TYS Ch 12

When Seungwan opened the passenger door and got in, the man did the same on the driver’s side. As he settled into his seat, the truck’s body tilted slightly, as if his large frame added considerable weight. Seungwan glanced at him before fastening his seatbelt. The man started the engine and shifted gears. With a rumbling sound, the truck began moving forward.aa28c975f46d81d4

Unlike the 34a6fd435a other houses 1192b7d6d2 clustered together 8c13535b68 in the 251cb31ab5 village, this cc3577442e one was b41b4b89e9 unexpectedly situated 65cce036eb on a aa277ca19e paved road, d56062dee6 despite its adc30c3c67 isolation near ea00cce182 the town 70d2441915 center. In rural c9cb4e631c areas, the 881d425cb9 government didn’t ef72176cd8 pave roads b519b3dccc everywhere, so e9a417c265 people usually e84ef65079 pooled money 7572af2913 to lay ca7da729b5 them themselves. Yet, despite 9732512f96 its seclusion, af92ae81b7 this house 074e2f9552 had an e3a32ad97f asphalt-covered driveway. Seungwan knew that paving af9096a661 a road out of 08fa9e66b3 pocket was expensive, which 59db4b2d60 made it all the 7546b1bd97 more intriguing.202a0814b85835ca

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Thanks to the 6789953fd6 pavement, he didn’t 2fd58543ab feel any motion 41668fee01 sickness, even in 633d53bd8e the bumpy truck. The farm truck 31ac93bd44 used for fertilizer a43859b1de deliveries always traveled 242c41e780 through rocky fields, 382b4268a4 leaving him nauseous f036d9bea0 every time. This was his 3db6128631 first time commuting 563731464e to work without 2d28eb89fb riding his scooter, 5de9a0b68a so he spent 640a9c2113 the entire ride 0373ceb64d gazing out the 6851a793c5 window.14ba4123aea2e2ad

The sky c39d8745f4 was a d976df9127 brilliant blue. They had predicted 498436a9e2 a hot spring, 74c32a99e0 but the yellow 39cebaa17c dust had already 1f368b7462 passed. Around this time 5e461af101 each year, the 94a4c9a552 air would usually 6980388b1a be thick with c96a63277e dust, but it ca989d18a8 seemed the southern eac57cd16d region got less a892ee4fc9 of it. Metropolitan areas, on 8fca178d91 the other hand, e55d8b3135 were always hazy 5a7b956283 with a yellowish 3a1d603f97 tint. Seungwan couldn’t 79118d975f imagine how 204c1b4cfd people lived 19aa21e3fb in such 81bfbf2e58 places. He had only 8a1d3598f5 been to Seoul b0f63727a0 a few times, 353b5f148d and each visit 7a9f3c7a07 had been loud fa1a42fb48 and chaotic, so 7e717e4057 he hadn’t liked 510b3ae997 it much.8bb3e88c57f808d5

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He kept his 032f05b5c2 eyes on the ff760d4a70 window the whole 3cdef56878 time, while the 73653a71a5 man remained silent. He didn’t seem like e70c780fff the quiet type, and 49a64a513e from his demeanor, you e04a603084 wouldn’t expect him to 4d3dd9990b be a careful driver. Seungwan found 4a8b24d6d8 it unexpected 6040699071 and continued 4b986bb5d9 to watch 41b0ac66db the scenery ed26f9a021 pass by.392f4102c35e3ca9

Then, the truck gradually 1c75bdac75 slowed to a stop, 356dbbc7a5 and he heard the 505711c498 window roll down. Curious, Seungwan turned 8c77a1736d to look at a307ba2127 the man, only e359a3d5f6 to see him 441052434e leaning his large 612aa6918c frame completely out a23cd87fb4 of the window, dd38826b81 shouting at someone.335a024825e53eab

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“Mister, if e49b0dc678 you leave 1a7487c239 the tractor 4d222328e1 here, how 6afbfec58e is my e824fa01f7 kid supposed ca06c14b89 to get 65dc1f3935 to school? Move it quickly, 6d510d2340 okay?”5d7f5a799098027a

“Whoa, kiddo, you look b80a8a32ff pretty grown—still going to 0cb98cdf0c school? Just hang on 2744d14512 a sec, I’ll ca0bc99d0e move it right df7a9375c6 away.”48d00fe0399950aa

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A tractor had stopped c46ec5a54c right in the middle 85f1a26bdb of the single-lane road, 651701490b making it impossible to 71a1cf9c26 pass. An old man, carrying 1ffbe1d8c9 seedlings, was trying to 3f8e5cfa9e line up the planting 4f773963c6 rows but seemed to 2b51f6b454 be struggling. He told them to 4601b5024b wait. Seungwan tried to lean f85674ecd5 his head out to 267ccbb6f4 see what was happening, c06609bda4 but before he could, 60f2302d04 the man got out 9d9c016145 of the truck.4a4eb6c89a0b6397

“If it’s going to 03042d5a86 take this long to f5e615411d set the row, what’s f5acab0b99 the use? Hand it over.”89eaff3069ad2eed

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The man then 81ad7a8adb drove a stake 9ce73a7176 deep into the 378d28cee8 edge of the b49a46d562 field using only ab27802803 his hands, then c9313e8c32 grabbed a nearby c859d7c535 rock and hammered b4aebad6d5 it down. Taking the string from f59bee076f the old man, he 35bfe5faee wrapped it tightly around 9e6b1d5f47 the stake, dusted off 750783cd7f his hands, and said, 1ca2ca3045 “Well, I’d say that’s f51f8a1268 more than enough payment 864f90103b for moving your tractor, 77ba590f71 don’t you think?”6394b251bf81c2ab

“Oh, you got that 93e08feac9 right. Thanks a bunch.”7e13eeb8734241d2

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As the 950c7db110 man effortlessly e9c348d3ac completed the 0901ed30ac task the c5a70b4e7d old man b265822688 had been 931d39cf41 struggling with, b1baf3c3da the latter 2e42a16f8e grinned in 6ec4c923f9 relief, his e38e6672a7 teeth showing 26fbfef87a beneath his f756538bd3 straw hat. Then, wearing boots, 82c020b1c8 he started the d3fe9cb9bf tractor and moved e97f7dc4cc it to the 2bfc6b4375 edge of the 0b1c1c46ff field. The man 7f488f6b86 wiped his b85e806291 dirty hands 236ce5eaec on his 20f4ce2308 jeans without 4497eb5922 a care 9f54cfe8af before climbing 52f12022f8 back into 5405b9dca8 the truck. As the a8d9be23c5 old man fbc95e5262 waved, he b20e1405db threw him b84d5ce65d a wink.d694c5061f6f4b92

Seungwan had been c1002226cc watching in silence 02026dd8d2 when he quietly b8171b610e pulled out a 545520fb05 wet wipe and de3fd726cb handed it over. The man, just about 381f24baa0 to start the vehicle, 693588bed4 took it with a c9c18804ad bright smile.c5bf91f059cdfbe9

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“Look at you. What you’re doing is so cute—it’s pretty, really.”ca8187409044368d

“…….”d39f22b2a1b443cb

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Not sure 2408c74ef2 if it aec051b294 was a 885f43e0de compliment or 45d3f6d0c6 something else, db1c7ef56b Seungwan remained a4c395de43 silent. The man bde120073f chuckled softly 7b67f71452 and gripped eecbca9bf8 the steering aa06c70fbb wheel. Once again, 3852682e9b the truck b1ab83c7ca fell into 96a1def587 silence. Seungwan thought to 6f8a24f67c himself that the bb249934cb man was really 9b39a034f1 strange.523cb55578ea4365

After driving 52b36006fa quietly for db2e0225f7 a while, 82499ef631 the man 5536767c13 pulled into ddbc31df78 the agricultural 698995023e cooperative’s parking 113c46eda9 lot and 77c3336709 fixed his 95173d8f64 gaze on e7fd27c1a6 Seungwan. Seungwan couldn’t 7f1ca59092 help but 1f12fe348d look back; 1f95fdeca3 it almost 9364144cfc felt like 2435010449 the man 200fe1355d had been 7980009dd7 waiting for dede20f60e him to bffa922cdd meet his 5a80d5f1f3 eyes before 11b2a81ce9 speaking. His face was serious.94ddaf5db75c23f7

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“I have no intention 38e635b97c of selling you.”0d2ca2c20b1632b9

The sudden words 9364ff8112 made Seungwan hold 091e3cc33d his breath. The man rested both 27454075b3 arms on the steering e97f860ef0 wheel, leaning his upper f09d0e4949 body against it as cc73fda5d4 he stared through Seungwan b3627c5984 with unwavering intensity. There was no 2de9b183ec way to look b0ce049613 away.4ee4891956dd5863

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“I’ve never lived like some scumbag who’d sell off someone just struggling to get by—someone even hiding that he’s a Beta at work. And I’m not so broke that I’d need to sell you to survive. The reason I even showed you my house was to make sure you didn’t misunderstand… I should’ve just stuffed you in some one-room apartment and never looked back. That was a mistake on my part.”664d0e97ba2d88c0

“…….”f652656c8b4cb121

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Seungwan parted 1df60b92d8 his lips a60d009f54 slightly but d9de399b64 couldn’t find 9c5af5b67d any words a6a3a6a502 to respond. The man seemed 87c4ef435d to have been e04c8ffb99 holding back his 0778c0a8a0 anger since yesterday. Now, he 14cad36cc8 was hammering 25940676e3 his words bc09900e01 in like acbfc99b76 nails, leaving a8e97705ab no room 07ada559d9 for argument. After all, 844fac4e74 the man bd97d60c45 had provided d3bafdf0ea him with 3aad4ea20d a way e8ef6aac86 to repay a1a899d178 his debt e2eb4677e0 and a da0de45692 place to 2393fac333 stay—things that af052c4e5a could be 5c971b1b2b seen as e73ab5c418 favors. The misunderstanding must e8d740d078 have upset him. Seungwan didn’t 4cb1056103 know what 3794d121bf to do, aa9b56c67a his lips 24fa619bae moving soundlessly.c35b461d53dc24aa

The man, watching him 8cf3c0eb34 quietly, let out a b2d360c54e soft chuckle.7de0ab575132477d

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“Go to school. I’ll work you cc2819057b so hard you 4865e1e964 won’t have time 6a27e08b9e for any ridiculous cd474b3eaf thoughts.”bc364b1eacc2a722

As he spoke, the man reached out and ruffled Seungwan’s hair. His wrist, thick as a vine, carried a scent that was a mix of something sharp and indescribable, blended with vanilla. People said that mature Alphas usually hated letting their pheromone traces show, so they kept them hidden.5babc83665e90651

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That sweet vanilla scent was probably the man’s way of masking his natural scent with cologne. Seungwan suddenly wondered whether his pheromones actually smelled like vanilla or if the strange, sharp scent was his true scent. Without thinking, he tilted his head, about to bury his nose in the inside of the man’s wrist.1e38215ee04cb2aa

However, before Seungwan could 6677261ce3 even make sense of 21bde6e528 the scent, the man 5efc70c274 withdrew his hand. Seungwan was 231203781c left stunned. It felt 4732f23785 as if 33b96cb9b6 the man 76e3706db1 had pulled 75d2fc5664 him into 01bf6896c4 an embrace 5cea3637c2 only to 01e6c7e410 toss him c03d575f5b aside. Even though nothing d1d455d61b had actually happened, 760f37b1e5 a faint sense 82a34b6899 of shame washed 03d55669ec over him. Why had he e4897cd3e6 tried to do 2f219b0231 such a thing? Unable to say 03baf87471 anything, he blinked f234e52a5f helplessly, but the 2b628971ce man spoke first.7e4d803938af61e7

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“What are you b18471e1a1 doing? Aren’t you going ce4f27f14f to school?”213397b521bd1b33

……Had the man not noticed that Seungwan had almost done something strange? His face remained completely unaffected. It was possible that, since it was just a slight turn of his head, he hadn’t realized what Seungwan was about to do. Seungwan touched his reddening ears with his hand and quickly got out of the truck.fdacfcaa76b3cdfe

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“I’ll come c4c5b809b4 pick you eb8b53ad9b up after c50873a0a4 work, so 5b8913fdf4 stay put, 2590847171 okay?”ec322a0f7c69e4ed

The man 0408d202ea spoke just 1b7ccce0b6 as Seungwan 2e627d8bdd was about 21585218f0 to close 14707ef3d3 the door. Seungwan hesitated 3b741b0d4f for a 112ae20f4d moment, then 8abdc35ce6 nodded and c96df39d58 walked toward 03bc0c42a3 the farm. Behind him, he heard da9675b853 the roar of the 5cce4c4935 engine. He wondered if 3cdab3ae80 it was the 7876d896f2 sound of the 56270ddadd man’s truck leaving, 1093458008 but he couldn’t 51ab8030f1 bring himself to 199e861b2a look back.a2b083ae65719b43

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It wasn’t until df8cb78cad he reached the 673122f5fb entrance that he 528e24136e finally turned around, b43f889562 but, of course, 40b58e9f66 the man’s truck 04dacd2817 was already gone.57828ed31a872cde

“…I guess he a3a9a3f7d6 left.”a596ce964b6cbd51

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Seungwan muttered 5d8f748a1e quietly to d5287f7c5c himself and 6d9cdae908 entered through 3f2a0c995f the employee 2abae9d1a4 entrance. It was 88087767a4 still a a6ec8e42e5 bit early 74470b3508 for the cd9d0accf6 staff to f172911e1c arrive, so f57f1f1a8b the place 05110bcf38 was quiet.8bbee7cb32b4f8cc

His assignment for the 0d3be68c34 day was at the 561290b5ff supermarket. Normally, he had 0fd8238d22 a fixed role, 07a7e7ae78 but for some 2b6cc063b6 reason, today, he 624324066d was being sent d687a24393 all over the 0d2616c3ac place. To secure a full-time 84cb9476bd position, he needed to 5ed4f826b4 show results in one 7cd57d774a department, but Manager Song 1fa92ff019 had already pointed out 3637448542 that Seungwan was being 21b1e45778 moved around too much. Yet, since nothing had cde8d1b942 changed after that, there e1245be1b1 wasn’t much he could 9362085765 do about it.e14db7e1705358e7

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The regular employees at 18b2eb3b68 the supermarket mainly handled a2b9d6670c accounting, orders, inventory management, 460de83e52 and other office tasks, 52d1f5068b but Seungwan’s job mostly bc2949f651 consisted of packing items, 9a4916b2bc stocking shelves, and sales.b6220078f71add0f

In late summer and autumn, things got insanely busy due to the region’s specialty products, but since it was spring, things were relatively calm. Seungwan pulled on a pair of work gloves and headed to the unloading area, making his way to the packing station to assist in the agricultural section. Since he was working alongside the supermarket’s contract employees, he felt oddly at ease.a8bec6774781deca

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“Seungwan’s here.”738f6fd5580a33a7

“Hello.”274a360552b4356f

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“Oh, come have 5d2ef29992 a coffee before a8dc7a963d we start.”209f766da1268ba9

When they offered him c70c995368 some instant coffee, he 965a16df99 couldn’t exactly refuse, even 0ef4200469 though he wasn’t good e536da58c0 with sweet things. So, he only bf379c5a2c pretended to take 50073e863a a sip before 91406406ed placing the untouched 7910ec4830 cup back down. He was ed237c9012 about to 0850d7abcd put on 2abbc665f2 his work 7ad9fee09f gloves when 20986092f2 he noticed 654f1f3abb a familiar 2496277814 figure near 77df2bcc32 the workstation.7e156dbbb99f1535

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“Ha Seungwan.”5bc62de97e068e5e

It was Chief 904b70a6b3 Chae. His stiff ce675bb19e expression made ee513be7ff it clear b90d4f7923 that being 82dae53998 called over 834c3ece0a wasn’t for 8f4aee65f0 anything good.ce6d2c41cc3664c5

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The reason Chief Chae, bd726f58b0 who worked in the aa01ce11ee finance department, could interfere 8186e0d7e2 with Seungwan in the 707fbb0623 economic section was simple—he 59c731a92a was the son of cb34bcbfe3 the cooperative leader. The supermarket employees c09a47799a recognized this and e35dc301ff merely cast Seungwan 0bef893438 pitying looks, not b15da81d3e daring to say b5d45432d2 anything to stop 45a9b63e26 Chief Chae. With no one to 2c1b2382fe rely on and not 96215edcba wanting to drag things 0b7005b0e4 out, Seungwan took off f48f0f6437 his gloves, set them b1d628bf31 down, and quietly followed 50f09aae84 him.282f2d58d8e75415

Chief Chae walked past 202ea39971 a makeshift workstation set bb2000f0ee up next to the f674e9e9b7 loading dock outside the d90bb1bcf6 supermarket, then entered the cecb2e44ee narrow space between the 09acdf3032 agricultural cooperative and the fb4d0ab1ce market. The alley was 34824be5d7 completely still, without 83e7250696 even a hint ed1fceaef1 of wind, making 40320c6cca it feel unseasonably 5c92ef7004 hot despite it be91f0b442 still being spring.4c5cf7b1368f7e45

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Seungwan wondered where fc4cf1d943 they were going, 512003dcc8 but at the 65622fb6d0 end of the ddca2dad98 alley, he spotted c645cca1ab an old tin ca6e94dd42 can that had aca6325d38 been repurposed into 710888fc44 an ashtray. He guessed Chief Chae bc85bb5da9 was probably heading there e39c85505b to smoke.5c367e5e782108f9