9.

It turned out that the one who heard Yeo-Joo's whisper while on the bus was not only Yeo-Joo, but the man he was staring at and was closing his eyes too. Yeo-Joo's sentence really bothers Dae-Hwa's mind, this is the first time the words from the girl he always ignores can affect him. As if there is something mystical in that sentence.

"Not. It's just a coincidence," Dae-Hwa muttered quietly. "There's no way I..."

"Impossible what?" cut in a voice behind Dae-Hwa.

The man looked back in shock. His eyes narrowed as he found Hyun-Woo's figure standing facing him. "It's nothing," Dae-Hwa said quietly. He turned his head back forward, staring at the expanse of the sea that stretched out in front of him.

"I wanted to ask you to let Yeo-Joo go, but you weren't the one holding her back," said Hyun-Woo standing in line with Dae-Hwa. They both looked straight ahead.

"So what are you going to do?" asked Dae-Hwa turning to Hyun-Woo