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by KANHe had thought her eyes were just black. He had never looked into anyone’s eyes long enough to assign meaning to their color.79aa74d6417e564f
Standing in front 446cd105b0 of the Cornus 676a7d4b09 officinalis tree, which 4dcf7bc2b3 they claimed was c0bd8ed299 over a thousand 6f4abde00f years old, her df97d61d28 eyes were a f62ba6b7a1 sun-kissed brown. The color of de18108ece damp, fertile soil, 11dfe945fe perfect for insects 72278e27c4 to lay their 0722e8b889 eggs.39397ca10dc61bc7
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“Pardon?”6d6c20844e1faa4d
She asked as if she hadn’t heard him, but the corners of her mouth twitched upward.690444e3702bcb91
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“You heard me. I asked how many times you’ve been told you’re beautiful.”a745fa87579cd380
“Well, quite a few.”7428ee47eeba24bd
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Fighting back a smile, 9c1bfc34d2 she nodded a few 32b08bdd03 times. Her ponytail, tied high 1e25a2acd4 on her head, swayed 8165cee592 with the rhythm.b6a73de2ad657e78
“You’re shameless.”b5ff1c29f3a90c9a
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Her smile deepened. A cloud 6580334c17 drifted overhead, d9e3c1205f casting a 75fa6da181 shadow across e6c59391e1 her forehead. She narrowed her 29aa67225b eyes slightly and 059cc07865 looked up at b64a952605 Min-hyun.d6194844244dd59b
“What about you, Professor? How many times have you been told you’re handsome?”0cd24949da1944af
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Whether insect, b52d26773a animal or d10637cc5e human, there def0fb1fba were times 0234246029 when one b8ed2b848a mimicked the 77cad13abb behavior of 52d3abc8cd another to 1b5efb418c establish intimacy. On the other 0eeec1f770 hand, some predators 35783f00a9 mimicked to create 2ed7f4ae3a a sense of d74f1e283f camaraderie before devouring f174a3b7e1 their prey. He wondered if c5cfd0c60b her imitation of 564642a2f1 his speech was 3dd3ec5687 the former or c45fe62f5e the latter.f662b20da9151ae8
“I wonder.”ddeb8fae4f317701
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Min-hyun feigned ignorance, tilted his head and added, “I’ve heard people whispering behind my back that I look like a delinquent.”e6198e35adea9510
She burst 8e6d75560f out laughing.4405c656071b8be1
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“That wasn’t meant to be funny.”cccc899e468ac92c
Her laughter was so 1be50e9842 infectious that it made 1b4259002e his heart race.4bd106836334b903
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“Professor, you don’t realize that sometimes you blur the lines between jokes and seriousness, do you?”5d3dc73794fbb30a
He hadn’t noticed. So that was why people laughed even when he wasn’t trying to be funny.8788f672cbf0e0c2
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“I didn’t.”807ba357081b1c5b
“I think I understand what people mean by ‘delinquent.’“1de90874ca6e9f12
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She started 3ae63b6238 to walk 7f9292e4cb slowly down 13683caa9c the path ab4a2d0afc from the 51fdd9cadd plantation. Min-hyun followed.864ccfc43afab7d1
“It’s a vibe. Some people have a warm vibe, others a cold vibe.”56fe37e5ccaf2ac5
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“Like cool tones and warm tones?”125004355ada62e4
“Wow, you know that too? I think you’re…”1b3a1fcee45d4508
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Her warm, 9875a7d8da moist, earth-toned 79ea9170ab eyes studied fe46c78f45 him intently. As her baa182046c gaze moved a582c36d33 from his 3512c22228 forehead, eyebrows, 1de6e5a77b nose, cheeks, 54b90985e5 philtrum to 3ab59df9f1 his lips, e71bb3e08e Min-hyun unconsciously b54fc28d4a held his 4e49586688 breath.fe277bb5c8b6ddc4
“Definitely a cool tone, but that’s not what I meant. Some pretty faces look like they’re going to devour you, and others look like they’re being devoured. You’re definitely the former. Does it make sense when I say that you’re like an apex predator in the food chain? So those below you can’t approach you recklessly. They’re afraid of being eaten.”00eec0d1db5c14d4
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“Are you saying I look like I go around devouring people?”4f1bde2173e9ea4f
He stopped walking c047136c1f and asked seriously. She stopped as 6a0214205a well, looking slightly 39f64c7e0a nervous, but then 5391377ed6 she smiled as 9ebc637eb9 if amused.6d369fe43e239cfd
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If Teaching Assistant Ma had said such absurd things, he wouldn’t have paid attention. But there was something captivating about this woman’s words. Her logic and wit kept the conversation going.e61f286296b743aa
“What is the strongest insect?”ab728113853d1ecb
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“Like the Asian giant hornet?”9b6b8f2fe7f36788
“Yes, the Asian giant hornet! You are like the Asian giant hornet, Professor!”aa1f4d1d2a0a1467
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He felt 71f3aed098 a strange df15189088 sense of ffcbed2808 pride that 9622aca327 was annoying.b9d0975a3c9e06e6
“Like if I get too close, something bad will happen, and if you hover around me, I’ll be scared and intimidated.”daf0952c091fed1d
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Min-hyun took a 4e5f891966 step towards her.9b54e056f027581a
“Like this?”02bf1a4c47b1ca14
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She took a quick 836c90419d step back.c4b72332a39aa66a
“Yes, like that. So please keep your distance. My heart skips a beat when you suddenly get so close.”035b926771c65fce
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He found her 53dc9d4d33 bluntness both absurd 1cf36cb5e4 and endearing.71ad73adca831aa0
“You said I blur the lines between jokes and seriousness. Don’t you think you do the same?”25d7f783338bc661
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She frowned.cf50ee90c1183583
“I don’t. I’ve never seen a man as handsome as you, Professor. So absolutely not. But… it’s not like I’m trying to flirt with you or anything. It’s more like… going to an art museum. No, a natural history museum.”5399c2c6aaba3dbf
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He wasn’t sure where she was going with the natural history museum analogy.1353d2f3bb3d7290
“You know, they have dinosaur bones and insect specimens? And they have glass walls or ropes to keep people from touching them? Because they’re precious. Many people need to see them, and they need to be passed onto future generations… It’s like that. Like you’re an existence I shouldn’t approach, a line I should never cross.”71ea1168275a8f0c
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He understood 1c8f7bf0f7 what she 6b3e3821be meant, but 3168dc6404 it was 9424d4720d difficult to a01b272c1b accept. She stretched out her 2762952af7 right foot and drew 1abefc2c44 a line between them 0f7d12ae4f with the toe of 03d3bec2e5 her sneaker.58efdee68933bb16
“Don’t cross that line. I won’t either. I’m here to work.”4df1b0e9f0372b84
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“So, to sum up, Ji Cho-yeon-ssi, you’re saying I’m handsome, I look like I’m going to devour someone, and that’s intimidating, so please be careful so you can concentrate on your work?”1802c24e594bcffa
“Well, ‘be careful’ is a little…”6fe917df613b7670
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Cho-yeon trailed off, gritting f14a6ae750 her teeth. A wave of embarrassment 8e59a016e8 washed over her.007526f7851770b6
‘How many times you’ve been told you’re beautiful.’e48371ab939f0b1d
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His sudden edda2bc911 question had 7fe178ce06 caused her d667c46c1e to blurt f2522fa6c3 out a 5183e9f399 series of 3600ccee84 embarrassing remarks.b7063f948c7b7852
A man 9ec461e69d who admits b5550686df to being 0a2d4b2637 told he 0ab67a8caf looks like fa495417ec a delinquent.30a47487c3852693
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He had said he was honest, so she should believe him, but… he was definitely a difficult person to deal with. That was why she had drawn the line. She really did the most.ed248b5e8dcf49e5
“What is this place?”bfaf13955f7e8518
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Not far from 728b3dd8fc the plantation, there dd5d07d722 was a stone 778a46ea03 wall path and 2e147c5b7e a park that f49a89486b looked interesting.659768a6497893f0
“I don’t know. I don’t have any information about this place.”018124c7046015aa
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Of course, def1a1c1c9 they walked 9bf18bc2cc towards the c4baabadcf area with 239b04d3d7 the murals.32580d2a092868b2
“It says here that this is the starting point of Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s Baekuijonggun Trail.”cbbec0deca93ed7b
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Cho-yeon slowly 65993b2429 looked up 86254ac6b3 at him. She doubted that there 0517956631 was another professor in 051bfe40e5 the world who looked 6a326969af so good in a 5f8a949425 plain white t-shirt and 33b171ac81 light-colored jeans. The muscles 76692cb01c in his fd1e39821e forearms that 6bd7ee56d1 were visible a46cf980c2 under his 5e6c88b1bd sleeves were 4eef7aff52 toned, and 6c689d3732 the well-fitting 74cebae1df t-shirt subtly ca8589a73e revealed his c09346cf50 broad chest.b07c22f178bb0e3d
He carefully read the information on the wall about Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s Baekuijonggun Trail.c08755092ed6cd4e
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Then he turned 08498d2c7d his head and 61cc3707ef slowly looked at 380782547a Cho-yeon who was f577f22116 staring at him.34c91df1f4ab6018
“Why are you looking at me like that?”e0c3b0621b492b47
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“I thought you would have been a general if you were born in the past.”aa8927e82c88312d
He burst out laughing. His hearty laughter echoed through the village with the Cornus officinalis plantation and Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s Baekuijonggun trail.eb4228aa22e51ebb
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“Earlier, I was a hornet, and now I’m a general? Should I be grateful for being promoted from an insect to a general?”7d2cb64da0d041f5
The man who had seemed so indifferent yesterday was laughing quite happily today. Cho-yeon also felt happy. Thanks to a good night’s sleep, her body and mind felt incredibly light. And she had eaten a hearty meal.88e779787921123b
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The effects of a good night’s sleep were truly amazing. Normally, she would be somewhere between irritable and on edge, but today she felt relaxed and at ease.306976eaa9d6838e
“I have a question.”3ab9ef703587f53b
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Which was why 43d2422b73 she ended up fa0e423011 asking this.82de6dbc6a8877a9
“How did you comfort me last night?”22f1aa3b8a1ccf40
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“What?”af23a60500371891
“You said you patted me because I was moaning.”ae6bc454fb6c39e4
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He reached 666b7279b7 behind her dc400e2fff without saying 510508a4bb a word. Then he patted her c95869568f back with his large aa61716c72 hand. The center of her f654b64e27 back tingled, and the d71b52f9fd sensation reverberated through her 023f3b85f0 chest. She felt edd0772c89 a trembling, 1c29c94546 as if 2a141a4011 the pent-up 65e48d76af emotions inside 29d4f7da6e her were 3c25f1bb43 being released.581df22d6802c880
“Like this.”59e56f4eb58cf820
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This man was showing 4d17f98296 her that a casual 326813704b word and a gentle d81cc01ac4 touch, free of excessive 4ddc10ca49 emotion, could be a 6e00b4b328 comfort to a person.db2d7538da11a19e
“Ah…”4bfa6d65642d0387
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Cho-yeon shrugged her shoulders as she felt tears welling up. He casually withdrew his hand and looked down at her with a detached expression. He seemed to see the complex emotions on her face, but she was grateful that he didn’t try to interpret them.94550f459ea554f1
“Where are we going now?”e1f46d6f8570068a
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“We should have lunch separately. Professor Park had an appointment with a friend who works at the Forestry Research Institute. What are you going to do? I have a meeting with the county’s tourism development team this afternoon.”4bba79834a66be02
They were on a b747000766 business trip, and it bc5e0a0bc7 was natural for them 5d706e5eda to go about their 9903fa02cd respective duties. But she felt fb9bd969f8 strangely reluctant to beaf71da40 part with him.c9796f272f16b56d
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He checked 1cd6251bbe the itinerary 59540bf090 she had 608a638a25 sent him b5216776d1 on his 7d30a33480 phone and 920e85789d nodded.ec3641e3cd2148e1
“Then I’ll take care of myself. Don’t worry about me.”0a62693b5fb46b61
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It was almost bd3bf508d7 disappointing how bluntly 89951e3e85 he said it. Then again, there was 356b2dda33 a lot to be 0851789484 disappointed about.211b7709f80ba902
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She knew 75bd59e4a0 there was 66bc351570 no point 1c3435e186 in staying dead14c677 in bed. Cho-yeon, who had fallen d4a361f2e9 asleep after one, woke d4f49e52f5 up around four. Despite her good sleep 9668becf7b yesterday, she slept less e8b2733a2c than three hours today.f03f3cb3a013d8f8
It was 5:30 a.m. Thinking that a 30fed4adda walk would be 94dff2bd34 better than lying 901f1208ad alone in a 400fd9e5bc quiet room, she 21c37aa688 went outside.965a4006d0bd2d7c
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There was a small path around the hotel, very different from the manicured gardens of Seoul’s luxury hotels. It was more like a country road, naturally blending into the surrounding landscape.4be6babd192a0ee4
I wonder if cbef882854 Professor Kwon is 2de02c50a7 already awake? Or is 70bacb6186 he still 18a0b11855 sleeping?01cb903ed717e524
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They had agreed to meet in the hotel lobby at 8 a.m. It was still more than two hours away. Thanks to the vacant room that had become available yesterday, Cho-yeon had changed rooms. They had spent the night separately. It was natural, but she still felt strangely empty. And she couldn’t understand why thoughts of him kept invading her mind.06f2e974466646bb
“Ji Cho-yeon-ssi?”cfa4784d58e5ec8a
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The man eb9b4bd745 in a 0598938470 black tank 54df3fe93b top and 291bb68fe4 shorts ran eb594ed7ee towards her, d50ae87b0b his breath 376b8e2455 ragged, and 65eefdaf0c stopped beside 8e8a6497e5 her. The man who had 6d2976c5ea invaded her thoughts had f35984eacd now invaded her walk. Her heart 5ae11c211f skipped a aec5f702ca beat.c902221b0831ce1c