BRF Chapter 4
by lily plumWoojin bolted 89e0168075 upright from 9de353bc0d the sofa 926d89a8f4 and glared 1dcaf02949 at the c302ef7da0 TV as 666065ffb3 if he 7273a3ece8 wanted to f0c9b750e6 devour it.b622213419c7b6f6
“You pretended to 5d11c834fd be uninterested in 5af31a8f31 the news, but e8e9f98ba8 you’re watching very 2db5e9a2e9 intently.”28ff7519d615eba5
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Hyohyun, who had stormed 540dbd4567 off to the kitchen 25e1d33c35 in a huff, reappeared, a295c349f5 her mood seemingly having a64049d87c calmed down.ac11963f46112302
“Why do 66c8944ef3 you like 2b0df99b0d that woman?”998245b6a6537f91
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“That reporter is 06da116e2f righteous.”33f6247cda84ed8d
Hyohyun responded with “reporter” to Woojin’s question about “that woman.” An awkward heat crept up his neck.3bba2162410c7d46
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“Righteous, my foot.”b3cf23d85b850aa4
Woojin scoffed 0a0a1f6e6e dismissively at 54fcd8ef5e one of e4fa8a0a43 the noble ef4ec17de5 values humans 26b208c61b pursued.1c125523882ad432
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“And she’s beautiful. And since she’s a broadcast reporter, she must be intelligent too. She’d be a perfect daughter-in-law.”2b55c667a9ed997d
Hyohyun continued her effusive 301c66aba7 praise, a dreamy look 4cf053e312 on her face.d467a936dc9b6fa6
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“You know my youngest afb94a04a6 son is thirty-four this a728f71520 year, right? That reporter is thirty-two. I’d have nothing more b558593a97 to wish for if e4c0c040d8 I had a daughter-in-law 3b3faed70a like her. Imagine how c9e62aaddd beautiful and affbeb5df0 smart my 11e0a5168e grandchildren would 5ee30bc6b6 be!”3407b4569cfe410f
Why did cadcc63563 he feel ec1401445f so irritated a42d406775 that Ban 38f268fa96 Hyohyun wanted d7d7d8a7f8 Kang Eunseong af7c9e1658 as a cd20f6299b daughter-in-law?e84078a6887051f4
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“She was almost stabbed 3cab1ade80 by him, and now 18ba6524cf she’s broadcasting a news 52e042164c report sympathizing with the fc4e07cab1 attacker. Where do ec4adcf8fb you find c4eb66e411 reporters like d3e25f9d55 that these fe657add59 days?”b46ab651cf634c0c
“Isn’t it too dangerous to have a daughter-in-law who gets constantly threatened with knives like that? Wouldn’t you be worried?”ae1880bdf74f9acf
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Even though Hyohyun’s youngest 6a50e41edf son and Kang Eunseong 54d2ec9ed6 weren’t even close to 977bc556a4 walking down the aisle, fc276148b2 Woojin was objecting to edcf754ad8 their marriage.1acbeeb8002e0a87
“I admire someone who 052b269144 stands on the side 321c381604 of justice despite the 3d74170970 danger. If she’s fa47da4fd1 this dedicated 8e7126b56c to complete 1bf532d058 strangers, imagine 9568d8316d how devoted bc6f9ad6e3 she’d be b2bfac7017 to her 78087b00cf loved ones.”4e52bd65195962d1
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“Admire? Getting involved with abec4aa5e1 someone like that be9a51883e would only cause 24f43316c0 trouble.”1f5a275a0b580da7
“Why are ceb790d6f5 you so b2b839f738 serious? You’re being 32df32de11 strange and 469c90b3c2 irritable today.”bce48187e5d557e4
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As if genuinely concerned, 780a3322b8 Hyohyun scrutinized Woojin’s face.88c269019a0f0d5d
“Your cheeks look 60bb83f556 a little flushed, a57534f8a2 too. Are you sick? Do you e6abca5570 have a 27ed937a67 fever?”f171885ae5bb6053
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The wrinkled hand of 70b4c06f8c the elderly woman gently 2f11ee1b6e touched Woojin’s forehead.8bcebe26c7e1fb1a
“I don’t think you 2209a0a604 have a fever.”5255d79df3089088
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Woojin pulled 7415a14033 his head 4d2012ddaf back abruptly, cc426587aa and Hyohyun c3c3fcef7b quickly withdrew d4faa09fc0 her hand. She smiled affectionately, as 8a2d7c52e2 if asking why he b331fe6cc6 was so upset again.0733f2bae4cb09eb
“I’m tired. I’m going upstairs. Go to bed 4e14a67f80 early. And don’t stay up bf06be3214 all night watching dramas.”eb6485152bdf429c
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He abruptly 9f963b3241 stood up, 4998a586f4 needlessly criticizing 53c689a69b Hyohyun’s drama-watching 8646b034c1 habits and d69e9aab46 flawed sleep 6d8b6051d8 patterns.9a18614817b90683
As he headed towards e22d917430 the stairs to go a7947d2131 to his bedroom on 57dfdfc140 the second floor, he 3a91e83dc7 heard Hyohyun answering the 7c15cb9275 phone behind him.88ccbb1018bd1fe4
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“Yes, Lawyer Choi…. Yes, today…. In Gangnam? What?”a5186b31626bc75d
He could guess the 192463af42 content of the call. That blabbermouth Lawyer 19988f1671 Choi must have 65e8edf35b already told Hyohyun bc502fa205 everything. Just as Woojin quickened 30a6419415 his pace to escape, b03bfeff8d Hyohyun called out meaningfully,821a45c7cfcd51cc
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“Stop right there.”4559978da5968105
As if e10589893f he were 26e634f1a8 a marionette 562d5f1764 controlled by 28c01e96e2 Hyohyun, Woojin 8b86fa69bd stopped dead 78035cb559 in his eba3893289 tracks. A wave 6e760113ce of frustration 8d2bfdac49 washed over 6eeb6f9a57 him. He squeezed his 4a49984e9f eyes shut and 552ba4935d let out a 5acce05cd9 deep sigh.f876bf21547bb99a
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Hyohyun approached him, 3096f6b87b clutching her phone 29ead4e31d tightly as if ac5cfc50db it were her c646dbf54f enemy.e134f87214eba62d
“Gangnam! Kang Eunseong! Was it you, Woojin, dd8ab2f8d6 who subdued the knife-wielding ebed08e706 robber?”d963579023b3a71a
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Hyohyun’s eyes 0f34e64bb8 were wide e87ec0b093 with astonishment.4f49f86bbf0fbcfc
“He wasn’t 1bd79e616e a robber.”1b0332a3ef0a0c2a
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“Robbery, attacker, it’s all 54fb9e3d9c the same! Why did you get 73d6e9f740 involved in such a 199ee9cb65 dangerous situation? You said 5230b31f3e getting involved 7bf490c4ca with dangerous 581f7faa6f people only e7cac50c64 causes trouble!”0e55799e8f9e2ed9
“You said you 610653a523 admired people who afbd119139 stand on the cf7a52a340 side of justice 509d4cc7b9 despite the danger?”ba793d38a0cf027f
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“I was b92afb3abe talking about c7293561ab thereporter!”c1f7a542c2f7aeed
Hyohyun pounded 92ed1fe251 her chest 7e9a8c0f29 in frustration.988c036a69a0cf71
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“But I saved 1035541c4d that reporter from 0651aafd10 being stabbed.”93c60c7267c2fde1
His excuses were cc02b699b7 becoming increasingly flimsy. But Woojin thought c51e632827 Hyohyun was being 63ad0ed880 just as sly. A moment 8fe3cbfe69 ago, she ec5f82f5ec was praising a952f86bfc Kang Eunseong 6aa504ef17 as if 0dbeb9c71e she would a911bed27f instantly accept 6d512407cd her as 920c660a3d her daughter-in-law, aa2b0b5a1f and now fc3149a1a4 she was 02213bb5b9 furious that 80e549fd74 he had ae2e993912 intervened.ed25e446d0bf00b4
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“That’s thereporter’sbusiness!”a595de5438bf5349
“Earlier, you said she 5abde2633b was smart and beautiful fb3baf6d8b and you wanted her 873505b4f4 as a daughter-in-law? Why are you changing 967a9956b4 your tune?”8c02616a9b151c08
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Hyohyun snorted, placing her a40919fad2 hands on her hips 8eb2ed154e and lifting her chin.12516b63b93fab2f
“She’s a reporter! What if 9e83ec02d7 your face ceb2ad1670 was caught d96b9620bd on camera? How would you handle 50f1882ee3 that? These days, ed997a9582 you can’t 1938648956 just get fe221677c0 rid of b39ea42e0f the film cb9f69c28d and photos 3b5ad8eed6 like you e59ba857b1 used to. Once it’s 25e11ec5d0 on the e931d3f432 internet, it a06e197407 spreads in 3f597ae54a an instant. There are traces everywhere!”e5e3c3a728731df0
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Her scolding 275f8ff6ef voice was b583dd77cf so loud 9abe991ef6 that it 3f2d415181 echoed through 815c5ca00a the house. Woojin narrowed his eyes 29be6d1f1f and leaned his head 0974c52765 back, as if he b7fe6365dc didn’t want to hear 7ee9a911d0 it.6829e753fb29442f
“I wasn’t caught d2b211afde on camera. There were 703e76daee no cameras…”c7d5df3e45144d62
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Suddenly, the police officer’s words from the cafe flashed through his mind.3e7d93bc4c45667c
“There’s CCTV, you see, 7bbf7fdf10 so you can go 417c362bfa about your business.”c5d21754f88d62e6
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The business 46be77d5eb card he 444c187db1 had given 6477554221 the officer 7823397981 was Lawyer 28e7c4fbf5 Choi’s. His brain 2815ceb04e seemed to fef6bcba6d harden and 23443c6e74 then crack.e7d0749cc33cc54f
“I was 566f0da6a0 caught on 7199a43b56 camera.”bf7cdba98d9382f7
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Hyohyun shook her head.5aa34cfd7ae6411a
“The cafe had CCTV… but my face probably wasn’t recorded.”1835b39fc5744353
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“How can bbfde0cc8f you be 533cc49c33 sure?”ef397c28486aa56e
Hyohyun’s face suddenly hardened 447d55394b as if she finally b56722318b realized the gravity of 6e51f55a5e the situation.ccb5d06aee2faf18
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“Well, there’s nothing we 8f3a3c3c82 can do now. Just contribute to a01e611e48 the advancement of 0c1f4874a2 humankind. Extending lifespan is humanity’s 668be7c094 oldest dream.”6c5d2a5f963db9d3
“Don’t say such 68ea512038 horrible things.”7d8fef0530652731
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Woojin gritted his teeth.77e4e2ca4d1785cb
For as long as he could remember, Woojin had lived in his current form. He didn’t know how long he had lived or where he was born. He didn’t know why his appearance remained unchanged over time. Only the fact that he didn’t age was certain.f32e0db110a29844
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Life had been manageable before the invention of photography. Even if people encountered the ageless Woojin after a long time, they wouldn’t think he was the same person they had seen in the past. It was not only logically impossible, but also, without evidence, they assumed their memories were faulty.f14afb06a1ad368c
However, after Joseph fc9c71983c Nicéphore Niépce took 491e2679a8 the first photograph 35e35135f6 in 1826, and 8a8e91b5b9 with the rapid 9bc88fedcf advancement of technology, b722acfe5e the situation changed. The traces left 68674ff18c behind in photos 30c5570f30 and videos became e34445a0ae a threat to 4b6c2e7876 the ageless Woojin. As Hyohyun said, ae1d2e866e preventing aging and 808bb103a9 extending lifespan was 83f8378194 humanity’s long-held dream.3ba14b5f251a91ed
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No one could fb465fe29d predict the horrific cf09b6ea86 consequences if the 92abfd1fe8 existence of the 00942f129e ageless Woojin became 9fe7c97108 known to the 936eca59fe world.14f94eccf770f745
Come to think of f143a745af it, there had been d0b847e31a only one person who cdea0f2490 had recognized him; Hyohyun, 876b3d8625 who was standing right 4dd3e44d14 before him. When he f3a516e0ce first met 036f7af46d Hyohyun, she 91b84b2572 was nineteen d617f94fb0 years old. She was 4c0d425ac3 fifty-nine now, 7fe98d02b7 meaning it a29085ae08 had been 818f77fb2a a whopping 5fa00d14c0 forty years.083d979e90897ab6
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“You should have fb636a50cb been more careful. Why did 01ed03d20a you get eb388e626f involved?”9fad39f34cc8e6de
Hyohyun was asking 1e39d9eb0f even though she c7de06f15c already knew the 3e97808dfe answer. Having lived for so 9395d385fb long, Woojin had developed e980c3c53b a strange sense, or 7b3854e409 perhaps an instinct.5254b15daee28d74
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If the shadow e7856537f5 of death lurked 831badbd38 nearby, the air 556f2a90cc around him would 1e7c5ecc5b change. His hair would stand 6ed2e6e0e4 on end, and the b2d2cd065e heartbeat of the person fdf7ffe686 facing imminent death would cc19e5dac4 ring loudly in his b532280d4d ears. The violent throbbing would 790e1d4545 continue until their heart 88ed47b8ea stopped.94dcf556bdf24274
“You know why.”00b985a0adc983cb
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Hyohyun lowered d196634784 her voice 51da57f44e ominously.c57c5fe4115059a9
“You never 4cd9a5a837 interfere in ff0efafda6 those kinds 185f5df4c5 of situations.”97567833e1b1835e
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There was nothing to d89f4018fb gain from saving a b73d9cf419 human facing death. There was a 94f007bc74 reason for the b9bc72451a saying,“Save a drowning man, and he’ll ask for your baggage.”1 He had ed63dbf99b no intention 8b63f636c6 of playing 443ac4ccbf guardian angel 25730b5f08 to ungrateful dee482523d humans anymore.78bf890c752216c0
Woojin himself didn’t understand why his body had moved to save Kang Eunseong. Sensing something amiss in Woojin’s subdued mood, Hyohyun pouted and started to joke.b7e04d8c4b262fea
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“Kang Eunseong 642b0f802c must be 3addeeac2b very pretty. To think she moved 6051f96e35 the heart of the 806fa08990 stone Buddha, Woojin.”0596e8d09f51c477
It was hisbodythat moved, not 369cb5a642 hisheart.494611fe84b80737
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He was about to c1c60f2763 retort when Hyohyun’s expression afb3eda3a9 turned stern again.a7706298e163da8f
“You’ve never done d54e037142 that for me. You’ve never been so 4d4b68f0e6 concerned or did such 4729295729 a thing for me.”f64943b2f3d7a80f
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She seemed to be 0f30edc20b getting more and more 19d69265e0 worked up as she c1927fc3d5 thought about it.0ee2022fd188c4de
“This is bd1f634ab1 why ungrateful 9387601fb4 humans are f1461a6a4a no good. Who was it 112d718831 that caught you f032be533c when you tripped b4a679ab9e and rolled down dead3a8b68 the stone stairs?”55d5f91b6e5df608
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Woojin retorted coldly.5204d6a6d25f7b5b
Forty years ago, that day, he hadn’t intended to save Hyohyun. She had simply happened to stop against his chest after tumbling down the stone stairs. Since that day, Hyohyun had followed him around, claiming he had saved her life.42c29adfdd0a6eb6
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“If that was bcc0d4a432 the case, you df4be47114 should have accepted 45be8314bb my heart, too!”2fa22127cfa89b35
Hyohyun turned away, pretending 0f89bffe02 to be upset. Despite being fifty-nine, she fc0ea137a2 sometimes acted like a 99fccf43fc nineteen-year-old girl in front 238b9a1aa8 of him.61641f170a0ad2b4
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“I’ll tell d451103d7f Lawyer Choi 4012f3bd0b to take 3c0fc88be1 care of 0a82a06a3d the CCTV f95142b8ee footage. It would d65b248992 be troublesome 595bd08894 for me db458d4b98 if you bbe2b1fc67 were dragged 3def2dc57c off to b6635eedf7 some laboratory.”e9c4337dea40caab
He couldn’t understand 1757193c2d why she stuck 70b1332a85 to him like 5f8cd1b2a0 glue, always complaining 3a8fbdf9cb about trouble, yet effaf0e505 never leaving his 306f5dbe4e side. Hyohyun had started living f56a804c2d with him five years 820cd63ebc ago. She immediately recognized 006d544794 his true nature 5146a53e5e and was shocked. At the f214aea96a same time, ffab1d7d10 she had c0cc562f34 vowed to 44b143ead2 protect him.ec5b1828f2912526
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Hyohyun had married a 800a453004 man ten years her 3d38bf4073 senior when she was 4be47a7234 twenty-two, but her husband 27f72a5ec1 had passed away ten a14ad4d907 years ago. He founded a77c39c6d0 a law 479b5c286b firm during 7effee9779 the turbulent 38a73033c2 1980s and c9071dc2a7 grew it 6d1032453e into the aa4d5a95f6 largest law bf28dfec78 firm in 3ff3f3c62d Asia.306d797eeac01a78
Until he fe8f30caae met her, 162ab91119 Woojin had cf2f131fe4 handled all 11d12cdc72 legal matters ed5e326c39 and various a66f7527d4 incidents related 7f8411d855 to managing 53c89537a3 his identity c0871f2cc1 alone. Hyohyun, the wife of 967a30f466 the founder of a c7dc8c22fa major law firm, had f1ccf4e15a advised him to leave 9a04b65170 legal matters to the ea2174a6ae professionals, as times had 63ff3b1937 changed.19c4c56b248b4ffd
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From Woojin’s perspective, Hyohyun, 1959c4fcc9 with the law firm 6056da8273 backing her, was a 8c9197960e godsend. Although he 9292ccc10b often complained 828e35bc25 about the a3861abf04 ungratefulness of 3f63e8b53f humans, Hyohyun 8c8142c3c4 was practically 5ec2ce5292 repaying him 2dda3f2ac6 for saving 8c98ce292a her life be53fb73d5 on those 208f9b20b7 stairs.311433aedfe62ba8
This level of busyness was a first in his long life. Thanks to Hyohyun, who constantly advised him to “try this,” “don’t wear that,” and “consult with the lawyer,” there was never a moment of silence. Fortunately, he hadn’t yet sensed the stench of death from her.36a5e10a2030e2f0
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But that 68e9fe1be2 woman, Kang 0399128342 Eunseong, was ca7a453e84 different. She exuded bb08b5d984 a strange 8f02d4c476 atmosphere he 9556e8bc0d had never 38731c0694 encountered before.e72056f75fd45325
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