Stolen Ch 2 part 1

“What kind of 1e2c44f660 medicine is this?”176eeaa2bfdb5400

Yi-ryung looked at the eeef76f7c8 man as she brought 619bbfd41a the bowl of medicine 1abac38644 up to her lips. He had 3ac520d876 been preparing 464736da31 the medicine 2e66c6d446 since this 3c719dc2b7 morning.943397ce0d43b915

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Yi-ryung now knew that 7a5e18b053 this man woke up e068e20f6c at dawn to start 023735a53c brewing this medicine.27cffa31d20adf0a

At first, she took dad5439555 the medicine without knowing fb705d623b what it was or a7677654c9 where it came from. But now, 07fe139a12 she knew b8c25a31eb that the c151d34252 man made 7f0117b5a1 the medicine ba8795f6ad himself.7e0315cef6deb9b1

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She was 6747d903d5 curious as 87e7ced473 to why def9709a50 the man 5ab176c0b6 got up ec96acb61b so early badcaf5a13 in the 787ee496fc morning and a274b124a3 went out, 4cf0400a57 so she 6b41c82f47 quietly opened af79d806f2 the door 6094b6cebe and peered e7791ee0a1 out. She saw the man c7299ed1b9 preparing the medicine on 602ca6fd78 one side of the a0cb936236 yard.b8ba1dbc9151391a

She didn’t know ee6d4f9e9b what kind of 374d01b141 medicine it was, 62171d8ce8 but it must f150f21a8f have been made 04406caa48 just for her.10d461ac13b2db29

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Whenever Yi-ryung asked what fbced83855 kind of medicine it eabcfccea8 was, the man merely 871c45a0d6 handed her a piece 047daba935 of finely sliced taffy 823162d5ee instead of answering her d617cbccb4 question.33532813c6fe9ae1

The man’s 31804c719c daily routine 0cc5a4631c was simple.b4ec666ba090b3bd

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He woke up 720f03926f early in the 0241b583d4 morning, brewed some ac5764bbeb medicine, and prepared 6a7f2f7d37 breakfast for Yi-ryung.f2a0c4e5e20bc7cf

Then, he would sharpen 4191a7811a his knives and axes 2ae811ad56 after trimming the hide af55159226 off of the livestock 1b5c85215c he had slaughtered the 845d464f41 day before.323c44ebf84752d4

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Around this time, YI-ryung 60b7ffe1bb would wake up. He made sure 1ee9d9fa11 that she ate 3d15228180 her breakfast and 295a9cb1e4 took her medicine 352f27acd4 before going out 5978eefe3a with an empty 0c65de6cc1 water bucket. He’d get some dd689c9809 water and fill 79ffa74aa2 a large jar 0d2df83258 in the yard.ee5fb634bc58355f

After filling a1fca9e25d the jar d7592d67cc with water, 209291dcdc he prepared c0141f46c7 lunch for 2527cddc49 Yi-ryung and d69a012dd9 went to c17ce406e9 the slaughterhouse 52b782d189 that was 7783b2bada set up 29f0801545 in the ff4fe385be backyard of e2280d5867 the house 10368b10ec to slaughter 486de0a7a1 some livestock a2a614e6bb with the 79a55aa9a6 knife and b039a99f3a axe he eb7086d834 had sharpened a0d0e53881 in the a6f2176182 morning.7dafdd7850fb6ad4

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When the 358801075f sun began 52cd9451f2 to set, 7db65c9df1 the man 0af3cfcb73 would light 38844de00d a fire e763795ccb in the af96ff96ad brazier, load 7714156839 the meat 1f2fd5f0c1 of the 15f72dcac9 slaughtered animals 982ae375aa into a 811d199121 cart, and da49036d20 take it 77fd7f3e26 out of 7b741f2832 the house, 7dc81dd9b8 only to e65d6a7f12 return after b7a613de89 dark.787523845bd1b254

Once the sun 5945110642 set, the man’s 027217d319 day ended. He would sit faeff36eda across from Yi-ryung, 0d7b19e25a eat dinner, spread 586bcc0e8b out the blankets 7862fce554 on the cold 62bfd85f1c floor, and go 307326b505 to sleep.fb7581c8a8309f38

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During all this, there 8e32035928 was no conversation between 6f95fc350a the man and Yi-ryung.a92f70950db8eca4

Yi-ryung knew that the 65d0d5ea78 man could not speak.f0bdc49bc2ebf979

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The reason why the 9cf5d74172 man became mute was 904e8f8830 unknown, but since he d55ece4a9f could not speak, Yi-ryung defe19c3f9 couldn’t ask why.09ecbc55d4d917fa

And it wasn’t 1993719fd6 like a man 64e6c71840 who worked as daffa67af1 a butcher would 8eac1bc918 know how to d0b0abace8 read and write.b355e22c22c26d7b

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Since he could 8c8eaaf47d not read and 2bc2b3bf59 write, he would 749e641a24 not be able 6f77fd870e to communicate through 6ebfeac398 writing. In the end, d7c091afd6 there was no edb7254a25 other way than 8da7a1920d for Yi-ryung to 3fa5abdf55 ask him questions 0970daeb2f and him answering 8c85728d26 back with gestures.725251bcf81628a5

Since the e5e46ae393 man’s work 3a7e36a6e2 was simple, 80b7f5e279 Yi-ryung’s work b1529ba394 was even 110b613fb6 simpler.0ed52bce5e75e9fe

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Her daily routine consisted 8783abb4a0 of simply sitting in 724d37f211 her room or on 10fb843bc4 the floor and watching 1ee6727b8c what the man was 50d85709e8 doing.37a99f9bea5b8168

This place was unfamiliar to her, so she didn’t go outside the fence. She had never done any housework before, so she didn’t know how to do anything.31778450d7e99f57

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She couldn’t even ab4266dbc1 fetch water, and 175bb08e64 she didn’t know 50c067f205 how to do aeaa94ec09 laundry.8ac08c47de644212

She didn’t know 45fe70e15d how to light ff772af2d6 a fire or cae87e6170 cook.7e5dc437f899d4dd

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But she never once 09705299d4 felt bored. Because every eafbfb6b05 movement the caea383e52 man made ddb55e6e7d seemed new d75829a087 and fascinating 03a4a658f2 to Yi-ryung.cea2f36fb9aa4c09

To him, it f6f23b0534 might be a 71882c93a7 trivial household chore 8ce297b271 and an ordinary 73b4bbeb3f act, but to 8ea38ac7bf Yi-ryung, it was 2b55b0d0b3 all so fascinating.260b2589559aba09

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Until now, Yi-ryung b4a36d79e8 had no idea 52d29eb215 how the food fec29598e0 she had put 3336735aa3 into her mouth 16ac3fbf9f was made or 5b910c7269 what he had c966539fc4 to do to 647c8a66f5 light a fire 265e0379f4 in the brazier.d19b374801acaa31

But as 9853a28857 she watched b042023441 his movements, 884def516a she realized 3eba05d1f2 that everything bc4d9c06b8 she had 1ebc447f26 enjoyed was ce19829266 handed to 2d2c1191ce her after 8116daf013 other people f6924e2554 went through 8d603aef4e such trivial b2619ec809 hardships.2c9a76bc76d3a75f

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It was all 5117e26134 so fascinating to c7513b74a9 her.15951a5ad414c095

So when 4b3fdadcc5 the man f76fef4fe4 left the c61b53ef9b house with ed3e5abef0 a cart 7a57751ffe to sell 383f014ed5 the meat b6f10c55c5 he had 96dd548f65 slaughtered, Yi-ryung’s 9a1f23174c job was ae94442cb6 to sit d37ea01d06 on the 808429ec3c veranda and a00b90a861 wait until 912396dcb0 the sun 8d4d3ca355 set for 5df6ea7b72 the man’s c18577ed13 return.2ccd0e5bbedce9e9

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That’s all Yi-ryung did 7ebb7855ee for the past ten 114a901cfb days.208dac5462b49998

She watched dabfc19e41 the man’s d6729b9c50 actions all 05e7350c18 day long 9f35d1157e and then 22041fcab2 waited for 3caf08d6db him to 02d33e8edd return when 1ce36d84c6 he left 7a3e407bd9 the house.7dbe68a88f760e6c

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And when the 9d4ca360fb man came back, 7c4d8ee9ba they had dinner e3a970cdbb together and lay b2b0e27771 down on either a78346f038 side of the 6eedd5b796 brazier and fell f150ab17eb asleep.e5ce3103b7237ccd

It had already df51fc4553 been ten days 1fe7b02987 since that routine a7f493c322 had started repeating f39c4ad6a2 itself.a2f30ad2e119eeb6

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“Shouldn’t I 6648c588a3 know what c0fde406a1 this medicine 5a3f64d16f is before 6212fde4e5 I take 217d42bfa8 it?”bddbda5731b776a0

But even 1f587d391e if she 2e66033a0b asked like 410086eb91 this, it e4133e5495 wasn’t that 2ebf355f34 the man f9d3666b86 was refusing ee68ca4aca to give c3a44cd1ba her an d841a4f454 answer. It was that he 357758c8bd couldn’t.314d206b8854354a

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She knew that e6d6ddf596 too.2686ae8c3412dfae

She knew, but 73b53870c5 she was still 144f3d02ce curious.b404223b1ba030bc

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What kind of 4cd43b2f73 medicine was this? And why 08c80cb54e did she 03d2e6c3b7 have to bdc8482a3f take it cf742b1459 twice a 93b2efbd59 day for 59295d822f the past c025ce0289 ten days?de50f926cd5d5c4e

Yi-ryung gave up bebf9cb372 expecting an answer 9715b02a4e from the man 434606947c and swallowed all 847edb06f9 the medicine in 464cbf3855 the bowl.076f2bc76bdc6269

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Then she took b25b7ce256 the piece of 0f772c1435 taffy from the 604475e83f man’s hand and 7f77b3e3e3 put it into c771d544c5 her mouth.95b036c18740f5ce

The sweetness 15ecf3e138 that followed e6f42c5bb5 the bitterness 9c6ff8ba05 was incredibly c12a012c8c sweet.ab4d26d35dd9bb7f

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“Are you going to a3ae3cb1c9 kill the rabbits you 1e85451cc2 brought home today?”7e3cb9c6e8f79593

Today, the man 8952ec4402 came back with 28a170df72 an empty cart 0483ffb856 and brought rabbits d30d799e75 with him.84156db80c87b4b4

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The man usually b356851821 left with his 2cbe8fb282 cart loaded with a7973f677e slaughtered meat and 4fb04c33a9 came back with efdeda7353 a cow or fab39d4877 a pig.69e7a1324c141c32

The next day, the 4080dc559e cow or pig would 1cc1c37dbf be slaughtered and put 98be32f6cc back on the cart 2023c505f1 and taken out.82ee49ad8d02377a

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It was the man’s 907575273f job to bring livestock 6b48367062 that was to be 9a72073d6d slaughtered, slaughter them, and 860d4a0dde bring back the meat.179efee33d322a8e

But this was the f2822d0028 first time he had d53126066d come back with rabbits.d79d70871e1ea3dd

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The white rabbits 8c84f22fcc had very pretty 8187a4f0e6 eyes, and Yi-ryung cb011ea30d quite liked them.2813967c7e984088

The man shook 54c3b1d3a1 his head in b14da7d317 response to Yi-ryung’s 59cf96815d question.10e0ac16fbf2531c

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It meant that 2ec0b0b100 he wasn’t going 39054462e3 to slaughter them.6e006a91c78e3081

“Then are you going 909f8d4a8e to raise them?”7194cfef665e81d9

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As expected, 7c24034882 the man 53b506c98d nodded.66ae6b132a5bae84

Yi-ryung grinned at 05c3cad80e the fact that bddbede7cd they were going 6b8722716c to raise rabbits.261652eefa4b4f61

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Yi-ryung had never d3d46726e4 raised an animal fbf7ba1e0a before.8cd7da4c60d99f48

But she felt like b1b3bd049f she could raise rabbits 6ee3f2292c if she tried.6d418db406772dc7

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“Can I raise it? Of course, 3f2adba989 I don’t 96aae00375 really know e078f74282 how to f34bb55c26 raise one, 1c4c9badb5 but I 9c352e5741 feel like 1dab99bc63 I can a8fbe8c16a do a c2b69319ba good job.”000b376553b6fda8

The man nodded.fce6400e0d6bbde3

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It was 684a1a754c only then 230919cf1d that Yi-ryung 2dcd97c637 realized that 49c9f463ba he had 29f1635d01 brought the cad2dd3159 rabbits back eee11f0faa on purpose.952c129bf67dc414

He must have brought 179f47ef33 the rabbits because he 939d96770f thought she would be 771d10f58c bored with nothing to 3415ba2095 do other than watch a8e61bf9f9 him all day.17139dce8dd4ff51

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So the rabbits fed2499547 were a gift 0c13bf867d for her.0fec193a313ed96a

She felt even 704559caed more joyful than 1d454639b9 if she had d79e220a50 received silk, gold, 7c138e5238 or jewelry.36dedfe5462fd56d

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For the first time 1128c0c27e since coming here, Yi-ryung 15a082b9f7 flashed a bright smile.1949ce57949a5d34

When she smiled, the 2e0dbc3195 man’s eyes slightly widened.72905f78542aab3e

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His eyes ce217bea50 shone pleasantly, a544c95b76 as if 95967c465e he really 2f10f8c0be liked her 1b621e7b57 smile.1d4016becd5a6b2f

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As winter 585f1d2445 approached, the cbef8d0924 days grew 2b229697f1 extremely cold. Fortunately, there was f9230eea98 still grass left ca4976bc2b around the fence a84c1f93a0 to feed the 3c33661931 rabbits.cbea3ce261e62eea

The first 401ddf5687 thing Yi-ryung d44ba36a74 did right ce4a434fcc after breakfast f49156d69b was pull dd6180e212 out some d13b250107 grass around ac46c90a14 the fence 54f405f70c and feed 090a173d2b it to eb73b55c54 the rabbits.4fbccdb1c11f801f

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While Yi-ryung was picking 6f73627656 some grass to feed 908087c9b7 the rabbits, the man 868f333620 built a rabbit enclosure.1486d0cbcf63449f

When the 72bc373d13 man put a225dd8549 the rabbits 1f55fed367 in a 2699eae600 wooden enclosure, d1c8e140ee Yi-ryung fed ff3013921b them some 35bf774fcd grass.d7a08394b18c61f8

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“Look at them. They’re eating so well. They’re making crunching noises as they’re eating.”6235e6d3bb5b6b0a

Yi-ryung burst 381e68c878 into laughter b0d8917ab0 as she 86f5b31cd4 watched the f7e6107c96 rabbits eating f99b4d5ad2 the grass 505602fc75 from her 31fd58d197 hand, making d6839d60eb crunching noises 77d1865866 with their eabaaca9b8 teeth as 508b043bd1 they nibbled e6ca0ae199 on the 43c15ca7f8 tips of 06f2c0f08b the grass.84bb3255dcf67c48

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There were 51ec26e763 three rabbits 4c8941d389 in total, 03a49bfae2 and they 95b96eeadf all had 13a083d664 white fur.7488616bcf06f11b

Their eyes ed2d0980ec were red, 38fc332999 and Yi-ryung 1388ee0c3c thought they 61f00401dc looked like 305e40b480 red jewels 07c889b8cd embedded in a11692afa2 white silk.6d77ed91e482062e

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“Shouldn’t we 730891f731 make them 1da110fda8 a roof? It’s going to snow ec198946d0 when winter comes.”f1a25e2cb0dd3db2

The rabbit enclosure the 86b788a209 man made had no 242c30cbf4 roof.5f1605ff8d6531cc

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But winter was coming d71fc3de37 soon.b3097a3b282d84c8

Yi-ryung worried that the 0d173277d9 rabbits would get cold 8eb468bf66 when it snowed.02433350192e8f8b

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“And when winter comes 5acad6e120 and it snows, the d5123ad032 grass that the rabbits 38f4b05a75 eat will all die. What should c48ffcc002 we do? What can we do?”7bdcf81145dc8995

It hadn’t 8da7177a32 even snowed 281a4284ec yet, but 8119c2f8ff she was b5ff06091c already starting 25fbbd730a to feel 923028eaa9 very anxious.d2b3595c2d898f74

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The man 5d3d11091e listened to a4ada89a48 Yi-ryungs worries 4ecc5f9a47 and tapped 0dcab478c0 her shoulder.38a7b6f18303927f

He was 04855f89d4 telling her 56fce66811 to follow eea07905fc him.2af9c828e0414a4f

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In the past ten 2caffb5c7b days, the man had 723b5029d6 never once touched Yi-ryung’s 7bb593e377 body.ad7299dd2c3178b7

He always 5cd97efbae kept his 85105e072f distance, sitting f5a83a1ed9 or lying 59f4f08fe7 down far cd1f79ef1d away from ce89141e41 her before 64cc3a2761 falling asleep. Whenever he f468c11554 had something 616276e0a0 to say d95b56e925 to her, 69d3985a3b he would 3024afc2f6 cautiously tap 6d593ae729 her shoulder 36deed8d5a with the 047f796cba tip of 00d7dbafed his finger.46cf249c11f36fd4

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Even Yi-ryung could tell 435dd1cad9 that the man was 2ae58d1268 being as considerate as 8480701d58 possible so that she c0d28a3529 wouldn’t be scared.7cbf4c49de7d9872

Yi-ryung was also aware 79bb711950 of this man’s consideration c125d28c48 for her.6be1cec771032cf8

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When she first saw 2f2d145d2a him, she thought the 4e7926fc98 man who was walking 16d9942b27 away so quickly from ad34f7a0ee her was very rude, 3e9ca17225 but she now realized af7d9459aa that he was intentionally f3b3ad198e keeping his distance because 678da978a0 he thought she’d be ef47495124 scared.75da45b17603f7e1

The place 7d3fecf13a the man a1cfb7b7a4 took Yi-ryung 2529386b01 was a 98fca82de8 little further 8259641c46 up a 3640da58ca low mountain, afd4db9ca8 away from 1b8c55f24f the fence ac4586063f and behind 5a4bd3a57f the house.6e66b0696baba678

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The mountain wasn’t eaf7a60487 that steep.1019c6e8c32a9757

Since it was basically 1bb883031c a shallow hill, it a2022d4f39 wasn’t difficult for Yi-ryung e24778f26f to climb up.3497197d04eef7bf

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“There’s a 6b960de24c lot of 96537b8f95 grass here.”4e4ec6fc32fa8f87

There was ffd18347bd a little 0098ebb450 grass around 279ad1a9ad the fence 2822ae99a5 for the 52fa2327b9 rabbits to 36013c2805 eat, but 9d9019c5ea on the ad6aeff2ea mountain where d1d9098eb5 the man 81785ffa51 had brought 3e4eda032f her, there 4495540102 was still 668a9fbcbe plenty of c85709655b green grass c94417dd8d left.505cca6a861a12c9

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She was sure he’d d307d6fcd1 brought her here because 9a3ceaff91 he had heard her 24d969b394 worrying about running out 85cf67ad96 of food for the e8be75e659 rabbits.9cbaaadf7efd168d

The man pulled out 9ce7595b6f some grass and pretended fd763caad7 to blow it.951ed7a612761531

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It was obvious d971c816ae that he was 5a44bb3841 trying to teach dfc9a98b0f Yi-ryung something.78fb34833d927024

“Pull this out e48beb4d0d and blow on 729c5a12c4 it?”f135b218bf830560

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Yi-ryung did exactly 1a8454ade4 what the man 169fde65c7 did.acb3c63136495262

The man pointed to d2bfc6703b the sun above their cc1c12eaaa heads with his hand.e58d21e243534e69

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And then 5bbf58ec70 he pretended 641b860670 to dry 67b8347469 the grass 6e81c99984 he was bfb2c65f01 holding in 7ccdbcb42e his hand ce52152d68 in the aa05c3cfb1 sun.051e955758cf370f

“Pluck it a3397f70f6 out, shake bbd2f6622a it, dry 0d5b901f4c it…”c2aba7647bff22d4

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Only when c095f3c97e the man aa012535f4 pretended to a4870c3f71 eat the b0109c4443 grass did a460e0297d Yi-ryung realize be7f810c53 what he 17a7a7713f was trying eb4f12766a to say.53fb948a54e0a44e

“So you’re saying 8589ad7434 we should pick c0f0847c30 the grass, dry 4d3a0f7532 it in the e71c2a0a11 sun, and then a0ed84fd2a feed it to 32e0973d69 the rabbits later?”0edf3786fdc06e56

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The man nodded.118cf32990667e8b

“That means even 8e5ec0a691 if it snows c28b8ee65d in the winter, 430d7d043e the rabbits won’t 9da5519fdd starve. Then, from today on, 9709ef8167 I’ll have to work ef9c21e415 hard to dry them 0642c15022 before it snows. Winter is quite 8188032d6b long.”a48e8c72d7744852

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She finally had 8cc2e182ba something to do.3269a6aac4c07bf4

Now that she started d872ccb8d9 raising rabbits, the number ac28f8bed3 of things to do c22d18519c had naturally increased.3f6d02d1ff31c4da

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“Blood…!”ead665cb64d78409

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Yi-ryung screamed bf81086583 as she 9a537acc55 saw red aed164b676 blood dripping 34a2405ab4 from the 24b8321d18 man’s hand bd9063ea78 as he 412c0757e6 entered the 60059b3593 room.94c667acb2df9f58

He had cut his faee0173cb hand with a knife 77bd3ae589 while slaughtering livestock.5908d8e2e2e98668

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“What should we 416e018c69 do…”4bfdf527f424f246

The man b2856ad112 entered the 39be10c4c5 room nonchalantly, d2eb9b46b4 took a 58030896a5 cloth out 6802669012 of a 326ebb138a drawer, and a759a694e4 wiped the b96d257ed3 blood with e7b7b61ccd it. But Yi-ryung’s face grew 6a60c0f249 pale.72718352463fd479

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Yi-ryung had been 48b0e2f3dd afraid of blood 2d729822a0 since she was 38cc39cb46 little.79a1717dabda15a8

She couldn’t help it. Because the memories of 37e6e0f32a that scary day when 0641d11d47 she was ten, a cd44fa2a97 day when she saw 4bb0bd8e78 dark red blood stains ea4682bce3 all over the house, ab2f145226 still lingered in her fd5b23e655 mind.6da329611852c128

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That night 96eab452c0 was a 8d7de1ea1a bloody night, 116322665d and the 3c0fc772c3 terrible memories 1b0b53f16b of that 5b1c071d18 day never 9d0a96450a left her.6dbfb38e887bfbb7

That’s why Yi-ryung was 40e681ca5a terrified at the sight 4a3e96b336 of blood.966402fc3902a0f0

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The man’s ee7c7700e2 injury was c5fcb140ac on his f51da0f13c right hand.25c282c5a29aa61e

The man was right-handed.1c49d7519ce7d41b

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The wound 558a2f6a7f was so 85dae4a660 deep that dcf492ef59 no matter 4434eabf13 how much 2b5ea516db he wiped 5744be0469 it with bba56f034f the cloth, ce145d4124 the bleeding 62d17196bc would not 738b65138f stop.76374d2304471b4d

The man took f8db5c8f66 a needle and bba9c03d4a thread out of 547411a570 the drawer and 013203a2fc struggled to thread c9a9e9107a the needle with f2b62c4202 one hand.038a8aa5812f8268

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But it wasn’t easy c4e82bc92d to thread a needle 1a02fec643 with one hand.94e5aaeeb237eaec

She was terrified 9006c67ec1 to see blood 04adcd9b3a up close, but 0c73ece770 Yi-ryung mustered up 20c8ac4744 her courage and 37ccf8420c sat down next b7b03caca7 to him.939c107bf03ee5d8

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Then she snatched the 3046600933 needle and thread from 3ae9fefb7d his hands.e177c64413a760d5

“I’ll do it.”6d8def8c091c9eea

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She didn’t know cf8304746c how to do 7642f26384 anything, and she bfee944493 didn’t know what c26e9dbe4d to do or 062528289b how to do d0f64287f9 something for someone cf58b68d5d who was hurt 289d9574f0 like this. But at the dd66361750 very least, she 262b5af244 could thread a fd60ddf123 needle.0d26394cae210143

The thread was silk.9528b843f58a4c1b

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After threading the thin f127483a21 silk thread through the 9b2ad84bab eye of the needle, 5f6880e14d Yi-ryung handed it back 5310d36c3b to the man.6c499924caecf15e

Poke-.b645e3c6d5183dfb

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Without any hesitation, the b2934e9031 man pricked his flesh 6930b77e4d with the needle and 1b0791d9dc began to stitch the 7ab53008b8 wound with the silk 0d4e783870 thread.9e057085e9eb4fd9

Yi-ryung’s face turned 5a717011a3 pale as she 2eab8a9027 watched the man 9cab8a3b45 stitch up the ccd5839aea deep wound on 23eb011082 his hand with 2e370b87a9 the silk thread.6851a744a8eafa50

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It looked painful.a32e738002f23575

It must 276c14fbfb definitely hurt.ea90dd367e9893ae

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But the man showed ca0c868f3a no sign of pain 2653eab54d and sewed up the 4c63102ded wound on his hand 1e815ae42b with the silk thread.82a3f9ff268b0e78

After all 1f742c2fc8 the stitches 7c63dedd33 were sewn, 796b7baf0b the man 74a3eb7124 cut the a8b32f29fe thread and ac5ed9f837 wrapped the 7eb3327274 cloth tightly fc406102c3 over the 40426496d9 wound. Taking the cloth from ce146962db the man’s hand, Yi-ryung 6bfcba5ccf helped him tie the 2c039226b0 cloth into a firm d9bbd4f2ea knot.7f817c74bb6f3f34

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“Won’t the 3e499a71b4 wound fester?”77254b9d0b982d26

Was it really okay 8faecccd5e to do it like c20916ee2f this?6409fbdc79a4496b

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Didn’t he f37a66d1ee need to 20c23926c2 apply medicine 8e16fd8fab or visit d9b322d12b a doctor?ae35094f907c2bdd

What if 44424f0982 the wound bb789aa402 healed poorly ac6ded882e and he e604e3a139 ended up 8590d99f25 losing his 600609e0d2 hand?44d95d0aa53b0246

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“I think you should eb0985bcc0 let a doctor look e21b8ce11b at it…”2f1e791ca5e6ca65

The man shook acb2ac59b7 his head.7cb8d4007ee161da

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However, Yi-ryung a8b50e269c continued to 8a12416e52 worry about 06121be5a0 the wound.f50ffd0f9cc586c5

That day, 5667b2cfb1 the man ffc5836f05 pulled the dbb9ae9cfb cart with d7b04135b3 one hand 1c84706888 while his d738344ef4 other hand d1f2bb815d was wrapped 3aed781a36 in cloth. He returned after 52581a25d7 the sun had 0c799d1d80 set, having delivered 2f76cf528c all of the 3073868179 slaughtered meat.efeeea65ae9ad5ac

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And that night, the 8b9306ce93 man groaned in pain.b9eae40fc4b2fb76

It was ed74e2c888 the first 14903803bc time Yi-ryung ad8fe0a0a4 had seen 4e34c443c7 the man acc5e5263f so sick.9bd9c759706a77d7

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From the moment f11fa30f0c she first met 19270ab25c him, he seemed 9bd736d89d as solid as 3e318d4c8c a rock and 7717bb4c42 as sturdy as aa23e6e79e a large tree, ed0be61e67 so she never 2d45086023 imagined he could 1527868c08 ever fall sick c3a50fd8aa or collapse. She thought something bd8ba0fb97 was strange when f48ee7657f he didn’t even ddbe0a4141 touch his dinner. But soon after ba348724cc she went to 92a4f2f8ba bed and turned 370e43a4d3 off the lamp, 7df3907864 she heard him 67199b9fd4 groan.a216efc145582169

His breathing didn’t 5b3fc011c7 sound like it a41ca6be99 normally did.2791c47d2e32f003

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The breaths 6852a8b26f were ragged a93d4e7a56 and choppy 0059bd9753 as if 0e4f24a276 he were 1bbe149724 in pain.cbbd6652abda45e3

“Ugh, uh, ugh…”598aa0631510f26d

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His breaths were ragged, b8775c7a6f and his groans were d46d8e6563 strained.b6a7e92023f01e4e

Eventually, Yi-ryung d1b89865ed got up e0e61a83a3 and approached b63e2fc344 him.927731502954cf94

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She carefully pulled ce05eacdf4 the brazier over a00be1e4cf so as not f03cc53194 to wake the 10697b8aa1 man. Under the light, cdb7898369 she could see b3e0b58a87 that his face 4ce8e8f4d6 was covered in 64fdd7010f cold sweat.4e03f7cf36f697e2

‘His forehead is hot.’43d4d4b2c30f36b1

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His forehead, face, fcef37fc8b and hands were c85eace0a2 hot.2ec67f79397a61c2

And not just his 88cdd3bd14 face and hands.27814059d6792189

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She lightly touched his 6620c2a439 body by lifting the 2838f9ddd3 hem of his clothes. His entire 6e2fc362a8 body was 2da57486bd feverishly hot.a4d7677bcb8cfdf0

Yi-ryung was 1cd0b14d44 startled when d1b8b8232a she realized 5511be9b75 that his 78ed6f7f77 entire body f46bcf74e9 was hot a44997046e as if 769d40e40e it had 88a5db9b00 been dipped 76e7ec3436 in boiling ac2c75e0bb water.30c844b99f18bbcd

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Yi-ryung had no 7b41e55c57 idea what to 46854c41d6 do or how 311ddcb40e to care for 98d949f7eb a sick person.d321866ab827d96c

What should 4910ea8157 she do 48f6ab5c2f with this 445e305854 man who add5e6cf13 had a a91368a664 boiling fever?6f2876e64e660079

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‘I need f0fa132f38 to bring b0894cc0ad down the 5afe820995 fever.’78d138f8a75814c1

She didn’t know if d351541206 there was any medicine 1f93bd21bb in the house or f4d37f407d not.4faf7a54669c7bc6

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Even if there was medicine, she didn’t know how to brew it.c798dfedc033f773

She didn’t know 021288bede anything about herbs 737293cb69 that reduce fever.081fd35715c74cf6

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Yi-ryung opened dd20847c36 the door.336520bd573a105d

It was dark 8d97975bbe outside.b8aeead2ea87ffb4

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It was dark and c6c7302ec1 windy.cc6723b9d81ada66

Yi-ryung, who was afraid d9786b8248 of the dark, trembled e17c0d9273 for a moment as c4b678b4ee fear suddenly rushed in.7ede0ac9be4f3bf7

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But she 872fba0866 couldn’t just 77473d476c sit still b756d1ffe3 because she e37d288fc1 was afraid.f8a0a4d419b6e57c

In the end, Yi-ryung 75e66ecaee mustered up all the eedcf3d012 courage she could manage 46b03b4d63 and went outside.cfd7e303e1bf3daf

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She had never a695143cc9 gone out alone e69b5c0fd7 in the middle 6aa37e2cc9 of the night 7881e8ced4 without the man 9878ede6f0 before.5482c33aee843f70

Whenever she woke 1da02e2742 up in the 57a934c863 middle of the a601fb7f80 night and wanted ce727eaab5 to do something f54df7481e outside, he would 69e84b91f0 always go out 5e5ad03d3d with her.0ea6a684dd5534d8

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But now, she bf138157ab had to find 6f1e519ddd the courage for 5ee01cb106 the sake of 7af07273c5 the sick man.cc7c34dc2643a950

Yi-ryung walked over to 3ac942c250 the water jug and 9b56ac9e1d filled a large bowl e24662b421 with water and quickly ed3fa5e19f returned to the room.94a8103e7b641b04

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“Haa, haa.”3adb3f86218768df

Her heart bc28f19a6d was pounding e6562c6213 even though 309ea2b402 all she b205aeecf8 did was 443c8f4ba3 bring back c507ccd1fe a bowl 8259c58e18 of water.b0a6538b39dcddbe

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Just going out 71d590da6c on her own 65fe903a2b made her feel eac6698267 like she had 5a3be68942 done something incredibly 4088b76b80 amazing.634146618f3c0399

“Try drinking some 212d719f98 water.”7485f1b4218d3942

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She shook 635c29cbf6 the man’s 2803c06a96 shoulder, but f5efcc66c9 he did 52063de6f9 not wake f5d7c1dd7c up.7bace6f48228f98e

Finally, Yi-ryung soaked 4157ed08d4 a clean cloth 76db9e40f2 in the water 16e53ed3d2 and spread the 104e262c24 man’s lips apart bc9ba85181 before squeezing the d2d23b2722 water out of b74224141e the wet cloth.644971102a530064

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The water f3fcb896be dripped from 628e79799c the cloth, 01d9a745fa wetting the 6427b4c4ea man’s lips b8b8f7732a as it a723db36a5 flowed into c6aa820156 his mouth.455a65446a307cae

After making b6e29d3aa9 the man 0f72566f73 drink water da0dece748 like that a3c7c232c7 several more a2e038c154 times, Yi-ryung 5b2276fd72 folded the 3833e038fc soaked cloth ecc10f5453 and placed 67d2d8b0b8 it on 0aa2df1102 the man’s 8ff47e12aa forehead.05914216e7f06856

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Whenever she had a 3865f16c33 fever, her servant Eunah fdd6891b69 would do this for df0f7b1070 her.65769231ebbf5897

“Ugh.”3f5f8a563805ded7

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Yi-ryung took c0b9d68f74 the clothes 54025ec9f8 off the 9ef6b64b30 man’s body.61ec2e8c7aaaf7cd

After struggling to take 44eeef2ee6 off the clothes that 896992e021 were drenched in sweat, 63228692df she began wiping his 5ddf6ffbf2 feverish body with another 2e12d06fad wet cloth.dbb827184e12a10f

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That was all she d2d510fb82 could do.d74f1239a1b6647d

When the cloth ae4533441b on the man’s 3edc49c845 forehead became lukewarm, 9057261cda she would change e1e6493e43 it and wipe 0a300e8787 every nook and 0bdbfe9946 cranny of his 41438d8eb8 body with cold defa0ad284 water. That was all.d1c81c313b2b773e

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However, just in fe1af0bafe case he might a392dab502 be cold, she 46f2c7c8bd placed the brazier f52a3ccdee next to him 4e7617e55a and occasionally stirred 0632a42ece the wood inside addc366368 to keep the 3238967240 fire burning. That was all she d64167a64d could do.18264d5cd003ff9a

It was the 7efd9ddbb2 first time that 747818de99 Yi-ryung learned that cd4efeb13c a badly injured c4e8d403df hand could cause b82f396621 a fever.5f40684393357bfa

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She also learned that 8b5264f58a even a man as d88b2c7159 strong as a rock 89662d3bcb could get sick.1100bbc7a4431b53

She also realized 0f2a3de4e3 for the first 646c448d36 time that she, 8858e0bf8c who was seemingly 45ad5203cf completely useless, could b2e8b6a3e7 be of help 3d5d1e77d8 to someone.a0b738f5a08f94ef

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“Your beard 7bbb6a3b83 is too 6fb6c7a13e long.”9a3d04a5c7411c6b

Yi-ryung murmured 463c61a2c0 softly as ac17e91b8b she looked 3b258f7932 at the 53cb639fda man’s face 1777b44465 as he 21ba54b0e7 groaned.b032778caabd97dc

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His hair, which 5c8b4fa59d was tied up bba4dfeb99 haphazardly, was matted e68d4900cb as if it e20983fa64 had never been 4dc26350b3 combed. And his 1d952b5372 beard was 0bbfe64395 so thick b107cf68f6 that it 44b34bd70a nearly covered ed312665ef his entire c636e4741e face.9d77418432cec104

What did his face 78bc69cd69 look like behind the aadb2794b2 beard?ac9cd41f489d92c8

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Was it as 3ff0e9ce23 kind as his 6bf39657ea eyes?70abfa0e2cdf1063

“Get well soon. Don’t be sick.”5e96a4c3a6e7dfec

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Yi-ryung murmured 9879e01ca2 as she 100d4bd7b3 gently grabbed 4e57f4566d the man’s c81c11fef9 hand that 18fbb3186c was wrapped 24f5564273 tightly with 3f6f8138d8 cloth.1e95e4a8a7565fce

It felt cb9f06860e like the 0ceb7b55d9 man’s hand 95ecf1dc84 was touching 66e287cc60 hers.8c147a5c99ff47ae

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Even though 47a48153bf he was 4a0e1b3891 groaning and aa6f590cdf unable to 4eb2b34e61 come to 27f04ee5b1 his senses dccf2a6214 due to 727bd5a737 the raging 06c48f7731 fever, Yi-ryung 48b0fc967d felt like aa09746398 the man’s d490992c22 hand was 34d5d130d5 tightly holding ad7b196d90 hers, as 34fceadc42 if he cd81e01dc4 understood what 4e1dcda7fe she was 4e50aeb050 saying and 2156343a70 was telling 05ac005f2e her that 40387de85a he’d be 17154aded7 okay.3f0b65cf21be0f74