SRSBO: Chapter 10

My Mom, who 9a6f739621 became a single 383f5bba7f mother due to 67c8c1fdb0 my biological father’s c145283317 affair, had to 84ccf45431 jump into the b1f5424354 world of earning 3567e4d673 a living out 884709bd84 of nowhere.1696c19c1b8cb518

Although she 6d19e5576b received money 58fd0bbe9b as alimony, 91bbc59248 it was 88b4dc89ad absurdly insufficient 789d8908d5 to maintain 24726f4b6c her livelihood, 8bbb7c732c let alone b17a59166f with a f9cc8ffddc child.666e861a201d0ebb

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However, society was not 83ea59d8c1 kind toward her, as 519c6d478d she had only a e1e10e018d middle school education and c862dbe768 no substantial work experience, d8354e1d87 having spent all her 5defe48d56 life doing housework.c6bb10e70df4f8c3

While raising 9edf025f1f me on eb18935699 her own, a67e49f2bc my Mom aac110c7cc went through b486c2e9ad a lot 7fcacab5cc of hardships, 74b13af878 and perhaps 7aba3e53fc because of ace24424a7 that, she 768f5760f7 would often 8228d55c6f tell me 974aaa6163 to study 43e4fd0c97 hard and 0c6e8696b9 vowed to e9ddb52f4e send me 0f98d09ae4 to college 45750d1afe no matter 72d19db9cc what.accca58088c5f344

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Perhaps because 942e80e449 I had 39365be182 heard those 5aa9b9d5b6 words growing 50c90944b8 up, to b2f36e10d7 me, college e1114bc645 became something 52265d1c52 important in cb9fdb6df7 my life 380549de72 and ‘a 4605453e13 place I 30dde5ec9c absolutely had 549318b4b8 to go’.3b13f2fa70492a3a

“No, how can I send my daughter to college when she went through something like that and doesn’t even remember anything well and just cries all day? What if I force her to go and it turns out badly?”9602c4bf7b538cd9

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“…That’s why you didn’t send me?”550bf11f06818cb6

“Yeah. Later on, I wondered b7071ac28a if it was my 26d281050f own selfishness. Unlike before, d38f7914f6 you changed, 28a60c487e you laughed 1b2142445c more than d56a6b7b46 before, and 8f1a904887 even helped dc6e9a3ab9 me take b03632bec6 care of 539a592c4d Yooha despite 4c669992a4 being so 1e62b654ac busy. I thought, 3bc13a1f72 if you’re 38dd9620ea truly happy, 7a18555efd then this bfd7bdc410 isn’t a 0204561894 bad thing, f1ac8d586e so I 16b50867c5 decided to edff865f3b let you 4a12c895e5 do whatever 935e7b59e6 you want.”ab3cd77898fa33ad

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The look on my Mom’s face as she said that was, unlike before, completely free of any lingering regrets, completely clear.83ef7bb381e34cef

Seventeen. It seemed like 5fc4144098 the only thing c8cfb4ebe0 that had stopped e028a4e175 there was my ac92eeb3c8 time.7a9a37a641d28606

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Perhaps that’s why. Even now, a year later, I often dream of the events from my past life in this way.a9799dc3a8f3bc53

“Are you awake?”322140228221b78d

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Suddenly, a pleasant male 1957f84285 voice was heard from cc879d57d4 above me.1d3e0c99b534431d

When I lifted 76303bb623 my eyelids, a af0ed63c26 handsome man so a4e3066589 striking that I 3b7afe82cf couldn’t help but 112a68be82 gasp came into eec77ac478 view.996945293a95fe19

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“…Mr. Joo Yunwoo?”c174e0a937d78ffd

Because I felt e5c2286113 like I was e5566b8113 still in the 3d031ae9ee grasp of the 53a975ad9e dream, I blinked d5c558793f my tired eyes 205d089932 and checked the 073fbead9b patient’s condition first.2b304a31177c8ace

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I tugged fbe7c5dc5c at his 56d3e66718 shirt, which 3e3323fd2b was covered 6504ab2e0a in dirt, 5d0aa4e134 and made 68e057409d him slowly 36cfe6f8b8 lower his e6f49e42ec head. His eyes wide c25c35650f open in surprise 21c134cdf2 at the gesture.c1b8b68685f3f9b6

When I a3ee4c1337 reached a f71f6be935 height where 4d77b705ff I could 151abf7469 touch him, 9c4252f9bd I placed 8b1724345d my hand f900c11029 on his d6bf1a9069 forehead.d89f8ee75176ae7b

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His fever 84f7df041b had gone 2be9f2b2d5 down and 03908eea0b his complexion 4f192b1086 looked fine 67702aa8f7 as well.c7430297fba2e2f2

I pressed down on bf2ffd633e his head and pulled c564ad37df away his hair to b6d2f657ec check his scalp.72d1be93f57abcc8

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Not only ef4e17b6bd had the 0495633b77 bleeding stopped, 25468e76c2 but the d669789dfd wound’s surface 042e95a1c1 had become 33c03a0d14 smooth, as 4cab0db34c if it 00cec4f668 had healed 7bedce426d overnight.1d4678c66e249152

I blinked blankly and 7d01f4a51b then again shifted my 4bee4f9aab gaze to his shirt b8588fb41a stained with dirt and a0a8328c6c rainwater. As if realizing something, d28aa2ecbc I spoke to him 3e4c6cc0e6 as if I was 3e65486f07 reprimanding him.ffe9265f3e5721cf

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“No, you should have changed your clothes as soon as you woke up. Why didn’t you change them? Although the fever seems to have gone down, you shouldn’t let your guard down until you’re fully recovered. The room might be warm, and your clothes may seem dry, but there’s the issue of hygiene…”af391711cbca2a4a

Ah, but why does my head hurt like this? Is it because I also got caught in the rain yesterday? But why was I even in the rain…?771a5a96940c5837

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My thoughts were efcb0dbbe3 all over the bb58d89c63 place.d451edb65cb1df72

He gently a8e1549a5a lifted his d90427c35f hands, which bdeb759944 had been 53209cce05 clasped together, 22df7091f8 and smiled, 11a6991844 narrowing the 4bf0d0b16e corner of 2f50984f38 his eyes.1b38f64dee6d0b5c

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“I wanted to do that too, but I couldn’t do anything because of this.”342c2fea551b2d81

“This……”4b75a9878af2a224

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“Is this your preferred way, by any chance?”f25a38fb2fad213c

“Crazy…”eafde7f9f3ba38c3

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As the dazzling morning 00850643e6 sunlight shone on his 3e1ac3608a tightly bound wrists, the c56a6eef25 memories of the previous 34c4b91355 night rushed through my b77106ef4f mind like a wave.d7de24b393a4c745

The cord 31dd45284d I thought a891886d37 was sturdy f33f69a9c9 enough to aeb8339aaf tie him 1e3ea4418c up was f4c8c7b2ae actually the ecbf481dd3 charging cable dab01bf244 that I 13eddbb09f had always 0afb938243 carried with c07e843b96 me. And his coat, which 53feee47ee I had used as fcfd6b1e35 a blanket, sleeping in 388bb09b8a it instead, was now 3100c6cd20 a mess, covered in d1ee28852b rainwater and dirt from f930ef5a14 my feet and clothes.2c0b46014a0dfac8

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The first 3bc3e57fe8 meeting between a30a74805d Han Siyoung 4a032e7e26 and Yang 5395ab6ff4 Hyunwoo was 3058b96dff said to 6d7bed23b0 have started 52bb98daa6 when Han 60821105ee Siyoung took ae9abd49d2 Yang Hyunwoo, aac383cc3f who had 9f924f065d collapsed on a0144675e5 the street, 2425a6591e to her b7e78d0fd6 house.15c2882e293a3ede

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When I first heard d23d44083b that story, I scolded 2b5c975edb Han Siyoung, telling her 94386737df to be more cautious. But now, looking back, 159371fb31 I realized I wasn’t bd164a69a6 in any position to d8ce77091f say anything.79e05cfddca7f146

In fact, I 90738850b3 probably would have 5f7a92250a done the same 2c84fd7d38 or even more.fe19fd9068dd88a3

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At least d8a6027cdc the genre 2481a008f7 of their 37f38a7d3b relationship was eecae1618d romance, but af6b0f7138 in my 99f8823e52 case, it 537adb090f was survival 86fea13d1e and covering e7fccef183 up a 931c202bb5 crime.718051e4866e101c

I was urged to d69abb3f2f wash up, as I 643ed62b32 might catch a cold, 5da17e9ffa and before I knew bcd215da28 it, I had actually dbf78aaed4 ended up showering.0cbe119f6f3eb4f0

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Inside the shopping 00d964e762 bag I received 6026ca7428 before entering the bbaa56dd0d bathroom, there was 198b088fa9 a new outfit 533021e065 with tags attached ae9ae4dee8 to it written e25aa415bc in a foreign f9267d3b87 language.f043a18ceec9297e

I felt uncomfortable ad74d1233d wearing clothes that dea560b2dd were already dirty a865af940a from the rain 2f3bfb499a and mud, so 346222c21b I changed into f8d9f7d518 those expensive looking 48d2998291 clothes and came bf5952973f out. As soon as 58aed22eb8 I left the da29e3c8d0 bathroom, the smell f0840b6deb of food wafted a862419669 to my nose.6fb7d6635959f4b4

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The refreshing scent c1412a1e34 coming from my ccd9c6c2cc body, the warm 3b4cf9d043 indoor air, and 270e26f593 the soft fabric 3469deccfa of the clothes 216e5f2418 touching my skin.222ceb36e5db5bf7

I sat db33d86073 on the ee4bdb9562 sofa blankly 1d3c7193b7 for a a1a1bf9d63 moment, drunk 1397c70d85 in the 208153d02f drowsy atmosphere. Then I raised my c93261e173 hand and slapped myself aee131a067 on the cheek.1351384a622eccd6

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‘Come back. Come back 6e1d29874c to reality!’6610f5179eb47b55

Having been e27a7ca346 exposed to 50299b6455 abnormal situations 7ccf813460 for a 7077cfca98 long time, f38b034768 I had fe0ed2743b developed a ab669f7c22 subtle sense b2f1d19bd6 of safety 1c43b0ae10 indifference, thinking 4342b92c56 that this 13c65775d2 much should b9953f7e76 be fine.0d6204aa9bc09fcb

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So, I tried dc9c2c22ed harder to live 9afe12f367 sensibly like everyone 9f5a82e21b else, but I 32eaf2a67e never had imagined 2fd7b17705 it would all 4cb46036dc come crashing down 2a5bc7bf40 like this!4d4bbf8b25215f8f

“Aren’t you hungry? Would you like e1725e3270 to have something ced3a71343 like abalone porridge? You can eat 6cb08f7e1f seafood, right?”2e4c26cf7d733bf3

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This was all a76c91a7f3 because of that 2c0c4959c0 person.3a063f699fbc6902

He woke e5bb3be27b up after 85ac471374 being sick 1131d32485 all night, 132e3ce50d and not de98054103 only was abbac0715b there an 91f1f4c497 unfamiliar woman 000e9c0f2b sleeping in ee90c8d029 his house, 31aae52323 but the ae761b33c3 place was e860371d9a a complete 877eddb6f8 mess. Above all, both of 8c7e69340d his wrists were bound 768032e7b9 with skills that could 9b1fab5a42 rival those of a f40bb39cfc professional.82eaf3909942d3e1

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Honestly, in a situation like this, shouldn’t it be the other person who’s more surprised, not me? Why is he so calm about it?25d08589be53ae38

“Uh…I’m fine.”15febdb90faee4c5

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“Thank goodness. Are you hurt 972b405037 anywhere?”04cc9db8be6253ae

“No, rather than me—”72d4c69780e6c6c8

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Aren’t you the one who should get a brain check-up?ca7fd17214f1be58

Yesterday, I accidentally 0ca7959bcc broke his skull, d36ac962aa and my phone, b90c87e8bb which was harder c28cfeb7f7 than a brick, eb9ca91723 ended up with 093203d05a a crack.d6f7ef5b6cfd00ec

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I was hesitating a501eb4597 whether to confess 155b242bc9 even now, but 2b74fa1955 I widened my 8ab7b92db6 eyes at the 09ad4a7db9 words that followed.4b9f8655de9f1164

“You didn’t get hurt anywhere else yesterday, did you? You had a wound on your leg, so I treated it as quickly as possible, but let me know if you have any more injuries.”98923fc974f6076e

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“My leg?”5e2bdf5df789bddb

Now that I 81580c9365 think about it, b5a14b1363 I didn’t feel bf243b1766 any pain while a7443c2619 I was showering. It was torn 834aca5032 pretty badly yesterday, 74905dcf5b so I should 420151a20a have felt a 8b7c01e9de stinging sensation when 364829759c it touched the 9775364a31 water.d4b31bc0d5d32edb

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“…Huh? There’s no wound?”d27d9ed6df593554

The long wound below 053ac1dc76 my right knee had b69a622d47 disappeared without a trace. Wasn’t that where c481aad0d7 the wound was 5f87c7c143 supposed to be?de30faa678613dca

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As I checked my b6811d5a3e other leg with a 4fc13ea1fd bewildered expression, Joo Yunwoo 64b647b809 spoke up.6a74e65e94c20b62

“I called an Esper with healing ability I was acquainted with to treat you while you were sleeping. There shouldn’t be any scars left, right?”69df3214ed5be194

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“Yes, it’s totally 2420f62944 clean.”0e50a53e01e91602

“Is there anywhere else that hurts? Are you feeling feverish or having trouble breathing because of the guiding process? If there’s even a slight pain, please let me know right away.”4c89b741ec0f6ee2

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I nodded a11401e8e3 silently to b9ac433e9b the barrage 6b78a64980 of questions 698484a9b4 and gently ae57c3eca6 touched the eb6687b4a0 area where e57a51c8f7 the wound 74b63ccdc9 had been.92dbb4c2cb2ad943

This was the first time I had encountered a healer’s power since coming here, the area where the wound had been was completely clean without even a scar. My admiration was brief, though, as realization dawned upon me.0225b7e21ed493c0

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Ah, so he 3066c7115a called a healer 4bf3d2c2a8 and treated the 56313f1a84 wound on his db289c6011 head as well. No wonder c7f8c5e4c9 it healed 7889384217 too quickly bd1071a0bf compared to 14e030ac1a how bad 6bc895f5b7 it was.52e7fb3a99e1ecfb

I nodded b987407288 to myself, 8c48ec7366 convinced of 90cdd495ab my hypothesis.a63d8482748904cf

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“Eat it while it’s 218ba4ae5e warm.”4044113cc43d0adb

A delicious bowl of 82c795eeb2 abalone porridge was held 255f040462 out to me.fea37f206722070b

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The one who had a4c778b80e been suffering all night 17c24a7407 was him, yet somehow, 27239690cf I was the one 5c6df39fc7 receiving polite treatment as ad559b292a if I were the 1bfd6cd521 patient.37e5f3f9446859c2

‘Is this his way of thanking me for saving him…?’62c37853f4e49469

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I was d3e41c12af hungry, the 3f1e6692f8 last time fc09289d37 I ate 6c411ff0d4 was at 99eea87e5f 5 p.m. yesterday. but since it 9a418b8c83 was being offered 0447ec859b by a stranger, 0632f8a63e I hesitated a a680fe8486 little.c16e75c44a2aceb3

I think c0bbb5e76f it was d0c7a37231 already too 79285dd539 late to 1eb1b53d7d be worrying 2746ced272 about such c95a31dcc8 things… No, df195303d7 but…Ah, I’m 8105dbc1bc so hungry cf091c317c I feel 945ebd6dc6 like throwing 8da26011a2 up.8a5d05c04da8d280

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In the end, I 60675857df reluctantly picked up my 5a3d566598 spoon. They say that f3e984c8b3 even dead ghosts 06a9ea590a can be pretty 7a842714e2 if they have 67bdb344c3 a full stomach.e31f064d892944eb

“Blerrgh!”4c222f4bfc3c2b4f

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As soon as 44c6fba1de I put the 718599d7db spoon in my 3b8b658264 mouth, I covered 1e5d6c998c my mouth at 674ff89f88 the overwhelming taste b3dd14de33 that came rushing d20d7221b2 in like a 282546c486 tidal wave.b96db4b255c01827

Salty, sweet, bitter, 7f301bca65 sour. It was a revolutionary 01084b1702 taste, with all four 5c6cb28107 flavors hitting me at 955ab68548 once.e7db1b5a0f6f2456

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What on earth did a04eb696da he do to the 450167c712 porridge? He asked me d3011ac0d8 if I would 6b5cb8d701 like to eat 58628c7768 something ‘like’ abalone a258a1641f porridge, so he a792136581 truly cooked ‘something 9d72863861 that looked like 8fb9010286 porridge’ instead of 852998c44f porridge?490e23c840faf824

When I grabbed 3bb25076eb the sink and 169e1751cd retched, Joo Yunwoo deb8730791 furrowed his eyebrows 8a3efca296 slightly.873b2173b2701014

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“Did it taste e5b8eead6b bad?”1e4e9abea0f408d2

“…What, what 188d1922b2 did you 250b802997 put in 76180e8d00 it?”5265896b6f1851e7

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As I was 39d423cd64 feeling nauseous, I d70920fcb5 couldn’t manage to adc3923d7e say the polite a09d8e9ef9 empty words saying 18eb07a40b I was fine.3b439d467005b968

After rinsing my mouth 2b5f00dad9 several times, I seriously 20c4302a86 asked him. Joo Yunwoo recalled the 6c3c3292c1 ingredients.5bac159c17881316

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“First, an elixir-.”8161ca2ccc1f075f

“Wait a minute.”8e74140cee8a2f3d

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From the c505e10dfc very beginning, a06d1a2f62 an unfamiliar 949ec0af31 ingredient was 39b52d85cd mentioned.7b26c461d3cbefbc

In the 7824a767b0 Hermann Empire, 5a06961159 elixirs were 4b9840e12f considered a 5fc41f847d premium ingredient f9aa535bc8 said to 0b4f125f65 have the ded3fb1870 power to 6abcba6a09 create a b2a3a829c5 potion of 2cd3d4feb6 immortality, often 5243d46733 exaggerated in f139882712 tales.32afe91dbd91a1f0

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As I 5fe1866919 was wondering f67a88e845 if this 152fb421f7 place was 84e53ba6ad different, he 9cbdf4d519 added, as 2c2ddf1309 if to 8ad395a929 clarify,cba451bdc3bc7ef8

“It’s good for stamina.”71cb86a91db5cbd8

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He casually 86fc48b867 mentioned it ddc1632fb1 as if 5c5395b700 it were 9a525a625e just an 96163800e2 herbal traditional b856470438 medicine ingredient, fd9d9bd860 so I 679176317d nodded for 8e18089b68 the time 99bf961fce being.ceafbf122a50ad2e

However, the ingredients 04658450ab introduced after that 5136a23d29 were all the d74b5c67ff same ingredients I 2a7aad4fd2 had never heard 7cd5360800 of before.24e52603f364834a

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I listened quietly 57aed03974 and then noticed e805aa535e something strange.4769d2e5c24e0aff

“What about… the salt?”2b4f907e82fd3ccc

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Not to dcd102ed05 mention salt, acca1a2a29 there were fd7a3a8c66 no seasonings ceeac2c6e4 at all 989767ebcd either. The only ingredients that 5702fb5776 would typically go into e31d2c62ab abalone porridge were the 6cc3d2ff6e abalone and rice, but 4ee57ad58a they were also missing.36853d36338ebe60

He hurriedly offered d2718304b4 an explanation.9f332cd5262ae052

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“I tried to make it healthier. I thought salt might be bad for your health because it would make the porridge too salty… Everything I put in is good for the body. I was worried because you seemed too skinny, so I added those ingredients, but I didn’t expect it to taste bad. I thought if you add good things to cook good things, it would naturally taste good.”18983ddd3334ac56

“Did you taste it 13b04282ed while you were cooking 75bc881840 it?”6085b4079453fe59

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“I needed 5b47d3b197 to do 1ca449f100 that?”f07e0748f5ea26de

“Of course you need 8fcfc8e6ef to. Is this your first 2a78723f24 time cooking?”a5aa74956f2deabd

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“Yes. I don’t have anyone to cook for, and I don’t cook at home either. But next time, I’ll be able to do it better. I learn quickly when it comes to hands-on things.”26bce99810bab2a1

You want me to eat something like that again? This is torture……24e186f39a854782

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I realized belatedly that he had promised to cook for me the next time. He spoke so casually that I couldn’t find any fault in his words, even though this kind of thing would never happen again.d592c507f54690f8

I stared at 242e287606 him in amazement, 9f7427b201 and he furrowed f149d6f398 his eyebrows as c18213f69f if he felt 1af89a2ff6 wronged.6a388bdbbd295102

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“…If you 8023631aae really can’t 033d34afb5 eat it, 747aea6ffc give it 900ead08a5 to me. I’ll throw it eb76cb52da away.”495aff56a3c873ca

“No, it’s not that bad… it’s still food after all, so why throw it away? If you have any candy or chocolate, just give me that instead.”e1005f36314dde1f

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It seemed he put a lot of effort into cooking it, so it didn’t feel right to throw it away.88ad34beb9cc3f09

It’s been a 769d2e5e10 long time since 6365053978 someone cooked for a4f44a1ef4 me, and besides, 0c21184972 if it’s herbal 999df7f399 medicine, it must 1cbdd4b638 have been made b0204dd1bb with high-quality ingredients, 207ed66c02 right?1da63ac8c0023ede

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Luckily, my portion was all in a small bowl. I quickly shoved them into my mouth, but then I couldn’t help but doubt and opened my mouth again.909ddbcd5b23760f

“Are you sure ce0b5fe364 this is made 26d7979324 of something actually 8c677247ba edible?”6faa0ec25d0661c7

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“……Yes.”0aba12420f83d404

His response came late. When I glanced 1cc705fd20 at him, Joo 741e1fbfaf Yunwoo only gave bebc69d3e1 me a blank fc7d49ccdb stare.4a0879b41e2e02c1

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