Shortly afterwards, Jung Heewon saw a few young women from the marginalized group sneak into the back of a tarp and she became furious.
“Ah, really annoying. Did you see that?”
“I saw it.”
Cheon Inho had said it. ‘Anything’ could be exchanged for food. But the girls who just entered weren’t carrying anything.
Jung Heewon sprang to her feet.
“I can’t just watch this.”
“What will you do?”
“Stop it. I have to tell them not to do it, no matter the circumstances!”
“Then those women will starve.”
“Are you just going to watch?”
“Yes, I think you should just watch this time.”
“What do you mean by that?”
I silently received Jung Heewon’s contemptuous gaze.
“Jung Heewon-ssi, stopping those women won’t solve the current problem. Even if you stop them now, something similar will occur late at night.”
“…Then I will stop them again. I will stop it and stop it.”
“Then what about their food? Among those who just entered the tarp, there is a mother with a child. If that child starves to death, will Jung Heewon-ssi be responsible for the child’s death?”
Jung Heewon’s eyes shook. She bowed her head as if to hide her expression.
“…Then what can I do? The alternative…”