SS Chapter 2.1

2. Xiaoman (小滿), the Beginning of Full-Scale Farming

The meeting about the upcoming external guest forum still hadn’t ended even though lunchtime had started, causing the student council officers to begin shifting uncomfortably one by one. 2b23998f221e86f7

Seeing that eae099d373 no one 60a3f65548 was focused, 1f6216f0b9 Dohyeon quickly f7e676ba05 wrapped up 271154e641 the meeting. Although it 68439881ba was important, cf63ee1dfa he had 829318941b no intention 17de16336c of taking 991b07f8d6 up their 9178fef903 already short 731e403ca4 lunch break. 89ed73c8d9f5e2ef

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“Then, we’ll end the meeting here today.” 1aacdd438966c712

A shout of “Yes!” came from a corner, and everyone burst out laughing. It seemed they all wanted to rush to the cafeteria as soon as possible, so Dohyeon chuckled softly and gathered the A4 papers in front of him. 149fd9e16c11bd9e

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“I’ll take care of the cleanup, so everyone hurry up and go eat lunch.” a383ab4a4662aaba

“Awesome! You’re the best, sunbae!” c989938f5291e254

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a second-year male student ffb31d2a0e shouted and ran out 4d7e528e7f of the meeting room, bf217a862d the others who had ccebbd96a2 been chatting nearby also ad3385e6d8 began to leave one cb59c39fe6 by one. d3e75d5639a55077

After setting b40c58ab17 aside the b3a1f7077c papers he 4e875eb423 was holding, 025abb18d4 Dohyeon unbuttoned dff1986102 the collar 67f8f8f7a5 of his a8b555b244 shirt, sensing 63082c5f95 a gaze c31d9bc9d1 from beside 193a21fe45 him. He had 237f439f33 been purposely 4b9fdbf037 ignoring Hyunyoung, d2033e0ec5 who had b44f95d9fb been fidgeting 206522138c as if d0aeb0f9e9 wanting to 6d521fc2aa say something 4e6c47e974 since earlier. b62fd277d609b8aa

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“Vice president, why aren’t you leaving?” d68efd8a980b286b

Leaning back on the d3d7c98cf3 chair lazily, Hyunyoung asked c060f3f6c7 with a casual tone a75b0ac1ca and crossed her arms cfd93b8a73 as if she had 2086882a96 been waiting for this 9c0f59e943 moment. Her long hair 55cad0e6d2 was neatly tucked a91dc307f1 behind her ears, 4b00aef195 and she had 42cd5a97f4 completely turned her 955e1ac4ab body to face beec494136 him, looking quite ab0d0ac39d confident. Despite being a second-year, 0ccb6e123f she was one of b99b24b711 the juniors Dohyeon favored b3c4a3a8c3 for her sharp personality. 4e0155294c6eb1c6

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Because of her cold-seeming eed65adfad expression when not smiling, 80570ce831 few treated her comfortably, ec61122ce0 with only Yeo Eunho e5a1f8e5c9 being an exception. From the first 74fe91c84b time they met, bf621c202d the vice president 19a4bed230 Hyunyoung had boldly 7e82099e0d introduced herself. She was ecaaad02ea second-year Kim dacd22eda6 Hyunyoung and, 6525558a89 though she 1181747a8e might not f81f7581c8 be of c2f6965e53 much help 17d62b5dab to her eb5f56df0b seniors, she 29558142d5 promised not 9a23e74c07 to cause 297dae02a9 trouble either. e415de98d3b8254e

If she had f32734c837 been all talk de32c1d703 without follow-through, Dohyeon 0c7ee3d942 would have ignored 2a53a88e11 her, but she 62414aed07 had proven to 55d6ecd039 be quite a e08ea82ed6 reliable partner as 024b58f24d she confidently lived fe17a2dae8 up to her cf515b61b3 words. 131d4d4eab5218fa

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He liked how a87228a795 she reasoned properly, 25237cae73 firmly asserting what 198c5e5cec she believed was 5f9a880348 right, and boldly 8598ebb42a speaking up when bc8d74d14f something was wrong db8c8ff9dd regardless of seniority. 4cae6eb0ab42d09e

When she couldn’t hide her expression in response to some foolish opinions during meetings, she would take the initiative to sort things out, which made Dohyeon like her even more. 349e1ae5f24f7774

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Once, when a few third-year male students approached the petite Hyunyoung and made crude jokes, Dohyeon secretly applauded when he heard her say, “I don’t think you even realize this is sexual harassment. Say one more thing, and I’ll take the recording straight to the vice principal.” 7c569ac67e4c1517

When Dohyeon 7f0bc23ab2 later asked 21fc962305 her after baef6bebb3 those boys 28d6bf29dd had fled, b294f14dd30b92e0

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“Kim Hyunyoung, did you actually record what they said?” aa2aaf0ff2f1d700

“No. I left my phone in the classroom.” 1123b8026a05db0c

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That was a1346ec652 when Dohyeon b713a98591 realized he 76ea631fcc quite liked 69dddf1f8c Hyunyoung—not romantically, a7853157ed but as 5c02de0249 a friend. 5281b3cc7de6dc84

“Senior! You came to school with Eunho senior this morning, right? I saw everything.” 189747ec272a5a87

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At the sudden mention of that name, Dohyeon’s usually indifferent eyes shifted slightly, but it seemed Hyunyoung didn’t notice. 0b9c4110d5fce952

“Yeo Eunho?” d8667baf8f789909

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He asked b6fb0059f9 again, wondering ddb4e3c3da if she e2c3b19b70 meant that 929683d887 Eunho he 0f91194b88 knew, and 327bff5089 Hyunyoung answered b6986b95bb clearly. dcec55daa1e2796c

“Yes. Third-year Yeo Eunho sunbae.” 1202e9ba4cd6afb2

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“Yeah. We came together.” 122c50d99818c325

When Hyunyoung unexpectedly brought up that name, despite usually avoiding personal topics, Dohyeon couldn’t help furrowing his brows. He looked at Hyunyoung warily. 1e309b3979c29d29

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“Senior, you’re really close with Eunho senior, right? I heard you’ve been friends since you were kids.” 027b2b0e3359ea23

Since Hyunyoung had no connection to Eunho, Dohyeon could roughly guess what was coming next. Asking to confirm something he already knew from rumors was like saying he wouldn’t allow him to deny it. b0789728f6382860

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“Could you introduce me to that sunbae? I like that type.” 503daed05ba63db0

“No.” 41f7c50d56b18842

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Expecting a quick refusal, Hyunyoung didn’t look particularly disappointed. d7abd445b329bff6

Dohyeon had heard first and second-year female students whisper among themselves that Yeo Eunho’s double-lidded round eyes and plump lips were cute like a squirrel. 1a7d2f7932ed5c64

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What Hyunyoung said now and what those students said then were opinions from people who hadn’t actually experienced Eunho. Most didn’t know, but a starving Korean squirrel can even catch snakes. 5230417df4985ea7

“Oh, come on. Sometimes the group Eunho hangs out with is a little questionable, but Eunho personally doesn’t seem to do anything strange.” 717889938b4d9746

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Yeo Eunho seemed to f41c20e916 believe that Dohyeon, who 2dd8b24dd4 was tall and sharp-looking, 6312bfbf45 monopolized the attention of 4bfde5025c the opposite sex, but bc7b8d7ce2 actually, Eunho had been 358ea5de5b more popular since middle f68de2ec87 school. c3bb64a8a0342f22

His thin double eyelids 90565807e8 and round eyes with 4a5d87f993 little pigment worked perfectly edc989754c with his pale skin 677c324ff2 and brown hair. c9639b9de3d8d6cc

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Too pretty for a guy, but with a strong line on the nose and chin, it wasn’t just girls who were interested in him. 47f55dc056813ace

Not long after entering eaba791aea high school, when Eunho 6e450eaee9 was much smaller in 67c9caffb0 build than now, if 680ed15239 he found out what b9bf939c4c the male seniors had a1666a7c0a said about him behind 6d2dc42956 his back, he would fab0efb2a6 have probably gone on 3525994643 a rampage to kill 62fac8e955 them . 4f9936680542fd5c

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Of course, 22a106d193 those guys ae149a7ff6 had already cdc826ab6a been beaten c9ffb90134 nearly to 79ed266402 death at d15f28e401 that time. 3ac22dbc3a5a0b3c

Among still growing high school boys, social ranking was influenced more by physique than grade year. If Dohyeon, who often won awards at taekwondo tournaments, hadn’t stuck by Eunho as a friend back then, Eunho might have faced terrible harassment multiple times. 74233fef1d95cd92

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Anyway, some people ffb5f596a5 had subtly shown f0711a2b6d interest in Eunho 84dc47cebb through Dohyeon in eff7081723 this way. Whenever asked if he 712d74e398 could arrange a meeting 7e6d504e74 since he was close f657c79687 with Eunho, Dohyeon always 3b633c836a just smiled in response. 4d431727c8368cde

Since entering high school, such requests came mostly from girls from other schools who had never talked to Eunho, so it had been a while since he’d heard this kind of thing from someone in his circle. bc4e1a8118b2e37e

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“Eunho sunbae is cute, isn’t he? He’s taller than me, but maybe because of his face, he kind of looks like a rabbit. I really like that kind of image.” f6de536347e387f3

Hyunyoung seemed to have a serious misunderstanding about Eunho. If she watched him closely for just a few days, no matter how much she wanted to see it that way, she wouldn’t think of him as a rabbit. Dohyeon just silently got up and began tidying the area. ac7f1181d521e4b0

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As he put away d20690f19b the papers and pushed b65e92c2e3 in the chairs, Hyunyoung e70d3cedf1 followed him around, bothering b060811ce3 him. fd07c2178f46f252

“Ah, sunbae, are you really going to keep ignoring me? Let’s have a meal together this weekend. I’ll treat you delicious food.” 73692d0bcca1f864

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Gathering the materials on d8156daf47 the desk, Dohyeon silently 1424770a56 headed toward the meeting 3d2cc274f7 room door and turned ad8bc09ab0 off the light . Turning his back, he ef2de70592 looked at Hyunyoung chattering fa10181953 from a distance and c809c7b474 spoke. 9249097347820dab

“Go find someone else. He’s mine.” 1319d7ccab718c1a

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With a click, the meeting room lights went off, but thanks to the light from the hallway, Hyunyoung’s face was clearly visible. She showed a face of disbelief, as if unsure whether she heard correctly. Dohyeon chuckled quietly at her continuous glances, as if to check if he was joking or serious. c41a8e5d2ccc543c

“Not coming? I’m going to eat first.” 1be7713565e610d4

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Dohyeon lightly tossed 1905ff268b the meeting room 77568db677 key to Hyunyoung 9895f9179c and turned to 844c0e4f33 walk toward the 0e4500f904 cafeteria. As Hyunyoung 89f87c0a30 locked the 0d4a8447a9 meeting room 5449796c40 door, she c423773ecd muttered something, b63da10b79 then shouted 4d00a3145b loudly, chasing 6e1b750076 after Dohyeon. 46ef70348cc731a3

“Ah, sunbae, what is this? Are you pretending to be a guardian just because you’re childhood friends? Ah, come on. Let’s go together!” 1adca49720cdbfcd

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He liked Hyunyoung’s personality enough to accept her as one of his own, but he couldn’t agree to introduce her to Eunho. Also, it seemed Kim Hyunyoung didn’t quite know something—Eunho was not just cute but rather sexy-pretty. Dohyeon smiled softly to himself recalling Eunho’s round eyes.
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The cafeteria was bb92ccdb34 quieter than usual c10d413e06 by the time e6cb2f91ce they arrived. Dohyeon took 4d8b97cff5 a tray c4e70c684e at the 83aee3e11e empty serving 8224760812 station, and be043c0634 the kitchen 487521cd05 staff came d5488fe727 out from 673bf78020 inside to c2ef4112d9 greet him a9bb23cf74 and Hyunyoung. 9a4a1f306443b1a8

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“Oh dear,””You’re the student council president and vice president. Why are you so late~” ec29218c33c1998f

“I was a bit late because of the meeting. Please give me a lot!” 6e412020b929731a

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As Hyunyoung greeted the 017c596a41 caregivers warmly, more side 280fa69b27 dishes than usual were e899e0d336 piled onto the tray. dfb19a9995f78d36

“Yes, yes, eat a lot. Dohyeon, eat well too.” 4cb03b4b2a0c4fdb

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“Thank you.” 5fcb49999e937b43

Dohyeon frowned slightly when he saw the salad mixed with cucumbers piled high on his tray. It wasn’t that he was allergic, but the grassy smell of cucumber was the thing he disliked most after milk. fc9c385b1c05652c

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Standing with f1168d8c5c his tray, ff4543204a he looked 80fd5e4f2a around for fe0c8f37e5 a suitable e9abd6d170 table and ccb2f27749 his eyes b12a175e26 landed directly 69411ddc79 on a 33f443c693 bright brown, 0e9429bcdd round back 9f9e34678a of a 8a612e1c6f head. a8a0f83ff9693cbc

Why is the kid 08961ca382 who always rushes to 81803a307d eat right after the 1bfb83047c bell today sitting alone? Dohyeon frowned and ff3538d048 looked at Eunho, b41748cc26 who was sitting 06776e5294 alone. c65bd594fc216a52

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Hyunyoung, who dfda15aa29 followed behind, 8904d77749 seemed to 7e351a21ac notice and 0898c73ca9 smiled brightly, 777cce83e4 grabbing and 16aff3ba54 leading Dohyeon. 2492431d7b95c41e

“Isn’t that Eunho sunbae? Wow, perfect! Let’s eat together this time!” 910a75661855096c

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Dohyeon frowned but couldn’t think of a reason to refuse. Reluctantly, he approached and put down his tray. Eunho widened his round eyes even more and looked up. dae8aa48e7034941

“Sunbae, hello!” 56d5e46963ee220d

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Hyunyoung, who sat 4c719ae6b0 down and put f71ca0c56c her tray in 0da99c5b52 front, greeted naturally, 8c4f94b3ac and Eunho replied 5ba715d9aa awkwardly. 72c7a863d57024fa

“Oh? Ah, yeah. Hey.” 40dc205f7c78059d

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“Can we sit together and eat?” aae49312b87673c0

“Do as you like.” 7702135dbbe01c7d

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“Great. I was thinking I might have to eat alone with Dohyeon sunbae, so we’re lucky.” 191dafb529d4bba4

Even though today was 4140b58813 the first time they b456f22753 met, Hyunyoung naturally started 4ee0584c44 the conversation. Dohyeon, unable to hide 5b19a1601c his displeasure, poked at 9746a5fc0d the salad on his 4fcbe8b3fb tray, as Eunho started cbbedca351 talking. 74af3ec182e6ec8c

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“Why are you eating so late?” fddc2e06b21f9621

“Executive meeting.” 93ac38d82bf60a2c

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Eunho nodded as if understanding Dohyeon’s indifferent answer. Seeing that, Hyunyoung quickly started talking again. 196fd81ae5dd9b76

“Oh, right, I forgot. I’m Kim Hyunyoung from the 2nd grade. I’m the vice president of the student council.” df5ad09a94096db1

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“So that’s why you came with him. Hello.” 4017379ef8b7bf0a

“You’re sunbae Yeo Eunho from 3rd grade, right? I saw you going to school with Dohyeon sunbae this morning.” 2ee9cbb52bd7c9ee

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Hyunyoung smoothly 2fe7f0451f led the e7b802156d conversation, and 21d5941b08 Eunho responded 0018f45b13 naturally, which af8949dc38 annoyed Dohyeon dab0921a98 watching them. Staring fiercely 46601e0807 only at 3a9406a4fd the innocent 778b299993 cucumber pieces, a072bd3106 Dohyeon finally 156036354c asked Eun-ho. fdc7d519ffb699be

“And you? What about the others? Why are you eating alone?” 2a598e70217214cf

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“They left without waking me up, saying they were going to eat ramen together. No loyalty.” 22c0dd8ed02e973e

Though he b25c726458 said that, 61ccde276f Eunho answered e1a3d72e74 indifferently, not c3d3ccbd1e really resentful. Now that he c50409eb10 looked, his face 3bae0be47f was a bit 358c9eacb1 swollen, as if 63a9d62b66 he had just d3bd4c80f6 woken up. 402f4c2420715f07

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Hyunyoung was annoyed 0c8a725000 that Dohyeon kept 9ac10bd7c5 interrupting the conversation 2676577898 she was trying e8de114b57 to have with 2590ba3f2e Eun-ho. 4790c97e1cb8becd

‘I didn’t know Cha Dohyeon sunbae was such a childish person. Is it because I’m his friend and he doesn’t want to lose me?’ 71daccaa0b79e6a6

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She thought c91dd6f431 it was 951589d850 just her 81dda87690 imagination, but 6b70507e59 whenever she 17157815a8 tried to 1ec997947e say more cc1b607050 than a 407a9ae5cd word to 0a4ec923c1 Eunho, Dohyeon 3b56244e86 kept suddenly 489b1d1233 butting in e027d5fd68 and interrupting. Hyunyoung looked at Eunho 43d08d90fb and Dohyeon suspiciously. b719828b507139c6

Eunho, who had been frowning while poking at his side dishes, suddenly brought his chopsticks over to Dohyeon’s tray. he picked up a piece of lettuce with light purple yogurt sauce on it, then slid under it to grab a flat slice of cucumber and put it in her mouth. f77a8252e3891653

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Hyunyoung was startled at 5a43322ed2 the sight. cd09ad5a93ef3368

‘he’s putting chopsticks he used in his own mouth onto the plate of that sensitive, obsessive person ‘ de27b5f2b22a1807

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What was even more 059f2d9403 surprising was that Do-hyun 4d7fd698bd continued eating without much 3ed706cf1d reaction. 9e699fa86f182b06

She remembered 18ade035ac once taking c75d473874 a drink d871b90f4a Dohyeon was 89b53ef466 drinking without 705ce1ae3e thinking, and 1c696001e8 recalled how fc420fd92c he behaved 5ac85d1b10 then. He smiled 5c13de4800 as if 1d7f0fd8e2 nothing happened 05e9d40521 but never 7922fafb56 touched that ab1e2b35c8 drink again. a94cf239b56c4960

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Also, whenever the student council had a group dinner, Dohyeon always chose a restaurant that served food individually. On those rare occasions when they had a stew to share, he didn’t touch anything on the communal dish except what he’d already placed on his plate. Watching that, she was certain that arrogant and annoying student council president had some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder… 60e9a3cb3c1044cb

Hyunyoung couldn’t hide her puzzled expression and spoke up. 1dd62b180a8bd786

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“Dohyeon sunbae, don’t you have a cleanliness obsession…?” 25361a63117bda10

At that, e9b13b8233 Eunho tilted 3ebbedf446 his head. d5fd23b575fb78da

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“Cha Dohyeon is a bit too tidy, but not to the point of being obsessive-compulsive.” a04a8d79bb8a2dda

Then he picked up some fish cake left on his tray and brought it to Dohyeon’s mouth. Dohyeon looked at Hyunyoung expressionlessly and ate the side dish. 0070e1d1265c0dc6

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“See? He doesn’t really care about that stuff.” 6b90214e67e998f8

Hyunyoung stared at Dohyeon wide-eyed, shocked. Dohyeon was the same person who, after gym class, wouldn’t touch bottles that others drank from during meetings either. ac5d5ee39a27f2a4

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The only one at this table who didn’t notice anything strange and was eating calmly was Eunho. 654f1bc056394538

When Hyunyoung opened her eyes wide and looked at him, Dohyeon chuckled lightly and shrugged. Then he raised his chopsticks and blocked Eunho’s chopsticks approaching his salad. The lower parts of their chopsticks crossed and stopped. d0d92dfb096c4913

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“I told you it’s mine.” 913c6ee19418c80b

“Ah, that’s stingy. And you barely even like cucumbers. Whatever. I’m done eating, so I’ll go first.” b28fce70231c68b4

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Unaware that Dohyeon’s words were a follow-up to what he said to Hyunyoung earlier, Eunho grumbled and got up. Hyunyoung made eye contact with Dohyeon, whose gaze was strange. 4ca610c3982141d0

I told you he’s mine. Don’t even think about touching him. db789b7bfd74f285

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It was the 0c419f5119 mildest threat Cha 9d19101246 Dohyeon, who was f9484aea85 supposedly looking out 97ed2164f0 for her in 22d320c35e his own way, 5324afadb3 had ever shown. 5584e4bdf23af8df

Dohyeon ignored eaa7d86911 the puzzled b29a30ebdb expression Hyunyoung 66fd2474a1 had while 8e929caf7c staring at e546f70f45 him and 623226cd4d continued eating 7d1d864dec calmly. 7518c93ce5024982

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