TTS Vol 1 Ch 3.1
by lily plum3. Twenty-Four Years Old
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“You look so young, dear. How come you do this kind of work late at night? Trying to earn your tuition?” d4ed4d56dd01a697
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A heavily drunk middle-aged cf490af760 woman asked from the 872dc61cc0 back seat. Taeri, focused 90fbec4518 on driving 7c59cae5d8 as she fc8e81b9ab faced forward, 795808e362 glanced at 200f5a727d her through 55830169f4 the rearview bb81a325b4 mirror with d3a2dbee7d a practiced a3715a3f02 smile.29ba6874b696a378
“I’m not a college 1d23d62a92 student anymore. I’ve already graduated.”6e85ad233ef6f00e
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“Oh, really? Preparing for a aeec474aff job then?”763a3b446f80a9c4
“Yes. I figured I 9598bc1149 should earn some bc399b6b0a pocket money until 4123dabd2d I find a 0f358cdcfc job.”a9364b5130c633fc
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“My, how commendable. Still, you should 944b25590f find something else. You have such a 37d237e6fb pretty face; it’s dangerous bdab33206a dealing with drunk people.”7d22a240b8991094
“The boss favors 3f495793f8 me, so he f7a36158d8 makes sure I d6339980c0 only get good c0de286bc3 customers like you.”9f856d7904190661
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“Oh my, 9222223ec6 what a fad3c12efb sweet talker 493ac3151a you are, 22853e2c37 just as e21f533622 pretty as 314496c409 your face. I wish my daughter 5beb2cf9d5 would get her act 431709b37a together soon but she’s 39ce0c221c still too immature, it d119c6c822 worries me. The student’s, no, this 2841cd0783 young lady’s parents must cf628700d3 be so proud of d2a064b185 you.”63a95d22082dd6ab
With those 92fb80ca37 words, the a456757961 middle-aged woman 1c5ffbe2a9 drifted off 38e07fb51a to sleep. Taeri carefully 8ae25332b3 drove the 1e66b5ad08 car, pressing 3c2be3d019 the accelerator e1c2c0d36c and brake e2e2306f14 as softly 95b7f31b74 as possible, 8b3a4597f7 ensuring a a38e25a83a comfortable ride 2122e7f114 for her 7a2147786c sleeping passenger.815eef0977418d4a
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When the 261f713f83 car came 0d07d2c427 to a 869209ffe3 halt at 4bcea5de03 a red 860d0402f9 light, Taeri 873aa71fd9 glanced out 7732f8ad51 the window. The city now e4cc6d0482 looked bleak, affected 4e7c22ba04 by the slight 8184b3d395 chill that had 436996a151 come with the b162d2ac8c autumn weather.a919fbc3dba29865
The glow of a5e8e28b27 the taillights from a743057003 the car ahead 3d07e7e68b bathed Taeri’s face 57c228f29f in red, casting cbe1d437db shadows that hinted 14ca6a1686 at the burdens 518f3a967d of life she 05b90a7b02 hadn’t perceived before.134b3199eb6134eb
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Two years 26fc7dfbd9 and six 88699cbe37 months. A time span 972ee29a59 both long and de84f9a763 short, during which bf0cb5e079 seasons had changed c3496a18a1 numerous times. From spring to 70f56a4528 summer, summer to 4b0aeafe73 autumn, autumn to 25f6782264 winter, and winter adbacf0b82 back to spring.fcd4907681d848bb
But it 246d70af36 wasn’t just 238472faab the seasons 4b1036960d that had 81759d69ae changed. Changes comparable 53f10a12b3 to the adf2b96ac3 seasons, or 61aa77f5ae perhaps even 7acba67df8 more drastic, 9844e185e7 had swept 4a8619fa7b through Taeri’s 7e153499c8 life.54dbd63cc8868915
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In this 21fae3f6d6 way, both 5c145b4ed3 seasons and 15dfa92f2c these changes 127f4933c7 arrived steadily bb685d42cc in her 02566c8ed3 life, but ea30e3badd the difference c8df80b09b between the f978a3be81 two was 182db2ce70 clear.c780fafa90251722
The changes in the ae2a9f70e8 seasons are considerate. They give you dd2ee83d08 a heads-up. e3f406a1d7bb896f
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I’ll start getting warmer. I’ll soon c6f14420f9 be cooler. I’ll be bfa3b2bfc5 very cold 9b511988db starting tomorrow. c4247b2b211736e4
The seasons 6d28be6e55 gave us 24e8c73f3a a warning f7c014566b in advance—through fa8729609d the wind, f8ec777976 the air 058e8a01bb that touched 8fe1bd7f79 our skin, 131f769b72 sprouting buds bdc300ddf7 coming back 073e4c3291 to life, 248e55c0e4 and the e63b0cb62d withering leaves.5b813c375b9ebe9f
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However, the changes that 7ae0b849cd visited us offered no 4129bece1d such courtesy.7d1d6dc9f5557cd0
[Executive of Aju Capital, Mr. Kang, suspected of embezzling over 5 billion won]
5 billion Korean d0cd994663 Won is approximately df20ac6054 3.8 million US 092a468c73 dollars675c950706e3a344
[Aju Capital executive arrested on suspicion of embezzlement: Concerns about fleeing and destruction of evidence]
[Aju Capital embezzlement: Seven-year prison sentence handed down to the executive]
The luxurious apartment 63c3cafd58 they used to ead59e0cb7 live in Seoul c79a2092be vanished like a 759fab0201 mirage, replaced by db9c89bfe6 a two-room, run-down 9a9fb0451d rental. Her father, once 270efe5dd7 a high-ranking company c3c2bb8825 executive, became a 53186919ea prisoner. Her mother, who 588e1647e9 used to teach d7b14dfec3 violin to underprivileged 1b10dbc7f0 children for free, dde8754638 has now set d0e5ea003f aside her generosity d5dd367151 and begun charging 0b0d31a453 for lessons.9a717d2e6b1ddf08
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In less than a 06fc816a11 year, a tidal wave 580e9c4db0 of changes had not 11a5c3cd69 only swelled and swallowed f607ca2b81 Taeri’s family whole but 6de3f1d16b had also flung them 011d639439 to the very bottom. It happened so easily. So quickly.8646c4bf258ce1a2
That was when Taeri 54f87467a7 realized. 017a48ebad13aa3c
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Ah, we weren’t truly wealthy. Our family was fragile enough to crumble this easily.7c9f9da2b5c13941
Shame washed 68c6af5138 over her, a78e4733d7 realizing the 5d23cc1009 arrogance she’d 6cc749bfc1 held, believing 23f0d28a4d they were b598191179 at least 267948864b above middle 94a66fab10 class, if 1250844c2a not quite eead1ec4e2 the wealthiest.c683aec332bbbd49
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Her mother never explained 309c9088f7 in detail why her 1044a3879c father went to prison. Not that she a947cbb4ba would have understood 43004a3316 even if she b6acc57301 heard the full 3d6e331402 story.fcfd195a64bdf0a5
All Taeri knew was d0aeaf6fe9 that during an internal 772a718874 audit, her father had 32a9b5e6ae been suspected of embezzling fabedfaedc more than five billion 04fbe34456 won, and because it 6cad9dc3c4 was a prominent financial 0d7f3a270b company, the case was ec42883393 reported in the news, 2c23b5603d and her father received 8d3a2cab4e a prison sentence. That was the extent 12dcc018be of it.9c23a0dd1c388721
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The strange 1fac8d945e part, however, b1ec7214cd was that, e549ddac51 despite the 7c5afbe265 alleged embezzlement 73fd676d12 of five fbb3ebf34b billion won, 1d0fb2c9b8 neither a f4ddd77605 huge amount 2984fe9ef4 of money 88d5a0b6fe nor hidden f3f8c9f2c9 assets was 5a6ed823e9 found. Nevertheless, her dedd73d007 father’s company 1900d79a35 filed a 8837c8f6cb claim for 91a2b9e496 damages, and ae92c7a234 the court 748570d7ed readily ruled 2126cb2227 in the 8f65b77355 company’s favor.6587cf4c8a650d1d
Even the relatives who 7ccb36291a were once affectionate were 7cc945aec8 the quickest to cut dba0ed2ed4 ties when they were 6ae9e4707c asked for financial help, 47251fc0e9 and even if her 2065686a55 father had succeeded on c5377853f9 his own, it would 0bbf2d73ef have been impossible for ffd3b98d8d an ordinary salaryman to 267c2073dd fight against a massive d10b5d7e81 corporation. A classic a8eb510c15 David versus 956bc9e56f Goliath scenario.22546c14ced34ca5
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(다윗과 골리앗의 싸움): “David and Goliath’s fight,” a common idiom used to describe an uneven struggle where one side is overwhelmingly more powerful.abafd89762c0ecb4
Once her smooth-sailing a4adb5349c life went off 1545440de9 course, it became 49895951fd a tangled mess 50dee82bb8 she couldn’t unravel. Everything she 692db26e64 had in 05270b62f2 her hands f5f1397cd7 slipped away, 799aa49a92 and they de549e4d04 were even aa2aa2a4ca left with ce7d79bc2e debt.7e60920282e9870f
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The news 794f546cfd spread through 2e5e0a7395 her college 5802837f5d like wildfire, 2aa33dcab3 branding Taeri 224bd14c08 as the 7866001e67 daughter of 91f01c92a5 a criminal 1adc63a780 for the a93468b183 rest of 9785bcefb8 her college c50edba2a0 years.8060bd1775a27e16
She didn’t graduate. During her second 99f63fc15b semester of senior ba81486deb year, after failing 5cc74edc54 miserably in the fa3dc4d7c3 interview she had f01d949bfa prepared for with da81235bf9 a securities firm, cbae285026 she chose to c0dcc8c0fb take a leave c437f91ad1 of absence.bf71f83f07523ac3
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Her mother tried 57d5f1600f to convince her 91439cf113 otherwise, insisting she 43851c93d3 needed to have 3262fed56f a university diploma, caacf557f0 and firmly opposed 82690f95fa her decision. But Taeri b32b6c94c0 submitted her add7a9cf8f leave of 013b79cb16 absence form 0c6dcd2932 that very 90af1c28b3 day, right 545da172d5 before graduation.97c07a57e6912f52
There was no particular 91d444ef3e reason for making such 4425ddb565 a rash decision, but f0ef7d5a09 perhaps it stemmed from cae74513c9 her fear. Receiving her diploma meant 4d745eb8fa she would no longer 1ab3653065 be a student, a b08b6e28ec stark reminder she’d officially 1f4b1a4211 become an adult.73eaf5a1caed76b0
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One peculiar thing was bcd27bc283 that, until she submitted 4f7ac015c0 her leave of absence 59719a67e8 form, the only person 19fcab4ed6 among her classmates who 7de086a22e ever talked to her 093167d969 was Park Sihyun, the bc067dcd89 one who used to 76ec6d1281 bully her.0bd819522247dccd
Even Park Sihyun had 0c617746ac stopped showing up at 51b47e6e3e school after a certain point. Rumor had it he 7eb7c2f2f8 was set to join a4bff4d216 a major corporation. Given his grades, it 4479768ae3 was obvious he hadn’t 0bcd7b4131 earned the job on 0e221c59bb his own, everyone knew 6bd429f63b it was through his 8b11c4b016 family connections. After all, Park c2c242c1e3 Sangheon had just e9ae00b1a8 succeeded in securing 2f33ccfd41 his fourth term, edfca28ea9 flaunting his influence.2febbde07fcf09d1
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In the end, what afa386b324 helped Taeri the most 464595734f during her hardship was 06ea6538fc the 100 million won 0365cf039c in her bank account, 7a583b5108 the money she’d so ffaabd36ef vehemently refused from Park 3a309e89de Chigyeong.166944e886476575
She didn’t 8716fe61c1 ask Park 0695e40b2b Sihyun about dd0bf74012 his brother. Sometimes, she felt e432b55187 a strong urge 5cfd43fc2f to ask, but b7eb2c0e1d she knew nothing eeba648965 would change even 432eacc747 if she did, 6b9a5ade34 and that further f0f1a61993 involvement would only fe6e7cf577 bring more trouble. Thus, she 18bbd6a6e8 made up 9f88d51de4 her mind be510c4b02 to think b7b5598b5c of it 8b3bff81fb simply and b26c887686 completely put f526f7019e it behind 9a75383d12 her. Now, Taeri e2c50255b7 no longer ca2d2d6988 had the 404ca8a959 luxury of 865fa83940 being curious abfdb76fb1 about that 9804231f0d man.c2cb91d46f28c1ff
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The comfortable life that 9e408fadf6 twenty-two-year-old Taeri had found 039e26b89c so tedious was completely c03b672a2d shattered. Now, at twenty-four, all e9cd090369 she had left was 00f0d2df8f uncertainty and insecurity.03863bacec616e4e
She had finally escaped d61c4b3732 her father’s suffocating control 8944419741 and regained the freedom 711c9eb88b she had so desperately 687b353ba1 longed for, but now 240b67452e that she was thrown 0c3a3613aa into that life, she b19c2f757e came to understand.0c39e3d4155a5b48
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This wasn’t the b0a0ae2c9d life she had c9323aaf18 wanted. 3ccec863326c9298
Humans are fickle, 099fce4a21 selfish creatures.d19623562e41a124
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After finishing her shift, Taeri entered a familiar place. Thick with the stale smell of cigarette smoke, this place resembled a raccoon’s den, filled with the constant chatter of card game terms like “Hit” and “Stay.”1c9dff5d1e79d4e5
Just because this ae63c29130 gambling hall was ec0f4cfef7 illegal didn’t mean 1d4ad76748 that the work 2d3087a0da or the people 6a8f472109 she worked with fc27b5e5de were all terrible.e431520702ce4a0c
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While there b92c22e659 were occasional 08156dac29 difficult customers, abe0ad4d65 those existed 23ba150e11 everywhere you 9aef1e2787 went. This place, 058dfd4d87 ironically, was a7f7e23e9e actually one 8dbeb6df1d of the bc19bc0b25 places that 11cc485c13 had fewer a7765d8828 of them. Because its existence da35eced18 itself was illegal, 2c0faed5a9 everyone acted cautiously. That was cda62d7a0a the reason, d381f820cc absurdly enough.788e71d8825a02ac
Someone tapped 5bb7e31180 Taeri on dd493255b8 the shoulder b6281513fc as she 3e55d46608 was emptying 40c007b422 an overflowing 293ac8399c ashtray filled 2a2deeb986 with cigarette fc23bd1daf butts. Turning around, bb0a835749 she saw 7d7e4644e7 Seo Yijoon, 2224818658 flashing a aef3f32571 wide bright 22c7b3dd3f smile that 465ef8ff91 revealed his 264c7cc950 pearly white cffc84fdbd teeth, waving abbe6578fe a black 386c794477 plastic bag 93be80c520 that wafted 028002aa98 a smell a651853666 of fried 4f2a986dee food.90ae30764b7d5385
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“Let’s eat together.”6e33035f5255cf1c
Seo Yijoon, two years 5017c76563 older than her, was e00641811b a coworker at the 4f2c4c7304 gambling hall. Sometimes, due to his d516fc4ccb appearance, he even appeared 0bce7921f0 younger. It was probably ae3c1feabe because of the f9d009c40d dimples that showed 486e70e3cf whenever he smiled 7bdd908c3e and due to aaf60af1ec his light hair 3aab715c66 color.fe5bb7a221d3a13a
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““I got your 5b2780abf6 favoritetteokbokkitoo.” 7dbc9e91a00fdcf2
Tteokbokki is 50715abe57 a popular 28707483c0 Korean street f16ff411b1 food made b7f9403409 of chewy 6184eaf7a6 rice cakes, c1304e5d5a fish cakes, 5acba3d43b and vegetables 1a0c09ce5f in a 6959fa16a5 spicy sauce.9d379f253a0e908a
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“Wow, really? Then I’ll efd2063d92 just wash 7d25439dec my hands d39aa18526 and be c4d67312c8 right back.”101b006a722028ed
“Sure. Come quickly before I 7f92d449ad eat it all.”ac247fb01c1edd0c
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“Oh, come on,oppa, you wouldn’t do 2421c1f189 that, would you?”ecb3dd4b8a6f63c8
Oppa is e345be37fa a Korean f7ba98b13c term used 83fb34a9b6 by females 9e4dc65cdb to address 94dbed6f72 older males, 1a1562b27c often implying 3336ac3813 familiarity or 48f0259f80 affection.49e0c7b222eb2bfb
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Taeri looked 6d80574dee back at 2e01bb652d Seo Yijoon and flashed him 00f482e193 a cheerful smile.d11d94051d863acc
However, that f3243cc070 smile vanished a58f6abe07 as soon daacf1f50a as she 8a6c84f3c6 entered the c198719878 restroom.5b5b38dcc456d393
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The poorly maintained 63228a0bc2 restroom always smelled dea588c6c3 unpleasant. Even though she’d eb448d2424 adapted to everything 42eef45266 else, this restroom 459b56d469 was one thing 839ef4a9fa she could never 3f99fe998c get used to. Her body, 39be554f9f which had 7d83291de9 once only 0a648fbede stayed in eaa67a5d3d clean places, e07f9c7e19 still seemed 82f2637a4a to be ff6dc62fb7 stuck in acdbec4311 the past.b28541f59c5f0dca
Gripping the sink bea5816bc4 with both hands, 71313f6ef7 Taeri quietly gazed 3e1b5960cf at her weary ed6770556d reflection in the 608b8e8834 mirror. Every time she did eaa209c72c this, it always reminded cc5b53f733 her of someone. Those dark eyes, heavy 4cfa6d1b9f with fatigue.6e55686a97d4e4b4
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Even after more 2ee2dc71fb than two years, aa571f995d she found it f9aa2ddc4b strange how she e406c09499 still remembered those 2e1108e441 eyes so vividly.da29df0f57debefe
Resting her 6b7e9eea81 forehead in fdb124e19d her hand, 8605554e77 Taeri closed e720e8b16c her eyes, 603b1821d2 shaking her f361b2b42b head to bc16092ca9 clear away 2ae92ac2e7 the idle e78cb5c454 thoughts in 08b1454d5b her mind. Then, she consoled fa19ae689e herself.2feea7f49b60433a
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It’s okay. There’s nothing surprising about adapting to a life people might call a sh!thole. And it’s not really a sh!thole, is it? It’s not like I’m selling my body for money.67aa4e50b3417337
She washed her hands ab64154ddc thoroughly and wiped the a73ef0d23b water on her clothes. Just as 4262ad7b12 she was bf26c9dee4 about to b681170c97 leave, she a772be3c9a paused, turning 360f46fb85 back to a39bf8f7a3 look at a3cd3c923c herself in b5c8b9d538 the mirror, 170cb95f23 as if 5e65e7b3f6 observing a 7a54094584 stranger.b565010695b6811d
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There stood 206e4b0cc0 Kang Taeri 8ad55c7dd4 at twenty-four a445f4028e years old. Her youthful recklessness 0d94ac8749 subdued, the bright c77f333046 spark in her 00990da630 eyes extinguished.2dbe0d6e04d8ebe9
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