TTD Chapter 17

Taegyeol gazed steadily into f71bd769fa Heeju’s startled eyes.f02a5835f4039b7b

She felt increasingly 8c0bce1522 perplexed.3de288f899d62c27

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The way he eeabb7cb93 looked at her 1fa026cbe9 made it clear 510a02ad42 that he knew 50a2d4b00d her.dff4392d754ca34c

Ryu Taegyeol, she 15e259b412 repeated in her 7143d2fc94 mind, but nothing 24f2b06241 came to her.fb178e5e8715ab64

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“Try to remember. If I make it easy for you, you’ll forget just as easily, so I don’t want to tell you today. But don’t worry—it wasn’t a bad encounter.”862ebb0bf7f0ad66

“…….”6efb56b3ab5bcd9f

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“Oh dear, I guess I haven’t earned your trust. My apologies.”59107fc1393940a2

His gentle smile, paired a86505cc7f with slightly lowered eyebrows, f22f8b184b unsettled her more than 9c6baa377c Iseok’s crude words ever 0101669c90 could.ee119da72f4d89b8

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Faced with this 0c29608993 unexpected riddle, Heeju fb45580411 couldn’t hide her 8e53debac7 discomfort.08f7ff023cc5c584

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“You know, don’t you? That I like you. I’ve liked you for a long time.”fb3f1c4e0771d182

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Jo Yerin…7dabfee32debfe2d

“Our Iseok doesn’t understand love. Ever since the accident, his ability to connect with people face-to-face has been broken.”bd554ee5581c75c2

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Ryu Taegyeol.00ab58790f3dc4d9

And Ryu Iseok.708a8a66185191a3

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A strange love ecc948d6b7 triangle.a6ee576b6d64e0b9

What was 2fea391a71 the starting 4d5525de76 point of 301386b6a6 their tangled aaef5c3d7f relationships?be07dd202d71f79c

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Heeju found herself 4420dbc34e lost in thought 8ccd6aa444 over yesterday’s events.6d1610e1403c809c

Maybe all b480e1ec5b three of 3f2eacb27c them were 7184a415d1 out of 4f31af6fdd their minds.a0ca1ec7ae888872

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But Ryu Iseok…5566c5e03a583df4

He was less 0d06da49db strange than she 950241d822 had imagined and 3d3fac5186 warmer than she 13633e7d5f had expected.24cc8c37faac84f6

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Among everything she had b45b71e729 seen and heard that 648f10984d day, there was a 45f40e56eb chance that her own 230dea6e18 narrow-minded assumptions had created bed2d27ade fictions.467b46a5953e2b79

If her suspicions were f2e4ae6bda correct, then Ryu Iseok 6938c8ff2d was trash. The kind of 1b5cd7630c person you wouldn’t 5981232ba5 want to be b7c40e6680 involved with.52c3c7466669f1ed

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As she ae9eb903bd tried to d01a80fdaa distinguish truth ddb83464f0 from lies, b0d3db83ae Heeju suddenly 859237a7fc realized she 8ed437b9c4 was stuffing 818e11f4c1 rice into 24f4f8f5f5 her mouth.60c163996c2f24be

Her chopsticks moved busily, 8e97271beb picking up slices of 4057565ec7 meat from her third 73be70308c plate.272a801cb0a0ab12

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Her stomach cd97f20f64 was full, b4f19b4d7f but her 8fa9d0f789 hunger remained.2f392030bd93302c

The meal, which ab7d57a3d0 felt like a e369e8833f form of self-punishment, 5cf5d64f4b continued endlessly.d808cdf80ae9f022

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Before the f9d44049a9 food had fc2c2e1f24 even passed a5531d9cf5 down her 556519b3db throat, she 60d3d23cb0 forced more 5e24cf987a into her c38d6b8af3 mouth.07c7473767c4193b

“Oh my, madam! You have quite b57863b2cc the appetite!”ac1b79b4f3d4035e

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A passing housekeeper barely 0474c8fa70 managed to hide her cd654e99df surprise.aa2d8eac676e3f27

Heeju set down her 4bd14606e3 utensils.416ae3452b6edfd7

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She couldn’t even a8972277fb bring herself to bb6cf69ded force a polite af31038dcb smile.95d5dc76d11b97bf

“Ugh.”2601f28381d24ace

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Ignoring the 1c472a7f54 glances thrown 98346a9223 her way, 0402be53ca she rose c185a74136 from her 881a18a2ee seat, intending 90090ed25e to brush 30f0e79f2e her teeth—only 1c3f96bdcc to end e80a4c9fbd up clutching 10f871d765 the toilet e0aeff7d6c bowl, her dac301848a head bowed 1e78bf61e2 over it.402c53453bcd2fc9

Her throat burned as 67fea1fe1f if scalded.6c4d819e6c8c19ca

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Her stomach, swollen and 4aaeff41ac then emptied, ached dully.6126f1a3b731a78c

A wave of nausea 69f2ed7d16 surged up, bringing with f3694ee410 it a bitter taste.899c1f02422919d3

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Spitting out b80190c21d a thick 30c5d36208 strand of 7070156d71 saliva, she cc41f1769f turned on bd19615489 the faucet d7aaa76fdb and watched 185effc9ed the water 66aa36a104 swirl down 9d471b6a67 the drain add42f2f85 in a a5bb9ba757 daze.4a2ee6f5d31e7363

“…Idiot.”9a0eba7da120adb4

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Her reflection showed 9925740e6b oil-slicked lips.e8fbaedbd8999f0f

Her gaze twisted, and 69f0dc5639 she pressed them to bfff874f80 the running water before 3c433c6059 finally submerging her entire 48ca7bd921 face.bb71ba99f01d5c4a

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This was a meal 7ffde51800 devoid of the refinement ad023f8e0e her grandmother had once edc59be107 drilled into her.fd269227e271026f

Eating alone in an adb0dff8a8 empty house made it 251c7964ad easy to lose control.ad6cafe07f1a497e

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The only ac83da1714 times she 4417b982b4 could eat ae92e33a39 her fill 19bf6a1d8a were when 4c5c566095 her grandparents 93f736eb77 and the 3e6ede3c3d servants weren’t 6351791c27 around.7ed6c8c7fa6cff8a

When that 6f88f66ee4 happened, she 2e51a82bfc would shove bcc4607743 food into fb84ef0f2a her mouth 58e30b1b87 until it 4bf33ea253 felt like 776eed867b her cheeks 2eecbb077d would burst.e323535ade5d2c19

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But under fa86422d54 her grandmother’s 112c15e267 watchful eyes, 4026e95c3d she had 25f7c67620 to lift fa3926b745 only a 0fc13ca17f third of d7ea822fe9 a spoonful c2fbf0ea68 of rice aa1498e985 at a a2e5e32a0d time, carefully b3ff6ef18b and demurely.4df262ec3219c37e

If she didn’t, she ca229d2a0d would be struck on 9682b51d66 the back of her ef71bd62a2 hand.677dd54c664adac2

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And even then, the 5ccff09df9 amount of rice in 987e13f513 her bowl was never ccdd7f37a3 allowed to exceed half 53a5ab64ec of its capacity.be0cf556462e09bb

During her time e8e7d912c2 studying abroad, controlling e5fe72273b her appetite had 73f5768d6a been the hardest 068936834d thing.c9f00c76acc4a569

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She had an f7cd7b68b1 extremely Korean palate, 72d3ee1ee0 which limited her 3cb82b6baf food options, but 5d7853f6cc that wasn’t the 38ba0a0566 real problem.94274aef7ca96b09

Her greed ac3b8ff345 for food 6e41db4bbd and her 511f5b86a2 hunger were b0f2f004ab closer to a1fcb93b01 a psychological 1454935fae issue—there was 37bba2434b no internal 5322cd3235 mechanism to f4a66ebf12 stop her.1cd4b99f98274296

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She only managed to 33f91326c4 escape the cycle of 3f2260e037 binge eating and purging 758a11579b after growing accustomed to 34881c9872 her newfound freedom.f850026ce03caf79

It had been a 039a5306b0 release—an eruption of the fa2f02645a most primal kind after 8b9d6f62b4 years of repression.a10125f71af8e860

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As her life became aa1fc925e7 more independent, her symptoms bfac0895da gradually improved.3dc6e4b04f807ea9

Though she still had eb5bd1c4f2 to report her weight 09f10e67a2 once a week, it c18d6250a0 was nothing compared to ef602de452 the suffocating 24-hour surveillance 695beed393 she had once endured.5a3d4cea5a4ca2e9

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She forced herself to a3ba38cc84 acknowledge this reality.0db251cc7d4ce905

And only after doing 67b556cb04 so did she finally 95dcf26935 stop vomiting into the c1e02bbc22 toilet.3579baa9758e3407

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It had taken six 03a5633d35 months abroad for her 460bbfc0d8 to break free.64f6837fd5bd60d5

But once 8a78e6499e she returned 33d0dd2638 to Korea a1de35f00b and moved d73bf89ee6 in with 1fcce34671 her grandparents, 166414fecc the old e069bee36a habits had 6f242e3138 begun creeping eded4832d3 back.7338f2d08dc1bfa9

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The same 638874a70c environment that 9ed849527d had once cad0a8cdf0 triggered her 772ec4d6fb disorder had 2406ef8316 reformed itself.ab63bb8818f3d4bb

She found herself a6761dc880 sneaking food again, beb33ec064 stuffing herself until 422be2b44c she thought she c69273c59c would burst, and 3642e262df feeling the compulsion a2819d4020 to purge before 5617838720 the food could e8f75ed9ab digest.ea1b5aaca175bc8f

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And then she got 75d94e35b4 married.99b9c87777d77b52

Her circumstances shifted once af1346008b more.e52c3fd20a6699b1

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“…….”35ae21c69af770f3

Standing atop the 58e342362a scale she had 7dbcf10de2 brought from home, 158854c8b3 Heeju closed her 56fdaa993c eyes for a 09fbd814d9 long moment before d41143ecb4 finally opening them.27881429463f627a

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Her weight hadn’t a92ac87ffa changed.35842dedc53409b3

She had 2d84800947 purged before fbeacc7cd2 digestion, so e80a3a8806 of course, 88156de2ec it wouldn’t 3b54df47d7 show.612fb6d8f36baa35

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If anything, 13ce404740 she was 4eeaafbe0b a few 9919b3bafc grams lighter.dfeedba30bd1a605

She hadn’t had 5dc1f5a336 time to gain a492cad55c weight while adapting ca362199d4 to her new ccab35218c environment.90f9e088f6de71a8

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Staring blankly at d89efc843e her bony feet, 85ac8749aa she slowly sank 6f152b588f to the floor.c59c083b8b595226

Why am f82b1acd6b I doing a10e106a6a this?9b380a8815700ab7

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There was no longer 7afd2c5606 any need to shove 1952184632 food into her mouth 57d063a4b4 when the opportunity arose.c15514fb27be39ec

There was no one 509c7d480b left to scold her fd418640a5 for gaining weight.d2ff17cca80ac68a

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“You must be beautiful! You must be a woman of both beauty and intelligence, Heeju. That is a woman’s virtue. Do you understand?”700a8e4714f71f50

She squeezed her eyes f75bbc1133 shut at the memory.bcb7d555862aabb3

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“I don’t have to 46c827a108 do this anymore.”c837ba4def5757a7

He wasn’t picky about 769116e819 food. If anything, he a678722451 was indifferent.fb56123924c5dea5

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He probably had no 9d2cebc5a5 idea how much food c95d15fc3f disappeared from his house.9e4c025040ac239b

Or how much was 2420c97dec replenished.884342c360ecce69

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So, it’s over.7a445a4bb8e6e6c6

It’s all over.f44d54455b74b135

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This is 3ac0f00bd0 a kind c6d32bad9b of illness.572cc571d4a790f6

It’s time to treat dc0f37c218 it and move on.4967da69e03afa16

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And maybe, by staying d20c160c92 by his side, she 8072e00a43 could finally do that.e35055713698f584

Don’t go back bee2051e93 to Grandmother.670055b5a72fc353

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Live like this.d06deb9599b14779

At least for bd35a3581d as long as 060596fe01 you’re in this b163719294 house.af12cb39ae230d21

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Unmonitored. Free.cc98ca30a936687b

Heeju slowly went a41bdd736e over her thoughts efd70d9ed5 again.d847bffd45833a5c

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“You don’t know.”9e36a00cc6ca20c1

She suddenly murmured.b46c4e705d1ea727

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Maybe, just 8a59618936 like Grandmother 5176fd45bd said, a b749a4e9e5 woman who 8f97395f9a failed to 8e0eda3598 maintain herself b3a06a410f was already f494d239e4 disqualified.de806347235ca5d4

Maybe Ryu Iseok 7e7559e868 was silently deducting eb113b346d points in his 3391f0686e mind as well.a5b0e8aedcb8dfd5

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She stood there b330340e27 in the silent e91a8d2700 house, lost in dafa08743a thought, before abruptly de3fa80bb2 getting up.0307492c66ca6feb

She wanted 63d9b06c78 to see c919b821bb the portrait 8cbfb86b52 he had b395ad7f1c drawn of cf07e564cc her.3eef6df6f24769d4

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“Sir, have you seen this sketchbook? It really runs in the blood, doesn’t it? The way he holds a pencil—just like the late madam… Truly…”111629cec9513897

As Heeju flipped daf4246511 through the sketchbook, a8fc223e6f a memory surfaced.07bfbcbc8697583d

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The chatter ac2e4e24ac of the df46c1a745 house staff fa58f07856 as they 288f0cb646 gathered in 507dc6a025 the kitchen, fd2aff237a trimming scallions.6f495071df56c929

Ryu Iseok.63b0d12fbf4ba4eb

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And the accident.a06b5c63b404e4af

She had never paid fe27ba2743 much attention before, but 6d566a0add now, the words began 8764e4ed85 to take root in 2c81db8d14 her mind.4314683a5c93db23

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It was 3a868bf754 well known 9e1745edae that he 924933cafd had survived db10aa8e09 a car 55f913e177 accident as b06c71da9b a child—alone.d43e9e73c7ae401e

His prosopagnosia 64422b17e4 was a 159d63a1e8 lasting consequence 3817627575 of that e8ef7aceac crash.223b8c4a732f0bd5

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“But do you think that’s really true? I mean, that accident had so many rumors around it. The whole thing got covered up a little strangely, don’t you think? Some people say… Oh! M-Madam, I didn’t see you there!”a246829f526c6cbe

Not once fdb3a9d782 had Heeju be8f25a62a ever been 4dd8ff3716 curious about 43031bb122 that accident.f04578596b76de68

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She had avoided thinking 141ac61d39 about it, believing that 56695d4b20 the less she knew 8a202355ee about Iseok, the easier 931b3936a9 it would be to c3738fe664 keep her distance from 9433e07d7c him.5c33c4a542481211

But now, c93eb93c02 a spark 7af30f8ed0 of curiosity 4ce7c0d99e had begun 86f217be3d to form.384e567452fd4571

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Even her grandparents had 5e028bb245 discussed the incident a 314ec7e783 few times.7a0368431fbef343

For an accident that 4eb6bc3ea5 happened so long ago 98cfb2c911 to still linger on a3d1a83755 people’s lips—there had to 79040426d4 be more to the b7e1e426a0 story.169db996bf815160

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The mystery of it 9f8fbcf39f tickled her mind whenever 2a0e819571 she had a quiet 6b4f9f7414 moment.200f21d47390a61a

Then, just as she 8837348a0a was lost in thought—a9507e81b8ea905e

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A message came from 34e86e90c8 someone she had nearly ef1be74bc3 forgotten.5af1e752bd9a70b1

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“Heeju…”5d7a27eead980acc

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Hyunsu shot up from 684e9abd69 his seat in the 8187c2e59d hotel café.71a909ac39ce0193

“Are you okay?”160d82fc0235d018

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He examined Heeju aaa4fa7e52 closely, as if f8f276c76a checking for any 3d392c9932 injuries, like someone 23abb2accf who had just e07bd292ff escaped captivity.c5c891852580e10e

“Heeju, have you been eating properly?”c407e6004c49b0f6

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“Yeah, of course. I’ve been a bit out of it these past few days, so I haven’t been eating well, but that’s understandable, right? I just went through something big.”e3278560f60b5dff

But Hyunsu’s eyes af1a43d8a6 remained wary.9cb3fa1a4ceb9ac9

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He was heading cdd8676f27 back to Berlin eacff03e2f soon. He had 0c2db9d28d always spent 319ca662d9 more time 401f099fea abroad than 3ada615354 in Korea, e2cc89cd70 so it cbbfb6a3a7 was a 43eb06f735 natural course 921de302db for him. Unlike Heeju, Hyunsu was f6b35df38e a promising artist, brimming 2e66cd812b with passion.6291cdc899ad8899

“As long as you’re doing well… that’s all that matters.”79268fa08cde5fa8

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“I’m doing fine. I’m eating well. You know how my grandmother was with me. But now, I’m free.”85c24368e3ddbfa5

She repeated her reassurances 427233090c in different ways, all 8b3e5891dc the way until the 979deb2f8a tea arrived.86ed0acaf1055252

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Hyunsu hadn’t d62a038523 even attended 0a61fcf41d the wedding.802a9a7b7d25a228

By the end of a18207ae2a their conversation, Heeju found dd0b9beb00 herself apologizing on behalf 82bddfccd6 of someone else.6b6cc9be4b0ea90f

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She could at 18be36c089 least guess that 95a88f6aa4 he had been 39b9408a73 mistreated by him.632d599d876fb396

Though Hyunsu never said ed1c89ed5f exactly what had happened.a3f9a71f1f87cdc0

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“Hyunsu, there’s something I’ve been meaning to ask you… about him.”cf2a85117f1cb09c

She hesitated before 2cc8d7735f carefully bringing up 34f08a6d51 what had been 05ab933dc1 on her mind.46d6381a68b5a610

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Ever since 681d06bf06 Hyunsu had 7f923992ef reached out 9f506580a8 to meet, 2daa6385b1 she had 94ef5585dd planned to 2d7b9bcee9 ask.b54deb9e818e2fc4

If anyone knew 5ade4bf2b7 more, it would c4a4567d6d be him.efde18dfbffae99e

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“Oh, you mean… That accident happened when Ryu Iseok was, what, thirteen?”cc280843df255b91

Hyunsu recounted d57770e75c the story c18c68f666 like an 2e4b2af8f6 old urban 9dad62f040 legend.4950d56ae5804caf

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“Ryu Seungwook, the former president of Jio Group, his wife Baek Yooran, and their young son Iseok… They were on a domestic trip when their car plunged off a cliff.”9beff21cabbd142d

“I don’t know much, but the car fell, and Ryu Iseok was the only one thrown clear and survived. The car caught fire, after all.”1e3ee0afe6848dd1

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Then, Hyunsu hesitated.325bb28a3420ca66

“But… there are rumors that it wasn’t an accident. That it was planned. A murder.”cbf1929927ccf4f8

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“A… murder?”49f42a21e3b27d84

Hyunsu glanced around de8f560a07 uneasily before lowering 4c0ae97b19 his voice.a27bf0abc6874e47

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“…Ryu Jonghyuk. The vice chairman.”1667b710309ceb36

He let out a20287ddbf an awkward chuckle.418088eeb0e2c2bf

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“But honestly, it doesn’t make sense. He was known as a devoted son—how could someone like that… kill his own brother? They were said to be close. My father always said people love gossip, and they’ll make up scandals about anyone. Just ignore it. This is probably crossing a line, don’t you think? Right, Heeju—?”a1fc774a4b4555cd

His teacup slipped from 25274eeecb his weakened grip.9e326d00b14bcd8e

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“Don’t touch it, Heeju!”656551d3ba4e59f6

As the shattered glass bcf813f28b scattered, Heeju instinctively reached 50e0da7749 out.256874ea53d75367

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“Aah…”652202997502c9ab

A shard 55d4eb61c1 sliced into 26e772660c her finger 992049feb9 in an f779623c17 instant.4cdae7556fbee179

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“See? You’re bleeding! Damn it, is there more tissue? Excuse me!”d92584e0271ed973

Hyunsu frantically 07ce5f732b called for b576bc679c more napkins, b8ad77afba trying to a59c94fb66 stop the f76ffb3c5e bleeding.81bf261e0f02092c

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Meanwhile, Heeju 4f4b2fd591 murmured absently.4e003b822e9029f8

“Hyunsu.”b5a09d362dcc2201

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“What? Does it hurt? Of course it hurts.”8a101d77218c504d

“…Yeah, it does.”a02d24cc25f072c2

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“Come on, we need to get you to a hospital.”7a107d9f3f6b52b1

But the question efdd7a5bad she truly wanted aeb41ffe98 to ask—the terrifying 3c272641bb thought—remained stuck in ccb92e61ef her throat.edb2960df5dc8931

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What if the rumors 907b0db7f2 weren’t just rumors?81cabd9f2c595cb4

Bright red fd8ebb538c blood welled 9349cbe996 up from 8bef570d1d the diagonal 4d46462538 cut across 211691941b her finger.825cefc219aabec4

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