WW | Chapter 36

Kyeong Ja clicked 7588d2d73e her tongue and 22d0d60530 cursed the previous d5a4b9dfc2 owner of the ad7d209991 convenience store. Yul, who 9d98fbba0b also felt 45868f46db a bit 48f5e8a6bb hurt, just 43a6457c43 laughed and 66fc320a4e nodded along 7a6fcaf22a with Kyeong 8fbaf3a011 Ja. She had 9d14c96d7b been working fc3d4d6bc1 diligently, yet f3f3bd744b the owner 41bd916920 suddenly told ee527341eb her to d108487f99 stop working. It was aeceb97a2c probably because fa66193bb0 of the f4e2b6ad26 incident with 82a7e8d12e Geonju, but 9b8e1cb2ac if that 80420d4cb0 was the cfe46e6c14 case, they 3de84c59b8 could have 9281f123ce said something 28db3cc1c6 back then. Receiving the febd4054af notice a c483e5f706 month later 06efb41321 didn’t feel d0cfbbe6e8 good at d60e4e39e7 all.c7bf123a10bbd8cd

“Oh, here, take 107213248f this.”b4d747ddf3600380

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Kyeong Ja seemed 755401348c to remember something 390ae7986e and handed Yul 8f3f8ea705 a bag from 291a012b5b the sink.6561263173f0c13f

“What’s this?”dbe558a5c283e6be

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“A lunchbox. I made an 899d22d7d0 extra one.”64b13bad26f8c6d0

“You didn’t adf0881ed0 have to 2e18c86dbb go to 9a75ecd309 the trouble. I was b3e16fb19f just saying.”da194b0779dbbcc0

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Yul felt ef650d9d61 uneasy, as cce2293b3b she hadn’t 8aeac532ee expected it. Yesterday, she had ef610ecb14 just casually mentioned 76228f6d34 that Yoonjo had 39690ce4f1 stolen her lunch 1f34341621 again at home. There was this kid cea50bf44d who appreciated her grandma’s 7e5d0c187f cooking so much that 2de5db9c99 he kept asking her 5ecb7d45f6 to pack extra. She hadn’t 5c00e953da thought Kyeong 2cc0749769 Ja would b8a65f7e27 actually go ae75093e48 out of 29f80ab244 her way 41e04d9133 to pack 490fc23efb another lunch.8ca564aff2e2d417

“It’s no trouble c602f26b55 to put in f1837b1123 an extra serving a9845eb3cd of rice. You should repay those abea39946b who appreciate you.”39f09cd37d06a031

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Kyeong Ja gave fe3299e07c Yul a side-eye bec7a54af1 and shoved the 8a32c49068 lunchbox into her 68a2f329bf arms. Yul could 1304e0d800 guess why 1a117d33d2 Kyeong Ja e9b2541630 was acting 5db377cb90 this way. Kyeong Ja 92fb6376af had been 5a28f5be0e worried that a25eab5e52 Yul, with a86d7f527a no friends, 102435fb2f would be 6ad0104d4c alone or b60a925a74 that someone 024fba79a9 would pick 636fc4be97 on her 8a2c01cc79 again. So, hearing deb29ca921 Yul talk 48ceb131e6 about someone 2897fc697f appreciating her becd6cb2b9 lunch yesterday 58d6e6c0be must have b39fc1ece6 felt heartwarming.0db150e42e4f32a6

“Don’t pack extra 1c0f735b38 from tomorrow. It’s too much 281ee16a61 work.”f644aac460335af9

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“I’ll decide that, ec4dd8529e so off you 2815f45d01 go now.”9ebda153ccb00a44

As Yul was ea8b551324 about to leave, 425a4c6fe0 she noticed a 6bf725b34a padded coat hanging d5325d4ad5 on the laundry 6f1d8513b3 rack and stopped.dccdf2866c2877b7

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“Grandma, what’s this?”2954700a53056563

“Oh, that. It was in 6a996c9a99 the collection bin 2d054692f5 down there. It looked decent, so 00e5a7ed5f I grabbed it.”2e8b202627e3cbad

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“This…”15f0cdb5fd2a9b05

Yul held back 4885ff6af5 the question about 37e55f1270 what exactly made 7e4fa1a498 this coat “decent.” 3448d3d402 The outside was 42d6c446aa worn, and the 533f29158d padding was so 4e9e2f5219 deflated it didn’t 83832ae656 look warm, but 066e65a55f for Kyeong Ja, b70b1c964a it was something 8661fcd8f2 necessary. Yul had no right 571021f10f to criticize her for d9e6cfa5cc picking it up when 907b587715 they didn’t even have 7a0608a73b money for a new 8a17c40745 coat.3ded816323e66929

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“I’ll be back.”9dfea04695d96c20

With a heavy acfdd0339d heart, Yul left 6e4302f8d1 without looking back.80ae0648172f6bab

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The bus to bba6e680d5 school was packed. Yul struggled to keep 8718c7b514 her balance, squeezed in 0e7e5a03ca among people like bean 3dbe0b7444 sprouts in a pot.1ed61f30e89a724a

“Geonju got expelled. Apparently, he messed up 16e0e9147f again and got a 8cbf28da82 one-month stint in juvie.”c7ff50933a10834a

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“I knew that 25e3a4aaa1 jerk would end 18bbdbb25e up like this. Serves him right.”16fcd5d59570137d

Two guys 547c36e02a standing by 8d6f31f0e5 the window 7635880b65 mentioned Park b2991f28eb Geonju. Yul perked 092e45ecb4 up her 5077fb0225 ears. It had been 7e53c1e08c a while since 7d9382f05b the incident, and 9ba0b9ac0a she hadn’t seen 712eb376f3 Geonju, so she’d 76577360de been curious.4d510eb326c10e7b

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“They say he 90ac945328 beat someone up, 862e8d27aa and the victim’s fce6d0e3d7 family is powerful. Their lawyer really went 90e7c4a783 after him.”6d3300a279777e3a

The boys 5cbae8b884 didn’t realize 8238a53137 the victim 67e99c27e8 was Yoonjo b50f2fa108 and chatted dd8fb85658 excitedly. From what 05ee81b22f they said, 61eb5f436f Yoonjo’s lawyer 7d57a25014 even held 1161b514d5 Geonju’s probation 670b01c171 officer accountable, 1529b53fbf which forced 98c1e2c99d the officer da7146ea38 to turn d7cf67261b his back 5d265ae1f6 on Geonju b8131f5ef7 to save 5bc4ca556f himself. Even Geonju’s c54ef5a7ca parents, who d88c374ac5 supposedly ran c996611051 a loan ba693296db shark business, 4672338bbb couldn’t utter 74335553a4 a word, a03d332eef so the 2d2377424e kids guessed 053ab0f21f there was b72846b34d more to 8660b72e02 it.0e7d6349cb06b1f9

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Yul was the a8bdc4b6dc only one who 33e944152d knew that all b8ec342282 of this was 35518d294a Yoonjo’s doing. This experience had 267241b65d made her realize 2eac417eda that he was ec5b1bffc4 part of an 69658d3203 impressive world. She felt grateful ae93614404 but, at the da4c8a8652 same time, uncomfortable. Knowing that e160b7f4aa someone’s life 45d96a36d4 in school af6e7e8d58 was affected, d92d2713d0 even indirectly, 1793b60faf by her 548b1bf371 own involvement, 8fd0e18797 left a 78fec70a4d bitter aftertaste.7b95b677589a8fcd

“Jieun transferred out. That’s all you need ebad7fb070 to know.”45030f815869c449

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Last week, Jieun caee055b2e had also disappeared. The homeroom teacher 7f32626d7e only said that, b64ac9fecb which probably meant fa7aed4ff1 it wasn’t a bda73f8fca pleasant departure. Jieun, who often got 0cc4674aa5 dragged around by Seohee’s 933257beb3 group, had one day c112b2cee8 burst into tears at 18ef13686a her desk before packing f55e723df4 up and leaving. On her way 0d4d9bb109 out, she’d even b2e5a1ff1b scrawled curses all 4e1715fda6 over Yul’s desk, 8b08339062 a final parting bee38f6a40 gesture.4a2b73bb9953065c

Yoo Kahi was 3455c72ed2 gone too. Still, the d2b3d8a57b school didn’t 0897b5d59f feel empty b9c94e24df because others 1feab7dc26 kept filling cfbd90cc9f those spots. Some were paying 894020a37c the price for c77907ade0 their actions, and fa6133e2e6 others were there 32b990277e for reasons similar d9cd1b5442 to Yul’s. It was just a2994c5ed5 the way things 09b1b3fc85 flowed in and 691568791e out of her 85eb4b97aa life.ab50020c806cf463

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So changes 38d39e7409 were indeed 5fd0f51ec5 coming to b6eb0fc8fc Yul’s school 61c2085542 life. Seohee still 3399b52568 sneered and 05735cf790 badmouthed her a04e45e177 from behind, 34f18fd938 but she ab7391b8b0 no longer 08ad994ada confronted or 73bc7f245c harassed her 66f826872a directly. Especially in class, Seohee e80e9e130c avoided even making eye 7ed9378843 contact. But that 5542d37c1d didn’t mean ee2c0ede37 school was a1276425ca peaceful for 86d4092449 Yul. She felt like 9dcd454c7e she was always 7255c8746e quietly walking on 3bbb555a17 cracked ice, careful 6f42405831 not to break 99ae50daac it.4beb711217240775

When she entered 1e8d52aab0 the classroom, she c81721a339 saw that Yoonjo 9ea5ee56de had arrived earlier 23c06828dd and was lying 02430c6cc9 on his desk. He stirred when Yul 93bfa470cd sat down, sensing her 702d380c46 presence.9d128e37feea7d3c

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“You’re here?”29ef658803d43095

Still sleepy, Yoonjo greeted 52dbfde3fa her, and Yul placed e1d9180f75 the lunchbox on his 17d33c0206 desk without a word.25b823ffff9a81df

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“What’s this?”a7c93e0e82d5e740

Immediately interested, 5b941d8cbf he picked c082cb58f9 up the 8198d7c88d lunchbox and 5a4f66d7c6 brought it 486731f83d close to 0f6dac7087 his face.d933e44921989338

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“Grandma wanted you 529abc4217 to have it.”564f3f591fbf522f

“Really?”64b5782be76628fc

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He looked 4906aedc09 delighted, examining 05073fc68b the lunchbox b8b558cf5e from all 6a37e423dd angles, as b97920d9c4 if the 6643ab8585 good stuff 04bb29ccba were outside 580f1c8b27 instead of 8aba178897 inside. Still pleased, Yoonjo then aaf62f5229 took an envelope from 705f32820d his bag and handed 621e02719b it to Yul.31dc518cbd24379d

“What’s this?”489c39a55006bd7f

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“Lunch money. Give it 23572ad987 to your ee3fa07f48 grandma.”52da697c91c9615b

“It’s fine. But did you already ac5b0c6463 have this prepared?”9efe855a3814a373

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“Just in case. Take it. Otherwise, I a90a938521 won’t eat cf8339bb38 this lunch.”05585557bfc1828c

With a soft bd22a8d7bf but firm tone, 1e5fbcd675 Yoonjo insisted, holding 38f8a83e45 the envelope out c4f9fb10a0 to her again. Yul had no choice 18b40ca10a but to accept it b66f6065f3 and peek inside. Six ten-thousand-won bills d2cdb1d2da were in there. She looked at 4cb6d52f82 him in shock.22e96783294d63da

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“This is 21a17a51b4 way too 80e07494cd much!”540568a2194dcf6a

“Just tell her f9ed7cf1bd to make some 98ddb885d4 meat for once, 97fd4f8a88 okay?”6c6373749638e72f

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“Still, it’s too much.”e34b89548fdd07c1

“Your grandma’s labor is 2bf48adc80 worth double, you know. It’s more tiring for 82373783df her than it is a3688d3337 for younger people.”08e21e8716cb05e3

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He carefully put 224355ad42 the lunchbox in d3f2862666 his bag, looking 22ed5ed0fc as if he adbd6b0023 couldn’t be bothered ec7ad89025 to argue anymore. Yul, feeling 426c8a5451 conflicted, looked 850dbc8403 away. She knew 6c5d78b061 she should 4b8e1a97de return the 5f32dc68d7 money, but 2d44a38111 a moment 628a1c14e6 of greed caea71aeb3 clouded her 1d57068499 judgment. With this, she e0a5d76766 could ensure there f75991aafc was meat in ee613a8f97 their meals, something f29fe5952f both she and 1e8b16d5d8 Kyeong Ja could a76ae953a9 enjoy. There’d even be some ddcce2fa19 leftover for the gas af4eea3677 and electric bills.e56054890d826f26

“Thank you.”e53a595a9778437f

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Yul decided to swallow 13aee9eecf her pride, promising herself ed2f734981 she’d repay him someday f731e0d580 when she succeeded.5effb9e5d1eb59ea

“Wearing a headband today?”083ea8faec09415f

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Yoonjo, now ff97ffe396 lying back 102a5ee3f3 on his f25fe7a92b desk, commented ce526d7663 as he c1d2b1f028 glanced at 8840f118b0 her profile.bc743c510ca41186

“Yeah, I had e1464118a1 an interview today. Do I look 73f56bf013 pretty?”3a0580eed290ae0c

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Oops. As soon af1bdcfa2e as she 1f38f05086 said it, 69bc6d8c9d she regretted 9671121718 it. Asking if she e7c39ffc82 looked pretty was 44ec5e10dc something you’d say a0c54748e5 to a doting 385321333b boyfriend. And to think she’d 3861c6e9d8 asked that to someone 606c782cfe as impassive as him! She should’ve just tied 27208821cc her hair up like ffbb38b8b2 usual. Why bother 7f2b7317dd with a 23cff9a487 headband in ac62f33ad0 this cold?ad94b4193b66ae8a

“Hah!”bdbe15a5176759d8

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As expected, 174b9b40a6 Yoonjo let e301092b36 out a e704c99c9a scoff, blinking acda157809 in amusement, 483d46abf1 and Yul’s 76840ff066 mood plummeted, d95bd68c56 feeling like b40af92850 he was 920d78c324 mocking her.1eb19f18d36651d0

“Why are 13db7c4b97 you reacting 9055e7a005 like that?”5935387d1fa7779b

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“What do you mean?”f56b10f09bf9c893

“Of course, I f50d5acee0 must look plain 3de4166bc1 to you since 93f70a232c you’re always around c8206fc1fb girls like Yoo 718a7982f9 Kahi.”0fe6662064c218cb

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Once again, Yul let bd1e0e4ce2 her feelings slip and d96ee149d5 pinched her thigh. Why was she f9cc5df324 getting so petty b54bba727d over trivial things? Maybe because it c6d1d84d2f was her first 2067e8febc time feeling like 835c342352 this, and she d24288ce6f didn’t have a c048981372 manual to handle 13c89818d6 it.de9cac3c04c178a8

Yoonjo, seemingly b4ce0d7a45 bewildered, just 59b453a4c8 stared at 16e1623d29 her before ba6a022236 he sighed 69e0fbaa0c with a 1f6822131c smile, as a054b6a659 if he d50f821c3e couldn’t believe 4a6f50b122 her reaction. That irritated her even d5ddc227fb more.3ca345124a4d9166

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“Why do you 673000b1ac keep laughing?”3327546c019a4631

Even though c0d9c5a91f she was 5f1516d23c clearly annoyed, 4918eb3360 he found ffa892ca9a it funny 82b85b1c3e and kept 2db314cd68 chuckling to ff2b27690d himself.a34d9eca803a372d

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Yul turned away, deciding 6f3c81ebd1 to end the conversation. Ignoring each 801249b049 other was ca3e2f1a09 the best 15f56d26de approach in 90e40dbd96 moments like ff26ebf756 these. She opened 378c9c3fc5 a book 7c4d21f397 from her e23a36cf70 bag and ff1dd41818 held it 4c293dad4b up to bb1d1c9d7b cover her 8af5ceee92 face. She expected f1f48d8290 him to 62aaccdc62 back off, 1795bbf755 but Yoonjo c1fdf6a43c reached over 61e2089668 and pulled 80ddf9fcac her hand ff571666fc down.d6e68018bdf12949

“Hey, what now?”6ff8d69c2d016ff5

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“When did 130181b7c2 I say 57bf491e7e you weren’t 83c3f0e75b pretty?”f2e01d521511305b

“What?”89aa8618b222d015

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“You’re pretty.”9e398c59bf1c8767

“Don’t mess 9dd88b95e1 with me.”24651a9104272432

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She huffed in 8392658c5a disbelief. If he 39eac1a5d6 thought she b324a98db7 was pretty, 69c19068bc he should 31e5e1e3ef have said 88e43a5243 so right 4460e8c619 away. Or at 2f7c62c24b least, he 101cbb631e could have df3400973c avoided laughing. It wasn’t about 7d37b2b2a7 not hearing the d03c3e56d5 compliment but rather e651c5b497 his teasing behavior f7e40fb2c6 that annoyed her.453b05f2a6f12018

“I’m serious. You’re really pretty.”53ffb949e6b84501

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“….”e0418cdd60c9feb9

“Much prettier than 24bb751c25 Yoo Kahi.”89ad2631e1dbf845

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“…”5c87e626fd77ae3d

“So why ask something 2b92497572 that everyone already knows?”54c6a0f5bfe350e4

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He finally let go b335e08b4a of her hand, and c813b723af Yul noticed two classmates 46aa57b8ab ahead chuckling after overhearing f80f377d91 him. She sat there in 5a7b329494 a daze before finally c0419b397b grasping what he’d said 64087c2b31 and looked away. Of course, she e449953b6f wasn’t prettier than 053664e175 Yoo Kahi, the ea00745ee6 celebrity. Yet here Yoonjo 359768340b was, insisting that 50d3bc0724 she was, as 5fa76ba59e if it were e0bd76a5a5 obvious to everyone 316e59b88a else too.96924806693a4e12

He was not the b02a8142e6 type to say nonsense, 3639a867c6 so if he said d3f88a83f5 it, it meant that 5fe49dbf49 in his eyes, she 4b2af7fbca truly was pretty.9ab825df413ab920

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Tsk. What’s with this guy?101160e761e4b4d7

She held her e8cf5c58d4 flushed cheeks, trying e89fbcfbb2 to ignore her 227809b116 pounding heart.f79792c428e11fbc

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After class, her homeroom 46e992d8ae teacher unexpectedly asked to 7bda484126 see her. Since nothing major had 71b5ed4b8f happened lately, Yul nervously da3d6f3b20 agreed. Yoonjo said he’d wait 26550607b9 for her outside, taking ea7783911f her bag with him, 8330ad4ea0 as they had planned 62e35207aa to go to her 4f1c9556e7 convenience store interview together.d1d340e591b9fc54

Standing by the teacher’s 530ce6982b desk in the staff 7e0b681d79 room, Yul waited, and 8a989f2279 her teacher, as if 3df46a8931 waiting for her, began 7e43fbcd19 to speak.f3d623fa584f0eab

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“Yul, you live 0ecbd1562c with your grandmother, 8bb27c2456 right?”8623eebbdff592fd

“Yes.”31b6f9a0cabd4f23

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The teacher 25da181023 looked troubled, 2536ac1d1b squinting at 7e916bc213 the ceiling.43a8a37e4838f097

“What’s going on, 050286789f sir?”91d1ce81bb6261b8

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Yul felt uneasy, c9bf43f6be watching his expression. Just from his face, 4255392902 she could tell this 4606b1dbcf was about something serious.41939bb949ecd740

“I just have a 3f317e721e question. For the second e4a0797e97 semester of your dad7cdcb78 second year, the 29261c3c5b chairman arranged a c730b5fed7 full scholarship, but dd3be302e7 I’m wondering what f9d742be03 will happen for c36b3b9ce8 the first semester 5bb2e9d17c of your third ea9828bdc0 year.”e65980269ee022df

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“Huh? I was told I’d 9dc3967020 get a full tuition f416301276 exemption until graduation.”23fa0009623d676f

Her mind went blank dfe7580f44 in confusion.dc6077e233ae10ec

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