Eunchae, living here, rose with the most tired complexion.

When she turned her gaze to the side, the adjacent spot was empty as if she had slept alone from the beginning. Looking at the vacant space where Giju, who knows when she left, used to be, Eunchae smiled faintly in disappointment.

Last night, it wasn’t intentional, but she ended up pretending to be asleep. It allowed her to know how loud a man’s breathing can be. Plus, being told not to move. Unable to even twitch, she could barely fall asleep in the early morning.

Eunchae fanned her hot face and came out to the veranda. When she opened the sliding door and stepped outside, she encountered the culprit of oversleeping. He had brought the lid of the cauldron and placed it on the pot stand.

“I’ll go to the supermarket.”

Giju, who easily finished her errand, naturally followed her.

“I’ll be back soon, so don’t come out.”

Eunchae, who was going to leave alone, turned back again.

“Oh, do you have cash? Only cash is accepted here.”

Giju, who usually refused Gumbun’s errands, practically gave her almost all the money Future had given her. “Pay the utility bills,” she said. So Eunchae only had five thousand won left in her pocket. To give more to Wooseok, who had been quite generous to her, she felt like she needed more.

Giju went into the house without saying anything and came out with her wallet.

“Take as much as you need.”

Eunchae, who was planning to gather about ten thousand won at most, was surprised when she opened his wallet. There were several fifty-thousand-won bills inside. Perhaps because it was crisp new money, the wallet didn’t feel uncomfortably thick.

“Why do you carry so much cash? Who uses cash these days? Everyone uses cards.”

“Because there are often situations like that.”

That darn professional habit.

Eunchae sighed deeply and took out a fifty-thousand-won bill from his wallet.

“I’ll pay you back when I go to Seoul. Please lend it to me.”

“Just go together. I’ll pay for it.”

“Aren’t you worried I won’t pay you back?”

To that question, Giju replied as if it were ridiculous.

“Take all the money in there.”

Eunchae, still holding only one fifty-thousand-won bill, handed the wallet back.

“I’ll be back anyway. Because I’m going with Wooseok. Don’t worry about the danger.”

What?

Giju narrowed the end of her eyes.

It was so absurd that laughter burst out, but what followed was even more absurd.

“Oh. Noisy presence and following are also prohibited.”

He went beyond irritation, and his nerves stiffened.

When Giju said nothing, Eunchae thought she had conveyed her intention and turned away.

As soon as Eunchae arrived at the yellow door, Wooseok came out at a good timing. Wooseok, who was stretching as if he had just woken up properly, belatedly noticed Eunchae and squinted his sleepy eyes.

“Where are you going?”

“To the supermarket. Let’s go together.”

Wooseok nodded, leading the way. Eunchae, who was a little behind, followed closely, coming up on his side.
Wooseok glanced at Eunchae. Although her complexion seemed a bit tired, she appeared to be in a good mood. There was a fresh emotion, like nervousness, that could be felt.

Since the arrival of a man named Kwon Kijoo, Wooseok’s face had relaxed.

Unintentionally, Wooseok sighed while shaking his head. The man definitely showed a gentle attitude toward Eunchae. However, he shouldn’t be deceived by that.

“Hey, that person, Kwon Kijoo.”

Wooseok finally spoke out of concern.

“The man you mentioned before, right?”

Looking at Wooseok, Eunchae blinked her eyes and nodded slightly.

“Yeah.”

Wooseok, who was about to offer some advice, gave up just by looking at Eunchae’s smiling face.

“Choose what you want to eat. I’ll buy it for you.”

Without hesitation, Wooseok picked a pack of cigarettes upon hearing this. The supermarket owner watched them and gave a remark.

“Young people nowadays only learn bad things.”

“Oh, why? Is it because I didn’t choose Bororo?”

As always, Wooseok laughed while teasing. Then the old man grabbed Wooseok’s head and spoke to Eunchae.

“Don’t let this fool buy anything. He chose cigarettes when I told him to choose something to eat.”

Before Eunchae could respond, Wooseok got angry and stepped forward.

“Is tobacco a gourmet food?”

“Damn it! This punk is alive.”

At this rate, it seemed like the argument wouldn’t end. In a hurry, Eunchae handed over the money and pocketed the change, pushing Wooseok from behind. Even as they left, Wooseok continued to respond to the old man’s nagging.

Eunchae looked at Wooseok with a face that said, “You’re quite something.”

“I don’t want to buy cigarettes.”

“Are you trying to lecture me?”

In response to that statement, Wooseok, who had barely avoided the old man’s nagging, now had a look that said, “Now it’s your turn?”

“Doesn’t that man also smoke?”

“He quit.”

“How do you quit drinking and smoking?”

“That’s right. I coughed in his face when he smoked, so he blew the smoke in my face.”