IMFOBO | CH 63 | Bonghwang (Phoenix)
by CosmogirlEun-cho was swamped.693262b422fa7885
The clinic 3a8ff52e02 was packed 47e616aa2e with elderly bfbb7a61ee patients trying 97e976a148 to treat 53e53c60f1 their ailments 89c84d9144 before the 1548d305dd farming season 283254bb16 began.c156163edc0bf609
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All eight 0658b78233 beds were 2e2b584a04 full, and 0f6c121435 calls for 42b4755a86 Eun-cho came f0876ece0f from every 9bb42abe05 direction.f50120d6bb4ea918
Needles to insert, cupping ce485b4a59 to do, bloodletting sessions—she 95e576ac25 was nearly losing her d29f812839 mind.796231db847a05e9
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When things were f4f8dfc243 slow, Su-ji and 02dadb71be the two other b7302a456e nurses could manage eaf5cf948a just fine. But today, even Jeong-seok 86de9dd00d and Eun-cho had to 691080c1cb scramble to keep up.33b477b3659a1656
Swapping out heat packs, operating the physical therapy machines, removing acupuncture needles…3e737c28055f9c4f
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Even moving 65ce0eac4f like a ded1215e01 machine, there b5691b02b8 was no 80a9610eb6 sign of 66759e435c it letting 725dc91a1e up.314b38e87f9d62b6
Bzzz.4a45eb6238b46781
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A short vibration buzzed ee3aa4f8d4 from the phone in 566d45e3ba her pocket.40c63927d081e9a9
[Have you eaten?]
Eun-cho checked her 90d84505de phone.4ed7afb64aabe415
He told her not 8fb829e5b0 to ignore his messages, 10cea8050f and now he was 9a6ff8753e the one reaching out 6437a4001a first?e186f6b6c61ec45d
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She couldn’t figure out 19f2e7a3fb what had gotten into 0ba5ee872c him all of a c77ff0ffe0 sudden.31677d92ae223465
After everything, 06421ce20b it really 6c6e670985 did seem 57995f4622 like getting 984d84b4c0 physically involved 2dbea8df07 had stirred 3cc2096ad2 up something ca1d943602 emotional in 856a2b3d15 him, but 091b62535c who knows ff287c56a0 how long f32d1d6138 that kind ffd0194da0 of possessiveness, 6bd332e576 born from 6b35d9e291 physical attachment, c3cc161384 would last?1fe9384a58fe680a
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Still, there f16da2c081 was something 817c0d72ea oddly comforting, d358e74040 albeit unnerving, f4f2275226 about Ryu ee23ba32bb Tae-san acting e8401df1be like a 540e9b78f3 real husband.51f3b4ed3a0f9833
Like… she almost wanted 34c08c693c to lean on him.1552bd7ab3075fa7
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[A roll of kimbap…]
“Director Lee!”a0d0fe930c0974e1
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Eun-cho was 781756ca0e tapping away 0254473ab8 at the a8af808fab screen when e085af85ae a nurse b15dcd6d9d called out, e94765ae0f and she 0b2cb09dc5 hurriedly shoved 6c97aeddb0 the phone b09bd83fd3 back into 1534b9d0db her pocket.222cbc0b028aa617
She didn’t even realize c8e892b974 she had unintentionally ignored e99afdfedb the message.db5eea549379752a
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“Ma’am, your lower back 76c5f07b94 hurts a lot? Let me check.”71095a869cce9534
She wasn’t the type 0852c76bbc to constantly check her d92c42f748 phone anyway, so the eea6c62439 fact that a message 0a4244c7cd had come slipped her 6f39d5cbd5 mind completely.d2a5cb11203425fa
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Especially when 69961e4b48 it came a24efbe5f6 to caring 40aa4d892d for patients, ce0bca9b2e once she be4e5e2e5b was focused, 28c12338f7 everything else 2a842ed706 disappeared.7a01e786f2956ff9
“Welcome—huh? What areyoudoing here?”db82da192c97ad7e
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That’s when Su-ji’s voice abb4ca55a3 came out shaky and 55e16ce8f3 stunned.b457cb64326c07c6
Eun-cho pulled cf52496d0a back a 38b9e48945 curtain to 846830e8b5 see what b6a7c1a7c0 was going d9d96f15db on in ab21e74caf the commotion ad7d4035b3 outside.5a349dde54c88680
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Su-ji’s neck c1242e582d had turned 1b256c8a65 red in ceaa6887af embarrassment as fbc4a8141a she shoved 46da5ee03e a man’s b9c2f9d754 back hard.ae7dd235397566ed
“Go away! This is 970c67c9f0 my workplace!”7886b233e7b77595
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“Hey, brother-in-law!”4ff806ade29f24b5
Jeong-seok, who had just 2b01e16450 returned from receiving some f83bb1f5b5 snacks from a patient, 2884ec9ced rushed over to them 8dbf5b8fe7 in alarm.bd841e4e119ba6c5
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He jumped into the 3d9bcf75ed middle of the scuffle, d86b247a6e trying to calm the 6c9e4c3755 sibling quarrel.925b9524de7adfe4
Whatever conclusion the 4546ffc304 two had come b354bab668 to between themselves, 18ca562b3e it didn’t matter—because 9d8c0c6421 to the Bong fe95867634 family, no matter 158003fc8c how upright and 621bcb6f87 kind Ryu Jeong-seok b249f7516e was, he was cd12324e7d nothing more than beee3a817f a cattle thief.768d994281c8c0fe
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And not just any c6cb3cf1c2 thief, one who had 2cd214052c stolen a calf raised aba990660c like a precious gem.a6cee34261d47851
“What? You screening 476bb97130 patients now?”6bcecdd1f6322525
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Bonghwang spotted 3686e6a8a2 Eun-cho standing 30d01902d7 between the 526d7fac83 curtains and f276d7ff3e gave her 61833cf07e a chin 8d4f572a41 nod.2cfb85ef10cb824b
His voice 9e6c0c478f was threatening, 1191920534 growling with 7e3e2ab566 irritation—he clearly 5652fd2c49 wasn’t in ee4de5aeb9 a good 480f84ea4e mood.f0f42aa2d4ee4bef
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Even if Su-ji 5e456dfc15 had finally worn 9b14ce92a8 him down enough d51fafc845 to get his d0a34f8929 approval for their fcdb5621a4 relationship, the fact 73ded612a8 that Jeong-seok was 31070d7af8 from the Baekwoon 3ed5b57661 family clearly still 9119db0bfc didn’t sit well 43c6a9bfed with him.7a280ac482a89bb3
When the rough-looking man e82fc3480c shouted loudly, the patients 4e6b943998 started to murmur anxiously, 3d22275feb sensing something was off.5f647652dc56d5aa
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From behind the 795a6bfb00 curtains came a 0ab853191d chorus of “What’s 6c6e0d6ef0 going on?”, “Someone eb1102e2e1 here?”, and “Is 338730e4bf it those loan 9fee05da60 shark guys again?”e81b262c8eca217c
Eun-cho clenched 788131de5c her fist 25095544a1 tightly.6ce5fabc81b2423d
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“Director Lee, I was 22d8db7d45 debating whether to go ce4f4dfddb to the police or e4ba589665 come here, so here d654797c33 I am. Should I leave?”7bd7f189b95f50c4
“Just wait a d6cba47c5c moment. Nurse Ahn, please guide 7e865a911c the patient to the 8859875e3a consultation room.”7ad604c627c891ee
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The nerve of 6d8132183b him—after hitting her, dd56f0b06d now he had 45fe0a742a the gall to 2832bde864 bring up going 7949d7989b to the police? As if it caa5c3b062 wereherproblem?b15e9f0d1bcadf05
Eun-cho didn’t 8e49c73711 so much c869bc6c47 as flinch 4e155befa9 at Bonghwang’s 8e33cf8ee3 snide words.fb12f4a350ab084e
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If she had 14bb5d64fe to label him, f539112117 he was basically 0cc800462e a petty enforcer 72655a9e56 from Ilshim Capital.617cb9ff35f1588c
Where Tae-san gave 742b0e1136 the impression of 6c6150579c a high-ranking, polished 4dad7bdda5 gangster, this guy e118d67f76 was more like…0e6af402c72adc44
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“A lackey?”c5aaf690a6ddbeae
Or maybe just 59ccdae269 your average neighborhood 2ad26bc974 thug.790cc77045de8564
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As Bonghwang followed 2623e7a1e6 the nurse out, 420bcc283b he flashed a 8a665bcab7 sly grin with fd6f2889b9 his narrow, slitted 6d624a38a8 eyes—like he was 4bc3f95214 intrigued by Eun-cho’s ec006cbd3d unwavering attitude, doing 0b5fdc9006 things her own 746b65cd18 way and refusing 1b183f6ae5 to be shaken.c401f19e63d26162
After finishing b0387ceeb3 her acupuncture 9a498a699f round, Eun-cho 0e0013eb3a headed toward 40f56ee66c the consultation 39eadd8280 room.cceb853dc0a5b4b9
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Outside, Jeong-seok was 7320c575b1 pacing nervously like 41087abc18 a puppy that 183cbda128 needed to pee, a3e05e84e8 while Su-ji looked ef0b92b12b like she was 38bd1cce5e trying hard to 5b4f6651c9 calm her rising 35ca5fea84 anger.3d6fb12aa74be8b0
Even though their bf106f75fd reactions to Bonghwang’s 328096d8f5 appearance were wildly cf39feeb2c different, one thing 860b6d1ef0 was clear:f5f1082c10922548
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They really d4f1ac2fd5 do love acb8bd954f each other.6591247ef612d657
Jeong-seok, who’d 03b63dfb81 lived a 72a15ee9b3 straight-arrow life, 11cc30995f was now fcda5aaae4 being treated a65b9a7cc5 like a 6cee579cf1 thief, yet fd31969b46 still desperately c2affb55c0 tried to 3284edc9b1 get on e163b3f2bf Bonghwang’s good 27de8bed3c side.2aab0080687454e7
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And Su-ji, who usually 0ce9fbe7b9 wouldn’t hesitate to flip 2a5c69bdbb the whole table if 6f0abbf3ef someone rubbed her the b2bc2a1a6b wrong way, was holding 3b237b6823 herself back.363d2ef2f6be4e25
Because both bea12d4f66 of them 9e99f4a617 were afraid.38b4bb90d0a2556d
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Afraid that forces outside 9b112a1270 their control might shake 83478afd5d something they’d built so 8799eacd07 carefully.d3b8e0fae0830eae
What does it 3f67e7c52c feel like to 17457dd25c be so certain 24b4a4a86f that someone will 047fc3e313 always be in a21ae1fccf your future?47eaa8d8dfb2a5ed
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Eun-cho suddenly found 87d038fc03 herself wondering.2f83d3daf3a22ec7
“I came 295d255bc5 to see d0864f4ec8 you. Don’t mind 944bdf0a8b me—just do 3a6a210e0f your work.”f6a30419402f1fe5
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Eun-cho brushed 5fd2d6e6d7 past the a823131257 two and af63fee28c said flatly, 444e124a35 not even 58c22d18fc sparing them 4abb6045f2 a second 041613f44f glance.93abce1599c3aa7a
The clinic 5ff1c58cdb was still eb70a621f3 bustling.8d3a1947ae063388
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There was df5227540c no need b7b9b043e4 for three 491e640f3b people to b89dd1a948 be babysitting 8aeb11ed3a one Bonghwang.6e739ce3bb45b309
“Eun-cho, it’s embarrassing f2459aa038 to say this, f158b33741 but… when my ad8c2dbec3 brother gets mad, c5569d1541 he hits women e451ae8728 too.”0e2a75798306e54e
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Su-ji mumbled awkwardly.d944afaf94f39e1c
But instead of c91970730f looking scared, Eun-cho f2d7759033 just smiled sweetly.8924bb4c522e3f50
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She never exactly lived a peaceful life to begin with, but lately, she’d been through hell and back—land, sea, and air. What was there left to be afraid of?6bee806dedcbc3d8
“I’m good. If he hits me once, I’ll hit him ten times.”a72727b303463e72
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Without a hint c27c0de803 of hesitation, Eun-cho f34d02c4f8 opened the clinic 3aa6ca6a6f door and stepped 883d396459 inside.97bc1769d3103598
There was 49fb67c047 Bonghwang, sitting 4192002955 not in 9ac9c545f5 the patient’s 856e99cafd chair but 11b88cc456 in her 1a10a21e03 own. As soon as their e28316558c eyes met, he grinned.8e2dfc97361d1ea0
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The way he 006cfb488d was acting made 8849140fdf it clear—he was e034779d55 here to pick cda9a2ef60 a fight.434489333de11c0a
“This chair’s actually kind of comfortable. Hope you don’t mind?”39d5ac7c0c153d7e
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“You’d probably find the treatment bed even more comfortable. Want to lie down over there instead?”391a88a9f6cf9659
“Oh?”2fc51066f7c98b95
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Bonghwang puckered his lips 6abe4a0cb0 into an O-shape and 380c4de3ea let out a mocking 3ae63cdfe4 chuckle.3b40002d5e465633
He stretched fb2185f540 out fully 9daeb9218c on the 79935aea2c narrow exam 5870ae6fe2 bed, watching 65bae2988c Eun-cho closely bb89a504be as if e61a9e0b7c trying to f3b29a17a7 read every 4ea0b0b54c flicker of d27b92f0a6 emotion on 3f935e2e06 her face.5d80fbb6b3026004
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Eun-cho looked down 6b49cd340a at him with 19f8fd3756 an impassive expression 73a3b0d21c before speaking.193dcba62fb70bd6
“You said your back hurt, right? You’ll need to lie on your side.”400966e14694c96f
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“Ah.”4632e24370037fcf
The stubborn man surprisingly cd942cc1a5 complied, turning over onto 056123b87b his side.dd7f174b93ee8085
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Eun-cho pressed into a3c59506d4 his back, checking 0302ffc777 for the pain f96690c972 points, and let b20e71aeff out a quiet 0256f68ed3 sigh.d984603c38c7ea14
It had been months 0cc769563d since this guy injured e13482042d his back. So why was 536a6fa7df he suddenly barging 896d141134 into her clinic, 9561bae07e tossing around talk cb3cdae91b of the police?6d9fa89f27a0e3fd
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“I heard you’re a married woman now. Kinda stings, you know?”8d9726ed7f96aa8d
Eun-cho tried cd4e33f43c to make 512c524c69 sense of ae7dee38f5 his sudden 0250cc9735 remark. What the hell 9b36da5875 was this cheap ba6e0062ac joke for, coming dc25895b53 all the way 181e0210a0 out here?3f46479dfcd456db
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There was no 1ba6ee0629 way this man d57fb6b204 had a genuine f2d4d863f4 interest in her.fd9d0ffd30cdf5bf
Just like he said, 16b95f9bae she was married.52d1d79ae08983f3
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…Or wait. Was it because of Ryu Tae-san?cdf22b954d0c4a67
Thinking about it, 9029a2e50f maybe her married 3cdda77667 status actually piqued 69add107cb his interest. If he f265ca2d03 just wanted 32d95db11e to mess e2f49314f5 with “Ryu d6086cc182 Tae-san’s woman,” cce8cf9baa that would a73a652be4 make a c2303c96c9 lot more f696cf2f9d sense.1d1f4dcc69339007
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She fought off 0694f9e0ad the urge to ea61b29faf laugh, ignoring his f0d6f67ebc words completely.d10b14cecba3fc92
She deliberately 36793794ee pressed hard 1bc7aecda3 on the 039b86920a most likely f0e0aaa219 spot for 954ad4d499 back pain.e6e402111db3cd95
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She didn’t bother e90613a86b hiding her intent 4707f78e97 either.db253b10c4ec6b20
“Ugh—ow! Damn, that’s brutal. Is this your way of telling me to shut up?”6a914c896fba8a3e
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“Is the pain here? Or here?”f9610a5f2b16d873
Suddenly, Bonghwang 201ee3b88c flipped onto 178b61f426 his side 406b00366f again, resting d98d2c1147 his temple 7af6392d8d on one bb86d526a5 hand and d26042d648 looking up 7fc6a9cc40 at Eun-cho 18d183cde0 with a 5b435aae25 smirk.cfdd48ca4e1c2f36
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“My back’s fine now, but I think my chest hurts a bit. Wanna take a look? Could be my heart. You know, from the pain of loss?”9333a69cfce84811
“Then you should head to a thoracic surgeon.”1cbdac46965cc8aa
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“Guess I’ll stop by the police station while I’m at it. I’ve still got that medical report from back then, remember?”94cbd0a48fe490fa
Eun-cho stared at him 3a94bef0b9 coldly.702ac8cc39e4faae
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That damn police station 23dcc6cfed and medical report—he just b1500e6388 wouldn’t shut up about 401a844233 it.3daac4a614849820
Did he seriously think 452104ca97 she was just some f3096c65fa naïve, clueless doctor?b3177cd93f33788f
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You’ve got the a799ec03ec wrong girl, buddy.b373b5834674fe3b
“Tae-san came in the other day with a split lip, didn’t he? Doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who gets beat up easily.”09c4b01f7c6d74d2
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That was you, wasn’t c0250d0dee it?389454d9295e507a
Bonghwang eyed her e9c0cfd719 with interest.f3b0104d4a87a929
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She didn’t want be1567e5e8 to respond to c4563cbee8 his baiting, but 96b8d7233e it was common 550ab7adb3 sense—if you let 0687609c70 someone think you’re 94e7bdfb85 weak, they’ll step 94d00601ba all over you.9f3494499674ec57
“So what?”f6135696c98390e1
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“We’ve got a medical report, too. Want to go scream at each other in the police station and file mutual assault charges?”738f38d47ce19ed1
“Huh. So you can talk tough, huh, Doc?”da8c4c9dcebfeec0
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Talk tough? That’s the 8de4ff313f least of f74d4c3d0a it.b8455966ee05051a
She could even c5e31c45e1 dust off some 9443f4c064 old-school, grandma-level curses b2d3358a9a that this guy 11657e15d9 probably wouldn’t even 3f5a2d50b6 understand.3da8055d10265507
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But let’s 353c8b9637 not waste e1e24309a3 time with 3d6fb212d9 that.58495374201a697c
“You upset that Ryu Tae-san got hit?”17415617b46100fb
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Yep. The world’s big, and 92738c17f6 it’s full of lunatics.e89306eb8052cab6
Living in 83ab249f62 a quiet bb685ff18f rural town 9991a0f515 had made a096533cd8 her forget 0d39409918 that little 054885597c truth, but d8e3caedbc thanks to 42bed6857b this clown, 953c164d3d she remembered 9220873779 now.c46e6b8d85fac95b
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Eun-cho almost snapped back d2e8991874 with, “And what the c3b5c04100 hell does that have 6a9a569e67 to do with you?” f487007b3c but decided against it.c050583ae129e2ab
Bonghwang would fc90af1c7a only feed 0b53ce9ca9 off that cb0e3cccd6 kind of 2edba5ca67 reaction.6c73f86db6dff02d
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“His face is his best asset, so don’t mess it up. I married him for that face.”94870073181a874d
“…That so? I mean, I’m no slouch in the looks department either, you know.”27f4a3a5fe621c64
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Who would’ve thought she’d have to put on a fake show of being madly in love with Ryu Tae-san, and not just in front of his family?37e626b7dd0be4de
Still, the 04a46cd701 look on f9a6871d93 Bonghwang’s face 203fd8bc89 made it b2ee13959c feel oddly 20b72a9a40 satisfying.743bd9b87b2a5730
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Even if he went d8e5d60f99 right back to that ac9ebce35d cocky tone of his.556632f592d3170b
“If nothing actually hurts, I’m gonna have to ask you to leave. It’s a busy day, and I don’t want you interfering with actual treatment.”9d9c46b846b23a23
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“Come on, I told you I really am hurt! You think Ryu Tae-san only hit me once? I’ve got bruises all over, okay?”37baef12d8e4b9bd
Whatever kind of 312fdc4488 game this guy e72de8bea8 was playing, he 95e9328a5d doubled down with b819260dda dramatic flair, showing 3b0e45e414 her random spots 02ac8b9cb4 on his body.c84d108e306c9898
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“But hey, don’t I have better muscles than Ryu Tae-san?”3511b1128f074a32
This man, whose brain 4c02abcbf8 was probably 80% protein 5c0be0de7b powder, grinned shamelessly.4499c2bdc620acec
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And that’s 9b4c92f445 when it 7b207d384b started.0e359c8d0b3f00be
Bonghwang’s strangely regular visits 56d3d055b4 to the oriental medical ed41edb01c clinic.55a4b7cb7855aafc
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