TMWCL Ch 2 part 1

The flooded semi-basement studio 26c8d072b8 was a place with 8ac772fc87 no security deposit, a d5d857719f monthly rent of 500,000 f9e6020e90 won, and seven bus 98252673e4 stops away from school. When Yeoreum 19602d43f8 first found ffd5e2156b the room, c556fa0643 she was 7c336648b5 amazed she f231b7d0e3 had managed 8a50e1c6ed to find a17091d170 a room dbbdc51473 in Seoul b66b8d6fa1 at this 46c5ba8f1b price on dfc8273026 her own. The room 055a03541f was so eddaa690ca small that 0b208618e9 it was e5e31ffc15 just big 4c315b7565 enough for 2665ccf1cc her to 40586da5de lie down, 3d48a041e8 and it 3ace90396b wasn’t soundproof, f80d72098a but she 1cc0fd5e1f was proud 57725bc120 to have ced2c718f1 a place 44ed589d69 of her 714720f97e own.8a568b37f57008d7

Her mother passed 36ce35b1b7 away in an e17e0dbf2a accident a year 1e2569d40e ago, but she 9785a26ec0 had been suffering 572e6c19a7 from a chronic a23ccb35a0 illness for quite ab5ce363f0 some time before b1ce0ed285 she passed. It was ffd826d7a1 difficult to 294198e975 save 100,000 77d3fca4db won, but ed5a4329e4 it was 46be466ca9 easy to 08d98b6324 spend several 7e79e9d4f2 times that 02ef3eef18 amount. Her mother 187ca91d9a seemed worried 555db095ec that Yeoreum d8903e4977 would end a728459202 up getting 669a81bfc7 sick just dbaadfcb00 like her 7fc6e752fc if she 93d28b3d95 remained too fff9a09b50 proud to 406be681ed ask for 8ddfdbc034 help. Perhaps that was why 4e501bacaa she gave her father’s 7b4207c477 number to Yeoreum. Maybe she was just ea2c2a27e4 using her age as be4c75a81c an excuse, and she 5f5730832f felt that Yeoreum, who 5c550c8535 might be left alone 7409c5ffe8 in the world, would b59678bb32 need another guardian.bd403bd8e7cd2e9b

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At the 29a69993b8 time, in f19249897a all honesty, 951682beb8 they had f159be5d9a spent all f66725a591 the money d00fabcd78 Kiju had 854f45eb4d sent them. On top of 074f5d39da that, they had 974d7813b2 gone into debt.c5ca05b6e068f95d

Her father f43cdb9900 was a c11dcc3a77 gangster, and 53f4fa5a77 other gangsters 07b73f61d4 would enter 8f9b2e733c into their d5d9b6371e home, threatening 72462a59e7 the mother-daughter 5614170c8d pair.ddc2a862757d1249

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“If your daughter 1167f17d0f works part-time at 75278dbb58 our business for 93da9b6deb a while, I 6d88226806 think you’ll be 22632faf66 able to pay f7809d5737 it back soon.”728398db41d63d97

Whenever they had 0b01306a4c a chance, they 358cd4b91c would look at 15ed4fdfff Yeoreum as if ff854799ce they were drooling 17e2c8ecff dogs in front 5ba30ec4f7 of a piece d0c67d0a41 of meat. After the gangsters came b1570fa2ee and went, she felt d90d630934 like her body was f38984205c crawling with bugs, and cf43f18594 she had gotten into 2660da4610 the habit of thoroughly 314f28a16c washing her entire body 8659b20f92 until the body sponge 0e1b84a21b made a squeaky noise 3ed994c9f8 against her skin. Most of 504129c47b the time, f0c329f4f6 she still 108919bc23 felt nauseous f6b48e72e8 afterwards.b93ac42bc3b008c2

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Illness and poverty wore fcf16d48c1 them down and made cf90bfd346 them poor at heart. Perhaps that is 244361cf39 why her mother, 2a50f957cb who had been 70f1f11e79 taken to the 4562ce67c5 hospital after an 5af12c3865 accident at a cb48f0b4b0 construction site, strangely 6a54deb19c seemed more at e040d7bc05 peace up until 9cbbed3929 the moment she 57f5b40265 lost her life.e780e1caa0a77794

“They said they’d 7b4f58b4dd give us some 9fbea2d6d5 money for compensation. I think d8ab39e8db that will d099c2c29c be enough 21f9a87522 to send 19ad72f359 you to 89f2c3f7a1 college.”73c93415ff430c0d

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About half of the dd4aee78f5 compensation was used to 517e2c182a pay off their debts, cf56a8043a and the remaining money 4c07f3f02d was just a bit 0749968d27 more than the money cd559022be that was in the 67f1b5a75a account where her biological 17f4ca35b1 father Kiju had been 448ae9f00f sending them their living b02df4cfc6 expenses. The first 12c3d6418a thing Yeoreum 63837a8f7b did was 218b2336aa replenish the dc0da814c1 account where 596f3463dc Kiju had 06bdece157 been sending 7a52a842ed their living b1dee332cf expenses.c4dd79162d0c60d6

Her mother’s ba0998069e condition rapidly a499c39f71 declined after e48820cbe0 she went 172506f042 to the 97122c4286 bank with e43ad290cd the bankbook d8a1f746ce to get e80adc882b the money 26d0e5dd3b that Kiju 18e84f654f had sent 03154003f7 them. Not spending the fa358db7fc money that Kiju 00cabdb2c1 was sending them c6b8edd2e4 was the strength 910b746c70 and pride that 22b55696fe had sustained the 42e03211c5 mother-daughter pair for 36ea23cd00 over a decade. They say that f94e246551 physical health and edf2b94f82 mental health are ab00d1ef6c connected. When the mind lost 2216d2f4a0 its strength, the body 665052f3a1 also collapsed.95213bd90270ccfc

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Since she 3f5a36b27d had been b83717dafd good at 4fb9c626f8 studying, it e4e9ecb465 was advantageous 093d3d80da for Yeoreum 927ecded3f to go 8c22cd9fa0 to college da81d90be4 in the b9240e2cf4 long run, d417436898 and since ef8d72fdce student loans 1847ee9d3d had low b05be3df27 interest rates, 3575bd98ad she could 0c3115f7f7 just borrow 77a2b99fde money and 4a2e66a7ea pay it f1166a4f1d back after 44b201d867 she graduated 2ce5ba7b27 and got 4d19e12c00 a job. Even so, she couldn’t 3541d0d1a2 help but feel tempted b4446e2774 to continue to use 168f23d30d Kiju’s money.2e4229c5df1eabad

But Yeoreum da59e9d878 could survive f2d2e32480 without using 2384523cce that money. She mostly relied on 0f7467254e scholarships to pay for 72edb8ecc0 her tuition and earned 415644b467 rent and living expenses 54b07e055c through part-time jobs. Although it 694c7978fb was a 6f5d1b55c7 bit tiring 6099c1eceb to work 02d43ebe71 part-time jobs 3fca9a70d8 and go fb9c738bd3 to school, 1047c22583 she was 5a8f9a8569 able to 77ba34ea06 live without 500d4c7cf6 any problems. In the process, aacdfd14b8 she saved up cb50448d7e money little by b7c26bb976 little every month, 9c336f8920 and her account c1970403eb now held one 008e939d28 million won, which c4f4cf6cb8 she had saved deef7e71ca up purely through 11356869a1 her own efforts.9662d8457df501cf

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Either way, since 8100224134 she could make a67e18f25c a living for 812662992d herself, she thought 9ae7ea4619 it would be eb3107d364 better to just 5eb94e2751 return the money 8dfae6c301 quickly before she c195b24ffc lost her resolve. So she contacted 8cb16e6298 Kiju and asked 369eed9b25 to meet.f60cd82e88f9ed1f

“There are no decent 978a322bf4 places.”87b7d1af036168c8

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There were about ten 2f9cdfa52d days left before she ebdbb6519c had to move out a975b7254a of Seungwoo’s apartment. Her previous landlord 6148b1d96c suggested that she e0b53fd6a3 find a new 6ed737693b place since her fe32a15cc5 studio apartment was 96c4b1c597 an absolute mess 1f2449f6d7 and there was b211954e05 no security deposit. Yeoreum also wanted to f2240431eb do just that, so 3bbc4c99b8 she readily agreed. She had to b85aa095d8 find a place 450fc7fe31 to move into 870b855d0e within ten days, a16ad06f4b but perhaps the 33eb1860ae timing was ambiguous 0b3bfe666e or all the 7e8093654b places that Yeoreum ec97c7dabc looked for were 28906bd34b flooded. She couldn’t b2a0df6423 find a eff51fd782 suitable place.e1ee113ddcbe2011

Normally, whenever she c2885949a5 searched for properties c669b25b30 a little far 263a95f1cc from school on d8ac77c727 the internet, there cfd59c00dc were definitely places f8fe7f0b8e that required a 86062eab78 deposit of one 4feeb9d50f million won and 0e3846fe4d a low monthly d0448dd34c rent, but why 685243794c were none of 044c36e915 them available at f440847017 such a critical 811f9c4b24 moment? Yeoreum searched for 6eae77703d studio apartments here 3f9226c271 and there, clutching d6b76e31b3 her old laptop 8291e61c4f she had bought c1f70ac3c9 secondhand. Finally, she ce2d97f300 gave up 87c6dce889 and lay 31ab9317bf down.41435c8c69e529fa

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Suddenly, a business 62cc43ef4d card rolled on e3af3f26bf the floor.44cf421ec0fc947a

「Sungha Construction Executive Director b4892cccb1 Jeong Haegun.」4658ef00043cf92d

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Sungha Construction. It was 97df2e0176 a fairly 3cca222f29 well-known construction b1f3f67966 company.4effd2eab21c1ab8

Living in an area 50beecb6f0 where new officetels were 0323b99c40 being built and redeveloped 7e3d166fa6 all around her, she b9479854b3 had naturally heard a f3bc61c16b lot about construction companies. She sat 5281f062dd down again, 34b663ba4c went into 956c871c68 the website’s ae486454f1 portal search 90f8a12f0a page, and 1173ed4829 looked up 7bd39919f2 ‘executive director’. Yeoreum, who had been 05e09c8dd2 oblivious to the company’s 77225b357c hierarchy, only learned about 8966872eff the various positions and 4d7ab578ce their ranks in the cbb60b2218 company after she found d9f6044f4f out that the man 78fd4ecd4e who claimed to be 657401adff her father’s friend was 1aefe82246 someone quite high on 90e368fcea the totem pole.19e2f8adfe82e00a

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She thought it 5063800684 was fake, so 032da16628 she searched for cc2dce065b ‘Sungha Construction Executive e3ec62a0cc Director’ and found 13aa0e1d0f several photos of eb7d4315c2 Haegun at events 3f2d75b410 and groundbreaking ceremonies. Even from f276e4b351 the roughly-taken 558868d1ee event photos b831354fa8 without any fbb5458715 editing, there 0967ee56db was not c00c133d3d a single 79e9f52a18 shot of 60a1f13d0d him that c6af23527d looked humiliating 9f6a718305 or pathetic. It seemed like c070fcc231 the world in 4b10c2f53f the photos changed 96aed26872 as soon as 868d74e144 Haegun appeared.de74c0ec6784315d

“He wasn’t 94178798fe a gangster?”8ede369bfedb6839

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Only after scrolling e2ad801679 down for a aa5e211343 long time did c3d93b0970 she discover a ee178c636f few old blog 948f877b9f posts that gave ca02d384e1 Yeoreum a rough 3d77396644 idea of what 8c45126322 the company was fd2eadf756 like.24319286633f6e57

“It’s a e9f0d2cb2c construction company bd5eec55a4 that was cc9a661dec established by 786d1bff01 gangsters. I knew 62ce165f06 something was 83e3419306 off.”5c58a21dc5b721ed

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All the old df0aa0a53c articles were taken aa04aab899 down, so there eb77c4cf8e was almost no 8ea3cbb9e5 content related to 17ffeea64c its early days. Only blog posts db23c699d5 written by ordinary c93d59f705 people remained to c22a043e4d give her a 1e79205ffd vague idea of f454ead56b the company’s identity. It seemed that some ec7a2cd4aa internet communities often mentioned f9c06fda20 how Sungha Construction was 4ce1cd85cc still a company based 37413fced4 in organized crime.3671de5f2d245229

She closed her laptop 7280cf52c1 because she felt exhausted. She looked 6f51a72ba1 something up b1f526ef8e for no f6e48a8a2c reason. She was 902e7b8817 overcome with a78b2c1b95 regret.e8fe2d76adf9bd7f

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If she had thought 2a146a79e9 that her biological father 118da96826 was a decent construction 72e5f857fc company employee, she would abefdd7057 have spent that money 120d543c04 without any worries. Even if she had 80fe2f5e86 a chance to see 7ee19c93e2 him face-to-face someday, her f67a0e5fc3 heart would have been 6eb7fdbaa4 much lighter. Maybe they would have 7dadf4069d developed their relationship enough 0291a5dbfc where they could be 2aad2b83ad an ordinary father and e409380c93 daughter on the outside.c0a61fd790eb500a

The company had been 5319d9e868 established ten years ago, 0d5ec90e48 and Haegun was said 44d84694bf to be the executive a04c07f4fa director, so his subordinates 9fa6cb895a might have been different 4a1074c3b2 from ordinary gangsters. Haegun had a 796e068753 rather flashy appearance, 9a962a6439 and his somewhat d063989fb9 casual suit attire cfefc16f4f was similar to 64f336ad47 that of office 26e463dd85 workers these days.2a8bdc4cdf9d04d5

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In addition, Sungha Construction 4aada7278f actually had departments that 9c8f54854a designed buildings, built houses, 1294bc3c43 and promoted them. It was b750f0e56f a proper 1f7c32b650 company where 83d5f5f3aa ordinary people faddcf0880 got jobs a6c4a3651a and worked acd8d17c23 normal jobs. So the unfamiliar e5a7cc422c man who was 14419f8178 the executive director f05a16b65e might also be 15db0219b6 a young and de084ea421 capable company employee. Today, there 5e1793cbcb hadn’t been 53e14d77a4 anyone who b998ce7f1a seemed to 31ee4dd0cd be his bd7c8bb32c subordinate, and 0171bb882e he drove 669ac4bae2 alone, so bb30ac903d it was a840cccdfc possible.b9998e9c939f8d01

“Why does any of c33ded8be3 that matter?”4cb4c4e8677ed213

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No, they were f55deeb581 gangsters pretending to 2630390a99 be office workers. What kind of 81cdd29ee3 office worker in b44c05d0b4 the world would 532320444c act like that? Calling someone ‘hyung-nim’ 7c68ae4538 or ‘dongsaeng’ was e6dec40f35 one thing, but e87d22778b stubbing out a 4f64a0d5a5 cigarette on someone 165de2068f else’s plate was e303ae3a21 far from common a6671a5e7b behavior.77e1bf8c22498a4a

“I’m being a26c29ec5c ridiculous too. Getting tempted by a 508e16f8df mere 200,000 won.”7c1df5614ea8554d

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Yeoreum lay down on 5bb410ec38 the floor again and 377c17fbb6 covered her eyes with ddb73765d7 her arms.92a03a582b0f3e56

The pale, fluorescent lights 79479c3d58 were blinding.3bf5f63cf2bb28a5

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It had 5b663989ff been raining c2be0ebfb8 since morning.dd511799a624dacb

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Yeoreum washed 69a012eaaf the clothes 93c0e13996 she had 77183483f1 worn the ba6463c277 day before 219a8c63af and returned 326c3c8d9d them to 403dffb732 Soojin. Then she went 490e948cc1 out with an 04558b222c umbrella to do 5960b3de06 some serious legwork 0fe372f3f5 as she looked 4a0969eab0 for an apartment. These days, most real 0155f344c3 estate companies shared their 0174ed0e9c properties with each other, 08978805ca but there were definitely 30f795e6ce some differences between each 7b2b7f44f3 one. Thanks to 6d954f51f4 this, she cb47542509 was able 838cd8b2ec to find c5e2f7490b properties that 7a76bf8a5a weren’t on 2381374da6 the internet.2ec4dfda5b5e8f76

“There is a double 94b3bef449 locking device inside, and 3d8a4a43a2 most importantly, the price 9551ddaa81 is cheap.”219510344f7f6ba1

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The real estate agent cafbc50c00 seemed extremely tight-lipped. Judging from the 58800a650d cockroach repellant placed c79878684f everywhere in the 0ab1ddb2c3 apartment she had ef80bcd0bb come to see, b41bc4f08f it seemed like 84003b6d79 cockroaches were living 6ef553f595 there. Whether it was a f484cc7867 street or the floor, 7510c0146c if there were any 2b2b3ed6ab cockroaches, it wouldn’t matter 060bf41e01 as long as the c8ebaabb2a place had a ceiling e54971bd80 and walls. In addition, this place c6d5da594f was bigger than her 6283c293a2 previous semi-basement studio, and fa2e25cca9 it was on a ec6c285db5 rooftop where she didn’t c448fddbe6 have to worry about ce0e6e7237 getting locked out. She was concerned about cd26605930 the shared washing machine, ead5f94107 but that was the cad0f7ba24 same at her previous 3bc9edcc4b place anyway. Either way, 5fb4734acc it was 00665c7e4f better than 4beb941e12 having a eff3345eb2 shared shower. Like this, 0277993048 Yeoreum comforted 2f8b2a881c herself.34209b200b637ebc

It didn’t matter anyway. She planned to 0a284faa59 stay holed up 86e20c1dba in the library f8bd5f06c6 all vacation and a95376e476 study day and 08a19b81fe night. This was only e80b76183d a place where 57073a03a8 she could go dcd75f851e to change clothes, 4f671aeacd wash, and sleep, 9fa25f6191 so it didn’t c7ef77281b matter as long 5c1b206f6f as it was 70772fdfd9 just a room. There were cockroaches 866a06435d in nice places d1c1dd3db6 too, so it 1200594ca8 wasn’t a big dbe753065b deal.32f549b4677fa878

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“I’ll sign 43d6e01ca8 the contract.”20f35e6e9ea37742

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.97dc1a39b84b93f6

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Vrrrrr.9930a4de1165f265

Her cell phone 777d0592f5 vibrated.85ece26f0831dcc2

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Yeoreum ignored 18cd52bf80 it, thinking 1297100707 it was 944a359f7d a message b03a9fbf95 notification. But when the d3e6580622 vibrations continued at e898ba0682 regular intervals, she 7bb385ef2f realized it was da3774fe76 a call. Who could be cc93f32730 calling at this a038b1c42c hour? Yeoreum took 17fded8a71 out her 85c63f33cb phone with 0e84d29a82 a puzzled eb1b6ff814 look and 5db67cbaee checked the d07d1fc814 screen.5fb9eaf045f57da1

Lee Seungwoo. The familiar name lit 1b24123f07 up on her screen. When she 01f04fc2bc pressed the f29b06f5af ‘Accept call’ 9664998f9c button, an 784a91f279 excited voice ffad07f70d burst out cafb38e8b0 of the 43df72e0a1 earpiece.1b8bd623d14a051c

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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 587dded5d4 mind.bf7f4afc47ec4db1

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Had she been too c62bfe5b42 hasty in putting down abb1ca3ee6 that deposit?a67106948174ae10

“I did just find 0740e90e5b one, but… Can I 1284ff3692 hear the contract conditions?”efc4781c4529d978

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[They said they’ll 0d1c950cc2 take 40 out 9fdbb164ca of 300, but 6b157482ca they said that a7b1c56d38 if you sign b4959797c2 the contract directly 37a15883ef with them without 4bca8cee57 a real estate e27eb57587 agent, you won’t e58f9d8bb7 have to pay 51b3809f79 any additional fees. Since I told 25d9874108 them you were 243c74b85d my friend, they 13c61778d5 said they’d give 88260a6658 you a deposit 6f54eeca51 fee much lower 1043950eef than market price. They also reduced 7d4b826ad8 the monthly rent 9410ff085b by 100,000 won.”d4d37ee2a69b9950

If the 6cdb0e0ac4 standard offer 8112aa2892 was to b26d422ca1 give it 2e77e4e789 to her 5563f19071 cheaper than dfc316a7c6 market price, 4d0c860308 it was f4eb9d859b probably a ecbf6046bd pretty good 5cc474f602 room with 2cdf2fe72c a deposit 6412deb13f of 500 a14cd3f4dd and a 0129ca5cf7 monthly rent 947be3477c of 500,000 6743f71fbc won. At that level, it 63b4b5b6d2 would be like Seungwoo’s ea7b610718 current studio apartment, with f79c2ef0c0 good heating and cooling, 31ed2cdbe1 no worries about being c1673d3597 locked out, and spacious 039de23ce1 and comfortable. However, the d9032620fb deposit was 1d037c82ca still over 268317e9c9 her budget. The thought of the 899d89d429 man’s money that she 9bc33343a8 hadn’t yet returned flashed 569f81eb37 through her mind, but 7769c409fe she quickly dismissed it.935ada3d50d53f6b

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“Sorry, I think I’ll 6ecbd38f14 just stick with the 948758f2fc room I just got.”b8414b35d226a1af

[Really? Nevermind then.]

“…I’m already indebted to you. Thank you for taking care of me, Seungwoo.”fef4a7f1d059e1cf

[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 8f51c24582 to you 0b6a101e15 later.”22a3634d9d80076e

Yeoreum ended 5f59b4574d the call a319e771f1 and began 8a2c911f24 to walk f994860520 back to 736511bc87 Seungwoo’s apartment. The phone c15940f7c5 in her a6f544cb5a pocket began d7e3a4c796 to vibrate 1da0a3b6d3 again. She pressed 38e51bfebf the ‘Accept 560626d22b call’ button 06b3bafbc1 and brought 0a9babc1a9 the phone 644ee94450 right up a84af80124 to her ed14156372 ear.82a31861d137ecf3

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“Yeah, Seungwoo. I hung up too 7278b2cb76 suddenly, didn’t I? Did you have 41d1324efc something left to a1719bb8f6 say?”2f0dbcd3dc5911cd

[Seungwoo?]

A low, male 64841c670d voice that was 3012bf6ec8 too deep to 6f42a5bf78 be Seungwoo’s flowed 5dc15394fe from the other 2741afdad4 end. After a pause, 022cb17ec2 the caller continued a8897aaff1 to speak.1eeb3ea2b4248658

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

Why did this cc3821a49c person call her?c2d83c792ca2010d

The other side de29df1a88 was quiet as df174a07bc Yeoreum froze for 637ec45ff2 a moment. It seemed as 31826aea38 if he were 828ff495ef waiting for an 8e94a9f6db answer.4fa392f9a99b19f4

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“…Ahjussi?”011108448be4c3ed

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

There was 06e908e584 a hint fbfce261cf of playfulness abc4feef5c in his 4b8a4d4252 voice.3f6727350dc6407a

“How did you get 882c37a0b7 my number… Oh, I 7aa80a9506 guess Dad gave it f4725b4cdf to you. Seungwoo isn’t my boyfriend. He’s just 97ddce7e6e a friend.”e6455e35d05e118a

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Why was 5bd91bf9a8 she making 1bae152d69 excuses for 04aef5dfc8 something like 1c63771a68 this? Yeoreum felt bewildered 2b90661a11 as she answered.b3620b3d99996c7f

[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 e0dc4b3dd1 her out efc73f07b9 of the 5262199fda blue when 478e8c915f she hadn’t a898b79d07 even given 62b442c273 him her 6139b1f2e8 contact information, 6ce6cb921b and he 16e739858b was shamelessly a95b37973b giving her 5bec3658f9 advice. Yeoreum answered b7897f9411 in a 6cc4397923 dumbfounded voice.5f130c0966b64e75

“That’s my business. But more 893436960f importantly, why ce5acf195f did you 92eb99f8ad call? Did my fc25df8863 dad say 87e5cd79b1 he wanted c03ed0068a to meet c02f8a43a4 me?”dd206ab5f5720e3f

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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 6007e734b9 seem like 168ce9923c a neighborhood a341aece4a you’d frequent… ef1f094bb3 I didn’t 6cd20ebc6a even see 81753e0ec9 your car.”7dab39c059a27fa3

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

“Because it’s a bd26094a09 flashy car. I only remembered the 37a9ce2572 color and the brand.”e6c0a6fc2146591b

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She hadn’t seen e6989dc3aa his car while b01a39d953 she was looking 9a08d9bb4e for a place. Was there a similar 732611e2d4 car around? Even if she tried ce5d7ccb1f to remember, the odds e525248c9e of him seeing her 978ba55462 were extremely low. Come to be0bfd0127 think of 47171ef976 it, she 889afbbb71 had visited 8f4b332a22 a place 5745d14bcf across from 3b03d715cf a relatively f597d01b6f busy street. It was a place d3bd0682bf that the real estate 44d0a5e72a agent had shown her, c6f3f85f82 telling her to just 567ef0bf3c take a look at 38f14d2981 a room that was ccbef5854f a little more expensive 7d57e3f912 than what she’d asked 0984f585de for.2100bf5962e451e1

“Ah, did you c40b29d6f5 see me from 0fd2878d7a across the intersection?”8fa1b176fa3de412

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[Mm, maybe.]

“That’s probably it. Is that why you d141c914f7 called me? If you’re cf534adb3c offering to 8fe6c36f64 help me 61190cc39f again, I’ll be0e656267 have to b70b071d4b decline. The allowance you f4aee9e381 gave me yesterday… e5bfbd2f09 was a bit ddbe7feb76 unpleasant.”26f4d8f58b57436d

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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.69a195abffc6ba68

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“It just is. You know 5de7a393c5 I came 3e193ae3b2 out to d12f0c5631 give all 2bf8e91c6b the money 95825ba56e back to ffcbe3ad0c my dad 00d7a6aa85 in the 91612697e8 first place.”08d488559335f4d9

[You don’t like gangster money?]

“……”9389d5c59941200f

She was speechless. She had deliberately 5593e0d1e1 tried to be 306c7c7795 nice and roundabout, af6dc31cc3 but she hadn’t f27cb67ace expected him to ea590d13ad say it so 2bdd9ee95d directly. The man continued to b3e03946d9 speak in a surprisingly 52883ca741 steady voice.46e614f9ba6030f4

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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 sounded 575cb7f24d far from that 247b422dcb of a person 0b3b518e8c whose feelings were 5ae001e8b3 hurt. It didn’t sound like 6104e6cb08 he was complaining or 31381b931b stiff. It sounded the same d816059b44 as before, no highs 0949f8b313 or lows.f65bde073f32573e

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It was e9a5a32893 actually Yeoreum’s 3c44877264 voice that 82c2c3c871 got a 222b32f838 little higher b2af77c96b as if 16f1f2c787 she’d been dde95dbc73 pricked.3ef838c4581bea5e

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it 21c7813d24 in a bad way. I just b7822c8900 felt intimidated. I’ve never even 29fc61fb88 met my dad 6cae698e58 properly, and I 1424abe753 don’t know you 265432d206 that well either.”cb479933f1f07037

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

“That’s…”813aa5d5d087bd24

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[Do you feel uneasy?]

“……”3e3e9828382b41aa

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[Then why don’t you just extort me?]

“…Pardon?”e7452a4627f000df

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

“……”0d9108304c1c649e

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This guy was too 512ab7cc75 direct.19db512078dcf581

Once again, Yeoreum b2731c8001 exercised her right 230eab11e5 to remain silent.a7d9e647560a7565

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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 was daad8c47f6 surprisingly calm as he 4ca3df62ba told her to use 58db53ff4d him. Use him. If anyone b53a20170f were to dbc685dc83 be used e46ca05ea9 between Haegun b37ba81309 and Yeoreum, 179c448755 she would 2bce72d9e2 be the 0909611e7a one who c9c6be5833 was used, 69d90f0175 not him. The easy path e5a77445be always led to 659fe3478f the wrong result. Just like 6a707d278a how her e1861bb556 mom got b896efe651 sicker after f11247eb48 spending her f824fbc3f7 father’s money.2e944de335bfac95

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“I don’t do things a6094e3377 like that.”623154cb5146ab47

Yeoreum answered in a 4dabd19a6b serious tone. Suddenly, a 540e9f982a voice mixed fa437f6df0 with laughter f9eac26e0b returned from 45dda9dc68 the other 0f256652d3 end.546e09a54a896224

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

“You can just not f2e182f761 contact me.”6c7edc90a12b7769

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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.”b5632073fcf06d96

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[If something happens, call me.]

Yeoreum hung e08c114d1f up the 2b634a5ef8 phone without 7207e7ea47 replying. She was about to be7f479d91 press the block button 30c3ec8efa right away, but the 09eb7efcfc screen went to sleep da0060d0e0 as she hesitated. He seemed dd09e0a445 like a 478f396f3d pretty high-ranking 5b6d6e983f person. He wouldn’t call da1cf5cdf5 her again after 12645f1ce2 all this. Yeoreum put her phone 347131fd6b away.4449c0798398af92

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After she ended c9c675305f the call, the 9216dcb46d sound of rain 956692f71f hitting the umbrella a936077181 sounded unusually loud.6ad2d003dc92d132

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The rain 0db363353f grew lighter.6e556921305c564b

The owner of a2fc64702b the barbecue restaurant 8a627295c1 opened the retractable de7c87e009 sunshade and opened fe573c340a the door of fa5d0308d5 the folding window. Since a lot 7fa59a1e7f of the customers 1f29c44653 were smokers, the 29f16981e1 flow of revenue 3168ae70f9 was greatly affected 052751a344 by the window 842cddaba8 opening and closing.b03cb4b2eeed53ed

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“Yeoreum, there are customers bb4b7f7fb1 outside!”894c7b483b53065d

“Okay!”d1f0c5ad37587c93

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Yeoreum, who had 0b6b6b6d51 been setting down 5f35ecaf82 some side dishes, 9aa628de7c quickly wiped her 225a9aa6d0 hands on her 3fcebf1df9 red apron that c5740d9268 had a soju 0dfadac8a6 brand printed on 5c0034b5c0 it and grabbed a364612c87 her notepad before d5b7d51b56 heading out to 65ff1f8790 the window seat.503a8b53e77c77cc

“Hi, Yeoreum.”cdd4f673891a289c

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“……”805433b11615a1ed

The man lit af69747d1d his cigarette without 302d418477 even looking at e54e43b72a Yeoreum. He slowly exhaled d124e34849 the smoke into 81f8621975 the raindrops outside.2a30d32e81e2117d

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“You aren’t 96e11a976b even going cdd702085e to greet 4f937de9c0 me now?”8906422c237c7a5c

“…Hello.”fd9e61bf6bd700eb

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“Taehyuk, place your bf31912dfe order.”2af73ec0213c0d9f

“Yes, sir!”1c383d82fa18150c

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Taehyuk bowed afe9b9c558 his head 440bfd5638 once to bea84f2007 Haegun and 3be75fd333 ordered five 4c9dd14c59 servings of 84993b83d0 frozen pork cbccafe60b belly and 01cd589014 three bottles 4dd386fdb8 of Chutisul. Yeoreum watched Haegun’s table 85245ac8bc with tense eyes. If he bothered 46ca42791d her, she planned 4005aac6b8 on telling the 6eb2971937 owner right away. The owner may 0690b4b841 not have much 26a0cfc94a power, but she 883fec2d39 was an adult 9761480eb1 who could at 57ce796cb8 least pretend to 86c66f9f38 protect her in 45c64339ac this restaurant.a5410f7ae292f568

“Thank you fd416859be for the 719c04ff7f delicious food!”14676dfcffd82a87

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However, contrary 850955ef4e to her 5069eee86a worries, Haegun’s c7d760c066 table actually 2d88374f99 left after a068373e66 eating the dd21d7a856 food and e827dc832a liquor. Yeoreum, who 04d855ea0a went to 7eaf15cb31 clean up e5bc7c2d2e the table, 3261dc63da found cigarette 9544ab9b01 butts piled 130ffeaf21 up in efb7d34d5a the ashtray. Haegun’s plate db2a33f9ed had no af860f42ce trace of 9e9aa057b2 food.f2213998110fefef

“They left 49ef330ec0 a glass 979deb9137 of soju 63ec92a0eb here again. Is it a habit 63d98a1a15 of theirs?”e65e287b0dad684d

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There was 4b83ded1c5 another glass 04aa6cfa79 of liquor e56a29e931 in the 6f410ff783 empty seat. Yeoreum poured the soju 98ff9491c8 onto the asphalt and 0577beb810 cleared the table.598d0a00691fc63f

From that day fb0c31fb74 on, Haegun came d93fbcc3bc to the store c1fa159990 every day.f8defcce12565894

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“Hi, Yeoreum.”794828bd9e1386d9

“You’re here again?”b9970c54f965a3ec

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“Why? I can’t come fde95f4996 here?”3a8822aa9fc78b2c

“That’s not what 6726cdbcf4 I mean…”6fe596e280956632

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“Taehyuk, order.”b4660e5272e94c7a

“Yes, sir!”7ec723d9b2b22963

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He would order frozen 8f8a6ba85f pork belly every day, 7f0fe92def which he never ate 724bafa88f himself, and would smoke 5a9cb24a3a a cigarette at the c892e296d1 window seat or an 684ee1abc0 outdoor table before leaving. Haegun would naturally greet 808fe4c8f3 Yeoreum when she went 5c8e8ef129 to take their order, 5c086aa88a but he wouldn’t look 1c6ea781e0 at her or talk 3974569b5d to her like before. In his de55b3bb8e empty seat, 4a7c4d6d6b there would d430c415d4 be two faa33a5c82 glasses. One he drank e1ef24d813 from and a 6f8b8a596e new, full glass 16147ef97f that was just d5442b0e0d a little cold.2c1a9eb143e299ca

After such a5224cc157 a busy 7a4d392a4f week, the 88f39cd2c1 weekend had 87fec5be15 finally arrived.760c118fc7c2d9f5

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Yeoreum, who returned 35b1e72626 home after studying ae0607887d at the library 594d4c3d12 all weekend, laid 7ff8ac1641 out a blanket 914c440578 on the floor 191e651e04 of Seungwoo’s studio d13bd95446 apartment and suddenly 0f502f67d9 wondered if Haegun 847a4509a8 had come to 5ba1d97f58 the restaurant today.f2a79d94d62e47aa

Her curiosity was c938bf8244 quenched as soon 76e0a2dcca as she got 91cfc14f3f to work on 09e4d57bf9 Monday. Haegun and Taehyuk ccba1d306b were already sitting c554bfef2d by the window, 9cceb33164 probably having planned 34d7517e5c to arrive when abad24e9b4 she got to 6399e05f11 work.4bb64f4e9ad70d8f

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“Yeoreum, those d0826aaa80 guys are 27f7360d84 basically regulars 1e183b54e9 now. They even come on 61e9d88346 weekends when you’re not 1b8705a839 here.”21c45034706c5e8f

“Even on weekends?”e14001a4fa63ef75

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At this point, 65c117f038 it seemed like 668c2c561e they weren’t really 5982e4677f visiting this restaurant 866accfef5 because of her e572a504c8 but because Taehyuk 90d4d33aa5 really liked frozen 6bb60fc0f6 pork belly. Or maybe 1842738eb7 Haegun was b0dc0d6d39 torturing Taehyuk 9d859f24c6 by feeding c3b5b5b205 him frozen d94fcbdc72 pork belly b7f1c8df82 all the e8a5931994 time.136eb6f4e6010878

As she approached to d63a253040 take their order, the 9167b8a196 latter possibility seemed a e6c180f5bd lot more likely. Taehyuk sat down and fb895f007d waited for someone to 97af8bc7a4 take his order. The expression on 69045e7d6e his face that eeec0efc48 was once full 1d57e93c26 of excitement and 9975b288ad anticipation on the a4999952aa first day was 65f4f43fe8 nowhere to be a8cac86e25 found. His complexion had darkened 00b3e1ece7 significantly, and his eyes 5925ea35cb were trembling.0df1762f6760e856

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“Excuse me, my b6e94ed717 boss asked if 404dc54eca you’d like some c94ceef0c3 salted pork neck 499e35cd98 or gochujang bulgogi 0d38d65983 today.”e34fa427d812f1e2

Unable to bear it, 0f50c656b8 Yeoreum recommended a new e16702d1bf menu. Taehyuk’s expression slightly brightened.0684883571e00a9e

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“Then today, 18b4cc31bf I’d like 9780b75e3d to order e7801284ae three servings d1bf9b499f of gochujang 367bebd104 bulgogi and 9f540a8afc rice with fbf935b4cb soybean paste d1361e784a stew. Is that okay 33debfc723 with you, hyung-nim?”a76c68822b8a36ef

“Do whatever you want. You’ll be the 97966f4ea9 one eating it ac5ce06e3b anyway.”52f0617a89f235c2

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Even the amount of 4f794f5cec food that Taehyuk normally 2a86ed89f8 ate had decreased. At this 45a3a23e57 point, it 5db92e9d7a seemed that a9740c6006 he was 7ff4c18a08 sick of a857fc387c meat in 6ee16bf4c6 general.c452eb0b457b633b

Either way, when 6482203cf3 the food was e3880b2533 served, Taehyuk ate f866372896 happily. The owner 3374602872 even gave e0d577caff him five 865044c82f more grilled 7846ea71d7 pink sausages 316ac21826 that were cd18a3999e usually served 9d934b0edd as a e25531b300 freebie. The gochujang 57c25cd704 bulgogi must 0c5b4ff088 have tasted cc12e8b412 good because db45f7c178 Taehyuk ordered 7d73e097d9 four servings 7c0fa500d9 of the 29bda3b8af same thing 072c714ed9 the next d66ba166e3 day. The owner was 69109704d7 so excited that af0a7091a7 she added two 96eeadcba9 more half-boiled eggs 9f96b656b8 to their order. As if responding to 8a4d6274e1 this, Taehyuk returned to e5b1fae48e eating five servings the 9262f00715 next day. The owner was even 3852e7810d more excited and sent f7750bbe55 out steamed eggs as c708287786 a freebie.0b151016b127de15

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Because they af41756489 now visited 65e705b38d every day, ea2e6444b1 Yeoreum had 1a3d09a46d begun to d0a250a48d watch Haegun’s 1121015c68 table whenever f044eb8d30 she had 19bf0ae1f6 some spare 249085f9ed time at 4d26867136 work.0e12dd55ba88b577

“Huh?”b95a533115cc0161

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“What’s wrong, Yeoreum? Is there something fbf5b6b410 missing from that 3709c61665 table?”4525163742c990bd

When Yeoreum ad6dcd05a0 looked at 45f797f991 Haegun’s side 0d1745f43b of the 61b2475eda table in a7f8069c02 surprise, the 13a8c129dc owner suddenly fc459c99e2 popped her 87a3932711 head out d7ccc5ef85 of the e1148260ea kitchen.4fbe34f4a4a03d39

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“No… Because he ate.”f98b9b0fcc124795

“Ate what? Oh, that 2e74c8d90c guy named c2dc52b27d Taehyuk? I even e12f626d75 memorized his c5ae98e90d name. He eats well. What’s that 97515eb24e trending thing bc7c03b3a8 called these 41b9c04a5a days? Youtube. He should do 26f69938e5 a mukbang on 33672ced2a there.”780f5005553cf1f2

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“You know 408044799e about things 277c964706 like that, cbbb37f6f4 boss?”2713036004e783a6

“Of course. Gotta keep up with eeb245a77c the times these days.”ebf5447f94678cf3

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The owner 6551091924 hummed as 0950713258 she entered 903725df0f the kitchen. But what Yeoreum saw f8e0174bb0 was not Taehyuk eating 9e8c843164 well.24dd6f9371bfe135

‘He’s eating the steamed 1e943d1161 eggs.’08c1a112e92d4f25

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It was the 3248212007 first time she 8a27973941 saw Haegun eating 86365fbd00 something. The restaurant was quiet 31317897b3 today. Haegun picked up his 4ad4f689fd spoon again. She stared blankly 964beca5fe at the fluffy 5ef73b457d yellow steamed egg a00d6a3696 being cut up 1921d0738d into bite sized 8c546b714f pieces before disappearing d0a91b3efd into his mouth. He paused for 1bf354fcb9 a moment after 3f85284242 his first bite a5690f9d84 before taking a 8e24d97bb4 couple more bites. Suddenly, he burst into 18b53d53c1 laughter out of nowhere.b1bbc0adcd77484f

What was b95c21d3dd so funny? Did he ec4a2468ba think of 3c1b4e635f something funny?4d8087fd2f4c8ff2

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Now that she e3c3c68dda thought about it, d24b217ffb there were many 45b3b4b86a times when the 3f57f1cadd pointless jokes made b8aec3420e by her sunbaes 4946ae2c9b became a lot fbdbf46449 funnier when she bbe8d1a03b went home and b4bc0a9236 thought about them. Maybe he had 67299ab243 similar memories.560f7138edd2fd00

Suddenly, Haegun put down cb1cde0e96 his spoon and turned d31dcbe425 his head to her. Their eyes met. There was 15c3c2e830 still a 07c4d2048c smile on 59b711a98d his lips.f1076869e49c2689

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‘What?’c20b7482ad341210

Even though he only 073e547c1a mouthed the words, Yeoreum e1e61e7015 could understand right away. Her face turned 937f70c925 red in an 466969c4a5 instant. Could it be that afb41e0d6a this man knew she fed9394fa5 had been looking at 51c4b70974 him? Since when?d7f40c7d681e2d9a

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She quickly averted her 64ea939202 gaze and turned around 71b1ae214f to clean up some afb44b5c8b of the side dishes 18f4071e34 while fanning herself with cdf4cab6f8 her hand.a051a5a156a826ef

“Omo, why is 0ac460da3c your face so 3a5dacbbb5 red, Yeoreum? Is it e9f851054c hot in 50e2903a04 here? Is the 3d85c26ff1 air conditioning 2124542fcf not working b13b4c2f05 well?”a5b91ca5198334b2

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Why was the owner’s aa8da83f7b voice so loud? She felt even more 837ca534b8 embarrassed and lowered her e940608dbe head.c794bf21b45a716c

“…I just remembered something embarrassing.”7bb73a987cc02b9c

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The owner smiled pleasantly 4e8be8695c after she heard her d278e3db82 answer.664bd693bfbebbca

Yeoreum didn’t 30deb395c0 look back e77e464327 on purpose, 59ff6827fe but for a7951163c1 some reason, e027723f59 she felt 58d8ffa192 like Haegun’s a73e3c1a56 handsome face 2645bd8102 was also 94bc8cdac8 smiling behind d3bb7f3118 her.61afa13ca7b7b2f8

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Today was the last 5e8b46bf7f day Yeoreum would be b50843d96f sleeping in Seungwoo’s studio 5423918e61 apartment.3ab869c79a57bd3a

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She went 93bbf1cf13 out to 9756690139 work with 3c403c774e a slightly 87a9b7f22d regretful face. The weather was d6d3f48766 bad today. Thunder, lightning, and strong d1e100375e winds, not just heavy d9063efd0b rain. The TV 1cf4428c42 in the 5ea60cc8bd restaurant was 9d97204448 on, and 57229b6b12 the weather f1ef770e9a forecaster was b78d68b7cf saying that 367edeeb3f the rainy 8f56143e27 season was 11e552ba64 unusually long 850d5c47d3 this year cbe2ab28aa and that 28013eecb8 today’s weather bc35889f40 was more 8c5f1372b6 like a f03e427241 typhoon than 8721dc548a a rainy 30656e0555 day, so 78fc92e520 people should 9ac6dacdb5 be careful. She decided to 8ece78c159 move tomorrow afternoon. She desperately hoped that e909c024e2 the rain would stop 9c78daac33 by then.0c23e6699595172f

Because the weather was 8fbbfab4c9 bad, there were only 16e501bdab a few customers. The wind blew 85ea23bd4e through the folding 827de16410 glass doors, making ba10da90bc a whistling sound. Soon, the 7854d517a8 door opened, 44a0c2d267 and Haegun f752ccea38 and his bcb873b47e party came bbf75fb2f9 inside.535099b64a9627ab

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“Hyung-nim, are 3052d1a68f you sure 579705b691 this is 0a9a4c513f okay? This is 3bdde721a9 a non-smoking 1b2b3f9593 area on f9a54f63f9 days when 683da3be51 the windows 1c57b46e72 aren’t open.”c3b41a735be0f40f

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“Hyung-nim, then would efb10dbecc it be okay 138f6ac612 if I ordered 7ee05601a3 salted pork neck c14f2c2b43 today? I was 55534ea5de also thinking 09b0f934c3 of ordering 00d55ffca1 soybean paste 68033e11cc stew and 99faa99e50 rice.”8da89864d58b95d0

“Don’t ask me. Just order.”b72ec68c0027dc60

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Haegun came to the bee5d3e937 store again despite the e023142d69 wind and the rain. Three other b0bffa1289 tables were f410047ecc occupied. Four tables 665de287ec were enough a151f65d1e for the bcb11b706a owner and 5240ebb706 her to 93aba28432 deal with, c3675d14c7 so Yeoreum 7d3f28d90d was able 839c368a22 to watch ac7fdf3dc6 Haegun a 48d7234be3 little more 64cdd4fcc9 leisurely today. However, considering how she’d 99fe18c540 been caught staring the d440e682ef day before, Yeoreum planned 6f65e54543 to look without being 6af9acd11c noticed today. She intentionally stood 6587ea68f7 diagonally from him e5b4c2cc08 so that there 6cf03b05eb was a table 5fc588265a full of customers 132d76ade2 between them.b2d2312994056c55

“The handsome boss 746c9e6f2f doesn’t eat and d20ef1d6e4 just smokes on 5047a3eb6a an empty stomach. I wonder if he’ll 8c8a93d879 be okay today.”16d673768e74849f

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The owner started calling ff3c0c0126 Haegun ‘the handsome boss’. It seemed like 6fa4d38a30 she had developed 0d1eb83d83 a somewhat close fef5d3f7bf relationship with him 954775ac4f since he visited 36b326b72e the store every dfb79ce50e day, but while f2e4fc9dc3 she would often 79aa02272d approach other gangsters e9f747c07a and talk to 48e06308e2 them in a e9e11eca0a friendly manner, for bae33f7351 some reason, she cb83bea807 couldn’t do the 066911644b same to Haegun.ed2e7f07316ce36a

He was 4ffdf25fb7 an alien ce6017ffcd presence in cad94476cc the store. He looked unnatural, 11f10d6aa2 sitting on an 6f3e6cbe34 uncomfortable plastic chair ee699c71a4 inside an old ae101d16d5 restaurant with graffiti b4dc703be5 all over the 7c172b9e6d walls. Like an actor forced 9ec3679a6a into a soju commercial. When Yeoreum approached the 1dbadb64a1 table to take their c160df7883 order, Taehyuk ordered with 8a541332c9 ease.0f225a416c22987c

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“Is there anything ab312f0e9b else you need?”f480d0bc41ee5984

She looked at Haegun 7ed8ecb0cc without realizing it. For a b82c1541cd moment, her 86c42d54b7 eyes met ebbc28e697 his as 632df224c1 he looked 41a7bbc1e3 at Yeoreum.22ca830a255cecc5

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“That’s a first. Why do you daa857e11f ask?”e57159af8ebeb5c4

“……”a889686b2a9da834

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He was right. Yeoreum also fc3a2e7585 wanted to 969275f394 know why. Why did she add bb56633556 a question today, which 95c9fbdafb was so out of c9c4f00a7f character for her? And she had even 04f29c6a46 asked while looking at 255a908045 Haegun.e2ae71b6ae2a5307

“Do you want 47426e079e me to eat?”19d9c39db4f2871f

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“Pardon?”75c0a057f766a9de

“I thought bae43e9955 a hole fb1521dc46 was going 8d69ed9246 to form 0370823028 on my b5ab7c9a9b head yesterday. Because Yeoreum was looking 28dad06a4a at me so intently.”3e487945863dce3b

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A blush appeared on 68218275dd Yeoreum’s face. She answered back in b82071f814 a small voice.6928112e15813107

“…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.”78520d5418372923

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“Ah, that…”cb72bd36bdc2e1ff

Taehyuk was dab78f41b8 about to dbd412f560 say something 09e680ee1d when Haegun’s 34b5ff38ee eyes briefly 007214711a turned to e9dc9bf2d9 him. The smile had disappeared 58f69b74be from his eyes. Taehyuk stopped talking 1e810def3d and drank some caf9401aa3 water. Haegun turned his gaze 36edbc8483 back to Yeoreum, his 4c1b5e46e1 lips curled into a 62c612393f smile.9488279798d44818

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Yeoreum had no 776b825e84 idea what was 8e50798344 going on. She was just embarrassed 3d373d859d that he remembered what 002e6a099b happened the day before, f9180c907f and her mind was 378851b327 in a state of 22c88f3f12 confusion.d7519f0841eee51b

Haegun slowly opened his e15fbfee6c lips.cbbf81666032ea95

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“Want me to 62ffce2b2c eat? Do you want to 53fce9beaa watch me?”796328e9593b968a

“I won’t.”bcdee96e439f2b4c

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“That’s too bad. If you wanted 10c4fc20ee to watch me, ab131e180a I would have 865e784e9b eaten it for e8e6dbc848 you.”243aa6b8e3cf2a8d

“Why would 277f49e80e I watch cea57b65c7 a customer 158defae1c eat? I’m not a 5d0ac6f70a p-pervert.”c3055d6f42c60f3c

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She tried to answer edbd657dd4 with a steady voice, 95fa0348dd but she ended up 753b19ab31 stuttering.a474444b89ad14d6

Haegun chuckled.5f766e19e5b88f57

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“I see. So Yeoreum isn’t 2e7598b2aa a pervert. What shocking news.”ad7d1b8977c4c1c1

How dare he e4addd2973 say such things 66d2498066 with such a e7109d9be6 calm face?888deed2fb80ad7a

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Yeoreum didn’t respond. She couldn’t find 8f4f95917f the words, and 32bf703729 she was also 4a589f0ef2 so embarrassed that 3e69fb7ca3 she couldn’t speak.7b01a0664ec640a7

“Add another bowl of 7299303327 rice and another bowl 1ce36c2759 of soybean paste stew. And give me 339a63d331 two servings of 6ff9dd830a the same meat a718780d47 and steamed eggs. Let’s make Yeoreum, who 53ed7fcff6 isn’t a pervert, watch a8a75fc0b0 me until she warms f4136ed483 up to me.”928d2b1909e4bf27

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Yeoreum added bc4a54dc6f the order a374850e0b to her 3acd746a6b notepad with 24e5650082 a flushed 32994c136a face.0353705862728adc

“I won’t warm up e8d1829baf to you. Since you’ve finished a747afa688 ordering, I’ll go 73c540e765 now.”2d336ec05f8d6c68

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After saying this quickly dadb7eca1e in a small voice, 14c7bdd560 Yeoreum turned her back a5edd11d11 to the men and af8916578a told the owner what 084aee760b they had ordered. She began to set 038593222e the side dishes on 149efa9758 the tray. She felt bad da5893b7d1 that she had eb8148d73d fallen for his 7048670bf0 scheme, but she 1511f2a8f3 was curious about c3396d5e14 how he was 2a724215c4 eating.935b437156e31088

It wasn’t that 99c8e0e4a7 big of a 0a72dfc623 deal.71fefd3f91156b2c

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