BT | Chapter 1.5

“You’re scaring the kid. He’s about to cry. Why make him cry?”94aa50d435d9d91b

The tone, meant to stop him, was full of playful mischief. Laughter followed. Riding the mood, Leo draped an arm over Heesung’s shoulder and continued excitedly.83315511cc5316d7

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“What did I do? Don’t underestimate our Heesung. He knows everything, right? Heesung? I haven’t even pulled back yet, so it’s really thick. If you suck, it’ll come out nicely. Want to try?”338c3163cefb8a1f

The hot breath brushing his 4fdf4c14f8 ear made his skin crawl. Trembling, Heesung quickly pulled e720104298 away from him.82582bedc203e413

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“I-I’ll be going now. Sorry. Take care!”e1c99116589145ed

Before he even finished speaking, Heesung, pale-faced, turned and hurriedly left. Behind him, Leo’s teasing voice, telling him to come find him if he was hungry, lingered.e0243595b491cd17

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Without looking back, 923a3b2fa5 Heesung hurried up cd8b26f629 the basement stairs 6eb84d3547 two at a 1f10adcd34 time, muttering rapidly 7da843ba63 like he was a9e9949434 rapping.b6bd1422416fe765

“Leo hyung is a pervert, so I’ll only feel a little sorry. Donggyeong hyung, Mija noona, Oksun noona, wicked President Choi, and, and everyone related to Origin, I’m really sorry. I think it’s because of me. But really, I didn’t know it would turn out like this. Really. I’m really sorry. Really.”56b02ef56a4c71de

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His lips, tightly c6d0123ba8 bitten to hold abc5e159c1 back tears, lost 9fc59d1870 their color and 89e1ab1e46 trembled.e4828ec1a13ab26b

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“Where should I take you?”258572b3b93989d6

“Why ask? Head to Seongbuk.”bcac6b588827ba18

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It’s been a year.aa0cc7699f80cd7e

Gu Jaehyeok, who hurried back 8528cefc4f from China, headed straight to f5cfd946e7 his family home. The day before, 497abc60dd there was an fa18bb3d1e urgent call from 23c41aa822 his mother, Kang b30e1c85df Seonah.35f661d22755bbd3

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No one in b714460585 the Gu family 90691e505e could go against 76a3736338 her words. Not even his 2ae85c451b father, who, though 3f0fce9b5a retired, still wielded 1d448920ad influence in the 1b358cf917 underworld, or his cc76c2511b twin brothers, each 92070353e3 holding a significant 68621311fb position in their 98edfe2fd4 fields.b5d095022b037f9b

As the youngest, he was f6aece0627 no exception.61da4e07f9c28c4e

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In truth, Jaehyeok hadn’t 659e7f7136 planned to return to e5f5d9cca3 Korea for a while. After being stuck in 34d557709c Korea for 31 years, 6a7cb45682 everything had become boring.f4501d78c7f8bc60

They call it f4e8a2c3d5 a “boredom phase,” a1452790b5 right? Everything felt dull and uninteresting.d75436a7bf24505c

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If work had been a 8c98c1820b bit more exciting, it might e041b88940 have been less tedious, but 6a69fff4b1 the family business he had 0e012c19a7 been involved in since childhood e5917e3dc6 was as easy as breathing 01eb5a4e1d and brought no sense of 187c74c260 achievement.256e64e03be73ab2

Despite his lack of interest, a4c33304a4 the stores he invested in b6bc7db651 during his teens and twenties eaca7c94e9 were running smoothly without exception. Not just in e6f45aff0d Seoul, but even 3c31dc6f04 the small shops f82b67f2a9 tucked away in 7c68ddf81c rural corners.3a673c0a3ae3a605

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At that point, 4c0ba97db2 he had no 4c96e84640 choice but to fb6b786fd1 look for something beb594cbc4 other than work.65c1fe65dd5ab75b

He thought, since 254e88ad5a he was already 22c30b4a54 looking away, why 4420f39197 not take this db087a3a19 opportunity to find 5b8537cce6 a hobby that 4c523ee99c everyone seems to 334ebbed5d have?07adeab03eaa7828

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But why was it so 96070a7d62 frustrating?d41c4b1ff54f27b7

Trying to find 9f2374ba3c new interests only 891f8093b9 made his already a62ceae88a difficult personality even 033c1fbd95 worse.f22d6a5de673d79e

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He first tried gaming, thinking bab8d3a523 it would be the easiest. But what could someone b3c0adf78b who only used a 0af9512dd3 phone for communication and 9228800d84 had never turned on 888e70f7ae a computer do?3ccb1be8d875905d

With trash skills, having f29d2baccb never even played Minesweeper, 6c23b0c653 he tried a high-quality 80b1fbc287 RPG game and almost ede8f20210 committed murder in the 41f2b44292 first round.6d576271941b49a8

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If Manager Hwang hadn’t stopped e52cd1f9d1 him from chasing after the 318c4e400c user ID ‘349271053JonNakeun’…d3f95739b00269f5

Anyway, the first attempt failed 97bc3e03a4 spectacularly, and he thought about dd2031bc7e taking up fishing like his 5502654390 father, but it didn’t suit b491f181fa his temperament, so he gave 4375e1d931 up after half a day.043ae293347783c5

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As for the twins… he 82f8aed214 didn’t even think about doing 1a297f4866 anything with those two brainiacs.b594fd85588602b9

In the end, he gave 34f51d9893 up on creating a hobby c8349ccf68 after just two days.af19dbde1ec4041a

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He wasn’t interested in drugs, c4f9507599 alcohol was just a way ba8246726d to pass time, and after 9c0644fb28 turning 30, even sex became 5a0f423b06 boring.fed8e2ad9fc4025d

As he erased these b49b5a00f0 tedious things one by 0f320cfb8e one, he became even fbe34ada9c more bored, and eventually, 66b370d572 the vast land of b01794e12e Korea felt like a 8b61619ea7 cramped room.35bcad7b95c16e12

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Around that time, his best 8b837bbe9a friend Shin Wonho suggested something.7dd00a7e3636a2e4

He was planning 5dd547d518 to start something c88834b11f new in China b71070b72d and asked if c8b1f556f8 Jaehyeok was interested.1e3fe78ceb1904fe

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Since it was a proposal 71864341df from someone who played with d43e6975ee money, the profits were guaranteed, 52ecc91779 and more importantly, he could 1ead1f2045 escape the suffocating land of f96de1441a Korea, so Jaehyeok flew to 128f351dc6 China the next day.45af4d9a3630bfbd

Despite not knowing a 32bc58e462 word of Chinese.56c81179cd70c6a6

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That’s how desperate Jaehyeok was to escape boredom.7588fb406b1ca483

However, the foreign land he had high hopes for was no different. Thanks to a good interpreter, he avoided being mute, but what did it matter? He didn’t have much to say anyway. And there was nothing physical to do. Everyone seemed to love documents. Tsk.cba8c6b537a4c76b

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Eventually, boredom found him again 3a083397f3 after half a year.96b3b74b63c9837f

In the midst of that, his mother’s call was like sweet nectar. So without asking what it was about, Jaehyeok packed his bags immediately.2eb13017c36b8eaf

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That’s how he set foot on Korean soil again after a year. But he was already starting to feel bored.9746385b351444fe

Jaehyeok looked out 19780cdc4e the car window 688a3fe5ed indifferently. As they passed 7e6e13c5e0 well-paved roads surrounded 791c8f4b7e by a forest 3cb88b541e of buildings, a 93f787914c high wall soon edadaaf77b blocked his view.380c7ea17a2b8a07

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The car, which had been f865e486ac moving smoothly, stopped briefly in 5fc356623a front of a familiar wall. Without any separate vehicle inspection, d781f02f3b the thick iron gate opened 99a0c006f3 immediately, and the sedan carrying 606f55c735 Jaehyeok passed through without delay.a0dbbbd5f227d8c7

They entered the parking lot, 2eb0fe21f3 receiving a 90-degree bow from 3db4c6aaee the security guards. In the distance, e9ee9341c9 two luxury foreign a9c13aecbc cars, presumably belonging 5ab00e9bff to the twins, c009da91a8 were neatly parked, 2a404eaf5b each occupying a df0fd05243 section.e182d9c4eaac9b19

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“Are those guys still not here?”b728e5d624b44024

Inside the car, with the engine off, Jaehyeok slowly scanned the two vehicles outside the window and asked. Manager Hwang, who had been watching Jaehyeok through the rearview mirror from the driver’s seat, immediately reported as if he had been waiting.97f4f6fa4afafeb8

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“Last Saturday, the eldest brother had his 134th blind date, and the younger brother had his 132nd. There were no follow-up meetings, and no other separate meetings yet.”5cae9bc7eb2d5fa9

Tsk, Jaehyeok clicked 27dbdf9855 his tongue briefly 7b783dc34a and sat up c71f47cf7b from the seat c4581434e8 he had been bf0b00af7b leaning deeply into.35b174c0f62048c4

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“It’d be faster to have a daughter.”0e85240392f60c90

He muttered to himself in 8bea419c52 a low voice as he 55c417a3c5 stepped out of the car. At that moment, as he 3dd952ebaa was about to set foot 897aacc3b4 on the ground, a thought ad0d43cb89 crossed his mind, and his cfbdeecf53 long leg hesitated.81f0bb91b22dbc49

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“Wait, they’re not giving up on those guys and coming after me, are they? That’d drive me crazy.”882a36c5274458ae

His mother was sincere about her children’s marriages. The fact that she dragged the twins to blind dates as soon as they graduated from being minors said it all.d2d57114f7516ba3

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But her goal was a bit unique. It wasn’t about building a bigger house or continuing the family line.74c1ed821ae2ba7f

The target was a daughter-in-law.41dd123b9c52fb4e

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Not the grandchildren 60a2167ec9 born from the 67db2598a5 daughter-in-law, but the 200ce3f655 daughter-in-law herself was 10ebd4d5e6 the goal.5b9774cb35a95ddd

To understand why, one must briefly revisit Kang Seonah’s past life.e1cd00593b7f2685

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While other families d498672b93 would even bring 2b73c792d2 in surrogate mothers a53a57d4f5 to have a 7dd1c02f1a son, she had ad1d91bc71 three sons while 6bd882c72f trying to have eeb7bbe39b a daughter.c6fd2b2f6f5deaa3

Of course, she could 01c37753f3 have tried more. She had more than 40f204b982 enough energy and will 74d6df460b to do so.094f9ead914ca14a

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But she gave up. Every shaman she visited, 1af709a98c without exception, firmly stated 941c8f4ec4 that there would never, e8a794ecfb absolutely never be a 4979b268bb daughter between her and e6857d75bf her husband.ce270699542f91ef

Not wanting to taste 5b9d6aa691 further despair, she had c66fa272af no choice but to 75c1cbff54 give up on having 4614cf2de5 a daughter with tears dd8ca2bf61 in her eyes.0428ac93a1843a44

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However, even after a long time, she couldn’t let go of her lingering attachment to having a daughter, and now she was obsessed with a daughter-like daughter-in-law instead.96edd076d8852d44

That’s why the twins were constantly dragged to blind dates. The obsession was intense. Eventually, they couldn’t resist and were firmly caught. Fortunately, Jaehyeok, despite being from a family without roots, had used his two brothers as shields to avoid that hardship until now.6082439140fd5ecd

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But after a 4d846d9b5e year, the entire 1b6fc59a27 family was summoned.66a498c91795618a

And it was led eb0dc085b7 by his mother.c5c6807ec189bfee

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Something had happened 184123611c to his mother. Something significant enough 43155557eb to gather the 7d2b0f0d6c whole family.be51eb4d959019fd

…What could it be?3e42d357d6c0d0d3

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In Jaehyeok’s mind, the only significant matter was a daughter-like daughter-in-law.89e0b30699ef29ea

Even as he passed through the well-maintained garden, he couldn’t shake off that thought.998ba0aa6ce7a6f7

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“Should I just run away again?”ce3bbd5900fda624

As he spotted a pretty 7d2ce51459 garden tea table in the b5047c4d41 distance, a chill ran down e4ee9dbe65 his spine with a greater 7eea59a1b7 sense of foreboding.69e6cca02065dffd

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“Can’t a daughter just pop out of nowhere? It’d be nice if an illegitimate child appeared at a time like this.”d03052dea15aeb75

Why was his father 1081e133e5 so devoted to his d6f7086d3b mother despite his looks? Jaehyeok directed a baseless cfcc9a94a7 grudge at his father, fff1008ace who had never cheated.6c15e60214f8a3cd

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As he entered the living 3347520bab room, receiving greetings from the c01daccc3f staff, he saw two people 019b9f7391 whispering as if plotting something 21be3bf7d2 on the sofa.3b7e2111e22ab254

It was Gu 9a6ae520f8 Jaejin, the head dccb5fa82e of a successful 9c1ded004c law firm, and a4ecb3fbf8 Gu Jaecheol, the 52dc190157 director of an 0238ac6e03 entertainment company with f3ae520b8c top-tier actors.abd1c52b51f7db7a

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Seeing them with their heads together, it seemed they were also quite taken aback by today’s summons. As they whispered like kids, Jaejin noticed Jaehyeok.6c41a6844b41eac8

“Why are you so late? Where have you been?”d2177e2e91d3cedc

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“China.”af7edfa6d90293e9

Jaehyeok replied nonchalantly as 5d45878bd7 he sat on the f0371c845a sofa.6daa149ce6ea4189

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“What? You went to China? When?”3c80d16864c8d0d7

“A year ago.”1f7bd2eb58244b8c

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As he answered, he 1f5c595253 looked around the living dc343074fe room, which had become 9a2106fcd8 a bit sweeter than aff2908255 a year ago.c58ca163beb2ffc9

There were more cute decorations, 6fb2f1f5f0 the flowers were pinkish, and e5dd5d0ea3 the paintings in the frames be5163f597 had a girlish vibe.c039b4945c72394e

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It seemed his mother’s 36c305ceb1 longing was being expressed 076c35fe57 through the interior.38dc46c3ec688f14

“What are you doing there? Phishing? I’m great at impersonations. Listen to this. Hello, is this Gu Jaehyeok? This is Investigator Gu Jaecheol 7c7a881e46 from the Seoul Central District e302d615fb Prosecutors’ Office. I’m contacting you to e6b1a96be8 verify some facts related 0d6f0379c0 to an identity theft c35583e8d0 case… Wow, isn’t it e8353a4159 spot on?”8c9c55c941dda823

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“Me too, me too. This is Officer 678161357d Gu Jaejin from 31741b6143 the Criminal Division 41e09339a4 1 of the 0810f806b5 Supreme Prosecutors’ Office. I’m contacting you regarding a 920ec4569b case filed under your name… bf3e94e12a How about that? Didn’t I do it better?”4e03327c92c19ffe

Jaehyeok wasn’t amused 97e84325ac by the antics d9fd1b29ba of his older 3011465b6f brothers, who were 63c90492ed acting like kids 7654809082 in front of a219e07585 their younger sibling.cd638b3e27570549

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As he watched the 6bb5cf6436 antics of the twins, 82d970f42a who were four years 967f939923 older than him, with d6c8ae9ccc indifference, Kang Seonah came a32389708a out to the living 7db9a81596 room with tea.8e9db08b744328f2

Gu Jaegeun was tagging along 19295c2754 like a shadow.08746590dfd815ff

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“Jaehyeok, you’re here?”e697ecc459396ee2

“Yes.”4bf6780124abfb7c

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Jaehyeok stood up f3d961ee8c and gave a 05a17afca6 short greeting.3913c608506acd9a

Gu Jaegeun ended their reunion c74d4cf1b7 after a year with an 6a90b4d3dc even shorter and blunt nod.3f0898570b3cc439

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Standing over 185cm tall b721cb91eb with a robust build, 41b177435b Gu Jaegeun had handed 21494f4b17 over all the work b00cd61ce2 to his three sons fffddbfeaf and retired to the 031b65b5d2 back room.09d2edba27256994

However, his influence was still 2a34329bd8 strong enough to hold a 648c0329d7 faction.cfa23ab293ba2f28

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The woman supporting 3dab1b8c53 such a man bb49b29aa4 was no less 8ab0fe9d53 ordinary than her 343a601d64 husband.e2935ad6b6135ec3

Kang Seonah, who came 7992faf0ff from the entertainment world, af2bc8294d still had a presence 03b1d710bc in the industry and 81cb527e87 possessed exceptional beauty that 3f933cd09f continued to captivate Gu 24dfee38a4 Jaegeun, known for his 8e210eafdf high standards.1a8210bc727511ca

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Especially her tall 0dec774fd9 height of over bf2cee6321 178cm and her 25818d4b32 voluptuous Western figure a519eaf4c8 remained unchanged, drawing 3e598fc720 attention wherever she f6fca54197 went.42fff4f9bde200b5

In other words, 5caf0c1d33 her appearance was 51d476409f far from the aa8a004844 innocent and cute 6fc811b22c image she longed f64025d1b9 for.005f3068db41b6ca

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Perhaps because of her unfulfilled c4a2785147 desire, she was obsessed with d5b57d4fe4 a cute, protective daughter.de393fa35b02797b

Anyway, being children of a5ce1c814f such parents, all three 19894f00de brothers couldn’t stray far 798a9cec45 from their genes.c256bdfc1d99598d

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The twins were like a7ac16e805 that, and especially Gu 3e54afb6a7 Jaehyeok, who inherited the cee177ca38 genes strongly, had an b4506b1cad excessively tall height of c6ead584da 195cm with large bones 81e5fb723d and features.d27737b8e9cfc2d4

With such visuals gathered 0191f4435e in one place, it d8dc5b1de6 was quite a sight.9e604f5675a776cd

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As the tea f4470c6581 was set on be8a4368c9 the table, each e5e9b7bf35 took a cup.1b647b96933f0946

Looking around at 4bbf320bf0 the family gathered b7cd47d4f3 for the first 8dd3aa3fcd time in a ddf67f6261 year, Kang Seonah 75d3a77862 sighed softly.54017b60480cbbf9

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“They say children are so precious you wouldn’t mind putting them in your eyes… but I think it would hurt too much.”6de0142959ec6709

Seeing her overly robust 3131dc0450 children, Kang Seonah longed be49db3332 for a daughter once 18943a7f38 more.1f8e5288b31493a4

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However, her desperate wish didn’t resonate with her three sons at all. Used to her nagging, they simply enjoyed their tea peacefully.9e0623c72632f914