-Here comes our first story for the night. This is from Miss Choi Jinhae from Gyeonggi-do, who says: In our neighborhood, the first bus comes at 4:40 a.m, a little earlier than other places. — Oh, hey, it’s 4:40 when I’m reading this too. — The reason the first bus comes early is apparently for the sake of the elderly who wake up early and go up to the market. They would take the first bus one by one. Sometimes, the bus would stay at a stop for more than five minutes, but no one says anything about it. That’s the affection of this town.

Gaeul increased the radio volume a little. The icy snow hitting the car bonnet was pretty loud.

-What a heartwarming story. But I personally don’t like the word affection. In its purest meaning, it’s of course something to be welcomed, but the usage of that word in the current era makes me feel disgusted instead. Recently, there was an incident where a business owner hired many people for less than minimum wage for years before getting caught. In the interview, that business owner said that he did it because of affection and because they all felt like family. Affection can be...