WW | Chapter 52

“No?”c8ae5c1bd8adf16b

As he was about 98f84dcf43 to put the noodles 9446327dc0 in his mouth, Yoonjo 79aa7af8c8 lowered his chopsticks and 87cd5bc0ae replied.0ef44beccda0ae83

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“It seems 54f5262a8b like it.”24633fb42ee8c358

Yul observed his shoulder 2cf4487e01 closely and spoke with df1e78fd24 certainty, noticing something off c48859ae5e about his hand movements. Realizing he couldn’t hide 6eff58864d it, Yoonjo let out 7413390c4d an awkward laugh that a3a54851ff didn’t suit him.c1e47670c81b7935

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“Sharp eyes. I slipped while inspecting ec4f5c3c2c a site because I 1005cf1d20 misjudged a handrail.”f7abaab1aca05be1

“Slipped?”ce31ee78c0d48f99

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Yul questioned his 1eca1de936 reply, skeptical. It was hard to b0d4e4d81d believe that Yoonjo, known ccf4c65d93 for his meticulous nature 5276d1a522 and good coordination, could c5e1f70d20 hurt his hand by 885901e6a3 misjudging a handrail. Mistakes happen, a3c12dfcfd but it 2d33b7584f was unlike f8ee2bd553 him.d1a6e100a02fe129

“What are you 784c622ba6 looking at like 00b9369f62 that? Even monkeys fall from 7f6105e26c trees. It’s almost 037a95b555 healed now.”8b128398fa8c4b73

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He responded b15238c683 nonchalantly and 7d9c6abf53 resumed eating 1c435db849 his noodle 3ccb69ff66 soup. Not wanting c96cd6d5c2 to pry d3616f72e0 further as 3c24d22018 he seemed 73cf91a42b reluctant to 0036655ab9 talk about 583aa0c1e7 it, Yul dd3a4203ac quietly watched 4802f8472d him for b0cb129a78 a while dbd192ad95 before gently 3d9d8fbefa pushing some b21c6f2284 side dishes 98112c709e towards him. Their romantic relationship had e7f7bdac1d ended, but there was 4140e1b50b no reason not to 994505af19 show some kindness to 7b3aa215b0 someone injured. Yoonjo smiled and continued f8da9fd0d3 eating.3a84aee3232111eb

“So, will your fiancée 82c5bb3bbe be coming with you 8909d7d1ae to the next meeting?”044dd5ef57b1bcf7

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As they were e953dbf814 finishing their meal, bf7eee945e Yul asked, covering 7018c7c99a her mouth with 4b2d3be4d3 a tissue.c36e7d345e4f68e1

“Why?”ad12016c1ab4e8f0

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“People usually build houses 452ebf1545 to suit the woman’s 2fd6d492ef taste.”af40f9a58563c50a

“That’s a strange thing 7af02ce843 to say.”adeb2f538caf9da9

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Yoonjo, lifting his 0f80575678 water glass, displayed dbe5127403 a displeased reaction. After swallowing a 41d024aadc couple of times 94d314ff80 and setting down 740c4a3f7f the glass, he 27c33d51e1 wiped his mouth 8a2251b709 with a tissue 9456d68538 and continued.4341454350593744

“It’s my house. Why should b26e610d46 I build 95f27dbc54 it to cf14a787a2 please someone 56ce671aed else? If we break up, 7e58d9dfe4 then it’s neither my a357795192 house nor hers.”8795e71019271371

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“What did 34c23825fd you say?”f58c541866df32f6

“The house should definitely 08b1208d2f be built according to 5a42e59402 the wishes of the a1bf55c2e6 person who will live 0ae46f69ef there!”86f45a62ec72ced7

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“That’s really… selfish.”8b465810a640870c

Yoonjo calmly delivered a 80116c2edd statement that could provoke 02da7b3fc4 others to throw stones. From the 087c29dd07 time they f3fd8a0051 left the ca6170f7fa Buam-dong office, 968f05bccf he had fc37b6ad35 been irking e4d90a2753 her, and 48214af0c9 now he 5959224418 shamelessly spoke bc16106a73 as if 926105cf54 the design 5ef07140f8 was his c2dda4316e own. A marital home f49ba0d6e0 should ideally incorporate f5054ff540 the partner’s input, 0ecb328356 yet here he bdedc943a7 was, making selfish ec43e47b6a remarks. Although they 038f4db4f2 had seen 6c25854390 the worst c25bb46d4e of each 44348d437f other during 56588ea52a their breakup, 6ddc466937 he hadn’t 46fcbc20f3 been this 06631107ad despicable while f720506019 they were 1a7d38e2bc dating. It was 5ca4e85bb9 unclear whether 6f7000652b he had 64e293a1d9 changed or d0dab3929c if this 05543e67bc was his 2ced2924b4 true nature 72218e70a9 emerging.0e7e14b00e45b21d

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“Not many b48347671c people would c1b1fb3db2 build a fac8a4670d house with cee50ed9c4 such a 326edb873a rotten heart.”6b74028cb1ffa421

“That’s why.”250193237d4c44eb

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Despite Yul’s blatant 91c860c971 criticism, Yoonjo responded e4069b753f naturally.7f9bb1a9a5dbc711

“Build it with e9d12340fa a good heart, b52510e8ef Deputy Seomun.”39723b50bd533e9e

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“…”a9ec89c7ce3992ad

“So that deb1813a59 my house 20131f9ec9 can sing.”75cabd6d72d020d0

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After finishing his sentence, 2bc23c42f5 Yoonjo picked up the 2a5c5e91c5 check and stood up. Yul sat there 5fe94c3fdd stunned, as if 937b04f03d struck unexpectedly.01626db818b4eafc

Rising belatedly a2cfd62823 from her c4cc6dd388 seat, Yul ec59f5fef1 quickly followed 199cdb54fb Yoonjo. She fumbled for 4f972f1998 her card in 0d34657d3a her wallet, but 532c3bb1b1 he had already 2f11c00e89 handed his card 146e96984f to the staff.ede871ae3319b4a3

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“I’ll pay!”e4eeb46a2f3e1676

Yul hurried over 9316f66c5e and grabbed Yoonjo’s f003f3ca5a arm. It was an impulsive e7362c2b41 act, but in that 109158f53b moment, Yoonjo winced and 5de63b33cf clasped his shoulder with 9d24f12e89 one hand. His expression cleared quickly, 3320179410 making her wonder if ca3156f840 she had imagined it, 0c3530de2f but Yul, seeing his 0f79940a55 hand still on his 989d85f610 shoulder, knew she had 6a670fb415 seen correctly.0cbb61109252469a

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“You hurt your arm?”9d932725a9d8ed15

Surprised, Yul c78e5028d3 examined his 715b4c5405 expression, recalling 1720bb7c82 that it 4227035cda wasn’t just bf9b3fbf0d his hand ccf0dd07d6 and fingers 7bd99b18e3 that were 958efd12f7 restricted but e209ae4161 his arm 439398279a movement as 0f9abe25f6 well. If it wasn’t 9a9fc5b176 just a sprain, 47761c7902 then it must 4e022b2b43 be a more 37a193289e severe injury to b022b1c754 the shoulder or 9f929b0d65 back.6f351ede892bfa28

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“It wasn’t just a 7e8e7a4da9 slip?”2a17ed56d69d74cf

“Caught me.”aaa689f1c120f74b

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Yoonjo lowered his hand 0713596398 and gave an embarrassed a355d9f454 smile.d2f308570d424349

“I fell when I b81136b16d misjudged a handrail at 3096d430cb a construction site. Wish you could 12e686be33 pretend not to 4548b943a4 know. It’s embarrassing.”e30ded3edae32249

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With a face that e7be6681e3 showed no embarrassment, he 4c85cca122 took his card and 49835d6fb3 walked outside. Yul quietly watched his 1a48ff91d3 back and then followed.c4698d10f5f41456

The car was 34eec1661e already remotely started. Yul stopped and 68cb702e64 turned to look e8f253ed8b at the standalone 438a2b9e6a building they had 224a096958 visited. It had been 678562151f over ten years c3ab1e5b37 since she first 1da2b95c13 came here, making 95e53859db it now over 2a088b7404 twenty years old. With a 2f649ffcab heavy heart, 48c300907e she murmured 88e5a2c83e to herself 17b923569a as she 027103bfac gazed at f4007eba97 the sign.69ecebb44a81c463

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“It’s a shame I a36b6d74bc won’t see this place 1b39ff7319 again.”736a59e49156375c

“Why can’t 50ede507b9 you see 6d5e2896ae it? Just come a7b9934e89 and look dee13f6733 next time.”280a50f16f9baeb2

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Yoonjo, who had 6fea150471 been standing next 19a29d2834 to her, looked 6cf8e7fa10 up calmly and 406165d134 responded. Caught up 25fe8ae6d8 in her 58e1d2464e emotions, Yul f544a7322b turned to 89167bcfa2 him only 7d8de83b19 after a 8cb09e2bea moment.78639ae0c86e7d96

“But today is e200d269f8 the last day…”bb7f26bd49169d47

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“I didn’t d668700da0 say that.”64e02dc6f98c5dc3

Yoonjo cocked his 5f8b397bcf head and replied 472d90977c shamelessly. Yul gritted ae096a28b3 her teeth 48b60cf2bb as she ab1927971b recalled his 792402ceb2 words. None of what 07defb2dcc he had said a6a703780e about the place 14974524b5 closing at 9 2862777fac PM implied it 28bd4714d0 was shutting down 4ab09df273 for good. He had deceived her ca1b3f9a49 with just the nuance.4e77f21b2bb87917

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“You know ac2ea7e478 I don’t d6ce181064 lie. So, the 7cde1315f0 responsibility is a33ec45b8c on the 4eb1baefc2 person who ad177ac76a was deceived.”18f4358c026ac808

“Now…”403f7fa3dc666919

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Before she 8c7d20d705 could confront 0834a5f38c him about 7bc64d1836 playing games, 4a9859cd2e Yul closed 599cbf9bce her mouth. Upon reflection, e323687f22 it wasn’t 686b311050 something significant, c1464faa0c and she 113024751c didn’t want d72cee3526 to waste 8a53228d89 emotions on dfadc3ce45 trivial matters. If she d664b54b64 had been a2dd94ef4b fooled, that ffc1879da7 was her ffdaa482f2 own fault. She had also 89277a71d8 secretly wanted to ae9872506f visit, and if a0fd6a4cd2 she enjoyed the bf0aaff674 meal, that was 2738444c3a what mattered.5bfc8ea1dd7bf103

But before bc16af6c37 they parted, 327ffb5b0a Yul had 1bbd86d031 something important 8ab22a3f0a to say 0ee20b9ecd to Yoonjo. It was 4891b965d3 a personal fc3554b4e7 matter that 5ca4453b1b she had 977f7d3371 avoided discussing, b6d2f725e3 but given 31801eebcc the day’s bcbd8cd12b atmosphere, she 4910361bdb felt it 63521daaca might be 7fcd6046a9 okay to 3d74f7afd2 bring it df44f352d6 up. Yul looked at d804ad1dff his calm face cee3bbd9b2 and hesitated before 2f0ae27918 speaking.ddbb160f4e2ee5db

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“Never mind 12d55ab2ae that, I 2bc67e3ab9 have something d74d8e0313 I need b732df826c to say 5d823ea402 before you 73507117ff start your 203ab0eb38 day.”c353763266b251a8

“What is it?”261ed6d10de3dd74

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Seeing Yul’s serious expression, cca1cfae0c Yoonjo also appeared earnest.252a435df0afda16

“Please return 5450df2456 my grandmother’s aa3c6b3645 gold ring. It means 7a0c5de4e3 a lot.”d10794e3d7d573e3

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Yul hadn’t known that fcdb8e854a Yoonjo had taken the dceaea37be ring even long after 79526ba235 they broke up. During her childhood, d2f903aaac when debt collectors 2876539bf3 searched their home 032a450715 for anything valuable, 33b8ac9947 Kyeong Ja had 85d92ab268 hidden a few 54cb209efd pieces of gold c8c5e44cf2 jewelry on her 30e9fdc5fb body to protect 05315d70a1 them. Ultimately, they had to 035b1e4d51 sell most of it c80ca9c6b6 to pay for Yul’s d18fd4acb4 tuition, but one item 3bdab70779 remained: a gold ring 3140fa9bdf that Kyeong Ja’s husband, 1849ace52d Yul’s grandfather, had managed d508f046aa to provide just before ba56b5250b his death. It wasn’t 65c0d2fd01 pure gold, 857bd78ebf just 14k, c7adde2d8d and not b2c97924cd very expensive. However, it was fe914bac78 the only item e7e007d275 Kyeong Ja, who 22a8f7e91d never attached meaning 495038d6e4 to material things, e38d6d64bd cherished.07a7f0b588bafa4c

And Yoonjo had b43ec92a9e taken it.e759c3cae7d9a87d

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“Did you lose 6357da4ad6 it by any d421b5162c chance?”519f838c41646e24

Yul sharply turned her 9a5903f493 head and asked, her e9ace40b30 tone filled with a 8216295291 mix of hope and 9c24c144a9 accusation. If that was 3ab708fb7d the case, it f4693dfafd was inexcusable. To him, 3d9c195183 it might 68bf76149f be a 7db93bef52 forgotten item 17dd8f63ba tossed in 17832ab956 a drawer, 6899b2b4d7 but to 199a1ba3a5 someone else, be9e150278 it was 8e5e69651b a memory, 755121b25e love, and 774fd5f601 hope.c4d1169289bfd2be

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“I don’t need 36f8e60c5b it. Or I 493208c9af can give 585f2f88ea you money 40790c982a to get aa24aee44d it back.”7adcaa95429af2fb

“I don’t want 6094f1be03 to.”eac5033dbdf8f262

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Yoonjo replied dismissively, cbd21916c9 curling his lips 7762b2758a in a manner 64ea14f632 that seemed to 45878b57e5 mock her, which d4b7ecb954 upset Yul.2843db626bbced80

“Why would c9fecd6b1d Deputy Seomun 69afc38915 ask for 4fc5624782 it?”923c0c29d221eddd

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“Huh?”bd0eda7202e7003f

“That’s between my 0e7cd27232 grandmother and me, e3fd17554b not your concern.”941034d92a84f2e6

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“I’m her granddaughter.”e6710dfedf67ef89

“So? You’re not 96dc98c0e4 the one 352d155b51 directly involved.”3f6b7f225b8c6577

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Yoonjo’s voice grew 319441d333 cold. He had taken 535a3e260b it upon himself, 7f80069bc8 yet he treated 0bd90c6068 her as if 73d9f23100 she was trying 2d3c4f88b8 to steal it. Unsure whether 1e9645bfbd to blame 7fec06da34 or persuade 63b7b92a00 him due 38e0a101d7 to his ce9a8b81ac unexpectedly stern 4684012680 response, Yul 76423c1fbf felt incensed.5a404d9ed32bb069

“Do you 7755d0ce96 think you 93b908646b deserve to 20943f3b2d keep it?”1d9ae88c014541ab

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Her words came 5ea5377aa8 out sharply, frustration 6fa9ddfd0d evident. She couldn’t understand why b72547c285 he wouldn’t return Kyeong c468f19301 Ja’s ring. Keeping it as a 7856b2a265 memory of their close 693e6cbcd3 relationship didn’t make sense. If he truly 2a55d14ea7 cared about Kyeong 54b351ab19 Ja and Yul, 79325ff4fc he wouldn’t have 6bc5a2e93f left them with 8d5c7dace6 such cruelty. He must have 58d8aabf8c forgotten about the e7163343fc unbranded, cheap gold d59ac04ef9 ring, possibly even d2f04af3e0 lost it somewhere.edf9381a061c7044

“Deserve…”a0d72e89be66faae

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Sneering, he looked 218b02a41f down before meeting bcd7c7dc44 her gaze again. A cold, mysterious light 76971453d0 flickered over his deep c1fd654200 brown eyes.d32888381e0b3336

“If I 465ff22dd2 needed that dcdf83cdb8 shit, I 1476a43766 wouldn’t have 188b5b3e17 fucking bothered 7a452f577f to find 25d2aa8d84 you.”978dbdaed15cecd5

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Yoonjo tightened his 527277de94 gaze on her, cdddec502a pulling her back a423d2519e into the past eafa2e62d0 with his words.e3ba53fe66c8793c

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At twenty-two, ea026f1b41 on the 35b63a10d9 last day f6c505bed7 of January, 1c80092f7a Yul stood b103222780 wrapped up 5981544491 tightly in 3e22cea14b front of 6a61401650 the main ef0f6f2a22 gate of 77f219ed95 Korea University. Down the long, 131f148baf straight road, she bfd58a2871 could see a 928c0f693f building with a cbdeaf2740 triangular roof and 25d9fbc232 twelve majestic columns. According to what she cb219e615e had learned online, this a6ae5e9362 was the Student Union 907012f527 building, which housed a dcde9ad006 large auditorium and a b95e4bb5bd cafeteria. She thought to herself ddeeddf152 that she should definitely 4583dcb85d check it out. Gradually, a smile began a2e326a6a1 to spread across Yul’s 3f70cb1a33 previously expressionless face.83173fc67c21be1e

The day 6befcdc7ac before, the 5202c166bb acceptance announcements 30b80c13e5 for the 4eee135392 architecture department 18a2a54444 at Korea 30e7ab4653 University had f024677704 been released, 02a458ca0e and Yul’s 84d8a6b522 name was 053fad30f3 on the d9540b0a63 list. Three years after dropping c343c1a083 out of high school, 7d9fffd2b0 she had achieved this a489407918 at the age of 8583317379 twenty-two.b4e1284607526e90

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The year ab3cd571f8 she quit 5e4c7b5463 school, she 5d2126a26d hadn’t studied 0e297b335c at all, 71c397c056 not even 5c1e23b29f taking the a6dc45ea96 college entrance b07c747839 exam. The second 02118e938a year, she 2f9f7c358e had narrowly 97faa92bd5 failed to 366865a9d1 get into faff86c65b Korea University. She had ee7a48d0ff gritted her 5664b71140 teeth and 27e0fd3373 studied hard 86703e9ba1 during her 97338d6018 third attempt, 26e71086e5 and she 90a19f09a7 had finally f042c47726 succeeded. She remembered how 80d1415f2f she had embraced 8632879c5b Kyeong Ja and 3f5025ee3e cried after confirming 605cbd27f6 her acceptance the da263e285f day before.91ae234a3e6c47ba

Now, with a sense 3d056be2aa of pride, Yul walked 7c03ff6d9e into Korea University, a f045da85ca place that had always cd92b4d695 excited and intimidated her.43b8dc5d0d00da82

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She checked a90012bc9d the signs baa57549f4 and asked d8f4452d92 passersby for 569d88a2be directions to bb278d3a04 Haemyeong Hall, 5e4d4e8cfc where the 4d3bb91c84 architecture department 89beb14b76 was located. Despite it being aa7caefab2 a holiday period, e82e06370a several windows were e989c57029 lit up—a testament 230f30a6d5 to the department’s 5f36239706 reputation for having 7a1e14555f hardly any days 7a3721bdb3 off. Seeing this filled her 59603e5217 with a rush of 876c60fd13 emotion, and she took 343705c7e1 a deep breath. Though she wanted 99153737a7 to go inside, 9fb27fca21 she couldn’t bring 662984eef0 herself to actually 127f9fadfd do it, so 653d86bc8a she stood by 55d91c794b the main gate, b3f6637ad6 peeking through the a1796011d9 glass into the cdefebd7c2 interior.3d07a0cccafa31d3

“Who’s there?”b20fc9dd3feff832

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A man’s voice 8eeeea3275 called out.b506318cf595cb0d