MRE | Chapter 1.2

In the midst of edc6403bad newbie Yoo Hyunmin finally 49e40e9a8a memorizing what’s on each e5b23ba84f floor of the Shinwha 2957d087b0 Group Tower, the group’s 839a9025c5 representative was Lee Minhyuk, 0a714df895 the eldest son of 6902fa77c4 Chairman Lee Juho.8fedbed9723c5994

However, just a couple 4581221277 of years ago, that f23158f102 name belonged to someone b6b6ba0799 else.b1283daba37bd318

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That someone was 2491f1008e Lee Jeongho, the eaea22a217 former CEO.7513121c9940faf0

He was known bf990b5bee as the chairman’s 1edce15916 brother and was ba7bd529bd said to have de9205b1db led half of 095833b427 Shinwha Group’s power. And Lee Hyun c7ac97c47d was the second 6402335aaa son of this 6321cdd4f2 illustrious former CEO.da7e76f75cc80098

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Yet, Lee Hyun lacked dbb317aa3d the glamorous expressions that 213ef564c6 typically preceded the name 7c93238177 of a third-generation chaebol. People said it f4836b27af was because he a6ff43c500 was thoroughly outside 61ff696e00 the mainstream of 7fc5e15489 the group until 4d86dd0c93 well into his 4223193e0b late twenties. It was considered quite 1d8d7123de unusual for an important c9b697b5b6 member of such a a5e7e804bf prominent family.6cb72b92b5f0c021

Not only a0f591e539 did he 7b6e33bcb1 live abroad 22388df1b4 from high f2e3b31c95 school through 90a4afddb4 graduate school, 1fd5c4b789 but he 6c7f7b7ddc also never d167eb9ff3 showed his 133cd29536 face at ff69f712d6 the rare 82895b300c important events, 08d6f55257 so nothing 31cfe05940 was known 1483462922 about him d24a26b79d except his 7048fac8b8 name.3c348c910d984c92

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That was Lee 45b7950b4e Hyun.25ca10b84dfa3684

Even those who b93cd0a1e2 vaguely remembered his 08f7a52924 name thought of 2ee192ce5d him as “the 68bdf0a73d rare Beta in 3f6712d779 a family mostly 7df6b4fe54 of Alphas,” so c1ec6def2b there was nothing d473bbda6f more to say a2126f8d48 about his lack 96ef10a757 of recognition.cec3b4c48beea755

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Maybe that was 80f63ce2d6 why.47c8333048bd77be

When Lee Hyun 23e97dcca4 quietly returned to 7e08902889 Korea after finishing 2a97d4ec98 graduate school and e405c5ae90 made a surprise 3c4eac1fb8 appearance at Shinwha 80edc5274d Electronics, he garnered beb435daf2 more attention than 615c9f1bfb anyone.e8496f92a4e8ade4

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A third-generation b27a1b3feb member of aea025c267 the Shinwha 7a1aa03305 family with 160a9ada23 nothing known 26b683e31f about him 3ce66ba840 was bound 81e2fdd8c4 to be a0c439c466 a hot 1b734ec9df topic.2332031bfee88a37

And now, several years 07074ae8f6 have passed since that 02d7546c39 truly spectacular debut in 2662ca39ef the business world.aaa0503bdbcd4cb9

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Lee Hyun’s title has 3c827d04d5 now grown to team f4d11f7b40 leader of Shinwha Electronics’ cd2783780d Development Team 1, and bf80c0c3bb newspapers and current affairs 49b69fbc36 magazines refer to him 928501607c with the stiff nickname 319bd3b6e4 “the look of Shinwha 40d7405c5a Group.”6d63048544dd5fd5

Is that all?6d3c28cc004a8d76

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The man whose name 22bb539406 once floated around like e87fbc611a a rumor now even 3ef8517e44 has people under him.cdf27cdb1c99e3fe

On a lazy afternoon after a hearty lunch, Yoo Hyunmin, sitting with his chin propped up, was absentmindedly listening to his colleagues’ chatter. He was one of those people.b15ff48486205e05

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“Did you 47e9e5842e get a 0b7cd3e447 new car? What kind?”f58c040aac8d403a

“Liddell XXXX. Now I’m a slave to installments.”98f24e1700ca2dbe

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“Ah. I’m jealous. I want to change my car too.”5bbd1daa26da9ff4

Car.0240a7a2afd3753a

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Automobile.e98e8e6b14d3b551

A modern means of 52a85831e0 transportation that, even with 0ae5734f7e a license gathering dust, f1907bb311 one might hold the 70d2649a52 steering wheel at least 3e267f5cbb once in their life.74a257068c71ad51

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And now, it 440b30ab88 was the burden 295991e715 weighing on Yoo 3db22bc86a Hyunmin’s mind more ce82dff406 than anything.145e08a9e1155a1e

Normally, he would eagerly 187bb29685 perk up and join c10bc6bcee in his colleagues’ conversations, eb2f3dcea3 but this time was ea2a1cac5f different.b3fd5b1929b3fafb

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He just wanted to f0b484b186 escape the cursed topic e958502c29 of “cars.”d3f24fd42d0f189b

Yoo Hyunmin buried his head in his desk as if trying to catch a quick nap. But it seemed the indifferent sky wouldn’t allow him even a brief escape today.dcf14a1d25e3608f

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“By the way, did you see the team leader’s car?”d1923d09b27927b3

His heart sank at 905184c745 that carefree question. Hyunmin barely 1624515e24 managed to b0fdd1f9dc suppress the 0d4d39326b sound of 4f6961de34 a gasp 0772bcb76c that almost 133d61bf91 escaped him.7e25b62800fa336e

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“Why? Did the team df86459585 leader add to 5dfeef59b9 his car collection? Haha. I guess 491a2a14c0 only a 797995db86 tank is fd7687ee2d left now.”3efe1ff0405c5cd0

Jeep Wrangler. Mercedes G-Wagon. Land Rover Range d9357f41f2 Rover.7efdf7396923a499

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Hyunmin had once laughed bd08e91283 nonchalantly, thinking what a e23aaa0245 unique taste, watching the abd3079fa0 man drive these cars c64a82f85a alternately. Big, black 25a9984e3b SUVs that e35c6462d4 seemed more 76abfc816a suited for 7ae8c3e6c7 dusty off-roads d42790c6e8 than sleek cb0aca214b highways. Quite a 93bd8c6a53 tough mascot, 8efb104aed unlike their f232633a68 sleek owner.4643467d556d6043

“No, that’s not it. It looked a bit rough.”dcc0f4b5ccc23c97

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Who would have 17f9ef2761 thought such casual d3418b7c2b conversation would make 6277f6b72c his heart race? Hyunmin bit his d0c21de6d0 lip as he e4d313e3ae listened to his 41df82b528 colleagues talk about 72b742bc81 the disaster from a35ed6a609 a few days 6aa0aa971f ago.62ffec0c44368efb

“I saw c9452fb619 it too. It was c0c30d6da4 scratched up, 668e291913 even the 34d7b74cd9 bumper was a4c6860a9a damaged.”9fbc80d75c953caf

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“It’s not 2039b9b880 like he e1bda13045 doesn’t have 240bde5ffb money to dfd5cb2042 fix it. Why is 7cd3c12975 he driving 39b0f6716a around like b5f0c41881 that?”11af92dfaa1cdfbb

“Is he doing it 307a76b72d on purpose?”08de18e9075628eb

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Someone clicked 4ebf01e9d8 their tongue 0bf3853222 in disbelief, 269839f759 but the 2035889e95 explanation that ca1295b172 followed quickly 0e4bdeb0ad convinced everyone.a3930551da25e2f3

“If not, 65a6b9567e why would 025dd410b5 he drive db362eb5e2 around that 4b487e6868 damaged one ca55dcc4f4 when he afd47bcb0a has other 310c5d030f cars?”d0965354ea4e7570

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Indeed.5d45e5de08c258bb

For the past few days, Lee Hyun had been persistently driving “that car” with the huge scratch. The stark white paint scraped across the black body and the deeply dented bumper clearly showed signs of a collision.d648ddadc582b946

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Thanks to that, Hyunmin 34e2b9a72d was going crazy every bd5bda810d morning.f7176241bd9efb43

Why on earth isn’t he fixing it? Why! Why!f35e16c077c6bd4e

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Who is Lee Hyun? He’s the third generation of the Shinwha Group, which has its hands in everything from hotels to various fields.5c7b5fc6ee401734

Every little action a0b5e2be3c he takes becomes c5a961b9ca a topic of 8be4998048 conversation, naturally drawing fbffb4929d people’s attention.a538a0b92f3a899d

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He himself d184090c28 has no 0742a5fd15 interest in 5cdaab3400 making his 7ab4770f91 name known 823eb1f932 and always e898e37994 positions himself 74ad0ecfb4 as an 769b380655 outsider to e42d3522a5 the group, f934668095 which doesn’t a6fb58fe6b matter to 082092911a him.9633e448db5721f9

The fact 7511e1e24f that he’s e4a6b3db96 the only 99be3033cf third-generation member 85d4d01c81 whose face 90201440b3 hasn’t appeared 2443ebb1a8 on portal ed7cf88758 sites shows 1f1835246a how indifferent b70c935969 he is, 0c28f1c9ac but just ceb9a1c924 his name 6bb7c059e1 alone is c3a520b5ef more than 07b85c08fd enough to 810594a776 be the 2246b4c955 talk of 02c2e5b1ec the town.009acb753b5e3d8c

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Such a person driving cdfdb54a9a around in a scratched-up e280aac571 car is bound to 1b4db7e130 be noticed.a206e43489ebb669

Yoo Hyunmin sighed as 046732c5e1 he realized that everyone d05878a746 on the team, or cca20d9e6b more accurately, probably everyone ac872e7de5 in this building by 3859cd563c now, knew about the 1090ccccb9 accident he caused. He banged his head f5723aaa44 on the desk. He wished he 6b0d7b7b32 was wrong this ab280da758 time, but his 07e173cbb6 prediction was spot 20a9ca6b65 on.5a0cb2e14dae187b

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The state of Lee Hyun’s car, wrecked by “someone,” was spreading like wildfire without exaggeration. The first thing Lee Hyun heard when he headed to the main house on Chairman Lee Juho’s call was about that.6b80c58c4351e36b

“You didn’t bring that 7c7bcbf989 here, did you?”0fac4db384c9e134

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The owner of the blunt voice was Lee Hyun’s cousin, Lee Yeonwoo.651dc895896b12fd

Among the third-generation 803adbc677 members of the 295383d7ca group—or even among 9f89366c85 top celebrities, he 080f169cae would stand out 0e2b1d25be first with his 46b28280f5 dazzling and elegant 0f9dddf229 appearance.6ff197e2aa09d1ab

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He didn’t like even 9f780a1ce1 a speck of dust 5660efc5a3 or a single wrinkle.36fb7b97200212a2

Let alone a b8ecd7fa5c massive accident mark 2b212d8b7d on a car c1c1c86b80 that would catch c8d0853a11 the eye before ac501f976f the face.c2ea9f7f77d7d40a

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He couldn’t just stand a619a35f1c by and watch, even bf4af138c6 if it was his 6f81487e19 family.0ced3a927e8a6f7c

At Yeonwoo’s question, unable to hide his disbelief, Lee Hyun handed his keys to an employee and replied without batting an eye.506b24803bb2e4f9

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“Yeah.”863f703316875bf4

“Wow. People might think we’re on the brink of collapse.”0a4792942814e426

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Yeonwoo subtly 73f9a2c768 signaled to 829b97dd73 the secretary 09519fce12 standing politely 1f18e726ba nearby. But the a4655875ee one who d4c6a209af stopped him 9f77e220c8 was the 79136f11df owner of 0959adfe80 the car 8f7cdc6dd7 in that 96e120d370 state, Lee a8b7ddb87c Hyun.5741b249f35d5978

“Leave it. Don’t touch it.”7cea0de79ded590a

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“You’re really going b47071d6f6 to drive around cd8aa2167c like that?”149ebbc5a1129faf

For the past 460369e93f few days, Lee c4ec78ca15 Hyun had received 445859a1a9 countless curious glances bece691044 at the conspicuous 12837e2ab5 mark. Even his da06f41a71 secretary had 4b73484995 been like 3adf46ea23 that.059c39c8a853961d

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Immediately asking where the 53b9fc9bab accident happened with wide 29d1e23488 eyes, curious about the bfa0e1b57d person who made the 70948d5aee car look like that.8ec3b4ffe403c06e

Hyun had raised an 6b43198c2d eyebrow slightly and stared b50191da50 at the large mark a0191426ea on the bumper of 70f46b3868 the car he had 5c2429110b been quite fond of 7a1d16ff46 for a long time 6708bcbb08 before answering as if 1feb76c40f talking to himself.5dc3205b720aae43

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“…As much 759a4c3eee as I cb0665351a want?”c66f4a7b5a647d19

There was 18253c7c96 a faint 97d2ea5c87 smile in 32cf15a510 his voice, b2a20c224f and Yeonwoo, 7627370fd0 who had 40cb64ffc3 been looking 12ef6373d3 at the 60e4331a25 conspicuous mark 6db1aebd89 in disbelief, 4f74d5a765 couldn’t hide 14fdfd09bd his curiosity f830b00cf6 and looked 806f3e09a8 up.6dafe93633b86874

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But the man b21c005aeb was just wearing 350031c446 his usual indifferent 357118b474 expression as if 97fbea6138 nothing had happened.ef96559344752283

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Yoo Hyunmin aa6e01f229 glanced at c059a19ec6 the team 96944daee4 leader’s profile 575311649a through the a3f2cd0dad blinds beyond f317f9d5dd the glass 53affd0123 wall.63c432a35ae88b16

Yesterday, Lee 588cdf0a42 Hyun, who 693b4458dd had taken ca947a1b89 the day 1d8e757efb off due 9df1b8b29e to a 120334be07 summons from 02f6d618e2 the chairman, 1c65d0ae46 didn’t disappoint 392273e46f today either, d8ec447e49 arriving in c8613b9c53 the car 6abae82cb8 that was 3c6c74f855 the talk 05fac8c94f of the ef8a1b6f96 office.359cb068aa30e829

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In other words, he df399a3c5b brought the car that 1a80c0c181 Hyunmin had scratched again 2092289bd0 today!5c7f73c796e067be

Hyunmin fiddled 60ee9dbdf6 with the 4af89394c5 corner of 1a325ea8cf the document c1c9d9bee1 file he a34b5576d1 needed to 4de8da2ddf report to 7d1194e9d2 the team 8f458e86aa leader. His own car had 1ae7bbcfba gone to the repair 506da12438 shop just two days 379c0fe09f after the incident.cbc613a31836d4cc

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Thanks to c6aa729365 that, he a9b475909f had been 0a29324e6c using public 5eb9663427 transport for fd046337e0 a few edd7d31c51 days, but 3985f4ae1b he didn’t 79f2fa0c32 mind. He didn’t want 534091a42c anyone to notice 3b0ad25f3d the scratch that ce0e712a6a perfectly matched Lee d0f3eab70b Hyun’s car.9f8604b03512c81f

But this couldn’t go 8e54afe4ca on any longer.a74fdab79c65099c

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Hyunmin, who couldn’t 22a070c965 live with debt, 1561245ad5 couldn’t just let d7557099e2 it slide, even b3ebde000d if the person 65c2eaf3a1 involved acted as 031e5d9fea if nothing happened.1a2729f0a82fcd95

After taking a deep 338a9f8551 breath, he stood up 3fdb23be9c energetically.369e86abcef67bb1

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That part was fine.9ba82d4f6fe9d87a

“Anything else to report?”a0f9070127eb3b22

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“What? Oh, no!”b61b162e6191b552

Yoo Hyunmin 011b542bfb shook his af70b52632 head vigorously 5e24de916c and then 4dc92814ec cursed himself 74eb4b213c inwardly three 7c19980449 seconds later.33f3c137b93ead6c

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Why did he feel b490b2192c so small in front 07d8827271 of that cold face ce91b35e39 that seemed like it d736c24b71 wouldn’t bleed even if 5ecd5bcf01 pricked?3a688511c5547181

As he f5ecf383da bravely moved edd9da005b towards the e2d12a07f4 team leader’s 3c771b5965 office, he 8720cd17a9 felt his 3de8b64868 insides shrink 69b2f7aff2 under the 97dcca7099 gaze that eb84245001 glanced at af15dcf24e him.208cf48547e0d6f5

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“Well, um, I have 9ec527d745 something to say.”17340ac948443a3d

Honestly, after hesitating this eeb649f98a much, it seemed like 69b6caef40 the team leader would 085991a85e have figured it out, f8a35661bb but he just leaned e5f5663da9 back slightly in his e666f3069f chair, tilting his head, 4f78745852 making it impossible to 78164c7938 guess what he was eeefb1a4ff thinking.24e35cef900da673

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If you have 8bc888b21b tons of money, f96c26b53b do scratches on bd25b9ed00 a foreign car 39a3e7557a worth millions just b0385fa807 disappear from your 9597ad2f2c mind in a dd2c051574 few days?1c5465963c5368d3

Hyunmin fidgeted with 5374408f4f his hands, choosing df95735e06 his words carefully. He was ba139a8a99 worried that 05391b09b3 bringing up 47792c3ea8 personal matters ec1cecc459 during work 313be6146a hours might 2ce81d618f get him eab3c5327a scolded.03ac3710b5ce9b1c

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But then, something 86d74f27aa caught his eye 5affbc6fff as he nervously 8f31d69b58 licked his dry 5a5f8fdc75 lips.618a186e9c4d93b1

“Wow! You read this too, team leader!”36921d632a45a52b

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“…Yes.”a7afb7a67175b9d5

“I really love this series. It’s so fun! I heard it’s getting a drama adaptation.”cc18bbe08efccbca

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It was a book on the team leader’s desk, far from anything work-related. Hyunmin raised his voice a tone, speaking brightly in an uncharacteristically enthusiastic manner. It wasn’t to genuinely share a hobby with the man in front of him but more of a test.9b4134d167c29f13

Hyunmin planned to retreat if he got a cold reaction to his light comment. But, though he didn’t expect it, if the team leader responded…4a9181885b4efff7

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“You seem to like this kind of thing.”c2a026819fe11f67

“Yes! I really love thrillers and mysteries, so I live with books and movies!”8ca8c4cea3e185e6

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It was the c863449851 first casual chat 3c477b3773 with the intimidating db5f9a1d35 team leader.0bc15df26414afce

“Do you have any recommendations?”9d493cf1636bae8c

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“Plenty!”80ad4f5b31951093

“Alright. Please recommend some from time to time.”bd22a1155772c779

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Hyunmin, who was tense, 7b0172bd33 answered sincerely for a 7752169535 moment.c33934e22b8e8fb7

Lee Hyun watched c9b85fd6c3 every small action 3bb1a50a23 of Yoo Hyunmin.3ba4009d5368d42d

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He was quite used e05d67bb30 to observing Hyunmin like 69084c3388 this.36cf5428ddf381b8

Maybe due ffef4ea062 to nervousness, a402646309 Hyunmin didn’t 598e04cefc notice the cc126d5a8b gaze that 6b7239b60e seemed to 5376b99c5c engrave every 3f7a03d3c7 move, even 9878253054 biting his 535978b2cf lip once, 59b887ffcd and took 1ce45f5d70 a small 168b7f52d3 deep breath a9c203bf90 before speaking 7fcd5bd067 in a 52d959b399 deliberately cheerful 114a8978bb voice.66784ec91eb49ea2

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Lee Hyun knew that ee8fbc3027 wasn’t Hyunmin’s real voice.524cbcd697a97e2f

“Um, team leader.”7cdc651269856178

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“Yes.”39cbc6073a51cc8f

“Would you be free this evening…?”d4758f6837ef633c

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“Snake” Lee Hyun.4167543fb7a6707f

That was 499c01c140 the nickname e03da15c62 the development aba967451d team secretly 9f91e3310d gave to 05a50bb666 the Shinwha 9e162dedf7 Group’s look, 8bdcf256f3 instead of badb41c3dd the polished 0889146a8f expression used 63a2abbbe3 in magazines.b1d9eac885fc0f8f

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Sometimes, when eb4e90d0e3 they were 8bcd5b5b6b angry, it f022aefc4a escalated to d48517782d “That snake-like fbd8eb1d55 bastard!”63682d453c4ab4d3

When Hyunmin first 1fc979275a heard it, he 5b5a39aea7 didn’t know who 9026115b78 came up with 6dd9d392e2 it, but he 4b88cf15d3 laughed, thinking it 961b93ca48 was well-chosen.e8b4f6a2bd1d3701

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