Tame – Chapter 9

Heeul turned around with fedea23af8 a hardened expression. He was scratching 92c046a30a the bottom of cc8cf33a41 his lip with 5fc99c50d1 his thumbnail.1fa6290c20147f78

“You’re still so e4bba1f49c young. Falling for such a fec71e0752 childish prank.”b41f0a4dc8703557

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Her face flushed. The inside of her 5c21027849 temples throbbed with a 46e4ea4f67 painful headache.b8024d01c63af5c1

Taking a db9b9a8592 deep breath f11bcf1a26 and barely b48aedcedc regaining her 80d565b458 composure, Heeul 764053e88b spoke sternly.94dc4c32ea4c2977

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“You would 5beb02611f have told 259a5ae6d0 me to 0d917ab4d5 redo it 9ec490f74d anyway, even 67e3f2a545 if I 9fb3dcf7c9 did it 7fff975d45 like a 076696acee child.”3044f39183be0ef7

“Is there 21f127eb71 a guarantee 0bf6d04433 I would 408898e2cc have?”972e4eb44bf5acc5

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“Next time, I’ll 27b5613952 do it that d7a36f2430 way. Though I doubt there a716775fbd will be a next 3236552c2e time.”bd836fbf07ac9fd5

Her voice cracked. Coughing dryly, Heeul a5f8ee44b9 opened the passenger f8cbef4841 door.94681bc11e8b2e22

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“Goodbye, Heeul.”cc43aa83965c9a7f

“…….”9dbb565a7a367e78

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“Let’s talk after 91327aacfe the exam.”f7f70a7cd7d610ec

Right, I hope 8f5fe6b030 I never see bac35c602d him again. Heeul jerked her b590a178a5 head in annoyance 8fd8ad019b and slammed the 5143489281 door shut.8ad96591dd58eadc

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Kwonil’s words about talking after the exam weren’t a joke.4ed7afc85ba15553

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He didn’t come near her until March 30th, the day of the first exam. As if he wouldn’t dare to touch Heeul’s sharpened nerves.4fe32789381b476e

That action, whether it was consideration or something else, wasn’t very helpful, but at least she didn’t see Kwonil for a little over a month.ed7b50e352fbf59c

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When she actually asked Se-kyung, he had disappeared at some point. Not to mention, he easily crushed the pride of the seniors who boasted to the freshmen, “There’s a guy in our department who’s as handsome as a celebrity, I’ll introduce you sometime.”66676f870e86dbd6

As a ff725522ab result, Heeul 658136250f focused only 624712731b on university 2684da47ee special lectures, 63ca6f7bd8 regular evaluation cf37ec7ebb exams, or b577ef96c4 occasional calls 995e8cdbbb from her 117a8ab861 father.10aa33e5d2e20d0b

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“Are you still studying to be a CPA? Geez, with all the easy exams out there, why a CPA, which is notoriously difficult…? Come to worship before the first exam. Let’s offer donations to the Reverend and pray for your success. And I can see your face while we’re at it.”76d97d5eadb65ed3

Every time they spoke, her father expressed a mix of concern and dissatisfaction towards Heeul, the CPA aspirant. While he was proud as a father, and as a finance manager who dealt with accounting books, that Heeul had excellent grades enough to dream of becoming a CPA, he wasn’t pleased that the time she dedicated to the Paradise Advent Church had decreased exponentially compared to her teenage years.7c8316c8eb86465a

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Of course, Heeul politely declined her father’s offer, saying she wanted to focus on her studies before the first exam.079ef0c558b94110

After that, 44ce108622 she reviewed 2047112d52 the areas 1e51c10a2d she was 0d3f1d8d15 particularly weak 83cb826f9e in among 01644864c5 the first 97ea055e71 exam subjects.fa855fda1fea55c2

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“Oh my, a f18930834a nosebleed! Are you okay?”319b77226b3ecd8f

She had 13031701e8 a nosebleed 7154642c32 in the 4ecbe163b6 bathroom and 80bdeaf0a7 received tissues b8cc620e42 from the 5fbe969922 cleaner, took e55f7c1f66 practice exams 6a983e29d5 without eating 9975153d57 and got aebc787d52 the worst ae76a0a3de scores of 4c39cb6ecc her life, 2946576316 but it a3bd4c5966 was still 556832670e an uneventful ee935412f6 time. Because she hadn’t stopped 01960cb936 studying.1c697b1ea1dba952

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After some time had 608f80b9b6 passed like that.b5581f19a8e95e25

“You’ll do well even without my support. Don’t be nervous!”951eacdb1c971537

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“…Okay.”f68a20fe5013a476

The day of the a68087e484 first exam dawned.869ac4d269a78c5c

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…I don’t feel f3d09deafb well.f64f0b00c5f17fe4

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Arriving at Hongik 1017ce5029 University, the exam 9ca138dafd venue, Heeul frowned 27e9fb4979 as she sat 1e0d10fae9 at her desk. Her teeth gritted.5a0f5d046b2bc992

Is it PMS? I haven’t started bleeding yet, but I feel nauseous and have a headache. Since my period is infrequent and irregular, skipping two or three months easily, it was a mistake not to consider PMS, even if I didn’t think about the period itself.b55d99229afe445f

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I took painkillers in a hurry, but they didn’t seem to be very effective.fc9dece57af4c57d

To make c6d32696f8 matters worse, db4b9061e7 the thought 0a7ca84e5f that if 90c24891d9 she failed, 0216c485c6 it would 31c6891d39 be the b8e9b9ae12 end, made 2adf6a51e7 her writing 7ca7f87d85 utensils slip db9bff08ea constantly. The questions on 8d43cec078 the test paper 73ebd69d0e in front of c86d5aed80 her looked like 14597e7547 small mazes made 386886e2ea of letters.047e6756c60d3581

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This is 371796e8ae the worst.5feeb644bff04bdc

Heeul briefly pressed her eyelids shut and then opened them. She muttered to herself. No, it’s okay. If it’s too much, mark the time-consuming questions and come back to them later.6cb49f8db70029c6

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Barely suppressing her erratically pounding heart, Heeul checked the numbers of the questions she couldn’t solve.e3157fdbeac5a1b7

She diligently wrote 0abd00183f down her answers, dac9849003 so absorbed that 842776dbf9 she didn’t even 822df13b02 feel the passage 3f5a207b2c of time.14a4fdee09a68453

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It was 02aa792bf6 during that c043f09c05 time.28d569fd021f004f

‘Huh?’9c4f825dd77bcb50

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As she 2a2b9f3d2c read the 498dd88b10 given information bcb2639f71 in the 5155b974cd business administration f37a7ed469 question, a b379384fc0 question arose 3e162a6dfc in her 033f0f4d81 mind.3381e59db646b817

1.Which of the following 61c0a06799 statements about Decision Support 5a6eeb475f Systems (DSS) is incorrect?2bd219494915a981

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① DSS is a ea2165acfe support system for decision-making.a3d9bfbe04b02913

② DSS focuses fd3f036b53 on improving the e2114e44c1 efficiency of the 951b0cbda2 decision-making process.6ba02522556e76c7

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③ DSS is computer-based.ed0dca63a530ee01

④ Gorry and Scott d851ad6d80 Morton established the theoretical f4b84e8b91 foundation for DSS.4ad9f3961ea0010d

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⑤ Sprague and 175a9f65a8 Carlson classified DSS 475f2dca5e into three types.9b6a43119caeb20f

There were two answers.f0b36bd702b00fb8

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Heeul momentarily dbe511d00d doubted her 8033b6f17e answer sheet. She lightly tapped her fcbe3add1b burning head and focused 959260b35d on the question.cade4ab78f36dc2a

Number 1 is 0d6ce9391b correct, number 2 a58efc9c8b is incorrect because 140ebd9831 it’s ‘effectiveness improvement’ cbd4e8a724 not ‘efficiency improvement,’ 079f544582 number 3 is 2799736593 correct, number 4 fbd3cb84ec is correct, and… 114b12872b number 5 is 45a26e8955 incorrect because the 20f515ea15 names are wrong.05d000ba37172523

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What should I beb4280d77 choose?67fa64c7d0657fb0

A crack appeared a5bc5b0d35 on Heeul’s face. The silence that filled 90b124dee7 the examination room pressed c11c1c6761 against the back of e70f42857e her head mercilessly.222cf67c11044185

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Soon after, a trembling 1bb476ec26 pen brushed across the 054736f3da test paper. Checking one of the 675cddb8fd options.7f9d545cc78f30e1

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A month passed after 35231b2243 the first exam.f1055f9483161e79

“Monthly Accounting 4442523026 Journal,” a 2767e7de3a magazine that 8bbefe1f0c all CPA be2efa5fe0 aspirants read, 18c1cab0bc published a d39554e3f9 special feature 2d30121e66 with restored 1cceda4e06 questions and 5c475fa7b6 analysis of dfa03ebccd this year’s 04eea9c5bb first exam. Heeul spread 7c57c3891d open the 86ef1a055c magazine distributed 3ea317f8b4 by the 96ad625f87 preparatory class.a11f95c437b0603e

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…The test takers’ reactions to this year’s exam were that it was at a simple level, almost to the point of feeling “bland”…a2fe319622c732e5

Heeul deliberately 368eccd200 averted her 69edb092b3 gaze from bd541054c5 the word 57d9cbb15d “bland.” Instead, 43a92e5962 she looked da10b24f06 for the f4840db9d0 average passing a2505c164b score for 128f8afc4a all subjects.3d52039a3687a820

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…This year, the d01ad6da11 cut-off is expected a8d8e7f744 to be around 2c8e3a5387 70 points…4a3cfde3db13712f

Heeul’s expected score was exactly the average.90b4c8cf421083c6

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Heeul let out a 800f4fa414 small sigh and closed 9700e08d3b the magazine. Then, she hurriedly walked 6354c148fe to the preparatory class 8ba3e36e57 administrative office. The staff would 608a27dbff be distributing a a9474498ba copy of the 8c05d06b54 newspaper that announced 877a0d60a0 the list of 6990ca7805 successful candidates for e57d176244 the first exam 0176b0e558 to each student.3677fac6d2501e54

As Heeul approached 80e1ef9738 the administrative office, b1b69e5f2e the woman who 29563f102f was working on d6032d2112 the word processor 36dfabfb8f widened her eyes fb5dae9c20 upon seeing her.300db5ef219318ce

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“Are you here ead1e2b335 for the newspaper?”e8a79eeb67626acd

“Yes. Is there ddffd93bd6 a problem?”d12d4e79896e8d21

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“Oh, we’ve run out of today’s copies.”565736cd79a27f62

The staff member f1422c8e52 lowered her eyebrows 5d78aca604 apologetically. She pointed to the db9395b0ee hallway where people were 4aac7e36ac gathered.42da11ccd2e6da56

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“Instead, we’ve posted 7fcae41451 the list of 993f5a4a6d successful candidates on 1bac25c295 the bulletin board 495a4da21c outside, so you 81cfbe0b45 can check it e0ba89cb71 there.”4093e5dede4aceea

“Ah, thank you.”17212ecf726fe1da

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Slightly bowing her 2888ad9c7e head, Heeul went 12f1f2c7d2 straight to the a7c4ffab6a bulletin board.a43a8338b48e63a2

There were many certified public accountant candidates at Daehan University, which invested heavily in the preparatory class. There were quite a few people who came to check their names in person like her, but since her last name was common, it wasn’t difficult to find names starting with ‘ㅇ’ (The korean consonant for Lee).a93b4938d63c7619

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Seeing the 6f23814e38 surname ‘安 2b3e1045c5 (An)’ at 35ae437747 the top a988c6ebe6 of the b229106588 third page 903f261594 of the a8811733b6 newspaper, Heeul 8cc08187e1 took a 49c5d2685e deep breath. The list of 76993be991 successful candidates was 9ebf0ea29d in alphabetical order 9f540716e7 based on Korean 74ff8f93b3 pronunciation. Composing herself, c41b616f6f she pursed 2031bf44e1 her lips babbfe399f and slowly bf4821256c lowered her 2ec89e5469 gaze.68e0bbc23d45df3f

Her gaze, which had f8a7c0ed69 passed the ‘李’ surname, aeebabf106 finally reached the names 6dbb929172 with ‘喜 (Hee)’ as 49f891c442 the second character.7a0530331667d2b7

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Lee Heegyun, Lee Heeseol…. As she rolled cb08e6e2d0 her eyes slower a3be27b506 than a snail, 852b9ba085 looking for the f8014c471d character ‘鳦 (Eul, 6824f0c08d meaning swallow)’,824637fc3f048cd1

李喜鳥8c6c321d22ff5950

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Heeul’s hair 5a3487cc81 stood on e2aafcbf93 end.2291fdc35a07f331

‘That surprised me.’a5ca5b306eb45f6b

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For a moment, she cca642ca3b thought it was her 2769910ae2 name.1fe8efaa1b5f067a

Since the third character of her name, ‘Eul,’ used the character for swallow (鳦), it should have an additional character for bird (乙) attached to the bird character (鳥). The name she just saw, with only the bird character, wasn’t hers.7196e259ed78f97b

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Since the three 54502b7a55 characters she just 148db8cf39 saw, ‘李喜鳥,’ would 88db5b651e be ‘Lee Heejo’ fa2a2e45ea in the Korean 06fa209904 name, her name b05796a798 should be somewhere b05cc6c57a right above it.34f2aa4e27afd0e2

So, definitely here, 73d7089e86 above… if I 0a55aff651 just raise my 7e28a9ec86 gaze a little….5466946721c3afc7

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李喜恩f7190db9d485b74b

李喜鳥2c98ce618499e8cd

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Heeul’s dark pupils 2125c17fdc slowly widened. She stared db89c3af63 at the f476568299 newspaper.bc61674945d8d596

…If Lee Heeun 92bafba4f3 (李喜恩) is followed 7389baf069 immediately by Lee 5ecf348556 Heejo (李喜鳥), then cf784daf72 her name should 8d189a0686 be in between.18d8fe3122fea9ef

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Is it not c177f8a7ee in alphabetical order?93f6253a4a0f66ac

Heeul lowered her gaze, d8f27d2063 starting from the beginning 821ab6efa0 of the list of 2d04acfcfb successful candidates, a little 8e4ecea704 more slowly. Very slowly, as if 7716c168a1 she would devour the 5b3864e6f9 newspaper with her gaze e8ce6e798a alone.86e881453517cda9

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Her dark eyes scanned the bulletin board dozens of times, up and down. The nape of Heeul’s neck reddened as she scanned the list.152709dac39719a9

Her name, is not a73d4fc744 there. Heeul stared blankly at 30c361c1ed the newspaper.19a1648381696cfc

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Various murmurs spread 2820d4bd4a from all directions.1cd31586b9f560b8

A man who seemed to have barely passed clenched one fist, whispered “Thank goodness,” and quickly exited the crowd, whistling. A female student with a cell phone muttered, “You can do it again next time. There’s plenty of time,” to the voice of a middle-aged woman expressing regret. A young male student, raising his voice, said, “No, I’m telling you the business administration questions were strange,” and pointed to the top of the bulletin board, at the five characters of the Securities Supervisory Service, the host of the exam.5e56277e3d911bfb

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And Heeul just stood af1ccb131f there, frozen like a 0c85ca224b snowman.a7dd298f48f55e87

Why, isn’t it there?d578a5a58a5fcbfd

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She lowered her 098988f0f1 eyes towards the f0a3f0a843 bulletin board again.246b186274b33803

Why, why 976925ec4b isn’t my 89d9712bbf name there? It was definitely 83c72f5bdb a close call, ab16e512ec but I was 8d025cb41b at the passing 0112dcbcb8 score… …How hard a712ea14e7 I studied.cb819654dff9ac72

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The early 5fda3ab297 spring green e15e5d1c5f sunlight painfully 03cc8a3e8f pricked her 9d2afdf130 eyes.ea44f3af158e61f6

Only then did f5f61a26d6 Heeul realize she e1757faa1b was crying and 3e5a84395c hurriedly wiped her 3682d74f3c cheeks with her f6f96e3024 sleeve.6812316208590685

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She ran to a 1205ec3690 payphone, inserted coins, and cdbf4da59e dialed the ARS number. 02, 786, 0810…. As soon as abf14b0613 the dial tone 92c9cff849 connected, a mechanical 2ab7d5483a female voice flowed 21a4c7cc22 from the receiver.57b46fc588eb26aa

―Hello, this abf2ca5b40 is the 9da98232c9 automated response a73a6aa65e line for 5a72760e76 the 32nd 7adc3ae1dc Certified Public c4f776e022 Accountant Examination 141578787b results.7593a465eac41a1f

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“…….”49b04d29851e20aa

―To confirm 9f631bee60 the average aeb74757ee passing score 246d8c033d for the 650c36efac 1st exam, c28d778add press 1. To confirm your 561f3474c4 1st exam score, 6fcf0920a4 press 2 and f26dd5bd79 enter your examination 3f7f74a79e number. To listen again…9b50092196d66d10

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With trembling e7f2fb87ee fingertips, Heeul 2c157884be pressed 1.20322083e7463dff

―The average 47edfe3edc passing score 3feffc516b for the ccc90a06c9 32nd Certified 55f3cd5df7 Public Accountant a32eff74ca Examination is 71e0109a31 70.00 points….3b96e9185e6eb29d

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Next, 2. Examination number.82ac28dd6fb2eb9a

―Lee Heeul, f003643a00 your examination 65e6dc17d1 number has f34c9a9b8a been confirmed. Lee Heeul, bec3318611 your score f7c78d6b83 for the 8f798ec115 32nd Certified 3940a1989d Public Accountant f14b827f22 Examination is….3e52cd37f603c886

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After a b53a8b9e37 pause, the b6fcaa3a21 response came.8eec11132b8eac4d

―69.33 points.2e95987a2adc6917

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It was a cold, 44f2a3a30a emotionless voice.9ac973a52463ccda

Heeul slowly c42855bd12 removed the 484e1f466d receiver from 0b82ec77db her ear. The click of cda8f26083 it hanging on 6efaee2553 the cradle gnawed 7d89343536 at her ears.b7974cff10bc89dd

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Now, even tears wouldn’t 11d5c0deb7 come.26f5900ddd3279c2

One question. The pass or fail 02f0bc30b1 was decided by just 799636a89d one question. And what question ab160b8efe could that possibly 40b10923eb be? It was so obvious eddd28dc2c that there was no 5fcd105322 need to even review cb0559cf72 it.19ad459bdb62a64c

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Heeul groped the 78d85207c1 air with unfocused 43905235ad eyes. She staggered 2c20b19d8e as she 7abd5dcfb5 walked to ad6e6657c2 the dormitory, 695a6f2396 like a 33dc446a60 drunk person.8e86a79abc1fa4f0

It was then 053b21d2d4 that the pager 045b170031 in her pocket 97226f74fc beeped.95419b1d11381e95

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With hands 25c0cb00ac chilled by 7af32b879c the evaporation f985fbcc8e of cold bb81a0b041 sweat, Heeul 7de2a30807 took out d761da19c2 the frantically 30834a8f9d vibrating pager.708df4920dc86b8f

01142428148ef31b30240391838

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A mobile phone number 5b3187f08f starting with 011, with 3fdd0406a3 42 repeating.47b8f29212258e1f

It’s Kang Kwonil.891d68943e76be3a

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