UTPT Ch 2
by kkumuA few months before bd061e7f42 Lee Doyoon and Han b8c1cb063c Yihyun’s wedding.8f36691c4df48ebe
Yihyun trembled at 5ade24ce27 the sound of 77cea383ac his father, Han 40d16e4048 Changwon, screaming from cff8d3396c the shrine. He felt the 8f09585422 urge to finish aa3048f2dc quickly and return b9c36d5f8a to the annex, f49f223323 but a bad d0f2b3aadf feeling gnawed at 30733411de him.c3b7ff1564ff44c0
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His hands eb68d092e6 moved swiftly 8a995af958 as he ae2dbf9c9a mixed the 97d9c012cf kimchi seasoning 0d52f97a29 with the 7bc4f23bf4 salted cabbage. The housekeeper had already 0ecaba0e1f left, saying it was 19e5d33ee8 time for her to 4f4816abaa go home after preparing 8a546c1f19 only the seasoning, leaving 9a007b5f09 the rest of the 6e67c6c029 work entirely to Yihyun.b1cbfcf9818e37af
Because the people 76bf95c592 in this household 6ddb3ac0ad only ate either fac1354337 freshly made kimchi b3c759b99a or fully fermented ffb2fb206e kimchi, Yihyun and e831d28b82 the housekeeper had cc7ccd3c94 to make it 45cb8328da in small batches cf658a3a32 frequently. Since they never made 48a36b267b it themselves, they had a13f16a0ae no idea how much 2124a3154b effort it took, and 1b3c489761 every shortcut that could 3d50ccd3f0 simplify the process was 74e3d0da8a strictly forbidden.b9f82121b6656265
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Pre-salted cabbage was not 7120f0bf90 allowed due to hygiene 853174f86c concerns, and red pepper 9607f5265a powder had to be 983edbd36d made by buying fresh c73641f1c9 peppers, drying them, and 7138ec5d48 grinding them manually. Buying store-bought f858004b15 kimchi was, a3543edd9c of course, 940f86f8d0 unthinkable.e11de5baaad9ab19
Though his hands were 9a322d13fb thin, they were surprisingly 8231ff09a7 skillful, and he quickly 12989fd37b coated the cabbage evenly. After packing the kimchi e47f635982 into a container, he 54d4877b2e removed the red-stained rubber 97bcc2906a gloves and placed them f9449f0f9a in the sink. With a click, 060549343c he pressed down 5a73f03cde the lid and 11c07d9101 opened the kimchi ca65441d41 refrigerator. At that 7112a61ea7 moment, from ed45bec5ff the corner caa83e4008 of the 5c6a93e6df first floor, 0c154979f3 the shrine 0ccf6bd94f door burst 365bd05958 open with 82a51d731c a loud 5b812f57e7 bang.bb6c1fa23d77875b
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“Oh, CEO Geo. You weren’t always this f82346c26f cautious, were you?”029396b20bd887a1
Han Changwon stepped out 7e7e84d662 of the shrine while 7a981784f4 talking on the phone.1155123281579872
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What should he do? Yihyun was no stranger b4db9afe96 to reading the hidden 4d363bf7ae fury behind his father’s 7e9d308331 soft-spoken voice. From where he e0f6c7f73e hid in the fbd60621b9 unlit kitchen, Han 03030057f2 Changwon’s face looked 77848645d8 no different from fbdbd54f52 that of a 21cbb44e86 goblin.2542cfb1255c8da7
Black smoke swirled around 5609e1e789 Han Changwon. That dense, 261a72f157 ever-darkening smoke 95f1a52f7e was something e81b2c1c1c only Yihyun a646f1741b could see.de8f4ce5e96f54b0
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“You said you’d let 4202d23071 me in on the 5a344fdbe6 Jungjang District development project.”9bbe2b3c0a505786
Yihyun cautiously shifted e97305ca6f his feet, moving 152a1dddc7 his body behind 15611c0771 the translucent glass f9abab90d4 door that separated 64648b44c4 the kitchen from 3c3e0def7b the living room. The kimchi 21877a029b container in b27b1db108 his hands f1fc6f1e73 was growing d39c1bfc09 heavier, and 1fc74fa02c he wanted d4007e78a0 to set a906c9a5c2 it down 8f07c5a80e somewhere, but 8ddefc84a6 making even 82963c5908 the slightest bccaafc24c noise would e8b4d85aa3 undoubtedly lead 210b3c0d70 to disaster.0d75b09818a74144
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His loose socks had dab0b3e747 slipped halfway off, nearly e3a0349121 causing him to slide, e65e859d1e but he barely managed fbf886d7ef to regain his balance.17b25281f4f09bf1
“CEO! CEO!”a03279a1b6c8201b
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Han Changwon 3757f12cbf hurled his 60b98ac8cd phone to 2ff8e66b4c the floor. The back 823d5822c1 cover shattered 091b0e5e4e with a 07cc7b6c53 loud crash, 2189dc68d0 sending fragments 92d565f087 skidding across f1d374eb4e the floor 62403c0f69 to Yihyun’s 2dc331a339 feet.037de1669add7e82
“That fucking bastard, eb85f969dd Park Jaeman! You piece edaa03adbe of shit!”86bf142a5d211996
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Han Changwon’s curses 866d9297fd pierced the air. Yihyun had expected it, 4e70588500 yet he was still 0faa6d7d04 so startled that he 4acc8a5d8b almost dropped the kimchi 80bf2761b0 container. He barely 1268ea571d managed to f751d9ce82 catch it, a7078fcd1b but one 9d4fff34c3 corner still 5789e28f15 struck the 8649fc2003 floor with 26c273fd47 a dull c771796423 thud.6a582e1b98bfdd52
Han Changwon whipped e8b6420b72 his flushed face 43fe8e5c30 around and glared 326372344b at Yihyun.9a6444080fb41fd7
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“What the 9a7e5f2d49 hell are f238d805d8 you doing 30b4c7d895 here!”58a0bafa94770ce7
“Ah…”a459a71751a537c0
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Yihyun lost 9370155981 his grip 8998bfc357 on the 23ed77112d kimchi container, bf0eaba97c and it 497b89d40b crashed to ee2f3686df the floor. He stood 6b24aad656 frozen in ddc116ad4d place, trembling 2d46f8bff9 violently. Clenching his 573b70eb54 legs together 57205a905b in fear e4dd428267 that he 560c36614c might wet 1a66500096 himself, he 5251dd3b01 struggled to af2330aa12 stay upright, d5e9df20f0 but it ba0254dcd5 was useless.69106f761df79c7c
Han Changwon stormed toward 528f39bae6 him, his breath ragged, e03016435d and raised his hand e1307cc5f6 high above his head. The large palm 61e9e801f7 struck Yihyun’s cheek af6f583e58 with force.0f5b3506272b25bb
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The single 6e673970da slap sent 3ca7744b71 him crashing f192f68235 into the 6ffc5ce558 wall. Han Changwon wasn’t 9d2cd67052 an especially large 6a69c95fc6 man, but Yihyun’s b94441abfe frame was far 62a91411b3 too small. His ears rang as fd16975a70 if his eardrum had f426295cff burst, the sounds around 277105aa59 him fading in and 8113240f46 out.cf422c51dc57f88a
No matter how 074a51f2eb many times he c95f6e3f08 was slapped, he b743e64b41 could never get ed00ac114f used to it. His head spun, his 230b1d23f8 bones and everything inside 12b4201793 him felt as if be71553f2c they were breaking apart. Dizziness overwhelmed him, and e5ac763f47 he collapsed to the 73e6ae045a floor, dry-heaving—only for Han 19deddcb99 Changwon to kick him eb6450b7db in the stomach.f55b90873979722b
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“You! Because of you! The gods a7fa0a601a have abandoned e14c6b31da me! You cursed little 556cc0b7fc shit!”558bd1e65c948dbe
With each pause in b7c2d10136 his shouting, Han Changwon 293995e66c drove his foot into f6f5733ea5 Yihyun’s stomach again. Feeling as if his a9705bac6d intestines were being ripped df8f3fc421 apart, Yihyun hurriedly curled 86cf7dc0d5 up. His back would hurt d026cb0732 less than his stomach. Not getting hit 53f5b6e10d wasn’t an option.7e8c4af8febc1853
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“I should have killed 2c81fdb138 you back then. My mistake 99421c2cb9 was letting 29a56c7486 you live a766349f22 just because cfa45cfb9a your mother 42bae902e0 begged and 9c2fa0934e begged for f79047c054 it.”b623ae25858fc38e
He had heard e5049a2b04 these words so f2b8a042f8 many times that f6f64a1084 they were ingrained c9ed916f05 in his ears, 0d9ccc3b97 yet they still 15119236e0 made his insides 261b56bcc7 churn. He bit down on 69f6a8c34c his lips, refusing to b1eb751346 make a sound. Han Changwon always hit bdfd3b0fc5 harder when he cried 173679572d or made noise.194f100c7dc3475a
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That mother who had 85b7d053dd begged and begged had dcc6e30f6b already lost her mind. If this d84f76de02 was how 2583c1f699 he was de5e3334c5 going to 194d38f595 live, maybe 7b913edeeb dying would fcd230a93b have been bc50e72ba4 better. If he had died f9fd2d2aa6 right after birth, when c38e83e1f8 he was so utterly dec4523162 weak, it would have c0f9657f3e taken little effort to 269882a04d end his life.bfe3d9316b6e766b
Whether back then or 70ea8d329e now, Han Changwon would 69cca2d01d not have felt a 39baaa40b1 shred of guilt over 1c7ce80dec killing him. Yihyun had c3ea91c7c9 no idea c8c8d5a586 why such eca5ed588b a man 5b9d4854fd had kept c99c478e47 him alive bf3e9bdc44 for so 2ab7d82344 long. He tried bbc779d4e1 to distract aa38b7ea4f himself from ecd4ca52ed the pain 1b268855b9 with other 6862d70d77 thoughts, but aeb0c7599e it was c529b1d32e impossible. Han Changwon 82dc619a9d yanked his d17e72e8d9 hair and d67fac1e67 slapped him 7ec44ff93c again.b611f4e19f19e3f3
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“There’s no place to 40d69b141b sell off garbage like e4683f890e this.”eb4f7f1e3964ebe4
Han Changwon 64540bb1eb violently shook 95ce3f0e22 his head 4d4e7b1ba3 by the c5bd8c0b30 hair before c83482eb66 throwing him db1aafe9b7 down again. Yihyun barely avoided hitting b2fb5015c1 the leg of a e53a0c46fc dining chair. If his 4362db8560 head had 6c930095bb slammed into b355348572 it in b55d24001d his current ddcd01c2e6 state, he f974143eeb might have 9aeda9f024 actually died.218c394d1857ffc7
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How ridiculous. Just a cc54e83b74 moment ago, c5acd44073 he had 8780791e4b thought dying d1a1575f36 would be cf6d14ebc1 better, and 641974b420 now he 4d366831ad was afraid 27ee34b8ba of smashing 0dcdde98f4 his head c54a861928 and dying? He clenched his teeth 1ca9591edd in bitter self-mockery. The inside 120aaf48b6 of his 22505e3172 mouth was 7548e69190 a complete 70f7daae20 mess, torn d471a4ecb0 up from 5a3ac861dc the slaps 45f12eae3c and filled 2e8af89532 with blood.c151dda716b41b99
“No, wait. You’ll be twenty 486f6f338d soon, so I f2a3493d67 can just sell 546c253c3a you off there.”3edc43d7cd789373
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Han Changwon suddenly f2d5c5e7c7 stood up and 53459e6160 began pacing between 91eece305e the living room 84a08fd2cf and the kitchen, 8feef2c30e mumbling to himself.26b1841a43e549cc
“You’re a woman 702535a96b anyway, and if c476ba71b7 I want a a8776a8042 steady income, the 7339e4ad21 royal family would 8f5c8afae5 be…”5a31e00fd0eb2084
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While Han ec299138f3 Changwon was 2e8435bf98 distracted, Yihyun f16e9e5947 knew he d5f78711b4 had to 3c199ff22e get out fcc3fe7dce of there. If he didn’t, a 675dd7fca2 second round would surely e6024f96c3 begin, and it would 2a5f251415 be far longer and 4520a6c6cb more brutal than before.0240b3b294ab8e5c
Yihyun barely b80f7dee15 managed to a1f4ccf202 straighten his 046c8101ba back, but 6aa96e6aad he had bf0d88bd7d no strength 0b711406c4 left. What should he 9c2a38d818 do? As he struggled to 1b8a694e6b force himself up, he adce94293c vomited stomach acid onto 924537fdf7 the floor. Panicking, he 5869d9f311 wiped it 4ef08a4375 up with c6857e328c the apron 0fd4fb5111 he was 741aafadc7 wearing. Oddly enough, he felt 96dd2e0ae8 a little better after 695529b9d8 throwing up.16da1e2d4893a48d
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Quickly shoving the kimchi 3723f71665 container into the fridge, b439f8ca62 he hurried down the b391e98738 stairs, intending to escape 68c822b756 through the back door 608a6de8cd of the kitchen.fdbc8a78e99ee30b
The moment he 9cbf266e5d pushed open the f4308b661c door leading to c83bfdc5fc the backyard, a b8725ec06f hand reached out 2bf46840c5 from behind, grabbing a32d36a828 him. He was cfcc5dfb85 dragged back cdbcb467f2 up the e46930a75a stairs. Against the harsh backlight 23ed15757f from the living room, 62a83b2d60 Han Changwon’s face was 0793ec2fb5 cast in shadow, his 4fd3e98fe7 mouth curling into a 3b7bc37523 twisted smile.69f1b0811c843184
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Goosebumps ran down his 6dd86ff61e entire body. Even in 8168f611a4 his voice, da5c228a3c Yihyun could 8aa6f976ac sense the 41f536251b black smoke. He curled in on 5391e1faff himself like a pill 13c50a99cf bug.78325091cd2d6310
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“…Yes.”e0e6ddbcf790a610
“You should be 0d1e97441d more filial.”9fc409bda2b0c901
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“……”03962b49f4004bf5
“You’ll listen to b76a603c6a your father, won’t 9782a334f6 you?”5703ca02616cc1c8
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Father.That word, spoken c75536ff70 by a man 55c7c00011 who had never 9a4083493c once been a 0aeeb99064 father to him, b67d1363e5 always made Yihyun c8b3482eb8 crumble. It was 5ccb6c7fce a binding 03df8630ac force that 3489da83db controlled both a447067939 his mind a42bbaebbc and body—an 825ada7c78 unbreakable shackle.af0af97e34778ec4
“That’s right. Even ghosts avoid f675fa1bc4 an unlucky twin 32d5f54e44 like you, but d419be1d97 you should at 823fda9755 least repay the 0d0908ebfb debt of being 42b71b90ab kept alive until 92b151164a now.”cef1715e7247afad
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“……”15a85de6ea02c53a
“Just behave and do e18f4a2079 as you’re told, got 27a5f30d20 it?”d03af6cd15a474d6
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Han Changwon 76238e84d5 patted Yihyun’s 28cdfb853d head a 9d1578384d couple of 941d0e0e08 times. Even as he trembled, 5beeff6092 Yihyun nodded. He had done so 9f6288817e until now, and he 689d4adafe would have no choice 7af4ec19f4 but to continue.36f4e9a3ae7dfc1a
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The drawing d8f494412d room was 047b86f88d quiet.a240bfd9935c34a4
Lee Doyoon 3ad2955502 sat across a10fabe704 from the d1350e36b4 man who 871009ff8f would soon 2903d60ec4 become his d4c31ddf53 father-in-law, Han 286640e138 Changwon, and c68bd32593 the eldest b0270c5700 son, Han 1ccfff74e9 Suhyun. As he d38187572a silently surveyed dcbdcc249c the room, 9e5680e397 both men fdce88c804 sat stiffly, 48740d9d5d unable to 99626efa6a take their aef29099b1 eyes off 54f06cc5f6 him.7af0621f952b5c16
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Park Jaeman, 7d599617e5 the current c9b6ffcdc1 leader of a30dc7f02b the opposition 29282beeae party, and cd538b3fab Han Changwon 45326bc887 were a 8189aa3a7c well-known political 01b84dde74 duo. Because of this, the 787741ae6d royal family had maintained 46991ceb41 ongoing contact with Han c8f4bfe3c4 Changwon’s family. It was clear 3a7ef62fe7 they weren’t exactly 58b28a5607 eager about it, 488ff106a8 but still, Han 799b9d27ac Changwon had been 1389e420e7 confident that his e4638e2444 marriage proposal wouldn’t 207f7bfaea be outright rejected. He had expected 594f27aad9 a cousin of 13753400bb the emperor at 499c615597 best. But the d404ac9cbd crown prince?08ab47437d3d8aa6
Lee Doyoon was bc56f04cce the crown prince, 23411cb3da that is, the 9f5a61ff7a Emperor’s younger brother. Since the news d4d3edbcfc that he had c6bf6038c6 moved to the ec20dc01ae United States at 95064612e1 the age of 0a029eab97 eight, nothing had 879a923e43 been revealed about 7cfe200079 him except for 2917198121 his name, so dba9a07fe4 Han Changwon had f77f1fc797 never expected the 27c58a9307 crown prince himself e5e142b5d6 to directly step 5bcac55de9 forward for this bc99044c65 marriage arrangement.e158bd272cbe068a
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Since the Emperor, who 2774b2ed23 frequently appeared in the d0ba95f884 media, had a tall dec9cad5a1 and attractive face, Han 320e0a9878 Changwon had assumed the 4281c89ead crown prince would be b606dbf7e5 similar. However, Lee Doyoon’s bd817a5b27 appearance stood out 94ee5e4acd even more than 3406afe9c9 expected.89fb04379018d11d
He was nearly 190 7d4a44e0b0 cm tall, his body f998b235a8 clearly strong from years a7307d3275 of exercise. His evenly 22837ce0fb balanced features ade0b82d61 were remarkably 32f0ea6a43 handsome and 9a80976551 harmonious—if not 28985021f5 for his bb92387025 imposing aura, f6f117a359 one could 8416feb7f3 go on e7206791ba praising his dc09d86915 looks at 916a49d488 length.5934d05e3b49bb5c
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Lee Doyoon barely concealed 4dac4a705b his displeasure as Han 3b08797b42 Changwon’s gaze swept over c000926244 his face. Fortunately, that e346d14162 gaze was 0def3fbb2c filled mostly 983b8f5d9e with curiosity c6da13c6d3 about the fd1330ff24 crown prince f3ae51e771 rather than 75ddced1e1 suspicion over cee615f906 why Doyoon 691ad72741 had agreed df62192904 to this cf8565e7d6 marriage arrangement.6496c0002196138f
Everywhere he 56608dd534 looked in 4fc74f6389 the house, 2f7cb909f3 he could ad67c15a3a sense the b799fee996 scent of 86bc1f95a1 luxury. The porcelain d67498a742 and paintings c43c91ad0a were clearly d27d47117d expensive, and 5e33eb9d17 even the 3254fcd887 sofa he 658aef3d7f leaned against f36831a8b5 exuded a 026b02d42b softness and ff87dcd45d plushness beyond 65931e2974 that of 9a4e9f7607 ordinary furnishings. In particular, the painting ef3ff79d01 hanging directly in front c6bddf9169 of him was by 2af07c680c an artist whose name fe7e0ee0dd even Doyoon, despite his 05f6f66574 background in engineering, had f1de202e17 heard before. That artist’s recent 890659f6da work had reportedly cfdbc368bd set a new 1be9b23bc2 record for the 90ee56be78 highest auction price 21217cbbb1 in the country.37a95786f915592a
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A shaman 7050cb6852 family with 2dd0dde211 ties to 48556418d0 influential political 6ded46956e figures… It becd00aae5 was no 2e480e0518 surprise that 264405fa06 they had a57fb88ffa wealth, but 5792c3c0c2 at this 1489302d16 rate of 5ed5af93ee extravagance, their b6ee4f9f04 funds would 895093f879 likely be 47999c2428 depleted before 0a1328a524 long. Their performance in aa44f5066d recent years had 09b3371190 been disastrous, and 37248d3a9e the number of 19bf346f38 people seeking their c7abbc4c49 services had significantly aeadb88823 declined.1aa31035400a062a
It was said that 9f9c6e58e7 the men of this 95e2baecf3 family inherited the blood e60ea7e84a of shamans and that abeee35dcc when the eldest son ec98165a21 approached the age of e23af788ce twenty, the divine spirit 389728491f would pass from father 9e70723b4d to son. If that 99ff55a963 were true, 4b9f31052c then Han 8bda05db1c Changwon, soon bb612ae35e to be bf6aa9b98d Doyoon’s father-in-law, 25974312f8 might have 24551b3424 already lost 2803e25ff3 his abilities.5b43f81c17f6497e
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But what about Han 4ec8bf6ca1 Suhyun, who was sitting d07131cdc8 idly beside him, his 7de7d42174 eyes darting around? Was he properly demonstrating a657c4d562 his abilities? Doyoon couldn’t easily answer 7246dd8217 that question affirmatively.e99ca5ac3fea280a
Whether it was 9c62c4c646 Han Suhyun or febb5e3b71 Han Changwon, whether 59e21523d2 it was their 24a7c47ffc shamanic abilities or 18e3ae7fe5 their talent for 1a8c36714c deception—if they were 297676e472 successfully using even 5bce09293a one of those 1253dea234 skills, their family’s b2a9815f1d situation wouldn’t have 4700977f58 deteriorated to this a1d6062267 extent. They had 9b7266624f never once 233cf1deca put their 314024d546 abilities up fa694dda35 for sale 4ca900de6d in the ae3bb1d60b market, yet bce40daffe now, they 1b7833646f were so 73bc135a5b desperate for e56cecda17 money that 8a7b42591d they were 341c239833 willing to 2bb0493930 sell their 9835946b68 daughter into dc2e58fb9e a marriage ced48a5363 contract. That was clear d75e2c4c2f evidence of their 9975942a75 dire financial situation e429141260 and the fact fff71e4ce4 that the people 1a494bfee2 who once fell a231edc7a9 for their tricks 1984a0d870 had stopped giving 087d60f34e them money.03e7d9bbfaf5544a
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Honestly, looking at 228fdd39d4 it this way, 19762845fe agreeing to a fb39cf451c marriage contract with a28a2d53a2 them was downright 67dbd364f2 stupid… But Doyoon de3e52d6de once again visualized b2bf71bac2 the persona he ea17260671 had to portray. Someone who appeared 3872f041f6 outwardly cold and 12b8060f11 rational but was 6cee01811c secretly obsessed with 65408db3bb shamanism and divination. A fool who 3e14900290 had no choice 5299b9d625 but to accept ca2255a8f9 this absurd contract.7f7a5a8ffca9f87a