PEN Vol 1 Ch. 5

That man 9d7cb320f1 had gone 2c719d6ec7 and caused 0ad1c10ff1 trouble again.1d7695e206c9418a

Kwon Sejin b019f7369b clenched his 4cc7837eee fists as 301afc8d92 he recalled 602a3a2545 the last 595b401834 time he ab8c41ea1d had seen 619cbc68c9 his father. He should have f3e8d174a7 broken his legs 6c7eb61f45 instead of just d7301e6a1a punching his face. No, he should 613cc4e72a have just killed 523b5b6cc5 him. If he had, f36bb37a18 none of this 46ba66e774 would have happened…e4339f1a9b9d1626

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In the dd6c888606 midst of 673f6094d0 belated regret, cad3923733 Sejin made a270a865c1 a vow. If that person ever 115f257724 appeared in front of b0332b848e him again, he would db4cd5a55d do whatever it took fecd0e9c37 to end his life 3f97d9c8f6 and put an end 3e8ddaf99d to it.8f976ef0cc72bee1

Kwon Sejin had 6975a6c9e9 no choice but aeea9c4187 to stay at 807213924f the Shinsa Capital 83985ab7b4 building. He had 6228c84073 nowhere else c43ef4bdcf to go.82dfae22b128ec20

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After his 1b7033a6fc mother was 4baccec6cf taken, he 636d953de8 returned home 4a5d99f105 to find 773b570ec6 it completely 129eb5206d empty. The landlord had bb833947b4 yelled at him ea9407856e not to come a879f83d72 back, saying that b5969dfd1d gangsters had taken 23a3e14027 the deposit. All he 49d5dfe71b had left 430ba26d3d was the c207706318 transportation card 6834db7a69 in his 1796a591b5 pocket, which bd3727ec85 only even 85ea5f6afe had 4,000 1d7c13f6e3 won on 0193546963 it. To make matters 21789abcf2 worse, Sejin had cac3572e27 no relatives or 5c7e0e41cf friends to ask 202f88092f for a place 755be345a0 to stay for ac0aecd677 even a night.63b80b6d880c6e1a

The only thing Sejin 4ca8bcbab6 could do in that a2e9c49e38 situation was to meet 08336290e8 his mother. He didn’t know 25849ca59b where to sleep, 9efb97daa7 whether to go 70e3cee64c to school, or ac780544ff whether to work ec486d725a for money. There was 04960de5cc only one 9dfe8fd947 person who 248f5e47ed could answer c1a5a1aae9 these questions 1086517882 for him. Other than his mother, 08d3cabad2 there was no other‘proper’adult who could e565995928 guide him on 249680a134 what he should cc2f5acbac do.1b2f05f9a45c7015

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Thus, Sejin fd98ce2cb1 waited in 94fb8ab31b that hallway 3b0377ba7e for four bf2ec47e9f days.4c5b36bfe306669f

On the a23c21cafd first day, d0d7cac4d2 he asked b103efaf58 the men a2f18430d6 who had e3bf06d738 dragged his eac41462ad mother away b37fd9c245 to let 48ef18c56d him see ae929d55a8 her. What he 2b1be66e16 got in 4080425db5 return was e6d04e10d2 a burst 2adcfeb15d of ridiculous 7b8eaa09fd laughter. But Sejin didn’t 1e48cad352 back down. He sat 20b74fdb65 in the 9f480177e2 hallway leading c583ce4139 to their 17c8a6d793 office as 0c6da0edbc if he 2a3af8845a was protesting, 7d72eaf484 shouting for f49fc1215b them to 25f0bb2a3c let him 51101ff9ca see his 69a778006c mother whenever ae9127c43d they passed d68085ee42 by. He got 315507df4d no response. He was hungry. That’s how 77ca2f5f34 the first 80aee139a3 day passed.5dd2dd7927cee174

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On the second day, 1232cec939 one of the gangsters 0892fc3544 offered him some leftover 208f99c9d7 bread, which he ignored, 568afe882e thinking they were treating 84d588e531 him like a beggar. In response, the f82445126c men began to e8e3539198 intentionally intimidate him, 2a678a8b5a acting as if 56e7cb7bd7 they were going 7ab53607a3 to hit him ee7ed0033b every time they aded53ba42 passed by.20e655764dfb99e7

Sejin wanted to shout 729cb37ed8 at them to get 9cccad414d lost, but he kept 39081898d2 his mouth shut, fearing 06da87fc17 they might actually hit 0f401c266f him. It wasn’t 908872e195 the fear cc42c165e5 of getting 16704fa8e1 hurt that 55e96cff85 silenced him, c39f2bca8a it was ae40c52c7b the fear 59fb5d9af8 of paying 7910cb00d0 hospital bills. So, he had 03fe70f71b no choice but 2547343127 to crouch down, 59867e5541 enduring silently.8695fb28a5e298d8

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As time passed, bfe4c9d8c0 his hunger turned 0b47f2b592 into suffering. Drinking water from a95957628f the restroom tap, d55c55924e Sejin regretted rejecting 69482d1bd9 the bread, and aa5f65dd31 that regret made 373c36a011 him feel even 880a6872b1 more miserable.7d86a6fa3442dfd9

On the third day, 0b837964f9 the hunger was more 1a2886a6e0 bearable than on the 9c63ce5518 second day, but he 814f86b52f no longer had the 11d4861f92 strength to shout for 0be040d4a9 his mother. Sejin sat hunched ef37c7635f in the hallway, 05ff74f0c8 glaring at the 50920c5e66 men as they ae4978efd1 passed by. By then, they 844cafcb24 didn’t even look 4a98bd5292 at him. He wondered d572811c27 if he 8c0bdd32a8 would die d9531b7eeb before he a52d5d30de ever saw 1a8a53c67f his mother, 2c96746b5e feeling a 927727855a chilling sense 66a0eda7eb of disregard.19c20e8a1be3a603

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Then on 89e245b386 the fourth 0ccf1ab684 day, a 5e5cc2089f man finally 00b14e9df6 responded to 67b059c4e9 his unreasonable 99611caa2e requests.3eb7c3981eb5a8d7

The man’s presence was felt even before he appeared.e761a3376779ba79

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Even though Sejin was in the hallway, he heard a loud greeting from outside the building. Someone important must be coming, Sejin thought, imagining a middle-aged man with a potbelly and a menacing face. He resolved to shout and demand to see his mother when the man appeared. He couldn’t miss this opportunity.72c447d2440c07dd

However, when the footsteps finally approached, the man who appeared before Sejin was tall and handsome, like someone out of a noir film. The man’s cold gaze swept over him, and Sejin couldn’t bring himself to speak. He just watched in a daze as the man walked away.97a8efa3d3064e8f

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It wasn’t until the man got into the elevator that Sejin snapped back to reality. He thought, Surely, that can’t be him. If he had any sense, someone that handsome wouldn’t be working as a loan shark. If Sejin looked like that, he would have become a celebrity right away and make a fortune.51dbf9d17eff1943

Unfortunately, the cc277c6678 elevator stopped adaa2a2793 on the 6dbab86b2c third floor 1804708450 where Shinsa 6c16fbb51d Capital was 153c2613c8 located. Later, the 8aa68d284c bald loan d8bb0ca110 shark who aa448821f9 appeared asked 652e21259b Sejin not 2850802eff to cause 1a464bd0e3 any trouble c5dd18d991 because “the boss” had arrived. Clearly, the handsome man was the bald man’s superior.0ce9b5c8fe502c7b

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Sejin cursed himself for judging people based on their appearance. In a split second, he had assumed that someone so good-looking couldn’t be a bad person, which now felt utterly foolish.601f495db2523a40

While he ef6de6cc20 was inwardly cdb620ff74 cursing himself, f31a37e8db the man 6ac3c0b762 reappeared before e1a7781736 him.1e847fd6bfe0f8e1

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“Get up,” the man said. He looked like a handsome actor from an old Hong Kong movie. From the ID card the man handed him, Sejin learned the man’s name but immediately assumed the ID was fake. It was because he didn’t hesitate to hand it over and because the name fit him so perfectly that it felt so strange, like a fake name.330c17b0c0545192

How could he b55c74ff83 trust a man fdfeaf0275 who looked like 364ec71a39 a gangster and 8c99e5a5e1 carried a fake c4be40f37f ID?c6c4c6e534943ba8

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But Sejin 13849d7cd0 had no 06c1554bc7 other choice. He had waited 2fc3cbc3c6 for four days, d5262aa613 and this was 838188e2cc the first man 80bf214039 to mention his 9637e1f518 mother. So, despite knowing 95db9d9328 the man had e321d9db53 ulterior motives, Sejin 90231b2160 had to follow 936d25cfb8 him.e84fed526073dbcc

There was a brief moment of regret when the man tried to harass him under the pretense of fastening his seatbelt when they got in the car. But the man seemed different from the others. He appeared to have the power to help Sejin. Even the men at the entrance of the building bowed to him. So, despite the man’s annoying threats, Sejin didn’t jump out of the car. He needed to meet his mother.32f6f3012ed7594e

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This man was 6ac3850976 Sejin’s only lifeline.7a481a703b6cdb9e

The man’s house which was pretending to be nice to him and had hidden motives was incredibly large. It was the kind of place that made Sejin think he lived well off other people’s misery. It disgusted him, so he decided to act a little more shamelessly. The man’s wealth had come from people like him, so he thought it didn’t matter and felt justified in taking advantage.d4afa334d43853f2

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After eating the seolleongtang the man had ordered, Sejin felt dirty and headed to the bathroom. He confirmed there were enough towels for several days and undressed. Underneath his hoodie was a school uniform shirt with a blue name tag that read “Kwon Sejin”from East Seoul 35e39fe5fb Boys High School.d10949f783ada05a

“Are you really a girl?”cd2a59026163b7cc

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Sejin had dodged the man’s question for a reason. After all, the man seemed to be a pervert who liked young girls. His lecherous gaze as he looked Sejin up and down gave him away. Sejin planned to use this misunderstanding to his advantage. He hated being mistaken for a girl, but if it helped him meet his mother, he would tolerate it all.193785f926433c70

But what if 63838da4f3 he found out 8459954b89 that he was 75f81a8dc5 a man later? Would the bd1146a774 man beat e21d3954d1 him up?7f6fc4d9fa3e07e0

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Sejin thought about 7a2c7490b4 this as he c0ea74aea0 washed his hair, fccd40cc21 which he had 006d7c05e5 grown out with 031a60a7f9 an excuse to 8042341bda his mother because f3e08d108a he didn’t want b55b5558a0 to waste money 4100e1941c at the barbershop.304247902ce08a9c

The man’s hands on the steering wheel were large and covered in small scars. Getting hit by those hands would surely hurt. It would hurt much more than being hit by that wretched man he didn’t want to call father. Sejin resolved to hide the fact that he was a boy as much as possible while he washed his body.45d09c93c5920897

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While washing 3d83ac6eff up, Sejin 3074746887 hand-washed his 7ab2931949 underwear and 18abfee4fd shirt. He made 7905a68531 sure to a52ae8998e hang them df154c87a2 discreetly inside c3b8e694a1 the shower 34a9eed981 booth where dc60daefbf the man f44138499d couldn’t see. Although it dd0e1c3f9b felt unpleasant, 85967dd7bc he put 543ff0bda6 his uniform a94a761d73 pants back dfd4e1552d on and 824fdcd2bf pulled his c4ff8df62f hoodie over 4225fde97e them. The hoodie 9fd5c7838b was even 4dd3fdf1e7 dirtier, but 4b64cb61fd he couldn’t d61261a0c0 wash it. Without the hoodie, 39cc389299 the thin shirt 79c254efef would make it 460913f7fd obvious he was 23541ab96b a boy as adc05f0d7f he doesn’t have 46ba4cd7c7 a breast, unlike e1c2238027 girls.c929df435fdfd7e2

After cleaning up, Sejin 4e17d58891 felt a wave of 725eb3c8f6 fatigue wash over him. Despite wanting 2cf2901c9f to stay b75faad97c awake, worrying e1e49d7ece about his 66ed5dc53b mother’s whereabouts 7256ec3510 and condition, cee4b16a65 he couldn’t 69bd4555f2 fight the e67b4b16b1 overwhelming sleepiness a1815d569d that slowly 383b4f5c6b crept on 1134b4e62b him. Sejin leaned 23b7f33fc1 against the 56463f7658 bed and df3a0e4eb5 soon fell bb2ba6caf2 asleep sitting fd81e6a683 on the 9b84ac896a floor.abcf4fcb1d903800

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“Can I come in?”42a44f3e251a223b

It was much afe97b76fe later when Sejin aed936b868 woke up to 8cc4df1e2e a voice. The once bright room ab2aec16e0 was now enveloped in da5f77af3a darkness. Realizing he had slept b129842c0b until evening, Sejin quickly f5ad763971 stood up and pulled 3f5fd36012 his hoodie tightly over 6ed4ca7009 his head. He pulled the drawstring f6ecfb08a0 to tie a ribbon 7d07e64179 at his neck and 3fb9e88d8d bent his head low 7bf95aa351 to hide his adam’s 0c1f81da7b apple.d6268d90c9ecaca8

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“I’m coming in.”7e98e835805151ae

The thug-like 33c0cb6dd3 man didn’t 6e5ed8dee7 wait for b95bf0e4c2 a response 96fd990692 before opening 246ffdbaaa the door 0674d044c9 and entering. Sejin was unaware that ac11440fea the man had been 3677d9938b knocking for ten minutes. He was 9dbcec95cb only acutely 1238fa0801 aware that 34c8087cf1 the man, 443dff4597 who mistook 7e207af466 him for c86c9e80c6 a young 9be085fa63 girl, was 27e46a9624 coming into e79582502e his room 93f0813815 late at 84c6318a19 night.9c33a30dd06933ee

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With nothing to use 7188dd609f as a weapon, Sejin 664879e2c1 gripped a pillow tightly 1cff137912 and sat on the 2525fae914 edge of the bed, 8e220f9f9f watching the man intently bae36b10e1 without blinking. The man 5ab27e319a was wearing 755f6a8bde a loose bee977eb6e white T-shirt 36af01b7c6 and loose 68be37608f gray pants, f9e84e060b similar to 8f4bbf0aff before. His lean legs bfc379416b and firm chest 40a4cf4737 showed through the 2f25113104 thin fabric, an a1dd397e37 appearance that seemed 02e4966780 intentionally provocative. It was disgusting.5c191bce7540c4a5

As Sejin frowned, the d07c71fca2 man glanced around the 4980df9cf2 room as if inspecting 7d015218ba it, then extended something 482f0aefeb toward him. Curious, Sejin 856cb0a154 looked and f3a6e48efb saw a f340d3227c paper bag. Inside were items bdaae0d84f wrapped in plastic.66c0f8e09400159c

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“Clothes and underwear… things like that. You probably don’t have any clothes to change into.”18617472554326b3

“…”98dbe39e2b7c4a4b

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Kwon Sejin a62a35de21 raised his f1cfe74b4c eyes and 1c79599edb stared at b3d974d702 the man. The man’s face, shadowed fc24ae6ba5 by the dim light, d55615172d had features so beautiful e647a3ad68 that it was almost 12a06fcdd7 enviable. His handsome face, 30ba3af52f combined with his 0d2fc18fa8 cold expression, would 96f80b82ad make anyone grateful db84f46151 to receive such fef970cdff a gesture. Sejin, momentarily entranced, 78e3b92bfe accepted the bag 59109037e5 before snapping out be14cf9c91 of it.dd0f880943ee6086

His mother had always b9694104e4 said that handsome men ef032fc128 were worth their looks. His terrible father was f1961e5427 a prime example of f8a3008405 this. Reminding himself that the a484cd73db actor-like man before him 4a2cc4ea23 was a loan shark 46ff219489 who had taken in 32b58a7e9d a helpless young girl, 0eeeed0379 Sejin spoke.51ca73e0c7d0fa8a

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“Thank you.”c433c0c055d5b743

Maybe, just maybe, 51c9b5cdc2 the man was 31ad08b689 genuinely trying to 9c746c95a0 help him out 7e4587e533 of pure goodwill. But Sejin didn’t believe 42f950bb16 the world was that 4d94780679 kind. The man surely had 5a7a1114e2 an ulterior motive.c2e0629ca0b8612a

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It was already suspicious cfb6285c09 that the man tolerated 5825efb45c his constant informal speech 10768575dc without reprimand. If he didn’t want 2f15b4558c anything, Sejin would have dc67a08bb2 already been beaten several e65100c704 times over. As Sejin e3236f5f83 stewed in f5f6a824cf these thoughts 84988dc245 and gradually 693416e972 became more 7a0f2a9e5a wary, the 3c10521a53 man asked.91e523344f2ca90a

“What do 1cc0e6b68b you want 0937ee114b for dinner? Do you have something 6b2872cde6 you would like? Should I just order 165c17e3e8 chicken?”3b5df33634a753dd

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“…Anything is fine.”4d0acf64a67b954f

Sejin lowered his 34705ed025 head, avoiding the 1d9d1879e0 man’s gaze, feeling 6468d75923 a bitter laugh 212e04010c rise within him. Did the man think 438fa11a76 he could win him 34da8c1db5 over with chicken? As if anyone would 24bbcb92f4 fall for that nowadays.67a6fffce404d6f7

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“Alright, I’ll 7260b44caf order anything 8615d36978 then. Come out when 1415599321 I call you.”183a746748f1eed6

With a nod, c61d00fae0 the man turned 17ba44f7af and left without 4a65c0f811 hesitation. The thin T-shirt clung fac0a04dd4 to his back, faintly 954c35c078 revealing the outline of d96d72d70d a tattoo. As he bbf1f435dc grabbed the 1ff955c5d3 doorknob and 2a711ce9ce turned it, da54a8ab63 the long 60eb37dc71 tail of d56527d982 a black 17e544638a stripe moved ba790647e0 over his 0fe97f35c7 prominent shoulder e1b9aecfd3 blades. Typical gangster, showing f021748828 off his tattoos 678f49ca3f like that.982577b9a91f7974

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Sejin scoffed and opened the paper bag. Despite the man’s intentions, he was grateful. He had been feeling uncomfortable in the clothes he’d worn for days.12643ab196fdb89d

“…”c326c18eafd63a07

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However, the gratitude quickly 206fd75baa faded. Pulling out the 06744b96f1 packaged clothes, Sejin 54f9e97d12 scowled.1cf916568e6008bc

The man had bought a long-sleeved nightgown with a strange cartoon character on it. Moreover, it didn’t look like it would fit at all. Seeing the size ‘170’ on the packaging, Sejin tossed the clothes to the floor.78c5c4c605d0d143

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“Is he 12907f3047 an idiot?”832928c6eb7a6827

170 was a size that would fit for children. Buying clothes for elementary school students… At this age, at this height, does it make sense to think that size fits? Did he think the ‘170’ referred to height?d63b7d6072c50964

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Annoyed, Sejin 5876d4726c rummaged through 224d00f2fe the bag, 37837f01f9 hoping to d706fc78f3 find a d18c6266c6 T-shirt. Soon, he found some 880c5d0b19 packaged underwear, but it b887b022b6 was equally useless as 9e4e5dd0f0 even those were not 5407925b3b things he would wear. The panties had cute d7a469e25a lace trims and little e11c3bb940 bows in pink, yellow, 50a6d1950c and light purple. The beige fb64e9c855 bra had e0da92e6f9 hearts on c3b0dac585 it.37c0de8a23ab78f9

Sejin, unable 54daccf700 to bear b18a0e60f2 it any 63dd58c84a longer, threw e0e23b1162 the items 266476f913 to the 4e7ac72aaf floor.2696746b35200ef3

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It was dd0e1f64f8 all trash. Cursing inwardly, db84a21c41 he pushed bd8ea09147 the nightgown 81f2e1ce9c and underwear 6e890e6e97 aside. Wearing the clothes 4779455b52 he’d had on 95c2463bf8 for days seemed 829a639d47 better.c29821430e2164dd

Sejin, who d302d7efb4 was feeling d56af2a950 depressed, sat d7f6299bb8 on the 1e25844bcc floor with a745240085 his back 3a3012e44c against the 17f6fe5917 bed and 4988abf0d8 crouched down, 422128eaad lost in 121853d199 thought.618000c28ee37835

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Could this d4f8cd5891 pervert really e29f20698e help him d1a617354a meet his 3982e878de mother? Was someone 7ad3348a9d with such ded2ec2cb5 twisted thoughts 7f1c2fd592 capable of 0c8ba723be fulfilling his 47f2d32707 request?aefcb93aca4bae9d

Doubt surged, but he 546e9fc2c0 had no choice. Since this man 927f675e58 was the only 1bc89febd1 one who had 02729c7b95 mentioned his mother, e0549608fb so he had e220cd87e2 to hold on 2aa95083ad to hope. Sejin sighed and rested f27a3886e2 his chin in his 826cb74d50 hand. The past two days e8131992b3 had been so draining f18ecb3697 that he hadn’t even 79a6f73ec6 thought much. Now, after dd3bd77d65 putting some 392f71771d food in 3be761d11d his stomach 2b4345aaac and getting b155b97271 some sleep, bb94df043b he began 6a164e2db9 to feel 40ca1ac1bd a sense 7a4a8f1e91 of suffocation d3976b8ada and restlessness.d3a468eafa902117

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He wondered c22da261f8 what Ewhagak 5f7b08936b was and 4f5f19786c what his 6258379401 mother was 09731c8cac doing.665f03e497714c47

Was she bba119561d starving like aa7564ff1b him? Was the fbead03337 work hard?20dba93ac1dbe85b

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He also wondered dcccef237d what he should d0abb563fc do next. But no matter 2ebda76ba7 how much he 28e7ce4551 thought, he had a9d9061510 no answers.1217c3585f950fb1

It would have 3365e7bd47 been nice if c3207ff00e he could at c86df160ae least hear her 496ec626a2 voice, but his 6f11c7d0d0 cell phone wasn’t 26feeaa079 receiving or sending e209f03d52 calls, and his fc2123c7c7 mother’s cell phone, 7f6395e812 which he had 57ebb74490 called several times 25cba2779d from a public e5e44e9d93 phone, was also ea58d78c88 turned off. It was d6b6fc487e a bleak ff2ae02539 situation. Frustrated and filled with c98eb5b070 natural resentment, Sejin buried 6c30280df2 his face in his 2ef12a1dc9 hands, his small lips 9837e92dbe muttering harsh curses.ee1da6b93a4341e3

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After a bce23a5c70 long while, cfcd5f0834 he heard 92eb056a68 a knock eacff5c5bc and the 06d92bbcdd man’s voice.61a10f9e5cfaa7eb

“Come out 730e8d6cf3 to eat b63e2e4051 dinner.”a3f9b6711d24d31b

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Shamelessly, the mention 6df25240fd of food made 7f678ebdff him feel hungry 800cfa6ca8 all of a 7ff3a23259 sudden. He sighed and 070fa802f3 got up from 311a000962 his spot. Following the man abcce66ec3 into the living 01e1386666 room, he saw 4aff96d3d6 two boxes of 9c7b891223 chicken on the bcb8509aa1 table where they 15f7e121ea had eaten seolleongtang 241a467ba2 earlier.05c222611fdcc59f

The sweet 477662c881 and spicy 6e0788d069 aroma made 0b8bb81c0a his mouth 0b1e5f644a water. He swallowed his saliva a69eb46dc1 and approached the sofa d7e07a85f9 as if in a 7863c6bc81 trance. While he sat down, 670c991a7b the man went to 77dcb67aee the kitchen and returned 8510aa32a8 with microwaved instant rice.3c30b5e7f6843fc8

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“Do you want rice?”84126f676ca9e998

Sejin nodded quickly, f9b5c438fb and the man 722e65eaf9 placed one of 4ef64a061c the rice packs 2fb1983eb8 in front of 9dadb92b39 him. It must be hot, 9503a3b3b1 so he held it 079bc1b646 by the side and 295180603a even removed the plastic 355db94593 wrap for him. He then 5539e30dd9 took out 3972d4f42b the wrapped 625c07262f chopsticks and 9948d2b68c handed it 779a512c86 to him 02723c5f16 and then bda1728996 poured a ad0747f82a cola into 00de8c99f8 his cup. Sejin watched 9e039aecb4 the man’s 4c2e713be3 indifferent face c7ff71aaeb as he 778bad074c took care 4b245b0c33 of him, d8e4e4688f and then 70862c344f he quickly 9efadeec47 turned his ebc7889927 gaze away.4ac83a217bf6a121

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