The End of April Page #2

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You're making a round, huh?

It used to be someone else.

Yeah, she's on a leave.

I see.

I used to live here.

Not much has changed.

You lived here?

When?

In 2005.

Just for a while.

Let me see.

Weren't you studying for

the civil services exam?

You lived on the 10th floor, didn't you?

That's correct.

Don't you remember me?

I rented you the apartment.

Oh I remember.

It's good to see you again.

Excuse me.

What are you doing?

Hello? Anybody home?

Hey, I want to talk to you.

What?

Who are you?

I'm from the social service.

Sir, what were you doing over there?

What?

What were you doing in front

of someone else's place?

Look at him sweating.

As you can see, he's not well.

He couldn't harm anyone.

Say it, if you saw him doing anything bad.

Cat got your tongue?

Why are you harassing good people?

Goddammit.

Get out.

Get the hell out of here.

Are you studying for the

civil services exam?

You're applying for the grade 9.

Which department?

Social services.

I'm applying for the grade 7.

Grade 7 in Legal services.

Do you have any study group?

It's hard to pass the exam

when you study by yourself.

It's more efficient to study together.

We can share information.

Mind your own business, mister.

Mister?

I'm not that old.

We're about the same age.

How old are you?

Shouldn't you be studying

instead of hitting on girls?

Actually...

I already passed.

I went to do physical

after passing the exam.

Guess what? I have tuberculosis.

I was deferred for a year. They told

me to get the thing fixed first.

Isn't that funny? Who gets

tuberculosis these days?

Basically, I have nothing to do until

I go to the sanitarium this Fall.

I'm just trying to kill time, taking

English classes and et cetera.

For Korean History,

get this one.

It's written by a famous lecturer.

It's very well organized.

It's better to go over the basic

textbook and get to the workbook later.

But you have to spend more

time on workbooks though.

It's pretty obvious what kind of

questions will be on the exam.

What else?

Why do you always hang out here?

Your parents are not home?

Excuse me.

You just moved here, no?

That's right.

It's good to finally meet you.

I'm swamped with work.

My name is Kang In-cheol.

I'm your neighbor.

By the way...

have you seen it?

What?

I guess you didn't know.

When I was promoted to an executive,

I decided I should contribute to society.

So I started to raise pigs at home.

I know it's a bit peculiar.

But these pigs...

they are no ordinary pigs.

They are very intelligent.

They don't obey human.

F***ing pigs.

So I stopped feeding them for a while.

Then these pigs ran away.

You really haven't seen them?

No.

Miss.

How long do you think you can keep lying?

Don't justify yourself.

Life goes on with or without you.

My, oh my.

I hope I didn't offend you.

If you'd like,

come over to our place for dinner.

My wife is a great cook.

It's me, honey.

What are you doing?

You shouldn't be out here

by yourself at this hour.

What did my mom say?

Don't be nosy.

You fought with your mom, didn't you?

Mind your own business.

Hey.

Why are you being so rude?

I'm not being nosy.

It's just that you guys are really loud.

I can't study because of the noise.

What do you want me to do?

Why don't you move out then?

What did you say?

Wouldn't it be nice if things

worked out the way you wanted them?

I wouldn't have born in that family.

Did you know that

a whole family died in our apartment?

I guess you didn't.

You wouldn't have moved if you knew.

Are you serious?

It was on the news.

Do you know who did it?

The father.

He poisoned them all.

The funny thing is...

I'd have understood if my dad did that.

What would I become?

Don't say that.

Every morning when I open my eyes,

I pray that the whole apartment is gone.

It'd be nice if they tore the

building down with a bulldozer.

They say the re-development is on the way.

Re-development?

As if.

Then what? Is that going

to change the world?

The people living in are losers.

You can't do anything about that.

People don't change.

You want to hear a funny story?

There are some people I want to see dead.

Last night in my dream, they all died.

Their skulls crushed, spouting

blood from everywhere.

Gross.

The dream was so vivid.

It felt so real.

Who died in your dream?

You know the grocery store down there?

Ouch, wait.

I need to poop.

I'll tell you later.

Get inside. You said it's

dangerous to be here alone.

Can I sit here?

Sorry, I'm waiting for someone.

Hyun-Jin.

You scared me.

Do you need a place to sit?

I saved the seat for you.

Come on.

Mister, are you stalking me?

Stalking you?

No way.

Since I saved your seat, how about

you buy me a cup of coffee?

Yes?

You're not getting one?

I don't like instant coffee.

It has high calories.

Oh, I guess it's not up to your standard.

You only drink espresso at cafes?

Stop teasing me.

I'm not.

I wish I knew how to enjoy those,

but my taste is pretty cheap.

It's good.

You should get black coffee next time.

I will.

Too much calories.

How did you know my name anyways?

Oh that?

It's written on your forehead.

Seriously.

The strange thing about names is...

your life resembles your name.

When I first saw you,

I could tell you were honest and sincere.

Thus, Hyun-Jin. (Chinese characters

mean honest and sincere)

Are you being serious?

Is that how you find out my name?

Actually, it was written

on your textbook cover.

You almost fool me there.

Hi there.

What do you want?

I wanted to talk to you.

Can we come inside for a sec?

What did you want to talk about?

I wanted to ask you a favor.

Joo-hee's a high school senior.

She's a very smart girl, but

she doesn't put any effort.

I saw that you stay up late all the time.

What do you do at night?

I'm studying for the civil services exam.

I knew it.

You're always quiet like a cat.

I knew you were a smart girl.

Is there any way...

you can tutor Joo-hee?

I'll pay you 500 bucks a month.

500 dollars?

How's that? It's pretty good, no?

Okay.

Phew, that's a load off my chest.

My only daughter, she can

be a handful sometimes.

Joo-hee.

Your dad said he'd support your study

abroad if you get into college.

Give your best.

Where are you going?

To get some air.

Hey.

Did you go to the dentist today?

JOO-hee.

You don't want to study with me?

Hey, don't you really know?

Know what?

My mom's insane.

She always says I'm crazy.

But she's the crazy one.

What do you mean?

I'm not joking.

Maybe this apartment is hunted.

She's lost her mind since we moved here.

Hyun-Jin.

Do you really believe she'll pay you?

We don't even have money to pay the bills.

Your father has a job.

Says who?

He quit when I was still

in elementary school.

Why?

He said he was going to try something else.

But the fact of the matter

is that he got laid off.

They lied that they'd give him

a call once things get better.

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