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"How about under the coffee table?" asked Ga Eul.
"I don't think so," answered Yi Jeong. "Maybe near the couch?"
"Here it is," said Ga Eul. She peaked her head out from behind a painting of the F4. "How many is that?"
"That would be the seventh camera Woo Bin hid in here. I'm going to kill him." He returned to his workstation. "Let's forget about him for now. I think you're good enough to start the wheel. Got the air bubbles out?"
Ga Eul nodded.
"Now throw the ball of clay on the center of the wheel."
The ball bounced off the wheel and landed on an air vent. Maybe she used a little too much force.
"Hey, that's another camera," said Yi Jeong, pointing to the air vent. "Here, let me get it. Bring that chair over here and hold onto it while I climb on." He unscrewed the bolt. "For God's sake, I asked him to install cameras in the display area, where he hasn't set up any, by the way."
About ten minutes later, they successfully removed the clay and camera and returned to their lesson. Only this time, he demonstrated. Throwing the ball of clay on the center of the wheel, he cupped and squeezed it into a tower shape.
Ga Eul loved watching Yi Jeong work. He always seemed lost in his own little world, completely oblivious to his surroundings. Her cell phone went off, interrupting her musings.
"Hello? No, I didn't forget. I'm on the way. Stuck in traffic." She rushed towards the door. "I'm so late. I'm gonna to have to do his share of dishes again."
"What happened?" asked Yi Jeong.
"I had to pick up my brother from school. Twenty minutes ago."
"Come on, I'll give you a ride."
_oOo_
"And there goes camera number eight," said Woo Bin, as he monitored his friends on his phone. "I can't believe Yi Jeong. First, he tells me to install the cameras, then he gets rid of them. Sure, he probably wanted them to be in the display area, but he never specified."
Jae curled her legs on his lounge chair. "Why did you install eight?"
"I didn't want to miss a single angle."
"Woo Bin, I should probably start looking for an apartment. I can't live here forever."
"We could check the papers. I'll ask my men to look for apartments while we skim through these."
She took one look at the line of bodyguards at the door. "I'm so used to my bodyguard, Chen, that it feels weird not having one anymore."
If things were different, he'd offer to lend her some of his. He did have a lot, but then he'll have to disclose how those bodyguards were actually mafia men sent by his father. He hadn't gotten around to explaining his family history yet.
"Oooh, I like this house."
"5-bedroom apartment, overlooking a beautiful garden with a swimming pool and various other facilities," read Woo Bin.
"Let's hurry before someone beats us to it."
_oOo_
"Chin Hae, sorry I'm late."
"Noona, you bought a car? That comes with a driver."
"No. That's my friend. And that's his car."
"Nice to meet you, Woo Bin Hyung," said Ga Eul's brother while bowing.
Yi Jeong faced many awkward situations in his life. The recent encounter with the plant guy came to mind. Although, he couldn't run in response to this one.
"No, this is Yi Jeong. Where did you hear the name 'Woo Bin?'"
"The parents were talking about him the day you left for that trip. They were saying, he's crazy, and they don't want him to be their future son-in-law."
"Ga Eul, what's going on?" asked Yi Jeong.
"Noona, ice cream." Chin Hae dragged her towards an ice cream truck, leaving Yi Jeong with no choice but to follow. Without much ado, he selected strawberry cheesecake for himself. "What flavor would you like, Yi Jeong Hyung?"
Yi Jeong browsed all the different flavors on display. It'd been ages since he'd last eaten ice cream.
"I think I'll have strawberry cheesecake as well. But wait, chocolate chip cookie dough looks delicious too. But maybe Blackcurrant would be better? But they also have German chocolate. Could I perhaps have an initial tasting?"
After tasting seventeen different flavors, Yi Jeong finally settled on his first choice. He ate slowly, savoring the taste.
"It's been so long," he told a rather amused Ga Eul.
"Why? It is delicious. I can eat ice cream all day," said Chin Hae.
"Well, art exhibitions don't really serve ice cream."
"Really? How boring."
"I know. They're the worst. Filled with boring old people who have awful taste in music. Sometimes, I get so bored with me that I actually drag Woo Bin with me. Imagine!"
Thud. Lost in conversation, Yi Jeong collided head-first with a pole. "My ice cream!"
"Graceful move for the future heir of an art museum," said Ga Eul.
He was far too focused on his fallen treat to pay her any attention. "Aww. I had so much left."
"Do you want some of mine?" asked Chin Hae.
"No, no, you enjoy yours."
"OK. Noona, let's go to the park."
_oOo_
Jae Kyung and Woo Bin went to meet the realtor. From the onset itself, the meeting was going badly.
"Our ultimate goal is to build a community. Most of the tenants are newlyweds. We don't have anything against bachelors, but married couples are just more responsible."
"Agreed. Yeobo, let's take a look around," said Woo Bin, sliding his hand into hers.
What the hell was Woo Bin doing? What if they got caught?
"Relax. They won't check once you get the place," he whispered.
"Let me give you a tour," the lady said.
Jae Kyung liked the place. Unlike her mansion, it was nice and cozy: only five rooms. Italian tiles lined the floor, and the place was furnished in Scandinavian style.
"The bed looks so comfy. Do you think she'll notice if I jump on it? It's just begging to be jumped on," said Woo Bin.
"I think so. She has eyes like a hawk. Come on, let's check out the balcony."
She leaned against the railing. "The view from here is spectacular. I can imagine sitting here in the evening, sipping coffee, talking to pigeons."
"We will take it," Woo Bin told the Realtor.
"Good choice. The neighborhood is quite homey and the price is reasonable too, only 3600000 Won."
"Yeobo, why do we need another apartment? We already have such a lovely home," said Jae Kyung, while dragging her pretend husband towards the door.
_oOo_
The trio made their way to a nearby park. The first thing Chin Hae did was to make a run for the swings.
It was occupied.
"Why don't you go on the slides instead?" asked Ga Eul.
"Nonsense. I'll just stand here, stare at them, and make them uncomfortable. Much more effective, Noona."
"You should introduce him to Woo Bin. They'll get along famously. Only, Woo Bin would probably stand here and sing .Until the other guy ran off the swing."
She remembered Woo Bin singing Baby, I like it and shuddered internally.
"Why don't you go on that swing,? It looks much safer. Fitted with a safety belt and everything," said Yi Jeong, while pointing at the swing designed for infants.
"You sound just like Noona. It's a swing. It doesn't go that fast."
Chin Hae got on the swing, having successfully weirded out its previous occupant.
_oOo_
"The rent is 20,000 won, ma'am. Would you like to have a look?"
Never let it be said that Jae Kyung doesn't learn from her mistakes. This time, she inquired about the rent first.
She strolled around the place. It was smaller than the last one. Only two bedrooms. But it was still homey enough. The best part: the living room came with an attached balcony.
"Let's check out the master bedroom," said Woo Bin.
A few steps from the bedroom door, an enthusiastic dog ran towards her.
"Aww, how cute! Is it yours?" she asked.
"Yes, but not for long. This little girl is going to be your roommate."
"Excuse me?"
"This is Jeanette. She's a purebred pug who just can't wait to live with you. Yes, she can't. Yes, she can't. Aww, my little cuddly poo," said the landlord while scratching Jeanette's tummy.
"Excuse us a moment." Woo Bin took Jae Kyung aside. "Is she crazy? Who rents an entire room to a dog?"
"The apartment is real nice, though. And I like animals. I'm sure I can learn to live with it. Maybe Jeanette could take my mind off Leo."
"Leo?"
"My pet lion. That I had as a little girl. Classic story. Girl meets lion. Becomes best friends. The villain of this story, my father, gives him up for adoption. He's in the city zoo. I visit him sometimes, but they don't let me feed him."
"That sucks. I guess you should take it then."
With unwavering confidence, they announced their decision. "We'll take it."
"Wonderful. When would you like to meet the entire family?"
"What's wrong with you? She's not going to marry the dog," said Woo Bin.
"Don't be ridiculous. I meant her other roommates, Jeanette's seven bodyguards."
"Seven?" asked Jae Kyung.
"Male bodyguards?" asked Woo Bin.
"No, Jeanette isn't ready for motherhood yet. They're all female German shepherds."
"Woman, you're crazy," said Woo Bin while they sprinted towards the exit.
_oOo_
After enjoying swing time, Chin Hae moved on to the slides. Yi Jeong wasted no time in taking his place.
"This is aweeeeesssssssooooooommmmmmmeeeeeeee. It's like flying."
"I'm glad you're enjoying yourself. Is it your first time?" asked Ga Eul.
"Yeah. When I was younger, my father was too busy instilling the skills needed to be the heir of the So family in me to take me to the park." He turned his face away. "And my mother, well, she was sick most of the time." He shot up. "Let's try the see-saw."
From the other side of the see-saw, Ga Eul studied his expression. He looked a little pale. Maybe there were some unpleasant memories he'd rather escape. A change of subject was in order. "I'm surprised Jun Pyo Sunbae's house didn't have a swing."
"Please. President Kang didn't believe in such trivialities. She insisted on more educational forms of entertainment, like Model United Nations."
It took her a moment to digest this new piece of information.
"She'd force us to dress up in the appropriate attire of our assigned countries. Insist we memorize the script in the respective native languages. She even organized a panel of judges to grade us on our performance."
"Wow. Looking at how childlike Jun Pyo Sunbae is, nobody would ever guess that his mother would be so—so—strict."
"You mean bitchy?"
"There's the word."
"Once, she caught us jumping on the bed. So she locked us all in the attic as punishment. You know—since our behavior was criminal."
"So it can get worse?"
He chuckled. "It's needless to say, we never went to Jun Pyo's house to play after that. Most of our play dates happened at Woo Bin's." He pushed down on the seesaw. "Speaking of Woo Bin, his Gran did take us to the park once. Swings weren't his thing, though. He preferred burying other kids in the sand and making a mermaid out of them. He thought it was art. Other parents didn't agree."
"He is the same old Woo Bin Sunbae," said Ga Eul with a laugh.
"As he would tell you, you can't really improve on perfection."
"You two really do know each other well. If someone didn't know both of you, they'd think you were brothers. Do you have any siblings?"
"Yeah, I have an older brother, Il Hyun. He is around six years older than me." His voice took on a wistful tone. "He was always so protective. In Kindergarten, I'd often clutch his hands to prevent him from leaving me alone. He'd sit with me for ten minutes until I calmed down enough."
The forlorn look in his eyes was making her uneasy.
"Like any good older sibling, he shielded me from the realities of life. When my pet hamster died, he quietly replaced him with another one. He taught me so much, you know. We would often do pottery together. He taught me how to ride a bike. No matter how many times I fell off, he still persisted."
"Yi Jeong …"
He took a big gulp, then in one big breath, he said, "Anyway, now he is gone, and that's fine. It's not like I never get to see him. He visited when I was fourteen."
Ga Eul got up from the seesaw giving him a sudden jolt.
"Hey, that was not cool," he said while giving her a mock glare.
"Come. Let's go to the merry-go-round. You'll love it. Stand on it and hold the bars while I spin you."
"So, none of you F4 members had a standard childhood, huh?"
"Mostly. That's the price you pay when your families have such high-powered jobs, I guess." He watched the woman pushing her child on a swing. "You don't get to ride on your dad's shoulders or be pushed on a swing by your mom."
Yi Jeong continued watching the children play, longing evident on his face. Ga Eul wanted to offer comfort but was unsure how.
"It's not like she didn't try. It's hard to be a doting mother when you're ill. She didn't mean to neglect me. Sure, sometimes she'd forget my school art exhibitions or my birthday. But it's hard to remember things when you're confined to bed most days. I'm sure she was still proud of me."
Yi Jeong's head was facing downwards, and his body was shaking. Even though his head was buried in his shirt, Ga Eul was acutely aware of how much pain he was really in.
"Only because that one time she threw away the pot I made for her birthday and said, 'With each pot you make, you're turning more and more …"
An idea struck her. She spun the merry-go-round as fast as she could.
"Ahhhhh! Ga Eul, you are going to kill meeeeeee."
She was glad that she had successfully distracted him. Seeing him dejected really bothered her.
_oOo_
"Is this all of it?" asked Jae Kyung.
The current apartment they entered was tiny. It was so tiny that Woo Bin could walk across the entire living room in only four steps. Not only that, when the ad announced that it had two rooms, it meant two rooms. The kitchen and bathroom was one room, while the living room and bedroom made the other.
"I thought the picture was a compressed version or something. But nope," whispered Woo Bin.
"Don't you like it?" asked the landlord. "It really is the next new thing."
"I think it is a little too cozy for us," said Jae Kyung.
"Well, it would be difficult to find something bigger for a reasonable rent. Unless you get a roommate." He shifted closer. "I'll be your roommate. We could live in this cozy apartment nicely." He stared at Jae Kyung with a hopeful look in his eyes.
She stiffened.
Woo Bin answered him by stuffing his own brochure in his mouth.
_oOo_
Ga Eul climbed the top of the slide. She looked down at Yi Jeong and flashed him her usual smile. "Since you never did the regular things as a kid, I, Chu Ga Eul, daughter of Chu Il Won and Chu Min Ji, vow to give you a taste of it today. Come on, we'll drop my brother off and then go exploring."
Sliding down the slide, she headed to drop her brother off with Yi Jeong in tow. Nervous about a possible encounter with her mother, he waited outside.
"Bye Mom. I'm going out with a friend. Be back in a few hours."
Chin Hae followed her outside. "Hey, Noona. Have fun on your date."
She flushed. "Come on, Yi Jeong. Let's go." She dragged him away from her house as fast as possible.
"Don't worry, I won't tell the parents that it's not Woo Bin Hyung who'll become their son-in-law."
Hopefully, Yi Jeong hadn't caught that. He was walking with both his hands in his pockets, wearing a huge grin on his face. So maybe he hadn't.
_oOo_
"Phew. This one is a real upgrade. It actually has a separate bathroom and kitchen," said Jae Kyung.
"It is also bigger. You could be quite comfortable here."
She beamed at the landlord. "We're definitely interested in renting the place."
"The only thing we are particular about, miss, is our tenants be responsible."
"Of course. I always pay my bills on time, and I have enough funds." She handed over her bank records.
"Your last payment was to Untangling Your Knots."
"A gift for a friend."
"Ma'am, I think you should leave."
Since getting kicked out of the apartment, they brainstormed ideas left and right.
"There's no other way. We'll need to bring in reinforcements," he said.
_oOo_
"The paramount thing in any child's childhood is building a successful fort. At least once. But where can we go to do that?" she asked.
"I know just the place." He opened the car door for her. "It's time for some payback."
Twenty minutes later, they reached their destination.
"Hello, Gran. Is Woo Bin home?"
"No, dear."
"Can we wait for him in his room?"
"If you want to get back at Woo Bin for something, you can just say so. Come in, you two."
He let out a nervous chuckle.
"Master So, could I get you two anything to eat?" asked Woo Bin's butler.
"No, thank you. Just all the pillows and blankets you can find."
Yi Jeong meticulously constructed the framework of the fort, using Woo Bin's favorite chair and table. As he lined the floor with blankets, Ga Eul hit him on the head with a pillow.
"Pillow fights are also part of a regular childhood."
"Is that so?" He threw the same pillow at her but missed. It hit a framed picture of some certificate instead.
She picked it up. "Class clown?"
"It was awarded to him in middle school. He considers that to be one of his biggest achievements." He slid the picture frame into his bag. "That's what I call payback."
Ga Eul shook her head and then returned to the task at hand with renewed focus. While she covered the framework with blankets, Yi Jeong threw a pillow at her. This time, he hit his mark.
Ga Eul responded by draping him over with a blanket. "Aww! You make the perfect blushing bride."
_oOo_
Jan Di was in the middle of copying the diagram of the human excretory system when someone from the administrative office entered. He kept whispering something to her teacher while throwing subtle glances her way.
"Geum Jan Di, can you come here, please?"
Jan Di followed the teacher out of the classroom.
"Song Woo Bin has come to see you. He's waiting out in the lawn."
"Did he say why?"
"No. But he said it's urgent. It sounded like an emergency."
Jan Di ran to the lawn, a tornado of thoughts spinning through her mind. What happened? Did Jun Pyo lock himself in his room again? Or did he get a severe case of food poisoning from the sheer number of ddeokggochi (fried rice cake skewers) he ate yesterday?
Maybe it was Ga Eul? She had to pick up Chin Hae today. Did she get hit by a bus on her way there?
By the time she reached the lawn, her hands were shaking. "Woo Bin Sunbae, what happened? Are Jun Pyo and Ga Eul okay?"
"Yeah. Why wouldn't they be? Anyway, I just needed your help with apartment-hunting for Jae. We're having no luck whatsoever."
"You said it was urgent."
"It is. I have to catch a movie in three hours."
Jan Di grabbed his shirt, breaking off a button. This was school. She couldn't do this here. Letting him go, she took three calming breaths. "Never scare me like that again."
_oOo_
"Let me get this straight: you want to run around the hay field while I throw paint at you?"
"That is the gist of it," Ga Eul said, wearing her protective gear and clothing.
"But this may hurt you."
"Relax. It's only paint. And you have full control over the speed. Just hold the paintball in your hand." She took a successful shot at him. "And aim."
"It's on."
He chased her across the field. Initially skeptical about the game, whose sole purpose was to dirty your opponent's clothing, he was now thoroughly enjoying himself.
Ga Eul was a good opponent. She successfully dodged his shots by hiding behind a pile of hay. From the safety of her hiding place, she took several successful shots at him.
Yi Jeong hadn't laughed so much in a while.
"You are quite an opponent, Ga Eul Yang," he said while stretching out his hand.
She came out from behind a pile of hay to shake it. Big mistake. He used this opportunity to color her hair.
"Well played." She struck Yi Jeong with three shots, pinning him to the ground.
"Okay. Okay. I surrender," he said, raising his arms in defeat.
"You look so beautiful." She helped him up, pride in her handiwork shining on her face.
"Woo Bin would pay you a fortune to send him a picture right now."
_oOo_
"You didn't even ask her where she was going? For all we know, she could be out with that creep, Woo Shin," said Dad.
"You mean Woo Bin?" asked Chin Hae.
"Chin Hae, go to your room."
With a pout, he made his way towards his room. If adults took kids seriously, they might get their facts straight.
"I told you. I was dicing vegetables. If you mind this Woo Bin so much, why did you let her go on that trip with him?"
"You know I can't say no to our little girl."
_oOo_
"Yi Jeong, it's clay. It'll sink."
"But it's so beautiful. It looks just like the miniature Titanic."
Ga Eul accepted defeat. She chose sailing paper boats as their next activity. Instead of using paper, Yi Jeong insisted on making his boat from clay. It was rather beautiful, albeit useless.
She launched her boat into the water. Unlike his, it floated. "I used to come here when I was little."
"With Jan Di?"
"Yeah. Once, she lost a boat race. So she spent the next day researching ways to make her boat faster. It was a little effective."
"The same old Guem Jan Di." He chuckled. "But I dare say, she is good for Jun Pyo. She reins in his more naive side."
_oOo_
"And remember, extra whipped cream. Sure, cherries too," said Yi Jeong.
Woo Bin's evening plans included relaxing at the F4 lounge with Jan Di and Ji Hoo. But on entering it, an unusual sight greeted him. Yi Jeong was lounging on the sofa, with a tub of ice cream in one hand and a phone in the other.
He ordered something that included a lot of whipped cream and cherries.
"What are you ordering, pizza?" asked Woo Bin.
"Who puts whipped cream and cherries on pizza?" asked Jan Di.
"I did. Once. I'm not saying it's my favorite, but it wasn't that bad." He sat on the armrest. "Bro, what's with all the ice cream?"
"You go through a breakup or something?" asked Ji Hoo.
"Breakup? You hid this from me? How could you hide such vital information, Woo Bin Sunbae?"
"You feel betrayed? It's me who should. I'm his bro, and yet he didn't tell me."
"Relax. There's no girl. I just wanted some ice cream. And besides, Woo Bin, it is you who is holding out on us."
All eyes turned to him.
"What. Don't look at me. I don't have a girlfriend. Jae and I are just friends."
"Jae, who is Jae?" asked Ji Hoo while eating a spoonful of ice cream from the tub.
"What Jae? I didn't say Jae. You did." Taking the tub from Yi Jeong, he said, "You better watch your figure if you ever want to be a good wife. Now go bake me some cookies."
"Dude, that's so sexist. Anyway, what I meant was, why do Ga Eul's parents think you'll be their future son-in-law?" Yi Jeong took the tub back from Woo Bin and continued enjoying his treat.
"What!" Jan Di dropped her spoon.
"What can I say? I'm just that charming. We only spoke once, yet they already wish to add me to their family."
"Actually, they're worried that you'll be their son-in-law. They think you're crazy."
"Well, I suppose they felt that their daughter wouldn't be able to resist a smoking hot bad boy." Eyeing Jan Di's glare, he abruptly added, "Not that I see her that way. She's like my little sister, you know."
"Anyway, break time is over. I gotta to get back to studying. Thanks for the ice cream, Yi Jeong Sunbae." She flashed Woo Bin a warning look on her way out.
Ji Hoo picked up his bag. "I'm tanked. I think I'm going to go home, take a long shower, and rest my eyes."
"I think I'm going to take all this ice cream home. The fridge over here doesn't have enough room." He picked up his three tubs of ice cream and rushed home to prevent them from melting.
"Alright, bye. I'm just going to hang here for a while," replied Woo Bin.
_oOo_
After spending a pleasant couple of hours with Yi Jeong, Ga Eul returned home. She should finish her homework. Before she could make it to her room, however, she noticed ten miscalls from Woo Bin Sunbae. She should visit the F4 lounge first and check this out.
On entering the lounge, Ga Eul was greeted by the sound of Jae Kyung Unnie's voice.
"It says to thread the needle and make a knot at the end."
Woo Bin Sunbae sat on the sofa with his shirt on his lap, a thread in one hand, and a needle in the other. Unnie sat beside him, holding a laptop.
"But how big should the knot be?" he asked. "Does it have a picture?"
"Nope. No picture. After that, it says to put the pointy end of the needle in the hole of the button and pull it through. This step has been shown in this GIF."
"Hold on. I'm still tying the knot."
"What exactly are you both doing?" Ga Eul asked.
"Jan Di tore off the button of my favorite shirt. I'm attempting to fix it." He tied a knot at the end of the thread. But it was so small that the entire thread passed through.
"Here, I'll help you." She took the thread and needle and sat in the middle.
"So, Jan Di tore this off? Why?"
"I don't know. All I did was ask her to help in finding Jae an apartment."
"Really, that is so unlike her." Knowing Woo Bin Sunbae, there was probably more to the story. She'd ask Jan Di later. "Is that why you called me?"
"Yeah, we are having no luck whatsoever. The apartments we can afford are either too small or come with crazy landlords."
Ga Eul thought this over for a second. "Unnie, maybe you could get a roommate? That would make it easier. How about we all get together next weekend and help you?"
"Thanks, Ga Eul, I—" She was cut off by the ringing of her cell phone. "No, we're done. I'll be on my way." She turned to Sunbae and said, "It was Gran. She's asking when we'd be back for dinner. I'm starving. So, I think I'll go."
Woo Bin got up, presumably to drop her off, but Unnie stopped him.
"You drop Ga Eul off. I'll take your car."
"But—"
"I know the way. I'll be fine. Don't worry."
After some more reassurances from her end, she made her way out.
"Well, she took the car, so we'll just have to walk."
"Sunbae, can I ask you something?" Ga Eul picked at her ponytail.
"Relax. I'm like the brother you never wanted. You can ask me anything."
"It's about Yi Jeong's brother."
"Il Hyun? What did that soul-sucking scorpion do now?" There was venom in his voice that she had never heard before.
"We took my younger brother to the park. That's how the subject came up. When Yi Jeong was talking about him, the memories he named were all happy, yet there was melancholy in his voice. He abruptly ended the topic, and it didn't seem right to pry."
"Well, how do I say this? Yi Jeong's family isn't exactly traditional."
"Yeah, he mentioned that his mom was sick most of the time and his father would travel a lot."
"You mean philander? Il Hyun got tired of taking care of his sick mother and little brother and left when Yi Jeong was only eleven. Leaving that poor child with his psychotic parents, helpless to face the world alone."
The sheer amount of hatred in his voice surprised her. She never saw him so… angry.
"He remained in touch. Initially. But slowly pulled away. Changing his cell phone number and everything. Like he's some celebrity that we were all dying to find. Apparently, he is some art consultant now. He even has his own website. What a snob. Here, I'll show you."
He typed something on his laptop, and a website came up.
"Look at how flashy it is. Look at the color combination. So tacky, nobody likes a showoff, Il Hyun!"
"So, you did look him up?"
"Of course not. I stumbled across it. Anyway, I guess Yi Jeong still misses him sometimes. But trust me, it was good riddance to bad rubbish." He held the door open for her. "Come on, I'll walk you home."
They walked the rest of the way in silence, reaching her house without much hassle, completely unaware that two pairs of eyes watching them like hawks.
"Look, it's that Woo Shin guy again. Why doesn't he let our daughter be?" said Ga Eul's father.
"Scoot over, let me see," said his wife.
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