When he wiped his snot, it became a layer of thin ice on the back of his hand before crumbling apart. It was so cold that insults were mixed with every white breath he breathed out. Dongwook approached the drum barrel where a small fire was lit up. As expected of the labor market which started off earlier than anywhere else, it was filled with people. Dongwook wasn’t new to this, so he didn’t look around awkwardly like a novice and put his hand between his crotch as he got some of the warmth from the fire.

Today was the fifth day already. Waking up early every morning according to the sound of the alarm felt terrible, but he had no choice in order to meet Mari’s man. He sniffled his snot that came out regardless of his will and had a look at the clock. According to some info that one of the private investigators found, Mari’s man was working in one of the labor markets in the Southern parts of Busan. He wished he could just search through everything, but if there were any watching eyes around the man, then his investigations until now would be for naught. He had already missed once too. The fact that he didn’t know what the man was thinking also tugged on his...