1. I don't remember how I got in that taxi. Or how I even packed my bags.
2. When I regained my senses, the cab was already...
3. Driving across a bridge.
4. "..."
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1. This is so exhausting...
2. But this is all...
3. After graduating from college...
4. ...I broke up with huilin.
1. It wasn't just because of what happened with heejung.
2. "Ugh, the alarm next door... Not again..."
3. "For fuck's sake! Turn off the damn alarm!"
4. "Both my neighbors are driving me crazy..."
5. I moved out of huilin's house, into my own accommodations...
1. And kept busy with part-time jobs while preparing for the teacher's exam.
2. "Miss chun, I wired you the money for this month's lessons."
3. "Thank you. I'll see you next tuesday."
4. "Please make sure he does his homework."
1. "Ugh..."
2. "There goes my money..."
3. I knew things would be harder after breaking up with huilin...
4. But actually experiencing it was a whole other story.
5. I had nothing and no one to rely on.
1. ALL I COULD DO WAS SURVIVE EACH DAY.
2. I FELT AS THOUGH MY WHOLE LIFE WAS BEING SQUEEZED DRY.
4. "UGH!"
1. Not again...
2. ...
3. I must be pushing myself too hard.
4. ""Don't push yourself too hard, jaehee.""
5. ...
6. Whenever something reminded me of you, I made myself even busier.
7. I wouldn't think about you if I didn't have time to think.
5. "UGH, THE LIGHT IS TAKING FOREVER..."
6. "HUH?"
1. Chinese conglomerate and key "bridge" for Sino-Korean economic relations CEO Zhu Huei dies
2. "WHAT...?"
1. "No way..."
2. "H-how do you do... I'm chun jaehee."
3. "Pleased to meet you, ms. Chun. Huilin's told me much"
1. "About you."
2. "Maybe that's why this doesn't feel like our first meeting."
3. "I heard you've known huilin for a while now. I'm sorry it took me so long to invite you."
4. "Oh, no..."
5. "If anything, I'm just thankful to have been invited."
6. "I even got to travel to china! I'm so grateful, sir."
1. "Haha, you're most welcome. Please make yourself at home anytime."
2. A-am I saying the right things?
3. I'm not sure how to make this work!
4. A 20-year-old who still finds it awkward to talk to "Grown-ups."
1. "No need to get so nervous, jaehee. Just think of it as humoring an old fart."
2. "What?!"
3. "I can hear you, sweetie."
4. "At any rate, it seems I've spoiled my only daughter."
5. "I only hope she won't cause trouble for you, ms. Chun."
6. "And I can hear you too, dad!"
1. "Good, I meant for you to."
2. "This is the first time you brought your girlfriend home. Of course I should make the right impression."
3. "You don't have to be so formal."
4. "You'll make it harder on her."
5. This is amazing...
6. I don't think I could have ever told my dad about us...
7. I can't believe... He called me her girlfriend.
1. "Huh?"
2. "Oh no!"
3. "D-did he see me smiling?"
4. I hope he didn't take it the wrong way...
1. "Ms. Chun..."
2. "Yes?!"
3. "I may be an old man who doesn't know much about lesbians or same-sex couples..."
4. "But if there's one thing I do know, it's my daughter."
5. "And I know how much she cares about you."
1. "My daughter's hardly perfect..."
2. "But I hope she's in good hands with you."
3. "Oh..."
4. "Yes, sir!"
1. "Oh no... It can't be..."
2. "Hngh..."
3. Thinking about you losing your one and only family...
4. Made me want to run straight to you.
5. I didn't want to say anything. I just wanted to hold you.
1. But...
2. ...my feelings of anger and betrayal held me back.
1. And then, one year later...
2. It's only february, but the trees are already budding...
4. After I failed the certification exam for the second time, I was feeling lost.
5. What should I do? Should I study for another year?
1. Even if I go all-in, I'm still not sure I'd pass...
2. Plus, I'm totally broke...
3. "?"
1. "Hello? Yes?"
2. "Professor...?"
3. What I heard from my professor took me totally by surprise.
4. "Jaehee."
5. "Did you know that soonbaek girls' high school is hiring teachers?"
1. "Really? That's my alma mater."
2. "Yes, I heard you're an alum."
3. "They have a new sponsoring foundation and a lot of open positions."
4. "If it's okay with you, I'd like to write a letter of recommendation for you."
5. "Want to give it a try?"
6. "Oh..."
1. "Thank you. I'd appreciate that."
2. And so I prepared for that instead.
2. I PASSED THE TEACHING DEMONSTRATION AND THE THIRD ROUND, A PERSONALITY TEST.
3. THE FINAL INTERVIEW WAS ALL THAT WAS LEFT.
4. "YOU'RE UP NEXT, MS. CHUN."
5. "O-OKAY!"
1. I feel like my heart's about to jump out of my chest...
2. Don't get nervous... Calm down...
3. "This way."
1. "Oh, thank you..."
2. "..."
3. "Come in."
1. "Excuse me."
2. "Hello. Please have a seat over there."
3. "Please give us your name and a brief introduction."
4. "Hello. My name is chun jaehee."
1. The moment I looked up...
2. ...I thought I must be dreaming.
3. "Nice to meet you, ms. Chun."
1. "I'm zhu huilin, chairwoman of the sponsoring foundation for soonbaek girls' high school."
2. "Shall we get started?"