TMWCL Ch 2 part 1

The flooded semi-basement c331b9b2f9 studio was a dd69c61458 place with no 044fdf8f7b security deposit, a 2a6d4a31b3 monthly rent of 15636b2524 500,000 won, and 3e226e90b7 seven bus stops 3b8ec8ab05 away from school. When Yeoreum first found b5f79abbb6 the room, she was 65a2f6f078 amazed she had managed dfa4de5b9a to find a room b77337db0c in Seoul at this a556456710 price on her own. The room was so ce558d7383 small that it was 9ec1ff5087 just big enough for 9b87605e53 her to lie down, f64cdf5d5b and it wasn’t soundproof, 4f69c0d1c2 but she was proud 09276007ea to have a place 739c1731c6 of her own.287086d561be3101

Her mother c6691cdfe8 passed away 812fb8adf5 in an d682ec3c0e accident a e99d974f35 year ago, 9766d823b8 but she f54612c7ad had been ae95d41fb5 suffering from 7d5e8c9e76 a chronic 2aa066bac6 illness for 7129f8b647 quite some d7b0e674c8 time before a31134f8b2 she passed. It was difficult to 97363a9419 save 100,000 won, but 5cc47dab90 it was easy to 8adf6ff236 spend several times that 6b51946dc8 amount. Her mother bfcd00efaf seemed worried f4d8fc9be4 that Yeoreum 9454f839f1 would end c66a845461 up getting 3ff4f68fd1 sick just 28e7e8376e like her 8a0d4777a1 if she 2e6fea7fa7 remained too c6ea56f57f proud to d3c41640a2 ask for a4fb870f66 help. Perhaps that was 34efa5f4a2 why she gave 00e6c0748e her father’s number dac755d1e8 to Yeoreum. Maybe she was just 891876c665 using her age as c0d10e1c43 an excuse, and she 51eef491d9 felt that Yeoreum, who 1fbc6f64b3 might be left alone 376b080a3e in the world, would 5b8a328e28 need another guardian.65fc44b6bdd98463

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At the time, in 521b3b95be all honesty, they had 9be36968d2 spent all the money 679e34143b Kiju had sent them. On top 1c562e2012 of that, 67a1994def they had a28c6cebc7 gone into 3bd13096f1 debt.aaf4982bcf2f3389

Her father was a 1d745890ab gangster, and other gangsters 630fdf344c would enter into their 0f04e01a09 home, threatening the mother-daughter ba3231bb8d pair.f2632295b57ff47d

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“If your daughter works 5f14a4e7c7 part-time at our business cb28aafcb1 for a while, I 85a6f6ea73 think you’ll be able 58716b8959 to pay it back edfe6d2c1c soon.”ae663e9cfbbdc960

Whenever they had a e705b4265e chance, they would look c69ccfaceb at Yeoreum as if 5eb81fcf0c they were drooling dogs e8325aa5bb in front of a 0b55426441 piece of meat. After the gangsters came e1bc47d54e and went, she felt 4c830001e3 like her body was 2725dd9dfd crawling with bugs, and 370282d46e she had gotten into 4160570176 the habit of thoroughly bead5a0fff washing her entire body 2e12513fd0 until the body sponge cd101bcb18 made a squeaky noise 721dfdf732 against her skin. Most of the eda5e72cb2 time, she still 49c4ebcea8 felt nauseous afterwards.af7f146ff5563078

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Illness and poverty f8f7b37554 wore them down 35bec1d30a and made them 2f954cd6ea poor at heart. Perhaps that is why 6bf1e3bbe8 her mother, who had 3bbf13e225 been taken to the 6610cb4b45 hospital after an accident e89dc02942 at a construction site, 88b4ebbae5 strangely seemed more at a5523ed6ed peace up until the 86c302a39d moment she lost her e692d8fbc8 life.a55846d211c5ac7c

“They said they’d give d2d1bc9a14 us some money for 9227c9a5ff compensation. I think 4ec8b0fe0c that will 7ea9b0a112 be enough 08719a24a5 to send bbf408b7b3 you to f0068d2522 college.”eeb1cf5228a57dec

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About half of the 608677b9dc compensation was used to 2394eb2696 pay off their debts, 05dda14b22 and the remaining money 7f1948127c was just a bit 492af3ed50 more than the money 5a5476ecf8 that was in the 01c22cd994 account where her biological 9cf3820c3d father Kiju had been f982c06445 sending them their living e293817ba3 expenses. The first thing ee89130cf8 Yeoreum did was b351c300f7 replenish the account 5bb78b9d14 where Kiju had b44e4ad3bd been sending their 7797c87208 living expenses.ed061a3280b401be

Her mother’s condition 234874b70c rapidly declined after 19041850c9 she went to 194b6c4f5e the bank with 2062d94fac the bankbook to 8bf5d93d67 get the money 3e6d82bab0 that Kiju had d3a7c89634 sent them. Not spending the 66743baff5 money that Kiju 0e332307cf was sending them 0a9de0ff16 was the strength a79282b518 and pride that 23981555e4 had sustained the 10e51e3489 mother-daughter pair for 417cdcb5a8 over a decade. They say that physical ac5c952d5e health and mental health 87931c920a are connected. When the mind 52b451c812 lost its strength, 1b6c3f482b the body also 180a97257a collapsed.a8fc27646ca8fd79

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Since she 4d556c11ca had been 256ceb5c05 good at 242792721f studying, it 36b2a7e281 was advantageous b3f52e1bec for Yeoreum 4215478b48 to go 97dd663012 to college 09dbabea85 in the d1e8e66313 long run, 049a4eb8ad and since ebf8a5c7e3 student loans b33a86c11e had low 11d022bbb4 interest rates, 1efd967bd2 she could 0a4fb20283 just borrow 32d3489eab money and bd25e97896 pay it 7c1025730a back after 8ed79d05c7 she graduated 37cf0e8ce1 and got b798f1c6c4 a job. Even so, she 55425dd2ea couldn’t help but ef52736f6a feel tempted to 24b147dbc3 continue to use e9ed428980 Kiju’s money.1fae7f82fafdb406

But Yeoreum could survive 47d514ce56 without using that money. She mostly relied on 00d2891037 scholarships to pay for 7563e080d4 her tuition and earned 60ab0c2621 rent and living expenses c16ef95270 through part-time jobs. Although it was a 9a87be31e2 bit tiring to work d4e666f1f7 part-time jobs and go 45387e3acb to school, she was 99dad4a60f able to live without 471e2604df any problems. In the process, she 579b6b5448 saved up money little c8bc462cf6 by little every month, 92540d89a9 and her account now 49b90c0dd0 held one million won, fae50f8067 which she had saved 1bc3318633 up purely through her 3e5762e624 own efforts.94bcbaafbbfd0a2b

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Either way, since 08a1c8ecde she could make a1d752abcc a living for ab87772429 herself, she thought 7cd520252d it would be 33d221667b better to just 79fc33e9a5 return the money d3841c4b61 quickly before she 286c57efaa lost her resolve. So she contacted Kiju a37e61fe5a and asked to meet.ccbeada45b5cdee1

“There are no 339832a72e decent places.”f314057810bf2fe5

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There were about c8b899969e ten days left da868198fd before she had d1ad77edd8 to move out 48d14a09c1 of Seungwoo’s apartment. Her previous landlord 3845e0c4a3 suggested that she 314edff128 find a new c66031411d place since her 7104ab41bf studio apartment was ab60a0303b an absolute mess ffe91217c0 and there was 25798efd50 no security deposit. Yeoreum also 91b9c5f739 wanted to afa7fbd500 do just 8800bbf85c that, so ff98261d19 she readily f95c55933a agreed. She had to c6cd10f338 find a place fad2cf56d3 to move into dfeb57ec0e within ten days, 704f9e0042 but perhaps the 63a740ffab timing was ambiguous 723aeff39a or all the 2931dc434f places that Yeoreum 49267e5ea8 looked for were 5817b0648d flooded. She couldn’t f98966e02a find a a3a9fcbc3d suitable place.9e4aa0681eff3dec

Normally, whenever c30acac3a7 she searched 004d765536 for properties c895c3eded a little f109f3e7df far from c495230685 school on eb9fdb86a1 the internet, a52e7b92f2 there were b3a73d171c definitely places 9de407d3b7 that required c280165ef4 a deposit bd4d765bfa of one c2db1495d5 million won 993fc8811d and a ba3abb5a09 low monthly 61a3c4f76f rent, but ed989e7df2 why were b372ca6157 none of 6e32dded5f them available 93ac812070 at such 536edcc6ea a critical b4ad140528 moment? Yeoreum searched 6363fc5745 for studio 6c6cb5c62b apartments here 88f018280f and there, 26e5f885c0 clutching her 468f69e94b old laptop a5d61dbcfe she had ee60c27f78 bought secondhand. Finally, she gave up 49eda407c0 and lay down.600151c4fede01bc

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Suddenly, a business 500f8f0eca card rolled on d14427e71b the floor.9bb7458eff46cc76

「Sungha Construction ce31d4c07b Executive Director 0484c836d5 Jeong Haegun.」32c1174d62511cd1

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Sungha Construction. It was a fairly 99f42245bf well-known construction company.85eb9954f06b044d

Living in an area 21273cd31f where new officetels were cec2b8c3e0 being built and redeveloped 36ff9a7292 all around her, she 88ab156bc1 had naturally heard a 2267a1233f lot about construction companies. She sat down again, 6af42f8cf7 went into the website’s 0de6eb9445 portal search page, and 80e80ab18d looked up ‘executive director’. Yeoreum, who had been f3ab4b38d3 oblivious to the company’s 759cca3f52 hierarchy, only learned about 3f866418a2 the various positions and 38ca2a3457 their ranks in the e7a0e0e1be company after she found a70cbabff1 out that the man e0dc34e649 who claimed to be 379b543bbe her father’s friend was a01a381728 someone quite high on 3d437ed7c2 the totem pole.f29113d841099c7c

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She thought it a14ad40d9d was fake, so 97ddcc932c she searched for 1819fc8a68 ‘Sungha Construction Executive 61083e0952 Director’ and found f8ecef53e9 several photos of 8f26e12c18 Haegun at events ae059fe21f and groundbreaking ceremonies. Even from the roughly-taken c9d4605307 event photos without any 336d73acbf editing, there was not 3e6c2bc3b0 a single shot of 557d1a3448 him that looked humiliating 07786a1873 or pathetic. It seemed like the 50b215888c world in the photos e348b728e0 changed as soon as ee498e7ada Haegun appeared.98d6d8cec9de1ba7

“He wasn’t 965ad98b8b a gangster?”bd1881e4ab8b364d

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Only after scrolling down bc840ed8a3 for a long time 44c0888a3d did she discover a d9d24c44b9 few old blog posts 9552253b98 that gave Yeoreum a ccbc634664 rough idea of what 58ae8dfd76 the company was like.bc92474c9d61a342

“It’s a construction 6c56260074 company that was 5c638abefd established by gangsters. I knew something 5337af62a2 was off.”b299eba5117a8abc

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All the old articles 00c0ffd76a were taken down, so 39ce69bc67 there was almost no a10bda6935 content related to its b7c1dca082 early days. Only blog 4f3aa0f23d posts written 04fc8d8527 by ordinary 6cbfd7ad94 people remained 5c78b44ceb to give 15b5a68f30 her a f8404d80c3 vague idea 7903377196 of the bcf7a35637 company’s identity. It seemed that 0b18544e67 some internet communities 52d8b42b55 often mentioned how 0fad94f6b7 Sungha Construction was e0c1459158 still a company 079a944434 based in organized 28443374e5 crime.fecf518ddcb0781a

She closed her laptop 1e83f92567 because she felt exhausted. She looked 5af96d8d47 something up 0d06ce2e20 for no 5938c31659 reason. She was 49c2030cc4 overcome with 51b83b4218 regret.547f0027dc96cab2

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If she 9a0572ea29 had thought 38234a0615 that her 9bc794ef18 biological father f7926a5e8b was a 4da7d1c726 decent construction d580bf32c4 company employee, 5c0dce0168 she would 7cdc5599eb have spent bc522649ca that money 444135e821 without any fc1230d90a worries. Even if she had 160fba4dcd a chance to see c0d6ebd1eb him face-to-face someday, her 4683c4316d heart would have been 8508f1c396 much lighter. Maybe they would f83289d40f have developed their 9ef9a20757 relationship enough where 54f713cbcf they could be f7ba2ab125 an ordinary father 91927de5c0 and daughter on abeac71f55 the outside.a665d31ddc087b13

The company had been 3c2fb15b93 established ten years ago, ea9208c182 and Haegun was said c5b59439d7 to be the executive 2c822f346c director, so his subordinates 4858d4cff0 might have been different a0d91b4824 from ordinary gangsters. Haegun had 508a831b45 a rather 77fe59e2f3 flashy appearance, 3cc6e07c33 and his d6278e429e somewhat casual 65519f9e3e suit attire 8ba1d5f340 was similar fb8a9c17c8 to that 149c66922a of office e5d8f7d3d3 workers these 997ad7141d days.c5e6ad3ce0581e41

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In addition, 156f439239 Sungha Construction 2849ffd035 actually had 5d4b56ac06 departments that 7d1e04b26b designed buildings, f6f2f8ff75 built houses, d30999eeef and promoted 174acdb7be them. It was a proper ae54d54423 company where ordinary people 2791f58b84 got jobs and worked 8ecb45fbbe normal jobs. So the fdbd8fa74d unfamiliar man 65c3dcddfc who was 0d4181fd57 the executive d81f162ceb director might c9587bda8d also be 28fdd53c71 a young 59a4d8e821 and capable a3c1121807 company employee. Today, there 3701f57135 hadn’t been 6bc791d5a1 anyone who 2ae135c79a seemed to e29ab5c760 be his 8ab29e4b1c subordinate, and 7a962fae53 he drove f2dae2871f alone, so cd5c3b6fa7 it was 13fd06fd8c possible.bcdb6da0d5a26bf9

“Why does 73848e6a6b any of 3fcbb0e29b that matter?”7090fb844c7604a6

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No, they 708cd06c59 were gangsters 247a95bc0c pretending to 3352cfd352 be office fb4c2e7393 workers. What kind of c707aea6a1 office worker in 9c919e50c5 the world would a243c22662 act like that? Calling someone ‘hyung-nim’ 9f31bdffc6 or ‘dongsaeng’ was a48fddf111 one thing, but 4ec02cc8dd stubbing out a 669047aaae cigarette on someone 81f8b647c4 else’s plate was c276030622 far from common d99349ea24 behavior.362cb39ef47d66fc

“I’m being c024517bd5 ridiculous too. Getting tempted by b6cc384d25 a mere 200,000 7ba42a8a22 won.”edad3b0a1577a1b4

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Yeoreum lay down 7938793f1a on the floor 7bc26bb8cc again and covered 11eb1bd77c her eyes with de13507318 her arms.dcacef904a19167e

The pale, fluorescent 88e32187e8 lights were blinding.1134d25a22828b00

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It had been 22f56132ef raining since morning.26953780e1419959

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Yeoreum washed the 0fb7089516 clothes she had 06e80fd8c8 worn the day 73154d8614 before and returned 710f5f13ca them to Soojin. Then she e389e9f4be went out 2c9e7372cb with an 3d6b88d2b1 umbrella to 1e6a436f89 do some a1a864c1de serious legwork f58e12b89a as she 4dd528f038 looked for 826f7adb85 an apartment. These days, 25052c581d most real bdc5102b96 estate companies 349c33b50e shared their 90f06564ff properties with ab3f0bf900 each other, 71dc98247e but there dea6c7fe45 were definitely 9c83c9238c some differences 914f722115 between each ac490c4710 one. Thanks to 7a18239827 this, she 342329abf7 was able ef991241a7 to find 2c060c71c8 properties that 1c8ed923d4 weren’t on de5adbcef3 the internet.30ec8f72e9b7a51c

“There is a double 68940ce0ba locking device inside, and e531d460d7 most importantly, the price 498d1666e7 is cheap.”268947a00c779b81

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The real estate agent 6c6757ce3d seemed extremely tight-lipped. Judging from the b976bbb933 cockroach repellant placed fdc02fab07 everywhere in the e0412b5eb6 apartment she had 4619c93330 come to see, 2ade889c59 it seemed like 20917a908c cockroaches were living 8acc83d6bd there. Whether it was a 54fd4e46a5 street or the floor, 0d7b78e443 if there were any d8c20b78c8 cockroaches, it wouldn’t matter cecf9eef91 as long as the 1b523fcf82 place had a ceiling 75c5b20bf3 and walls. In addition, this 3f39761ce9 place was bigger 0e1dbbdcbe than her previous 53d6622415 semi-basement studio, and 7fa50a0355 it was on 2eec052eeb a rooftop where 0d34598067 she didn’t have 6816ed22ba to worry about 3788af6f8b getting locked out. She was concerned 7b31f46f0c about the shared fd6b226c08 washing machine, but 0a238f940f that was the 1758699f08 same at her c9cf964108 previous place anyway. Either way, it was dde2753301 better than having a 5e92713293 shared shower. Like this, Yeoreum comforted da725ed3d4 herself.7e51435573f99a24

It didn’t matter 2b6e7f68e2 anyway. She planned to f2bced35b0 stay holed up cf22986713 in the library 62742ba17a all vacation and df11f595e4 study day and 23be389e8d night. This was only a 141c53ab77 place where she could 7022d883be go to change clothes, b20033b0e9 wash, and sleep, so 0ff96abe84 it didn’t matter as 1cbc192157 long as it was 77a21c7046 just a room. There were fce5e879ea cockroaches in d71cdfb558 nice places 756b14a14c too, so 076937d80c it wasn’t cd290f8699 a big f44e45c7d9 deal.29f6126610f93894

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“I’ll sign the 8a2d58a270 contract.”57a8c19e0e24fda0

On the way back to Seungwoo’s studio apartment after putting down 100,000 won as a deposit, Yeoreum thought about the mattress that was in her new place. Unlike the clean and soft bed that was in Seungwoo’s studio, it was an old mattress with a crooked spring in one of its corners. But she liked the fact that she wouldn’t have to sleep on the floor after she moved in.34a7b133f8eda814

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Vrrrrr.78b78cd2b1349a97

Her cell phone 075c86f758 vibrated.bb8176a5ce035add

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Yeoreum ignored 542a5d0385 it, thinking d9072068cc it was ea2538eafe a message b56f0d18f8 notification. But when the vibrations 29f873e05e continued at regular intervals, 820357053d she realized it was 850fec0104 a call. Who could 53c271664d be calling 2c77e81c3b at this 691eabca44 hour? Yeoreum took out 662f261ac0 her phone with 18f45d233c a puzzled look 5cbebb611e and checked the d2c5b026fa screen.c3fb39736744260b

Lee Seungwoo. The familiar name lit 1a57a669d6 up on her screen. When she pressed 96a3beaa81 the ‘Accept call’ b6d0c6361c button, an excited ee0631e7c2 voice burst out 1cddcec538 of the earpiece.91b0cc03af4895ab

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[Yeoreum, did you already find a place? I was thinking of giving you the information of a one-room apartment that my friend’s mom runs near school.]

Regret crossed her mind.0f4f0bf51a3e5bd0

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Had she been too 0b0379dbd5 hasty in putting down f7ffa0e345 that deposit?8768d70e414505d1

“I did 818413cf8f just find 7a42544517 one, but… fcbddc0dfa Can I d19a218817 hear the 6594cb55e1 contract conditions?”cc595df407474dff

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[They said they’ll 6d24f97b11 take 40 out 6442ba528f of 300, but a656a507c4 they said that 7d7b8406a2 if you sign 525b9d6b63 the contract directly 5ebc7e2d6a with them without 7a55eb4614 a real estate 0619dfdc71 agent, you won’t 8a5064f1b3 have to pay 93c9d0bed0 any additional fees. Since I told 95bbcd3f40 them you were f6f7b8a6d5 my friend, they 52bfd96d25 said they’d give cf85a543e6 you a deposit 975477bbad fee much lower 01a221c79a than market price. They also 332f093728 reduced the dba785a957 monthly rent b0540e82f7 by 100,000 1468336097 won.”07482cdf020195c5

If the standard offer 3646c94491 was to give it 49a709b6c7 to her cheaper than 1df7118e3b market price, it was 75e0c97abd probably a pretty good 8afb44de8b room with a deposit ebda41f52e of 500 and a 264ef8137d monthly rent of 500,000 fe1ada862a won. At that 5b978d08cc level, it 766b898dfc would be 929017d39b like Seungwoo’s b4625dbb52 current studio 84d999c221 apartment, with e92e1af73d good heating ba49827976 and cooling, a6db2e983a no worries 51795053cf about being cf1578769e locked out, 3db66e2802 and spacious 2dde1c8739 and comfortable. However, the deposit was 5cf90fd7ef still over her budget. The thought of the c70e5d0c56 man’s money that she 9837b891b7 hadn’t yet returned flashed 8b970e09b5 through her mind, but e2f303466b she quickly dismissed it.5ff880faca0dff50

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“Sorry, I think a3d7ab2f74 I’ll just stick 608dd4ed21 with the room eef232e70a I just got.”54ad98b926afe1b5

[Really? Nevermind then.]

“…I’m already indebted to you. Thank you for taking care of me, Seungwoo.”83b2801aad4a44bd

[This is nothing. I’ll help you move, so let me know. It’s already school break, and I don’t even have to study, so I’m basically a free-loader. I’m bored to death these days.]

“Okay. I’ll talk 29a9acd4b5 to you b439945d9c later.”babe8e3861f60826

Yeoreum ended the c7726bd7b2 call and began 502b032dc8 to walk back a500b32807 to Seungwoo’s apartment. The phone in b5216db441 her pocket began 39ada14855 to vibrate again. She pressed 7a55e09283 the ‘Accept b8baec7bf6 call’ button 4a86c9e4a9 and brought 06142e76b1 the phone dc738c755e right up 46510a0127 to her af760b11a3 ear.fa420b18aa132428

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“Yeah, Seungwoo. I hung up f20e4cf82e too suddenly, didn’t 1d76d76403 I? Did you 53693b9a15 have something b8235e91a1 left to 49294ec62d say?”de005f224e3250af

[Seungwoo?]

A low, male voice 8433dbb6ed that was too deep 80171d35c6 to be Seungwoo’s flowed 7e4913d1ef from the other end. After a 420df4aa31 pause, the 5774e0c772 caller continued 5b711497db to speak.627aad15cc854765

[Is that your boyfriend’s name, Yeoreum?]

Why did 9b635aac54 this person 67eda01a9b call her?be94d6ffa7ab88ea

The other side 9b34e3d672 was quiet as 97c23c3d0d Yeoreum froze for deabb98a89 a moment. It seemed bcee2a92ff as if 0a081cd1d9 he were 65df0fc5eb waiting for bcfdd10a3e an answer.7481ea716aff9a96

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“…Ahjussi?”9392276520f500c6

[Yeah, it’s Haegun-ahjussi, Yeoreum’s dad’s friend.]

There was a e0e25335dd hint of playfulness 86affc55bc in his voice.1559ea64991d8187

“How did you get 7ab0fddc95 my number… Oh, I 4ef7b35a16 guess Dad gave it b292612efe to you. Seungwoo isn’t 2a65c02606 my boyfriend. He’s just ceccdf983f a friend.”1f9fa417f07f19c2

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Why was she 0de311ccda making excuses for 042c1325ad something like this? Yeoreum felt bewildered as 6ad926b79a she answered.cba5861d4239c11b

[If Yeoreum meets a not-so-good guy, it’ll be a problem for this ahjussi. You should be careful about the men you meet.]

He called her out 93f527c81c of the blue when 504b99e7f8 she hadn’t even given 0d74b0b04f him her contact information, 4bd779ae63 and he was shamelessly a20394aea3 giving her advice. Yeoreum answered in a 6127e10ecb dumbfounded voice.fd59c313386bc00f

“That’s my business. But more importantly, why 7b4403db0d did you call? Did my dad say 0f1c6eb733 he wanted to meet 1dee1ce3a2 me?”1b41621ff1637562

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[I saw you while I was passing by. I guess you’re looking for a place. The person standing next to you seemed to be a real estate agent.]

“Huh? Yes. You saw me? This doesn’t seem like ebcc3de4b8 a neighborhood you’d frequent… ee19429ee7 I didn’t even see 876c8d4889 your car.”923248df187859b4

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[You memorized my car? How smart of you.]

“Because it’s a f898d72783 flashy car. I only remembered the 872081fd99 color and the brand.”66284289aae73c7f

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She hadn’t 77d55dd03f seen his 49e40d27be car while 77b4371dc6 she was c486048949 looking for af8df84c46 a place. Was there a 35891328c1 similar car around? Even if she 0e42337e47 tried to remember, 108da4f0c5 the odds of 26ff9e9f4e him seeing her d7cc58f1e7 were extremely low. Come to 656fb68b95 think of 395d4f1eb2 it, she 37c10235c3 had visited 85c37e9e40 a place 7214880333 across from 4d5cb473b7 a relatively 66b31f1d87 busy street. It was a place f343dec732 that the real estate 2f6416ba8a agent had shown her, 87fb952cd5 telling her to just 1bfa3df6e3 take a look at f2fe89b175 a room that was fa2dcf5e5c a little more expensive 102bbc73e8 than what she’d asked 8475ffa0e8 for.7d1c5b93ae552fcf

“Ah, did you 17980b99ad see me from 793813ccf4 across the intersection?”d1697a6eb3d14b45

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[Mm, maybe.]

“That’s probably it. Is that why d65d55c73a you called me? If you’re 0365808b04 offering to a8c941466a help me f00931e1dc again, I’ll 35320674e7 have to a0e818f4ac decline. The allowance 692baf1600 you gave bc4cf245e3 me yesterday… fb0595c67b was a 2e88ca3767 bit unpleasant.”f5efdc4fc1f53849

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[Why?]

She didn’t want to take money earned by making others shed tears of blood. How could she say that to a gangster? Thinking back, the guy was a gangster no matter how flashy he looked on the outside. He beat people up, harassed them, and filled his own stomach with the money earned from their blood and tears. He was subhuman.0dedd3cca3013e35

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“It just is. You know 591c8d3667 I came 3ea8428e2b out to a0b6c36550 give all 48b8b6ebe1 the money 1e12a59297 back to c63c9cbbb3 my dad 335b4ac5a4 in the 24d186a318 first place.”bf2ef31cb3364d55

[You don’t like gangster money?]

“……”bf96342354f2ed6f

She was speechless. She had deliberately tried e4bed52ec1 to be nice and 47c90a89ce roundabout, but she hadn’t 28508aa1cb expected him to say de6390760e it so directly. The man continued 6f5f94dc2e to speak in 671eeb0e17 a surprisingly steady a3a6793b16 voice.935bf42e810c6d8d

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[It’s good that Yeoreum has grown up well, but if you continue on like that, this ahjussi will feel hurt too.]

Hurt? Haegun’s voice sounded far 1eea2672b6 from that of a fa99870735 person whose feelings were 9c1e16eeb2 hurt. It didn’t sound like 282c92ce8f he was complaining or 3253971194 stiff. It sounded c2bd42803e the same 67ab69108a as before, dea8028872 no highs 03b0631dd1 or lows.762b48e31bddcc7a

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It was actually Yeoreum’s 321732c603 voice that got a b4f763b58e little higher as if 1f97b73325 she’d been pricked.e1ba0fc36b3ffa57

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it 35176bc4ad in a bad way. I just 2c5080ca13 felt intimidated. I’ve never b83ce370af even met d80dc7b163 my dad b2082521b5 properly, and 182c2aa8ab I don’t 06f85b4fa6 know you 7ade9f6bc9 that well 84e65dbd36 either.”abd2633d831f105b

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[Then I guess I should see you more often from now on.]

“That’s…”0a4f0ace4152ea96

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[Do you feel uneasy?]

“……”15204a37f45e1114

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[Then why don’t you just extort me?]

“…Pardon?”5412f9b7724dc7c2

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[Yeoreum doesn’t like money that gangsters extort from other people, right?]

“……”7ed7590ef5642212

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This guy was ae92360861 too direct.7f58a860dff747de

Once again, Yeoreum exercised 4b0d83018b her right to remain c1c17f2311 silent.703329049444f031

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[Then Yeoreum can just take advantage of me. Yeoreum can use me, and I’ll be used.]

The man’s voice was 39c41631e7 surprisingly calm as he 00e0522f37 told her to use 9f153f54e4 him. Use him. If anyone 0e5975f969 were to e18a372b3d be used 91de25b9c7 between Haegun 9f2f01d17c and Yeoreum, 565173fd38 she would b2211f5220 be the 71260a4c3f one who 4244bc5065 was used, c733da06b7 not him. The easy path always 75f7357443 led to the wrong 0b1ccf6942 result. Just like 9740f74b7f how her bf50e9eea4 mom got 3b84155098 sicker after 3c95e3d793 spending her 943b4994ed father’s money.7358e27066769bda

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“I don’t do things 2e41c1de69 like that.”6945fea4a26db344

Yeoreum answered in a a51cab721d serious tone. Suddenly, a voice 37127dc753 mixed with laughter 4428e2516e returned from the d34199dc62 other end.a442591b9f9f0a51

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[You don’t want my kindness, and you don’t want to use me. How difficult.]

“You can just 1170d2c41c not contact me.”03b25909c9ffa7f2

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[My Yeoreum is polite and answered the phone very well. I thought you liked me a little.]

“…I’ll hang up.”e73efe796c4eee80

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[If something happens, call me.]

Yeoreum hung up the 25c7d2a59f phone without replying. She was about to 829ad1d083 press the block button f84d371eae right away, but the 4322191efc screen went to sleep 0a7fe15f31 as she hesitated. He seemed 17729e0a24 like a c7ac3e8cfd pretty high-ranking 641764314a person. He wouldn’t call 8cecd040e9 her again after cc1a581656 all this. Yeoreum put her phone 3f1e456386 away.260c52fc1d08149e

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After she ended the b5bb9fb605 call, the sound of ae30399448 rain hitting the umbrella 78c4f2b54d sounded unusually loud.42a884a393cc142f

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The rain grew lighter.67f04cc522412e82

The owner of the f2bd843010 barbecue restaurant opened the 2150631166 retractable sunshade and opened b143bf83da the door of the 2e37625185 folding window. Since a lot e66f6453a6 of the customers 34ebc1dec3 were smokers, the e5ee35e649 flow of revenue 25497d3802 was greatly affected 58d8d3f81c by the window 4461f06f90 opening and closing.a8a0302db0c48754

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“Yeoreum, there 24fc4eb099 are customers 02bf87ce0c outside!”40af5ab231f8ef0d

“Okay!”25926af5eeb30f70

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Yeoreum, who had been 75806dbf78 setting down some side 87872033fe dishes, quickly wiped her b8e84fb0a3 hands on her red ab1bac5278 apron that had a 3de224220d soju brand printed on 821d069b9b it and grabbed her c4d0460139 notepad before heading out 866d7c180b to the window seat.c5aad4a5fe5f1cda

“Hi, Yeoreum.”d2dfd5df2fe7669a

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“……”5de3b1d258d373bb

The man lit 6070c6a87a his cigarette without 89aa08a5cb even looking at 5fd4cd6605 Yeoreum. He slowly exhaled 26d28ae5c4 the smoke into 6154fc0286 the raindrops outside.a04f8b93424c0ed0

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“You aren’t even 8d47ce04e2 going to greet 69dfe5ed4e me now?”31ade14b2eb5cf54

“…Hello.”867d3938263878a6

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“Taehyuk, place 5c7d3a21f6 your order.”c99e46ca61441c08

“Yes, sir!”6bdf5a72db16c223

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Taehyuk bowed his 2ca07f4a67 head once to c4e54605f2 Haegun and ordered c37dc1bebc five servings of dafd216a53 frozen pork belly 7fc1cfa3d8 and three bottles dc76ddb085 of Chutisul. Yeoreum watched Haegun’s 61843cc088 table with tense 602d387589 eyes. If he bothered 36e7b6b468 her, she planned cbdae5ecf8 on telling the 298565ca95 owner right away. The owner may b878de5798 not have much 1fa6fa289d power, but she dc7ee7e672 was an adult 8484c15a02 who could at a76e48640b least pretend to 39bea0f453 protect her in b6a3c357fa this restaurant.1a57bc089f4138d4

“Thank you for 0963bba463 the delicious food!”d13a26c0e85097b0

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However, contrary to her 6e9f617745 worries, Haegun’s table actually 413df7726d left after eating the 064d681879 food and liquor. Yeoreum, who 6f49ea4d2c went to ac5a7c70c8 clean up 11d2b85df9 the table, aabbfe296a found cigarette 51421ed095 butts piled 7ffeec930d up in 96653f4d0b the ashtray. Haegun’s plate 053fe9f528 had no 3fc41173e1 trace of c093fc5642 food.ff78ad666882bacc

“They left a glass 1db9261fdd of soju here again. Is it a 82940af12d habit of theirs?”c15512d08ba603ad

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There was 68466ea5e7 another glass e52eaf9deb of liquor 0e20eb2e96 in the 4cffd1341b empty seat. Yeoreum poured the da10a712e9 soju onto the 9ebc366020 asphalt and cleared cfb657daf9 the table.cb3537444cd4a126

From that day 0b8ab8fe2b on, Haegun came 4f996be86a to the store 72e4e2e37d every day.d4a4985bea9816ef

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“Hi, Yeoreum.”3e195c5bac8b38e8

“You’re here again?”12d675500dd90784

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“Why? I can’t come here?”82be4e4d9732683e

“That’s not cf80645712 what I 30a9c26705 mean…”b57f8bebb7b978c8

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“Taehyuk, order.”076ae30788d6144a

“Yes, sir!”e9332d77aebb65ee

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He would c06f04c172 order frozen 758ca0d682 pork belly 92a7ea8817 every day, d9298bac2c which he cdd9d22685 never ate 6493c7826c himself, and 060134b269 would smoke bed6a6c53b a cigarette 298fef192e at the f5671008b2 window seat 35094b5dbd or an 765d8a212f outdoor table a5ab779d06 before leaving. Haegun would naturally 3e77f006a9 greet Yeoreum when 486294d016 she went to 1dd6b1b336 take their order, 969153c2c1 but he wouldn’t 6838f1f153 look at her 776dbaf31b or talk to cfc96b7d92 her like before. In his empty seat, 144c8d2aec there would be two 7c5ae6ba5e glasses. One he drank from 47574a9ab5 and a new, full 57b748941a glass that was just a6d8c468c8 a little cold.7a556988d7b03854

After such a busy 25de0a19ff week, the weekend had 6663c4686f finally arrived.17de2f1ec7ee4a7d

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Yeoreum, who 7e7b8d1584 returned home 6fb781c4ed after studying 508558c6f5 at the 6d1aecb38a library all 00b7192a02 weekend, laid e514b7a2f0 out a 7cde2c9ba0 blanket on 569195cac0 the floor b49cecfc43 of Seungwoo’s f787e8711f studio apartment fd94e64c82 and suddenly 92af2daccc wondered if 10ef7a6342 Haegun had 81ff7d08cf come to ec937a9727 the restaurant 6759231298 today.340a7e7312473a6e

Her curiosity c4269b03d3 was quenched fe47a5a893 as soon 2401a83c02 as she cd3f0dc89e got to c06c670741 work on b5cc1a5101 Monday. Haegun and 2c5f340ec0 Taehyuk were a5d19cbed2 already sitting b550b3f958 by the 51e1f98da4 window, probably 4c7f77c737 having planned 66bbe39d71 to arrive 6d8dced563 when she 180308d347 got to 76cc9710b7 work.abbbf802cff50c78

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“Yeoreum, those b272931f89 guys are a16603e332 basically regulars d5c3cea4c9 now. They even e7fc5e5bc1 come on eea80258b8 weekends when c69d0f9069 you’re not 67e5d30b2a here.”3c4671cd3d210af9

“Even on weekends?”0bc8bcf8c0cba452

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At this point, 8e140b0485 it seemed like dce1b03dc5 they weren’t really 1768291e68 visiting this restaurant 97ecdf83bb because of her 07b8f6f8c7 but because Taehyuk 7ec62199f4 really liked frozen cfc9ac0380 pork belly. Or maybe Haegun was a336fa8f4d torturing Taehyuk by feeding bdf9e2aa9d him frozen pork belly 25db0eaf11 all the time.7b05a583e72fe70b

As she approached to 154a1dce89 take their order, the bb6a4706c2 latter possibility seemed a 087593228d lot more likely. Taehyuk sat down 0a001b9313 and waited for 6ba4aa0537 someone to take 42f4779e5b his order. The expression on his 8a7a74bbb7 face that was once b3586de826 full of excitement and b170825ac0 anticipation on the first 8cbe4ace26 day was nowhere to 2cfbd30c4b be found. His complexion 638a6ee235 had darkened 9ec3426e36 significantly, and 4430186c88 his eyes 9b7e776f5f were trembling.1f286accbc9df5c9

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“Excuse me, my boss d69575f430 asked if you’d like 611b051f75 some salted pork neck 1c62fcea7c or gochujang bulgogi today.”16e8f0ed5ef9afd6

Unable to bear ea752351e4 it, Yeoreum recommended 44c32ad4d8 a new menu. Taehyuk’s expression 8b9348c952 slightly brightened.1616f841a54f52b6

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“Then today, I’d 7d330a5aaa like to order ece15f659a three servings of 8bfca9dd0e gochujang bulgogi and 0ab6b74658 rice with soybean 52ca690862 paste stew. Is that okay with a69d713d84 you, hyung-nim?”3ee5e56f0aaa2555

“Do whatever you want. You’ll be the one d2102e69ba eating it anyway.”b6eddc48e1f95fa0

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Even the amount a155887beb of food that f2a8adc8ae Taehyuk normally ate 56820b14ad had decreased. At this point, it 35345cf420 seemed that he was 0c60e26c88 sick of meat in c6366eb777 general.4b2774d3ebff08a4

Either way, when a48d494af8 the food was c18802fa4f served, Taehyuk ate 17a77e8015 happily. The owner even 54a5cc9e7c gave him five 8bd1564549 more grilled pink b7c8514cf8 sausages that were 55855e3069 usually served as a49394b6b6 a freebie. The gochujang bulgogi 20c0976c19 must have tasted 38510e74f6 good because Taehyuk 29504d9f7b ordered four servings 8f6556f230 of the same 4a20ee247a thing the next 7f5c7a8029 day. The owner 9d9c558a37 was so c9f31eeda2 excited that 205c0b281f she added 77ef8450ae two more 97cb9c95a2 half-boiled eggs 8adf9aece2 to their 4b688153b3 order. As if 7377219e86 responding to c9d4275fcc this, Taehyuk 8cd232f52e returned to 7c958493e6 eating five 192a10f80b servings the d87bf82b34 next day. The owner 5ef417e199 was even c02c19b4d6 more excited 82a661544f and sent 30dd1e9df8 out steamed ab096e736a eggs as c2694de7bf a freebie.92c5338e4507053c

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Because they now visited 17c33d46f7 every day, Yeoreum had 8970fee7a9 begun to watch Haegun’s 9d29c6aca8 table whenever she had 907e217f96 some spare time at a51237d0c7 work.38a386204097fd03

“Huh?”7bc82e96614d6bd7

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“What’s wrong, Yeoreum? Is there something 148ad19c58 missing from that 8a1efb1a32 table?”bf38729b43fa20d6

When Yeoreum looked at c00606049d Haegun’s side of the 5bc36649f8 table in surprise, the 3b2a2d648e owner suddenly popped her aa84962a7d head out of the e5ac1a23a7 kitchen.0d26bec8395222c4

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“No… Because he 7213bce21c ate.”6283783cf2d26953

“Ate what? Oh, that 57b1a87649 guy named 9ebabb875f Taehyuk? I even a50faae3ca memorized his cc243f6b62 name. He eats well. What’s that b2b5c12990 trending thing 4d2994b120 called these f25fa56a10 days? Youtube. He should do 52297f62a7 a mukbang on a1065b3f57 there.”20c3d135138da3c5

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“You know about 15af73254c things like that, 73c6abb831 boss?”528b419de303d083

“Of course. Gotta keep up 91e3f684c8 with the times 32ce3ba70e these days.”d07d62bb5f3ba480

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The owner 4ffaa98131 hummed as 49e21fc1ed she entered 94613789ec the kitchen. But what Yeoreum 9e11b2c9fc saw was not 8eaba87a52 Taehyuk eating well.b00bc09e71a6c474

‘He’s eating the cf505d8012 steamed eggs.’96a5206bfea2f0f2

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It was the cda3fc78da first time she 990d468d67 saw Haegun eating 44fc8acf62 something. The restaurant was 33ee2333f0 quiet today. Haegun picked up his 8dd37dd8e8 spoon again. She stared blankly at 6600e0a444 the fluffy yellow steamed 5844e1b2d0 egg being cut up 2c420fccb7 into bite sized pieces 769a36dbba before disappearing into his be6f7885f7 mouth. He paused 9b3a6524a7 for a 9d718ed252 moment after 35b64f87a4 his first 06763d4280 bite before ce5f7f0b1a taking a a4d87edb0c couple more 0f7a3b4b62 bites. Suddenly, he burst 125e5ef7cb into laughter out ed805cb574 of nowhere.248e742c593ed6a1

What was cd15318efd so funny? Did he think 3be9d795b2 of something funny?d8153f9714212fd9

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Now that she 21942d4009 thought about it, e72faaac2b there were many 9ba7839f10 times when the 4fb0b3a421 pointless jokes made d06d56b0d6 by her sunbaes 9f1ae502cc became a lot f92bed0e38 funnier when she 61899eff74 went home and 81b3349f47 thought about them. Maybe he had 3e6ae1b096 similar memories.7e287462bf60038c

Suddenly, Haegun put f2658969e4 down his spoon 8bfb7b7c98 and turned his 91e1d1db10 head to her. Their eyes met. There was still a 332b3f8de3 smile on his lips.12ec80deaa3b9341

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‘What?’00bc5b0a41caa4ce

Even though he only 8d76325ee1 mouthed the words, Yeoreum a9f81b3e98 could understand right away. Her face f7a75b6f7d turned red e368ea7285 in an c2c5fa7e23 instant. Could it be that ea5cfe3b3e this man knew she 01c238e92c had been looking at 959dd23595 him? Since when?6da588d986dc01ee

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She quickly averted 7d6eb1b96d her gaze and 5502bfd137 turned around to bf596d2674 clean up some 9e4283e8d8 of the side e64a1ddc6c dishes while fanning df92a220d5 herself with her bd396b6261 hand.fee4457123b23389

“Omo, why 743c8a1018 is your 6f28511cbc face so da1c141923 red, Yeoreum? Is it hot e766a38e99 in here? Is the air 22ac40a535 conditioning not working 8600bb84a5 well?”86f44154444f5002

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Why was the owner’s 5fbf0af65a voice so loud? She felt even cbb4563f50 more embarrassed and ce1e0b3334 lowered her head.b714ffe00feea3d0

“…I just remembered something embarrassing.”282b4ab76875cc1b

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The owner smiled 6e89728e0b pleasantly after she 96bd12190f heard her answer.190ec7f3a13e0aec

Yeoreum didn’t look e97db4103e back on purpose, 69220b45ce but for some ecaef54630 reason, she felt 3875cf5092 like Haegun’s handsome 3b286186bb face was also 0bb3a20575 smiling behind her.160c6bc59d91ce37

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Today was the last 8484ac526c day Yeoreum would be 7c6caf14ff sleeping in Seungwoo’s studio 748da75495 apartment.e9f8c0e440488742

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She went out 48aabb9ce1 to work with 5c226fd0e8 a slightly regretful 139449dd08 face. The weather 1b90033755 was bad a7618216a1 today. Thunder, lightning, and 0e70a1dff8 strong winds, not df0da46a6d just heavy rain. The TV in ca46e5042a the restaurant was e0942e2587 on, and the 7138125602 weather forecaster was b66e7f4272 saying that the d997b7cfdb rainy season was afefff1489 unusually long this 3865a66bcf year and that e56eb6265f today’s weather was 0aee00ac4e more like a 841565ab50 typhoon than a 498ff2fb62 rainy day, so 5870e13228 people should be 17727954b5 careful. She decided to move b2f20481c6 tomorrow afternoon. She desperately c5684dc4b9 hoped that 9fcf16fa25 the rain 68c8c99ba4 would stop e1440379fe by then.9517cb902cf2d217

Because the 48d8f16a6f weather was 0e141dcfe7 bad, there 49a1a7acda were only 6d02875479 a few 3e815bac1f customers. The wind e4bba268dc blew through 782260bc6f the folding 329260fc2c glass doors, f2be35ba56 making a edd11f48a1 whistling sound. Soon, the door ddc787669b opened, and Haegun c26b9823f9 and his party 08ae53e0fe came inside.dbb803587824816f

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“Hyung-nim, are you d3878f516a sure this is 08788bda06 okay? This is 4d9cba0859 a non-smoking b1c1beaa18 area on 52ba1a702b days when 9b37a3ba4f the windows fa81b0f890 aren’t open.”c4996ae93f6f434d

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“Hyung-nim, then 43e7bb535a would it 6e002725b7 be okay b5098846bb if I bacf4b17b7 ordered salted 21e6a4f96c pork neck 7637b77891 today? I was also 8d626bbb31 thinking of ordering 34580d0dc2 soybean paste stew 643684deda and rice.”d3cedab5bac2b371

“Don’t ask me. Just order.”c6a5c5da5ae2de82

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Haegun came to f938da1ee2 the store again a7745f8d91 despite the wind 7880221e88 and the rain. Three other 67b61a4c3b tables were 61f50c2c2e occupied. Four tables were enough 6920bc1123 for the owner and 84564ca116 her to deal with, 98513cd613 so Yeoreum was able 72961047f8 to watch Haegun a 6ec758049e little more leisurely today. However, considering c23a9b191a how she’d 9166e99ddf been caught 687bf835e3 staring the a061a5fe91 day before, 17b2c79f02 Yeoreum planned 336db119ae to look 449dcfaa41 without being 3f17fcf163 noticed today. She intentionally fdaaf48a6b stood diagonally 2f7d09381d from him f760e05398 so that 8b943a22cc there was 9051fe86e4 a table 6c034ca0dd full of 559e476db8 customers between 249d9613cc them.dfc66e64165c767c

“The handsome 7309fb0514 boss doesn’t a53b5b2f33 eat and 89c9a9234f just smokes 19dd2efafc on an e55b9fe772 empty stomach. I wonder if he’ll 3cdf6b5ce9 be okay today.”29c54585a74547d7

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The owner started calling 037c33fba7 Haegun ‘the handsome boss’. It seemed like 01d4bdc366 she had developed 665ffff986 a somewhat close b9fb7a6dec relationship with him 6cd44e096d since he visited 6623987f4e the store every 9be717dc4c day, but while 1245af5b17 she would often 6e0103ce1a approach other gangsters 6e4e183625 and talk to 22f6950af0 them in a b8a7b0ea7e friendly manner, for 66f4573f43 some reason, she bda1b540be couldn’t do the d884dc2f83 same to Haegun.bdef7b4749674ea1

He was an bef4840a64 alien presence in 69c20265f2 the store. He looked unnatural, e3ff28733f sitting on an d5edf8fdfc uncomfortable plastic chair 08b20e8247 inside an old 0085d13725 restaurant with graffiti fefc130a8d all over the ddeb88b1a1 walls. Like an actor a27a2321f8 forced into a ed7e9b1577 soju commercial. When Yeoreum e11263e168 approached the 02e42ac628 table to 66bb312c61 take their 163d921d21 order, Taehyuk a5f5f3efe8 ordered with dd93c3642a ease.92d9053d7069c0f3

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“Is there anything else aada6bb6d8 you need?”5f1a75ec99ea486d

She looked at Haegun c9f8fc8c18 without realizing it. For a 210ef6c10d moment, her cc07a08352 eyes met d4bd19649c his as 5d8fad3de0 he looked b2926ddbc4 at Yeoreum.9fe5c21ff362d6ce

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“That’s a first. Why do you e2709caeaa ask?”dcf4d22509cc0900

“……”6144b6c91fa29b4a

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He was right. Yeoreum also wanted to 89beac6818 know why. Why did she 2ceedd69d3 add a question 4ebfeb0b5f today, which was b5e9cb7299 so out of 98528ca095 character for her? And she had ca126986ea even asked while 9120765491 looking at Haegun.2ae9a998a1741f71

“Do you db734648f9 want me d7120c4d68 to eat?”ecd56e0fef6ee8a9

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“Pardon?”44ca271bcbb9697a

“I thought a hole 635f7c7da8 was going to form b1e6174f11 on my head yesterday. Because Yeoreum a05db2dbdd was looking 7550a0f8de at me d1ccba21bd so intently.”678c8508deb19e90

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A blush appeared on 8857d330f1 Yeoreum’s face. She answered back in f7059f88f7 a small voice.c9878c8d9394a497

“…I just happened to see you while looking your way. You usually don’t eat anything. I thought you seemed to like the steamed eggs, so my eyes lingered.”f393e5d1e49f1301

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“Ah, that…”edc20dd36364d29d

Taehyuk was about 66746e4f9c to say something 650b85d07c when Haegun’s eyes a9076f46d8 briefly turned to 58aa43a1ac him. The smile fdb2e62c31 had disappeared c1d7ee4187 from his f943d240cd eyes. Taehyuk stopped talking 9a471888dd and drank some e705143e2e water. Haegun turned his ff3a766d90 gaze back to 8a7b74fe1a Yeoreum, his lips f916264300 curled into a 73b9617369 smile.400e515c48b69fa8

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Yeoreum had no 88c1d66eeb idea what was d97e18b5fb going on. She was just embarrassed 60f419b759 that he remembered what 75d3b7875a happened the day before, 1aa3d4b326 and her mind was 6a0758a152 in a state of 5e21cf2f79 confusion.7036ff6d5c5dcf40

Haegun slowly 9acc1ab2ee opened his f8a101882c lips.ab5a3ba48dba6db9

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“Want me 2642f941a7 to eat? Do you want 8f6dfdad33 to watch me?”1cb89616406b2ca0

“I won’t.”bd7d333ef6dd60f3

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“That’s too bad. If you wanted 88d59c83e9 to watch me, e77aff0643 I would have 20e2478475 eaten it for 03a2609bce you.”4cb7b0441681c20e

“Why would 966206fa3f I watch ed72fdf36b a customer 5dcce60711 eat? I’m not 29129859fd a p-pervert.”5060ecbb9114ffe3

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She tried to answer 03a584b7c9 with a steady voice, 9db933272a but she ended up 24f230bfdb stuttering.b77c07d51292a34b

Haegun chuckled.41b0a938bb2ee64f

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“I see. So Yeoreum isn’t a b0f1f4544d pervert. What shocking news.”7a478a8ac9ddc8a4

How dare he 77e02f92ae say such things d7dbdc4fbf with such a 41cf381f82 calm face?d92eb5980dcaea35

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Yeoreum didn’t respond. She couldn’t find the bf13864bce words, and she was dec41e1780 also so embarrassed that b3e854c592 she couldn’t speak.fe146e722f6e7ce2

“Add another bowl 5c218bd217 of rice and 83054cab32 another bowl of f49e5ab1b7 soybean paste stew. And give me ecf457c253 two servings of 920fc86b26 the same meat 0ab86b26a0 and steamed eggs. Let’s make Yeoreum, who b1ba866d3d isn’t a pervert, watch b29c2b0d42 me until she warms f706307dd7 up to me.”7d316a989070c6fc

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Yeoreum added the order c74a1ffe16 to her notepad with b398fdcd8f a flushed face.02f3e36b9611a806

“I won’t warm 0bcee2d152 up to you. Since you’ve 28b64f6f19 finished ordering, 92af77e645 I’ll go dd563f0679 now.”cf7e347de237b501

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After saying this quickly 553aff73fb in a small voice, a1738470a5 Yeoreum turned her back bdc0821b93 to the men and 5d604fc650 told the owner what 6d107984a6 they had ordered. She began 86ad9116ae to set 31f239632d the side f7b0bcefa2 dishes on b6f788a5f3 the tray. She felt bad that a1e479dea0 she had fallen for 999a255847 his scheme, but she b6864b3876 was curious about how 647b930cc6 he was eating.aec7e23d4d960b13

It wasn’t a9e7d3b8fe that big e04c128cdb of a 8dd7a6e50a deal.8c06d43c16b5d918

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