TMWCL Ch 2 part 1

The flooded semi-basement studio 16e3def3a2 was a place with b38c49c664 no security deposit, a 61d6da8397 monthly rent of 500,000 837670fff2 won, and seven bus 03d1eb96ca stops away from school. When Yeoreum first found 72fe28c90d the room, she was 08c15ea734 amazed she had managed 13bf4dac1f to find a room d6c2d70c76 in Seoul at this 16b6bd2167 price on her own. The room was so 6afca07013 small that it was 9bb62500e4 just big enough for 964fbfe20b her to lie down, adefd65035 and it wasn’t soundproof, 1dea458ffb but she was proud 2283835691 to have a place 3d183c8e4e of her own.145ce36e1e3f94cd

Her mother 6541087568 passed away 5807e62518 in an 5569998058 accident a 17c9d9f399 year ago, 50ba88d093 but she 1d16ccb9e9 had been dc3cf2c244 suffering from de14e73da3 a chronic 9f2ededd6a illness for 16e44c6e85 quite some 9916d73c3a time before 385979e645 she passed. It was difficult to 968879e45e save 100,000 won, but 66a54e5f96 it was easy to 141e221084 spend several times that 04042a6fa5 amount. Her mother seemed 03c112cbdd worried that Yeoreum 3e377671af would end up 238290e400 getting sick just 03eaf079dd like her if 98826d413d she remained too fc01fd15b1 proud to ask b9a4dfaf88 for help. Perhaps that was why 68f76af93a she gave her father’s 7fb6a344ee number to Yeoreum. Maybe she was just 83c1489bdb using her age as 3979ea270e an excuse, and she 3a506c64b4 felt that Yeoreum, who aa4aab3afe might be left alone d463b01d50 in the world, would e67ffcc875 need another guardian.ddcf0a2f6de327bf

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At the time, d1a750ba18 in all honesty, 467e5676ff they had spent e149c76bf4 all the money 01a9b72778 Kiju had sent ad414ff322 them. On top of cb792d0524 that, they had 1e3cd0e9b4 gone into debt.21032f0a69eba5c8

Her father was a 46142b50f7 gangster, and other gangsters 90aac816e3 would enter into their 33954df2f7 home, threatening the mother-daughter 754a42718c pair.b9a35c1e180fa72f

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“If your daughter works 53c0dae5ef part-time at our business 83f0e51bb8 for a while, I 9b376bfc49 think you’ll be able 9aa74d9051 to pay it back c26e2e64b9 soon.”ca8de943bbf22b95

Whenever they ff04a7bc94 had a 718038c87d chance, they 0669f3b3cb would look be82226a46 at Yeoreum fd29e4d3cd as if 4a6bf9a040 they were 4c9d9e6e7e drooling dogs 331b7ee0e2 in front e9b0063089 of a f8f3553761 piece of bdc497aa65 meat. After the gangsters 6db8444aa8 came and went, 968bec1304 she felt like ec6863eee1 her body was f4480033f2 crawling with bugs, 6a12fa10bc and she had b2a1d11209 gotten into the fb36ff4e91 habit of thoroughly abd3f9f54c washing her entire 11743db7f6 body until the 024cbf155f body sponge made 2cb6a3db6a a squeaky noise f44a0a6c88 against her skin. Most of 55e8bce3d3 the time, f9b4953206 she still fd22bd2dd4 felt nauseous 8b659d20ad afterwards.07c069931afcbc07

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Illness and poverty wore 5af8e33211 them down and made 4e6fc8302b them poor at heart. Perhaps that is 4072a4d3ed why her mother, abfe32afd0 who had been f4653323e7 taken to the 1c368ee68a hospital after an 4181e9a9b1 accident at a 2efab83be3 construction site, strangely 0e9b36eaa7 seemed more at 28a9ef45a9 peace up until 50da8f1ffa the moment she 968d484d1c lost her life.969b01e67379ebfd

“They said they’d 16c0e23581 give us some f710ae5bab money for compensation. I think that will ce34afee93 be enough to send 1ba094afaa you to college.”7af83141c769e91c

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About half of 278af2da0d the compensation was a6f55fe42e used to pay 42efcd1eaf off their debts, 6cd62fa636 and the remaining c69a4e1eeb money was just 9100bb9891 a bit more 3480a91874 than the money 834e8e3cf8 that was in fe0f353e0f the account where 8a978d59ca her biological father 9799321b0d Kiju had been 023105200e sending them their 48e8745f37 living expenses. The first thing Yeoreum 33d861ca4d did was replenish the 385880e766 account where Kiju had 036da1dd0c been sending their living 26b89704a6 expenses.096f8d0926d3234e

Her mother’s condition rapidly a59198cdd3 declined after she went c250e73d0a to the bank with fad3c4e70c the bankbook to get 036150cf17 the money that Kiju 40bb334943 had sent them. Not spending the money 16dc4b47bd that Kiju was sending d5eed8b419 them was the strength cbc53bbbd6 and pride that had 1c5e694ee9 sustained the mother-daughter pair 08c805a52d for over a decade. They say that physical c82dbc09de health and mental health b94212488f are connected. When the mind 4c8b0974f6 lost its strength, 97a103bf92 the body also b90fa18920 collapsed.4ca7004a44197f99

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Since she had fc00b43cae been good at 1b1c4545e0 studying, it was fd082b4ae1 advantageous for Yeoreum 5c488ef1d8 to go to 780900eb35 college in the e707ce8e8d long run, and 81017376e1 since student loans c585ba9145 had low interest 3f0c961234 rates, she could 05233c8bff just borrow money 1816f420e7 and pay it 56382c3b89 back after she 32482e001a graduated and got 7392c923b9 a job. Even so, she 664454bf3d couldn’t help but 6e8c78a50e feel tempted to 5ff4a0bd2b continue to use 45372cf044 Kiju’s money.c5ab469ee42ca6c8

But Yeoreum could survive 64a2054229 without using that money. She mostly 6e861fa475 relied on 6dd8382a1f scholarships to a2dcb7a7c2 pay for 66afab36d2 her tuition fc8494a4ca and earned d6393f9150 rent and 9aa478c976 living expenses 09f97fac70 through part-time 6899e13230 jobs. Although it 8203cda74b was a 780a3e51d7 bit tiring 3089b62c96 to work 4c54b33581 part-time jobs 2c220618b6 and go 1c0fe5d37b to school, 1f1903d1ed she was 801d6a3fa5 able to bad603cc83 live without 14c207f3e8 any problems. In the 6f6cbb7ee2 process, she 327a6fd334 saved up e6f687f954 money little 8c31c0fd0d by little b8e65d5b75 every month, 2425bdcd8a and her 5131407d0a account now 71256ead9a held one f188d04fbf million won, a00e0459da which she 17be4cb611 had saved 6a8c0dfbf1 up purely b89ddcf06a through her b898d9f33c own efforts.da6223e868744e3a

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Either way, since 29768151fd she could make 1d29312478 a living for 6b5796d226 herself, she thought 81c9a0e3ef it would be 7b8d42e510 better to just ad3f062f70 return the money 038eec2021 quickly before she 6a6cd127ac lost her resolve. So she contacted 1cc14ae225 Kiju and asked 378055d3ea to meet.9056216f7c4c254f

“There are no 2838d1d58d decent places.”af44e594c19c24b0

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There were about ten 645ca841f4 days left before she 72d9647b1e had to move out 5d53bc5952 of Seungwoo’s apartment. Her previous bfb8d884a2 landlord suggested 243b5b4a63 that she 40f1b60985 find a cf71e4cb94 new place 1793d8aa7c since her 34a309849f studio apartment e103d42ca9 was an dc518e3c8e absolute mess 63386966e0 and there ac74cc45a7 was no c895bf3d28 security deposit. Yeoreum also a46f6cfb94 wanted to d2d6c5dc39 do just db419966ab that, so 1dd1ed4735 she readily 753a96aa7e agreed. She had to find e2c99eeec3 a place to move dfdcad1282 into within ten days, c2b6bbf3e6 but perhaps the timing 14431bf09b was ambiguous or all ab9c0f8846 the places that Yeoreum 65e2f307ca looked for were flooded. She couldn’t c0d1932e96 find a 17fb629e89 suitable place.586f2a8d9f2155be

Normally, whenever she searched db3931bf14 for properties a little e5c4aad9be far from school on 91e5b6c249 the internet, there were 5db36b7f6e definitely places that required 4dc049a976 a deposit of one 542ebac133 million won and a beb059700d low monthly rent, but 3882230a5c why were none of 6d0acaeac7 them available at such 25eafb967d a critical moment? Yeoreum searched 106c5fa4b2 for studio c28d7bbd85 apartments here 50e3f363b3 and there, b560a98515 clutching her 8512d662d5 old laptop 10e09f1692 she had 5e526fcbd1 bought secondhand. Finally, she gave up 715e2575bc and lay down.93ddb06149bd629b

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Suddenly, a business card d73e0e9f49 rolled on the floor.ab1b63cb530ac75b

「Sungha Construction Executive Director 33c99ffe78 Jeong Haegun.」21078a7172787f4e

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Sungha Construction. It was 0e8975681a a fairly 1bf79576e2 well-known construction 4139a0c761 company.be8ffe9ffff5079b

Living in an 625fabcdc9 area where new 775f541573 officetels were being ea23e2ad08 built and redeveloped 6ac94325ac all around her, 66c1df27c0 she had naturally e186a69c59 heard a lot e906a35a60 about construction companies. She sat 46567915c5 down again, 0914e57a0d went into 85f33ff61f the website’s 29d188f5ce portal search a2b3d3282f page, and 91163e9f47 looked up bd5e51e1c1 ‘executive director’. Yeoreum, who had 2d9f92a852 been oblivious to 1714ace049 the company’s hierarchy, d1a745bfeb only learned about a7d0a23c0d the various positions 01b0b256a8 and their ranks b6c24ed24a in the company a298c22b6f after she found f30fcc36cb out that the 1bc1cf686f man who claimed c909133f9e to be her 894f1b6d93 father’s friend was ce8712454e someone quite high ea0833cbb2 on the totem 3d3e69da2d pole.66ffdd876099c0e2

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She thought 6094f3ff46 it was 789d5ff1bb fake, so d85b5c32be she searched b646c5b147 for ‘Sungha ba66a87c76 Construction Executive 11b9338d01 Director’ and c28caba9d6 found several 0a68bdac04 photos of 0aec1877df Haegun at 695cd0788c events and b9d7b86902 groundbreaking ceremonies. Even from the 9b443a0608 roughly-taken event photos 9bde71ae0e without any editing, a12ea29c24 there was not 07fc626e95 a single shot c88009f3b0 of him that f6fc1300c2 looked humiliating or 4bf51ccd88 pathetic. It seemed like the ea499508b1 world in the photos af1850c26d changed as soon as 269b78dcd8 Haegun appeared.03c8d1bee2d7eeee

“He wasn’t a gangster?”e5e0b4d6eb7b556d

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Only after scrolling c9dffaacd9 down for a 450c80d545 long time did b83788c2e1 she discover a 95350efb39 few old blog 04423381ef posts that gave bb7fb20b55 Yeoreum a rough b0f5eeb897 idea of what 78b85535c0 the company was b2cd070620 like.7135d7a74bb6ff4a

“It’s a construction babab1edf7 company that was 30f0bf1d16 established by gangsters. I knew a5a7ec2a3e something was 573809439b off.”e3132f2b9a27abc1

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All the old 71a278c6d4 articles were taken e7286243b4 down, so there 8ebd216e2b was almost no 4b3529c5ed content related to dd62b5b410 its early days. Only blog posts written 08232af1de by ordinary people remained 6a20a82394 to give her a da20e423b1 vague idea of the e9cc7f1116 company’s identity. It seemed that some fccc3d8127 internet communities often mentioned 2eaf3787c9 how Sungha Construction was 82422dd7c9 still a company based e98e5c9c8b in organized crime.f7070c81f874308e

She closed 32bf24414f her laptop df3620daf4 because she 8a931ba944 felt exhausted. She looked something up 4bca726b3c for no reason. She was overcome c461f4234b with regret.383c685ab80dfc17

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If she 7b44d146d7 had thought 20a961488d that her 5518656297 biological father 9280153e23 was a c2af1c00c5 decent construction a77c6366c1 company employee, edb5d9a9f9 she would 7d5c06a5d7 have spent ce9064d393 that money bc92a96b77 without any be8e4d2ec3 worries. Even if she had fe109c6973 a chance to see 8fd2913468 him face-to-face someday, her cea5d00e0a heart would have been cb6178c8c4 much lighter. Maybe they 664c8d4991 would have a75ff61a4e developed their 360888c7aa relationship enough 17dd329bd1 where they 5e32a77c8e could be 7377a774cc an ordinary 1ff7987ff7 father and adbed3eb51 daughter on 97db6749f4 the outside.01c571da1fd07ec9

The company had 91ccfecfc6 been established ten 9a1cb8ac87 years ago, and 840b30c92b Haegun was said 449df94f2b to be the 7e8cc30272 executive director, so aacb4e0081 his subordinates might 7afd28d54c have been different b15d73810d from ordinary gangsters. Haegun had 1a95ee9861 a rather 8bd5b24aa3 flashy appearance, 0f79bf0db9 and his 3a0b1d8ea9 somewhat casual 98b4ec551d suit attire 8526e08eaf was similar 6b6d220b57 to that 75c8c59043 of office 13e355e822 workers these 33f86f2adf days.24b22a9cebfcb9c9

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In addition, 2a71b4852f Sungha Construction 3bc64737ef actually had deb0c995d8 departments that 4274a2bffc designed buildings, cac78949c3 built houses, d1760f1661 and promoted f969a3e6e5 them. It was a proper fa0b3cffb5 company where ordinary people 08fac551b2 got jobs and worked 42c4160648 normal jobs. So the unfamiliar man 25a43046a8 who was the executive f44aa6854c director might also be 6d415f63bc a young and capable 170c5e6439 company employee. Today, there hadn’t 842deb7e07 been anyone who acb121d3a3 seemed to be 749c9ed26f his subordinate, and c18cabe215 he drove alone, 1333b6461f so it was ce8b412ca0 possible.78b5fe79ad87b52a

“Why does any bc96be0ffe of that matter?”207e3dd269fb0ed3

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No, they were 8304d2324f gangsters pretending to a0744702c9 be office workers. What kind of office c37257b7ad worker in the world 3147c192d1 would act like that? Calling someone ‘hyung-nim’ or 279b3be07b ‘dongsaeng’ was one thing, d8fa4eb648 but stubbing out a 174682d197 cigarette on someone else’s 368c6b2004 plate was far from c7f15ab161 common behavior.a7fb5d34f4ad5713

“I’m being ridiculous b766389eca too. Getting tempted by db04f210b0 a mere 200,000 b863b343aa won.”04d7e8de1bd1b7b7

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Yeoreum lay down on 2936f5a38f the floor again and c331785194 covered her eyes with 34cf8b55b1 her arms.70bee4c265037ebc

The pale, 6a563353f9 fluorescent lights 073dc07cd0 were blinding.95f824ea340cc46e

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It had been raining 7e67d36bfb since morning.1bf759d8a7b37994

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Yeoreum washed the clothes 7adc27f6a7 she had worn the 2900c5be0e day before and returned f8d0798e52 them to Soojin. Then she went 68ec754a3e out with an 146cc669d0 umbrella to do 436fb40488 some serious legwork 1eeef8907f as she looked 378504fe51 for an apartment. These days, most real 4aabe884d2 estate companies shared their 1b7518cc16 properties with each other, bfccef03cd but there were definitely fc376b6023 some differences between each 7fa80e256f one. Thanks to 486d9c3ce1 this, she a0d75cc9e9 was able 56588e986a to find 2dc4e954d8 properties that c7314546d2 weren’t on c343662915 the internet.8b9755fe2ad834ba

“There is a double 6008ab80c9 locking device inside, and d344c69e40 most importantly, the price 191a35cf8f is cheap.”c8541076a6fd067b

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The real 138ef5bd9d estate agent 82c22a76a8 seemed extremely 9ec37561c0 tight-lipped. Judging from the ab4f661981 cockroach repellant placed 89ab06b1f8 everywhere in the 2b1a896893 apartment she had 3c38ea31fe come to see, 8b2e095e91 it seemed like faf9b20e76 cockroaches were living 9f3ceba9e2 there. Whether it was a 3cbeeca73c street or the floor, 519175ced0 if there were any 91d6773411 cockroaches, it wouldn’t matter dabc608904 as long as the 9a3dfa68eb place had a ceiling 375bde88d0 and walls. In addition, this c78f7936f5 place was bigger 5b7e3d6e6e than her previous 5c6374e6af semi-basement studio, and 79c42e974a it was on 620718b316 a rooftop where 80bf68aba8 she didn’t have 3d63b78235 to worry about de31806fb9 getting locked out. She was af852a53c9 concerned about 2987b11989 the shared 0ddbed1469 washing machine, dad3e22930 but that de946f3fa7 was the 9659047ee5 same at e1a64299a9 her previous 5f6b55e7be place anyway. Either way, it b6c9a4a86e was better than d91236229d having a shared c296d6ec47 shower. Like this, c5d176bbc4 Yeoreum comforted 9b9681f48c herself.be2f3b59b8cfd43b

It didn’t matter anyway. She planned 7b34789926 to stay 41d9ae0fc3 holed up fbf0d43a69 in the 2ce26ddee8 library all 5a3a716bf8 vacation and 71dfaae87a study day b999ba4aee and night. This was only b363b10bc4 a place where 00789d0884 she could go 4850b691b2 to change clothes, 83a14c3119 wash, and sleep, 87f30cbc8c so it didn’t a1c8c28f35 matter as long 02809116a2 as it was 62c22d4a55 just a room. There were f1f2476683 cockroaches in 5e0ef40a82 nice places d5096c8bb4 too, so 8e579c10bd it wasn’t 63618cf244 a big 3c4c4cf078 deal.c79f11355fd0bc08

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“I’ll sign b77fa9946d the contract.”3ef2bffe9488d032

On the way back to Seungwoo’s studio apartment after putting down 100,000 won as a deposit, Yeoreum thought about the mattress that was in her new place. Unlike the clean and soft bed that was in Seungwoo’s studio, it was an old mattress with a crooked spring in one of its corners. But she liked the fact that she wouldn’t have to sleep on the floor after she moved in.3f67148c5b34222a

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Vrrrrr.4c2062f367165fd9

Her cell phone vibrated.546427815abbc3ee

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Yeoreum ignored it, thinking c70f181301 it was a message 2911328125 notification. But when the 48ac54d779 vibrations continued at 8860a8d09b regular intervals, she f095f1e1fe realized it was fadeffe345 a call. Who could be calling 521bdbe4cc at this hour? Yeoreum took out f90d478642 her phone with f74de2d323 a puzzled look a2c9ff51c0 and checked the 39e663b835 screen.57b7fdba200db818

Lee Seungwoo. The familiar name lit f5ad955252 up on her screen. When she a60fff188a pressed the b0d465655f ‘Accept call’ 2cd339d362 button, an c7bb68487b excited voice 9ce7122963 burst out cae2a0ed8a of the 46e6c87bd4 earpiece.0dedda77f1a4ce28

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[Yeoreum, did you already find a place? I was thinking of giving you the information of a one-room apartment that my friend’s mom runs near school.]

Regret crossed her f0c9624a14 mind.0404d9afcde39ffd

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Had she been dccc09f521 too hasty in b116ddd4bd putting down that ab584a9e58 deposit?f98b05ea886c58aa

“I did just fdc5114959 find one, but… 0e46e042f0 Can I hear 38233f245c the contract conditions?”2d97b4b4402be1f9

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[They said they’ll fb42851ebe take 40 out e52b7ca827 of 300, but b3832d48f1 they said that 70d1a2c33a if you sign 2ddd2fd50c the contract directly 71f906979c with them without 3933c4266e a real estate e050127fa8 agent, you won’t 19be879440 have to pay c0246621ba any additional fees. Since I told them 243e5adace you were my friend, 2fa7ff6dcc they said they’d give 02020c406f you a deposit fee 8fadb8d896 much lower than market 37033245f4 price. They also reduced the 2b062e083a monthly rent by 100,000 0e493b4a68 won.”eacf8251d9dad922

If the standard offer fb2924039d was to give it 583551380b to her cheaper than 8343a1ec1a market price, it was a655962468 probably a pretty good c35cccb517 room with a deposit 7e70f6cd2d of 500 and a cb20ceaeed monthly rent of 500,000 fd9427f058 won. At that 905051cf0f level, it fe4055cdda would be 335d3a8ed4 like Seungwoo’s 59a8071d89 current studio 44cb1ccc77 apartment, with 3ac6e32faf good heating e809ced6ce and cooling, 93c128f6cf no worries e07287c92b about being ea76b0cc90 locked out, 07f2b8bfaf and spacious a6d417927e and comfortable. However, the deposit was 701c6697f3 still over her budget. The thought fb5009b61c of the 8d562e6a42 man’s money cfed7a76c6 that she 749e3f37a5 hadn’t yet edb10492f4 returned flashed f151fc53de through her 7a3716a258 mind, but 0d0a17a4e1 she quickly 8933f40761 dismissed it.0be8b34bf3a36453

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“Sorry, I think I’ll 1947b9f197 just stick with the 841772bed0 room I just got.”5a8af8d6d3efff5b

[Really? Nevermind then.]

“…I’m already indebted to you. Thank you for taking care of me, Seungwoo.”243d60956dd267b0

[This is nothing. I’ll help you move, so let me know. It’s already school break, and I don’t even have to study, so I’m basically a free-loader. I’m bored to death these days.]

“Okay. I’ll talk to 00e15e27e0 you later.”f6d5aab7341246a0

Yeoreum ended 5e0e850997 the call f140c6e24e and began d398f13378 to walk cd43828f10 back to 153554f1ad Seungwoo’s apartment. The phone 987b14289f in her a84cd8fa8e pocket began 7162e9255f to vibrate fc986b3519 again. She pressed 339ba3363a the ‘Accept 3820f1a929 call’ button b890479504 and brought 3cf476ecc6 the phone 4adfba70cd right up ef59b5d930 to her fa5480b998 ear.85b77c241dd5683b

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“Yeah, Seungwoo. I hung up 60f697dddd too suddenly, didn’t ab7a096722 I? Did you have 7264018e21 something left to 0a66319372 say?”64660b293a0ab4a1

[Seungwoo?]

A low, 9beca15c5f male voice 64ad6e859b that was 00e25a3984 too deep ef213d39c8 to be 2b32001cf2 Seungwoo’s flowed 8d134d2f0b from the be537b68a5 other end. After a pause, the 359e9ed604 caller continued to speak.385ccee74075737f

[Is that your boyfriend’s name, Yeoreum?]

Why did 8ed0d11c98 this person 1c15ddcd14 call her?e2151f1ae06168e0

The other 17e99befb4 side was 080dc397a7 quiet as 087e5adda4 Yeoreum froze 0e8cc186b8 for a dd59f70616 moment. It seemed as if f0d6a6e76b he were waiting for a57901b058 an answer.84d5250a1bf0b237

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“…Ahjussi?”2093ebb388fd784c

[Yeah, it’s Haegun-ahjussi, Yeoreum’s dad’s friend.]

There was a fef5b667a5 hint of playfulness f90be56c9c in his voice.511d3bc83a73c874

“How did you ff6c33fb6f get my number… f2aa237b97 Oh, I guess 9eee7a7119 Dad gave it ce6676f3b9 to you. Seungwoo isn’t my ccf5cab64f boyfriend. He’s just a friend.”f5b410b0771389aa

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Why was she making 10aa39ccab excuses for something like 560a44b601 this? Yeoreum felt bewildered as d3cb817970 she answered.8aef8b0d170f2cd5

[If Yeoreum meets a not-so-good guy, it’ll be a problem for this ahjussi. You should be careful about the men you meet.]

He called her out 5025f1f59f of the blue when ea19924686 she hadn’t even given fef620aee0 him her contact information, 8794c6f828 and he was shamelessly 5ef391ea73 giving her advice. Yeoreum answered in 1251ca49b0 a dumbfounded voice.4e465ad4cf320ef9

“That’s my business. But more importantly, why ccc21342cb did you call? Did my dad say d06ecf9d7a he wanted to meet 0fd481d990 me?”674bd6b1aef6122d

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[I saw you while I was passing by. I guess you’re looking for a place. The person standing next to you seemed to be a real estate agent.]

“Huh? Yes. You saw me? This doesn’t 9a817ba1bd seem like 399467e42c a neighborhood 103a801ddb you’d frequent… 0e187a9f1a I didn’t 62ed7625f1 even see 63c71c2cd6 your car.”b18377e734c177bf

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[You memorized my car? How smart of you.]

“Because it’s a flashy c70d7773e7 car. I only 0c14e92fdb remembered the 7a2db2209e color and 2cc10df5a6 the brand.”03df06c1f01ccdd2

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She hadn’t seen c7cabc3733 his car while 3942e28ae6 she was looking 895093b14c for a place. Was there a similar 4b008e8e72 car around? Even if she ef99b535de tried to remember, 6030d5fb1a the odds of 75ffde588b him seeing her d3bd23361b were extremely low. Come to 72eaa50b8d think of a141b26adf it, she 28519a68d3 had visited 5b8ccc6d92 a place 8f899681ad across from 4eef56d3bb a relatively fbdfb8879e busy street. It was fefde089c8 a place e4a0e3e5a6 that the ac18007ab9 real estate 80dcfc5c65 agent had 6f6e98047b shown her, c3e5af9f24 telling her df47f15cdc to just 5c836ffe2b take a 2685b4e2fb look at a5ece67634 a room 7486cf27bf that was 59099064aa a little 6fc9961547 more expensive 8c97c8e5b7 than what 4d1e7a65d0 she’d asked 1a60b4f5e4 for.c02ac050d4935b7f

“Ah, did you see 3c5f10dc5f me from across the ebc8796150 intersection?”2114e11281bccf70

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[Mm, maybe.]

“That’s probably it. Is that why 2f8e86b748 you called me? If you’re offering to 7b14d15e84 help me again, I’ll 8dddda0158 have to decline. The allowance you gave cb0447af71 me yesterday… was a 7e9706c4f1 bit unpleasant.”590d5340af702df8

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[Why?]

She didn’t want to take money earned by making others shed tears of blood. How could she say that to a gangster? Thinking back, the guy was a gangster no matter how flashy he looked on the outside. He beat people up, harassed them, and filled his own stomach with the money earned from their blood and tears. He was subhuman.3a8e4177422b9584

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“It just is. You know I 6f5920ac66 came out to 1d01aa15cc give all the 6807b22fcc money back to a409b8e5fa my dad in 53ec1991f0 the first place.”167006beb47f2a22

[You don’t like gangster money?]

“……”8ff9580ad99f24ae

She was speechless. She had deliberately ebf2d020e0 tried to be fd90df5e1f nice and roundabout, 1301da72bf but she hadn’t 2c8ca78b4b expected him to 197afa34f8 say it so ec3e520107 directly. The man continued dc5050bf31 to speak in 85eea309e4 a surprisingly steady c7b87d5e80 voice.425757e7f47c244d

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[It’s good that Yeoreum has grown up well, but if you continue on like that, this ahjussi will feel hurt too.]

Hurt? Haegun’s voice 215f181351 sounded far ddd371ff77 from that 3d76b24448 of a cf601fb030 person whose adc6a7878d feelings were 743c4dbe7a hurt. It didn’t sound 284ffdee71 like he was 64e3d13104 complaining or stiff. It sounded the b5d88db70f same as before, 5c8740b64b no highs or 280c834eea lows.1dbd9d91c14555c3

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It was cebcdef2fa actually Yeoreum’s f6f48acfc1 voice that ea3cd24e67 got a e0af362592 little higher 41507996f9 as if 974a5f76e6 she’d been 7201dd7a23 pricked.300758224c526b40

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean e9b5bddeac it in a 4ae661e2c4 bad way. I just felt intimidated. I’ve never even 5894acea79 met my dad 551ebd4fe8 properly, and I aef57ed1d1 don’t know you e2a62706be that well either.”b55377bd30c0aa0e

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[Then I guess I should see you more often from now on.]

“That’s…”3a076f2c4a7abc7f

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[Do you feel uneasy?]

“……”fb6873f1ba52a914

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[Then why don’t you just extort me?]

“…Pardon?”8416a8b4a3b7d3f9

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[Yeoreum doesn’t like money that gangsters extort from other people, right?]

“……”628a5a9a1673b279

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This guy 2255ab2405 was too 52762d1efc direct.99e61dd3382d821e

Once again, Yeoreum exercised baed0ad503 her right to remain 6237c779f7 silent.ddda030aeb0adc78

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[Then Yeoreum can just take advantage of me. Yeoreum can use me, and I’ll be used.]

The man’s voice fe41fb7a37 was surprisingly calm cdc18e01ac as he told f590954cc7 her to use c9aebbcd64 him. Use him. If anyone b4a2c2b518 were to b0ec9ab32e be used 20b25cabc8 between Haegun 30b94018de and Yeoreum, 30a0eebe55 she would f8bdf45311 be the 14deafb027 one who 3a00583897 was used, eccaec13a8 not him. The easy a9f7317e3c path always 42c687a088 led to e7eb592f61 the wrong 2a5ab57947 result. Just like how 6cfc31506a her mom got e1f06f1a90 sicker after spending c3ea9ec77d her father’s money.6729b94fef4ea8ee

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“I don’t do 7b2eb0da39 things like that.”8b4a46deb2cdad60

Yeoreum answered in a 4c684dc517 serious tone. Suddenly, a voice 0d357fc85a mixed with laughter 443fd47ca8 returned from the de79ea50d5 other end.75aea7f4c5c84671

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[You don’t want my kindness, and you don’t want to use me. How difficult.]

“You can 7980de7ec8 just not 201235b811 contact me.”79dc37523df9f017

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[My Yeoreum is polite and answered the phone very well. I thought you liked me a little.]

“…I’ll hang up.”2e03fadaf5ed0147

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[If something happens, call me.]

Yeoreum hung up the 78724ef9cf phone without replying. She was 190c8d0a13 about to 4eb65c8746 press the 3197b5584b block button ecdac0fc90 right away, f6b5dd0faf but the 82472df8d2 screen went 5b5378f0e0 to sleep b7a1b57f48 as she 4389e2387e hesitated. He seemed like a be3391156a pretty high-ranking person. He wouldn’t e43c1f97c6 call her 854ef84f3a again after 6d477e1b0e all this. Yeoreum put her e349a36bb9 phone away.5fa8dfa3d4debb3a

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After she ended 6652468203 the call, the dcc739c35f sound of rain 129039a98c hitting the umbrella 126340c569 sounded unusually loud.13db29eaacbcade5

* * *8c2b04fcff6a3f3f

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The rain grew 8d74426f42 lighter.25e7009ed6bab640

The owner of the bce3c45f6c barbecue restaurant opened the 76ffdcf6c9 retractable sunshade and opened 5124cfed96 the door of the 4e4573685c folding window. Since a lot of fca009452b the customers were smokers, 403cd9526b the flow of revenue c3abdba723 was greatly affected by 14eb00288b the window opening and e24d838c17 closing.4b5c060043e40da0

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“Yeoreum, there are abc706c2b2 customers outside!”7fa15c2f5a1ada25

“Okay!”0c3b2310307ffce7

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Yeoreum, who 0e5a29e80c had been 6ce8ebbf09 setting down df3a9eb005 some side 2986ccf038 dishes, quickly 84352f5481 wiped her e6a533b47b hands on 6ff7e5013e her red cb7ad66faa apron that 9c9c256df9 had a 79037e3a4e soju brand 645c7f8ace printed on 4b60442e27 it and c24ed20719 grabbed her 321b61685d notepad before e8d44db292 heading out 557e1cc8f7 to the 932893bb64 window seat.21d176911ad79ad3

“Hi, Yeoreum.”a640cb29e13940c6

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“……”bf507175e6413246

The man lit 73ce9b97ad his cigarette without e73f25ba17 even looking at a147bcdb15 Yeoreum. He slowly 5259463462 exhaled the 612a213459 smoke into f4e7d89e42 the raindrops 153caf4828 outside.96cbed38a45bfd7b

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“You aren’t even going eed95926ac to greet me now?”def17afdb60de861

“…Hello.”afb6e27b006a194b

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“Taehyuk, place bd6d69e174 your order.”143bcf74b150d0a8

“Yes, sir!”d791ff1dd0b489e3

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Taehyuk bowed 7d3a96ada5 his head b1f6b4da87 once to 51256d4117 Haegun and 75dbb251d5 ordered five 1871cce14d servings of f9cd479d5e frozen pork 1d0e5d063a belly and a3f25d8591 three bottles 97f075a9ae of Chutisul. Yeoreum watched Haegun’s e183bb77ba table with tense afa7a88e61 eyes. If he bf8031123f bothered her, e55bc71a11 she planned 825e37dbe8 on telling 99041afbd8 the owner b2cef4dbc4 right away. The owner may 204ea5d95a not have much 8b44a2bde0 power, but she be0f1f6936 was an adult 5d7f112ab8 who could at 82be54757b least pretend to ee49965910 protect her in 54d6016285 this restaurant.76b300d441a75924

“Thank you for 393f5a3da3 the delicious food!”431d3cc34569450e

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However, contrary to her ec9e03fba0 worries, Haegun’s table actually 46f15e63bc left after eating the c048e59d67 food and liquor. Yeoreum, who went 3cf4f06171 to clean up f6acc5d7b4 the table, found 86fffd63c9 cigarette butts piled 90250bf8ab up in the b6bff6a416 ashtray. Haegun’s plate had no 35e1185178 trace of food.13038b6fd4bd9b6f

“They left fbf419f6c8 a glass a7eb2ff15a of soju 6acca7954d here again. Is it a habit d134c2aa4f of theirs?”ab6db675ef7d4cbf

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There was another 9b3eb1b59c glass of liquor 5537f56f80 in the empty 9c21bb70c8 seat. Yeoreum poured the soju 387744d4df onto the asphalt and 119e06eb2e cleared the table.b4c975941cca3494

From that day on, 4a36b7dbdc Haegun came to the 3a64175900 store every day.b31fc2663306d665

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“Hi, Yeoreum.”358887885aba3e78

“You’re here again?”5c9220d4a87bc312

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“Why? I can’t cc7d17aaa2 come here?”4608728ed33bd7cc

“That’s not what 533f947789 I mean…”34297b6f1eb332b7

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“Taehyuk, order.”ec0644a554aac8bf

“Yes, sir!”bf8b3760a47d6cb8

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He would 83c3b46797 order frozen 8c4973d4f5 pork belly 5cc082e90a every day, e80c325a2a which he 39c996c2e6 never ate 1ed7a59bbe himself, and 3c28693976 would smoke 14b70c80cf a cigarette 72c24dee5b at the 0de1fdba50 window seat a8cf74e22c or an 10a34edc4e outdoor table 49520a9e3d before leaving. Haegun would naturally e5cad8b182 greet Yeoreum when 7f1c1035dc she went to df72a9ccab take their order, d459ed4aec but he wouldn’t 439aba7c70 look at her 3d600b61c0 or talk to bcd2f83ce3 her like before. In his empty a82e7b42da seat, there would b0345f271f be two glasses. One he drank from 5783be0ffa and a new, full 39c8bc9e8c glass that was just 3f74ad8274 a little cold.c774df6d340de798

After such a busy fdae919c2f week, the weekend had 6f17f2f19c finally arrived.38566e9230013de1

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Yeoreum, who returned home 78e7a78926 after studying at the 80978dadf0 library all weekend, laid 1602f35aec out a blanket on 36e98009b0 the floor of Seungwoo’s 6888d3b857 studio apartment and suddenly 4531633305 wondered if Haegun had cf3cfcef89 come to the restaurant 15aac09508 today.f65772de735d5fd7

Her curiosity 686985752e was quenched f2e3a90cab as soon a268cbd70f as she 892a180351 got to 840cbe5731 work on 8fd33da0c5 Monday. Haegun and 933a58370b Taehyuk were 0989fe1e94 already sitting d45c465857 by the 765854d054 window, probably 9286c1f16c having planned ccf0cbc8c4 to arrive a7d26650f2 when she 768efc4143 got to 89311f53ea work.6e2338be7eebe9c9

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“Yeoreum, those guys 1820900acc are basically regulars 6de42b8a35 now. They even come on b88767b344 weekends when you’re not fd57df26d7 here.”47fbd9ff9126c001

“Even on weekends?”e9b0cfef46421661

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At this point, it 040425a762 seemed like they weren’t bc996259b9 really visiting this restaurant 16e03eb123 because of her but 7c954e5eab because Taehyuk really liked 44c4458770 frozen pork belly. Or maybe Haegun was 1bec22201b torturing Taehyuk by feeding f5b39268d8 him frozen pork belly a7326616d9 all the time.ed06fdd6aaf22154

As she d9a72bd57c approached to 0a0e27122b take their c32164e411 order, the b7af59a36a latter possibility abccfd5ccc seemed a 59af948c5a lot more 81fce23a74 likely. Taehyuk sat down and 2943ecdaa1 waited for someone to 3f297db706 take his order. The expression a92b688459 on his 1392ca5c9c face that c85bb865be was once 318476cac7 full of 081b3a8d09 excitement and 6a3a8d02da anticipation on f055b36e32 the first acae484618 day was 37d2df15d5 nowhere to ab03cfaae1 be found. His complexion 8fa0826a83 had darkened 24c9866372 significantly, and e63a2d564f his eyes 17d23a94e6 were trembling.7ac47a39438a7a51

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“Excuse me, fda5deea27 my boss 93afe51567 asked if 71d1352291 you’d like 3ebab27756 some salted 8d63b2c3e7 pork neck 68ccb97260 or gochujang a9093542e2 bulgogi today.”e5da839556b90097

Unable to bear 51a86f52c8 it, Yeoreum recommended f020f86e12 a new menu. Taehyuk’s expression 6646c2ed0a slightly brightened.270cf24379290647

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“Then today, I’d like 93a06cd52c to order three servings c88956afc1 of gochujang bulgogi and 15a75ba4c2 rice with soybean paste de29347876 stew. Is that okay with b5a6545191 you, hyung-nim?”59ddacdbd74d2936

“Do whatever you want. You’ll be 9fe1382022 the one 42a43a0170 eating it 4bbf8939df anyway.”b0cde47a473031f9

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Even the 3c8c49bb3b amount of 7277189b55 food that ce4bf31e91 Taehyuk normally 4147561981 ate had a4c521f4eb decreased. At this point, 55b3f580f6 it seemed that 0f94e576a3 he was sick 7db31705d0 of meat in fbf7c3c9c6 general.af66ebc8f0f55bdd

Either way, fc8b47dcd6 when the c40e64013b food was b57e6cd553 served, Taehyuk a2d66d9da7 ate happily. The owner even gave af258f0adb him five more grilled 70af772a5a pink sausages that were 2e121b32d7 usually served as a e498d83d8a freebie. The gochujang bulgogi 2b533309e5 must have tasted 28d57be112 good because Taehyuk 52f4896980 ordered four servings 7c498ed766 of the same cd4ea3b504 thing the next 4a8615fb16 day. The owner was 5c5fffb0f0 so excited that d61b3c4471 she added two 7b5111c81c more half-boiled eggs 1ab0f1d694 to their order. As if responding 580e59edd3 to this, Taehyuk c3ce193284 returned to eating aa1632af65 five servings the 9ac4ff9fd3 next day. The owner was a4104b7e75 even more excited 31130f3505 and sent out b732e68d7c steamed eggs as 8f22f86e2e a freebie.955b6d4ae3e2b84c

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Because they now visited 24ced80587 every day, Yeoreum had 5bfd79912f begun to watch Haegun’s 5e72215032 table whenever she had f7785c6be9 some spare time at 9ddfc85498 work.90d8ec2819bbccfe

“Huh?”7fc2383be8f28569

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“What’s wrong, Yeoreum? Is there 6cc11056c7 something missing 9301149f80 from that d6793dbaed table?”0de225204d83f33c

When Yeoreum looked c532e5cb30 at Haegun’s side f542aa6002 of the table 7ac841f185 in surprise, the 39f1889053 owner suddenly popped d7e2cb7caa her head out 3976477384 of the kitchen.1ab9e5398d12543d

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“No… Because he 22a4ec54ce ate.”c79436960c16e823

“Ate what? Oh, that guy named 79645f4660 Taehyuk? I even memorized his 6c736c79a3 name. He eats well. What’s that 15afc14979 trending thing 3618157180 called these 9e3fb1b587 days? Youtube. He should d75075cbde do a 5360bd3a5e mukbang on 9278a9985f there.”adbaf8bc446d0b66

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“You know about 7056b4f4b9 things like that, dfb01e43b9 boss?”d1e2e6083da2a50e

“Of course. Gotta keep up with d7b203f0e6 the times these days.”d6757c013b98c81b

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The owner hummed as c629b556d9 she entered the kitchen. But what 03a6f3e64e Yeoreum saw b051e0c7e2 was not 3a97ac559a Taehyuk eating 7c8d7ada15 well.1a54802aa7612567

‘He’s eating 795f951ce8 the steamed daa209f203 eggs.’9a75deaca792ca79

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It was the f93b30bc56 first time she 86c3257315 saw Haegun eating cccfd0c125 something. The restaurant was 26668efcf3 quiet today. Haegun picked up a198893f28 his spoon again. She stared blankly at 0dc0e49e2d the fluffy yellow steamed 3d6cbed7f5 egg being cut up 9ecd416de5 into bite sized pieces 42eab0e208 before disappearing into his ba80cce21a mouth. He paused for a d523ba4055 moment after his first e0f1738abc bite before taking a c3ca015bde couple more bites. Suddenly, he f8129eee77 burst into 7aa9d5aee1 laughter out 041981a722 of nowhere.2730b8b69c8602e1

What was so funny? Did he think 4fd445bc7c of something funny?72124789d25baaa4

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Now that she thought 33243e5770 about it, there were c3505221c5 many times when the a0f74eb9c9 pointless jokes made by c338d27830 her sunbaes became a 3a6f847b70 lot funnier when she 1bf07ed6c2 went home and thought 2d511eae96 about them. Maybe he 0761b18435 had similar f51757a59f memories.4f46e203b0877348

Suddenly, Haegun put down 8dfbc71023 his spoon and turned 96a34719b7 his head to her. Their eyes met. There was still a 6b1e3b8ead smile on his lips.6d39362642775755

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‘What?’7dc4f5f74265a89b

Even though a44451650d he only c81bded0fe mouthed the e5187e60f9 words, Yeoreum f3ccbee0fc could understand f1a07ff03a right away. Her face 2f4ecb112e turned red d338beed79 in an b48ae68dea instant. Could it be that 48c8910f4e this man knew she 5b4791e3e8 had been looking at 85be0ed18e him? Since when?63e3263f55de2aa3

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She quickly averted 092559ff37 her gaze and 7df8ce7a7e turned around to a0664a56ef clean up some 28bb2895e0 of the side 4bcfe80924 dishes while fanning 902e434e45 herself with her 956a1b2445 hand.18a934fda2c52ae6

“Omo, why is b75853e3ac your face so 8be68860dd red, Yeoreum? Is it hot 7aef1a7f83 in here? Is the 9b87ab8806 air conditioning bf5d77f4f1 not working d05549a958 well?”960d287c8df6f97f

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Why was the 3146a1f5b0 owner’s voice so 3d816233e6 loud? She felt even more 6162e524e7 embarrassed and lowered her 86bccdcd3e head.252eaaf6864d6f46

“…I just remembered something embarrassing.”116deff7c633c146

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The owner smiled pleasantly 796c0c4e79 after she heard her 95af17ac75 answer.34084a19b1ff2aad

Yeoreum didn’t 2efebac8e1 look back 20e5a09f16 on purpose, a1c6fcd363 but for 61ace0185c some reason, 292eb2b43c she felt aa3d03b050 like Haegun’s 88b0451dde handsome face 0b1f496812 was also a72a53e1e1 smiling behind ad88498b9a her.d95805cf38d3e8fb

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Today was the last 143e7ad7e3 day Yeoreum would be 88f1d89a67 sleeping in Seungwoo’s studio 4ad5b166e2 apartment.1fa7a2c843ec7a55

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She went out 8c74e5c897 to work with 33979d7ea2 a slightly regretful 100418a247 face. The weather 142f78a75c was bad cf4a6f854b today. Thunder, lightning, ab101b64a0 and strong 29f1be0b53 winds, not 3ef1e4ca66 just heavy af8bb75fb4 rain. The TV in 605aa6715a the restaurant was 0ea96305c6 on, and the 140fa48b49 weather forecaster was 9e992839a9 saying that the 3542be192c rainy season was da4b116180 unusually long this 7893173048 year and that 627729de89 today’s weather was 3dd6138215 more like a b0481c09c0 typhoon than a 017ecb8c97 rainy day, so 2129e25215 people should be 81f1d6216c careful. She decided ee34ae7b64 to move 540dc5c3b7 tomorrow afternoon. She desperately b96cd81a02 hoped that 17572d6f7a the rain cf0bf52543 would stop c652033d67 by then.030b31fa4e9f4873

Because the weather 80d12a669a was bad, there cb8d7dd361 were only a a52cad24be few customers. The wind blew e326779c4a through the folding 109ac6d1ad glass doors, making 2546885b2a a whistling sound. Soon, the door e05951fe3d opened, and Haegun b5fe765bca and his party 291ce99b31 came inside.23481125d5ee73cc

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“Hyung-nim, are 19bc34b2f0 you sure 1d77b68716 this is 0056207932 okay? This is a d33f5a9a00 non-smoking area on 1679cd03fa days when the c0ca07d11b windows aren’t open.”60e4a54da3c19959

“Doesn’t matter.”fe05d1998357b4f0

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“Hyung-nim, then 5410e893ee would it dab77d0df2 be okay 974fddaab4 if I cd2fc6b092 ordered salted 72f95b8110 pork neck d1b5fbb227 today? I was also 0dda1b6977 thinking of ordering 84f9ea4ddf soybean paste stew abe735f24a and rice.”85a1bda696ba9465

“Don’t ask me. Just order.”f911815fc29bd698

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Haegun came 61350ee512 to the f6ba28e677 store again 553d2a12de despite the 8f717ade28 wind and 6d123526f6 the rain. Three other tables 5d8082b539 were occupied. Four tables were enough 163f20d8b7 for the owner and c537e3753a her to deal with, 93fa2956af so Yeoreum was able 47cdf0a340 to watch Haegun a 959d8782ea little more leisurely today. However, considering 2c16ce56fb how she’d 7f62ec64d3 been caught e40a14c348 staring the 2a05272fbf day before, 8f06284d49 Yeoreum planned 80bea266ae to look e648bedbb7 without being f1848bf413 noticed today. She intentionally stood 523c0868f3 diagonally from him b1837236ca so that there aa08c87ceb was a table 2ed07c4fe6 full of customers c43335fc20 between them.915c8e05bd1e5602

“The handsome 03156021e5 boss doesn’t 1fa502aad9 eat and 0a760d381c just smokes f5e47621f5 on an 8355621e27 empty stomach. I wonder if 4dd238f073 he’ll be okay debb319aa5 today.”0bb834e145d83c05

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The owner started calling 69b01abdd4 Haegun ‘the handsome boss’. It seemed c4032e2dc7 like she 8ace046679 had developed eb5ceb4550 a somewhat e143c23b1c close relationship 78231dd4d0 with him d6edbaeb16 since he 5307954bdc visited the ed8390ecaa store every 2dfd124e3b day, but 6bc24564ae while she 386b92bb1f would often 04467c122e approach other 49750c71e8 gangsters and 5de8c179ae talk to 851313e06f them in 0728dfb062 a friendly a1d72b484c manner, for efb7270832 some reason, a118d4ccd8 she couldn’t 5e49bf4fc3 do the cc53ae27b6 same to 2392448cfe Haegun.9fe7f9ba69ecace7

He was 2da557d1e6 an alien aefc7c28a8 presence in 6f5ceb0af4 the store. He looked unnatural, sitting 8504e93bdb on an uncomfortable plastic b04f38afe7 chair inside an old 1963c9a506 restaurant with graffiti all ec26bf7c41 over the walls. Like an actor a109c338b8 forced into a afd346dbdf soju commercial. When Yeoreum 6bf51f16da approached the f614280d94 table to 525597c718 take their 12153fe035 order, Taehyuk eecc071a18 ordered with eedb687088 ease.a3af737d6771cfeb

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“Is there anything else 434b593128 you need?”3996d9ca8f06fe80

She looked at 460f7e9903 Haegun without realizing bd1aa09786 it. For a moment, dcbf27d675 her eyes met 0ac7b27b43 his as he ca087c3fb3 looked at Yeoreum.04bfc596e439c48b

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“That’s a first. Why do you 4d519ae6eb ask?”46c7295174099f71

“……”9777667b5d24d66e

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He was right. Yeoreum also wanted to 1d272a23aa know why. Why did she add f85ad9b497 a question today, which d32707ec8c was so out of d8acce6daa character for her? And she had 1f11a1288d even asked while 27db2e47ae looking at Haegun.47833f11c8124075

“Do you want 0e71cc873d me to eat?”906630fa5e561844

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“Pardon?”c536780f0de86f5f

“I thought 04b7223ddb a hole a537ccc43b was going 8f5de240d9 to form 4966eedb6b on my 2d33a02370 head yesterday. Because Yeoreum was looking 51d5d2bca9 at me so intently.”2e48c9ca9453b236

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A blush 0151b86262 appeared on 7b6897de30 Yeoreum’s face. She answered back in 59a705973d a small voice.2f36ac764c34984a

“…I just happened to see you while looking your way. You usually don’t eat anything. I thought you seemed to like the steamed eggs, so my eyes lingered.”3a6bee1f5d2c2805

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“Ah, that…”4da5e410bdcb2bd7

Taehyuk was about 6e07fd4636 to say something 1fb9ca7046 when Haegun’s eyes b23f0e57cf briefly turned to 62bdda9f15 him. The smile e04c85e982 had disappeared ef6e8d500b from his 20e3c761a3 eyes. Taehyuk stopped 66ef70537f talking and 5d715b7522 drank some b90bb45bdf water. Haegun turned his 39989d6a3a gaze back to 5319f298bb Yeoreum, his lips 9efe765460 curled into a 25049fdd18 smile.f80c21adad1e7ab1

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Yeoreum had no fa673b91b3 idea what was e6ac2f47a8 going on. She was 78071e22be just embarrassed 0306ba9d9c that he 9a8f14370e remembered what a8302efa68 happened the 8bc0387f33 day before, 9794c3f06d and her 9a7a001e78 mind was 5a473c3bf8 in a e736ea6773 state of 8981527eba confusion.914de409cbd9556b

Haegun slowly 065f61e758 opened his 797f22b4df lips.5d001978f1d2b93c

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“Want me to eat? Do you want 6da9c20f38 to watch me?”a863a06cf092f12a

“I won’t.”4242267cf306542f

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“That’s too bad. If you wanted 953be9ea96 to watch me, e2d71ec946 I would have 66e1568728 eaten it for 614ce8377a you.”afdfad71c8d1aeb4

“Why would c1b593660f I watch dc1da26051 a customer 152244f5ca eat? I’m not d398b9b342 a p-pervert.”0850fc427827df81

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She tried de249adf3b to answer e5af78c3c6 with a dee4350692 steady voice, 0f8c6a30fb but she 8536de3dbb ended up 050f7fcd56 stuttering.83e73b054680b730

Haegun chuckled.dc488beb949617b9

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“I see. So Yeoreum isn’t a 6e408a06cc pervert. What shocking news.”a74755a1f55d4b7b

How dare he say ab261499c4 such things with such 8faae3683b a calm face?29701e6ac20bb3dc

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Yeoreum didn’t respond. She couldn’t find 0f211ff768 the words, and 83c7d6671a she was also 6d014520c6 so embarrassed that 642272e518 she couldn’t speak.99dda60a827839dd

“Add another bowl of ac36820fd4 rice and another bowl 57ceb983aa of soybean paste stew. And give 7f52d82c86 me two a2fdcef94d servings of 7899fbf47a the same c3ee3834ec meat and fa27799228 steamed eggs. Let’s make Yeoreum, 1abd0715a6 who isn’t a 9e7d5765ed pervert, watch me 9a688bbbd3 until she warms 3a2192d398 up to me.”1b41f292361318a7

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Yeoreum added the order d6fdbc78ee to her notepad with d572234c52 a flushed face.8f3f4af2d5721b46

“I won’t warm 5797340522 up to you. Since you’ve e0a0c3d78c finished ordering, 47326a13da I’ll go e261a99157 now.”8d179b003ef9f677

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After saying db68a462a7 this quickly d784092968 in a 23414fe945 small voice, 15d8fc873e Yeoreum turned 6bf423c28c her back 8240ee3951 to the 0c3ca47ef4 men and 314e9418e1 told the 4fe980fb47 owner what a893b681e5 they had 33601548bb ordered. She began to 4e76408569 set the side 8d3096c32c dishes on the 4f82ed417c tray. She felt bad 7861ff818c that she had f7fb4c7461 fallen for his b7e8140267 scheme, but she e5e909b0c1 was curious about eccb25942a how he was 321e694942 eating.1c43eb6ae39ee1b4

It wasn’t 692cd2f896 that big 9799643cbf of a 26559f62b9 deal.535565bd90a78e1b

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