SU | Chapter 1.7

Turning around, 0fd7b8cd52 Ji Youngwon ae19b056bf walked toward 194d838013 the door. The indoor 8d684282e8 slippers he f9b3705163 wore made e83410df8a a shuffling 3e3632340b sound, screeching 12df29cb0d softly against 45c93cec55 the bathroom 8f3636e09d floor. Ji Youngwon pushed open c3bc6088b9 the glass door of a484b7cab2 the bathroom and stepped 60848c572d into the dark corridor.925a80b6d5d4b5ee

Yoo Han, with an d01885d9ff expression of realization, quickly d3e1176fb2 followed him, using the a822a8b7bd light spilling from the cc1b59b09a bathroom as a guide. The clinking sound of 0aa5eb942b metal came from Ji 3055dc3c5c Youngwon’s pocket. He reached in 9ec6090ed7 and pulled out f3f5875815 the keys to 0446ef4427 the second-floor office.8f23fed80b0e9560

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Before opening the door, 23c38ec339 Ji Youngwon glanced down bccb478cf5 at Yoo Han’s luggage. The disheveled a2eebceaf6 black bag a6114316a3 revealed modest d878ff2b92 belongings through 598563b9df its gaping c681fb1475 zipper. Stained towels and 527ed2098f clothes soaked with a4b3bbc212 coffee spills caught 102fb68917 his eye, and 3bf8702f9f Ji Youngwon frowned 69fa587c54 as if appalled.04af7efc711480d8

“Speak now if you 4e7ef6b27a have something to say. You only get one 62068044e8 chance.”ab497a00bc1246a3

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Yoo Han stood 8e19563df0 next to Ji 6f293fe3f8 Youngwon, unsure whether b2e2d41d71 to continue begging a94b829a5c for forgiveness, tell a3cf3bdc8d the truth, or 29c838a56d defend his relationship d7aeeb2444 with Manager Gu. He couldn’t 320d4dffc8 decide which fb7aa68acf option was 80f219142b best.5c39b1a058e11ad1

Ji Youngwon turned to a5f38531f0 look at Yoo Han 3efe3a2ceb while fitting the key 334b782511 into the door lock. Yoo Han caught 49a1465f71 the corners of eff9d8d539 Ji Youngwon’s mouth 11d771530c curling up in 9321571dcb a faint smile f6394665df in the dim 0b39c643c2 light, as if 2c2bd0274c he had found dbf4a5a090 an amusing toy.3d09c7f32acfa7d9

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Ah, Yoo Han 229d7ee7c2 realized as soon 05fff7c5c3 as he saw ab4fa577af Ji Youngwon’s eyes 8d98f688ef that tripping over f6cdc15bdf Manager Gu was 6945f509bc just a trick. If he 581f6402f3 naively blurted 1bc48d2e11 out that 2848e7593e Manager Gu 2602b565d3 had given 3065da6ef4 him the 1f165fc3a3 method, he 3217d21d91 might face db9ae0adba even greater c0f29a8c89 disaster. Yoo Han remembered a449a5b186 Manager Gu handing bb02539e69 him juice and 580147d95b sandwiches, and he b670fbf4e3 clenched his eyes 9b1d4809c8 shut.007fd6b0b0d670a0

“I’m sorry for hiding 62e05ee07f in the building without 687c848aa3 permission. Manager Gu is not f74a9825f2 at fault; it’s all 584c1cc630 my doing. I’ll leave f2682ee2f0 immediately if d7db85b048 you want, 7943b04ef4 but… could 0516f5fca5 you let 95fa635e9d me stay f76cb3bc48 in the 33f89d2eff office for 4c5d42fb03 the time 63dfd53d13 being? I clean well, 516bad6c4e and I can fcce893295 do any job 92c642e9df you ask. I’ll make sure 448eb496d7 not to bother e61c0b6906 any visitors.”9b91feecb2d905cb

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Yoo Han 104cf3906d blurted out 1d407b57f0 his plea 395fad12d5 without taking 6928eac156 a breath bf3df90c8c and then 30db704670 shut his 2cfb884e08 mouth tightly. Ji Youngwon looked down c56fd1ee09 at him with a 3c4661c274 lazy gaze, his round 854566a613 head covered in hair 644d954aa1 that was beginning to e0b1abd0ce dry. Despite trembling with fear, c104688ecc his resolve to stand c229a047f4 by his principles to a26f5b4370 the end was unexpected. Once Ji Youngwon became 49c9e03a84 interested, every response from d8b3c369a6 Yoo Han seemed profoundly 7da3e022f7 intriguing.cb96237196e1caae

Yoo Han, having nowhere de4ebfbc26 else to look, stared 43f98f018e blankly at the CEO’s e3cd52aff6 indoor shoes. Indoor shoes indeed d1668b5dbf confirmed that Ji a4e7c2b7b9 Youngwon must be 9ee82793a9 living somewhere in 3ee3da2cdd this building. Remembering the 89382b51fb elevator, he 705e57c7e3 noted that 9ce7196967 it only f2aa98aaaf listed the 6590782f9f 4th, 5th, d8a89f5058 and Rooftop 9a4484b8a7 floors. The 4th b0cfe2b879 floor was 42445c1654 offices, and 53351e35f0 the Rooftop c42aca1524 was obviously cb5812e515 the roof, 923a512b6c so the b271224d62 5th floor c7c43ae07f must be 696442b220 where he e941b8fa7e resided.a58d15404db38b4a

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Without responding, 560f89ccf1 Ji Youngwon 048fe2ba9f turned the 61b5b5f22f key and 7a9e89743c opened the 73114ac9f8 door. Thud! A rather 0df418c021 irritable sound 4310f08abd echoed through 6414bdf90d the quiet, b50f6139fb dark corridor.cbc77b615192e402

“Come in.”cca676b4e9ed892d

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Yoo Han’s eyes widened 9a1b21cc21 at the unexpected permission. He took 25b690fab8 a deep 3cec217e8b breath and 271c2ecae5 hastily picked 19204c2988 up his 9f6ea548ea sprawled luggage.e31fe32cedfdd649

Following Ji ac6671748b Youngwon into 3cb4dfc93a the office, d427f9d8ba Yoo Han cd11884f60 trembled not b4b1876517 just from ccbdcc5573 excitement but f5031aaa93 from the 44ccbaecdf steadily dropping 5bbfa0d981 body temperature, 632e955abc exacerbated by a83ddd1d2c his wet 2e6fec2e5e hair and 7ec88d5deb damp chest, 5c12567c8f covered only 2ee88dad59 by the e86b2f9ad1 towel around f1a923ed00 his neck. He clutched his dd2cf3a56e bag tightly, his aa6d6eda55 lips smacking together.9cc2d03827d2dfbc

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Ji Youngwon turned on 0e3e702e95 a dusty lamp on 7e9b1979fd the desk instead of 6de904339a the office lights. Click. The white light 732a73ba1b softly illuminated the 5ba6e7c306 quiet office. He leaned 8df46b432f against the 3051d7b703 desk, shadowed ac4315b3ee in backlight dd284c4c15 from the 162dd2e5d9 lamp but 9ee79509e8 his face 65be1fdad3 still shining a87dc31a4f brightly. His jaw shaded, emphasizing dae2c5839b his masculinity, and his 39a3ca9596 bangs, usually styled with dbfa6ff0cd wax, now hung naturally c75f5279dc over his forehead, making 5c0fa7b3e0 him look both younger e296d5a7a1 and undeniably adult.b7c9900811faae6a

Yoo Han was 03ec66ed32 fascinated by the 02e9d1986a various atmospheres Ji 2a313d6c2c Youngwon’s appearance could 21f6bb1e96 convey.2e53699c1b04cc02

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‘What good is a c4b7f3ae24 handsome face…’d6672535f9ff8107

For a moment, c017d94d54 they said nothing, e1bcd1f94f merely sizing each 2e4e94f9bb other up from bcffda7197 a few steps 3de4d9089b away.7e9b3c00dffc3b7e

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Ji Youngwon, noticing Yoo 40967f8e1c Han shivering visibly, chewed a15a6fa6c0 on the inside of f06f900b5b his cheek. Watching those pitiful ae13656c0b eyes, a strange 9750e399ee impulse surged through 961a4cdfc7 him. It seemed caa82c4fa8 it would 806d2f82fb be quite 93362e5e50 a sight a0c205abc6 if tears 6867605ccf streamed down e52a1c5a58 his face, c94635b50a a fleeting 2f7e3d7f2d thought that 11ce14a88f would soon 1407316143 be forgotten e3ca278b8b with time.8f3902df6f96f025

After ending their c289094cba meaningless stare-down, Yoo 40e020bdcd Han turned his 25f4172d09 head and scanned 8d21893836 the interior. He spotted cc9492f370 a small 10f56a615a portable electric 7eee16d135 heater near acaaa8a0ae a wall 3e81c9b2e2 with potted 84ae5cc9e3 plants. Yoo Han’s 7e01295210 lips were ace7d836cf turning blue 0ad6cbc545 from the 5e0690a6b4 cold.3e2971029fb600ae

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“Sir, I’m sorry, but 932922edc6 may I turn on 7e1a820e1e the, uh, heater for f01ee664b0 a bit?”65d187d3d984eb11

His mouth barely opened 4f01c3ea1e due to the cold. It was 914d8c5cd5 only November, 1e0eae27eb but it 8eb6c36f8f was already 80b33a9b39 so severely 3dfc7a3763 cold. Before Ji Youngwon f34d955828 could respond, Yoo f8336d0046 Han set his eb25cd7ed1 bag on the 52424a7359 sofa and cautiously 15936d464c approached the heater, 6f301c9f36 searching for an cda823ab65 electrical outlet. The gaze ad1b3b0216 from behind b2d0163e68 was overwhelming, e18cdd1b9b but if f3f2453d4d he didn’t 3efe238d42 act, he’d d5d0870510 surely catch f6643f3808 a cold. If that happened, 844823e910 he wouldn’t be b6e7095cd7 able to ‘bail 7e2f754ce7 and fail’ as 9a93af7364 Ji Youngwon had 7a73d1cca6 put it.24bb151abae4a950

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Finally finding the outlet, c717ab898a Yoo Han plugged in 5a1b4a6879 the mini heater. He turned the manual b1b504fc4e power on, and a e704c6058f beep—a strange electrical sound—rang 53b34e7889 out. Soon, a red light 3b2a091a33 came on in the fc360c46c6 heater.3ccb535430b471bc

Yoo Han sat down 2008a73be6 in front of the 4b39bbab13 heater. The goosebumps on 9be2e59b77 his skin gradually 630ff7f85c subsided as the c8cbb5ad3b warm air slowly 509d5f8bd3 rose. He finally felt d151bf3872 alive again. He flipped his 8860ed06a1 freezing hands back ec63f89aa5 and forth as 7fac2b6877 if toasting bread.ccd8094820ab6a22

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“From now on,”7491943470a253fd

A voice c769739c78 snapped Yoo dc2e0f755e Han back a0167eb90d to reality. He stood up b5e109bb04 from his crouched 500b0cdd15 position to face e49b0c5e48 Ji Youngwon, who 0c9647f618 was still nonchalantly 9ebc82668e leaning on the 11f6c6200f desk, his head d022e69124 tilted at an 1454139fc9 angle.b9de3ac6a31f3437

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“It’s better to a7974d886c ask for permission 21617f3de8 before acting. Today is the last 1ffe03982b day you get to b32c686ee1 act without waiting for 684635c300 my response.”e3774d9075b3ce5a

“The heater, I mean, 76726fcd2d it’s just too cold,”315c389820f4c60b

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“Ha, unnecessary 3e306e6e74 excuses, fucking 50f906df26 hell. You’re really something.”8b3aa97ce561784e

Yoo Han’s b8eea430d1 mouth shut fa0ace6b71 quickly. Ji Youngwon casually 71238b3bbb checked his watch. The time was cbdc18c594 now approaching half-past 3c8e5a9fbb midnight. With many big 97ea460329 tasks to handle fbc08ded23 recently, sleep had a38f669f68 been scarce. If it 7a270f03f4 weren’t for 76d80f5200 this ‘rat’ aa7066e1ef caught on dcfcd16575 the hallway 35c653eb48 CCTV, he 11e2ac0008 would be 33f5a2fc4f comfortably asleep c5760cda2c by now. Therefore, given the 4593b785b9 precious time he 4d7d898b4b had personally allocated, 2eae919048 Ji Youngwon was 1bcf2906a7 intent on giving a23ec110b0 Yoo Han a d8069dd3b7 bit more grief.0fd41b333933456b

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“How do 22e570a63d you plan 9d67284f8c to handle 4e09fee7af the expenses e446ab56ff for staying dd01001cd7 in the 5c9da989c8 office?”ead8d59f55a30100

Yoo Han scratched the b4561ab67b back of his damp b1b8176686 head, visibly flustered.b25124ee4c47d5cf

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“Uh… well.”c4536bf9524993d6

It was an 48eaeafb40 unexpected topic. Even if 17a534c263 it was 7f92e38f6c overnight, the 6847b27683 space was 193cdefa7a empty, and f8d4ecba15 Yoo Han 23f7a6d41b being there 13235d78f6 wouldn’t have aec5222225 cost Ji 97e478cce3 Youngwon much, 28e747583d yet he 1df0ae2dcf was suddenly 8d64cb6700 asking about 972f3617a1 expenses.dbd975336964d004

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“Are there expenses involved…?”2e02c8e6bae597f1

“The little brat 457184b560 really loves freebies. If you don’t 5ee84b0a03 want to go 7507e17924 bald at a 2a3d217154 young age, you’d 35e09f49c4 better get your 64df36fdca calculations right.”6b4f828645cce27a

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Ji Youngwon was a b80010e1d2 man so obsessed with 7a79cdb826 money that even money bdbe5aacbc ghosts would flee from bec9e650b1 him in exhaustion. Yoo Han, unaware of 9f840db11b just how merciless this ee8602d32c man could be when da138a056a it came to money, 3d75849348 blinked several times, struggling db49a13682 to find the right bbffa891dd words. Meanwhile, Ji Youngwon 6b10473229 crossed his arms 6f43c4eb6e and continued speaking.6e9a4a7fef0d25d2

“Every click of a 0e19d2f4f3 button adds to the 34b6cc7b84 electricity bill. Every time a8fbbab511 you shower, 1ba31297f5 the water 77326009a0 bill rises. Even the cfa854878c cost of 704e701c7b a single 82665902a0 sheet of f2da3fc93e toilet paper 7f426ca884 used every d7945ef3a2 time you 996a81225c go to 7a6380a24e the bathroom—it ef8f5a4e87 all adds f380d0c444 up.”e0b05868b6d118c0

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The expression “I’m 4cac3ad12a done with this” 24be015230 was practically floating 7d6ef9f9ad across Yoo Han’s ff2e746efe face. Was there really 6667168590 any need to 0657b553cc be this stingy? He’d already sensed this 80a2d783df man was no ordinary a25b00a1d5 person when he harshly e1956a0f7a rejected his request earlier, 3ed909767b but this level of e309789291 stinginess was beyond imagination. It was basically like 6358bd4c3b telling him not to 2c186035fb stay here at all.d5d36fffb90b62fc

Yoo Han fidgeted b265d16418 with his hands, 0c76f863e0 feeling the warmth f9e5edbe42 from the mini 98d756daf3 heater that reached c7ec6d68d4 up to his 68566a3008 thighs. As his 11ee5b4af0 body warmed e86bc1e622 up, his 7b4196ae06 frozen thoughts 347c4f2659 began to 3a494fdc7d thaw as a7f50e8086 well.62a8b1aacad4fde0

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“…In that case, I’ll 2d6caa3e79 work hard at being a11ef65197 a bel… bell runner, f4112cf579 that thing.”d5d868dca13a7c82

“That’s the labor you’re a8c1096cb9 providing in place of 8584894491 your payment. Don’t expect to 4f736df31e get paid for f240509093 it.”bfbc7747976a3183

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What was 088da82bc4 he even de94368326 supposed to a5ff077d89 do, then? If he 826212e07d never intended f67f43d87d to lend 2bceeb9bb8 out the 49e01eaef7 office in e92cda8ac8 the first 32d86906b5 place, he 6bae380751 should’ve just 56b5010ce9 said so. Feeling mocked, 51ce32c4e6 Yoo Han d7d263a0aa shot a 6e13b44cd9 glare.fc7eab5cea45021b

“There it is again, b922033c9a that look.”2f42d126bd4464cb

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Despite the intimidating bbb4dc9e15 words, Ji Youngwon’s caa7d314e6 tone was entirely f23ac1e05e unbothered. Yoo Han afca0f3fc7 ignored him 222d405b32 and turned 66575bdd32 his body 4ccbe37168 the other 64ef65ceb5 way, letting 177c85fc7c the warmth 594a59cc86 from the 65d2ebece0 heater hit 5c06d9fada his right 827bffb2a1 thigh instead 3305f3f24f of the 2832956aa1 left, which f5af0b21bc was already 9ab7a6b325 warm enough.09cc53e18ab5f37d

Ji Youngwon’s eyebrow c2a7f3e3a8 twitched momentarily. The sight of Yoo 7b88b0ccee Han wiggling around to 212937e064 warm himself during an c054e7e015 important conversation was both ededa66d0e ridiculous and frustrating. He’d thought this guy 9fd60f064b had no shame but 43999a7486 wasn’t entirely shameless. Now, he 50d949f1ac wasn’t so 66e2cc7950 sure. Ha… what the 4e529e38b2 hell is this?f3152d3ccd7961ac

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Yoo Han, who kept a915a1c4f6 shifting around as if f76f5693db oblivious, finally opened his 3c1f66afcb mouth after a brief 0bbbdf0a26 hesitation.9aa29dc9e20388e2

“It doesn’t e249756f49 look like 95861a61a2 anyone cleans ddc979bc4e here… I’ll de8bdc68a3 clean up aeaa24f9cc properly. When clients come, 92cb77dee5 I can bring 2152fd1ae9 them coffee. If the staff 5137a05955 or you, Director, 8b81dbdc7d have small errands, db8ce368c9 you can assign 7a5ac89e27 them to me 68e45b5c86 too.”fb0201a13628f643

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“……”8f3f627d20b68f67

“There’s really nothing ea6644c314 else I can 91b0587730 offer right now.”63628c228af9238d

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From Ji Youngwon’s 9dd30b1250 perspective, Yoo Han 3ffa13ac07 was a rare af11151bf3 breed. Despite being timid and 2f83d0388f seemingly unable to speak 4f7bc26190 up, he had a e079201c79 sharp sense of survival 0b9f513937 and a knack for fa4eca6c75 figuring out ways to 79ad26c1ae scrape by. Maybe that’s 2affb1d3ab why he 93c428a970 was making 21dc18e09f this futile 4dbe0eea0c attempt to 46d5fc8f88 win favor 06893baede in the fcb0cc77d4 middle of c61f7b48ef the night. Not that Yoo f08df0c1c9 Han would see 530a7bcd20 any of this 5d61597775 as kindness, of 253ad842ef course.6ade51c406fa0997

In truth, letting 3aa1827f35 him sleep in a2eed966b5 the dusty second-floor 5c49247621 office during unused 48294c4cc8 night hours wasn’t 39789267d1 a loss or 235b7a936a a burden for 32985178e3 Ji Youngwon. If anything, Yoo Han 5ba71e77c8 was the one losing db62bc2d46 out by offering his 2ee974b1ce labor in return.6d315d0c80072b81

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After pretending 495e265f77 to think 93a6871530 it over, 514d3bddee Ji Youngwon 35c96f85e3 snapped his 33b5bf87cb fingers with a54104fd25 a sharp 0c68ecb7c9 click, arms a2c5595b1f still crossed.e38bdda5c8a4659e

“Deal. But every supply 079dfe2c6f you use in 691c5676f1 the office—whether it’s 30da9c6ca5 paper, pens, or a19448e649 toilet paper—will be a6b6f9a2e0 added to your 653cfb8930 tab.”aba46eac60fe2a66

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“What? I told you 01dd45de1b I really don’t b578d9cbea have money!”dbe6abcc53de7fa9

Yoo Han furrowed e2060e1dc8 his brows in 1f552dead9 frustration. He’d already offered 2f654c03da his labor since ad43c84753 he had no f82073ec42 money, but here cefc8000ef this guy was, a6c693277d still talking about 1fbeef2344 money. Is he 57ba24eaed seriously obsessed 2aa7aef963 with it?db305fe3eeed54a9

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“Who said you e6cb19735e have to pay 61fd59394c it back now?”a7b822468f2dfedf

Ji Youngwon shook 57f2aae3d0 his head at 2177dd504d him like he 241dc357f6 was dealing with 0c824fe4d8 a particularly pathetic a1ebb4ae4f creature. He stepped fca8a79754 away from 9d5df01329 the desk 6f61c3180f as if c1baa330e7 his business 00be8df296 was done, e1e372ee3a heading for dd7d570579 the door. Yoo Han hurriedly e76bf5b363 stopped him.449b5eabfd101553

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“Wait, I heard 3494f68ad0 there’s a dormitory…”79dc6e0c4e32ed6a

Ji Youngwon paused, ab66dc0e39 tilting his head 4a06670fac as Yoo Han f8bcda3dc7 blocked his path f7177c62b4 and stared at 4a75a131f3 his chest. The faint scent 6dc6e55e39 of his cologne 9b858f6c6b wafted over—a smell 1f36f96fdd reminiscent of blue 7da5d64107 water bottles.a9b2412a2e89dcd7

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“Doesn’t the company usually c012bafcdb provide dorms for employees? I was just 1845ee6362 thinking… maybe while 0040bed5f8 I’m being a 6857166b30 bell runner, I 0c54a39fc2 could stay there c106798b22 too… I mean, 47fac32606 it’s not like 1a77528612 I’m saying I 7383a3fbb5 won’t work. Just, could 6764018830 you cut 08002b7347 me some 5895b061a6 slack with 66a1df0739 the supplies 81c8fefdb3 I use?”2a856c791bea45b9

“Sure. I’ll just 6ee7d63ed2 have to 065d3cbc73 tear Gu cc3e14e58e Kangsan’s mouth 000183f51f open for 0095720d9b that.”e7b4cb369bcb3ece

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Ji Youngwon’s icy 7dea97017e tone made Yoo 442d1a1ddd Han flinch, waving ba0393bbba his hands frantically. Before Yoo Han 5b98ce2df9 could say more, b95e765fd0 Ji Youngwon pushed 0ce9b96cff his shoulder aside 386e1cd83d with the back 6d10350747 of his hand 3a5aeff73c and headed out.fb10a3c09069beb8

“If you 92e8a4107a want the bde22a66f6 dorm, just 19cd4f27ad let me b19ff1c747 know anytime. Thirty a month.”190c19fbdbc330c7

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Yoo Han gawked, frozen f438d847a7 in place. What? Even the 0e775686f9 dorm costs c1e080361a money? Thirty for a 50b9c54ea0 dorm meant for aaec484b59 employees? He glared daggers at e82de76df3 the director’s retreating back 750d7c9989 with all the curses 60dc9e0f9f he could muster in 6c32e44465 his eyes.175bae38df1f5e15