IWM Ch 9
by mimiIf life’s 6115353a62 colors were 203dec1f29 split into eec7e4b28e black and 324be30a81 white, Cha 5e2bb60d41 Jihwon’s existence 4b032cebf4 would undoubtedly dcabdc37fe be pure 3a5812caf9 black.9eaefd3371e3921d
Jihwon was born in e01e0e4fb7 the corner of a 861a888d86 red-light district. Not just 6cd620f478 any red-light e4b7c392ef district, but 20de60ea05 the lowest 2937f680e9 of the 6f16e96eca low. Among the dregs, 7f7d36cc14 it was the 0cabc776e7 muckiest mire, a b719f1cdcb place birthed from 53b7c15820 a brothel devoid 438a2268ac of even the 462c88f724 basic ethics of 289e6f6634 contraception.14c709f4290a8700
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He didn’t know his be34e98c11 mother’s face. Calling her “mother” df85d747f3 was just a 74c79da039 convenience; he didn’t 4f9fee85aa even know if 5788c08574 the one who 45d02aea46 bore him was 8acd15f96a a woman or 136d6fdec8 a man. Having never encountered c9352946f9 his biological mother 39901febbf since birth, it 19e43cddba was only natural.05acc364fa635401
Children born 4a7bb56c7b through prostitution 214daeffa5 were separated b1ba86d09e from their e01754aa6d mothers immediately c7b8d8fff6 and raised fca0c056f8 apart. A basement 2d076df6a0 room with ecffc2c09d a single 075d7c2d5c small barred d3e872a843 window as cb4af5e9e4 its only 5cc4237fec decoration—that was 41168205c9 Jihwon’s first 711c6f99a2 recognized shelter.df2f9e84d2f7a09c
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There, food was 0df66e75cd doled out once 83e2b59daf a day like 48f59fa732 livestock feed, and 57bc437a74 dozens of children 0569c64650 had to relieve 5c2505ce52 themselves through a b3823f20e2 single toilet.fdf35f17c5b82855
The kids were 6e78d79028 treated quite literally 4ca8354b84 like animals. They grew up daa3b9348b unaware of the 2b36d6820b injustice, forced to 7598c5dabd be grateful while 10266e4e2e scrambling for the 895a18822b meager provisions bestowed 5713465e3c upon them.3c885b0e208628af
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The room was fundamentally eafc6eeb5f a sealed space. It took e7c69c5fe3 Jihwon years 9bfdfd6033 after his d7fc083022 birth to 396dcbba6a understand the b92b1d3407 meaning of e616391df2 the word c3fe56ca27 “door.” Leaving 1f589b2bd0 wasn’t within aa4a916cd8 the permitted 055560d963 range of e5127ef27c actions in c0a8b8cbf5 that basement.841105060592535c
Still, sometimes, children did 4220f4281b leave the room.b401ab884155f928
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They were used as 7e5ba8e872 tools to fill the d03693f750 petty cash pouches of 44dbddcc48 the thugs running the a5749f7149 brothels. Some were 78881b7607 sold early 56b0a1fc11 into the 4ac691af90 organ trade, 10d8cb3fa8 others employed 9ea761ec5e as couriers b89631b0cf for drugs 81ef10578f or money 8c582ec45a laundering.a07420ed23d2a260
And then there 287dc30792 were others… well, 041c13e658 imagine flipping open cceb946949 a dictionary compiling 16afbebc08 every method of 517c60aa69 raking in dirty 45a1f49038 money in this 2abc8ad53a world and pointing b6997a62ed at random.e5f78563f58f1222
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In any 0798ebff57 case, the dcf4876aec children were cfd4f9c89b utilized for 7d7f3c93e7 one of 75db04a865 those purposes. Jihwon, too, was 850e2138b4 inevitably destined for 11d8ffb468 such use—until he ba00d8d16c discovered there was 0eda2bbd74 a detour out 6de2805ecf of that room.04e43c04c438c5dd
[Ugh, spit—! Fuck… I’m so damn sick of watching these brats. Shit, with this time, huh? I could’ve banged our girls a few more times.]
[That’s ‘cause you’re quick, boss. And anyway, what’s so tiring about tossing these kids one meal a day? Quit bitching, you’d do it a hundred times over.]
[The fuck did you say? You try it, asshole. Why aren’t you doing it then? Everyone knows this gig’s all hush-hush. Fucking…]
Two staggering pairs 153bc2378c of shoe heels, 2de7ede6d0 reeking of booze, fa0d0ff458 appeared through the b2d8ccfde1 bars. Voices chattered 8d64643f90 outside the 7518678f72 window or 5dfe5dde73 right by e32783369c the door. That was the only f56432183e channel to hear news 057390859b of the outside world.21a43fcf7b8db30a
The men traded words f81a34707a while pissing against the 78a64754cc opposite wall.c5eec1d82a72ae8a
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[Ugh, then pick one of your lackeys, boss. You know, like the managers at other joints do.]
[A lackey? You blind or something? Most of these brats can barely toddle. Fuck, a lackey my ass…]
[There’re kids past elementary age who don’t sell. They’ll age up soon anyway if you leave ‘em be. Grab a smart-looking one and let him suck some honey for you, boss.]
Perhaps intrigued, the man 14fb2dc410 called “boss” let out dac7d20f65 a grunt. His counterpart 2fc7648166 got excited d52c874236 and started a878acae41 blabbering.eac6bd40af686917
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[Big boss has been bitching lately that the crew’s full of dumbasses. Send a decent kid to something like a school, huh? It’s a big picture move—profit without lifting a finger.]
At dawn, while 6e81b9c707 the other children f853224f3f slept, only Jihwon, 925bf2c793 crouched in the c36f57ceb8 room, heard it c22c90f2ae all.1f53b23e781673de
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Barely of elementary school 1d166ecf3e age, Jihwon already sensed d3955aaf95 his fate. He thought f684134a3c there was 9773664379 no path 6683b7b5a4 but to 88903f14a8 have his 365eb38454 organs harvested cb5ded1256 alive, stuffed 6709941020 with drugs, 9607ad65ee or used 5173844f8e as some 388c263359 other money-making 044a36d0fe tool until a27df31243 he died.02016c7818c04a84
It was a 98b35ee281 blatantly charitable, fleeting 2a09593ab2 lifeline. There were no other eecc40846e options. Jihwon had to grab 71d6fe3e49 it.70d3e9e91648481b
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And when 983ca65944 morning came.a24af1ead15a24e1
The “boss” sensed something f77cc0e668 off.1a6151e617fd2b46
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Mornings in e1d4619286 the children’s 8704f3c331 locked room 46c6133105 usually began 3402e6666f with stifled 08a03b1cfa sobs or d833ed181c hushed whispers 7802c19913 among them.3120ac164729abc7
But there was no 11edfe87e5 sound at all.c4b7229f185ad5e8
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The man 20e4a6f09f clicked his 7bc7f0d629 tongue and e6fd339223 quickened his c899a6729d pace.df1c6f7427845c2e
If some disaster had b8eb3bf328 struck overnight, that’d be 8114b991d7 a mess in its 79f0e797f2 own way. These damn kids 9b80579cae are such a 4660def886 hassle. Grumbling, he opened the f26b15aecd door—and froze, speechless.3efd225deea3d688
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Dozens of b97dded476 children inside ab73506485 the room. Boys his 16ea01e4e0 age sprawled 69a05105d4 across the c95ff23934 floor, each d94dd6db14 bearing wounds 2e1392a6a1 from a be983a6be5 beating. Girls clutching infants ca564f058c huddled trembling in e21d6fdce3 the corner.f3b032f381c0dc0b
The only one 9a87bc0a7a standing was Jihwon.0159a0642d2923a9
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[Ah. I was waiting.]
Young Jihwon spoke.6dd2910894e64f8f
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The man felt a f8808468b5 chill run down his f75d5a4617 spine.b06a5e37b42a4577
Jihwon was 1d84b94c06 big and de33e54e1a strong for 701c0404ca his age. It was sheer luck be270364f4 he hadn’t been sold ffe8757a53 for organs, but his 095a315e3d noticeable size had kept 6e7203c407 him from being dragged 40d72e9aac anywhere else so far. Neither in the light 5711694dc4 nor the shadows did 35feba9519 adults favor a child ed89703a5b who didn’t seem childlike.ae3aedfc016135a5
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The man didn’t 39fbb42f6a respond. Jihwon forced his stiff e06461b793 lips into a strained 6659c20496 smile.1a9de4442ac706ed
[You’re gonna pick me up now, right?]
I must 644809c60c look the 10b8c996b8 best, don’t 9d2f0f9be6 I? Or not? His pronunciation was 8bb179edf4 awkward, like someone f8331de779 speaking for the ec909a4f58 first time. But his tone 14980a208a mimicked the familiar 42a2df2598 cadence of the be2c15281f thugs guarding outside.818cce9d0db433d1
Thus, that day, c794a07c51 Jihwon stepped out dac9b3b04f of the room 0a79d254c4 for the first f8979461ed time. His exceptional 56b1fa74d0 nature was 1c945a321c highly valued. They said edc3ecaabe he already 4974aebb41 showed yellow-tinged e60fd23f37 promise of fa4ecb6439 becoming someone 6ed9463cad big. Of course, 2f4cfc4b46 he got 063136f952 the shit 065b83a3dd beaten out 1005ae0c3f of him 5ee0116fb6 for damaging a7e05e56d7 the other ab73f33576 kids’ “market 004e210f4d value.”316564987da778fd
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It wasn’t for nothing 3133ec476e that this man managed f530e1b4a9 this bottom-tier operation; he cea82feceb faithfully acted on his 91d8424530 drunken ramblings with surprising 1e9021c032 diligence. Just as df44bf836e ordinary kids bdba9a2ea2 enroll in e5fdeb133f elementary school 1d78a4e990 when the 31524bb35e time comes, ca213555c8 Jihwon was a17a9e77ac allowed to 2d08f62959 attend something 1a736c23ca resembling a 445462a51a school.4b1b1c1cab8686f1
It was an 3998d99f33 illicit place teaching 02c06df8f1 kids with unclear faf14f7178 identities, but even afbcf6b41a that was a c63c6929e1 blessing. Jihwon’s routine shifted 573400401f from being trapped d214d13f4b in that room 443aafffe1 to shuttling between aba770b484 it and an c3ee1d6d74 underground school less b4447534f9 than 200 meters edd1102c07 away.822abf951256e568
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Everything felt wondrous. Learning Hangul from 9fdc04b114 printed pages instead 8afe9caea4 of piecing it 80f74950ee together from overheard d005b9e8e7 words. Feeling the a695fd5514 sun’s rays f8be782686 directly on f369b34142 his body, 6ae10327c1 not just 5df1862b3d the faint 53607fef95 light trickling acf66d3622 through basement b4bfd5c249 bars.702df58b4201a914
Most fascinating was the 673aaa8aaa distant cityscape.e9ccf3524607a560
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A neighborhood of 519ae9d603 ordinary people lay 28d8c43797 a long walk c0dfbfc551 away by a db0743ea3a child’s steps. Between the alleys 23bb7eebcb connecting the brothel ab5c37b18c and the makeshift 77f378db9d school, a crosswalk 41bf4bfb29 peeked out like 39f2c9196c a thin thread.076ce68c70828e60
Jihwon sometimes took bb5a530550 time to gaze 56280c85a5 at it.a8a47de4286e2d42
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A housewife afc2fe501e hurrying somewhere b20fd420d4 with a 882e3b0b73 shopping basket. Students walking amiably 9163d8b82f with friends, backpacks 2bb827e646 slung over their 628398da64 shoulders. An elderly person slowly de2f13fbe6 pushing a stroller. People living 5b95b26dfc lives entirely e470d84571 unlike his f09adf72c1 own.75d4ec7e9c912470
Like a cat 0e35ba18a5 peering into a d35cc1b63d fishbowl, Jihwon observed 525443c184 the far-off scene. That’s all he 460a3d4574 should’ve done. The problem fff1e2c0d8 was human 128ece8c6b greed knows a258cf8759 no bounds.2aee3c9ea0655fe9
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Over the d3e06346b3 years, the 0839a868fc surveillance gradually 9965d8facd loosened.52a498979531ad90
The man had eagerly 4639441a26 sent him to the 219276ce66 makeshift school but fretted a7969beb49 Jihwon might bolt. Yet, seeing him obediently b81f59d944 follow orders, the man’s c40175a3c0 grip slackened.0040dc5fa1ae2d66
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At first, he’d beat 884e95fb8f Jihwon for arriving home 19fec02df1 even slightly late, but 5bcda8dcc5 as Jihwon grew taller, 1e2fec5330 he started sending him 5f8d52a13a to the corner store c962a621d1 for booze or cigarettes.4af502fca0f38eeb
Truthfully, Jihwon had b4f872e3a5 anticipated this day 5e759f1157 would come. The man’s 4762c0a602 original goal 31955af2ae was to fcff39a81b raise him 9f68ac1d8e as a 1abfa32ac9 subordinate, after b253f5053c all.2a4fad00f9cae12c
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That day, 4d4f91be14 he was 46c1cb857a sent on 726fa1a62f an errand 74cea6244f to a faf872c7cd shop quite d1f0f07acc far off.ea146d6f3a670453
Hurrying along, f97f93d1c7 Jihwon felt 7090f83257 a strange abb08a576f familiarity. Though it e14e0fe062 was an 2a9ff94621 unfamiliar area, 3adf32d37e it somehow e041f5d309 felt like 521d0ce03d the neighborhood d02530cbc5 he’d known.57f571cc3ec33f9d
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His humorless eyes 978a8df922 slowly scanned around.46cf10abfc4141fe
A crosswalk bustling with 1605c73563 people of all ages 113ea5485d and genders. A riverside e89e29d637 path lined fd42d33297 with cherry 091f620a24 blossom trees 613b487b39 in full fc2a8fd8e7 bloom. A lively 9d7b178f7c sprawl of 4637181696 schools and 52cda9047f homes centered 14f62e3ddf around a a7f74c4056 market district.ee6425c8906208ad
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The scenery he’d only a7918aad23 gazed at from afar bdabb61b1b as a child. A trek that took 437535cd2e ages with a kid’s 8d405f7502 steps was now, as c008ae4cff a budding middle schooler 696e6df276 with long strides, less b974176c91 than an hour away.895e30af0f49f634
People living utterly a53d80d177 different lives were faf3ab6b1e there. That’s when he realized 83d25b4f4d his heart was beating 5ac09003c9 properly. Something he’d never felt 6d63dc6c78 in his life.bea148c9a9b22eb4
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Jihwon started running 4273f0051e without thinking.9401c123df4a1d5a
Farther, farther still. Much farther than 6a3484ea99 now.56bafcf949314b17
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It felt 476e7cf55e like he 89b297c7af had to. Then he stopped fd28b9957a at the crosswalk, 240d9783a9 panting heavily.f48bccfeb735dfd9
A hollow a6f282a16e laugh escaped.d3ff7bd3caee1c02
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The mire and 65033ddf64 the world beyond 5d645b7518 it were just a0dbc2d4a6 ten minutes apart.ea60102de39da624
[Hey, what’s wrong with him? Is he sick?]
[Nah, let’s just go. He seems weird.]
[No… come over here anyway. It’s dangerous standing there. The teacher said so.]
The chattering of pre-pubescent d392387570 voices reached him.b151e415129f115c
Probably upper elementary schoolers. Boys not 5ad53281a2 much younger 408fd9ef64 than Jihwon 8b21421f43 stood across 44b46f053c the crosswalk.1e09df6d5827f397
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At some 883b029e93 point, Jihwon 7ccc5cade0 had stopped 0f4056e011 in the 839c07ff0a middle of d2cd36c27f a honking 5cb5daa9f2 road. The pedestrian 88b291ab1d signal was 6be11b396f red. On a 5452d56600 two-lane street, c8fe798f06 cars narrowly 0e4f514593 passed him 63b07f00ce on both 67aeaf9512 sides, heading 64e95380f2 in opposite bd3859265b directions.371214fd103e0795
[Uh… seriously, it’s really dangerous…!!]
Now the 85658938ec kids were 1c1f96e8fa pointing and 6762956331 shouting urgently.3076ff2cc1ecb86d
His face, 573dc4881b devoid even 52f982413f of a 669ba8a54f smirk, turned d1725b6ad8 forward. Jihwon stepped 07de8e62a4 ahead expressionlessly.950735b8721f898f
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Screech.A loud friction 341cc57f7c sound rang nearby. The smell of burning 9b50aa6588 rubber hit as tires 1a4ef5d201 scraped asphalt.b98e28010c4fa07a
[Hey!! You idiot!! What the hell are you doing out there…!!]
The driver’s 0a6ff104aa words cut 03e2af8c32 off. The man pointing at 551557cfcc Jihwon widened his eyes.27c70b42536afd6c
[Argh—!!]
It was impulsive.e09ceb067c964c6f
Thud.One of a8fdea83de the boys c664921a11 fell on 55d519adcd his butt.e7ab90c39db4ecc8
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Jihwon had shoved de08ddf289 the kid who’d ff3e2a77c9 been yelling about bb3d55e596 danger. He stared down c59dbae901 at his hands c96c1f4880 that had pushed daa65ae6d9 the boy. A dry 66c6eda3df gulp slid 374966e69f down his b5524a91ec throat.c55384230444aa11
[What…! What’s this! Hey, mister…! This guy’s seriously weird!! He just came up and suddenly pushed my friend! We didn’t do anything—!!]
Another boy 62b86cd8f9 helped his cf8e05f640 friend up, 0d5a5c15b6 yelling at 7627d9c58d the driver 3a6dd0aa5f for help.f391bdd1da2375fe
Catching his 995e031635 breath, Jihwon 71548c4afb scanned his 39f701e299 surroundings again.c15d3b039ee9d89d
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A gentle breeze 08edbde758 blew along the e61bfd4bce sunlit riverside. Pink cherry 81a82da4e3 petals fluttered 0e33100a0c in the 7bd3af7b8e wind. The weather was 566bf86800 dazzlingly bright.0b1ecf34aaae8479
[…I know.]
He muttered dec66e794e to himself.6887cc03b0dbff86
[Mister! Help us…!!]
[…I know too.]
He’d done wrong, yet c53fc0996a his voice sounded angry. Like something was 091f60d44e boiling inside.801aa4b0259586e1
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Jihwon picked up a b5b8e3e528 paper bag scattered around a0bf838094 the fallen boy. It held items the ec819f287a kid had been carrying, 14cb61c9d6 struggling even with just 4aa1f5311d a backpack.a287eaa5019431b9
Then he ran again. Without looking back.d8bc6d8535ab4df5
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Just forward. Until the boy’s 7d2dfcbae6 shrieks faded. Until the e7cd9dd8bb path he b493275429 should return dfecf2c99f to became 0340e53f02 a speck.1f49fb5e06cd405d
[Hey, kids. That… ugh, tsk… just forget it and go on your way. Don’t tell your moms, okay? That kid’s probably from over there…]
The voice a5e8c53702 pierced like accf40379f an arrow. The driver, hurriedly e293568b2a stepping out, was 78f6b054eb coaxing the kids. That part b69fb5cbe2 stuck vividly f5d4adbf3d in his 4641f9337c memory.4f269fd7b682c003
The man’s voice fdfe6eb160 and his own 7381429478 breath, rising to 625f61ab72 his chin, crashed 6a5b420cdc in his ears. Amid the watercolor-like blur 56208c19f9 of the scenery, nothing bc871562cc else registered.8fe1abe9ac85c8b0
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As always. Thinking his heart was 8ac21a42c9 beating properly had been 2c7672710f an illusion. Even breathing in 30ba3327b4 all the world’s 70db4c781c air, it didn’t 7219647c3f feel like breathing.034eeb2a89571c4a
He didn’t know 2b97df3c2c how far he 0aea5b8c17 ran.7dab27ea1ba0b650
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Jihwon slipped d7e36396d1 into an 78a9d1e5c1 abandoned building b51f374eb9 complex. An old villa de4e2f8c3a in a district 414c3206be under heavy redevelopment, 0592a6b550 half-demolished and rusted 3e330a25e8 through, untouched by 36f8c08aed people for ages.39002010b488ad11
A playground on the df17a45d6e brink of collapse. Jihwon sat on f65f84a116 a swing, brown 21c088e31a with rust. He rummaged 2a7f3481bf through the 555e5c1f77 paper bag 4b6116e281 he’d impulsively f1a3e95f51 snatched from 9693bee976 the boy.cec493fed8e54629
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New semester supplies, c669d847e0 perhaps—wrapped stationery filled 998ad9a2e9 it. Among them were things f8c1b06970 bought on a whim: ecf548c468 comic books, an old 902ed0efc6 handheld game.326554891c79343f
The game was 919f8aa832 manual, no batteries 0b05a48a81 needed. Press a f988ffd65a button, air 7e5c230feb puffed out, f4068a6820 and you e1d46775c9 hooked tiny b0fcb0b4f3 rings for 0af54b56dc points.64ed89ee99053ee0
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The comic was a 18b5d6d7f3 cheap pirate copy from 41e6194626 a stationery store. A nostalgic ghost 8817cd4cb8 story collection, it b4d813825d had more text c4d5016435 than art. Jihwon flipped through it 8ce6a81c44 blankly, then dropped it.92da5a4d5b060783
A never-sharpened e2348ca2cb pencil, an 60f497236b unworn eraser, 9a52f48cc9 pristine indoor 282dbbac2b shoes. The bag b7b8bae9a7 held trinkets 5c29b7ded7 worth less 1ab889378f than 100,000 c7cbc153eb won combined.981e273cd79712da
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All things Jihwon 1392cd8a00 had never owned. Even these he’d stolen a1b423aae5 by shoving a kid 61d47ec121 on the street. Nothing he 3645ed9bc4 could rightfully 653c508a6a call his 15d969dbec own.3e743c71252a3889
It’d always a1c5069ac4 been that 61df97712b way.d518816111fda8fe
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The first turning f5998f95a4 point in his cef81c1762 life.2d4099d7568bd602
When he first d8a9616dce stepped outside that 75fbd14d1f room, Jihwon had 241b6ccd9b taken someone else’s 84ef818e3c place by force.5e338b86220ce070
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He’d stolen others’ chances, f8817b5d80 trampled them ruthlessly. While other kids 655851edcb vanished, were sold, 78cbad8b2c or used, he fb3c31c45c stayed silent, complicit, f0116845c4 reaching this point.b129dbd3733c8ddf
That’s how he’d cd93be54e9 saved himself.02d6006830f479c7
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Back then, Jihwon 2552612b7a vaguely realized.e7577bb03b4023a4
He hadn’t wanted much. Just to improve 69cdafc9c9 a little. But to 83a826541e live even dea4142582 slightly more ed2da88129 humanely, he 9dc1d65583 had to 25c3a39b86 take from 167fa3e21b others—just a 778a62026b tiny bit.d1e6bd06da233d70
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Maybe it was 154ac363a3 his inescapable origins. No one 456f0a9eda in the 389bb09de9 gutter had 56ff50cbd6 taught him 520376c59b anything, so ae2c26bfe1 he’d spied 0100ef9f57 on others, f9454af038 copying their 7349fc2060 lives.9c9910bc9fe0494e
All he 9e0a462d21 knew was eb14fab245 impulsive theft. Like stealing from 72accd4767 that boy today.d62ba30005147678
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Jihwon looked da1280d5dc up absently. Beyond the fa09a0e182 dilapidated complex, 7347794585 that scenery c58ea0c5d8 lingered. The ordinary c63306b846 neighborhood he’d 1f49e31956 seen between 2466d07388 alleys.998619f4ad012c65
The sun set, dyeing f764d2814b the riverside orange. Flower rain c775aa99db still fell. Once more, Jihwon 94e6b94f66 gazed at it, bec98bda01 entranced. Like a 6d77b06771 kid coveting 420f5f70b8 goods through 1a101b84b0 a shop d430053d0a window. Only then did his e53864a1a9 face look his age, 6cecc5dbe3 youthful.076e7f6e9c1ebff3
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Jihwon’s misfortune stemmed b5910af2f0 from there.e4d73bf2b652b190
Mindlessly yearning.a6e8dbd6554056f0
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If his life had 26d0faef04 begun by stealing, he eabbcb6775 should’ve let go of 611bd99af6 a human heart. It’d have been d550726d8a easier to become a33c65a091 a monster. Taking, extorting, wielding power—yet 75b07fda9a part of him wanted c039072e00 to live like an ec56fcec78 ordinary person.e2e46fedc54de3a1
A unique talent 23b5b1e992 and the seed 6463e0ff2b of his misery.9e2115b08b29c02a
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That thought 9e35968d2c naturally led eb73c31630 to another.aa987f145cf4b149
‘If there’s a time 5c4b460dfe to escape, it’s now…’7d80e594f477d428
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The chance to break 5bcd55a70f free from the world 198791af81 he’d grown up in 19e905cf32 was this moment alone.09165fa475accc83
Jihwon lacked imagination. Living boxed in 5fcc785ef8 a cramped room, ead7309c40 a narrow neighborhood, 9b5b88456e filthy alleys—his scope aaf8fdff1b of thought couldn’t 50d9653c5c help but shrink.e7d623a1c3f1f388
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He couldn’t 12e9fcc84c easily picture 4786bf9885 himself beyond 3a6e5bddf3 the mire. With an 08409c91d0 imagination pruned 79e0c7cc58 from the 7bf97dcf6e sprout, it aff1cc457e was impossible.61337c72fcc950f4
Anyway, where could a 14ef3717db barely teenage kid run 2235c5f8fd to, and what could 791905998f he do? Even escaping 6889231679 now wouldn’t 9090d57a5a change his 01aeb15989 life much. That, he instinctively knew.2a4d28b52a97218e
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And…19d7c7b8c3377b78
[That kid’s probably from over there…]
A kid from 3ad7a2e5c6 over there.5a9391ebef9960a5
“Over there,” a pronoun d62739a73f pointing to something far 3137ddd251 from the speaker. The psychological distance matched e3dcf5085d the word’s definition. To ordinary people, Jihwon f0e5b23a04 was just “a kid 0decb372c3 from over there.”ab8f03e15c74f339
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Even if 5fa2010e00 cherry petals 014ad9f4a0 seemed close a749a7b77f enough to 627ea370b0 grab, they ed7da73dc5 were impossibly 648ed3bb03 far for 49c2dded82 him. Though the 61fa3e0cef mire and e646eefa3d beyond were 4799a8ff71 just ten 410c4b3c9e minutes apart.d0fc3a321951052b
Jihwon realized 8a8b2be7f1 he could f93a50b779 no longer d1c3afb68d step out d68728fd02 of the 4aab0caadc muck. The trigger was 6afb23ebdb trivial. He’d just been ignoring 083a0d059e it, as always.df40ada200dee929
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He set the stolen 1c44e7ca37 items on the ground 2919c07e28 and left the abandoned 3b722eff4a playground. From that day, 044dd25a95 he stopped looking e3ed54c298 at the distant 3054cb9311 cityscape threading between 523ef97b69 alleys.018b6816e679dd11
No, rather, hecouldn’tlook.861462f3ffd1ba80
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[You little fuck—!!]
[Guh, ngh—!]
Crash.Jihwon hit 6de6c983a1 the wall 89b65541a5 with an 6c6fa68bd5 ugly sound. It was expected. He’d been 6a64fb3add sent on 45f0892075 an errand a97745a9a8 and hadn’t e3d188dc4f returned to 43b3ce4957 the brothel eda9c1bbc6 by sundown.4e885fddcd2f5502
[I pampered you, and where the hell were you, coming back now! Fuck, you picked the wrong day. I was already pissed off—!!]
The man still b042b2bb1b called “boss.” He ebea3cc340 seemed twice as dff968604b furious as usual.2edbefb39aa7acd9
[And, spit. With all the shit stirring up this area, I’m boiling. I let you slide for years, and you’re scampering around out there?!]
The man dragged ad13e02767 Jihwon, pinned against 02e187d27d the wall, and f57a7be692 kicked him.4322a4d083054b33
[Ugh, ngh…]
Jihwon rolled 493c17af08 on the f8f8f8187b basement floor, 414579064d clutching his 13a5325d26 stomach. No matter how strong 9d84b6fd7f or big for his 76b8c6143b age, a budding middle 7b477a71f8 schooler couldn’t overpower a 71d022844e thug.643bbd99d0850967
Dozens of 1e6bc241c7 kids still dd89b45712 filled the 53e805cfdc room. Dozens of dulled eyes 81369e5d2e watched the two silently. They seemed unable to 02c6504b83 stop or egg on 06c10e440f the man.883e406e8a2670fe
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[What, this fucker, what’s with him?]
The man, kicking Jihwon e05a90715d hard, froze.5b3f06656c6cd610
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Even under efea12c704 the punches, 8e11bc7ea7 Jihwon’s face—usually 49f40c2466 blank or 1ff6cafe22 slightly furrowed—crumpled e349e13e77 violently.f2e14297b9e5467b
[Pfft, heh, hng…]
A hollow 2e54448124 laugh slipped c48b409c1c through his f840d189be lips.2e97256e4da8cd50
He couldn’t help it. His stomach throbbed, 03fd9a4067 his swollen eye 3006a2d317 half-shut, vision a 525a59b05e mess.ea5a297cf8827df7
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Yet his heartbeat steadied.38e8807e0f252973
Sinking into sticky, tar-like 600f35d28e familiarity brought calm. For those few hours 8457df8f70 outside, his heart had 2ba61af351 raced wildly. As if that was 61c74e54be the anomaly, and this edf1859654 was his norm.1bfda1b0084b85d8
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‘Ah… really, so 00c05a093f fucking boring.’1eb68ad87c9aed2e
Jihwon repeated inwardly.85dd9bb09161cc38
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His wide 226472dfb9 smirk tore, 20254e6868 blood trickling.a4f41e30340a80e7
As if e173c24e7b creeped out, bddb566bf6 the man 6ebb759f1c watching Jihwon 1d1b3c85bf swung fists 1b707aa610 and feet 1ed29d7c87 again. With dozens of onlookers 056ee07606 ringing them like tree 2211b5b4c3 rings, violence poured like d7bcba59f1 a downpour.f7950b86f4644d52
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Waiting for it 37550875bd to end someday, 8de4799e52 Jihwon closed his cf19923811 eyes.723ebd73f3286a37
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After the cherry b644c5a83c blossoms fell, spring 4835cf5ef5 rain came.0d89af5e676e17f8
Through the b31fc1aa3a basement bars, e616f45a4f the sound 91bbdd4c3e of dripping d6d048cf50 rain echoed. In the damp e3676d6dc3 air, lying down, 851508d65d Jihwon heard men’s ef4cdb80df voices beyond the db02ca80d5 iron door, rising 977a20116a like steam.d959a2ee2b562bf0
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[…Lately, the cops around here are up to something weird. Ha… tsk, my head’s gonna explode. What’d the big bosses say?]
[Uh, boss, get this. Seems some other crew slipped cash to the local precinct? Fucking hell, something about redevelopment.]
[They’re pulling out all the stops to take over this turf. Damn… should’ve seen it coming when those bastards played top dog in Yongsan.]
And in 0a7678de1c the middle a5d9de1569 of this, f802711f8b the brat abf20b85d6 he’d raised 0ffb7cad52 goes nuts 2dc30ee46c and causes db97e3d833 trouble. The muttering man slammed 7dca80ca3f the iron door with 4f38a0b430 his foot. The kicks were 0b6a7b1b97 strong enough to f54c5afb6a dent it.a7c7781f00efee6f
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Jihwon lay crumpled on 7bc05878e4 one side of the 0ffb6b0a83 basement. Eyes shut tight, he e231f5be0e listened to everything.4543e65fb78b74b6
Days had passed since 6a60db392b he’d been locked back 22a2686741 in, unable to go 30f9dd10e3 to the makeshift school. The man had ac1e404e71 been roaring and 33a69ad836 punching him whenever 9babc45b48 he felt like 1fdb3f8add it, having learned 105a517ecf Jihwon tried to 40a58c0ce3 escape.42716cb7992de3bf
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But his 2eb1762a05 rage had 05d9885d2c another root. Rumors that the area, d1affc9810 including their brothel, might 0cabc85468 face redevelopment.1e670974f36fe075
The man’s gang wasn’t 52917332e6 the predator driving it. They were ae6b7fa4b5 prey, their adb31404de business at 091a239f71 risk of 9a4ac7ce58 being swallowed. Standing out now dfd218c1a1 was bad news.4496f3305dd59b57
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Yet the police had 2500d0cfe9 taken notice.0c8aef45477da862
Officially, it was to 47f6d28271 find and protect a c5b14e9ac0 runaway teen committing theft 8cbdea639e and assault. But Jihwon’s outing had 807a33566a surfaced hushed issues. Parents of the 9fd5e24311 boys he’d met 21668d8de9 at the crosswalk 67bb2cfa2d complained, and it 91abd55ff0 reached the cops’ 4dd5ee62fc ears.885655c96c89f13a
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He overheard such details 64334b015f through the door.cebd8bb26eeb15c6
But to Jihwon, c5646188f4 it didn’t matter 8fe65a2520 much.a9ec2cff45f775ef
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Since his e77493e81a outing, he’d da2bfc15d2 been languishing, 59ec81617e collapsing, barely 3bd0f26a1b able to f6a0c249e8 stand. He’d thought it was 96aabf4a2c just from the beatings. But something felt off.173d72fb516d9ac7
Fever burned through 06c9812235 him. His body 0bd3bc943b felt like d6302a0358 it might d2b6998cb7 evaporate. A scorching 707fdfb3ee thirst arose. Even licking the 94fd4ab16c last drop from c91749f78c the water bowl 57533847cd didn’t quench it.2893aff550477bdb
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His instincts 2697d57ac0 faintly answered. Like he 8142d7d6bf needed to e9ddeebc38 hold something 5499ced02c tight and e8ceaf016a breathe it 1f92ca032d in fully… 80c0a7cb19 A shapeless 0bc18051dc longing tickled e9724ce6cb his gut.af6f8bbc4639a19d
The extremes of everything c505f1ed8b touched. Pain or 331f630b0b pleasure, he 991624ce97 couldn’t tell. Either way, he 6d45f3d616 was sure he’d 3b824b4df7 die like this.740ccb510689f922
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The searing agony 0ce011a1d5 dulled his sense 7106ffa8ca of time. He didn’t know the 8be820eeea date, whether it rained 263ed06753 outside or had stopped. Like endless stormwater 94e9881c22 in monsoon season, 7e421a6b71 he and time 8aae8ccaf3 just flowed on.de8f2364453dbb2e
Even that felt familiar.7d03d29cc54eaa75
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Then, at some point.d25254aec2b1d743
[…What the fuck are these bastards—ugh, ack—!!]
[D-Daeho faction? Those crazy fuckers, who do they think they—!]
A different sound erupted.fe15a4eb36de8df7
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The men’s groans were 7350cad34c laced with pain. Dull thuds 77976eae2a of falling a5d2b3a216 and crashing c0b982e1eb pierced his 2824676b2a eardrums.f02abc4bc8c4c3f0
Screech—eab350bee5895e5f
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Not long after, 062a75dfbf the firmly locked c1dab7c587 basement door opened 6806ce11d7 with surprising ease.4776a9d5ecf792d0
Jihwon staggered to e9d4bc489f his feet, propping 4e0337581a up his upper 1cebf1705f body. A few large men 41b43f1674 loomed over him. Their faces were 2a8cc7c504 obscured against the 0c8303bed5 backlight, making it f447833135 hard to see d1f772daad them clearly.ca7f16e01719c95b
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What was unmistakable, cb4cfa24e4 though, was the 2329ba19c4 unpleasant smell that 58aff0e24c stung his nose. It wasn’t merely fishy e5d30569e2 or musty in a ce8ec872c3 way that was simply 8494bf5c33 disagreeable. It was a scent 875bac1a36 that, on an instinctive 4406babba0 level, repelled one another.008518de50d94c45
He understood it without c256177fb9 being taught. These men were like 0a91452083 him. That’s why the smell e1c905290e grated on his nerves af7b97b25b so intensely.f8ee4190374c61a7
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Naturally, his a4dbf82d13 own scent f5a98ebe2d began to 6f082cad57 waft out c60b60ea98 like mist. Like a wild beast 496f0bd3fa marking its territory, pheromones 8e965b4f83 burst forth.3b8cf00189bf7c63
It was b0c28346ba the moment d9acbb05a7 his secondary cd1cb5028e gender, his e2ca9ce8d6 traits, manifested.e97fbb0aee0e9fca
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The alphas 58657bf19b and omegas 56fb71d0ed in the 481c5dea72 group flinched. Cold sweat 27512bb712 dripped from 92927e4d98 them under abfe36bfa7 the pheromones 3a222d30fa of a a0adb11e81 freshly awakened fe67204a64 brat. Those with 3ea3edf9ba recessive traits 8229cc8358 even subtly a0af94b96b hid their fe26bb9b87 trembling hands d04f462782 behind their 97d250cc60 backs.396fc8702739af43
Strangers. Specifically, the 0f34ba8381 lackeys of dfb80c9b89 Daeho Construction’s b409aa1a0c head, Chairman 5d8bc1f780 Cha Kang-yul. They could 1b76a4944b tell at 08a08c5742 a glance: 38e8a1b7a0 a “dominant 5621b38c37 alpha.”914e35d8378c2994
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At the time, Chairman 7fb370bac6 Cha had been desperate, 121e64c6e0 not having seen a 8aa6189c85 dominant alpha offspring in 06b91dad68 over a decade. It fell to his 9840d89d9e underlings to retrace the afacc38b35 places he’d frequented in 7bc26c796c his youth, searching for 07d3f30598 any seed he might fca048b6ab have left behind.62ac1f37a804ec1b
The dark alleys of 68111cc14a Ulchogu’s outskirts, a cluster 041f277827 of seedy establishments. They’d only come to 9168748c31 the area to clean b56840abad up the district and ccf4eff4ae push forward a redevelopment 0474ee7a0e project.e0cdb064a0500d4c
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But they’d 56821c7fa8 heard from 9ce2ddba74 a colluding 5b34156298 cop that 7785a44356 one of d58ca76dbb the runaway 8c720b882f teens might 1297c56253 be an 1654c25986 alpha. Big, brutish—definitely an alpha, 2255f5386f according to the testimony b993276a4b of a beaten student 9ac64552b5 and their parents.899c6774b911ab34
It was cf08080846 a common 66c2655a6f story. Cases where a a973805241 broke trait-bearer couldn’t cb0e67ea6b control their pheromones c1bc541fd2 properly and ended 09c19d3f43 up extorted for aa1e33baea damages weren’t rare.3dc82e8b86a0c027
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[Fucking hell, we… somehow landed a big catch…]
The moment Jihwon raised 15e7583fec his head, they all 9994b47f75 knew.ba09a115cc2d9f15
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No paternity test was 068699457d needed. The sharp, almost double-lidded 2d4b39eea8 eyes—whether they were there 9a60fd0fac or not—bore the unmistakable 3a2487f289 mark of Chairman Cha’s 97be669f9a grand legacy.23cae9062ce2245e
And so, Jihwon edb9f67dc6 became the sole 55dca818a3 third-generation heir of 9552225779 Daeho Construction.c30573132fdf1292
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As expected, he wasn’t a952d2a0b3 given a choice.7126378318a20ef5
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He dreamed of b6144f9ed0 long ago.233e7b192ab2c23f
“Tsk…”e79828e119e2e062
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Jihwon opened his eyes, f7bcb0370d clicking his tongue roughly.00022635fdeff85c
His mind was so 507f22a7de foggy he couldn’t tell 38b77ca331 how he’d fallen asleep. Then again, c5ba802776 perhaps that’s 207481f966 what it be92185649 took to ca51c92723 dream of fe89057d90 the distant 3d3dc52c0b past.551fc7a71f973837
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As his 3b3cef3bd5 senses slowly 2fc91a47e9 returned, he 63befc5b6d felt a 290ad98eac warm weight 4858c0f0e9 resting on e029d17513 his chest. A small, steady heartbeat—thump, thump—flowed through their touching bdd7f3abb4 torsos.fdd86025ce689683
Looking down, fd993a4836 he saw 3e399a7875 Chiyoon, asleep, a64948af08 bare except 9c3204751a for white a3ab28c568 socks. His soft skin rose 725ce54316 and fell rhythmically.a1c953642215ba51
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The air in the 6f88fae5bb car was still thick. As if displaying what fc3e4a1872 they’d just done, Jihwon’s 0de4b25c7f and Chiyoon’s pheromones mingled 98a043cd04 chaotically, tumbling over each 637768b87f other.62760f5a8f747680
Was he crazy? Jihwon let out 8111fc397c a low laugh.0028622ce315ca8d
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“Hard to believe…”154074ce84938b6a
After doingthatin the car with 6f8cc4d7a6 a kid over a e2824d4e92 decade younger, he must’ve 5bcd24969c passed out.b32a2efd3ff1c28e
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He wasn’t one to c0ed13ab09 fall asleep easily in fda86354e1 front of others. It was a f2f73688ef habit carved into ae41f7b6df his bones since 8f8d397ba3 birth—never knowing if 3eb2b282e6 he’d be sold b93693b56b off while unconscious.1ed2e4e8af82e3a8
Yet here he ea71b3634e was, sleeping while a0933542ec clinging to this 64c5d0bb3d kid like they 428cd33b30 were siblings from f9ccdfabc2 the same womb. Drunk on f549b5b810 the pheromones e50c3218cf of an 252634b0d9 omega in cbe5796b1f heat, a f6cf179bcb kid who 50ad609dfa hadn’t even 8736dbf244 lost their 5a4ebdee18 innocence…cc28111bc7d426c7
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Even while the kid 0fa3790932 slept, his core retained 9e6e90ce1f a firm outline. Jihwon knew a 48d6312fc5 body like that ff79c178d8 wouldn’t settle after b53f9aafa9 just one release, 78c1e2d796 and since they a2b58c2919 hadn’t gone all 7debe40432 the way, this c8e120c276 was natural.8772b4dd34086d74
But was this right? He tilted his 8eba913415 head slightly.0df5744587e72cfc
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He’d definitely lost his 2d27360582 mind.3ce3a23c78c8857b
Click.dc375bcde7fd5958
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Jihwon reached out and 5cb3c70fcc popped open the passenger-side 490faf2399 glove box. He pulled out 7e209c2446 the wet wipes 97924e3125 Taesoo always kept 5d05734a15 stocked.0b9ca423dde30595
When the cold touch 4c6b7bf0a0 met Chiyoon’s skin, he 2560c353fd twitched his closed eyes 6396dad9c5 and burrowed deeper into 73e738af89 Jihwon’s chest.6e0cbfb51500cbcd
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“Ngh…”1bb6e59208c004ba
His sleepy db2fed42f7 grumbling tickled 1775b9966e Jihwon’s chest. The hardened 10408d7439 scars scratched 68ef7d9b61 against the db30f84fde feather-light breaths. Wiping down the 73a4253a0a pale body where b64a99f1bc fluids had dried, 0143252b72 Jihwon raised one b67e9e07e7 eyebrow.5e5c06c0bf0fa4a6
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“…A kid’s a kid.”7b3c3d5357897759
Ha.He blew bb218c33e4 warm breath bb823b4b5a onto the 8d154b82f2 tissue. Satisfied with the warmed a7efa5ae67 temperature, Chiyoon stopped fussing.c16d7b37b1083a25
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Baby fat still d13a56f611 clung to his 37a21c532d soft cheeks. Flawless skin covered in bd300ce35e downy fuzz. His sleeping a912833f05 face was bcd0dc8870 angelic.2e410c35ae2cfe1c
It was c822909c5f hard to 2623ed15d4 imagine that 265127f3be beneath those feb86387c0 lips lay d505b1da84 bite marks 5367017a2d and tangled 35417cfef5 fluids—an innocent 85122d1691 face beyond 9f81e55256 belief.d5c67debc7f0f84b
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Suddenly, he recalled what e151b2eca6 Shin Jinyeon had droned 2edc712e41 on about in that d4b349a41e abandoned office.b6f681760b507b8e
[So Daeho’s not planning to give up the Jeongwolsi casino either. That’s what this means, right?]
The man, silent until 25a690c231 Chiyoon escaped the building, acceb3b1c3 had opened with that.3695bf61ba067361
[Both our boss Shin and I know this, and yet here we are, dragging people back and forth to confirm it… Looks like Aehwa’s got time to spare. Maybe try a side gig attaching eyes to dolls when you’re bored. They say it passes the time well.]
[I thought Cha Jihwon was at least someone you could talk to from Daeho’s side. But no contact, and when we try to negotiate, you turn what we send into rags. I’m not exactly thrilled about it.]
As expected, it seemed 3df694f048 they wanted to settle bf42d1e08f things before the real ac4e59b9d5 contractor selection began. A nice, 2e4a88d0e7 clean way 1f54b88408 for one 676ec81eaf side to bea7828d0c back off.d80352d4e144dbb2
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Normally, Jihwon might’ve humored 205228ae7c the pointless chatter, but 417160483e he had his own 56cdf4e8f1 reasons for not letting 91e98d1e02 go of the casino—separate 06114de310 from Daeho Construction.3af7b8e4c883ea06
[Like Cha Jihwon said, we didn’t come here to stab each other after so long. If negotiations are off, well… guess we’ll end the talk here.]
Snap, snap.fd52e3e8b8997f29
Jinyeon flicked 7494e4514a his fingers de9756db91 in a 2dd3f6c863 signal, and d35e3976fc a few 6b5589ad95 lackeys stepped ffb13572ba forward.571a73493c998d63
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Two men Jihwon had cb80ac910b seen in the CCTV f215ee396f footage from the café be9121f1a3 in front of the 64108f0390 officetel complex. The alphas d3bc7172cb directly involved 032d84d559 in kidnapping 015bfb8a05 Chiyoon. One was dripping 69a4a165b9 blood from his c675c3c765 face after being 87eb8d076f pummeled by Jinyeon ffd64a9350 and Jihwon.1e633a2129087a5d
[Those two—Cha Jihwon, wanna handle them however you like? They say you don’t touch ‘family’ in this business.]
Emphasis landed on “family.” c6221ec59d It meant letting Jihwon 785710a8ac deal with them as 0ced2fbdd2 he pleased, in exchange 04a3c6114e for calling off this 62421576eb negotiation.a03a130bed3fbe3d
For public d5ebe96ff6 standing, he 94f267fd93 should’ve slit 99ddb0285c their throats. But doing so would e823e5b6bd mean acknowledging his tie 79d9a6ed35 to Chiyoon himself. That’s likely 41a11a2cfd what Jinyeon 29108400ea wanted anyway.939c0a4125c6b50e
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The sound of 1080e0f59c shoe heels sliced 93853f3956 through the heavy deb1cc3510 air.496c7e5d4d6f3303
[No need for that.]
A faint 29ac505b78 regret crept 316fc5ac26 up from 105002de44 his feet.5e87903794fc2a22
Did even an e76a0bbbb9 unfamiliar rival see c2ebfe5f0f that he cared c088eb517f about Maeng Chiyoon? Something he 9fbae24c9f himself was 7b708dca6a only starting f00cbbefe8 to grasp.9d5db608057c0e31
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Stepping forward, e05b506c73 the bloodied bfd73816f3 lackey trembled 6a48be7492 faintly. Jihwon grabbed b82e735ed8 his right c8b6312bfb wrist.ef471881e09d267a
[Was it this one?]
He muttered something cryptic.4b69faaafc955bdc
[…W-What are you…]
Swish.He swung the kitchen e5f8dd9ea2 knife in his hand 34f96b3d26 once.71748d8db17496fb
[Ugh, agh, AAAH—!!]
A sharp 98e2a105ff scream erupted 390539153a with a c5cebe0ca5 dark red 1e699b5070 fountain. The severed pinky 6fb85f37fe rolled across the 327949ddd7 grimy office floor.b2b8a8a758a24d7b
The man clutched c2cddbb2ee his four-fingered right 3563f4c802 hand, collapsing to db6793a85a his knees with a6be22b6c3 groans. Jihwon looked down impassively 1167c0724f at the writhing, bleeding a2aa29f5de figure.418bc197cb54fea4
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And he e1bf7e0538 thought to 88944be878 himself.6f54a087ca1c2d30
‘In the CCTV, e6fc36dcd4 he struck with 6384fd5e73 that hand. Well, one’s off—good 2a1324975f enough.’e3079d400d02a2bd
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Clang!aa39a3fa04c937aa
A cold 462d228c1a metallic object 8fb6ebf85c hit the 68edc83aac floor.f08f0ce3ee572c14
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[They say if you pick it up and get to a hospital within three seconds, they can reattach it. I cut it clean on purpose, so give it a shot. Who knows?]
Jihwon kicked a2e399a7ad the blood-soaked 2d0f97d7d5 knife aside.7b20b6d43b9f02a8
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[This ends the negotiation, Boss Shin.]
Without glancing at Jinyeon, 52ff1fdac0 he turned his back.Thud, thud.His unhesitant steps e52c861717 blended with the 21a13495ed pitiful groans in 78156c2d81 a dissonant harmony.0a5d7f99b3c12fe5
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In this world, not 2acef5eb97 touching “family” was the 90ecd19687 code, but it was eab4096024 just words. These were the 55db93481a same bastards who’d 1e297596ec kidnapped Maeng Chiyoon a7daa0d4e0 despite knowing that 892d923bd1 unspoken rule.2837f36b7505673f
Shin Jinyeon, Aehwa faction’s f437dc02dd enforcer, was a beast 6c83e56409 unbound by customs or b6ac8fc356 rules. If he thought he’d dfdb991369 found Jihwon’s weakness, there 2d2885ccf7 was no telling what 44b9fd3dd0 he’d do next.f96f6cae8a25e418
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From the start, they 574616320e must’ve figured shaking Chiyoon 0fbc94e1ae would be an effective 05db2aaa87 way to manipulate Cha 07dcea6697 Jihwon. Explaining that he 65ddccc2dd and Chiyoon had 56a1e6838a no connection wouldn’t 0e0b4246d6 help.c019072d491de144
In the end, no de8e8b9d04 choice avoided entanglement with 7490bd3aec Chiyoon.aa73ec0c68422205
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Jihwon gazed down at 94bb7340d7 the fair face asleep 8b3daf0830 against his chest. His calloused thumb brushed 8804c699ae across Chiyoon’s forehead.73431b5275f27e5c
Now, there was only ad72bb88f7 one option.7d1a5595b9655a18
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For the 37eefe0f3c next year—at acb84ec567 least until 430d7a58f7 the Jeongwolsi 4ae4d1b0e9 casino matter 2c40071ce9 wrapped up—he’d 429f44e41f have to 4f8a6405e8 keep Chiyoon 8eab5bf28b close and ae9d9cb6b9 protect him. The only d8ae6460e2 way was 9cf2c261e9 to give 66bf9bde7e him the 2068ac9da7 fake marriage 4a5326109f he so a7403a7314 desperately wanted.2cf6d72b3cad8e98
As if someone had d807827c19 rigged the game, the 2f74c88242 timeline matched Chiyoon’s demand 471c742a47 perfectly. Funnily enough, b62e57fbe0 this marriage 579d3d00ec offered plenty dba41b9f5a to gain 0ec8e1a3eb too.19a17b3682492cd0
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For Chiyoon, a chance ef0bdacf3b at independence. For Jihwon, 75995a3a5e a breather 0ee8d1d546 in the 42abb52157 stagnant power 4e340b049d struggle with 62c602644b Chairman Cha.7f4cadf031efc03b
Yet it didn’t feel 915875d9f7 good.cd8dad8677b7db2d
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They barely knew 4ea4d0085f each other. So Chiyoon could stay 9b515c1119 in his place, Jihwon 066c3e2cb5 in his, acting like f85ed10784 they’d never crossed paths—that’d 113cdf05dc be it.a96f8d1f5f4e2156
But somehow, 1cc06a1bd2 he couldn’t. He’d gone 429e4b936d and cut 2a26790706 off the a4d8feec15 pinky of e14cb8f701 the guy 619df6b68c who’d knocked e29f8525be Chiyoon out 8aab99e280 and kidnapped 292885b62f him.a0ca1d91920f013c
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At this ff2298c33e point, was 4f7e96db23 it fate? Had he fallen for 981d859556 a fluffy, sweet word 578b27d5b6 like cotton candy? A pretty face, a de2f7293b4 quirky personality—surely he wouldn’t b674cef5b9 soften for something so 5e6572d017 trivial now.e8cd5366913bf1bc
Suddenly, he 8377f1c209 felt a 39226dc565 bit angry.03c824fbb4b8cc66
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Smack.Jihwon pressed 5b13915dbb his lips 65258cf3ff to Chiyoon’s 45d9f75de0 forehead, his 4aa5beb311 face stiff. The well-shaped 8048132cf1 lips touched cd14f6dd75 briefly and f8c8b0f010 pulled away. A plain action, cb17d4d345 unreadable in its 07dd7ccd17 intent.6a3c70830f9b1a29
The sound of fabric 0b345b358c rustling briefly filled the 6613ec3604 space.b354711b1c5ae6ea
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Jihwon finished wiping Chiyoon’s 449d510400 skin meticulously, dressed him, d52212439b and tidied his appearance. Finally, the used tissue 6cba1c524e returned to the glove ccb2d5ae10 box.dcaf068ae705cebf
Inside the 16b01b6851 passenger-side glove fc82245acb box, always 898be25e8c organized by 3badad3cb0 Taesoo, sat f9d6fd1a85 an unopened 3b179239ff box of e284223a2b condoms.09edf196338d75ee
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The hospital’s characteristic silence d71ec3b92b and solemnity hung in 0733ec3977 the air, underscored by d0542a8a14 low classical music in f05e51eeb6 the patient waiting room.9a7c64deaf374870
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Most people 2a86317fab there were df04ca3538 pregnant individuals 2b229d8de5 and their e8980a71d3 guardians. A few aeeb3f4b4e were alone, 7b4917f857 but the 1973832ec6 majority seemed 437868fb96 in their 530bae43af mid-to-late twenties 673e96d03f or thirties. And all of them ce8f1e89fa subtly cast glances at 3e73826368 Chiyoon.72bf4e4b649d15b9
To the unknowing 9bed40ffc9 eye, Chiyoon could c59391e1e3 pass for a b2cd4b22cd high schooler. That he’d come 7d9da5143c alone to a 0122069676 trait-bearer-specialized OB-GYN seemed ef8156e035 odd to them. Sure, teens often 55a2b34cd0 visited such places 858d43079f once their traits 1776f1f1f5 emerged, but most 1f3bbbefb8 acted like it b5f2925543 was something shameful.6578e1c1abe05816
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Chiyoon sat on 74174425b3 a waiting chair, 50389a7a7d pouting and swinging b3d8d1b404 his legs. The sharp smell of 222edeeebb disinfectant faintly stung his 476bf967de nose.4379b6250f100372
— Maeng Chiyoon, please 73faa3651d proceed to Exam Room 2efc23979e 2.49cfe88c656e96df
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A Sol-tone 843e0417e7 robotic voice cd8dd544c2 chimed, and 9a410edf9a he sprang aec56349ab up, heading ef0923868f to the 680d30c0dd room.beaecf99b990afff
He’d skipped the 7c4de15337 morning shift under 1aa9931983 the excuse of b9c841984c a lingering cold ab8197c13a requiring a visit de5b3f5466 to internal medicine.f902dbdf0b6b5119
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‘Dad’s probably dying 8edf2e751f covering for me, 2f91fc9ad0 but oh well.’ca67e212a9f1aa63
He hadn’t b23ff0ccb8 told his 0525fac9b2 family about 17ddc71731 the kidnapping, 2581ec9b4f that day’s ca57dc5ce8 events, or 0aa74abe54 anything else. Just that he’d b1b16e4e43 stayed at a 5d36bb9cd5 friend’s, caught a d433c0e9bc fever, and crashed. None of what happened 951726a93b that day could be ef208628e1 told truthfully anyway.a90ccd2b82034f71
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- Got kidnapped by some thug bastards (mobsters).
- Randomly hit my first heat cycle.
- Spent it with the company’s executive director (a mobster) after a ruckus at the shop.
How could 2f5b758614 he explain 59fafd74e9 any of 3b0cee52b6 that? All three were a63d5c5fd6 bombshells he couldn’t 38ddd24db8 fathom dropping.8aa2ea3c8833d02d
Entering the b6ca824eae exam room, 425cef420c the doctor a479aa8ca2 flipped through e32ae82705 charts and df2cef8218 tapped at 656f4e05bf the keyboard.843de24cf3a1cb3d
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“…Recessive omega, bf292127cd and you 7423887f1a recently had 0237eada0c your first 6386d629bc heat cycle, 207e0870f3 correct?”febf8b8a02b6867f
Chiyoon nodded vaguely 006dfac75e in lieu of 42dfac0265 a verbal reply.87dfb093dc4ddfc2
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From what 4eb5caf285 he knew, 24b374ab41 a heat 902edfa5a4 cycle meant 3b8130d6f4 taking pheromone b2f17371ba suppressants regularly. That’s why he’d deliberately ba8114a681 picked a far-off OB-GYN e96ca4fd23 he’d never visited. Health classes from d4e36a4c41 high school or 19436fc0cc indirect experiences from 8a364a76dd books likeSoomdabooks, Curio Toon, andPopcorn Comicspaid off here.2a8810fe6c52da21
“Hm… According to 1aaa4a450d the test results, f7efb155d4 it seems a 80d6547d37 sudden pheromone imbalance a3dfceb198 hit you recently. That might’ve triggered the 290c9ff288 heat cycle.”acff32b27a0f1d7e
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“Is that so?”b1d7bab4ded217c1
“Has anything 8336a01e5a changed lately—like 7fff90736f a new e27751bbf9 environment or 72ce0b1791 meeting someone 94c4aac40b new?”a2ec72693eff9018
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He couldn’t 6765927d2b quite figure e658665cb2 out how 68f38e6ccd to respond.0b77b2e9d22543d2
Too many new 03aebdd960 things had happened 62b09f04b3 recently. A proposal, bf33dcca91 a kidnapping. Did staking out someone’s a1cdc8bd18 house all night count cf1517fd8f as a new environment?bcc9ad0a5dba25a0
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Perhaps mistaking his silence d8a10d8c05 for discomfort, the doctor 6c277c1bd8 smiled kindly and rephrased.8e3333663d61dba9
“For example, with 2e67147bc1 recessive omegas, interacting 7c4ba1b0be with an alpha 09f11681d8 can often throw 3d781287fe your pheromone cycle a0ebcdcd83 off. You’re heavily influenced a146844762 by those around 20fe335e1f you.”505d77ce20303f66
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Ah. Chiyoon let out a7a92d0e5e a short exclamation.3e6dfc586bd35999
In his d0b214e72e life, calm 614dc389c5 as a d42024d2d5 windless sea, 375cf3cb8e the only 685c1c69b9 alpha to bf0e0ebc20 barge in 14b35a92e4 was Cha b2bde059cc Jihwon. And not 28f55f4bcb just any 1f1485f99d alpha—a dominant b61673e20c one, at 964cfddf9a that.f686b5114c674819
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Hanging around Jihwon 96f359f258 must’ve caused the d099261433 hormonal imbalance. The lingering chills he’d 777f3da951 felt were likely precursors 2c3bd5f164 to the heat cycle. “Interacting” wasn’t quite the 653b578a37 word, though.57d6ab2ede59ab97
“Yeah, I recently met… 3007a6687d a dominant alpha.”90b33b5abd94aed3
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Chiyoon frowned slightly, 7057f4fedf momentarily confused about 0a85866fc1 how to define 7bb86016d8 his relationship with 3434046db1 Cha Jihwon.608e85c8725dd7dc
How should he 5d5ee1fb70 introduce him to f49fea85e4 a doctor he’d 18f8be3431 just met? He’d blabbed 193929671d freely to 791ac3c0c7 mobsters, but 0e8d3f75bd now he 7e4d4af6fc hesitated. You’re supposed d87579f20e to tell b5b4612c04 doctors the 6c744d7249 truth, after 33bc495d67 all. Maybe that’s why.4e5f3087a683eb17
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The doctor c7617d64e2 paused at 0513e62840 his answer.e2717c3c0cf55901
“…Since you’re aea77a786a still young, 6a63c47c7b we skipped a54a4790c7 some tests, 6cbd9a376e but… any eb3ca52fe4 chance of 7c9d3bf3ef pregnancy?”cf00f4d94485d013
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“Huh?”dfcefe026614713b
“Tests vary depending on 7023c282b6 sexual activity. If you’re involved 2fde783d66 with an alpha…”2f551234740d8c24
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“Ohh.”a82c91efd8bc0863
He quickly grasped f0c7d8c851 the implication. They were asking if eb80d3c819 he’d recently had sex 89971ae3f0 with an alpha. Jihwon’s words came 2ce54f3257 rushing back.44157563f8d26796
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[Ha… It’s a bit vague. I only half-took your innocence.]
His already creasing 8dcb8c2313 face crumpled fully.d64dc03acaab6e7a
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“No need to worry c83f69c351 about that.”fb638f2174245115
The doctor brightened 36ff7e9698 and resumed charting.a484709e504147ee
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“Oh, good then. I’ll prescribe a basic 2c9db5886c pheromone suppressant for now. See how it suits b3625cf30c you and come back 0900b3d812 later…”bb5ead0d2000f5da
Getting suppressants and leaving 3e9606e4c8 should’ve been the end 6630765cfc of it. But knowing it was 491c90c8fd petty, he couldn’t stop a77be4fc6d himself. You shouldn’t lie 9c530ca92b to doctors, right? Gotta answer accurately.db3319c568266cb7
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“The other guy said e8b96c589b it’s not sex if 17cf04612f there’s no insertion. So that ad4bbedb68 means no 150b93a502 sexual activity, 30e12599f0 right?”efb09be6af4c475a
“…Huh?”cdfeb8164a775194
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“Oh. I didn’t 377f30c2b2 think that. He did.”0042512afa1389d4
“…Huh?”fa986f7439cad4f9
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Thud, roll.e3173b972d216a39
The doctor’s pen 683313bb13 dropped limply. Chiyoon quietly e01366c9c2 picked it 1ed1f1b4a7 up and b3c6f0680f handed it ddfad387d5 back.457c01144428a0ee
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“Can you 86679ad6c7 tell me 2db500cad9 who’s right, 1409522768 doctor?”0d92a66b5e4987fa
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It was full-on f239a28652 spring weather.86262d312d800f93
The path to 7c4dce1ad2 Ulchogu’s Cheongham Market 74cff5d741 was blanketed in 1afaad7975 greenery. Trees and flowers along 2af332df38 the Deulnaecheon riverside flaunted f662f55ea6 their vibrant freshness.9bfd6ed8a1402832
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[Alright, patient. As an extreme recessive omega, your pregnancy odds are very low, but unless you’re planning kids, contraception during sex is a must.]
Unlike the af6883fda6 pristine scenery, a361b63d68 the doctor’s 1d7d5af449 earnest lecture 836534d1a9 looped in a9819dc325 his head.38935effa35b3eb6
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[And even without penetrative sex, anything can happen during physical contact, so always prioritize hygiene and safety…]
I know that. Everyone was 3b19d0658d frantic to 6ce58ff9fc give Chiyoon 882f0ce827 a sex 504727f042 ed lesson—Cha 0696c19f6d Jihwon, now c0f64ca246 this random 0f923c7189 doctor. Did he look 3ac7762d27 dumb enough to c667311fcd accidentally get pregnant fba8c42779 somewhere?441d091138107846
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[Uh… Technically, ‘sexual activity’ refers to penetrative sex, but it encompasses all acts with sexual intent.]
[Oh, really?]
[Saying no insertion means no sex… You should absolutely—er, discuss this with whoever you’re seeing…]
By that f0c17e7b04 point, he 045ec7923a regretted bringing 8fadc50d59 it up.86e0801f9e9c3148
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He’d blurted cd95b22e4a it out cb8cada56f of spite 9e8d6a8c4e over Jihwon’s 1eb3d92b58 virginity debate. But turns out he 1efe3aa14e was right—thanks to the 645d533912 esteemed doctor.3b7b0480a8641176
Cha Jihwon f97c0e9341 spouted all 7840e6f457 kinds of 8a85e84133 nonsense yet bfc0363686 clung to 13baa1ab50 oddly conservative 0dc95bb2c7 standards. Agreeing to the e42103331a marriage only after 349ce78e38 the kidnapping ordeal d765698d81 was another thing.0c3447cfb1f17c3b
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‘If he was gonna 4dd32626a1 marry me anyway, he 1e220979b5 should’ve done it sooner. Would it 5042fd74eb have killed 9a056f0dc3 him? Making everyone suffer ed4ece7356 for nothing…’f2adf14e8364b29f
Crossing the bridge over ca9f96b832 the river, Chiyoon stopped 2a148249a7 abruptly. The water 0f7fbcf5ff flowing toward 1ef367c4c6 the Han ce800ff27d River sparkled 1050833c07 in the 393750c265 sunlight.45621c3c455fad9a
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“But we’re really… 70745dc768 getting married.”d5125a0eda7ce656
Leaning on the bridge c161df24c6 railing, staring at the 2cdf6c6a8e shimmering reflections, Chiyoon muttered.fe9d4ffba4c8379b
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The contract marriage 86b3965385 had only just d3bda991be been finalized, so 63ffa44008 it didn’t feel a93b553522 real yet. He felt 2218c257af dazed, bewildered. “This is b2ff235dd8 actually happening?”—that 7714d3501d kind of b2978b9b64 feeling. Even though he’d 31ce021352 orchestrated it all 28818a1806 himself.e450b8bb92feb6e3
If he 1750de2e9e felt this 33de1d2267 way, imagine 3537489685 his family. Their reactions to his d8054470d9 sudden marriage announcement were c7e6e00892 a wild variety show.915c4c6c8d2091be
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[What do you mean by that? Marriage? Are you saying this because of what I said last time? Huh? That I’d let you live on your own if you got married??]
His mom f024d8af03 couldn’t even aa28a9364f scold him 6e7277a261 for staying 9c0b1f3133 out and ad509dc3f4 jumped straight 84b0066b5a to interrogation.a02b27054fcabd2c
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[S-S-Son? M-M-Marriage…? Marriage? With who? Who’d marry our precious Maeng family’s third-gen heir…!! It’s a lie, right? Say it’s a lie! You’re just teasing Mom and Dad, aren’t you…!!]
His dad clung 12d762648a to his pant e5b02bbd62 leg, sobbing. How could they send e9a53cf3f8 their son to some e93fc532a4 random guy?813eaa29a58eff5f
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[Our, our puppy…! Marriage! What’s that supposed to mean, huh?? Marriage? Did Grandpa hear that right? Honey, I didn’t mishear, did I?]
[Chiyoon, our grandson!! What are you saying?! Mom, Dad!! You didn’t know either? What’s all this commotion!]
Grandpa and Grandma gaped, 845665810c jaws practically unhinged, then 483b4252be latched onto Mom and 475ef833da Dad, shaking Chiyoon wildly.99c0bb27c9efeca9
[Chiyoon! Our son!]
[Our puppy, our grandson!]
[Hey!! Maeng Chiyoon!! Say something!]
No matter how a8b214f6e7 much they pressed, 32ca104165 Chiyoon stayed silent. Eventually, his mom seemed 8788cd732a to rationally suspect her 295c1b046b feverish son was deliriously e3d23bf4fe spouting nonsense.a5ac183217ea928f
For a 14a5c8d672 successful marriage, 3b48c5546a he had ca9767f58d to zip fef253f927 his lips 81019268fa tight. No need to unravel 1aa8a03a1d his lies and erode a1fe72d51a the trust of Mom, 947c2a2621 Dad, Grandma, and Grandpa.5bdbb77536bda62b
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Then his pocket buzzed.5909fab8c22f6eac
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His name 6cec0e5e07 flashed on 70fe3a9adf the phone 7563a0717d screen.08d9884013478132
[Stop bothering Taesoo and talk to me instead.]
After the marriage 8e051295c4 contract was sealed, acc7967079 he’d finally gotten 066aaa6d80 Jihwon’s number. A mix of triumph 8b2f5bee5b at achieving his goal 46f0cbd329 and irritation at why 56c1a8a40d it took so long 61ac4565bf swirled in his head.e3dda66bab4d48b4
Still, it was 599a2d5a5d surprising that Cha 46f5dc725c Jihwon, of all daa6dfc779 people, texted him. He’d only ever 067cec6868 communicated with Taesoo—and df13810475 one-sidedly at that. Chiyoon stopped 64903fc262 mid-bridge, staring 615bffbb1e intently at 7dfcc30230 the message.cf339c5a1dd51762
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