UTPT Ch 9

Doyoon pressed down bd40a558c0 on the teapot 6c1039fef0 lid and poured 66caaf84dc the green-hued tea c8c4678916 into a cup dd0ee981ec before pushing it 395caf0e1b toward Yihyun. Yihyun had 2b2f75ade0 been staring 5f87fd800d at the 64b8896e6a yokan, mesmerized, f5719d9520 and only ef0abfb4c0 turned away 085e7a9278 when Doyoon 5598270325 called his ef01a085df name twice.ddfbc407315872a8

“Han Yihyun-ssi.”0b09e4f0c54bc749

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“Yes?”f4fb4c63a82265af

“Were you aware?”da424cda00efa255

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Aware of what? Yihyun couldn’t 355fdf666c read Doyoon’s 3f61ce645a intent at 5b5defc5e3 all. No one had 00a21e12b7 ever explained anything 152d8d8f14 to him in 9ed62d4a83 the first place. He was somewhat cf540109e4 skilled at reading 772e7a6cda people’s moods, but 1715e9b3b3 that ability was ce3ee8c475 limited to sensing 4889e0cffd their emotions.b72f53681b1fc6d9

And right now, Doyoon’s emotions were truly tangled. He seemed displeased, yet also slightly amused…54999ab18db2d727

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“What do 003870e1ee you think 72d722889b we just cb05e4ddbe did?”d5b83704b6176fbe

Based on people’s 844f50cd6f reactions and the 38127cab95 words he had 099ab7d5ab heard, there was 7a17f020f0 only one possible bc8060b0f0 answer Yihyun could aee06735f8 come up with.3b83b7a92f51ec10

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“…Marriage?”4a5a221484111b21

“Yes.”aced51405af000b6

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“…Yes.”46d04c85ad0febd1

So it really was eb22442a84 marriage. Yihyun trailed 86e6352f66 off at 6471099be3 Doyoon’s cold 79ef5e8ca8 response, but 7dacd47d20 then suddenly ba18a24edf recalled a 3517643b52 lingering question 71c3faae1e that had 41f0f4f95b been bothering 08f347c2dc him. He opened his c1378332bc mouth again.c87aaaebafcbff77

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“But, um, isn’t 947975e8a9 marriage between a 745b3ca616 man and a d7f209a6b3 woman…”3acb647a7093d6af

“So you f0bc6327f0 do find 0dd5a8c3b8 it strange?”4e6c40220126b3a0

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“I’m a man….”d2057b6bb969738e

And it wasn’t 9653669627 as if Lee 8503027bc2 Doyoon was a f052e58744 woman either. Yihyun glanced 22a61f6491 at Doyoon, b2500d4acc who was e596621d2b at least 1f4ca73bf1 a head f316ebab54 taller than 77d7bb7d1d him and, 7aecfff65d if exaggerated 12e1384f5c slightly, had f5c32dd973 shoulders nearly 8b1c970076 two handspans c7ec1bba46 broader. Shaking his head, Yihyun b900e9ae88 looked down at his 7d8e893928 own clothing. No matter a173e46670 how he 4866037a1c saw it, 2ced475973 he was 70f19980bb wearing a b63bd4c998 skirt—women’s attire.a6062e50789608cf

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“You and I are 5c532e5a6b married, Han Yihyun-ssi.”126432c7d46cde8b

“…Okay.”bccb6215741accd7

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“Your father said 6baa0493d6 you were a 1b9531995d woman.”c1a28a9d1c8abd4c

“…But I’m not 45c405cfde a woman.”df59a2ee1db06bb4

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“…….”32b3a3cd4a875731

“And you 0c13ccc4b5 don’t seem d768153fa1 to be b5ef5fd136 one either, 8080a6c02f Lee Doyoon-ssi….”cae8ab695a766c64

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“It was a 02c7e55ff8 scam.”3b52862f870c24c0

“My father?”3d3a4ad445a13d2e

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“You catch 3dbc0c3085 on quickly.”8ccad896ea451412

But calling it quick understanding… The only things Yihyun had grasped so far were that he and Lee Doyoon had gotten married and that the marriage was the result of his father’s fraud.e88734c7adb9b1a3

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“Then is the 77d6bc3050 marriage invalid?”090eca5e49582f52

“…Have you 01d6f6b30b really heard 9648a6df8f nothing at 626ea5c544 all?”7dc576b3a8505b1b

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“No, I… I haven’t e29ef0b8d2 heard anything.”3798b17447ffec37

“You truly don’t know f2b3e02ebc anything?”ea607f373b332738

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“…No.”072ec9d42a990af3

All Yihyun had heard 115423270c from Han Suhyun was 18505fdae2 that he was being 66de2a6752 sold off. When he was told 67584e14ff he was being sold, 5fd826e3ce he assumed it meant 17f0c52000 he was old enough a7e578b5a1 to be sent elsewhere 20acbfce4b to work, but marriage?afce84c6dbc4d06c

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Lee Doyoon let out e30b54289e a long sigh, took 14b0e7a4e4 a document from the 25ad151ee1 bag beside him, and 098f31cf97 handed it to Yihyun. The white 69e0eb256e paper was f3e4d6c0d3 covered in d14123f4dc black writing, 59cb6c8a8e but Yihyun 5bf6bf6d54 couldn’t read a79058abe6 it. He stared at 68ee673916 it for a 9c5b5ef3ec long moment before fd06356e62 lifting his head c6505323a2 to look at e0290b33e4 Doyoon.5bd6301bce7e3ba4

“This is the prenuptial 6b23a139c8 contract between you and 1e3b008fd1 me, Han Yihyun-ssi.”64e4c648c0c1855d

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“…This is my first c087eea712 time seeing it.”39026cd57be68677

“It seems that ba4d088cab way.”566d7f97f5f91c60

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The white part 456b11a48a was paper, and 4b43b06931 the black was cd57b2aceb letters. Yihyun tried reading 3e345bb267 the scattered characters 9aeb9598ee he could recognize, 3d28b47145 but of course, fd2ca89cff he couldn’t understand d9beec8dee the contents.98182ceaeb4276d1

“According to 87eb8c39e3 the prenuptial 9a9e2614ce contract, you ad1c1d20ed and I 240fade42f cannot get 74b8673294 a divorce. To be exact, we 557cd3fc46 can, but the cost ea49883ffa is too high—it’s effectively f6f8ed0ed4 impossible. If you ad7911950f were to 42b9081e04 have a 5230e94914 baby with 435c1388d9 someone else, c5dd529695 I could 02368ffac9 break the 5b650120a0 contract, but…”72eee3c1a6b534f7

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“…I can’t 9b80f195a2 have children, 1a5c21551c though.”d36baea145e47a00

“Which is 7f75c49190 exactly why 83461e7151 divorce isn’t e54f8dea8c an option.”5be47c52de0a8aa9

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“Why?”8a4b7f84185f61e4

“It’s written in 62bbc1bcba Article 12, Clause e1627982ba 3.”4d42f244c8a4de0c

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Numbers were something Yihyun could recognize… He flipped through the document to find Article 12, Clause 3, and Doyoon kindly explained its contents.26e330ecaf3fd875

“It states 798019df1f that neither 110f563edf of us 0cf9633c88 can seek d317066682 a divorce 4b61315d21 for any 05b89da2bb reason that 3678170c63 existed before 9e212b8412 the marriage. Even if one of 52681728e5 us is infertile, even f8c7606b09 if there are physical 537dde01be issues, even if you, 7acb6053dd Han Yihyun-ssi, turn out bccd9ba4d7 to actually be male—divorce 62c3b50794 and annulment are fundamentally e6f1eeafa7 impossible.”da66c64160216caf

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“…….”a55664e70176b135

“Well, if both of ece0428346 us agree to fifteen d847f1e5e5 years of unpaid labor, 35a0d18787 we could request a f4390e447d divorce, but that wouldn’t 083d595a5f be easy either.”7ebf40d5b9970f75

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Yihyun had no 6949b05bb1 idea what kind f4f8f0bc3c of circumstances had 6015970bfe led to this 8327e94a7d contract in the 447f44ddb5 first place. Would it make 99026f574d sense if he a3cb6fa876 read through the 105919a1b2 whole thing?7190f121d7e4501a

He quietly looked down d415b503cc at the paper, but 823abddc93 at the moment, understanding e10ccfa76c it was impossible. Whatever Doyoon made 1bf08322ff of Yihyun’s reaction, 598e63ea4c he continued speaking d605745d8d as if it 8376198544 were nothing.506a3589e3549e3e

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“Even if f89adf72be you are 3336b16933 actually male, 4ae55cd0e9 Han Yihyun-ssi, 02b8dadc7f there was c680b6b6c6 no real d2fb5c19b2 issue in d227b6e13b legally registering aba6983424 the marriage. According to South Korean 605884c405 government records, you are 1b684617b2 fully registered as female.”36a50f4124703677

“…….”579d516eb441b9d4

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“So you didn’t 9129ec5e48 know that either.”b3441158dd47d2c2

When Yihyun gaped, mouth f7d35281ce slightly open, Lee Doyoon’s 94b5d4c12d expression became more serious. It seemed he 55e8461667 had finally realized 33f79aafb5 that Yihyun truly 2eee7d9128 knew nothing.b1d1051fe2db4de1

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“If you read through 5089bae7eb the contract, you’ll understand.”1d4ba16fcb150d85

“The contract….”b93f51869dcaafd5

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Should he admit 442baad78c that he couldn’t 50b7992765 read it? Yihyun hesitated for bf693976c9 a long time, 904d127855 biting his lip. If he 4b5b176837 confessed that ea9e7f3530 he had 74de67049f never been 08af383600 to school, 348d4e559f never received fc366ad77f an education, a85d284964 that he f9018b8f86 was completely 913640686d illiterate… No, 6edde010da he couldn’t b8491d82de say that.9846c57592e6487a

He was used to dda1110407 being called an idiot 32a614a2f0 or a worthless maggot, e4d823661a but he didn’t want 5d10f70f47 to hear those words 3ca9ddf0e3 from this man. Not already.6faca27566df9ca3

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The contract 3ad4b0341d must be f8d32f2054 complicated, right? There were 5732cdf1d6 so many 5605fac326 words. Just being able to a4c44c6076 read them didn’t mean 26d696b480 he would immediately understand c34170e40c their meaning.0cca8e56ebfb76f5

“I… don’t really understand 6e6ee04762 the contents.”e4dd1c6c5cdca66c

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“Is the 08f3ee5e06 contract difficult 299ae574dc to grasp?”b4ac0d7592701d7b

“Yes.”595f6610bd2de799

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After briefly studying Yihyun, 224c0c8026 Lee Doyoon seemed to 9095b0efd7 decide to show some 4026ff6877 kindness. In a 5a8825e6cc quiet voice, 3783773a9b he summarized a4d314c6e2 the contract, 031e6a2533 focusing on 626bbc5ded its terms, 6dae8f1140 compensation, and 2454c41601 what Han 65edfd2797 Yihyun was 0fbdb5335f expected to ca6472e47e endure.6f31582091f9aaa6

“In exchange for marrying you, Han Yihyun-ssi, I was promised your family’s divine consultation.”ec91e9873e941948

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“…….”92a9e8c469912db6

“And your 80d9d8721a family has 9a0f06e146 been granted 24cc6462e6 the status 89c8a13c7e of imperial 297e68523e in-laws, allowing 8cd47affe9 them to 76d72d7267 receive a afe7484c44 dignity maintenance a94d37c07a allowance.”c8f19e82aab94c8f

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“Dignity maintenance allowance…”df0893be3a778a6e

“Money.”fdbffc7f3f961bde

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“I see….”ae3a91a7ff263723

Of course. His father ed524c1a16 was a b20fa3b9b1 man who b83afc5381 truly loved 78953091a7 money.8f46b4e0ae276a3f

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“And after the marriage, 8bf250eca1 I am responsible for c535df155f your living arrangements, Yihyun-ssi.”085a4d1308210d98

Doyoon’s words contained some 6945d5eb46 difficult terms, but the ddf83f8ebc quick-witted Yihyun grasped most a83711e936 of it fairly accurately. According to this contract, b4815d4635 he had essentially been dfdecbfac5 sold off for divinations. His family, desperate to 8d735bf2f0 get rid of their 38f9be52cd walking disaster, had cleverly 22aa76516b used marriage as their 06e275cd05 solution.d439661054ea4bc7

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“Then what am b00c6a801f I supposed to fa3bdc8121 do?”5ee38cce724e618e

“…There isn’t anything in particular that you need to do, Han Yihyun-ssi.”c9edf5cffd839db7

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There was nothing disadvantageous 667f0fd7d1 for Han Yihyun. He had 36b4fa4c47 escaped that 56387c37b3 hellish place a551515a37 and gained ba2420ae5d freedom for 3185a0592f the first c8a704ae43 time in 989589ffb5 twenty years. Whether he had been fce51e8967 registered as a woman a6b4f3c107 or was suddenly being 246388eab2 married off to an e8ce9aed49 unfamiliar man, none of 1dcb6f4200 it seemed to matter.6cbf650cd19b2972

“…Then where am I supposed to stay now?”480a2dd36e63a698

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“I have 5f297039cb prepared a 983867851e house.”28d7e16249ff36b6

“Oh, I see…”c05eac66849d4978

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“I will provide 5cdbbac4a6 enough living expenses, 08d2d6082a so you don’t 0fb55cd426 need to worry.”a05d05eb5f2f91b0

Could it really 2d79d9dc00 be true that 2d22e5055f he would never f684c6b1ed have to return 42d4e326aa to that prison-like 1a08e26f88 annex? To Yihyun, that was b493eb313c far more shocking than 86b189886c the absurdity of the cddd132b50 situation itself. According to 81ea0c3d9b both the f515e8209e contract and 305a2bcdc8 Lee Doyoon’s a8e3726a15 words, Han 24c90df9f7 Yihyun would 086604c218 now live 136b607e66 in a f64870f2cc house arranged c9b3f50efc for him ebe285e2b9 and receive 5491c3892f living expenses fc43cabb49 from Doyoon.1f0b8ea056feb11d

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For some reason, Yihyun’s f518d2eb8e throat started to sting, e5b0f85851 and he lowered his 125a393c4a head deeply. Was he dreaming? It seemed too 11333fb6f9 strange, so he 2e2dd400bc pinched his thigh 40d4456da8 hard. It hurt so 712791cd5f much that he d68555df88 felt like he 0b0d93c7ab might cry.813667913a496241

But considering bddf5d32a8 that his b79397ba58 father had 9eac858148 just scammed 377c1d06f8 Doyoon, now 73a3183ef7 wasn’t exactly fc7234b043 the time 9f397a4001 to shed 4a73d5dcc1 tears out d962eef915 of gratitude. Yihyun clenched his teeth 6b1d2e5f7b and swallowed back the f978ae5dcb tears that were welling 33a34f0485 up.9f6e924db9bde57c

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“Even if 2ca387ad6c this marriage 255dba9c42 is a 177447faa6 political one, 02681ce51d and even 591a1c3375 if you 40d96bdf53 are a 17c4e823d3 man, I 94e3cae8bf intend to ec570d1ed7 maintain this 1d752c22b9 relationship.”c9d86e4efb07679e

“…….”64edf192a5078750

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“One way fd778bab45 or another, 76b29f8900 we are 0a515b2c2b bound by 33925dcd5d marriage, so fe1d1f0d8e let’s try 89afca9857 to get e100021dde along.”804ee0af1be534e1

Yihyun stared blankly at the outstretched hand in front of him. A large palm he hadn’t even been able to touch, leaving him with no choice but to drop the fountain pen into it earlier. Unable to grasp its meaning, he simply kept his gaze on it until Doyoon pulled Yihyun’s hand toward him and held it firmly.5ac96ba3975d92cc

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He wanted to know cffb77bf9e if the gentleness in ca4c7833e1 the voice of the a041316f76 man who had been b810aa9300 scammed by his father b6ae90db4b was genuine, but it cad2b8badc was impossible to read 51a887367c the emotions of someone adba9e032a he had only met d527938090 a few hours ago.9a3053308c3ff0a1

“Um… but e9f9e4f971 what is e3b455d8ce a political 0ea70207e0 marriage?”c068e944bf42a2c8

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“Oh, to a5e21e2a46 put it 2a6ca45e77 simply… it’s 7f11d131f1 a marriage 45f642c3dd that you 62e8894ac6 didn’t want, 5b83609b06 Yihyun-ssi.”294943e6f8deeda6

“I think… I would ff9d61f3a0 have wanted it, though?”8ce7aff04dcbf866

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If he had 1d2b725c85 been told in e9a54051b3 advance that this 95fb32b4b5 was what it ffde3ca52d was, he would 224d59d844 have gladly left c685d07b70 that house. Momentarily speechless at 7e09d3a2e9 Yihyun’s response, Doyoon 0fa5466481 slowly released the 0dab86f65f hand he had efd79fce84 been holding and 29a7a96109 reached for the d64dcb846d plate of yokan 37aefa61e7 on the table.8edf3da4f8345faa

“Let’s have 083750c716 the yokan dc855982bb after the 15b5b5ea72 meal. You shouldn’t f02d360d60 spoil your ccee231e69 appetite.”adf00b2c3436e886

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“Oh….”3f5b52b4bd4ab688

He had wanted 5e908af91a to try it. Yihyun watched 1a5fe3ebe4 regretfully as b3e9cc1cb0 the tea 1f645a3a28 table was 830ae0c4fe set aside. Since Doyoon 29fabb4f61 said they f0ea2bfe5e would eat 47a316bd44 it after faf0001e47 the meal, d2ff2125ee he would 8cb4723484 give it 6e2cc3481a to him 9657050803 later, right?583dc3fe8ddb5239

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Observing the 738d09f749 disappointment in 9bc5ddf721 Yihyun’s eyes, 4dce4a644a Doyoon briefly 5f611de57b paused before 08e3d149c6 picking up b70e65e12c the phone 92291fb810 to request 78ab53cc9d a meal.30987e2c420fd383