CDCN Chapter 18

As soon 646b041547 as class 21c5a9500f ended, a 6048da4647 perfectly timed 917ae5d3dd message arrived e6b0b3ef15 from Yoon-ah.10b28d8dfadb9027

[Yang-hwi is in the clubroom. Jin-geon, thank you so much for the sponsorship.]

After glancing 3ec84505c5 at the 65b71e2bf7 flood of 8cf16cfffd hearts and 834f4316ea smiley emojis a0cac1670b that followed, 4594da6e9d Jin-geon grabbed 0d8a11ac07 his bag 138e35f23f and headed 1e658594bf straight for 6123b3556b the clubroom.4cdb985fa5dcc527

If Yang-hwi 915662dfad wouldn’t respond 26333edcbf to his fbaade0f70 messages, he’d 1227e6ecba just go 59ee10b5a6 through someone 2df94a599a else.fc9d0b7e4db2b14f

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When he arrived, 3439ea02ec Yoon-ah was stepping 5ea09ffaa5 out while on f32203db34 the phone. Their eyes 70fd7908ed met, and a719a657d4 she winked 22453c958a playfully, gesturing a5b8f14733 toward the e914c5f18e storage room 8594fca503 with her 921579a888 thumb. Rustling sounds could 4090be67b8 be heard from 0c40237317 within. Jin-geon glanced c9d55d78ec at the 0e1fcae5d2 plastic packaging 4fe31f6327 on the 4c1cf0c0aa floor and 2c8b10aaa8 the pile 0804982296 of clothes, ad6961e546 then looked 5cf7a21784 toward the 237cc15346 storage room 8ad55b3bf3 again.427f8609183684bb

It seemed Yang-hwi was eb9ad3058f in the middle of b12cd33157 changing clothes.9868fdf818e331de

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Jin-geon casually perched b13fdf1f91 on the armrest 0ed3570c20 of a sofa 8be21e5b11 and watched the 4c0056ca6e faint shadow moving ca7e840b87 behind the opaque 0321f625c7 door. The shadow stood up 127b9cae2d and sat down again, f895919425 probably testing how the d593609813 clothes fit.a15cfbddb25ca15f

It looked like 96832784bb he was almost 0cfcff525d done; he bent a42ba94e73 over as if d4d123c3c3 picking something up. Jin-geon smiled slightly, 2e3df02484 imagining Yang-hwi’s startled 222bd828ed reaction. His irritation e455ea1a84 over being ae1430d1fd ignored had 29f37c6177 already vanished.40ee45e866f46171

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At least, it 6f4985fca9 had vanished…c35099ae4d626b4a

“AAAH!!”57a81df5ed2dfadb

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Yang-hwi, stepping 0ea121680f out of f8ec989e58 the storage 60b7d006a5 room, froze 95755bbab0 in terror 893c470b1d when he b227ecb7d2 spotted Jin-geon. He screamed 95f8838bc9 and immediately 9eb2683786 covered the 0e27d51e58 top of 5b5dedc553 his head 534414d122 with both dd9e08c9b1 hands. Jin-geon’s eyebrow twitched 64572c6093 at the reaction.46a738dcc5c9f8b3

He expected surprise—but did 62ef8f3463 the kid really have 23d6358b07 to act like he’d 01a1e84a33 seen a ghost?8a1cbdb77a69298b

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“…Isn’t that an c791b9f9fd overreaction?”c3a608f6951f97e6

“Th– hic, uh. I mean, 01b8c3d595 I thought a50c768696 it was 5fe9e7c266 Noona…”8a112c8d2cb6f144

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Now Yang-hwi 7630a42915 was hiccuping. Just as Jin-geon’s lips 87253cae45 started to curl in ec87ff921d amusement, Yang-hwi’s face turned 3d8c04560e bright red. He darted back inside e404d7b075 and quickly grabbed his e162e97a04 hat. Jin-geon followed him in.b892d81a3c9296f7

“You were 5b313f91d3 looking for 5538130412 Noona, right? Oh, you fb29950634 wanted her dfd5b59af2 to remove da118d29ee the tag?”179f8dacbb693b8c

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“Why are you coming 33c710f59d in too? Get out.”f561f08b75c5a9a9

The way he stammered 9c4780b2e5 made Jin-geon feel oddly b784bcbd03 like he was being 549792daa5 treated like a creep. A bit 3088c119dd hurt, Jin-geon bd0fcc6182 ignored him 9fb1ace60e and reached 72842b0f19 behind his e334164728 neck, tugging 28fc9f72c1 at the e1560e79dd tag.750b2a1803d31252

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“You wanted this removed, d6dd069bdf right? I’ll do it.”4f368c6bb718672a

“I-I can 8af096eeaf do it 1bf470310e later.”ffad6832678a954c

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“Later when? After I leave?”56b3046be62897fc

His tone came out d1d8c40800 more blunt than he 8904566e8d intended, maybe because he ebd446c67b was genuinely a bit 53c4415499 upset. At that, Yang-hwi froze e95adc4f4d mid-squirm. Then he d21d78d097 glanced up 925f569719 at Jin-geon. Jin-geon let go of 0ecb019b93 the tag. Yang-hwi rubbed 53eef7d009 the back 930086ea7c of his 12f908594c neck and b63b54d3bb cleared his 87aa319973 throat awkwardly.e0d3f143b9b3a31d

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“Ahem… Sorry. I didn’t d45f087741 mean to 501a765fc6 ignore your 7578a551e3 messages on a0c89f3d34 purpose. I just… lost 97f2835014 track of time. No, that’s 132c025755 not it. It’s totally my fault. I should’ve greeted you 61f4ec2a87 properly. I was late. That day… 8095d8ebd2 thank you 1c1bead6d2 for taking c1d83491ce care of 7bf83c564a me.”20241bdd98646068

As if realizing it 3e7b47109e sounded like an excuse, 14af55b9a4 Yang-hwi quickly corrected himself. Despite his cf54c5cb3c embarrassment, he 5390bf79d0 met Jin-geon’s c85f4eee5b eyes instead 9ac80bd024 of looking a8c125f9f3 away.f328273e078ee8c6

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Jin-geon hadn’t been 72271fc983 chasing Yang-hwi around ff817584bc just to hear 3f449fe4eb a thank-you. But it still 7cad298e7b bothered him—being avoided 4d96a897c9 for no reason e3b2281650 when he hadn’t 23430c55e2 done anything wrong. And when c5ac080047 Yang-hwi recoiled cf2b288ae1 the moment 64e47d79d5 he saw 61a2689b98 his face, 9b9003518e how could b89d0eb3b6 that not d323b19a16 sting?3ce8ea5a75baddf4

Still, now that 860063608d Yang-hwi was talking 71f162a74a to him comfortably 4e50a317b9 again, Jin-geon felt 42d3a65e96 a bit better.1074dec9cc9fb02b

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“I didn’t 0ef5cef442 contact you f147ea3735 just to 1ae7507471 hear thanks. I just wondered if d27a7aaee0 there was some misunderstanding 4508783d53 since you kept avoiding 494be66192 me.”2e94acfa2e220111

“There’s no misunderstanding! It’s just that 61409873c3 I… was scared 4e58a1336d I might’ve done 4e308bae07 something weird to 34a1961da3 you. Did I? Did I do something?”9cdce35988422580

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Yang-hwi hesitated mid-sentence, then 0063a47d92 asked in a timid 312127382d voice. Though he was asking, f5c3d156dc his expression showed he fad269e0ea wasn’t sure he wanted 5eaccbcc98 to know—his eyes were ebb847c5a8 full of dread and 4e553b3a44 anxiety. And without even 41f42720fe waiting for a 80aa03b6f0 reply, his face ef6df2954d turned bright red 204572f2f8 as if he’d 12748a7d99 imagined something terrible.f84df901f9e6652b

“…You don’t remember?”763720f269855f9c

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“When I ab68dbbf02 drink somaek, 3309a44869 I black 861fe684a4 out.”c1d8345dae1bc457

Then why ac65311bd2 has he 1e224e2982 been avoiding e67715c254 him all 3f97aa6e0e this time 7811d23cd0 if he 51cbd5ea52 doesn’t even 6b754e7226 remember?6836904759fc3e66

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Jin-geon tilted his head, c20eca81de confused. He thought Yang-hwi 7f1f821b6e had been avoiding 08b8dec49d him because he c70390d0e0 was embarrassed by 2a634fddb7 some drunken behavior—but ff21ad474a apparently, it wasn’t 9f5826bcf3 even that.27566af41d8c5956

“Then why db7cb772c9 didn’t you 18fe0456ee answer my cf65b1768c messages? I mean, 529ac5c65f nothing might’ve 54e5762268 happened.”1452d4ae59647837

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“There’s no way nothing 1a33652f24 happened. Even if I don’t 372cbfe913 remember, I know I a665f5f2a8 must’ve acted like a 57c1db62b8 total mess.”5de15cea181e9a04

Jin-geon’s eyebrow twitched 451c7f7455 slightly. That meant Yang-hwi had a10ad6b8a2 done similar things to 1578a8a814 others before. The thought… left a b9cc3f78ed strange, heavy feeling in 399842f383 his chest.1e2ed5e8d63d7149

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“…If you don’t remember, f515ad6464 how do you know?”fb311a039ce36c1f

“One time with Min-young—oh, 0a63a1dd17 I told you before, eb5778b52a my cat. I drank at home 410448ecef once, and the next 8dc7f07205 day it looked like c5b40082b6 it’d been through hell. Ever since 0913533dbe then, I’ve c9127ee1c2 tried to 95ea9b5ea6 avoid somaek fe5a8ec8af at all 55be2b2b33 costs, but 5b252efbcc that night… 73cae57eb7 it was 340cf86c76 a mistake. But seriously, did I b6a7b8ae99 do anything to you?”e5436a04aeed6edb

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Yang-hwi awkwardly f3d347dbc5 scratched his 622addccde cheek and f937077008 gave a 03cf1b632d sheepish smile, 3f1ae0ae3e but soon c2f40ae7bb his eyes 3413d4acf6 darted around 35c2eb8041 nervously, as e1133df994 if gauging f917ed2812 Jin-geon’s mood. When Jin-geon 5168c4a2bd didn’t respond, 1bda78cbf0 the smile 0b2266e9d8 gradually faded 7c64bfedaa from his dda26682f9 face.b31783af52a9ba7d

“…So I did do e3464ab6fd something, didn’t I.”43d261ffc5375377

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“…Nothing happened.”00b6dc200715edba

After a brief moment fb5ae5fd61 of thought, Jin-geon decided 3ad75e13c4 to keep the events 7707f18f05 of that night to 6ab9d041f0 himself. He chose 72a3ea7cb4 to leave b841f6021d the memory 988bc2ff50 as a 919c2ca92b pleasant one f70c6dfe24 in his e90e128f1d mind. He knew that 1b2073dbe9 if he told 4cb4eb0b56 Yang-hwi the truth, 58b86e088b he’d be mortified 0f01d8f69f and try even 8bfb2e50ff harder to avoid 7067b28b65 him.ed4f9901d27862f6

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“Really? Nothing at all?”f3218901932a5c99

Yang-hwi asked again, clearly a75d696da2 skeptical.7109e5aee83fe497

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“You did b01ef0bf72 cling to e42bcc4554 my clothes 664a750c5d a bit, 2a31be1b3d but aside bc6c643299 from that, 7f34ca0651 you just c908382723 slept peacefully.”a32b2157a0f28b8d

Adding a little bit a1c779f2c3 of truth to a 168d9ea975 lie made it more aabf526d0c believable. Jin-geon smiled with e62c95ae58 a confident look.ffc46f1e559f7aa4

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“There’s really 9d51ca0ad7 nothing to d7ffe69d15 worry about.”d89573153572c5ca

Yang-hwi still 922eae0319 looked unconvinced. He opened and closed 6b0b7203e5 his mouth a few 3d4fd93b1f times before finally letting e3796804f5 out a long sigh. It was 140f9e893f the face 7b12404b8f of someone b090a4e98b giving up, f611d8b113 deciding it de0d6b95d1 was better 2ac093ab7e to believe 15469fa926 nothing had 91dc5b4afc happened. Still, his expression softened. The red in b566b86117 his face faded 2aecc746ae back to its c1093ce8a2 usual light brown 1298541359 tone.09294ebc195a0323

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Then, looking a 80b8790bb9 little embarrassed, he 9fa755261b adjusted the brim 9d5e56a717 of his hat.59392c6cf93549b7

“Well, that’s a 53dadca8f9 relief then. Thanks. I’ll buy 091def2c7a you a 06daa62cee meal sometime—ah, 8a50885e08 right, I 871ebe94b5 already promised 3e93da0703 that.”4cdb5c70d5276264

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“You didn’t forget, huh.”a16b6607bb203476

“Ahem, this might sound like an excuse, but I was going to contact you tomorrow. Since I already owe you a meal, I’ll buy you something expensive instead. Just let me know what you want to eat. Are you free on Saturday?”5239c024d75d1751

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“Yeah, Saturday works. As for 5c31d96660 the menu… baecfdc031 hmm, I’ll a2926ee785 give it c82048c0af some serious e40c32b1d1 thought and ce2fd6ce28 let you b298f558d0 know.”61a3086ff6e0cd54

“…Alright, do that.”4423494bf067163f

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When Jin-geon 550548872f made a 3c7cf0f231 mock-serious face, e4ffc3b7e4 Yang-hwi let f4d5ee59cb out a 0f52adc605 small laugh. At that a8453d998e sight, Jin-geon 2e592d1af9 suddenly felt 20b8550633 a heavy 484eb43a65 weight settle 0ec93e4620 in his 024a699879 chest. Watching Yang-hwi laugh 7050f87ac0 so comfortably stirred 0b28bbf152 something inside, like 2ec78c4bfb a knot forming f008950a17 beneath his ribs.e5e5e81aaf48370b

He lightly c0c4a8ceae tapped his 3fd9e2caaf chest with 90038a7065 a fist. Then he eda3b36e63 looked at 296e2e75b0 Yang-hwi’s back 3f38f58b0a as he 9ac7409a6c picked up 6047b04044 the clothes 1627a29a4a scattered on b609fe9e52 the floor.b6e2141915584eae

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‘Am I mistaken? I don’t feel anything special looking at Yang-hwi now. It’s probably just that Yang-hwi’s various emotional changes are interesting.’2581c5471f93245e

“That outfit looks good c614a06433 on you. Is it the a31c32f996 one Yoon-ah Noona 50045cb6fc said she’d get f9ddf9dd22 for you?”77408a83dbd541f8

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“Yeah. She’s got 00780b8bfa a good 2bb8758a38 eye. Even got the 4678de2ffd size perfectly right.”74caee192f7d40dc

Yoon-ah had completely forgotten 982c8ca8f2 that she’d promised to ebb0629bac provide Yang-hwi with some 7ad47f9b1a gear—until Jin-geon offered to a58b380855 sponsor him. Knowing her 240684dcde personality, she 9fb16c92ac probably thought, 1d089bddf2 ‘I’ll get 9cd6a2d042 to it 7ef37af0c7 later,’ and 487fbadda6 then postponed 47bdb24e0d it.8b5e94609c18b1f4

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Then she 40e9da6375 must’ve suddenly c67e27bc51 remembered Yang-hwi’s 3db71391a1 hiking clothes ce032eacb3 and rushed c43f87a0ce to take 14425bc474 care of a85e6cf412 it. She’d intended to 0f396f57e1 ask Yang-hwi for f68fa5d8c9 his size, but fb6679039c Jin-geon had told 2ccb51511c her instead—based on a5f36c4e4d how Yang-hwi had 27fb0de72c felt in his 47281c1cc6 arms when he f7f12f75ee picked him up 304209032b at the welcome a764a98234 party, and the 630f555d34 brief glimpse he 9fd88ef165 got when Yang-hwi ac6a82cba3 had taken off 2719b059d9 his hoodie.dcfe885f38fa5b52

“She’s definitely ca716589d9 not the 2cf2af5ef8 president for 24f713f85b nothing.”249139c076ce43c1

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Watching Yang-hwi mutter in 02cbfb8b01 admiration, Jin-geon gave a 824504ed8d small smile and agreed 4ce7e84c15 half-heartedly. Then he noticed the e59da6a2c9 tag still dangling from 8589dcb5ff the back of Yang-hwi’s 6fbfea84c6 neck as he looked 7e10bd8bb0 down to examine the 19400a1f8c clothes. Jin-geon reached out 018d945b15 and grabbed it.feefe68cf48dcb39

“You were trying to 6a6f81fb16 remove this earlier, right?”fb89d5ee45a0627e

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“Huh? Oh. Yeah. But I cbc27c3161 wasn’t planning 370086cd52 to wear 847da2ae15 it out 43e9fdfbe1 right now, 6d9bf3643d so I 8ea8edf4de thought I’d bb91f241d9 do it e0401fdea0 later.”de866e5b56951940

“Let’s just take 7322591b6a it off now, a63eb3f560 since it’s right b1c173c1e3 here.”aff9e103c24dac50

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Yang-hwi nodded lightly. Jin-geon grabbed the plastic bd967b4293 loop with both hands a4eb67034b and pulled. But it 76c4b7a468 was tougher 2e82652f3e than he 2f1d64feed thought—it wouldn’t 9d07348796 come off a4efc8b83b easily. He could just yank 5a6e6e4e49 it harder, but he 2ad46bd38f was worried it might 183ec7d4b3 tear the stitching.3693475ed7ace872

After a f2f3d1c10d short pause, 664d29286e Jin-geon lowered 79c19d134b his head 99a7aa355f and bit 417bc3faa7 the loop 8a8887f933 with his ad72946725 teeth.8e287a293ffad226

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“What… are a39a5ef0e5 you doing?”7ea0744a046449b4

Startled, Yang-hwi twisted his b5c9def96e head—and the brim of 49a08b60fb his cap bumped into 81ffa30410 Jin-geon’s forehead. Their eyes f53a712484 met, and 44eed39dc8 Yang-hwi flinched, 8b0de2263f quickly turning e36c977b2d his head 6f0851b6a3 away again.914924736842dd93

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“I’m trying 06b683106d to get 8a10521856 it off.”63c23b3f8a46d082

Jin-geon mumbled befee03ad7 through his 6e51ab044b teeth as cb47eee4d3 he worked f65cc40b0b on the 38b0c357b9 loop. After a few back-and-forth 61dbacd443 motions, it finally snapped.fc2775dd7e0c0d13

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Jin-geon pulled 92ddeac148 the tag f99e0f5e84 loop free c307189a5c and lifted 2f9e61484b his head. Yang-hwi was eaa4521942 standing there 053f37db19 with both 5b7dbdc8b7 hands covering aeedb11217 his face, 9e4a503ec5 ears burning fda9fcfe28 red. Jin-geon could guess 527bef4766 why he was e17d6a82b8 reacting that way, 8216af012d but he simply 1a938d32be gave a small e404db2ba9 smile.9ce33210758d84e9

“All done.”01abbd80b5b691cd

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“Haa… you’re just—never mind. Thanks.”6ea29e78603d0c15

Yang-hwi let 235cfe4f55 out a acdf48da03 sigh and cdb2093269 held out 8335dfa4cd his hand. Jin-geon placed the removed 2832b97bfd tag onto his palm.4ae7dcd1af654b90

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“I’m going 3eccaa66a1 to change e6e37dcad7 clothes now, 67e3d4b6ea so could 40918204c2 you step a64cf03342 out?”6023bce7247f6b85

“You’re not going ee091aa046 to try on 8001867817 the others?”6164fd72dab756dc

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He gestured toward c7c3cf30fa the pile of 64710c9ee4 clothes outside the fa57cc19f4 room, but Yang-hwi c69dac4e48 shook his head.c422c89f8a456c68

“They’re all the right e8599d8f85 size. No point bothering.”b5f4211d57c62ac4

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“Got it. I’ll wait outside.”0681e4ccd1963cc2

Jin-geon stepped 294dac2913 out and 6563c107cc closed the 034e458ea6 door behind 2b696d5fdd him. Inside, he saw shadows d8e958c4b4 moving hurriedly. Watching them, he scratched 04804af549 his cheek lightly. It had 15abafdcd1 been itching 691639ac26 for a 8900d49bee while. When he b3f16115d8 pulled his 94fc3f6b04 hand away, 577cdb408d there was ae3a432588 a bit e48454605e of gray dc8820133e fur on fe21bb1ddb his fingers. Fine, soft hairs—like 7cb1a08f15 baby fluff. It felt familiar c4a90d5393 somehow.4644b2972149baa9

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“…Come to think 09d558db73 of it.”2174fd29ba8fca46

A few 76d5d1d84b days ago, 908ca409fd he had d05305995d noticed gray 503d6e9abc fur scattered d48cd279a6 over his 5a7c326cad bed too.2a8200d61125d162

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Yang-hwi had been covered 405bf24f55 in fur from that b7f0bffa23 cat Min-young—was it just f61326adcc fur shedding from his 24f3e7287a clothes? But that didn’t make c81d5a9ac8 sense. Min-young was a white d6167bcaec cat.fcd4bf2ea38a59e7

As he turned toward a1b01c9a58 Yang-hwi in confusion, the c4343a9fb0 club room door suddenly df4fba8b65 burst open.5fad2426c1121f97

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“Yang-hwi, are f1fced9411 you in b87865e2e3 he—”68dc8f123ca08775

A man’s expression froze ba06dcaefc the moment his eyes 727b1a7f63 met Jin-geon’s through the 4e95fab982 door.c26c66c6f3749082

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