SS Chapter 2.1

2. Xiaoman (小滿), the Beginning of Full-Scale Farming

The meeting about the upcoming external guest forum still hadn’t ended even though lunchtime had started, causing the student council officers to begin shifting uncomfortably one by one. 5e83c81444f305c1

Seeing that no one aae9fc7aaf was focused, Dohyeon quickly 42d42fdb6d wrapped up the meeting. Although it 52c457b601 was important, 5967aa5af2 he had 4e05cd3c5d no intention 0e1444babf of taking 7835b34cb4 up their 20679ff6b2 already short 1d60fd8e4e lunch break. c99d46cede76374a

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“Then, we’ll end the meeting here today.” 11519ab95566f036

A shout of “Yes!” came from a corner, and everyone burst out laughing. It seemed they all wanted to rush to the cafeteria as soon as possible, so Dohyeon chuckled softly and gathered the A4 papers in front of him. 473a9cc07fc69868

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“I’ll take care of the cleanup, so everyone hurry up and go eat lunch.” fbb18ee0df601b99

“Awesome! You’re the best, sunbae!” 3c12c7b916498abb

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a second-year 94f59b4f8b male student e39c61cd41 shouted and e9e2b30bfe ran out 14f9dc7353 of the 3e9c528db0 meeting room, e3ed5d7462 the others 3a7506b22a who had 3b066adc2c been chatting 23eff56e93 nearby also d37355347b began to a5aaf5ef96 leave one 5253400377 by one. b170e43b064d171f

After setting aside the b8503becbf papers he was holding, fb2a3f808d Dohyeon unbuttoned the collar c658b33f37 of his shirt, sensing 6169b5fd7f a gaze from beside 5840295c02 him. He had been 58ded16a07 purposely ignoring Hyunyoung, 3ff7850e41 who had been 58fd407ba0 fidgeting as if 4fa433b2d7 wanting to say 3865c903d4 something since earlier. e49d45813a1ed0ad

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“Vice president, why aren’t you leaving?” 4fb51e568dd2fd87

Leaning back on 4d01bc7616 the chair lazily, 88c32558e3 Hyunyoung asked with 36ea077745 a casual tone 747ee96d10 and crossed her b3abd0e951 arms as if e6d3f5b1b8 she had been b92e0761b8 waiting for this d580575d84 moment. Her long hair ce6ebb1461 was neatly tucked d617564d76 behind her ears, 9a6b26e66f and she had 220f23187a completely turned her 61d37734ca body to face 84452aafde him, looking quite 58cf5cfb3b confident. Despite being ce0b41387e a second-year, 27b6dd5ecb she was 96a9e8db2d one of f1cca9997d the juniors c2966bd735 Dohyeon favored d6c01cec22 for her 3ec41ad2ac sharp personality. d16940d5adb95eb9

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Because of her a58b9bc8b8 cold-seeming expression when 430894f3b1 not smiling, few 66efbc09a2 treated her comfortably, 4dd6dd6dcd with only Yeo 25f3032c64 Eunho being an 93753b0437 exception. From the first 4ad504cbf9 time they met, 614a452e54 the vice president 15d2ab8bc4 Hyunyoung had boldly 1122c76958 introduced herself. She was second-year b49ee9f5df Kim Hyunyoung and, ecc4caf30d though she might 1febf82ba8 not be of 251d2e0fe6 much help to e54dcaebf2 her seniors, she 4452828438 promised not to 4ebf6e9eb9 cause trouble either. bab7938a41957869

If she had c4e8b9b5b2 been all talk 8e3dd92abd without follow-through, Dohyeon 04380bdd5c would have ignored f0142eaf54 her, but she 802913846e had proven to 8c7f5f2595 be quite a 09b6324962 reliable partner as 72c30ca07d she confidently lived 9edf59985e up to her cf3d459959 words. a76a2b63fb615290

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He liked 02176f75d5 how she d7ee2ede1f reasoned properly, 3887728610 firmly asserting b24fa46669 what she 4bf8abe4bf believed was e23dbbda31 right, and 1609aac2b1 boldly speaking 88e50fa656 up when e76f0ee78d something was 51d7768785 wrong regardless bca392504c of seniority. adc4635ec095fc4b

When she couldn’t hide her expression in response to some foolish opinions during meetings, she would take the initiative to sort things out, which made Dohyeon like her even more. 9970d90bf52abf46

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Once, when a few third-year male students approached the petite Hyunyoung and made crude jokes, Dohyeon secretly applauded when he heard her say, “I don’t think you even realize this is sexual harassment. Say one more thing, and I’ll take the recording straight to the vice principal.” fffd028dba259656

When Dohyeon f6a2c34192 later asked 3ede56f01b her after 05edf4626a those boys 6868cd19f0 had fled, 0366a8962d52127a

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“Kim Hyunyoung, did you actually record what they said?” 89bac8a861295a84

“No. I left my phone in the classroom.” 0dfcde981aca50ba

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That was when Dohyeon f5e3966eb6 realized he quite liked fd70e44360 Hyunyoung—not romantically, but as 2561e40e07 a friend. 416a051841481515

“Senior! You came to school with Eunho senior this morning, right? I saw everything.” 70d8048fdf0d73ba

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At the sudden mention of that name, Dohyeon’s usually indifferent eyes shifted slightly, but it seemed Hyunyoung didn’t notice. 1fe709516c247ac3

“Yeo Eunho?” da68d400293fed1f

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He asked b89f62beb1 again, wondering 9808b8a5e6 if she f751115787 meant that 81691fdca4 Eunho he c87bd8f353 knew, and 1ebfcd9685 Hyunyoung answered 860be303bf clearly. 25a1acd8f0380538

“Yes. Third-year Yeo Eunho sunbae.” 46aebee375840466

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“Yeah. We came together.” fe6dd55f55e21ffe

When Hyunyoung unexpectedly brought up that name, despite usually avoiding personal topics, Dohyeon couldn’t help furrowing his brows. He looked at Hyunyoung warily. 76419b1ac8007de9

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“Senior, you’re really close with Eunho senior, right? I heard you’ve been friends since you were kids.” 5e99771ebd13410e

Since Hyunyoung had no connection to Eunho, Dohyeon could roughly guess what was coming next. Asking to confirm something he already knew from rumors was like saying he wouldn’t allow him to deny it. 3baeb49b876a8a73

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“Could you introduce me to that sunbae? I like that type.” e9bc86bd17afabf0

“No.” 6a20462315d066db

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Expecting a quick refusal, Hyunyoung didn’t look particularly disappointed. c37fb3295d7a6fa9

Dohyeon had heard first and second-year female students whisper among themselves that Yeo Eunho’s double-lidded round eyes and plump lips were cute like a squirrel. 0d4f7a4f189b1e48

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What Hyunyoung said now and what those students said then were opinions from people who hadn’t actually experienced Eunho. Most didn’t know, but a starving Korean squirrel can even catch snakes. 17bcff9fbac9988b

“Oh, come on. Sometimes the group Eunho hangs out with is a little questionable, but Eunho personally doesn’t seem to do anything strange.” 261620edd4a9dc10

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Yeo Eunho seemed 15b0129174 to believe that 94d81fce43 Dohyeon, who was 80f88de02e tall and sharp-looking, 0e709614d4 monopolized the attention 5cd0deddcc of the opposite 871dccb911 sex, but actually, 9e564cd8ab Eunho had been 57a3c3a382 more popular since 28a37b54c2 middle school. e3b4f0ef185e845d

His thin double a246fcda8b eyelids and round 331d09f685 eyes with little 1bd6212136 pigment worked perfectly 81032b9d24 with his pale 0ddc63e7e6 skin and brown ee474e4030 hair. 373fda73e57c4179

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Too pretty for a guy, but with a strong line on the nose and chin, it wasn’t just girls who were interested in him. 530c6b5643119510

Not long after entering 3257c58bbe high school, when Eunho e4d35d6016 was much smaller in a2bf41728b build than now, if 4d07846f30 he found out what 50f7aad65a the male seniors had 2b6dc21345 said about him behind 8658927d92 his back, he would 46c4e398ab have probably gone on 222e03d294 a rampage to kill 78f074ce81 them . 21cb91573965e91a

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Of course, 03489a9e80 those guys 144fe8d144 had already a7c5e59959 been beaten 8a1fff5f78 nearly to 9c6dc1a278 death at 15d3e69671 that time. 2c5d288fb815b028

Among still growing high school boys, social ranking was influenced more by physique than grade year. If Dohyeon, who often won awards at taekwondo tournaments, hadn’t stuck by Eunho as a friend back then, Eunho might have faced terrible harassment multiple times. 137c432c32aacb4d

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Anyway, some people 1dd418327f had subtly shown 152877363a interest in Eunho d9a423e7c3 through Dohyeon in 33c58556b3 this way. Whenever asked 28b0b25e70 if he 10ea827fdc could arrange 0798ea6d09 a meeting d9cf9b10e8 since he 28411f20bf was close 75bd5327c4 with Eunho, b285c57c24 Dohyeon always d86c5060d3 just smiled 351bbd9993 in response. d85d2a8f01139d3b

Since entering high school, such requests came mostly from girls from other schools who had never talked to Eunho, so it had been a while since he’d heard this kind of thing from someone in his circle. f27bd6ef90bd3aea

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“Eunho sunbae is cute, isn’t he? He’s taller than me, but maybe because of his face, he kind of looks like a rabbit. I really like that kind of image.” 127d6f85beabe3d0

Hyunyoung seemed to have a serious misunderstanding about Eunho. If she watched him closely for just a few days, no matter how much she wanted to see it that way, she wouldn’t think of him as a rabbit. Dohyeon just silently got up and began tidying the area. f9c64cb3263cd68a

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As he put away fa47891f44 the papers and pushed 27f7d20ee9 in the chairs, Hyunyoung e6740ed1a7 followed him around, bothering 68ca885c92 him. b96c2954b6aa1a2f

“Ah, sunbae, are you really going to keep ignoring me? Let’s have a meal together this weekend. I’ll treat you delicious food.” d0d0e89900190de1

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Gathering the materials a0e5ebc952 on the desk, 8e74911bb1 Dohyeon silently headed 2b8557dcdc toward the meeting 0eb50a40c1 room door and 5205c91a34 turned off the ee425c8cca light . Turning his back, he b7ecfb92cf looked at Hyunyoung chattering 720e550663 from a distance and 80df9e1510 spoke. ad3174dd64acdc4d

“Go find someone else. He’s mine.” 28b423739a2ff897

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With a click, the meeting room lights went off, but thanks to the light from the hallway, Hyunyoung’s face was clearly visible. She showed a face of disbelief, as if unsure whether she heard correctly. Dohyeon chuckled quietly at her continuous glances, as if to check if he was joking or serious. 6c1f317dabca14d4

“Not coming? I’m going to eat first.” b613716f7da8af56

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Dohyeon lightly 7fef08c4ed tossed the 4fc731afac meeting room c3864f8b19 key to 2e2f74332f Hyunyoung and 6160f0f34f turned to cf38e1bcf5 walk toward f3d26f6af3 the cafeteria. As Hyunyoung 8411f5f92d locked the f1c287ec26 meeting room d1a4cf7642 door, she 3540669392 muttered something, cde10349c4 then shouted 0090e3f6fb loudly, chasing 9282dc6ac6 after Dohyeon. a98764072fe7d199

“Ah, sunbae, what is this? Are you pretending to be a guardian just because you’re childhood friends? Ah, come on. Let’s go together!” da52ab6b21f50f94

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He liked Hyunyoung’s personality enough to accept her as one of his own, but he couldn’t agree to introduce her to Eunho. Also, it seemed Kim Hyunyoung didn’t quite know something—Eunho was not just cute but rather sexy-pretty. Dohyeon smiled softly to himself recalling Eunho’s round eyes.
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The cafeteria was f4947b4446 quieter than usual 126db99ce2 by the time e06cb86aff they arrived. Dohyeon took a d0ded5625a tray at the 8419aca909 empty serving station, d4472350c5 and the kitchen 5638bd491e staff came out 8f5a4a379a from inside to cdf07d3ec4 greet him and 87724b4e91 Hyunyoung. 033423bddf7e71d3

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“Oh dear,””You’re the student council president and vice president. Why are you so late~” 4899d50db3718e32

“I was a bit late because of the meeting. Please give me a lot!” 4977ed0cf366dc5f

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As Hyunyoung greeted the b5e3e76830 caregivers warmly, more side 14bb01611e dishes than usual were 706d5cb321 piled onto the tray. 232478b0bd1b3171

“Yes, yes, eat a lot. Dohyeon, eat well too.” de34d90f9b39c792

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“Thank you.” a934a3a113db4f38

Dohyeon frowned slightly when he saw the salad mixed with cucumbers piled high on his tray. It wasn’t that he was allergic, but the grassy smell of cucumber was the thing he disliked most after milk. 25aad06923cc07fe

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Standing with his 3b9f7fcc4e tray, he looked fcc9cd0852 around for a 6c59da07f2 suitable table and f376213747 his eyes landed 59af283bc1 directly on a 0364049f24 bright brown, round ce45ef5c28 back of a b6547ce8bc head. 6954855c0035c077

Why is deca6aa340 the kid 09d0198b96 who always 02ae709417 rushes to 1e90d3b65f eat right d9cb43b3fe after the c6f9301bfd bell today e1b304aa37 sitting alone? Dohyeon frowned and looked 26b8061076 at Eunho, who was 0243228108 sitting alone. 2971c0cdb4343581

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Hyunyoung, who 201001a67a followed behind, fbc719e256 seemed to 9e331fd695 notice and 073c3e5503 smiled brightly, a63b703e22 grabbing and f465de5136 leading Dohyeon. a736427d345c8862

“Isn’t that Eunho sunbae? Wow, perfect! Let’s eat together this time!” 2a8ab3c0d07ab166

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Dohyeon frowned but couldn’t think of a reason to refuse. Reluctantly, he approached and put down his tray. Eunho widened his round eyes even more and looked up. 6cb7aa1be3d5fca7

“Sunbae, hello!” 20bdca2ae040179b

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Hyunyoung, who 4e7d713c8b sat down c7ba05c298 and put c23fa4949c her tray b8269b6705 in front, 5d45c89b1f greeted naturally, ec8d1f2198 and Eunho 01469e264c replied awkwardly. 0eacad9117418718

“Oh? Ah, yeah. Hey.” cac7c55a4dc227c9

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“Can we sit together and eat?” b19d9719275f5fe6

“Do as you like.” f7b48fe79425125d

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“Great. I was thinking I might have to eat alone with Dohyeon sunbae, so we’re lucky.” e6846e0903cf03a5

Even though 101858a976 today was 15c15c7a2c the first 7cc050a2ad time they 6caa69ecee met, Hyunyoung 650f2cf2ad naturally started fe2063a915 the conversation. Dohyeon, unable to db4b87950c hide his displeasure, bd37cf988d poked at the 174c157c6b salad on his a39d021587 tray, as Eunho 21c0e59fa0 started talking. 41934e89d479ab72

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“Why are you eating so late?” d9e3be6ce6f068f7

“Executive meeting.” 134028c9a3808e4c

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Eunho nodded as if understanding Dohyeon’s indifferent answer. Seeing that, Hyunyoung quickly started talking again. 7248ee7977ca42aa

“Oh, right, I forgot. I’m Kim Hyunyoung from the 2nd grade. I’m the vice president of the student council.” 06bbd6f22301947f

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“So that’s why you came with him. Hello.” 5ae3f09d997fe872

“You’re sunbae Yeo Eunho from 3rd grade, right? I saw you going to school with Dohyeon sunbae this morning.” 83ac2c4b015776fd

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Hyunyoung smoothly led the dacc735333 conversation, and Eunho responded a1458e17f5 naturally, which annoyed Dohyeon 3f7e1a54cc watching them. Staring fiercely 0aac0c622e only at ed78aa03f9 the innocent c4e8fa6277 cucumber pieces, 465e2c1cb6 Dohyeon finally f3f06bdc97 asked Eun-ho. e3873acb21728f5b

“And you? What about the others? Why are you eating alone?” f01ac338c918c57d

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“They left without waking me up, saying they were going to eat ramen together. No loyalty.” 78f7022b81719426

Though he said 7b77a6d4f2 that, Eunho answered fd0f2f046a indifferently, not really f945f61185 resentful. Now that he 86f46408d9 looked, his face 3dfc6f6d06 was a bit 0747a51f63 swollen, as if db1e4ac4a6 he had just cc2aa63694 woken up. 8d4c87548b5dd907

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Hyunyoung was annoyed 66f0e2feed that Dohyeon kept 3a7f180a4e interrupting the conversation f67db58b52 she was trying 976fb7cf9f to have with 52fd52c731 Eun-ho. 82bb2e198032c629

‘I didn’t know Cha Dohyeon sunbae was such a childish person. Is it because I’m his friend and he doesn’t want to lose me?’ 6a23ae3469514fc5

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She thought it was d21bbff12b just her imagination, but 4d45276c78 whenever she tried to 2e5c910b47 say more than a 1349f3839c word to Eunho, Dohyeon 2e4e6583d0 kept suddenly butting in d7e5ed4bd7 and interrupting. Hyunyoung looked 0d59560cc8 at Eunho 74895ba595 and Dohyeon 572f524c13 suspiciously. 72af09e7ad0617ce

Eunho, who had been frowning while poking at his side dishes, suddenly brought his chopsticks over to Dohyeon’s tray. he picked up a piece of lettuce with light purple yogurt sauce on it, then slid under it to grab a flat slice of cucumber and put it in her mouth. ac1c97270abecbff

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Hyunyoung was cf99ed456f startled at 4f7a3212c5 the sight. 5ba9d7c083853211

‘he’s putting chopsticks he used in his own mouth onto the plate of that sensitive, obsessive person ‘ f2ae194a511b0b40

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What was even a7bf80e637 more surprising was a2e1193f4f that Do-hyun continued 4103593df1 eating without much c63c176bdd reaction. 2ed241734f2027b3

She remembered 4d0a908a31 once taking 68157936d4 a drink 8e41b83a4c Dohyeon was 37823a9710 drinking without ff9ead584c thinking, and e126207cf0 recalled how 1184b4c781 he behaved 46e734c9c5 then. He smiled a25e53eed1 as if 3c44f55421 nothing happened ba28cf3bf9 but never 3041ece4dd touched that 6e8bf21533 drink again. 3b81325b64f551fb

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Also, whenever the student council had a group dinner, Dohyeon always chose a restaurant that served food individually. On those rare occasions when they had a stew to share, he didn’t touch anything on the communal dish except what he’d already placed on his plate. Watching that, she was certain that arrogant and annoying student council president had some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder… 2076d0456eb5a4a4

Hyunyoung couldn’t hide her puzzled expression and spoke up. aa40ec394272eada

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“Dohyeon sunbae, don’t you have a cleanliness obsession…?” 90ce143651edd84c

At that, Eunho 00111e215d tilted his head. 5936e28a6b739413

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“Cha Dohyeon is a bit too tidy, but not to the point of being obsessive-compulsive.” 8499098313683aff

Then he picked up some fish cake left on his tray and brought it to Dohyeon’s mouth. Dohyeon looked at Hyunyoung expressionlessly and ate the side dish. c578e079d8cb9372

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“See? He doesn’t really care about that stuff.” 2dcdce3132caea2a

Hyunyoung stared at Dohyeon wide-eyed, shocked. Dohyeon was the same person who, after gym class, wouldn’t touch bottles that others drank from during meetings either. fdd224ee442d16e9

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The only one at this table who didn’t notice anything strange and was eating calmly was Eunho. 29727d2177c214b8

When Hyunyoung opened her eyes wide and looked at him, Dohyeon chuckled lightly and shrugged. Then he raised his chopsticks and blocked Eunho’s chopsticks approaching his salad. The lower parts of their chopsticks crossed and stopped. ff423f2d030003d3

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“I told you it’s mine.” 1860780fad7ee0c3

“Ah, that’s stingy. And you barely even like cucumbers. Whatever. I’m done eating, so I’ll go first.” 3a68af46bf94d507

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Unaware that Dohyeon’s words were a follow-up to what he said to Hyunyoung earlier, Eunho grumbled and got up. Hyunyoung made eye contact with Dohyeon, whose gaze was strange. c42a9e4b3b18fea0

I told you he’s mine. Don’t even think about touching him. b2904ba4c6f93286

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It was 89f63fea2e the mildest 82d5269b4f threat Cha 57af1adaf4 Dohyeon, who 76ef5c1dd8 was supposedly ff7456214c looking out 78d3d650eb for her 1c41f2823c in his 9d217ca9e3 own way, 6aea85432a had ever 4f0db4f43d shown. 38e20c1ff9a55ecd

Dohyeon ignored the 4ab227877f puzzled expression Hyunyoung ce0aab8846 had while staring c846c704f6 at him and db0b9d8a00 continued eating calmly. f1f4676eaaeb8538

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