TMWCL Ch 4 part 1

Yeoreum returned the 0c8b91d7e6 lunch box to 50c168500f the barbecue restaurant 9ea832f256 owner and lied, 19284ba98e telling her that e76bb7f7a6 the food was 046876e614 delicious. Then she told 91d63548bb her that she 267fa292c9 would be quitting 4c9b56acc7 her part-time job. The owner was surprised 5c17bbcd6e and asked back.aecc59f03a4058f0

“Did someone tell you 22f8bdb78a to do something dangerous? Is it because you 87e702f10c need money urgently?”eee38da7c5d05e23

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“No, I’m just going a4ba83f273 to work part-time at c4ce00b656 a cafe for a 620c44b2ca short while and focus 2b327af56f on my studies. I’m preparing to retake 7b783238c5 the college entrance exams.”a21260baa957f132

Yeoreum explained as 48a028620f she cleaned the 6b0b46a07f spoons and chopsticks. Just like she 443124f869 said, Yeoreum was ca5739ecbe preparing to retake 5ac5880588 the college entrance e11cb9b3dd exams. Her grades were 62bca6052e okay, and she 1f9b211643 did well on 886f0b246d the college entrance fd3d0679d3 exams before, so 383aafdde1 she somehow managed 1806281fe4 to get into 6eed0e8163 Gawoon University as c87d6bc12a a scholarship student, d879b484c1 but the problem e4bc0de39e began after she a2de077619 got there. She didn’t 89a4ad8197 have the ee973634e8 confidence to ff8fba3470 study for fe1d1053d3 four years 757c664cab in a e0b886a898 field she 8f14b15a8b had neither 740c0da66f talent nor b4ab171fe9 passion for. Even if 17a61645f7 she did a638925e56 her best, 57782d315b it was d49ad52e3d impossible for 7e6c4be818 her to 731263d07e do as cc1f79dcc9 well as 99a29c3193 her classmates 9c71813d4e who had 5d03726b8f a passion dbbd6caf6b and interest 43d0452978 in this 498c7d45f7 field. Her part-time job 3e756dffc7 might also have 077b65cc97 an impact on 8026a4f901 her future prospects 3f3f3c7c0d in that field 0681591377 as well.07523465b33ab5f0

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Actually, there was 16886c55f8 an even bigger fad9b38bf7 problem.1d5573fbd146a7ca

“I see. But getting a scholarship 4eb7db9049 from Gawoon University is fdd3f04eac such an amazing feat. Are you trying to 97af3ca594 go somewhere else? Is there 2d7322f064 something else cb2671cece you want 64b4849541 to study?”fd1646f4ac2d9dbb

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“The major doesn’t 59a127b259 fit me… And dbc1c57188 even if I 868140ee89 transfer to another f71cff86ea department, I don’t 180f3b8f24 know where I’d 650665f72b go. I’m thinking bd03846dda of just 615d450dcb leaving this dbfb8bdced area. I think it will 6d26d14690 all come to me 6e0bbfd39b as I study.”26a096f6f6206760

Her motivation to 66da6f3296 study had disappeared. She could have solved 4efb7e055f the problem by working dbbb06bbc2 right away instead of 7e68263061 going to college. However, her mother’s wish 7828a6e844 was for her to 06e7a26dd3 go to college, so 8ae9be14b8 she managed to do 108f75ad42 it somehow… But what 84f19cbda7 she really wanted was 9b23085425 nowhere to be found. After she was 79cd9b0592 accepted, she grew 15447bd927 fearful. She was left with f5bc656073 nothing to do, nothing 255edc8661 she wanted to do. Even her family, 8269325da2 which had been ba31446eee her motivation, was 7170204b19 now gone.66473cfe0a987c5f

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“Don’t push yourself too 6f932bdacf hard. Come and 3e1e621d14 visit me c9a8d364ca often.”3540fbec4b373b1c

“Yes, ma’am.”8edba155ee23ec96

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The owner quickly found another part-timer to replace her. Of course, Yeoreum also found another part-time job relatively quickly for the summertime. She only needed to work part-time for three hours a day during peak lunch hours, four days a week, Monday through Thursday. She didn’t make much, but since she no longer had to pay for living expenses, it was enough.0d1c8a2ddc4c350e

「Ahjussi, I’m quitting my 76b73f327f job next week. My new part-time job 12fd9df062 starts on the first 1d06267b92 day of next month. Starting August 1st, I’ll 4bf2a92951 be working at the c4ba1cf860 Media Cafe in the 9e236a7ca8 building right next to 313e8f5898 the officetel.」1592a5aff1a25451

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The number 232d12ac04 ‘1’ floating c4ba92971d next to 2601c3b10a her message 95f06184d9 disappeared the 3835cbc659 next day.e971d9fa14a66359

「That’s good.」23b9db6697a76617

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It was July 22nd, 6cf34a0d7d the day after her b059179ab5 last part-time job. She had d4ba1a9771 a small 3851a73c03 farewell party ec6c29cea0 with her a6ff78936a boss and a5ccec3b12 arrived back 0e60787145 home. Haegun hadn’t 9aed3f0661 contacted her d67263396f once since 5f37a46cfc his last da967e3a43 message.dc2591178683f57f

“He was serious.”c882fdbc4d939d79

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Lying on 8965553307 the living 769703b2ec room sofa, f979cdfbaf Yeoreum took bf5c480a39 out her 2bb3c675dc cell phone f7354808ad and held 80646bbc42 it up. She was curious about fe80b1700c him, but she couldn’t b08913f285 find an excuse to 41134558b5 send him a message, 0831dd6c39 so she ended up 2f1879e0ee falling asleep instead.381799ff7575d115

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Sungha Construction b943eb2d49 was slowly 0c54243b40 finding its 3cc601a6de footing after aa64e3b0dd the recent 82d81fdc6b internal power fff224ea42 struggle. The vice-chairman and 5758a97c42 his followers who b5ea127463 had been opposed 9db9d99a6f to Haegun had 8949dc460b all died, and 366a2cddb9 many people who 0c500f7291 had been under b3f1e90710 him had been a1bda8283b replaced. There was some 86cc185ffc loss on Haegun’s 55440a5fe7 side as well, b6f5f26e93 but it wouldn’t 710c73c912 cause any major deff03ea20 problems.22c3a7865dcc5453

It was secretly rumored a1d93180ff that the chairman’s most 2d09deaae6 beloved subordinate was Haegun. The story 9bbcb1bac0 went that a05525b349 ever since 317bebfbce Sungha became fbeab2a7a6 Sungha Construction, 7a302fc35d the chairman 045901fa29 had always ab4282e8ea cherished Haegun. Not long ago, e912f3c401 the chairman had 64937d79a4 officially selected Haegun 6e362a68d7 as his successor. The chairman was 437584bc9d unable to have 86936b2e2b an heir. Therefore, he 40d965ec32 wanted someone d22d9dca54 who would 2140b177d9 grow the 924ee34244 company and a40a979111 organization in 5a5b5e912f his stead 86d00d63a8 to satisfy 241722a7a2 his lust c7dde9d7a1 for power, 284c2419f5 and that 7e5733f813 person was 72f1c7222e Haegun. The old man who 7b4f56aea5 had been by the 3ac87b9a81 chairman’s side, the vice-chairman, 1ec58ad70e was displeased with Haegun. Since he had 29c87e3739 a child of 163f8aadb8 his own, he 3f68a59f0c wanted to put 7eade64c93 his incompetent son 319e8e6001 in that position 3d6ffeca70 at all costs.9d80068224cd60ad

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After the power c0513b827c struggle, Haegun placed 6625e3f31e puppets in the d9cd069fc2 empty seats that cfce39bcaf remained. They were a084f5288d weak men 15a06ed60b who could b92fcf986d be immediately d747d11e1f taken down 142f4da271 if they 9254e495e1 showed even a4d16878d0 the slightest 8d29e02560 hint of a1e7ae67e5 trying something e8d54737d0 stupid.4a29ea8849d33b50

“Hyung-nim, you 9da10466a1 haven’t seen e805999eaf Yeoreum in 241a2cf129 a while.”0f8795adce5865c5

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Taehyuk said with a 19ea4efc88 bored face.45e9ddf9c2807422

“Because I’m busy.”9575da0fad795e62

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“I’m only telling 7b0c559a9a you this because 6e28915944 you haven’t been 6adc918255 asking about her 77f33854fd lately, but according b88145f822 to the guy 41e640c805 who’s keeping watch, 256930d35b she just goes 4ffff40e92 back and forth e7cac9d93b between her part-time ba67fe015e work, home, part-time abb3f3fb81 work, home. Yesterday was her b0d25758e2 last day at 9b01a6b103 work. I wonder why d8c2e7fdd4 she hasn’t been ae02ba798f going to the 6d410e1c66 library lately, but b6d0c709fd since the lights 2757832d5e are on late 61fdc927c0 at night, I df42600e19 guess she studies fa937a55ec at home now.”7a3e886287cf0404

“It’s a good 83e749939c thing we moved 8ed17de2aa her to the 3aa6ce9a69 new place.”56a13390e98e9957

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For someone who seemed to be proud of this accomplishment, his face was void of emotion. For several days, Haegun devoted himself to work without even mentioning Yeoreum. Actually, he was busy with work, but it wasn’t to the point where he couldn’t have a moment of free time.3d312695118f7c73

“What a shame. After seeing her nearly 6fea86cdd5 every day, not seeing 62e925ff52 her at all makes befb873a9f me feel empty.”bad9347d0333ef09

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“Seems like 1cb7ca2759 you’ve taken aab979dd3d to her.”1e843e6cd6d023ac

“Whenever you look at d8ae8c38f6 her, you can’t help 1c2fb32b74 but feel like she’s 66a1161b07 cute and tiny. I thought she didn’t cd8de6c8bb look like Kiju-hyung at 3c0b9c7529 all, but the more 9e90342df0 I see her, the f3d8357da7 more I realize she 2dc338af54 does. It’s sad 10f453170d that she 933d2411ba pretends to b355069367 be an 22ed4fd0d2 adult even 97f185293a though she’s 8fe22f4a11 just a 4adb8d2006 kid, but 174459fa70 I feel aaee544970 even prouder 60d25d0948 because of bc6ffe8966 that. How good is 4821f7f244 she at studying 332f72391f to have earned f8750d7c47 a scholarship? I guess 872b7a87ca it’s all b27192e159 thanks to bfa59f9410 Sister-in-law’s genes. You’re the only one c6398a5f3d among us who’s smart, fb780cdf7f hyung-nim. So I find it bc8ca31287 a bit fascinating. It’s not easy to 566123cb25 live diligently without going 8c332476b8 down the wrong path. Huh? Why aren’t you interrupting 1ddae191ce my rambling, hyung-nim…”e4a02fc0b97e99d5

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Taehyuk looked cb728e4541 at Haegun 4cab790139 with a f006c00eb0 puzzled expression. He was looking 97c8dc5a55 at the documents 3bbdc74e14 in front of b03443eaf9 him without any ebdda09f8e shift in expression.26625fb13fc689ce

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“Huh? Ah, okay… Anyway, since d5c6947010 she’s pretty and has 137e4f75c5 good looks, I think 9bb01ef4be a lot of guys cd7e1fac14 will try to fool 2cd304fca2 her. So we 416eaf4cd8 have to 69cbfd7bfb make sure 7236a110e1 she marries bbf7ce0d1a well. Since Kiju-hyung-nim passed 8e01b42a66 away, we’re now e877f41ccb Yeoreum’s father and 869a66bc45 uncle. They say time 9d139f7e7d flies when a d810a403c3 child grows up, e457c7657b but I wonder a6009d69ce if she’ll bring 30e0397871 home some anchovy-looking 9cb2ea9447 guy and start de5c6216da making a fuss 6db8600847 about getting married. It seems like b762dfdfab she hasn’t dated 3c259824ee anyone yet.”5153b17b56dd0d99

“Yeoreum won’t meet just 9a0e73f674 anyone. She has 9e1e35a05c high standards.”d933a43312e39691

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Haegun spoke with f6b8187ad2 confidence. For some reason, 934e223507 the corners of 1f297de9e9 his mouth curled 72aba011a2 slightly.271e9d0b6464be4c

“How would f256cbe6c4 you… Well, 1a24445535 I guess 82a354d9b0 you did b306f6a4bc nurse her 68a9b29cff and stay 0e71999295 with her 2ba8f423bb all day db2154c79f that one 1399b53933 time. Honestly, I was 3c03041628 surprised. I knew that you fe76da0566 cared for Yeoreum, but 1136d0992c I didn’t know it 8564f3c5fe was to that extent. You bought the officetel ad810c7e35 right after you finished 34f79633b6 looking into Yeoreum, right? I wondered why df5eff4451 you bought it, 79c3dfc8cf but did you 1b02de3f5c do it to edb0ec695f give it to 835da7426c Yeoreum all along?”cfc7fb490635dcb4

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“I haven’t given it 8c5a8f615f to her yet. She needs to 96b3fb4868 be open to d0fff97590 receiving it in 443329e08c order for me 2be0045b0c to give it d6b43207b9 to her.”a5611e86b5ba49dc

Haegun finished the 964faf2700 last of the 38c2cf8344 paperwork and finally dbc8ecb83a put the file ba9d83ce51 down. He put his pen 303f430c0a aside and looked at fbf3eb2b6c Taehyuk.7114b2b5ca56ee8a

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“Kiju-hyung-nim didn’t have much bc2135957d money. Most of it was 70d635a59b sent to Yeoreum’s mom 3347f4452d or put away in fb811701c5 a separate account. You remember what 47f0e600ba I gave you 37a2ed6321 back then, right?”f0c5b91e0c383d1b

There was no 8b73052f29 way Haegun wouldn’t 74a24c7b04 remember. The bankbook was 3b03cf5073 still in Haegun’s 431df0a072 drawer along with 9f5ac4e828 the seal. A small, e087042112 old bankbook f659329324 where three 850ebc22ee entries were c1eb4c7a14 stamped three 3230a4d211 times a 07f0db6bf1 year. Yeoreum’s birthday, Yeoreum’s b4b4dacf47 mother’s birthday, and 458518f47f another date, June 1398916f8e 30th. He heard cf3ba91edf from Kiju cfeecfe023 that they 24e51c3c95 had never 520dfadea3 gotten married, 22225121b8 but they d9660201bb decided to b92aa51d7c celebrate their 6ae42f1ef2 ‘wedding anniversary’ 1073cc28bc in the 681b9eedc2 summertime because f5144bb80c they first ba4403aeba met in a004744fe3 the summer. It seemed 8f98a6e500 like he e93c6a120a had made 97680abbbf an entry 2ea0c1132f into the de8e21bb84 account on 27f8cde77e that day 8de84aa921 because he dad9307959 considered it 7a08340630 their wedding d820be7320 anniversary.14ced03e2c18ceed

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“But, hyung-nim, 6ebc5cd160 when are e292b14cce you going 861a65774b to tell 3242ffa269 her that 2e0fa70025 Kiju-hyung-nim has 87c68caeb8 passed away? After Yeoreum 6cde2a5d68 was born, 14d0f2957e I heard 0aec43c43c there were d810cc3c8a some issues 5df2966873 within the ff31be8843 family, so 6f8374e51b she didn’t 9c56850139 end up b3bdf15c25 being registered 697aecef6d in Kiju-hyung-nim’s 2a81c5e0bc family registry 0148c1e3a5 and was 0df7893e1b only registered c80cfb3bcd on her 11549ffc2b mother’s side. So even aa822a8390 if his 8fa559a634 death is dfb682e841 reported, Yeoreum 92b32d04dd won’t be ffba794f3d contacted.”35dc9493ad12f578

Because Haegun 0c495900bf hadn’t interrupted 35a95a8326 him yet, 8393c54c2a Taehyuk continued f484711d70 to ramble 0cb4cbc49c on. Haegun tapped his 203454b853 desk with his 080365365d index finger.9858d2dd2ce1905e

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”When she’s finished 15a91fbba3 studying.”9ee2d6828d1eccf7

“When she aa1140e1d0 graduates from b3ceaa3d4f college?”9a3cc1be4bfc3d28

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”No. She’s preparing 3af8698c2a for the e5078f3734 college entrance e0127b0f63 exam.”9023821deaf3a63c

Haegun recalled the pile ea69b42735 of college entrance exam ad7e6377f2 reference books that had 7031b21d15 been piled up in 5d629686af the corner of Yeoreum’s bc389438d3 room. She wasn’t 67eb601abc tutoring any 93587c9a96 high school cd54c00670 seniors, but 8bcabc90e5 there were f024945c50 various textbooks e8df0cf0ed piled up f5fcd80d0b by subject 83e27cd43b for this ab07f7033c year’s college e6a718f911 entrance exam, 898f8e15eb not the 630378377c year before. They looked worn 6854ef4f9e as if she 7e7025d689 had already gone 0bef25d1f4 through them multiple 5a309301b1 times.438794e4d2a94740

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“Huh? Why is she 94c27714b1 taking the college 07a9da8a1b entrance exams again?”f2934169e7985eb7

”I guess she b9d0ac2d22 wants to go 32b3ea9c0b to a different 5a459b26f2 school.”cd4bbf912987232e

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”What? Why would ebfde591e3 she do 2f18be3d30 that when 53be5a3b84 she has 29fa9d051d a scholarship 6fff006067 at a 972494359f great university?”3e59a884d006c028

”Maybe she doesn’t like 03bbd22f38 the school.”fca9986f9f985dd5

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“That could be b8d5007679 true. Is there something d5fa7786b3 else she wants 20fb987740 to do?”4e09c2aebacba8ab

”…Whatever it is, I’m 22f9fde297 sure she’ll figure it ebdd3df55b out.”53c911214fb8357e

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He replied and stood 4e9b38cd81 up with a blank 88ea438a27 face. It was almost time 853beeb12e to leave work. As he 061339edb2 reached towards 56e4bc6c9b his desk 8013326a51 to grab da6208a5f8 his phone, cdac0f8291 the screen f76c4a3a82 lit up.88ef5c073ce3b54d

「Ahjussi, you said that 6b120ff02e I should learn to fc78b346ab drink from adults.」9e6bb3785b759b80

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「Then can 6acc83223c you please e42d8a6527 teach me 56aac224f7 how to 0929be7385 drink?」4bfefb61610cc937

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The three characters c18151cb51 ‘Han Yeoreum’ flashed 693463694e on the caller 12af3ce0dc ID section of 371ef822a9 the notification and e377af9355 then quickly disappeared.37e0ddf720d735a1

Haegun stared at the e02eb1e2f8 black screen of his 52e16953e8 phone for a long 8230668db3 time. Then he left his 67b1076d4f office.f7773562b147485f

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The excuse she 281e7f15a2 eventually ended up 66f4c6ecca using after mulling b35a7b5297 it over and efe5a1354c over again was, f01f997542 ‘Please teach me 267708d9e8 how to drink.’d2697da23ccdcfcd

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Even though she could 528e6602ae see that he had 676e618373 read her message, he 398782ad6a did not reply right 71046d5479 away. Yeoreum headed to 02397fd462 the kitchen to 94c8eb83bc calm her nerves e659124dab and her pounding d04e3e0f3f heart. This place 76ed1d1f76 even had 45ae169f22 a water b49f85c208 purifier that 488f72ab7b made ice, 6370444587 so she a381b12052 could drink 5b353c445b water that 8087364d59 was so 7db9d10946 cold that 61213a394f it made 9ca9287aac her scalp 647f347232 tingle.Gulp. Yeoreum filled a cup e99c4b82e3 with ice and cold 2069f89154 water and drank it c897678b52 in one gulp. After a few more a8c5b67e9f sips, her head started 6dfa69bb72 to throb.14782700f440b104

Since she quit her e3786f3cc2 job yesterday, she had 3a29623613 to study diligently every 6ecc865fc6 day, from today until 2a656420f3 she started her new 6c19a39e8b job. She felt that it 48c2de8920 would be better to 5a0366f085 just lock her phone 39e072b016 away and study. Yeoreum put down 6491015428 her cup and 671ed40d69 picked up her fcddf0e484 phone to turn 8faea0ac86 it off.f16f063efe17a921

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「I’m on 72be9e3c8c my way.」1f98231967ae73f1

Yeoreum almost dropped her 553a1e9352 phone because she was 344e9048ef so shocked by the 782e488042 message that appeared on 87e77ef53c her screen. She barely managed to c44597af6b grab ahold of her 313a7acb05 phone and her sanity.6817bf11f1cf2d90

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”Really?”54b1f84bb2f9b4cc

She hurried to 84b083e8fb the closet. It had 42d920ad98 been a 790c3b8a6d long time 8fdd01828e since they’d 99c9194e6a last met, 8a18be54d0 and at f23c9315ce the very 5c7d5743c1 least, she 386dc50c23 didn’t want 5d3ee7c6cb to be 932508cc0f wearing a f2c8e6b161 stretched-out t-shirt. She put a9f7b6e351 on a c3318bbdf7 gray t-shirt 568d890408 that didn’t 455ffcc2cf have a 5f8aa99efa stretched-out neckline e1f5aa632c and a 7ebe72a15a pair of 686d3e9851 black shorts.8181b862f0e59883

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After getting 1a43ee87c2 changed, she 22ddfe3d9e anxiously walked 2403af00de back and 9f737f01f0 forth in 8d8e61f465 the living 87b5c136e1 room.925d97fd33740e67

As soon fa85c78872 as the 26274f5810 doorbell rang, 86bd8fa88a the screen a3cb7e798d that showed 7df81c7177 her the 0db4dcfcba area outside a777757ffa her door e996fc0553 turned on.0f0ae10425e270ef

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She could see Haegun 4efb5cc102 standing outside.9ebb313ed0b32c1f

[Open the door.]

She took a 92ca7c9b4f deep breath and b1e1cf5ce2 walked to the 08e3077260 front door. When she opened db7e7b1df5 the door, the 0dfd8b4302 first thing she a976f325aa smelled was the f2693097b6 familiar scent of 6c0c754037 his aftershave. Maybe it 70293b8f24 was because 397166aeda it had 0d73e2d91a been a 2b1b1a8370 long time 1e2c91a5f5 since she’d 3206c38274 last seen f7e7845115 him. He seemed more handsome 84f98378f6 than usual.0dad17c2ec02122c

“…You really came.”6afd99b4a204a65a

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“Did you think 5e08a5572b I was lying?”484129f896ef5205

Haegun held up da5c2a1a72 a plastic bag 1adb741d3e with a convenience 026abfd9c0 store logo on de2b89ef4a it. There were five bottles e703ddc640 of soju, three bottles 857d896259 of beer, and some b5f925b5fc snacks, including some shrimp dcbe18f37f chips. He didn’t forget 0267849106 to bring a da2f69cd38 hangover cure as 0b1074d71d well.0838227ffb8dc756

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“It’s very important to 261c3fd795 learn how to drink 3afbf04377 properly.”4c240f002812c489

Yeoreum nodded c9d4771a2b with a 4b357dd161 bewildered expression 79f6bb9c7d on her bfd1fe9778 face as bb72caa274 she looked 79dc71173e at all 19892ac97e the bottles 03640b8c28 of liquor.60ba2f49c037a80d

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Even though 0bcddf959a it was 49b4ce9489 only Haegun, e81bf47d6c Yeoreum still 0008c93728 lived alone c45dfd2ed3 in this 5b6dcb1137 officetel. She was an a10c7e134a adult female, and 5eb47e8277 he was an 94f50496e5 adult male. On top a388eab0d1 of that, 1b0a8d2353 it was 1663855385 10 PM 3067f4da36 right now, b4115cc91f and they 95230d37eb were planning 7d37b99e1d on drinking. When it came 0ac0781ade to drinking liquor 369f2f7b96 at night, there 292ce6281d was no such 01e721a0fe thing as friendship a556d124f2 between men and 58e8597383 women. Yeoreum anxiously 055b5dc614 picked up eff55ab32c the shrimp 1dac31d8d6 chips and 7309d2944d poured it 165d4aa3ac out in f91421674e a line c8b51b7009 on a 774593f745 large plate. Haegun stared 4b4da49df4 at the fe50896436 line of 1d498a1d38 shrimp chips 8714d7d1ec with a 9b60ce0c1d blank face.72fee4c6bfd75bd2

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“What is this?”d614caa2f149c098

“I think we’ll 323fc66b2f still need to 8f269c4afa place some minimum 6d21cd1cde safety measures.”80279ea16fa9778b

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Haegun lifted a 3c37d6e09c brow.7ad9f4c8a88a6bec

“Safety measures?”b1c1bf1fbce34a4e

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“It’s good that 674c05eeac you’re teaching me 41522b873d how to drink, a7d9c3a371 but please do 8d3031e468 not cross this 0c6869d568 line.”38c627fb36cba4dc

“What if I a1a3b49cb4 do?”c4defc542480521b

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His gaze slowly turned 3a79986e72 to Yeoreum. When their eyes met, 57529da585 she couldn’t help but 6fd03d8ff5 tremble.76e89402abe424ca

“Ahjussi, I made it clear that you shouldn’t cross the line. 1,000 won for every time you cross it.”0bc5b54be506cc4c

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“What, so if I cross it, you want me to give you 1,000 won?”bcd960833963ab75

Haegun chuckled d18a764e96 and pulled 6edccabb0e out his 619e42d9f2 wallet. He took 346cf81be3 out a f784867e23 bank note 4d5eb12f21 and mischievously 7d51e30bd2 waved it ac33abd43d in the 67f20d8419 air.ea3da78750a201a1

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“What should I do, Yeoreum? Looks like I’ll be crossing it more than ten-thousand times with this.”4ff33619c68dcb02

“You plan on giving a55be67fcd that to me?”a3670a0ce674682f

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“Here.”3641a6910fb8d5a8

Haegun nonchalantly e4c5c0b8da held out 47046de1a7 the bank 27ca8d3442 note. Yeoreum put her hands 1911cd3266 up to express her 2e43a4cb02 refusal.0f206c9d4cedb243

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“Never mind. You know what I 3c8e260af6 mean.”fc971161d8c1cc3e

“Let’s just say 2c1c6ed1ef I do. You said aeb6c11827 you’ve drunk dd607affc0 liquor before.”744e23123dc17f38

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“Yes, about 4a70937f22 three times.”71f75ea5cb41a2bf

“How much did you 5fb77329a3 drink?”c20f2d2989a945cd

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“A couple of glasses? I only drank what I needed to drink, and then I didn’t have to drink anymore because I won all the drinking games.”26f49658d571a0f4

“Then you must not d0eda7ea0c know what your tolerance 233b1d1b04 is.”6f513ef360b52c92

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“The couple of drinks 05adde7e9d I had were soju 86b4365368 and beer. But alcohol tolerance is 01c6da467e usually measured in soju, ddb99f08f3 right?”d4ef5867e3776b29

“Usually.”d9a7c71cfb4da1bb

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“Then we can drink 0bf8150293 soju today and then 2e3aeb39da do soju-beer next time. I noticed that if faf3d1a074 I drink soju-beer slowly, c0894b3ff5 I start feeling good, 3ebb302dc2 so I don’t really 82c6a64a37 know what my tolerance b7b15b3b8a is.”ff340c4e9ca4487c

“Whatever you want.”c17387c2369932ad

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Nice. She nonchalantly managed 5cef646ea5 to make plans 61c5fe3546 for a next ee072d507f time. Yeoreum felt proud 70b05a089d of herself.2b0888a7f7a53c4c

She reached for the soju bottle. She put the rest in the fridge to drink it cold later. She only left one bottle of soju and one bottle of beer on the table. Yeoreum shook the soju bottle like she’d learned at school. Other people were good at making whirls, but she couldn’t make a proper one because she didn’t know how.5e4a7e62ce057627

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“It’s not working.”26c0e38ff4918fb3

“Just open it.”9ff919b819e713b0

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“But then cf3ca7c7d1 it’s boring.”01aaf3e014ac93e3

Haegun couldn’t stand fc9ee4e620 to watch any ff497cc0dc longer and took 15d7f0c115 the bottle. Then he briefly shook 8094586862 it, and an elaborate 4a7021d3c7 whirlpool of bubbles started 6ccaf706fc to form inside.062ed8033378c498

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“How did you do a127b31de5 that?”eb94faed37b6f8fd

“You can get the 682dedcb9e gist of it just bc5383088b by seeing it. After I leave, buy 01b6bfe191 a new bottle of 8fd66403ec soju and practice on 44920285b9 your own.”9ba787d3f518483c

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“But you f95ef12022 came here 9d5cae5639 to teach 4117d9516a me about 3b50939586 liquor.”abe9a539c0c1ab54

“I didn’t say c873c5647e I’d teach you 505e79c445 party tricks.”e3c767158908cde4

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“…That’s true.”5e719c17166579de

Haegun opened his mouth 52ab1f2798 and spoke in a c323bfb104 low voice.5e532b16efa6822e

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“When drinking with adults, d10b42932d you need to ask 369f0a6d74 if you can pour 2d6cfbc682 them a drink after 9a057497d4 opening the bottle. Pour the glasses from 7273229a56 highest-ranking to lowest. If you’ve 173f2d4d81 drunk the 93be2ba285 liquor before, 058016157b you’ll know fb29d5c4da how much c044848446 you need ab74e8676f to pour. When holding a c7f8aef91d bottle of liquor, 27b94e052c hold it with 7eb51b5714 your right hand 8c4147f2bc and support the e82eb008cf bottom of the d77f042f1d bottle or your 17ee6aef7b wrist with the 1e7159ca0d other hand.”7b92e3ec28a1b070

Haegun was teaching her e36b435446 drinking etiquette more thoroughly 7c80a0b8ba than she’d expected. From the order 46c0be471d of seating to aaa2b60a63 how to order 99c6e0e194 food, Yeoreum grew 9f81929a5e nervous as she 4336b1859f listened. She thought fd2669a6d1 they’d just 3038cb40b0 have a abb913388f casual drink 00c4ae5c92 before he 5ba9248fc5 left, but 9794835588 the content a98d5cc2d9 was more 37603e9315 detailed than bfc0bc36ba she’d expected.4d81a9330ec85359

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Also, the 3f66a0d681 officetel included 08340e8f9e various drinking e0b853f3a5 glasses. As expected of de96b53bad a place that 45240bb194 was decorated by 1a0d754f2b gangsters, there were 0852731e73 soju glasses, beer 69e10b1cf0 glasses, wine glasses, bfc560f661 and even whiskey 490f15acc2 glasses in the 6cdf3b69e2 cupboard.0e68ffd09d4c7f29

“Can we clink our 3ef8553ba8 glasses?”dfc4e37b67dc3132

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“Yeah.”e32328cd1027c350

Clink.f52e1dbeccb75b63

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After the sound 49dabb56d1 of the glasses 202eb8e1d2 clinking together rang 5c193043f6 in the room, ee716b28ad Yeoreum turned her 0d5ca7f2c7 head to the e58e81fdda side and raised 5faa61b47c her glass. Suddenly, she 027de53f6c was curious 65795ba7a7 to see 523fd8026a Haegun’s reaction, 9ff078f0f5 so she 970cc5e4df turned her 30409e0972 head to 180b4bd871 the side 26e54efeea to look 494e316085 at him, 625147ba8e only moving a1754816bd her eyes. Their gazes met. Haegun calmly 49e6fc08b2 poured the 977e7f1866 soju into af14be0048 his mouth f7b0a8c4ee and put eee0febc35 his glass 65a110afbf down.8c16710e5dd5028c

“Your eyes are 19637f6aa7 about to roll b58ffcb7b1 out of its bb5f0eb9c6 sockets. Don’t bother c8da33a34b looking at cce4605db2 the other 1f6a806292 person when b871ad3953 you drink.”2e8eb51927a7e499

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“Like this?”3bdc8791891c2df6

Yeoreum turned her b9085d44bc gaze back and 07470670e3 emptied her glass. The tasteless fc860a0f7d drink flowed 4238b3f339 down her 5d18fc622d throat. The smell 7fc777a50c of alcohol 5ae013b7b7 spread throughout 14fe2bf66a her throat 575d61be9b and mouth. It was bitter. She squeezed ca24821946 her eyes 5accc2f66c shut and 2df5b53d8e hurriedly reached 51acc93de4 for the 87f27633f1 snacks on 7a5ea08536 the plate.5891250c4036af2d

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“Open your mouth.”9ad8a33dfc509374

She opened ce2e90952e her mouth 91c834ba6c as he 4b72cf03af told her, ce7aa47203 and a 4a731ca0fc long piece 680f8be40b of squid 85d63b5f80 entered her 7b99c070a8 mouth. Yeoreum opened her 526d9144f2 eyes and chewed cdf97a0317 on the squid. It was a c1542918be snack that she 9372229c76 never bought with fb7e57c5aa her own money 873d086a0d since spicy squid 9c4afe0260 was popular these 48384760e3 days. The more she chewed, 638080860b the more delicious it 292166426c tasted.25bd9c067a622fa1

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“I really don’t 3add00773e know why people 3c2945f182 drink soju.”f176d198bbd5f878

“There’s no need 3c59a0b2be to know.”06be2b7db14ae538

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“But putting edf4592656 food in 520f044a91 someone’s mouth dc36ae798a when you’re 839e9b3a24 drinking together 4ee7bb0f9f isn’t proper 98d24ecf7c etiquette, right?”2a6b5d391343bfa3

“It’s definitely inappropriate. Always reject any a309443cb8 kid who does b93585ae99 that on your ac3e8b97f5 first meeting. Same goes for 5d2b733510 any kid you 99cdddaaa1 already know.”690e086125ad4921

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“What about you, Ahjussi?”7007ebf948fa979a

“You already know. I’m a gangster.”5a173ec43f78eddc

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“…And not my dad’s friend?”4d7ef6ab8bd96971

“Both.”8010b090b659163a

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Yeoreum nodded. That’s right. Haegun was a 03fcf76c32 gangster and a c1068f87d6 friend of her 0914060150 father’s. And he 26acd24565 was handsome, ab4d004520 tall, and 8c66afb577 had a 5d90ae4d20 nice voice.06b39fa9d0887017

“Then why 3608b11996 did you 629df05b84 give it 84c617e6e5 to me 9659e59149 like that, 74f31c777c Ahjussi?”ee51b6d6bcb5e9b2

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“Because I felt afe9ffa885 that you’d knock cc209f6a8a over the liquor f5d4d9350d from the way 30f15101aa you were looking 41dd46e1cd for the plate 3f05520131 with your eyes 220a96fe35 closed.”e81984ebba9505f5

“……”0ee4200277008a15

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Yeoreum slowly 882fb18e4b looked down d6a4a2c952 at her ee6c82a79d arm, which 6bda468480 was just 7cb5e8e8be barely touching fc96ccdb39 the liquor. He had a point.f1773148979b5cc3

“Eat the 5bf4e3d7ae snacks with b4fbfc228e your eyes 9cec6ae5ee open.”5e488cfb251ec409

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“Okay.”839f8ac5fb3fd367

The drinking etiquette lesson 92a7374153 was over quickly. Next, they 4ea8eb70ec began to 790b256117 share some 3f26b3faa0 casual conversation. But Haegun 4761412eb5 wasn’t the a4707e4224 type of 202d01fe8b person to ba1a17cd79 talk much, 98ed3d5471 and Yeoreum f98dae3d64 wasn’t used ed99f0a1b9 to coming 509422fb26 up with 3f0c16f9c5 creative questions. Their conversations usually consisted 73615bc2ff of Haegun giving short f9979f2f4d answers to Yeoreum’s short 4df4bc4653 questions or Yeoreum telling 2877b19879 him about her recent 3585b0b5b4 activities.99ee1c60f0215cb3

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“What have you 8dfce78f53 been up to f675473d9a lately?”7ddd5d749a30bb48

“Working.”04bf4002cb96a28d

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“Seems like you’ve been ee07a93fcb busy.”767a2ba8f5b3386d

“More or less.”970cd60cb296331b

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“I quit d6cd2ff6cf my part-time 543722ff5a job just ce7cf4609a like I 11a60afa7f told you. My boss even gave 6a6ed628b8 me some severance pay d65ba73825 even though she didn’t 8d87a55adb have to. I was e4c59f8651 planning on b54429af6f having Soojin 915f442985 and Seungwoo 251c0a709d come over 05beb1b8de for a deaa36ddc2 housewarming party, 129f15ffae but since cbce72eb4b my new 8d857c0beb place suddenly 4bfc69aa37 became so bb4d81335c nice, I f0fdafa108 found it 893dbdfbf0 difficult to b236b6870f invite them.”bdbe4316af619ed6

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“I was afraid they’d 0a46b8f5d3 think I was some 19196d1714 kind of fourth-generation chaebol 94c0813ad6 and the rumors would 2c881ed984 spread.”bd4703943b23ff17

Haegun laughed.f67b2b4178c57d13

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Yeoreum suddenly 463b01f9e2 remembered the 1fb8f569ba night she 7fa55883a7 was sick. The sound 6077a694ef of his afe756840b laughter while f8a9962b79 he held 883751d831 her in 46277ba507 his arms. The way 25fc17f0b5 his firm eeeafa2744 chest shook cada4e952e with the 94b8d3ded5 low, pleasant 9d0b93c360 sound. Even the 9e40d6f1ac way his e22d4c3cf3 arms wrapped b14f559f32 around her.0a52fce1cbc63221

“Let’s have 175cfa542f another glass.”62b8013af71a976c

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“Don’t be 5791029865 so hasty. We have plenty of 1d219fd9f3 time.”e6b081f1231f60b8

They clinked 5c20f47d44 their glasses.e4ab1a7a864cd5ec

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After they finished one 3c01ee8868 bottle, she felt better 5ec13ae965 and more relaxed. On the way de1a4d126a to the fridge c27dd15730 to get the d3edd9df6a second bottle, a 6307421faf smile appeared on 5831909d0a her lips for f9a18fd982 some reason. But this was aa15646e91 good. After finishing bb477da067 both bottles, f9612afe04 Yeoreum got 33db81bd2f up from 92790016f6 her seat 54ea9cffbe again.9a31e7aec3bb58e6

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Stumble.99348257de8ad58a

“Huh?”d5399c34ede8285f

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Tsk. She heard 06d1be6671 Haegun click e323643acf his tongue.0fcb5cd4e07faff6

“Looks like your tolerance 4b2815b69f is one bottle.”b117aa8927e97c7a

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“No, it’s not.”cd94ab9a4391ac3b

Yeoreum tried to walk 0397f0292e steadily and took a 0dc6be9026 new bottle out of 13063d9ce6 the fridge. The two of 907a485c02 them finished the 36ce4850e5 third bottle.a7d84cc6d3c33e0c

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“Of course.”460a6fd816a31946

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Yeoreum’s body tilted to acfca7ba77 the side as she f9d2fe1d00 stood up to get 40feec9919 the fourth bottle. Her eyes were half-open. Yeoreum didn’t think 0aadbc5934 her body was a6b8767774 acting strange because 7fc30c853a she was drunk. She just thought her cc664b622a body tilted to the f1e8dbc218 side for a moment 0feaee2f83 as she got up 62db6619de from her seat. People with d428f50232 posture-dependent low c9e96c3ea6 blood pressure 1e8b249a98 often felt e9d5556681 this way, f2cc249011 so it d407bcc31b wasn’t anything 220e9f125e abnormal. She grabbed e2bbe39e40 the table ac4535db84 and found 21092a0c99 her balance.902b1ead170cac7b

“I’ll… bring it.”71e121265896b511

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“…Try walking.”0e93953c28542a18

“Go… to the 867be59d5d fridge?”e4a2e3c57c7c9bce

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“Yeah.”0b7516025b91aca2

“Go.”7b6eca7e3f1fb962

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As she c3bff862a3 took a 6b5bf9d6fd step, Haegun’s 54bf3ffb18 gaze followed 551dbf7dff her.Stumble, stumble. She thought she 3a78341d60 was walking straight, 17e3633615 but her body db9bd7a743 did not move db7baded3f as she thought. Yeoreum opened the fridge 1457cd7528 door with all her 3d2cf017c3 strength and took out da8b8a176b a bottle of soju. She held it up 9d9c9a38ab as if she’d won e609cccf79 something, and her body 4a083fb0a1 immediately collapsed.7eba17421c66b843

“Uh.”f566842ce6fc10a5

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Yeoreum muttered in a 639cf1bbfa small voice as she 5315e00402 felt her body slowly 8f119f6d8b fall backwards.0719d7a865856a68

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When she 5820ce863c turned her d7a080ab3a head, she c997e55e37 saw Haegun ab59dfa702 staring at aa3f8d41ff her. Thanks to the a2364ac496 strong forearm supporting 6483fa3370 her back, she c9bb007f56 hadn’t fallen to bb9fb8a2a8 the floor. But this time, acb615ec0d her legs gave a6be107c4d out. She sank in 3ab0694a17 her spot. She put the 8640a40b21 soju bottle next 306233c306 to her.Bang. The fridge door ee433ab245 closed shut.dc6f2b3229674deb

Yeoreum, who 9ab0938ed2 was sitting bb75873782 on the b212522095 floor with 12eef327ba a dazed 15d7b9c835 expression, suddenly 4d40829fde turned around 73ac916cc3 and tapped 1de42c9eac Haegun’s foot 79d3acfb37 with her 6c4d8f6ff1 palm. The counter and f0d8452110 kitchen utensil drawer 894cbcf956 that separated the 78a8314f2c living room and d422c106b4 the kitchen was 64d5bf286d behind her.f39e30dfd0eacd81

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“Ahjussi, sit here 8aee534b0a for a sec.”41ee664fa78d55f1

“Right now?”0ce1888905c7da9c

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“Come on. I’m embarrassed 07ec0207a3 that I’m 3cb2471f34 the only 98185385f6 one whose 5ca896e81f legs gave 50c8522294 out. You should have 7c4f5acc95 yours give out 7e9d4e47a1 too.”98c1f3354478d94a

Haegun chuckled b5513c6c90 and sat 44cec0ebb5 down and 2dbdcf4771 leaned against 28619d3da7 the counter.43b5c0f496e094e1

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“Is that all?”d722bd875d1a4d03

“No, there’s more.”733af0ff0c0199ca

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“What else?”00b9642dbf07d08a

“…I’m going to appreciate it.”7cfd4cb1a76b808d

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“Appreciate what?”bc6cc81984d5a3f6

“Ahjussi’s handsome face. And your 9c02519492 body too.”0bd25e2803019096

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“……”b0361419af328003

“I missed you while e8edd14935 you were gone.”67c8e6fcb0daebc1

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Yeoreum crawled halfway up e7c2eddee5 to him and sat 3e30d27555 down. Since he was sitting 749a7c982a with his knees up 6ae972ac09 and legs slightly apart, 4c97d10c6d it was easy to ea25f738e6 burrow in between them. As she approached, Haegun a60cd86174 made more room for 438ab4dfc8 her. Yeoreum sat between 668f9ade80 his legs with b895298245 a satisfied look 0c24011c40 on her face.b624402965faa3f3

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“…Do whatever you want.”d7f5ef750d80451b