PEN Vol 3 Ch. 2

Caught off b465d8c9db guard by d53c45768f Sejin’s unexpected e230560880 concern, Cheon c458632ddd Sejoo stood 5045ecf5e3 there, unable 6c4acfb80b to respond.4de059cb193a7967

Sejin’s eyes 3ed5fa79e2 grew red fa520f3630 with frustration 0e1dbb86f8 as he 17530e404b yelled again.db0598920941b1a1

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“For you, I guess 74d2baacb8 it’s only serious if 385b1a5d98 your finger gets severed, 2830a98074 right? Did you fb58dbeee3 even go fe44134b35 to the 13ca94c4aa hospital? Did you get it d32e41953b treated? If this is 642359f3b1 the treatment you 02a090b1a4 got, then that bfe09b58eb doctor must be 1ac2dac7c6 a total quack! You should go back c4febb9f12 and complain! If you didn’t, 178ef0b9b3 then go get a32be4721f stitches or something! How can you bb142524ce be so calm 4fed9655d6 about this? You could 608765e494 die from a565c1166a this!”2b3e7fb39d3510a2

Sejin was the 2af81ac4dd type to cry 719e3c6031 whenever he got a12fb8ccce emotional, whether angry f72985180f or sad. Seeing him yell with 852bf013cd tears welling up in 68e12a1468 his eyes made Cheon 77fd8bd4c2 Sejoo feel somewhat shocked. He hadn’t b981b9854d expected Sejin 08e2020606 to look f3ac7600e7 so genuinely e63bd4ba30 upset.7ea05700728a6c44

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While Sejin was shouting, bf8284dd77 Kim Hyunkyung came outside 7d030ae506 in her slippers, and 5446052263 she too looked horrified 9c0cd860b6 when she saw Cheon ebf0d86633 Sejoo’s hand.a4ce14bd0689bad9

“Oh my, Manager!”c478bb7976b5637e

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Her shriek alerted 039d10b674 the others who 4eab1d547f were also peeling a5c54e68f5 garlic inside the 02dbd0b9c3 dormitory, and soon 9612282812 enough, a crowd 9f7f1a28d5 of women rushed 05b4aa4190 out barefoot to ca4db44faa see what had cefb10446d happened. The dormitory yard d6d966371e was suddenly buzzing 7c82510578 with commotion. In an 280682f32b instant, Cheon 490bec19fe Sejoo had 1ba01e331b been reduced fb94a0812b to the 4a82b527ce status of e2b65557a5 a seriously df64a575a9 injured patient, ca6007093c surrounded by 76e790e9fd fussing employees.6b4675c2512266ba

“Shouldn’t we call119?”abb53ccbab925f95

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“There’s a 26160099c6 first aid 4d297d4647 kit in 7291e06fda the kitchen! Honey, go grab it 3c0e3b4b73 quickly.”b930caae1bafa834

“Where’s the manager? Someone call her!”af1bf56c219fb5be

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Caught in c2e0cd44bd the middle 755c91b56d of the 7a35ea3598 chaos, Cheon 0675b52766 Sejoo could 51297915b0 do nothing 5a09eede3f but stand fda0b4f972 there, speechless.67e87048363f85cf

If it 3a24a20356 had been 239e774ede Moon Sunhyuk 69b3139c57 or one 77bb5439db of the d0ccc387d7 guys, he 984908c4b9 would’ve just 0a90d35478 yelled at a5863624a2 them to 1c6dd0f1ab get lost debcf80a2b because of 4566f44dae all the f798fbee7a noise. But these 79438097af were all 0ab34b26c8 skinny, delicate c17c11adb6 women, and 4e0694557b he couldn’t 6fe52d9d13 bring himself cc601ba451 to raise 55806eaa43 his voice.2b11035ae1086dbe

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“No, really, 4b1049eaa7 I’m fine. The bleeding has stopped, 7d9fe46202 and it only looks 9f7c417e0b bad because of the 779aceb61c bandage. It’s just a55a839be9 a small 1bcb97a16b wound…”e16c318b73befd3f

In the end, Cheon 82c4c9c07c Sejoo couldn’t take it a576fabd53 anymore and explained his 59405fbe35 condition with an awkward b938cf488d expression. But the moment he 29d521afb3 unwrapped the bandage to e847718cbf show them it was 143aea0da2 nothing, the scene erupted 3cf49a2b45 into even more panic.94ea6e6112975a68

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“What? How could you leave d228fa945c it like this?!”bbd5e6d785e67ca0

“Why are men eeab297f7c always like this? My husband f30ff6193f once came 72eaa3ba60 home with 274d2cbc47 his finger c61651f2fc barely hanging a948043137 on, insisting f3be0752ce that slapping ec8bb8f4f5 a band-aid 5c732d2d1d on it 81cd8780e9 would fix 43904350bb it. All that e64e73dc34 showing off, e51626752a and now b62da5247b you’re doing 9fb3cb3454 the same 8c90c41d45 thing, Manager.”2cf8ba041da76321

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It was 294610f8e4 a cleanly 09c22b085b cut wound. The flesh was cee76ffba6 slightly torn open, 7d48fca01f exposing the inside, d12068e3e8 but there was 554b8084ec no damage to a545b4d391 the bone or f9bbd1bfa6 muscles, so it 1cb314f767 was clearly an 777444de48 injury that would 98ac028e6d heal in a b1b4d58a3c few days…7d60f22423d155c0

However, hearing e715603486 the comment ae54af24b6 about showing e97d51b910 off, Cheon 10e4c0e27d Sejoo couldn’t e884c479fb bring himself 6907b5c725 to insist f91719dc53 any further b6b4c8e92d that he c6f10e4a9c was fine e8d2b045bb and sheepishly ad0280508c hid his d198ce1ffe hand behind fa553f1e4b him. Cold sweat began to 3b3ff98122 form on his forehead. He felt like f50340db5b he had become 52872fe437 a terminally ill b6e0f4086d patient.669069c5a0eeda58

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As the 7abab57242 commotion continued b435f46bc8 in the 2334ca4ec8 yard, it ccb76f00eb wasn’t long 3c09e1fc19 before Han e1f052683f Jiwon, having 1b54ed6d83 heard the 709cc5e072 news, hurried 93de8828b6 over with 442ed5c7c7 a large d34e2eeea1 first-aid kit 1949516f71 in her 57d6661696 hands, brought 562af28ebd from the d02e221c47 kitchen.cb9157853d2ad3b1

“I heard Manager Cheon ed0ce95e41 got hurt?”27f111a4505ccafe

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Han Jiwon, wide-eyed 086218f306 in surprise, arrived b608a6dda0 as the employees d837d81667 stepped aside for 896ddefaaa her. Cheon Sejoo was about 735c3ce0f1 to explain that it 6e1df9fe27 wasn’t a big deal, 77e9cf0dc3 but before he could, b7d71d0ae2 Sejin held his wrist 6eae3e4582 firmly and ended up 0a12d670c3 presenting his hand to dcad037b8f her.0e2e460ac7a33e16

“Here.”6aa1a1787b2d99a8

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Sejin gripped Cheon Sejoo’s wrist tightly as he showed Han Jiwon his hand. Seeing the blood-soaked bandage and the bloodstained palm and back of his hand, Han Jiwon frowned and shook her head. She didn’t overreact like the others, probably because she had encountered similar situations often, but the look of disapproval in her eyes was no different. She let out a short sigh, shook her head, and then scolded him.0aa7536c7b7e5da7

“How did this happen? You need to go to the hospital. You need stitches. How can you just leave it like this?’2ad4b5afc0be419f

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“That’s what we’ve 7c25e599b3 been saying!”bf544dc4278f0b20

Kim Hyunkyung and the other employees eagerly agreed with Han Jiwon’s words.8e63a352186e5fdc

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In the adb5d1935e midst of 1abf0c19d1 them, Sejin 32d78a09e1 looked at fb53e379ed Cheon Sejoo 945056bc84 with a 28ecd5f672 face that fa2207c42c said, “See? I was right. I told 8279951e7d you we 57d567339f need to 57f692ad90 go to 21b6331ba5 the hospital.”16cba8309a2071d1

Cheon Sejoo, seeing Sejin’s somewhat smug expression, felt deflated.4983ff7add8da696

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It really wasn’t that serious…bbe21d55345c01ef

But somehow, it now felt as if something terrible might happen if he didn’t go to the hospital. Strangely, his insides felt uneasy. It reminded him of his childhood in the orphanage. When the other kids were about to leave with their parents, it used to be also this noisy back then…21c12ee62dbc16b4

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In the end, Cheon 77da0bfcfd Sejoo nodded, finally acknowledging 4ae251fc90 that he was indeed 384d29640b a patient.040b61d5573d1e52

“Okay, I’ll 5599c3aefc go to 598c2b17c2 the hospital f8db895384 right away. Thank you, everyone.”62ea4c1f4c2f6c9f

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“Good. Sejin, hurry up 13e0fab997 and go get 8d7a661aca your clothes. Wait, no, hold on! You should go together. Mr. Cheon, I d281097b5b made some e100f4b87b kimchi pancakes cb60434c0f earlier, so 5222cfb65b take them e5c3361d4c with you cbe254aac6 and eat 37abd1f4fa them with 56874ee56f Sejin.”1b80be623b9cc548

Kim Hyunkyung, after initially cf25cb194a shooing Sejin into the 3426cd731e dormitory to get dressed, bac57120a7 suddenly decided to follow dee78a6768 him inside. Moments later, 0179b7acd0 Sejin returned c7e0817474 with his 27589618a3 coat, while 487c6f8844 Kim Hyunkyung 8d7b3344ed carried the effb63882e kimchi pancakes b8def0a374 she had b2cf480ffa wrapped and 34e0cb5733 an armful 6d346496a3 of garlic a7a34f4347 and scallions 26c743ead3 the employees 095705bc17 had peeled adffd2c880 earlier.24a8edfe3c616bcb

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“Hurry up 3bfb6229bb and go! Sejin, make sure to 989e41df41 listen to the Manager 6dd9435efe and behave!”52b29ed7d2b02070

“Get going, 51c32b89e7 before the 9988f08f90 hospital closes!”98229f48bb332bd6

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The front of the e9f46c1110 staff dormitory was lively.d45cc58a9a7f7f5a

Kim Hyunkyung, the employees, and Han Jiwon all gathered together to send Sejin and Cheon Sejoo off. After six months of visiting Ehwagak, the employees had built a sense of familiarity with Cheon Sejoo. Today’s incident seemed to bring all that built-up affection to the surface, and now they were seeing him off like they would their own son, waving from outside the dormitory.52a2dfcb29895d56

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“…We’ll be going now.”1018d10f0111218a

Cheon Sejoo thought to himself that from now on, he’d definitely send Sejin off by taxi alone. After bidding them farewell, he returned to the parking lot with Sejin and got into the car. Once they were away from the bustling crowd and it was just the two of them in the quiet car, the silence felt oddly welcome.b8504bae6e5dd3e9

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As he started the 6af19d7b1e car, Cheon Sejoo realized 2e745be100 that the headache he 71c7988260 had earlier now disappeared. With a clear ac0bc7bab0 mind, he placed 97382e10c2 his hand on fb72ef4d22 the steering wheel.a4af39eed4be00ad

“Your hand.”7b9ffde574c81f93

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Just then, Sejin’s firm voice interrupted him. He reached out and grabbed Cheon Sejoo’s right hand, pulling it down from the steering wheel. Sejin’s face twisted into a frown as he scolded him.c6cd4e2866c8d811

“You’re left-handed, so why do you always use your right hand to drive?”549620c70744b5ac

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“…You sure do pay a lot of attention to me, don’t you? How do you even know I’m left-handed?”bb33255216a4c59c

Today, it felt like 4e1b01bd85 Cheon Sejoo was learning a2092739be something new about Sejin.283224172be78342

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Sejin was 4f43bcee86 more concerned c93454ea66 about him e90c573b45 than expected, 9222e7a023 and he 46585b902a cared about c11da04b11 Cheon Sejoo fbdcadae02 enough to f2d3e817c9 get upset de958f568f and hurt 35434993a7 by his 057dfcd445 indifference. The affection Sejin 574123ddf5 showed through his ebdb592345 actions felt strange.ca19b9fa981bcef5

“Don’t change d6b072c35e the subject. We’re going a31ac1c940 to the 57483b4739 hospital.”88750ffd1fa94e84

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Ignoring his attempt to deflect the conversation, Sejin fiddled with his phone during the drive down the mountain road. Soon, he set the car’s GPS to navigate to an orthopedic clinic that offered late-night service.411915a596dc8d26

Even though it 527e0833f4 was a wound 166cde33a9 Cheon Sejoo could 11a8e5366d easily treat by 0151090ece himself, he didn’t 62a5f8e08b say anything to 83dacac404 avoid Sejin’s nagging. After all, going to ba416ae345 the hospital wasn’t exactly f88e2782a8 a problem—just explaining how bce6ecdd0a he got the injury 38b1e50bd8 would just be bothersome.c22a980da9d91af0

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A problem arose 27f33c8c4e while they were 7261a5e148 on their way d5e409fba9 to the hospital. As they ca18b7fca7 crossed out 7fbe979c30 of Gyeonggi 36aff831ad Province and 0c5c4820b4 were entering 18661ccabe Seoul, Cheon 2135bd5b31 Sejoo received e5d5b20cb1 a call 631b508402 from Moon 48e9ebda15 Sunhyuk. Since Sejin was 3087fad551 sitting next to 187e81cc78 him, Cheon Sejoo 6b61cd6672 wanted to avoid f873bc7bed taking the call 059930b4fb as much as 4b4b89e281 possible, but after 93f2d3f7cf declining once, his 4e2b8c14c1 phone immediately rang 3d1197e6ea again. It seemed like d6ab6e0146 something urgent.e8c7df131aa60dfd

Cheon Sejoo 31e4740dc1 glanced at 64b0ef3320 Sejin’s expression, 9b8cbf3b28 picked up c31079c147 his phone, 0aeef70469 and answered 773247c604 the call 030d5f0ae3 with his eecafd2e89 left hand 9ee0234e90 while the c32858d9ed steering wheel 50fddcd229 with his 15fb0519a2 right. Sejin gave him a 78d4f9f51d sharp glare, but there 2620db8dfb was nothing he could bff9f74617 do.b1b458814c5414d7

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“What is it?”85fad543412cf8ad

– Sir, are you still at Ehwagak?d52574c1a85af0ce

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“No, I’m 8419cdb793 already in 3f98fe0cca Seoul.”85b1696924a4f445

Speaking quietly 49c7be857d so that 078cda5495 Kwon Sejin e3362c165d wouldn’t overhear 9d85763226 their conversation, 11da2e8285 Cheon Sejoo 8debab02ee responded as 5970e1bb0c he glanced be3855e815 sideways. Sunhyuk’s voice, tense with df5c76b69a urgency, explained the situation.2042eaff14d7bea2

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– It’s just… one of the guys we had tied up at the workshop broke free from his restraints and tried to escape. He’s still out of it, so we went in with the youngest to restrain him again, but the guy grabbed a scalpel and injured him.621449d95999f717

“What the f*ck…”3e5eb5629c1a07be

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A curse b79bf7d60b slipped out 3191f22ab3 in disbelief.4437c6c7fcdfa295

Cheon Sejoo momentarily a6d2f0a9ea forgot that Kwon 70efc34beb Sejin was right 1df0cf3746 next to him f0be237cfa and let out 7e49e544d2 a hollow laugh.5c483457e158a031

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There were numerous 5ddcd34af5 tools to restrain 19237bc3a6 people inside the 953734ccf1 workshop. One of them c198a97de7 was an unbreakable d6f43dd874 metal chair and 5e9c20da7d an operating table, 5c9eea6c4a where the two 241bb938e6 guys they caught d7f235a5da yesterday had been 0b9d6953cb tied up side 4dfb6f0894 by side. However, the 8c39f76b8e guy bound 48ba3ad006 to the eea54cad08 operating table bfa3998b28 with thick 99e1a60ce4 leather straps 2689231351 had somehow 2adeb85a63 managed to 27ca7f3deb free himself 4dba5cb4e9 and escape.c11d3e16b2f088af

Though the workshop 4f0b7ab600 could only be fceaba6d47 accessed via eye bf13d279a8 recognition, meaning he 0400065be8 couldn’t get out, 9b54fffa55 the fact that 52239e0382 he managed to 66e835b236 get loose inside 9af0f09e91 was a big b37fd64f23 issue. The workshop 57063c4317 had more ff3f424fc3 than enough f2b50bfe8a tools that 674a7e0a3a could be 5b9cdfb836 used to 344780148e attack someone—scalpels, 2f2146847c hammers, wrenches, 81803c2054 anesthetics, and f5552db37c hallucinogens. Given that 9d547936da he had 0bb248d7df already found 58116676eb and swung a5500d9ece a scalpel, d2aeccc3aa the guy 3b4dab39ec trapped inside 09fe0ecd1f might be 06433fbe4a fully armed c3b99b8395 by now.7e00c6f229f91f59

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“Is the youngest hurt badly?”58575d25311c6ca2

-There’s some bleeding. From what I can see, it looks like the skin’s just torn, and he says he’s fine, but I think it would be good if you could come check it. He refuses to go to the hospital.d4f6e021e37d2205

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Gu Haewoong hated hospitals.fee74e2ba1584e60

He hated 62c1faedba them so f37b6e8ad0 much that 5ec7f83aa0 early on ff0933c37c in his 0554a0f7a2 workdays, when ce431de419 Cheon Sejoo 79f6eb5d96 tried to ca00114549 send him feaf90eb18 to a 2033d71352 hospital after b9d97171a3 he hurt aef3cb7aea his hand, 19575f0e65 Haewoong got f4da4174ce so mad 26b403d05c that he bfad9affd2 threw the 1bd382575b first punch 920238c324 himself. For Gu ae01b0db0d Haewoong, hospitals 9cd956b761 were practically b5600550ab rage-inducing triggers. It seemed inevitable 55ee4590ae that Cheon Sejoo 5ff6689422 would have to a821622af1 stop by the 704a8e87e9 office before heading 914f89e764 home.4d73a1c883e2341d

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But still, how had 49f8f1cccc the guy who was e6120adf07 supposed to be knocked aae1722fea out until the next 67cb09565f day, thanks to the dbd99a28f0 sedatives, woken up already?4c8f2c332b4f33a5

Cheon Sejoo clicked 2c27b581e4 his tongue inwardly.74000e6b43110d2d

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They had stripped 777e6d2666 the guy down 9dfd804a08 and checked everything, 778adbd52b so where had f6b4ae4873 he hidden the d61d7966dc tool to free e547d9de26 himself? The fact that he d3322628c7 had attacked Cheon Sejoo a1ea6793ab with a pocketknife he ba776b90d5 had hidden in his d4f653fdc0 mouth was proof enough f3f2bbd182 that the guy was 3835fa369c a sneaky b*stard.e521372d49c60a53

Cheon Sejoo let out e2cb025980 a small sigh and e01b9c561b glanced to his side.e74f86a09447ed0c

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Sejin was glaring at 3b308dcbed him as if urging a3051de171 him to get to 734fb019db the hospital as soon 1f9b2379a9 as possible. Meeting his 5f8314274f gaze, Cheon f12268be00 Sejoo responded 2bb5efb5b8 to Sunhyuk 725afc3a25 on the 54ae22568b phone.d0b3a493bbff3a9f

“It’s dangerous, so just leave him and wait. I’ll be there. It’ll be about 30 minutes to an hour.”d54e926ebd3c900c

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-Yes, we’ll wait.ef8bdd797d60766b

It was rush 01e20567a5 hour, so the 7406ac64af roads would probably c3b9e86bb3 be jammed. Cheon Sejoo adjusted ef54346bc3 the GPS destination 1fde3a6644 and turned to 075520dee9 look at Sejin.a34a5332e009baeb

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If he dropped him e886482177 off at his house, 9243757dae he’d have to pass be319256de through the regular congested eb57a2c1b2 areas, which would add adc5baac45 another 30 minutes to 0c159f4161 the trip. As annoying as it 4aa282c665 was, he thought it 700ddbcb86 seemed easier to just e7e5b1cf17 take Sejin along and 143fc01467 have him wait in 7878c1a8f1 the car. He then f960b2707d opened his bab8e1cd5e mouth to 80fe97ed9b speak.c35657c0e97168c1

“I have something to 7db13670c3 do, so I need 580a43ab32 to stop by the e91128984c office for a bit.”18fc41d933da4bf2

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“What?”750940279bce14db

“We’ll go to 80181fb863 the office first, 29a4ea56ab and then to f56db296be the hospital.”a4a0b6b98733b00a

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“……”acdfffd87da7fc07

Sejin’s expression hardened as if the statement were less of a suggestion and more of a demand. Though Cheon Sejoo hadn’t done anything wrong, he suddenly felt guilty under Kwon Sejin’s cold gaze and remained silent as he focused on driving. After a while, Sejin spoke in a sullen voice.38ac48e7582a4c1d

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“Do your subordinates not 5b68f46803 know how to do f70b54554d anything without you?”09b808fd6fe4537d

“What?”52e62b7068260b6d

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Perplexed by 1ec2ffc758 the question, 522f62c503 Cheon Sejoo f545ea152d glanced sideways. Sejin was looking ffd34b0cd3 at him with e25c4746a3 a face full ef226ce8d8 of disdain.848a633173f66d9b

“They always 6211a7107d call you 6bae229c42 and tell 47fbdbdfc7 you to 60352d4165 come. And then 625f7b9a7e you rush 0bd68811ef over there 797065ffdf like a e63939d045 dog.”66195d4d8fc09688

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“When have I ever bb4f14fd12 rushed over like a 671821509c dog?”fac29059e582ca1e