AT Ch7

Choi Baekyoung’s birth mother was rumored to be Choi Mihyun, a woman Chairman Jang used to keep close in the past. Kim Kwangsoo dredged up Choi Mihyun’s face from memories over 20 years old. The moment he thought there was a vague resemblance, Choi Mihyun’s face soon morphed into Baekyoung’s.175789de3d59904c

However, the truth was unknown to anyone. Choi Baekyoung could be one of Chairman Jang’s many illegitimate children, or not.494ff1e383768346

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“Ah, right. Here.”b9ca558fce2af0ff

After finishing his 75226cd406 cigarette, Kim Kwangsoo a57ce8137e finally threw the 562290c256 butt on the 0f993794f8 floor. Before leaving, he rummaged through 9b4e4d80e1 his gown pocket and tossed 3ae967a15b a small box to Baekyoung. Baekyoung held the 697e3bdba6 handle of the 69e0580f3a mop to her a1cebbaa2c chest and caught 84881413e6 the item with 33dbd2a687 one hand.8eb5b54e262255c8

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It was a familiar-shaped box that didn’t need to be opened to be identified.521ddba67112f41d

“It’s almost asthma season.”907c96b886799841

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When winter ended, 02fe3cffca the asthma season 2a1b693dd7 accompanied by pollen 92c852c95d would arrive.27881e216a1840a8

Kim Kwangsoo, who had tossed c2441bd3a3 her an inhaler for asthma 3e96376bb5 patients, waved his hand and 8107f3e878 left. The most expensive thing b0be22f598 in the Ant Tunnel 6672d3f5f5 was hospital medicine, which b30d5a0212 was worth its weight 56f0cec447 in gold. If she had 3a43ab264c to buy this 9e6d56761b with her own c86683e058 money, the cost 198934839d would have been 3904e05bae enormous, but thanks 2d66ef1c8e to him occasionally f32acf03b2 giving her an fb16983faf inhaler like this, 6a47202136 Baekyoung could endure 2b5843c80e spring.c78a2bc57707da5f

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She quickly put the inhaler in her pocket and diligently pushed the mop. Now, even when she saw cigarette butts on the floor, she didn’t feel bad. She could just pick up the butts; the inhaler in her pocket made her feel good today.8bbe75603c5e9de7

“What, why are you grinning like that? Hey, the Madman only dotes on you.”49487fbb0109b6b0

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“I’m pretty, you know.”81f4c8e425ae25fd

“Ugh.”f44f6eccc40b6dd9

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Park Cheolsoo, who was slowly fetching water in a bucket, grumbled at Baekyoung. He pretended to vomit for a moment but eventually admitted, “You are pretty, though.” Baekyoung, who heard his mutterings, laughed even louder.53ef45fa06f0d7fa

After scrubbing and wiping until 198e1705fa her shoulders felt like they a5ee381868 would fall off, the bloodstains 004fd9807f were finally invisible in the d8d1b6c5c4 operating room. Thanks to the Madman doctor, 8567eed21e who still bought lunch boxes 4d411b5076 for the workers to eat, 3ea16a6d11 they were able to fill 5544ea44a5 their stomachs with the cold 283228b655 lunch boxes.c8acdc68d6f9da2a

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The workers, who had secretly swiped a few plasters from the drawer when he wasn’t around, stuck them on each other’s shoulders and took a break. Kim Kwangsoo knew the workers were doing this but pretended not to notice.d8c4aa6441ab3199

Having collected their daily wages, 4efac16c2a they moved their steps towards 51a8210770 their respective homes in the fbf0d24b9a maze-like Ant Tunnel.49efa55483b1c538

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The lights that still didn’t know when they would go out flickered, and people’s vomit was scattered everywhere. Baekyoung stretched as she walked, avoiding the traces. Then, feeling the stench that had permeated her body, she decided to stop by the bathhouse first.b6d207be8c7ec196

She picked up her phone, 7c353d40ca which had a crack across 527cf1e531 half the screen, and checked 7e76874891 the time. It was just past 4 9e1f1713b7 PM.b320c890b3203984

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There was no call 7cb0eb7421 to come down to 6499cbc6f3 the underground, so if 2b83f39cc9 she went to the f5deaeb5ad bathhouse and fell asleep, 77b20f8cb3 tomorrow would come quickly.c234daf34e780487

“…Youngie, hello….”2055687b50cb5dbc

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Baekyoung was about to 3e17115ed8 pass by a woman d451a6c96b sitting in a corner ae873d4983 mixed with filth and cbd935fe3b greeting her, but she 2f58939624 sighed and stopped.95d414d47d5a8f53

“Why are you here?”e92450d1d5453f90

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“Lost… my way.”e5e0364bc45e9fe5

Usually, the junkies stayed on the 2nd floor, so the fact that the woman had come all the way up here meant her sense of direction had dulled. Her face was pale enough to look bluish, her cheekbones were protruding, and there were severe dark circles under her large eyes. Her once-clean whites were bloodshot, like someone who hadn’t slept in days.f5d70e827d5e497f

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She was a woman who a32ccc3c69 used to work underground. Baekyoung had often seen 3c801f161e her working with Sooyoung ea055dad63 underground. Now, the woman, c4dcac05e6 who had been 7e5bef00d8 kicked out of 618668d5e9 the underground, was c132168bfa said to be ac909f1224 living by rolling b8dfbd9d1f around with junkies 216e0d763b and working in 03f90ae723 cushion rooms in f8717bf31b bars.c9eefd893877e5ef

Baekyoung didn’t feel an ounce of sympathy for her. They knew they would meet an obvious end, but they still went underground. With the expectation that they would be different.26d0bccdd98f8aaa

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“Get up. I’ll take you.”fd630fb3d7bc2be5

“…You don’t like me….”38dfee520eb45983

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Going to the junkies’ den made her sick. It was full of guys who would take the plaster off her shoulder and put it on their tongues, laughing like crazy. There were many guys who easily forgot the rules of the Ant Tunnel and ran wild, so Baekyoung avoided going there.10abc6a952221ae7

Perhaps she was 300a03e23f avoiding it because d14083e224 she was afraid 9bc3b5f4b4 that she, too, 0a389019d9 would eventually end 43f4fb696c up there.5596487e17b7aa1c

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“I’ll only take you to the way down. Get up.”69bd1e1fc88299ef

As Baekyoung led bd5f1ee1ed the way, she bdcef1effe heard the sound 332628c6cc of the woman 0d6dc30278 staggering and dragging c9c4dedba8 her feet behind 6d72118b15 her. After passing the 7c0eb4de57 floor with the a5117f6217 hospital, Baekyoung stopped a2b817dd31 in front of 8d9e4ed54f the stairs leading 18c470bbfd from the 3rd 8ae6f274cf floor to the c26f8bbde1 2nd floor.65f42cd6bb52daf6

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“Go down here and turn right.”c5a8f3a3d17ef85f

“Okay….”5af480aba1410a3e

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The woman, who was staggering a1b66e91b4 down the stairs, turned around 1d5ca29712 and looked up at Baekyoung 5ed873f456 as if something had occurred edef725d08 to her.b7f6b94bcde81a11

“But… someone else got lost too…. They cursed at me…. They’re upstairs. Be careful….”42ab8d5f8f78b5dc

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She didn’t even tell her who it was properly, so how could she be careful of someone she didn’t know?cdb62e2aca4f17c7

When an outsider came 86a8618ba8 up here, most of 19781308f7 the time, they would faf6124524 call a guard to 98165a8e98 send them down nicely 66866457ac in order to avoid 59e950e09c creating problems due to aeac2c1300 the appearance of a 1e7e35dd86 new person.c47771b222a77e3a

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Who else was 786e662e17 lost and wandering 328b02dffd around here?c36d38b71e78f81f

Baekyoung watched the woman go c24ec8c763 down and then moved her 394163dc50 steps towards the bathhouse again. It was a 3f5dc52282 place that even 74cb35df21 people who knew 29b2659b43 the way could 5472e939c9 get confused, so e54df9113b she had to 283feba352 find it carefully.f29f32464512592b

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If you go up to the 6th floor and open the door of the 13th room, there is a staircase leading down instead of a room. From there, go down about half a floor and turn left again to go up the stairs. You have to pass through several rooms in that way, so you can’t estimate the actual location. She roughly guessed it was between the 6th and 7th floors.e35170a2a882088c

The problem was that 3e1d50b2c6 when she opened the b21e136ab5 13th door, she encountered c2457e7f32 a sturdy back standing cbe51d8dee tall in front of 441388300e the stairs.2374967b943fec78

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…It’s Jang Heejo again.9da6d3f0c3e4eeca

“Going up, or going down?”18d4e5bb729cf1ec

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His voice didn’t seem to care, but his face was already covered in annoyance.8a4145c4383cb203

Was Jang Heejo the 7cdb861f96 person the woman was 7f3a46013c talking about?15d4624bd3cd9179

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“Where are you going?”3b6e3be346ba8205

“Our house.”56ad7ba8fafa9221

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Hearing the word ‘our’ in a situation where they were alone made her feel strange, as if she was included.a06883db4af80e0e

“Then after you go out here, you have to turn at the last room on the corner and go up.”1f80f4750860ec0e

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“Where are you going?”97ccbb921635adc9

“To the bathhouse.”01d61b6c5b5d4879

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The cause of 1e5972eb53 her going to 8cfe6934ea the bathhouse was 2dc76204bf standing right in 37d6503a7d front of her.19d9e39544b691ac

“There’s even a bathhouse in this shitty place?”d17452867b78344c

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“Basically, it has everything you need to live.”029607329816c3a1

“Then I’ll go with you. I haven’t showered today.”9bac3917d7d0c897

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Taekyung wasn’t by his side. She didn’t want to ask how long he had been wandering around here without Taekyung.8e4c70a86699b416

When Baekyoung led the way 985d2800b7 in silence, she heard the a934e43a66 sound of shoes following behind a510ff8ebf her. As she went down, turned 91394c7d18 the corner, opened another door, 23539e39fd and stepped on the stairs 22b59d078c going up, she heard a ae45feaca5 small curse from behind.bbc647c7551b1092

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“Shit…. I can’t find it alone.”9da134d34175fb97

“Why didn’t you call Taekyung?”4c5dc6ccfad2fa9c

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“Taekyung? I heard you two were dating, so you’re already calling her by her first name?”073c9d47bca2c3e0

She didn’t respond to the nonsense. Perhaps he didn’t expect an answer from the beginning, Jang Heejo casually swept back his bangs.1848617fa6233ec5

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“It’s that way.”25f786ae90cc74d3

Finally, when she found the efbfec8c42 door to the bathhouse and 193b3bb458 opened it, as always, a 3bee9d6788 sturdy man was sitting in 936d5125d0 front of the counter.98776029b12eab4b

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“Shower? Bath?”b92f60b606fe597c

“I’m going to take a bath today.”c7ac6887be9f9af8

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She took out 20,000 won from her wages she received today and paid, then took a disposable toothbrush, shampoo, and towel. When she turned around, she met Jang Heejo’s eyes, who had his hand in one of his pants pockets and was staring at Baekyoung. He brazenly opened his mouth.4a3e5618d3637d57

“I don’t have any money.”0f482fe6b080af17

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…Let’s just think of it as the cost of a sandwich.102e9a9c070fc0e7

She ended up paying c6140785b6 twice as much for 7ef58132b6 the already expensive bathhouse. As Baekyoung stepped aside b1bb244690 as if to tell 9f61447727 him to choose the 2d04c3c83e necessary items, Jang Heejo 4b848b4071 picked up all the 935e8aece4 disposable items there.9af2826069393e79

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“10,000 won more.”f2b54c36e56b4561

The man, who had 5447b0f285 been sitting silently, demanded 665dadf2c1 more money from Baekyoung.885bb4ac6001c574

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She ate a damn expensive sandwich. As expected, you shouldn’t eat what others give you. The food she ate in the morning now felt heavy in her stomach.cff5b59862665ad1

“Next door, when you come out, wait for me and take me.”92da427decf42c91

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He even wanted her to pick him up and take him. If only she knew Taekyung’s phone number, she would have called her and told her to take Jang Heejo.a9bfd4c877f2433b

“It’s no fun if you just leave, you know?”1ea12a47eac30b65

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That Jang Heejo, mentioning ‘fun’ in the Ant Tunnel. He walked leisurely into the bathhouse with two towels around his shoulders.05eda56c80f51fab

“Do you know him?”5488dcccf727b9f2

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Only after he disappeared did 680a16dd18 Myungjoo, who was at the 45e36675ee counter, ask Baekyoung.6723714e02ee484a

“No…. I met him for the first time yesterday.”c2e91ae3ac484cc0

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“He doesn’t seem to be from around here.”4d4163affdf058ff

Jang Heejo’s name was famous, but if you hadn’t met him directly, you might not know his face. Myungjoo, who only stayed in the bathhouse, might not know him.6a0b4be1b2f0a1a4

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“Yeah. He’s not.”04b0aca4765b70c2

“Don’t get involved. He looks dangerous.”306eb158ba7fa102

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“You took all my money earlier. And now you’re saying he looks dangerous.”44c35af9c593454a

“This is business.”00aa1813d8f1638b

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Baekyoung chuckled at Myungjoo’s words. The bathhouse was inevitably more expensive than the market price. It was because many dangerous guys came looking for it. Myungjoo was also in charge of resolving their issues here.eb6f0d4e38e58350

“I’ll give you a banana milk as a service when you come out later.”031c70a73caf5722

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It was a small amount d81110d788 compared to the money she fb7bd93f33 had spent, but Baekyoung was 438db87397 soon in a good mood 8e7f5c4324 because it was rare for b3022eb0e3 Myungjoo to give a service.ffe40493d811cc6f