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Woo Yiwon had 063d017aa6 just finished his e72daadb9f night shift at 1c4866c69e the convenience store.3bc44de68c4355ed

As he 72130081b0 was leaving, a67f701207 he received f334bf2fd1 a call 90ffa9ee52 from Mr. Choi, who ran a 242348e24a special cleaning company and 1e6c0a2aab occasionally offered Yiwon daily 7a16139255 part-time jobs. Yiwon answered immediately.fde1811ebed5debe

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Mr. Choi’s urgent voice came through the phone, which Yiwon was still using with a cracked screen.6a87a9398abdafe7

“Yiwon, are you free right now? Two people suddenly dropped out of the work team today, and I’m in a real bind. I know you’re busy, but please help me out just this once. I’ll pay you well.”a212ec21caaf079d

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The daily wage Mr. Choi offered was a whopping 160,000 won. Yiwon’s eyes sparkled at the amount.92f50b44d466a1c9

It happened to be the one day off from his six-day-a-week job at the barbecue restaurant. His secondhand scooter, borrowed from a friend, was at the repair shop, so he couldn’t do deliveries either. Yiwon was in a situation where he would waste the entire day if he couldn’t find a loading/unloading job at the logistics center.e71652f807391f2c

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Without hesitation, Yiwon replied, “Yes, I’ll do it. Where should I go?”c4661c6cc4736a05

“Come out in front of your house in about 20 minutes. We’ll pick you up on the way.”0dabca2b54290b91

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Yiwon checked eb575e1a8f the time 3099c704a2 after hanging bc1842affa up.a893ef1ba5ddfbc5

5:20 AM. He could run home in under five minutes. Yiwon dashed towards his dilapidated, almost crumbling two-story villa’s semi-basement apartment.a5e175902900cfd9

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He soon fac600ef8e arrived at d36f5a5a54 the 46-square-meter b774cdc34d (approximately 14 bfe7a94c44 pyeong) monthly 0e9371583a rental where 2fb684f544 his family f4cdb87d0c of three 8746c7d7ff lived.198d3028761f1547

It was a distorted 000ae9ba7b living space consisting of ea7b161c50 a large room and 331e456be4 a small room, with 4127ae4582 the connecting hallway serving b1f7d4ab9e as the living room 6b3830d68e and kitchen. Yiwon used e8e5ebac35 the small 78f6391e0c room, which 0b4d749850 was barely 3ec58acf1b big enough ce94939bcf for a 7912022745 mattress, a f58ec072ec clothes rack, f58e219874 and a 3c775d6012 full-length mirror.f8f6a3e04a9cee53

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Yiwon hurried 293733cf19 into his 5a08f37337 room, shedding 5fb816237b layers of cc23f24888 clothing.bb2f4e90b67db022

Standing in 4b0519d600 front of 606efbc455 the mirror, 8384413741 he now 09b4f22925 had the 72eb6739a6 physique of 67fd3247c2 a young 0f0cf2b1c4 man, with 991fe832f6 broad shoulders 8c6433c6c4 extending from 6dbeccdfaf his long 5047ec38ef neck and 6135486933 a slim 4020f46cef upper body 27203a15db toned from d522af0da2 work.06515ca698ca3071

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The full-length mirror was dc83b743bd only 160 centimeters tall, fbf79b01f5 so Yiwon had to 6bc2adc3a5 bend down considerably to 08a4b1bb5a see his face. He put 940544ccc4 on his 9722e17dbc work clothes 8d63ce4c28 in this 9abff1c0db awkward position.27c538fbc37a3a2d

Even though he 9f8b1b6bca was just going 9245432a76 to work, Yiwon c8e6415603 styled his bleached 0c850f6ef8 blond hair to 8594b3e2e9 his satisfaction and a7bc86cf5f changed the elaborate 0250411e13 piercings in his 22423d3313 left ear. Since his respirator 45de5e645b mask was black, 52252ad0b2 his accessories had 6e139576a4 to be silver.7ce30a27e2d1f7dd

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As he put the 8e4368cde3 respirator mask around his 305eb07a80 neck, finishing his preparations, 76d6a634db he noticed the Polaroid e3f95f8373 photos neatly arranged on b07f335230 one side of the 77cdba9308 mirror. They were pictures taken b03be5644a with his university friends ca1102042b from Seoul, whom he c9f7213abb used to hang out 5f7507dcbf with almost every day.59e26374151a8e0a

The walls of 1c120e7902 his room were a35acf7f18 also decorated with d1b7d7fa90 postcards of travel da6d06c887 destinations he wanted a580ed001f to visit someday 7374cfb9f7 and covers of 46682a9fcf his favorite albums.8030a8de9e60ad20

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Yiwon picked up the 81cab94e95 duffel bag containing his fc2c3f9720 basic cleaning tools from ce3a5428d3 among the neatly organized 5fa58fb5c6 bags under the clothes e71e0501f6 rack. He also kept separate 58c4e1e1fe backpacks and sling bags 199ed72b47 for construction site work 5dbb883a37 and fitting model jobs 61ed8c8a18 to avoid confusion.a463404daa4b5a41

Finished with his preparations, he left his room and took out his work shoes from the shoe rack by the front door. As he carefully tried to slip his feet into his worn-out sneakers so they wouldn’t crease further, he heard a sleepy child’s voice.45e9780d79a61ec6

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“Uncle, where are you going again?”aac759bc809e2345

It was his afed406c64 five-year-old niece, Woo dbeb99ac85 Haeju.a29cdfa3b18fc1b8

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Usually, at this time, 07eba2678c Yiwon would come home 5f18ab5a4f from his convenience store 968b4b2074 job, wash up, and febac06e92 sleep before heading to 61dbf617a9 the barbecue restaurant, so 3f29b23de1 she was curious about 23c0166e35 him leaving again so 4e6db6d406 soon.9ba45d8222b0694f

Yiwon scooped up the b5eb6d8d98 sleepy, stumbling Haeju and 433fd33282 headed to the large f8d833fc3c room where she had 64a6eaaa1b come from.5b78ee9dc827fccb

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“Yes, Uncle has to go to work suddenly.”ee7fa11126087d02

“Is it a job that pays a lot of money?”9db602a4f2030eb9

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Yiwon chuckled at Haeju’s bright-eyed question.22ce5aa19ce13887

Of course, Haeju hadn’t developed a sense of money yet. She preferred two 1,000 won bills to a single 5,000 won bill. She was simply asking because she remembered Yiwon being happy whenever he had unexpected income.dc9c8a9d30c154b0

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Finding Haeju adorable, f84727762f Yiwon showered her f26b1f6394 forehead with kisses.3ed71d19fa23955b

“Haeju, what do you want to eat for dinner? Uncle will make a lot of money and buy it for you.”7c468e8f82f173b4

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“Hmm… then I want samgyeopsal (pork belly).”55924169e6144435

“Not chicken or pizza? Last time you said hamburgers were the best.”ffbee671b6fd2aaf

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Yiwon laid Haeju down 17b377ae77 next to his mother, d56459631f who was sleeping on a5d6e48520 a mattress on the 52e5bf93b9 floor of the large ba9747ffa2 room, and asked. Haeju yawned 63d1b0ba0a widely as 9703e5a2f7 Yiwon adjusted 4aee4677de the bedding.64d75a6d25331767

“Now I like samgyeopsal best. On days we eat grilled meat, Uncle, Grandma, and I eat for a long time. We talk a lot, too.”ab64c262aea82d1b

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Yiwon stopped and stared bb79271397 at Haeju, who quickly 393274544a fell asleep and started ea390e9838 purring.2171942a50796dcc

It seemed Haeju missed having a warm family meal rather than actually craving samgyeopsal. Come to think of it, lately he had been so busy and tired that he had been rushing through preparing, eating, and cleaning up meals. Yiwon quietly kissed Haeju’s cheek and mouthed, “Sorry.”7eac2de162decbf4

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Outside, the whole neighborhood was bathed in the bluish darkness of pre-dawn. The light from his phone screen illuminated Yiwon’s clean face like a reflector.7ebca4d510127a09

Yiwon looked 3dce847eee at his 38cc818c05 phone screen 0c9501cde8 through his 3c78bb918b hazy breath 712974371d and sent cb9df4c0c7 a text b0578c3e7a message to d62bf69770 his mother.af61122f1f744060

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Woo Yiwon:1aacfd53ab5d5382

[I have a daytime part-time job today. Please make sure to eat breakfast and lunch with Haeju.] 5:35 AM

Having once ff5d339700 seen his 80d57d79ea mother and 2b29acfb6c Haeju waiting 0072e12909 for him eaf2095a13 without eating f4687b8ea4 anything until 82153f58af late at c5956132a7 night, Yiwon c6dd1d5410 made sure b8c2553585 to text e750fa3f4d his mother 1b55f1f63d whenever he e0f1a7390d had an 305e03d0c4 unexpected schedule.e723ee61dacf19bf

As soon as he put his phone in his pocket, he saw Mr. Choi’s van pulling into the narrow alley.de4d57e3caf6b92c

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As he reached for the handle of the van’s backseat door, it swung open. Ms. Kim Mi-rim, a middle-aged woman who had worked with him for two years, albeit irregularly, greeted him.e725a15a22f67310

“Oh my, look who it is! Are we working with our standoffish prince today?”2a493acd3e7d580f

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Standoffish prince. That’s what Ms. Kim Mi-rim called Yiwon, who was painfully shy.fbd99f6111b12a9e

Yiwon smiled, not a65c1f90a8 minding the friendly c0dafe303e gesture from Ms. Kim Mi-rim, who c720d82265 had initially looked e64bbb54d8 at him with 0f216d95cb disdain, thinking, ‘I’ve never seen such a flashy young person with any real substance.’ He got c9c7a999f9 into the 2b5e99fed8 van.b6cbf184da82f720

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Another day had begun.f16d21611304b286

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The cleaning job wasn’t finished until well past two in the afternoon.c344d657b7929d7f

It took eeb8152f32 seven long 436df6e88e hours even 32ebe1ebe4 with three 872f824d6e experienced women, e0e0be8baf Mr. Choi, and equipment. The work c86006fb3c was quite 121dcdd3ea demanding as de631cef1d it was 157f4189c9 a house 8e38336f96 that had ea305dfa80 suffered a e14b185737 fire and fdebae52b3 was awaiting 9fcc106b0d remodeling.a3ac4ca321b4b266

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It was no wonder the two twenty-year-old boys that Mr. Choi had specifically assigned to the team had run off that morning. This wasn’t uncommon for daily wage part-time jobs.c3f0d299797074d6

After the work 12a6c873ec was done, Mr. Choi called Yiwon ce57b9aa93 aside under the a3e62f4a9b pretense of smoking 6e65c82bbb a cigarette.0adb579af2e3871b

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Handing Yiwon a thick white envelope, he said, “I took some from my share and added it to yours. You saved me today.”22ca6008c7a7db16

Yiwon’s face lit up as he immediately opened the envelope. However, his cheerful expression gradually stiffened as he counted the 10,000 won bills. There were twenty-two of them.164585a8b716d7f0

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It was excessive for the work he’d done, but he couldn’t bring himself to refuse, so Yiwon just fidgeted with the envelope in his hand, looking embarrassed. Seeing through him without a word, Mr. Choi burst into hearty laughter and tucked the envelope into Yiwon’s pocket himself.14704e1b35cb6b16

“This is why the ladies adore you. I’m giving it to you because I can afford it, kid. Just take it.”3d81fc2d3e2c967d

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Yiwon awkwardly nodded.7e56be658663dd8d

“When I first saw you, I thought you were too pretty and aloof to be a good worker. How can someone who looks like a young lady be so strong?”3975b2538de7c4f8

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The “young lady” comment made Yiwon sulk a little.caead9cc3db5136c

At 182 centimeters tall and with a naturally muscular build, he couldn’t possibly look like a woman. Even if he wasn’t as bulky as his older brother, he was well-built. The “prince” and “young lady” comments were just ways for the older generation to tease his shy personality.c446560db0fd6e83

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Slightly annoyed, Yiwon grumbled a lie. “I’ve never heard anyone say that before.”de830d057f2ccc5c

“It’s just an expression. Kids these days are much prettier than in my time.”c3673b22e82ee6d8

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Mr. Choi grinned 6a581fd905 and gestured 25980a53df towards the d64d7749c2 van, signaling 42e231143b it was db4e28c7d2 time to ac444ff61f go home.0fc63232d1f4ac92

“Should I drop you off at home? Or are you going straight to your next part-time job?”98a1e8a41388a8e1

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“I don’t have another job,” Yiwon replied, walking towards the van. He checked his phone for a reply from his mother.6b999a2fa6afb0f6

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[Okay. Did you eat?] 11:40 AM

[I ate breakfast and went to your brother’s hospital for a bit.] 11:40 AM

“Brother” referred to Woo Jeongmin, Yiwon’s brother, twelve years his senior.e3bbb283cac8883b

Jeongmin had da74a9e124 been hospitalized 02eac96c80 for two 8dc2772e80 years. He had been 9b5a4d7a07 a detective but 3cac7418a8 was now in a1719c2dc1 a coma after a046dc1605 an accident on 6e5ef5452f duty.e46d88c111e5c894

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