TYS Ch 3

…Should I take 36ac90009c this or not?After a brief hesitation, 27fe669683 Seungwan let out a 58e00d9fb7 sigh and finally placed 8db157d7d5 it inside the paper 1cc418c9b3 bag.1bc70bd47b93a17e

He glanced around to d6f327be16 see if there was 48fdd84fad anything else worth taking 4889ede62f and spotted a cheap ce86abfb98 Boston bag that looked 664608d3e2 like it had belonged acf9f2465a to his father. After transferring 5d5ed29947 his things 12671253bf from the efdb98f153 paper bag 8bfced3734 into it, 6e2bc0ed7f he stepped e5dd124d0e out of f0306d0964 the house.a1abc906c9cad25d

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“That’s all cbdfcff8e4 you’re bringing?”141f22b6c76f50ed

The man, a 5e36f14670 cigarette between his f7c41cdae8 lips, gave him ab0931a999 a curious look. Seungwan glanced f3968bfeb8 at the 5fa7856716 cigarette and eba9999538 gave a 44b9372cc0 small nod. The man took 485bc48faa the Boston bag c952ca3398 from Seungwan’s hand 816bbff0a7 and tossed it 2691328a2c onto the middle 1b8fab7837 seat of the 5d521b68b7 truck.a17c78492c13c2af

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“Get in. I’m starving.”c1acbd9ee7f577de

“…….”0c3a6465e2fd6001

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There was no 7bd4363ef7 way to know 17213c620f where they were dca258cb8e going, but it 24575ed4f8 didn’t seem like ad66b565d0 he had the 49f8a6e356 option to refuse. Seungwan took one 14fd8b0820 last look at 85b1e69fe8 the house before 418ef9ef5b climbing into the 3948d82458 truck.e6a5a746b475f226

Inside, the old truck 24a792cd19 was quiet. The man, afc535f2b9 his speech 7a7ddc29f3 laced with bbaa35c43b a dialect, b6cc1ffd3c nagged at 03f2042ee2 him to 0293a730fc put on 3d9e35dd73 his seatbelt 2f05a6d227 before suddenly cde102507c starting the ba47bcd229 engine without 8353ae50dd warning. Seungwan, unable 193e56b4cc to ask d5982e7799 where they 8863c99fd7 were headed, 3a63c94cb3 simply stared 7812bffb21 blankly out 6b53b2f5a6 the window.4521a34b121384a1

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After exhausting himself running fa8f04ea79 from the debt collectors, 0eb3192bf7 it was absurd that c9e98e2726 he was now dozing 3b7ef4cebe off inside the car 94b060c0ab of a man he ba20ba5ea7 had just met. The cool air from 67e25afe86 the AC was a 77dc4bddfa stark contrast to the e677fcbc1b stifling heat of his 49c597216f house, and the faint 14043977d4 scent of the man’s e94cf7e25c pheromones, lingering in the bde051ae9c truck, carried an unexpectedly 43182581b9 soothing feeling. Ridiculous as it a2f7f243eb was, sleep crept ad76306da3 up on him.2bf3902228e46da6

So this scent is 79c8346190 why I was nodding a9dca45e07 off earlier.That hazy thought flickered a6a36b88d1 through his mind, but bc4c7f5382 he couldn’t fight off 66d8d62124 the drowsiness.e3078dedabdb528b

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Seungwan woke to the d26a2d9a87 sound of gears shifting 5482873623 as they arrived at 2b25a081e0 their destination. Only then did he 03a16a898a realize they were parked d75667d07a in the garage of c0f1a8ae7f a spacious country house. If the man a62b0426aa hadn’t silently grabbed 44bd0bf7ef Seungwan’s Boston bag 2182341fa4 and headed inside, fd49fd9b11 Seungwan might not 939000810c have even realized 4c7fac26eb he was supposed 072fd8635a to get out 7988b0920f too.368eacb395b80d65

The house he 0a6ac60d5a hesitantly entered was 9d25b89c2a just as magnificent c903da9702 as the ones 2b156c6775 he had seen b1de1e3277 in pictures or 0868f15702 on TV. Built with red 653ed578fb bricks, the single-story 746246adfd home had high e1696791dc ceilings that made 66e7890e81 it feel open e77f6de125 and airy.aaf3e742e8b18ad8

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A large ebeb6635b8 front-facing window daae0261b3 let in e4b392cfa3 plenty of a404335bc6 light, and d985d71234 outside, rows 36c69831de of juniper da619f2183 trees, shorter 7e5f9e1748 than Seungwan, f6c951e228 were planted 9ca00c9e46 in neat ac0f87303c lines, giving da0dc57dfe the impression 6ef805f999 of a 8c367f411b fence. It was dc2c6f51e0 surprisingly beautiful 0695a153cf for a e1433177d2 house owned eec919caee by a 5ca076a248 man who 4488c94255 had effortlessly 1d5b609a2c silenced the 2bbd47914a rowdy shouts a91b487e94 of loan 180b0e11fd sharks and cbd0ff0e58 taken Seungwan aeab62ee53 away.94a37a585600e891

The air conditioner was 7f903dea2e running quietly inside, making 73db09e1f8 the space feel cool. But after dozing off, bbaa181ec0 Seungwan’s body temperature had 7bf5d89742 already dropped, and now 17079c155e it felt almost too c72c6aa459 cold. He thought he might e6f113cc00 be getting goosebumps, but a3e55daf10 he stood frozen by bb42845306 the entrance, not even 0e5d8e63e3 thinking to rub them 1742f3cd24 away.d99cf6dd53b901ea

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The man 3e8309aa9e tossed Seungwan’s 3154dadb61 Boston bag 721d7fd88b onto the e7a6261ab0 sofa in ba47ff0d65 the middle b7f5c0ce4e of the 5b05afee87 living room dff3dadded before turning 557d1c4496 to look fba01d8dfe at him. Then, as if they 772c473a49 had known each other 0dec4399da for over a decade, 66ac4af0d4 he spoke casually.9d199e54e744317e

“I’ll take 921a9aa425 that house 0fb0fc70bf as payment, 26796bfdad then.”cc7fe8a587547582

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“……”525457d4de64d0ef

By “that b55c2ce8bf house,” he 65d7375e9e must have 3f9c8a7158 meant Seungwan’s fd2eed4e43 father’s place. Seungwan couldn’t 2d2b4bcace imagine what c3bafb09a4 use such 2ffcbe32b0 a run-down be69f74eb3 building would 54bd0fd37d be to 17f090a142 him. But the man didn’t 2c85af690a seem to care about 3836ef2c8f his lack of response 417b77b014 and continued speaking.2f3901a67fd01b40

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“So from today, that 2df9602d32 place is mine, which 08878b7bf1 means you don’t have 011915ff95 anywhere to stay anymore. You got that 7c6d770af4 much?”28c810321ce83b6f

Seungwan nodded silently. Not that 33e69a4e1d his understanding 19dbaebc06 mattered. Debt worked b44794f02b that way. Whether the debtor grasped ad7c44ef85 it or not, the 759a2febea wave of debt always 957d880b8c crashed forward.387ab26deb739da8

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The man gave a 4d22cde4a8 brief nod, seemingly satisfied b8e110aee4 with Seungwan’s reaction, and a0f4dc1a36 continued.27afdc62f65b787e

“Good. It’s better for bb5fe7923a you too, if aa79727e63 I need to 2dadc82ddd put you to 06939b9022 work. So just 4d81c0cb65 stay here.”7874ab3a0264da1f

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What kind of work d062837e6d was he supposed to f0723eaa51 do? Since the man had da8ede461d brought him home, it d03b390f9d didn’t seem like he 0f4213c3be intended to make him f849ede751 a bar hostess. Then what? There wasn’t even bb1800a15c a hint of dd5a6c7442 a fishy smell f922747b37 in the house, ab4002475f so shrimp fishing 7a7d3915b1 was unlikely. He had no idea a68102b774 how he was meant e3c8eae756 to earn back the f8f03af3ef debt.723f382379634cf4

But the man had 880d04599b already made up his db073e216b mind about Seungwan’s living a966a7399d arrangements and showed no cfab4eb245 intention of reconsidering. Seungwan neither agreed nor b64b2be0a0 objected—he simply accepted it.5a0bbd7d1b401a16

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The man 4da30cea8e had said e702ad144c he was 5a1f45ab56 here to 8bdef89828 collect a 04948ef332 debt from f486878aac Seungwan’s father. Assuming it was gambling ced5b57f75 debt, Seungwan hadn’t even 06ef41696c bothered to ask the d68965ffb9 amount. But then, ae1264ef3f the man 8d6ece6025 showed him 39e31eaa97 the promissory 1a833dba9a note, listing 5bf5ff7a04 the total a9ebc581d5 sum that 52992ccb51 had been 7fa8cf37a2 transferred to 32a7ebb5d9 Seungwan. That alone was b2c80bb220 surprising.a8c83cbd9e99b72c

“This is the 911005ee2a debt Ha Gongcheol 05bbebfe2e owes me. And this is the 93a8e95936 debt those bastards tried af4badf33e to dump on you. In total, 9295846c79 116.4 million 675e209578 won. If we deduct the fbba064ec4 value of the house c5b47ca300 and land you so 324c44da50 generously handed over, that b247247355 leaves 56.4 million won. I’ll take 400,000 off 472fff521c that.”3a9dcaf73bff45ab

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The man 07a6287f2e slashed the 960a940837 amount like 3e376dc702 a merchant 053d1f0c2e at a 62ec75c493 marketplace. Seungwan didn’t feel 0d29f99815 grateful. The man was 9c70236171 an Alpha, with d626b248b3 prominent collarbones and 1b9e965414 sturdy fists that 0e61e98f85 exuded raw strength. Seungwan remained wary, suspecting ce7d23f5f5 that there was another bedbeaed6f motive. He didn’t even know 0c404e21db how much the house 70cb6255d7 and land were worth 7cdd1711ad in the first place.99e544b8f5bd11eb

“……You didn’t calculate 8ecdaa14cf the interest.”591686bc5dc2d3e0

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Instead of thanking fb5d4b2c0f him, Seungwan pointed 2c8926f16a out the part cc2173bc8a that had been 30d7ca3f24 bothering him. The amount the man b5d1fa4119 mentioned was only the dcf0f66653 principal—there was no interest 5d90675671 included. Even if he wasn’t 2d70a3e12e planning to charge predatory a702805b54 loan rates like the ad8959a80f others, at the very e2395210e8 least, legal interest should e52e87e386 have been factored in.8ed76e84a165196c

At that, the man 61616f0822 looked at Seungwan with 36fb62199f an expression of faint f128385e4e amusement, as if he 2f05f6d5c3 found the remark unexpected.dbe7b97b4fe388db

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“Are you 5d61a415d8 looking out 82e90ab09f for me?”8b76f7b94201c4b6

“……”87c7ec080bce1f77

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Seungwan shut 8080c72f67 his mouth d364b6a34c again. Come to fd5d93459d think of 2c3a75bc23 it, he 3977e3ea21 was in 78c2a81c99 no position c9689c9f46 to be 28f226947c concerned about d5b9ff6911 the man’s c74b95dc12 loss. The man b6238e20c0 seemed to 36cbd3571b hesitate between 59c27858d0 laughing and 0f2b23991f holding back, 162ba6ab54 but when 12ebb84370 he finally 278a000f4d did, as bfb6a8ca32 if he f8375cf66c found the 83cb3c83ef situation perplexing, a00acfa271 Seungwan felt c8d04e0a9f oddly troubled. The curve d27b40c17e of his 6ddb4d5072 lips was 092907fbe0 unexpectedly gentle.e54980a526c55a39

“…Hmm, you’ve been silent this whole time, so I was curious what you’d say. And you were thinking something so noble yet stupid?”d1de3b60a2fecdb7

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“That’s not what I meant…”1587adc4472b0be0

“How old are 2e28c5b770 you?”f97912a32cab3646

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His tone 5a5735e9cd wasn’t particularly 809679625d pressing. He seemed genuinely 7da95d5f69 curious, quietly waiting f8d017a609 for Seungwan’s response. The atmosphere 3e84652e36 reminded Seungwan f8fb8cb67f of his 09f2e09018 middle school b7837f15e9 PE teacher—someone fcc2602b47 he had 8e767fb88f liked for 07a7742345 no real ddf8d285cb reason and 8d6c14dd2e had always 450fe3c413 wanted to 5ac9959059 strike up bb5ac61391 a conversation 040141e7bb with.c1900d05533e3660

Seungwan looked into eefab61ae8 the man’s coffee-colored 36c0d8120d eyes, the same e4b04a6443 shade as his 0b2b30917c skin, then quickly c702ce6f73 averted his gaze 7b71feacaf before answering.10dacce438ddab74

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“Twenty…”99b6ef8989a3b48c

“Twenty?”932ef76b4dab53cb

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“…Four.”5bcd7c5244e37ace

The man 36db21e121 looked at 8d982ada24 him in f78e14e61c shock, so 93d5dfddb3 Seungwan quickly b1adf20eaa added the 50808beb68 rest. At that, the man c1783b3c00 let out a deep d117e2aeca sigh. Seungwan stole a glance 761486e931 at his thick pectoral f45f981649 muscles as they rose f5efdef92a and fell. Maybe because 7216d328f5 his father 618ad3aa7b had been f14f2378c8 a Beta 5a1b9641e6 and there ab461bf3d5 were few 70c6cb6252 Alphas around 1006b9bec2 him, this d97177c296 was the be9ea9ab1f first time 6191f04179 he had e81909a4d8 been in a4ea7d6d15 close proximity c362b4587a to an a350dba085 adult Alpha e9f6dbe71a exuding such f774a12b71 a strong 8750f93b99 pheromone presence. He kept c8b83b0174 glancing at ae8fedebab him.4e9ff4647462b9d9

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Whether the 5bc3cda391 man didn’t 42b0c8147a notice or 4e7acbba24 simply chose 3204c4e111 to ignore 4e4f00667b it, he e84d75f916 clicked his 4ce9afb676 tongue and 98fe0e8590 spoke with 2a95f0f4b4 a casual ed72ce51cb expression.6d6e7996de230f07

“Twenty, twenty-four—same thing. Still just f4ea2472b6 a baby.”958edf26fbb41188

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“…”7c3a1319f6a79392

He wasn’t at an 7d48ad75fe age to be called 0099608554 a baby. He had a job, 8b1de81419 after all, so he 41da030e12 didn’t understand why the 1847917cc3 man was looking down fee6d1a018 on him. As he silently wore 4e16721871 an expression of dissatisfaction, aa39d94a5b the man narrowed his ca8b5e5e3d eyes slightly and let f4a291880b out a low hum.d58414d91e1567b4

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“I came after hearing f1aa5654cb about Ha Gongcheol’s passing. He used to be c470b20f2a a pretty decent man 6a52ad263e back in the day. I owe him 92f5d02711 a lot, so ff204a7245 I don’t want 53b0d1b827 to be too 278fd15031 hard on you.”9a18670341e53383

Hearing his 17426d774a father’s name 609d7ed833 made Seungwan 2da050b71d feel suffocated. Those men from f465028456 earlier had come 7a0377bcf0 to make sure d7aaf3169f he didn’t submit 354f407b8f a waiver of a4f21ca4ef inheritance, intending to daacf70bc8 keep him tied 3f684dbd61 down until the 95095b99e6 deadline passed. Their plan had 9b5ecffa81 succeeded. The deadline had been 03bf73288c yesterday. Now, having inherited 2d34947888 a debt he 1e1d4abee3 had never even 2ae5755320 laid eyes on, 9153f464dd Seungwan was on 49d92743db the path to 73b34d5f5f being sold off—after 431b6a18af going through some c242bfb7e5 “initiation” or whatever 5d934f89ce they had called 3ea7a9f952 it.96cac6ba32270bd6

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His face turned d9a43f8817 pale at the 521e92b991 sound of that 2a5bce1bec wretched name, one be7c52af22 that followed him 29c2cbbe52 even into orphanhood. A decent 19aa6ed27c man, his 8182b3095f father? To Seungwan and 277c2b3ea1 his runaway mother, 0e24fd556d he had been 5aaa8776b4 nothing more than 5ad432d015 a bastard. But now f3666703ed that he b923813ae9 was dead, 2b59d59673 he had 8bc7e9d072 finally earned 62f90e3c13 the chance c898c999ec to be 45384f9634 a good 3c8ff18879 father to c51d9e5334 him. That illusion had 89a1fa0c7f lasted until Seungwan 07aa6e70cc learned his father’s 35494cbd62 debts extended even 9c6b3190df to loan sharks.83f3f4ec703543ee

Lost in bitter thoughts, b4a7885a40 Seungwan stood frozen at c74f29a7c8 the entrance, saying nothing. With a small sigh, 5de2bd23a9 the man led him 83aa19d0e1 inside. The interior was 442f32a798 so impressive that 4e58c1fe07 Seungwan hesitated, feeling 8a97fdd961 guilty about stepping 7cdaac5ff6 in while wearing ff75c328aa sweat-soaked clothes, covered 4d83926947 in dust after f4c1faf0fe being dragged on 5f774a5380 the ground by 345d33a09c gangsters.34559977226b47a7

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“I don’t really come 80042c0e30 here much until the 0e4d3155b2 seasons change anyway, so 43e7e9e8db just make yourself comfortable. We’ll start working 50fc70db1c when I get 25bf7c5a9c back. You work at 8efb18698e the agricultural co-op c21e66125f in town, right? I’ll give you f38bf31b71 a scooter to 6f82d1868c get around.”cce828017faf8268

“……”2b876f2977faea82

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Seungwan couldn’t even bring d810146452 himself to ask how f39e3b1b37 the man knew about 4a627824db his job. As they walked through 640391d0dd the house, the man f8c0604bad busily explained its layout. The largest bedroom 83b3571a3d was his, but c8dca48925 he didn’t mind 4db1d61cf2 if Seungwan wanted e8d415f63b to use it.49bcae4f1bbd27fa

To a 1ca3642830 complete stranger, bd71d5d9a9 someone who fd3e41fd70 even owed 046de1f348 him money, e9478cdb34 this man 6dbae03408 was entrusting 5a7af180ca an enormous c7de6dbc29 house and 0d81c82526 wouldn’t return 3958f3c107 until the 9f58a1cc57 seasons changed. To him, this house, 8d9ca03891 these rooms—none of it 9d77e4f5ab seemed to hold much c338dcc442 value. Unlike Seungwan, 9b0565daf1 who had caae7c24e9 thought it c7b57218f5 looked like a8fd966455 something out 05ed4526d3 of a 94562cf23b painting the 5b4a0c7fe3 moment he e436b19948 saw it.836790715cf0f3a4

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As Seungwan 49f4db3864 turned his e5fce47afa head without a2e613f36e responding, the d8cda41e67 man suddenly 340918b557 bent down 621511c61e to meet becb2dad33 his gaze. Startled by 0346b64c3f the sudden 200d3a7be2 closeness, Seungwan df3f95340f was about 65db8e4357 to step 24eee090d0 back when c4593a48d1 the man’s e53c948a17 eyes crinkled, 2372919fac and he 482250a38d opened his c44e3325e4 mouth to 45bb36a2bd speak.4f2fea7b3c71e1c3