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Chapter 1
내 이름은 류이, 어릴 때부터 시골에서 자랐고, 우리 집은 항상 가난했다.
다른 아이들은 어릴 때 새 옷을 입었지만, 나는 없었다. 다른 아이들은 새 장난감이 있었지만, 나는 없었다. 어릴 때부터 내 기억에 남은 것은 끝나지 않는 농사일과 공부뿐이었다.
중학교 때, 학교에서 연애를 시작하는 아이들이 있었지만, 나는 여전히 공부만 했다. 고등학교 졸업하는 날 친구들은 여러 모임에서 축하하고 있을 때, 내가 할 수 있는 것은 대학 합격통지서를 꼭 쥐고 밭에서 일하고 있는 아버지께 웃으며 건네는 것뿐이었다.
대학 가기 전날 밤, 아버지는 문간에 쪼그리고 앉아 담배를 한 모금씩 피우셨다. 그날 밤 내내 주무시지 않았다. 아침에 내가 마을 입구에 도착했을 때, 아버지는 구겨진 돈 뭉치를 내게 건네시며 웃으며 말씀하셨다. "얘야, 대도시에 가면 꼭 자신을 잘 돌봐라. 돈 아끼려고 밥 제대로 못 먹지 말고, 돈 없으면 나한테 말해..."
그날 나는 눈물을 흘리며 학교로 갔다. 대학 생활은 꽤 신선했다. 미녀들이 특히 많았고, 대도시의 풍경도 특히 좋았다. 하지만 이 모든 화려함은 나와는 별 상관이 없는 것 같았다. 나는 여전히 예전 습관에 빠져 수업 외에는 도서관에 갔다. 단순히 장학금을 받아 집안의 어려움을 덜어주고 싶었을 뿐이다.
내 대학 생활이 이렇게 평범하게 지나갈 거라고 생각했는데, 예상치 못하게 임시얼이라는 여학생이 갑자기 내 생활에 나타났다.
임시얼은 우리 반의 미인이었다. 특히 하얀 피부에 검은 긴 머리, 거기에 1미터가 넘는 긴 다리를 가졌고, 흰색 운동화와 흰색 민소매를 즐겨 입었다. 임시얼은 마치 청춘의 대명사 같았다. 우리 반뿐만 아니라 학교 전체에서도 얼마나 많은 사람들이 임시얼에게 매료되었는지 모른다.
사실 나도 임시얼을 특히 좋아했지만, 그 마음을 표현할 용기가 없었다. 단지 임시얼이 입은 옷 한 벌이 내 전 재산보다 더 비싸기 때문이었다. 가끔 도서관에서나 반 활동을 할 때 임시얼이 나에게 몇 마디 말을 건네는 정도였지만, 그 간단한 몇 마디 말만으로도 내 심장은 두근두근 뛰었다.
사회는 현실적이다. 나는 임시얼을 많이 좋아했고, 외모와 키도 나쁘지 않았지만, 돈도 배경도 없는 내가 그녀를 영화 한 편 보자고 할 용기조차 없었다...
그런데 그날 오후, 갑자기 임시얼에게서 문자를 받았다.
"나 임시얼인데, 오늘 밤에 노래방 가고 싶은데, 양심 없는 친구는 남자친구랑 가버렸어. 류이 너 나랑 같이 갈 수 있어?"
눈을 몇 번 비볐다. 이게 진짜인가? 꿈을 꾸는 건 아닐까?
세게 자신을 꼬집어본 후에야 기쁨에 넘쳐 소리를 지르며 기숙사로 달려가 가장 비싸고 적절한 옷을 입고, 룸메이트들의 의아한 시선 속에 뛰쳐나왔다. 그리고 이를 악물고 꽃집에서 장미 아홉 송이를 사서 저녁 7시 30분까지 애타게 기다린 후 '예옌'으로 향했다!
예옌은 이 도시에서 손꼽히는 유흥가였다. 이런 고급 소비 장소는 내 나이까지 한 번도 가보지 못했다. 밖에서부터 네온사인이 반짝이고 화려한 색상의 예옌 안에서는 젊은 남녀들이 마음껏 호르몬을 발산하고 있었다. 마음이 조금 불안했지만, 입구에 가까워질 때 아무렇지 않은 척하며 장미 아홉 송이를 들고 있으니 지나가는 사람들이 자꾸 쳐다봤다.
"선생님 몇 분이세요? 몇 층으로 가실 건가요?"
바로 안내원이 공손하게 물었다.
나는 이런 상황을 경험해본 적은 없지만, 어릴 때부터 정신력이 강했기에 담담하게 대답했다. "212요!"
1층은 로비 구역이었고, 오가는 서비스 직원들은 모두 젊은이들이었다. 나는 태연하게 주변을 살펴봤다. 로비에는 문이 하나 있었고, 그 문은 많은 젊은 남녀들이 드나들면서 열렸다 닫혔다. 안에는 연기가 자욱하고 조명이 어렴풋했으며, 헤비메탈 음악이 심장을 떨리게 했다.
안에서 나오는 취기가 오른 얼굴과 노출이 심한 옷을 입은 미녀들이 나를 유혹적인 눈빛으로 쳐다보았고, 이런 경험이 처음인 내 심장도 덩달아 뛰기 시작했다.
"선생님, 이쪽으로 오세요."
다행히 1층 서비스 직원이 와서 나를 엘리베이터 앞으로 안내하고 올려보내며 무전기로 한마디 했다. "212 남자분 한 분, 기다리세요!"
예옌 1층은 개방형 바로 매우 시끄럽고 소란스러웠으며, 화려한 옷을 입은 사람들이 몸을 흔들고 있었다. 2층은 개인실이었고, 방음이 잘 되어 복도는 조용했다. 가끔 누군가 방문을 열 때만 방 안의 여러 소리가 새어 나왔다.
불안한 마음으로 서비스 직원을 따라 212호 앞에 도착했고, 깊게 숨을 들이마시고 문을 열고 들어갔다.
방 안에는 고급 소파와 테이블, 의자, 거대한 LCD 화면, 노래방 기계, 몽환적인 조명, 은밀한 인테리어가 있어 시골 출신인 나는 자연스레 여러 번 둘러보았다.
그런데 소파에 앉아 있는 여자는 임시얼이 아니라 그녀의 친구 육연이었다.
나는 물었다. "왜 너야? 아니..."
육연은 내가 온 것을 보고 눈이 반짝이며 일어섰다. 그녀는 임시얼의 천상미인에는 미치지 못했지만, 그래도 일급 미녀였다. 육연은 체형이 훌륭했고, 키가 170cm나 되었으며, 평소 캠퍼스에서도 꽤 개방적인 차림으로 짧은 치마 세트를 입고 그 하얀 다리를 이리저리 흔들며 다른 사람들을 정신없게 만들곤 했다.
그녀는 바로 다가와 내 팔을 잡았고, 그녀의 풍만한 가슴이 내 팔에 닿는 것도 전혀 개의치 않았다. 나는 순간 멍해졌다.
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