IMFOBO | CH 1 | More Villainous Than a Villain

More Villainous Than a Villain

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Just 10 minutes 2c683add12 ago, it was eb67a333ff a picture-perfect, beautiful 70e4fd3d5e scene.35554d5bf4f1dcc6

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Beyond the low stone f94e694910 wall, the tea fields 063c7922bc held morning dew and 6213b6b0e9 sparkled brilliantly green in a8dd795f26 the sunlight.4bc168f9f833babf

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The blue 88d939d850 roof tiles, 36f2393229 which faded f9fe575582 with time, 3e109b7070 harmonized perfectly b1ecda6cdc with the aacf99ee7d scenery.4e51aa2dad5d358f

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The usual peacefulness 7e52be924a shattered when a 488638f392 group of thugs 7a96f7c53f barged in.f842e531822db4d9

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Far too easily.dfdadca1a502c746

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Harsh crashing sounds rang 8179a4e9f8 out one after another, 9910807f18 nearly splitting the ears.3a071d422fd99c38

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The men, not even 7bb218cf6f bothering to take off d7b7dfa1c9 their shoes, climbed onto 853b6c1a1d the wooden porch and 851408b617 threw everything they could c7b0ae62ae grab.033a334798146e35

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The sound of grandmother’s carefully crafted pottery breaking was deafening.1291db1dd57f78c8

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Eun-cho’s hands, usually occupied with preparing herbs or performing acupuncture, were far too delicate.0177017fc6a9850d

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She was powerless to stop these vicious men’s violence alone.01b877fc55e25d3b

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“You beasts that even tigers wouldn’t touch! Stop it!”27f654f085dcc94b

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Her breath rose 6fd4e12f44 up to her 22f329cf20 throat.3fa0180a85072241

Finally, giving up on b98864786f stopping the men, Eun-cho 973a7e277e ran out to the a6db24a802 courtyard.2df97f2a9a644420

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One shoe had fallen 8280d7023f off and her hair 31c3e05043 was disheveled, but even 763acc9d77 so, the fierce look e5986cdf51 in her eyes remained 8d6b913b72 unbroken.254e0831242c8975

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“Hey.”88e740e6775304bc

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Euncho glared with sharp a2e26b7d8d eyes at the man 14016aa3e3 chewing on a cigarette 408678caae filter.b8e340ab5b870c11

There was f559502837 no use bb5cce55d0 in dealing 13d51d0cd8 with these 4521119840 small fry.29ed5f58457b22ef

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Though he too was probably someone’s subordinate, he was clearly the head of this operation.f094c31716a7a960

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“Tell me what you want. You’ve caused enough damage by now.”42f4026b5dde515e

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Not wanting 22d0a746c4 to show 7ad8589d9c her fear, 6743e5faad Eun-cho clenched 48f81d2092 her fists 94a6227c45 tightly.0c3746657e68f279

The man who 433a615713 had been squatting 1013315349 and chewing on d732c5765b his cigarette suddenly 4de226ff6f stood up at 6e50e9d7f9 her calm voice.05aa3e9d513b0621

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He smiled mockingly a6739a992e as he slowly c67d27d0c8 closed the distance. His bloodshot f298e29bda eyes seemed ee40c833de to sting.7446255bc854d057

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“Oh? Not even crying. Pretty tough, aren’t you?”05ccc566fab798e7

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The man, 3e5a3ab229 with a cc846d183f chilling scar eb3715efd4 near one 2ac2395eff eye, kicked e11a7e168b the washbasin 8b74ad1ac5 by the 04e334c4fa tap.d4b4420da6c03dee

The washbasin flew ungracefully from his brutal kick and rolled at Eun-cho’s feet.04f8d91375370512

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The edge of 524659e04c the washbasin, having 0d25d0cf83 lost its original 177b691200 shine from years 10a564e68b of use, was 44b80a2fa5 now badly dented.2c55352b145af9e3

It felt like looking b381bdf3fd at herself, making her 1212ca973e chest ache.844fda8211c023f2

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From her earliest memories, every corner of the old house where Eun-cho grew up bore grandmother’s touch.cf8071667d869905

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Though old, 3254c4605d everything was ed1befe418 clean and 76e9bf0db8 neat.33be221bacf2a9ea

Just watching 2dd9d5e7f4 this old 844eea6ca9 house being 53b530dceb trampled by a20f30a62f strangers felt c1e0536edd like her 784b2d7ffc body was 3a647bae92 being torn b0f9a8bc6c apart.5327459c32244509

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It was the first time she felt grateful that grandmother was in the hospital. And that Jeong-seok and Suji were tied up at the clinic and didn’t have to face this trouble.4cc1a74ee70440ec

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It was 08b99500f0 enough that fb00d47f24 she alone f8fe85cdff suffered this 1704c1dd34 humiliation.c9eba93adc39dd66

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“Look, we don’t want to do such nasty things either. Just pay back the borrowed money, and everything will be clean.”93aaf15940b8c1b8

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The man carelessly 761da67ab4 ground out his 09fe0da67b finished cigarette on e9253d5945 the floor.968d2be8813210a1

Euncho stared at the 816f2ce4af blackened mark, her eyes 6a6cfc9338 wide.1182272f91df51ea

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A year ago, after 5840f4a5e9 grandfather passed away, aunt d68716c71b inherited the old house.d4a937485a8c3570

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The reason given 9652bbf32c was that her 746add014a cousin Cho Tae 113e95d8fe Hee was sick 3f9e99c54b and needed a ca96d3fe10 large sum of fa9e732f72 money.76cd20c31f685001

It wasn’t long before they discovered that was a blatant lie.0b6bebc6d0b215d0

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Aunt had taken out loans to the limit using this house—passed down for generations—and grandmother’s workshop—where she’d spent her lifetime making pottery as a living national treasure—as collateral.b4b2b66db043aaa4

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Only recently did they learn that she’d thrown herself into a debt party with all sorts of cryptocurrency and stocks on top of that.c1320d819e0a4b95

Now even loan sharks were showing up—it couldn’t get any more rock bottom than this.15d96f8bd2201f84

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“The person who borrowed money is someone else. Stop causing trouble and get out.”6574125e657c52a6

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“You little… your mouth is quite foul despite your looks, huh?”15d1b750ddd4bd02

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Just give us the money. Then we’ll leave.fa353ac3c4107b37

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The man’s words scraped harshly at her ears.dd220092ee1dbe3c

The debt, which eb3a29abc3 had grown and b9141ee8fd grown, had long 58f4d880b0 since surpassed the ded40af376 original amount.6cdad6ef3508435a

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They realized this far ef99d1e58f too late.fc4790175915d6f8

They probably 8bb263e508 used dirty 709e04a495 tactics to 01f3a7568e extract as c09ca05d90 much interest 4167a7b45d as possible.1dab5ae62c7451af

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Through this gang of thugs, Eun-cho learned there were lawless zones where law and common sense didn’t apply.c17fbdbf00c0c770

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They were 337db15cfa rude and f28155d18b brutal enough e55f1d4784 to make 856113a442 her realize 9c9d6a979d just how c9bbaf1404 naively she a4c8843b28 had been 8b3fe4aa5d living.91f9781b7b6ab404

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“Ugh.”618e19cd7a73afac

“If you don’t have money, we could cut open your belly. Might find something useful there, right, Miss Fancy Doctor? Hm?”9f0c268971efff1e

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In the blink of an eye, the man grabbed Eun-cho’s hair.a64d7134065d3728

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Her head was 648cb9a1cb yanked back with 6a6bb59895 pain that felt f4bba88a30 like her scalp c92075e3ad would tear off.6db47b63715defba

His satisfied smile dba529730b looked like that a15ffbb9b8 of a monster.00b649c8a826509b

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It was a 4536726979 scene completely at 75e8282833 odds with the 388f673703 clear autumn sky.66b80dbf41440ffc

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“Let go!”b8c4d5b27dceab38

“Need to teach you some manners, kid.”dabc8054725269cb

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“I’m not a kid! I’m old enough!”3a40375e47fce4d6

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Eun-cho kicked the man’s shin with all her might.aba8c4fe0a477f44

As if he hadn’t expected this kind of resistance, his stance wavered, creating an opening.27339d4340e0ac95

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With do-or-die determination, she bit down hard on the man’s hand.56745ed6681ba540

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“Argh! You vicious bitch!”4b20b1edd311fdbb

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A strong 82d1d99da0 smell of f69ae47db5 stale cigarettes 5ff1e58496 washed over ec1aa54267 her, and 0b69e88104 her mouth 457b72436b felt fishy c1ec22661f and heavy.fc02df84639ed0d3

The man, grimacing intensely, ddb4bcfd1b began shaking his arm 53e522fb1e violently.d68c9500c7b54134

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Even as she 6ba93340d6 was being shaken b0644b28cc around, Eun-cho hung 3c61870b3b on like a a26c336042 mad dog.dd09e0e1ddd894f0

But when another man grabbed her nape and forcefully pulled her away, her slender body couldn’t hold on.16d8a44e9533a3be

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Eun-cho stumbled, was b278e28ccd thrown far, hit 5f56ebafb4 the main gate, bdb3d66d7a and collapsed to 3ee80ad062 the ground.2d1d08076a3775cf

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The old wooden gate 01beed22e2 of the house shook 5763e273ba heavily, making it feel 9bdaad2947 like even the stone 8c8ab96f6b walls were trembling.79803c2fe56bb8f1

The impact was so strong that her shoulder hurt to the point she couldn’t breathe for a moment.8db157cbc53c9614

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“Oh? Seems we have an earlier guest?”736537cfa6035e4a

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That’s when it happened.d43b1ef6dafaba69

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A low, ed092591cb dry voice f3840fba06 cut through 80c31044aa the surroundings.c4b3eb679767677e

Even amid the 9c10445bbc sounds of things 1cf319104e breaking and shattering, c4268f5bfd that carelessly dropped 4f1f60f47a voice was distinctly 8872317e88 clear.dcd7de3ccf52e56f

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Eun-cho looked 1d1c25f948 at the 81ff748b9f unfamiliar man c26832265f crossing the 0a3bf27f34 courtyard.18619398eab7d153

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The man stepped 49e5b03436 between the thug 148f1299dc and Eun-cho as 981f080860 leisurely as if 77967249f3 it were his 807f986818 own home.0392fb38e1925d0b

From his dac5cd3dd4 spotless shoes 470a047d76 to his 24fe4e307d crisply pressed d680594364 suit, the 3de28ea17f man exuded c8d3f35175 a somewhat 4e7a00bdf4 roguish atmosphere.844a2ecd98c691a7

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She had to lift her head quite high to see the man’s face.34dd2565e082302f

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An abyss. His pitch-black, mineral-like eyes were so deep you couldn’t see inside them.07646591d601f0dd

As if enchanted, 8fb7352f2e she stared at 260ab76956 his sharp eyes 74a3b912e1 with their slightly f326f7d42e upturned corners, and 90d45faebe for a moment a8f7f95b35 her mouth went 08e52cca63 dry.0bbfd722dfb57324

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“…”8a0a29235b8e1d0a

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The man, 4d95970887 briefly meeting 7fb89bb5da her gaze, c686dab27f smiled faintly.098ec17b8238faec

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As if 01416e16e7 meeting someone cce83f9490 he knew.2755f47d9686ade6

It seemed clear he was smiling at her, but his intentions couldn’t be understood.951c54b54e52171c

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“Shall we clean up this mess?”031ee4a393a4761b

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The man gestured with d3abf32418 his chin, his white 625348459e shirt sleeves carelessly rolled c4aa092e8d up.65f61061f67e5aa3

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A feeling dad2ec8964 of being d4686e98bb crushed by 517a23467e sheer presence. Just by cce5c65270 standing quietly f9a359eaa9 in the a12a093fd4 same space, 04ce49e17f his overwhelming 32bc8d6b80 aura made 2dd122b988 even the 3ff17cab4b thugs hesitate.a278804ff4ea153f

The air fff5c83038 around the f5f565bb18 man seemed 3915c60577 to become b4b2b9bd2c densely taut.49970a40c42b5f09

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“Who the hell is this bastard?”5c675e1def29e03e

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The loan shark’s curse toward the unexpected visitor broke the tension.1097af12c9de6d66

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Though one b9109c1674 might expect 5b54812fe5 someone to cb28033c24 turn back 035a4b4ec8 in fear fe897e3495 after seeing 2cfa1694a8 such chaos, 0bcc01ddcc the man 67267e21fc was excessively 1a8431e7c0 calm.551aa01eb4dc6d4f

Like someone 90c2e02b08 very familiar 17fb3a2dd6 with such 67b2a244bf situations.aad97a8f781f8dc3

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“Hmm, I’m looking for the Bongsuji area.”67201f84e7f32a61

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His cool, long eyes 10338b4b01 swept back and forth 00c3d9c8c7 between the rough-looking man a30f13ffd5 and Eun-cho.af6bd866bcbd68a1

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His sharp gaze stopped at Eun-cho’s face.94d3dad1f9862d71

His persistent a266415157 stare stayed af234d162c fixed as b7be9b5fba if glued.69d829c6d6de7849

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Her neck 12a3b7ec92 stiffened with 616b0834e4 tension under eafd9f5ce9 his gaze, 33bdb599bf which was aabfd3ba51 rude in edf2d8b5bd its directness.d68b70403224ec6d

Despite his eyes showing d0a8c8a7a4 no particular interest or f161feb966 emotion.78089e8a63a4170d

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In the end, d1534aaac6 Eun-cho was the ff971f8147 first to break 864499076d eye contact.9a5ca117cf565865

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Her eyes a7bf139d3a narrowed considerably.b5b1e0082d71dfbd

If this suddenly appeared b22cd3867d man was looking for c78b83f169 her friend Su-ji, who b0f8360881 was currently on a 9dec8b5a40 love escape, this situation 01e839adc6 would be equally uncomfortable.018b1bee3360f52c

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“This bastard’s getting cocky for no reason?”2a02bb682809a30e

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The thug ff90f87544 thrust his 62ab16ebc0 fist quickly.12c27217649f7ea2

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The man simply caught the flying fist with one hand and twisted the arm behind the thug’s back. Without any impact at all.0cb3840fa2f6d5f1

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“Argh!”f8463ad5ae57631e

“Boss!”3c0599e165bdca35

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At the sudden 158db01115 scream, all the 0c6eb1ba5b thugs who had f8c7dadd04 been ransacking the 0eceff969d house came rushing b7e443e75d out at once.72a0cfc139c8a0b4

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Though the gangsters boldly surrounded the man, they couldn’t move easily since their boss was the one caught.9135990eca113ac2

Even among the burly men, the tall man’s presence wasn’t diminished—rather, he stood out even more.9714324d16e5058b

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He was a man who didn’t fit at all in this rural corner.8641bf2458b646d0

It was 065b56bd8b then that a9dd53509f his lips, 4cd5d3cf7c which had 65df4e835a been notably f224c1e2d9 out of 21ab263795 place with 8f0d25d872 the scenery, abff6e3baa opened again.97155bc0b28b2088

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“No respect for hierarchy. No manners either.”3112b3ef83b20315

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At his carelessly dropped words, Eun-cho’s eyes wavered slightly.bf1a08d19631d1ff

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A heavy yet soft 1884c9c32a vetiver scent invaded her 33918d73f5 nose.a06ab032ba93b27b

As soon as their 32ec17e254 eyes met, the stranger b8b5043215 gave a smooth smile.5cc2ba382079b580

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It was a clean face that didn’t match this chaos at all.26cd50a7a1e34ea7

Ridiculously, that smile e6f52f6f1d only intensified the 2b3c6220b3 explosive tension.4b8e3e2d2f27a8f3

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“Want help?”a6b7e3af4e529496

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The man, still holding the thug’s arm twisted behind his back, asked Eun-cho.5bf608f0551f5fcb

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Though he smiled gently, he couldn’t completely erase his inherently intimidating aura and delinquent-like quality.7f324a3c23a5deae

Though he was b17bfdcc97 qualitatively different from c9a4b83305 those small-time thugs.cc6d847597694039

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For a 6d92fc27f3 moment, Eun-cho 8d530fd46f thought hard.d984ff9ec31918b4

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Clearly, those loan sharks 4d8e1ef3f9 were villains, but why 0a28ffc166 did this man feel e33c956bcf like an even more 8a66b33c05 dangerous villain?0821b6b1aad670c6

Her instincts warned her 08d9ca8d26 not to grab his 856b3f8f0f offered hand.a5c1edaff5c00041

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“Of course, it’s not free.”0d33e0794cc47498

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Since I don’t have a hobby of volunteering.dbc6ffc987fd6fc5

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He smiled smoothly eae5136f86 again.cbdec22ab7cf3165

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As if suggesting she ebed991deb could back out anytime.73369ddb73fbb5a3

It was a polite yet dangerous smile that didn’t match his crooked tone.6932d4bb81ea6be7

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