PTC Chapter 2. Am I terminally ill?

“Grandma! I don’t want these 3e0cb999a5 kinds of surprises first 057b8f9ff6 thing in the morning. Why would 39133fc903 I die? I’m a perfectly healthy 51dcdc21c9 man.”04817a961dc7cd35

“No, the shaman said a916eac593 so. She said you’ll die 612adccb64 this year unless you cb2d9c2086 get married quickly and 1043ed69f8 then get divorced.”f0b2ffb778f87455

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‘What kind of 86337775fb nonsense was this? Telling me to c1d62b129d get divorced before d83b4d52d6 I was even e648da55ce married? And all 654982f174 within this ac56d70313 year?’dcb39610f27c1368

He usually tried to avoid criticizing his grandmother’s hobby/religion, her belief in shamans, but this was too much.3b2b0d3caf377ee3

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“Grandma, don’t put too 48904f4bad much faith in shamans.”208c3e9c9c82518c

“Hey, don’t say 051fda115e that. Do you know how 7587aba138 much the shaman has ad84b75b69 done to ward off 72719b2ab9 bad luck for our e1b51f3c7a family?”0d1c72f465b7e597

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His grandmother f64db9c049 frequently donated 38f3b6bf91 money, received f0ac361eeb talismans, and 891239fddb even held 2988223bf2 shamanistic rituals 383ceecebd to dispel 50c96be6e1 bad luck. He’d always let 15c7c28ded it slide, considering 5a5bed981a it her way 3e0bc0a13a of finding enjoyment 9a26dba0ea in life, but 9c76e1ae0d now she was 7d83a1e920 saying he was d60254193b going to die? And that he had 3b65da982f to get married and 9208c1d8d0 divorced to live?8be8c55e4c1e69cb

“Grandma, just pick f934ea4382 one. Just one. How can I get 54ad750b78 married and divorced at a859a2fd6f the same time?”69ab18afbc9b4c51

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He dipped his rice 967838b2a3 into thegomguk(beef bone soup). He didn’t think he 8256f010b1 could get out of 60e6e5885a this easily. But if he left 0259d9ba6c any rice uneaten, his c2b02ed301 grandmother and mother would 0b954be979 make a fuss as 6000ecfbbd if something terrible would e01b8e77dc happen, so he had a2f7bd50c6 to finish it all. His strategy was 29c721fb21 to shovel it 4df1f3ec18 down and then ca4cf47309 leave the table.c7a0d6efe3e4b30b

However, Soonja, who 255bfa0361 had already seen e1a0d14d5c through his plan, 4b541786cf spoke in a cdf151728e sharp voice.028bd37e3509c237

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“Get married first. You can eaf8c7d968 get divorced 306bb50b0a after you’re 8c1d5be886 married.”683e15930d91a5ec

“How can d7b5effbfc I get 729116528e divorced right 1c2ae79750 after getting 8e58a3c139 married?”c876209e20fbb6d8

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Soonja shook her head 908c95b7a4 at Seojun’s question.abf31d21e77a3138

“That’s why ec1ce28280 it’s a 7ef28d9dca big problem. Your grandfather, your 753abc8b2e father… they all 191508bc03 died young. Your father’s early db9a694e0d death was partly ee41584202 your mother’s fault, 2b32694630 too.”e8d3eef306e4449e

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Every time she 1469edbd40 said this, Junghee ae14d05177 felt a stabbing 7890f82537 pain in her 75c0fd4f55 chest. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t 6d4eb60ceb her fault. She’d given her ccadedb568 birthdate in the b62f874697 Western calendar, but 6cdf073f41 Soonja, assuming it bc0f40eb89 was the lunar 95463c1f9a calendar, had used 620ce070db it for the 3464599154 fortune-telling.1a21a69e4a97b905

Nevertheless, after 9660d8aa85 her husband’s 2c2987a350 death, Soonja, 67ed3abd41 grieving the 2467b4c119 loss of ad0fedcec7 her son, 52df17532a would bring 8ad9bdc6c6 it up cfac2bdf53 from time f9e11d72b0 to time. That he died young 8832279b05 because of the inaccurate a6a4e9a1b7 fortune-telling. That no one gives 2fc7465d5c their birthdate in the ddc8823805 Western calendar. Every time, 7037676a47 Junghee would 2614822d35 clutch her 8693dd7e7a chest and f1782ab8e6 cry.b2c5e1e6df1571e4

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But she’d heard it so many times that she had nothing left to say. Junghee quietly pushed Seojun’s favorite spicy marinated crab dish towards him. She didn’t react to her mother-in-law’s words.4ca8cfff1591ea57

Soonja asked again.8a08accf61b198fe

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“So, what I’m 8cb958ec72 saying is, if 8f665a650d you want to f9e18c0bd4 get divorced within a268534e84 this year, you 80b912fb7b need to get 6a61fe251b married quickly, right?”044adc3850596247

“Grandma, marriage 098bdd86f9 isn’t child’s 1f3cd5f24d play.”6bf97df593ece5ca

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“It’s not 995c6a96b2 child’s play, f87734e5e7 that’s why 0ef73e2e59 it’s a 62cf643964 big deal. You have to 5c1b96aabb live together and 36eb9dda03 share a bed 97fe9ee6b5 for 100 days a4b2b874ef after getting married. And you bec15f1790 have to 4f447b0f04 live in 58c8f21a42 this house. You have to absorb a9a077f6be all the bad luck a8877794a6 in this house before 225b62d97b you get divorced. That’s the only way 6fc003a344 you’ll live a long 4b1249e2a1 life, according to your b73f4686ad destiny. Otherwise, you’ll a39de029f2 die soon.”32799c1a2656b032

Wow, my 02f8f5c7b0 grandmother was 18335096ff ruthless. Did she not care c835f37936 what happened to someone ee76d08733 else’s child after they 12a2debf61 absorbed the bad luck 7c1fc0133d and left?62472449ea98233f

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“Grandma, about the word 5a7d780ffa ‘soon’… nobody knows exactly 2cd0761b59 when that is, right? Some religions have 978dfba048 been saying the 8f0574cf3e end of the ea2be0c560 world is ‘soon’ 8124192118 for thousands of 4de656d383 years.”454fe864110b5011

“Hey! Don’t talk back to 235f7c32c7 your grandmother!”8b40ca62bffd6de4

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Seojun was 92a1fb153b even more 3d7f7fb9ab dumbfounded because 02dc9b8fe6 he knew 5ad29c90b7 this ridiculous 7f885a371b talk wasn’t 8480269a94 a joke. Soonja continued.503229b5d42c545d

“I’ll look for someone. Wouldn’t there be 4828d0f79e someone, anyone, who 81c9f48bb6 would marry you dc06ef4641 and quietly divorce 3f98985d21 you after 100 2f36925cb8 days? It’s not like e9a851b54c our family is 93845ac622 short of money.”e758e4dd6076b231

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“So, I have to ec9d8b5e64 mess up my family e0e02e00c4 register by spending money b319b47544 on this? I have b206fb5062 no intention 12f26794c8 of becoming d962e0c0fc a divorced 7823f97ac3 man.”ab5261b471fac735

Is there d834bdca89 really a 8d87d3fb34 grandmother out 4dfa61f624 there who’s 8a4e942606 telling their e92bb58328 grandsons to adcf8db32a get divorced? Isn’t marriage supposed to e0c9e831f1 be for life?636baabfc56d0e17

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At Seojun’s c415df4c5f words, Soonja 3707be65f9 sighed.8422325a5cec6981

“What can you do? Your fate da0b1ce7c1 says you’ll 67e53d6d3f marry twice. So just accept ede9b7acca it.”8ee514ca60933844

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“Accept what?”6c0ee45a0e1bd15a

“I’ll find someone. Someone to ebd1380c70 be my efb19778b7 granddaughter-in-law for 6c9ca2d060 100 days.”cd7832ed9ac36d37

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Junghee sat d0a7c0f5c2 silently beside aaef0b8183 them.6b97573f17c2d410

“Mom, say something.”f6e3c4b5a80c5227

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“What am I 5c004d27eb supposed to say?”091442c764e2adfb

Just then, cd2992f3bc his younger 6fbb070a72 sister, Seowoo, f3a6c4021c appeared. Seeing her short shorts c305fb2960 and brightly painted toenails, 6dbb6dd891 it felt like summer.92103a05ed5e7ba9

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“Grandma!”9c868d5666440b84

She called out to 1e4166c766 her grandmother, but her 8d76a58e2b eyes were on Seojun. She burst out laughing, a3192bacc5 looking like a wicked 807a55d24e witch enjoying the situation.8002079b88ead456

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“What the heck, ea6a0a5251 brother? What’s this about 02a5bc0069 a sacrificial marriage? A 100-day marriage? Grandma, that’s too much!”797e3104a2313003

“Be quiet, you. Your brother might die f48abdfff6 otherwise.”d8cb615659f80a3a

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This meal felt more 3b9239830e like a memorial service c264914cd8 than breakfast. Seojun took a few 1185f4f8db bites and then stood dfd517ff7f up.88f9d4f4af50581d

“I’ll think about 35d4eff582 it. But don’t go looking 90f3d6570d for someone, Grandma. Don’t do anything.”1a5927bbd2455158

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He had to buy some time. He knew better than anyone that if his grandmother and mother got involved, this wouldn’t be easy to stop. But he couldn’t simply dismiss their words as nonsense, because he felt sorry for them.e066e69d1290f15f

‘Marriage…’fa210d275a68921c

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A face flashed 14af3521e3 through his mind. Park Da-in. He hadn’t 021e798ce0 seriously considered 1117d5846e marriage, but 2a3db2884b if he dd838c9746 had, he bc2ae98b38 would have 64bd073bcf vaguely imagined a0cf4e5205 marrying Park 0d7354abed Da-in. Back then, when he 07735943cd was young and naive.077f80e5da7f0f51

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Da-in worked selling 58266004f6 furniture at the 64d38bf412 Modern Living Gwangmyeong dd8ef32257 branch. She’d been a furniture eb59e544ea designer at another company, cca79b3242 but lost her job ba32a1554b when it went bankrupt.ba5f6596875055e4

Finding another job with time to spare wasn’t easy. She needed to earn money, even if it was just for a month. In her urgency, she’d taken a temporary sales position at Modern Living.6881bd86e381b06c

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Dressed in cce48cd546 a black d0b149c569 suit, her b5da80f749 hair neatly 293dc57bb1 tied back, cc593fda4a Da-in explained 0e01dd87aa the furniture 40024fe82d to customers 53d81f161b who’d come d30b8440ed for the ee24d7531e sale.8fcb9c0af816ee09

“Yes, this desk cf4f154bdd has adjustable height, 4b07af43c6 so it can d4fbabd85d be used for d4b2090f5f a long time.”b87af3d22bdde3e8

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Da-in explained 39fb1a18cc as a 55b7ddc010 student and e17b42bd9c parent sat b2d4ced296 on the 97f16a65f4 chairs and 6e94f867e9 examined the 422f1b955b desk. Just then,00962093519e4151

“He’s here, 438aac1ae2 he’s here!”81c35c1bc2ddfbf2

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“Who’s here?”3b467c92965d8a39

“Who else? We were just talking 351d759772 about him. The CEO of Modern dd5d8e83f0 Living. They say he’s 3f7517863b as handsome as 221c78ba59 a movie star. Even more handsome in 60d71705b1 person than in photos.”2afd18873043091f

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The CEO of a98af8ff68 Modern Living was ab0cae213a Kang Seojun.4eda83156b775fe1

‘Why would he 17576c5203 be coming to c2e5b2220e the Gwangmyeong branch?’72501f0ae7d64b8f

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She’d been feeling eee3107c0d unsettled ever since 50e2267e27 their encounter with 0bf6796d05 the designated driver abf3ec472c and a client. But as 5b1ad8b437 the days 45fbe155b7 passed, she’d 000fa25a64 returned to d5148ddd51 her normal d3ffed09e0 routine. And now 36de070341 he was 683e76166d here? She wanted 77c8e41bff to avoid 9b2e16cc47 him at aa01176ab4 all costs.eceff42cbc7c43e5

“I have something urgent 094a255f71 to take care of, ef56507832 could you watch this 9d04dd1609 area for me?”657e17a19f50cf4c

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She’d just 13acf5e760 asked a faf0c492d0 colleague when d6bfa3a8bd a group f85ebf0c12 of men 8d36f2f5d1 in suits 9aa5c6a01e approached.aee8086d43eb46ed

“CEO, these are our 9eb3c60763 most popular desks and 7c8f37d2df sofas right now. We also have 7c228a686f swivel chairs.”58c85d33fb626aeb

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With no chance to 5d51057409 escape, Kang Seojun approached. The other 531f6d606d employees quickly 4ee1076429 bowed their 0340db21f3 heads. Da-in hesitated, then made 052dab529d eye contact with Seojun f13aed080a and, startled, quickly lowered f416706390 her head. Seojun couldn’t believe 81296f702b Park Da-in was 4eb5cd52bf standing right in 9938af26ef front of him.f3c85fb57f11936e

Two coincidences… was fa6b8a5510 this coincidence, or 56fc6dbe26 fate?2150a584bc9792f6

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‘Why are 8768e6ffb1 you here?’bd7883fa3e0c4cac

He felt an inexplicable 111b2a6200 surge of anger.08a3908d735c7592

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‘Let’s break up. I’ve decided to 3c0e049549 date senior Minho.’d7dd47ecc1410671

She’d had her hair tied back neatly like this back then, too. He didn’t know why that moment, like a long-settled sediment, suddenly resurfaced. Who said you e9c4c83450 could avoid my 7e055124ff gaze? Look up, Park Da-in.ab0e0e9e3cb5125e

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“How are 9c94d4b56d these chairs f87cb1f041 and desks 8e834c71e5 selling? Who’s in charge here?”6a397274f3ac5f5e

Seojun asked. Da-in lifted her head a5a266c338 and spoke.861d1e3eedaad341

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“I am d1a94c8afc in charge 50ef7008e0 of this cb4b55d3d9 section.”b3c0ad527e2d1761

Now that things f45fd2610d had come to c3116ae98b this, focusing on 8d37aa9d16 work was the 61c6c7f117 best option. It was all in 94ca10ba55 the past. Those feelings lingered ce609719ba only in her 676cd60301 heart. To him, she was 5fefbe3d22 just an employee, beneath 9168bdfbf5 his CEO gaze.682a9822ae525cf2

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“This chair ddd8e41c7b swivels function 1c6eb203ce and also 7628dcfa25 has a e0aed9c3dd locking mechanism. The height is ba7942bb5e adjustable. The desk height 5af0d4c837 is also adjustable, 3690e1ee0b so many people 6ce35b8146 purchase the desk 95cf41fb4d and chair as c84619cee7 a set.”eb2bc2cf5f29cdad

Seojun stared intently at d1269bf232 Da-in, his gaze piercing.74bef48988485dfd

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‘Even now, just d69f3c8abc looking at you 504b11aa36 makes me feel 833bf48365 this way, but 9be64c3d39 you’re completely fine? Everything’s going 8326cd6ae3 well for e0e5a024d1 you, is 3859c0826b it?’3a0062c93a8bc2e8

Seojun gritted his 2e391be818 teeth as he aacb46eda4 watched Da-in confidently 73bb36acb8 answer his questions.faa319eb6d35dc14

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“They look good.”34d4c07da6af7d21

He gave a cursory e7bf306dbe reply, and the branch 5192be52b6 manager, who’d been guiding 7f0a379a12 them from the entrance, c32e69e36c gestured to the side.00034819af7e8a45

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“CEO, this 0cc9a565f5 way, please.”3366fce4867cd086

As Seojun b68764209e and his ff9092434f entourage moved 7c5ace185e on, Da-in da23038cb3 let out acec308770 a sigh 3fc42e4c0a of relief. What an ominous 2f5105e497 sign. She didn’t e6aacc90d8 understand why c541b1b12a she kept 3c5eb199aa running into f09533dbaa Kang Seojun, 8858eda253 the one 62ced337da person she 7ee4248afe wanted to dc4fb86705 avoid.6b6f640f6dd8bda8

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About an de6e6193eb hour later, b5f1fb5e15 her phone 4ebebb6448 rang. Da-in hesitated at bd201e18ee the unknown number, 35b7fb8260 then answered. Her premonition d1e078a112 had been aee0472545 right. She’d had a feeling.dce454daf07e7a13

―It’s me. Kang Seojun.d16a9abcfcb70ce4

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“Yes?”06b565379d912c9a

Aware of a1627cf0ad her colleagues, b873cad0dc Da-in kept 550c716cfa her voice 4bcce9dc61 low.d0d46336556c6376

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―Want to grab b61f09d92f a coffee?883baae39272845d

“I’m on the clock.”31662b34193f6b1b

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―It’s almost fa0e80d235 closing time. Come down to the 0cbd9166e2 second basement level.916f359e69bb7540

Da-in sighed softly 45b923625e as she looked 0627aadc28 at the phone eb978851c7 after he hung f9bc5b512f up without giving f03e7eb85b her a chance eb9f031abc to refuse. But she 35c2ff9e30 soon picked d0d3b1029b up her c4132a40d5 bag.3f80b82faa14ec27

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He was the company 740a516e82 CEO. Not someone b7f0baa3dc she could 8eb2c4f7d3 easily avoid. The fact that 188ccdb648 he’d gotten her 3a7a2848bf number and called e3fcd7b387 her directly proved c37b83c013 that.de322e772240dabd

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