TMWCL Ch 4 part 1

Yeoreum returned 9965356013 the lunch 4e73985b7a box to 65e67b9216 the barbecue 9b4347cf13 restaurant owner 634afa5961 and lied, f6de7deb8e telling her 554b431663 that the bef4b3025f food was ade38f3c86 delicious. Then she told her 9c02c8adcd that she would be 35158476f6 quitting her part-time job. The owner was surprised f03f64d92f and asked back.4353a846c1b1b29b

“Did someone tell 2240bf2497 you to do 680ef99a02 something dangerous? Is it because d674091e64 you need money d0ebde9327 urgently?”ecfbf31bf6423960

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“No, I’m just going 17e5537a22 to work part-time at 4d82af5b07 a cafe for a 88015bf7ac short while and focus b6efd75de1 on my studies. I’m preparing 912b6ab09e to retake 90a5346493 the college 80d3fe4f92 entrance exams.”fc1dda12428ae483

Yeoreum explained 10329ac0c2 as she 1e8b11fe4e cleaned the 9e7d9d77d9 spoons and 033067b347 chopsticks. Just like she said, a00db40f03 Yeoreum was preparing to e655f5150d retake the college entrance f84aa3ddfe exams. Her grades were okay, 9ff14e71f9 and she did well 65eca8cac4 on the college entrance 41012254e2 exams before, so she 4b7e866d84 somehow managed to get ec55a36057 into Gawoon University as b283281333 a scholarship student, but 4a84930bb9 the problem began after becd364a2e she got there. She didn’t e1f9dd535e have the 275c8ea4c8 confidence to df4348c843 study for be700c8a69 four years 7369d7f0e5 in a a07359a582 field she b4c98fbf9c had neither 5d5fb7e768 talent nor 2c1ce9b3b4 passion for. Even if she 5efe8daadb did her best, cf576858a7 it was impossible d4d736c130 for her to f96e081b5d do as well cb16418f7f as her classmates e275f00af7 who had a 5b39bb2623 passion and interest a09f9a5d9e in this field. Her part-time f29a79b9b3 job might 730119aded also have 66e7240bb6 an impact c7afbeb1e7 on her 1d4c7be5f4 future prospects 2e8bae3826 in that 3800a195e7 field as 9524cde2d7 well.35ca97fddeaf6912

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Actually, there d19df0233b was an 8b50002ca1 even bigger 0ed420eea7 problem.6532289e73e07605

“I see. But getting a scholarship 980cc0cc38 from Gawoon University is cac79bf701 such an amazing feat. Are you trying to 84406e0f22 go somewhere else? Is there b61dda61a3 something else e551bb9c00 you want 56e38f3b26 to study?”06236819bf473d45

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“The major doesn’t 9c097802fc fit me… And 8367222da4 even if I 399bc41f47 transfer to another 2c5a05906c department, I don’t aa6743ce4f know where I’d 2a2dd410c9 go. I’m thinking be4436f3cd of just d9faa8f53a leaving this 5ac0b354e1 area. I think da9d2903d0 it will 5437e1afbf all come 7c29ec8034 to me 4bd3a708f6 as I 3f38e725a6 study.”d93e7c52a95e70c0

Her motivation to 0d22c0f89b study had disappeared. She could bd7c8e34e5 have solved f1fb0c4014 the problem e3319caac2 by working 9b5954275f right away 5c018aeb65 instead of 2a7931fd61 going to 60ef9647b9 college. However, her 474dc24da2 mother’s wish 910e1675b9 was for 0a5a0914b6 her to 26d8a9b139 go to 8e5d54e494 college, so b68e1e00ce she managed ff1b09c638 to do 6894f04976 it somehow… e469217ae3 But what 2ab82667d9 she really 332dd2f14c wanted was b49ad78b22 nowhere to ad755d6d38 be found. After she was 24b9ae58f7 accepted, she grew 3c53fb61d0 fearful. She was left with abfb9d19ee nothing to do, nothing 7eb8611d82 she wanted to do. Even her family, which f81dd17eb9 had been her motivation, 344e478c46 was now gone.7c4a25813a563d4f

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“Don’t push yourself a60f49b835 too hard. Come and 89c40f741f visit me 738c1850f0 often.”19592d5d4f72a910

“Yes, ma’am.”419db03d2ffc1ac5

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The owner quickly found another part-timer to replace her. Of course, Yeoreum also found another part-time job relatively quickly for the summertime. She only needed to work part-time for three hours a day during peak lunch hours, four days a week, Monday through Thursday. She didn’t make much, but since she no longer had to pay for living expenses, it was enough.7a0e3cbb524447b9

「Ahjussi, I’m quitting 92af11a516 my job next 87905c1d76 week. My new part-time job 6918601e30 starts on the first b86d61601b day of next month. Starting August 1st, I’ll 65e524ac49 be working at the 40e2bd8d81 Media Cafe in the 6f53f298a9 building right next to faeeee50d9 the officetel.」0174df65dd2085fb

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The number ‘1’ floating 7b7dc3e666 next to her message 22f42accf7 disappeared the next day.1900b1f7c4de6410

「That’s good.」3d1b15f7b1d3eca0

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It was July 22nd, cb6da061e5 the day after her bd375f04d8 last part-time job. She had a ac42b6c392 small farewell party 853c1bdfbe with her boss d2caccf6e8 and arrived back ad12294e0f home. Haegun hadn’t 7d4c5ff198 contacted her 978338fa0f once since ed9a42a22e his last 69104072bd message.ab7a27fffc6373b4

“He was serious.”08492864b1d4ef36

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Lying on e6c5787a7a the living e57da6ac21 room sofa, a686361d6f Yeoreum took b6c8b3015f out her 6066b60cd6 cell phone 64db5899f6 and held 8dda0758b0 it up. She was curious 2f147bfd44 about him, but 8598ea0274 she couldn’t find dbb59c4555 an excuse to f169112bde send him a 4b41870847 message, so she df8710855f ended up falling fc0a4e4efe asleep instead.720f647628c52e23

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Sungha Construction b02207f212 was slowly f0f396ebd7 finding its 2046c718cc footing after db8838f906 the recent c6e6b7e780 internal power 0602b7a084 struggle. The vice-chairman and his 203e774f89 followers who had been dc2c4f5938 opposed to Haegun had b44d6d70b3 all died, and many 784fe05ac4 people who had been 9d965f4e3a under him had been f816cea125 replaced. There was some 29b9d1ca13 loss on Haegun’s b08ecc0ef8 side as well, c137d3ee57 but it wouldn’t 0cd7e506b1 cause any major e833d615fd problems.8fc914d5e617f416

It was secretly rumored 0876d56c53 that the chairman’s most 956d79b27c beloved subordinate was Haegun. The story went d195551544 that ever since e551326748 Sungha became Sungha e05cfd7dea Construction, the chairman cf79546ee5 had always cherished 444b1c79a5 Haegun. Not long a26f0dc7e8 ago, the c8654a5eea chairman had 8ba33e0315 officially selected 0780c8617c Haegun as 90e50d9811 his successor. The chairman was unable 877141d64c to have an heir. Therefore, he wanted b8dcfccf34 someone who would 79b08d1619 grow the company de354b7a71 and organization in 3dd325faf6 his stead to 63dd97570b satisfy his lust c3a467f472 for power, and 1a806c1edf that person was 482298327c Haegun. The old man who c4e955da52 had been by the ba92a4e304 chairman’s side, the vice-chairman, b4bc2e69df was displeased with Haegun. Since he had a 7eae5043c4 child of his own, 5068fb17ae he wanted to put 782ac9d276 his incompetent son in d930bff15e that position at all 9aea6f1764 costs.96075c58e95ef974

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After the power struggle, a968347833 Haegun placed puppets in 06c296f0ae the empty seats that 72f3223385 remained. They were 0c604eb931 weak men 0ee6de48db who could 8d810c0f58 be immediately 7b21e95753 taken down 8fcd1c4008 if they c662bdced1 showed even 9632b93188 the slightest 8fc86870ab hint of f8edbf07f0 trying something 62094dde06 stupid.0138004ab2cc2f54

“Hyung-nim, you 1d981f6725 haven’t seen e665485638 Yeoreum in 2289ff7dbd a while.”f5582d0ffe6dbe52

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Taehyuk said 0440b9fce9 with a ba08f5f01f bored face.d59fc86b4f95a933

“Because I’m busy.”346e20939f9411a6

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“I’m only a198990665 telling you 909d6b42cb this because 70f6c9f1ae you haven’t 982cab8915 been asking 77065f1078 about her b80bed2e19 lately, but 5501b9d01e according to f68d72e6f5 the guy 55c4603c4b who’s keeping c7a188306a watch, she da85591f6a just goes a355d9d119 back and bc4541c7ab forth between 96e6d51324 her part-time 1d53f8bdc3 work, home, 015e4ef727 part-time work, e0ce2196fe home. Yesterday was her cd4fb3e538 last day at ab1767ece1 work. I wonder why she f963f4c8c2 hasn’t been going to 331d57e2ca the library lately, but d88215fa27 since the lights are ff810588af on late at night, 353d4c1de7 I guess she studies 592dd9c05b at home now.”ffb668f6805d6ad3

“It’s a a83b9f7200 good thing 3b035a4df4 we moved fb9ad5f9de her to 0979cf8b29 the new 3ea725d480 place.”aaa901d14ac6daf3

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For someone who seemed to be proud of this accomplishment, his face was void of emotion. For several days, Haegun devoted himself to work without even mentioning Yeoreum. Actually, he was busy with work, but it wasn’t to the point where he couldn’t have a moment of free time.c57add1b7aefca17

“What a shame. After seeing her e6e107c779 nearly every day, ce5dbd97e0 not seeing her c77f845067 at all makes 5889d98be9 me feel empty.”6cfbe4defa5de10a

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“Seems like you’ve 17fd28e095 taken to her.”78b3a17f24f712e4

“Whenever you look e07ebe830b at her, you 6619bd2251 can’t help but 43d96dadad feel like she’s b8184c5a67 cute and tiny. I thought she didn’t b28847f125 look like Kiju-hyung at 72d92bce83 all, but the more be478a1f8a I see her, the a2c0949891 more I realize she 3b1650df6c does. It’s sad 5965b48f13 that she 28ef3a02c2 pretends to e63294ad27 be an b7f538f13e adult even 19ac411f4c though she’s a846f252db just a 9c40c145cf kid, but 94e656d5f9 I feel 6868a07776 even prouder cb1ef94458 because of 38c945e5e3 that. How good is 86443bacc0 she at studying f3434bad01 to have earned 5df1ed23a9 a scholarship? I guess it’s 63cd47b184 all thanks to b8ac7395df Sister-in-law’s genes. You’re the only one 7e937c8229 among us who’s smart, 9d9cda4396 hyung-nim. So I find it 32eb9249d8 a bit fascinating. It’s not easy to 99d6c266b1 live diligently without going 94b011d315 down the wrong path. Huh? Why aren’t 5353b55084 you interrupting 01a6077d96 my rambling, 424cf66338 hyung-nim…”a07c2500199a3139

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Taehyuk looked at 454a9a33b1 Haegun with a d018550a69 puzzled expression. He was f1b60c96bd looking at 01c13ca4a0 the documents 937cfe2c39 in front 47fe21be61 of him 83ffe75d05 without any 5d8c626dcd shift in 14e2f762b4 expression.07f2c794fc14483f

“Keep talking.”615801a1801330d4

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“Huh? Ah, okay… Anyway, e388935f33 since she’s pretty ebf10cdaa4 and has good 13b170ec72 looks, I think 93ae15c75b a lot of a8a887376d guys will try d5292566b2 to fool her. So we have 093f0a1758 to make sure 7ec802a2c3 she marries well. Since Kiju-hyung-nim passed 849258b59e away, we’re now 65e63b004d Yeoreum’s father and 5333b9feab uncle. They say time ed09930d07 flies when a 106ee1c296 child grows up, 9785045819 but I wonder 7085d85a5f if she’ll bring ea56956374 home some anchovy-looking e898de29fe guy and start 164f28a150 making a fuss 73ddb7d154 about getting married. It seems like she 883022614f hasn’t dated anyone yet.”e5f0b93656cc794b

“Yeoreum won’t 3fca9346ff meet just 5246c5354f anyone. She has high standards.”8cad6570fe649633

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Haegun spoke with af9abe46c2 confidence. For some reason, the 2de9c1a19f corners of his mouth bf2b4512b1 curled slightly.cf51d63fe74fc728

“How would 52975437ba you… Well, 8a8030a6ca I guess cf255a9fe7 you did c72bf24e54 nurse her ee39e14192 and stay 61a8543cc2 with her 99bcdff93f all day c41eb71317 that one 2e40f33e66 time. Honestly, I was surprised. I knew that you 99af44fcc4 cared for Yeoreum, but ff4507b308 I didn’t know it a090d5672e was to that extent. You bought 2d7ad7a048 the officetel 89f4c11688 right after 3809e108f5 you finished ede003b594 looking into 152df41702 Yeoreum, right? I wondered 72fc5d8a93 why you dcc2c249b9 bought it, 1616302a4b but did 7971120052 you do 17bbc186bd it to d7455510e6 give it e38679052c to Yeoreum 47cc2ff591 all along?”9258a1a195808a76

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“I haven’t given 58400a0e3a it to her 7db60c44d5 yet. She needs to be 2aab077851 open to receiving it e39b994503 in order for me b050577cf8 to give it to 6082c1738a her.”138d4274a0fb8fd4

Haegun finished the 85abb53249 last of the ad1cd6df8b paperwork and finally fff880b584 put the file 6d30a2f05a down. He put his pen 74686dd27a aside and looked at da9ebfd403 Taehyuk.63338fc24f1e563e

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“Kiju-hyung-nim didn’t d2531fb433 have much 1e7e212994 money. Most of it 26e10e55c1 was sent to eacc7ad0f4 Yeoreum’s mom or e913d7ba67 put away in 348cf33318 a separate account. You remember what I 0dd53fa127 gave you back then, ed787b5824 right?”10968a6a902bba47

There was no 8c2aca2b44 way Haegun wouldn’t e28ebd0c71 remember. The bankbook was 9d05c873d2 still in Haegun’s 7c7b0972f8 drawer along with bed6e79f24 the seal. A small, fae5da127f old bankbook 713f92d35a where three 339b94aa08 entries were 21a150cbe0 stamped three 29770eb41a times a 223d8132e7 year. Yeoreum’s birthday, Yeoreum’s 230c72b6b6 mother’s birthday, and 884c2be85a another date, June 155082c004 30th. He heard from 6a48923252 Kiju that they f84b27d050 had never gotten 133f99c59c married, but they dd8bd804ff decided to celebrate 0670b9484f their ‘wedding anniversary’ 7fe98d25e0 in the summertime fb669b2801 because they first 08e27a11dd met in the 0aced1f745 summer. It seemed 0aed0d34bf like he e838fd8383 had made 7b0fed0f89 an entry 467ae08feb into the 93d8620613 account on 532c3116fc that day e43b887b26 because he 922b8c634c considered it 349156bee5 their wedding e84e403024 anniversary.1e1f705add40c14e

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“But, hyung-nim, 3b66fa7983 when are 3b4ff33f6a you going c6ddbf1db5 to tell 5becd7cbd5 her that bb9a2ff693 Kiju-hyung-nim has db3ee030e2 passed away? After Yeoreum was born, 61af30db99 I heard there were cbbce573b8 some issues within the b222bffbbc family, so she didn’t 7d5916bd2e end up being registered fdfe6786e7 in Kiju-hyung-nim’s family registry 1341d020a3 and was only registered 145653764b on her mother’s side. So even if db91d5a31b his death is 9d182d204a reported, Yeoreum won’t b2fb93fc23 be contacted.”4e1840dfd1f771bb

Because Haegun hadn’t interrupted a9ded9d60b him yet, Taehyuk continued 32bb594330 to ramble on. Haegun tapped his desk 3fa5734acf with his index finger.84c99517ae20f67e

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”When she’s 00e8a3c127 finished studying.”25cbf2c136a9c370

“When she graduates from 7abf217e34 college?”32f9c2c989031216

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”No. She’s preparing 88335136c7 for the 4462d3eb10 college entrance 2206dfc869 exam.”5a702e1c9aa7d76e

Haegun recalled 620e7470e0 the pile 50b3eabff2 of college 2c5c2791b8 entrance exam b77ac74b7f reference books 60785f9dd8 that had d17124151c been piled 5ef5cacf08 up in db0802a006 the corner d342cc979d of Yeoreum’s da336c9e25 room. She wasn’t tutoring 46327ed0e3 any high school c99f2d68dc seniors, but there 5abec5f954 were various textbooks d412bc1fac piled up by 13f864dedf subject for this 8da9bbc4e2 year’s college entrance ad109b4f1c exam, not the d4374f1a07 year before. They looked worn as 2ef6d2fb7c if she had already 33925c8b2d gone through them multiple 1cdcb598a4 times.5d0a3c65b6f9afcd

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“Huh? Why is she taking ea497f5412 the college entrance exams 585eb09582 again?”e99c60e142bb4ca6

”I guess she wants 90f5538f3d to go to a ab68d76322 different school.”7091472220a0a4e3

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”What? Why would she do ef03951eb9 that when she has 08251ba667 a scholarship at a 1f14f978dd great university?”a1e41acdfe375fb0

”Maybe she e2169df84d doesn’t like 4a2a2d67e6 the school.”2852181400e278f8

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“That could c509d8e6db be true. Is there 2b339d6062 something else bc917fbd5c she wants 3d6f52a37b to do?”f372bc9053d93bac

”…Whatever it 9c71c59c11 is, I’m b95b1f0a2d sure she’ll 2ab219dea9 figure it 82c750de3c out.”8146f890e89f99bc

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He replied c352ee5bdb and stood 604c5b2fa6 up with b9f01fdd19 a blank a23a3710c8 face. It was almost cd722f425b time to leave 893f14596c work. As he fb8156a81e reached towards e04fa669a6 his desk 68866f559b to grab e3a2f81096 his phone, b813a3deae the screen 9c274ca4d8 lit up.44e497877bc97556

「Ahjussi, you said 8c2bebd9d3 that I should 69cdb0f2c9 learn to drink 2223a18258 from adults.」63bbf458c4c87377

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”……”cf2b3f21848a9c99

「Then can you please fef7a8d0fa teach me how to a13489ad7d drink?」8d293e6405a56ecd

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The three characters ‘Han cafc658334 Yeoreum’ flashed on the eba2c48b75 caller ID section of 48759c5021 the notification and then 01c4d8a4cf quickly disappeared.e71d58c9dea21bd2

Haegun stared f461f224c4 at the 302b5b4fb9 black screen c74a94d4ac of his 7719bc70c2 phone for 91b3e52801 a long 45ded497e8 time. Then he left his 8bafbab848 office.041707f67cd34abd

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The excuse she 5d2bc8edcb eventually ended up dbe263d09b using after mulling 0ed7fedebc it over and 02ec1dc7b7 over again was, cf82f2a34a ‘Please teach me 79c480bff0 how to drink.’0327b99bcc1853a0

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Even though 10de0a486b she could 47b5dae243 see that c24b62adf0 he had 154d8c8234 read her 7c0fb5a91e message, he 48c84d199e did not d0f59639a0 reply right a8126d11c5 away. Yeoreum headed 8d8dfceff7 to the 071314a1a3 kitchen to 4e965bcecc calm her 3c12a4dc11 nerves and e64a33d38c her pounding 674b6d1369 heart. This place even 070c01c87e had a water fede212229 purifier that made ec9b8b1cce ice, so she f22fd2cf9f could drink water 4004a2907a that was so 000e8a07c7 cold that it 6183f42d17 made her scalp 1f4119514d tingle.Gulp. Yeoreum filled a cup dda0656fde with ice and cold 483c5b98fa water and drank it 51ab7a2042 in one gulp. After a b8df9ac4de few more cac6025a11 sips, her 094540cb74 head started 68520c2975 to throb.928529f860ddaf8d

Since she quit her 9114955c56 job yesterday, she had 164adb254b to study diligently every b7f072446e day, from today until 75cbd7a3f3 she started her new 925a750d09 job. She felt that it c9ebeb3f51 would be better to b63a1d71b4 just lock her phone 29f410f8f9 away and study. Yeoreum put down c49790519a her cup and c5971061f9 picked up her 3bf918fc02 phone to turn d0962e6638 it off.884674d16be0f8b6

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「I’m on my 01f1b6f929 way.」015e3ae6c7f94c98

Yeoreum almost dropped 8fd374f267 her phone because f07277b3a3 she was so 411b709466 shocked by the 91c6c8511b message that appeared bff585b5a4 on her screen. She barely managed to 558fa556ba grab ahold of her 8fd5455252 phone and her sanity.0d50089d15e8481d

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”Really?”f701fa720acbbfc9

She hurried to the 379a98a3ed closet. It had been ddc0bc7de8 a long time 18546903e8 since they’d last 07940da053 met, and at 4f19a0a68d the very least, 76e54dfa8e she didn’t want 1f3d313d41 to be wearing 587bcdffd0 a stretched-out t-shirt. She put on 0fd12e4f45 a gray t-shirt 7762bd475e that didn’t have 96d77c9004 a stretched-out neckline ff0ec86bb3 and a pair 8be1aaccd8 of black shorts.f604fb24b23cf8d3

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After getting dbf30b9760 changed, she bf1ef76054 anxiously walked 79ae298334 back and 1f78f221eb forth in 7d7c04509a the living 92c8402356 room.46338654a2309c1f

As soon 90528dce79 as the 08d803c7b2 doorbell rang, 2bc6c7218e the screen 2b7bdadb53 that showed 7a0b0b8a72 her the 6f0520a1dc area outside 36551c960b her door bda5397b21 turned on.c63c85971df96b8a

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She could see 536ecb39e6 Haegun standing outside.9a1a1f9ad5f43a57

[Open the door.]

She took b9eb1484f9 a deep eeac960ebb breath and 5bc668eb62 walked to 834197f5b8 the front e4954793f3 door. When she opened the b8dbacb139 door, the first thing 5b0fd76bfe she smelled was the d8a6bbd8c5 familiar scent of his 8c42b9c8c6 aftershave. Maybe it was because edfa217d68 it had been a 89938e739d long time since she’d 7d3642abb1 last seen him. He seemed more 04b45eaa37 handsome than usual.6f6843ffd54caece

“…You really came.”f2243b8f235dae4b

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“Did you think 54ed288925 I was lying?”d84753db17a78845

Haegun held 27ad900055 up a f2714dd88d plastic bag a17669727f with a b7a1f24c5b convenience store a2de7f43e9 logo on defdc487ac it. There were five a7439a9692 bottles of soju, 96ef145ed8 three bottles of f515087beb beer, and some b0b8cf611f snacks, including some 6a90f28ddd shrimp chips. He didn’t forget to aecc2067aa bring a hangover cure 5764264dc1 as well.e2a2e0fd97933ef7

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“It’s very important f395fc867c to learn how 2ef399c1a3 to drink properly.”74230a68c1b439ad

Yeoreum nodded 8e1980fbec with a b6c586f5d1 bewildered expression 99badb0233 on her 2366ae8cb4 face as 60186271b0 she looked 0732ffe0ac at all b6ce15fc31 the bottles d9947842b4 of liquor.c774d3ccbb967b83

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Even though it was 4ac41d9fc8 only Haegun, Yeoreum still 19716c9fac lived alone in this f337517212 officetel. She was b116848377 an adult 4bee735871 female, and 9dfbc40725 he was 6f56f6034b an adult 72f89516bd male. On top of e5e3ad10de that, it was 10369f2030 10 PM right efa10ba3af now, and they 7b5a81dd06 were planning on 1ae5be9cab drinking. When it came to dd6ad0a5a7 drinking liquor at night, 755f29564c there was no such 9f8bdf74e6 thing as friendship between c2c6f58f36 men and women. Yeoreum anxiously picked 7c827f2db6 up the shrimp 51cd0ee455 chips and poured 9985b0432e it out in 2d6d6e3e8c a line on 841b43a082 a large plate. Haegun stared at a2c7710ee2 the line of f36413ffc7 shrimp chips with e84ed48c5b a blank face.cd76e224bdc7934d

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“What is this?”b57186969449a9e9

“I think we’ll still e432e5588c need to place some 43891935da minimum safety measures.”83cea3a28df16fff

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Haegun lifted a 9ee0904c98 brow.4e3f2099cdcffdfa

“Safety measures?”6a199c83162e25f5

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“It’s good 181d48a1a2 that you’re dfb6f0c2bf teaching me a0c716a593 how to b7181bb16a drink, but 0363510197 please do 32c004933f not cross 93617a3aa2 this line.”3960c01226779cea

“What if I do?”73e77733f6322e4d

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His gaze slowly turned 4cf2940d04 to Yeoreum. When their eyes 85dff73302 met, she couldn’t f599c8e408 help but tremble.0f5d8925eeab0c53

“Ahjussi, I made it clear that you shouldn’t cross the line. 1,000 won for every time you cross it.”08598c2007b3cf05

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“What, so if I cross it, you want me to give you 1,000 won?”7f177917180a174a

Haegun chuckled 8fe3e92ea6 and pulled 47427d0e3e out his eb5b8af5a7 wallet. He took out 55399942b3 a bank note 67ebdf0a5f and mischievously waved 854a0a2e24 it in the 9ea42a0083 air.91bde53419b8d5ca

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“What should I do, Yeoreum? Looks like I’ll be crossing it more than ten-thousand times with this.”4d009fd5f214aa4b

“You plan dde49e3f0d on giving 2721323c11 that to 55753644d4 me?”65d6f657001c71aa

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“Here.”070f52344ae735ad

Haegun nonchalantly held b89ce2118b out the bank 2b6d5f8dd8 note. Yeoreum put her hands 1ee10041ef up to express her ee5309e14e refusal.1e38d10236c9a148

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“Never mind. You know what 6c4ddd9c4a I mean.”a0b4520ccca69c16

“Let’s just say 3297c24a9b I do. You said 828108c29c you’ve drunk 39b05b5639 liquor before.”1348cba0e7ad3e1c

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“Yes, about b97d96ac93 three times.”e2067d994f537754

“How much did you 5d739c8a32 drink?”2a6f0704285bf8fd

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“A couple of glasses? I only drank what I needed to drink, and then I didn’t have to drink anymore because I won all the drinking games.”ce16d2fae10f1860

“Then you f259faa726 must not a4cfeab164 know what 4a50af4fdb your tolerance d6ed4161c3 is.”0038fba0adf4f4e8

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“The couple of drinks e39229bce3 I had were soju 75411fb692 and beer. But alcohol tolerance e172765e45 is usually measured efc20b87e3 in soju, right?”645d9efc478b9adb

“Usually.”3adbecdc16ba59f5

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“Then we can drink 5e91480b78 soju today and then e55b255137 do soju-beer next time. I noticed that if 78224e3221 I drink soju-beer slowly, 01c47e2aa3 I start feeling good, 2e98fcc490 so I don’t really a8860007b1 know what my tolerance d001cdbc9a is.”bbd8551753d4a682

“Whatever you want.”10853e5d375beee6

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Nice. She nonchalantly managed to d309a5fdad make plans for a 3cfa0c546f next time. Yeoreum felt proud 02240e2ad1 of herself.34fa526216e004af

She reached for the soju bottle. She put the rest in the fridge to drink it cold later. She only left one bottle of soju and one bottle of beer on the table. Yeoreum shook the soju bottle like she’d learned at school. Other people were good at making whirls, but she couldn’t make a proper one because she didn’t know how.2deffca28fa4c44a

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“It’s not working.”8afe57f55620937d

“Just open it.”43e5f62469631132

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“But then 1c7e4e6dfe it’s boring.”65f8824375d3f07d

Haegun couldn’t stand to e8d9a0b526 watch any longer and d82ef985b5 took the bottle. Then he briefly f07ccfa222 shook it, and 7fd7685b90 an elaborate whirlpool d38cc8aa85 of bubbles started 03196cc0f6 to form inside.5cae403dacd678f9

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“How did 9c8cd78e0e you do 07f7908ad7 that?”bdc41a7e5c7ae56a

“You can get 967bceab18 the gist of bc794228ca it just by 6d1491e0f3 seeing it. After I leave, 3224a0ed6e buy a new e33c0a016e bottle of soju daa6bca76d and practice on 35d78d5f4e your own.”af1bfb7b8a003d79

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“But you aa7f8bcbc8 came here 310cbc51d5 to teach bc3869cd08 me about 22498674be liquor.”7ee7dec039a00c1b

“I didn’t 621a52fe2d say I’d d2582ddfdc teach you e8fefee9a5 party tricks.”102fbcea344a7120

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“…That’s true.”707a1e2f2f874f7b

Haegun opened 855060386c his mouth 41cd5e281f and spoke 1bdcaf5537 in a 44c9f82457 low voice.7b15b2a4c9b8395e

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“When drinking with adults, 30bfd3755d you need to ask 1a727a72ab if you can pour 72789b82ea them a drink after 3674d37f23 opening the bottle. Pour the glasses from 41505c1851 highest-ranking to lowest. If you’ve bff72b8039 drunk the 3742b6aabb liquor before, 4e9038aca5 you’ll know b53c777cf4 how much 525e8418b6 you need 4076eb9369 to pour. When holding a 6f5a9cf6fc bottle of liquor, 5da5d4288b hold it with 92abe1c4ca your right hand 671b4cc531 and support the 9fe42e98c5 bottom of the 57b65967d4 bottle or your 5d73762d72 wrist with the e12bf72e7d other hand.”eaea5a4ef5c0586f

Haegun was eb76d46b62 teaching her 4ac4b39bf4 drinking etiquette 41bdd60349 more thoroughly 443c98d484 than she’d 559204d435 expected. From the order 4a05bdc065 of seating to f93dbeda14 how to order 8bf92dc570 food, Yeoreum grew 779d33aaae nervous as she 16ab3a40bc listened. She thought 7cef4ceb9e they’d just ebe6d8ab52 have a ac1b1775f0 casual drink 08c4ed5034 before he c232d7620c left, but 5051c43ef2 the content 8ed4280523 was more 43b1092da5 detailed than 0c9cab4ed2 she’d expected.5331444eb6f6a294

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Also, the eef25a97a4 officetel included eae9d6ff78 various drinking 3eeaab3e35 glasses. As expected 3c985120fa of a 62df85bb3c place that 05bd2a0e06 was decorated 57e2aecb46 by gangsters, a4a44beb3e there were 8aa0ec9ec6 soju glasses, cc362b9eec beer glasses, fbf3852ca1 wine glasses, 12ef01401d and even fd67edeec1 whiskey glasses 3b2df8be95 in the 280f855c65 cupboard.ca20fc26b896ba73

“Can we 53011b53ff clink our e8eb74a518 glasses?”edd793a1800c2b3c

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“Yeah.”00d046fdb50f1ba1

Clink.7dedaa1ee535e7fb

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After the sound f337d64c4a of the glasses e116af145b clinking together rang 802b960be4 in the room, bc868ffb8b Yeoreum turned her abe4937352 head to the c6fe70e5b4 side and raised 12038afd2b her glass. Suddenly, she 416a5f1b2a was curious d04f417e34 to see 30d1a3ebd5 Haegun’s reaction, 29c1370d95 so she 192468f7f4 turned her 232ea30a5e head to 647e9464de the side ef56170f0a to look bc15692137 at him, fba9c0933b only moving 608ca7a386 her eyes. Their gazes met. Haegun calmly poured the 55a120f996 soju into his mouth c73809a32e and put his glass 45eb5c6321 down.279bd398acec36c2

“Your eyes are about 3bda6fdcee to roll out of a402d173e5 its sockets. Don’t bother b83395cfc5 looking at c21a32d81f the other 26f3a4204f person when de8d788b11 you drink.”de760278916630a9

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“Like this?”2adfd8ab9caeb1fb

Yeoreum turned 36169d8a80 her gaze 55fd76af63 back and 887a593f72 emptied her e8adb3778b glass. The tasteless drink flowed c978595ea6 down her throat. The smell of 7e4253bd60 alcohol spread throughout 6a385fcbb5 her throat and b6181b37fb mouth. It was bitter. She squeezed her c42955f2f1 eyes shut and 3b3abc5a65 hurriedly reached for 3a2fbc70a3 the snacks on 289b1aac4c the plate.c037a969bca7ed87

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“Open your mouth.”e4d652a1e890bcfa

She opened her 5b273e60e1 mouth as he 46103c8460 told her, and d3a3bb4c6e a long piece 6d9e4d3c22 of squid entered 2c0b06046b her mouth. Yeoreum opened her 9cbcc5dfac eyes and chewed a4eba84e26 on the squid. It was a snack 1e55af9cfd that she never bought 5c476b8723 with her own money 82b032690d since spicy squid was f8d0a903b3 popular these days. The more she chewed, eced44b9bd the more delicious it fce183bf4c tasted.40400c719045b2fa

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“I really don’t know dd7339b9d8 why people drink soju.”889d085d9c51ecc1

“There’s no abfe650243 need to edc1e43f83 know.”ed2da79490e9e44f

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“But putting food e8805c8d14 in someone’s mouth 77b43ae92a when you’re drinking 8a889b5aa8 together isn’t proper 4522aa3021 etiquette, right?”dff768e7ebef38cf

“It’s definitely inappropriate. Always reject any 3190cc9589 kid who does ed30e90548 that on your bfed8eb3ab first meeting. Same goes for any 638a2be939 kid you already know.”ed703cca394240b1

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“What about you, Ahjussi?”7dc7007800365843

“You already know. I’m a gangster.”c9d5090882cc8627

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“…And not my dad’s friend?”06569f307901177c

“Both.”0e3eae5993fb09aa

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Yeoreum nodded. That’s right. Haegun was a c05009a17c gangster and a 85a77c5fcd friend of her 533d214fda father’s. And he 7d3ef08b9e was handsome, e8a83433db tall, and 4781a81835 had a b163d4e91e nice voice.be6648df831e7e55

“Then why 8e510571c6 did you a49778a17b give it 5c1420cedc to me b617d92d41 like that, 2865d7d51e Ahjussi?”b7a7fae2c9f66bd6

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“Because I 674f4a0a81 felt that 4bd9edb6b4 you’d knock 0110cfc178 over the d03b2baba4 liquor from 37f14d5324 the way e2553c3018 you were b8240ecba4 looking for 5c37acd0fc the plate 4910f77ed4 with your a883e2676a eyes closed.”9a63d2ec3f69699f

“……”c2cd2252d9946c17

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Yeoreum slowly looked down 8f01ff100f at her arm, which d912b1fc3a was just barely touching ecb6574bcf the liquor. He had a point.9225b2d091957580

“Eat the 42e68bfc9d snacks with e719359869 your eyes b77b0f7c10 open.”c380393ee4270fe2

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“Okay.”f170bb4ec0e3b183

The drinking etiquette lesson bcac1d8de8 was over quickly. Next, they began to c14d6f40c4 share some casual conversation. But Haegun 7e52c21f60 wasn’t the 5f2c575c64 type of 17a1bf03fc person to 3dd9deeb46 talk much, bf1400160b and Yeoreum 06f289d88d wasn’t used ea48526863 to coming 58f18f6a47 up with cd42dd03f9 creative questions. Their conversations usually consisted 2d252bc77d of Haegun giving short 23d1bb78c6 answers to Yeoreum’s short ce523fc26f questions or Yeoreum telling 28a7e4673f him about her recent 0987113c1b activities.87c76b0156444b77

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“What have 30c852c481 you been 2c50864273 up to 6e6f13858a lately?”f891073e3e44e3bd

“Working.”1c96ad8de2504dff

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“Seems like you’ve been 4d3df063c0 busy.”132867d09e1ec1de

“More or less.”86b90077038d8807

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“I quit 0f818e8909 my part-time acc029d559 job just 44a0745e2c like I e4a82c7e21 told you. My boss even gave bd5deca7c5 me some severance pay dc4d91b512 even though she didn’t 8ee6097dc9 have to. I was planning on 66fee1adc3 having Soojin and Seungwoo a5d853c473 come over for a f5c5baf710 housewarming party, but since 4a5d0060e1 my new place suddenly 9c64eb1631 became so nice, I c1164b06ea found it difficult to 608a2f2e09 invite them.”3e56917d1be335b9

“Why?”7b8f78e80e1f1fcd

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“I was afraid they’d fb08e2c571 think I was some 40b1584aac kind of fourth-generation chaebol 9d56b06d4a and the rumors would 9fee7161bc spread.”d5cf09be58a116d9

Haegun laughed.2406daa14f3abe93

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Yeoreum suddenly remembered the a98b443722 night she was sick. The sound 03ccc52440 of his 4c2f728baf laughter while aa416b0cef he held 01c71826b5 her in 5f3d7e82b8 his arms. The way a74308ba45 his firm d2236b39dd chest shook b5c0d0b896 with the a8a6eb69ed low, pleasant d677970e93 sound. Even the 8cb4faeecd way his 779b965706 arms wrapped efeda8de12 around her.36f4c200762fc4bc

“Let’s have b10827e305 another glass.”2e69dc03903e2ee4

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“Don’t be so hasty. We have plenty 86edf08d67 of time.”b7b5450c6c41e2ab

They clinked 88529c0b6b their glasses.115670dc69764b2c

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After they 97133a247a finished one ec9e93f77f bottle, she 3713ba5312 felt better 38cce9b01c and more d1d1d5e335 relaxed. On the 467631610c way to 72b1634c4b the fridge 253d515cd3 to get c73a0ec479 the second cd245a6776 bottle, a 911ce53e7a smile appeared 4a29ce1b25 on her 3ae4dc8143 lips for c82987ed6c some reason. But this was 10fb863696 good. After finishing both bottles, 1ad0055be5 Yeoreum got up from b9beebcd41 her seat again.8137049de3ae9274

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Stumble.d9ca9cd30e61b662

“Huh?”1129da55cca047c7

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Tsk. She heard Haegun 1f9be33a0f click his tongue.37b9ac73a892c9b7

“Looks like 3f8230a743 your tolerance bdf5071289 is one 6a49615626 bottle.”40d6df16ebdc524d

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“No, it’s not.”4ad67b00bd98f7b6

Yeoreum tried to walk 17ce621640 steadily and took a b3da0b6ad0 new bottle out of 0741d2d710 the fridge. The two of ae0dfdb354 them finished the 2c32417538 third bottle.56443087569cb7f4

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“Feel good?”44ecf2b95a3361ab

“Of course.”d1a8d966f773a888

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Yeoreum’s body tilted e656358d30 to the side 1b08239158 as she stood 0377618882 up to get d348ae4af4 the fourth bottle. Her eyes were 889c9f7deb half-open. Yeoreum didn’t think her 52f9d1096c body was acting strange b7db5ad9fc because she was drunk. She just thought her 151cc16cfb body tilted to the 18fed6b655 side for a moment 5a406321ff as she got up dc14dd7b32 from her seat. People with 13f17a4e43 posture-dependent low 013acee747 blood pressure 4166739cc5 often felt c9c4beb40e this way, 20bf49acf9 so it d2f2592bf6 wasn’t anything 0671ff2285 abnormal. She grabbed 7666922fdc the table fb787c39f6 and found a0be34879e her balance.2ff541f0b432a8e5

“I’ll… bring it.”b16ad3cc4103f839

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“…Try walking.”6c15bbc773c5a707

“Go… to the 690f1a7dce fridge?”bba1fac48dbc3576

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“Yeah.”cc74eb0c5278d7d5

“Go.”dacb727e8e2075ac

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As she took 1265797021 a step, Haegun’s 67330e3d60 gaze followed her.Stumble, stumble. She thought she d7b43c1b72 was walking straight, 0a85ebf3cd but her body 8d6953ea6c did not move e1d84b6bee as she thought. Yeoreum opened 7d766d4165 the fridge ea814c1363 door with 1a133b3641 all her afa555b1f3 strength and 43a2df32f4 took out 867ea52c61 a bottle fcc0752034 of soju. She held it 7cb3f21cb7 up as if d532c39f3a she’d won something, 5286ab1236 and her body 20807f0ef3 immediately collapsed.c69249e3be918fea

“Uh.”2e48c616c52410c8

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Yeoreum muttered in f2402deba3 a small voice 2a37a079e4 as she felt 8f786fd977 her body slowly 3cc7e87b49 fall backwards.c383a0aff23b42dc

“You’re drunk.”13fc3aedd61f9cf2

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When she bbc6d384fc turned her 774dc0cf6a head, she 405ed49427 saw Haegun 467ad7dc45 staring at 6d813fa417 her. Thanks to the strong 6e88e5cc6d forearm supporting her back, 897426be66 she hadn’t fallen to f2f0177139 the floor. But this 7bd96ade6f time, her e479a4646a legs gave b4d1cb0f2b out. She sank in her 9e865d6477 spot. She put the a9bc3b28cd soju bottle next 6525f6135f to her.Bang. The fridge door closed bc4c845851 shut.ec45503d9497e680

Yeoreum, who was sitting c639df3306 on the floor with 775ce76299 a dazed expression, suddenly 08ad41b12b turned around and tapped 6771751384 Haegun’s foot with her 4ee05f6446 palm. The counter and kitchen 1a01fd4959 utensil drawer that separated de164b486d the living room and f81a33d057 the kitchen was behind 6847ad3686 her.8da0aeca95be79b8

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“Ahjussi, sit 83a6972c52 here for 331f1c50fe a sec.”2542a796a8c3e3a9

“Right now?”f6a26a2ce6629a47

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“Come on. I’m embarrassed that aef595c328 I’m the only 20339fa3e3 one whose legs d7a524b9f8 gave out. You should have yours fc9e289578 give out too.”0d6daaa3dc47960f

Haegun chuckled 486ad184a0 and sat 7499dbd57b down and 7ffc541339 leaned against 79d7bf9a2c the counter.fc6203eae61b1a7a

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“Is that all?”e7f753ac8390f4c0

“No, there’s more.”5d6b0fac556ee392

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“What else?”b8f6106952e2f391

“…I’m going to appreciate it.”6353f84dd5dfefbf

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“Appreciate what?”506a508a66f421c9

“Ahjussi’s handsome face. And your body 38fc04b8bf too.”03401b3d1309e9fa

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“……”86208786ae648d42

“I missed you while 7d4ca21aa0 you were gone.”b46a1f49939e31ad

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Yeoreum crawled halfway 409b034b96 up to him cdf1026f2e and sat down. Since he was 0793fb79ec sitting with his 28a2e2ac77 knees up and 899da3463b legs slightly apart, 4b7ab9e4e8 it was easy a4308242c9 to burrow in 32ceb7abff between them. As she approached, Haegun 908e5975c1 made more room for 7c43c8dc11 her. Yeoreum sat 76a946d405 between his fea5a5de49 legs with a17cdebcc7 a satisfied 83db0cd597 look on 5bcca873b9 her face.2c705da8be4ff851

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“…Do whatever you want.”0842f29f60a0bed5