TYS Ch 12

When Seungwan opened the passenger door and got in, the man did the same on the driver’s side. As he settled into his seat, the truck’s body tilted slightly, as if his large frame added considerable weight. Seungwan glanced at him before fastening his seatbelt. The man started the engine and shifted gears. With a rumbling sound, the truck began moving forward.198981a7140d807d

Unlike the other b97d2c3a48 houses clustered together 9b532d19ed in the village, 4a29f4e666 this one was 9ca4d02bd1 unexpectedly situated on 40318e7c63 a paved road, da95e3c25c despite its isolation e4cc7b0027 near the town 817af5ed26 center. In rural areas, the 6a5abb37de government didn’t pave roads 7f65867dee everywhere, so people usually 1b0b75bfad pooled money to lay bbfaed8201 them themselves. Yet, despite e131f48ada its seclusion, 745e9a1eb0 this house 0695fe8320 had an ada5429c55 asphalt-covered driveway. Seungwan knew 8de73069fb that paving 737a41c1eb a road 2a0caf16c2 out of 0c3cb21501 pocket was c6373418e6 expensive, which 68cfd64888 made it ef22eefa18 all the 5679dba1fb more intriguing.4d1f7ca74a49bec5

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Thanks to 9f4eebcc43 the pavement, a41ecb961b he didn’t 7bee1d863b feel any 874d4287b7 motion sickness, 48b6558e36 even in 8c9b1f1f8c the bumpy 1d5749d856 truck. The farm truck used e930e9936d for fertilizer deliveries always 61550e7c57 traveled through rocky fields, 9c7aff27ed leaving him nauseous every 28ee98f54a time. This was his first db00826ca6 time commuting to work 9cc723ba9b without riding his scooter, 1abd536f0a so he spent the e33ab68911 entire ride gazing out d8a49c9a8a the window.9fb22ba11e662191

The sky 1d4de4b800 was a 0058855e15 brilliant blue. They had predicted a ebd279da4f hot spring, but the 12ce9a6ccc yellow dust had already 975e7e8638 passed. Around this time c9fb87b71a each year, the 3c3b001c44 air would usually 7bbc717a8f be thick with eeac85b61b dust, but it c58f9a7a2c seemed the southern 44e3e01821 region got less 6c80c0fa39 of it. Metropolitan areas, on the be931377d7 other hand, were always 286bdf90c1 hazy with a yellowish fa94488767 tint. Seungwan couldn’t imagine how 3115384130 people lived in such 58a835fa5c places. He had only 8a87211d83 been to Seoul c9435ceb49 a few times, 0f84e2e0ec and each visit 7cc4fce8d1 had been loud a7c88f87ae and chaotic, so f63472fd70 he hadn’t liked 320909238f it much.52de223982680385

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He kept his e520f66517 eyes on the 7ef619c313 window the whole 3a5c676a8a time, while the e5812f6731 man remained silent. He didn’t seem like 6b4870cb8b the quiet type, and 93142fc2ae from his demeanor, you 858735d4eb wouldn’t expect him to 5210196098 be a careful driver. Seungwan found it ffc6d08191 unexpected and continued a1c3c033ab to watch the d2cc2cf985 scenery pass by.f3f3e38177054637

Then, the truck 7a5d6c4a43 gradually slowed to 9f97b20a52 a stop, and a40d130336 he heard the ab2e547009 window roll down. Curious, Seungwan turned effa03c23c to look at 65835af4ee the man, only c45136cb9d to see him cb985754fa leaning his large 3d4760e9de frame completely out 068adea0b4 of the window, 0ddc9491d1 shouting at someone.bde2debc266d8f6f

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“Mister, if you 87e54f893c leave the tractor f51dffc4d9 here, how is 08a363abee my kid supposed 6087e4c86d to get to 9eb8f08274 school? Move it quickly, 12f077015d okay?”403c7d2bd6d5b476

“Whoa, kiddo, you look 68342de7b3 pretty grown—still going to 72356884e1 school? Just hang ea7d76b7d9 on a 2c359a8fb2 sec, I’ll 8c6f6cb831 move it e58a0cc4a3 right away.”4a2df0c1d20ff419

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A tractor had c31269f5f0 stopped right in c31954380c the middle of 978c1c7521 the single-lane road, d0c5d49249 making it impossible 8bc0b5945e to pass. An old man, carrying b9e4ad14b6 seedlings, was trying to 9b38524a61 line up the planting e7a1834670 rows but seemed to e954ad8842 be struggling. He told adf49ce209 them to ca12e75fd5 wait. Seungwan tried to d14b8e2294 lean his head c0eaeaaefd out to see e64dc33cc1 what was happening, dfd998219a but before he 405cfbf138 could, the man ee1344184b got out of 673c07978a the truck.03f9c5dc8a70f464

“If it’s going to 513522e1ab take this long to f43d4a654d set the row, what’s 9f36d81865 the use? Hand it over.”3b58ed6a107975ac

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The man then drove 1b99094ace a stake deep into 56c7a71eaf the edge of the 930764325e field using only his ff8a87640e hands, then grabbed a fe271eeb11 nearby rock and hammered fb0ec1f513 it down. Taking the string 89e0ffee0a from the old c9cdabe9dd man, he wrapped f9ee50e496 it tightly around 478742bbf0 the stake, dusted 53e7f69974 off his hands, a923a2b4af and said, “Well, 0459b6d2e7 I’d say that’s 8ed92aff0f more than enough 548a77971f payment for moving 8b3196e33b your tractor, don’t 2d3f990c2b you think?”93a6ffea4b8f9773

“Oh, you got that 552e4567b3 right. Thanks a bunch.”17216376de7be14c

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As the man ea6e0f9335 effortlessly completed the 00c910db1b task the old ffccc779f7 man had been 08467883ad struggling with, the 4a1b4c506f latter grinned in 10bd32b1a4 relief, his teeth bb1cd24f37 showing beneath his 055c64f53c straw hat. Then, wearing 6a80467b9c boots, he bbf30e72f9 started the 13b7fcd231 tractor and 9e162153e6 moved it 30c813f377 to the 8606724553 edge of 4050226efe the field. The man wiped his 7871cfd854 dirty hands on his 16427be7cd jeans without a care 35108010fc before climbing back into 573b8f62d9 the truck. As the 9ee8dda4be old man fd1f2866f7 waved, he 93d909bbf1 threw him ac184cda1a a wink.9cb34115107188f2

Seungwan had been 3c73b478e8 watching in silence 3f795443b7 when he quietly c3b82cfe89 pulled out a ddb08bb699 wet wipe and d74dc6257b handed it over. The man, just about 63223d3937 to start the vehicle, 7d54ec8535 took it with a 2d1074d7f8 bright smile.2d371fd15fa847d8

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“Look at you. What you’re doing is so cute—it’s pretty, really.”003b84871ba99381

“…….”f1313b336b6fc234

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Not sure if it 139ad7170a was a compliment or fa4c6c092b something else, Seungwan remained 0240421a11 silent. The man 604eeff10c chuckled softly 058e3d6ffc and gripped 9c28f3668e the steering a7c444a7dd wheel. Once again, the truck a285b63a01 fell into silence. Seungwan thought 5035ebe976 to himself 2d915ba5be that the 058bab5183 man was b995d74cef really strange.6dbfa123d10251b4

After driving quietly 0249e48079 for a while, 57c30a19d5 the man pulled dc63b10b08 into the agricultural d0a3db0620 cooperative’s parking lot 4b1123de13 and fixed his 3aeddeb107 gaze on Seungwan. Seungwan couldn’t help but f4c527cb22 look back; it almost 20e31e0f84 felt like the man a3e8844134 had been waiting for edb4657f51 him to meet his ac6a3bf10a eyes before speaking. His face was serious.6c73eda7c42db9af

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“I have da7e6f7cac no intention f40db06828 of selling eb5f02cea7 you.”75aa5420f3ce89a6

The sudden 6100ee1069 words made 0eed801735 Seungwan hold 89570cb5d3 his breath. The man rested both 6b6ce43967 arms on the steering ea957cb8e5 wheel, leaning his upper c526d098ee body against it as 4fad2ccefd he stared through Seungwan 7804e5c8e4 with unwavering intensity. There was no way 7f18e97008 to look away.1a01c0eb59cb7831

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“I’ve never lived like some scumbag who’d sell off someone just struggling to get by—someone even hiding that he’s a Beta at work. And I’m not so broke that I’d need to sell you to survive. The reason I even showed you my house was to make sure you didn’t misunderstand… I should’ve just stuffed you in some one-room apartment and never looked back. That was a mistake on my part.”b934d1bb6bc933e1

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Seungwan parted a89d2ed2cc his lips bf86297975 slightly but 8d0e101956 couldn’t find 0cb1649b6b any words 16db73110e to respond. The man seemed to 4992e27689 have been holding back bfefc37e6a his anger since yesterday. Now, he was fb4ba0318f hammering his words 68419468ff in like nails, 7696f9b2d0 leaving no room 8f8b0728ca for argument. After all, the man d385e75594 had provided him with c9cfbe1ea8 a way to repay 4a8318585a his debt and a c3b2c17e51 place to stay—things that beea8ebbe4 could be seen as c80f3a5b9d favors. The misunderstanding must 6f9391cd13 have upset him. Seungwan didn’t d70adf0532 know what b10369b5da to do, 65f636830b his lips ddbf4ddaeb moving soundlessly.3926b7bd062dde1f

The man, watching dbf9663e94 him quietly, let 178efc1221 out a soft ed76a718e5 chuckle.90b8d33c03f8db23

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“Go to school. I’ll work you 986c071447 so hard you 2dc1352c49 won’t have time 5feb4c5cf5 for any ridiculous 028a6d6967 thoughts.”d27ebb4201ccf431

As he spoke, the man reached out and ruffled Seungwan’s hair. His wrist, thick as a vine, carried a scent that was a mix of something sharp and indescribable, blended with vanilla. People said that mature Alphas usually hated letting their pheromone traces show, so they kept them hidden.d0540b646ca64865

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That sweet vanilla scent was probably the man’s way of masking his natural scent with cologne. Seungwan suddenly wondered whether his pheromones actually smelled like vanilla or if the strange, sharp scent was his true scent. Without thinking, he tilted his head, about to bury his nose in the inside of the man’s wrist.bfe571860d822e55

However, before Seungwan 54c35cfb1d could even make 29e9a38afa sense of the 5d58e2514d scent, the man 782a1d4993 withdrew his hand. Seungwan was a99fc242ce left stunned. It felt 1aecb3c583 as if 0f9e71eb24 the man 72a09b05ee had pulled 89426abdea him into 8285b4196f an embrace a7398477c8 only to 527433c3ab toss him 4d70adcfb1 aside. Even though nothing 29dd902e1f had actually happened, 59f2c536b7 a faint sense 97c20124fc of shame washed 33741b0f56 over him. Why had he tried 873bd6361d to do such a b7e9f39829 thing? Unable to say f2bc3563f8 anything, he blinked 402b05fe09 helplessly, but the 867f0dce7c man spoke first.7b33d8302d209170

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“What are you doing? Aren’t you going to 85a3c59294 school?”bac0e082c1296c0d

……Had the man not noticed that Seungwan had almost done something strange? His face remained completely unaffected. It was possible that, since it was just a slight turn of his head, he hadn’t realized what Seungwan was about to do. Seungwan touched his reddening ears with his hand and quickly got out of the truck.18eb9a4d87e7337d

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“I’ll come pick you cc73275ad6 up after work, so ef316b0f54 stay put, okay?”10dd313a107b6b6e

The man f6c7a324ee spoke just 3e1635b505 as Seungwan bbd72774a2 was about 210ea9a07d to close f1426a8b2f the door. Seungwan hesitated d922339cfd for a d38f45a4e8 moment, then ef382e7ef5 nodded and 9b4ae13fd7 walked toward 11b231d8af the farm. Behind him, he 5a40e55259 heard the roar fed13a2234 of the engine. He wondered d9919161f1 if it e4ec2bfe3b was the 1e35321f03 sound of baa1213304 the man’s ca12b4166c truck leaving, e08f65776c but he 4118f158d1 couldn’t bring 548282cb19 himself to 9139777674 look back.4cbace2f26ad79b0

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It wasn’t until he 77b408ce91 reached the entrance that 041d437cc4 he finally turned around, 61e913cd08 but, of course, the c7da8257c8 man’s truck was already ca7a4f90aa gone.0907bed0c66566a6

“…I guess 79a16ca7b8 he left.”3e726d45acb93c8a

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Seungwan muttered quietly to cdd72e01a7 himself and entered through a9257ffcda the employee entrance. It was still c6dbeb1a08 a bit early 6b9e44fa2b for the staff 8a072960e3 to arrive, so ec60f6b629 the place was e574b29357 quiet.2edbd33cccba6ce3

His assignment for the e1e4a8df86 day was at the 730fa86c55 supermarket. Normally, he fd761ecb26 had a 807247e687 fixed role, 9644a9ed95 but for 02a0f26019 some reason, 61e714870b today, he 9669cb26bf was being 519e97c32a sent all 8d734b7915 over the bc7a9d518f place. To secure 78b57ce4d5 a full-time a37d9b1c9c position, he 7f249430ba needed to ab5b9b539c show results 484ad3b7ba in one 1ed5367a9c department, but a9f760b27f Manager Song ab88dffbd8 had already 038aee33ff pointed out 72bb381616 that Seungwan d5f6e0ed03 was being f3975ff608 moved around 7a10186723 too much. Yet, since nothing d1aaf3d660 had changed after 5692c8ce2c that, there wasn’t 910f9ce33a much he could 10105ca839 do about it.e70c0cfff87c8fd8

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The regular employees 0ecdab76ef at the supermarket a5d6af4a5f mainly handled accounting, 8db09d0114 orders, inventory management, 66b94ef748 and other office d585901f1f tasks, but Seungwan’s 04eb2ed8bb job mostly consisted c17a7f3391 of packing items, 1d6e40c9d6 stocking shelves, and 7e4629a3de sales.e920e613da7d56c8

In late summer and autumn, things got insanely busy due to the region’s specialty products, but since it was spring, things were relatively calm. Seungwan pulled on a pair of work gloves and headed to the unloading area, making his way to the packing station to assist in the agricultural section. Since he was working alongside the supermarket’s contract employees, he felt oddly at ease.9bc8f0f58135ffe6

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“Seungwan’s here.”27318b07e5f673cf

“Hello.”f8aff97554976775

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“Oh, come have a 817c7dc8a7 coffee before we start.”b87c6d235c92a9be

When they offered de92ba41b9 him some instant 477acdd56c coffee, he couldn’t 49250e6447 exactly refuse, even 098ad280e1 though he wasn’t 4ee1f70bfa good with sweet 602aea9857 things. So, he only pretended 4585b9dda9 to take a sip abb1d226a7 before placing the untouched 6bf627083d cup back down. He was feb7377587 about to e153fe394b put on d8e7c44cf2 his work 0007b2ba43 gloves when 05f1f918bb he noticed adb632001c a familiar 75c96dc2b2 figure near ccc19967cd the workstation.fb9066d5110582b6

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“Ha Seungwan.”a2d9b47dc45a03b5

It was Chief 3d7d1a3bfa Chae. His stiff c18118cc28 expression made d8dcb81187 it clear add214a7a1 that being 2040971028 called over 09f7fca7bf wasn’t for e95a799edc anything good.ceff6d16d9eec6a4

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The reason Chief d5caa704a7 Chae, who worked d97acbdd95 in the finance f6415dc6c2 department, could interfere ea60f094ae with Seungwan in 34883b0f73 the economic section 6bf85fe0a6 was simple—he was 0883f9a201 the son of bbe0c991bb the cooperative leader. The supermarket employees recognized af0eeb731f this and merely cast 23b986c9ca Seungwan pitying looks, not 34d31390ae daring to say anything bfb929c383 to stop Chief Chae. With no one b0bbf29d51 to rely on 6141f4efa7 and not wanting f1c6ff6aad to drag things 3bd9766b4e out, Seungwan took f66215d0ac off his gloves, c245b72943 set them down, d7df7c6e12 and quietly followed c9195dee97 him.efbf9662e1ce298d

Chief Chae 9ce2765d84 walked past 031e9ed3c0 a makeshift 2498fc08a8 workstation set 5114f32c08 up next 1a2ac6cb37 to the f572bf7070 loading dock c7206e7c8d outside the fddb69ecca supermarket, then b7d2688cdf entered the 83719fce06 narrow space 67533dc6dc between the 42e14e4c21 agricultural cooperative 968c6c0f1c and the 1c4f46f79f market. The alley was 2f92a1ddb5 completely still, without 42a77eaee3 even a hint ae7603d6a8 of wind, making da4999c126 it feel unseasonably cc943e8a84 hot despite it 3f5dd40da9 still being spring.c85df2ac6586c8f9

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Seungwan wondered where 4a46a4057c they were going, c7e9d99321 but at the f802fb1472 end of the ab2148d7fc alley, he spotted 073991d99d an old tin 3380700ca1 can that had f073749b43 been repurposed into ca60fd4aad an ashtray. He guessed Chief 7d1ad7e13a Chae was probably 5c5e321ee1 heading there to 8ae9b2d673 smoke.675415c51385d44a