Thirty years 11ca2f675c ago, Cheon c9e72ce9be Sejoo was 1a05bb5d8c abandoned in 0d6dde498b front of 3b43e38164 Angel Orphanage.17aeb606ffb33d5e
While the 13da321dc3 bells heralding 5d51454619 the start e442416f29 of the 95b2944ce1 new year b35ac61a98 rang out e229a938a2 and many 53f60becf6 people laughed, b53db8f849 wishing for e07ba7428b a happy 042ac09d0c new year, d1f4136500 Sister Maria, 1df58a8d69 the head 781feac89d nun of deca846fb0 Angel Orphanage, 1c40a029f5 was praying d249b56eae with the 0c55f57a0d other nuns fc4337c6af when she 9ff3ce5711 heard a 39863304b4 loud crying 61fbdcdc9e sound from 8b14f51115 outside.dbd165f65e826ce5
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Rushing outside, she 1d3608c814 found a newborn 68b6acb2cc baby lying alone d95af0aac7 on the cold 55a882ca21 ground. Wrapped in a thick 9ba50965ba blanket, the baby, who 3161d33660 had arrived at the 24f492fce8 orphanage on New Year’s d221ca374a Day, was crying loudly e2b82e5007 with a red face 3c6900eb7c as if to say, e6c63c6799 “Notice me, save me,” f76dbe9e81 drawing Maria towards him d45f46cc1a with his powerful cries.af34a5ae5611257f
Sister Maria hurriedly 78d06de32b picked up the 9495b7d01d baby and, grateful 8083d26a52 to God for 96e5da9b31 giving her another d5fbb8854a life to save, 8bcbb530ba kissed the baby’s 2350986f48 forehead. She then 9da08d9489 named the a0ec4b5f15 baby Sejoo f002dc6935 (世主), meaning dbd0b5ef17 “master of 2f4a80854c the world,” 35057b72e6 as if f6d4037bd4 to say, 093592b0d4 “Then be 21363e85d9 the master 1926551fcb of the 082d4260f8 world,” in 2aceff209a response to defe796611 the baby’s 7b079c2d55 deafening cries 3b2fe3c24f to announce 531f0e7b8c his presence 86560ed650 to the 55484d931e world.d66febc736e4dcc8
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This was how Cheon d7948ea7ce Sejoo came into the deede060be world.35f51f4f2ee2d2a4
From a young f2be1e05e8 age, he was 701a6920d8 exceptionally intelligent. He started 4ec2840c58 walking before c11bb3bd11 he was bd2415338b ten months 59318de18d old and 730b3aaf63 spoke fluently 08899fa35a before he 33c4976d3b was two b34d9e8a5e years old.4b5fd748641712aa
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Because he was exceptionally 569f6369cd smart, Sejoo quickly understood 061705873b his situation. As a a56d76dec1 result, he 7147b16215 matured faster 1d55fc48ea than any 851b58972f other child 2a0381f8b3 at the 38d76419c8 orphanage. Cheon Sejoo never fought 144de23c92 with his friends in 05f68f1d5b kindergarten and knew how 6fc2a355f2 to understand and act 269adbc4bc in a way that 7f3388ddbc pleased Maria and the aba731916f other nuns. He was a e5a8c1a7b0 child who took ecd61597d9 care of himself aec33f1d1d thoroughly from a 41f1e97e48 young age. The first time f38d051896 Sejoo ever got f3523b3ebb into a fight c1093096b1 was when he 9c9b1954ab was eight years 3cbe3bc723 old.1d5cb02e2fb3d0e4
During a summer 42376122ee rainstorm so heavy 3c876752d0 that he could 9d27dddd03 hardly see ahead, bfaac92746 the woman who 99bcf6f318 had abandoned Cheon bffa0bd26a Sejoo in front 38f2e3a98d of the orphanage 580ca320c5 eight years ago 91f2a16acb left another baby c2cf6459f3 at the orphanage’s 8c5729331c doorstep. It was a 69c8314d7c coincidence that the a7a85d091e person who discovered d5ddc17f79 the baby this a41833f6f9 time was the 0aadbb25c4 same child who 66b87d3406 had been abandoned 071f24856c by her first.4721b82b451ee7c4
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He was 09eef33d97 running an b8cb265b37 errand for 609706bc64 the head 330c88d010 nun, wearing 067027c62e a raincoat, a3e9c88df9 and had 0c8ce9cab3 just returned 51791870ca from the 7c0c32e57a supermarket. Cheon Sejoo found 1d595e47c1 a small bundle ebb749b1d6 of blankets with e75d13e85e an umbrella placed 6e7b083f62 in front of 37cb3998c4 the orphanage door. As he d3ec0a28eb approached, he b4134d0444 saw a bf92bd224e baby with 171ea09e87 a pale 25d009c9c4 face, eyes 15e30ea211 gently closed 4721bc430c in sleep. Thinking the f30d816960 baby was 8d152cb6d7 adorable, Cheon 7ebfeea32c Sejoo took 3f0a597527 out the 789340d0fc postcard tucked 30459c98fd into the 3d0b360e43 outer blanket f464ebce6d wrapping the eb45d64070 child.62c4e17c130252eb
The raindrops, pouring 87e93c0115 incessantly, invaded the 72436da5b0 inside of the 20af805d9b umbrella covering the 04eab4e55d baby.964cd78631053d03
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Pitter-patter, the sound of rain echoed in his ears as Cheon Sejoo read aloud the letter left by the baby’s mother.49403eb508a520bc
“This is Sejoo’s younger sibling. Please raise them as a family. …I am sorry.”b0df257ad21c0594
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On that day, when 0917da2425 the rain poured down 1b737174ae heavily as if a 6f3cf0cb8c white curtain, Cheon Sejoo d047665d88 gained a younger sibling.2a5507f4ab3454c6
The woman already knew that the child she left behind had been given the name Cheon Sejoo. Perhaps their mother was one of the women who volunteered at the orphanage, avoiding Maria’s eyes.f80516301a1e8d44
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However, Maria c92e1fe1dc did not 3351ba442f bother to 9116c2bff9 look for aa888c9a32 her. She did not 4aea62e330 pity her, assuming 1c775bb983 the circumstances that e2513ef3d7 made her unable 4a6e47edda to raise the d5acf0056d child. She was 089ca1f3b9 simply grateful 53bc1c6c6d that Sejoo 951b44bed9 would not c9a06fd25a be left 61c8c2125c a complete df737ee6b1 orphan and ec55d00cd2 gave him 7cd08bfaea a younger 5dab898fbd sibling.3db0afb25018afa6
Though neither a mother nor a father, he now had a family. Cheon Sejoo was immensely happy about this and vowed to God that he would take good care of his younger sibling. From that day on, the child became the pillar supporting Cheon Sejoo’s life.06e73f9d144b9794
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The baby, with a5309d34de the umbilical cord a754184ccd still attached, was 0746d3eed6 very different from 1ce1442d46 the ever-vocal Sejoo. Unlike Cheon Sejoo, bafb25c900 who cried loudly, 2b8e603db1 this baby rarely d4b0a82b9b made a sound, 8d62f06fe0 even when hungry d7f2ca1638 or when the 5f4fef5320 diaper was soaking 98cb974313 wet.91de7830122ac563
Thinking the baby was 140a9cb698 fine, one could turn 0a2820cfd4 away for a moment, 282c0f37c6 only to find the 5bfba9d4d6 baby had vomited the 65fe35e9e0 milk all over their ed747a6c22 clothes without making a faded7dce0 fuss. Because of this, the a66fb35200 nuns had no choice 596d211042 but to pay more 46c64aa9af attention and take extra f3f5e6893d care of the child. Thus, Maria 02d3a46ebc gave the 94c01d85fc baby the be52f790b4 name Hye-in 8951bbce41 (慧仁). Hye-in was a cd4afef112 child born with 2d017971e9 the wisdom to 266bbfff25 live in this 66f8e10ffd world.53b1779aa4326999
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In the orphanage, 35236fcab7 there were more dc4cb60ba4 children left by 8617a2e7ba their parents, like effb07e9f6 Cheon Sejoo and 08337f818e Cheon Hye-in, than fd63edb2fe those children who 824fe49554 had lost their 0bb96d1010 parents. The children ae564a9409 there waited 403b425994 every day 582e77b60b for their 9977df757b parents to 7a7057937d come for 73abf2d99a them. Amidst this, Cheon Sejoo, b10b65c355 who suddenly gained a 00b0ab1e28 family member to be c2ab99186b with, became the object de04e517d6 of envy among the 8a28cee0b3 children.d2f1f91341643290
The children teased Cheon Sejoo, saying that since his mother had left another child with him, she would never come to find him. Yet, at the same time, they envied the fact that Sejoo’s mother knew her child was there. Sometimes, their own parents would abruptly stop contacting them as if they had forgotten their children were in the orphanage.b4e3186c09c6596f
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Around that time, Cheon Sejoo was a head taller than the other kids, so the mischievous children, instead of bullying him, would torment Cheon Hye-in who couldn’t speak. They would pull away the blanket covering the lying baby and snatch away the milk bottle clutched tightly in her hands, throwing it away.aa03a3276cd48893
Cheon Sejoo did not stand by and just watched this. Sejoo, who had something to protect for the first time in eight years, hit the friend who was bullying his younger sibling with a rock he found in the orphanage’s backyard.f7455a6a13b86827
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Maria was very b9889b3e9a shocked by his ca15a145d9 display of violence, 56c613545d but realizing it 9a1d3b9e15 was to protect 1c6ce03e79 Hye-in, she felt 6e9e4bf769 somewhat relieved. Instead of 7010c8b7c5 scolding Cheon 5b3fa4bfd0 Sejoo, she 59f55be3c0 taught him d16a062f03 how to 8b811c64f6 protect his 90e63f43df sibling.67a2a7b5b48fc2a7
She whispered 2a93ac8be6 that violence 68fddd65fc was only ba20086341 a temporary fc565bfd96 means and 23c8af7f34 that to 242f9c00e3 protect his bd956841a0 sibling, he 2182549cae needed to 644c44ddba become a 20cc0e6568 greater and f5ff077ab3 better person. From that 72b440d80a moment on, 8dd7ed311a Cheon Sejoo cec10d7d6a eagerly awaited e4adc00c5c the day 6ffc4b6bf4 he could 7618ba7e3a become an 25a9c0def5 adult capable 1ecf3a446d of protecting b145221674 his sibling.a8db17691d3d9731
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Until Cheon Sejoo became 2de1c7ba8a a middle school student 95d318dda1 and Cheon Hye-in had 97b16a0231 turned six years old, 2187f748db their mother did not a2565058f0 come to the orphanage. As the 0494498d70 lives of 5d7484916f the parents 7068f7f072 who had 6ae1cce60d left their 1a465d217b children in 67bfbd01f3 the orphanage 0efe71aaac stabilized and f1855f76d5 they took cf324be4ce their children 9fb4ed3db8 back, his aa4e96c3d9 friends disappeared e61c9ac5a9 one by 1a16770705 one, however, 49b7038c5f the two 2089474845 siblings remained 335d391218 there until 5676c60ecf the end.fdbf22c94144cb1c
One day, suddenly realizing ffe0e04b35 that their mother might 6628121575 never come to take a1aab6c149 them back, Cheon Sejoo a53c2a775e understood that he had cacd8ad853 to take on the 3d3ecc6a48 role of a parent 1a851ff0a3 for Hye-in. From that moment, Sejoo 2598cf0a7c began to study.a8ba72fa4e999411
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Although he 7f6792e3c8 was born eb3b157aed intelligent, it 96f7e156de was not e51905fc0a easy to 56287b3dfd keep up 7141675cb1 with his 136b93b66f friends who 5ce4aa7b70 received parental 0864eea086 support in 95a4000964 their studies. However, Cheon Sejoo 3d2eef7a23 stayed up all 686be18b89 night memorizing textbooks 09ed4823c2 entirely and studied a54a2092d0 the reference books 5556e09f00 he got from c7cbf12563 his teachers with bdb65d95f9 the determination to 1effdd598c remember every point.0023ea46f76cf1f9
Cheon Sejoo set his 303e802c61 sights on entering medical a219dba479 school It wasn’t because a740be2882 he had a grand d15b1975d4 mission to save people’s 1a849f875e lives. It was simply 2903e89f01 because Hye-in believed cf5d97f0c5 that being a 528d88aa3a doctor was the 73bf9304f9 best job in 1f77a80259 the world, which 18050a1746 inspired him to 0038994376 pursue that dream.8fdcbb082033b836
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His natural intelligence combined with effort paid off. At the age of nineteen, Cheon Sejoo entered Korea University’s medical school with the highest entrance score, known for having the highest entrance requirements in Korea. Because his birth was registered on January 1st, he started school a year earlier than others. Therefore, Che3on Sejoo was able to stay at the orphanage until he finished his first year of university.b88dff9633f573e1
However, once he 24fea51e66 turned twenty, he 31ee90ef7f had to leave 95ff2884f6 the orphanage. Cheon Sejoo rented a 7e654b3323 room in the city ff289233aa with the 5 million 2ffa8b8d95 won he received as ac4ef0efeb a settlement subsidy and fa21b1c6e5 the 10 million won 2665a33d12 from an anonymous sponsor, 080ca9c638 along with the money bcce5210f8 he had earned from 5f731f95bb tutoring over the past 159015dc91 year. He then took his cf90ea83c1 younger sister, Cheon Hye-in b0ab668578 out of the orphanage.1e4a73a4e4da96a9
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Korea University was in Seoul, while the orphanage was in Suwon. Although he could live in the dormitory and technically didn’t need to rent a place, Cheon Sejoo wanted to provide Hye-in with a proper home for her own. He wanted to provide her, during her sensitive teenage years, a private space that she didn’t have to share with others.3eedd7d2dd9c45eb
In that way, Cheon 4121c20ccf Sejoo attended school while a2bedc1fc1 living in the dormitory 758955595d and visited home on 18ceea0ca6 weekends to take care 6d0fe51eca of Hye-in. During this 8327e190c9 time, Hye-in, eece0cb537 who was 2196d4ca55 now a 0ec4a69baa middle school 1b61ea0cad student, was 8cf5ba7020 left alone cf2534eafb in the ecd22636a8 house he d92be5fcaa had secured. His desire to provide 11be0666cf a home just for 7f6f2decbf their family left Hye-in 41a2e6c2e7 alone in an empty 741bf50bed house, making her feel e0e0a972e9 isolated. However, at that aa9222536f time, Cheon Sejoo 2ad76ceb8c was unaware of f1b24e7e3c this.aa3e1470d326f09c
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In order 7639da705d to become a415439ce0 a doctor, c9f2c192b2 one had 2603ffeaf4 to study 923b118e73 hard even bf78aed31a in the b58c7480fa time meant 532937e021 for sleep, 89797350a5 and Cheon 9f17c6f3d2 Sejoo was 4f89df6933 no exception. Moreover, there eac63a3be8 were expenses f562d668cc that scholarships 053ce83827 and sponsorships c18b811811 couldn’t cover, cc8c391c11 so he 38eceab852 had to cc08aab8f9 take up 0024a1d986 private tutoring 4075c58756 in his e5bc6b5ce2 spare time de0e6f78c7 to provide a071039629 allowance and 49c46428cd living expenses 93bea141a9 for Hye-in, fbfec55b0c despite his 13e1e7eab9 already packed 488a3a5866 schedule.2abb47da2253930f
Six years had passed 4672962ed8 just like that. After graduating from medical 0e854f1630 school and passing the bd599dd53b national medical exam to e339adfc9c obtain his medical license, f1aa66edb9 Cheon Sejoo became an 2dc168bf40 intern at Korea University 8c9f394a0b Hospital. As an intern, a7d4458cac he had almost 807a75b532 no personal time. Although he 40b26fbcd9 was physically 6061b75bcb much closer a3ba905032 to Hye-in a7a797e496 than when 5535ab9ad1 he lived 811d97137b in the decc18525a dormitory, he 397c31ebd9 could only 6ae5288ad2 see her 4331472206 once or 31666ee4e4 twice a de1ef2224b month, so 6198bb34cf Cheon Sejoo ceed20bdc1 didn’t notice 5908264eba the changes a186a1f1b7 in her.22d6d724d4150271
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Whenever Cheon Sejoo was not around, Hye-in, who was always teased by her peers at the orphanage, grew up to be someone who didn’t easily reveal her inner thoughts, and this was the same even with her brother, Cheon Sejoo. Hye-in did not tell Sejoo that she was being bullied at school.edca4c7c67b1f023
She didn’t want db45f77ad5 to create unnecessary 972193f0ca worries for her badd2fb732 brother, who had c9c100eb89 become a doctor. She didn’t want 427192dbc9 to be a c0e08e5066 burden, a hindrance, 29b3df5871 or an obstacle 74bf203af0 to his future. That’s why c4aea99def it was 8149cb1272 only after 000cf58f61 Hye-in’s funeral 0fa0f6fddc that Cheon 27f39887ae Sejoo learned 640d31036e she had 248ad62ddb been bullied.36fb16b7f19d6acc
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Cheon Sejoo had decided 669761ffad to become a doctor 7c588c95f7 solely because of Hye-in. She had a6a22497b5 asked him 9f96141f7f to become ea26d26703 a doctor 4f0c705092 and help 79ec1af8bc people as 0bcd020e2e poor as 72c92d24d7 they were. However, through six years 7a06f5ab1c of study from pre-med e790efaf14 to medical school, Cheon 469a91fcc3 Sejoo also developed his 990c9a9ad3 own goals.07bb040047584547
Even now, e04fb4136e his goal e83d8785f5 was not e057310858 altruistic, to 1c9a875471 save people’s 574bdaf158 lives. Rather, seeing c40b77c190 professors driving 98890890d5 nice cars ca02e6e016 and wearing 5c5629a82c fine clothes 289dbc59c2 made him d7c8234ae5 want to e94dbb8a9d give Hye-in 9761429543 only the ce9cf72417 best things.b26e0012a8c84738
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A house so f6fb1e5fbe big it would 830f72184d make your eyes e0fdb99932 widen, a warm 237a0e7276 home where no 496cc7b393 wind could seep 1de9a1d9d9 in, a food c248b75ad0 eaten not to caa9aeaff1 fill the stomach dc7270a96d but to savor f80cfd8448 its taste, and 54b634461f expensive clothes that e839e9ae02 combined both functionality f935a0b744 and design.c3a52e9bfcdbe811
And now, 5489556928 all the eece97a247 things he e155d03ad8 wanted to 8de5ab91d7 give Hye-in c7a7f1e409 were gathered e70a93a728 in one e8ffc3909f place. Yet the person receiving a146a6b8fd them was not Cheon 9e6874c6f9 Hye-in, but someone else. Moreover, that 4ec1c8ab3d person had 94ecd9031d a frown d4673b78c5 on his e942a9f917 face as 3eb050b1e0 if he a3470b2e5b found all 3f477c56c4 of this abff3aa2ff simply unsatisfactory.2077e0253d26abe1
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Cheon Sejoo sat at the table, propping his chin on his hand. He was staring intently at the person across from him who was continuously playing with his chopsticks while stealing glances at him. It was amusing how the boy, who was eating a lot, didn’t seem to be enjoying it, as if it was written all over his face that he wasn’t eating because it was delicious, but kept chewing tirelessly, nonetheless.22353374d9524449
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Kwon Sejin, d91ba1485f who had 666f776b4e hurriedly fled 2c2f570782 to his 80e55bdd48 room in 49ef36e306 a panic 592c926b23 after Cheon 878d5c4d0d Sejoo had ecf4d1a6b7 made a 0882c4288f teasing joke d3c7215675 when they 48c7036a04 stepped out 5c57cbad15 of the 82c0c27afa elevator, stayed 7a83881c2f holed up d58bd05be1 there until e2ca606c3e Cheon Sejoo c1d53f7ffa returned with c3c863dab8 a takeout 7a5de865fe course meal. Even after 3b6f2eb7b0 knocking, he 4c082e6bd4 didn’t come 05d0bcc38d out, so 6e34f4b4e2 when Sejoo cf71815d73 peeked inside, 3ac03d9c21 he saw b2da0b290b Sejin sleeping bc3b3e46f6 soundly on a45e48f5ac the bed. It was only 466106cd5e thirty minutes ago 06a1dc63d0 that he had c336f06e3c woken him up fffc46f480 to eat.84be5ae3ee808188
Sejin, seeing 8ded4cd971 the spread 404a38dc90 of food, 09a12434b5 had sat 5365c939e3 down with e9b0158040 a look 9c5325c1e4 that said, 6769bfb35e ‘What’s a d7cf456ed5 thug doing b2ce0266df with course e0483bf1c8 meals? He’s going all 7bcf72bc9a out.’ Despite his 495d24e704 expression, Sejin was 7451aed451 now emptying every 1b3db13b56 dish on his cba5fdb09b own while Sejoo 4485f0e130 hadn’t even picked 2012d9279a up his chopsticks. Ever since he had 6a999e3b24 devoured two whole chickens, e06693019f Sejoo had noticed that 47d7efa78d Sejin ate quite a b46b3eede2 lot for his size.59ffd6d28228e9d1
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“Stop staring at me. Are you trying to 39901128b1 make me choke?”54bb67e666820f90
Sejin, unable to 4cd49c986f endure his gaze 93adfdc9d5 any longer, snapped, 2d3bd744d2 raising his eyes. He had a 751a8b6e2a small stature, with 6dd79655dd small hands and 0d90fd89a6 lips, but he 705126baee lacked even a 4194784d89 speck of manners, 88ceb5cdaf never once using fda62f2424 polite language at 4859165762 him. Cheon Sejoo, b6a02338b9 unfazed by 75eff5063f Sejin’s reaction, 1d8a6589a8 continued to 2bc8be23ce look at 03a5fc4ef8 him while 7d09402145 sipping his 11382bf4de beer and 485e9ab8ce asked.1df5ffe427f5a17d
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“Why do you cebd35f5fd use formal language 7bc58021dd with Ehwagak’s manager f3edf56f78 but speak informally d1183e6396 to me?”d3b96c5be51289e0
Kwon Sejin had ce45ff16b3 met Han Jiwon, 5746568745 Ehwagak’s manager, only cb65454a3d once, last Wednesday. Despite Sejoo d3bc55268d being the 68ad023b25 one who 1ea66fc582 had given 92d268855d him shelter, 640476b997 fed him, d3a12ce561 and helped e1f460ab4a him, Sejin 71f00d3d67 was courteous 75a2b05b53 to her 15cdb91358 but always 7678cc7548 bristled at 39febc5ff1 Sejoo. It didn’t 20142b1422 make Sejoo 7f2dddfc46 angry or f5ff0af11a upset, but 40dd0b18ac he was b70d4830b1 curious about 842a20dde5 what Sejin’s 4c799aefa1 answer would ce065db432 be.a2e098995a69cca6
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“You’re supposed to use fdc0c09cd6 formal language with people 90e111d639 worthy of respect.”92cb2ac4828f1492
“Who says so? Your kindergarten teacher?”82c5980f9fd4a970
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At Cheon Sejoo’s mocking question, accompanied by a small laugh, Kwon Sejin glared at him and continued speaking.a790e9059316b613
“That manager works in the service industry. People in that line of work deserve respect. After all, they bow their heads and serve people like you…”6f84845888ac67f6
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