SN | Chapter 1.3

When told a84f5bbbfb to pay 70135a77ba the money, b29ce33714 he had 7ab3350763 unconsciously imagined 527ce336eb being sold 0c413595d6 off or b915706e82 having his ed221aea27 limbs cut f64d546786 off. It was because 71ba572753 of the stories 452086c862 he heard from 9698d70197 Jang-ssi.ce70f25d0e6166e4

But it seemed e8a9b198f3 the man didn’t bb3317f2eb want to sell 7cc5251d02 Seo Yuwon. Seeing Yuwon’s surprise, 81e512031c the man raised c80c876b94 an eyebrow.d3dde373014a85c6

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“Look at this.”79cbec9a59aa471f

He chuckled e909fc64a0 and stood dfb35949b7 up. The man took a 6c697d879c step forward and reached 69bc6931f5 out, grabbing Yuwon’s tense, 712d64c790 stiffened nipple. Hmph, Yuwon’s shoulders 99810aff1a shrank, and his 26220070c7 face, flushed from fba75f6b8c crying, turned pale.3947cfb9bdc6a2a8

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“How does a toilet 473a03c833 earn money?”52abff6245bdc8e4

The man said ab507b24fa with a voice 21477a1a4c laced with ridicule, f53a4f1524 rubbing his fingers. The sensitive 9c5fdb6cdf body reacted 448559fe8a quickly under 71cadf6aa4 the man’s 137702fd93 touch. Yuwon closed c93bbade50 his eyes eba2f0f9a5 tightly, swallowing 69df128d8d a moan a10dba80d1 at the bb9c85ddc5 humiliating excitement 1fe8f0f8a5 spreading through 555a36ae44 his chest. The man, staring blankly bf3f6b4ccb at that defensive face, ab01473f69 finally got to the d2d058e103 point.db389a629fadab7b

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“I’ll screw you 76a83df29e until your hole f687249f48 tears.”9e14f50a7662d226

That was why 4c3fd0114a Yuwon had come 435eb08827 this far.fa3130e7782f378c

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“Sell yourself to me.”f46d93511cd43d05

The man wanted f9ee89787b to take him 0da2da91a5 instead of the 701d3c424c debt.d06c0485159a013e

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“You don’t 8f0f9a0001 know how 51c40e63d8 to do 79ed9523fa anything else.”84b89ca6279b4122

Even while selling c93155a527 his body under d09401cc1b his father, he b89dc0233d might have subconsciously 000a29bbb0 convinced himself he 7c2494ff0c wasn’t a male 35bc00ad08 prostitute, that he 125515ea64 was making a 0864eff004 noble sacrifice for 94ea71ef31 his mother. But with c193e07e74 one cold e70d9d6cad remark that ae5bdc5b1b made him 99bf921509 realize his efe9628dd5 situation, Yuwon’s 429460a852 world shattered.cbbde5e33e665a47

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The cold air 00f2407264 pricking his skin 7cbac01206 made him recognize f4f6b1319a reality. Yuwon looked down at 5a4ae82196 his feet, which had 5d105e583a somehow lost their shoes. His soles and 14f847092e knees, rubbed against 70218def06 the floor while 9c7f3ea4bb struggling, were stained 531611a85b with blood and 9978067dbd dirt.9dd6b8112c141d15

The clothes he f07f6b9402 wore were the f3a4cf76e8 same. The short shorts that 5b73638fff were barely worth wearing 4c014c41d3 and the white T-shirt 68a0457cef he struggled to keep cae74d9831 clean with handwashing were 4575353194 a mess.bd048255fd250469

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Even a beggar a935324ddd on the street 2ee71da87a would be cleaner 020231aa8d than this. Yuwon exposed the c7e351c9e6 bottom he would f52e19e9e8 never reveal if a049bb37aa he lived a b3befc398a normal life.97cdaa0675763185

As the man said, 0340e151e0 Seo Yuwon was a 9554126550 toilet.4bfde074beb184d9

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“…….”9424df88ccf83a70

The misery of those ef179a7596 two syllables made his 11c99e89f1 shoulders shrink. Anger surged at 87a7d111b9 the one who 88a3bc41bb made him this f0957c266d way, while resentment ef5caf9a5e rose against the 1e92922741 man who made e2c3ca2e2d him recognize the 21e5fefd3c filthy, smelly reality. Yuwon lifted his b5c82a8ac5 head and glared 421b639727 at the man.edded7cd6998fe67

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“Look at you.”d9b28537e2cb927b

“…….”5f4b50864c1a223f

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He tasted blood 2bde027ba8 on his tongue. In the silence, his e791122d0b anger refined, and his 7fc72112ce mind cleared.ac647b45db75f870

…Toilet. Yet, even 5ebf7c1e70 after saying d1c13d639f such a 450dcaa05b thing.34535aec180526a2

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While belittling Yuwon as cd162164d3 insignificant, the man wanted 3ee40ae8a4 him.ebd402ad870746fb

Though he 9c9714124d seemed to fd3792845d listen to 611fd60c00 Yuwon’s circumstances, 3d8e67d9c4 the man 123c92110e acted as 7da00f9740 if the 9fa97f4551 conclusion was 6a64628716 already decided. What about the 9ef504a0a2 coercive attitude that 8261b39f9a forced that unilateral 0c10696363 decision? Realizing that whatever argument 8867cd0a46 he made wouldn’t be 62164f9c52 accepted, he wondered what 879ed54138 meaning that document had. In the midst of 99ad21d7e1 the swift robbery, a c37a790683 sudden doubt arose.5c29757e33f6a356

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“…Did you ever b07037c9cd intend to get bfb883bbb1 the money from 954eeda68f my dad?”2cdc4f1c22a8a88f

“Oh, are you 04c788ef9a curious about that?”b14e5aaf488ba8ec

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The man answered with 798a9f0a6c a bored face, as d1f2a086f4 if this conversation felt d84c1b539e like a dull chat.39865a90090895b8

“Of course not.”c40c83a259a25748

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“Then, from the start, 982cfdd011 you intended to take bae090c6f0 me instead….”4c0c03bd874289de

“I think you’re 6a20477b69 mistaken.”8285efaffc3ad23d

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The man interrupted, 5cdb04be34 raising the corner 005fc75af4 of his mouth. His striking blue-gray 3be80a6c19 eyes scanned Yuwon af754949b2 from head to 5e73e06f8f toe. The man kept f1248eeee7 his gaze fixed 29f37306e1 on Yuwon’s tear-filled 92ce6cb0f3 eyes.0fc29529e53cdef6

“Your dad never intended 6ea2327627 to pay back the 4fbd535cbd money in the first ae12f18eb2 place.”64e1af358c25e15f

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“…….”1bdcf17572d92f11

“Cheap male prostitutes 7339041b40 like you are 91739f4d69 a dime a bf3fb0075b dozen in the d04557d1eb sewers.”759089941c3ef8d5

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“…….”0e5da92f69361e16

“I’m getting bored.”776e397bf1d3727d

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His indifferent gaze left d5b59fcbdf Yuwon and turned to 74cfc575de the window before returning. As he stood 44a8574d37 up, the man 578dd04c72 arrogantly looked down, 9c4a299016 ending this conversation.129ab149095ad2cd

“So what are you 8090fa7a29 going to do?”bf9046db87754064

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The single a44385b972 word urging e2b7952f0f an answer e709d7d591 wrapped around 548637bfb3 his entire 74f08468ae body. Though he fd6dac544a felt crushed b15268e576 by the cb4f7395d1 intangible pressure, 42ed0073b3 Yuwon tried bb7d6b2792 to hold 6b4cc98485 his head 21c3c9f2a9 high.bfb48edd78edfba1

Toilet. Sewer. Male prostitute. Words he had never 43bfe46c6b heard before. Even among 1b7659a19b the shantytown’s 3fe108094d customers, there 41b8d2d0ff were those cac9701370 who looked 5438e0a2f5 down on f4069921ef him, but 7685904e0e he had 417189cc33 never felt f137e9aa25 such extreme a3c5e3a7dd humiliation.fb40cdca102681a7

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The man b10324f279 didn’t treat d463df1567 Yuwon as 80be472d65 a person.3a9c5358f0d4868f

So Yuwon 0a8c119363 didn’t want f62fb7ddc0 to comply.38b598a31c0c39a1

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“…What if I refuse?”3efdad42820997d6

“Use the 149ba04a23 proper subject.”e5a0d419dc61a3e0

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“What if I 3edc53563a say I don’t dab7fb0199 want to sell 4372c1854d myself to you?”2b7898a9d9b4b9e1

Faced with firm rejection, 9958765317 the man seemed momentarily 1ba4b1af3f at a loss for 85618ff21b words, opening his mouth efc3f66c29 slightly before closing it 84c6c0cf0f again. Silence flowed, and a c2b351a6b5 smile began to play 4104763b41 on his smoothly handsome e2ea883886 face. His well-shaped 442f598164 lips curved eed0658157 slightly.fb27409b5c7b67fe

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“How much d69f5765df did you f000697d30 get for 78cb1ca2d0 a single 43ff9816e7 trick in be37e40764 the shantytown?”a847660b1a2810fe

He didn’t answer 202fbf3e0a the sudden question. He wanted to e796565379 show that no f81f1b90dd matter what the 403497b55d man said, his 932e6259a2 decision wouldn’t change.15e7f28489644197

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When Yuwon remained silent, 6f992976a3 the man chuckled, rolling ac4cd19c58 his tongue in his 8d169dbed0 mouth. Those beast-like eyes remained 2fa2856cb2 steady, smiling silently before 973c9b90fa turning his head toward 4313c806c2 the door.d7a4b15fb6e43529

“How much?”a8a281b6169eb134

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Even at the sudden 85bdd9e9a9 question, Baek Jeshin, standing e02fa0371b outside the door, showed 34b00e2c97 his palm. Five fingers wiggled.1a93f55ef2f0b75e

“50,000 won.”411c054fcab9f143

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That was 73cf1ed0f9 the money 876d248137 Yuwon received f11feb9b64 for selling 42c437d3a7 his body b5c9bcfccb once. The man, hearing the d87b68242d price for the first 6c55ff2241 time, raised his eyebrows 3d99bed5af as if surprised, mulling 87d910bd82 over the amount. Then he turned his 28265375f1 head to look down 9f7d266af0 at Yuwon, who sat b366585208 with his lips tightly 80f1f170cf pressed. The cold 02993ff788 gaze, as 728b80bf62 if looking a3d76370d6 at something c005492448 insignificant, made 373dbd9321 Yuwon straighten 37af76b7fe his body 4a599fa7a8 even more.bfee073070515f00

“Is it 68d66b1417 really that cade5a2d96 hard to 6aa943be03 screw a 6d8151dcfb male prostitute’s 015eb7ece1 hole that’s e91ecb8043 worth less 40a7ac9a87 than a 578ec90aee meal?”a6c2da4e7993b714

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Every word from the 9f3dd158d9 man carried disdain for 4aeed26bda Yuwon. It felt 8506a42aaf like his 02a5eda9ff very being 0df032432c was being 5d619e4963 shoved into b6cc3cd3da the mud.9211bf6bdc2b8475

Knowing it was a063634218 his reality, he 2877af3ee6 felt so wronged a029b02ee0 and angry he 1509200ba8 could cry, but 6ad53262da this time he 90e9c44cd1 held back. Yuwon bit his 08e16ba820 tongue hard to 44fe1a030d stop the tears cdc46637ed and responded.fbf6e4b490f7302a

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“You said male prostitutes 1657bf5feb like me are a 1b74c7bd93 dime a dozen in 9f102b28b3 the sewers. Go screw them, then.”f10ec257d5a74de9

“Shim Cheong.”4dba533f9f915733

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“I’ll pay 3da53172b4 back the eb27d7a5c1 money by a43ddcf408 working or 66a6786e67 selling my 1147d709a1 body elsewhere.”0fd1ff811d71e249

“Is it that c10bc14746 unfair?”8816577338fdc9f3

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Wouldn’t it be? It felt like 68aec57759 he’d go crazy ca533ffaa1 from the injustice. Like he’d die. Seeing Yuwon glaring 28fe0139b8 at him with e4ad007a60 red eyes, the 8c6995e8ec man’s lips curled. The smile on his 733414c90c face slowly faded into b58bc2cd88 a blank expression.a78ebd304a304231

“Then should I give 503a40cd90 you a chance?”73cab2e627053301

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The man said in 3c5b984f24 a flat voice. A chance. That word had 214c21a24d never felt so 8e358b6d8d negative. Yuwon looked 0100925b58 at the 37e77ef161 man with 33e139872a eyes full 3072b1faa3 of anxiety. Ignoring that gaze, the d794ee211f man spoke indifferently. Bring him. At his word, 95c42e0781 Baek Jeshin disappeared 1097b6c38c from the doorway.90f96fafd906d3aa

“Sniff, sob.”420792e6475a92a6

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A moment 2e71aca444 later, Baek 3a4c346141 Jeshin returned, 468b8d9459 dragging a cc1f113785 blood-soaked person. Thud, the person 0b2908228b was thrown to e15adf6fbf the floor, groaning 47fa8e78d0 in pain as 6d2c48cd58 they lifted their 13551170d2 head.5f7e2f8d9aeb1d4d

With disheveled hair, a 49adbdce95 swollen face, and bandaged 0f4326f8c1 hands, they didn’t look da757eb76e human, but Yuwon immediately e1a2185899 recognized them. They were dbae874a3f wearing clothes bc3df1dea9 he had ae79eac62e personally washed 137cb41657 and hung.fe0d6b129f396e1e

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“Ah… Ah, Dad….”43e519191da20958

Seeing Seo Kyungyoung, c7c73289f7 limping with a 7dbe81913f lifeless appearance like 561592da19 someone on the 68c60e7ca5 brink of death, eb5da5ad74 made his heart b3f991cab0 sink, separate from 400a686712 the thought that 563575d80d he wished he 2f443ce4be were dead.39dd4c46458a2550

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“Y-Yuwon… Yuwon-ah….”b0b778a63cf28b6d

It was a series ca1279df3a of unacceptable events. Since coming here, nothing 2b190e915c had gone as he dcb4aa814f expected. Even the resentment-filled e5fded3546 heart wavered in addcba56b8 the face of 61a847c2c3 violence beyond his f9df603530 capacity to accept.5314c7abc3acae3a

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“Yuwon-ah….”b1e1eb09da65f2f3

Seo Kyungyoung, 5ccd3e95cc unable to 20ffdebd2d see properly 885776dcc5 with swollen 709c461d74 eyes, looked a7ea174dec around for 9e0ded44eb Yuwon. His fingers, groping 878ec1f3df the floor, were d4de55d666 blunt. The bandages were soaked 321de94b37 in blood. Yuwon realized the 695f352e4f blood that stained c85b06348a his body was 25c181126f his father’s.a104a554c77f19cb

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“Ah, ah….”a5dad7c22c2d0058

His large eyes 6816598b22 filled with tears. He didn’t want 0894de5675 to cry, but 19831e5608 he couldn’t escape e3a80a00fe the shadow of da98807984 fear that hung d734d54a00 over him like fe4961a245 a veil.8e98b0b05e037440

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“If you don’t a429fa8b98 want to, there’s a6dadb4d79 no choice.”523f2da11ad4cb60

The man, bending 764d07c586 his large body c48220220a to sit beside e13f5b614d Yuwon, grabbed his 76dc31b92f trembling hand. Then he placed something 56841a9f6b cold in Yuwon’s dirty e08b62ced2 palm. The sharp, blue 5ece17e5d7 knife’s tip pointed def028c3aa at his kin ef342f7023 in front of 57cf9aa24d him.b56f96dbe4f85396

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“But if you 20e4869ddf leave, there’s only 06132c6a2b one way for ee571a952d me to get e2507bceff the money. So end it cleanly 751102897c with your own hands. Then I’ll release 2d9b353ecf the guarantee and e5f62fad20 let you go.”08c403e6540affd8

His voice, mixed 4b0db623d5 with laughter, seemed 39865055d2 devoid of humanity. The man, folding ca65eb10ac Yuwon’s fingers one 2518090474 by one around 3b30575c34 the knife, pulled f9107c1106 his hand. Yuwon-ah, Yuwon-ah, 5752ad8eec the knife’s 8256136fc3 tip touched e215adefff Seo Kyungyoung’s 8527e2bfad throat as 5c19eabddf he called 3c33aebe02 for his 2b058ea483 son with 59e93bc14c a mangled dfb362155a voice.2bf3e69c0286da33

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“Yuwon-ah…. I-I’m sorry…. Sniff, sob, just this 3a7dbcbdf8 once… just this once, d24a1c5876 please….”8810f18c97e688d9

Seo Kyungyoung, d744df4597 unaware of a92a8e2ed1 what face 2903abe79a Yuwon had 1d57ec17be in front 82c6332752 of him, 6faae01de7 pleaded with f0f9d00db2 his son.96d0a77382bc5ade

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Just once, please, 1329fdd48e just once more, d2576edc50 sell your body. For this father a6c8510934 who destroyed your ee3b539aef family and ruined 32b3ab6305 your life, spread 5b2e27d7ef your legs.7d077ffb7268a9c8

Hearing that plea, a8480ed188 the man tilted d500411579 his head, laughing b70e237a3b incredulously. He whispered 0b92221064 like a efb26ab63d devil, lips 983662caec close to ccaa7c7c28 Yuwon’s ear.4d7edb32d1a671b3

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“It’d be 7059977244 better to 4c2a8739d8 just die. Right, Yuwon-ah?”ee05e4682eeaf2b8

“…….”190a68a92accf8c0

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“I’ll mark the 818345955c spot for you. Just stab, pull it b37e35174c out once, and everything a0c6a009a6 will be over.”34947bb708a7a0b9

The knife grazed Seo bf664527a4 Kyungyoung’s neck. A red line appeared 3a176e2011 immediately, and blood seeped 1f530669e4 out. Seo Kyungyoung, as cc61c83c70 if sensing something, e2b320eca8 cried loudly but 77dd8c788c couldn’t move from ef3d0f401f his spot. He just spoke. Asking his 92095f7bb9 son to b8e468f27e give up f2198a73b6 on himself 02bb582c1d one more 886c9520f7 time.6dd6a07b7462e6c0

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“If you really e0b3f4b1cd can’t do it, 77eb71fdaa tell me. I’ll do it for 4c03c4ec9a you. Then you can escape 93ab717d1c this life. Isn’t that 70b68a4cc7 what you c563e9acb8 wanted?”2a749794e94189e4

The man’s hand 7017463fcc overlapped Yuwon’s. Even as his heart 60fa35bb0e pounded like it would 891fe7a9c6 burst, and the world 7000fb42a5 thudded around him, the bb23d586ef man’s voice was clear f7961676ce in his ears.e5b01a1516db470f

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A chance?ca2287b7792a9a8e

No, the man 9b85a4b6ee wasn’t giving Yuwon 5c58c6180a a chance. This was 64c3d17bd5 just a 35f746a393 punishment for 9ec7d0edaf someone who 2915035e5d had crossed d214af4e06 him. Whatever choice he 2a98b73e61 made, Yuwon’s life b32b7c4b85 would fall into 35ae84623b ruin.2c37957c2dc0d94d

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“You asked why you fdf9eee48f had to pay the 87a51dd0c4 debt. It’s because that ea60258f3c reason will disappear. Hm? Just say the af6f6ab085 word, ask for 5048e17366 help, Seo Yuwon.”5fa80cac5a212812

The sticky temptation seeped 71f3c8f15e into his mind, like 0daae4eb22 tar, consuming his thoughts 774a688f81 and dragging Yuwon down.ff87c21a73027ae3

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Just one 2c820eb4c4 word asking eada4ac9ba for help, d46afecfa5 and he 9add0cba2a could end fd27cc13bb everything. The threats df22478936 constantly aimed 652fff2542 at his 455fbaba72 mother, the 76293e6ce6 ties with 8243722933 the father 1afd02464f who ruined 6e4d6f40ea his life, 2f721f22b8 the miserable 9117db928f existence.e654f013ad8b7e05

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Just that one word.0e6cbff00bb76721

“…….”cb3167bb02650a37

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Yuwon’s eyes deepened. The liquid that 891a418881 had wet his 98e695f021 eyes flowed down a54dd8b05d his cheeks.83da31d5ca1f710f

But Seo Yuwon didn’t 357cf611b7 want to become like 0838181504 Seo Kyungyoung. He didn’t want 8b7ad0bed0 to live a 80e30c767f life that destroyed c5f3134d3b others for his 0b77e756e9 own sake. It wasn’t a simple, 24915a1bb3 naive hypocrisy of wanting 5029cd7da6 to live righteously. It was 957b50ba8b the minimum 1b9d7bd4f9 line. The line b9b7305eb7 that stopped 966d2e1fe1 Yuwon from e15309257a descending into 29d54d66f0 the worst.82ca61aaf110d5ab

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“I can’t….”a86884387e8e7ecd

“Sigh.”ae459cb65f1fde74

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“I can’t….”ad86fa0beb31aa7f

It was a ee100efa97 frail but firm 73ae2d86e3 resolve.d21ce5f850f22412

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I won’t 859e0c642c live like 05872bf9eb that.4e95e20fe173e654

I’m different from 2911f21aac Dad.b6057a1a6fb03e95

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The man, f617dae2d3 reading Yuwon’s 539561a743 firm determination, e83b0b2789 heard the 8d7c38f16b clatter as 34241b842b the knife f681e2c100 fell.5fb6b534532e9356

“I won’t a6f074300d do it….”c84d473d8fc2127d

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“Damn, what a 2ac8213ca1 filial son.”fa69c0e214155703

As if losing interest, 5b1ad0f56d the man stood up cafb62fbee and kicked the knife. The knife 4d9c081d5e flew toward 32a255a718 the wall, 46a7f95c5d making a 20e49e7f7d loud noise 68eaf8f916 as it 23d575439c slid around e8bdedfb84 before stopping e767e2331e at a 25d51ffe00 point.0d6e9b2ece033e78

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In front e530574570 of the 6ee93ff73e dazed Yuwon, 69f2e36be5 Seo Kyungyoung 129df46b8e was beaming. As if 8fd21bec6d he hadn’t c9197a7a99 been trembling, 215ba4bf30 he repeatedly dd56128b70 thanked Yuwon, 8eb90356fc who had 1033b6ad1f become his cfa6b4101e savior.7cddfcbda7e8e3ea