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"Huff… Huff…"
“We're almost there! Just a little more!”
They burst through the thick underbrush, racing toward the safe zone. In the distance, a crowd was gathering. Men, women, and children were packed tightly inside a large green circle painted amid a forest clearing.
“There’s a lot of people,” Ji-Eun commented.
“It seems like there are well over fifty people here, Noonim!” Jae-Hyuk replied.
Eun-Ho felt a chill ripple down his spine as a tense energy, almost electric, buzzed through the branches overhead.
[01:14]
Thankfully, there was still time for him to try something.
“Hold my hand.”
He held out his right hand to Ji-Eun, who stood beside. His left hand was already firmly held by Yul.
“Do we really have to?” Ji-Eun asked, hesitating.
“Yes. Quickly,” Eun-Ho urged.
However, Ji-Eun just stood there, fidgeting awkwardly. Her eyes darted everywhere but to his hand. For someone usually so decisive, her hesitation was unexpected.
Eun-Ho wondered if there was a reason for such hesitation.
Sss—
Then at last, she held Eun-Ho’s hand.
“Ji-Eun,” he said quietly.
“Y-yes?” she jumped, startled like a rabbit hearing thunder.
He said just above a whisper, “Schisandra tea helps, apparently.”
“What? Where did that come from?”
“You’ve got hyperhidrosis, don’t you?”
Her hands were noticeably damp, especially for such a cool day. It wasn’t something she ever talked about, and he hadn’t known either. Then again, when would he have ever had a reason to hold hands with a coworker?
“If we search the remains of a convenience store or market, there might be some schisandra tea left. Let’s look together next time we go scavenging.”
Ji-Eun didn’t say anything and simply lowered her head even more.
Did I just offend her? Eun-Ho wondered.
“I’m sorry if that...
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