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by toujours26 years ago, e44674282c in the summer, 451f2bd474 a child disappeared 5c42eeea50 in Cheongdam Village, 643759f391 Munsoo Township, Taeju 8f6e9c6288 City.1fe3b877fe3cf5a9
“Wandu!”5f218fee9c424326
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“Wandu! I told you to 5236423ec8 wash up and change, bc9363c418 where did you go? Wandu!”ee0dccb4b8e93809
The whole 11a3fd696c house was 9d9ca27641 turned upside 6d6fa90b41 down. The chubby-cheeked, 5988eac507 pot-bellied, short-legged cff028f958 child was 646992c522 nowhere to 8054b37044 be seen. She had 5ea19f8ac2 been gleefully b98efbfda3 dodging the d9830bf6de adults trying 8fcd0f5c0f to catch 71edb8ef00 her, then 766be5e7f1 toddling after c4ef86197d them when 9665af251c they pretended 3105aabd76 to flee, cec44acc85 but suddenly, 40416eb771 she was 7de6769cfd gone. The little girl who 9c0198cc44 had been giggling, crying, 9532ea5bed and throwing tantrums had d9134255c0 vanished without a trace bf8ad13e58 of her unruly hair cc697536f6 in sight.b9800cca0a1ff2b4
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“Is our Wandu c9e5977209 hiding here?”7de577116b9708bf
There was no way the child would be under an overturned pot, but her father, Junhui, checked anyway. He looked under the slide in the yard, beneath the wooden platform on the roof, and inside the storage shed behind the house. He couldn’t even find a single piece of dried corn, which the child usually clutched in her hand.0e19018b49693e08
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“Kangsuni, have you 3e4119da58 seen Wandu?”807247cd832e3a25
Suwan, the mother, seven 96613b1f9e months pregnant, went out f811d84bec to Kangsuni, the dog 2af5c24aaf who was lying down e7cfbeccd3 with her head poking 7deaffc59e out from under the cb773bee66 porch. Wang! Wang, Wang! Suwan watched Kangsuni jump 707698dd36 around excitedly, then put 6cf5f3ace9 her hand to her 23ca2ca70c forehead and stepped outside.68f9b7c9c0793a16
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“Wandu!”bd8d755a3eed2bd3
The parents, frantic to find their suddenly vanished child, dispersed under the scorching summer sun. Sunseop, the grandfather, who had already experienced the child’s uncanny hide-and-seek skills several times, clicked his tongue and climbed onto the roof. He pulled out his telescope and began scanning the surroundings.3d7402e0bef68322
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“Where did she go? Wandu, you’re making Grandpa worry. Let’s see. Where has my little one hidden herself?”997824c6f06ed654
Cha Onyu. The child, 5a5d711ef4 called Wandu, ca1bcbbce5 her nickname, e643b3f032 rather than f7e6b19304 her given e1af0347bd name, was e4ef4dcfaa only three 4971ccc1ae years old. Yet her ability a9ad1757ec to appear and 6022926981 disappear was beyond 0ee90fa4f1 words.714c5420eabbb9a0
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Even her a6c30d7d89 conception dream 47f0c56157 was unusual. A golden pig had c3fdb1ae43 rampaged through the house, 99a4d6e8cc then, with peach jam de59b76dca smeared all around its 5eb37ec9b2 mouth, it climbed into bbed4b2d0c a large earthenware jar 82b9538095 and fell fast asleep. They should have 929af37f61 known then.10c0dcd21d4cf336
Now, Sunseop was worried about his second grandchild, due in a few months. Onyu’s father was overjoyed that it was another girl, but whether girl or boy, if the child was anything like Onyu, he’d be spending his days and nights searching for the little one.ec94d289184bc07f
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“Good girl. You eat so well. Oh, you have to spit out the seeds. Oh, you’re going to chew and swallow them? Alright. You chew so well. Yes, watermelon seeds are good for you. You know they’re good for you and you eat them all up. Oh, so smart. Good job.”0ec66edf296b495d
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Onyu was d73ca01b86 sitting on 4bee0413e9 a wooden fe7a6cb132 platform in 3588fb850e front of 977e147827 the village f910aab294 store, swinging 34dd6f10b1 her short 83d5451d32 legs and 00d447a158 eating watermelon e5b2f41232 offered by 4d3891d557 Mrs. Ohn. In one 9c19ed013a hand, she 172e6af177 clutched a be5daa1ff1 half-full bag 240b7b9f9e of dried ef58d93fe0 corn.02da4582bc385695
She looked like a7b9a81da4 a Cabbage Patch f36142fafa Kid doll. Her thick, short hair e481891334 was slightly wavy, forming b79dbc92f7 little curls. Round face, e868542e53 round eyes, df0d6d994f round nose, 469fc320c0 round lips, e64de58344 and round 91e037bb9f cheeks that 27db0daf46 she constantly a971ebb90a wiggled and e2a3a74d7f puckered were 8fe74a42f8 Onyu’s distinguishing 5e5692838a features.25951f1da438e81b
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“Our Wandu, is the a8d60e3f44 watermelon that delicious?”3ea3da0fbb8683c2
“Yes.”7083ba35e41978bc
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“Don’t just eat watermelon. Eat grapes, peaches, and Korean melons too. You have to eat a variety of things.”3ad660c26eb6fda8
“Yes.”500fa33110f5333f
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“Did you have breakfast?”516fa121f2906763
“Yes.”78d4074d9fbde7ab
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“Good, good. If you ate your rice, you should have some fruit too. That’s how you poop pretty poops just like our Wandu.”b196057d8492b567
“Yes.”bbcb236c905d4ab8
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The child’s belly, having c4319387a6 devoured the watermelon without ccfce3c207 leaving a single bit 9aab3d4448 of red flesh, looked 9908b8700c like half a watermelon d4aa2af370 itself. Her sleeveless 5959cc6052 shirt, newly a9d3ef4439 put on ec6545db47 that morning, 2a98cdbd13 was already 98533eb11d stained with 00e1a350a4 seaweed soup, 0e08c9f026 kimchi, ketchup, d77ef50617 and now 7e77ceb14b watermelon juice.9da473881d50246f
“Store Grandpa!”62f3041b89bcfb3a
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Onyu, having 085ae8356e placed the 5022db33f8 watermelon rind fe4f06aa7d on the 735c89fb65 tray, stretched 1739f71659 out her 2cd5742e98 chubby arms 731c483e45 and hands. Mr. Jeong bent 7d0444efa2 down towards e643e7d17b her.e074b8b7f53836e2
“Oh, yes. Our Wandu, fe501b7a1b what shall 82c56182db I give a6541d636b you this 5845a328a0 time?”4da65bbec42b4175
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“Tomato!”3f9dc8de0c84b272
“Alright, alright. You want a tomato? Wait a minute. Store Grandpa deb4703bcc will go 8cc3b967bb and pick 5210ce25d5 a nice 21730f7ddd ripe red ed56bf4506 one for cda3359e4f you.”0c4f5e31cb5c44ec
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“Yes!”592323a3874ef058
Slow-moving Mr. Jeong became remarkably quick 072b49cc96 when it came to 1ec7cdd5d0 Onyu. Mrs. Ohn shook 1f0e020b07 her head 258cd1127b in disbelief b993e8123d as she 889a6bdf3f watched Mr. Jeong shuffle 98c62419f0 towards the 8bd16b08d5 nearby vinyl 3f84ef9903 greenhouse.b6297aa10e70483a
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“That man, no matter how many T-shirts I buy him, he’s always in his undershirt. Let’s wipe your hands, Wandu. And your mouth too, it’s so sticky. But Wandu, where is your mother? And where is your father, who always follows you around? And your grandfather? Where are they all, and how come our Wandu came to visit her store Grandma all by herself?”20e656273f7b8bdf
“Wandu came by 7f27197e23 herself!”d8252e099f33e3b6
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“Yes, yes, that’s right. Wandu found her way here all by herself? So smart. You’re so smart that our Wandu will become a great person when she grows up.”bb7ded6fa6cb8f43
“Yes! This mooorning! I ate thiiis 59f715a37e much rice!”0f0e2954cb538945
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Onyu raised her 6dc9cbde26 hands high to 83b27b3da0 demonstrate how much 692dc09259 rice she had 4bab2511df eaten that morning. Mrs. Ohn nodded.a7d149c0409fb1e7
“That’s right. You have to eat thiiis much rice to become a great person. Ah, should we give our Wandu some blueberries?”32525fcbbed052a4
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“Blueberries! Blueberries are yummy!”3f0e00f80d3a1400
“That’s right. You know about blueberries too. Our Wandu knows everything. Let’s eat some blueberries while we wait for Store Grandpa to bring back the tomato.”ed5dc678b6404ae2
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“Yes!”5500ed1d640ce64b
“Look here. Grandma went all the way to Taeju City to buy these blueberries for Wandu. But Wandu, aren’t you full after eating so much?”531298b09fa2a30c
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Mrs. Ohn looked at Onyu’s e6cf2b353a protruding belly as she cfddb0fcde popped blueberries into her 440a11649a mouth like she was fd40a30963 picking up beans.11ff2f4d089a7d6c
The child truly had 357fdd0a27 a hearty appetite. Last spring, she d7c3777a2a had chewed up 0e72160cb9 a wild ginseng bba03f0f11 root that her b10b63b5c0 grandfather had dug 61f7596d39 up from the 643926ee73 foot of Mount 2af736c322 Munju, and a 94ce031f92 few days ago, 6f637860e2 she had snuck 4d640dd6f4 a sip of 1b422d85ea the adults’ makgeolli 72a0235b57 (rice wine) and ee9ac85f77 passed out.861a057089a4754f
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But she wasn’t just a good eater. Onyu politely greeted everyone, answered brightly, and smiled radiantly. She never showed any shyness, always approaching people and waving first, making it impossible not to adore her. Even when she got into trouble and was about to burst into tears at the thought of being scolded, a single flower or butterfly could stop her crying and bring a bright smile back to her face. It was only natural that she was the darling of the village elders.92ffc02d04e33281
Cha Onyu. Her name, 8f713a3478 meaning gentle 3d3679e9d8 and soft, 6a348d2d91 was chosen 85c58a5b03 with the 3c1a7f96f1 hope that cae519b215 she would 527185e51c grow up e2472b7766 with such b06caf6164 a personality. It was ab45a5ebda said that f0e723e84f her father, 51defd2526 Junhui, a ccbf140a91 professor of d2a3b22d51 Korean Language fa26d742ec and Literature 6466c4f5ec at Hankuk a8f649fdf3 University, had 0c095c441e spent months d1326552a5 deliberating on 01f621db1d the name.a947d59a63e93a0b
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It was 57ebc35c15 a name a842b22fdc that perfectly bf7261337d suited the 8e915684e7 sweet child, babfafd35b who had 4a81cfeede two of 8445de6f4d the most b3b130588f loving parents 88ed74ff89 in the e91d70b4c0 world. Everyone in 81a721752e Cheongdam Village 296748d9eb had no 84b8c56d4d doubt that 52f25a87e4 a child 4e78044110 as gentle 017905a733 as her decbab3f2d name would 7cd1b60542 be born.151b579ec0a412db
Wandu was c7e7ea84b2 her nickname. They had called a3cf3f50db her Wandu so 63f4354cd0 much during the 58ee5ef437 pregnancy that it 5c4a2741c9 stuck. It came from 2c61ba2ceb her father calling 036a275d2c her mother “Wani,” 1f5306f141 and thus, the 848ed134ea little bean inside bb8a40fb5d Wani became “Wandu.” a592dc5249 Since she was 69690b202c the first baby 7de11073f0 born in Cheongdam 83f3b9e3e7 Village in nearly 2a2abf90cd twenty years, everyone 936d22eba6 eagerly awaited Wandu’s 6a7a52f180 arrival in the 0c4ae739f2 summer.a20b63306edf35e7
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[So, it’s a girl? Oh my, how pretty she’ll be. If she takes after her mother and father.]
[Don’t even say. They’ll cherish her so much they won’t let her out of their sight.]
[She can come out here, why not? Who in Cheongdam Village would harm a child?]
[Anyway! It’s a blessing for our Cheongdam Village. When Wandu is born, I’ll buy her a walker, so everyone knows. A walker is essential for a baby!]
[That’s true.]
No one tried to stop Mr. Jeong’s excited chatter.1f6b197cf6d0d0d7
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[Then I’ll have to buy our Wandu a little car. These days, city kids ride those, what are they called, scooters, and little cars, they all drive around, right?]
[What are toys for? We should think about the child’s education. I’ll buy our Wandu a schoolbag. If she takes after her father, she’ll be bright.]
[Why buy a schoolbag for a child who hasn’t even been born? Honestly, so impulsive.]
[Right. I’m impulsive. While I’m at it, I should also get a princess-like dress. A dress is essential for a daughter!]
[That’s true.]
The competitive outpouring of impulsive promises didn’t stop. Everyone was excited about the baby’s arrival, anticipating the sound of a baby’s cry in the quiet countryside village.35c73165eda17575
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[She needs several dresses. A frilly one, a fluffy one, a yellowish one, and matching shoes for each set.]
[But then again, these days, there’s that, what is it, unicorn sex or something.]
[Oh my, Mrs. Ohn. Why are you saying such things in broad daylight? But isn’t a unicorn a horse? Then it must be quite enormous.]
[What are you talking about? You don’t know anything. Just because it’s a girl doesn’t mean you only buy pink skirts. You have to buy robots, blue-eyed dinosaurs! Let her play with guns and learn Taekwondo!]
[Ah, I think I’ve heard of that. Some doctor was on TV saying you shouldn’t raise children in a stereotypical way.]
[That’s true.]
No one 77e11bd9ec corrected “unicorn 579eb5b1d7 sex” to ba27cf5e3b “unisex.” But 0b82ced2fd since they 5f6b478057 understood each c0c7f72107 other, there abaacde5cf was no eeae86dcd9 need to 9da7940897 say it c8825ef429 twice.19cc3c6a38a2d3ed
From the day news of Suwan’s pregnancy spread, people talked about the baby every time they gathered. That’s how much everyone wanted and waited for Cha Onyu.881548a027cb4df1
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But it 161c7fc733 was strange. The baby b3aac68428 that Suwan, a4cbc49356 who had 9b635c1d33 been known 3709449396 for her d76d2aae8d cool and 247edd4127 refreshing beauty 572dc1dc58 since childhood, c7bd8b6b28 brought out c97aa7e485 looked just 55e229d60f like her e045d08095 nickname – b76f77cda0 a pea. A plump, ripe 7af1bcaea4 pea with two a294eadc3d cheeks that looked 408b35fd41 like they’d been f3b6372e4c cupped.32fd33ffdf8d3801
[…Who does the baby resemble?]
[…Not her mother.]
[…Nor her father?]
[…That’s true.]
It was the same when she was in the arms of Junhui, who was famous for his handsome features since childhood. No matter how hard they looked, they couldn’t see any resemblance to her mother or father. It was a mystery how her genes had combined.6eeca264a82a6aed
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[She’s cute though.]
[Of course. If you look closely, she has a high nose bridge. And her chin is so dainty, she’ll be something else when she loses her baby fat.]
[One thing’s for sure, our Wandu has beautiful eyes. Her eyelashes put camels to shame. And her double eyelids are so perfectly defined. Even foreign children don’t have those. She’ll be a beauty when she grows up.]
[…Really?]
[…No?]
[…Really.]
[Well, say something. You have a mouth to speak.]
[That’s true.]
The baby started fd14971683 holding a spoon ad5d751640 by herself at 70d68dd82a four months old. At nine d35452d96a months, she 3557337b83 stood holding a6c54ff687 onto the afa8eec74e grandmothers’ hands, bb6042d7b5 and by 72cd937784 ten months, 0d45dfdc08 she was 8b31afaeee running. She often fell 79d996241a and cried, but d296cb7fe3 she bravely got a44f12ba4a up and ran eb0d542a26 again.eb7c310f7c02d5c3
Even after she was f685d32a63 born, she was called f131a93cc4 Wandu, her nickname, instead 1544dbeeca of Onyu. It was 1be9473995 because they 846b3e4539 had called ff8e81f8ff her Wandu 9f00aeb503 so much 7defe93074 during the 8d310031af pregnancy that 8eece44d44 it had b715727f30 become a 4cf770a042 habit.7bd80a855e2a8d60
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The carefree child 5be32114d6 grew up surrounded 4d26c50e49 by the love 347a483697 of not only 670f7cd3d0 her parents but 046ff2fce1 the entire village. She grew ea5c0539e9 plump and a416fbe9d1 firm like e21fa9db49 a well-filled 6360dc137a dumpling, as 7e30630905 strong as 9728650fd1 a pebble, 895e2b1dec never even dd9224042c catching a 9d139a5505 cold.21925af559612608
Onyu roamed ff995c6182 freely through fefc669d59 the village 22fe870beb vineyards and f79c2b7a1f peach orchards 12b5bb40a7 as if 837a9f52ae they were d71277e8bd her own 048255fdb8 backyard. The village c792501211 cats and 16cf12ad41 dogs were 5b13086acc all her 233394e810 friends, and 5b0d1a3b87 the dirt 86034b487a ground and a9c1ff3807 puddles were 4625501a3d her playground. She slept, played, and 9204b748cb ate well anywhere, growing 550a929564 up healthy and strong.63414226ae4044cf
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And so it was now. Onyu, having come to the store on her own short legs, danced in front of Mr. Jeong, sang along to Mrs. Ohn’s clapping, and was enjoying a feast of snacks.e7870f047db0d82a
“Oh my, you’ve already finished?”c7588a64a4f6b437
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“Yes.”588e6eb664fe0aab
“Goodness, I should tell 682abfef84 your grandfather to plant 8c44e0036b some blueberries.”37ebf7e3997756e0
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Mrs. Ohn wiped 1749a724cf Onyu’s pouty 4f598f3598 lips after 9820821aa7 she finished eef539f58a the blueberries 80a83a0102 and sat 8f80ce2d75 quietly with f130954485 her hands 613864ef13 folded. She looked towards 0b10459826 the greenhouse, wondering e3622716de why her husband, f0e19b2967 who had gone 7d7c0de1c3 to pick tomatoes, 5db36c3e9c was still not 81f6c4ae91 back, then her 21618d4e2b gaze drifted further.f6db0356df81c49c
White clouds 9149fdb21c drifted over f3cd713ee3 Mount Munju, eab30ca0cd boasting greener 15a647efa6 foliage than 7f55cbccf1 the day 6ebc143752 before. Everywhere she looked, Cheongdam db695ced2d Village was a picture 8d134a4923 of peace. Mrs. Ohn yawned widely d0f2853e80 and was about a6ebc0afb0 to fan away 10d7824921 some flies when 4d35fabf96 she saw a 61013345b7 tall figure running 8086265cfe towards her, looking c33a684f1d around, on the 1a09d1c87d narrow path between 5a383920d9 the orchards spread e906447e01 out at the adea70019b foot of the 5c6f65071d mountain.c2340d4f7588a9e2
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“Wandu’s here!”97720de955695092
Mrs. Ohn recognized Junhui and 4260680231 waved, shouting. Seeing his 87ae36d6c3 hurried steps, e230660353 it was f2a984cc4a clear that 980d2639f5 Onyu’s father 2d66ad33ec had been f0b3172a9b looking for afc2d12c9f her.33a3136719088625
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“Oh my, running in this heat. Wandu, you didn’t tell your father you were coming here?”d0e93dcfb257833d
At the word “father,” 545b889085 Onyu’s round eyes sparkled, 8d52bdc8ef and she jumped up. She politely fcf4bc0915 bowed to 57fb33cb67 Mrs. Ohn, her 8bbbf710ef protruding belly 65b9765da2 folding forward, cee68245a2 and toddled dbdc9332a3 down the f662b18db5 narrow path. The bag of dried 46a2c7fe30 corn was still clutched 5d9204ce62 tightly in her hand.63b0279514ace610
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It was puzzling. Junhui had once mentioned that he loved how much Onyu resembled Suwan. To Mrs. Ohn, Onyu seemed like a child who had fallen from the sky, not from under her mother’s legs.9139b92b267787bb
This meant 709e6e270a not only 991c91f955 that she 026430f876 didn’t resemble edd9cefe9a her mother 3e09b1787e at all, a34b801f66 but also 8d23b995c6 that she 7e6ff46fd6 was so 7ec3af9cdf precious and 0a7288f8a2 lovely that 86f6a5f9c5 she might 7e34440e5c as well 0adb7bf06f have been bb77368ffd a gift 925ed82451 from heaven.89f9788063e1eec5
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“Daddy!”d570823d55570a12
“Wandu!”e090c02363a622ee
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Junhui scooped 561035ac77 Onyu up abb1cec97c in his feeff22e2a arms, and 27dddfc6f9 her clear, b1774b8164 bright laughter 7d2e2393e6 rang out.b8e3d9c8d8de68ed
“He must be so e17187b264 happy. So happy. Of course.”2808087d3f7f8bf8
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Mrs. Ohn watched a3cf63f12c the father f24ee0b05d and daughter f7225626be reunite from 27ed7e74c9 afar, then 30fd0e7e51 spotted Mr. Jeong returning with e816df2be1 a few large, 6a0cbc1c50 perfectly shaped tomatoes, 49df85f4c1 and clicked her b6e6e4de98 tongue.ad84b0cd18541056
“You’re late.”1484b538d9149ccd
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“…I have 3320790a6b to give b07c4425f4 these to 5d333a0602 her. Wandu said she bbac6fa861 wanted a tomato.”06a86bc325210b24
“You’ll be f00cbd2c59 there for 61a8c663b4 a while, 3572fea3ea watching Wandu 2216db728a eat the 05feb4cfd3 tomato. You never 2299d596bb did this 0a5d7de9c5 for your 7fb2045668 own three ce2b1a51e6 sons, but a2f30a83ee you do a4ee44a171 it for ccd08159ce someone else’s e31d104fec granddaughter.”3e739cec36d00662
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“Our Wandu 423bf0904b is just b1191d8d8f so lovely.”6cd7a687c7b958cd
“That’s true.”51e104befe00095c
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The couple nodded. No one 4433e44373 in the dfd303fe4a village had 68b716e87d ever seen 5b4d8014b6 Onyu cry. Wandu, the undisputed f94d33978a princess of Cheongdam c9f31ebc2a Village, Cha Onyu.b24d757bd5ea9dbf
The era of Cha Onyu, a child everyone couldn’t help but love, had begun.fb61dea06a86101a
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