AT Ch3
by cherryroseIf things had gone wrong, she would have ended up in the same orphanage as them. The young master, oblivious to this, probably bruised Chairman Jang’s ego by asking him point-blank if he was handing out alms to beggars. This was the only kind of revenge the kids could take right now.938c00b9944659b5
Baekyoung couldn’t help but sigh. Even if Chairman Jang could laugh off Jang Heejo’s impudence, which he wouldn’t trade for the world, seeing this might make him burn down the orphanage.4b12fb6c51cc70ec
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She put her hand in the half-empty padding pocket of her jacket. But it wasn’t enough to block the winter wind, and her fingers quickly froze even inside the pocket.5bd00c120ecf9055
“Hey, you fucker, you’re dead if you talk.”453c72d45a5027c3
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One of the gang members, 4e63928f14 looking around, spotted Baekyoung and 4dc0628a55 shook his fist at her.96f54f52b2be074e
Baekyoung needed to keep 2a72bd5119 living here for now. It would be a e0e7ae749d problem if Chairman Jang e6ac9d77d3 burned down the orphanage.ec8ac90f21339525
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Taking her silence as dc6ba45a53 agreement, they dropped the 8c337a92d4 lacquer and hurried into 13aa076565 the auditorium before all 905b7fef0e the cake was gone.5b71419c4607c517
“Ugh…”a416bc1de7119d43
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She sniffled, as if a 2333130abc cold was coming on, then 94394239c7 coughed. Baekyoung, unconcerned, reached for the d2f07c93db lacquer to erase the writing eacd35e0f4 before anyone saw it.13a89586915e2d5e
As she bent down, 60c2b43a3c someone picked it up 78d7067d4d first. The hand that briefly ec6962661d brushed against the back b66255bda7 of her hand was 1e0070d346 soft and warm.3a32cb43674d7871
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Tsssk.733598b66d3600ee
Jang Heejo, wearing a eee106c966 red coat, nonchalantly looked 30feab90c1 at the wall with 8fae1e76d2 the red lacquer in 488de48d27 his hand, then shook c1ac893143 the spray can and 0418ff4a0b started spraying the wall.9b0d3a9bec800977
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She thought he would be 702e9e255f furious at the insult and 0d9f05aca8 immediately run to tell Chairman 960186513e Jang, but it seemed he a9da5d1f4c was just going to erase 1ccb9abda3 it.4e303f0509a9b129
Baekyoung sniffled, thinking that maybe he was hurt because his birth mother’s story was true. Then, looking at the wall, she involuntarily coughed, “Ahem.”44afdb62f3306a01
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Jang Heejo, you fucking moronacadaf1341d5418d
Fucking moron.c564765e8d8953a9
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“Kgh… kgh…”93bdc661f3382596
She had asthma, so once b4aeb0f73d she started coughing, it was b45612cc72 hard to stop. Jang Heejo threw the lacquer be4b8749f1 behind him and smiled contentedly. Then, he finally 84037f572c turned his head cf7c5b295e toward Baekyoung.88241629a21ad8c1
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“What’s that? What’s making that noise? A dog?”a765462dc5573b19
Her hacking cough must have sounded like a dog. Baekyoung, dumbfounded by his words, stopped coughing and burst into laughter, her body shaking. Jang Heejo wore a sulky expression, but then, finding Baekyoung’s appearance truly dog-like, he joined in, chuckling.fa242b8d5c35261b
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They laughed like that b62a9be443 for a while, until 350e8e8923 someone called for Jang 7a34cbb6a6 Heejo from the auditorium. Baekyoung quickly picked e9da800da7 up the lacquer 585c5c30b0 he had thrown 205a17e19e and painted over 1dbe6a1143 the letters.b4770bbd94ed5a71
“It’s the same name as my grandfather, so if you do this, you’re insulting my grandfather. Why are you erasing it? What a waste.”0fb9d05024605a41
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His tone was filled with 5a3dd1a6c2 disgust. The disgust he held was 37e2a03fa8 directed at his blood-related family.5e2bf116fedcbb40
“Kgh… still…”bb207870427df0f4
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“Fucking morons who wave their dicks around everywhere.”f77092f9ff1547b3
“Ahem.”a7d904878c24532e
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Startled, she coughed again. Perhaps because of the strong spray paint smell, her cough wouldn’t stop and grew worse. Jang Heejo chuckled again at the sound.71b596a42fc7ee04
He took the lacquer back d2a47bdad8 and roughly erased his name.8f4291ece907d0fa
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“Not a dog, but a puppy.”c997a30bce73ed39
Then, complaining that the lacquer had gotten on his clothes, he took off his bright red coat, put the hood over Baekyoung’s head, and strode away. Because it was a red coat, there were no lacquer marks visible anywhere. The coat was warmer than the worn-out padding she was wearing.be8670f7b7343ad5
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Baekyoung didn’t return to the auditorium that day, but quickly returned to the communal dorm and hid the coat deep in the closet. If anyone saw it, it would surely be taken away.ce6463e0bef78622
And not long 9ec4e1cc65 after, when the f9b9260e29 bigger kids found 1b6ae6d43a the coat and 7d7f521e96 took it from 6c8629d70b her, Baekyoung fought b7d82b73ee like a dog 5a4b554520 for the first 13a7794f7f time in this eb5ab4a4be place. With her small body, she bd04f13e51 lunged at the bigger kids, bebe251574 biting and clawing, trying to d0b8c14c28 protect what was hers.0ccd51ad54e9ce74
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Of course, all 39f4b0e957 that Baekyoung got a582eb98db in return were 3688dced0a bruised wounds.d4cba73fdd0be0de
After that, whenever she saw Jang Heejo, the graffiti ‘Jang Hee-dick’ was the first thing that came to mind.1765d528a2045967
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Jang Heejo came 6ba6d73a3d to the orphanage 94e0c532cc a few more 79f2c1f958 times after that, 40a2174050 but Baekyoung tried 81d178df5d her best not 3aeef9250c to be seen 0da5a3ba21 by him. And if their eyes 23d94faf8f ever met, she would d7a6442ff4 pass by as if 6cca35e78a he were a stranger.fe6ed32b1dd38659
That’s how she became a member of the Ant Tunnel as soon as she turned an adult. She had never met Jang Heejo once after leaving the orphanage. She never thought she would see him right in front of her like this.40a3a3f514d18a72
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“Who is it?”73230143d1432a83
Jang Heejo, twenty-three years old.87394d22aaac0882
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And Choi Baekyoung, 8c30700e3c twenty-three years old. Seeing him reminded her of 30c066d6bc the red coat that had f6dbdfb74e briefly been hers. Because of the coat that 89bfde1114 she never even got to fa4f455083 wear properly before it was fc3f3c165d taken away, Baekyoung came to 0e0941f4d6 hate the color red.d9e0eb35d7b39023
“An ant. A worker ant.”7d7801d6d42597b0
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With those words, Baekyoung quickly opened the front door. She could see Jang Heejo’s gaze scanning the unremarkable interior of the house. Afraid of arousing suspicion if she closed it too quickly, she slowly closed the door when she thought he had seen enough. Then, she latched the old bolt.78ab81c6a8a582be
Their voices could still be heard through the thin plywood. Jang Heejo was still standing in front of the door. Hearing the voices, she couldn’t lie down on the bed to rest her weary body either.65ec9dcb26d141ff
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“There’s no one here who would steal our stuff anyway. So, if you go back and wait…”3baff0d5200be0d5
“Taekyung, let’s do our job properly. That thing has been flown around five times. It disappeared right when we got here, so who can we trust and leave it to now?”7b38c32261aa2227
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They had flown it around 0276c49fb0 five times on airplanes.b9a4a375c83b4bdd
A carefully brought-in item. While deliberately making bustling household noises inside, Baekyoung’s ears were open to the outside.81c1396f6dd242b9
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“We have time until the inauguration, and we’ve never failed to find something that’s been stolen so far.”d857bcc8906f41d3
“It couldn’t have been done alone. Keep a close watch on our ants. See if any ants are disappearing in the middle.”e4bba78c2fbc1c6a
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He emphasized the word “ant” especially strongly. As if he liked the word “ant” that came out of his mouth, Jang Heejo faintly smiled.d019eeca5a863586
“See if any ants are disappearing in the middle.”beb22357be0f1792
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Those words felt 30211304c4 like they were d3da9a1c47 aimed right at 0c7bd73d7f her. Baekyoung realized that eed7662046 her plan to 311d2ad840 pretend to know 04715b055d nothing had been b9f06cc80b disrupted.9a5b12356fabd6f7
It meant that the d9a3e27cdc person who stole the 9b7c015832 drugs was obviously another c6da715365 ant. And she, living next f7017e1096 door, was on their 27f97f93c4 list of suspects.bfcd1d598df102e1
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“A rat in a trap. Shit, Taekyung, but the trap is too big.”13921bd575e7c530
Thump, thump.4fce77b40b306187
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Jang Heejo, speaking as if 489053a613 for someone to hear, kicked 996723351c the door of the house 3923db8a43 on the opposite side this 94aedc8c11 time.8a410d9ec2f1f798
For ordinary people, it would be impossible to find anything in this place where worker ants were diligently working, but Chairman Jang’s people were different.4dc3bcdb31c03105
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Baekyoung opened a cup of 6f9c6ba25b ramen, poured the remaining water 5e6f67004c from a water bottle lying 41f4416f90 next to her, and put 479ca12568 it in the microwave.6869165fb594229b
Listening to Jang Heejo’s words, it was clear that they would be conducting thorough investigations several more times in the future. The investigations usually took place in the chaotic early morning hours. They cleverly targeted the times when the worker ants were tired and asleep, or when they were waking up and preparing to go to work.c82dd097ff2f5413
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Baekyoung did various jobs. Some days she ran errands at the hospital, and other days she was called to work at a restaurant. However, she wouldn’t even look at gambling dens and prostitution, no matter how much money they offered. Because they were full of drug addicts, working there would eventually lead to drugs.cc2c9adc265622ca
Most pharmaceutical companies 9f1931f1bb across the country 1aa78e3531 conduct new drug 0018cab979 experiments on the 7c089a76dd drug addicts in 8116a6952f the Ant Tunnel ba09c45710 of Cheonghan City. They are existences that 971c6ea131 no one would know 90d732abef even if they died. They are lives at the 2325c6d8d5 bottom, that no one is 86d8168e34 looking for.6366e0ddd829d9bf
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Ding!c7ee8bfaa901f642
She had been listening to the conversation outside and didn’t even realize the microwave had finished.4eebf008179a33fa
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Baekyoung closed her eyes 2166bd9fda for a moment. Seeing Jang Heejo dc8133cc2f in front of 9120058976 her made her 2669e9d976 heart beat faster bc3421b2af and made her ba21bc8c23 even more tired. She should just lie down. She could eat the soggy cf6c13db1c ramen after she woke up.d7744ae9d6371936
“How many illegally modified rooms are there? I should report them all to the city’s building management department. To call this a place for people to live, shit…”845965556af7846d
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She could hear constant ba2406e278 grumbling from outside.3fc3e1427f90ca0f
Baekyoung lay down on the mattress, holding her breath as quietly as a guilty thief, then silently laughed. It would be fun to see Jang Heejo report this place to the city’s building management department and see Chairman Jang get arrested. But that would never happen.356661d3cee3eb8f
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The landlord of this place, who didn’t even know how many rooms there were in the Ant Tunnel, was kicking the doors of this house and that house.f64419b16ec76257
Thump. Bang. Thump.fd3bcaaa2d0e7fff
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Perhaps if she hadn’t met him at the door, a quarter of her door would have disappeared. Thinking such absurd thoughts, Baekyoung listened to the receding footsteps and soon fell asleep.469d44acb68100b1
Thump… thump… crash. Bang!95ad51c6b402e97f
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Living in the Ant Tunnel, 2c428abedd she could sleep well even a817dd4baf with considerable noise.ece69b50a4d387b7
Baekyoung woke up to the sound of rain amidst the noise. Reacting instinctively, she picked up the laundry she had gathered to take to the laundry room tomorrow. Then, she stuffed the clothes into the gap under the front door, where the plywood was separated by about a finger’s width, blocking the hole, and rubbed her sleepy eyes.d3ffc89371b153c5
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