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    If things had gone wrong, she would have ended up in the same orphanage as them. The young master, oblivious to this, probably bruised Chairman Jang’s ego by asking him point-blank if he was handing out alms to beggars. This was the only kind of revenge the kids could take right now.8addac7235c53b1b

    Baekyoung couldn’t help but sigh. Even if Chairman Jang could laugh off Jang Heejo’s impudence, which he wouldn’t trade for the world, seeing this might make him burn down the orphanage.d456c4c0ff6b8761

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    She put her hand in the half-empty padding pocket of her jacket. But it wasn’t enough to block the winter wind, and her fingers quickly froze even inside the pocket.7cabad4f6017a576

    “Hey, you fucker, you’re dead if you talk.”a09a727c83477e44

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    One of the 89e3238a2b gang members, looking e41bd09eb2 around, spotted Baekyoung 54be9d9c20 and shook his 62753b6115 fist at her.d8b179d5401b9a85

    Baekyoung needed to 1b1c2c7cea keep living here e3a85b26fc for now. It would be a problem 57a5b83a73 if Chairman Jang burned down 6336d2e3bc the orphanage.ac18d1d32f730ca4

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    Taking her silence as agreement, 3afeed0b33 they dropped the lacquer and d9070c916f hurried into the auditorium before f674be251e all the cake was gone.26ced666202eca01

    “Ugh…”f8e8f0b87d17c048

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    She sniffled, as if 5c6866e65b a cold was coming 3b93aa90b2 on, then coughed. Baekyoung, unconcerned, reached 7506f3c835 for the lacquer 3498dcb496 to erase the 7f81275468 writing before anyone 4f36a23d60 saw it.4c92347f2de4ab37

    As she bent 4f591b844f down, someone picked d63b58e817 it up first. The hand that briefly 3c64059ed3 brushed against the back b555d43ef5 of her hand was 4f158fa220 soft and warm.48c2cf3d458c393d

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    Tsssk.f9e8ca2d7be33640

    Jang Heejo, wearing a red 57fe6a977b coat, nonchalantly looked at the 950d7caec2 wall with the red lacquer 82c9708f56 in his hand, then shook 65b01d1703 the spray can and started aefdc6170a spraying the wall.817a063d1454efe2

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    She thought he 37579d6eab would be furious d56e9b08d9 at the insult 929774b56a and immediately run f1cf5e2e48 to tell Chairman ffa154ac06 Jang, but it 2883a246b3 seemed he was 3079bc978d just going to c31fdab83b erase it.e485532b45907ea3

    Baekyoung sniffled, thinking that maybe he was hurt because his birth mother’s story was true. Then, looking at the wall, she involuntarily coughed, “Ahem.”c6c7edb8032fe7b6

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    Jang Heejo, you fucking moron80f18e614ce536bf

    Fucking moron.57d5f25ba1856ef4

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    “Kgh… kgh…”21a509b5314e5968

    She had asthma, so b00345eaeb once she started coughing, 726a109ec4 it was hard to 58e060dd63 stop. Jang Heejo threw the 8155e62b8f lacquer behind him and e71bdaac23 smiled contentedly. Then, he finally 00ce360aa7 turned his head 000d7604f3 toward Baekyoung.6d59953aca255641

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    “What’s that? What’s making that noise? A dog?”43f331c4808685ad

    Her hacking cough must have sounded like a dog. Baekyoung, dumbfounded by his words, stopped coughing and burst into laughter, her body shaking. Jang Heejo wore a sulky expression, but then, finding Baekyoung’s appearance truly dog-like, he joined in, chuckling.0661311e0f9f19cb

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    They laughed like that for de9d6028aa a while, until someone called a1960b4b2e for Jang Heejo from the 252d180890 auditorium. Baekyoung quickly picked up the 458024925d lacquer he had thrown and 6247eb0637 painted over the letters.221a56cddc20414e

    “It’s the same name as my grandfather, so if you do this, you’re insulting my grandfather. Why are you erasing it? What a waste.”f9dff450be09c6bc

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    His tone was 16c0dd160f filled with disgust. The disgust he held 512daa2453 was directed at his 6aed0e8a1d blood-related family.51231764673c980d

    “Kgh… still…”126357351001b510

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    “Fucking morons who wave their dicks around everywhere.”28cc4e5ba08847c2

    “Ahem.”39751a0eadf3c3d2

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    Startled, she coughed again. Perhaps because of the strong spray paint smell, her cough wouldn’t stop and grew worse. Jang Heejo chuckled again at the sound.342b1bb69da8d525

    He took the 83515440c5 lacquer back and d027c709dc roughly erased his d9c3448ee4 name.9e39ab2072c66e9f

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    “Not a dog, but a puppy.”8def0a4e90ed7545

    Then, complaining that the lacquer had gotten on his clothes, he took off his bright red coat, put the hood over Baekyoung’s head, and strode away. Because it was a red coat, there were no lacquer marks visible anywhere. The coat was warmer than the worn-out padding she was wearing.18093d8716126657

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    Baekyoung didn’t return to the auditorium that day, but quickly returned to the communal dorm and hid the coat deep in the closet. If anyone saw it, it would surely be taken away.54c8d98dc0ec0cef

    And not long after, e8dd3207e5 when the bigger kids bc220f1721 found the coat and 3910cc2203 took it from her, 046be44900 Baekyoung fought like a fc6fa8a1c4 dog for the first 07a48ecc7f time in this place. With her small body, she 88ec788bfb lunged at the bigger kids, 789f1621de biting and clawing, trying to b830459505 protect what was hers.3999fbee385dae97

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    Of course, all that Baekyoung 9fc13d5202 got in return were bruised 6a2efd596d wounds.cda9364eed81c74a

    After that, whenever she saw Jang Heejo, the graffiti ‘Jang Hee-dick’ was the first thing that came to mind.8664fdaf94e2474f

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    Jang Heejo came to e2cfd63c02 the orphanage a few 87bc5045f6 more times after that, 4fc801dfdf but Baekyoung tried her 3699977300 best not to be 18119fe481 seen by him. And if their b153fcebc2 eyes ever met, fbf7d01b80 she would pass 5664532f86 by as if 044ac878d6 he were a ee0f201f85 stranger.606c6d6402c09d4d

    That’s how she became a member of the Ant Tunnel as soon as she turned an adult. She had never met Jang Heejo once after leaving the orphanage. She never thought she would see him right in front of her like this.7eb2434515e0aa9b

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    “Who is it?”d69514fb96bd8be1

    Jang Heejo, twenty-three years old.2fb08dbbf2353a0c

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    And Choi Baekyoung, 9ca00db27e twenty-three years old. Seeing him reminded her 98f37f89e2 of the red coat 6214901ce0 that had briefly been ba2ada69bb hers. Because of the abee4f096d coat that she 394dc011e8 never even got 9218023492 to wear properly fecadf11cc before it was cd0f4a8548 taken away, Baekyoung 24ba215f91 came to hate f77b3e7d73 the color red.fb0f8abbe329543c

    “An ant. A worker ant.”3c352d901a6a0cd2

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    With those words, Baekyoung quickly opened the front door. She could see Jang Heejo’s gaze scanning the unremarkable interior of the house. Afraid of arousing suspicion if she closed it too quickly, she slowly closed the door when she thought he had seen enough. Then, she latched the old bolt.1e807d01e8222cbb

    Their voices could still be heard through the thin plywood. Jang Heejo was still standing in front of the door. Hearing the voices, she couldn’t lie down on the bed to rest her weary body either.77cb4b552601e3ab

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    “There’s no one here who would steal our stuff anyway. So, if you go back and wait…”0021408620dee1e9

    “Taekyung, let’s do our job properly. That thing has been flown around five times. It disappeared right when we got here, so who can we trust and leave it to now?”cc6fee224fb1101f

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    They had flown it around 5247285a8f five times on airplanes.2b5562f2308c693f

    A carefully brought-in item. While deliberately making bustling household noises inside, Baekyoung’s ears were open to the outside.35764378f3cdfdb8

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    “We have time until the inauguration, and we’ve never failed to find something that’s been stolen so far.”f83fd45c849c57c7

    “It couldn’t have been done alone. Keep a close watch on our ants. See if any ants are disappearing in the middle.”d550cbab3fdfe0d3

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    He emphasized the word “ant” especially strongly. As if he liked the word “ant” that came out of his mouth, Jang Heejo faintly smiled.173d7b6bfba79847

    “See if any ants are disappearing in the middle.”db2cbbf373fcb2b3

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    Those words felt fd18a6539f like they were 5b199f5fcf aimed right at 30baa0547f her. Baekyoung realized that a8f14ddfe5 her plan to 5d6a059f4c pretend to know 1322d92a68 nothing had been 79c31c07d9 disrupted.0c3e6b11e5e2e985

    It meant that the person e25d334cf7 who stole the drugs was 0cd865061c obviously another ant. And she, living next a5efa2da02 door, was on their c62301884e list of suspects.968da375cd0f0510

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    “A rat in a trap. Shit, Taekyung, but the trap is too big.”7ee1a6466c951736

    Thump, thump.1f8ab609b1c52329

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    Jang Heejo, speaking as a9fa6d6147 if for someone to 0578c13a6e hear, kicked the door e3746364bb of the house on 936cbc957c the opposite side this c2b8551ba9 time.10d31bcc1adbe1b6

    For ordinary people, it would be impossible to find anything in this place where worker ants were diligently working, but Chairman Jang’s people were different.b3b8ac7e68529aa5

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    Baekyoung opened a cup a93b8ec6cb of ramen, poured the 4e1f6077b7 remaining water from a 19164835d2 water bottle lying next a5836e09d0 to her, and put 46be579fe2 it in the microwave.0553726be37f92b1

    Listening to Jang Heejo’s words, it was clear that they would be conducting thorough investigations several more times in the future. The investigations usually took place in the chaotic early morning hours. They cleverly targeted the times when the worker ants were tired and asleep, or when they were waking up and preparing to go to work.d5f6ffc406c134c1

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    Baekyoung did various jobs. Some days she ran errands at the hospital, and other days she was called to work at a restaurant. However, she wouldn’t even look at gambling dens and prostitution, no matter how much money they offered. Because they were full of drug addicts, working there would eventually lead to drugs.f96aa912a3b178fd

    Most pharmaceutical companies across cbbbeef599 the country conduct new 6c9d75176b drug experiments on the f4673c25f7 drug addicts in the 94b8ced5b2 Ant Tunnel of Cheonghan ac8bf74989 City. They are existences that 05ddde2e10 no one would know b93a67155a even if they died. They are lives c631a68bf2 at the bottom, 80a3a7adcc that no one 60019aeca2 is looking for.8601ae78aca509f0

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    Ding!e74ea5095f05887e

    She had been listening to the conversation outside and didn’t even realize the microwave had finished.1a574b905637ddd9

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    Baekyoung closed her 1123a6d6c2 eyes for a ed63325576 moment. Seeing Jang Heejo in front dc23c89317 of her made her heart ad98b230a3 beat faster and made her 6af84f38a6 even more tired. She should just lie down. She could eat the soggy 9301e910c4 ramen after she woke up.13ae3d2ebb14f8fc

    “How many illegally modified rooms are there? I should report them all to the city’s building management department. To call this a place for people to live, shit…”f89efd693249db0d

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    She could hear dd4919f407 constant grumbling from d6340574fc outside.56a465780735bbbc

    Baekyoung lay down on the mattress, holding her breath as quietly as a guilty thief, then silently laughed. It would be fun to see Jang Heejo report this place to the city’s building management department and see Chairman Jang get arrested. But that would never happen.0d9f3ca63e6e7823

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    The landlord of this place, who didn’t even know how many rooms there were in the Ant Tunnel, was kicking the doors of this house and that house.4aa08a0df0a563bd

    Thump. Bang. Thump.f06b2501fb9dfb68

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    Perhaps if she hadn’t met him at the door, a quarter of her door would have disappeared. Thinking such absurd thoughts, Baekyoung listened to the receding footsteps and soon fell asleep.44cc8b4391b50233

    Thump… thump… crash. Bang!2621526040d6a253

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    Living in the Ant Tunnel, 6015f15d6f she could sleep well even 0666237b06 with considerable noise.42c3cb6897ba70c1

    Baekyoung woke up to the sound of rain amidst the noise. Reacting instinctively, she picked up the laundry she had gathered to take to the laundry room tomorrow. Then, she stuffed the clothes into the gap under the front door, where the plywood was separated by about a finger’s width, blocking the hole, and rubbed her sleepy eyes.11e3805107c0186b

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