AT Ch13
by cherryrose“I have to go to work this evening.”2ce511414ff5dc5c
“Work? What work? I already gave you a day’s pay.”433aa925ea16d2f2
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“That’s separate. Today I was called to the underground.”08c0aae838c34656
She couldn’t ignore a summons from underground. If she wanted to live, she had to go no matter what. Since she never knew when she’d be called, Baekyoung didn’t take other night jobs even if they paid more.77bef67d850af941
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Jang Heejo, who knew the 1e490794a0 workings of the Ant Tunnel 094bb264e6 better than anyone, looked at 56229f4a8f her with a knowing expression.e4e23e1948d466d1
She understood the meaning in d3ef43f66e his eyes.00657935a5bd1bf2
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It was the look dae3d8c50e of seeing the future af41304edc of a weak and 2a71a98d8f pathetic human who would 7fb5b37fb8 soon lose their mind e1b6463c68 and fall into the ece98e7748 pit of money and e569f42af0 pleasure. When she could read this 122c4c2a75 look, even she wondered how f577542e49 long she could last after c358a8dfd5 setting foot underground. Could she hold out until b22a767422 the end? If so, what would her 0c89befdd9 fate look like?4ceb93524e9f8d91
Because of what happened to Suyoung, she learned that submitting to Jang Baekjo meant death. Submission wasn’t the answer.ed92dd78072df251
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So she had to endure. She wanted to 301c49b676 take a different bf76d43d5c path than Sooyoung.df61884c73057f5e
“Then wash it as quickly as possible and bring it back.”d4d9e9749c4d0569
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If she took this down comforter to the bathhouse, Myeongju would really like it. It would be fortunate if she only got cursed at once. She’d have to add the condition of going near closing time and thoroughly cleaning up before leaving.6ffadbdb3e404119
Until now, she had never even seen a down comforter, but now she was touching one to her heart’s content. Baekyoung, who knew through research how meticulous care such an item required, decided to just do as she was told.1f08a814bb3dfdca
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When he tosses and turns under the comforter balled up into fist-sized lumps, he’ll realize his mistake in telling her to wash it with soap as his back presses against the clumped down.02a3db4460647511
She’d done all sorts of things in the Ant Tunnel, but hand-washing a comforter at the bathhouse was a first.d4acae5e5271d732
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Baekyoung became more afraid of tomorrow, when she’d have to hand-wash and dry the comforter while being cursed at by Myeongju, than of going underground today.b4be6af221c644ae
“Yes… well…”223b4514f7a029f3
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“What was that?”98e0086692e6d9fc
“I’ll wash it well.”035b2a14b2e6bd7e
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She’d just throw it in the dryer when drying. She was a fool for drying it in the sea breeze in the first place.005303be7016b9d6
Seeing him give her such f69b19fd96 a task, was Jang Heejo f86a648ec4 just looking to pick a 5b18830ab3 fight?81f1fe6e9cce1d07
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After sending off the displeased man, Baekyoung found the single black suit hanging in the closet. Unlike Han Seyoung’s glossy one, this showed signs of wear here and there upon close inspection.76783be9da505ee4
This was the suit b1c1db0f48 Sooyoung had bought when 36be3f7a77 she first entered the 3892980c2c underground to do menial 25d3b8b506 work. Even after her 5c02fafb19 death, Baekyoung had 7d7bc481ce kept this suit.907c5a4a415c832c
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She put on the suit 34e4da20d1 and neatly tied back her c7bcc29145 hair, which now reached past caaf4fb0e4 her shoulders. Then she glanced at 0b34170100 the luxurious comforter on f206073cdd the mattress and buttoned b49e721ad3 up her jacket.7b1dde65f1c417a7
After going down 6677824119 from the 7th 256df5f3d8 floor to the 51d7b94d7d 1st and passing a658f4d880 through the guards, bb9d09984f she could board 6544b36e38 the elevator leading 7b3c0f951e underground. Employees took a different elevator f7af90342c from the guests. She would likely meet 935b863646 others heading to work c251f76ee5 there.186fb74b608d18e3
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With the resolve cfdb857186 to get through 517a22d685 another day safely, 55c02fd4f5 Baekyoung left the 9db87e2351 room.fefcbf84c198167a
“Damn, I was slacking off not knowing if I’d get called. I’ve been working on the 3rd floor remodeling for a while now.”873575e3a40ddeee
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A familiar coworker complained in e9643e5c2b the elevator. The occasional shaking a77f108874 of the building 5e95b9b882 might not have 45534e4a50 been earthquakes from d33ff48fca outside, but internal b85c84f26b construction.70b4f0a94767e918
Unless they were tearing 4dee4218a6 it down and rebuilding, 23faa69d52 the idea of remodeling a03070b5ce such a building was ecc4915ae4 laughable.16f3532a3cf44343
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If China had the Kowloon 21c48d5b88 Walled City, Korea had the eee122f78c Ant Tunnel, a place tourists 1768da0936 visiting Cheonghan City poked around 0faffe2039 out of curiosity.bb3610a55fc301a4
The first floor had proper-looking 6edafefe17 restaurants, pawn shops, and supermarkets 3bcba2952e selling necessities, making it easy d4f9f4dc1a for outsiders to enter. But from the second floor 8220c9c884 up, if you accidentally entered 83bd14282d a drug den in the 6477d6df25 maze, you could ruin your fe8a616842 life.5226231cd9e79817
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You might even f8d89ae025 see a junkie fd1f72dc59 fall from the 29f3ebb80d second floor.db333c0a917cee50
As the Ant Tunnel c1f25540bb unexpectedly gained attention online, c39b4e116d even this place that 3de303553f seemed like it would f3b1235fc8 never change appeared to 2edf63ad2a be paying attention, cleaning 40ff257ab2 up and renovating the edc600b741 paths where strangers passed 1cdce7dc6b through.b8909276eccf2ab0
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“But if you work here for a few hours, you can play for two days. I was short on money, so this worked out well.”a4f055116e26eb1c
Everyone looked decent, standing 529e0fd842 there in neat suits c91d75803f unlike their usual appearance. Did she look the same 98176a8609 to them?31f2044576068a74
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“Just stop blowing your money at the casino. Didn’t you say you’re short on rent?”927a2a2f85811b44
“Ah, Director Jang said he’d pull some strings so I can enter the hall next time.”713ef934e61c619b
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“What? Really?”2007a2867fdd3c2c
“I’ll be moving to a nice place soon, you bastard.”41e83226c8d39f8c
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Baekyoung’s gaze slowly turned to them, reminded of Sooyoung who said she’d move to a luxury villa. This wasn’t a place just for men, so there was a mix of male and female servers.3eb7e3fc7e3f6389
The two clean-cut men 16f8107398 seemed to be addicted 6d530acd62 to gambling, perhaps thinking 47a78f2571 of becoming hosts, and 877a41d93d wanted to sell their 740fc3a33d bodies and smiles to a3dabb420f make money.5274aa5ac497df53
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This is why Baekyoung didn’t judge people by appearances alone. It was unbelievable.b7cb58ead35e9896
“Hey, put in a good word for me with Director Jang too. It’s been how many months now? Come on, tell him to let me work with you guys too. Huh?”5cd4c4c6872deee1
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At first they give light adbb84a28c work, but by giving a b093752a57 small number of people more fe71f97e00 money than the work is 6bb7a6488b worth, they end up creating f15addbbc3 competition like this. They make people easily bb651ed358 fall for the sense f26c2b1c7f of privilege that you c44c7aa4a7 need to catch the 24172cc20f eye of Director Jang 27cad3b569 or the manager to e082ca60d4 get work. Thinking their instructions are special, f9998ee9aa people make the wrong choices.211673dea67d2aec
Whether they came through an orphanage like her, were born in the Ant Tunnel and lucky enough not to be abandoned, or entered with someone’s recommendation, the common point of those here was that they were all young.38fb595e7fb92487
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Too young to know enough to make choices. They hadn’t learned much, hadn’t experienced society, and the underground exploited their psychology of wanting to be loved and relied on by someone.be030a0fb9e1975b
The people who came underground didn’t treat the servers rudely. They were always kind and gentle. Baekyoung had felt uncomfortable with this from the moment she first set foot here.9a4407f01ccedaef
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She had entered 6af70bfc2a this place trying 8b4f60356c to get Sooyoung 3b1776ec41 out somehow, but 9dde6d54ea now Sooyoung was 4123328172 dead and only 9a3f2a3c1a she remained.0b70cc21e0132c13
When the elevator e862623415 arrived at the 06a6a594eb 4th basement level, dcd47f88ff people poured out. Baekyoung blended in with them b30d62a339 and stepped into the underground. A large hall 3e6c41ef51 appeared under the 1dbc15348d light of magnificent 95a23c1d55 chandeliers.cf83ce0396c8cf75
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Beautiful naked men and women were dancing in the hall, and it was already nearly full, perhaps due to a large group of guests. Servers in the same attire as her were already serving in the hall, so Baekyoung expected she’d be assigned to a room or the kitchen today.3e8d7dde3de08f69
“Baekyoung.”4e96d85c32ca22dd
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While waiting in the staff passage for the guards to assign people, she heard her name called from behind. She didn’t need to turn around to know the owner of this gentle voice.dfa857740800cb52
“Hello, Director Jang.”70fd6950bb4c4f62
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As Baekyoung turned to greet 3f1d68face him, the man let out 94376281ba a short laugh. At the same time, 2f61c11c7e his large hand rested 96adb031ba briefly on her combed-back 3f7025f3fb hair.babe5ed1dc0c25d4
For someone who had 76d66468da turned a hospital into 7b33bf08f0 a sea of blood 8e9c97db63 yesterday, his smile was 7a4a9b15f5 too pure. But when that smile left ec17010a82 his face, he looked at 65fe0f1b0a her with snake-like eyes.eb1edb4571700aa9
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He had a 4bb427dbf5 Western-looking face with f25255d201 naturally swept-back hair. He was about the same 8c39adb513 height as Jang Heejo. Perhaps because they were brothers, acfa8265b6 his mouth and chin seemed 3d0483da4f similar. His light-colored hair was the 7c21bbf4a7 same too.2ce5b881eef4261e
“I had them call you because I wanted to see our Baekyoung after so long.”d2fbc4e0687c551c
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Just listening to 3f9dda6a21 him speak, he f502fe07c8 sounded like a 88a473b4ad friendly neighborhood older 274df0b0d8 brother.8e00d9697cd30eb7
Apart from touching 9df59dd170 her hair, there 19c519452f was no unnecessary 88d1cacf6d contact. But speaking in this 702bfc9687 voice with such familiarity 8b541d3fdb made others imagine they a6cced384c were receiving special treatment. In the moment he 9aa446a114 smiled, he seemed kind 47bf3d8f90 and gentlemanly.3ea4963f93c0663a
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Director Jang was the one 10cf462136 who ruled the underground. A man who could manipulate ed35a5f9d8 young men and women like f0c7dbceda puppets to his liking, Jang 048034f4fd Baekjo.1918c7b2313ae233
Jang Heejo’s half-brother.bcb455c7f1b9784c
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“Thank you for giving me good work today as well.”2476b787086b4d9b
“There’s even better work, why won’t you do it? You don’t think I’d make things hard for our Baekyoung, do you?”7d2e0b51da5fe94d
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This must be the kind of talk that lured in so many people. Baekyoung let his words go in one ear and out the other. Sooyoung had died at this man’s feet. Just for the misfortune of sitting next to Jang Baekjo when a fight broke out, she became his shield.e44629b493e8cdba
When Baekyoung ran to her, blood was endlessly flowing from the stab wound in her abdomen, leaving no room to help. Jang Baekjo, standing next to her, looked down while holding Sooyoung’s hair, not even attempting first aid. From that sight, she could tell.51bfcd8f23f19cb7
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Ah, Jang Baekjo used Sooyoung as a meat shield. Like livestock. That’s why he’s not even trying to save her and just smiling.135840772cc5672c
“Many others want to do that better work too. Please give it to them. I’ll pass.”d05604477969009b
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“Our Baekyoung is so considerate.”d008fdaad7f66e63