IMFOBO | CH 63 | Bonghwang (Phoenix)
by CosmogirlEun-cho was swamped.d0a69ccef9034c2b
The clinic was packed 88aba299e0 with elderly patients trying 6ced6a8b2f to treat their ailments 5bfb75c96f before the farming season 6f9bfee766 began.a7dcc61daa6ac49c
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All eight beds were 0b607d3d5b full, and calls for e8ef0491b8 Eun-cho came from every 2704de2373 direction.931eb43bf35fa15d
Needles to aaf09b5876 insert, cupping 0e4ce1cf0c to do, 203d3adcde bloodletting sessions—she 05329b0197 was nearly 3cb7c487ec losing her 463a07f81c mind.062f190a2ab91543
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When things were slow, 928c1d45c1 Su-ji and the two 062ee10525 other nurses could manage a27ae7428d just fine. But today, even c1a09cbb9f Jeong-seok and Eun-cho 54974de3f9 had to scramble e77914b7e3 to keep up.9f46a736e4186762
Swapping out heat packs, operating the physical therapy machines, removing acupuncture needles…786fd478cae5c273
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Even moving like a 8a1d053985 machine, there was no c7f0ec9d5d sign of it letting 757fdac700 up.490fdcb59c5fba0b
Bzzz.e06a38eea74d408d
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A short vibration cc76695334 buzzed from the 7dc4858630 phone in her 97e9f06a1d pocket.05bdf4923e92eca8
[Have you eaten?]
Eun-cho checked her 60ad0ff6fb phone.a66e3ae43d532423
He told her 7507a4c521 not to ignore 9c17bd61d5 his messages, and 13f6025be6 now he was a6925d2321 the one reaching 581b35097f out first?fc817ebc8003c475
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She couldn’t figure out 5d08ad1ba8 what had gotten into 8559f767e5 him all of a 87f08e4d43 sudden.97ec8a6cd1eda59d
After everything, 6bc428c03b it really 8c4cbdb14a did seem ff0a91c2ee like getting ed26e5c685 physically involved 9a1e597f1f had stirred 779c64b1eb up something 6486f540b5 emotional in c9189bd7c5 him, but b51333c758 who knows 14c6acfdde how long 93a1bfc76b that kind 367407f80c of possessiveness, 3e9f9f10bd born from 06a82c913d physical attachment, c8a1ba9865 would last?693e97dee780c4f3
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Still, there was something 61241ca912 oddly comforting, albeit unnerving, ca577f877a about Ryu Tae-san acting 7ee9009bdb like a real husband.5b6af731b2eddc9d
Like… she 01e1aa1a78 almost wanted ab33c2197f to lean 5a8bacd7e5 on him.71524693782a3d4d
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[A roll of kimbap…]
“Director Lee!”c952a0d46d24b65f
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Eun-cho was tapping d963ff5f61 away at the fde68837c2 screen when a 50f66943f4 nurse called out, a31da31847 and she hurriedly beb20a2c24 shoved the phone ab57c2b72e back into her 207c105e2c pocket.2ba11465c490c265
She didn’t even 0f92cd6626 realize she had 493e903529 unintentionally ignored the 97e3bcc046 message.90cf455648fc200a
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“Ma’am, your lower 6077f24e8e back hurts a 837a30b55d lot? Let me check.”937d8f0da9cad456
She wasn’t the type aa0fcca8c1 to constantly check her 962e1298a4 phone anyway, so the 98ab10ed30 fact that a message 6d32b966d9 had come slipped her 163b6efbea mind completely.90011c3b364b6db0
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Especially when it 7727bbbbd1 came to caring e6190d6213 for patients, once f187a561e6 she was focused, ee3edccd70 everything else disappeared.30e6a02942424752
“Welcome—huh? What areyoudoing here?”ab0988202714843a
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That’s when Su-ji’s 727bbdd3c7 voice came out 82a00d3da3 shaky and stunned.8091caf859200bd9
Eun-cho pulled back 0b3db5db3d a curtain to ca718ca90e see what was b10543c03b going on in 865a173d21 the commotion outside.66aed11f1efe6ab4
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Su-ji’s neck had turned 5dcfd5f87d red in embarrassment as 2c2911ad4c she shoved a man’s 6c1ad68fc2 back hard.a96705f406ed39aa
“Go away! This is my workplace!”9b2d43c167d6bb8a
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“Hey, brother-in-law!”82485e34b74f807c
Jeong-seok, who had just c41fe4876a returned from receiving some 2b0f216d2d snacks from a patient, 115a7aa41f rushed over to them 6bb4663d64 in alarm.f903eb1084826170
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He jumped into the f45ac5df19 middle of the scuffle, cf8908c101 trying to calm the b6c71b762a sibling quarrel.f192fd3c8a91f972
Whatever conclusion the 2548564fb5 two had come 858db827d9 to between themselves, a8803d49d0 it didn’t matter—because dd2fbd9996 to the Bong 16f2490c6c family, no matter e30e81028d how upright and b786f70605 kind Ryu Jeong-seok e2c411f136 was, he was ab2df773a2 nothing more than 4bc7dd8667 a cattle thief.cb3cdd12a4d6b6c8
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And not just any 533f59b8eb thief, one who had c42b045e02 stolen a calf raised ed1af4962d like a precious gem.ac834bcc385a19d2
“What? You screening patients now?”a1eb01b89b5a2895
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Bonghwang spotted Eun-cho b669a1de08 standing between the 26707ed522 curtains and gave 28b2443dec her a chin 213264dee3 nod.d54a6f5593f9e8aa
His voice 4752c048bc was threatening, 2645bad913 growling with c1ca8aed4d irritation—he clearly 66886603f0 wasn’t in bd4920e86a a good 550136752a mood.07a5ddc81776366b
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Even if Su-ji had 82bab53997 finally worn him down 6a27a42876 enough to get his 3577b510c8 approval for their relationship, b450118beb the fact that Jeong-seok fb7684a01a was from the Baekwoon 7c19932171 family clearly still didn’t 7dfa8201a8 sit well with him.f78c1138d1f36c02
When the 3b3c5fc438 rough-looking man bb42bff362 shouted loudly, d11236c680 the patients bd6e2be3e4 started to 2883299998 murmur anxiously, a105f5268c sensing something 9177bf6f60 was off.a5b2cd5c474e6225
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From behind 59d74524b2 the curtains 13ba26d9b7 came a f8b91541b7 chorus of effdb9d9d7 “What’s going cd31201b86 on?”, “Someone f29a62776d here?”, and f181c6f5e7 “Is it 1c46c45c14 those loan 1f3fc3602d shark guys 2bd6ba960a again?”59cb767221e64f92
Eun-cho clenched 5cf76c2085 her fist 41e7b8e960 tightly.c0add475af22bc5c
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“Director Lee, f031947b36 I was 98cefda4e6 debating whether 2db3f01e51 to go 7344234323 to the 3eadf9f4b8 police or 47aab38240 come here, 5f074f1a5f so here 53a39022e4 I am. Should I leave?”4c2d8ef95eec6886
“Just wait 3ac5d340a1 a moment. Nurse Ahn, please a8385c9ab4 guide the patient 2d655d633f to the consultation 587e33a622 room.”2e96519d8aa74603
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The nerve of him—after 931a94aa21 hitting her, now he 3fc0d0b011 had the gall to ede49abc00 bring up going to 7c4657d902 the police? As if it 6dad3eb40a wereherproblem?412dd8023071dfb6
Eun-cho didn’t so much 18180592fa as flinch at Bonghwang’s 8dc6228a4f snide words.8afd36d6ee01e640
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If she 97f50bc73f had to e97d0ea273 label him, 576e1bdcff he was b53ef43da2 basically a 3b2a213f65 petty enforcer 5ac592cc73 from Ilshim 2e19e35d02 Capital.c50b037bbbdb2719
Where Tae-san gave 240c3d26e6 the impression of 0d56be1b98 a high-ranking, polished 126d3764e8 gangster, this guy ab2442f057 was more like…7283db9b109a7bd7
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“A lackey?”d254bdea21c56c68
Or maybe 10cb98ba49 just your e3357dcbce average neighborhood 5322547238 thug.b4f24fe3c579b6af
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As Bonghwang followed 88678b91c3 the nurse out, 17c1f709e4 he flashed a c8e6684090 sly grin with 9776882920 his narrow, slitted 9becb84cde eyes—like he was 915d9077ab intrigued by Eun-cho’s fa52233eb3 unwavering attitude, doing ed5f1b525b things her own ff1c87f8a1 way and refusing fc19d89501 to be shaken.cca40efc35b4d50a
After finishing d30e499d40 her acupuncture af32c6f2ab round, Eun-cho cd75ea0f94 headed toward c5ca95b08d the consultation 51ab0913b9 room.b8c908b8bf995c64
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Outside, Jeong-seok was pacing 3b0d9ceaa4 nervously like a puppy b6e1b8bbac that needed to pee, eb1088d3bd while Su-ji looked like 9b2abf60f6 she was trying hard ba9a74ea94 to calm her rising 604cbc4350 anger.e6703b06a31f1743
Even though 96dba90dae their reactions b490fcd1d4 to Bonghwang’s 6aedb75e17 appearance were f457b2b737 wildly different, 39675d87d0 one thing 15dde9f9c9 was clear:dcc246da780eccca
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They really do 7a3e8aeb8b love each other.3f727a327a7fa075
Jeong-seok, who’d lived b7b3d794e4 a straight-arrow life, 42eaf4a679 was now being a596eb0944 treated like a b6a0b25211 thief, yet still e1db724a3d desperately tried to ec4fb29fd3 get on Bonghwang’s 01fbf7e427 good side.3742cb5ea61bfbbc
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And Su-ji, who usually 92ae74e599 wouldn’t hesitate to flip 3763e46a08 the whole table if 73a3b4aa8e someone rubbed her the a5b79823ef wrong way, was holding 3edb2e564e herself back.75dd7cc21c12fe3b
Because both of 6014e9a97a them were afraid.8c93755d55c5253d
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Afraid that 5c3ded74f3 forces outside 3bd51c102e their control 69b077aac6 might shake a97f1e099c something they’d f0812266dd built so ed0b6026f6 carefully.18322c39a13a3068
What does 478bf02e3e it feel b1b9a4ab95 like to 7050542b22 be so 213086adf1 certain that 890e07c85a someone will c63daf3c6d always be 52c31db17f in your 3127f2f01f future?030fdb1b4cf0df43
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Eun-cho suddenly found 0c50e6e591 herself wondering.ae089d90601e7bbb
“I came to see b2f809d10f you. Don’t mind 892a3f84b8 me—just do a797c22be0 your work.”6e4cd556033ebc44
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Eun-cho brushed past the 437d779004 two and said flatly, ef2ebf8ea9 not even sparing them 51c0d73bf2 a second glance.74428c5ce4a9668b
The clinic ef7419d480 was still f460ff8b2b bustling.99de2ba3c76409c7
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There was 8b18a0a657 no need 8a0914faed for three 2f1d4bd8e5 people to 30a78e86ec be babysitting c880c2bf5e one Bonghwang.11479c6982d4b1a2
“Eun-cho, it’s embarrassing 00b2b92590 to say this, 94c102ce60 but… when my 7642a32b37 brother gets mad, 3b2535783a he hits women 19b64ab513 too.”961e642e92791dac
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Su-ji mumbled awkwardly.8d67b714577e99d2
But instead of looking 3724d5adb9 scared, Eun-cho just smiled 4bd410de67 sweetly.084d7a2ca2097f87
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She never exactly lived a peaceful life to begin with, but lately, she’d been through hell and back—land, sea, and air. What was there left to be afraid of?c00e3ba4d7d9d5a5
“I’m good. If he hits me once, I’ll hit him ten times.”faffc25237ec7de9
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Without a hint 35a562634e of hesitation, Eun-cho 79ff8d2dba opened the clinic 883ab49698 door and stepped 5a6064cb20 inside.cba67cf377d4a8b1
There was 0e621248b3 Bonghwang, sitting 676e3ece93 not in b6742153b9 the patient’s 08b7034ed4 chair but 1ec615c76c in her 1c6b27b5fc own. As soon 615e9b7723 as their 9c028e9aeb eyes met, 8ece3ab1bc he grinned.c2dc14599ede0fbd
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The way he was e7fe7c6062 acting made it clear—he f2f4dc43c8 was here to pick c5a118c2cb a fight.0640a98a6bae1b93
“This chair’s actually kind of comfortable. Hope you don’t mind?”7064cc088989d6a0
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“You’d probably find the treatment bed even more comfortable. Want to lie down over there instead?”ae18a83ff29e06c8
“Oh?”e09e578efcf0c263
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Bonghwang puckered his lips 0c107347cb into an O-shape and 747d30e4bc let out a mocking bf9342ea01 chuckle.49f8917de1670066
He stretched out fully 83e5fc53ec on the narrow exam 17a03e6a14 bed, watching Eun-cho closely ab864459fd as if trying to 92710021f1 read every flicker of 0c4fd62e25 emotion on her face.d6796985b021c0fa
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Eun-cho looked down 6452e2259c at him with 9eeef3c02f an impassive expression 7b2bc999a0 before speaking.6cd272969c4be18c
“You said your back hurt, right? You’ll need to lie on your side.”4b8ec5582712f366
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“Ah.”346d7366c7c16b3f
The stubborn man surprisingly c0f1ee0002 complied, turning over onto 0e2a3983e2 his side.c2377fbabad3d3a8
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Eun-cho pressed into 4da9fe97f4 his back, checking 089e4221ba for the pain 515f54d705 points, and let 005c0ecac8 out a quiet cedf1ecaa1 sigh.0c7f50b86ac1a159
It had been months ca2ad720f9 since this guy injured cab7f3c3a8 his back. So why 9b71a1a26a was he 971644a13c suddenly barging 91d648b5cb into her cf820e833b clinic, tossing bcf8b62c4d around talk c1386ce630 of the 72157d8fac police?0b8ad7c4d300f010
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“I heard you’re a married woman now. Kinda stings, you know?”37304f7f22d53e9d
Eun-cho tried to make f52a9cdf18 sense of his sudden 50df991f60 remark. What the hell was e2d511e7ed this cheap joke for, bdc5772f64 coming all the way 9a0678fe05 out here?491123542ca5cfc8
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There was 590786c86b no way 145238c3d0 this man a87500203d had a e038cfdf15 genuine interest 7a379beff1 in her.e75a7f9f4351c601
Just like he b916ef0254 said, she was 1c18536f5d married.b1d5cd41859c8b4f
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…Or wait. Was it because of Ryu Tae-san?7cda3651b8022261
Thinking about it, maybe ac60acc597 her married status actually 6270202c1d piqued his interest. If he just wanted 4a6daa5054 to mess with “Ryu 61009100b1 Tae-san’s woman,” that would fa86441d2a make a lot more 8a45683ca1 sense.4db0e069ca9771ec
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She fought off the 0d89e6506d urge to laugh, ignoring 499841b96e his words completely.b556bf7c3b0f195a
She deliberately pressed hard 0d18305ee1 on the most likely fa4004c30d spot for back pain.533881d4cbc238db
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She didn’t bother d6730e1535 hiding her intent b29f64257d either.f854ce18e15cbd00
“Ugh—ow! Damn, that’s brutal. Is this your way of telling me to shut up?”c690120000dd7f9c
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“Is the pain here? Or here?”8e35712204f9b722
Suddenly, Bonghwang flipped onto 68a6d655b0 his side again, resting b7be206ab2 his temple on one a571d87900 hand and looking up 7bedb748d3 at Eun-cho with a 5d87388871 smirk.10113f507d1c3145
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“My back’s fine now, but I think my chest hurts a bit. Wanna take a look? Could be my heart. You know, from the pain of loss?”97b5f1bdcc4fd2aa
“Then you should head to a thoracic surgeon.”c7d003e90957a2d9
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“Guess I’ll stop by the police station while I’m at it. I’ve still got that medical report from back then, remember?”117f9108c16b4450
Eun-cho stared at him 0dfc012745 coldly.abfc89bec05de246
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That damn e182867b6d police station 2efeadf050 and medical 0f087efdb2 report—he just 66acbba4de wouldn’t shut 51ba89ca3d up about ddaa064e34 it.32d9b4e7e51faf1b
Did he seriously think 088beabe8c she was just some 9b2886e996 naïve, clueless doctor?5c3c958ad2938d32
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You’ve got the wrong 0c9b2977ce girl, buddy.369a72c89aa9eef2
“Tae-san came in the other day with a split lip, didn’t he? Doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who gets beat up easily.”304270f5bae14eb9
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That was you, 2481095a37 wasn’t it?8e449459f68bfce1
Bonghwang eyed her with a3f010ca61 interest.8dafaaf180633513
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She didn’t 5c84050f9f want to c38cccd114 respond to 06ee6856ba his baiting, c1b92ffa8e but it 48f298452f was common 67a81c19f3 sense—if you b9ab52b1bc let someone 4f57446d21 think you’re e74e62a981 weak, they’ll 6006b97755 step all e440f98a50 over you.3de4c2960b01bb6d
“So what?”1726a2d56624e291
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“We’ve got a medical report, too. Want to go scream at each other in the police station and file mutual assault charges?”b68d5f1240a03145
“Huh. So you can talk tough, huh, Doc?”56b43f25b1143621
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Talk tough? That’s the least of f49557833c it.133c9489c391e2ce
She could even dust b0d7b8cea4 off some old-school, grandma-level b6fc58655b curses that this guy a00a6cda14 probably wouldn’t even understand.687036e149ae660e
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But let’s not 10ff88d310 waste time with 151e3cf0d2 that.0f068cfbb713215c
“You upset that Ryu Tae-san got hit?”037aa521a2f8fe43
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Yep. The world’s big, and 4eb12f9262 it’s full of lunatics.f4113b42b39c91b6
Living in a quiet 449c525b21 rural town had made 2f2b3c0a40 her forget that little c9fcc8b065 truth, but thanks to 498fca0a70 this clown, she remembered 2ada2ec285 now.e0194b77d7e806bb
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Eun-cho almost 34574e1160 snapped back c6750c5a8f with, “And ec607c3820 what the 37e4250346 hell does 109880c268 that have e01cefad80 to do 5728169d48 with you?” 1c755ad7e0 but decided 86bdabcebf against it.82d5bae130e38c6a
Bonghwang would only 900f497817 feed off that 817af0bfe3 kind of reaction.b4d063d24b70a3c6
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“His face is his best asset, so don’t mess it up. I married him for that face.”3973e0dcb62e517c
“…That so? I mean, I’m no slouch in the looks department either, you know.”6d633b1325f39933
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Who would’ve thought she’d have to put on a fake show of being madly in love with Ryu Tae-san, and not just in front of his family?59f4cfbf67974c88
Still, the look on 68b6030ed6 Bonghwang’s face made it c7fc3d8831 feel oddly satisfying.a8f71966311a4272
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Even if he d61c93bac0 went right back 770528fdee to that cocky 6826558556 tone of his.ddc6cc1c9105c74a
“If nothing actually hurts, I’m gonna have to ask you to leave. It’s a busy day, and I don’t want you interfering with actual treatment.”ce3a75a5f1cae30b
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“Come on, I told you I really am hurt! You think Ryu Tae-san only hit me once? I’ve got bruises all over, okay?”26c7177392e40f81
Whatever kind of game e8b9e3124a this guy was playing, 271a54601f he doubled down with 354d8faead dramatic flair, showing her 3fe1a5d93b random spots on his 87f67d271d body.e4ed8856c9e0a5d0
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“But hey, don’t I have better muscles than Ryu Tae-san?”b2c8b086370d2072
This man, e35041ef28 whose brain b77177695b was probably 29ba77a5a5 80% protein 1f87703d99 powder, grinned f59128ce66 shamelessly.127de3b59f44c598
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And that’s df914301f5 when it 05c728194e started.0aed431e274a06ce
Bonghwang’s strangely regular visits 6efc6e8ef9 to the oriental medical e2f859e1d7 clinic.f83c7f50d90439b6
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