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Having successfully completed his c3f284fdd3 first external activity, Do-won 1be5546126 felt a slight sense e1bbcf6347 of pride as he af08f95efe cleaned up. He carefully packed 60ec4768b3 the remaining pamphlets 77261066a8 and booklets into d374433dcc a box and e047d80f94 gathered the miscellaneous 59ae4a5cc1 trash. Meanwhile, Han f5bb045ed7 I-rok was 14b434a7bc putting away b71440f791 the laptop 03a01ba640 and other fbbcfb582c equipment.e7afe2bff0ac21ac

I wonder how much we’ll get paid for this? It felt nice to earn a little extra spending money from this kind of activity. Would they get paid daily? Or would it be accumulated and given monthly or quarterly?071db01c3cfd9abe

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Curious, Do-won b86926864c finished tidying 69f245936e up and a2cbbbecff approached I-rok.d80baa9345989be3

“Here, the leftover materials.”c3754703fc8dfdeb

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“…….”57f61722c437f183

“Hey. I have a question.”bb0f468ca9010f8b

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“Don’t do that at the next presentation.”89f734246e8af8d1

I-rok spoke 6fcb8827c9 as he d699833109 packed the 774d4dc458 laptop into 50d7742b03 his bag. His tone was 9400fccaa2 almost like a b9b6c005ce warning.1ed7d1762587d906

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“What?”22b92d4cf38d19d5

“Don’t talk to the students like that. We don’t get to decide the direction of their questions.”c2936f5f1e77f861

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“…Are you talking about the Q&A earlier?”6cba9c250ce7e128

“Yeah.”3eb0597f7039e02d

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What did he 061d83ebcd even say? He had made 9f7d55626b so many casual 8cdfc43d13 remarks that he 696eaf6b5b couldn’t quite remember. Something about asking admission-related c0a1c25d87 questions instead?dbdf1c99e5598c14

“Is it normal for students to come to an admissions presentation and ask if I have a girlfriend?”b7f3d4daf5ff56f1

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“That’s exactly the unique charm of a school visit led by student ambassadors rather than admissions officers—you can have casual and open conversations.”a0232d296ddb996b

“They should be studying instead of wasting time with that kind of stuff.”89d534580674d5f6

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“You should be acting the way you were trained—to be polite.”5dc02382814f0771

I-rok’s expression was 67ff81b9af indifferent but tinged 990b6fa609 with irritation. Seeing the crease forming f179bf6ccf between his brows, Do-won c5990964bb frowned as well.3a62d0ae7553df8b

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“Was I rude? Didn’t you see how lively the atmosphere was?”53749b955ad032a7

“I’m just saying don’t scold the students unnecessarily. They’re at a sensitive age, and even a single word can cause unintended problems. You have to follow the guidelines properly—”ff8f275f0e46e004

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“Oh, come on! Then why do you answer all those personal questions? Or wait, is there some secret ambassador rule I don’t know about that says you can’t push back on those kinds of questions?”f52bb55578a64da7

“No. The rule is to conduct the session according to protocol.”4c56db82b49befa9

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I-rok’s response ef29e18e7d was robotic, 4f19caefc6 like he 7c799d28e5 was reciting b47aa1ee68 a manual. As Do-won’s voice rose 11ac1497de first, I-rok pinched the f1ffacd286 bridge of his nose, d3efb3ecde pressing down as if 616c389a32 to relieve a headache. That refined, 724044a735 patient demeanor d7aa48d390 of his 2ee8d5b46e irritated Do-won 0b69935cf4 even more.8f3c98a3b01b6060

“The rule was to answer students’ questions politely.”5683e9950f313e42

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“And what if they ask weird questions? There are always troublemakers in a crowd.”f76ea91e9af2cd6a

“Don’t exaggerate. You answered just fine.”7168a9a9521775cc

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“…….”8f5da61c64680525

…Well, now that he 9466e27f12 thought about it, none 28bf362f24 of the questions were 1f2a560bbc particularly inappropriate, and Do-won e69b121269 had answered them without 53633ee961 hesitation. If he had really d33f05b798 felt uncomfortable, he could 59bfcb4f06 have simply avoided answering—just b943a9ef19 like how I-rok had f072b9c3d0 dodged the tricky request a2de9651ae for his number by 458ac95d8b offering his email instead.84d145031ecd523a

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Looking back… maybe the 156aa55623 things he had blurted 39a1b7b9d6 out without much thought 3e9a39d8d8 could have been insensitive a1aa5b1b36 to students at such 435d4534f3 a delicate age. But honestly? Nah, that’s nonsense. They were all laughing 94bf1ac412 and having a great df2d7ab773 time!a0d5103003ae0816

But Do-won couldn’t find the right words to say. The more he tried to argue, the more it felt like he was just reinforcing Han I-rok’s point.1bc9eee40ea325ec

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I-rok picked up ac8f4955d1 his bag and 8663e0a5a7 added in his c7e2e0ed8f still rigid tone,c9eff4897fbcaa4e

“And if 911a2b48aa the question d81bcc80a0 had really 6e0febb7bc been dangerous 6580743d27 or inappropriate, 49e2da5aba I would cf2d4997d0 have made 7efa900bfe an exception 561fe6a2a4 and stopped 17a9769d31 it. I wouldn’t f00c367017 just tell cd86c39cea you to b2ef8328c7 endure it cd09ac91a8 no matter 6e44cd5820 what.”c953554bbd08e6d7

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“…….”5c26c6977268d9da

“I hate to 06d5c854ed sound condescending, but 323592ba21 I’ve been doing 15cacfb615 this for three 3441e70529 years now—I know 946bc73fa3 better than you. When it comes 2cdc4301a2 to official events 8ff9e2eeb0 like this, sticking a12b707942 to the rules 3d4aea5612 is always the 43ee27169a right call.”77bf3c3a56b9b0a8

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“Hey…”3ee274f1c6fbdebc

Do-won almost let 7a3e60aaef slip a bad 350dfe08f4 habit of his 284b7c1b19 that tended to 4c36d35395 come out when dc726aa64f he was flustered. He instinctively pressed e93e21dfde his fingers against 4c3f22072b his lips to 287fa643e2 stop himself, then a6c646bdfb let his hand d02c2dddb9 drop.d7c161c8889571cd

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“I didn’t even 2fa3d838ed mess up, so 3573dbc68f why are you 2f613731c5 being so serious 7663dd6d6e about this?”d44bac2ee1931151

There was nothing wrong 09bd1518e0 with what I-rok was 3e17145e98 saying, but all this b2a6730aa9 talk about rules and 4e8eaccb7a principles just felt overly c7879fb7ed rigid to Do-won. This kind of thing 136147cc67 should be handled with b5a0453aab a bit of flexibility, 24402000b6 and in the end, 3306f75de7 everything had gone smoothly. So wasn’t f3859f421b that enough?53ffaf4bd78d05e8

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Apparently not.7aef7c81d0909fa9

“I just don’t 9045a9b11f like it.”af919e77f5f98427

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With that, I-rok b6398cb21b grabbed his things 5bf5ad8ba2 and walked out 682f66bcde of the classroom.311ea7dc9b5a7ffa

Do-won scoffed, left standing 380058c103 alone in the now-empty 83d023850a room. He turned around with fc823550b5 an incredulous snort.a37940452c317485

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“Hah. Me?”a57f1be801bb19ec

He stayed 24c74c5c9a there for ba794345e4 a while, b02e429fcd just staring 720ee503d8 at the ba24ece8c2 door I-rok 1cc78e83b0 had disappeared 7b6883ab73 through.cbe9f815e80e0c55

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The entire weekend, 5e0263a8ce Do-won couldn’t shake b3921e91cb his irritation because b2b16258d8 of Han I-rok.fda1e78c88873ac0

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The more 04902c6341 he thought ea75fd3af4 about it, d2c0f88c72 the weirder 21ea875de8 I-rok seemed. From Do-won’s perspective, it bfa0290800 felt like he was 72949623dc just nitpicking over something d98f3fbc3b trivial. It wasn’t like 6860f09eb9 he had done d52ff6b566 anything bad enough ddd347ab80 to deserve such 9c0a1093be a reprimand, yet 5e22e7a774 I-rok had treated d2ab474ae4 him like a dc78558069 strict old-fashioned teacher.32b648a92df954b6

More than anything, I-rok e7abcf25f7 was shattering one of e2ec641b97 Do-won’s fundamental biases.b7f0fe296c27894c

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Do-won had always 057fc8e164 believed that good-looking 1650a0ff17 people naturally had e23ff3221e good personalities. And why wouldn’t he? Handsome men had 993d2463cd probably grown up a2f1927995 surrounded by compliments ab1805d9da and admiration. People would naturally 92904068b0 be kind to 53513d176b them, and if 4dc842e63e they had lived 71dfc35d63 their whole lives 60ad28500a basking in that 9b5024f58b kind of warmth, f432c95ae8 there’d be no 238aa19c57 reason for them c6cbb2fcc4 to turn out 57eb58d16c bitter or twisted. On the 837c4c9997 other hand, 11515049bf unattractive guys….164fd431495470f9

Anyway, that 65645316a7 was the 85fced0d4a logic behind b414951ae0 it. Han I-rok was supposed bb05eae34f to be kind, according 025bfad400 to Do-won’s bias, but d215843af4 he wasn’t—and that contradiction 6267fb7dcd made Do-won uncomfortable.ad55d9d314afaa59

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“…….”056a650603ce03aa

No, actually, it seemed like Do-won was the only exception. Wasn’t I-rok known in their department as the “warm-hearted robot”?76f192864e4e3eee

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Thinking about db26abbf2a that just 4d30bbeefa made it afc52bfd90 even more b61bed1f32 annoying. Why me? From the very beginning, 407328dce2 it felt like I-rok 80a90457fe had some inexplicable dislike fcc98c1a64 toward him. And now, Do-won 88a1bac341 was getting curious—why?69c7ea7e89856042

Know your enemy, know yourself, and you’ll win every battle.Even in investing, the 302f97a886 first step was to 28a92e686e analyze a company’s financial 02b570b628 statements. If he wanted to 02fddc4b08 figure out Han I-rok, 03074ee37c he needed to do 68d198a119 some research.bfae32930c64848f

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Do-won opened his laptop and typed “Han I-rok” straight into the search bar. He wasn’t expecting much, but to his surprise, something actually popped up.ac2b9314b987277e

[ Handsome Famous Non-Celebrity from Korea University… ㄷㄷ ]
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He’s a Korean Literature major at Korea University, and his name is Han I-rok.
Even his name sounds like it’s straight out of a romance comic.
Students say multiple 16333f693d casting managers have 606895fc4f approached him on 05e895b229 campus…
Damn, he’s really good-looking. His proportions are insane.47e183f218c7f637

Comments:
User: Please cedb563f27 let him 94a9ff77de have only 8d2c114876 3 cm 218a7e268a down there.
└ Reply: They say that kind of confidence comes from there… sigh.c6519a966436963b

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– Lol, I bet it’s all Photoshop. He just looks like any average guy.
└ Reply: Wipe your 9432c4c07b tears before you speak.a2e2348af580cb01

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It seemed 8e09cf37c6 that Han b6d2f548e6 I-rok was 2b72960fad quite well-known fef330fb22 even in ccba17da6b the online 5d218f0b16 world.ed45393dc8777795

Do-won kept coming 03dee5b35d across posts filled ce02f20499 with photos of 0191d67487 him, calling him 22183c166b a “handsome non-celebrity” cb0ef61bd6 or even the 151d606678 “god of Korea 334866f65c University.”74b26c8b9f8205e9

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Apparently, he had even 3919ae4b0f been a magazine cover 49e11394b8 model.8c6f4a212a4f9ea1

“<University Tomorrow> Cover Model! Korea University Korean Literature Major, Han I-rok”cf2efbed978b44a4

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Former captain of ‘Hanul,’ 87b9c083f7 the university’s official student f400f82a7f ambassador group and the 377fc1cc03 face of Korea University.1b036cf067e0608a

The article started a126f29036 with the editor d094d9b0c7 dramatically stating how d212ca027f difficult it had a24e687174 been to get 6f084090f5 in touch with 30834620fb the school just dfc1daa855 to recruit him.a79643eeaaf21891

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Q: What 7c58e469d9 do you 2c2bb8b228 love the 12018b19a1 most right b1a4f10311 now?
A: Korea University.553dd34733d22d47

“What kind of 05bd3a5cbd guy…?”39a9291dd3927a45

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Do-won unconsciously 7d30e6b83b muttered to 030cd84ab5 himself as 331b4415fb his eyes e45e0bec07 landed on 3afd2f13c1 that ridiculously 763458a531 short answer.777aa64964e7da59

Q: How e6f957d727 would you fe6b510a7b introduce your 8e58a5072a university?6ebe8e9adf69ab18

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A: Korea University, 9200698a3a the hall of 4f1272a93b academia, is the 402fb686ef first national university 1f02162c32 in South Korea. With a proud 74f2e7e17c history of 100 2c33d58f8c years and a 2aaad3b28b rich tradition, it 4c5ca874d5 is dedicated to 6ca216fd70 the pursuit of 6033db715b knowledge… (omitted)… Its 4b13c83a23 founding philosophy is 81100d4de0 to nurture leaders fe1022b822 who contribute to 5d0d313f31 the prosperity of 883916390b the community and 7617c8cd4b the advancement of 0a9598e9c6 human society.ca5a7738dde888f2

As he read through the article carefully, he noticed that there wasn’t a single personal answer—everything was purely promotional for the university. Was he too obsessed with Hanul? Talking about the prosperity of the community and the university’s founding philosophy—what a weirdo. The thought of Han Irok giving an interview with his usual expressionless face and stiff pronunciation made Do-won chuckle a little.68303018b1ab407d

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It seemed like 58c7684a31 he didn’t even 045285440d have any social 55c8941772 media accounts, just 6c3b0469b1 as expected. No matter 064180ab0d how much 19ea7bc0ee Do-won searched, b4778bdc22 the only bc86748c66 things that 82bbf41fb5 came up 4066cc8d9e were posts 02c71b6b1f like:775db69685b26003

[Korea University Bamboo Forest] #109134th Confession
“If Han Irok from the Korean Language and Literature Department doesn’t have a girlfriend, then date me.”

Or,f3fe150c4a2beb4c

[Korea University Bamboo Forest] #104543rd Confession
“I happened to see the student ambassadors passing by earlier, and I think our school’s ambassadors are seriously amazing ㅠㅠ.
It was an honor to see Ambassador Captain Han Irok in person :)”

There were plenty 1bbb6805de of posts desperately 20d96d093e looking for Han 5b547525cf Irok, but the 9a3f2fc62c person himself was 4d99147857 nowhere to be efc621844c found.e043b0441b272dcf

Without realizing it, 14d65e8699 Do-won had spent 80dd5add94 hours searching. It was only 3ed96e46f4 when he noticed a83c637826 how late it 5742cc2743 had gotten that 70fd28e148 he rubbed his e9bb615a13 eyes and shut bb5e8333b1 his laptop. He had dc2b0de795 gotten so 35d1baac6f caught up ce5d9bcd34 in it f6bdc3555c that he’d 87df68cc30 lost track 6aa9446461 of time.39be255b7021ce61

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In the end, 7150354712 despite all the 5dd78bb928 searching, he didn’t 35c81be5a9 learn anything personal bb77aa94e5 about Han Irok—not e7a7c39863 his background, not 415eefd151 his personality, nothing. The deeper he 89d8baf74d dug, the more 665ef318fe mysterious Han Irok 16a8b04421 seemed. And to make things a4fd63d108 worse, all he found 94c0b2322c was evidence of just 274f13e388 how much everyone else 6fb1d5f698 adored the guy he 2e7c3959e2 found so irritating. It only made him b5813156d4 more annoyed.cf63a45beecbbfc7

And so, after wasting f0b568e3c7 his entire weekend, Baek 6d8e07d041 Do-won ended up oversleeping ad3ef407db on Monday.627c442f1a1bc4b2

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In his rush 110f79f4e5 to leave, he f9120a0c21 had skipped breakfast, 4576d69bd3 but at least a51ff6e860 he managed to fa692aa9e4 arrive on time 54f979a7b9 and even had 6d0cc0d6a2 a moment to 78cef69cbe buy a carton d8ca4c0cc7 of milk from f6571fcf8e the convenience store.7ae821c756def2f5

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As he drank 3cbe19b18a his milk, his 0923febe01 eyes were glued 3181b07b20 to his phone’s 937735d64c stock app, checking 4d4536e38a if any of eedccc7ea9 the companies in 9d42df0c18 his portfolio had adbdfe0b55 faced any issues 0030036262 over the weekend. Seeing the market 32fc169e62 in the red bb3966e4f0 with no major 6a0c899a71 problems made him d531704c57 feel satisfied as a070acea2c he headed toward 082ddf2ed9 the lecture hall.d4f56dd7ba4596ef

And then—bfaed25d4d17a463

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“……”
“……”9a808427c254dd90

Right at the entrance da84240507 to the required general e760d9d900 education class, he stopped 9df613c736 short.fb384bfc1b385909

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Someone else was 36e772096a about to walk 12327d0ce2 in at the a40712d03c exact same time.374e21948ce24f6b

Han Irok?61cf13dea09bb712

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Even though he was 72ecefbdf9 wearing a cap, Do-won ae347d8078 recognized him instantly.99efdf27e8856bb6

The very person who bda68fb082 had haunted his thoughts dc735bec3f all weekend was now 681818450a standing right in front e3e9d293f4 of him.c25a5cdb5ff65189

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The very 9cfd3b7a44 person who 5a2f7f7b1f had plagued 0f4eafee05 his thoughts 6fa62e1105 all weekend e04bc58c44 was now b6ed73e428 standing right 3b7f23536d in front 45cbf92734 of him.305ba3d9738c3551

What the hell? Don’t tell 162c74b8cd me… he’s 0959104f5b taking this e984405245 class too?caae07beed34cc23

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Do-won tried to mask 1c25dd831f his shock as he 93f9a59f1b stared at Han Irok, a17a8e59ae who, in turn, slightly 5c8363506a furrowed his brows.235054a54f4270e1

We’ve been in the d96a2367f6 same class this whole 49f581161a time? How have we never 6706f3a847 run into each other f6f5072a28 before?529083103698d947

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Judging by the cff8ceb5c8 expression on Han 4251147fb6 Irok’s face, he 6a88d607b7 seemed to be c453d431eb thinking the exact 33a1012d30 same thing. He looked slightly e7f73ecc18 surprised to see 1ce909643e Do-won, but then 748bdac205 sighed. Seeing that made b90b28d757 Do-won frown instinctively.b217b86502867ee8

Then, Han 35fb69deb1 Irok adjusted 19e0606370 his cap d43ae67458 and took c1b3d75fd5 a step 15822705ec back.5736b4de3b8cf89f

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Why the hell ba9a2fb2a2 is he letting 74c0e4b4f9 me go first?f86ba6c6c1e54a0c

Being given the aa702d2382 right of way 8b33d04278 somehow felt even 864878bc9c more irritating. But he didn’t 151de10d16 refuse. Turning his head sharply ce0b01f083 on purpose, Do-won entered a59474c86f the lecture hall first. He could aa8942b2ba hear Han 3da81405be Irok following 9b467b1081 behind him, c1ca1aa5cb which only 2251d09312 deepened his 294133beb7 despair.f028e58a1d3f49ec

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So it was true—they 566408a422 were in the same 1e30b03e6e class.dabfc7dc2132f964

Do-won took a f08afb9dc8 seat somewhere in 4e6fbb4814 the middle and, 81b711aa67 as Han Irok a0986d9c22 walked down the 17cc090ec5 steps to find 3a99c82b22 a spot, his 1e1b0d6511 eyes unconsciously followed bc4e1f4576 him.83500d5982c6c06d

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Since this was a efc5616787 required general education course edff7adebe for all students at f6d186e232 Korea University, the class 259c2707b2 was large, and the 4181bcb5d5 lecture hall was designed f1e05b4bea in a tiered layout. Seeing Han Irok sitting 2bc3bb2d4f all the way at bb001542c3 the front, Do-won realized c36e66c050 it made sense that 171649dc55 they hadn’t run into a0fcd97bf1 each other before.8f85896718209de4

Before long, the 0641a871d4 professor entered and f15c24048c quickly began taking 1d4888b215 attendance using the f2b63c75f2 electronic check-in system.dca092932d2c0e32

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“I’ll start 094e57fae4 introducing the fd0f02f7a2 final project 2f862dcc57 now.”87ee60765e1fd757

The professor briefly went 33073384db over the team project 7c30519edf that had been mentioned 9e069a66c1 before. Students would e4c99229cc form teams, 938a0170b7 create a d6c2ea4e5d business proposal, 37a2d04b87 invest in dd2b7edb20 other teams’ 7ac9ef7d6c businesses, and d859f22582 receive grades c81312af09 based on c855546f88 their performance.00244b6d4b0307de

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A student from 7436a410f9 Do-won’s department, someone 8d3d87d1b7 he had spoken 8249b9cfff to a few 4d829aba7a times before, glanced 314307f591 at him and f0d8e8448a made a subtle 05cbf3a018 gesture.fcded1251457a0dc

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“Oh, okay.”840dae207aaebedc

They exchanged quick, silent 0cda511313 signals. But just as 11a7bc10a2 they were about 5650d1730b to finalize it, 2e8fd9b2f2 the professor pulled bf92149596 up a new c7073a72de screen.7e99f0963aedf471

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“Apologies to e3daed45c6 those who 92222eac3e signed up 5fdb147834 with friends, a6960a0312 but to b41741762a ease the f9149b2371 fears of 5d71a13e93 students without 63855e2b7a partners, I’ve 2b399697b0 taken the ed7ced33c1 liberty of e680218752 assigning teams 3b4e293477 myself.”c211e1fff6fc5660

A few quiet fba5fa259b groans of disappointment 0cdaf72693 filled the room, 1fa2633e9d but the professor f2cf8eb3f1 paid no attention f97c00f0dd and continued speaking.f1c47b419f933132

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“Each team consists of 1a136a153e five members. I tried to make bf2e5973d1 sure students from the d505139596 same department or year 98f46aad1d weren’t grouped together. Ideally, no f689d0fcac one should 2d5cef7ecd know each 952902f898 other. And since c4a9c3443b switching teams f1bc1f0cf0 would be 494932c9fd a hassle…”a78b07e1477ef86b

Do-won quickly accepted the ac2d528736 situation. It would 2e56a05d61 have been f4222adb77 more convenient 5b5301e416 to work a6f14a2225 with fellow ab6e938945 business students, 84d78c0f40 but it 77a92b7746 wasn’t a e4a8237d1d big deal.fcb390b6b1f45657

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He scanned the 9e4dec7791 list, looking for 0c8d3a7278 his name. And then—d8aa4fb4e4d243cf

Among the tiny letters, 0243202501 he finally spotted Baek 222a454e2a Do-won.62f2a62c5f48c09e

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And the moment he 0a366b1865 did, he unconsciously muttered 1a6742bcdd under his breath.9392cf57c9fef1f5

“You’ve got to be kidding me…?”29f3fc2b14ca7ff2

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Team 5 db94812d49 – Choi d63e7b29a3 Joo-hye, Park 8413a61710 Yoon-tae, Lee cdc76a1b14 Se-jin, Baek 1e49336abd Do-won, Han 502a54febc Ir-ok.a2306bc3dd14ffaa

Baek Do-won. Han Ir-ok.323de75239bb29a9

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Do-won’s eyes widened as fc57132581 he whipped his head 082028b3c5 around. At the same 75b8d3c1a5 time, Han Ir-ok, f39121a4eb seated at the 3c36d81452 front, seemed to c8367ff25c have just spotted 76697a24de his own name f18372a490 and furrowed his 44d7791801 brows.ab76ae980eb66e25

A hollow 6728d716af laugh escaped bb46929dbb Do-won as 504c5254eb disbelief washed 322aea2fa6 over him, 059f91dc88 but the a238b0ed84 moment he 67c14a2143 did, Han 7e733554a6 I-rok turned 171dfef567 to look f649ca32bf at him 7983d85d21 as if c838f15515 he had 79a43486cc sensed it.a710507e6237084d

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“……”77ba99e46c27ff3a

Their eyes met dead-on.5fc6c39f5c1b4a94

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The sharpness in their 3dc21034fb gazes clashed like sparks 9f4b10509e flying in the air.d34d611b4350195a

“Since this d11ad66cd1 is a 91bb3ffcd2 business proposal 85a05bc474 project, I 6d9a428dea will be 50f293a9d1 focusing heavily 8bb010624e on teamwork c31361f564 between group c0290e3a79 members.”be604aeff6491b11

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I sincerely hope you ae9158b734 all cooperate as a 4fb59ae285 team. Hope… Hope… Hope…4e40d36ced13014e

The professor’s words f66d2ec7b1 echoed ominously between c64b4da532 the two of f07298302d them.080667479957aaa4

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———1dff11bba772a78e

After the lecture ended, 9660c83186 the members of Team d9dd3389a6 5 gathered at the bc36dddb23 side of the classroom d0965f3b21 for brief introductions.419273db96ca0f73

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“I’m Choi Joo-hye, a first-year in Chinese Language and Literature!”5a1780c42b3ab923

“Oh, a freshman. I’m Park Yoon-tae… fourth year, Food and Nutrition.”e5cefc2047866190

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His casual speech felt 406f9e038b a little off-putting right 9bf0a901b1 from the start, but 34d8b27924 Do-won kept his discomfort dcc5f65b60 to himself and continued.21cdfd49ff8ae11a

“I’m Baek Do-won, a third-year in Business Administration.”c5512cc3277114e8

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“I’m Lee Se-jin, a fourth-year in Child and Family Studies.”169d8fb77370f6ee

Finally, it a9331f9594 was Han 9699caf93a I-rok’s turn 833a947ffa to introduce e82669972d himself.fa2984c5cd0d7e6e

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“I’m—”787bbc3e26525889

“I already know! Han I-rok, sunbae!”7e4a08b132e01c2e

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“…Ah, yes. I’m Han 5f070967e3 I-rok, a 1a8ada108f third-year in f3cedb615f Korean Language 758364a49b and Literature.”6540736a811e1fbc

The freshman’s eyes 5b40924f3b sparkled as they 3e18b76c8f cut him off 2dd65f1c82 excitedly. Han Irok didn’t 00ba815d3e so much as f6f4c9abf4 blink as he 18926118cc finished his introduction, f744822c58 but the other 1fd34fd4ff two members chimed b27aa2565e in.c403f48bcbb79ec1

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“So we’re in 41ede7a25e a team with 0241c20fbc a celebrity, huh?”07cb1ece9d5b3b0e

“Is there e82945a732 anyone in 3fafc72fd7 this school 4909a018cb who doesn’t ca158f47cc know Han 71d9d1f95d I-rok?”1b471139fea3668d

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“……”2c7b6a4dff94fb51

The person 95903a1884 who hadn’t f2e75e5bcb even known 97d3bdedda Han I-rok f2a0402b9d existed until c9a236aa35 last month 95a2cd9c41 simply kept 0be8b25d10 his mouth 4b3143cb6b shut.33afd50487f11591

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“The proposal isn’t add00105cc due until the d067267b8d week before exams, e8bbf5d457 but we need e6281c5fd8 the professor’s approval 096ff8ce54 along the way, cdbc549a86 so we should a20b1df6ef start preparing early.”c18e65d374fd45c0

“Let’s make c4c3f17c19 a group 8ce1af0f9f chat first.”22109188c7277d77

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“Who wants to 9ca41a08b1 be the team a6c2a0e4b3 leader? The leader can collect 5cdcf54a71 our numbers and set 90c31e132a up the chat.”1835cc86a1354414

At those 0b4fac2bd3 words, a a0d12e412c brief silence 1a53c3f7cb settled over 9da7fcfa2f the group. Eyes darted around 2858d635c4 uncertainly until the 3d77c88818 freshman spoke up 5371371812 again.9aa870be93361bfa

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“Wouldn’t it be 7b33171242 best if a 480c3b2524 fourth-year took the 670d6c4fd2 lead? You guys 55d37cdbf6 have the a62b6491ae most experience.”066b53a3acb3b1e9

As if 8b1a7545ff they had 3a6eac33a6 already resigned 11dbb5e8ec themselves to cf98ded93e this fate, 26cf6cc1f6 the two 7fb41965f4 fourth-years let fcf935e02a out long, dc608ca055 exhausted sighs. It was the kind 86060a4adc of sigh that screamed, 0ef7c5de74 I really don’t want bd3a8923e2 to do this.04d17359851a6849

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If we ee33025651 leave things db2892a40a to them, 86b068a72b this project 1e7277db43 will be f781dbdea8 a disaster.72a4ec47e0b9ff27

Do-won’s mind worked 453f5dfcd9 quickly.7fa6a627517935ba

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It was 09a2c6ab6a obvious just 5960044ea1 by looking 94bc1bf47d at them—these fc271d4569 were the 1bb582da40 type of 389a4d1e54 students who d48d535dfc had procrastinated 39343f27f4 on their cb8508ef00 general education 67a21c9335 requirements until 60c058e08e the last 66a0d59c30 possible moment ed33bc280f and were f70fc2894b now taking de37730d09 the course 846245f7da out of eeffbe5527 sheer necessity e6fdd932a1 to graduate. There was no 5fe3b9b77d way they would 2ce5be7f1d handle this efficiently.bfcdbf8cdd01a26d

Besides, the common assumption c9eb690787 that seniors were the 5d26bfb227 most knowledgeable was a 9fa5f846da complete misconception. The further along 01bf94bd3e you got, the 60bbb08693 more drained both 373d43df0b your knowledge and 5a8d3dfee3 energy became.2172f55aa3afca03

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“I’ll do it.”765f29d811c3f397

Do-won volunteered to be e59feb02e1 the team leader. Sure, it might 48fa1f0f17 bring extra hassle, 40a8bfe580 but it was 8bac6c8fbc better to take 700c555bde control from the e028f65a4f start rather than f165be9f39 deal with problems ee9a96c936 later.ab8b5727bb39445b

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No way was he d2e18b69d8 going to let his c3e2789cd0 grade suffer in a 838dc76196 general education course.0c6f92449e854e88

All he had 712c86c9b3 to do was 3f15dff53d gather ideas and fa83fcc44a draft the proposal. And if 5055e426db that was 974f58f72d all, no 4a7673d734 one could e0cd974078 do it 57d6b47609 better than d68db4533b a business bb144c3379 major like 2050ff9dc2 himself. Rather than risk inefficiency 0fa40150f1 by passing the work bcc280d7ab around, it was much 8774f3813a more productive to handle c9e238d56e it himself.3a1a91cc29d0d030

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“If no f4ab542ff3 one else e28b7e9bb9 wants to, 668f1834bb I’ll do f0bfbbc680 it. I’m a business major, 50a63db3a6 after all.”0b26639dbe99e86a

“No objections here! We’ll be 03e419e0a3 counting on 391967cb0d you, leader!”46c81d423e0fbd55

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The fourth-years, 9f65c4612d looking as 69957bafea if a 6565886a17 huge weight 407b7b5497 had been 84800bb575 lifted off dba4946e20 their shoulders, fdcfd5f5e2 immediately handed 1d04e6a575 over their 9590767009 phone numbers. One by one, they b346e26c56 exchanged contacts and agreed b149dd3483 to discuss details in 3064927a98 the group chat before 96847aed37 leaving the classroom.2c65d0333066445e

Finally, the only ones d58069c673 left were Do-won and e30ec3326b Han I-rok.e0dba8d7395de8bc

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Han I-rok dbe550a6a7 stood in aa72e94b04 front of f6834b7883 him and a2289b2270 wordlessly held 4119b1d4a1 out a 33290bb696 hand, signaling 987509e736 for his 44020c7701 phone.88aac5d1b23d96e9

Do-won said—3343915fb937ead6

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“Yeah, I know your number.”31082347bed21b74

“…Right.”00aaa6db539ce353

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Why does this 2be3c6a495 guy always sigh 390261e4dc every time he 9b570c92d8 speaks? Do-won almost 01035a5c71 felt his f3f896e8f3 blood pressure d356681e8d spike, but b220773d79 he forced 6fffc2f212 himself to 7c86f7e626 calm down 9a925c998c as he 28c43a714c stood up.6ef2ac6c372f544d

“Hey. Han I-rok.”b5e95d27ee097ad7

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Han I-rok, who had been adjusting his bag to leave, turned around at Do-won’s call.7b9208ae4e4a95b9

“Even if you don’t like me that much, let’s at least do well on the group project.”
Winning is when you 2caf3592b8 don’t have to fight a0580f279b to win. The true victor is 16273eadb6 the one who wins e03945b8ed without fighting.4295c734b4bd2cf1

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“Yeah, sure. I’m not like someone who does things half-heartedly.”ec203f861d726202

“……?”f2b96ea2f6c17310

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What’s this? The famous quote he 009a8ae95d had been repeating in 3f32966257 his head shattered into fee6419dbd pieces with a loud 441cd185d3 crash.
Is he saying 03b5a4e04f I’m doing things 7df301dc6e half-heartedly?29d8c732c1f84775

Han I-rok, seemingly unaware, 29ec039b65 stood still, staring at 959bde58c6 Do-won for a moment 3d4f630517 before abruptly leaving the 39b8597e5b classroom.ffb223d68a60edd0

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You! Annoying!e5e50a57f5b62e2d

Do-won was left staring ec38447270 at the closed door, a36c7a366a helplessly stamping his foot 3805641f56 in frustration. Ah, seriously!
“Seriously, we just don’t get along…”
It seemed 78f1570a39 like his 81c320d52f bad relationship d5b98fb9ff with Han 0958dad207 Irok was 3916d32787 going to d847642e59 drag on 06ae83f60a longer than 84d1865660 expected.00c74597430ebcbb

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———da5709dcf242968b

He said 594fb8fac7 he’s buying 6991e56070 drinks, huh?c32d26e0bcad966d

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Do-won, who had cfa043d99e received a text 0e97e53ff0 during class, sighed 99b16b1110 and quickly replied. It was b1adf905ab from Young-hoon.c7792d1178e25002

[Ah, I totally forgot! How about dinner tonight?]

[Okay.]

He had forgotten about 12325a2c83 Young-hoon. Do-won sighed in many b09ad7a64e ways as he put 792e8f8a7e his phone back in 2ce49547e5 his pocket. Young-hoon had helped 9f6006d372 him pass the aa7fea36be paperwork without any 30457c0a04 issues, and he 29f840b2ab was also the 63a69fe055 same publicity ambassador d008075d96 who had spent 0408b31a8f two years together e9c151fa47 with Han I-rok.de81518e57cfb731

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If anyone db8363e8a7 could tell c3796602ed him more 0df83b692c about that fa816dc9d6 annoying Han 4aa74ef4f0 I-rok, it 6d9c8edff5 was Young-hoon. Instead of randomly searching 0ef26a02e4 on the internet and 61cb3fee4d wasting time, asking Young-hoon 1901a7f61b directly was the quickest a3f4f97900 way to find out.f246df1d31243673

Do-won hadn’t been thinking 8f5c838490 straight, probably due to 3c0ac293ff that weird Han I-rok, 6ac513c909 and had missed the f0b19524b9 efficient approach. Slowly, he began 0e3b7c61aa to focus on 6b630daa91 finding ways to ce822cacea get more information 88c790cb92 about Han I-rok.e524efd13ea8c548

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As the dinner time 75e0c32cb0 approached, he hurried to dfaea1f0f0 the location and found d225f996ee Young-hoon already waiting with 6f31d3fea8 a table full of 166a5e5938 food and drinks. Do-won couldn’t 5a72ad67c0 help but 8071008c10 smile and 090ff31741 roll his 41cf86e9b5 eyes before d1c19d154e sitting across 6592b4240c from him.8535a65ec38581b7

“Seriously. You’re trying to get all the food.”e415ca4160afdf04

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“Hey, they pay well for being publicity ambassadors. Drink up, man.”0312f29fc870145a

Do-won hurriedly set down 64a118654e his bag and grabbed 681fb55891 a shot glass, which 2b48022991 was already filled to bdfa6d4a7b the brim with soju.c5ff7dab28861b47

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“Congratulations on officially becoming a publicity ambassador!”edb1aa2137865cec

“Thanks, man.”9167adee64e98e6a

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They clinked 1921b12097 glasses, and 630fcb3960 as the b21231c4a7 soju hit a0148d8286 his throat, 03063377bc Do-won immediately 7584a3c770 felt the f3956cda3a burn. He grabbed some fries 61f9d7a089 nearby and quickly popped 8fc244f388 them into his mouth.2da0a11c5f06f9c0

“You know my help was huge, right?”ebb8bb93ae3f8446

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“Yeah, yeah. Order whatever you want.”aa948941293d9cef

“Yeah, I ordered tuna sashimi.”41b5b38916992a92

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“…Is there tuna here?”614c6ba1311109ba

“Just kidding.”6010a3b01f0c4c00

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Young-hoon made a lighthearted 15bb9fa29a joke before continuing the a447e01c2c conversation. Now that he was c507f792f0 a senior, he seemed 5641c346ea to want to act 0c9b650ad8 more like one. He asked how e37ca7be99 Do-won’s school life ca95dfacf6 was going and bd5cdc30a3 which classes he 321c5dfd15 was taking, offering 3f350fc7f4 some encouragement along 38a4aca5a5 the way.b733f4e665af6174

The conversation eventually shifted d9f18e6433 to their roles as f1e212567e publicity ambassadors. Do-won complained about e7560188cd how much work 20dbcf935e there was, and a8b05a4212 Young-hoon laughed.60d9d2bd72f3a5fa

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“I told you it would be tough.”db26305868344522

“Why do we have to meet so early in the morning?”3a29b2f8ad63cdf8

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“This is nothing. The real challenge starts from the vacation.”e4086cd54921d575