Even if there were a girl who was interested in him, which he doubts, the idea of a love affair is beyond the imagining of Min Yoong-gi. He is a pale and delicate young man with richly dyed brown hair, but even at the age of 25 there is no space in his life for anything very much apart from work. This morning, for example, he and his 6 colleagues were up soon after 6am. It is 8pm now, and there are several more hours before they will go to sleep. Days off are rare. The last time they had a holiday was back in February, when they went out of town together for three days, lounged a little and had a barbecue.

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