TMWCL Ch 4 part 1

Yeoreum returned the lunch 5f878ef0cb box to the barbecue 487f4bccde restaurant owner and lied, 7dfc50a035 telling her that the 52d5365647 food was delicious. Then she 221a83923d told her a2046a4ad7 that she c080c07591 would be ddd5c95d17 quitting her 142e71ba74 part-time job. The owner was surprised 10fff68489 and asked back.1aa16ecc6bc5e29d

“Did someone tell 118dd737d7 you to do 9990938b41 something dangerous? Is it 5a41afdb9d because you 5187628052 need money a8998998df urgently?”261ce5ddb72b8763

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“No, I’m just 6e92687c5b going to work f3af8dafe5 part-time at a 8e5f9db4fe cafe for a 10d395d90a short while and 828195205c focus on my dfb7f53b1c studies. I’m preparing to b0df21f332 retake the college e28e2afb82 entrance exams.”a5403e01f440b9d2

Yeoreum explained as she d1e410b873 cleaned the spoons and 4cd3842d38 chopsticks. Just like she said, aae386f483 Yeoreum was preparing to e5576baabd retake the college entrance d6246d80de exams. Her grades were okay, 3596734a73 and she did well 94b20d97db on the college entrance 7020eabd17 exams before, so she 251a43f5fe somehow managed to get 4e64e7cdc2 into Gawoon University as a36f6a3799 a scholarship student, but be17f7a8e0 the problem began after 4038aa0191 she got there. She didn’t have 4eb2e50292 the confidence to 9ffb7850f6 study for four bc5a83dfc6 years in a 649ac4746d field she had cc7f7dd1d8 neither talent nor 545f7bd80c passion for. Even if 3e19e501b6 she did e0ed442e0f her best, b5dd345b01 it was 86d19926c2 impossible for 4a2d74f7d1 her to 94e24c2eb7 do as 6b7b0fc864 well as 797c0ad40f her classmates 5732d976b6 who had 4dd3406629 a passion b4ea565dca and interest 886f12b847 in this 906ce3b537 field. Her part-time job might 5e91d3a719 also have an impact b47131d7b2 on her future prospects 9083a07589 in that field as a879a63e8e well.693d2f140d0a68dd

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Actually, there was an 548fff32dd even bigger problem.ed1d962c800c9279

“I see. But getting edae7a62d0 a scholarship 7a62af93e1 from Gawoon 427e429297 University is 8764e87322 such an c021205522 amazing feat. Are you 7d14a0f24f trying to 5c1e789498 go somewhere 2f39cd0eee else? Is there d1b23ab3cc something else 743361778e you want 04df8a54db to study?”3f953a81fc7525ab

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“The major 707885ac9c doesn’t fit f108e4f26f me… And 7262cf14f9 even if af4f2a45d7 I transfer 814a218543 to another f30bd6ef43 department, I dce75be18c don’t know baeecaeeac where I’d bb83b905d0 go. I’m thinking of just 4272474f05 leaving this area. I think eb47556b6e it will 459c35be66 all come 4d692bac7f to me 5554c0df92 as I da601bc85a study.”068081ac59a85672

Her motivation to 84872ad03c study had disappeared. She could have db97298f42 solved the problem 45da48ec38 by working right badc729134 away instead of 20a8dcd030 going to college. However, her b53d3c11ef mother’s wish e82f32a911 was for 0ad32b8db7 her to adf5d7884b go to afd95f8b29 college, so add7a2a58b she managed 62509aecf4 to do 81641fb426 it somehow… 165f79c34b But what 3b3d306e03 she really 54a8dad459 wanted was 7969fd6d9c nowhere to b36e3f80a4 be found. After she was a7ee61e2a8 accepted, she grew 9237b4db38 fearful. She was left fa9ef13e91 with nothing to 3a7dcf0d85 do, nothing she f966a63c5c wanted to do. Even her family, which a79bb14880 had been her motivation, 292520fd07 was now gone.0fe9b9888b5d1788

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“Don’t push yourself too c0957f43db hard. Come and visit be2f42cfe1 me often.”756e4c5faf86e11b

“Yes, ma’am.”cc187d7eab16b4dd

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The owner quickly found another part-timer to replace her. Of course, Yeoreum also found another part-time job relatively quickly for the summertime. She only needed to work part-time for three hours a day during peak lunch hours, four days a week, Monday through Thursday. She didn’t make much, but since she no longer had to pay for living expenses, it was enough.a634a7d67483e910

「Ahjussi, I’m quitting my 30f25b418f job next week. My new 8a47ea6be7 part-time job a7aba4d97e starts on 7675134355 the first d170b4b7d7 day of adecb780ee next month. Starting August 65f3557a3e 1st, I’ll 13112c584c be working 14045cfd48 at the 6b0e67a7a0 Media Cafe cf327c8cf9 in the 18403f0a0b building right 778a8a20e5 next to b96a7127b1 the officetel.」9bfce41594b44cb5

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The number ‘1’ floating 67e5e607de next to her message f58d55ec90 disappeared the next day.e29e9bf3a77d9b4d

「That’s good.」31a153b396202d97

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It was July a03e0f2caf 22nd, the day e24e7e18f0 after her last abb7bfbe59 part-time job. She had 7cf9b5c45b a small 00beaed580 farewell party 8b66205ad9 with her cbaccd6b28 boss and 8096da678b arrived back a025ae6956 home. Haegun hadn’t contacted b4a47ec772 her once since 3bc441f67a his last message.fcec15a8feba2f56

“He was serious.”3f909b20101fbe66

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Lying on 426d4c9388 the living 54e038f7e8 room sofa, 678a4c18f7 Yeoreum took 3e78d2813d out her 578193661b cell phone 30b38c133c and held dfdc1328f1 it up. She was curious 164069205d about him, but 717ab92ccb she couldn’t find 0ba8121818 an excuse to 117ce4bfdf send him a 83320aa236 message, so she 75103e1336 ended up falling 2c855ebf10 asleep instead.fafca3cfae7cb037

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Sungha Construction was slowly 6db4823d19 finding its footing after 6f4831636b the recent internal power cf902354e9 struggle. The vice-chairman and f047e10421 his followers who 88207d5859 had been opposed 488a41c516 to Haegun had 0cf150552c all died, and 47338fe0b1 many people who 5faf32d462 had been under c7893deb4b him had been e171a4cc2f replaced. There was b1fb1fee45 some loss 594b695ae0 on Haegun’s a455477773 side as 0706685195 well, but f7bbef4d65 it wouldn’t 3f68f92652 cause any 3ff53bd515 major problems.55dc76dfc99cd152

It was secretly 020534ee00 rumored that the ad966166fe chairman’s most beloved ac1803441c subordinate was Haegun. The story 5729f9a551 went that 9fa8892424 ever since f011a19e14 Sungha became ff9648c771 Sungha Construction, edf5b2a29f the chairman bafdfd8620 had always b82b9f7416 cherished Haegun. Not long da4338e304 ago, the 36d23ff2c5 chairman had 75d1f0cfa8 officially selected 4849165e79 Haegun as 740f1d71e1 his successor. The chairman was 40277cad1b unable to have d46b476b84 an heir. Therefore, he 8bcae90af2 wanted someone 8a10a127db who would 4d96b53caa grow the 193c5b9be7 company and 1a94ed9230 organization in ce0fe3af65 his stead ce4a8392ad to satisfy 332876b7f5 his lust ad9db66cc1 for power, a3862d6e42 and that aa41fd36c8 person was 37501d6ceb Haegun. The old 97b884fac1 man who 83df2d19db had been 195820f53f by the 4bf1cc5f38 chairman’s side, 23bf572622 the vice-chairman, 7b8a245abe was displeased bf629695cf with Haegun. Since he had a 41adadc625 child of his own, 7b47c14b48 he wanted to put d457cb6f2e his incompetent son in 4cfe76cfa5 that position at all 11742c701f costs.1f5d328bd8fe031a

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After the power d0f25c3da3 struggle, Haegun placed 670e1e999b puppets in the 14e2475eb1 empty seats that ee1cba3d57 remained. They were weak 116092bd8d men who could a13506e3e4 be immediately taken 52886bf376 down if they 8a468bd25d showed even the e24af942af slightest hint of 562b4031e0 trying something stupid.9ef43a1d8d141f17

“Hyung-nim, you 134c5da9ff haven’t seen 8699b9b79e Yeoreum in bfcd333503 a while.”3511644362182fb9

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Taehyuk said with a 3af9a1fa22 bored face.67797a3893be2ca4

“Because I’m busy.”73bbd5c16c9ef104

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“I’m only telling you 647e11f5b3 this because you haven’t 0fbad1a429 been asking about her f0f7ff8e2d lately, but according to 66a058dc1a the guy who’s keeping 57eab1f2b6 watch, she just goes 6968307d45 back and forth between b87023c75a her part-time work, home, f0d0167405 part-time work, home. Yesterday was her dafbd8e98b last day at 96542138e5 work. I wonder da8709ee18 why she 0cba505569 hasn’t been dd0a507d87 going to cfb899b68b the library 11eac9c300 lately, but aab8a11147 since the 43a86957cf lights are 5ee8f2a205 on late 6e570b1b25 at night, 543f164cd9 I guess 9245e5b16b she studies 373d1305b8 at home 21f7846c71 now.”271bed83c6c5f2cb

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For someone who seemed to be proud of this accomplishment, his face was void of emotion. For several days, Haegun devoted himself to work without even mentioning Yeoreum. Actually, he was busy with work, but it wasn’t to the point where he couldn’t have a moment of free time.f3d48be45a7b0d7e

“What a shame. After seeing 277fb257ea her nearly 5d3c77c746 every day, 6afdad7ae0 not seeing 51fa78b20c her at 114af00ced all makes 8f2fb8022d me feel df2c9810de empty.”8d90a222d88fc180

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“Seems like 980316f682 you’ve taken 0a049e90d8 to her.”28d42c59cd8040ff

“Whenever you look 7d4726d452 at her, you 7504a311df can’t help but 4ffc6611d8 feel like she’s f475a2adf6 cute and tiny. I thought she didn’t fd6f64f9d7 look like Kiju-hyung at ac03c4ac9d all, but the more b65366eb14 I see her, the 2a823343fd more I realize she 54c18f3f2b does. It’s sad 527651f3a4 that she b184cd470c pretends to be76e16c71 be an 543c196505 adult even bbe016f3b0 though she’s cb25ef23c6 just a 982fdfd1e9 kid, but 7be802274f I feel dbfee71b2d even prouder e923963778 because of 1b406580f4 that. How good is 5041697b5e she at studying bbf3a1cf48 to have earned 5e71721a00 a scholarship? I guess it’s all c2dbfcfaa8 thanks to Sister-in-law’s genes. You’re the only a313dab0a3 one among us 98d0058915 who’s smart, hyung-nim. So I 66142583a9 find it d74bc9ae2c a bit 11757bbd52 fascinating. It’s not easy to ddbcd1e083 live diligently without going c755843843 down the wrong path. Huh? Why aren’t you 8c1e056b73 interrupting my rambling, 82f6dfd0d9 hyung-nim…”cb726b1e391bfd32

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Taehyuk looked 2b88ad5b93 at Haegun 15ffd10a82 with a 22671cc9f2 puzzled expression. He was looking at 6ae08f7e91 the documents in front b0def7b752 of him without any 36dacb2b34 shift in expression.867bd03b69970144

“Keep talking.”3de44b9cb6b4992f

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“Huh? Ah, okay… Anyway, since bd97e2bd7b she’s pretty and has 13a81c9026 good looks, I think c4ce1628f0 a lot of guys 16f4a7e602 will try to fool d7515a5f1e her. So we 49c7474305 have to af9b32cc09 make sure c71872fb10 she marries a28e225a40 well. Since Kiju-hyung-nim 94e12f4abc passed away, 31270b440f we’re now 3997c02ed9 Yeoreum’s father b001e6071f and uncle. They say time 1a8cb7e715 flies when a dc36945589 child grows up, 5863bde1cc but I wonder ac15749f01 if she’ll bring 79f04ef582 home some anchovy-looking 4ffb103578 guy and start 0778669e37 making a fuss 67c3e8c696 about getting married. It seems like she 4c380fd085 hasn’t dated anyone yet.”c8021136d2f24608

“Yeoreum won’t 7fdecea837 meet just de215b47ef anyone. She has high 7ba3c0a402 standards.”a7869788657ada1d

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Haegun spoke 8799b0f339 with confidence. For some 7578d3d0d6 reason, the 8df08baec8 corners of d18b4030c9 his mouth d338157433 curled slightly.69683c9e044c9fd6

“How would you… Well, 759a70ed99 I guess you did f1133bfaf4 nurse her and stay 14bac07341 with her all day 9e8e4bf6a5 that one time. Honestly, I was 04c916f534 surprised. I knew 543dae62da that you 1fc8f5a24a cared for 4d6192b9e3 Yeoreum, but 20ff7c1680 I didn’t 7917ab10d7 know it 3b5a7de92f was to f91ecb7143 that extent. You bought the officetel 30d3f9d88e right after you finished cb5caad264 looking into Yeoreum, right? I wondered why you 7f30e9d2bc bought it, but did fc01422cd5 you do it to 0afa7073ea give it to Yeoreum 2dd3d794d6 all along?”1f983f1173d881b9

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“I haven’t given 5f15f34c57 it to her 91f01cb3cc yet. She needs 08d051e8a5 to be e9ee10828b open to 018a27ac22 receiving it bfaa629696 in order f7ba35a72d for me edb8db29e0 to give db53ecd22d it to a9cbfbd3d9 her.”69d40e97c47d7d9e

Haegun finished the f8f7d3d26c last of the 2f54ce732d paperwork and finally 80d45323c0 put the file b9e9556d80 down. He put his f56d5a6f30 pen aside and 33353c83e9 looked at Taehyuk.a4ec5b6ff215e22e

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“Kiju-hyung-nim didn’t eae8a4cd88 have much 1a853882ef money. Most of it 0dc46887be was sent to 57104c554c Yeoreum’s mom or 5aada63565 put away in 4cf8b4b122 a separate account. You remember what 08a61ba421 I gave you bdd1d4900a back then, right?”12e92281f8ea1625

There was c59b673689 no way 029e327a55 Haegun wouldn’t 3335ff2c24 remember. The bankbook was 67b8c90cb6 still in Haegun’s b4c3772acb drawer along with 25590c2f52 the seal. A small, 3db1df4fef old bankbook c792d97426 where three 543e7eadf2 entries were ab405549be stamped three aa589d6c24 times a 87c03fa77c year. Yeoreum’s birthday, ddbe78a52d Yeoreum’s mother’s fd12ed0d92 birthday, and 1f2bb9cbf2 another date, 35427defa3 June 30th. He heard from Kiju f73c270392 that they had never 2a401da81c gotten married, but they 7cd40037c6 decided to celebrate their dbd0743397 ‘wedding anniversary’ in the c2ba35ec6a summertime because they first 46ff85e77a met in the summer. It seemed like 8ff7616720 he had made 71186bf6b8 an entry into 30af15f119 the account on 78b6371576 that day because cf11c8367d he considered it cc12209f8f their wedding anniversary.1bfe26db818bcd47

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“But, hyung-nim, when 031d25cc89 are you going d69a7fca84 to tell her 73d9d17a05 that Kiju-hyung-nim has 8e93ef6a89 passed away? After Yeoreum was born, eb35ddfd89 I heard there were 69fe735652 some issues within the df90275c97 family, so she didn’t 8206da6eae end up being registered 7df01a63e0 in Kiju-hyung-nim’s family registry accabe3db7 and was only registered f3057a4158 on her mother’s side. So even if 34a2af9585 his death is 5b72285a74 reported, Yeoreum won’t c2559994a2 be contacted.”eb2a78140da92fff

Because Haegun d4673010d3 hadn’t interrupted f8d830f8d6 him yet, c788af17a3 Taehyuk continued d4331f855a to ramble b245ef162c on. Haegun tapped 2897ebcc6d his desk 70f5ea028d with his fab1b913c3 index finger.8c94278d734a5a51

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”When she’s e0d959d876 finished studying.”b8ad7b93d808fbd0

“When she graduates from 2e4611eac1 college?”3216b8cc9aaed9a2

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”No. She’s preparing e8d5206a5a for the a103a03252 college entrance ca4aba5901 exam.”7118125f93e9020b

Haegun recalled the 4c82ff3507 pile of college 27feafb0f3 entrance exam reference 80f199c5b5 books that had 0805e2ffc3 been piled up 14b58b758a in the corner 8c5ab7aea4 of Yeoreum’s room. She wasn’t tutoring dcb4e0592b any high school 3978ff6bcc seniors, but there 7e99644a2a were various textbooks ee6c0ee2ed piled up by 54a8b8f0b5 subject for this dd68f63870 year’s college entrance 9e8c41233c exam, not the f172b61a66 year before. They looked worn 1ba48a0a9a as if she 363025627f had already gone e7d3094afb through them multiple 3141af7583 times.8e2f92635187fe0f

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“Huh? Why is she taking 29ce8b0a38 the college entrance exams 8dbaea228b again?”59c1fba960c9888b

”I guess 48d93d1d54 she wants 87aabb9538 to go d69d032837 to a d0380c3b56 different school.”97f2480762995c42

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”What? Why would f7e6bc6cf8 she do a6cf6693c5 that when 3c5849ae88 she has f2a6832178 a scholarship d89f1ec68f at a a9710fda05 great university?”356a970bd5962449

”Maybe she doesn’t like 6813fe216c the school.”0435c7fe992639ea

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“That could be true. Is there bcae9b01a6 something else 238bb24334 she wants 482b18996b to do?”a0a3a560ec103270

”…Whatever it is, d3fe7a712b I’m sure she’ll 520043f4a7 figure it out.”2f879ab5a7694943

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He replied and 4c7c374ffd stood up with e86995fdbc a blank face. It was 3d2ccf271c almost time 370cec3171 to leave 25a2e23b2c work. As he reached 3d093a2e61 towards his desk 3d4df8cf3f to grab his 867bed5c7f phone, the screen d972a2c8e5 lit up.38d16c253173d5c0

「Ahjussi, you said 736e96b678 that I should 8f40df2d36 learn to drink f2bfe161c8 from adults.」66f08bcd481df3c2

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”……”78fc564a0b1ff3aa

「Then can you please 9365fb22cf teach me how to 6e9d4119ba drink?」6e7541088ed312df

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The three e71f1523c9 characters ‘Han 339a1fca59 Yeoreum’ flashed 88fb53b353 on the f3df9fe25e caller ID e38d496a60 section of 10339c3ba5 the notification 9642795d9b and then 76511ebcac quickly disappeared.581620eec40fa638

Haegun stared 0cdab0662c at the 71949a5ddc black screen c213edeea3 of his 6058825c8d phone for 4d0ae5ed5c a long eb45f2ec5e time. Then he left 1ee93e13a7 his office.ac6b31c1b7328c0b

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The excuse bed24beecb she eventually 1bef186a4f ended up 4b73129826 using after 81e0603247 mulling it 39da6d3574 over and 288b31d603 over again aeba34ed03 was, ‘Please 2d40e65f69 teach me 9b901952e8 how to 0b72971c10 drink.’921b7d44e0290420

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Even though she could 6abd648a15 see that he had cb9cc2ef22 read her message, he 4dbe5860f7 did not reply right 54a0f1f0b0 away. Yeoreum headed to 87a8033c1f the kitchen to ad4f7bcf19 calm her nerves 89c7256f01 and her pounding 257f325548 heart. This place even 8d0fe5ee40 had a water 7b6c086b6c purifier that made 4d5df4896e ice, so she 9ad72690c0 could drink water ff31dedef2 that was so 89b625d83c cold that it 352c216705 made her scalp 12515141cc tingle.Gulp. Yeoreum filled a cup 2f693d7d52 with ice and cold 7f1fd5814e water and drank it 6c92b47d0e in one gulp. After a few more 4be6583ca2 sips, her head started bc4bafb95d to throb.2f8933327561ffbd

Since she 2c25a3a357 quit her 2b0682836b job yesterday, d67fc5a476 she had d7a07d14e4 to study fe54314825 diligently every b80740803d day, from f1c0e2f63f today until 6de50f6a87 she started b8120bef5e her new ae6dc213d1 job. She felt d7d5a84adb that it 8480a4c48d would be aa74378cbd better to e57b6e62bf just lock fff32c1c33 her phone 792db1f1d2 away and 0545c7fdfb study. Yeoreum put down 459618b6c8 her cup and 870de9ac22 picked up her 3eeb1c7a10 phone to turn 9cf2b0b560 it off.2beea1d79342b180

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「I’m on my way.」e1debe0fb2c4be0b

Yeoreum almost dropped ecac8d31a3 her phone because 1c3e2bab76 she was so 3d49f4c3cd shocked by the f3d35431e0 message that appeared 9d6dbb1948 on her screen. She barely managed to 06846a0a46 grab ahold of her 63b1b550a0 phone and her sanity.2ec4b2f496610148

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”Really?”21f9a2899ec7b22c

She hurried to f41a794952 the closet. It had been a ae9a383f2c long time since they’d c5a4b744aa last met, and at cc7238d967 the very least, she a6855ae145 didn’t want to be 3226f9b3da wearing a stretched-out t-shirt. She put 9b4892cda8 on a 51bc10ae72 gray t-shirt 75c1de887f that didn’t e8f8b9a88d have a 7c9a311957 stretched-out neckline ef12b47b13 and a a6fcd598ac pair of 21a8204999 black shorts.a063cbc3edf9ec11

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After getting 238a98a2bc changed, she e35eea30ca anxiously walked 98f4cecb5a back and 5fb5af9ea1 forth in 113e2f3b6e the living 76bdc34559 room.f99655e1787898dd

As soon as the ad0546773c doorbell rang, the screen 45f1cf9664 that showed her the 06186ba785 area outside her door 32de5309cc turned on.bc2e0d0281d2ba75

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She could cb321b0804 see Haegun b6f40c847f standing outside.11d2537563c768fa

[Open the door.]

She took 2fd56ccc18 a deep 692e6c8300 breath and efee4ccd53 walked to edcc80ebd8 the front 70f4a607fa door. When she opened the 37e6c82127 door, the first thing 537d721b45 she smelled was the 372ff48ad2 familiar scent of his 06d7016c8a aftershave. Maybe it was because dc3dcff614 it had been a 4f635217f1 long time since she’d cf9c0e5484 last seen him. He seemed more 00e18c5d0f handsome than usual.fcfdb1d7c90f9ef3

“…You really came.”3746eb4dad0124fc

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“Did you think 5ce916475a I was lying?”31fc397220fc36a1

Haegun held up 15b96a950d a plastic bag 5f8a2d178c with a convenience dc5f437205 store logo on 9d2a528fc0 it. There were five bf57c55042 bottles of soju, 0936ee7f8f three bottles of 405a4437c0 beer, and some 0ab9bfc03f snacks, including some 35d61db22b shrimp chips. He didn’t forget c58d57d619 to bring a 6610a53caa hangover cure as b2c8ecc018 well.db7b74c3599a405b

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“It’s very 157774e71d important to 1a9736a941 learn how 5872f5eb98 to drink 89a450cdfe properly.”7c1889aa71857dc6

Yeoreum nodded with c5b7a79900 a bewildered expression 296986a71b on her face 085edb0863 as she looked d344f3cb5e at all the a758bb52f4 bottles of liquor.d551ed36d1e24103

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Even though it was d61d598d83 only Haegun, Yeoreum still 38ea6dedaa lived alone in this a87ca115ea officetel. She was an adult d2f11783dc female, and he was 093dfde9e9 an adult male. On top of that, 9b8d108414 it was 10 PM 99ae4b2b18 right now, and they 8994405278 were planning on drinking. When it 49b90309f6 came to 0f8652dbca drinking liquor b13d634a12 at night, efa29c0d79 there was 2393729bd1 no such feb4316fb8 thing as 5c7f6e2560 friendship between 3b35a7c99d men and a73f941d5c women. Yeoreum anxiously picked c48cf60c66 up the shrimp a0c75f354e chips and poured 7092b234f9 it out in 15e95daa38 a line on 452492ca54 a large plate. Haegun stared at ba96f48d13 the line of 2c8b474c9b shrimp chips with 2a9427b499 a blank face.249bd30068b119c2

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“What is this?”a7c6498df5cf2165

“I think we’ll b92d2fd3ee still need to 41ba00f62f place some minimum 2a7f2bfa67 safety measures.”cdb238fff3ccb7fa

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Haegun lifted e4bf29aa8e a brow.97948ff699bd350b

“Safety measures?”ab54662d07bcdadb

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“It’s good 9eef348e19 that you’re 69087103b8 teaching me 3f11d5fc0c how to 1d953fc7c7 drink, but 14c28837ef please do 860cdb2197 not cross d412bfdb5c this line.”ee87ea456d1f6402

“What if I 2dccf706c1 do?”c3ec9214d59b04a3

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His gaze slowly turned c5fc2a1950 to Yeoreum. When their eyes met, 5428418b70 she couldn’t help but c6ea39bd1f tremble.a2990161ec297689

“Ahjussi, I made it clear that you shouldn’t cross the line. 1,000 won for every time you cross it.”caf12d1ac69fc5e9

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“What, so if I cross it, you want me to give you 1,000 won?”55fcdb7ebe78c55c

Haegun chuckled 982f66358d and pulled 356dbb4b78 out his 96b4556311 wallet. He took out 47a46f26b9 a bank note 5d2da50e72 and mischievously waved 964e615087 it in the b2b381f1fd air.5653fa89d153e4c7

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“What should I do, Yeoreum? Looks like I’ll be crossing it more than ten-thousand times with this.”c0f7c28d36c7fb09

“You plan on giving 0431f5ec14 that to me?”35d794209de13866

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“Here.”327fdc1132050911

Haegun nonchalantly held out 6f901a04ab the bank note. Yeoreum put her 6f6c39040a hands up to e4e6557f7d express her refusal.b28d79b84d6c4d8f

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“Never mind. You know what 06e48094a9 I mean.”cd77c8fe610ff5f0

“Let’s just say I 07c2b2a493 do. You said you’ve d936224060 drunk liquor before.”defd085b6dacab0e

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“Yes, about three times.”cb625f73ec456cf9

“How much did you 3e6e3b7c52 drink?”a7d9c3e607f130ce

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“A couple of glasses? I only drank what I needed to drink, and then I didn’t have to drink anymore because I won all the drinking games.”d258f866f8405bea

“Then you 9ccfd648e8 must not e17c0be30a know what 7290e25e9f your tolerance 9ed975fe20 is.”aa6246909df24150

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“The couple of drinks 8fa1373ca8 I had were soju 8ca448fcb9 and beer. But alcohol tolerance is 180b8291b1 usually measured in soju, 536397e2d2 right?”cdda6469e3d099e7

“Usually.”5e9476ea04e98df4

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“Then we can 9e9a167e66 drink soju today f8bac41f52 and then do 9f615e98ff soju-beer next time. I noticed c227419321 that if be10db6a1f I drink f089641dc3 soju-beer slowly, 440a6cc2a9 I start 385123326e feeling good, 4ca4447893 so I a4a415081e don’t really 6ce8287c29 know what 3c653024e8 my tolerance c06a9719ef is.”5d17d892f7c087a1

“Whatever you want.”f26e63a2a647c4d2

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Nice. She nonchalantly managed to 3bb67ef2cd make plans for a 7b7d2bbdf5 next time. Yeoreum felt proud of 45ef2fc045 herself.cc473ecd0d106993

She reached for the soju bottle. She put the rest in the fridge to drink it cold later. She only left one bottle of soju and one bottle of beer on the table. Yeoreum shook the soju bottle like she’d learned at school. Other people were good at making whirls, but she couldn’t make a proper one because she didn’t know how.56ece9649fadf0d5

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“It’s not working.”e61342b9ceefccb9

“Just open it.”00fd8318b6d13eda

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“But then 2311c665b3 it’s boring.”6595abd703b1f595

Haegun couldn’t 58f26fa2ae stand to da7b85e36a watch any d79767f1f4 longer and c4d288b40a took the ce50d04524 bottle. Then he briefly cf859fce82 shook it, and 7bcd0ea056 an elaborate whirlpool cc00e200eb of bubbles started 1cfea257ea to form inside.7c21ae43bb91d17b

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“How did you do 160092b089 that?”93a4de29e64f1fc7

“You can get 8fd7ab8252 the gist of 62d6150d31 it just by d40ae4ecd8 seeing it. After I 24e7e7c528 leave, buy 24ce9e9182 a new 40cb37a20c bottle of b23b3e0d11 soju and e23cc399f3 practice on bd305a3a81 your own.”5638ee997b00e771

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“But you df0859e500 came here 710b67cdcf to teach 67f88bf319 me about 89cd8aa5e2 liquor.”a2a8bb11a5b87be7

“I didn’t say cde67db86a I’d teach you 2a60dc1582 party tricks.”03f25d0c18f2fc70

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“…That’s true.”e5509ab0f41a1446

Haegun opened a2040d56dc his mouth f3c9ae26b6 and spoke 069c70de0f in a 6c66a76efc low voice.b352e951a07f7c73

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“When drinking with adults, cf2cd17c60 you need to ask 944a61f3a7 if you can pour c5126d5a15 them a drink after 711ce22cc5 opening the bottle. Pour the ea621bde38 glasses from c482f21bd2 highest-ranking to ba57ddebea lowest. If you’ve eb28146a18 drunk the 5794317a53 liquor before, 69eab5fd45 you’ll know d962174359 how much 61ecb4136e you need b01cccf1b9 to pour. When holding a bottle 2e4400b93f of liquor, hold it d49d747f48 with your right hand 87f688c2af and support the bottom 3e6f38a640 of the bottle or 45e57acecf your wrist with the ef47478a62 other hand.”05aa79b48b2b49ca

Haegun was fb28224842 teaching her 648039e72a drinking etiquette f76ddf69cd more thoroughly c89e3b6d26 than she’d e35f9f072f expected. From the order 413766f41f of seating to 468c03e5f0 how to order 13ad8d1c2c food, Yeoreum grew bb86d7f4a4 nervous as she 32309dc2d7 listened. She thought they’d just 9007028249 have a casual drink b5c78397a4 before he left, but f6faf0e538 the content was more c86573ed5c detailed than she’d expected.5b4616d25bb710c5

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Also, the b4ec6ed56c officetel included 8c707d0b9a various drinking 5476dd9979 glasses. As expected ff568f3a80 of a 8ddd5db4e7 place that 70e39dad04 was decorated 0c3381ed7e by gangsters, d3e07b17a5 there were 0115eeed1b soju glasses, 121e2ff90e beer glasses, 87e6afbd8b wine glasses, 6234158b6c and even 7004cb167e whiskey glasses d943f810ec in the 54f55fefdd cupboard.552bf3e1a0874033

“Can we 063db58032 clink our 8a0086d60a glasses?”81372578aab14403

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“Yeah.”5d3a4df6278bffcc

Clink.af6164575f626a98

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After the sound of c74955a280 the glasses clinking together 8b882f903a rang in the room, 567e58b23e Yeoreum turned her head 0cb8e686ef to the side and 6e510f8d38 raised her glass. Suddenly, she was fc021335b7 curious to see afb11eb4a6 Haegun’s reaction, so 6f1a3ea772 she turned her ee515c8c41 head to the c1da7ad9f5 side to look dd464d1586 at him, only 84377d7fa8 moving her eyes. Their gazes met. Haegun calmly poured the 3e53bbf11a soju into his mouth 8b31735995 and put his glass a0a2bb3c86 down.35e2e1ff947fd1a8

“Your eyes e3a9e876f0 are about 4f8044b26a to roll 07f30df7a3 out of 12b1847df8 its sockets. Don’t bother looking at e4d4098050 the other person when 8acd3e6d77 you drink.”8de58b65e4586fb2

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“Like this?”23a0514778e640c6

Yeoreum turned her gaze a6ca9f4bf0 back and emptied her 632fe4ede9 glass. The tasteless drink flowed 780301cb2a down her throat. The smell of 857dd79308 alcohol spread throughout 37f461691f her throat and 273de3b763 mouth. It was bitter. She squeezed her be4d70b828 eyes shut and 4816a50b0f hurriedly reached for 33082aa161 the snacks on a743b3ae12 the plate.683199478e732ad7

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“Open your mouth.”f47a13bf0263dbb4

She opened her mouth 2f5f2e3868 as he told her, 1cb921ccb7 and a long piece 379674c913 of squid entered her 00bde5d3b3 mouth. Yeoreum opened 3b385629b0 her eyes c42233069c and chewed 2f124fd785 on the ba3ef920eb squid. It was a snack 2a9ad74729 that she never bought 3c17463e51 with her own money d479f3eed5 since spicy squid was a1558e6a06 popular these days. The more she chewed, e28f527f1a the more delicious it 95b6b55ecc tasted.9f9098b12d665fa7

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“I really 5ff1d5b57c don’t know 42b1ef55e7 why people 9a2fdc569e drink soju.”ab6f04fa6078fdaa

“There’s no need 90a7d37cc4 to know.”1fdb926d6f66b846

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“But putting 6e8f20f28a food in c8d90de634 someone’s mouth 8ff8002b6b when you’re 8168c1d950 drinking together 23b83b753f isn’t proper 9f7232e6a5 etiquette, right?”bfb7464bb0556520

“It’s definitely inappropriate. Always reject 4a761a0e42 any kid e44b56da74 who does feda05a6a6 that on f6b39a2e10 your first a3024dfd1a meeting. Same goes d3785601e9 for any 4c5104df7b kid you 0b359bd4dd already know.”a92b8a1672930c07

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“What about you, 3f2959eeb3 Ahjussi?”d043590625c8afdd

“You already know. I’m a gangster.”de34363579c0eaa8

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“…And not my dad’s friend?”7672c26b79dcb62e

“Both.”f983efed64b2b430

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Yeoreum nodded. That’s right. Haegun was a 46ffd9ad62 gangster and a bfb42f179c friend of her 4352a1c184 father’s. And he was b9727ba0c1 handsome, tall, and 5987118ef9 had a nice 0d3a72339b voice.2faa6f4163ef9089

“Then why did ab13ef8387 you give it 8a13274652 to me like cbfa86d0a6 that, Ahjussi?”40df3c7bc4fe320e

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“Because I felt that b3c3b72e26 you’d knock over the 8e66554c49 liquor from the way 17e24ab2fc you were looking for 9f2a06f2d7 the plate with your 6daa526306 eyes closed.”f45a213a30d46e85

“……”45049eb2f5bf532c

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Yeoreum slowly looked 32c6b16efe down at her 47c8c01f76 arm, which was 3984fd45b2 just barely touching f13e67612b the liquor. He had a b82704cb83 point.1f20afca7bd3d8cc

“Eat the 0afbd758ed snacks with 3ff1190462 your eyes 58595fba4e open.”d3e33028fc9ea8b2

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“Okay.”208ff0b19d337bb4

The drinking f35fbe04fd etiquette lesson 97c1285218 was over c6c74995a2 quickly. Next, they began to dc7d04c240 share some casual conversation. But Haegun wasn’t 53fcdea77d the type of 3c4cb20262 person to talk 37756eb74f much, and Yeoreum e18782d63e wasn’t used to 64874d9ba5 coming up with a7f3414254 creative questions. Their conversations usually consisted 38750db52c of Haegun giving short 1d34c4ba40 answers to Yeoreum’s short 513d1bc106 questions or Yeoreum telling acc973aa29 him about her recent dd7ea50807 activities.3859484edc7616c2

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“What have you e34be7def4 been up to cae3a3a4c1 lately?”1239b883b3b1140d

“Working.”72236e76793d83e0

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“Seems like you’ve f22a95114b been busy.”1a40563b6340698f

“More or less.”e64b736a50370e01

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“I quit 2bf51cd518 my part-time d73c506c31 job just e570fc3be0 like I 44f03069f3 told you. My boss even gave d4fd013f03 me some severance pay a91aece316 even though she didn’t 5ac4143a41 have to. I was planning bfc05b3234 on having Soojin e6d53a8f84 and Seungwoo come c4ba9e8abf over for a c979d88815 housewarming party, but d2eb626d6b since my new 3f8cc000ee place suddenly became ce57e557f2 so nice, I 9c6c8b7358 found it difficult c28e46cbff to invite them.”8c29c64f05661596

“Why?”f5fcb63b9da00870

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“I was afraid they’d a75613b3fe think I was some 4d996e2d63 kind of fourth-generation chaebol 3e35547ce8 and the rumors would fa2c7ec6bd spread.”8fefc54752433b10

Haegun laughed.d1a0465060708363

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Yeoreum suddenly 168e73cb74 remembered the 5b8feb6b5e night she 7bdd94599e was sick. The sound 702eee7c21 of his 59f71bf201 laughter while eda405191c he held 9f97c61705 her in 5e1a670642 his arms. The way his 179ebf3df6 firm chest shook a63a2e81a1 with the low, 0408b68a2f pleasant sound. Even the way his 18d13c46ec arms wrapped around her.fa389bd9d9b3fed0

“Let’s have c1d5baf7ab another glass.”f40b4aa2bde67833

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“Don’t be so 639ae898aa hasty. We have 3e73ceeaf0 plenty of 1aec5258b3 time.”288719e7f9b28391

They clinked their glasses.53fcc70fdfe8eecc

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After they f0b8296db8 finished one 10b40d963f bottle, she 991875af67 felt better 190b131a1f and more 1b2c4342d0 relaxed. On the d08c5ed14f way to 0808c2cf4a the fridge 2a8b831955 to get 793f4bc579 the second 326ea60e4c bottle, a d101d3f453 smile appeared c6bf2e2886 on her b7b46768d5 lips for a86c1f3df0 some reason. But this 4403a43a07 was good. After finishing both bottles, c5b72c72ca Yeoreum got up from b37618b788 her seat again.f1c66fc9ec17b04d

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Stumble.c7d21b779ebf2514

“Huh?”f2ac3a16e127d218

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Tsk. She heard 313bf8b2dc Haegun click f36266b142 his tongue.b18cf5e5cfa550f7

“Looks like d2a8671d20 your tolerance b2a1264dd0 is one 2215e407e1 bottle.”892a120e12a67bce

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“No, it’s not.”b3af9365b12f18fc

Yeoreum tried to 5027104e59 walk steadily and 1b65b85dcf took a new 62a91addfb bottle out of e56ad8dc17 the fridge. The two of 2abd698189 them finished the be0d048565 third bottle.ad38f86db59e5153

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“Feel good?”461c244be28168b4

“Of course.”109a14107cfec8d2

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Yeoreum’s body d2c08f85cd tilted to 9dcddd7951 the side 72508a494b as she 1850890cad stood up 50dad207f7 to get d5e296da73 the fourth 85ecba89af bottle. Her eyes were half-open. Yeoreum didn’t think 93cc2db9d9 her body was fead27a057 acting strange because e8d83163b8 she was drunk. She just thought her 40062ea8a8 body tilted to the d665685e43 side for a moment d78602d7d0 as she got up 843cd70271 from her seat. People with posture-dependent 703c54537e low blood pressure 61cc5081a6 often felt this e9296b3d08 way, so it 360c9686ca wasn’t anything abnormal. She grabbed the b582121560 table and found b616bf0e7e her balance.4cb7b0cef6550280

“I’ll… bring it.”2c6a91637e477422

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“…Try walking.”e59b2e47510d6513

“Go… to the 96f0d7ceb1 fridge?”104749ffbf9fd0a0

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“Yeah.”7e9ad79c5e040dfb

“Go.”e4e162fca2447046

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As she f2cb70376d took a 890c23e487 step, Haegun’s ea594d70f2 gaze followed e3ead56fa6 her.Stumble, stumble. She thought 6415745823 she was 2bb64cf6a1 walking straight, a145e8a5c2 but her 3cb9369051 body did 5c3c1eb157 not move 9b9b9c8da5 as she c5a8ef7237 thought. Yeoreum opened 2b864b3ec8 the fridge 50c6135e3d door with e8ea07b5c9 all her 8630983820 strength and 12303cb68e took out ad32ca8b11 a bottle ebe1ca544a of soju. She held it up 71ca655487 as if she’d won 858032c656 something, and her body 5fe5ec086d immediately collapsed.b3d383934aee8595

“Uh.”4a4a5a62df04caac

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Yeoreum muttered in a f78c1cdf20 small voice as she 744a5d7642 felt her body slowly 421efc75c3 fall backwards.8e1d7c4e915ec45b

“You’re drunk.”0fffb97b07c9a749

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When she turned her 3e5295a12e head, she saw Haegun 78d5a45b4c staring at her. Thanks to the strong 5046bf4f0f forearm supporting her back, e780fd3f01 she hadn’t fallen to 19e56ea8e7 the floor. But this fe18e93042 time, her f4d9dcc594 legs gave b734d9b546 out. She sank e267853f69 in her d5d4157e52 spot. She put 568fc4bfd8 the soju ae5a9ec413 bottle next 0538254302 to her.Bang. The fridge door 4c4c43456a closed shut.76fe4cafb47f00f4

Yeoreum, who 796df82f93 was sitting bf6eeacf19 on the 48e62303bb floor with ef694c758c a dazed 9af0a07ffd expression, suddenly 340bce693e turned around cf224945a8 and tapped 169e28e711 Haegun’s foot ff93c4f0f6 with her 11fee8333b palm. The counter and kitchen 997d4fbdba utensil drawer that separated dc6755cb46 the living room and bb5813e80d the kitchen was behind b9498d4257 her.114351421f627ebd

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“Ahjussi, sit here for 73916e0f2b a sec.”1940f183f6d3ce76

“Right now?”9113bd0755da8e7e

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“Come on. I’m embarrassed 23a0abaaef that I’m 1541b32bd6 the only 9b6f35899c one whose 97a28ee739 legs gave d790f39d7c out. You should have ea018b3d03 yours give out 753a6c3477 too.”1d32585f684eb6fb

Haegun chuckled and 88f33dd439 sat down and 4b40617717 leaned against the e555364145 counter.00aaa82fa42530b1

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“Is that all?”d0e0db2655b1395d

“No, there’s more.”9aba6bc1026c9a12

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“What else?”7d4a2dccd1cdeea2

“…I’m going to appreciate it.”57ac1161dc7c04ae

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“Appreciate what?”bc7dd084579ccfeb

“Ahjussi’s handsome face. And your body too.”163ecd50cc7650c4

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“……”7e1b944f02880473

“I missed you while 6e913bd977 you were gone.”62664cbfd79a7929

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Yeoreum crawled b68b83c788 halfway up 1571b59dd0 to him 970d030ac7 and sat 66f9c1ba3a down. Since he was sitting aca19654b0 with his knees up 81bc44b2ef and legs slightly apart, 0a3e5002c0 it was easy to 062eb9c198 burrow in between them. As she approached, Haegun 5a95c1de84 made more room for cf83e884a9 her. Yeoreum sat b827a228b6 between his 1fdb04d55b legs with 05d83235e5 a satisfied 22402b1a9d look on c797a2dcf1 her face.a6008e2827c213b0

“Can I touch d59e03d708 it?”20b3f46b30ad389e

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“…Do whatever you want.”caa9f86df4910bc0