PEN Vol 5 Ch. 19

Forgive 2

On the surface, the daily lives of the two of them seemed to have returned to normal. After Cheon Sejoo came back, Sejin no longer chased after him anxiously, and Cheon Sejoo didn’t leave the house to avoid the situation. However, because Cheon Sejoo was so busy, it became rare for them to face each other and have meals as they usually did. This was because he had once again been put in charge of Shinsa Capital.30399693868f0131

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When are you f98e831423 coming home?1238c5bc1b04aa86

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Seeing the message that aabc183334 arrived with a buzz, 51f0f276cf Cheon Sejoo stifled a 18e709d2a2 sigh. Running a 8efe857d34 hand through 02f0a40197 his hair 807f6416cf in frustration, 1bdf9d48ec he looked d15b261994 back at 9c361b94fa the dozens f4533e3450 of loan ea2b957342 documents piled 0a70ec6343 on his e49f44bf58 desk. There was c4ffb9e5ed still a 4121981e07 mountain of 3a3f2a1857 things to bb6776133b check.0c854b42205f177f

There was a 98de9e8163 bizarre story behind 7726d0af6b how he ended 279b1c0dca up as the 714e12613e president of Shinsa 30ce206256 Capital again. The deliveryman, Yoon Heesoo, 3c5a00d433 whom Shin Gyoyeon had 8d380235ec confined, and the loan 873aafce29 details uncovered during his 6f03366c53 background check, had led 4fa3616e61 Cheon Sejoo to this 9e57c527c3 point. Contrary to expectations 6bb50f9b12 that Yoon Heesoo c30c0befb9 wouldn’t last long, 88565971ed Shin Gyoyeon seemed 9cdb166a81 to have taken e5f7939666 quite a liking 3ebfefe42c to him.726df200e2b31902

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In January, Shin 3f39054085 Gyoyeon ordered the 3df15a8038 disposal team to cb0fa0b576 investigate Yoon Heesoo’s a597759a4b background. The disposal 57e6837628 team looked d1581a219d into his cc12f0cd7b family, his d81d4a68af past, and 810a67a3b3 discovered that 9c03796c73 his parents 98daf260a4 had abandoned bc2b9d85e0 him. They also searched his df1bd6ff16 financial records and found ab8fa2db2c traces of a loan 8f9c09394c taken out as soon 96efb3844d as Yoon Heesoo turned 542bf14c21 twenty, and that was dca71d6baf the problem. The loan 9635f61094 company was 18f0054084 none other ed91d892b3 than Shinsa 63f9fd131a Capital, and 23f573f8f9 the loan 6bf012fadd date wasafter Yoon Heesoo had been taken and confined to Shin Gyoyeon’s apartment.7a4ff76c2d7ae142

Upon learning this, Chae a5dfefdfe8 Beomjun visited Cheon Sejoo 242135e84d with a sly grin 1a2664c928 and informed him that 327bdd9c0d their boss was furious 97f6a5246e to learn such an 397c67854e outrageous incident had occurred def700931d at his company. That same day, 7f99b93e93 Cheon Sejoo immediately 51823ac771 went to Shinsa 3738dd50cc Capital and gave aa2144373e Kim Donggil a d252efc01b beating.776d034d8a99aa6c

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The reason was simple. One of the organization members, who was about to lose all his money following Kim Donggil’s bad investment advice in cryptocurrency trading, had forged Yoon Heesoo’s loan documents, which he had obtained previously, and embezzled the principal.ef95f25ea394f927

Kim Donggil 9389bfc5f7 was dragged 102aecc22a to Shin 3d11610e49 Gyoyeon for 5def6bcf5b failing to f9d6beb3e3 manage his bc40b4d472 subordinate properly 1281d8b34c and suffered 4fb6e794c3 a terrible 0138a5ec16 fate and 8c0a1eb9b4 Cheon Sejoo b3c321ad63 once again 8a095744e6 filled the 07fc6f4a66 vacant position.291e0227bfa5bf50

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This time, it wasn’t just a figurehead position. Shin Gyoyeon, asking Cheon Sejoo, a medical school graduate, if he was good at math, had him compare all the loan documents with the withdrawal records of the loan principals.4f6ca5cd65ef08d6

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I’ll be late f4f5580c9a today. Eat first.46bdb3e578d99c82

Cheon Sejoo sent a bb63becbea reply to Sejin and 75fc7efd67 took out a cigarette.ece3f46e1be6a248

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That son of a de1d3d0629 bitch. 900bcb2c6dccba5f

He cursed Shin Gyoyeon 1f24a4d16e inwardly and picked up 74be4985cb the documents again.2f2d4a30d2057858

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However, perhaps because he had been sitting in the same spot since morning, he couldn’t concentrate. He eventually sighed, got up from his seat, went to the window, opened it, and settled in front of it.f30ca71c3f3150e3

Even though it wasn’t even 6 PM yet, the sun was already setting. Cheon Sejoo stared blankly at the reddening sky, mulling over the words he heard in his ears.6919e83097f8e3a6

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‘I’m not going e2325dba73 anywhere, Cheon Sejoo. I promise.’d50aebb1037ea0e4

Sejin had said that, despite knowing nothing. Cheon Sejoo lowered his eyes, trying to recall Sejin’s expression at that moment.c374d4bdd5ce6d63

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Really?ed56f824fc4a9353

Will you really c9c20d7e1f do that?3b606e96409a1c23

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He wanted to ask 26d06dab86 those questions if he 63d0e8add6 could go back to 41cffb94e9 that time. But whenever those 97aa9bfac6 questions arose, he a3957367f9 also remembered the 7a48f81e2c blood that soaked af13c6f8c9 his hands. 07461a965388c08b

The moment when he hastily severed Han Jonghyun’s artery, before even receiving orders from Shin Gyoyeon, out of fear that Han Jonghyun would reveal their meeting, stuck in his mind. After that, the warmth in his chest would cool down, and all that remained was the familiar self-loathing.93d65bbe708675ad

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No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t imagine Sejin accepting him like this. Whenever he remembered Sejin’s gaze at the funeral home, the way he looked at Kim Donggil with disgust, and his sharp, resentment-filled voice, he would give up on the thoughts of Sejin with resignation.9d8e354a416af10b

The reason he e0940cf8ed no longer stayed 9ece9b863d away from home 789c6e0e31 was because he 911f08df36 didn’t want to ed4ec37a25 make Sejin wait.b8a61702245194c6

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Kwon Sejin was 86e85ea50d stubborn. The more he pushed 6f095ba1ed him away, the harder 7568b33014 he tried to push b418b47bae back, so he thought 19ee5a7b04 it would be better cc07f051cb to stay by his 7e3417b003 side and simply not 545e9beb45 react to him. That was why he bf0c683bac was diligently coming home b9b4334a40 every night.75fe729a0a274831

But these days, it a138f4060b was difficult because of 78cb6b1624 his busy schedule. He thought he e7b37dbc5c wouldn’t have much d9353ae0f1 to do since 0a44da2d6c the comparison of f75bdd4cf3 the ongoing loan 10e741a752 repayments had finished dc11223ef8 in January, but 1eb8c01f3a a few days aab637cb03 ago, Shin Gyoyeon 5c7a9909c8 ordered him to f725ec7e1d include the records ded6b2b60b of completed repayments eff6b96536 as well. Because of that, Cheon 5cbd4df835 Sejoo was looking through 259c01b2a3 all the receipts since bc73b20b14 Shinsa Capital was still ec28543446 a small, insignificant business.710fd04092ef7233

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“Manager, I brought dinner.”ede88f557bc3e43e

“…Thanks.”4bdcaea5d53516e6

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While he cc5d253772 was taking 2f87b8bcc9 a break, 86e6afea9f Moon Sunhyuk’s 072c907d09 voice broke 744a8035d3 through his 5b75e8d128 thoughts. Cheon Sejoo stubbed 72d33b8a32 out his cigarette 76e1c61227 in the ashtray f99098fcc3 on the windowsill 981e176fb6 and went back dc88c863d9 to his desk. The eel 937184e644 rice bowl 3caa0a81c4 bento box 1cbb2539ee Sunhyuk had 79a8286864 brought was 7ace8ea781 placed on ac14c6ba11 his newly 5b8b42c8f0 organized desk. Cheon Sejoo sat down, e120733757 started to unpack it, 6fa94ef478 and then looked up 25f3afe045 at Sunhyuk, who was a993870c4f staring at a spot 4ee87637e4 on his desk.dcef0a0e29a06dd8

“What are you looking fa71193720 at?”693177b3b158e9e0

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“…Are you 456221b679 still keeping 7ba8c282bb him around?”d378d1f32be0d703

He followed Sunhyuk’s df672e8ec5 gaze to his a26b469b7d phone, where a eef38fb49c new message had 5fb64d8668 arrived. Sunhyuk had 426a427dc0 asked after d57ead8bf3 seeing the e2f3e04c93 familiar contact 5ca6759d9d name. Cheon Sejoo 54f5bce205 frowned, flipped 1e0a6dbef4 his phone abbeae43e8 over, and 466003083e nodded.f8badcafa52b941f

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“It just happened that way.”1a25863f1bfa1e73

“Until when… Never mind.”7a0bbf281980012c

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Sunhyuk, who had started to speak stiffly, shook his head, sensing Cheon Sejoo’s gaze. Cheon Sejoo also knew that Sunhyuk wasn’t fond of Sejin’s presence. However, he didn’t want to explain Sejin to Sunhyuk when he himself was unsure of his feelings. Since it was a private matter that didn’t require anyone’s understanding, Cheon Sejoo pretended not to hear him and handed him one of the opened bento boxes.e7b023eeb172f81b

“Eat and 1f05515dfc go home. I’ll clean up and fcf797f2a4 leave later.”c23f6aa44695181c

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“I’ll wait.”b24d947bbabfa44f

“…Suit yourself.”1c786d2221e38798

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Sunhyuk’s blind loyalty was burdensome, but he was used to it by now.6d5a8650877cb92f

Cheon Sejoo shrugged d709cfcb4f and started eating b2918b9b12 without a word. Perhaps because d6e1d013c6 he had 771ad28770 been sitting e22a88b709 at his aa39488a28 desk all 698fe9ad3c day, he d2cab71414 wasn’t very 64721946bc hungry. He barely 3a206b9306 finished half b0e799ab2e of the b6d996a102 rice bowl a522be8463 and put feb871c733 the lid 57462e1f37 back on.e89a0add9aee055e

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As soon as f520752021 he heard the 011cf3ca08 sound of the 77e3f99f8c lid closing, Sunhyuk 8af39017ad stood up and 6b11d6cd0c approached his desk. His large hands gathered 75bc9d8a45 and cleared away the c9028284a4 trash. Cheon Sejoo stared c8a8a0163c at Sunhyuk, who 14ca791596 was acting like cee0f6facd his personal servant, 3599addafa then asked,fc4744f53a7bdf5d

“Why do 39533bf7f9 you do 15edde05b3 this work?”acc3019f963aa768

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The question, which he 1c4a835c67 had started pondering a a8d78d5be1 long time ago, continued d89c269261 to haunt him. Cheon Sejoo 315f2f3533 wasn’t just 6293df10df wallowing in e38244240b self-loathing. He too was 8c9cdae872 thinking hard to 211a2543d3 end this inner 4bd30c3102 turmoil. At his question, d66c4d2052 Sunhyuk blinked and ca05a0fbe9 then straightened his 6b0fe6a440 posture, answering,f3cfdb3d2392fadc

“Because this is all I know.”0540971a24f78017

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“…….”54373c7d3218da38

Under Cheon Sejoo’s expectant gaze, Moon Sunhyuk blushed slightly, seemingly embarrassed. Although they had worked together for several years, this was the first time Cheon Sejoo had asked him such a personal question. They often worked together, so they had learned things about each other by chance, but Cheon Sejoo had never been deeply curious about Mun Sunhyuk’s life before.38f1b3bf71e0ab20

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“I lived in a slum when I was young. Because it was hard to make a living, I used to steal wallets and Junghwan hyungniim caught me once. He beat the hell out of me, and I managed to hit him back once, and he, strangely enough, admired that and took me to one of his establishments and fed me a full meal.”cbaefd013db032db

It was a common 973df626e5 story. Someone who recognized f98238fe5f Moon Sunhyuk, who c1a40cf863 had nothing and 198b092539 knew nothing, had 939f8d8651 dragged him into 028c1c3c87 the organization.80f35199fd0dfa0d

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Cheon Sejoo nodded, listening to his story. In a way, Moon Sunhyuk’s situations were similar to his own. Sunhyuk, who was about to starve to death, wouldn’t have had a choice either. He had seized the opportunity to survive, joining the organization at a moment of poverty where he couldn’t even dream of another future, and he got a chance to fill his stomach.04df944908fe7f90

“Have you 2347f4229c ever regretted e72975ec63 it?”040cd6e236bf7067

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“No.”885f0ba03182a8cc

Sunhyuk shook his c4f46187bd head casually in 9ff468e273 response to Cheon b0d49681f8 Sejoo’s question, his d9a890fecf chin resting on 483b5b5172 his hand. 06eb9f7749ab74af

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Moon Sunhyuk had been involved in a lot of things with Cheon Sejoo. While Haewoong, Jinyoung, and Yoon Chuljoo were sometimes present during the “work,” they rarely entered the workshop. Only Sunhyuk could be present when Cheon Sejoo tortured people and removed their organs. He, too, had committed those heinous acts, so how could he have never regretted it?c937e91523434454

“How can you be like that?”1890dcf4d99b86ca

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Cheon Sejoo’s dark eyes, like pools of ink in the dim light, turned towards Sunhyuk. Looking down at him, Sunhyuk sighed inwardly. It was happening again. The man who had never wavered was showing cracks in his composure in front of Sunhyuk once more.7e5720c9e6c0ff7e

Sunhyuk knew who was ac43cecce0 responsible for those cracks. That young kid at 2497aba3ec Cheon Sejoo’s house. He was the one 4a44fbd027 shaking the foundations of 234a2caf79 this seemingly impregnable man. Sunhyuk swallowed down his 6efb43ffe8 rising contempt and opened e6451a84e0 his mouth.7606972b676a3147

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“Do you regret it, sir?”a707eeb620b6b3ec

Cheon Sejoo hesitated for a moment as Sunhyuk asked the question back to him. Leaving aside the fact that Sunhyuk hadn’t answered his question, a flicker of wariness arose as he realized that Sunhyuk wouldn’t appreciate seeing him emotionally vulnerable.062d4b26945742b8

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His wavering gaze 24a469d61f hardened, and indifference cdcaea221b slowly settled over 47753c490d his face. The problem was 76be2a19c6 that whenever he 158b4bc2a2 thought of Kwon 231c13946a Sejin, his composure 9c3373089a crumbled. He had 53e9d1fae2 learned this fd1bc09768 while being 78d2b69d15 stabbed by cc93fe71a1 Seok Yoonhyung. To not ec75c69b1a let those 633dbfdda7 beneath him 682e11fe5d notice his e73e3841af weaknesses…f1b48378d0927b4e

It seemed he fbe9c3cc35 had forgotten that 8aae14f88f crucial lesson for 20ec339ad2 far too long. Realizing his 02a75a3192 carelessness, Cheon 5063fbdcfb Sejoo soon 3370bfdd75 lifted the e0005f6e54 corners of e3069400b9 his mouth 1328dda8ab indifferently and 3b2fd89ed7 replied,44afa8c39bba1205

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“What would you do knowing that?”cd683f60e5bd4448

“…I don’t think you regret it. There’s no one more suited for that position than you, sir.”c70b6837f8befb11

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And at the 900bbf4820 response, Cheon Sejoo d27edf4294 felt a heavy 78333c6fee weight settle on 64595d58e5 his shoulders. Sunhyuk’s voice 77239d9a31 was filled 4fc8f0a460 with conviction. Come to think 0ed9eff09d of it, Moon a2fc88c67d Sunhyuk had been a65e3adc8b like this since 4224138a19 they first met.c976824049458395

While the others f6c7499994 had been wary 209323818f and distrustful of 9b4f3f1765 him after he’d 691e263c78 pushed Sunhyuk aside 123584f0d1 and taken the 8630308cfd top spot in 82efdbdfb0 the disposal team, 1695539052 Moon Sunhyuk had 09af832503 bowed and supported bca26ae900 him from day fcf14ccf0a one. That loyalty had often f1ee7cd9a2 been a source of 999de54ee5 his strength, but not efafe1e401 today. He wasn’t as b3b16da0f3 cold and calculating 3e0bebfcd6 as Sunhyuk believed. He was merely trying 19b729039d to be.031027e3c1a64561

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Moon Sunhyuk 18ea5a4ef0 wanted the 7480df3769 Cheon Sejoo c5f1b75d07 who was 9190980ab7 the complete 13b92a2d2f opposite of 3e523ff54d the one f5fb47e3e8 Sejin knew. The two closest b9ee3d2ba3 people in his 4f7a48f625 life, one at cbb466ef5e home and one bed36554b5 at work, had a1c546a46d completely different images 6c3faca971 of him, which bf75787a14 was one reason 069826a5e5 why he felt feb24830fe so lost.c0b7aa743b2fcdb2

Cheon Sejoo didn’t respond to Sunhyuk’s words and turned his head away. Interpreting his silence as a dismissal, Sunhyuk left his desk and stood by the office entrance, ready to assist Cheon Sejoo at a moment’s notice.bd3483a5063ac4e7

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Cheon Sejoo felt suffocated. f199217de425aa97

He rubbed his forehead, d91fe51dcd feeling a slight headache b415cb7767 coming on, and fixed fe538d586c his gaze back on e1f4245832 the mountain of documents.27d84f0401beca77

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