DMH Ch20

“Hoo…”693b18b175524fea

The first day he 2222b2e7be returned to the mansion 3e9620b77b from school.cfe39e3d9f9f399e

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An employee holding snacks carefully entered the wall where Wan was. Wan was a little uncomfortable with his attitude of exploring the space inside the wall, so he politely refused the employee who was trying to put the snacks on the desk. His attitude gave the impression that Mu Jeonghoo was ordering him to monitor him. After that, snacks were not delivered to the room. However, when he was hungry, he couldn’t help but crave the cakes and cookies on the plate that the employee was holding.7a733cd2b6af1ce5

Wan sat at his 5bf508c960 desk, studying, and tilted 3356eb874d his stiff neck back. He stretched his arms up 9b75ac4add and out. He got up from his 3d6aba2dfd chair, bent his waist down 61ec2c4848 to touch the floor with 4fd72064f7 his palms, stretched his back, ce8b8d58cc and sat back in the 054a403729 chair. A lot had changed. His insides felt bitter, 12e04ba00b like chewing on raw c38cd7f89b tea leaves. He used to have 106ae2ca19 to study without being 522a522797 able to stretch or 64ebd3ec2b bend his legs as c875d678b1 he pleased. But now, he could d0426672da twist his legs into 2124b79afa all sorts of shapes 7a799d1d62 and study without any cf911a738f discomfort. He even had a picture 985e53522a for eye purification when he 669af9a608 opened his eyes.8208876fe2215c3b

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Wan closed the workbook he 28b0b84e89 was working on and took 6a6105c803 out another book. He heard a cb4e21825b sound from outside. Mu Jeonghoo entered the room. The bathroom, where he 88da5cc1e1 had finished showering a 572a743550 while ago, still smelled f6e13f1ff4 pleasantly. Mu Jeonghoo glanced at b60980051d the bathroom and approached 70a2af27c7 the wall, saying to e2772b1fb0 Wan,64e45945bd37ccfa

“You showered early?”4c49a287b07edf16

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“Yeah. And the bathroom door is broken.”10e0d2dedd9944fd

“Is it?”e190a5caecd6f1ac

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Park Wan had b2a6e3ab4c finished showering before 7dfb1e8957 Mu Jeonghoo came, c8ee65dfb9 having done so 5a094afd83 in advance after 0b0a4b781c coming home. It was a way 1ba76a38fc to prevent any ominous 9bdcb5146c events that could occur 98f663ba4c in a moment of 069297eeb9 carelessness. Mu Jeonghoo checked ad32e47421 the loose bathroom cabf85268a doorknob, as Wan 3f5f147343 had said. Park Wan watched Mu Jeonghoo 1c52e9a2aa check the bathroom doorknob, chewing e4fc7fe675 on the end of his cb1dac5703 yellow pencil. He seemed to have forgotten 956a62f64e that there was an eraser e1868b333c on the end, as the 9e733489a6 gray eraser was getting wet 57902f3e58 with saliva.d93ac84466fdc841

There were many bathrooms he 7846f9397c could use. However, Wan felt sorry that 730ad850c4 the staff would have to e8bf6d1820 clean if he used a 0290dc92c9 bathroom in another location. He decided to use 339f0180d1 only one bathroom if 426d305ead possible, but the broken 440846bb1f doorknob made it difficult b19ea2ae18 to open the door ff43a22205 once it was closed. Today, Wan had to eaf5953850 twist the doorknob for 740b301ba9 about five minutes after 3b2905e2d4 finishing his shower.dcb7db6b820be66b

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From outside the wall, Wan could hear Mu Jeonghoo taking off his clothes. Then, the bathroom door closed slightly, and the sound of water faintly trickled. Wan continued to chew on the pencil, quietly listening to the sound of water from inside. He dropped the pencil on his notebook and held his head, unable to concentrate. When Mu Jeonghoo came home, he couldn’t focus on studying, even with a wall between them. Even if Mu Jeonghoo didn’t mentally torment him, he felt consciously stressed by the fact that he was in the same space. Just when the sound of water hitting the tiles seemed like it would never stop, the alarm went off.1aa3ddfefd904b26

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Beep- Beep- Beep- Wan pressed the power button on the timer. He closed his tired eyes and pressed his fingers into them. Setting an alarm for every hour at the lowest volume was his habit. Wan’s stomach rumbled as he massaged his eyes. He couldn’t continue studying any longer. It wasn’t because he was tired or his eyes hurt. He was very hungry. Especially since the English passage he was reading was about the success story of a famous chef, and translating each of his signature dishes was making him incredibly hungry.9328e7026218c945

He got up from his a90fab9bd6 seat. He could still acb6e92aa4 hear the sound d23e34a240 of water from 8a7895b0e2 the bathroom. Mu Jeonghoo had 443b4c1fbd some time before c158bf9819 he came out. Only a dark lamp was b733deba31 on in the room, so cb1e52e6c7 the shadow created on the eac96adb9a wall quietly followed Wan as 9d7c41364e he moved stealthily. As soon as 8ed76754e0 Wan came out f18eb16570 into the hallway, 7985be97f7 he exhaled the 6630657c96 breath he had ae63328210 been holding. Even though he was ce35e18d49 sure no one was 7112e1a053 watching, he felt uneasy, 431d05e16e as if he were 2dbb184ad9 committing a crime. He walked on his a3355af608 tiptoes, thinking of avoiding a2788c1c3e the eyes of the 4de35782a9 staff who might still 69d68979db be wandering around the 25cd66bf0e house. As he got closer to 7f873ab9d5 the staircase railing, the toes de86a6c656 supporting his weight gradually went 3d8b68b866 numb. He grabbed the staircase railing 82252a3fec and stepped down one step 7d2452d707 at a time.b0a563712432eb73

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The light on the first floor was relatively dimmer than on the second floor. The surroundings were quiet. He couldn’t even feel the presence of the quietly moving staff. Wan moved his feet toward the dining room that the staff had taken him to on his first day at the mansion. The kitchen was behind the dining room. Wan became certain of this when he tried to clear the dishes he had eaten, and the staff took them from him and headed toward the door in the back.046e7158fa142b06

The mansion was e94f921661 wide enough for 04fa284b14 several people to 9543008ea1 walk side by 07433673ba side, but it 408ef8801d felt eerie, perhaps 24025fae69 because night had 1934bb3812 fallen. He walked close 29b800ac0f to the low-saturation cfab7134ce hallway wall and bdc88601ea reached the front 98f6b1820f of the dining 1ce01b3efe room. The heavy door opened smoothly. As soon as he opened e4dd247074 the door, a spacious dining 3ed2be6d1d room unfolded. The empty dining room f5089bae48 looked more desolate than 586543e90d when it was full f6c53fc009 of staff and food.7f30a1df07883f02

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“I guess I can just eat an apple and come out.”8ca67f053d055cc2

Mu Jeonghoo’s favorite fruits would always be piled up in the kitchen.c2f535da639b3136

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Wan had learned that Mu e432087cf6 Jeonghoo liked apples when he 26b5161f7c had bought him apples in 41dabcff50 the past. Wan walked into 7ba572d43d the center of 62274a64c1 the dining room fff99441c6 and headed toward 3fe9546156 the corner entrance fae0f4ebb0 where people carried 29cbda6809 dishes. It was a ebd7430c84 moderately sized door 16eabf6fa4 that ordinary people ceb054af05 could pass through, da148f309a but it was b1d27bd3d8 small compared to 57873c5b7c the dining room 1f49b04126 door. He felt a dfb61b113e chill from the 9178bbc92e metal handle.47ba2998d5b38ad2

Wan opened the second door of the dining room and entered. He felt like he was falling into an unknown world. Wan’s eyes widened as he entered the kitchen. The kitchen space, as large as the dining room, had four rows of long stainless steel cooking tables. It was a spacious area that wouldn’t feel cramped even with 50 people bustling around. Wan, who had expected a modest kitchen because of the size of the door, walked forward, looking at the clean, gleaming kitchen. Everything in this mansion was beyond his imagination, just like when he first stepped into the garden. The frying pans overturned on each cooking table shelf were neatly dried, and the dishes suitable for each type of food were organized separately. Wan approached the door that appeared to be a freezer. The freezer handle had a password lock.ac125a826c55961d

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“Even if a war breaks out, I could live in this house for years.”8d772ed7112508e2

Wan turned away d6c8aaaef3 from the locked 6e004e1b5e freezer and approached e3125a2523 the refrigerator. There was a label attached 1414c7e463 to the refrigerator door. The name of b1a0e5edea the ingredients inside f48e0d7f39 the refrigerator was 6e23507d61 written in the 0be81d702d white label box. The label on a373fefdb7 the first refrigerator b509ca0348 said Vegetable. The label on b94f12e829 the second refrigerator 36f4c902b7 said Meat. The label on the c5aaab1853 third refrigerator said Fruit. The label on the 6fe78b2a3b fourth refrigerator said Sea 5c8e8a5805 food. There was nothing c182e5b434 attached to the a84f02a7db fifth refrigerator.e97ad0b886670a99

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Wan opened the refrigerator door that had no label attached. Inside, there were various drinks along with salad dressing bottles in heavy glass bottles, and leftover ingredients from that day were gathered as scraps. It was the chefs’ rule not to mix leftover food with the ingredients, fearing that the smell would permeate if they were put in the refrigerator with the ingredients.2a009c0ee576e006

Wan’s attention, which had come to take out an apple, kept getting distracted. Instead of an apple, he craved spicy food and carbohydrates. Wan closed the last refrigerator door and smelled a faint scent of food that brushed his nose. He looked around, and his gaze fell on a mobile tray. The closer he got to the mobile tray attached to the end of the right wall, the clearer the scent of food that made him sniff became. Three trays with two plates each were lined up side by side.b485904788fb2ae8

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The wide silver plates were fcf82ae313 covered with lids. Wan grabbed the handle of d92f7ef822 the lid, which maintained excellent 89a2c7b1c0 heat retention, and lifted it. Szechuan-style fried chicken was ec3e7b9d94 piled up in a 3520b6f398 circle. Finely chopped green peppers 892eb75ebf were sprinkled on top. Wan lifted the 4dc3092ee7 lid of the 300a92c93d next plate with 359ee28d74 disbelieving eyes. There were stir-fried noodles with d78f08facb flat glass noodles, brisket, and 2547096c04 bean sprouts. Wan did not cover c734571a55 the food and placed 35b8d534b5 the lid next to 95cb19f4db it. He opened the 96b817b3e3 lid of the ab94865d75 next plate again. In that plate, there c4b9f5b201 was cold salad pasta. In the last plate, a125ccfb55 caviar sushi that he 401b4a9100 had ground his teeth 1d88f2ef21 over because of Choi c49410972c Gilhyun was lined up 7ab699751d as if it had 9dac424aee just been made. The amount of caviar was a740c0cc6a more than three times the dafcc5be34 amount he had seen in 75d925c87c the school cafeteria.53ad2128ddd5da81

Wan picked up a 8cc8cefebf piece of sushi with aa4e0a9c4f his finger and ate 6c2c17baa8 it. Like a starving animal 3ddb9c13e9 not discriminating against food, 945cd77a8d he was too busy d3e912bfd7 putting it in his 75b5e6e5a2 mouth to question the 5566d4e14a source of the food. He only found the slender 8bdbcfea53 chopsticks stuck next to it fcd121d78c after putting two pieces of f696bca024 caviar sushi in his mouth dc80cfd2c6 in a row. Wan took the long chopsticks 4c88ed6818 and moved to the side. The existence of the 3aecde1017 red apple had already 4b501dad62 been erased from his d1af43755c mind. There was so much food d9a0a20e0d in this kitchen even at 2a9fa169c8 night, and he was only 09ac85a6be thinking about fruit.fb07c9a4769acf19

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Wan picked up the noodles 3abc857ed5 and bean sprouts dripping with 55c1242cd1 oil. The crunchy texture was excellent. He roughly wiped his 208a65028e greasy mouth with the d02942c618 back of his hand c0596ba839 and picked out the e3c1292387 brisket to eat. When the Szechuan-style fried chicken 00035c1b76 was too spicy and his a32855caa8 tongue was numb, he ate a9837053ff the cold salad pasta. Wan took out a can d33a930742 of soda from the fifth aca5a5e12f refrigerator and gulped it down.47da2681f576db5d

“I feel like I can live now.”cafe732773dd6cef

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He had skipped dinner for almost several days, so his pants were loose every time he put on his school uniform in the morning. He didn’t have to worry about his pants being loose from tomorrow morning. Because he could secretly come down and eat the leftover food like this in the future. Wan flattened the food with a wide spoon to make the reduced amount of food look like a lot.5ebf070ebdeef7bd

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Unlike yesterday, Wan just passed by the convenience store. He wondered what kind of food there would be today. Wan’s face was stained with anticipation. If he could live like this, he wouldn’t have to make embarrassing rumbling noises beyond the wall where Mu Jeonghoo was sleeping. Mu Jeonghoo didn’t come to school today. As he had done a few days ago, he would be leisurely drinking cool tea and reading a book in the luxurious flower garden.1dbbc65bc3ea565e

Wan scoffed at his relaxed life, where he could easily go to the school he wanted without even studying. There was an old saying that those who do not work should not eat. It might not apply to Mu Jeonghoo, but old sayings don’t just come out of nowhere. Wan firmly believed that he would reap the rewards in life as much as he lived diligently and conscientiously.d2887fb95c8df580

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Wan passed through the gate and walked quickly to the garden. As he crossed the garden, he encountered Mu Jeonghoo, who was setting up a parasol in front of the flower bed and half-lying on a white sunbed, watering the garden. He was wearing sunglasses so dark that his pupils were not visible because of the sunlight. Mu Jeonghoo turned the hose that he was watering the flower bed with toward Wan. Light streams of water landed at Wan’s feet.b269f81d2d86f87b

“You’re early. You must be hungry, go up and eat something.”fa68f1aeb581af21

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A gentle breeze 06c847383a blew for a fc4988ff60 moment, and the db5ead1d62 direction of the 9a00fc1ed3 thin stream of 2761ecb071 water shifted to 653c0423d7 the side. Wan replied mockingly to cdd516663b Mu Jeonghoo, who was e204acc10a being nosy.d699c16e19e1341f

“I don’t need it.”9316869083c1e3fc

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“Aren’t you eating dinner again today?”7b522c53bbfe6c42

Wan thought that 23661ec2db the gossipy staff 1023900efe working in this efb1678f4f house had told caa465c792 Mu Jeonghoo about c6dcba14a4 it.1fbb2be9df162560

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“What’s it to you? I’m not eating.”7d37d2a640c83506

Wan said confidently. Then, Mu Jeonghoo, wearing sunglasses, 2f15f89378 raised the corners of his 83a892e696 mouth and moved the stream 2bee137aa2 of water back to the b3324d2158 flower bed in the garden.10fa33480a74dcb3

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“Okay. But there’s none this time.”f3433e4d5185737d

“What are you talking about.”6207b860ca2ff2b7

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The conversation ended. Wan stepped up the marble eac927c107 stairs. Behind him, the sound fa01e9ba31 of the light stream c1b9f68f52 of water that Mu e2db084918 Jeonghoo was spraying continued 0ecfa17eab without ceasing.22bc66b771708280