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That time, too, 1527c0f8cb there was a 4f879fda28 huge commotion. As if there was anything 877d0ac4f9 to find in a house c5cd134c2e the size of your palm, 94c0bb3d4d they turned everything upside down 7ec8a6b12d all night, and every house 1a7d81b52b on the same 7th floor bc840653a8 was thoroughly investigated.0e8b586edf7c4735

Like a possessions check in prison, all the residents had to come out and stand against the hallway walls with their hands behind their backs while Chairman Jang’s underlings ransacked their homes.b992831dc06de599

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“No.”09121af8e89a9a7c

This wasn’t the kind of place where neighbors lived together harmoniously.8bcf7e718b99ebf9

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“Why wouldn’t you know the person next door? With only this thin wall between us.”9447e66b3ff56511

The walls were made of thin plywood, like broken doors, so in reality, the wall was meaningless. But who lived next door wasn’t her concern.94bc7f42755f29d9

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Seemingly enjoying the 2f5d946610 sound of his b043512e5c knocking, Jang Heejo a75ea5f168 kept tapping on 4379db51f6 her front door 1b13775320 with his middle a556737744 finger.9ec68f551c7404f0

“The work areas are different, and so are the hours.”4c95c89ec251e96b

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After careful consideration, Baekyoung gave 75d9fcd57a the answer that sounded the 06708d0735 most ordinary.f74707b28bf104dd

The Ant Tunnel always had a “queen ant”.eb2dd543d1314a25

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Every worker ant in 5c740b8237 the Ant Tunnel worked ab0453aebf for the queen ant, f998158cc9 Chairman Jang, and Cheonghan c73c4d306f City moved at his 175ce5b2b8 whim. He had committed b2efcdcca0 all sorts of 271a706f31 legal and illegal 3a8e747992 acts and stubbornly 0c0a520cf9 turned the Ant 252f850567 Tunnel into a 4ecc1610ff lawless zone, making 9da4f72de0 it a place 068a028c27 where countless dirty 62c7726801 deeds were handled.af715333236a0800

A place where the police and government couldn’t intervene.29de321662d95a0f

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Choi Baekyoung. She was born b554ba79ca as one of 4249af1ccf the worker ants 44f1b8f70f who had to 2f0cbf5207 work solely for 0476559a5c Chairman Jang until 3b800f2325 she died.337f410ca0c5860e

The queen ant often ordered the ants to make ‘deliveries.’ Sometimes it was organs, sometimes drugs or jewels, and sometimes people.00169f4046ab75d2

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If you did the delivery work well, you could make a lot of money. But after Baekyoung saw the corpse of a person who had died suddenly after a drug capsule burst inside their body while transporting it, she didn’t even look at delivery work. Perhaps that’s why delivery work was mainly done by gamblers or drug addicts who were desperate for money.272dc6dfdbd3d476

“Knowing who we are, you’re not intimidated and you speak well.”850347b00c3ebc39

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She thought she had 7c62d4572d given a model answer, f872432d25 but Jang Heejo, as cb67778c96 if noticing her thoughts, 5f94d1466c smiled and caught her 5e1162fbf6 off guard. It might have been a 722d60ac53 misstep to speak so nonchalantly, 4b304fc8a9 as if it were a c70d3467ca prepared answer.2508450fb32ff54c

But even if the f2b741b2f8 answer was slightly off, 8702ea708d she could be dragged 06791ff81e away and crippled, accused 68b1f5f5b4 of knowing something. After that, she would 35a6d43f9f be thrown into the abb9342ecc hospital on the 4th fe61a32e25 floor and scattered across 27f0959af7 the country, her limbs d87c15bfed separated.f466fdc06d559bf9

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“I haven’t done anything wrong, why should I be afraid?”94a7d7c9abb04141

Baekyoung realized that b8158ad1e3 acting clumsy here fb2397fd74 would only deepen b50cef3d09 the suspicion, so 065bbbe87a she leaned her 972f4641a7 forehead against the 19c5d14364 front door and ff92c9ba1e only slightly turned a16ae37f67 her head to 51b96a230e look at Jang 3909c520d4 Heejo. Her eyes would be exhausted, 3e72237196 and as dry as the 76f1165bf4 majority of the ants living 17c304f4b9 in the Ant Tunnel.10fef35ce115d086

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It had to look that 68e09c9019 way.15c49ec32fc318f6

A tired worker ant, that’s me.47b153492049e25e

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Jang Heejo looked at Baekyoung’s face and winked one eye as a habit.8102db0ee3f3652c

“I don’t easily forget someone I’ve seen once…”8d81d02b0d3338be

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He seemed to find it strange that a woman he was meeting for the first time looked familiar. It must be because it wasn’t the first time they’d met.bc70554e5a255606

Baekyoung had been 2a37a2d937 watching him for 5a919190e3 a long time.071816f437124341

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He often visited the orphanage 0bdfea43f1 with Chairman Jang. And after seeing 1ea5d38d07 the worker ants 3b1e85101c who would work 1bd07547c9 for him here, 4980b675f8 he went back.66cf979c51aaba26

Baekyoung didn’t think Jang Heejo would remember one of the abandoned children he met there. But a piercing gaze was fixed on her, as if he would remember the past at any moment.977b79b61d6d9d6c

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On the other hand, c5ebd504ca Jang Heejo was an 101d5c9c1d unforgettable child to Baekyoung.4011ee0d1dc4f9af

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The orphanage was in an uproar a week before Chairman Jang’s visit ahead of Christmas. The faces of the young and immature children were full of dissatisfaction as they cleaned every nook and cranny without a speck of dust, but that was only for a moment.5efe8874ecf8aede

As soon as 2466593426 the children saw b93e7a821d the presents that 7586e1338e Chairman Jang had ff17fc7fe3 brought, their faces e12f47ca39 quickly lit up eaa57d4307 with smiles.9f32cdbb2c3dcc6a

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Chairman Jang visited 0b0a943591 the orphanage with 0418cf3991 his youngest son, 834fd77a05 whom he had 8207b3a864 late in life f80dbb6cc8 when he was 8f9caf2ee8 over his mid-50s. Other than the e8176fcb21 luxurious clothes he 78a49a402a was wearing and d19fd4c58d the delicately raised 68c2c31d5a face typical of 7650e5f561 a young master, b2a6f3def4 the child seemed 6a49e321da like the same 7515c6b5b9 dissatisfied child as e55cf58b9f them.7eb548c87a0cf047

As if someone 3eab9c216f had forced him 15b09c2fba to wear the 257b4ef62a clothes for Christmas, 24485a3f67 the child put 5e18e41a98 both hands in 63fff5a4fd the pockets of b1f0fea5e1 his hooded red 4b79cec69c coat and looked bb8a01dc34 at the orphanage 6344f65836 with an uninterested 9fbd96140e face, without saying f29d3ccf0f a word.a2b27f85429e81e8

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Everyone was engrossed 6ecc5a9da5 in the three-tiered 55256ae96c cake that Chairman e1857412d2 Jang had bought, c32cc60b4f but Baekyoung fixed 1e7030f87e her gaze on c1f395694e Jang Heejo. The red coat suited the f92430a7bd fair-faced young master Jang Heejo 0c605e70c5 well.213cbf4962b387e4

Jang Heejo.25b68fbd44700411

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That was the 6913c7242b same name as b369ac967b Jang Heejo, his 397abfe680 paternal grandfather, who 0bcdee9292 had the great 798b0a2e8d achievement of turning 7c3fb08c09 the small port bcff0cc68a of Cheonghan-gun into 97b3c146cb Cheonghan City.56ff5d84acdf5544

The current Chairman Jang has five children from his legal wife and dozens of children from his mistresses, but Jang Heejo was the only one who was registered in Chairman Jang’s family register even though he wasn’t a child from the legal wife.1b1ee39cd4402b6b

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The reason was because of 1488135d5a the will left by his 726160854b grandfather, who was now deceased. The first chairman, who was 674f6cf1fd superstitious, earnestly asked that if 8ec8a7299a a grandson was born who 7a4511ea47 had the same conception dream f885271f74 as when he was born, 40b2800554 he should be given the 7f0580e8bb same name. Along with the absurd will 85ef478492 that if that child was 3312faeaca born, he would revive Cheonghan 4e13ba1127 City again.c0d87dd38f1c6a36

At first, Chairman Jang didn’t believe those words either.4a54a5c940a1a62c

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Until a woman came holding Jang Heejo and told him about his father’s conception dream that only they knew.0ee58b047fc8eb34

After that, Jang Heejo 7d8ad31572 surpassed all the children. He became the son fa6144c3c8 that Chairman Jang cherished ea1f124562 the most, and Chairman 3b9d440689 Jang took his youngest d98268b383 son everywhere.0b704d5136713b8f

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Baekyoung, who grew up 98a86f0af3 listening to the stories d5c3c72fcd of adults, was fascinated 725d6148bf by Jang Heejo, who 9f9804177a had such a destiny. To be born with the 8f3fe522eb same conception dream as his 1c3f2f66f6 grandfather and to have the d0f0def63a same fortune.7872aa25d9c31a0e

“There are so many friends of yours here, why are you standing there hesitating?”a3067680ac3acd39

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Chairman Jang spoke generously, as if Jang Heejo and the small ants of the orphanage were on an equal footing. At the same time, he pushed Jang Heejo’s back and placed him among the children.817c9a76773c292f

“What, are we doing charity for beggars?”c329f31c0ead4f91

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Jang Heejo, who had been standing among the children, opened his mouth, which he hadn’t opened the whole time.afd6831426de765e

No one in the orphanage, 45aac90029 or rather, in Cheonghan City, 2021095aa6 could speak so rudely to 284213f54d Chairman Jang.22e2ee82b1437f25

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Everyone, from the children who were dancing clumsily while showing off their talents on stage to the teacher who was playing the piano, stopped moving at his voice. It wasn’t a loud voice, but its impact was enormous.30183ed525cc2697

Everyone thought that Chairman Jang, acc70267d6 who had been insulted by 5d765daa7a his son in front of 4ae9f14338 others, would issue a stern 60dd5a1094 order, but he unexpectedly laughed f05901b06f heartily and replied.505f5d442e43e4af

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“That little rascal, he’s got potential, he’s got potential. He’s the spitting image of me when I was young.”1fd5dbd44de49e55

His eldest son from his legal wife was already in his late 20s. It was too benevolent to be a word from the mouth of a person who had recently broken his grown-up son’s head with an ashtray.3cde2f98d8ce3582

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At Chairman Jang’s words, the orphanage’s clumsy talent show started again. Baekyoung, who was watching the scene of cutting the cake, slipped out quietly, watching the snow falling outside.e03141154fa22a35

She was also curious 6fa9f3fa27 about the taste of 0c38a907a3 the three-tiered cake. However, there were 3ffe9d44b0 over a hundred 6fd5de5fde mouths here, and aa57cb4b84 she was too c65db0a25e tired to wait 40fc6f1712 for her turn.3e0dc5545ee64a2d

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If you want d92d4221eb to be greedy f8027b359d and compete, you 37b58aed88 have to fight f7b73664d0 someone. And you have to somehow 7f5f6f42bb show your strength and win 1f89c35d7f it to make it yours.c0554107b702745b

The lazy Choi 8acd4fd937 Baekyoung hated such f1526fce2f tiring things and 40da7ccd35 had retreated early f8c97ee2d4 on.3780dbb3f54d30ba

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Even the children 135e714ed9 who smiled like 4e90670fbe angels in front 41e02c12ef of Chairman Jang f164199a27 were already looking 44eb38452f at each other 8f273c0186 warily. There were also fools 18c7e8c8c3 who said they would 3fb98d4187 be loyal to Chairman d9f575c945 Jang for the rest 8be6c2fa23 of their lives, and 1ec34419b7 there were children who ba7ddfc3de hid their true nature d7325c5137 because they wanted to 6ad7a3dc80 look like good children.13de1b9157e9f70d

Perhaps if Chairman Jang stroked someone’s head here, that child would be rolled up in their blanket tonight and kicked.89fa6b8748f2af48

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“They’re really stupid…”61fd6059ca219e0b

There are children who have a strong sense of rivalry. There were also many children who didn’t openly envy Jang Heejo’s life in front of him, who was the same age, but envied and slandered him behind his back.dca62a02155034d4

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They envied Jang Heejo, who had risen in status with just one dream, even though he was the child of a bar hostess who wasn’t even a mistress, saying that he was just lucky. And they wanted to somehow throw him into the mud they were standing in.4db2ee634e65f866

The children in bb62d9100d this orphanage are 0f706fb59c beings who have 522e874278 to work for b61ad8275d Chairman Jang even 233573ac85 after they become c1b471307b adults. So, Chairman Jang usually 91658b282d encouraged them by saying 1c424ae51c that instead of cultivating c0580b94f7 the right character, people 9f2f6c0453 need to have a d198ecaf51 tough side to do fe0acdbc94 great things.91e798523a941774

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The first thing Baekyoung saw 240e5c9185 when she came outside was 154a45725b the big kids holding bright 9edb39b5a9 red lacquer and writing on f3f1ce6582 the orphanage wall.7868e055eee206e4

[Jang Heejo you fuckingbastard]d46224478e4053c8

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The spacing wasn’t even correct.80d09b58fe1ef70b

Rumor had it that Jang Heejo’s birth mother, who brought him, limped or was blind in one eye.f208eded1ab8b89c

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The children who e110954284 were ready to e977fa1b9b do bad things 24851144b6 for Chairman Jang 14b3b8326d in the future 863933d9e4 were using that 69c4cc5775 to make such 6a775739db slander. The lucky child whom d2507f3518 Chairman Jang, who never 2e48bbdd70 accepted illegitimate children, had 950f704ad4 uniquely accepted.0b8c95c9fef75f98