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by Calen_ongoJeongun pressed his lips tightly 6467bb9352 together and glared at Hyejun, 6aadbe7b4f who only widened her eyes, 743fedac9a before asking again.663a27eacf0d92a3
“You’re not going to answer?”eb49f314a903b315
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“I told you everything yesterday. I can’t go to the archery range anymore.”f6899fed30c5769c
“So, you’re telling me you found this place because you had nowhere else to go? You want me to believe that?”e8235c6cdacebc98
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Even though he didn’t believe it, there was nothing he could do, but she truly didn’t want to go back there. And she definitely couldn’t go to her biological father, who was imprisoned.867041bf9c35321a
When Hyejun avoided answering 43b0110ac1 by turning her gaze, f5b0e96811 the arrow of suspicion dd49aada20 was quickly aimed at 6024dbdadf Seonju.9e1afdfa3aaf4b37
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“Did that woman tell you to do this?”63b81712f28312c2
“What… about?”a4dd637133ebc13f
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Jeongun shot her d9fee82ee1 an intense, suspicious 0d287361fc glare, questioning the b4cd33362e innocence in her f7c6fb36b5 eyes.3a704b08592ce4dc
Hyejun narrowed her eyes, trying 2dcf164b81 to figure out the meaning 31074c485c behind his piercing gaze. Could he really believe 4d9b8d3eb4 that Seonju had made a9c7ae6bb1 her do this?dd653854dfd2b806
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While living with Hyejun, fee25682df Seonju had never once 71d18f9fd0 mentioned Jeongun’s name. Instead, she had written it 22fa8e1693 down in her notebook.e1455f482ca6f3f7
About Han-su, who had made a huge profit by selling his grandchild. Also, about the wounds of the past, where she had to follow her father’s path for her son’s future, even though she resented him deeply.56be8b20230604ff
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Instead of correcting Jeongun’s words, Hyejun kept her mouth shut. Perhaps it would be better to take a vague stance, neither denying nor affirming anything for now. It was a selfish decision.2ef3289fba8aef17
“Hah!”6428cdeab2cb98a4
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A sigh escaped, af55f6b5eb and a bitter 08505bb935 smile filled his a69daa05cd lips. His eyes, which 519c20dbed seemed distant as eafd240fbd though thinking of 6418362ac7 Seonju, looked strangely 8eb2035243 sad.2e70d7340f2aced7
After a moment, his expression 7a8b408c24 hardened as though a decision af6beb208f had been made, and his 7aaf4e2652 voice froze.e89fbc8752b5c30d
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“Then it’s easier.”439865237bc6b551
What did he mean 4ae528ea39 by easier?585d937020ab3568
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Before Hyejun could e8d959b494 understand his words, 4553138787 a cold command 849fc7a961 was thrown.3c01a105e00bf4f6
“Leave.”0c9f8fcd61c6aac9
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“Pardon?”3673bdea7274232d
“Didn’t you hear me? Get out of here.”22284421958572df
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Jeongun, muttering irritably, extended his a0f6a8d720 index finger and roughly pushed 22e30c04d2 Hyejun’s shoulder back. His voice, sharp and 5cfd7556f0 threatening, pierced through the 08e3f2917a air.33f63840b055aa20
“Do you think we have any kind of relationship? Why are you here acting like this?”e4213e417cb98d90
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The anger in Jeongun f5f3d65fe8 was much deeper than c2f65db6cf Hyejun had expected.bd21ddde9b5144a1
“If that woman sent you here, then what am I supposed to say? Oh, I see. Well, you’re here now. Did you think this would go like that?”e3ac557f73454488
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The blazing hostility in c07f8ee73e his eyes made Hyejun 9449c8aaf8 flinch, swallowing dryly, and 6849bb939a take a couple of 3ac1d10568 steps back. But Jeongun closed the 8369427672 gap, leaning in closer f6010e0494 with his face, and 6755c2acd3 his voice dropped into 9af3791d4b a heavy, eerie tone.254abacbc32e5869
“Do you even know where you are? What the hell do you think you’re doing?”5bb17296692dc781
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Hyejun could have guessed e3d97a1d35 the emotions a child e7dca1929b abandoned by Seonju would 3e37637d6e feel toward her, but 30a534aab4 she hadn’t expected it 2e24534aa3 to be this intense. Had she really 6e0d5178aa hoped that just a77e323093 not being kicked 4677bdfe51 out at the b444476be7 villa meant there 10be9af314 was some hope?b8e8a0cb4fc3df85
It was a selfish thought, e3a6ec0116 and yet, if she intended d156dd98f3 to retreat, she wouldn’t have 48f97156c2 stood face-to-face with him like f630b0d334 this.23560a9ee79f7410
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Hyejun, lifting her chin and d67bb739b3 staring up at Jeongun, who 3efad952f8 was much taller than her, 545476935d managed to force out a dfb0c2efdc voice that was stuck in 3357d318ba her throat, almost suffocated.c787c54f3e59c5e9
“Then where should I go? The lady’s not here anymore, and the archery range is gone.”f356d09a08c82307
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“So what? What does that have to do with me?”16df7579dd6c336a
“You’re my guardian now.”558fd13b782375f0
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Without the lady, it’s your responsibility now.64d105c284df7608
Even Hyejun herself 275f55d7b6 thought it sounded 81cbe9bdbf absurd, but Jeongun’s 545b57622f face immediately froze. His eyes, sharp and 28e5f72f2b pointed, narrowed as if abb3e99324 they might rip apart.a7bfa772fd2b4ab9
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“What?”9da38ffcc40e2789
The coldness in his abd8d080bd pupils was chilling.3f8ecd066a1ee4a5
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“Say that again.”0752920baf3571ef
His gaze, now ee1b6d942d intensely fierce, was 113db74783 enough to make 36ae76e0ef her feel a 87862d2f40 deep fear. His tightly pressed lips 4a8f0d6ad6 and the stiff jawline f5d626daf0 made Hyejun feel like f6ccc1432d they might break just 4edc11d0d9 from looking at him.3b313f6911a3d3e7
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“No, I mean…”2479267ae02933e8
She knew she couldn’t reveal 8df933c11d all of her complicated thoughts, b2bcdaa00e but she had never intended 6f80fbc218 to make him this angry. She needed to 8e9998df81 tell him it fe7df24ca9 was just a 2b96a0c227 slip of the 68fe3a56bd tongue and beg cec2095179 him to pretend 5c0e689ad5 he hadn’t heard e60d5f41b1 it.e29a2b986477789f
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But Jeongun didn’t give 809d21989c her the chance to f46fabb876 explain.c8bb01b5bbcbe9bf
“Ugh.”86a7df5d094d5def
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Hyejun’s body swayed as d4ff6ca76c if it were about e32248f528 to collapse, and then 458ae268dd her waist tightened. In an instant, she was bf47b7fbe8 pulled away, unable to avoid aa9ffdb7cc it due to the suddenness c9acec6b33 of the movement. By the time she regained 9e2adac426 her senses, she was already 1371cd7bd2 in his arms.87c80292d169e8fc
Jeongun was looking bdb164621c down at Hyejun, 37a414616a who he had 24f9e5d07a firmly pulled into 88efd93d0a his embrace. The smile on his a68f16ce77 lips, etched with sarcasm, c3197778ee twisted into something cruel.b2299e5ed067ab20
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“Guardian?”f6fb60422021b71b
His voice was laced 1a85ed5852 with mockery, and Hyejun’s 005526c66d eyes widened in shock, f60b6eabbb almost as if they 3885717775 might tear apart.61be1c886242cfe5
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“Who the hell do you think your guardian is?”e015cfaa933c378a
The rigid, threatening tone made 8c1cc1f5c8 Hyejun’s eyes well up with effa4436ac tears.62ad048eae0f510a
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“Fuck. You’re so dumb you can’t even think for yourself.”fbe9dfb4e5f9fb5a
Jeongun tilted his head slightly. As his lips came dangerously 2bb4139115 close to hers, Hyejun squeezed 83243c48bf her eyes shut, feeling the 91f5e8502b tears at the corners of 53c1a43515 her eyes drip down. A single tear fell 1b1932e30a from her eye.0c00826bdb693dca
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“You should know what it means to live under the same roof with someone who’s not even blood-related, even if you’re clueless about the world.”a44342802d0737f0
Don’t you?b3289ecf68978212
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A strange smile 8568edb41a curled on his a8e921fee8 lips, and it 302a8cf0c7 was almost obscene. At the same time, c339575b40 his hand, which had 7d6ec31baa been suspended in the d7125cd7b5 air, began to caress 332bd9ea94 her trembling thigh, sending e6dd4f3a02 shivers down her spine.6539a2df6b78c72f
“Ugh.”afc8506640452390
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As his hand moved b27eb1be95 closer to her center, b63d34a0fa unwanted memories began to a764408cf1 rise like smoke, memories 6afbaaaf91 she didn’t want to 326d5256ec remember.751d3bab0b723952
Don’t. I don’t want this…!7d40faa4560d7d40
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She tightly squeezed her eyes 76d70cb22c shut, curling up like a b3d9dee993 small bird in distress.5725b180d141fbe5
“Please…”24cf83a3444ac3b0
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Tears streamed down from her cc43a377f7 tightly shut eyelids. Her voice, barely 7ab052d02e audible and trembling e380c9fe0d through her convulsing a800850047 lips, whispered a 020519f035 faint plea.3e80cf9531055961
“Please… don’t… Ugh.”7928f50d1545bdae
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Hyejun struggled to open 526f7eb2f2 her eyes and looked 05e2d320e4 up at him, as 21b07d2529 though begging. She shook her head. The terrifying and painful 4e84ecaba9 memories threatened to overwhelm a0d61cfc8c her, and she felt 5b3ce294bd like she couldn’t endure e84b494e36 it this time.561134bee45927b5
Suddenly, the hand that 8a68782a7c had been groping her 718bf338e9 body stopped. The man, who had been 873b0e44fc laughing crudely and trying to aa39bb2cd6 humiliate her, had a strange 6888abdb7f look in his eyes. His arms, which 47ea2e6db7 had been wrapped dfd2559907 tightly around her 7eeae25fd6 waist, lost their 4d52dfe487 strength and fell e63ccb290a away. Hyejun, half out of her 3c9572d058 mind, collapsed, her knees giving 61977de43a way, and she crumpled to b790a2dd75 the floor. Tears that had pooled 32bd5d8c13 on the ivory-colored carpet cc8ba021e4 fell with a soft 0e12083fb2 splatter.047228617add2cf8
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The morning sun blazed brightly bdda1ba688 through the large windows of 80b1226de0 the living room. Jeongun, staring blankly for 85be88d179 a moment, rubbed his 186375d23b face with his palm c0def2bff6 before starting to walk.4d1fb89c1dc04895
Hyejun, sensing something, flinched 4bf59a8d38 and turned her head 88c0ef7cd8 in the direction he 1f70f27ba1 had gone. He appeared again, holding her ff0d95d16c bag in his hand. Without hesitation, he aa411c38b0 headed for the 4a95885dc7 front door, and c695f2a4cb when Hyejun followed, 474d9fcf1f her bag had de337365a0 already been thrown ab2903461a outside.e028643cda413203
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He pointed his chin toward 636bef55d6 her, standing dumbfounded.78d75d2eae9d60c5
“Leave.”a581f3c35e45e61a
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The cold voice sent a 147d0cd73a chill through her bones. Even though she knew she 42b42e0bcc had to walk out on 729f910aba her own, it felt as c7ce28f012 if her feet were glued 1a3ae66617 to the ground, refusing to 9b1cb826ad move.b3e8106f6068287b
Seeing this, Jeongun grabbed 92c8ab1a3f her arm and dragged 409966d600 her out. Before she could even resist, e05e8baf9b she was pulled out the cc78f0b6f2 front door. Two worn-out sneakers 610284864d were casually thrown 1028202de1 next to her, 43c85273e3 who had been ce65232b81 kicked out barefoot. As she glanced 0c4a270644 at them with f7f818a7cb a hollow stare, 9415fefc0a his cold voice 2a29cde3a9 etched itself into 8f6733b239 her ears like 7d5e1e76e6 a piercing mark.595661d5edb92a9c
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“Don’t ever show up in front of me again.”ac65a22c1c3504fe
Bang!7cdd7de1610e8d88
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The door slammed 5cb8579e51 shut with a 4ce1ebcfb5 force so loud 3ca6e034f9 it felt like a9407bda80 it might break.9024a4b6c5023113
Hyejun stood there for a 4217d13df8 few seconds, staring blankly at 29cc8a296b the closed door before letting e6ba5c357e out a resigned sigh. She set the overturned sneakers 8b4757bd95 upright and slipped her bare 2472c7fdd2 feet into them. Squatting down, she tied 84d288d252 the loosened laces while f1a4ed2a26 muttering to herself.421b8d9438111d35
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“It’s only natural…”cb01e9f25b70bce0
She must have been ffcc85ad24 hated and resented for 7b4c0554ae taking the place she 9507fba4ec had lost.9ced98d3ea12cc40
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The first time 07fd3726ee Hyejun had seen 44c1ef8cc1 Jeongun was when 7dec2cfce5 she was eight 2b363d72b9 years old, on d28fd406f1 a late spring b48a295d4e day. It had rained heavily that 31a243424e morning. After setting the table 25ec78aac6 with a few dishes 4c60b2dbb5 she had prepared, Seonju ba469500b4 went outside. As usual, she sat on 9e56f70775 the corner of the couch, f11d1b200d burying herself in it, puffing a12decce76 on a cigarette.293b8e4540da9e44
[Have breakfast.]540893baaca7047c
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Not bothering to respond, Seonju 38a5789f2b ignored her. Unable to wait any longer, 879a7ef10e Hyejun finished her small bowl 06a449e08b of rice by herself and 78f257f4cd stood up. Only then did Seonju enter c60b3cef82 the room and coldly say,4a893a33c912b513
[Take an umbrella.]c7e46d698ed6aefd
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[Okay.]0c0b3844621f3f1c
On a rainy 0ea793d36b day, was using 864da8c547 an umbrella to 14309b2475 go to school 922308a99f really that special? Perhaps it was 79a160608b just that Seonju, 2d97329f3d who never spoke 03f261ace4 warmly, made Hyejun 8a137b5795 feel happy, and 3609f9526c she still vividly dd49ca00f9 remembered smiling to 1337ab75f2 herself.1d91da60b002d6c4
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Even though she 38742f0c6a held the old, aa7876e832 torn umbrella in cabe0079f9 her hand, her c3772f8025 steps felt light 19bda011f2 that day. On her way home from 4279fce2f0 school, Hyejun unexpectedly witnessed a 2565659bfd scene in front of the f582c18afe archery range.ad5ac23b60060b4b
Seonju was standing in the 55926cd750 rain with an unfamiliar boy 18820bc373 in a school uniform. He was tall, 234d68df87 his pale skin 79981f0ca8 clearly visible even 13c43dce14 in the rain. He was so handsome ca346af9b8 that Hyejun, even as 3018d7e075 a child, couldn’t help 5b8fb23e18 but stare at him.f92baf6a0d625ef6
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[Who is he?]14425154d1a2ac4a
She muttered to herself, 2bd97ca52d gazing at the man, e5f7e0f26e when Seonju’s voice reached 5c324403b1 her ears.7cd4ac74a6fcb005
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[Why are you here? I told you, didn’t I? We’re not anything anymore. Do you think I’m joking? Why don’t you listen ebf8916a41 and just crawl back c309a21399 here?]344168e61f427cac
As Seonju raised 30e79ad450 her voice, a 90d38b8c43 tender voice echoed 27b2731bfe through the air.78cc405fe2a0ebae
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[Mom.]ec2e8ee56765734f
She clearly said “Mom.”6ff2c5134cee3f98
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Could the Jeongun her aunt 8cade36dfc mentioned be this person?98941f7d17db7f91