7 Results in the "The Art of Gentle Captivity" category
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AGC | Chapter 1.5
“...” “You can use the pool you like every day.” Jiwan kept his mouth shut. Instead of feeling reassured, his head ached more. The cool early morning breeze brushed past his forehead. If he could continue living like this, it was undeniably a comfortable life he’d never experienced before. Jiwan recalled Manager Kang Jinsong’s words about enjoying what you can’t avoid and eventually acknowledged the thought expanding in his mind. Compared to his life of struggling and scraping…-
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AGC | Chapter 1.4
Jiwan’s gaze turned to Kang Jinsong. His face seemed to ask what nonsense he was spouting. His eyes, swollen from crying, had turned fierce. Was it a case of giving a disease and then offering a cure? Kang Jinsong scratched his right cheek and continued. “As you might have noticed, the Director considers Jiwan-nim a very valuable hostage.” “...” “As long as you don’t try to escape, your life will be safe.” Jiwan’s face twisted like a crushed can. He had tried to offer…-
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AGC | Chapter 1.3
Ever since they met, it was all about food, as if haunted by a ghost who died of hunger. Jiwan briefly wondered if he looked like someone who had been starving, then shook his head. He unfolded the sweatshirt in his hands once more. It was indeed faded and worn. The other clothes were the same. Perhaps because he had gotten used to the clean space, the familiar yet unpleasant musty smell of clothes from the suitcase was noticeable. After some hesitation, he rummaged through the shopping bag Minhyung…-
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AGC | Chapter 1.2
“I brought clothes in my suitcase. I can just wear these.” He put the heavy shopping bag down and sat to open the suitcase. Moving aside the pack of cigarettes on top, he pulled out a sweatshirt, and Minhyung, who had been watching silently, frowned slightly. “Isn’t that the clothes you wore back then?” Jiwan looked up at Minhyung with a blank expression. Only after examining the sweatshirt in his hand did he understand what Minhyung was talking about. The mint-colored sweatshirt was…-
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AGC | Chapter 1.1
Even when he was out of breath, Yoon Jiwan couldn't stop running. Only after gasping as if he was about to cough up his insides did he finally manage to catch a taxi. The driver glanced at his unusual passenger with curiosity. "Huff, huff..." There was only one place to run to. He recited the address of his grandmother's place, urging the driver to start quickly. The driver hesitated, surprised by the long distance to a rural area. "Just start driving. I'll give you the exact address on the way...…-
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AGC | Prologue
"Hey, come down. I don't wanna go to the police station, you know?" At this moment, Yoon Jiwan's mind was racing fast. The rooftop of this building could only be accessed by people who worked here. Which meant, there was no way a random high schooler should be able to come up and fall off. Trying to speak calmly to avoid provoking him, Jiwan's cigarette, held between his index and middle fingers, was trembling. Come to think of it, I didn't lock the door after I went for a smoke earlier. If that…-
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- “Were you trying to run away again?” “I wasn’t running away—I just wanted to swim, so I dived.”
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