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A late night sleep for once.

I’ve been doing physical work lately, so my back feels like it’s going to hurt.

I was lying on the floor with a blanket spread out, blinking my eyes and thinking.

If I had a lot of money, I think it would be okay to just play around for the rest of my life.

But the problem is… I don’t have that damn money.

I lay on the floor with my back to the wall, wiggling around for a while, and only got up when the sun was high in the sky.

I haven’t even cooked rice yet… Should I boil some ramen and eat it?

-Ding dong!

The doorbell suddenly rings.

What the heck? Did the building owner come to collect the rent? Oh my……

I stood up from my seat and looked outside through the front door lens.

A young woman stands, neatly dressed.

Who is this? I feel like I’m seeing your face for the first time.

Hmm… Is this a cult religion?

Thinking like that, I ignored the doorbell and started preparing to boil ramen again.

-Ding dong! Ding dong!

What the hell. You’re so persistent.

Am I supposed to chase them out with a fierce face? Huh?

I got so annoyed that I opened the door wide and shouted hysterically.

“Yes. Get out of here, you cult. I don’t have anything to do with that, so go somewhere else.”

“Oh my. A cult?”

A young woman dressed in a formal attire.

What is this? Isn’t this a cult?

Who is it? I think I’ve seen you somewhere before…….

The woman stepped back, looking slightly surprised, and then continued speaking.

“Aren’t you a cult member? You’re still the same. You just seem to have gotten bigger.”

“Huh? Who are you and why are you pretending to know me……..”

ah.

There is someone who suddenly comes to mind.

Bin Hye-yoon.

Bin Hye-yoon, the lice that used to stick to me at the old Saehui Hope Orphanage.

“Huh? Huh?……….”

I was speechless.

Huh? Hey, how did this kid suddenly come looking for me? Why?

I was so shocked that I slammed the door shut.

“Hey! Woo Sung-won! Open the door! Why are you suddenly closing the door and making a fuss!”

Hyeyoon shouted while banging on the door.

Fuck……. This house is a mess.

I looked around my room, which was on the verge of becoming a garbage dump.

It’s not on the verge of becoming a dump. It’s already a dump.

“Okay, wait a minute! Oh, change your clothes!”

I shouted like that and cleaned at the speed of light.

Wow. This is fucking driving me crazy.

When we were dating, Yeonlim never came to my room.

First, I pushed all the trash out onto the veranda and then swept the room like crazy with a broom.

I wet my hair with water to roughly straighten it, then took out some relatively clean clothes and changed into them.

The whole process took less than five minutes.

I, who was dressed somewhat like a human being, opened the front door and tried to open it leisurely.

“Come on in. Bindae Bin Hye-yoon. Long time no see.”

***

One minute later.

Hyeyoon was sitting quietly on the floor of my room, looking around.

“This is where you live.”

A dispute right away?

I took a can of cola out of the fridge and placed it in front of Hye-yoon.

“Yeah. I live in a place like this. Why? Hey. How did you know where I live?”

“There is a way that everyone knows.”

“Huh?”

Hyeyoon handed me the cola again and spoke to me in a somewhat polite yet cold tone.

“I don’t drink it unless it’s zero calories. Do you clean your room? Why is your room so messy?”

“I’m busy with work these days. It’s been a while since we last met, so why do you want to twitch so much?”

“What are you doing?”

Ugh……. Honestly, I don’t want to say it.

I didn’t want to feel miserable in front of a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time.

This is when bluffing is meant to be used.

I tried to answer naturally.

“I work in the marketing team at the headquarters of a large corporation’s open market. It’s already been over a year since I started working there.”

“What? Marketing team?”

Hyeyoon squinted one eye slightly.

Oh my. Why are you like that? Did you notice that I was joking?

Hyeyoon asked again with a faint smile on her lips.

“Oh, really? You work for a conglomerate? How much is your annual salary?”

“The starting salary was 100 million won. I’m saving some money these days.”

“One hundred million?”

Hyeyoon snorted and remained silent for a moment, as if she was dumbfounded.

What is it? Do you know anything? Why are you reacting like this?

“That’s really great. You’re doing well. I came to see you because I was curious about how you’re doing.”

That’s a slightly sarcastic voice? What is it?

I asked because I couldn’t help it.

“What do you do for a living? It’s been a while since I’ve seen you… You’re the one who hasn’t changed at all?”

Even though she said that, Hye-yoon changed a lot.

That old-fashioned, childish feeling I had as a child is gone. Honestly, I’ve become a lot prettier.

It doesn’t look like you had surgery… How did your face change like this?

Hyeyoon blinked her big eyes and looked at me before answering.

“……I’m just running a small business.”

“Business? Hey… Are you the boss?”

“I think so. Yes. You are the boss.”

“How did you know where I live? Why didn’t you contact me before?”

When I asked again, Hye-yoon bit her lips slightly and didn’t answer.

After a while, Hye-yoon answered with an uncomfortable smile.

“There was a lot of work. There were a lot of things going on……..”

This kid is joking. Does he see people as his own?

What kind of business can a twenty-three year old like me run?

I guess he was just joking around like me and saying he was doing business because he felt embarrassed to say it.

Wait… Are we both lying at the same time right now? Because we’re both miserable?

“It’s so comfortable. It’s still the same.”

Hyeyoon suddenly broke the silence like that.

“Huh?”

“Recently……. I’ve been nervous a lot. There have been times when I had to make really cruel decisions and times when I had to act with an iron face. I didn’t feel like a human being.”

Hyeyoon smiled brightly, but her smile looked slightly melancholic.

What happened?

When I made a stupid face, Hyeyoon sighed and continued speaking.

“But when I see you again after such a long time, I feel so comfortable that I feel completely relaxed. It feels like I’ve gone back to when I was young. Did you like it when you were young?”

“What are you talking about? It was hell. You know that too.”

“Right?”

For a moment we looked at each other and laughed.

Then Hye-yoon stopped laughing and stood up from her seat.

“I have to go because I have something to do.”

“day?”

“Even so, I’m a busy person.”

Hyeyoon stood up from her seat and took out a small envelope from her bosom.

“Take it.”

Huh? What is this…….

money??

What the heck? An envelope full of ten thousand won notes??

“What is this? What kind of money is this all of a sudden? Are you giving this to me?”

When I asked in surprise, Hye-yoon nodded.

“Take it because I’m giving it to you. Seongwon, a regular employee with a salary in the hundreds of millions at a large corporation.”

…….You knew I was bragging, didn’t you? Ugh- This is miserable.

By the way, where did the child get this money? Is it okay for him to accept something like this?

I handed over the envelope of money again, my heart pounding with anger.

“Okay. I don’t need this. I can eat and live on my own.”

Ugh……. I felt a little bad after saying some pretty cool lines and saving my pride.

It looks like it’s over five million won.

Hyeyoon, who was staring at me with her round eyes, smiled brightly and responded.

“Oh my. Are you trying to build up your pride?”

“It’s not pride. It’s that I don’t want to ask for help from others. I’m the type of person who can’t live in debt.”

“It’s the same old thing to be needlessly proud. Nothing has changed.”

Hyeyoon suddenly opened her eyes sharply and continued speaking a little more seriously.

“When I say something, you just take the money. I really hate people who disobey me.”

Why does that kid talk like that?

Your voice is really authoritative.

Under pressure from Hye-yoon, I ended up accepting the envelope of money again.

Hyeyoon, who was patting my head, smiled again and said.

“Yeah. Good job. I’m the type of person who can’t live in debt.”

Hyeyoon whispered in my ear.

“I’m the kind of petty person who remembers everything, whether it’s the little things like gratitude or resentment.”

?

As I looked at her with a dumbfounded expression, Hye-yoon waved her hand and left.

“Bye. See you next time.”

***

A week later. Deep at night.

On the roof of a tall building, a bloody execution was taking place.

Countless people were sitting there, their hands and feet tied, their eyes and mouths covered. There seemed to be over fifty of them.

-Bang! Bang!

Every time he put the pistol to the back of his head and pulled the trigger, a loud gunshot rang out.

The people who had been shot in the back of the head fell forward on the spot.

“Ugh……. Sa, save me……..”

-bang!

Another person was shot in the back of the head and died instantly.

While her subordinates were executing her, Hye-yoon sat behind her, resting her chin on her hand and blankly watching the scene.

“You really cleaned up other organizations in an instant.”

As Secretary Alex opened his mouth in a voice of wonder, Hye-yoon, who was sitting alone in her chair, glanced at her secretary and answered.

“These guys were going to die anyway. Those who are going to die should be sent off cleanly.”

Hyeyoon, who was taking out a memo and folding it here and there, suddenly asked.

“Alex, can you fold a paper airplane?”

“Huh? Oh, a paper airplane?”

Alex hesitated and answered the unexpected question.

“Well, I’m not really interested in origami-”

“I guess so?”

Hyeyoon, who had been folding the memo here and there by herself, scratched the back of her head in embarrassment and continued speaking.

“I think I learned it at the orphanage when I was little, but I don’t remember how to fold it. I wanted to fold a paper airplane and fly it here. Ah…….”

“Yes?”

“I just wanted to try folding a paper airplane for the first time in a while. This is a tall building. If I throw it down, it might fly well, right?”

Bin Hye-yoon’s innocent voice.

-bang!

-Bang! Bang!

The gunfire never stops.

Hyeyoon, who had been folding the paper here and there on her own, eventually couldn’t hold it in any longer and crumpled it up.

“Ah. That’s annoying. I’ll ask Seongwon next time. There’s no way I can’t fold a paper airplane.”

……People are dying right before my eyes, and out of the blue, you’re talking about paper airplanes.

How mentally strong is the boss? Or is he indifferent to the world?

Alex looked at Hye-yoon with an expression that was half in amazement, half in fear.

“Boss. What should we do with the bodies of those executed here?”

Hye-yoon, who was crossing her legs and looking up at the night sky, answered Alex’s question coldly.

“Throw it in a river where many people can see it. Let it float away like scum on top of soup.”

“Yes? Is that okay?”

“I’ve been feeding money to the political circles and the police. Let’s just let this case slide without investigating.”

“No, boss. Even so… wouldn’t it be dangerous?”

“Ordinary people should know now.”

Hye-yoon crossed her well-stretched leg to the opposite side and added charismatically as if mocking everyone.

“Who dominates this industry?”

***

It’s eight million won in cash.

Hyeyoon, did that kid win the lottery or something? Why did he suddenly come to me and give me money?

By the way, I wonder how you found me. Did you spend money at a detective agency?

I sat cross-legged alone and thought for a while before nodding my head.

Well, it worked out well anyway.

Even though I said I didn’t want to receive it, Hye-yoon forced me to take the money. I should spend it first.

I paid my overdue rent for now. Phew… If I had been a few more months behind, I would have ended up on the streets.

And since I finally had some spare cash, I decided to have some chicken and beer.

Ugh……. How long has it been since you had chicken and beer?

I ordered chicken and beer and turned on the TV.

Isn’t there anything fun to watch… When you’re drinking alone, you need to watch something fun…

I was pressing the remote control hard when I put it down on the news channel.

– At around 2: 00 PM today, dozens of bodies were found in the lower reaches of the Han River. While it is assumed to be a mafia fight, the police and the National Security Agency have not responded in any particular way…….

What the heck… It’s the mafia again?

I gulped down my beer while listening to the reporter’s clear pronunciation.

Yeah. If you have nothing else to watch, the best thing to do is watch the news, curse, and drink alone.

– Meanwhile, Bin Hye-yoon, the daughter of the late chairman of the group, is gaining attention as the new successor to Black Emily, the core organization of the mafia –

“Phew!”

I ended up spitting out the beer I was drinking.