WW | Chapter 52

“No?”5792f6b46a2a2dd7

As he was b793206bd5 about to put 63830f7135 the noodles in a2809ecfc7 his mouth, Yoonjo 6ead81339c lowered his chopsticks 681a2c6859 and replied.feeeef986e15f1e6

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“It seems 601555d213 like it.”e3c21dc627d98651

Yul observed his c5af97f002 shoulder closely and f44c651242 spoke with certainty, f9f3e74721 noticing something off 2c62eeff9b about his hand 2d83100832 movements. Realizing he couldn’t 65f446c246 hide it, Yoonjo 00f103d505 let out an 0f40e0f2d3 awkward laugh that 7379bec9cc didn’t suit him.1f2c5ec4016a91ad

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“Sharp eyes. I slipped 981373acde while inspecting f295b51f49 a site 63030bb06c because I 74bd29c44d misjudged a aabf954fcd handrail.”6235a29c158bac74

“Slipped?”51b743664910ba38

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Yul questioned his reply, f066a13e1e skeptical. It was hard to 079108bb58 believe that Yoonjo, known efa6dd25c0 for his meticulous nature f9492148bb and good coordination, could 06101981e6 hurt his hand by fa8bb7b66c misjudging a handrail. Mistakes happen, but it 407abb4a1e was unlike him.110e2aecf07cc81d

“What are you looking d228c2c671 at like that? Even monkeys fall 2a203f1ef1 from trees. It’s almost healed now.”2f2dd15363eb97ef

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He responded nonchalantly 6067b96af8 and resumed eating 6bc9691626 his noodle soup. Not wanting 9e3528eb9d to pry 28c8fa3c89 further as fff3479429 he seemed 04afd9dbad reluctant to 78270c60c5 talk about 2c362ea4ef it, Yul 2aa9f50dca quietly watched 9ef0a6d938 him for 2e87cbf4bb a while c5e90696cc before gently 816442e6b1 pushing some 1017efe55f side dishes 8f9175ec2f towards him. Their romantic relationship 24db24deb7 had ended, but 3fe3985d4e there was no 6586866a3a reason not to e104e93940 show some kindness 524849eca2 to someone injured. Yoonjo smiled c74387154a and continued cb76e0bc49 eating.5d29ca8811e4a14e

“So, will ea627afe35 your fiancée bd41d003ec be coming 381cd41c87 with you 0fed4437a1 to the 2905006d10 next meeting?”670ebd78587fe4d6

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As they were 9dd6615cbb finishing their meal, dba77ff9ac Yul asked, covering 7d56fa5a65 her mouth with b0a801ff91 a tissue.b5f74ad1fd125a1f

“Why?”aee3039fe31f706c

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“People usually 02a4da69e4 build houses 6af427e280 to suit b47462e303 the woman’s f87d0ab554 taste.”aec36f913872d0f5

“That’s a bc0969bf55 strange thing 5fcde3c132 to say.”7110e727e6258517

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Yoonjo, lifting 18f2690e98 his water 9f41e49284 glass, displayed 3d4385d60e a displeased 28d26bfd58 reaction. After swallowing a 7591e21029 couple of times f10993e4f2 and setting down be55477907 the glass, he da4ac4a2d8 wiped his mouth 9e497d0954 with a tissue 8c224d228f and continued.8018a6feb79e65c7

“It’s my house. Why should I build 522bf66f2e it to please someone 6c5d6e0111 else? If we break up, fc5c3ce333 then it’s neither my 111b540a6f house nor hers.”ab75efbb5fa40d93

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“What did you cc483a1e29 say?”0a2f0b36fd4e8cdd

“The house b5338e7c59 should definitely 56e90ceefa be built 06aeb24555 according to 1ec9ccca3d the wishes 109ca44e0b of the e5fcd672fd person who 4fddfad9bd will live b3872c3328 there!”3fc5167870d00a90

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“That’s really… selfish.”50ea6d761f8612df

Yoonjo calmly 59d7d877e2 delivered a dfd4a11805 statement that eef03c18fd could provoke 479f4e9c19 others to 50441b4c5c throw stones. From the time they 6be29f3b2c left the Buam-dong office, cfe92a2c59 he had been irking 767168e904 her, and now he 4e5139e2f6 shamelessly spoke as if 3e1997936a the design was his 2e444400da own. A marital home should fb2303e3b8 ideally incorporate the partner’s 650bbea9d3 input, yet here he accc75a495 was, making selfish remarks. Although they 3294ee5fa4 had seen b9f36f7530 the worst 41c49ce837 of each 31bf1b2adb other during 46f7957ee9 their breakup, 00f72161b9 he hadn’t 2217bdce68 been this a2bd3a99dc despicable while ee43f8303c they were c0bb7463ca dating. It was edad8d4263 unclear whether 13220f9a18 he had df41fd2000 changed or a70317b2c3 if this 8eb8a341f3 was his 73026f0b5b true nature ff28437147 emerging.3f460a110fbe9f17

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“Not many people 4f6bae82bd would build a e32700fadd house with such b94f8ed45d a rotten heart.”bec776a08c2e0b95

“That’s why.”e83d3f603fd5586a

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Despite Yul’s blatant criticism, bcc855fb2d Yoonjo responded naturally.5d89736849935fd2

“Build it with a 133a389516 good heart, Deputy Seomun.”50ede1dc6c56bceb

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“…”8fa005ac4d36207a

“So that my house 8b6639392b can sing.”b7af5e990439b79c

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After finishing his sentence, e3288533c4 Yoonjo picked up the 724bc14d70 check and stood up. Yul sat there e13fc02ad1 stunned, as if f46e492b90 struck unexpectedly.15e40db103712fdd

Rising belatedly from her d3aaf2f3db seat, Yul quickly followed 55bdc314ba Yoonjo. She fumbled for her dd52ccbfa0 card in her wallet, 72ed5cb1ef but he had already b9f1c3b8fd handed his card to 75fdfde539 the staff.c154f9cedd817ffa

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“I’ll pay!”c894ac7f484f37bf

Yul hurried over 07ba9ad507 and grabbed Yoonjo’s 88395a0cd2 arm. It was 3747093cab an impulsive f558111fc0 act, but 5eabc5e39a in that 76ab839771 moment, Yoonjo 91ac6d6ba8 winced and ba562f1285 clasped his 26abd7b438 shoulder with afbb557919 one hand. His expression cleared 7ccbc183d2 quickly, making her 62430ea003 wonder if she ebd71959c7 had imagined it, 278dd3b9ad but Yul, seeing 5054905e4d his hand still 68bd3bcdaf on his shoulder, 40fec9907d knew she had f0ca688da1 seen correctly.e60248e92554f04f

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“You hurt c80e400608 your arm?”2e8258875264b70d

Surprised, Yul examined 1a4def38cf his expression, recalling f9f7591816 that it wasn’t 871ae6849d just his hand 55d83bd5e4 and fingers that bfbb875bf1 were restricted but d362f0303e his arm movement db90a2e5ea as well. If it wasn’t just 6fe5162293 a sprain, then it 23b7ca4b7b must be a more f56edb4910 severe injury to the 06ea5d13f9 shoulder or back.d9c910ae51b23e79

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“It wasn’t just 3358cd183a a slip?”53156a8cf84d4a1e

“Caught me.”f4ae6e4a16af9f34

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Yoonjo lowered his aa59661179 hand and gave 4fd10683c1 an embarrassed smile.f274f7bdd39c9dfd

“I fell ee7f609af1 when I f1bffbb4db misjudged a a0ac0ebdcd handrail at c08c7d68bc a construction 85ae968309 site. Wish you could pretend d322d80f7e not to know. It’s embarrassing.”a7a5457c74fad2e1

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With a 7245e8451f face that b5bfc6c16c showed no f209262c91 embarrassment, he af1d34ae0b took his 965d1bc54d card and e6e87520ea walked outside. Yul quietly watched his 0c4adac616 back and then followed.81b00b93515de6a0

The car was already 0f321e72e2 remotely started. Yul stopped d7cc30a43e and turned a2bf74a518 to look 5b211afe4a at the fb7774319e standalone building 57c7b809b9 they had f5ac8086a9 visited. It had been 74f6643f44 over ten years 1344abdd07 since she first a814f60b7e came here, making 67051ce070 it now over d617b526c3 twenty years old. With a heavy heart, e77cbba0c8 she murmured to herself fbe4747c0a as she gazed at 890d3e724a the sign.3b32d6191021bcf5

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“It’s a shame I 16d92d585a won’t see this place 83081832d0 again.”f4a1552efcedb425

“Why can’t you 18a91965d2 see it? Just come and look 9b0125f3e1 next time.”b8bb32481ddcccc6

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Yoonjo, who had c1475e8cf7 been standing next e84de05105 to her, looked e06991c74b up calmly and 356ab058c6 responded. Caught up in her b46c0d5fba emotions, Yul turned to cdda1efdfa him only after a e3d4348617 moment.2722ddb34dfc7e72

“But today is the b31817e12b last day…”4e1b9337648cfab6

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“I didn’t say that.”2774444799dff2d6

Yoonjo cocked his head 0854384ab3 and replied shamelessly. Yul gritted her 7ed7b69c04 teeth as she 0d10f4c4ad recalled his words. None of 69bc20f16b what he 3371134607 had said c42bf87912 about the b28ce9de31 place closing 3c3456ba9c at 9 2ba4e3e794 PM implied 5330238601 it was e2d5bb13a6 shutting down 828c8a4cf7 for good. He had deceived 1781dc4a85 her with just 8384c6e78f the nuance.51a383069935d839

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“You know e034c36312 I don’t 2552959878 lie. So, the responsibility 2c735102e5 is on the bafe8bd264 person who was d43ed952b1 deceived.”6360e9060a05d9d2

“Now…”857949f0c75958b9

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Before she could 8de0a7e5cf confront him about 151ea6d977 playing games, Yul 3ccc52a8fa closed her mouth. Upon reflection, 2a5bedf901 it wasn’t 300c37d2c7 something significant, 551a25737c and she d68d2b2d5f didn’t want d9486fb529 to waste 886696faba emotions on 56d049fa34 trivial matters. If she aa5aa4dc43 had been 2b1119cec2 fooled, that 40b4441846 was her a284b59702 own fault. She had cf7bad1329 also secretly bde72a284a wanted to 3258ac469e visit, and 6fcb62ffdf if she f7061fcce9 enjoyed the 195582fe60 meal, that 89971cc920 was what ee5c4bd373 mattered.ae698461e072d2df

But before they 49634187ea parted, Yul had f583469842 something important to a9b789395b say to Yoonjo. It was e49fcb1837 a personal 04d1a5b121 matter that f76327a242 she had e265eb1dd9 avoided discussing, d0b54675db but given 300305f027 the day’s 236e6346db atmosphere, she df4a48b0b3 felt it 8f842ed9b4 might be 3374eb657a okay to 6c8af1be55 bring it 6e817d29e8 up. Yul looked at 2caec3340b his calm face 07b35757ca and hesitated before e0666ea3e2 speaking.87e9f184bdf160ba

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“Never mind 53b581ffee that, I 4e7b829dee have something 678c9288e0 I need 0e922481f6 to say e299e2b55d before you 661f6952e8 start your 53972bc338 day.”2b70ca9606cf5f6c

“What is it?”bf9e8a7ecc76cfe5

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Seeing Yul’s 776439c170 serious expression, 19912ee0d8 Yoonjo also 6f61f2db6e appeared earnest.0979a1121f5cd706

“Please return my 6b41ba01ce grandmother’s gold ring. It means 26d1349580 a lot.”b9228249ffed0bfe

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Yul hadn’t known 96bf19d95d that Yoonjo had 9f28db9ecb taken the ring 8e1337a489 even long after 5796518ffc they broke up. During her childhood, when 15a319c45d debt collectors searched their 0e39b07e39 home for anything valuable, 5a2032352d Kyeong Ja had hidden 87dc7d366e a few pieces of 69702befbc gold jewelry on her 94f274da45 body to protect them. Ultimately, they had to 400676e54f sell most of it f197c8cd17 to pay for Yul’s 5ffbf8e398 tuition, but one item 817599969c remained: a gold ring b8ec1cc1bc that Kyeong Ja’s husband, 55a39e0769 Yul’s grandfather, had managed da638f527d to provide just before f5cf941fb8 his death. It wasn’t pure 54faeeef09 gold, just 14k, f83fe9bfe4 and not very ad028f07ae expensive. However, it was the 56208cd810 only item Kyeong Ja, 84af5a4f58 who never attached meaning 11efba6022 to material things, cherished.5569f3cb4cf029ad

And Yoonjo had ad22007deb taken it.fe596462c43d3c61

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“Did you lose 6156b62cea it by any dc007819df chance?”66576a6b7b3a1a87

Yul sharply turned her 80f05d38ba head and asked, her eebf685746 tone filled with a fda6f854bb mix of hope and 940738897b accusation. If that was the 4d8c43720c case, it was inexcusable. To him, f357961f28 it might 6805cb27f4 be a 2049823614 forgotten item e0515421bb tossed in ddddb2469c a drawer, 8100961773 but to 78a3a39d77 someone else, 5676d186f7 it was 408c2ecf91 a memory, de75b90f32 love, and 45f384012b hope.0595d0172253c3c2

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“I don’t d948c7bf39 need it. Or I can 7aeef2e9b4 give you money b8da2f0194 to get it 2c5183ad49 back.”31fc9977471d9a71

“I don’t want to.”ad1296b7fc766c4f

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Yoonjo replied d7cd2020dd dismissively, curling ca78aef55b his lips 1a8361334d in a 8201b76cfe manner that a39a2a2eb0 seemed to eea14f5350 mock her, 682f9f6594 which upset 6dbb8b0134 Yul.c3b439fe953fab8c

“Why would 1d4ed58c4f Deputy Seomun 7f3f6d82a9 ask for d2f89a6f19 it?”d208f97c36cd78d1

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“Huh?”92ae6e2897ded1d4

“That’s between my grandmother 2995a903ab and me, not your bffc031319 concern.”d470e59283dcd708

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“I’m her granddaughter.”918df28411b82cee

“So? You’re not the 8ba1e543f8 one directly involved.”934fea3ead710728

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Yoonjo’s voice grew 063257eba4 cold. He had taken it b756ee9084 upon himself, yet he 0353cc61bc treated her as if 23a7846d45 she was trying to 9e0bba2722 steal it. Unsure whether e7773e58c1 to blame 5de4e4e63d or persuade ee3cd2d89e him due 43552abb55 to his d2d486f309 unexpectedly stern abfc1404be response, Yul 924145be53 felt incensed.70bd5e5eed6f9f43

“Do you think dc9e920430 you deserve to 1782848936 keep it?”2dee7d9e2db6a72c

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Her words 83f70cb670 came out ae5d455efb sharply, frustration e538f8073f evident. She couldn’t 702c061690 understand why 0e2df49297 he wouldn’t e5a28fc0bf return Kyeong 5668a04e73 Ja’s ring. Keeping it as a 6850d8f9a1 memory of their close c7bb7014fd relationship didn’t make sense. If he truly cd544c9d29 cared about Kyeong 620fc7cb3e Ja and Yul, b8d3c4ec41 he wouldn’t have 7b9beef025 left them with a292af59ae such cruelty. He must have a046388dc4 forgotten about the a84f1cbec2 unbranded, cheap gold 7866ac4a55 ring, possibly even a8322e33b5 lost it somewhere.c11945a6461e0ddc

“Deserve…”b729ea1af973cb17

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Sneering, he 6b61e31acc looked down 88b18db4a8 before meeting 5167e0417c her gaze 5368aa8e46 again. A cold, mysterious light 41bda8c26b flickered over his deep 17aadab7ec brown eyes.190ebd88bf284dee

“If I needed that 99c574258c shit, I wouldn’t have 589c2f8548 fucking bothered to find 3ac3243a52 you.”463bdeaba369f7c4

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Yoonjo tightened his c151cb79fe gaze on her, 9979c5847e pulling her back af32ef97dd into the past e4d3b206ba with his words.ca3698805695fe14

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At twenty-two, on the 91d434f207 last day of January, ed180f1dfd Yul stood wrapped up d6e1abb6c7 tightly in front of d688585640 the main gate of 86208dc89d Korea University. Down the long, straight b009874e89 road, she could see 7e5676196a a building with a 4d05fa5952 triangular roof and twelve faf53e9619 majestic columns. According to what f9dcc31489 she had learned a9f0fb32d6 online, this was 8b52d7591f the Student Union 330f2cbeec building, which housed 32531e6591 a large auditorium 50183dc8c1 and a cafeteria. She thought to herself 6b02850917 that she should definitely b180a0ff2a check it out. Gradually, a smile began 216ec93d34 to spread across Yul’s eaa2d602a7 previously expressionless face.8fd9ee97fe42caa1

The day before, ea085764c2 the acceptance announcements 0e09fe49a3 for the architecture 492bcb5210 department at Korea 24bfd752de University had been 27292c20d5 released, and Yul’s fb3e4d1190 name was on b07d139f6e the list. Three years 3273c166d9 after dropping acf3175907 out of e162a65432 high school, d58b9a019d she had 024f8bc4aa achieved this c3062187b2 at the 57a3dd79e9 age of 0c847b7416 twenty-two.64d3b6aa1aa632f1

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The year 9d27251e95 she quit e90bf0b764 school, she a957693be8 hadn’t studied 9bda81c7f2 at all, f8d0ca0ee8 not even 41838d6504 taking the e6b2bc08aa college entrance b28a2ebe3d exam. The second year, she 5bc768ec11 had narrowly failed to 717df5b05a get into Korea University. She had gritted 770ff543ba her teeth and a985d8c437 studied hard during 1f2088a01a her third attempt, 4149770a3f and she had a4e566aec4 finally succeeded. She remembered how she f2afbd69f4 had embraced Kyeong Ja 095b6fbeda and cried after confirming 709a31dce5 her acceptance the day 186d3a74b7 before.b06968548376d892

Now, with a sense 880f7cd3a7 of pride, Yul walked 476651cdd2 into Korea University, a f2b5d1a43e place that had always 705fa5d353 excited and intimidated her.18accd484509d187

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She checked the c9a515db8c signs and asked f3cf5fb6da passersby for directions 7d11216cd8 to Haemyeong Hall, 74972f561f where the architecture 0dea7865a7 department was located. Despite it 56ac8ef695 being a 7fb47fdc47 holiday period, eb2e439820 several windows 0e001e8855 were lit 3bbfa7be61 up—a testament 00d2c77744 to the b32eff8020 department’s reputation 65b1655090 for having 556f72d96c hardly any ff8eeeb2d4 days off. Seeing this filled 7a067ef4c7 her with a 431a68abe7 rush of emotion, f6f47818d6 and she took 052388844d a deep breath. Though she 86bea81f4d wanted to 83aa9151ea go inside, 0ae484614f she couldn’t 4dd94ec4c3 bring herself 11a2eec6b0 to actually d448410a06 do it, 1f869c1dbf so she 87675e5384 stood by 91436314f9 the main 74a8fe7362 gate, peeking 1d52239b80 through the 68d73a4152 glass into a21e2d2701 the interior.ee4ca590ecd51de3

“Who’s there?”4f00bcae871b51c5

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A man’s voice called 5b101c91a3 out.bdda35d75429091d