“A lot of garlic?”

“And two more servings of pork neck please.”

As soon as their unfriendly server walked away, Park Yeon-Ah lowered her voice and chided Woo-Jin, “We’ve already ordered five servings and we haven’t grilled two of them yet.” 

“I felt bad that we kept asking for more garlic and nothing else since it’s rather expensive these days,” Woo-Jin responded. 

“Garlic really is expensive these days. Honestly, when the part-timer asked ‘Just garlic?’ I flinched a little too. Mr. Kang Min-Ho, please eat in moderation.” Park Yeon-Ah was very aware of the food prices because she cooked her own meals. She seemed to share the same sentiment as Woo-Jin as she glared at Kang Min-Ho. 

“Garlic isn’t that expensive,” responded Kang Min-Ho. 

“Its price has gone up so much these days! I went to the grocery store yesterday and was so shocked after seeing the price,” added Woo-Jin.

“Do you think it’s just garlic? Everything except for our pay has gone up..” A bond of sympathy developed between Park Yeon-Ah and Woo-Jin as they looked at each other and nodded grimly over the prices of groceries. 

“Well, Mr. Kang Min-Ho, you’re one of the top supporting actors these days so you must be getting paid more and more. That’s probably why you’re not bothered by little things like that, right?” 

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