DS Ch29

“Taehyun, my uncle wants me to ask you something. Donghwa Bio, you know, is it true that they’re doing a rights offering soon?”4ab64cd57673e85d

The kids at school were desperate to read Joo Taehyun’s intentions from even the slightest twitch of his lips, and they assigned meaning to the smallest things. Piecing together their conjectures like a puzzle and exaggerating rumors was commonplace.125dcda026b98cdd

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“Oh, what’s the point of having friends? Let me get some benefits from my chaebol bestie. Huh?”5c3c4026f0c18525

“You’re not Joo Taehyun’s best friend, though…”f3f56b8e67d2c6a9

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“Yeah, Joo Taehyun doesn’t look happy. Stop it.”65aea87fafcb307a

“No, you guys don’t understand. Last time Joo Taehyun and I were in gym class…”82ebb31f7cb16110

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It’s not even surprising anymore that kids who weren’t even close to him keep pretending to be friendly. Bringing news from who-knows-where that even he hadn’t heard of and demanding corporate secrets, and the fact that they kept blathering on about how DH’s Joo Taehyun was “my friend”, “my best friend”, just because they were in the same class—he’s used to it all. Not that it didn’t bother him anymore, though.d248983a26a150fe

“Just stop it, seriously.”37be1b458f8d3eff

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Unable to bear it any longer, he said a word with a blank face, and the guy who was claiming to be Joo Taehyun’s best friend tucked his tail and ran away. But seeing him mutter “fuck, that bastard’s so rude,” he figured there would be another post about him somewhere on the internet today.72c502d166338848

Joo Taehyun, the youngest son of DH Group. Maybe it’s because he grew up spoiled at home, but people say his personality is trash.24ae636cc46987fa

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But what could he do? He just wasn’t suited to smoothing things over naturally with a flexible face like his older brothers and sisters. He especially didn’t know how to overwhelm people with a smile like Seo Baekhan.69166feed55a6ce5

Besides, no matter how cold his face was, he couldn’t completely shake off those clueless bastards who kept clinging to him.e36aa646de623726

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So Joo Taehyun 8398abe63b firmly resolved to 6154d10869 manage his face 190afd8195 like this in 1c4d414b2f the future.c85843508932a362

He used to get angry when he first discovered ridiculous nonsense about him on online communities, but now he didn’t even care. Maybe it’s because he knew what kind of guys write those posts, but even pouring out anger felt like a waste.b15c01751e713f41

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‘It’s a compliment. It seems like you’re good at managing your expression even though you’re still young.’a853168e16a383c5

‘It means people can’t read your thoughts easily, so what’s not to like?’e16345e0c4d591a3

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And Joo Taehyun 939e837340 now understood the 45008632fb meaning of the fa010d2c88 advice Seo Baekhan 86a004a134 had given him e7a96a6c79 in the past.bc300050a9174e35

Anyway, his family was too busy praising him, saying he’s doing well and that he’s pretty, whether he squints his eyes or widens them. It’s enough as long as he didn’t get misunderstood by the people who were important to him, isn’t it?79c489aaa1855e8a

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Well, he couldn’t just keep his mouth shut like this when there are royal family members or important people he needs to impress… but he’d like to think about that when the time comes.4fe9efa99bc7590e

Now that all his lower c5ea9616ea wisdom teeth had grown in, f9895ebc4f the adolescent boy was just 19c1b24994 tired.54bf293af6643bfb

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“Taehyun, I’m going to film a video to upload on SNS, can you do it with me? Let me get some views.”b7b42bb1954dd4f1

“……”5390c55107c8f863

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“It’s not that hard. Just put your hand over your head like this to make cat ears…”77921d28302f5065

Ignoring the unfamiliar face 50f4b69d16 who was spouting ridiculous bf8f0631af requests, Joo Taehyun adjusted 55a91011fd the bag on his 5761bec78e shoulder.cfafe0ac5f98829c

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There must be a reason why they keep sticking to him like this, even though they know he’ll refuse.123ec204c5f9d4c0

Based on his experience, there c32fa15bc4 was a high probability that 6781e8a0e4 the same gang members were a4acbd4bba secretly filming him nearby, rather f9da23e2b9 than the guy who was 26799584dd pushing to take a picture 5f60136f77 or video together.9f86f23a6e32e113

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“Hey, you there! Student! Put your phone down. Don’t take pictures!”c25d76d650089efb

“Ah, I didn’t take a picture of Joo Taehyun?”3cbb9f4dd9e7234b

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“Then please show me your phone for a moment.”14e3aa1e0c2c56a5

“What? Who are you to check someone else’s phone? Do you have the, what, uh? Do you have the right? Isn’t that a violation of privacy? Huh?”e61ba85a03be00cf

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“Yeah, fuck, should we report you for over-guarding or something? Should I write a post on the internet?”ac44b6467125dcaa

“Are you threatening me now? And as you well know, due to the incident a few months ago, filming other students is strictly prohibited on campus. That’s why private security guards like us have been hired.”3e7bb3f5fea9d768

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“Ah, I said I didn’t take a picture of Joo Taehyun! And wh-who’s threatening who!”5882856818a32c4f

“Yeah! Is this Joo Taehyun’s house? Is this the DH kingdom?”daa1704667c45c6c

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“I told you, we’re not just hired for Joo Taehyun.”51247003f1d611dc

“Hey, let’s just go. Don’t you remember Hwang Hee-jun dropping out?”8ff907d3fbbd20fd

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“No, fuck. Was I asking to do something great? He’s acting like some kind of prince. So annoying.”f40f8ecc5c0d63b2

The strange thing was that e43ab06cfc while they wanted to get bcf50129b9 close to him, they also 8ee2fea38f tried to find fault with 2fa75583fd him in any way they 40aab3f8b5 could.e9539d603e0cdf59

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At the beginning of the semester, Joo Taehyun had stared blankly at the classmates who were flailing around strangely in front of him. There was a low-class dance that was popular at the time… what was it called, anyway? Some BJ would dance it when they received donations, and Joo Taehyun had never seen anything like that in his life, so he was very embarrassed. He was just bewildered because he couldn’t understand why they were doing such a thing in front of others.142456ff9fffada6

And someone who ef9abd0eb1 was there secretly 5b2dc5f7aa took a picture 10fb3719eb of Joo Taehyun d9a9497641 looking bewildered and 0c70bc59ec posted it on 714ded3c39 the internet.595f335e2f5e56e6

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With such a bizarre title.c83b6c8e15578199

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Well, his parents, older 8b149d7487 brothers, and sisters had d8c7e19a93 been suffering from strangely 7cedb06839 taken article photos for 56c50b03b5 years, so he figured 703538a0f5 that was just how 3c82ead46c it was. To borrow the expression the 212420ab95 school kids used when they 8bfd0378f9 were talking shit about him, 4b1392846d he was born with a cfb02d43c8 cheat-level booster, so he figured 28ac3c65b9 he had to put up ccd9795603 with this much inconvenience.360c800101a52084

But he couldn’t stand the fact that the student who wrote that post demanded money from him in exchange for deleting the photo.4223d8feb934ebd7

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‘Hey, you know~ I don’t just have one picture of you.’f2c0cf5569e18194

‘……’cc6de8a07e2221a6

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‘You know that once something is preserved on the internet, it follows you forever, right? You’re going to be in the news a lot in the future, so you wouldn’t want weird memes popping up with you every time, would you?’742b83adfff345d7

He didn’t know why he added such a stupid thing, but thanks to that, he was able to add a charge of extortion. Joo Taehyun naturally didn’t put up with it and called a lawyer to present the neatly organized evidence.ec6a846545325bd9

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His family, of course, breathed ea6745f7f3 fire and were furious. DH Group took a fc0611eaa6 hard line and proceeded 285c61e8f9 with a strong legal 87d2eb6713 response, so this incident 30580423b4 was widely reported in c8aa2672ff the news and articles.d7146864d76d5513

To the public, who were dissatisfied with the DH family for keeping Joo Taehyun hidden and not showing him off, they were able to retort, “Does a celebrity have to put up with invasions of privacy and such vile threats?”88c8ce111a7dc7d6

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As the incident came to a close, the student was no longer seen at school, and the number of Joo Taehyun’s photos circulating on the internet was significantly reduced.05f339d07ac3bae2

And after this incident, Joo Taehyun was listed on the first page, first line, of the portal site’s biographical dictionary. This was definitely not something he welcomed.919ffc3d9d47e093

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‘Haha. I’m right, aren’t I? But you can feel affectionate even if you seem aloof, and you can seem endlessly difficult even if you’re always smiling. In situations like this, you just need to be in your most comfortable state, in your most confident form. It’s a battlefield.’f699aec2d5fadb00

Whenever he saw himself f068f41cc1 alienated among his peers, fec987ab64 he would reflect on 4768e2537f what Seo Baekhan had 54277d2b6c said.ad046a354fa4d673

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Battlefield.8a296f87b19680ee

The reason why Joo Taehyun didn’t drop out right away, the reason why he decided to endure at least one semester because it was something he wanted to do, was because he was deeply impressed by Seo Baekhan’s expression of calling the act of living and interacting with people a war.da5da979c9ffd89c

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Was it easy 6061fb683c for Seo Baekhan? He, too, must have b816e31e02 gone through countless situations 9cca4030f6 similar to his, or 82d0fe0151 perhaps even worse.f2f0df3fba17036d

If so, Joo Taehyun also didn’t want to give up on this war. He wanted to gain his own insights in this battle where Seo Baekhan had realized something.1a993ba50cf7c561

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Of course, he knew 74698d8750 that continuing such a e4d192e4cd wasteful battle, where he 898d3bea51 was just blindly enduring, 1dc5461480 would only wear him 335f56eb10 down, so he was 489d95276d planning to endure for 2cc7d83a01 only one year, then 0379483a91 drop out and take 0f28d1f558 the high school equivalency 142795071e exam right away.237a61fc14042982

In the early days of enrollment, when he couldn’t adapt at all, he gritted his teeth, determined to graduate no matter what, but now he realized that knowing when to retreat at the right time was also a wise tactic.19501ca25cabc00d

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He also realized that expensive tuition didsn’t provide a safe filter.24fe58249d329134

“Young Master, are you alright?”8bd9c432423a2146

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“Yes. Let’s go quickly. Are you hurt?”651137c5398f3917

“Oh, we’re fine.”e3ae3bef4e9a2fbf

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Once he passed the high school equivalency exam, he would go straight into high school courses, and if he got early admission to university… he’s planning to distance himself from people, using the excuse that he kept feeling out of place because he’s younger than his peers.e9f3ab0dc75afa58

This was how ea9a3853c6 Joo Taehyun learned e4a09f1b4c to protect himself f402527fb7 on the battlefield.df79844163a9f0f7

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