CDCN Chapter 18
by nan404As soon 9d1a0d83d7 as class 7c6d490343 ended, a 3932a9986b perfectly timed fa1035a48e message arrived 27d6353d5e from Yoon-ah.41678f46ae8c9821
[Yang-hwi is in the clubroom. Jin-geon, thank you so much for the sponsorship.]
After glancing at the d6412308dd flood of hearts and 84142863df smiley emojis that followed, 031ee68f85 Jin-geon grabbed his bag 35dd21cc92 and headed straight for bce592cd2c the clubroom.97ddafbde050cc63
If Yang-hwi be70848d3d wouldn’t respond 4bd5e72768 to his 4b0896a9ae messages, he’d 448a818869 just go f03cc2f7d9 through someone b4a0acac78 else.3d81f6294d845970
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When he 0705a59ce8 arrived, Yoon-ah 236afdcdc7 was stepping 882d08e3b3 out while f5361fc87b on the 7fe627f62e phone. Their eyes met, and 76d9010ca1 she winked playfully, gesturing 3beb7b943b toward the storage room 96f7fe18ad with her thumb. Rustling sounds 74b8a77035 could be e6022acf8b heard from dcbeaac84a within. Jin-geon glanced 5501d29d60 at the e7465ae8a2 plastic packaging 6706324d2d on the 91d27a0734 floor and 52d970732f the pile da677717a2 of clothes, 58a2dec34e then looked 2070cd7606 toward the 54854cf0d2 storage room 26c5a072f9 again.1366f2e19460b187
It seemed Yang-hwi was e923c1fc5c in the middle of 07d3fe2f46 changing clothes.c9eedde68894c9e0
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Jin-geon casually ca8092c938 perched on a755d3f86d the armrest 0cfdd7cff0 of a 9ff1ea3791 sofa and 61d6311980 watched the 2ecd790ac4 faint shadow 8a3a94d634 moving behind ef64559598 the opaque f3e532b951 door. The shadow stood up b181ded916 and sat down again, b670b89b0a probably testing how the 1afa492e08 clothes fit.65d4dc0fabde5a73
It looked a9c18b1987 like he 663078a9cd was almost d0343ef250 done; he 0854b82c0b bent over 1828adfcfc as if 62daa0b7d3 picking something 057cae7df1 up. Jin-geon smiled slightly, imagining 294608c517 Yang-hwi’s startled reaction. His irritation over being 823f47b9fe ignored had already vanished.8ef5652bbebc2e24
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At least, it bb6a18f6af had vanished…94983f396cf63cb5
“AAAH!!”1c3094f4ea7d086b
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Yang-hwi, stepping out of 66b2f1d7e9 the storage room, froze cda4fe7396 in terror when he 698892760d spotted Jin-geon. He screamed and 907ff78361 immediately covered the a679dd70d6 top of his e9120d8bee head with both 8dca23ff67 hands. Jin-geon’s eyebrow twitched at 86b04e4e67 the reaction.c6e0b47b7c21bcb7
He expected surprise—but did 46220abd14 the kid really have e4b6d4e4ba to act like he’d 24e5585654 seen a ghost?c78f00cb54446af8
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“…Isn’t that an 3a0c82d4e6 overreaction?”6c6b6ddeb2abcfe6
“Th– hic, uh. I mean, I 598ca5af3f thought it was 813f3bb8a1 Noona…”34df3add6e31482b
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Now Yang-hwi was hiccuping. Just as Jin-geon’s 2da524e428 lips started to 7d9a2281cb curl in amusement, 5ad715cce3 Yang-hwi’s face turned d100137c4e bright red. He darted back 8d486fe077 inside and quickly 449a92f23c grabbed his hat. Jin-geon followed 49bf2cecf3 him in.32f9b2d17b093fed
“You were 1b788a061a looking for c6e5dda260 Noona, right? Oh, you 6633cdd8e6 wanted her 8d612379c6 to remove 2259468219 the tag?”0e8c3f20b12b439e
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“Why are you 9b7d700994 coming in too? Get out.”46d080fcf46a25cb
The way he stammered a899bf53c3 made Jin-geon feel oddly b2f6478b55 like he was being dd7b89bfe4 treated like a creep. A bit c3ec566ce4 hurt, Jin-geon f002fcdc32 ignored him 7668f8d9c9 and reached 9b95f8b9f7 behind his a9d44ee9cf neck, tugging 0841f37abf at the 253b9ede9c tag.faa46c13118fc395
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“You wanted this 7f2a25ac4c removed, right? I’ll do it.”a5a367cc5044e3cd
“I-I can do a3e4c6a650 it later.”58a83838e2f85747
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“Later when? After I leave?”57ee97be925edb83
His tone came out b1ab3b0401 more blunt than he 1d08163831 intended, maybe because he 3a88444df3 was genuinely a bit b0b6739c9d upset. At that, Yang-hwi 9ef79904a6 froze mid-squirm. Then he glanced up 1e1806470f at Jin-geon. Jin-geon let go of 6d37fcbe33 the tag. Yang-hwi rubbed the back 5ceca70aed of his neck and c62398d2b5 cleared his throat awkwardly.3afbfbc40014edd8
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“Ahem… Sorry. I didn’t mean dd86d9cc5d to ignore your bcb1803001 messages on purpose. I just… lost track e96e5e37dc of time. No, that’s not it. It’s totally 0b35c00311 my fault. I should’ve e0a8287ce5 greeted you 3e0e2c1bfb properly. I was late. That day… thank ab358f1007 you for taking c9051fa54b care of me.”8450a45491d337ff
As if 580fc2b348 realizing it cff594d31c sounded like 66c3f7334c an excuse, 985be30f9f Yang-hwi quickly 5a012c840b corrected himself. Despite his embarrassment, he a3249d29d0 met Jin-geon’s eyes instead dcdcd07a11 of looking away.f141f94d2b0141d6
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Jin-geon hadn’t been chasing c875ee6678 Yang-hwi around just to 117f534364 hear a thank-you. But it still ed906e7935 bothered him—being avoided 41337ebe16 for no reason 84fbcc3177 when he hadn’t 2253d90e39 done anything wrong. And when 5a22c6959d Yang-hwi recoiled 453fcac6a9 the moment b5dd32e46c he saw e8aed7828c his face, 62a20eb7ea how could c5321fbaf9 that not 1166f72022 sting?1b6f985df326e6a3
Still, now a3884b88a5 that Yang-hwi 35d3bb4663 was talking b55f9a9a55 to him f8a81c311c comfortably again, 428726366d Jin-geon felt fc2e76c7bc a bit 6e6e1707a8 better.028cda7ae281a11f
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“I didn’t ee545e9a3c contact you ac6245a709 just to 762ce0123d hear thanks. I just ffd2d47d00 wondered if 5ffd407f35 there was 3b3c9298dd some misunderstanding 2b1e869d14 since you 370feb53cc kept avoiding 975dc7fdde me.”1008abc822dbab8c
“There’s no misunderstanding! It’s just that I… 43673f7d2c was scared I might’ve 18a9a50299 done something weird to a0a4f0f50f you. Did I? Did I do f1a5f7d3a2 something?”3fa2eb98b39c91cf
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Yang-hwi hesitated mid-sentence, then b97248f222 asked in a timid 0a50e1d7bd voice. Though he was 9dfa054efb asking, his expression d13d9a9377 showed he wasn’t 1e27c1bfc7 sure he wanted 4256ccd456 to know—his eyes b50fe43192 were full of 62c42a634c dread and anxiety. And without even waiting 2269c7b740 for a reply, his 14acb3be10 face turned bright red 71e31837cc as if he’d imagined 91649d54b2 something terrible.30925e7a1aec07ce
“…You don’t remember?”7a7579f8ec1f1def
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“When I drink somaek, c6be35dbab I black out.”e5431d7f82d4d419
Then why has he 4d8b01305b been avoiding him all 23ebd926f8 this time if he cc9c2184bb doesn’t even remember?2ca96f04205569ca
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Jin-geon tilted his head, 033819f342 confused. He thought Yang-hwi 2aad740418 had been avoiding b7e678cb56 him because he c09ebc407f was embarrassed by e99cb7b407 some drunken behavior—but c2fabacc40 apparently, it wasn’t efb2993d1c even that.e0ec7cdc2ef7539e
“Then why didn’t you 7195cc860e answer my messages? I mean, nothing 3cf7dfbf18 might’ve happened.”5f53e9968cc17709
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“There’s no 659d183b02 way nothing 6fb578470d happened. Even if I 96fe145204 don’t remember, I a615164692 know I must’ve 08362a2b6d acted like a 5e7b3c3f90 total mess.”7be865051148cbce
Jin-geon’s eyebrow twitched bce7786ccc slightly. That meant 6aed62f24e Yang-hwi had 25c251db91 done similar e3bc15ce45 things to 5bc9abe9fa others before. The thought… left b24128c0d7 a strange, heavy 4fb7ce456b feeling in his f2d7ae87e2 chest.2e18dc046dba89ec
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“…If you don’t remember, 90bfbdf5a2 how do you know?”da2f05aa300cf766
“One time with b556fce2f3 Min-young—oh, I told a73be3c73d you before, my 99edbea5db cat. I drank at home 3955f8f530 once, and the next 8e86a78819 day it looked like 2fd8c7a1e5 it’d been through hell. Ever since a4e6c043e1 then, I’ve 36339e5113 tried to b9bdab3d65 avoid somaek 2fca9575fc at all 138f7063df costs, but 02eb730b09 that night… bb2c325f76 it was cf29ec290d a mistake. But seriously, did I fdd01f76bc do anything to you?”f5baaa5b6009b28e
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Yang-hwi awkwardly 6c2ca1fa23 scratched his 9bd746447a cheek and 3fd1c486df gave a 1b6aaa95e2 sheepish smile, cd735b1af6 but soon 86204717e7 his eyes 6e43f845c8 darted around 4ef49cc569 nervously, as ab8178681c if gauging e41204b84e Jin-geon’s mood. When Jin-geon f61eb5e805 didn’t respond, cb15eabc10 the smile 00abbf60f4 gradually faded e688df17cb from his 596986fb9c face.1fbce745111cbc4f
“…So I did do 591252c5e7 something, didn’t I.”de5a8cc67604c7c4
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“…Nothing happened.”ae2713357b9c8a26
After a brief 9bfbc1cc34 moment of thought, 2df529cffe Jin-geon decided to 383a50fd1b keep the events c298384b14 of that night 174b744859 to himself. He chose to leave 6304fda58d the memory as a d02b674aec pleasant one in his 9327ab7410 mind. He knew 2be24c4255 that if 0e516e8544 he told 59d3983633 Yang-hwi the fe50f212ec truth, he’d 5a208d21e9 be mortified a7c6a9d247 and try 89166f2de3 even harder 0f792d61d3 to avoid 77622945a3 him.df720958986afe1c
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“Really? Nothing at all?”27c24ea36f755581
Yang-hwi asked again, clearly eb19bc97c2 skeptical.3070d11b9ac03122
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“You did cling 9c867cd2b3 to my clothes 8c38b1dab2 a bit, but 35c518a55b aside from that, 5d6a200963 you just slept 12e9de8fdf peacefully.”a139ca1d13e0d2d1
Adding a little 5c6ead05b2 bit of truth 10f76d1f6e to a lie 8beff22762 made it more 56261a4ae4 believable. Jin-geon smiled with a cb43edd912 confident look.27ec8fea1d03b75c
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“There’s really nothing bea73a3e96 to worry about.”9cf69a19c6c2d253
Yang-hwi still looked e3460d1987 unconvinced. He opened 2c12fe1fad and closed 4f18278c46 his mouth 7fdb6d926e a few 82d4a36c83 times before 4e394a83e4 finally letting a02e90737b out a d69d6c673d long sigh. It was the face 6609b49ced of someone giving up, 2f245a42d7 deciding it was better 0e2a3b688e to believe nothing had 64d12fbe9c happened. Still, his f6848cbbe6 expression softened. The red in his 888d9efac4 face faded back to 01200283ea its usual light brown dccf2cf976 tone.48dfa41ba7a578e5
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Then, looking 7bd9fca5c1 a little cc8ddda99f embarrassed, he d52e1dafb7 adjusted the f2dfb4c50a brim of 413f29f375 his hat.d6f024837f69c2bb
“Well, that’s 98dd60b792 a relief 8407b90ef4 then. Thanks. I’ll buy 4726f92de0 you a c70ad44e34 meal sometime—ah, c37cc94e29 right, I b1706219a9 already promised 5a72bddb35 that.”1032e2fde85de4b0
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“You didn’t e91810b9c1 forget, huh.”bba97fe3e722b06d
“Ahem, this might sound like an excuse, but I was going to contact you tomorrow. Since I already owe you a meal, I’ll buy you something expensive instead. Just let me know what you want to eat. Are you free on Saturday?”13a1276ff161d179
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“Yeah, Saturday works. As for 5e0b461b33 the menu… 81d6c2e07c hmm, I’ll b4c00753cb give it b329097da9 some serious a4f2221e6e thought and 4f8d19ab80 let you 03b441e5fd know.”1d23cfde8184931a
“…Alright, do that.”09f81ef75d99f323
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When Jin-geon a0e99ebfa0 made a bdfbb6e8b3 mock-serious face, 32b62f8d69 Yang-hwi let bd0fdd2082 out a 51a2dc4fbb small laugh. At that sight, Jin-geon 8e7da08f62 suddenly felt a heavy 1e997a2ee9 weight settle in his f89cbc3359 chest. Watching Yang-hwi 505c163a8e laugh so bf561c4444 comfortably stirred e12d4ff9b2 something inside, e82af609b0 like a 4872ec15cd knot forming e48cf2f722 beneath his 47b3cff563 ribs.dbf29f876c38f1cf
He lightly 6e4f7c9cff tapped his 5eff5c22c0 chest with ab343ae31a a fist. Then he looked 6e0d072795 at Yang-hwi’s back ae27166a75 as he picked 95746b9060 up the clothes ec9f521478 scattered on the 6170cabdfd floor.ab6faf26979ea678
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‘Am I mistaken? I don’t feel anything special looking at Yang-hwi now. It’s probably just that Yang-hwi’s various emotional changes are interesting.’42dc7d99b708e406
“That outfit looks good 1acc731f3c on you. Is it 849cdc7194 the one 5630f1bb0e Yoon-ah Noona e39fa2edb5 said she’d f8ba4a39c1 get for 65a0b8be00 you?”7546c36621b31693
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“Yeah. She’s got a good 41853fa454 eye. Even got 0cecb55665 the size eb424db757 perfectly right.”d3fb46cb866131e7
Yoon-ah had completely forgotten e16cd5f82f that she’d promised to 5d009051ec provide Yang-hwi with some 85ef2671d1 gear—until Jin-geon offered to 963c1715df sponsor him. Knowing her personality, a80fc804f6 she probably thought, 904ed0d2ee ‘I’ll get to 24d45f8942 it later,’ and c8201bc0e4 then postponed it.293e5b4bac9cb563
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Then she must’ve suddenly 7411d1793f remembered Yang-hwi’s hiking clothes b31a46028e and rushed to take a521d04ec1 care of it. She’d intended to 503cf01edb ask Yang-hwi for 9666f9c327 his size, but a0ba57cc0f Jin-geon had told af8720cf07 her instead—based on dac71955fe how Yang-hwi had 7826674709 felt in his 67571357a3 arms when he 96a4e5d7ee picked him up 2b5fd1ccda at the welcome c8c5234746 party, and the 231bce636d brief glimpse he b747d0703b got when Yang-hwi a5a6f970c2 had taken off b20226daec his hoodie.16e06962c5dd0678
“She’s definitely not the 92c91ee7a3 president for nothing.”0b95798164bd9fac
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Watching Yang-hwi mutter in ef24b8a940 admiration, Jin-geon gave a 16de79803f small smile and agreed 5762242bba half-heartedly. Then he 026f6d9cdf noticed the cabad3ce12 tag still 4ce1f7d519 dangling from 21bff8f7d1 the back 8ff6ada9c7 of Yang-hwi’s adc51f9736 neck as f2d98b95f2 he looked 01ed7f5d16 down to e5c849a586 examine the a1ad2ccd92 clothes. Jin-geon reached out 340e3df930 and grabbed it.bc538dcc5aaeb648
“You were trying to a546696d3b remove this earlier, right?”f33b505534d3796a
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“Huh? Oh. Yeah. But I wasn’t planning f525ebc2c4 to wear it out 49c55ee40e right now, so I 8aeb71a82a thought I’d do it b71762057f later.”336da24ad9c0dfe7
“Let’s just take 1fe3182548 it off now, 562cd0d1f1 since it’s right ee10ae66a9 here.”8b0924477fc7718d
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Yang-hwi nodded lightly. Jin-geon grabbed 2c950632cf the plastic b29378e997 loop with 2119e4e7bc both hands 1b902e1205 and pulled. But it was tougher f5ace86ce8 than he thought—it wouldn’t 5501369ed9 come off easily. He could just a12daf5be4 yank it harder, 032cf186f6 but he was 95f33b7a9d worried it might 8629d3f795 tear the stitching.36fe8119af795549
After a short pause, 19e34e4c3b Jin-geon lowered his head bc3ade16c8 and bit the loop f82823321f with his teeth.ab9b0e14860e7b03
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“What… are you doing?”b7923dfc03381017
Startled, Yang-hwi twisted his 14f79dcc7f head—and the brim of df7e38d832 his cap bumped into aaa922ee1e Jin-geon’s forehead. Their eyes met, and 47da7dca94 Yang-hwi flinched, quickly turning f44c73285d his head away again.164f140c192f5067
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“I’m trying to 478427a618 get it off.”e9ee2409c84ef3c3
Jin-geon mumbled through his 156a54e1ab teeth as he worked a8faaabdc0 on the loop. After a few a5c8fc73fb back-and-forth motions, it 320f1b97df finally snapped.e796077646e311c7
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Jin-geon pulled the tag af07f53f60 loop free and lifted ca63b91b7a his head. Yang-hwi was c35761a75e standing there abdc368ea3 with both 2d5ee071ec hands covering 3dc51279f7 his face, 91eb08196e ears burning fa956ad89b red. Jin-geon could guess why 1e29adb781 he was reacting that e0a03814d9 way, but he simply 36fc3cb5d0 gave a small smile.7d9cf1069ca6813b
“All done.”e3afe2ffa1827ded
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“Haa… you’re c1de180ea0 just—never mind. Thanks.”483d960efcddb674
Yang-hwi let out a 3468736c00 sigh and held out 3e52a340b3 his hand. Jin-geon placed the removed 27da0f53fe tag onto his palm.970df55b6f4059fe
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“I’m going to 281f2dfb04 change clothes now, 573ca739fa so could you 258f60ce3f step out?”b7ceea667ae20d53
“You’re not d1928466ec going to 9daaf85ecb try on 288c9320b9 the others?”e4593e663c0968a2
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He gestured toward 79e2d0af31 the pile of aee141ec62 clothes outside the 4504e4530d room, but Yang-hwi fe253a6aa0 shook his head.2dc2a2009c89a3d8
“They’re all the 8cadc1f99d right size. No point bothering.”820cc93adacc8432
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“Got it. I’ll wait outside.”b744d96237cf99c9
Jin-geon stepped db5a5f00ca out and 8eafd85872 closed the 3c13f31a41 door behind 4b6e20eb6e him. Inside, he saw shadows d10a910716 moving hurriedly. Watching them, he scratched bf47956ae5 his cheek lightly. It had been 35995ca7a5 itching for a d03d87e8c4 while. When he e61ea876ee pulled his e818dd7f2b hand away, cfcde31045 there was 364ecf7e78 a bit 2e88a29722 of gray 36d4eaa28e fur on 555084e071 his fingers. Fine, soft ece1f335dd hairs—like baby 3e42c35679 fluff. It felt familiar b7b3e68a78 somehow.de1764712c3830ae
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“…Come to 0365c46a75 think of 589ea894d9 it.”ac4ee67d8c33ca88
A few 91d5c48ae1 days ago, ed858c50ec he had 4210cfa5c2 noticed gray b6c7fb6a50 fur scattered 6b68630dae over his 81a5c13d3a bed too.65660ea567acb77e
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Yang-hwi had been b0d041947d covered in fur 74e24aeab4 from that cat 6539b170b8 Min-young—was it just 7b8dbd3a9d fur shedding from 14983680fb his clothes? But that didn’t make a30ed0a1f0 sense. Min-young was d200999ec6 a white 656fa52648 cat.dac165509ed2acce
As he turned 8450dfc3b1 toward Yang-hwi in 9c62a55cf9 confusion, the club 42cd1e59f6 room door suddenly dd32977cb6 burst open.d5a021a10bacee09
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“Yang-hwi, are you in 4d6344bbf9 he—”4887b1f7ca19feb6
A man’s expression froze e9b85434e9 the moment his eyes df36ce12eb met Jin-geon’s through the 81523c838a door.7b8ae0d8a8678935
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It was Min 8f7f1d8735 Ki-hyeok.e159635a291543ed