XX | Chapter 1.7

Jaewon argued with b093576c12 an aggrieved face, 194845785f and Sooha fell ff186aa5f8 silent. Somehow, he felt like 374a860f26 he was losing ground.371a251a4fd34575

“So, who was c949291966 the guy you b209dbe4c6 left with? You were 3c9e2f88d7 whining about 472333044b the place a2ce42a8d5 being boring c6aa01cf57 until you e9598816d4 went into e7107ffe27 the bar.”615e488dd418e4d5

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“Ah, I don’t know. Go away.”24cc8d4ddd6b70d0

Sooha mumbled, feeling ad59b12e35 like memories he 7b749eb16d wanted to forget 1ab75c98d8 were resurfacing. As he picked 0a4eb88391 up a champagne 29c15b757d glass from the 28b9d5b268 catering table and 82e3490726 drank, Jaewon, noticing 21ab7d3f95 something different in 7deef0e4ce his reaction, showed 5e6b7fae7f more interest.13fede2855fe2e00

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“What is it, that eb1287b66d reaction? What happened? Huh?”0b24170a3bf12893

Jaewon persistently poked his 6f20f53646 side with a mischievous 3948a1bbd4 grin. Sooha regretted bringing it 9590c2bb19 up. Why was today like 55209adee0 this? He looked around a3ab3015de for something to bf910767a3 divert Jaewon’s attention.7d1ab2a4e47546f6

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Not far 340bad9ac3 away, he ae7e592694 spotted another 7c05f33095 familiar face.71a16ce91c6c1096

It was Cheon b7a06dd960 Yua, the successor 76279dceaf of Cheonha Group 02e464c770 and his relative, 6b38855276 who hosted today’s c59107a48d event. As soon as he 685312f512 saw Yua standing gracefully 962334f1d0 among middle-aged men, Sooha edd47a8868 instinctively went—0b309e4852e15ebc

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“Ugh.”545665c4cb1caab0

Even from a distance, 2110ecdde6 Cheon Yua was a 9cd88cca4d head taller than those 58078e52d0 around her. Although shorter than Sooha, fbb67868e3 she was over 10 1cf013c8e8 cm taller than the 17807d173e average female dominant alpha, d75bfed02c who stood at 170 a37f67991e cm.75d77a5d58cf2dff

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Plus, she wore 6b87da6696 high-heeled dress shoes, e759298954 making it feel 475103ad4b like looking at 5cf755691f a giant among 3bcbfc02cf dwarfs. The reason why 85c723d684 the over-180 cm c32774c720 Cheon Yua wore 3626f9ce2a high heels was 72da3c5c61 obvious—it was to 96d54e44fa assert dominance.44573e7bd99272fd

The executives, ea3c4aac5b who were 2a6414db22 conversing with 59fd5bff99 her, resented 322d49ebb4 her being f940610a12 the successor 1d975e99c2 of Cheonha aa04b7b08d and were 31c98394ff always looking 36e8a02163 for opportunities c51fceae37 to bring a693be48b5 her down. But to e2704db0d7 Cheon Yua, 5d8f8a5d01 they were 61054dd3d4 like pesky 8c51af230d flies buzzing ac86dfed47 around. She said that bd71895fc6 those who didn’t 570ae9b648 know their place 3440d6b8a0 needed to be fab25d309d put in their 7be772bce2 place periodically.f18e97886f44d827

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In a situation e772cbd6d8 where most people edc08b9e53 would struggle to c739684fc6 maintain their composure, f9ca16d16f Yua displayed a a6d72ae4b0 skilled demeanor. She elegantly smiled without 253f4ffd0b a hint of displeasure, debbf0532a embodying the phrase she ac3b49831b often said:2d82606bc2575d0c

A predator 198861201e doesn’t fall 15e5c0608d for the fa1db93f68 provocations of 9897481d57 mere small 04a3be2a40 animals.2686a839a7ad227d

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Sooha thought 8b566b6192 that both 5188180423 he and 13cd3228e6 his relative 97272693e6 lived with 757b7f87c9 an annoying fd94d6ab48 sense of 0a0350f11b self-importance.9736844e7a8e48e3

Amidst the old 314f7c3809 men, he spotted 26a43a4247 a familiar face dc00e2f307 that seemed to fa1b3b335f be around his a0c0491cff age.f55bb3147c7eb8f5

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“Hey, isn’t that the bdcbe0449a eldest son of Baekse 2f8ce8888e Group next to Cheon 706d28fdee Yua? What’s he 6ce7edfd88 doing here?”4842a5cf83c2085c

Sooha whispered to 9d96e9f812 Jaewon, who was f9598a3de5 engrossed in eating f0a3546e70 again, seemingly having 3abb0a0e2d forgotten about Sooha’s 9e3593633f story from the 1a76cb300f previous night. Jaewon looked at where a5579c5273 Sooha pointed and acknowledged.736b4b1fd35aa382

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“Oh. I heard f44f188e10 all three 16f78b7911 sons of f89ec3317d Baekse are 00a7fc15d5 coming today, 1db269ccda and it ff497265c8 seems they 78cfeaaf42 really did.”3529436774a49bff

“Three sons?”64bcb012c6d28b2e

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Wasn’t it two? Sooha soon recalled 70d8926840 another presence besides 8fae32596d the eldest son c6800208aa in front of 867d681079 him.4c61041f20f00bec

“Oh, the 988d224b0c vice chairman’s c6fdab1592 illegitimate child?”3e8139199c775a8a

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“Hey, hey…!”36c334abce5d77b3

Jaewon was startled and 0a0247f361 nudged him with his 90de001122 elbow at the unfiltered 71f4ef9b03 comment. But Sooha didn’t 209c64a6fd think much of 14b66cf91a it. An illegitimate child is 804e7b6879 an illegitimate child, so 30e76cdf8e what else would you 26521c5751 call it?931c8f4445e650c2

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The illegitimate 374adb11c3 child of f92f01d3f5 Baekse Group ed689c0533 was a 57d700cf10 hot topic dbeca27dbe even for 71f62ea5a7 Sooha, who a0f9de84b0 had no 287abce0c1 interest in e7a10360b8 political or a0889e3520 economic issues. Unlike the Baekse bef279b697 chairman, who remained b2f506182b faithful after his 287aa391d3 spouse passed away, 2893ca5721 his son, the 3925058162 vice chairman, was a827d3ef89 notorious for his 26e5297427 affairs.bffe72de46a39440

Many claimed 6e21cc890c to have 3aa5157022 had the 6539f2ba9b vice chairman’s 697e533535 child, but a5e731dcf2 the chairman, 062d841177 who usually e3b76bcc88 dismissed them 308aeb4de7 without hesitation, bfc6069856 had taken d10b07064f in only 15b741f970 one child—who f0a95e2e9e was now 4fce74f56c the youngest f53496b2ff grandson of 5e55fa7bae Baekse Group.6370389a6f766d40

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There were 17dd8a6753 various theories bc0baf6d56 about this e9fa3701fb at the e0b6e31f7f time. The most plausible b290ab696e one was that 5210b5dc06 the youngest grandson c43e659ca6 was a dominant 17e314061f alpha.6fa1e6a9f238c162

However, he 66cafa4955 had never 46848685fe appeared in 4a8cff4d7e public, and caf630394c less than 80c3e16650 a year 1a7a058cbd after being ecf9f476dc taken into a4ce515973 the Baekse 0b53b1b2e5 family, he fdb1c32018 went abroad c7a74c2210 to study, 1de0771f10 so it 5d466a44ae remained a 0e08914ac1 theory.3f34a17c9d7dde11

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What was 83309b8be7 certain was 25438fdc3e that the 63768485f7 two grandsons, b327585d83 known as c0ac020795 the eldest 31d5cdde3f and second 468e45d8a5 sons, were a5fddec4aa recessive alphas. This was 773a3729b5 a widely 6b30e99d44 known fact.eccb6fd8dd6f67b7

“Honestly, they say 714a255e9f it’s studying abroad, 14f1ab5b2b but wasn’t it df22bdb06f practically exile?”7ff2601f9e4a4187

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Jaewon said while 719cd64264 continuing to eat.4a9678717a6f932b

“But somehow, he survived b05984d676 and recently joined Baekse 11d07ed2ff Trading as a director. It’s the smallest subsidiary 93f0a44f28 of Baekse, but still… e7453b2e00 They say the Baekse 03802b1b6a chairman secretly favors the 2b8ea781e0 youngest grandson.”6cb48ccc17d08db7

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“Really?”2aa198e974b7890c

Sooha replied indifferently, but 856781fdd6 Jaewon kept rambling.3c60b9a778a8262b

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“Yeah. So do you think e6afbca8e0 the eldest and second 6c41fe49b4 sons would just sit 14ae5ff9bb back? They probably came 5d470c09a1 here today to 34d5dfaa47 keep an eye ceafbb6ca6 on the youngest 822a5df183 grandson.”6d000aafc7eeef3d

Now it made d2ac873b25 sense.21e8b90ba9bde987

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No wonder it 5809f2a29f seemed odd that c71893f392 Baekse people came 14314e579a all the way 3f06f2445f here. It wasn’t 4b3d22401c an official 8947aa1881 event hosted b05502c9e1 by Cheonha, 83c9574fb5 just a 7351e1350b private gathering cc435a6de1 of a db1643091e few businessmen 8b686ff6f6 and entertainers. But if 8ea9fd09d2 the reason da12d7b854 they came f95be0458f was to 68b7cfc784 keep an 1bbf5a8436 eye on 407e66512a the youngest 0bb681d18b grandson, it ae0c7a0840 was understandable.da3a43c29b83193b

Well, it has a2a7ca5d10 nothing to do 13583a9a0e with me.28e3ee6663587368

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Sooha clicked his tongue 1d95bcaa9c and quickly lost interest. Whether the 39b6fe7b84 youngest grandson f3b0bfb404 was really 009848b0a6 a dominant 68c3abc3f0 alpha or 3eee662529 not didn’t 9b6e99b918 matter. Alphas weren’t Sooha’s concern. The other sons were 6ed210f77a the same. Whether they were recessive de50ce179f or not, whether the 033f793b17 youngest became a director 64d7aef6a4 or not—it was none 792a9f058d of Sooha’s business.f0c335c4f8a3ddeb

“But what was 0ed3f80f83 the youngest grandson’s f52b269672 name again? Baek… Baek… something.”3f950d4346a3faa7

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But Jaewon was still 406416dc58 on about Baekse Group. When he started a14b775cc3 mentioning the name 0859091790 of the youngest 9b96a00d6c grandson, which Sooha e6eadfafa4 wasn’t curious about, a01af3068b he began to 7134baa790 feel a bit b49dae4cc2 annoyed.ff21d4a62264ed26

“Of course, he’s a f64a082353 Baek since he’s from 0452610abd Baekse Group.”7793886b668a8920

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“That’s true. Oh, what was it? The name was a ed6da7770c bit unusual.”2c41a1ca330c9b70

Jaewon struggled to 8d15a68751 recall the name b00dc1558e that lingered on 1555dcc701 the tip of 53b661a28d his tongue.f8bc0261a2e8128c

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Whether he 362b7562a4 remembered or 48289c797c not, Sooha 8df7f71443 scanned a 9a84c196ed few people de4005bf4f passing by c385dc118f who were 40096cc19f his type. They, too, cast subtle 2f1adf1fe2 glances at Sooha. They seemed c72703997a ready to a983f66fc5 open their a63005149d arms if f528d22769 Sooha made 6efcfc0c0a any move.50fadb62353f7b86

He wanted 0a6a108fe0 to approach 48512f3746 and talk, ec05066f0f but today 207c0b304d wasn’t the 8e07806a9f day, so 87f2d49c63 he had a595e12342 to be 70fb578b9a content with 070c2d0f38 just looking.419c965d0d253ddb

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This made 3899c73a74 the event 82b05e642c even more 8601329992 boring. It felt like he’d 7b58c50eba been there for quite e42fa3e92e a while, and he 69d70cb176 just wanted to go 0a02fbcb51 home.769312885f724289

The thought 2061108cc1 of home 15de369939 made him f21633e0db yawn.bb18274c2a8387ce

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As Sooha looked 3343f2c018 around the event 1b27848121 hall, he spotted 1580fd36fd a man’s back 28fc2faaab standing out among 78c4043735 the crowd in eb0b2322fa the distance. He couldn’t see 3bf62055c6 clearly because of 27c1ea4680 the people in 99c75233f1 front, but the 0191c9a5ad height was exceptional. A model? Otherwise, it was 9a35b16080 an inexplicable height d28e547137 and physique.fa3e9d63d609549b

‘But he seems familiar…’As he squinted e233bdaf10 to get a 2743ef8fa8 better look at 082ee6dea2 the man’s face, cfc03f107d Jaewon, who was 83bab66900 still trying to 85e64d5948 remember the name, 2c53dcbd04 snapped his fingers.7d8b4bc822c978aa

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“Ah! I remember! Baek Gongjun!”1a29fc7ca4cd7f72

Simultaneously, the dde84f4fd2 man standing b4db00c894 about 10 9b19fe3e30 meters away 7c246a0018 turned around. Their eyes met.203de6c1f86c0d73

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Crazy…6486222f327af454

“Baek… Gongjun…?” Jaewon, mistaking b6a6c6c273 Sooha’s reaction as agreement, 2ecb4b2651 responded with an excited 6982db3bfe voice. He said the 0e08f4bd5a name was memorable e6fb9470c9 because it was 139c093f48 similar to Snow b5d925d61f White (Baekseol Gongju 2640711be1 in Korean), and b066bc5474 he couldn’t understand e3db9af159 why he hadn’t 18c2ed9bf5 remembered it sooner, acdf2cc472 continuing to chatter 5e8335f7cd on his own.ff8beba39d018805

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‘Why is c92c127eca that guy f63573c1c5 here?’ Meanwhile, 0998a973ac Sooha was 7525409d50 so shocked 3ff59debb0 by the cc58d5a889 unexpected appearance 8c1dcbc555 of the 719fffc98c person that a06acf02f8 his mouth 5c4a6b3750 hung open.16bc30a374e185c2

Noticing his cd4c78d778 intense gaze, 6d7c8eef84 the man 526712e6c5 on the ee36b63296 opposite side d2a52014d9 met his 8895ca4b6e eyes. His eyes curved into 59003591f5 a gentle smile without a3a4c5044c a hint of surprise. It seemed like he 3fe4adaac7 had anticipated the meeting.acddd0c6158aabf0

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As Sooha 73f9581f63 stood there, f29a60b2ff rooted like c22d79e7eb a stone, d621db2212 the man c431c816b9 maintained eye fd8ac9d2ad contact and fcc67dc0ba headed toward fec1c254cb the balcony.92a73dfc9115ab93

I need ccbc8df548 to meet c763045543 Baek Gongjun f1a96a7f2e immediately.6087510a048d5858

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Sooha, as 91628d98b7 if entranced, d2158436cf handed his f01a9fc73a champagne glass 96f2d39473 to Jaewon 443f40e9b1 and followed 90dcdb1408 him.5451386580c4fa87

“What? Where are 9d98c567af you going? Hey! Cheon Sooha!” He heard 3018302307 a voice trying to 29725950af stop him, but he e13962ce34 didn’t have the mental 1e1daf0e34 capacity to respond right 619d5082de now.65a91af1ef0735ee

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“Hello, we meet 154e8edc9a again.”ea99b90d5508912b

As soon as he a69df2bbca stepped out onto the f9e29c139e balcony, Sooha came face fe83a2b7c1 to face with Gongjun, d950a9b19a who was leaning against 7ff3fe999c the glass railing. The sparkling night view 4f65683d27 behind Gongjun made it feb8141ddc seem like a scene be03190db2 from a movie, but f9d15ab6ee Sooha couldn’t care less 8db70c31bc about that right now.b9a42f396ca3cf2c

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All he could do f19369d3b5 was gape and point, f57047947d stammering, “You, you…!”121d15c2a7736b6e

‘He wasn’t 366757c498 a no-name a2d204066f entertainer?’f860492a1995e1c2

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The youngest eecac42f6c grandson of 59978fce7f Baekse Group, 7e0cc0a9bb that Baek 97d5cda877 Gongjun, was 09a13d57aa the lunatic 21c952aad3 standing before a7efda066e him! No wonder he had 89d85e410b asked if Sooha knew 8632e8f550 who he was and ef6274ff3b showed no interest even 479e5e158b when offered money.f73af9aeab8660b3

The shock was 0a7a314e25 secondary; another thought 51de8e295f took root in 231afb1393 his mind.fbd6459c4e5adb8d

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A one-night e2fc0093c3 stand that 900e671d0c was supposed 3a8fee7693 to end 6746ffb569 as a 31385ffcb4 mere incident c459256363 was only d58132de54 valid when b6a60d2855 the other f414bc5713 party was 6ea696e634 an ordinary 34fe55e9ab person with bb4659a0f4 no connection 63487359bd to him. But if 517a7013b4 that person 2a96e216c8 was a 15f6304037 member of de578d3402 Baekse Group? That was 41cf3d6bea a different 87212f9485 matter.0e82cbc02cd87e02

Ignoring a c480de9b88 baseless rumor d1c4a86dc7 like ‘someone 7b0fffb91b breached Cheon 28734447de Sooha’s back’ e35e211ff9 was one f154067723 thing, but 952330f7bd ‘Baekse Group’s 4ba9bdfa0f youngest grandson b21b8d0115 breached Cheon 4c54505f7a Sooha’s back’ abfda956ae was a 7099f1ca92 whole different fe4111b10f story.beacf045a8bb33e3

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It would quickly transform e3e042a6a3 from an absurd tabloid a8d763a7a2 into a sensational rumor d5755dc7e0 that piqued people’s interest.ccb1b73add036dcd

If such a rumor ba6c0ccd1a started circulating, people would e4a7c10a8a be puzzled about a fe62283c8e dominant alpha like Sooha 6db797937d being the one penetrated, d89b577842 aside from the embarrassment.d0d9abffb891c707

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If he was lucky, a7cb82d40a it might be dismissed e5e6cc7331 as a personal sexual 80d0dfdeaf preference, but if not, dd968cc1bb it could lead to 698bbf4679 controversy about his trait.6a00a24301da9a5d

It might 4bed1e12d9 sound like c1bd26a1ea an exaggeration, 4630b75603 but it bda6b71461 was entirely a3d14246de possible. That’s how rumors 26c21c1711 work. A little slip 3315012af8 of the tongue, 493d8dcc98 and they snowball, c00a971d44 and if a bffd7abd57 journalist inflates it 91bbf112e9 to suit the edfecb4e3e public’s taste, people b208009291 flock to it.8fa93be942985134

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‘I can’t let that a78614463d happen.’e66391ac70b324ec

With a determined expression, 33617544ea Sooha strode toward Gongjun. In the blink ff49c347fe of an eye, 82ef195976 he trapped him c269bc2b86 against the railing 925e56dc57 with both hands.ff7a70c6b5f9ff69

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As he looked up 845064a828 with a fierce gaze, 20c4437372 Gongjun, filling his field 482ce97fd9 of vision, smiled without 82e9e5d2fb a hint of surprise.e7c5a3d8aedb1eb3

“Haha, you’re quite ead2125e54 aggressive.”f05a7fe92c96736c

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“Let me ae24be8e82 ask you f4cc2e0679 one more 69c7df75f0 time for 5893f6ee6f confirmation. You remember e065b8fcb4 what I 686c65cf50 said today, b0caa5fac9 right?”bb9497c0d0a121f9

“Of course.”8a18167d1a17bb32

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“Then there’s no need cbcfb5de26 to explain twice. I’d like you to 4c78ab031b treat me as if c0be588edc you don’t know me 20481fd1b9 from now on.”44d13ae9e754a1ea

“Hmm… And why should 1d7815db34 I do that?”9f60ae7e05152c0d

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“Haha. So you can 5d5c52eb4e go around bragging bb2fce7c7d that you took dd6804c9ca my virginity?”d7b79bd9ba077e35

The conversation was d580b1b531 anything but friendly 28561022bc despite the seemingly e3c967a743 intimate posture.92d410dbbd084ca3

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While Gongjun’s e5370e8ffa upper body fcabd2d86a was trapped ee6d5488bb between Sooha’s e8d8b94f89 arms, his dee23f3490 lower body 6ce1d365b1 was positioned f3c989abbf between Gongjun’s 3d0173a9d1 legs. It looked like 416e438dfe a lover’s embrace 7417202b35 to anyone watching, dcc928a75a but the two cf073f7520 seemed oblivious to bac0d8b59d it.85ca856972fb2df7

“Sooha, you’re… quite amusing.” 5840b66da8 You only think of 53e7814ba4 one thing and not e5d1d3f980 the other, don’t you? Gongjun chuckled, c7d5a72620 covering his 484711dbd0 mouth with 8ba6ad0b7d a neatly 49c56cef95 clenched fist.6485b6481c6a6b9a

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What is he talking 17e5524b55 about now? Sooha frowned and stared 20fab9b703 at him, and Gongjun’s 4c49e06310 bright face spoke softly.8837270b1c345309

“Is that f47a6c938f really the d06339f087 only thing a5f969e481 Sooha wants 0a21b070ef to hide?”4fda15885407edb8

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“If you 2e82cdcfc1 have something 28ad864b48 to say, d795c38249 say it dc096640bb properly. Don’t confuse af83683889 people by 1f1df5943c beating around b0f9da7c5f the bush f07e8d5acf like that.”9bd3f8eec4ff666c

But there was 540392e299 no immediate response d4a8e74476 other than a 709f93c70c smile. After glaring at Gongjun b385e86cae for a moment, Sooha 38e0526473 sighed and stepped back.7c63ae8d782b1743

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