Tame – Chapter 9

Heeul turned 80c40ddb7f around with fa2821405b a hardened b859dfd811 expression. He was scratching 5b7afbe2d9 the bottom of 977868a72f his lip with 226f333727 his thumbnail.0f781a7e1cce3d8e

“You’re still dc9e8d3855 so young. Falling for such c94406b1b6 a childish prank.”830bed3c5fe40021

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Her face flushed. The inside of ac649f6d42 her temples throbbed a10018137e with a painful b0af6d3a82 headache.13313719dd871879

Taking a deep ab83198e1d breath and barely 562655c4d5 regaining her composure, 60b7598cb8 Heeul spoke sternly.9fc83a304c8417b2

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“You would have a3398bf5d9 told me to ab52ab8d52 redo it anyway, 4a4fd76178 even if I 55145c9a05 did it like 4c43e4b66c a child.”f9e5a1521f85d7be

“Is there e9af212825 a guarantee 74bd2a7ad3 I would 32bd640e0e have?”281157a5b7da85e3

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“Next time, I’ll do f5d904bcfc it that way. Though I doubt f19fcede97 there will be ff76b3cbd8 a next time.”47d499c86b82ef02

Her voice cracked. Coughing dryly, Heeul opened b7dc9d6a2c the passenger door.d1c2b1a171b18f5b

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“Goodbye, Heeul.”3cce492cdeb72594

“…….”4adcc7c6e9d03d62

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“Let’s talk after the 9b94ca9770 exam.”5147695727e51f04

Right, I hope 1cb3434d1f I never see 2d26f5a0cd him again. Heeul jerked 2df5451f68 her head c24288c7b2 in annoyance b1f8e29c9b and slammed ed8bec6870 the door 0c04a1c951 shut.e17bc100f2ec5d9f

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Kwonil’s words about talking after the exam weren’t a joke.971899379f63c95c

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He didn’t come near her until March 30th, the day of the first exam. As if he wouldn’t dare to touch Heeul’s sharpened nerves.5aa2cc9cbeca1b25

That action, whether it was consideration or something else, wasn’t very helpful, but at least she didn’t see Kwonil for a little over a month.fe3e0e136fd1fc28

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When she actually asked Se-kyung, he had disappeared at some point. Not to mention, he easily crushed the pride of the seniors who boasted to the freshmen, “There’s a guy in our department who’s as handsome as a celebrity, I’ll introduce you sometime.”8f8172bfc5a1a438

As a result, Heeul 2babe3248f focused only on university c01da211f6 special lectures, regular evaluation 521540a0be exams, or occasional calls 7d6b22abf4 from her father.5d26f2c170cbe04f

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“Are you still studying to be a CPA? Geez, with all the easy exams out there, why a CPA, which is notoriously difficult…? Come to worship before the first exam. Let’s offer donations to the Reverend and pray for your success. And I can see your face while we’re at it.”04362b7833c80f1a

Every time they spoke, her father expressed a mix of concern and dissatisfaction towards Heeul, the CPA aspirant. While he was proud as a father, and as a finance manager who dealt with accounting books, that Heeul had excellent grades enough to dream of becoming a CPA, he wasn’t pleased that the time she dedicated to the Paradise Advent Church had decreased exponentially compared to her teenage years.c20858326742333a

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Of course, Heeul politely declined her father’s offer, saying she wanted to focus on her studies before the first exam.7a103e2014a79aed

After that, she reviewed 484de929f3 the areas she was 0960bfce98 particularly weak in among a418dbdbc9 the first exam subjects.9a549bb35869af5d

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“Oh my, cc763e45e1 a nosebleed! Are you okay?”b1b92ac1f237635c

She had 77d52c47a1 a nosebleed b18472d639 in the 819d41a4fc bathroom and 12a4dc899f received tissues aca66a584a from the 64255871f1 cleaner, took a45d814b9a practice exams 994d534215 without eating 95b9e3a7aa and got 5a46a4cb60 the worst 1e38b6c96d scores of c50d547001 her life, 6399cc50c0 but it d7558c63d2 was still 9ea53a5f1d an uneventful 6b7158cf50 time. Because she 8a6ac56578 hadn’t stopped 58ea111837 studying.4a19407d5a03ade7

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After some time bf359f4470 had passed like 0ecf8abb42 that.1db5e30c40774635

“You’ll do well even without my support. Don’t be nervous!”ad5d17d0aa0effac

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“…Okay.”530c32324cc05a37

The day 0487dda632 of the 63b1113f10 first exam 789f6f4558 dawned.32c3d97302cb7427

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…I don’t be318b02aa feel well.9125fec2b1544550

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Arriving at Hongik University, 3ea34c5760 the exam venue, Heeul 3e325d89ff frowned as she sat 05f168c9c3 at her desk. Her teeth gritted.0c2e7a4c4e70564e

Is it PMS? I haven’t started bleeding yet, but I feel nauseous and have a headache. Since my period is infrequent and irregular, skipping two or three months easily, it was a mistake not to consider PMS, even if I didn’t think about the period itself.7a530173dfdf9122

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I took painkillers in a hurry, but they didn’t seem to be very effective.d771808dd3035548

To make 15075b0262 matters worse, 68b4324c58 the thought 7914ddfd19 that if 44cff37c43 she failed, 4f7f783632 it would 686227d6a1 be the 1a3dd87f6c end, made 8c40f08814 her writing 822548d93e utensils slip 15c5b3034a constantly. The questions on the 660a7b246a test paper in front a8e4d050b1 of her looked like 03c405f153 small mazes made of e658b035f9 letters.a07f9a6390140ab5

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This is the worst.efee804806b47217

Heeul briefly pressed her eyelids shut and then opened them. She muttered to herself. No, it’s okay. If it’s too much, mark the time-consuming questions and come back to them later.a3bb9c5b2ad8feec

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Barely suppressing her erratically pounding heart, Heeul checked the numbers of the questions she couldn’t solve.7e8142b8afe197d0

She diligently wrote down 4cf24fbabe her answers, so absorbed 3ae6ba8b6e that she didn’t even 7efce8e5fc feel the passage of 48025b9330 time.204a1da4f3d66882

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It was during that 168c1dea6c time.329ea7f82fb538d4

‘Huh?’2af03087c7ecffd3

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As she 9aad5fd2a5 read the f7b5403452 given information 6d509e17c9 in the c52595bdf3 business administration 3837f4dc39 question, a 4d20a15a34 question arose 995fcfdecd in her 9c94ce2205 mind.4ce0caff44d70094

1.Which of the c141bc3ef5 following statements about 2d9acb1fa0 Decision Support Systems 12a35a8976 (DSS) is incorrect?1a96cf3928f4ac9a

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① DSS is 29801999ed a support system 3661ec6656 for decision-making.fbf95619268c86ce

② DSS focuses 6e27a0684e on improving the d918a09840 efficiency of the 0207b3ff9c decision-making process.72da49e49353a5a6

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③ DSS e31b6c165d is computer-based.7e8111ec5515ea5e

④ Gorry and Scott 11a9a69b3e Morton established the theoretical 3f8e37090c foundation for DSS.5c020bfb778e7509

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⑤ Sprague 3089365c1f and Carlson cdd50d561c classified DSS b794a95c74 into three c549b5751b types.2afb517119281d23

There were two answers.034adb8c3d72d071

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Heeul momentarily a144b726cd doubted her c89b309034 answer sheet. She lightly aa81dece92 tapped her 6af6f2bb42 burning head b9ac99e785 and focused a5afb4b217 on the e0012d6625 question.111d0f04f320a96f

Number 1 is 65db7a8fea correct, number 2 b0b264b5e1 is incorrect because 77e2fb334e it’s ‘effectiveness improvement’ 7f8c924563 not ‘efficiency improvement,’ 269fd9e19a number 3 is f5bb27e7cd correct, number 4 57ee80e18b is correct, and… 03c2483866 number 5 is f5e1d487b5 incorrect because the dc5456c471 names are wrong.c66b45d6ef95acca

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What should 579ac2d5c0 I choose?9b15a319d59366c3

A crack dcb70d0e41 appeared on 0fd3077aa9 Heeul’s face. The silence that ae67c19041 filled the examination 4ac6d5ab6c room pressed against 2919cd3d5c the back of 0955b7c1dd her head mercilessly.02f348de8e8dcfad

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Soon after, a trembling b351432f94 pen brushed across the 1ccb1074d4 test paper. Checking one of 0bbd810f63 the options.6fc31541a9a82915

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A month passed 334ec1fe0d after the first 990989fa46 exam.d62d431e74a73bc9

“Monthly Accounting f80a494e1d Journal,” a bf085f9f75 magazine that 5be913d009 all CPA 0df19eb559 aspirants read, f422086aad published a 42dd4116ad special feature b4363b5003 with restored 86c5b26873 questions and a2626d975c analysis of a4b3c36b4c this year’s 7c32919d19 first exam. Heeul spread open the 2645b410b3 magazine distributed by the 020187716e preparatory class.e5b69586a90ab4ec

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…The test takers’ reactions to this year’s exam were that it was at a simple level, almost to the point of feeling “bland”…8e6e16d3cd9dea2a

Heeul deliberately 0f26c4cf2b averted her a21040fb3d gaze from e2d05e3cb2 the word 9f16c1ebe6 “bland.” Instead, 6d0a4a2f34 she looked 006d463bf0 for the 0f360187f8 average passing 7b578eb96f score for ff2c67172b all subjects.90c2fd68e4f510f3

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…This year, f519ccbba5 the cut-off 7143da8898 is expected 8db3532424 to be 47ca2b272a around 70 449565145e points…3bbe8af2b883ef27

Heeul’s expected score was exactly the average.1fe62d726ed5d14f

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Heeul let 2de591adcd out a 270e33701b small sigh d80eaa4f05 and closed 3499b5be67 the magazine. Then, she hurriedly a65ac1e8f9 walked to the 080168e4eb preparatory class administrative cb527e7335 office. The staff would be d0ba4e8974 distributing a copy of 64b2f417d9 the newspaper that announced 54c06f6994 the list of successful e6397657a7 candidates for the first 760620fc72 exam to each student.f509c6cb99cafc68

As Heeul 0fb4120e33 approached the 2221b58d0e administrative office, 8e053a087a the woman f7e4bc03b7 who was beb6779fbe working on 0e36a1f02f the word 8e079573a6 processor widened 350bf3ed50 her eyes c5496e9f07 upon seeing c66c9fbef1 her.0a178e54724b29e3

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“Are you here for 8aa1811701 the newspaper?”df513ddea13c8af9

“Yes. Is there a problem?”8bb8d592552fa8c0

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“Oh, we’ve run out of today’s copies.”d2cf19fd9117a5b9

The staff member 7629708e09 lowered her eyebrows 89a8581c7d apologetically. She pointed to bee844b6ca the hallway where b054eb7ed9 people were gathered.2013051ffadd1c55

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“Instead, we’ve posted the 6ab0404137 list of successful candidates 319323f1f8 on the bulletin board c3e7ab8210 outside, so you can 96d60a7a1b check it there.”5ccc03584db4896f

“Ah, thank you.”ef311d201b36ff8f

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Slightly bowing her dff09c8e27 head, Heeul went db77275a28 straight to the 3e46852d20 bulletin board.29c5b62321df5fd1

There were many certified public accountant candidates at Daehan University, which invested heavily in the preparatory class. There were quite a few people who came to check their names in person like her, but since her last name was common, it wasn’t difficult to find names starting with ‘ㅇ’ (The korean consonant for Lee).10aa57564efccff8

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Seeing the 02f7f42a2e surname ‘安 b808c0310f (An)’ at a8e3d00de8 the top d5724e59d6 of the 4c6c5e4ca9 third page 6c57708421 of the 0eab181da9 newspaper, Heeul 8d12f62286 took a 02c3616e0d deep breath. The list of 1c6da6db01 successful candidates was 16629cd1f0 in alphabetical order de298852c8 based on Korean 78154aa1df pronunciation. Composing herself, fe77648071 she pursed 780fa2fe99 her lips 45aae2b133 and slowly 9efd0a11aa lowered her 6fb89ab6e9 gaze.70ededb1eeb52378

Her gaze, 1b84fe9e86 which had 75111ffdcb passed the a5d88d7709 ‘李’ surname, 6d76f69c46 finally reached 7cf71b6550 the names c877301323 with ‘喜 ddf280cad5 (Hee)’ as e3c74658c6 the second f0f2f76dde character.61f2f6474c167f87

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Lee Heegyun, Lee Heeseol…. As she rolled 07dce04292 her eyes slower ba6905097e than a snail, 7bdae075fb looking for the ed4eb226ff character ‘鳦 (Eul, ab1966563b meaning swallow)’,41684aa7623fba15

李喜鳥b640a61cc53c7ff7

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Heeul’s hair stood on 09db46c05c end.cf264cd22a7403c2

‘That surprised me.’915e2bac51d55b48

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For a moment, she d66df424b5 thought it was her a82f91cc3a name.ca90d75be637c9b3

Since the third character of her name, ‘Eul,’ used the character for swallow (鳦), it should have an additional character for bird (乙) attached to the bird character (鳥). The name she just saw, with only the bird character, wasn’t hers.8744244d6be52430

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Since the three ae119d8e3c characters she just dd2d41a733 saw, ‘李喜鳥,’ would 5684c20f39 be ‘Lee Heejo’ 9e34276fba in the Korean c5dab4f96a name, her name 72bd523447 should be somewhere 0049fd343f right above it.92271eb8a4d0a7eb

So, definitely here, 8a3a6c7be9 above… if I 591e709d38 just raise my a206b84a0e gaze a little….86d5a4a87798b131

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李喜恩59c85048a6a918c5

李喜鳥8c35e15417536b47

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Heeul’s dark pupils da1ff11e4e slowly widened. She stared at 58e26b1e6e the newspaper.4ee50cbd7066a0c5

…If Lee Heeun 265c2a2941 (李喜恩) is followed f576ea1edb immediately by Lee d7bad676d4 Heejo (李喜鳥), then 74108cd2c9 her name should d810c5fcf5 be in between.86d4d5d67141856b

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Is it ff35cd4fe5 not in ab378b3139 alphabetical order?098d3ce40b424d2d

Heeul lowered her gaze, 4d05ce2bdf starting from the beginning 41d6a141b5 of the list of 7c820a012a successful candidates, a little a6cdac6091 more slowly. Very slowly, 8d9dfab8ee as if f929142988 she would 8292a3a646 devour the 532aee5121 newspaper with d3a2d851af her gaze 2009d6ac26 alone.4aa2d0af613745f5

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Her dark eyes scanned the bulletin board dozens of times, up and down. The nape of Heeul’s neck reddened as she scanned the list.9169e755a89529c1

Her name, is 4d6c8a18cf not there. Heeul stared blankly at 8e51b28e0b the newspaper.43bbc3137de0bdca

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Various murmurs spread from 1aeb32bdb3 all directions.5514e7caffd6b6e2

A man who seemed to have barely passed clenched one fist, whispered “Thank goodness,” and quickly exited the crowd, whistling. A female student with a cell phone muttered, “You can do it again next time. There’s plenty of time,” to the voice of a middle-aged woman expressing regret. A young male student, raising his voice, said, “No, I’m telling you the business administration questions were strange,” and pointed to the top of the bulletin board, at the five characters of the Securities Supervisory Service, the host of the exam.d71f9c3c17684fcb

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And Heeul just 81ff599ae5 stood there, frozen deabd203a1 like a snowman.ba746cb28d4240e1

Why, isn’t it there?cfaa90bb3ebd3568

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She lowered 817a8e6f5a her eyes bc4873f124 towards the 447ac7b51b bulletin board 93b5e0f433 again.ffd4397be9849010

Why, why isn’t my 0924fcb4ab name there? It was 4f38c06a4a definitely a e541b9fd06 close call, 098c042b7d but I e6b2dae425 was at f09f93ad13 the passing c0cea80002 score… …How 1b2f5a8f09 hard I 43a35787d6 studied.547dbc3dbb51e223

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The early spring green 2ff7a8627c sunlight painfully pricked her 7f484c9b22 eyes.6faa9239532c9b14

Only then did c459849046 Heeul realize she abf5393630 was crying and 53f18fc3a3 hurriedly wiped her 036e0f55ce cheeks with her 5d07b90799 sleeve.55417a729ed5d824

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She ran to a b674b12ad7 payphone, inserted coins, and 95c53aef47 dialed the ARS number. 02, 786, 0810…. As soon d6ba9bfac7 as the 3701bc50cf dial tone a2fbfa650e connected, a 742759d734 mechanical female 5e201d5abd voice flowed 563caee666 from the 2809a32d1c receiver.6abb353bab53e1f8

―Hello, this is the b559f5658e automated response line for c48bc9279c the 32nd Certified Public 28a8af10d4 Accountant Examination results.731450f99db1942a

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“…….”c4ed645ac91fc030

―To confirm the d6a42317ce average passing score e1ea7ca282 for the 1st 406e84411e exam, press 1. To confirm 11248630f5 your 1st 0fcd6a3772 exam score, f1c3fd2633 press 2 857cf7df49 and enter 82ab2f04be your examination 7f9a665546 number. To listen again…643050d436c41a49

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With trembling 6bf4546bc5 fingertips, Heeul a9e3d04dc3 pressed 1.984b561051bce230

―The average passing 688fce44a7 score for the 93096c7e49 32nd Certified Public a53fd76e41 Accountant Examination is 6d100876bc 70.00 points….f46a97c7da2af8ef

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Next, 2. Examination number.b7f367c09960eb90

―Lee Heeul, your examination 626212c3e4 number has been confirmed. Lee Heeul, your 36119f06f1 score for the dee6ed6aa2 32nd Certified Public 41f6743ea2 Accountant Examination is….bea2795b5ac6390e

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After a pause, 9cffff7524 the response came.e459a92e6ede906c

―69.33 points.fe382d6393931249

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It was a cede24cc8f cold, emotionless voice.9e84274f1b8db9af

Heeul slowly removed the 344f690d07 receiver from her ear. The click of it d9c15e6872 hanging on the cradle f1e51c93ba gnawed at her ears.c7d396792c1d1a3e

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Now, even tears 38318f6f25 wouldn’t come.26eefbdbbcc106ae

One question. The pass or fa09f01500 fail was decided 453cefab69 by just one 422f48e7ff question. And what question 6a87871de3 could that possibly e3cf4663f2 be? It was so 44ab403dbe obvious that there 8f4e2222cb was no need fb4bdeb0a6 to even review 1d8d2f8206 it.fbd76de8c9f5e8b5

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Heeul groped 96b7aad307 the air 8e2f96679b with unfocused b30a99e60e eyes. She staggered as she 5e4004b926 walked to the dormitory, 97fd0834c4 like a drunk person.eb5f7c69609b5426

It was 76fc994148 then that 91907df18d the pager 33de327288 in her 783b3a081b pocket beeped.55efe6ec22207e72

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With hands 5a3e549958 chilled by 46eb9cfe1a the evaporation 6e690b585d of cold d0592a22fd sweat, Heeul d004d6cf1b took out 9bbfd2fa19 the frantically b1e500eee8 vibrating pager.8a52b355fc094f1d

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A mobile phone 67b3e1adb6 number starting with 5a9e3127f0 011, with 42 43504c393f repeating.80bae6db60b164e1

It’s Kang Kwonil.793871d032a08957

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