AT Ch3
by cherryroseIf things had gone wrong, she would have ended up in the same orphanage as them. The young master, oblivious to this, probably bruised Chairman Jang’s ego by asking him point-blank if he was handing out alms to beggars. This was the only kind of revenge the kids could take right now.30ef357e1b96000f
Baekyoung couldn’t help but sigh. Even if Chairman Jang could laugh off Jang Heejo’s impudence, which he wouldn’t trade for the world, seeing this might make him burn down the orphanage.4873e745004c7379
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She put her hand in the half-empty padding pocket of her jacket. But it wasn’t enough to block the winter wind, and her fingers quickly froze even inside the pocket.a722cdb6a6dd3f46
“Hey, you fucker, you’re dead if you talk.”410527535ab23ff4
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One of the gang members, 3de481d870 looking around, spotted Baekyoung and a6ce9bfe2a shook his fist at her.c3605af50ab14f96
Baekyoung needed to f5d808ce71 keep living here 50a2c220e4 for now. It would be a problem 18f1664e98 if Chairman Jang burned down a9154029ac the orphanage.c18641bc3e2dd554
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Taking her silence as agreement, 2ee5438a00 they dropped the lacquer and 3688f30db2 hurried into the auditorium before 0eb21961c0 all the cake was gone.50fb709856bb5c1c
“Ugh…”7d805388b60247af
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She sniffled, as if a 7c9301b86d cold was coming on, then 428a8d1928 coughed. Baekyoung, unconcerned, reached for the bd12eb75a8 lacquer to erase the writing bf8d45da2c before anyone saw it.37a83a8816d117c3
As she bent down, someone c188e5e415 picked it up first. The hand that briefly 2160dd4dff brushed against the back b9c17492b7 of her hand was b91a96184c soft and warm.1f35c752ee1a4995
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Jang Heejo, wearing a 72b23d2939 red coat, nonchalantly looked c195f6e474 at the wall with 77a00bed6f the red lacquer in 896ca556a5 his hand, then shook a0c7c3f331 the spray can and 2b629f9ccb started spraying the wall.c1e5a7f85517ed1d
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She thought he 0f4a340ace would be furious f0a3d6c69c at the insult a349644c49 and immediately run d5229800e6 to tell Chairman 4aebcd7abc Jang, but it 6d4f877610 seemed he was c09b1cd0c6 just going to 51b743a32b erase it.6f68d9252b124eef
Baekyoung sniffled, thinking that maybe he was hurt because his birth mother’s story was true. Then, looking at the wall, she involuntarily coughed, “Ahem.”181b940fcbc2f92a
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Jang Heejo, you fucking moron48eb1953ca9cdd43
Fucking moron.f1e392db17abe70a
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“Kgh… kgh…”3c878e2df405b5d4
She had asthma, so once 13b5a050c9 she started coughing, it was 3aa1811c45 hard to stop. Jang Heejo threw 08ccaeaf49 the lacquer behind f1583c4216 him and smiled ab68971495 contentedly. Then, he finally turned his b96b11908e head toward Baekyoung.a1283f42def5786e
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“What’s that? What’s making that noise? A dog?”8e7a7b9c61dadbda
Her hacking cough must have sounded like a dog. Baekyoung, dumbfounded by his words, stopped coughing and burst into laughter, her body shaking. Jang Heejo wore a sulky expression, but then, finding Baekyoung’s appearance truly dog-like, he joined in, chuckling.4d680efebd6719a8
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They laughed like 268d2b5239 that for a 499b7c938e while, until someone 7989df7b02 called for Jang 73cd91b9aa Heejo from the 366da1533f auditorium. Baekyoung quickly picked dacb3abed9 up the lacquer 6b54ce3f4c he had thrown df07957463 and painted over deab05afe0 the letters.cd77379feec38f58
“It’s the same name as my grandfather, so if you do this, you’re insulting my grandfather. Why are you erasing it? What a waste.”6539bb512f78f0f1
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His tone was c1f607d910 filled with disgust. The disgust he 39a5343017 held was directed 7394fb0f8e at his blood-related e02aa2f41d family.477dfe269f350414
“Kgh… still…”7559d1c47e87115e
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“Fucking morons who wave their dicks around everywhere.”5c4fe84a4a286697
“Ahem.”3569e8c214c7935b
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Startled, she coughed again. Perhaps because of the strong spray paint smell, her cough wouldn’t stop and grew worse. Jang Heejo chuckled again at the sound.80ad48a2917d738b
He took the lacquer 58503f2d4b back and roughly erased 9760daf030 his name.839fb9163549f3df
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“Not a dog, but a puppy.”a7067881e93b02ff
Then, complaining that the lacquer had gotten on his clothes, he took off his bright red coat, put the hood over Baekyoung’s head, and strode away. Because it was a red coat, there were no lacquer marks visible anywhere. The coat was warmer than the worn-out padding she was wearing.9b6afb9a40ca05a1
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Baekyoung didn’t return to the auditorium that day, but quickly returned to the communal dorm and hid the coat deep in the closet. If anyone saw it, it would surely be taken away.edd3b7a47255455f
And not long after, f20c0bc58a when the bigger kids 67c8eb0c20 found the coat and a458fc19b2 took it from her, a6f30fd6a7 Baekyoung fought like a 87234506fc dog for the first a4f1de538e time in this place. With her small 153a301c27 body, she lunged 8752c87d97 at the bigger ec38d4d8ef kids, biting and be011b25d8 clawing, trying to 76fe737e76 protect what was b8d32e9b36 hers.f13b33c493c2c17f
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Of course, all that Baekyoung 12442d7133 got in return were bruised f337656079 wounds.cf0e02c5797d71c9
After that, whenever she saw Jang Heejo, the graffiti ‘Jang Hee-dick’ was the first thing that came to mind.61896a7122be3209
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Jang Heejo came to 91b678fcfe the orphanage a few 6962a88ca1 more times after that, 4bda41f231 but Baekyoung tried her 451e5099f5 best not to be 832c85451e seen by him. And if their eyes fab9df9c75 ever met, she would 67764ba432 pass by as if 7f7caf90e5 he were a stranger.44379307a306ec9a
That’s how she became a member of the Ant Tunnel as soon as she turned an adult. She had never met Jang Heejo once after leaving the orphanage. She never thought she would see him right in front of her like this.e1c72f49e23fedf0
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“Who is it?”212e2b966be298df
Jang Heejo, twenty-three years old.a2c8a2e499057b87
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And Choi Baekyoung, 7d2631a5df twenty-three years old. Seeing him reminded 8975f4c604 her of the d51c7798ce red coat that 88544e43ce had briefly been c68d6e474b hers. Because of the 09395b2e60 coat that she 57d7cd5a3e never even got ddb9b349d7 to wear properly 152406e915 before it was 989a6a8815 taken away, Baekyoung 8f3090193f came to hate ca505cacca the color red.605af0bcacfad1fd
“An ant. A worker ant.”68311ea1530807dd
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With those words, Baekyoung quickly opened the front door. She could see Jang Heejo’s gaze scanning the unremarkable interior of the house. Afraid of arousing suspicion if she closed it too quickly, she slowly closed the door when she thought he had seen enough. Then, she latched the old bolt.e2b7eac6307db76b
Their voices could still be heard through the thin plywood. Jang Heejo was still standing in front of the door. Hearing the voices, she couldn’t lie down on the bed to rest her weary body either.edc3f6482c3c9ddd
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“There’s no one here who would steal our stuff anyway. So, if you go back and wait…”6ffefe1082f66ed2
“Taekyung, let’s do our job properly. That thing has been flown around five times. It disappeared right when we got here, so who can we trust and leave it to now?”fb70e6396beca1f4
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They had flown it around 1ff6a7aea1 five times on airplanes.14abbd9eb4c2c596
A carefully brought-in item. While deliberately making bustling household noises inside, Baekyoung’s ears were open to the outside.b3b8aa614c5d3659
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“We have time until the inauguration, and we’ve never failed to find something that’s been stolen so far.”a9f448a08cd628f4
“It couldn’t have been done alone. Keep a close watch on our ants. See if any ants are disappearing in the middle.”b795567cf3325889
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He emphasized the word “ant” especially strongly. As if he liked the word “ant” that came out of his mouth, Jang Heejo faintly smiled.761b2c3f34b35954
“See if any ants are disappearing in the middle.”f70e1830db7b9d40
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Those words felt 307bd4ebc5 like they were 1404d8bf10 aimed right at 62ed260576 her. Baekyoung realized that a3dc9e0a83 her plan to 2534364a1c pretend to know 3e9c726c9a nothing had been 0ea18d5fca disrupted.1cdf34f11a92846c
It meant that 674dec2ab1 the person who f0d166372b stole the drugs 10a6a0d0e5 was obviously another 4a28084e7f ant. And she, living next door, 5ae99202c5 was on their list of cd4afb7bd8 suspects.309f642d58d64938
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“A rat in a trap. Shit, Taekyung, but the trap is too big.”1586e1d73121ab57
Thump, thump.4aa7ee9d9cd9951c
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Jang Heejo, speaking b22a8e74b4 as if for e38812673e someone to hear, b0ab1a2a9a kicked the door fa2e45798d of the house c53d0fdd33 on the opposite 26131cd3b8 side this time.a287ecb92c3bc4c6
For ordinary people, it would be impossible to find anything in this place where worker ants were diligently working, but Chairman Jang’s people were different.a57f81ac1bd21728
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Baekyoung opened a cup 58e708fa32 of ramen, poured the 918dc86f06 remaining water from a 3d5359bbad water bottle lying next a6ea512e09 to her, and put 9d407a69bc it in the microwave.e5cebb59ca848385
Listening to Jang Heejo’s words, it was clear that they would be conducting thorough investigations several more times in the future. The investigations usually took place in the chaotic early morning hours. They cleverly targeted the times when the worker ants were tired and asleep, or when they were waking up and preparing to go to work.574651a7c00d4bf1
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Baekyoung did various jobs. Some days she ran errands at the hospital, and other days she was called to work at a restaurant. However, she wouldn’t even look at gambling dens and prostitution, no matter how much money they offered. Because they were full of drug addicts, working there would eventually lead to drugs.73ff073851cfd215
Most pharmaceutical companies across the 8f2254d994 country conduct new drug experiments a1ddc6cb19 on the drug addicts in dfd9b9ab9d the Ant Tunnel of Cheonghan c5877b8960 City. They are existences 1009a87652 that no one ae4843e418 would know even 4e2b32d708 if they died. They are lives 2a60bb34a5 at the bottom, 460a5ece04 that no one 3b29cd0bf5 is looking for.2fabc9d07952307b
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Ding!cce57cf508bd5bc0
She had been listening to the conversation outside and didn’t even realize the microwave had finished.8cd51ea3ffccb2e6
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Baekyoung closed her eyes 69de122050 for a moment. Seeing Jang Heejo in c39618fc15 front of her made 8a661763ea her heart beat faster 81732f8fbd and made her even 9d449300de more tired. She should just lie down. She could eat 5391202b6b the soggy ramen 2acdbc725d after she woke b38b4c8a63 up.8274f177c34f2a29
“How many illegally modified rooms are there? I should report them all to the city’s building management department. To call this a place for people to live, shit…”2578f8063bd83d49
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She could hear constant edd18827db grumbling from outside.f206fc6070a54dd9
Baekyoung lay down on the mattress, holding her breath as quietly as a guilty thief, then silently laughed. It would be fun to see Jang Heejo report this place to the city’s building management department and see Chairman Jang get arrested. But that would never happen.c9f9eb574be1a475
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The landlord of this place, who didn’t even know how many rooms there were in the Ant Tunnel, was kicking the doors of this house and that house.c2a3555e42f9af0e
Thump. Bang. Thump.d73e15f360ac5be2
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Perhaps if she hadn’t met him at the door, a quarter of her door would have disappeared. Thinking such absurd thoughts, Baekyoung listened to the receding footsteps and soon fell asleep.72224e260b541a4d
Thump… thump… crash. Bang!80b1960c4686a906
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Living in the Ant 4635946b17 Tunnel, she could sleep ff8e52478b well even with considerable 66e597724d noise.0fe5058a8373cd05
Baekyoung woke up to the sound of rain amidst the noise. Reacting instinctively, she picked up the laundry she had gathered to take to the laundry room tomorrow. Then, she stuffed the clothes into the gap under the front door, where the plywood was separated by about a finger’s width, blocking the hole, and rubbed her sleepy eyes.30af2aa7fd1da67d
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