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He was mysterious, like an archaeopteryx crouching in a fossil.
Even when he met Jeong-min, he often called someone up. Such
attitude that he used to have hurt her feelings so much.
"Who are you calling up whenever you meet me?"
"I'm just calling my friend."
"Lets meet together sometime. Why dont you arrange the
meeting?"
"No. There is no necessity for doing so."
He was very embarrassed at the moment. Also, his attitude
seemed to admit Jung-min's guess completely.
One day, they got on a train for Chun-cheon, bathing in the
morning sun. They spent a day at the So-yang Riverside where
fresh wind blew. They headed for the Chun-cheon station to
go back to Seoul. There were some dried flowers holding an
old legend in front of the station building. It began to rain
from the cloudy winter sky.
He took Jeong-mi to a public phone booth. He called someone
and gave her the telephone receiver.
Who are you calling? Whos speaking?
Just answer the telephone.
Leaving Jung-min behind, he went into the rain out of the
booth. She got the receiver in a moment of bewilderment. She
heard some faint voice of a woman from the receiver.
Hello, I'm out at this moment. Please leave your name or
phone number. I'll return your call when I come back. Beep-
Then she heard some deep voice of a man.
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