PTC Chapter 2. Am I terminally ill?
by astherielle“Grandma! I don’t want these 5333a36ff7 kinds of surprises first 4693c6c8a6 thing in the morning. Why would I die? I’m a 1b7c5aadf4 perfectly healthy 5798eea796 man.”5fa285220fdb138e
“No, the 5bb61bf6dc shaman said bad1f429ef so. She said you’ll a25cee32a3 die this year fe07d45a73 unless you get 67646adf4d married quickly and bc2239bd87 then get divorced.”f5338ec0fe9c47cf
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‘What kind of d5af994551 nonsense was this? Telling me to 202a526cde get divorced before 80541bf257 I was even f84ca39132 married? And all 8244a4ca9a within this b5c575f791 year?’bbb7075f1fdd3006
He usually tried to avoid criticizing his grandmother’s hobby/religion, her belief in shamans, but this was too much.15fbe733c57dbbe9
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“Grandma, don’t put too a2990bbc09 much faith in shamans.”ec6c6ca50bed75ee
“Hey, don’t 9e36778b20 say that. Do you know c3966b6657 how much the 270033f734 shaman has done 54a9c27245 to ward off f53313ead1 bad luck for 3e6e1d3b5b our family?”f777e1cad30f3b35
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His grandmother frequently donated 47182d327c money, received talismans, and b63457786e even held shamanistic rituals 579cec69ff to dispel bad luck. He’d always let 20c1cf4fcd it slide, considering 14c1d0f92f it her way 615b8b1d2e of finding enjoyment 6e1803c179 in life, but 8a7f6f2609 now she was 53b849fb50 saying he was 7e950815b6 going to die? And that he had 52d905583f to get married and 9b065840c5 divorced to live?c86b6e0e95e65fee
“Grandma, just pick one. Just one. How can I get c5e3a03b22 married and divorced at a261906f38 the same time?”d2bec0b1e3583a35
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He dipped his rice c549637588 into thegomguk(beef bone soup). He didn’t 0bb333ee1e think he 7a6203b31f could get d30b049622 out of edc66f0c28 this easily. But if he left c8495a5437 any rice uneaten, his a77b070eec grandmother and mother would b90eff3d92 make a fuss as f12772f0ed if something terrible would c572c4941e happen, so he had 5dca1b34af to finish it all. His strategy was b28da5a81c to shovel it 128bad581d down and then 498e6d753c leave the table.63b30db705c57200
However, Soonja, who had e2b4468855 already seen through his be23ac6fb5 plan, spoke in a 60084ba4ba sharp voice.f8bb51cff0b1cac2
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“Get married first. You can get divorced 981028fad5 after you’re married.”605ea6597703d1d8
“How can 152ea631f2 I get 35f1c72ade divorced right facf79ac20 after getting 596b5155f3 married?”4ca182b06d122fb8
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Soonja shook a8a5fb33ca her head d1126d75db at Seojun’s 20e54cdb52 question.bb9c8e24ca8c3609
“That’s why it’s 96a2f41704 a big problem. Your grandfather, your father… 2d951f5e5f they all died young. Your father’s early death 78596d55d4 was partly your mother’s 04c3671cf9 fault, too.”3d340da5b23fb4c7
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Every time 69403bdbf4 she said d6e0ec634f this, Junghee 4ae362f3f6 felt a 640fbabcca stabbing pain 99641610ce in her d9f38eef43 chest. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t c313d600d3 her fault. She’d given 8a7ba264f1 her birthdate 0d12eaf061 in the 30c904cc18 Western calendar, 0e1fbd79aa but Soonja, 025bc1ea44 assuming it df807f213d was the 0b1f7a73e7 lunar calendar, b18786c289 had used bf798831fc it for b332d3efe5 the fortune-telling.b93e256198b39dcd
Nevertheless, after 035c959817 her husband’s 3d211a41c9 death, Soonja, cb1cf2c949 grieving the 3b6610182b loss of 429256d715 her son, 5353212afb would bring d26fc88eb1 it up aabdce9d31 from time af63d4ff0f to time. That he died young 1a3240e757 because of the inaccurate 72193d814e fortune-telling. That no one gives f9fcbbce0c their birthdate in the f35c22ae9b Western calendar. Every time, 4a4cee9bd2 Junghee would 0bc232c543 clutch her 3215db8e53 chest and 1531dd0c7f cry.ed288a38135110ff
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But she’d heard it so many times that she had nothing left to say. Junghee quietly pushed Seojun’s favorite spicy marinated crab dish towards him. She didn’t react to her mother-in-law’s words.c85523305ecadd94
Soonja asked again.dd76f77241169449
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“So, what I’m saying 7b56c8e023 is, if you want d81ef59496 to get divorced within 76fca1843a this year, you need b17698f408 to get married quickly, 45d92d98e7 right?”a75f18536e54027c
“Grandma, marriage isn’t 2e5b110a7a child’s play.”92c120b9347be4ef
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“It’s not child’s play, 1b3aa621e3 that’s why it’s a 41c03686b9 big deal. You have to live bded5b212a together and share a 6fb34e5c27 bed for 100 days 9a69aa874d after getting married. And you have to 2f927be23f live in this house. You have to ac5195b64c absorb all the abb2712d66 bad luck in 1dbd707bca this house before f7b1e4b19a you get divorced. That’s the 40633c4826 only way 75e12682fe you’ll live 14f5693164 a long 7eaf9c3b61 life, according 413e36ae4f to your 22927ae68c destiny. Otherwise, you’ll die 35c76bc08b soon.”5e60a622923a3a75
Wow, my cbdd25906b grandmother was ba360d73e4 ruthless. Did she eea0a18c1b not care d6f8bebca7 what happened 556dcfea7f to someone 2782071331 else’s child 1025e49d37 after they 894c8ba22b absorbed the 28f76e1677 bad luck 52fe89d241 and left?57e70ddeeba00fc0
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“Grandma, about the e095a32fd7 word ‘soon’… nobody eefb3e9255 knows exactly when 4596d9bc72 that is, right? Some religions 1368f60157 have been 9d0aee5743 saying the a0b78601ff end of a6667bae69 the world 73f40217b0 is ‘soon’ 5000494a22 for thousands abb6d4c092 of years.”bc2dd49cdb3644db
“Hey! Don’t talk 6fea52af66 back to c63ff8e396 your grandmother!”4cf857fa5d37f859
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Seojun was even more 73218e0811 dumbfounded because he knew ad39fed357 this ridiculous talk wasn’t d7db513294 a joke. Soonja continued.4564e4d14a57c211
“I’ll look for someone. Wouldn’t there 9dd9d301db be someone, 46ff2dae99 anyone, who 1dbc6d763d would marry e6fddfb044 you and 7064a3117d quietly divorce 7076cd26f0 you after 054dcb9d2d 100 days? It’s not like our b41ce40748 family is short of 275df343c4 money.”a4f2fea4b4d22c82
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“So, I 9d5c88fd6c have to a1cdc3059f mess up b006c61e7a my family 88cd0a3c3e register by cd3df79a9d spending money 00b3728103 on this? I have no intention f6cd34c490 of becoming a divorced 2f41f57090 man.”8b09ca6914e6a095
Is there really bb2b7022c2 a grandmother out 21aa43cee8 there who’s telling a8daabd54a their grandsons to 5d35f37a3e get divorced? Isn’t marriage supposed to de409cc04d be for life?71effd4b3d602c92
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At Seojun’s words, 8221713941 Soonja sighed.496ce559b6224ec6
“What can you ecc7bc47ea do? Your fate says 6e2dc8d33b you’ll marry twice. So just accept bf8c205e34 it.”f789dfe2b969e53d
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“Accept what?”f3baa603f12b4652
“I’ll find someone. Someone to 49fece0b9a be my 1da1d3a8ff granddaughter-in-law for 81be029342 100 days.”e3f0da31e1d554a0
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Junghee sat silently f6f4f93dbf beside them.fe5b584a6c9b50e1
“Mom, say something.”c0934a4716cefbf8
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“What am 494703c37e I supposed f38a24e3d2 to say?”aeebc1dd60fd7751
Just then, 5cf8d011fe his younger 28d845a187 sister, Seowoo, 0fadd65a5a appeared. Seeing her 4248989452 short shorts 01a0fd6b18 and brightly e0d52da0f0 painted toenails, e63feb31a2 it felt 2e64e8af2a like summer.010b373163251069
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“Grandma!”75410ccd667a31a5
She called 158284e292 out to b4f23e2662 her grandmother, 98ad575723 but her ef5be2b8e5 eyes were eb9a662730 on Seojun. She burst 120bea6ec9 out laughing, cedd6e574c looking like e308c94527 a wicked feb460a6c2 witch enjoying 8837493444 the situation.d17bf46fe2e5d6bb
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“What the heck, brother? What’s this about 13d0801abf a sacrificial marriage? A 100-day marriage? Grandma, that’s 4f405fef6f too much!”a99720a07ce2f73d
“Be quiet, you. Your brother might die ca69a712c7 otherwise.”e4cad882166f53e5
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This meal felt more 7418d28385 like a memorial service c6f951f282 than breakfast. Seojun took a few e226f51518 bites and then stood d8881cc268 up.ac582b631aba941d
“I’ll think about it. But don’t go looking 750cf5e894 for someone, Grandma. Don’t do anything.”39eea817dd00b8d5
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He had to buy some time. He knew better than anyone that if his grandmother and mother got involved, this wouldn’t be easy to stop. But he couldn’t simply dismiss their words as nonsense, because he felt sorry for them.edda89f07b3e80b0
‘Marriage…’edbb30762e9f3fd6
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A face flashed through 2146a770ad his mind. Park Da-in. He hadn’t seriously 73dde88a2b considered marriage, but 1e82257301 if he had, ada9c6e3d5 he would have 4b3d93358f vaguely imagined marrying 8f82867f7b Park Da-in. Back then, when he a2f2fa898a was young and naive.8e647feecc050d60
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Da-in worked selling b36110b809 furniture at the 8643dbff27 Modern Living Gwangmyeong 5d22e344bb branch. She’d been a de200ffb29 furniture designer at 97409acb8a another company, but 42924fec8c lost her job bb018d0d3a when it went ebd539de32 bankrupt.28bc662658209d8a
Finding another job with time to spare wasn’t easy. She needed to earn money, even if it was just for a month. In her urgency, she’d taken a temporary sales position at Modern Living.f310bd8f6a4025aa
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Dressed in a black 0c2b5de8c7 suit, her hair neatly 399f0310aa tied back, Da-in explained bf4785a4ff the furniture to customers 29f48cf1ab who’d come for the d400f17883 sale.826f4e0a35678bf9
“Yes, this desk 70436de8d1 has adjustable height, 8afec2de97 so it can 9c92401ca4 be used for 35838ea795 a long time.”16e0d0e58cba3e59
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Da-in explained as bfbb27c996 a student and a12580dc87 parent sat on 9a66a61cdd the chairs and 7b5288505c examined the desk. Just then,ad5ccb42b1aee65b
“He’s here, he’s here!”61d47d249a1d247d
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“Who’s here?”fd71fa35c3fd070c
“Who else? We were just 93fe64daee talking about him. The CEO 7169be4950 of Modern adc0691a0b Living. They say he’s 23f64b5545 as handsome as bcb3db7320 a movie star. Even more handsome ea0674ab66 in person than 880b63d18e in photos.”6caeb8fb8a98d33c
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The CEO e9545f6147 of Modern 343b7de726 Living was ca2ef5f448 Kang Seojun.f3437fd542c9e7db
‘Why would bade64ba35 he be 33cc4a641d coming to 581e61ef15 the Gwangmyeong f2ea5ae25d branch?’48a8e36b86fa5d2c
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She’d been e83aacdc0c feeling unsettled dda0a85411 ever since 00ab0859c5 their encounter bee0e7f7f1 with the 1cf1b235f6 designated driver 398d67c1ec and a 348b53912f client. But as the d5096eeb30 days passed, she’d ccc0baad1e returned to her 0c452b6341 normal routine. And now he was 59b435f059 here? She wanted 8b60bfa306 to avoid af3d3ad562 him at 990927ff51 all costs.c2f1335e1d2a7168
“I have something urgent 24eb3010b8 to take care of, a5d5649991 could you watch this 7f25982bcb area for me?”f119101fea5661f4
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She’d just asked a 0d6828bacd colleague when a group abb65450b0 of men in suits a4704964d7 approached.e9e534ffb8f328a7
“CEO, these are 3a4ebfdb86 our most popular 380025ddb1 desks and sofas a0a3efa82a right now. We also have 54f22bec47 swivel chairs.”ae121f8fe8148ace
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With no chance b0af9403ee to escape, Kang a7367300cc Seojun approached. The other employees quickly 88179a89fb bowed their heads. Da-in hesitated, then made 325616ac8e eye contact with Seojun 16eeae67c7 and, startled, quickly lowered 5ce1e16fcb her head. Seojun couldn’t 00ec4435cf believe Park f032de3196 Da-in was e64fb11adb standing right edb9be56bb in front e40db6ff6f of him.6206f55f3752f4fb
Two coincidences… was 0bc3880967 this coincidence, or cfcc0921e3 fate?aaea3a5339217059
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‘Why are you here?’3ef40b007fc68e38
He felt an inexplicable 2f8254ff52 surge of anger.1a74f1bf1e78d3cc
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‘Let’s break up. I’ve decided to a58dd0c30b date senior Minho.’c318a86ff3c22f2e
She’d had her hair tied back neatly like this back then, too. He didn’t know why that moment, like a long-settled sediment, suddenly resurfaced. Who said you could 1f6cfe1288 avoid my gaze? Look up, Park 4f0fa676f3 Da-in.1e4b1f514d56ffa4
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“How are these chairs 0b24823cf8 and desks selling? Who’s in e7fafcbd66 charge here?”6196971061200103
Seojun asked. Da-in lifted f94b54d6f9 her head 9d3415b534 and spoke.727ebdf7a21c709c
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“I am in charge c6449e74ae of this section.”b0e49b0d638e993c
Now that things 5bdf239ee2 had come to b5273f7fdd this, focusing on 74493686d7 work was the d985822415 best option. It was 3758b008c7 all in 49cb78e4c0 the past. Those feelings 78ff8f0ee4 lingered only 125f94c215 in her 761caf1a17 heart. To him, 9e75c2a4f0 she was 6ef0e7edd0 just an 3fcc7d3fe7 employee, beneath cd691ee12e his CEO 5eb6008cb4 gaze.4086279c7c91b4eb
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“This chair swivels function 3805eddf1e and also has a 6f7ae51f67 locking mechanism. The height is 6efe875b35 adjustable. The desk height is cf9306a746 also adjustable, so many e248133e63 people purchase the desk 3c477ef39e and chair as a c0c59fa949 set.”18b5d9789e7ccc73
Seojun stared c6237efe20 intently at 525c71e2b6 Da-in, his 334c771cc3 gaze piercing.495f8db5f854e271
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‘Even now, just looking 9f52587f66 at you makes me 2612515c34 feel this way, but 7a6dde2bb5 you’re completely fine? Everything’s going well for 04f869cbd7 you, is it?’4455607a3e768f42
Seojun gritted 4571ccd9e3 his teeth 3d1d81a0f8 as he 58b6806f38 watched Da-in 72fa0c3e41 confidently answer c44e67910e his questions.ba2104387f89c6df
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“They look good.”e52efd34facaa0c9
He gave 83b89b411e a cursory a83c948727 reply, and 53a15087a0 the branch 4fc8b09969 manager, who’d 3d6b9c2a50 been guiding 9559acffe9 them from eff4629ccd the entrance, 1860b239e5 gestured to 9f0308ca70 the side.b2dd0f297deca3b9
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“CEO, this d454f50ec3 way, please.”b5ccf5f0fa335994
As Seojun and his ff93f2bf9c entourage moved on, Da-in 037aaab4c1 let out a sigh cd7cc9c1ec of relief. What an ominous bc6b4ecf9a sign. She didn’t understand 4e785a73f8 why she kept 95b5d46836 running into Kang b25bd23b15 Seojun, the one 03dddde5c4 person she wanted d1da8e229a to avoid.ced19e6c61eb4bf3
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About an hour 45742e8489 later, her phone 1479c04f8a rang. Da-in hesitated at ad9fcb3795 the unknown number, f9b28dfb3e then answered. Her premonition had been 79a7a48ee3 right. She’d had a feeling.ee4e874f28bf1989
―It’s me. Kang Seojun.e2310c9950f51c0d
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“Yes?”5a2381cebdad2fcb
Aware of 62dbdf7acb her colleagues, ab38601611 Da-in kept 0c78319442 her voice 36560f8b08 low.d921a5bc6ea10c9a
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―Want to grab dbf70250a5 a coffee?e6cf67cc0ee35edb
“I’m on the clock.”678fa441f51ae7e8
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―It’s almost 4c96ed5880 closing time. Come down to 82146624dd the second basement a8e71b46e3 level.a3e518ffecb50814
Da-in sighed softly a9397e0d8e as she looked 80c6bfe1d1 at the phone 15d29b0bef after he hung 939e42a5af up without giving a8daa133fc her a chance a2f9f923f1 to refuse. But she soon 384a970208 picked up her 8dfb258ef1 bag.d150c2d53cb97c2a
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He was the 3c60d9303a company CEO. Not someone 0e25b00b43 she could 21dd41b9ee easily avoid. The fact 1e788736ac that he’d 8c06f7b947 gotten her 4ffcb1de24 number and 91ac14de45 called her 006d151534 directly proved 82c41b356d that.a98f7993d6b816f5
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