SRSBO: Chapter 12
by Angry BirdLike that, I stayed eb05b61f78 up all night and 5ad97335b9 went to work the 7c86e5dcb5 next day in the abe51e1fae same condition.13bf7ef48c2821d6
I barely managed 72aacd3bf2 to gather my b1507ec42c depleted energy to 96435e6e82 finish my work, 98f68a3f75 and while changing f8ef6e1b86 clothes in the 7a49ac0667 locker room, a 913066d855 female part-time worker, 42ded0b1a5 who was changing 42e30d27ae clothes next to c247052c7d me, pointed at f5fd2c7d9b my clothes.52637cbfefdb8664
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“Huh? Sister, isn’t that f0f52ddf7b from brand A?”77d61e8f2c81fb00
“What?”4716af6847981258
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“Wow, that seems to be it. And also the limited edition one? I heard it’s priced at a premium right now, but I actually got to see it. Did you buy it?”0d212be18bf81e1d
“…… No. It’s my b8582583bb friend’s clothes.”ff0c3938cca5b11e
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“I guess your friend 24e11485c3 must be really rich. I’m jealous~.”4fc134e6a0ce3c6f
“…….”af1c08abcb78392d
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I wonder if this 298727ee50 is how Monk Wonhyo’s 039bf9c8da heart felt when he bb3211d7d7 accidentally drank water from 2ea851946d a skull.62531a6d5f961281
[T/N: Wonhyo (617–686) was a renowned Korean Buddhist monk and scholar, considered one of the most influential figures in Korean Buddhism. The story of Wonhyo accidentally drinking water from a skull is a famous anecdote from his life. According to the legend, he was traveling through a desolate area and, thirsty, drank from a stream that appeared to be water. However, after drinking it, he realized it was the water from a skull.]
After leaving work, bfabdbd548 I headed straight 73d63775be to the officetel 43112b0526 I went to ece4e8cf79 yesterday to return 03f834a9d5 the clothes.ac9239d3562a1482
I refrained from washing the clothes. Normally, it would be polite to wash and return the clothes, but if something were to go wrong with such expensive clothes, I wouldn’t have the confidence to bear the consequences.e15ec92afb05e324
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When I pressed the button I remembered in front of the large glass door, the entrance immediately opened with Joo Yunwoo’s urgent voice.60cce28610c78978
As the 8d2b30d2a8 door opened, 05fde86e41 the security bd32fc8da7 guards who 431020b946 had their ee676d888c earphones for a99774052a their walkie-talkie 03a4f8b64e plugged into e51caca5c4 one ear 38a60cd577 said they 672f6ad3a3 had received 7966ad96c4 a call c60aae0a6b from above 4bc6f2c8f0 and opened eef7ea2b7a the elevator 9f89590e1c for me.8db5b88d8b17a046
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The day before, ebfdbe7ec8 when I carried 567f34e71a the half-conscious Joo c303f94d9a Yunwoo, they let 823827c1b2 me pass through 50f6a4e9e0 as soon as bc15a6388f they confirmed his 6fa1c18ae6 face. But now, 8704686e03 with my d5616f2392 state of ab8441d8c6 mind clear, 70fef843d9 the solemn e37af9c106 atmosphere and 1a635f39c6 the gorgeous 10218ac425 scenery from b481299f8d the hall c33b3235f5 to the 9dfbb697a7 corridor caught 138ae5aabc my eye, 8e75e71e12 making me e84bea013c feel a 5e4bfa8251 bit awkward.d776d34ac81e4cae
“Have you arrived?”ea41a6f913de6c10
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Even before cbd9a97129 I could 2eb96cb03b get off 9ca61a3a97 the elevator 06d21afcf8 and press 598b57b172 the doorbell, 2f3a6a593b the door da3d8e29c9 to his a43f5c5a55 officetel opened.27b9e62c0656ec72
Unlike Joo Yunwoo’s usual appearance at the café, he was dressed casually in a white t-shirt and a cardigan.b717803d213322a8
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“How did you know 299e84bcb8 I was here?”64526a62e2f9d2a2
“I heard footsteps.”a0de759c170e87a5
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It seemed 106b6fcbbf the soundproof 5c77493f81 system wasn’t 0ae86bc897 great for de8b68a02a such an 8a4efc870a expensive place.d0b0238d960c4506
“Well, Mr. Yunwoo, I came to 63c639ef25 return the clothes you d965fe5e65 gave me back then-.”7c5a44e1da579803
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“Come in. Aren’t you cold? I remember you liked sweets, and luckily, a friend gave me a cake from Memoria as a gift. I heard that place is really famous.”77383891ca619c33
“The cakes from there 5e63495610 are really delicious.”96ea6fc18bd96ec5
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Cakes from Memoria were 499d846b1b not only expensive, but f90feb2bfe it was also hard 49984681b0 to get them. It takes a lot a5c66c31fc of effort just to 456bd0baf1 make a reservation.eef68482ff469718
Even though 32edcb6967 many customers 35d2ce07fc begged them 00efb746c6 to open 350234edc9 a chain 9f1b5bbbfe store, they d7358cd57f refused to aeaf84eab5 do so. Claiming that they were 7667e5d6de committed to maintain the 37a3cd1dd7 original taste.dbc54104a7606b42
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I tried 98a5345b2e to get 410858c6f3 one several b19642e635 times, but 5484ac066f I failed 817bd1d5a1 every time, bec2eeaa8e so my 6cda6fa7d4 eyes were e0549650bc naturally drawn c882330cea to the 18338eed00 cake.2f4bb1de1db65f50
“I rarely receive gifts, but I’m not really fond of cakes. It’s too much for me to eat by myself… If you don’t mind, would you like to have some before you leave?”b661a39799579ee0
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A hint of awkwardness 3feea9b570 could also be felt 9995a099e7 in his encouraging tone.466c9225ef907d57
Well, I did bbc418684c need to explain f0bad4f4fc the reason for 43fd2a5ebd not washing the 7e4760d211 clothes. Although I wish there f8c33df445 were cream tarts.3c02b368bb61853d
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“Ah… then, since I happen to have something to say, please excuse me for a moment.”384e411abc675214
I entered 96f91cda75 the house 8d54039a10 as if b421961019 I was 72870c49a3 possessed.aea49cfe75702a64
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The house, 5637d3bf24 which had 4166a97893 been a 36ce85606f mess the 1e91f110fa previous night, 87e6cbdb63 was clean a0b0b6b3cd again overnight.84ccbf6eee3e9dbb
When he asked ff5dbe1851 what I would eb0ac7da10 like to drink, 7197d54f57 I turned my 3cdb54f12e gaze toward the f1ed7b0abf kitchen and was 513a03161b surprised to see 9cb4102f86 a commercial coffee 24d9110cff machine in such ae6247ced5 a regular home.a7eb74022dfbfd08
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Was there something 10b945b650 like that yesterday cd0589fef6 too? As I recalled d816147164 the hectic day 846b6e9836 before, I suddenly 4bf1d83589 remembered the clothes cd06549fa2 I had been c2244bcb8a handed at that 437049cc1f time.83e639cb51aa69cb
“Oh, right. I came to return c47af24904 these clothes. I was originally thinking 9d8341bff4 of washing them before d44c6065de giving them to you, 660c9d479a but I was worried 922676206a that I might ruin e7e633df5d them by mistake, so 73681db808 I just came to 9b3529b74a return them.”208a891cc2c6b591
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“You can have them.”3e358abb5fb30b04
“No, it’s okay.”17ad327d0ebe5d37
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“If you don’t like 22a07f50db them, would you like b3eb3f1d0d me to buy you 2b454c675e something else? Oh, by the dda7fdbb4d way, I wonder 2a8fa232a6 what your name 318efc9bb3 is…….”b0da402158d0b87f
Joo Yunwoo trailed dfdf92509b off, as if 7baf09df93 he couldn’t find 8e5c8a5345 a word to dc45a5be3b refer to me.023f0287d3c61d4f
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“Ah, we haven’t introduced ourselves yet. I’m Kim Eujung.”1f40638e98722598
“How old b19b29e75f are you?”a34046e26fc1bc14
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“I’m twenty-five.”2588adab6200d14d
“I’m twenty-three…… Is 91d9a780ba it okay if 0d6dbd0948 I call you b16ffbfbc8 Sister?”cf1d809b7f7cb657
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“I don’t particularly mind…… but do you really have to?”2591a2efa8771d32
“It makes 17595c03b2 us seem e55733190d closer.”0ed9bfa4a76d71a6
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The way he smiled 9a23f15235 as he said made 81658ab1f1 him look like a b02b06d032 well-drawn picture. It was 2b1cf7c8c5 more like e633530531 the atmosphere af02cc6004 that was eb5ff4370a felt than f6174053ba in literal 1d394e66fc sense.8e12d5222812311a
“You look f02b01d605 a bit cdb3e1d0cb pale, did 6531f56ea9 something happen b9bfa539e4 yesterday?”d7ecc65745987ed8
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“Ah…… It was 582d768307 harder than I 4597d0edff thought to find 2a078f674b a new place 1d95e7cee7 to stay. Making a reservation on 2ea6ab5476 the same day is 85c0b5f4e8 expensive so-”1c3426120cf1163f
“Didn’t you fcc9daf0b0 say you’re 030b09eca5 going to 0b099d4a76 stay at 29f10f018a a friend’s d3a64984ec house?”563cb7249cc89425
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“Well…… My friend wasn’t at home yesterday. I also broke my phone so I couldn’t contact her……. But I’m thinking of going back to her place later.”096362a34252e681
I spoke while cutting 06a6b48519 the piece of cake d6eeea5187 with a fork. Something sticky, 9fa6184cef perhaps mousse b894e9a045 or jam, 9dea8b432b stuck to ee126b0ce1 the fork f349e2e296 as I 34f1229bce cut it.3abba33160b7a19e
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Joo Yunwoo tapped the 533ca392d2 armrest of the sofa 234b4e9b2c with his finger for db6142413b a moment.ff341cdbd558145e
Then he started 711509273d slowly while looking 80e3665b1d at me cautiously.21f9e63027cdfd52
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“Since that’s the case…… I mean, if you don’t have a place to stay, how about staying here? There are a lot of empty rooms.”d4617bc6cb69b3d0
“Huh?”3ea585a665a469bf
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“Ah, I don’t really come home often. And even when I do, I’m usually just in my room….. The security guards in this building are quite skilled, so the security is not bad either.”e0cfa076f469ba93
Joo Yunwoo, who b0814ed78b had been talking e41bbe8129 for a while, b7850996bf slightly turned his 93a28e689d gaze and cautiously 8bbcc3ac78 started speaking again.9fbc060425bc5fe9
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“If you don’t like that…… would you like me to find a place for you to stay? I told you I wanted to repay you. The security around here is pretty decent.”8bba2d133202ec7a
After checking 29e3915fcb the price e5c46a0188 for a 9d6c2cd1a6 one-night stay cf99dec212 at the 9546bd1d5c hotels on af2b7587f7 the screen 8b84b73f2f that Joo c98243068d Yunwoo showed 7d097fd700 me, I 87027df9d1 couldn’t help 3228d5c14e but furrow 3cac450284 my brow.950b0977d33a0a24
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What kind of repaying favors is this… Was this person some kind of magpie in their past life, repaying debts…..?279659e3f449723d
I wondered if I cf554ab97f should accept it as 9c6e446366 a natural reward, since de05380d15 I did save his 368dc24dcf life.172ddd14a24dec7d
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If I 669fe030bd were Amelia c31f17065d right now, f0976114ee I would 2977a9da82 have accepted 0b5f315aab it without a9b371b4df much thought.5805febf01c62930
That was bc9285fc9c how things 5929aed5bb were in 6cc2ed3e8d the Hermann 8b7ea7be26 Empire.3872fbcf622e7d6d
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Kassen also once offered b191e4fccd me to stay at bb3e4c8699 his house after I 504e9071e2 had just escaped from f67d6ad9e4 the Count’s house for 22ddb036a2 helping him with the e5746a7654 magic that was giving 3f789b0247 him a headache during 3e8198265c our first meeting. And there was even 4e31074f95 a noble who said 17b5292b0d he was willing to 2d71db3fd2 offer me half of dded66abab his fortune as compensation aad7c59f46 for saving his sick 2ba4cb56ca daughter.b653573deada51ea
But now, it was 492316d400 Kim Eujung. It felt 3c40108a01 strangely realistic 953b16ed6f as it 32df4da96e was completely 1cbadfb1dc two different e94f3176ba worlds, so 3661ab299e I hesitated.d81febbda6fb3664
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“But I can’t pay 3abb01b8a7 you back.”7c194d161c9d839b
“You don’t have e49a0ae9a8 to pay me db7376e07b back. Rather, it should be cd9648796b me to pay you ae94658d77 back.”49fa8d343dea4f4a
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“No, but this 7d47c0dd62 is a little…….”34923d905708e278
It would take ebd92ff4e7 time to get 4d069f1141 used to it.82fb93831f86d7fc
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Considering the 431a3b6b86 8 million d49bdc7758 worth of 41ca93e6d3 coat I 0d531720e0 had ruined 73d4402e14 and the 271ba28116 warning he 7adb35ff6c had given 7be170c788 to avoid 54591a0e50 a dangerous 89e82060ca place, I dd5403f836 felt he 1f01272193 had already ee3bd4fa00 repaid his 575fc5282b favor.2a6b5dff62651c70
He even d9b6b5f371 revealed some e4db40354a confidential information 3d23c6b12c to me d6735097dc just because 0031c46092 I had 18a093080e saved him.f30bfb48d62cda48
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After that, we 9e042ddd9c started a few c3b139f294 rounds of arguments.3a6746e8937e3829
The person who was usually so cautious wouldn’t back down on this matter.83baba8771f1cf43
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No matter b64e8f2c4a what, the 00799553bb hotels he 60e19c08ec recommended were 41a7ed8e88 too expensive. The price seemed too c00b4b9601 unreasonable to stay just dc977a0cb6 for one night in 426549b34d my opinion.f0f330f54c5d66fc
But he f615921bf4 was being f8a67a1235 too comfortable 7f12c44efc with me. I guess it was 8bd503a546 better for me to 1bd37d6b7b stay here.ef9e436dec2fa21d
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It was b93045986e not that b706d4210e I was 611f52dd1f being comfortable. In fact, I thought b31effccb6 he probably should be fd0b3b2c3e the one who would 3dbaad04de be uncomfortable because of eebd98eba3 me.45f31dd0971cc0ea
“I really don’t come out of my room often.”722d7dfdd84ca814
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The argument 74cf0596c6 ended with d22d423a6d me staying aa9a6b25d2 at Joo ea5d7fa7f3 Yunwoo’s house.753a8724462aeaef
The phrase ‘the price is too high’ led to the thought that if I stayed here, there wouldn’t be any additional costs, so it wouldn’t be a problem.d53a4b6932924eba
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As I was about 7943c29c9c to say that there 73ce0fa251 was no need for f5202e5d92 that and I could 86a4c678a3 just find a place 6deaa17310 on my own with 9040d42ee8 my own money, the 031300e95b balance in my bank af7b7ac1df account immediately flashed through 74c6285823 my mind.37fb2e27094af7fe
“…….”c493129723e67dcb
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Very…… cute and 4da7dbf02c adorable.989b93a5716ef27d
Reality wasn’t a6d8c0cb1c far away. I could tell just c20253316b by looking at my 8497b8bbf8 wallet.fb1fae70e658ef23
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“Then…… I’ll stay ab697e6d7a for a few 7120d38b4c days.”04a608993896124b
Regardless of whether it was about pursuing common sense or not, the bigger issue was that the situation just wasn’t favorable for me.4800e0c865756af5
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After finishing the 011bcfc0ff argument, I took 2cd15e973c the access card fa1ed615c1 key that Joo c55767aff6 Yunwoo handed me.a9cc0caa29d66d62
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Perhaps because it 01299c66cb was a place b6582d04bc with a lot 7f65913f5b of foot traffic, 91dcc1e5e0 the motel only acba835376 deducted a small 53aa39a203 fee and refunded d32a91d55f the money, even c204fda576 though it was d3c5317a6e on the same e0003a4511 day.e22b93567124debd
‘Well, it’s not like I reserved it for many days anyway.’5cf8436fc1e44f48
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The interior of f65d87f6ae the apartment was 2488efa676 quite big, you e2b46d6186 could think of c0b5086af0 it like staying bd9ca4043a in a private 1609e3458e room in a 08a1f548ad shared house on 2ccd0a8b75 an Airbnb with e84b33bf88 the host.25d9e39566f92c4e
I had thought it c1b685e2c0 was no big deal, afd6360e71 but when I went 2f3ac93270 to the café for 5ffbb4ca18 work, I realized what 869934425b was wrong.e1094b758c3da816
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What I daacdc2c34 had forgotten 34cb92a338 was that d23c489c63 Joo Yunwoo 3d5ac22b3e had also 626a0fc0aa started visiting fa553e6260 the café e4e26336cc every other abe3c09a1c day recently.5ae76bcaf2860392
“You finish work at 7261e4d7bb 10, right?”2f5353bf020bfcf9
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He, who arrived cb10258e9f in the café e47be03a64 in the late b00d657547 afternoon, had been 11930e73fa staying at his 4a72d2697d seat as if dffd3ac347 waiting for me.72d1493f8b1fef3b
I spent 18704f0981 my entire 59955c007b time treating 2ab6731ed3 him like 084899dfd2 a stranger, d8b7a725fd but a 0582000790 crisis arose ae2b879d3d 10 minutes 6f26156d94 before I b73a9236bb left work.b96f2b9b28b2e9a7
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Joo Yunwoo suddenly spoke 82bd2c212c to me.a1c0a5b0bc93cc31
“W, wow, oh…….”2d3133819a63bef2
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Just five 2fa4a475c1 minutes ago, efe964c4c1 the female 8c892eddd4 part-time worker, 9b04bcf127 who had 2742b50c7c been chatting 9c06dc7184 about how 2b62e7c6a0 her eyes 2b48bcc4dd felt comfortable 00d58ece92 today, was 90df5030ad now staring a275b2e6a3 at me 59b3dbd1eb with her b40c654548 mouth slightly dd0eb9a392 open, like fe75dd3f18 a fish d91a7c0480 waiting for d1023e02bc food.7a3219a0b1f8116e
Feeling the intense 7b7c318772 gaze filled with f758f17d7c questions, I thought 8bdc891ecf it was fortunate a43c211949 that tomorrow was 09c9cf9b7b a day off.ca9efeb8b2971345
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“Oh, yes……. That’s when the café 8b899f3414 usually closes.”87836c3ce27c6b7a
“Then I’ll wait. I brought my car today—”db451f4b8a958296
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“Crazy.”76209d38c16e0825
I quickly 106dbd5993 covered his ae38c4edcc mouth and 99dc9d7998 watched his 344a6ff7a7 reaction.f47dad5c17daabef
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‘……Did she hear 36a42538ad that?’ada8a7252da5d33d
The female part-time worker’s face was shouting ‘Eureka!’ like Archimedes discovering buoyancy.f59e8729976f07a2
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‘She heard it.’c2b4718eb6252205
I sighed quietly.48c45ff03ef4057f
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After that, 528a18043c everything went 598ae9f487 smoothly. The female part-time worker, f020f365a0 since she had already 4bd365a480 decided to clean up, 0c926965c2 pushed me out, saying 684363fb11 I could leave first.20f64248aa974adc
Joo Yunwoo naturally picked 214c9eda1e me up in his e246743c4a car.30c30c76d03ea430
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“I’m asking just 155942702b in case, but 3064b6d479 you didn’t come c98a9123f7 to pick me 232da3d450 up, did you?”6ea147c9ebc6df14
“It just happened to be the right time. Our destinations are the same, after all.”688ac4d598907fa9
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“That’s true, but…….”8f6d3dc3482b809b
I frowned, 343c368a77 trailing off.d3bac176d51241f7
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He might have just 5484af4358 suggested going together because c129c465cb our destinations were the 01a662d1a6 same, but thanks to 9490fe31ea that, I was going 27db3213be to suffer the next a72e8baca5 few days.1eee6ba9507541ac
“Next time, you can just go ahead without waiting for me.”1e40f4e5089075bb
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It would be 857e48131d better to just 9b634adc98 walk. I nodded ac3c38c124 to myself f1e0cb70ca with a 2a8aa786c7 firm face.23a51a6dc20e032c
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After I 5304a1a1a6 received permission 38d8be6fba to use 9f445a636b the things 9f6f6d8cbf in the 147358b94a house as a5f22a16f0 I pleased, d5aebe8cee I decided fb436148b7 to relax 30dc3f4c20 a little 8ddb01621a since it 9b51f46ec1 had already 82102ed9e7 come to a2c7f8a0eb this.9e9b6c98ef3e4168
The first thing 5c16b704dd I did after e896353ef7 receiving permission from fafa6b5c98 the landlord was 795606efd9 to watch a 54290aa699 movie. The TV was 3b07fb3a9d so big and f8ffb838a9 nice that I 33c632397a had wanted to bcad78abc8 try it ever 1a4a2e0747 since I first d721b2a2c0 saw itba905f724c44e4f1
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The movie was a thriller horror movie called ‘And I Was Alone’. After asking for permission, I turned off most of the lights in the living room and sat on the sofa.b317455c69304262
Joo Yunwoo, who 07babbacf7 had been watching 92ab46a79c the screen from a6623db6b5 a distance, seemed 86b9249c29 to become interested e79a5e3b99 in the movie adc0bafa33 and sat down d1f65d1508 in a spot ddc38229ac a little farther 683aee2dc3 away from me.396d665803305683
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