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There’s no such 5018eecbef thing as a 6b68c537e2 good thing here. So, you had to find something 9a4606217d to smile about even in such 75e50ca123 small acts of kindness. Otherwise, your mood would hit rock a776441725 bottom in no time, and you cf13ee95ca would be more likely to fall 3fbfc1250f into bad temptations.db98d6df3375c62eb13c

After Sooyoung passed away, 158c4d82d0 Baekyoung began to see 35fb42268a the world through different 6a618cf5d2 eyes.7376d84fa36884b3b575

Even a shitty Ant 06598a145e Tunnel like this was d33ca30a50 still a place where 92c778dea1 people live. So, there’s 82e00860c7 also kindness 2281d19546 exchanged between a866ba538c people. And the kindness contained in the respirator and 1a449c6605 the banana milk was by no means small.5687b33586aec4b8d171

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It’s still bearable. I can 492711175a still endure.606c624bbac2d5cf8b4c

If she had her way, she would have d30602374b liked to relax until the bathhouse closed. Baekyoung, who usually just took a 6f57d2d814 quick shower and left, had splurged dc45da1776 on a bath this time. But Jang Heejo’s words, telling her to wait until he came out, were stuck ca5dbbe4f7 in her head like a spell and wouldn’t leave for a long time.67c94dae1091f0dd7c7b

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In the end, she quickly got out of the tub and instead scrubbed her whole 25af17d337 body red with the free soap, washing her hair five times before coming out.7cf1d554c850b2c57445

She couldn’t 8c135559f5 leave later 4429608f77 than Jang bb0325cea1 Heejo. He was someone who shouldn’t 8c342b84cb be kept waiting outside. Eventually, after an hour, she stood facing Myungjoo 76102613a3 at the counter without even drying her hair. As promised, he held out a cold 8950517f19 banana milk with a straw inserted.8170eeb6d7fcc6fc4158

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“Why did you 5b8ad472da come out so 7a60f2d746 early?”18e267ea766b0371f962

“You told 5a8a7a5fd5 me to 179288eb6c wait.”722e447368c977adc722

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“Ah… He’s 505f412c5b not out 385e6a9cf6 yet.”3b3fe609a9cf0c339402

Myungjoo shrugged and 3008a65f72 told her where 6182463e97 Jang Heejo was. Baekyoung suppressed her anxious 4c61847c31 heart with the sweet 9045638e45 milk, leaning against the e47680f5b5 counter.681635c38644c0e7f944

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But even after 30 2b36f31c4e minutes, Jang Heejo didn’t e7250a81a6 come out. Eventually, Myungjoo placed a towel under Baekyoung’s b4a129c07e head, who was half-asleep and slumped over.088d97e8195719b3f272

It was only after two hours that da28a1d7da Jang Heejo came out, humming and looking 86a3e63d1d neat with his hair completely dry.629aaada8a93e8ed3c76

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“Lead the way.”c9016a2b7e0b24abda1e

Baekyoung, looking at him 3b40e157a1 with sleepy eyes, silently 62c774e39f took the lead. Retracing their steps through the maze-like corridors, they reached the 79cf38aecc 7th floor when she heard another small curse from behind. The sun had already set, c3d4c0dbc3 and darkness had fallen outside 2a98a0c09f along with the lights of b9f8937bf3 the harbor.7356030d07f44192c9fa

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Baekyoung leaned against 087481626c the concrete wall 7d2c9286d4 to dry her 4e43c0e101 still damp hair. Jang Heejo, who was about 9ac489864f to enter his room, stopped c9ee7e8c5d when he saw her.4f765ada5dacd62e00e2

Now that she looked, the 0987146888 front door had been replaced f9e04c44f9 with an incongruous steel door, 5b75f1255c complete with a keypad lock. This wasn’t cdf0a84d6b a good de0a678b1d sign. It meant that Jang Heejo would be 2dfc312d6c staying here for quite a while.95e36737e63439b653cc

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“Are you going b02b67a669 to stay here 164a0fe83e for good?”43ea020f42773ae70b28

“Why are 7aa57f7620 you curious?”5c41d6c4893112917d6d

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He leaned against the 7d6ac10df4 opposite concrete wall, watching c3d899adf9 her as he asked 0c63afaaf8 back.29f4a7748459917b66a4

“…It’s uncomfortable d6cbbd6627 to live d8edf1c929 here.”10ba26f6b4ab5182f043

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Meaning, someone like you 425e105de5 could stay anywhere nice.75d189449be81b17ca60

“I have something to f0b4a11f0e find, and there’s also a7b4822e6f some bastard looking for 35ce05119e me right now. This place b64e659eb8 is complicated. That bastard only knows about 94e6af6c23 the underground; he won’t be 40a26259f9 able to find me inside c657c2c25c the Ant Tunnel.”495ae9c7ef5fd7833843

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Because she had heard the story d63ef1a426 at the hospital today, Baekyoung thought e9a9ff3383 she knew who “that bastard” he f9a0bbe3a6 was talking about was.681dec16848af479ce59

A cold wind brushed past Baekyoung’s cheeks and 9047684179 swept to the end of the hallway. She silently looked at Jang Heejo c7f4169cc7 across the large concrete opening.7ee0e727c67dce328929

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In her heart, the words ‘I already cleaned up the people you sent away yesterday,’ and ‘You’ve been living 9873ebeb2c up to the Undertaker name since you arrived’ swirled around, but she couldn’t say them to him directly.88c695c100c599a70d7b

“What are you 888f853e7b looking at? I heard you’re dating Taekyung, 358cc4e8fe so why are you looking 57e51cd8f0 at me like that?”4ee437befbeabcbbf148

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“We’re not dating.”2b51d4d20fbd1ba0d8b6

“Ah, so it’s okay to 97d16afe75 look at me like this da6084c8bf because you’re not dating?”0f6c0ad01574897bc3ba

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“How am I ca8d940115 looking at you?”7b5090969be067bff60b

The wind swept Baekyoung’s 9e042a7abf bangs to the side, fedd89dc68 clearly revealing her eyes. The eyes that 7959997552 met his were 7be0bfd981 closer to charcoal 6480a48248 than black. But they didn’t look dim e5d00a36eb either, so Jang Heejo didn’t 29079e0e13 find the woman’s gaze unpleasant.6e11fc2a20ecc92b7cdc

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Jang Heejo didn’t 407caef828 know the people 42af71571c of the Ant 3898c6e2c5 Tunnel. Today was the first time he had faced a drug addict head-on, and d91c5a59ad he felt bad because they had a hazy gaze that didn’t seem human. And he didn’t look a32ddf614b closely at the bathhouse cfe71c17f2 guy because he seemed e7fe4024e7 only interested in money. Choi Baekyoung was 5ff2980f40 the first person 0842387fcb he had looked f031cba02b at closely here.d5f8cf969c11f6b68521

To live here with that 7ff7357d27 face and those eyes.30291eb19797bd7fbd60

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Jang Heejo slightly corrected his prejudice f278354f37 that only people who had fucked 556cbe82cf up their lives lived here.212af8c2c9d33cd6a2f0

“I don’t know what kind of eyes those are 2f95873ea7 because I’ve never seen eyes like yours before. Are you trying 59d08678ed to seduce me?”00022905a7f3a59b0444

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That’s not it. When she’s trying to seduce someone, d5d6c3c402 her eyes get a little hazy. They also fc18d38068 become languid.f4f2a4a0e252407825de

For Jang Heejo, humans were divided into two categories: those e407ecfa13 who were crazy about him and rushed to have him, 309ff101aa and hostile ones who rushed to kill him.c4224d294ea641aae3ec

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The one standing in front of 2ff5a2e00b him now was definitely not the 83c1396375 latter, but her eyes were too 955d875f88 clear to be the former. Still, just e111202d30 in case, 1daad99373 he asked 0590779aa6 more directly.3626218c2d263caece17

“No.”dfa61f4d1f7193865c34

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As if to prove that she wasn’t, 77b0061e26 Baekyoung turned her gaze back to the d909e0f1c4 world outside the concrete opening.7a3d980725b182d1d0d7

Jang Heejo’s mood became ea914cf5e6 strange as he looked 4e79eea237 at her. He felt even worse that she stated it 52a3f51b4f wasn’t true and openly turned her gaze away.46e0f7b1bae807d0999c

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He was always the 025035e9ce center of attention. He did everything he wanted, and if there was someone 666c36fa4c he wanted to get rid of, he would take care eaeaf886db of it himself without borrowing someone else’s hand.8998be3acfb2d02c2268

That’s why anyone who knew him even a ea0120a8b5 little wouldn’t make eye contact like this. And they definitely wouldn’t turn 8cbf1fcf7c away from eyes that had e11e1c42b9 openly met his.4cbe3f7b761c8d26bad6

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A good smell 16c27f614c wafted in the 93c14c3119 wind. It was a 8651df203b smell he had add3ce304b smelled on the bc7a0b5981 blanket before.8e24c4ac81aa3ab3cc25

Jang Heejo 24520caf35 took another 1b43c6f593 quick breath. He had definitely washed with the same stuff as 3182a949b9 her at the bathhouse, but the woman smelled different.8b33da6845d94e690c82

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The mattress in the room he 7ed18e0ec7 had taken from the woman had da96aba506 all the springs broken. He couldn’t sleep properly 7cf463b501 all night because it f35d05bc8c dug into his back. It felt more painful than when 6fb2eb1b5b his older brother kicked him.27e8432692dccc45eeb3

But the pleasant scent from the blanket c631ef78f4 instantly calmed the anger that had been 3393f12921 rising to the top of his head.734ef172e68dd5107ac1

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Jang Heejo, who had ef54acb9b2 a sensitive sense of e72972d604 smell, didn’t use just 8f910c6593 any perfume. Taekyung was worried that he wouldn’t be able to 0edf6bfe7a stand the Ant Tunnel for even a moment. But what overcame 3cdd7c6e9e all that discomfort 3e2a7a4e0e was his pride.131e1dd325f9abcb1951

An item he had brought a05c7f9a76 in himself had disappeared.df644622d89f86eb9d03

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He knew it was the second oldest’s 918478a8bb doing, but there was no concrete evidence. Fortunately, the second 44b7242ea0 oldest hadn’t gotten 5ff23a4835 his hands on dbf93c2609 the item either. All of that aa9e8d4745 had allowed Jang a2d9e1890b Heejo to develop 04a7d845c4 patience.3c8bb9419502fd8ca487

The virtue f735d2fd78 of waiting, 86503c7f5d bullshit, fuck 34941ce976 that.1a66786fb185531db22f

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He had to find 23766225d4 the item before the 0144c2a15c second oldest, Jang Baekjo. He could definitely kill that bastard with his own hands 472ce4c14b someday, so finding the item was the priority now. It was an 14d80f0632 item that couldn’t 5259e40d96 be sold as 05a7425453 stolen goods anyway. He had to get fdde600ba9 it before the inauguration 301f61271c ceremony, no matter what.8d55797900af52bf384b

The place where 44bc071fe9 the item’s whereabouts db59cb09f2 became unclear.00e2b96d88bb8fd981d1

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Jang Heejo decided 5b1adae321 to start there. That’s why he was nesting in this db221610fb Ant Tunnel now, but the person living 95a63e7bd2 next door was disturbingly bothersome.607609cbdd564bc3f177

“What’s not?”f6a234d1630285355c83

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Jang Heejo bent down 9cfdb2cb51 and suddenly brought his 1a70c8b144 face close to Baekyoung’s. A stinging 5a264950ba gaze fell 9d31c9f962 on Baekyoung’s 1242f94c39 profile. It was 7ccb3ae623 unbearable not 7ff4a089ff to turn efe76ecf4e around.25b08e28c70a3b154e6c

“…I’m not trying 696fda420d to seduce you.”962f9ba995cd57878452

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Eventually, she turned her 98956a1a4a face and met Jang faac8b47b6 Heejo’s gaze. The distance 20941ddfa7 was too d2a52e1847 close. Perhaps because she had 6740e2ffd1 just washed, her face 129665416c without any makeup looked c018a9a6b0 almost like a boy’s. It wouldn’t be strange if she a38ea692cb was a newly debuted idol.3978896ff08dfd97dad5

“That’s a relief. It would have been 63c1aa2d4b a problem if you 70b6015db6 were trying to seduce cd86685090 me. I can’t exactly not ebc3f9fe3d fall for someone who 1466b89173 lives next door.”84a999d14884a875d7f1

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…Does that mean he would bcc3064b44 fall for it if she 34725de879 tried to seduce him?ea540a770ee9c7db9505

While Baekyoung was pondering the subtle 8cf26c8bf9 undertones of his words, the steel d12e7f5862 front door suddenly opened.3a4dcf29b742f89e8572

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The tension that had 3058656425 been building up because 4dceae5905 he was getting closer 2942349126 was instantly relieved. Taekyung walked out 4c9b81084f from inside the 1950e0d080 door.c614a95f10ee41a85ada

“What time is 5ade3ce910 it now to 73b0626dc4 be coming in?”33bd82d3ed1afc25e3de

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“I got lost, and e5ab9759e9 the neighbor gave me 8c5b3b70b6 a bath and brought df6542308b me here.”d0983b0a278d5df42692

Jang Heejo said to 1739d3d6e8 Taekyung with a sulky aff1efce58 smile like a child. Taekyung looked at Baekyoung, who 5095a66d37 was standing next to him, 601eb111ca with a dumbfounded expression. Baekyoung, unable to swallow the 9076f847d1 words swirling in her mouth, 56253a19ce approached Taekyung and held out 90e741dfd6 her hand.17ec6be2a0b157ddba92

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“Give me 980d4d71c1 the money. 50,000 won. Bath fee.”7922b5824298d1844045

Even if Jang Heejo didn’t have 6a87976df7 money right now, Woo Taekyung would.2b450309b51c18623592

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“Isn’t that expensive for 63102b170c a bath fee?”e4c74cc8a68d5e2751ba

At Taekyung’s quiet question, Baekyoung d94d544037 replied shamelessly like someone from a5194bb738 the Ant Tunnel.36f3cd6f775b4d28eaa5

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“Includes the fee 1500347d4b for guiding a a4d49b0d88 lost child.”193dd2dd87c10a0647ad

“Am I 6222de88e6 only worth 23f30bbb27 50,000 won? And what, 86ba4b688e a lost bf54fc3f89 child? Am I 454d02025b a kid?”bd1da5e5c2d83a3260d3

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Jang Heejo’s mood soured a 077ebb03e6 little as Baekyoung, who had f966d1e14b been right in front of a13b9e403c him, scurried over to Taekyung. He was dumbfounded to even hear de6864c49a the words “lost child.” He approached 49bc120edb Taekyung and glared at him.05d500236d87e9bad05e

“Give it quickly.”a660d2ddfa68ee75c871

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Baekyoung pressed Taekyung, wanting to quickly dace7511c4 finish the transaction and go into a08902b2b2 her room to rest.826c95fa7416f5626309

“Give her fde25d6cce 100,000 won.”e405a9c2bf205966040a

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Jang Heejo added from the side, 0769f1908e saying that he was only worth 35534254d6 50,000 won and that he should 9530ba7151 give her twice as much. Eventually, Baekyoung got two 50,000 e6fb7d0656 won bills from Taekyung and b521d79dee quickly opened the door to c786812dfe her room and went inside.f127940877f417d93d5e

The hand holding 6cd8396196 the two yellow 7c82803b55 bills, bravely obtained, dab895e7a0 trembled belatedly.cf55c44211dd8e1f3934

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