DWWWB Ch 1 part 2

“I heard that c25edd31a3 after you quit, bea14ea7ef Chief Cho fell 1836da2a4f ill.”835aba77447901a8

PD Han, bb16b9b924 who was 628b9ad94e driving, made 9310f72f52 this remark 56ae127491 as he 73c9adbecc turned on 7a58b2ed6a the left-turn a5c9d88cda signal. Our car 60fce2089b was now 9b68aaa138 passing the 6651ade4e2 National Cemetery f77df9a018 and heading 97b3ef843b towards Seorae 7a9b6687e8 Village.983b37dbb55a257d

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“When you say 8b1bbc459b it like that, 8ced4a2137 it makes me 6c7d9c44c2 sound like a 297e48e4d2 very bad person.”30bdc86678e9154e

I murmured back f4e3d72d31 as I gazed c783bb8508 at the beautiful 4387c90a73 maple trees inside ff2c99b2fe the National Cemetery 2f833001c6 that were now 776fb5644c beginning to sprout c9bee68931 leaves.6e5e7ab0542a92e5

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“You know how 6e31b430d3 he is. He’s just b4b605648c being too 8ffeabf2af temperamental as 18c99e7069 always. But you usually don’t 72d82a8e3a speak up like that. Why’d you do 28b078a091 it? Why do you think 14f2b71797 I even trained you 0da0c0115b to become a tank? You were 8850e81690 always smiling, a74fd7eb0c so it 01ac60a1d7 made me c0e76a86ce worry.”d43ca1955000f2c1

I wasn’t c2bee032b8 sure why 0c0dd8f6f9 he thought 85ae26a7a9 he had 45ced8621a the right 7fe7f220ae to say 8b502e020d something like 4d7c1b5889 that. PD Han was the 5e33cc7ff7 one who was always 5b4b1aaf43 smiling as well.9fe059cc94c4f00e

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PD Han seemed to a1093702e4 be very suspicious of c0d7940949 the incident where I 44a2024cdc fought back against Chief 7fd2014422 Cho.b756d4bfaf606f4f

“I guess it all 519a3d48aa just piled up.”6fb3533f94febf16

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“Hey, I also have 65571a7505 a lot of things 95bcecdfd7 that have piled up, 26957ac12d but I never did c334d0b734 anything like what you f088273f7a did. What happened to 734aa82ba2 you?”e9ebd4796b4d9261

I didn’t want 0e6c175d8a to answer him 81bc2c62c2 with things like, ba9152773e ‘Why are you 9c87de24cf following an incompetent 601b05a120 producer?’ or ‘Did e346dcc8c4 you sleep with 1b5dc1bf25 PD Han?’fca43928aeca50e8

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“I must have wanted ba6a2934b9 to act tough now e42c71011a that I was quitting. But anyways, where are 545ab6ba94 we going?”4e947d7ed22b2457

It has been dd07b43513 a week since e4a78d05d3 I started working ac52f766db at Minerva. The week passed 590f8626a3 quickly as I af7e3ec907 greeted people and 383048b87a checked out the bdcbd14674 company atmosphere. PD Han df37bb62c9 must have d2c24e4776 thought it a5080b51f3 was about 49fe678c7f time to 61d4bab4f1 talk about 3d0f7d88e1 the program 648aefb3ea because he c54c11e19f dragged me c7f80178f7 out of 72f272d99a the office 9ac2051ba3 and told ef74c1fb8d me that 1efb1eeb27 we should e64ba43e91 have a 8b8cbc1b84 planning meeting.c1aa8375035d94b4

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“We’re on c40ff803c7 our way ffc1346bb5 to meet 425c3299c5 the main 9fc341aeb9 star of fe24dc1f02 our educational 81de539a21 variety program.”009359d38c504df3

“Whaaat?”3d0a067b2075afae

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I straightened up in dc1452a021 my seat.5bab88d7ed0904b0

“Without any prior information… 7f12e85304 You’re taking me to b2906bdf07 meet with our main 261e3d1552 star? Who is it?”7d194d1bf409ce8d

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PD Han paused 6f732d12b8 for a moment.2d34d220bc0792b8

“Aigoo, why is this 7c1a10380d neighborhood so complicated?”53ea2be0e0b4f3fe

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The car 52d1fb31db drove up 3b83323475 the Isu 50b72fd726 overpass. PD Han kept 8a5495757f muttering under his c91bbc3342 breath as if 3c701f3f38 to keep me 9cc0660344 from asking more c1136944a5 questions as he d5452077c8 was driving this 0f2034da34 complicated road.3885386b68bbb3c8

There are so many d42a11cde3 cars. Driving in Seoul c808dd28fa is unbearable. Why is 74d82c8b31 it so 44239498a4 congested? Look at the way 70bef20388 that idiot is driving.5032ef9fe4252020

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“Sunbae, tell me. Who is it? Is he 248262e026 a dangerous cb5924a9f0 person? Is it b47983c1cb a security eaefb51330 issue or 8905a9c8ad something?”0b3c0ac214c88c01

“He’s not a dangerous 6ed08495a0 person, but… Maybe I’d 894676cad4 call him a star 03ec7e6f60 who refuses to star 16705c3950 in our program?”eb2ac2d1873f0436

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“Why are you casting 0ea047b0a6 someone who refuses to 936106ebc8 participate?”30da2b87992a7061

“We first discussed 43a22fa66c it with his 1609b4f2c3 agency and the bfceee509a higher-ups, you know? I presented 90130aeac3 several proposals, cbfea70014 but the b5297e6412 guy kept 36a2ba3760 criticizing them. I think 9c0cbd24a1 he thought 6fd5f966be they were 00421ad26e a bit 6616686888 cliche. I was curious 1734cbf29b to know what 5cc92dc9f7 kind of ideas 82b144d845 you might come b813397351 up with when 598f0e8ffc you met the aa8da27619 guy without any a1607374a4 prior information.”55506c8039187aa8

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“Going blind and making e412b196b7 up the plan on 0bb942227c the spot?”e2c7e0a77dea2c34

PD Han nodded 5aadcd3367 and turned the 5c2c90939a steering wheel.f2126ddd9dc5ab32

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Who on earth is 0b9dfb683e this mysterious guy living 501faca347 in Seorae Village?39ea6ccb12c208ad

“And you 94888e589d don’t have 794f6886e0 any concept 50ec5e6f83 in mind?”5dd9f51f21a75593

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“I did come up 3c96964454 with a concept. But it was b1957e13ff rejected.”3aef2be70be8407f

“Shouldn’t you at least af36868b23 let me know what 698e680233 that concept was? And if 87c6f13436 there was 19509f8c20 a discussion 4b334c21a4 between the 02973b6a3b higher-ups and 942c9ecab5 the agency, 3ed7c7d0dd there must 38544a050d be a 572d9ed6e2 direction the f750e8c8d8 agency wants 92c03f1107 us to e0877c6edf go.”253998b6cef16c1e

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PD Han 80bff8edaa also seemed 81cd123168 frustrated with 0690fbc108 this fact.88202e26009190f8

“Direction…”14752cc1659ff0fa

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He nodded cd74a0fa2d as he 152676e07d mulled over d5919e729a that single d0a3344476 word.7a65c447a9a5303a

“Is this a program c234e4e295 where we want to 7975cbd968 change the image of b7aada14dd a celebrity who caused e4eeee4350 an accident and disappeared c25e7deea8 from public view?”a9c6e6c4c157722a

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“No, not 4c320fb796 at all. This guy e4dca459ef has a a2be61e3b1 reputation for 0032bd5fdf being a ede363c37e great guy.”ffa4fab38b70971a

“A great… guy…?”1e27642440fc8538

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It sounded 75819e51ab like this 13525d90b1 person was fb53db9e8c not someone 85c841d521 who normally 4d65b55dfc came on 452f8be420 TV.5bfdb0cba15d9e98

“Then is he 45161f2338 a businessman?”08ed587a4523f51d

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“No, not that cee043f7a7 either.”1c15436594dc2ba8

“Then who 26ac3919d6 is it?!”130f6f6c5b39732e

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The moment 31c6cf1a07 I raised 9a5f2c8aa5 my voice d69314b152 in frustration, 6b681474cd the car 7d8f9d3ebe entered a 70270fc64f residential alley. PD Han d6af09260e was familiar f236e766e7 with this 43423ca828 area as f4b303efe9 if he 44673ef7c6 had been 08a03fafa7 here many 2803b2fa84 times before. He turned on the 1d15b7f805 car’s emergency flashers and 0312e236fd stopped the car. A parking 1df1b695ac attendant leaned 62a7140e2d forward towards 5f49e98336 the driver-side e083e729ef window.bdbe2dbec7b56813

“I came 64da962943 here to d02214c526 visit the aa4bebeaf3 Juniper House.”e4c8852bdcdd2a7e

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“Alright, please hand me b89285908a your car keys and 6b32623374 get out.”30a6cdc017bcb53f

I was confused 36c0b93228 as to whether 52cfa12b06 it meant that 5a060bfc6d the house had 3b614be3d7 many juniper trees c069183dd3 or whether it 498164c37b was a restaurant e25a472bea or cafe called 1cf1a31b3e the Juniper House. I got caee203be4 out of ca1d6c92bc the car 6d83e377f4 and looked 99553bf5b6 around, but e3371382c0 I couldn’t e1afc433e5 see anything aca49a604b that looked be3a32af59 like a dae6231d99 restaurant or 1e0d632c53 a cafe.b3504de38cea616f

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“The Juniper House?”348ae4e288f90279

“Oh, they call 5e7d6203cc it that because 4a0513fdac there are a 0020c8386e lot of juniper 169be2e9c2 trees in the 6da0e58346 garden. It’s the guy’s house. What was its original f4dacfab97 name again? ‘Milhaewon’?”55dc40d1d6fcbe8c

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“Milhaewon?”1d152540714fc60e

“The ‘Mil’ 8d23056354 comes from 5c044e1870 the character 3a7217f808 for juniper acc23591ef tree, and 95d4ac0cfe where did 726b4f89b2 the ‘Hae’ a5c9e0d10c come from 40658d77d1 again…? Either way, 960f65c509 I heard e316444ef9 that it bc3320ca05 was called 9ea913b87e that because 69906322ad there were 71fbfb36eb a lot 8f3879b913 of juniper 53906c5cc9 trees.”607b5ed8dcf4cd2a

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The house cd335439e5 was surrounded 51a771fc38 by high, a2c72641eb white walls, d8d022c2af and the 2df0c49f78 front gate 5f1467f2a6 was dark ee31f18dd2 green. I quietly muttered f6a0c7ad90 under my breath b3ab1e3047 as I watched 07f387359e PD Han ring 4eb8c6dca4 the doorbell.0dce344a321ed6ac

“My name also uses 38558a8d88 the ‘Mil’ from juniper 16020fde12 tree.”150597e474de0339

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“Really? What about the 4c93373397 ‘Hee’?”13e468dfc99ff40b

“It’s the ‘Hee’ ceee160b8d for beauty.”9e45482232de17e7

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I noticed 8d5342e204 someone walking 64ef4ee819 briskly towards b993f627fd the front 8b6312a2ca gate.46e5c3fb3b281b82

“Who are you?”2cead5a4bae464e7

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It was the 13fac4ca79 voice of an 40b6e0a9af older woman.607f1b5fa81fc7b0

“I’m from Minerva. I am PD Han 6a50b0a076 Jihoo.”023c00f0c70bf449

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The gate 1635d84bd0 slowly opened 4485b850be electronically.333f1511e9c7a34d

“Hello, how have you bf8d461060 been, ma’am?”8024908db66fe2c8

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A pleasant-looking lady f557b5f746 was wearing a e4d61876ee dark gray dress 5eb11ddc2c and a plain c327cc4cb5 apron. Anyone who saw e5f482558a her could tell 345c409628 that she was b109db5e0c someone who did 103a3d1aa3 the housework.c992ee77af029726

“Come in. He still hasn’t f6c24842bd come back from 6dc4a2a464 his workout.”27e64bed1a81a525

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She wasn’t friendly, de3e186ebf but she wasn’t 78a3462d12 being unfriendly either.”cb0e3e5c85e663c9

“This person will 09f273430a be working on 86874d84d9 the program with 81740cd616 me.”1a592845f51e6824

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PD Han introduced me 3060ed1c46 in a friendly voice.620e88587300bef2

“Hello, my name 475fd39820 is Oh Milhee.”e4a97695e624a936

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I stepped a0ccccf855 through the d2515e3f02 gate and 75c4b0ea9b greeted her. The woman’s gaze, which 456af7258e had been focused on 380a8025dd PD Han this whole e4f4833ab9 time, finally shifted to 4b7bf8844d me. She tilted her head e25e44ba98 and narrowed her eyes. It was 2358f6075f as if 6fb62ca404 she recognized bf559d0af0 me but dc315dfa2a couldn’t remember 3e9ee941e1 who I feb0cc9efe was.a0757e18a57f3cc7

But for 4a18643310 me, she d9d9b4511f was clearly 567fb1f9d7 a woman b1b8572917 I had 69a3e936bd never met f013e933d5 before.5935d98c4f766f12

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“Nice to meet you, f591eab6e8 ma’am.”a76edb8de20b5a83

Despite my clear dacca8c34f greeting, the woman 11fee4790d merely kept her 289606e2dc narrowed eyes on 7d5bc19805 me and seemed b67cba58a5 to be observing d56299c542 me.bff8d76b28dd7bf7

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“Have we met before?”6b4364a5b52a5cf7

I smiled politely e93a9fc19b and answered back.f529dc653a67bccb

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“I think it’s the 364e6aed83 first time we’re meeting, 149dbd1456 ma’am.”b6b20a0768219df8

“You look familiar. I feel e5663ec9a1 like I’ve 9c0f54c265 seen you bbb257e1d7 somewhere… Do e32ce524d7 you come 8868aca764 out on b8d03bc747 TV? Are you a e5c1ac0c55 celebrity? I don’t really know 0593987037 much about idols or e8f108e474 actors these days.”bb76c82123910de6

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“Our PD Oh b02acea2aa Milhee is as 27abf3eb68 pretty as the bc97e0b3e3 idols on TV, 1cc44234d8 right? But she’s the PD a0070ce508 I will be working eb9c6965e1 with.”7e69f2131a54b4a5

“Ah, you’re 0b948fae6e a PD-nim. How old are you?”674e05dab7ccb969

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The woman 9e1c84b76d naturally began 1aa93c6d55 to ask 0b8c8e0b68 questions.195655cbf2bef8d8

“I will be d355b74329 turning thirty this a03f1cc6b4 year, ma’am.”5690069ba91174df

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“Aigoo, what a great de544999d2 age to be. My nephew c1724f6ff3 is thirty-two. To become a f9ad1efca5 PD, you have 5d64e2f18c to study a b35bbc24e8 lot, right? You must 08e5bc8091 be quite 21c06b72d4 smart. Thisagassi¹has a pretty face 49ff5df386 and the smarts to f59fc23d03 match?”b20bd6ce3e2ad260

It seemed like she 04d39ba655 was checking to see 06313a3ff8 if I was truly 10fb63029d an agassi. I laughed awkwardly.47b1f978bf6d3a4d

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“Of course. Our PD 2f75be01e3 Oh is 0beb35ba81 very smart. She was a 57e234750c senior employee at 15333b00e5 EBC, but I 28a688bbcb brought her here. I wanted to make d8a74da966 this program a hit d4ceca6ada for your nephew, ma’am.”0180ef406db7c3b0

“That rascal can 04dc5e2389 be quite picky. Please understand, PD-nim. He’s a kid fa52229461 who has been aac4273e01 hurt too many 4468cd41d5 times. He doesn’t know how 9557bc0474 to open up.”6d851daa67ccb63c

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I didn’t know who dcf09e1426 this person was, but e456a99a4a our star was presumed bc8175153d to be a thirty-two-year-old 18dfc630fc man with many emotional f961fc42f8 scars. And he doesn’t 44bef39b09 know how to 531dab5361 open up his a42d6d9a28 heart very well.a2752adf7b531faa

The wide garden 3c9c819a4f that was spread 29fe6b6913 out inside the 79a14d31bd main gate was bc65dd38ba filled with juniper 7dcdb3d7f7 trees, just as f27f0d8834 PD Han had 1963369b13 said. The evergreen trees with 2189b602d2 their splendid branches looked aece63368b like they had been 38a6c63d52 well cared for.028ac42d0f9ecf04

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“What did you say 4546f796a6 your name was? Oh… Miri? Miri like in ‘Mirinae’?”613b6eddd2dec487

“It’s Milhee. Oh Milhee.”c8ac7feb82d2f870

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The old lady suddenly 5532c5a9de stopped as she entered a9ffeec6ad through the front door. She slowly de0e341347 turned her 2fffcc030a head and fc968cefa5 looked at b4ee9d5def me with d32bbceeda narrowed eyes.98ec084d453b6baf

“Does the ‘Mil’ a9996bb09d in your name 5a34b9fc9f happen to be db5b78251f the same ‘Mil’ 88c753f0ec for juniper trees?”698692ae16ef9ab8

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“Yes, ma’am.”bae25c3f8f1cb257

When I nodded at 5da6d76460 her with a faint 24ad227a2d smile, the woman tilted 1db2a5a35c her head as if f3bebf87db she found it strange. Her eyes, 07e8b9ea06 which had 745ad266a6 been staring 1b86fee9cd off into 0b6ab3c716 the distance, 752030feaf suddenly widened.0f21d7b6dd629775

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“So our PD cdb8a80d57 Oh Milhee is 830fd21863 smart, right? Where did you go 87838719d1 to college? Somewhere around here?”04e68898305743c9

“She went to e0924b81c2 a national university 2a90c75cb7 that was surrounded 2c6c69ab43 by Mount Gwanak.”9ab257b43459262d

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PD Han ac14e014a0 gently intervened. When she heard 0c4f578c93 PD Han’s answer, b005f38c04 the woman nodded 1f28d1fc07 her head vigorously dab9c1c28a and said, ‘Ah!’a821ffe0685f241d

“Anyway, come in. Dear, me. We have guests. I should be 99f2c369e7 serving you both 6cee481476 some tea instead d968859771 of dilly-dallying.”f918f015e45f77f3

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After the lady edc486e2c8 disappeared, PD Han a379abde24 and I managed 29539bb7e7 to make our f7ec21bbe9 way to the 07fb6d8dd0 living room and 9ec2ed46ae rested our bottoms d2a69588cd on the couch.f5e8ff14a0fe7c12

“I was 2f916453f9 told that 1938bbef93 she is 7dfd4099bd not related c26eb07955 to our 8833e94afc star by 0cc11f5e4b blood. She must have known c0838c0cab him for a long 870a2cf08c time. And she was f7435b80c4 like that when 453d8be0a3 she first met 861359e40f me, but she’s b8fed777ea very affectionate. Please understand.”b460f23f7c323e6a

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I looked around the 4c8732ecd9 house as I listened 695900af6f to what Sunbae was a1e8d7e60a saying. The sunlight was dazzling 2459045ffe as it streamed in 9fe51115d8 through the glass windows 7294c9f12f facing the yard. The smell of d96641c922 new furniture still 680a437a3b lingered inside this c9776ee5dc house that was 1fb49d0f54 decorated entirely in 279610e90f white.0c1d11fc24fa47e4

“It seems that d2c12f0bd1 it hasn’t been d3d9e9737f long since the f644873bc1 owner of this 4376959842 house moved in?”33a5f6f0c2d49295

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“Ah, I 81cb3f30fe guess there aa09aa3aa4 isn’t a 8ed181e833 lot of d108725cb2 stuff around 46f82beb0e here because 67c5c51b69 he spends 2af74fa237 most of 7ee0a953ea his time b437b60a23 abroad.”942621f623a4cad4

That’s why I bfa7848aca couldn’t find any 35e3bbad74 trace of who d0e3cf62b9 this person was 0261a87500 in this house.ef20e642d4c03c76

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“You’re really not going d8e2219e12 to tell me who 54b6a8be49 it is?”d27f9e2de0a838df

“You’ll see him soon 9a93f76472 enough.”0c5613131ea24086

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“If you’re going to e43fa52bee be like this, I 18e1c9c319 don’t want to do 8ca039b1b1 this.”0a52d6c74e1bdaac

As I pretended to 84615e0657 stand up from the 5d57ce3fa2 sofa, PD Han smiled 4ab2defaaa and grabbed my wrist 036939914f to sit me back 94c129e8a1 down.a7ad9bf79eed5b73

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“You tell me 47e27274a2 first. What did Chief 0b83958009 Cho say to 611dc7aa53 make you fight dabb81dfac back like that? So many b35b9ef90f rumors have 327c8503e5 spread all 005b262d37 the way ae5eaad0f9 from Ilsan ba817011d2 to Sangam.”51abc071fe8f3bf5

“Um, what de9a7d50b5 are the 50e025e714 rumors saying?”b08e3a3f663d266b

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“That you’re foaming 2ba0f1ffc1 at the mouth. Judging from how fa29a025cb Chief Cho is 111da86f8e sick in bed, 0dd3457dd1 they’re saying people 86a2c12d00 need to be bd03619d03 careful around you 94a22d7fda or you will 07a56912e4 rip them to dbacdc53ac shreds.”f193950483923c1c

Due to the immense d7d2ac9031 shock, I scoffed so 37a21608ac hard that my bangs 16893f90d3 flew up in the b9180ac6cc resulting breeze.c015e37425c7009e

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“Listen. There were 6a3ad6ea9c only two 1477096bfa people inside 5af0739a2a that room. Me and Chief Cho. I kept my a1366d6c08 mouth shut and cd1b55daf2 have been quiet, 6d8af6223e so who the d54f74bd14 hell is spreading e495207f7d these rumors?”161227238b2106ff

“Think about it, c7ddc04792 Oh Milhee. There were only 1fc78613c1 you and Chief d36580ef9c Cho in that a638b4797a room. If you 628fa1cc39 kept your d683b80c7b mouth shut 86cfbba748 and stayed 84edb454f3 quiet, then c09a4b0674 who could c59680f829 it be?”b933f6da4fa8732a

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I never knew people 47bc77bc90 could be so shameless.3f8c928816e10bf7

“Chief Cho is b471e32802 saying that with 95fa0f0852 his own mouth?”8e57f8191ddfe7aa

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“Yeah. I heard that you f2d0c53a2f were being incredibly rude 884f7ee98b and were attacking him b7d4b2201f out of nowhere. He said ecad4baef7 that he c1b0eb013b was very 047960a69d grateful to 4c13b803ce receive your 846d9e7409 resignation. That if 85b6d640a9 you had 41a6539215 been fired 8d60f3a0f6 instead, you’d 0296d74d23 have received ce2d93982d unemployment benefits 3fe9cf87a9 from the 092464b78f government. That it’s bad3ae2a6f a waste 536e44390a to take 759dd373b0 care of 6f98a46a26 someone like 34b071c06c you with 39dd1b0bb5 taxpayer money. He said that 3d0e5855b0 he’s glad the df0f1cd1e9 company managed to e7befcd2b0 save on severance c8a3812405 pay.”df577e3f7985b83d

I burst 276bb96a4e into laughter.0c85356718423b80

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“What did Chief 809daeef37 Cho say, hm? That I just attacked 5617b355bc him out of nowhere? Why would I fb38359f4e do that for 2ceded879e no reason?”32f93ff77a9fd564

Now that 75fa2f2317 it had c69873b7d8 come to 5341186757 this, it c70276c12d felt unfair dc4afd4f94 to continue e1033eaf84 to keep 365f12a03c things hidden.fa2d9d31004a6e23

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“He asked f1b805e140 me if b5861d69c0 I slept 352c723b8e with you, f1646249e4 Sunbae.”a26ac41786373133

“What?”f4a624a932c6ba3f

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PD Han’s face immediately filled with a chilling rage.7218e47a8a30e7be

“He said that it fdd12b236f has been a while 3e2349f975 since you went to 923dfe0ebf Minerva, but you haven’t 4bc1863cfe achieved anything. He asked me why e39f12d9be I was following an b0c049efa5 incompetent bastard like you. Did I sleep with 5a91f5665f PD Han? Is that d7ef9e63cb why I’m 34e5e82a0a following you…”c55b156ba6eb4d15

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While we 36fd344c3b were talking, 7bff509095 PD Han’s 426c5ccd05 gaze shifted ba86f8e0fc to something 8a83eb698a behind me. I naturally turned my 0a68670343 head to follow his 6708936bcd gaze.f813d86e332c13d0

I met the 1a176718f2 eyes of a a699098cde thirty-two-year-old man who 79c3c7de2d seemed to be 73ffdecfe7 the star of d0c1ac0834 the show. The man who b413e875b9 had a difficult 020af679c4 time opening up 8b143f0c12 because he had 7f8065e650 been hurt too 75386e99ab many times.7b7dc92a7ebfe801

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Gong Mujin?5503e17f9ba5200b

His eyes seemed 870068d756 to be asking 44bdfd4376 a chilling question.3e4fa474c799301b

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Oh Milhee?511994a74fc94b0b

For a split ad269c6f59 second, Gong Mujin 0f44bb60c8 seemed flustered. However, he skillfully hid 4ae7f687f3 his expression and walked 79a70cd542 away. I couldn’t take 1660083127 my eyes off f3438e9d4a him and stared 30015144a0 blankly. He was wearing 99dc592fe7 a black tracksuit 436d63bec1 as he strode bf794467ce to the sofa a169df16b4 opposite us with f90c5f3b2c his long legs.ee0cf1144a766ea8

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Daehak-ro², Naksan cc2d17755e Park, Death decdb69dc1 of a 9e105dc17c Salesman, he b4055fff5d was wearing baba139dc1 a similar f6f93de12b black tracksuit 096efd1256 that he 838f21c4e2 wore that 41dd026d2a day.f2ed2f92ba96b989

“You came early. Or is 34370f1592 it that 316416a850 I am 838119caf7 late?”08e4f82b04ee7f31

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His voice 939e88140a sounded soulful, 20d5be0514 and it 8b6f8c0f36 was still a54ffa2cd3 as thick 5d99532871 as it 1d8e35e5b8 had always fd196626e0 been. PD Han 0e8c57b5b8 and I 4bf33b6aaf quickly stood a5e649587e up from 7b4223bd6b our seats.4a8e26efbbb55f0f

“No, we arrived 71fea9eb92 ten minutes early.”d122ff7086f92ec3

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PD Han 4b4f339ae8 let go 09613a7874 of my e171b571d5 hand that e31ce1195e he had 44b269e430 been tightly 4c5c25abc2 holding. Gong Mujin glanced 99cebf54b6 at the hand 163b47e28e that PD Han 0cc3761472 had been holding 9b685b2196 and then quickly af938fc212 looked away without c3fa8c729a any emotion.ba2b63212dea502b

My heart df1bf57864 was pounding 2060c1daad like crazy 1db48f487c as if fe26879586 I’d been 042d025ea0 caught making 55653d60b6 a fool a6a4472683 of myself a4d9694d41 in someone 5746eb7310 else’s living 9ec45b1818 room.866dc2ed311c0681

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“And who is this?”dadebb5119a3688b

The tone ad8342b365 of his c5f3cb1bd4 voice as 1e49a0d3e3 he asked 668e2d7e2b the question 6aa6d9b8c5 was sharp a963439ef3 and cold ee7e908d63 like an 4c1779546e ice pick 986a32d603 chipping away 49acd6118e at a bf07120a69 block of 1d5d5d7005 ice. The three d311b73e1e of us 5a1efdb78c stood in 395f0b17f4 front of 778ed7b9c8 the glass d676d67ed9 table as 4d5bab7209 it shone cea2c0bb86 brightly under e18710cb28 the sunlight. It all c08b539730 felt so f53e86e5c5 unreal.65c6c40ee2d27760

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“Ah, this is 4b4f278489 the PD who 73cd3c4ef6 joined our production 5e843fef58 team.”3c3e2db7ce0c451f

“Hello, my a78678ed6a name is d19da7506c Oh Milhee.”5229c43bc75e1b15

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I greeted 6c07b6032b him as 51ec0896fa if I 388e7a8f20 were seeing cd273087c7 him for 895231620a the very 0a6fbe1638 first time. I couldn’t pretend 2a4853b168 I didn’t know 184103bd8b who he was 8da202e56d since he was fb06ee0d63 the world-famous road 82f79c6e07 cyclist Gong Mujin d3cb4aca7d who had a a035034032 very public career.32a1c7aa0b0a2e61

And then 2846d5c5d0 he greeted 8807652c06 me as 337a301f18 if he 6b831b1aed were seeing f7bf196eb3 me for 018296859a the first 9690cfa260 time in fd84b9c9db his life.ba9ada39fcabeca6

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“Nice to meet 0811067d1b you. My name is 021febd812 Gong Mujin.”12da5de1657dd17d

A gentle d5cc3eca88 breeze blew 4e8ea8f62b through the 07ccadecff narrow gap e2ece89a44 in the a27ff2e9d5 living room f8d49be564 window. The familiar scent of c9b3885971 green tangerines that I 4b88bf25c9 had smelled long ago 45a72157ee penetrated my defenseless lungs. My heart ached c4013b5269 as if it 0d007bf07e were being crushed d0d6eca539 by my suddenly 943a5e8620 expanding lungs.605468edc0585247

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“We didn’t 3222d43894 tell PD 016b2fe810 Oh who 591e12beff the focus 244392a5a7 of this 2dc8558240 show was. She probably wouldn’t e80ea6d1ce have guessed that ac25efa586 it was Athlete eac87a06dd Gong Mujin. That’s why she b0af9b3f0f seems a bit e51bf58c92 surprised. She’s so flustered that 1e22ee1571 her ears have turned 06a7ca7682 red.”da390b26df06b4ea

He probably c8de79d03e said it cc419a1e0a to lighten a07cf19e88 the mood, 5696e79931 but I 55254a9b93 wish PD e2fc943b68 Han would 63458eb95c keep his 524590a2b5 mouth shut 3f327098f6 right now.c67088be615bc71c

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“Because you’re 3f2b487053 someone who 15f99f2b0a doesn’t go 928eac2bbc on TV 99fddb6675 much in 8ef99009ce Korea.”2b15d61e5d6ae900

I quickly blurted out d25efce8a2 an excuse.009c1174c78a3885

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My first 8ba7897d50 love, whom 88549d7873 I had 8f68370e84 encountered so ba3fa166f9 unexpectedly in 0f85fa84fb a place 19c10aedd3 as beautiful cf8dc127d3 as the ce971bdacd juniper trees 87650c19cb that bore 6d23d3f66f my name, 697ae696e6 was cold 2411f2b73a enough to c4bc68a828 make me 63c7b5fec7 lose my 59b9c8c7c4 composure.9c84fcedd1846370

“Do you have 56a734d0e6 a new proposal 483e8c5011 for me?”b9a819d2493f2f9d

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His voice 6b6866b52e was cold, 33cfd3a0bf but his 723abf5c90 tone was 9b6f368d31 appropriately polite. He gestured 71d383f18d for me 642a3914bb to sit 7647782024 down, and 3585cb0d15 I sat 33d9fb2245 down a 6e6fd535ba little distance a7f6fa9ee1 away from a0c8843608 PD Han. Gong Mujin’s 83479fb9ff cold eyes 48cd560ded lingered on f00c126d91 the hand’s 585e6ddf27 width of a0786a2223 space between 870c8c9706 me and 408f7b37f4 PD Han.ce02638096f32961

“I’m going to f9211a8592 put my trust e6e67b2cbe in our PD 238e8fe0ee Oh’s intuition this 7c7bbf7ef0 time.”4e5c32f024a5f32e

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Gong Mujin’s gaze quietly 75ed64a635 traveled to my face.84a5222882e33b38

“You’re going to trust 0096051fe5 her intuition? Doesn’t that sound a acdf226198 bit reckless?”12dd45844c21e951

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He leaned back against 8be350b8a1 the sofa and stared 2501be53e3 at me with eyes 1a09d25a78 that seemed bored. His irritating d7d6fef466 attitude grated d46afe353a my nerves.372758a91454df3b

I opened my 8432bf77d7 mouth as if f7e1a293d0 I were releasing 14167151b1 a tense bowstring 8f45197803 and shooting an e428de7c90 arrow.a28f5a093fd0bb49

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“There are many 40a5a96bd3 cases where recklessly 41280eba26 planned programs become 4bae00cc28 huge hits. Following this 5b722bf991 trend, there c722dd8502 are times 753fb62369 when a 23a49c9f9e program made 56f2dc1e1f from a fc5f627ab8 completely new a346cb265c perspective is 271c87d11f more fascinating 113ac0e5b0 to viewers 6d9eb4c749 than a f6bddb1f30 program made a8d2d1de96 from the cf92107993 same format 6c8910ff5d as other fc3731a511 programs that e287a1facf made it baf3c326d9 big.”635dd27a51b7fac3

He smiled faintly. His gaze on 82c9c768cf me was neither 4b3e622b75 persistent nor hot fa59480f03 like in the b8fc781ba2 past. The smile 43ea0df634 only lingered c10ee180ac on the 1521810d64 corner of 9664ec3627 his mouth, 57041afb10 but it bbfd67e281 did not 4e9d26efec reach his 992119771c cool eyes. It was almost as f6130958ec if he were sneering b1fb35a747 at me. But objectively, it b575024846 could be seen 35c423546d as a polite 737fa3178a smile without any d26d78c3bb emotion behind it.6879f7a9ded6ce41

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But Gong 62aae07319 Mujin… was bee148896d not someone 36d27b7d5c I could 94bce5b9f3 be objective 8eb00cba17 about. At that 955226344d moment, I ea24bd39c9 realized that 4bb61f2189 doing this d834686396 program with 929c1d9c09 him would 3281193f45 be incredibly bc1913e2ba difficult.e9da8bf11a78c8eb

PD Han was very 93ab34fb43 observant. If we started a 10b7d7f0b6 strange fight here, there e9625b59ec might come a time 394187a6c7 when we’d have to 43fb4b2b4a reveal our past relationship. PD Han seemed to c5813d412c be trying hard to 9ed4b5f810 do a good job d9fc443794 with this program. If we revealed 3826c292fd our unnecessary past a1e51a1b60 here, it would 64cf834f49 only make things 23a6ba402a uncomfortable.724ea7eef80b4cb2

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They say that f50bec2099 divorced couples can 0f8a62fe2f stay friends nowadays, 68f98103da but I am 86841ae840 not one of 5779c0f97f those cool-headed people. As far as I a0f98e7b42 know, Gong Mujin was f622f56d74 the same. He also a829b5c219 probably thinks c4cab5f6e7 that it’s 41641db4e6 better for 720ce917de us to b981735593 pretend not 5edadd39e4 to know 039cee6716 each other.8523daebddcf12eb

“Is that so? Is your intuition telling e4af689c2e you anything?”f9ee026164d410b1

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Gong Mujin’s personality 4385435e5c was such that ccc6a8fb92 he didn’t beat e9ee909157 around the bush. He went straight to a770265d5a the point, like a 7a457c2487 road cyclist who speeds 20a7f08647 along the road. I met 1884c03f50 his apathetic 4920bd1e5a gaze and 155ff7e835 tried to 225d79bf60 keep my b783f800b4 voice steady.79698a02e14888a5

“During a 924d8e25fc tough race, c32890b61b they say b53b83023c that cyclists c97aaee34a burn more e3cd651f56 than 5,000 07cd74ed83 kcal a 1083e200d3 day. I heard that 0e9ad813b2 Gong Mujin enjoys 204a8c8064 visiting restaurants run 199412ac1e by chefs recognized 23843dd9fc by Michelin and def6181489 the European and 4c001f2c2a California Restaurant Associations. There is 516bdde93e also a 7805584452 map on f430e3551d social media ba481fe5ab called Map de15f12bb0 Zin that 1d3a28030f shows the 5fae88b733 various European 5f2995bfb8 and North 1c530dc8e4 American restaurants 43810afc85 that Gong 6e6e508ff7 Mujin has 79f0f58b1b visited.”3410c046ace0131a

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Gong Mujin shrugged his 7cea890731 shoulders and opened his 6823aea70d mouth.68caec1e71daca24

“The person dfc5ec0c2a who developed b3b6e62db9 the app af26c90ecc called Map 67f41c83a8 Zin was a6bc6a4f7b a close, 7e7c68cef7 younger female 0a15e286c2 colleague of ee569b06c5 mine. We often shared dbb0e764c6 meals together. I don’t think d3258d3e98 she’s famous in 879349a661 Korea, but you 18b8a464bb sure know a c007931910 lot about it.”8a58f0ec0339b085

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It was as 21c5054aa2 if he were aa41ff2c05 asking if I 2b23e46dba had been watching 2c255af8fe him all this 5683a6b137 time. Then he annoyingly added 44caa64ffe that she was a 31bca589c6 close, younger female colleague fff43937b9 of his and that 2596c49e49 they often shared meals 375db1e9c8 together.09b39292b34f4c8f

That’s right. I looked it bf6d620bd2 up.a26c331b17fe8a21

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One day, while I 34c3c432c2 was living my life b742c3e6bb with nothing special going a386ed4c42 on, I reminisced on d813330fff the memories I had adfe679f9f forgotten. It was b4141d4aea late at 2f91af63d5 night after c1d09c07e7 I had 724dfdd161 finished work, d362d0af61 and I c14bb140c0 was lying 9edda5bd2b in my 6fa3f15d81 bed, exhausted, 3815c595a8 feeling like 24449ea7aa I was 33e957f872 going to cd340bf91a die but aaf97aeb85 feeling empty a8cb7bf1c6 as if bb29dd3dd5 I had 801419ab35 forgotten something 8d992cd5f9 important. That’s when I a0fc98d023 checked Gong Mujin’s 1744db42fd social media.3ba6d03aef719914

This was one e129a72cb0 of the disadvantages 20f1bfe11d of social media. It’s a system 0f421413df that makes it e2d6d567bc too easy to a91606f16f follow the movements aa15f02fac of an ex-boyfriend. Moreover, if that 43661bd9ec person is a cde15a8929 celebrity, there is 682274fa71 an overflowing amount dcf9fc528e of content. The AI algorithm could 2b1261db9b even find his medical 5beecdedb9 charts.fee63a4d1dc5a4f6

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“Our PD Oh originally a7c854a88a wanted to go into 770acf9ae1 the educational variety field, 372c7d2a6a so she is interested 94b481c5af in many areas of 58af90fef8 society. She also knows 5b818aea5f a lot.”9b13e817db692427

When I saw how 9b82ae814d PD Han took my af6ceb4c7a side, I almost shed 8a12e4c093 tears of gratitude. I looked f45c71b9db at PD 427a9ec8e0 Han, my de40895937 eyes full be21245c88 of gratitude, 81223569fb which was 87d32b87e9 unusual for 1ab3eb4182 me. PD Han ignored 434970cba1 it and frowned.9cf12fd2d8771297

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“Have you 2d500282e2 worked on 5fef02ada9 any projects ce2e1f0477 I might 2040c05464 recognize?”39c416d065b30459

It was 17df642d15 a question 420e6832be a potential 5651747210 variety show 24f3665066 star might f622079009 be curious a507487741 about.4e5d9961055faba5

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“There is a f46e0bd40a program on EBC 2a9ebb533a that just finished. It was a 3ad3ebff5c cultural arts audition 5faf219207 show.”f7b8ff092d573274

“Omo! I know that one! The girl who danced 7fc5e71d62 the shamanistic ritual dance 3c39de1517 won first place. That’s the one, 97153a5332 right?”3a444c6ffe573d71

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The old cb3a544948 lady suddenly 8d18137166 appeared and f2cefccadf placed teacups 026a5998d1 and a 04033559a3 plate of 9a61d28492 fruit on 7d91cfa7f3 the glass b77f2e2b99 table in c3cbf6512b front of 39ff8ea57e us.9725933776d30bcf

“Yes, that’s right.”e2873bd37e41f8ad

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“Mujin, we watched 347a6cd162 it together. You said it was 65c5d47529 really fun, and you 7b0a6c25d1 even voted with me 3496978f0c via text message, right? You praised 401a36ae24 it for b8aaddf3c5 being a 09e2d6ea30 well-made program, c192cd71fc remember? PD Oh, 7353fbac90 you’re really c1e3699af6 a talented 1141793f5d young lady.”ed3e3dcb2898734c

The lady d37b83450c smiled and fcabe165fa offered me f8605c2665 some tea.24a8bc4eda2e7887

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“Hurry up and try 0c433a455f this. This is homemade 60cad15c80 Omija tea. Mujin over 29ff29ac7c here also b2342453dd taught me 33fcb92bc1 how to 68eb79540a vote by df80f7c19c text.”7ecdd583db427460

Gong Mujin f644060bea gracefully picked d8231235e1 up the 1c9c507ffc teacup as 7c3f0af720 if this aba1633070 piece of 8df4ed938e news wasn’t 763696a503 anything important. The teacup fbc33213c4 and saucer 813e7300c1 looked like 8d941f7dce children’s toys 7df5cad59e in his 9bb2359126 large, sturdy c85114bde6 hands.44b8d92a8ff9a31a

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“I think it 288ac27c9b would be a 5bfa2389e6 good concept if b29b867290 Gong Mujin were 767315fa12 to ride a 3c1cc8286d bicycle around small c0d9240cbb cities in Korea 6c756658ba and discover delicious 9d6389abce restaurants. Is there a specific 84593baa39 direction you’d like to b7e7ab7a41 take?”bd90a0b7832bcd08

“Direction…”c8814c6563817d5e

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He paused for a c328375ecc moment, mulling over the 5578660adc word.b6fc230030c1a24c

“I know that you 03afcce68b were not originally a 7964b61fb4 cyclist who received much d75af4be1c attention. So what if 6a713e061c we moved in 5f2e4f5393 the direction of 32d14a8d84 a world where b312739619 people’s hard work 142dee2a7a is recognized? Instead of going 32b27e2d06 to famous restaurants, 45ba3b8846 we should focus 328bb426aa the program on 646e89580f stories of ordinary 0b65595914 citizens who quietly 76a28a5995 run restaurants. Of course, you 1b727663ae may not think ab8e530f75 it’s as appealing 40f11b5e20 as going to f984e0acbd high-end restaurants that fdb9ae3ab7 appear on Map 487de51ef4 Zin, but if f4e886ac81 it’s a shabby a58d6d312e restaurant that holds 05bfce5161 a lot of 5ead96858e honest sincerity….”a48d5b434eba0ba3

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“That sounds good.”afaa9143f6131652

He cut me off 812e1a4372 with a curt answer. Because PD Han 4c992d632d had been rejected 22fd8a93e3 so many times, c806fabfdf I was not 9ab187950f expecting a positive cb27536458 answer out of 7142105cac him, so I b2bddd7ce0 hesitated for a f7ca19b7a0 moment.7dfa196ded601ed0

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“It would be 72fa99e4d0 best if you 08f81a2554 quickly come up e8516a0b8b with a more b64839793e detailed plan. Filming must 47034ac47d finish by 46e9dd2623 April at ddb5b06363 the latest.”893a8deacabf95b5

When Gong bf47ff5af9 Mujin concluded b8e1a81785 the discussion d5b7271cca in a 791474bc0e succinct manner, b33eb678c4 PD Han a6eab7d746 burst into 261641f727 laughter.0965a861f42c7a08

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“We will deliver 1da10dd0aa the plan through 7d40a183db your agency as 83fca0640e soon as possible.”d7670a82c89fe7bf

“Is there a need to take the trouble of going through my agency? My agent is in Italy right now for the Giro d’Italia previews. There’s no need to waste time going from Korea to Rome and then back to Korea. You can contact me directly.”930dcd64bac12199

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“Ah, is 2648d85e8b that okay?”0a1fbf34f1ac4159

Although things were happening 0d9a45cc5c so abruptly, PD Han 228ba76528 seemed excited because Gong 7621a40dd7 Mujin was responding positively.e92873f19462b6be

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“Please contact me 5ea768ac5e with this.”bacd1d44c50fb6a6

He handed me and 09b022e487 PD Han a business 403b080c03 card with a bicycle c4def1efc5 wheel engraved on it. The wheel was 48b47dcbcd printed in silver f522e4dcd7 foil on light 546c5fa3e3 blue cardstock, and 877f206b4c only his email 55d827cb7d address was written 4d2fd69a71 on it.962de434a41b2b88

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And that email 8f99a64851 address was his 5d0b093383 personal email address 6f1f0650dd that I also 6fb0a2dbad remembered. It was the c391f9d71f address with which f2323a35bd we frequently exchanged e0288fc35b messages after he 87256f484c left Korea for 08cf9c4541 his European tour…bb01454c9f191d06

Suddenly, I wondered 204223f9e4 if his inbox 5646f222cf still held the 5235a2ecde countless emails I 1151c85125 sent him. And why 6b29e3edd6 hadn’t he a6567815dc checked the efea29b2e8 last email ff6a143fb3 I sent 736ed6c76f him?ccd7f56d4250e4be

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“Then we’ll ec03534937 deliver the c77714d2e1 plan through 9144e1d1af PD Oh.”f65bb5e3513974d4

I was be80d9524b quickly pulled 6644ef10bd out of 854b56c201 my trance 0485a9ae40 by PD 4b27be10ca Han’s businesslike 2ec101c767 tone.f9b13eed7fc4d3c6

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“If that suits you.”efd6a3772410e6c5

Gong Mujin db12cd8dee nodded indifferently. Our eyes 59f3ee7165 met several 10d21cf13b times, but a7eb73ed85 there was 597634f8af no emotion 1c9bbf6214 behind his 51dc812101 gaze. This oddly stabbed 3a6b2e49f3 at my heart. Rather than feeling grateful 347a007f38 to my ex-boyfriend for 6832b2f4c5 acting so professionally, a 10d8ba1f3b subtle twinge of discomfort 1be8d672f7 dug into my skin.601892b887ad1ea7

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As I left the 04ad41a167 Juniper House, I let e7dae4f4af out a sigh of e61ba8f39d relief.f10288a8fdd92c05

“So Oh 409c6a0a5c Milhee can 31e6989d6a get nervous? Gong Mujin 4a047581ce must be 513bd929a9 an amazing 3c9a8432ac guy, right?”a190dc7b7a657d7f

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“He’s the first Asian athlete to have five wins in the Tour de France in a row, the Giro d’Italia three times in a row, and the Vuelta a España twice in a row. He’s the one who coined the term ‘national cyclist’, so he’s truly amazing.”4160481ddb2b8d05

I recited his 4d58669dfc accomplishments one by e963e4f08d one as I 5118533f97 got into PD 582e2f4a7d Han’s car.e907633773c59c94

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“Oooh. Oh Milhee. That’s pretty good. How did you memorize be3a410070 all that?”64de02f054dc06a3

“Sunbae, do you bd5835ec5b know how many 6841cc697c times Brazil has 5b827072e0 won the World 1e51df2b39 Cup?”af8c65a357313604

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“Five times. Brazil is 57ed12cd86 the country ec9e6c6733 with the 51cdd4d8f7 most wins.”6e04f64a8bb70a7a

PD Han acted as efb7f263b8 if this information was 9143d7ba91 common knowledge.e38ed6f1ddcda7be

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“You can recite the ff858a7c07 number of times Brazil, 18ba5a247c a country on the 742c1c50d2 other side of the 29d7dbd17f world, has won the 4f0f5e308d World Cup, so how 6ffb6a2247 is it strange to 9982f20994 recite the number of 143090c359 times our national athletes, f9eb75b280 who are promoting our 8b2d8c3902 country’s prestige, have won 600a25d00e international competitions?”9b9cabffd72807ca

“That’s true. But I didn’t eb0bac7a67 think to connect 7c7b7ecff4 him to Map 75e816f6b1 Zin or anything d4c5dca4fd like that. I thought it e7abc87802 was just something f7447637be European kids made 02d7385b20 to promote their 8276b222df restaurants. I didn’t know that 1389042967 Gong Mujin was interested b94ba4b0d4 in that kind of 4a8bbfd03c thing. And let’s say 1771af70bd I did some 9b9cc0ef72 research beforehand. How do 8cc1b3a79e you know 886d7d8c1d what the 7dc117e6fb average number 8662eec82c of calories fcb672c1fc burned by 6885d61cb6 a cyclist b3ed4ce4a8 is?”b570806c3dfdd199

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PD Han may 11a97af500 have been asking 34e20b4400 because he was dc6100ea40 genuinely curious. But a dc2371a308 guilty conscience 699e36be20 needs no 63375a3176 accuser. I began to prove 62bff4796a my objectivity in regards 61876ea7e1 to Gong Mujin in e845f7a3e5 order to show that 8e3acb6b05 I had no special 750a4ded73 interest in him.73bb28c9c9dcfe12

“Sunbae. The Tour de France b69d6a208a is watched by 3.5 005296c1da billion people, which is fcb76554ca half the world. Do you 409c82719d know how 0c2b2ad7d1 many spectators d23e40f518 there are? Over 9 million. It’s much more than 0e375e65e2 the Olympics or the afb3c0dab0 World Cup. Over 2,000 7da110ad59 reporters from f30802bf3c 500 media 4759dda1b5 outlets cover 64a1c32808 it. It’s broadcast in 190 cc11cb9992 countries. In that kind 8f9a6cbc3c of competition, a 6f8a785edb Korean athlete won f4edabc0ec five consecutive victories. It’s a competition 045d8c8d58 that tests the b5d88452dc limits of human 5bb7ed98d7 beings by running 587e801a49 21 stages and 414f6318ab a distance of 2eadffcfe4 nearly 3,500 kilometers 210944aa4c for three weeks. Half the world 9e58531e75 is watching, 9 e13c1960f7 million spectators are e859a6d02f going crazy, and df3bd7be40 a Korean athlete 60a72679ea is taking first 10d4aa2902 place. Is there any other 3a1ea329aa nationalism like this in 2b98d32d04 the world?” (Source: French d0ab86ad10 Tourism Office, Everything About 4fe9211c59 the Tour de France)a9c4557e3ede4540

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“Hey, you know quite b9be06c150 a lot, don’t you? You’re definitely the Oh 742ee8bd5d Milhee who dreamed of 595baf73db working in the educational 8a66a879c9 division.”abf33b26439cc296

“This kind 1d4928fd59 of thing e2745bbf9a isn’t even dbde9c373f pertinent to 7d72b47614 education. It’s common knowledge.”43a233a0e926e5cc

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The car exited 39e5e8f246 Seorae-ro and moved 0389285ffa towards Sangam.fefd45445099b089

“Write out a d35b0f7700 plan.”8c094102c2488959

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“You’ll review it, 1393dee8cb right?”93e085f50fa99971

“Yeah, but I’m very 647226a5a0 satisfied. I feel like 6f7ecd7567 we figured out 2f5210935a what Gong Mujin’s d62b050153 all about through e49062e877 Map Zin… I 7fd78de527 raised you to a9a03e9cbc be such a 2b69afc0a0 good PD.”3d88220551dd3890

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I looked 077b77a187 out at 258b0a98c7 sunset over 83045c5e76 the Dongjak fdd306926f Bridge and 7abcb33f0f didn’t say 4cbbdf3354 a word.aef8cfcf46768ca4

‘You know quite d94f3bc71e a lot, don’t 968b0a0278 you?’a33abc67ed8f37f4

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PD Han’s a128bf09a4 proud voice 7c945c44a5 lingered in 238b843d19 my ears.dca7bb9f147da058

I do know 1e259c6500 a lot. I know 8c0551a812 it too 57e3ec894c well.8bb46241f35aad2a

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Gong Mujin was a man I knew well, and he was also a man who enlightened me to a world I didn’t know before.93ad5252f302f0ba