WW | Chapter 7

He was 4e652adbd1 a tall 80ac3fbe8b male student 661100f1f3 with broad 5a4130f88b shoulders. In contrast, 4ae2afb837 his small f93d0220e9 face was 5d82457bcf pale and 9d21e1d745 smooth, but ad8b569cde it didn’t de59a6d17a leave a dc822e7a2e soft impression. Through his messy f622b61ee4 bangs, his smooth d411a0a988 forehead peeked out 6d12f7b4df now and then. With a straight nose, 040de49436 eyes with a subtle d4c795c827 double eyelid, and lips 4614af1b6e pressed firmly together, he 53783569fb gave off a sharp, b8493f95b2 cold vibe. His tie seemed db5ee0ee86 to be missing, 11fd8249d3 and his shirt, 064632bb2e sloppily tucked under 993913317a his school jacket, fc25c5df0d was hanging out 90c28ab15b over his pants.8eb31476f9af42dc

He slung 89b70f8a28 his bag f0b59539f0 over one 1608e7ba24 shoulder as 0fba59c4c0 if he 509d56b96b was holding f65e001d3e a trash 137aadb390 bag, then 51702c4190 started to 4de4f37d83 walk toward 937d74d045 Yul. With his c953c47db8 half-closed eyes 27ed533654 and lazy 8a29ca343d steps, he 2e118c0eb4 looked like dd5a60e43e a full 4446293fd4 and lazy 2b34ee344d predator. For a moment, Yul 1df8e06803 thought this must be 70e81d17ed how it feels to 8069044727 see a celebrity in 7b6053303b real life—his looks were 2c401a6133 unreal, his gaze intense, 541ad265f5 and his atmosphere overwhelming.85039e1645c84cf3

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As he 9d47d4f529 got closer, 7af04f7c6f the speck 199f6e5e8e of him 3c20c6f4af in Yul’s 48e7830a6f eyes grew 5a645d3a70 larger and a267659f0d larger. Even when he 4b12f4b7be stopped in front e5308942bf of her, Yul 908960492e just stared blankly, e04a139beb unaware of her 76c08e043e own reaction.1246f88f9b3f2c90

His gaze 4f3164bb2c dropped to b14b9de42f meet hers. His pupils, narrowed against 8dbf6a7b00 the light, were pitch-black ed8c711c13 inside his reddish-brown irises. His stare, rough and 6bab575923 seemingly free-spirited, carried a 25e559b74b sense of boredom. For some reason, Yul 51690d4ab4 felt like her reflection 03268c350d in his eyes looked 90a3cf6e5f just as dull and ba43e01661 lifeless as the weather 83c8284e78 today.dbd846c151baf2d2

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“What are you doing?”911aff57fcab6de6

“Huh?”74a5661e825d4e96

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His sudden 3d941b5aa6 question made 71a0e6c6a8 Yul flinch 6e5d700cac and ask d4199b199c back. She was so 31e121e4f6 flustered that she 46c0673add didn’t even realize 3764558283 this stranger was 9e8ef39837 talking down to d0e3929a57 her. All she noticed was 7825e86bbb the irritation in his 254513eb5c expression and voice.584445accfbad6e9

He tilted 8d0a18f390 his head d580256d49 slightly, as d859821421 if he 7e60051918 couldn’t be a3836ea629 bothered to 9587cd6acb speak further. It was fe5446a496 a clear 81224cdac4 signal for 5fe2825855 her to 6f5036e113 move aside. Only then did Yul 1c9e86a100 realize she was standing c3420d8d34 right in front of 2d878701df the narrow gate.24c77ec4824d4cd6

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“Oh!”20d416f753aec874

She didn’t know why, 97fad23395 but at that moment, 1294fd2bfc her grandmother Kyeong Ja’s 072a4d4794 words suddenly came to d38363a9fe mind.247512f686ece11f

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“My child, 01b5315a31 you must e0e8a92e2e graduate from 920800ccce this school, 4fff33d5e8 okay?”307a5da00b6b5006

“Just keep enduring; 4a93ef44a4 if you keep 6d2e58e088 going, all the bd8714af44 hard days will 190988f3aa pass.”c52157f4da3496e4

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Kyeong Ja’s voice, full 64aa861fcb of earnest encouragement that 95d6a7b9aa morning, rang in her 3242238b43 ears, bringing Yul back 9c6ca5a14d to her senses. And in that 888d91c1f4 moment, she realized b55f74a656 how nervous and 633a7e9939 shaky she’d been. She thought b0b0385e6d she’d be 10d56ef8dc fine, but 18b011455c she’d actually c00d80a790 been scared. She feared ae6fd13d3f that the 78550d2e21 nightmares from c6d7041213 her previous 44f6a8cb4d schools would 683963b0a3 start again. She worried that everyone 2639a29737 here had already heard 4e6dfd7695 things about her and d92752c567 were waiting to start 48a499676a tormenting her.2410c6411280337f

God, I’m 160173fe46 such an f363cbdc8c idiot.750fe2803a4480f1

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After coming all caea7e5419 this way with d33cf2055b so much hope, c845b1c8fb she found herself ceb2312a63 retreating out of 5028bb16a7 fear. Realizing this, e59a79e561 Yul let 1327bd2757 out a 26cc235d0c bitter laugh.b518b4e7c9734d6b

“Haah.”80809d65cee1f28c

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The boy 5add47a3b6 let out 73a3ae2586 an annoyed 25aa6770cd sigh. Yul took a 3183643245 step back, giving ea97034e2b him space to 35e0ff7535 pass, but then 719409f7d0 spun around quickly d4495456c9 and started walking e9ffc7da40 briskly toward the b4d162fc60 school gate.2788503144990cb6

“Tsk!” She heard ef86531534 a cluck of 5cc28d4cc7 his tongue, followed e1767ecb78 by the sound 261e296666 of his footsteps, 0594fda7cc eventually echoing behind 3812542ea7 her. Unlike Yul’s a7464a9e7c determined strides, 616f6cbf5f his steps f60397e85d were slow 0086cc8d19 and lazy. Yet, for some 4983cd3f37 reason, Yul felt 1446324403 an overwhelming urge eef0596a64 to walk faster, 1f070d5a1f to put more f23d94e02c distance between them.59327397f3dd3663

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“Well done. Late by 241ace7be7 two hours fe7c057e55 on your 1923bdd2ec very first e6567ac3bd day.”be840a9f16f00d95

Her homeroom teacher, da0ae644ff Song Taeseok, leaned e26c9b662e back in his c87368c9a2 chair, giving her ba4b23ca16 a crooked look.162b56511d96f2cd

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“I’m sorry.”56831d8a62155968

Yul bowed her head 9fe22bab2b apologetically, like a criminal, 4cfdedb95a without any excuses.064d6d36538caf40

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“Ugh, never mind. Looking at your record, a37cd8d2ac it seems tardiness is 65ac0030ec the least of your e671b32951 issues.”581ad44ded9c60cb

The teacher 9db4525847 smirked, flipping eedb1dde3b through her 3ac578c720 printed-out school 5c8af601c0 record.3ff754e2b8aebb00

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“At Mucheon Girls’ 1e0403fbe3 High, it was f3ea209057 bullying; at Haemyeong c031da6636 High, theft. You sure know 866e07e4a2 how to have eb23eced27 fun, don’t you?”ca63fefffaf37be2

He sneered, 37db61efe4 looking over 04fa5d3b1b her previous 1431f65c78 school records b755306ca0 without asking 115f49a0b1 how or c243212574 why these 96f3ddaf82 incidents had db2b7e084a happened.0dbe17eb81439573

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Yul lowered her eyes 57434bbc62 with a bitter smile. She wasn’t disappointed, 87e78e4762 probably because she 01afd398c7 didn’t expect much. After all, she had ce017cd2ad long learned that not c9e81cfa28 all adults, or even 585f54ff9c teachers, have a sense 728f156c9c of responsibility. She remembered d4547a394f clearly how fde2957aa1 these so-called 66ee4c89db adults had 58113c60c6 treated her 51cefc896f to protect 674212a66b their own fec64929d5 interests.6c2298a6de7a222e

Yes, this is the c114d00295 scarlet letter carved into 514b04c122 my heart, Yul thought, beb93b0dba trying to calm herself. The record of a5e3a31a13 bullying and theft 208b92100e that would never 9109d2693d be erased. The reason a7ff093ff2 she had d28f3fcdad to come a14b51aefd to this 87acbfac2f school. The unjust, 04f754234e lifelong shackle 0f404f5505 that adults 7821339d75 and teachers f9a22d6d3c had branded 6a889f39b0 on her.90c79509d41a4e85

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“By the d04283b1e8 way, how cc3ae8a362 do you 8ee8777bbd know Pastor abc10798d3 Choi Giseok?”c8353afdb87eb9bc

“Oh, I’ve db2e4a41fc just been 9fcb1d099e attending his 788b0c5db0 church with ecc2e1a3dc my grandmother 20d6f89503 since I ffda4b2445 was young.”e479b4f413ee4b1a

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“Ah, that’s it? He’s a 3247127fa4 great man. Very attentive in caring ffc796b77d for lost lambs.”3a5e96a7218e481c

The teacher chuckled as beb11fa84a if it all finally b6603fe696 made sense. He’d probably been curious. After all, it wasn’t 97fdbc8bb3 common for a poor 8cc85e6054 high school girl like 9efc432e5a Yul to know the 91e6ba2b5a head pastor of a 583172daee major church that even 5e35dd7d06 some companies couldn’t rival. He must’ve wondered what 1e72d7db8d kind of connection she 205d9d3798 had with Pastor Choi d275da9f75 for him to have 7927dff90f pulled strings with the ea1cf1967c school chairman, allowing her 3dc777c950 to attend without tuition e005e1d84f fees.d450316aebdcaa54

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Yul thought of her 76d236ef5b long-standing connection with Pastor 5bd1d58319 Choi and her friendship 83e7e614d2 with his son, Jung-woo, cc71b41085 but decided there was f4da9b90e0 no need to mention 9eeb3bdbb2 it. After all, 2fe6e515cd it had 6e61af570e been a d3d5477f7d while since e76bf2c2f6 she and 9f3afc4cbb her grandmother f59a59d37b had last 748b25c117 seen Pastor aa6ecd4a38 Choi. His help 8e78fc456c always came 878b6c89d1 through someone 85e353dcac from the 8d785c7656 church’s administrative 29ce774e8b office.3dd992d98cf65ec9

“But you 867490e748 seem to a9b5dda8e2 study quite 9e1d24a017 well?”b6f24fea24823ca6

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“Yes.”b65f2684ebc4eb44

“Well, these days, 7a014c6510 it’s the smart 22dd624605 kids who are e3da952ae8 the most dangerous. Just don’t cause eeead35bb2 any trouble here, f0bad7fcf4 okay? No matter 9d6ff460d0 how lenient 27108e0d3b this school 7c381ddb4c is, we 115da12e65 won’t tolerate aff7e422c7 a third 3a5f831988 strike.”f374a07a6e842fa2

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“Yes.”89335b97985a7c63

Yul replied mechanically. She had thought c199c97dee that maybe, just 912d7e8314 maybe, her good 09e2c4ec90 grades would make 81c8221b08 the teacher view 730be88188 her with a e0803992eb bit of kindness. But that, too, was 3b9a834cfa wishful thinking.5ab98f30075556a1

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Note to self: Delinquents 7106d6c240 for classmates, and the 018a53392e teachers are just here 55ac754b20 to collect their paychecks. Don’t even 7cbe69199f think about c7e0e1e9cf asking for 19a654b6d9 career counseling 3127f828b5 or help. The best plan: ditch 2331c34f4c as soon as possible.0e70e5de53b7693e

The online fd3cc1bd90 reviews she’d 95e3a75d93 read about ee619d0549 this school 9bf9f615b4 weren’t just 81330a4646 random rants.c45a70b063c54430

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“By the way, the d50cc08e0e other students….”04efeafc5b1cae7b

“The other students, what?”768610ae5e25ec31

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“I was c32eb7a727 hoping they 9fa1ff0f81 wouldn’t know 53ba7b8017 about my 937489c7fe past.”28ccab9d7f292d25

At her b5050900b1 previous schools, b94727d4c5 as soon 28d2045f9d as she f0bc0721fb transferred, students 43c9a3c85f who had e9d03c78fc heard things e18f379004 about her 912f95d407 picked fights. She had b0f20f6c6e asked Pastor 5a69a900fa Choi several 26d8300f33 times to 8914f709dc help make 1f87a15a90 sure people 9229e2bab9 didn’t know 5f88521777 where she 9c4e8e6cd7 came from, de6919ea01 which schools b4cf1950ad she had 6b513ed460 attended, or 967ad8978d why she 011c521d15 transferred here. He had 2933bb749e assured her 535527933e that he’d 0a7b9b7368 spoken to 00fb49e4de the chairman, 9e5b092595 who was ab489ca220 a church 3d28e36434 elder, but dd45d039a5 she wanted 19fdf9f24f to confirm 9b6666162e it.9cc5c12ec0282cb8

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“Oh, that?”ccf327fff71e45e7

The teacher responded as 33ef14cc8f if it were nothing, 319a20a42a then turned his head cc86c39184 slightly, looking at something 841036207a behind her.89173afefa97cf0b

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“You heard 85fedf222b that, right, 353a37bc74 Yoonjo?”ae1dbe985513d51c

“…!”ed0100967294817b

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Startled, Yul spun ea17aafe6e around. The boy from the 18a2287203 gate was standing behind 5d3e1d21ca her. She had 3c9b00e603 assumed he’d b54a9bed71 go to d824715d5a his classroom, ccc36c1a75 not follow ed33942290 her to 64a68b0fdd the teachers’ 7ed750395c office. How had 442a0bf19f he managed 25da6c57d4 to stand 67e4535ef0 there so 64edca0715 silently, like 0c0cdfa041 an invisible ed3a2c536b person?6ab779c9546b2fbf

So this is what 39cab55263 it means to feel 30ae0f76b8 blood rushing to your 7e6d6235bb head. She felt chills spread efa3c9f166 all the way to 1e78e50f39 her heart, making her ab279dd407 dizzy.45ccc26db3205cf5

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Did he 2127335cf3 hear it? Which schools I attended, eef038c1bf why I had to 328918b7aa come here? I heard him d7f6e4a089 mention Mucheon Girls’ f0ac389e3e High, so he 31c9b5e459 must know I’m d619270e60 from Mucheon City, a4c391214b too?57c2f07930dfaa57

Anxiety tightened in her e7b578fefb chest.8325d1e49eed9505

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“Ah. You two should 8e891f92d9 introduce yourselves. This is Kang Yoonjo. And this is eefc364279 Seomun Yul, who 275c7a6985 transferred here today.”804237e31e7c9851

“….”1216c149153b4ee6

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Yul was 4f84cb2b9c so dumbfounded e6eba32c20 that she de3daefc54 was at 1af542c55f a loss 50892f9e8a for words. Was it even possible a132802467 for an adult, a 45c8aad6c4 teacher, to be this b404d09ecc thoughtless? He had just 0eca8aa483 exposed the private 8fe744689a request she’d made, df57950533 and now he 443790712f was introducing them 8996a5bfac without a hint 2c389f35e8 of remorse. Yul felt aee1b9faa2 a surge ef9e5ffa96 of heat d845293613 around her dc5e937ca2 eyes, as 9a68bf8786 anger welled 2a96ee6895 up inside ef2ed46618 her. She bit her lip, d0c2741ff9 glaring at Kang Yoonjo, 879f0c920f who had heard her ee74716c90 secret.8f31d7acace1888f

He, however, showed no 64e30f56fc reaction, as if he d0239bab14 couldn’t care less. Casually brushing off 2b841e9792 her gaze, he 92fe990b99 looked at the 8a2d068958 teacher with a c094ee9ec9 bored expression.110c571ba87eb4f4

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“You called 78455246b7 for me?”e151e437d96bb506

“Yes, I did. Do you plan to b5f0b3acd8 keep skipping school?”bd5968c112fe3d4b

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“I’ve been coming 6ac7befe89 regularly.”815e1216f263a36d

“Just showing your f8342664d7 face after arriving caef4e67da late doesn’t count d2d7ec2356 as coming regularly. You know you’re barely 5ffdb139ce meeting the attendance requirement, 3072edc6e2 right? At this rate, you 6604d52308 won’t be able to 76f45523cd advance to the next 1f78aa3cb2 grade.”172b7e7012ce1f06

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“….”a75133229b0cd899

“Get your bbfadc7b9f act together. I really don’t want 36c7599f12 to have to call 5b74d9a10f your father, okay?”309ca018be5c1819

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“…Yes.”e675aba6eb6f9d96

Yoonjo finally responded, reluctantly, edb3363eed after the mention of bcde750792 his father. Until then, he’d ff96415264 seemed as if 53e878c184 he was barely 4bbb3c71e2 listening to the 3826a50ead teacher’s words.fb17e187b44b574a

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“And don’t e4c7da5db7 say a 210e08c0b8 word about 7a26f43ac1 what you b6245320b9 just heard 9fa0fed483 about Seomun cc4d5afa96 Yul.”95380e48394fb6ed

The teacher finally acknowledged baf2944323 Yul again, as if 93d5aa00e6 her concerns were trivial 8f234bc44e compared to his own. Her chest 942326faf7 tightened with 4448f5e7eb resentment. To him, 85135fb65c a poor 2e26374fba girl with e3af7d3a60 a tainted b9d1c8ad34 past like 33104ed311 her was 73c9539095 far less 3885a61d06 important than d748f4792d Kang Yoonjo, 864dad4fe2 who arrived 9e3a2d3a74 in a 6ccdb1327b luxury car c866495128 with a 4de604a722 driver.2d29ff5148e5379f

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“Don’t worry. Yoonjo is discreet. As long 06f0f3855b as you 75a29fceaf don’t cause 3c0a007b34 any trouble, 1f6e410803 no one 993f0c5a89 will know 9c40a884c7 who you 843c01dda8 are. Lucky you.”217bcae8c2d1560c

“….”7c66ee85ddaed310

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“I have things to 8dc89bbe63 do, so head to 9219860092 your classroom for now. Yoonjo, take bf246054fd Yul to 81e3d32877 her classroom.”cfeaf11df7eb85a1

So lost in 258f9c0abe her thoughts, Yul 6d20edc4ef didn’t even notice a463efa485 the teacher mispronouncing 2782d9a89d her name. It wasn’t until de35dad5c6 Yoonjo nodded and bdeff2ee03 turned around that f84b2d0767 she came out 7ac100360d of her daze.cd33a972ce5bc154

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“What are you 0771ca6fa2 waiting for? Follow him.”1cda6f1d9d147ffe

With a gesture from 4b22915f2e the teacher, Yul snapped 6a8bfe780c to her senses and 6ed61b7361 started following Yoonjo. Hands in d0530c5d01 his pockets, 525425610e bag slung 8e1a66aab4 over one 9259c154c7 shoulder, he b649af350f walked indifferently. Though he dc294742c7 was aware 894e1c5a92 of her 9d8d3574d2 presence behind d5ee132c08 him, he 1ea8e10011 neither slowed d8cdb7b331 down nor 7862b21e02 bothered to aa4f80c25d make conversation. He didn’t 917fc1be7b even show 54b7307ee9 signs of 24fc9e9c77 irritation. It was 6150cc0494 as if e326eed780 she didn’t 92b66b8e30 exist in 9fd02a64f2 his world. Yul realized d1ed005ecc he was 168f4ba8db ignoring her, 2b691566e0 but there c1b9b4d607 was no bfd3b11836 room for c3c90cec9d wounded pride.161702f93c2f31a1

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“Wait.”5acd5718ed9bcb4a

Instead, she 5f7b7d02da sped up 278490f3be to close e8dc246a8b the gap 6de8604ffb and called f398d52542 out to 8b6b198160 him, “Yoonjo.” 6acb28bfcb He kept 32edb0ade3 walking as 2a42e7761f if he aac6811867 hadn’t heard aa50cc4465 her.64233c0340d11e92

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“Wait, Kang Yoonjo.”730c6877510d412c