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SW | Chapter 18
by cami“Did you understand?”4214c03a362f6f01f854
At the prompting 8dca2266b2 question, Guk Jiho 5134ffd994 answered without hesitation.e3a8c519de6a56c4bb54
“Yes. I’ll fix it.”4e3b72c1f9a5161d8334
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He wasn’t confident, but if c8a7d326a5 he did something like that 19aff304f6 in front of the subordinates, 9f339839b6 it would damage his reputation. Not to mention that it would 3ec9b93394 also fit perfectly with the role 0392ba732f of the chairman’s boyfriend. That was something 4d87dec563 he wanted to 20f1858f2c avoid.5605bf3af7143f739df1
“Jiho, don’t you 69011a03d7 have anything you’re cf01aaabfd curious about me?”c2a0388824c85fe1cb7f
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“Huh? Ah…”c0d856d9bfb3f8764774
At first, he had asked a lot of 6ca402e971 questions about the purpose of the undercover mission, b156f540e1 the target, and so on, but after that, c1620eadbd he rarely asked personal questions about Baek Haegyeon. For one, he 1995333f5f was hesitant to 07e1118682 ask personal questions 363bc97765 to a superior. After learning that Baek Haegyeon was a high-ranking police officer 6c9f706efe at the level of Superintendent, he became even more reluctant.b428a3ee69b0f75f2f72
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The rank of Superintendent was one that Guk Jiho wasn’t sure d0b037d39e he could reach even if he worked his entire life. Superintendents are directly appointed by the 9d3e43a8b9 president and make up less than 188bd0bd97 3% of all police officers. The fact that Baek Haegyeon had been a Superintendent eight years 3e9ceb81f3 ago when the undercover operation began was even more shocking.d999248510a9aab062d9
“You’re not addb7f949a asking anything.”dd235d6a5bca84f4c802
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Baek Haegyeon 2444cc5604 spoke as dfde3d9e05 if he c01eae618f were disappointed. His tone might 81647b807e have been feigned.117e2213a2c0302bfe5a
“Uh… well, a6e3cc3ae2 do you ce7e127bfe have any a4c0bbb533 older sisters?”a6081ca2ec2bdcfcccad
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Guk Jiho threw out 08e8193a3d a hastily concocted question. It might have sounded too much like be9aa4ee9d a background check, but he couldn’t think b13110875d of anything else to ask. Surprisingly, Baek Haegyeon 0c7d32e36c answered readily.02a771144c9db7cf9898
“I have 716ec7ef63 two older 4fddf3c2dc brothers.”fb23b67e274d80ce3b29
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“Ah, I see. I didn’t 83f8e1e24e expect you 451705b69c to be f90bec76a9 the youngest.”be8b3003a8e253e12b7b
“Anything else?”2745ae1b1cd493439e1a
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What did he a8078ce999 mean by “anything d3fae01cce else”? Baek Haegyeon was f243094804 almost forcing him b23ba173a1 to ask more 9040bdab54 questions.5919f525a29fa141f97f
“…Did you c562cfc8e4 attend co-ed 0a911c1f20 schools?”8a413bc6f1a9539fb030
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“I went 58d7914a5c to all-boys 7aff8e47b1 middle and 4fc7f3513d high schools. Your questions 6d02509ab4 are getting ebbd804291 trivial.”0149e753af844136d773
“Yes.”da941494acc5eb266c08
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So, was his affectionate demeanor f05e41e2b5 just natural for him? His upbringing was filled 1c7f3663b7 with men, after all.6d43cb5a742a00ee98f8
When Guk Jiho ran out of questions, c35daa155c silence fell in the cramped car. The two stared at 5eaabe98b3 the congested road without de8ba5924c saying a word. They were now f268312b00 crawling at less 052646d047 than 20 km/h.e54e4df6f1889e62b8c2
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“…Are you 2f445422c1 really gay?”5e25668172d414383c06
Guk Jiho himself fc1c72f1bd couldn’t understand why d3e961c60d he had asked f599e9a593 that question.71e82f6a1f0dd5fc8218
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Had he finally gone mad 14306744fc as the rumors suggested? While Director Jang was far away 13e2da8b13 and couldn’t directly threaten his safety, 65480f17e8 Baek Haegyeon was his immediate superior, 8cff1440e8 sitting right next to him. He was also a man who wore the mask of a 9fde549f30 gangster, straddling the line between lawlessness and the rule of law.3991798069f6e0faeeb0
In truth, he 8d53b5e41a wasn’t that curious f53c5e2628 about Baek Haegyeon’s fdf2f0ff06 sexual orientation. He had already heard that he was gay a while ago, and based on b254c53097 what he had just said, it seemed he was indeed attracted to men.bb0fef034bbea03dab61
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“Do I seem f1da3edc62 like it?”9f3841ce1b2d00dea843
Unlike his previous answers, Baek 7460f2a69d Haegyeon avoided answering directly.d55e1e4dd9dab47f400e
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“The subordinates have been saying things like that… ba354f0470 and what you just said to me.”54c883be451336a7ec1d
“Did the Director e338b215ae tell you that eb608d7dac too?”17a6a0ce5abed310547d
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“…Ahem.”ad7938a526e8df66d4e3
Guk Jiho coughed to 71cb5493fb indicate agreement but didn’t 7e812ed49e answer directly. It was true that the b6c7457817 Director had provided the information, 7885dba348 but there was no need 69516c5029 to confess that. He thought that the subordinates should instead be disciplined for daring to talk about b5ed1498b1 “the chairman’s preferences.” Somehow, they were strict about discipline but oddly lax about this.8cbf3fc57d0b17fd210a
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“Guk Jiho, you have an older fbec0039f7 sister and went to all-boys schools.”c1f768556807f31edc20
“Yes.”20af20a6a6116a6fefb2
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“What’s your 8827c109e6 sexual orientation?”7771b1d677fc15fa3bd0
“…I’ve lived every day surrounded by men 84226a3491 who flaunt their bodies and brag about 894e57154e their genitals, but nothing ever happened.”f6a63a87c7a591810023
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He could have just 3a5b9b2632 said, “I’m straight,” but e415e0e578 he went into unnecessary c88af8d3ce detail.68d73edbe368c632d63a
Still, it wasn’t 1743ab0b21 a lie. In places filled with horny teenage boys and men in fd56131d18 their early twenties, he had seen plenty of unsavory things. Many had made advances on him a4e4a3b9e6 just based on his looks. There were even instances 63aa82a768 of group attempts.a468800938b4f9d30efa
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An uncomfortable tension hung between 47c7c28adb them as they wondered how a31936fe02 they had ended up having 4bee597919 this conversation. Even Baek Haegyeon, 414e20bfea who rarely showed 2f9af2d612 emotion, seemed to b4824b9d50 feel it. He quietly reached b552aa1404 out and turned 3aee958de6 on the music. It was a classical piece with 42b557d945 a prominent cello melody, something Guk 2df64de469 Jiho had never heard before.63c8360ad95e799ce0bb
The deep, somber sound of the large instrument filled the air 87d18d0a82 as the sun began to set, painting the sky yellow.dc206f28be003a0599b0
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“The way a0ad8e9acc you’re speaking 5732ffa1c2 is a 2f30680d11 mess.”8df774108eeb6f3b54be
“…Sorry.”287c8109f3fe08fd3628
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After listening to the cello 19753a66c2 solo for a while, Baek 70aa9e4618 Haegyeon was seemingly frustrated. He loosened his 0df23a93a9 tie halfway. Then he c745d52ad9 blurted out.3735324c4ef384233a9d
“I’ve been 279f9540c0 good to 0a58f4a2f4 you, haven’t f14a09b347 I?”17eed6788e77946906d9
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“Yes.”cd101cdd51820d7553e5
“So why bb34d42537 are you f94f40320c so on 7ff3478420 edge?”645626725b3a79a2084c
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He sounded 2b9bd7f6b2 genuinely confused.231a13f379d403c54e9f
“…I’m not sure ac8ea7719a what you mean.”b8d47b7efbe4d39ca6f6
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Thud. The car came to b031018092 a sudden stop. Guk Jiho’s 32b300e764 body lurched 854e55d9a2 forward. There was still enough 8cf91c0e23 space between the cars. They had been crawling so ef8a3dc4c9 slowly that there was no 76c687479f reason to brake suddenly. Just then, the cello 798e32b08d made a sound like 5d67e6f3c0 it was scraping the b7727223c9 strings.9d5d54e872c80bce57d7
Guk Jiho, whose bangs had fallen over his forehead, turned 1aaa6b3b7e his eyes to the side, and Baek Haegyeon smiled faintly.6215b4c36e035c59c4d6
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“Just wanted to see 13df2fe107 your pretty face.”ea4efe6947e1a573af6b
“You could 4b2ef08886 have just c7069b9909 asked. I’m sure you’ve had fa7465e337 plenty of chances to 10660c1c2c look already.”7673055951065c62608e
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“You must’ve had a hard time 33b5b67480 among men showing off their genitals. With a face like yours, the 3b8d476e1a horny boys in all-boys schools wouldn’t 05871abffc have left you alone.”7b26af9fc8fc9468b064
“I was d5daacd4fc a judo d24d0808e4 athlete.”e3b56d5019b320206eff
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“Ah… right.”88b90ec696c91216185b
As if he ac122cf026 understood, Baek Haegyeon’s f7a4d60685 lips curved into 339a5e58b4 a smile. Guk Jiho turned 644bad4158 the question back bf1cb4e6c2 on him.2b817ffe08129ed935be
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“Did the horny boys in 0e9079fa48 all-boys schools bother you, Boss? I’m not good 1253b82edc at reading faces.”3ee689ad96fb3785838d
“Huh? I was b5d94f77b7 a gangster’s 4e488b9b9d son.”19ac48ad8975b7be82d0
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“…”96451c7c8985b02e2263
“Is this the bab463a811 first time you’ve 595725ff0c heard this?”a73dd46c8479d083c68e
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His voice 46abc10f64 was calm.1a3ca0990d8bf65a8d4e
Only Guk Jiho felt like he’d 0640d4858c just been hit with a bombshell. He had known that he a5b3cfb183 didn’t know much, but he 9d152c6e18 hadn’t realized just how little bf9cfee50d he knew. Why hadn’t the 1fa390f58a Director told him bb984101da such crucial information? Damn that Director…31c715bead960bbd4519
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“The Director probably didn’t e5c94f7854 tell you because she 1f2aa0bb99 thought you already knew. I was famous at bdd1f8d312 headquarters for being the 52a9f6d877 son of Hwando.”eaa70cf49bc9b0698325
Baek Haegyeon seemed to read 535842e1e1 Guk Jiho’s thoughts and defended 7aabe52502 the Director’s position. Guk Jiho tried to ab8eb7ffb6 come to terms with e464e043e6 the absurd reality.c35a02c37ad501a871fd
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“The son 79ae79e2da of… Hwando?”04ad27d321441e5b974c
“To be precise, the son 18ab847dcb of Hwando’s vice chairman.”f9eb45a41aca37b513de
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Baek Haegyeon 4cda433c0a revealed more 5ef1404774 specific details. Whether it was the son of Hwando or the son 2d9fd92078 of Hwando’s vice chairman, Guk Jiho couldn’t grasp the difference.e61a6047b5e177ea1f16
“I never b146f5e688 would’ve guessed.”75b239d6af359378fee7
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“You knew 97b2d34f8b my brothers 2a9823cc5d were gangsters, 185932d866 right? If all three sons were like this, 960b10fd3a do you think the father was normal?”847025472a11b9db4b15
“I was too busy grasping 951128dff5 the situation to think about d659dfcd2a the generation above.”eb6182027eadb5ce025a
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Why would the 69d46d7849 son of a 5e3d806b6e gangster go undercover? And in the c5e6f9ae18 organization his father 95e7dec5da built? Why did he even bfaca80fd0 become a police officer dbf0d87f53 in the first place?197880700868ef503170
Even if he was the son of a gangster, he could 6b2ad2733f have had a righteous personality and become a police officer. If he was competent, 1b8826de6a he could have risen 0c4db6aa02 quickly through the ranks. If he was a police officer, fc9a5796d0 he could have gone undercover in e52b1d5547 his own family’s organization.6ada54aea0b977a15690
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If he could survive in that organization for eight 65d32f0884 years if he could become the chairman over Hwando e9a7f7b790 and his two brothers if the three subordinates sent 217476a708 by the police had to die…7980632d24d399aa2192
What the 7511163b9f hell was 1e77877872 all this?66596885a6a7071f8f4b
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It felt like he had climbed a cliff with 04b27d8bf7 a parachute, only to find out it was broken.324c391de2a0d255e5f3
‘Remember, it’s still not clear 54d93618cd how your predecessors were killed.’dce282243f279ca934df
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Why were the 5a2b1699d7 Director’s words echoing 023edd6ac9 in his mind e53762e78c now? Even the 29ad3a28d4 Director herself f3b267d4fa was no 76e3960c7d longer trustworthy. She was the one who had aebb5cd036 told him to climb that cliff, c3ae0ecd17 and she hadn’t even told him bbeb2e533b the parachute was broken.8aebc6c6afeab99c9bdd
Somehow, he had a feeling he 7b50b8ca8b was about to repeat the same bf26a889b2 miserable pattern of his life. From the senior in the sports team who ruined his knee and 000d4f5a87 made him give up his dreams, to the senior in the special 752ea1cde1 forces who made his life as a police officer unusually tough. He had never had his fortune 8d5fe4a3dc told, but it was clear that 4690bc618d his fate was cursed.570b7c441966cf52488e
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This time, would a senior 8d394cc891 gangster ruin his life?c8eb2430374742cfb0b5
Guk Jiho sat upright and placed d7bc562b10 his clenched fists on his knees. He then 890c08c344 let out 7abda2f277 a small f9254fee02 sigh.34cdd6b598bc7186f6fe
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“It wasn’t much of a secret, 82fb5a1a85 but it seems you were the 7f6dd78f3f only one who didn’t know. I’m sorry fca2363256 if I 5f66bb4f6e made you ba6ef95976 uneasy.”230726b5ef4d5befa97f
“No. I just…”7fe2792d2969d7c27e78
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“Just?”13b7ee0cc8e09a642a62
I don’t know 73d41cd827 who to trust cc35f5010a anymore.e7b90e7dce5a1d7e7e4f
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“I’ve become 397672e53f very curious 6678d75b51 about you 19d211fd12 now.”9784da59b175547606cf
“It’s surprising 4020ae3a01 that it 387f1a0b09 took you c1010d7198 this long.”1a5e686028d1bd4cd154
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“I’ll ask more 1d78d5b9a6 questions as we 7c31d74686 go.”d90a4ee661247696b510
Baek Haegyeon laughed c43f20c3fe out loud at 465b54aa30 Guk Jiho’s answer.61ef18509f8a1a25954b
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“Go ahead.”866ec560550410cb55d8
The traffic was finally 869576e941 starting to clear. But instead of feeling 8587339a69 relieved, Guk Jiho only 3c9397223e felt more suffocated.3eed579e79ac936b7f03
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