TMWCL Ch 2 part 1

The flooded semi-basement studio was a place with no security deposit, a monthly rent of 500,000 won, and seven bus stops away from school. When Yeoreum first found the room, she was amazed she had managed to find a room in Seoul at this price on her own. The room was so small that it was just big enough for her to lie down, and it wasn’t soundproof, but she was proud to have a place of her own.

Her mother passed away in an accident a year ago, but she had been suffering from a chronic illness for quite some time before she passed. It was difficult to save 100,000 won, but it was easy to spend several times that amount. Her mother seemed worried that Yeoreum would end up getting sick just like her if she remained too proud to ask for help. Perhaps that was why she gave her father’s number to Yeoreum. Maybe she was just using her age as an excuse, and she felt that Yeoreum, who might be left alone in the world, would need another guardian.

At the time, in all honesty, they had spent all the money Kiju had sent them. On top of that, they had gone into debt.

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Her father was a gangster, and other gangsters would enter into their home, threatening the mother-daughter pair.

“If your daughter works part-time at our business for a while, I think you’ll be able to pay it back soon.”

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Whenever they had a chance, they would look at Yeoreum as if they were drooling dogs in front of a piece of meat. After the gangsters came and went, she felt like her body was crawling with bugs, and she had gotten into the habit of thoroughly washing her entire body until the body sponge made a squeaky noise against her skin. Most of the time, she still felt nauseous afterwards.

Illness and poverty wore them down and made them poor at heart. Perhaps that is why her mother, who had been taken to the hospital after an accident at a construction site, strangely seemed more at peace up until the moment she lost her life.

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“They said they’d give us some money for compensation. I think that will be enough to send you to college.”

About half of the compensation was used to pay off their debts, and the remaining money was just a bit more than the money that was in the account where her biological father Kiju had been sending them their living expenses. The first thing Yeoreum did was replenish the account where Kiju had been sending their living expenses.

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Her mother’s condition rapidly declined after she went to the bank with the bankbook to get the money that Kiju had sent them. Not spending the money that Kiju was sending them was the strength and pride that had sustained the mother-daughter pair for over a decade. They say that physical health and mental health are connected. When the mind lost its strength, the body also collapsed.

Since she had been good at studying, it was advantageous for Yeoreum to go to college in the long run, and since student loans had low interest rates, she could just borrow money and pay it back after she graduated and got a job. Even so, she couldn’t help but feel tempted to continue to use Kiju’s money.

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But Yeoreum could survive without using that money. She mostly relied on scholarships to pay for her tuition and earned rent and living expenses through part-time jobs. Although it was a bit tiring to work part-time jobs and go to school, she was able to live without any problems. In the process, she saved up money little by little every month, and her account now held one million won, which she had saved up purely through her own efforts.

Either way, since she could make a living for herself, she thought it would be better to just return the money quickly before she lost her resolve. So she contacted Kiju and asked to meet.

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“There are no decent places.”

There were about ten days left before she had to move out of Seungwoo’s apartment. Her previous landlord suggested that she find a new place since her studio apartment was an absolute mess and there was no security deposit. Yeoreum also wanted to do just that, so she readily agreed. She had to find a place to move into within ten days, but perhaps the timing was ambiguous or all the places that Yeoreum looked for were flooded. She couldn’t find a suitable place.

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Normally, whenever she searched for properties a little far from school on the internet, there were definitely places that required a deposit of one million won and a low monthly rent, but why were none of them available at such a critical moment? Yeoreum searched for studio apartments here and there, clutching her old laptop she had bought secondhand. Finally, she gave up and lay down.

Suddenly, a business card rolled on the floor.

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「Sungha Construction Executive Director Jeong Haegun.」

Sungha Construction. It was a fairly well-known construction company.

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Living in an area where new officetels were being built and redeveloped all around her, she had naturally heard a lot about construction companies. She sat down again, went into the website’s portal search page, and looked up ‘executive director’. Yeoreum, who had been oblivious to the company’s hierarchy, only learned about the various positions and their ranks in the company after she found out that the man who claimed to be her father’s friend was someone quite high on the totem pole.

She thought it was fake, so she searched for ‘Sungha Construction Executive Director’ and found several photos of Haegun at events and groundbreaking ceremonies. Even from the roughly-taken event photos without any editing, there was not a single shot of him that looked humiliating or pathetic. It seemed like the world in the photos changed as soon as Haegun appeared.

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“He wasn’t a gangster?”

Only after scrolling down for a long time did she discover a few old blog posts that gave Yeoreum a rough idea of what the company was like.

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“It’s a construction company that was established by gangsters. I knew something was off.”

All the old articles were taken down, so there was almost no content related to its early days. Only blog posts written by ordinary people remained to give her a vague idea of the company’s identity. It seemed that some internet communities often mentioned how Sungha Construction was still a company based in organized crime.

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She closed her laptop because she felt exhausted. She looked something up for no reason. She was overcome with regret.

If she had thought that her biological father was a decent construction company employee, she would have spent that money without any worries. Even if she had a chance to see him face-to-face someday, her heart would have been much lighter. Maybe they would have developed their relationship enough where they could be an ordinary father and daughter on the outside.

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The company had been established ten years ago, and Haegun was said to be the executive director, so his subordinates might have been different from ordinary gangsters. Haegun had a rather flashy appearance, and his somewhat casual suit attire was similar to that of office workers these days.

In addition, Sungha Construction actually had departments that designed buildings, built houses, and promoted them. It was a proper company where ordinary people got jobs and worked normal jobs. So the unfamiliar man who was the executive director might also be a young and capable company employee. Today, there hadn’t been anyone who seemed to be his subordinate, and he drove alone, so it was possible.

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“Why does any of that matter?”

No, they were gangsters pretending to be office workers. What kind of office worker in the world would act like that? Calling someone ‘hyung-nim’ or ‘dongsaeng’ was one thing, but stubbing out a cigarette on someone else’s plate was far from common behavior.

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“I’m being ridiculous too. Getting tempted by a mere 200,000 won.”

Yeoreum lay down on the floor again and covered her eyes with her arms.

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The pale, fluorescent lights were blinding.

* * *

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It had been raining since morning.

Yeoreum washed the clothes she had worn the day before and returned them to Soojin. Then she went out with an umbrella to do some serious legwork as she looked for an apartment. These days, most real estate companies shared their properties with each other, but there were definitely some differences between each one. Thanks to this, she was able to find properties that weren’t on the internet.

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“There is a double locking device inside, and most importantly, the price is cheap.”

The real estate agent seemed extremely tight-lipped. Judging from the cockroach repellant placed everywhere in the apartment she had come to see, it seemed like cockroaches were living there. Whether it was a street or the floor, if there were any cockroaches, it wouldn’t matter as long as the place had a ceiling and walls. In addition, this place was bigger than her previous semi-basement studio, and it was on a rooftop where she didn’t have to worry about getting locked out. She was concerned about the shared washing machine, but that was the same at her previous place anyway. Either way, it was better than having a shared shower. Like this, Yeoreum comforted herself.

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It didn’t matter anyway. She planned to stay holed up in the library all vacation and study day and night. This was only a place where she could go to change clothes, wash, and sleep, so it didn’t matter as long as it was just a room. There were cockroaches in nice places too, so it wasn’t a big deal.

“I’ll sign the contract.”

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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.

Vrrrrr.

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Her cell phone vibrated.

Yeoreum ignored it, thinking it was a message notification. But when the vibrations continued at regular intervals, she realized it was a call. Who could be calling at this hour? Yeoreum took out her phone with a puzzled look and checked the screen.

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Lee Seungwoo. The familiar name lit up on her screen. When she pressed the ‘Accept call’ button, an excited voice burst out of the earpiece.

[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.]

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Regret crossed her mind.

Had she been too hasty in putting down that deposit?

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“I did just find one, but… Can I hear the contract conditions?”

[They said they’ll take 40 out of 300, but they said that if you sign the contract directly with them without a real estate agent, you won’t have to pay any additional fees. Since I told them you were my friend, they said they’d give you a deposit fee much lower than market price. They also reduced the monthly rent by 100,000 won.”

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If the standard offer was to give it to her cheaper than market price, it was probably a pretty good room with a deposit of 500 and a monthly rent of 500,000 won. At that level, it would be like Seungwoo’s current studio apartment, with good heating and cooling, no worries about being locked out, and spacious and comfortable. However, the deposit was still over her budget. The thought of the man’s money that she hadn’t yet returned flashed through her mind, but she quickly dismissed it.

“Sorry, I think I’ll just stick with the room I just got.”

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[Really? Nevermind then.]

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

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[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 later.”

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Yeoreum ended the call and began to walk back to Seungwoo’s apartment. The phone in her pocket began to vibrate again. She pressed the ‘Accept call’ button and brought the phone right up to her ear.

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

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[Seungwoo?]

A low, male voice that was too deep to be Seungwoo’s flowed from the other end. After a pause, the caller continued to speak.

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

Why did this person call her?

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The other side was quiet as Yeoreum froze for a moment. It seemed as if he were waiting for an answer.

“…Ahjussi?”

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

There was a hint of playfulness in his voice.

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“How did you get my number… Oh, I guess Dad gave it to you. Seungwoo isn’t my boyfriend. He’s just a friend.”

Why was she making excuses for something like this? Yeoreum felt bewildered as she answered.

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[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 of the blue when she hadn’t even given him her contact information, and he was shamelessly giving her advice. Yeoreum answered in a dumbfounded voice.

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“That’s my business. But more importantly, why did you call? Did my dad say he wanted to meet me?”

[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.]

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“Huh? Yes. You saw me? This doesn’t seem like a neighborhood you’d frequent… I didn’t even see your car.”

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

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“Because it’s a flashy car. I only remembered the color and the brand.”

She hadn’t seen his car while she was looking for a place. Was there a similar car around? Even if she tried to remember, the odds of him seeing her were extremely low. Come to think of it, she had visited a place across from a relatively busy street. It was a place that the real estate agent had shown her, telling her to just take a look at a room that was a little more expensive than what she’d asked for.

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“Ah, did you see me from across the intersection?”

[Mm, maybe.]

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“That’s probably it. Is that why you called me? If you’re offering to help me again, I’ll have to decline. The allowance you gave me yesterday… was a bit unpleasant.”

[Why?]

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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.

“It just is. You know I came out to give all the money back to my dad in the first place.”

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[You don’t like gangster money?]

“……”

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She was speechless. She had deliberately tried to be nice and roundabout, but she hadn’t expected him to say it so directly. The man continued to speak in a surprisingly steady voice.

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

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Hurt? Haegun’s voice sounded far from that of a person whose feelings were hurt. It didn’t sound like he was complaining or stiff. It sounded the same as before, no highs or lows.

It was actually Yeoreum’s voice that got a little higher as if she’d been pricked.

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“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it in a bad way. I just felt intimidated. I’ve never even met my dad properly, and I don’t know you that well either.”

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

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“That’s…”

[Do you feel uneasy?]

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“……”

[Then why don’t you just extort me?]

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“…Pardon?”

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

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“……”

This guy was too direct.

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Once again, Yeoreum exercised her right to remain silent.

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

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The man’s voice was surprisingly calm as he told her to use him. Use him. If anyone were to be used between Haegun and Yeoreum, she would be the one who was used, not him. The easy path always led to the wrong result. Just like how her mom got sicker after spending her father’s money.

“I don’t do things like that.”

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Yeoreum answered in a serious tone. Suddenly, a voice mixed with laughter returned from the other end.

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

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“You can just not contact me.”

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

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“…I’ll hang up.”

[If something happens, call me.]

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Yeoreum hung up the phone without replying. She was about to press the block button right away, but the screen went to sleep as she hesitated. He seemed like a pretty high-ranking person. He wouldn’t call her again after all this. Yeoreum put her phone away.

After she ended the call, the sound of rain hitting the umbrella sounded unusually loud.

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* * *

The rain grew lighter.

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The owner of the barbecue restaurant opened the retractable sunshade and opened the door of the folding window. Since a lot of the customers were smokers, the flow of revenue was greatly affected by the window opening and closing.

“Yeoreum, there are customers outside!”

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“Okay!”

Yeoreum, who had been setting down some side dishes, quickly wiped her hands on her red apron that had a soju brand printed on it and grabbed her notepad before heading out to the window seat.

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“Hi, Yeoreum.”

“……”

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The man lit his cigarette without even looking at Yeoreum. He slowly exhaled the smoke into the raindrops outside.

“You aren’t even going to greet me now?”

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“…Hello.”

“Taehyuk, place your order.”

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“Yes, sir!”

Taehyuk bowed his head once to Haegun and ordered five servings of frozen pork belly and three bottles of Chutisul. Yeoreum watched Haegun’s table with tense eyes. If he bothered her, she planned on telling the owner right away. The owner may not have much power, but she was an adult who could at least pretend to protect her in this restaurant.

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“Thank you for the delicious food!”

However, contrary to her worries, Haegun’s table actually left after eating the food and liquor. Yeoreum, who went to clean up the table, found cigarette butts piled up in the ashtray. Haegun’s plate had no trace of food.

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“They left a glass of soju here again. Is it a habit of theirs?”

There was another glass of liquor in the empty seat. Yeoreum poured the soju onto the asphalt and cleared the table.

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From that day on, Haegun came to the store every day.

“Hi, Yeoreum.”

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“You’re here again?”

“Why? I can’t come here?”

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“That’s not what I mean…”

“Taehyuk, order.”

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“Yes, sir!”

He would order frozen pork belly every day, which he never ate himself, and would smoke a cigarette at the window seat or an outdoor table before leaving. Haegun would naturally greet Yeoreum when she went to take their order, but he wouldn’t look at her or talk to her like before. In his empty seat, there would be two glasses. One he drank from and a new, full glass that was just a little cold.

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After such a busy week, the weekend had finally arrived.

Yeoreum, who returned home after studying at the library all weekend, laid out a blanket on the floor of Seungwoo’s studio apartment and suddenly wondered if Haegun had come to the restaurant today.

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Her curiosity was quenched as soon as she got to work on Monday. Haegun and Taehyuk were already sitting by the window, probably having planned to arrive when she got to work.

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

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“Even on weekends?”

At this point, it seemed like they weren’t really visiting this restaurant because of her but because Taehyuk really liked frozen pork belly. Or maybe Haegun was torturing Taehyuk by feeding him frozen pork belly all the time.

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As she approached to take their order, the latter possibility seemed a lot more likely. Taehyuk sat down and waited for someone to take his order. The expression on his face that was once full of excitement and anticipation on the first day was nowhere to be found. His complexion had darkened significantly, and his eyes were trembling.

“Excuse me, my boss asked if you’d like some salted pork neck or gochujang bulgogi today.”

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Unable to bear it, Yeoreum recommended a new menu. Taehyuk’s expression slightly brightened.

“Then today, I’d like to order three servings of gochujang bulgogi and rice with soybean paste stew. Is that okay with you, hyung-nim?”

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“Do whatever you want. You’ll be the one eating it anyway.”

Even the amount of food that Taehyuk normally ate had decreased. At this point, it seemed that he was sick of meat in general.

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Either way, when the food was served, Taehyuk ate happily. The owner even gave him five more grilled pink sausages that were usually served as a freebie. The gochujang bulgogi must have tasted good because Taehyuk ordered four servings of the same thing the next day. The owner was so excited that she added two more half-boiled eggs to their order. As if responding to this, Taehyuk returned to eating five servings the next day. The owner was even more excited and sent out steamed eggs as a freebie.

Because they now visited every day, Yeoreum had begun to watch Haegun’s table whenever she had some spare time at work.

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“Huh?”

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

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When Yeoreum looked at Haegun’s side of the table in surprise, the owner suddenly popped her head out of the kitchen.

“No… Because he ate.”

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“Ate what? Oh, that guy named Taehyuk? I even memorized his name. He eats well. What’s that trending thing called these days? Youtube. He should do a mukbang on there.”

“You know about things like that, boss?”

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

The owner hummed as she entered the kitchen. But what Yeoreum saw was not Taehyuk eating well.

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‘He’s eating the steamed eggs.’

It was the first time she saw Haegun eating something. The restaurant was quiet today. Haegun picked up his spoon again. She stared blankly at the fluffy yellow steamed egg being cut up into bite sized pieces before disappearing into his mouth. He paused for a moment after his first bite before taking a couple more bites. Suddenly, he burst into laughter out of nowhere.

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What was so funny? Did he think of something funny?

Now that she thought about it, there were many times when the pointless jokes made by her sunbaes became a lot funnier when she went home and thought about them. Maybe he had similar memories.

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Suddenly, Haegun put down his spoon and turned his head to her. Their eyes met. There was still a smile on his lips.

‘What?’

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Even though he only mouthed the words, Yeoreum could understand right away. Her face turned red in an instant. Could it be that this man knew she had been looking at him? Since when?

She quickly averted her gaze and turned around to clean up some of the side dishes while fanning herself with her hand.

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“Omo, why is your face so red, Yeoreum? Is it hot in here? Is the air conditioning not working well?”

Why was the owner’s voice so loud? She felt even more embarrassed and lowered her head.

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“…I just remembered something embarrassing.”

The owner smiled pleasantly after she heard her answer.

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Yeoreum didn’t look back on purpose, but for some reason, she felt like Haegun’s handsome face was also smiling behind her.

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Today was the last day Yeoreum would be sleeping in Seungwoo’s studio apartment.

She went out to work with a slightly regretful face. The weather was bad today. Thunder, lightning, and strong winds, not just heavy rain. The TV in the restaurant was on, and the weather forecaster was saying that the rainy season was unusually long this year and that today’s weather was more like a typhoon than a rainy day, so people should be careful. She decided to move tomorrow afternoon. She desperately hoped that the rain would stop by then.

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Because the weather was bad, there were only a few customers. The wind blew through the folding glass doors, making a whistling sound. Soon, the door opened, and Haegun and his party came inside.

“Hyung-nim, are you sure this is okay? This is a non-smoking area on days when the windows aren’t open.”

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“Doesn’t matter.”

“Hyung-nim, then would it be okay if I ordered salted pork neck today? I was also thinking of ordering soybean paste stew and rice.”

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“Don’t ask me. Just order.”

Haegun came to the store again despite the wind and the rain. Three other tables were occupied. Four tables were enough for the owner and her to deal with, so Yeoreum was able to watch Haegun a little more leisurely today. However, considering how she’d been caught staring the day before, Yeoreum planned to look without being noticed today. She intentionally stood diagonally from him so that there was a table full of customers between them.

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“The handsome boss doesn’t eat and just smokes on an empty stomach. I wonder if he’ll be okay today.”

The owner started calling Haegun ‘the handsome boss’. It seemed like she had developed a somewhat close relationship with him since he visited the store every day, but while she would often approach other gangsters and talk to them in a friendly manner, for some reason, she couldn’t do the same to Haegun.

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He was an alien presence in the store. He looked unnatural, sitting on an uncomfortable plastic chair inside an old restaurant with graffiti all over the walls. Like an actor forced into a soju commercial. When Yeoreum approached the table to take their order, Taehyuk ordered with ease.

“Is there anything else you need?”

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She looked at Haegun without realizing it. For a moment, her eyes met his as he looked at Yeoreum.

“That’s a first. Why do you ask?”

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“……”

He was right. Yeoreum also wanted to know why. Why did she add a question today, which was so out of character for her? And she had even asked while looking at Haegun.

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“Do you want me to eat?”

“Pardon?”

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“I thought a hole was going to form on my head yesterday. Because Yeoreum was looking at me so intently.”

A blush appeared on Yeoreum’s face. She answered back in a small voice.

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“…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.”

“Ah, that…”

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Taehyuk was about to say something when Haegun’s eyes briefly turned to him. The smile had disappeared from his eyes. Taehyuk stopped talking and drank some water. Haegun turned his gaze back to Yeoreum, his lips curled into a smile.

Yeoreum had no idea what was going on. She was just embarrassed that he remembered what happened the day before, and her mind was in a state of confusion.

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Haegun slowly opened his lips.

“Want me to eat? Do you want to watch me?”

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“I won’t.”

“That’s too bad. If you wanted to watch me, I would have eaten it for you.”

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

She tried to answer with a steady voice, but she ended up stuttering.

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Haegun chuckled.

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

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How dare he say such things with such a calm face?

Yeoreum didn’t respond. She couldn’t find the words, and she was also so embarrassed that she couldn’t speak.

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“Add another bowl of rice and another bowl of soybean paste stew. And give me two servings of the same meat and steamed eggs. Let’s make Yeoreum, who isn’t a pervert, watch me until she warms up to me.”

Yeoreum added the order to her notepad with a flushed face.

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“I won’t warm up to you. Since you’ve finished ordering, I’ll go now.”

After saying this quickly in a small voice, Yeoreum turned her back to the men and told the owner what they had ordered. She began to set the side dishes on the tray. She felt bad that she had fallen for his scheme, but she was curious about how he was eating.

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It wasn’t that big of a deal.