DMH Ch23

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“Since I helped you, you have to grant me one wish.”a4f4315d4d355655

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Wan had no idea what Mu Jeonghoo was talking about. He spoke precisely, as if branding a mark on Wan’s blank face.9426c48491ad2d98

“Don’t you know ‘quid pro quo’? I made a donation a5e0c3094f to you, and you’re 82360451e9 paying the price.”4f33d9a73bbc728a

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“Donation…?”a5c1964ef78306fc

Mu Jeonghoo’s long fingers reopened the cigarette case. A white cylinder dangled from his red lips. Rummaging inside his jacket, he pulled out a luxurious lighter. He pressed his thumb on the lid and flicked his finger down. Click—a blue flame shot up. The flame flickered at the tip, like a snake licking its lips before devouring its prey.3f1617c6652c10d6

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“I’m not asking for much.”2586b9b5a249ec16

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“Just suck my dick and leave.”0675e9f86eb55433

Wan’s soul was torn to shreds, like a ruined math textbook.2c31e8af304b6d3a

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The mansion, which seemed 70f0206455 to have absorbed all 43c088bf97 the light and darkness 4d74026510 of the world, returned 4341bd43dd to normal at dawn. As the sun rose, 2f5aeb8694 the crowds that had 65b5d08622 filled the garden and 2e10fa388f mansion gradually disappeared in bd801a9b38 their cars. However, the aftermath they e44815f415 left behind was considerable.9fa7ee1d8aa0faf7

The garden was imprinted a895666db4 with countless footprints. Flowers, trampled here and there, 47da4475e6 were crushed beneath the flowerbeds, 8c21223ccf barely alive. The roots of fa7e52c1ff plants, pulled out 4c21be9d7d whole, were occasionally 941f53d92c visible. As the sun fully 3a122b3cdc rose, birds chirped and ca3eaf555a flew around the quiet cd690cf4a3 mansion. The bright blue sky covered 414a330d7e the garden. Beneath it, the staff who 60f272dcda had disappeared began to reappear c704fb5897 one by one. Like diligent birds, afebee99c7 they woke up a758ad2ab1 early and moved 059d2a63e3 swiftly to their 9217640ac0 respective workplaces.795a1df5f15e4e95

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As the busy mansion staff 63df62b765 disappeared in the first wave, c4e8d41b57 others followed. The gardeners arrived earlier than c8eb466c28 usual, dressed in navy work 9e4b4de982 clothes, surveying the chaotic garden. In secluded spots, bedd8a99a3 several people were 858e669023 still unconscious, not 928e5f3165 yet awakened from 107d0bad0a their dreams. They woke up the be3d113eb5 red-faced alphas and omegas 19bfb1f56d and put them in e9aafbf4e2 cars waiting outside. Those who made the mess 13402ee57d and those who cleaned it cc310f07e8 up were separate. The older staff 23d1fad875 members, cleaning up aa120010f6 to restore the 671f7b4447 mansion, clicked their d7c4f8cbb2 tongues quietly, “Tsk, 6c9329a8ea tsk.” They complained 057cc655a9 but didn’t show 48b217a959 much outwardly. They simply did e0264e68de their best in bb29920d86 their assigned tasks.28a38a7cd0077184

The regularly held parties were ad305901c2 a nightmare for everyone except e853e71157 the organizers and participants. The location of the party 65a40d36bd was determined by lottery. The person who drew 95e04f1681 the winning ticket provided 6679e5043d the venue for the 18cefbd40c party. Most of the bddbcf0a55 party locations were f260d906eb their own homes 6e945f5428 or villas, strictly 7d9b8c86be managed to prevent a510f65429 secrets from leaking 63ec119164 out.4b0e44c8ae4282c9

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The staff who entered the 8b08d3929f mansion opened each of the e2b6850639 doors lining the hallway, checking 4518ab3cab to see if anyone was b1168a58d1 left behind. If there were any naked 65550af8ad alphas and omegas passed out 962d15ceea from drugs, they had to 3083e7dee4 be quickly removed. The party was just for 3048543c2f that day. Except for a few 31a1b2d7ab hooligans, most people didn’t 89083d6363 let the previous night’s 5b99e9e66e revelry affect their daily 2b28437eb1 lives the next day—if 0b1b53de49 they were in their 82da1ba211 right mind. Especially the young master d61f2a53db of this mansion, who e575df2093 detested such things.790147b58b32f9f4

The footsteps of the staff d8a551f336 inside the mansion grew faster. Just like receiving f454bdc487 incentives for attracting 7cfb5482c1 more customers, they 5fa7611422 could earn more af0541d644 money the more eed35721d6 area they cleaned. Occasionally, there were bundles of 2fd199b711 bills left behind where people 58bd9cb01b had been. They were mostly under 9df4d30cca sofas or tables, stuck 9b7525054c there, soaked in alcohol. They could take that money 2e9c554bf3 home, dry it with a 7845c3d820 hairdryer, and use it without 5c4c561a52 any problems. It was a kind 6b32267cf5 of ‘tip.’ On lucky 795bd0530a days, the staff’s pockets 07f3b1a2bb were bulging when they 0c99260c30 finished cleaning.db30d239566e4919

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One of the f4faac8f16 staff members, wearing ae0add1d84 rubber gloves, looked 270870a7c3 at a waterproof 7140a72ee5 wristwatch. It was 6:30 AM. He had to hurry before ef48cea6ca Mu Jeonghoo, who woke up 0197b968f7 at 7 AM to exercise, c54cf928b4 came down to the first 6261e043dc floor. First, he quickly 8f93eef10e cleaned up the 7171cd3773 visible mess. With his rubber-gloved hands, he 971a61d32f picked up the scattered trash 423fe56380 and the hidden condom wrappers e6605d0431 and put them in the 780991fbc3 cleaning basket. The secretions from other 9990438f84 people’s bodies were disgusting a9a9c4f75f to even look at. The staff member barely suppressed e1f551ab80 the urge to vomit and 9ee210c3c2 quickly pushed the cleaning basket.0121c2c99ed8c32a

The curtains, which had been 24abcf370c closed all night, were pulled d968022a0c wide open, revealing the clear db5e7eb302 view outside. Sunlight streamed into the lobby, 053561220c which had been restored to 5d4e40f8bc its usual clean state. The skylight, with its curtains 631eb9732e drawn, was no exception. White sneakers appeared, stepping a729356061 on the sunlight. Mu Jeonghoo grabbed dc2563acef his shoulders and 13eba2a672 rotated his arms, c7f16dc82e feeling as if 60d6aedb23 his upper body 4581ad28e2 was constricted. The shoulder part of 771f24e1b5 his windbreaker jacket was e4a3312f55 taut without a single 766dc04c12 wrinkle. Chief Kim, following behind 54c2649d5a him, asked, seeing his 29da4e88b0 uncomfortable back,c4cb2a38d78e7545

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“If you wait a moment, I will bring your outerwear again.”3ce0d5c3dd66eb08

“It’s okay. Too bothersome.”d589328c26b9201c

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Mu Jeonghoo strode dd1c3574e1 towards the entrance. Chief Kim took 27a6e5a28c out his tablet e15ad9475b PC and wrote 79cfc8c056 down notes with 8994f6fd61 a smart pen. The minor walking in front 3fc5f0a36e of him was growing differently 233aa01ec9 day by day. The clothes he wore were b33ca8116e thrown into the used clothing 431df13bf1 collection bin after a few b3292066a9 months. Sunlight calmly settled again 5d872e7a16 in the space where 0f9cce363a the white sneakers and 732e0c7e57 black shoes had disappeared.05447ecd3fe3b510

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Wan felt suffocated, but it 6167a1bdf5 was bearable. He hadn’t counted 34a8499546 how much time 077e83a9a7 had passed since 1dbc7d5ef8 he had been 06ab83393c here, but he b85f5151bc found a sense 938c812b46 of stability in 1cfb41c8a1 this space and 2ce9a1e23a position. From the open window, the c47faf90f9 sound of water announcing the cd1c9f3241 start of a new day 27b0723ce9 was clearly audible. It was the sound of ddd4e72b03 the sprinkler turning in the 3276109e18 yard. Probably by now, the 4245f56485 fountain would also be 1f7b33db96 turned on, and water 9b94e167ff would be flowing down 53bcb8c3f0 the statue.5c48096141ab9009

However, Wan, hidden under the 992d888e3b hard wooden bed, had no c7d16979e3 time to greet the bright f2bafa016b morning. He pressed his left bd21ee453a ear to the floor 09a5570d4a and laid his face 9f5a6713da to the side. One ear was muffled, 26e756f6cf as if submerged underwater. What had caused him 21f7e41914 to hide under the cb2ff6a197 dark bed was what dad9decb05 had happened last night. Wan rubbed his eyes hard. His eyelids, which f4b6542741 hadn’t slept a 31de5618a5 wink, felt heavy.104fc421950fd639

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Whenever he tried to close 036096f4e9 his eyes, he saw himself 40da9f433b trapped in a dark, smoky, d916cffb12 square room. Wan put his arm 2848cda41d under his head. Unconsciously, he chewed df911bca94 on the string ab81516fc3 attached to the 24293d6ca6 round neck of 11667f637f his short-sleeved hoodie. The end of the f70dc39a67 string, meant to tighten 2b1bab8731 the hood, was soaked 81d23e80d4 with saliva. The threads of the rolled-up edf6f7429e string were gradually unraveling.e024301f2b20529f

Wan continued to c01902faf2 chew on the d2d5ede5b4 flattened end of 99e291950d the hoodie string, d1072a0bf5 anxiously wondering when 58a0c62eb1 Mu Jeonghoo, who 608eb7e81a had left the 7a7cd74e34 room at dawn, 2c685711e0 would return. Every time he shook 2f6bc98d3f his leg from nervousness, ebb2629f3d his heel touched the 5dc98e2883 underside of the bed. If he had to pick 27cce249de the worst crisis in his a5b2560633 life, he could draw a cee7da92c8 graph on a large chalkboard, b02d12680d with a sharply declining line 982eb7d313 starting from yesterday’s date.ba9a24a625b60af3

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As soon as Mu 0db01f7ebb Jeonghoo left the room 17ee1d26e1 to exercise, Wan went 00be8fd68b straight to the bathroom. He stuck his face in 633e2ce371 the toilet and forced himself cb551d062c to vomit. Nothing came out. It was a 44bdc60952 natural result since 8fc797ac7c he hadn’t eaten 1205cfa2cd anything. But his stomach continued 74263b10f0 to feel stuffy, as 355148b82e if he had indigestion.eae1f67475d0de65

Mu Jeonghoo’s genitals, filling his c232984efa mouth, continued to block Wan’s 8667056ae1 mouth and prevent him from be0b050fab breathing. Psychological pressure endlessly 9f3a079da5 tightened around Wan. He inserted his 22cd46106e fingers as far c39378088b as his uvula. Just as the 9f536b4dce tip of his cf3e54ed41 index finger faintly db560afadb touched his uvula, 5107568933 a disgusting and 799c2b9a26 loud sound echoed. Thanks to that, he was abdae80b41 able to completely empty his bc46aec00a stomach. An unidentifiable, sticky liquid floated f9e8dceb95 on the toilet water. Wan couldn’t tell 4bfcecb2cd what it was. He vomited his insides out 2560a15900 several times like that. As soon as bc63c17720 Wan returned from adbb0d7180 vomiting in the 80f05ebefb bathroom, he closed ebd2dbf4ac the door and e086cba18d locked it.b6bfdd3d9928f8cf

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His palate felt rough, and 1a31824e32 his mouth felt dry. He hummed a 9a7ba02f46 strange melody, the 3afb809e3d title of which 7d4f6af222 he didn’t know, 65dcbcf5f3 and closed his 4cef91db3b eyes. He wanted to forget what 87a34a45a5 had happened last night, but e2e1cd5c35 it was impossible to forget. Then, suddenly, drowsiness washed 6d388460e2 over him, and he eb0a7e3806 closed his eyes. Like a page of 21489e7868 a book turning, that 0d906e6554 scene from yesterday replayed. Wan, who had dozed off, f7915ccecc woke up with a start. As he emerged 2bc0b40e3d from the dark a3941d7b08 curtain, he heard 23455875b5 familiar footsteps. Wan’s lips, under the dark 4ee12a582c bed, turned white. Wan peeked his ec092fb693 head out from a3571dd7cf under the bed e1bc3de7f9 to check if 47559b2916 the door was 92b24c4fda properly locked. Then, he bumped the 9227098fb4 top of his head 046c03412c on the edge of a7ff5bb5ed the bed.0c5c5e47c9c2de6e

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He quickly covered his mouth. The footsteps that had just d1c500e3e3 entered the room suddenly stopped. Wan clutched the top f0d73b2f62 of his head with d0cfa026ae both hands and crawled c774fc66f1 back under the bed. Tears welled up from the feb59044e7 pain in his crown. Knock, knock. A visitor had come e1690b35bb from the only wall. No response. Then, knock, knock again. The knuckles knocking dfcb57b297 on the wall fbd092bd4f were polite. But there was no 1d90ce7e77 telling how long the 2f17d48fcb gentlemanly sound would last.cdbd21a2c82c1c49

Wan lay face 9f1e322e91 down, burying his fa881a9185 face in his e79034e944 arms. Since the lock 040c9f8fd1 was engaged, he cdb529aa55 wouldn’t be able 93e70e2afe to enter without 71e4642be3 breaking it. Surely he wouldn’t break 73ea55dd2c it, would he? The polite knocking 4a605fd38c gradually turned violent. Knock, knock, turned d1904a4e2a into bang, bang! The force was so 5e16c98db3 extreme that the wall 3367cfc50f he was knocking on 49656dec8a shook. It was as 24c1803410 if two people 6ed272ecc9 with different temperaments 5d06b684bd were hitting it 6a88c03cfa alternately. Apart from the 827ffc86e5 sound of knocking 94942bac6e on the wall, b601a829cf no other sound a6357fdd71 was heard from a90e99e2a7 outside. The thumping stopped 67274c0d7b for a moment, 9920baa6a3 and silence fell. The sudden silence made Wan 2e2fd1cd09 tilt his head to the a4e8451043 side. His view under 6bf3cf2cf4 the bed was 572d69c162 a limited rectangular 2ae0c06f3c shape. Wan reached out and 35ac1c8c3c touched the floor to 8f9783d9ad assess the situation outside.29979dff1d3bd1e6

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Complacency was forbidden. Crack! Wan, who was 6bcc58b9ae trying to squeeze 65374dcd52 out little by b1ca37a72b little, heard the 973b483f08 loud sound of 6937daba3a machinery and hid 0f9ec55bbd back into the 6bc80dc170 bed like a 36f3e3393a mole burrowing into b19704733f the ground. Mu Jeonghoo was not one 8477c0a84f to give up. The saying that there’s always 98e225a9c1 a way out was bullshit. There was nowhere to escape 2e5b9649af here. Wan covered his ears e1dd2e266e and closed his eyes, 4179daf799 as if he could db6ef6b340 escape from this space.3c5e9feea1cb72c2

A sharp, pointed 6daf9ffac0 blade poked through 1b73e9f963 the gap in c8ca6e16b1 the wall. The hole grew 48b6003e5e larger in an fb0762fb60 instant. The space drilled d7c7b54ece by the rotating 0f21ec514a drill grew large 4d6f05331b enough for an 33485d81b0 adult man’s hand a1cd3425a3 to easily fit a629b40240 through. Chief Kim, who had been 3f3ad99d3d operating the drill outside, pressed fc1c22b784 the power button. The loud machine noise stopped. He put his hand 05d8217f52 into the wall. He unlocked the lock that fc14102287 Wan had engaged from the 93f9dbdadf inside. The wall slid open d2542e3c85 as if it had a42db810b7 recited the ‘Open Sesame’ 17d1bb8c9b spell. As soon as the wall 9dccf39e98 slid to the side, Mu fde1e2f623 Jeonghoo went inside. There was no one 56ea0304d4 in the room.2bd261337212522e

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“How foolish.”1758963e3c5822ea

He smiled mockingly. If he was b9df100b3e going to hide 35afda6b13 in the room, 481f576f7e it would have 326118aadb been smarter not 0759bdb2a1 to lock the 05e6a54d63 door. If he locked the door 0f2f508554 and hid, wasn’t this room 601760e0fe the only place to hide b18513467b in this house? The only place to hide d3b4ee407c in this small space was 5d442a5020 under the flat bed. He became the 705a8af528 seeker in hide-and-seek. He approached the bed, 6405ff275e looking at Wan, who 622ada8b04 was clearly visible. Then, he lifted the def89f3508 innocent blanket once out 412ea072e7 of courtesy.9f1893b23dc93518

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Wan stared blankly 4bba34a2a4 at Mu Jeonghoo’s 16c40a4ca5 feet entering the 02890a3b7f rectangular world. The white sneakers with a72fc7b9ea dirt on them and f44102c937 the black shoes behind f7854e5790 them. It was obvious who 9e9f66c4c2 was who.f217592f3ee7e842

“Are you playing hard to get with me? This isn’t fun.”9185c89b5e45c515

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The underside of the 98428eee9f bed was silent. He thought that 9c046aecb3 if he said 7d71141250 this much, Wan 3d8cc5e766 would crawl out 7a1c5a10b5 on his own. But not even 4308ce467c a finger was 8f268bea66 visible from under 2ac2cb3893 the bed. Until he woke 919229b953 up this morning, 311f6d7434 Jeonghoo had been ecd4cc7be9 in a good 6c2467a0f3 mood. A refreshing energy and 6652316b48 fresh morning air. The moment he had 3e61becac9 so longed for the 0432d54e26 night before had even 87382ca5e1 happened between his legs. The sensation of the df103c55c0 small tongue being trapped 010b646669 in his mouth, unable b6bac6afce to move and gently 0388968dfd scraping the pillar, was c7eec75276 still vivid. It took quite a long 001b30ac9d time to come.8026d6829f20f3dc

If he had wanted to, df5f39b174 he could have grabbed the c3be42a214 back of his head and c5c272f2fb shoved it all the way 38ccf909b4 to the end of his 842883f349 uvula, but he held back. Since he had 890aa2fc09 decided to indulge 2b1568a852 him, he would 91bfc8be74 indulge him to 3e2b545950 the end. But if he hid 2a0222b2cd as if he didn’t b80824ea89 want to see his 5797149274 face as soon as 5cb3267f31 the next day came, 0146679a6e the story would be 59b49a4e5f different. Mu Jeonghoo bent 5004e35563 his knees and 77d41cdce6 lowered his face a41a785179 under the bed. He saw Park 17a6148d9b Wan, who had e49c53a9e0 buried his face c5b1e22b76 in his arms. Without hesitation, Jeonghoo b63389e6a9 reached his hand 647b8a95b5 under the bed. His long arm easily reached 412780d123 Wan’s head.a8fce0b6a9fb9fb7

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“Ugh!”6bf944f027743e15

Wan bit his e8a3662ab5 lip at the c3db245a77 pain that felt 9ea5baf5e7 like his scalp 693c5ed289 was being torn 3c35130d69 off. Before he could 6a02bbca53 even let out c0ff55d6d4 another groan, his a6efa5f80a body was halfway 87a1ad9de7 out. Chief Kim, standing outside 06b1c2db12 the wall, was looking 5e859139be at Wan with pitiful 5a21b6d7c4 eyes. Mu Jeonghoo bent his f1f2bf8feb knees and matched his 4f0f9c890c eye level with Wan, f4a876f71a who was stuck to bff19f3848 the floor. He stared into Wan’s ef5db75d0d terrified, trembling eyes and 9506a1ae28 widened his own eyes 0d755de7ef in the same way.1cadbdb4fa8fdba8

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“Ugh… Let, let go.”c1da35cdbd03cf6f

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Mu Jeonghoo stared intently at Wan, who was fumbling with his own hands, trying to unclench his fingers. He had no intention of letting go until Park Wan’s entire body was off the bed. Mu Jeonghoo applied more force, dragging his body. Once Wan’s heels were clear of the bed, he slowly released his grip on his hair. Wan rubbed his throbbing scalp and sat up, leaning against the bed, taking slow, deliberate breaths.0ea0c3e4af3ece77