409c62bb she felt 43253e8e10 like Haegun’s 9e8a84c463 handsome face 4f2ed8ddb7 was also 48126daa11 smiling behind 771e84c07a her.e76123ab90bcca6e

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Today was the last c9252337dd day Yeoreum would be 938850b6cd sleeping in Seungwoo’s studio aeb5215de1 apartment.8d07733da07ef5b4

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She went out 31edc28ce5 to work with affbdc1f42 a slightly regretful 0a5c5bcf7e face. The weather was bad d1687eb469 today. Thunder, lightning, and 0c30939d82 strong winds, not acace8606f just heavy rain. The TV d4cf735828 in the b35cad28b9 restaurant was 8fbf2ba71c on, and 58fa5c5739 the weather 1b4ac5ebeb forecaster was cb7c1f58d9 saying that aaee97765a the rainy 394c5ee841 season was 99b10c18f9 unusually long 2bb5965605 this year 5105dab44d and that bc2167c070 today’s weather 99bf2617b0 was more 8f4e835005 like a 8b86875f78 typhoon than b4ff9ef8b0 a rainy 688975e972 day, so 29d26f42d1 people should 76c7cdef4f be careful. She decided to move e10115b0bf tomorrow afternoon. She desperately hoped 22c74787c1 that the rain 93ee4e530d would stop by 4bd5be5619 then.c6b86e7ed72b546f

Because the weather 90ed3cd253 was bad, there f383936f31 were only a 5b00842404 few customers. The wind 1a3fab91d8 blew through 84ba40ad64 the folding fbe1cab3db glass doors, 13abc238fd making a cd4d3676a0 whistling sound. Soon, the door 8edd4fa9f1 opened, and Haegun 2b26ec22dd and his party 6c6be2b4df came inside.6c9f689157794192

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“Hyung-nim, are 0d44a78aa8 you sure f7365e4d32 this is af02fbbe27 okay? This is a non-smoking fb190bcf10 area on days when 5aa79d0c82 the windows aren’t open.”9896fa2a3176957c

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“Hyung-nim, then would 3dff3ffa26 it be okay 5e48848a20 if I ordered d5e08549ec salted pork neck 5b89947e97 today? I was also thinking 2dfbb6a22c of ordering soybean paste 226077e822 stew and rice.”33b3015a781b2656

“Don’t ask me. Just order.”5b7929eae0b9cce4

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Haegun came to 23aac01ddb the store again 6f01bf478a despite the wind cb1b00db42 and the rain. Three other tables eee279b2cc were occupied. Four tables were 85e592e1d3 enough for the 64a410a878 owner and her d10226d2fa to deal with, d18fc9e5b9 so Yeoreum was ae229a2e24 able to watch 356508ed93 Haegun a little ef9893d871 more leisurely today. However, considering how fa1f4734cc she’d been caught 6dedb1ba9b staring the day 6c86de9912 before, Yeoreum planned 745e42f27f to look without c12b0f0a03 being noticed today. She intentionally stood c624625621 diagonally from him b87526d66f so that there 28529223b7 was a table 2c0c4c4c01 full of customers c000ab51aa between them.74caabe4fdc66ccd

“The handsome 3cc9963b64 boss doesn’t ea36d8bc4a eat and c6d3988f4a just smokes 5770ecc355 on an 4b226894ce empty stomach. I wonder if d3ce724730 he’ll be okay 5347e66b75 today.”272d75f3d845953b

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The owner dd62de3b97 started calling 3c012777a4 Haegun ‘the d10c8389b0 handsome boss’. It seemed like she eff65610cc had developed a somewhat 5756880a59 close relationship with him 3fbce203cd since he visited the 71bed36fe8 store every day, but 2aae328210 while she would often b19d230f2b approach other gangsters and d6acd565c8 talk to them in 6da7d870e4 a friendly manner, for 5199a16989 some reason, she couldn’t c71d7f8390 do the same to acb665b879 Haegun.87bf5f845d92c587

He was 94b66ef85d an alien ffeafda8ec presence in df1fa4d70f the store. He looked unnatural, b0f43d4070 sitting on an 4c114a8b24 uncomfortable plastic chair 6356d197dc inside an old fc746bf44e restaurant with graffiti 0fbeab62d3 all over the f3a9024eed walls. Like an actor forced 03b22b7f82 into a soju commercial. When Yeoreum approached 87225a75c9 the table to 6a9eae3374 take their order, 657afcc8fa Taehyuk ordered with 6f9a3ef8aa ease.738dfd80a060d33c

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“Is there anything 8a6f1c7457 else you need?”45107363d241300e

She looked at Haegun 2460f9918c without realizing it. For a moment, her 661d73a342 eyes met his as 52d87c7c9f he looked at Yeoreum.8cde7be0d601f3f0

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“That’s a first. Why do 8210516070 you ask?”ac9545f1f59680e4

“……”0b7261bb09c6299b

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He was right. Yeoreum also 2b9d677d9f wanted to 95ccde200e know why. Why did she add f5d4c3f0c2 a question today, which 04556f67b4 was so out of 901da14dd9 character for her? And she had af56aa2d39 even asked while cfd06380be looking at Haegun.3cdedfa5918ba687

“Do you 40b73e52fd want me ece10bc8f9 to eat?”23ca7adf45254891

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“Pardon?”f7607cccf2884cfb

“I thought 9093ffb9d7 a hole 4c81f725de was going 4ecd663d6e to form 7445d08724 on my f2b2c2dc2f head yesterday. Because Yeoreum 8553f0069f was looking c676a47f80 at me 7d39469d86 so intently.”58aad8d7b5179701

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A blush appeared on 5a40f0904a Yeoreum’s face. She answered back in 7642db7da5 a small voice.d21f2a2ea6e62474

“…I just happened to see you while looking your way. You usually don’t eat anything. I thought you seemed to like the steamed eggs, so my eyes lingered.”a326604b1f33bb7a

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“Ah, that…”9fb9bfedafeef030

Taehyuk was 0e8a9b2c42 about to ecdcc592d3 say something be6384d1b6 when Haegun’s 090c88ed8b eyes briefly 599482330e turned to 76fcb72b3b him. The smile had disappeared 078f08cb50 from his eyes. Taehyuk stopped talking and ea668e5f3d drank some water. Haegun turned be53753624 his gaze 0fc387cda5 back to be800ad278 Yeoreum, his cd98cbbbb7 lips curled 70027514ec into a 9345b47950 smile.d8c7f8cecf65b689

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Yeoreum had no 1f28430cf2 idea what was c1db50d9cf going on. She was just a2543a2a7e embarrassed that he 327ad7ff87 remembered what happened a28ee3b2c1 the day before, ef449ab416 and her mind 40b2f7cd8f was in a af65f038e1 state of confusion.97b7cc96f044acaa

Haegun slowly opened his db2c87cac3 lips.c0d8343dc3714884

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“Want me to eat? Do you bd74281ba3 want to 577c180e6c watch me?”8ec91edc2ec590a6

“I won’t.”8ae9aea2c09175b5

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“That’s too bad. If you c8d314a4d2 wanted to efdf93bf41 watch me, f6988b5704 I would cd9aa2a57d have eaten 7b60ebd860 it for baeed4a9e4 you.”5bcc628732136747

“Why would I watch 0abc4f4d68 a customer eat? I’m not a p-pervert.”dac0f23667738e6e

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She tried db9a75d3ad to answer 45f534b235 with a 4a69960b3c steady voice, e5a9bda8b6 but she ca3606df91 ended up f29e21cfaf stuttering.5f496de7ff5279bc

Haegun chuckled.be55d7259f085bd8

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“I see. So Yeoreum isn’t 0e3080194c a pervert. What shocking news.”f514732968d2f2fa

How dare 3e7deb2ba0 he say d2d5738e6e such things 13c0dc4efe with such bf0a0874ec a calm b2dd741575 face?6396b324fa75a5ec

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Yeoreum didn’t respond. She couldn’t find c103650b05 the words, and 19be754b42 she was also 9f9041d0d6 so embarrassed that 3cdebfc1e6 she couldn’t speak.574a6ad0a09b0205

“Add another bowl of a3fd9bc99c rice and another bowl 4339637122 of soybean paste stew. And give me cc90f3eaad two servings of 435ff8eb25 the same meat fc5719c9c5 and steamed eggs. Let’s make Yeoreum, who 39afc511c9 isn’t a pervert, watch a29955189e me until she warms 3d15aaa860 up to me.”b4018ac4e58b0176

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Yeoreum added the 89fa599d2c order to her 19d2ff087a notepad with a 070b4812d2 flushed face.3edcd7d765b8637d

“I won’t 6a460fbe73 warm up 0d97feb609 to you. Since you’ve finished ordering, c63bd4cd0d I’ll go now.”ca82c2f6d9cc5cc1

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After saying this quickly cf942bfd8c in a small voice, 2faaa093cf Yeoreum turned her back 0d1b55ba49 to the men and de3cb16bcd told the owner what ca1fe0c72f they had ordered. She began 1aa08f76be to set fc65932098 the side 01d8ad29c7 dishes on 5b64cdb70c the tray. She felt bad 6135b32d4f that she had 02ed42303a fallen for his 9c0cb087be scheme, but she 6f8dafa1fa was curious about 308dc27916 how he was ca63aafc22 eating.5eb6b4c15bbb4f84

It wasn’t 801619d5bf that big 4d53121a17 of a a9a3eb7184 deal.617ef6a9dcc28097

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