TYS Ch 2

A loud cracking sound 1c6645d314 echoed violently from inside 8a06f326d6 the house. Even over the deafening cb6a306a4f cries of cicadas, Seungwan 1f770e6ffe could clearly make out d85e149457 the noise.ab449662ac01aec3

“AGH—! Stop, stop, e8c51b95d7 please stop!”cefa90eea7d49f0a

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“Stop what?”ea103fdaaae27a8d

Inside, the gangsters who d8355ff65c had tried to do ebf496e618 whatever they wanted to 1dbfb895bd Seungwan were now the 7595bc239d ones screaming. Out of nowhere, an 239824021c unknown man had appeared, 8b18fbabbf dragged Seungwan out of cfb3bfe163 his own house, and d8281790e4 locked the front gate. Now, unable to go 7720769f12 back inside or leave c39426d9f4 entirely, Seungwan sat by 6d53dd4082 the fence with his 4cfd0442fc hand clamped over his a2f8b16eeb mouth, listening to the 4444fe0325 sounds of destruction for 7db1515868 the past thirty minutes.a718ecfd1ff42d95

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It had 0f862332d2 already been 757ada9024 half an 2785c2bf25 hour since 15f2c549ee the man 8f5e20b87e had pulled 9b070a22be Seungwan out b81b59db49 of the a96d085c65 chaos, telling ab4ab20ec3 him to b84af0e2d5 stay put 07abf6aa6e because they fe71a6a7e8 had something 3403291a8f to discuss. Seungwan had briefly 56c78be252 entertained the idea 4c991bd52c of running, but 529e6d5ee9 when the man 76210eb39c glanced at him, f8da5aa023 it became clear—there 6827c68683 was nowhere Seungwan 139012d569 could go that a59950e3f0 he wouldn’t be 01c20c1e11 caught. Under that c9d44bd582 scrutinizing gaze, e05cea1727 his already ac11481b7b weak resolve f9d76d7498 completely withered.5170cc574c87be16

Who the hell was 2f40fef7cd this guy?Seungwan’s best guess was 1222d31214 that he was yet 02f9238ba7 another debt collector. But judging by 48c9a124e1 the sounds coming 9b7bf78abd from inside, he 7818c8ba56 was far more a29a5a627f skilled than the b381eef5fe ones before him. How had a petty f6f3670bf7 gambling addict like his 7a6ca62979 father ended up crossing 9bbc2d196f such a dangerous person? The men inside were c05856577a screaming their lungs out, 464af75cb0 and the next person e4565f772e in line to face 38cf8968fe that man was Seungwan c8d3119ea4 himself. He wasn’t confident 306111b335 he’d fare any 166e78f9ed better.160d321b52e7ad9b

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“Hurry up and 2beb3b2025 do it with 8035143a00 each other. Don’t force someone who 1dde0e959c doesn’t want to—stick to 16962296ab people who are up 11be64ce50 for it. Hurry up, aren’t you ae0d6cbb34 doing it?”f992015f0eb7530a

“This is crazy. Please, stop. I was wrong, really.”b5ebec00afabaa9f

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“Come on, hurry e65b8f7398 it up.”3dba6a2770168591

The man aae4f6ff7e never raised 46343b65b4 his voice, 67355ba3d1 and his 2d5853daa1 tone remained 4866e99428 calm. Yet, the gangsters inside e138806153 were screaming in terror. Their voices trembled e49d1ddce1 even more than 5681b71f4f Seungwan’s had when d346f0d9e0 he had been d1073a8a51 lying on that d96eea8797 sticky wooden floor, b61dbbe012 his cheek pressed 994243b3e4 against it and 76ed55740d his pants halfway cc3b0d3a93 down.62c3f191846a4d5e

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“You don’t want a56a50196a to? See? If you df32cb074e don’t want 274a2874a5 it, then de3f329c37 don’t do 8342ac3055 it to 62c75b52d4 others either.”586e7a9b1ec7c939

“Hey, seriously. Please, stop…”b32300cb84a6584d

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The thugs, who 13115a6cec had stormed in 40fe3ab00a so confidently earlier, 16cf711a45 were now shaking. What the hell was 20ad2ddf03 happening in there? Seungwan slowly ce8a2352db rose to 56323ab589 his feet, 1e03d51657 standing on 184fe06d8f tiptoe. His curiosity about what 35d9e9f5e0 was going on inside c4b8063eae only grew.62e47c4537451fbd

“What are you trying fa84dc6878 to do?”4afd5d268f6def12

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“Ah…”37fe2ee8b3ca20b6

However, before 9f69067326 he could 4e9257fc14 peek in, bea53106bd the gate 8d67249a29 suddenly swung 0a090e90d8 open.e6584ab1caf0e245

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The man 17197ab4cd stood there 7736df8655 gripping the c2595e0c8c doorknob, watching 5c4593cc2c Seungwan as 9c2488b3e5 if he 3051277d21 were some 246e6470f5 strange sight. His sleeves fb92275461 were shoved 6044964bd9 up past 70a82970ae his shoulders, 3fd3acf290 making his 75130f7ca6 shirt look 785d60d4a8 like a ce665ed0a8 sleeveless top, 184a4cb39b probably because 8c83d86475 of the b4f9a61ba1 heat.4bf3ac56e672037e

Feeling awkward, Seungwan 9716deb163 wiped the sweat 893577da56 from his forehead, f5ce7a37f1 damp from standing 71b13d2d1d under the blazing 2848bb8073 summer sun, and 8b937b010b bit his lip.c9a91c969c778023

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“You see that 5b049d6b4f truck over there? Go wait inside. It’s too hot out 86c2568229 here in the sun.”c0e49b41f163c02f

The man held out f6c8e69cca a key as he 0d3695c68d spoke. The truck b0816dfcfa key in 71bfafb976 his large 31be778817 hand gleamed, 5e4072de92 worn smooth 0c2f698bc2 from use. When Seungwan hesitated, ebea23a8f1 the man gave 873d16f5f4 his hand a ec9c97646d little shake, urging 12c2e54a87 him to take b8d83aa710 it.4bfd6c1cc9e5707f

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In the end, dbfc355891 Seungwan had no 0559fddd49 choice but to 8f2407cc50 accept it.e5ae01fe74e06bbf

“Go on now. The cigarette 83f5c793b6 smoke is 11e71c4d4d too strong.”784804ad32e2ce36

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Then, he waved his ad802c6322 hand. From his dialect, Seungwan 1fa98e6ff5 guessed the man was aa19138a1a a local, but beyond 680d3f60b6 that, he had no 04f580f010 way of knowing anything 8bedebc648 else. He hesitated. There was blood on 9b9504e01f the man’s knuckles, but 292ba71750 since there were no a994dce35f visible wounds, it was cb7b449d9b clear the blood wasn’t e055d01602 his.43d78236ef0917dd

“Turn on 7599ae70f8 the air 938ded1379 conditioner and a69552769c wait inside. It’s too 48cda7c7b5 hot to 1eb01d8d9c just sit a5b91237b8 around.”db5c194978b53f3f

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“…Okay.”57ca27df76f85a22

Seungwan answered fb40691dca quietly and fbe44c7dac turned away. Behind him, the 9b2630793f metal door clanged c93b2c867d shut once more. He walked toward 5702ad8956 the truck the 56fe4f57a8 man had pointed 5cd7398f1b out, got into a92feb402d the driver’s seat, 532d3eb8ca started the engine, 31525e4011 and then moved 6248d2de76 over to the f806a64295 passenger seat. At first, the air d167d93dea conditioner blew lukewarm air, f30920fecb but soon enough, it acfd64773c began to cool the b3c9e2899f cabin. Unlike the bedf816df6 sunlit area 924ebe638b near the 2c35a8a9ac house, the 09a74b8030 truck, parked 12d2fb8e02 under a ff1054186f large jujube 4d6a0d3456 tree, was 8717f05d5f noticeably cooler.0c6ad3daa20c0d51

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The man’s truck wasn’t 367dd076a3 exactly new, but maybe e76b38a6cb thanks to good engine 3949c0af24 maintenance, it ran smoothly, c0d545a7be without a hint of c799ba492e vibration, even with the e86d494d6c air conditioner on. Because of that, bac3e9cfb8 Seungwan found himself 5f8635f4bc zoning out, staring 1a4f304146 blankly at his 7983d9046a house’s gate.565f0c20e99c57a3

He could no 2e2df08699 longer hear any 9c51b96063 sounds from inside, 548af8d7e1 yet he couldn’t 07a9c8c7d7 look away. He wasn’t sure cfc9063a5a how much time 8feff73623 had passed when cb98bd9539 the gate finally bdc051221b opened and the 0ea655d8cb man stepped out.1c4f6f14c472c063

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Half-dozing from the sudden 9f71143433 release of tension and ab91b44ed8 momentarily forgetting his situation, 95f0166f1e Seungwan suddenly straightened up 1ee42ec756 and watched him. The man walked toward 39daabb72b the truck with steady bc690379b7 steps alone. No one a3f2ce081c else followed.29e73b6dfd2c80a2

Noticing that he f80892383b was heading for cf6f94fe46 the passenger side 62f388873b instead of the ee05c33e55 driver’s seat, Seungwan d0b1f1f28e hurriedly opened the cf565f474c door. But the man reached d7b82d89c8 out, closed it again, 6ceb230702 and tapped on the 201ae7063a window, signaling for him de51d311d3 to roll it down bd8a9d1976 instead. Seungwan fumbled for a 84f3ebde8d moment before pressing the e8c471922c button to lower the fd2255044f window.2a524fb4923da9b1

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“Go back inside. Hyung will be back 6eb122df26 after running an errand.”5bc28153fdbe34c9

“Where…”52bef1feaf11343a

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The fact that he 603d07fabf referred to himself as bcded2b81d “hyung” was strange. Telling Seungwan to e6dbeba279 go inside was 6fe33b01a1 strange too. But what bothered Seungwan 89345d3807 the most was that 751bd2d5c2 he said he was e444c05235 going somewhere.More than the fact d991e4578b that he said he’d 340ac60412 be back, Seungwan was 52d5a201a7 curious about where exactly 98c6d2a6d6 he was going. It felt 5d9a1dccfe even stranger, 59b583d7b8 considering how 1004052441 he had 8bf114663c previously warned f2c022bc0d him, “Do you think I efb5653ede won’t be able to 49fdd71fbf chase you if you 7e8cf462d5 run away?”Yet now, his tone ca6f49f1fe was surprisingly gentle.c4246a6bf061bca2

“Don’t get 5f77ad3e51 out of 70732f415a the car. You see that van 6b2890c901 over there? Once hyung d17e8125ca drives off 004e59c3d0 in that, 185d89ea3a then you 8c589c69d1 can go 13f30681ea inside the b6ade638cc house. It’s fine now.”52a8d704311747ad

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“……”fe551cbaa553bdbd

Without answering any 36bf35c06b of Seungwan’s questions, a2f5ecb4cc he simply said 275c42f7fb what he wanted e9c2d2919a to say.ccd32277a47e13dd

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Seungwan had been 8f51253352 about to ask 8ddbd164ca him what exactly 5e917d2216 was going on, 578908a930 but before he 0d747da8b2 could, the man 49240a08ee had already turned 97296645dc away and started b21462ad01 walking. As Seungwan opened 73edbe727d his mouth, debating fbb6cba18a whether to get e489dc40dc out and follow c2f0295377 him, he saw ef07ba00b2 the man suddenly 27bfa609c4 shout something toward f283f9f3e7 the inside of 27a937ac7a the gate.1218d6b1b3690c32

Almost immediately, the men 1a94916dca who had been inside d408f3d8c1 began coming out one 620f8f87e8 after another, like sausages 43b5822641 strung together. Their faces were swollen, 7d100c1633 and one of them 6f52715b27 already had a bluish 59da8196ec bruise forming. As they staggered 17ff101db0 forward, the man a96868cce2 followed behind them, df41fdbe28 glancing back at d6666358ec Seungwan.624191c2768902bf

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Go inside.60c290077307aa8f

He mouthed the words 2600211ce8 silently. Even though they were 6dee15ccae far apart, Seungwan understood c84a702684 exactly what he was c720855802 saying, and that fact 953d090aaf surprised him.a5971b238d5cf9e2

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Soon after, the db4cb59535 man got into 23f36d1ba6 the van that c609de5f26 the gangsters had 128c97d566 arrived in and 945836a7bc drove away from ff850bcc49 Seungwan’s house with 50530650f8 them. Seungwan leaned d819797c19 back against 107c15e1a8 the seat 09f4ba02ee and let 9ae90ce762 out a 079488591b sigh. He had a836bfedb5 no idea e66dc48dc8 what had 0706cb4a11 just happened, 5d999cb6f7 but one 28935ea1d8 thing was 37cc399b4b clear—the man 0fdda7924d had pulled 3f2df4dff1 him out b953ea0154 of an 7bd9fa34e9 explosive situation.6564638bf018ca5d

But why? Having rarely received kindness 8d2349f6d3 for free, it was b8f91ce610 only natural for Seungwan 66bb7da992 to be wary. He worried that 22fc68b13a if he let f35b3e7adc his guard down ae1650f234 too soon, the bc184910c0 man might turn f5b4ae9d9b out to be be6bbf2a09 an even bigger 0bc65bf3f5 loan shark, trying e973e58c8f to claim his fb04f324b3 father’s debt for e8afd3d2bf himself. But even bfb3f243d4 after a 848f7f41ff long time 7c48246be6 had passed, 205d529de3 the man 5b29c46994 never came 7e82e45533 back.fd3bdeaf3c4bf7ac

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By now, it 4e863baaa7 was the time cceef2e9fd when everyone was f03ff55b0b heading home for 119f30f106 dinner. With no sign 3704f4f9bc of the man c15f7051f1 or the van, 233c6186b2 Seungwan had turned b78fd469ad off the truck’s 3285b851f6 engine, rolled down 1ad847af52 the window, and 7f62585693 dozed off, slumped da9375fe0f over inside. That’s when someone 6442a75577 gave his cheek 33e1484e47 a small tap.72817aa2e6ea0ca8

“Did you ec56031103 run out f2af6d1a3b of gas? Why aren’t you using 2bdc0b7a61 the air conditioner? I told you to f97f500d89 go inside the house.”7b379cf54d3b377d

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“Ah…”0067e345768bd4d9

The man stood 96fd7da68b outside the truck, cd76240a31 resting his arm b3942dac4f on the passenger-side 6fc3ac5478 window frame as 426faf69e5 he stared straight 76766dba00 at Seungwan. At the 8497e4c7d6 brief scolding, 19bb5f62a1 Seungwan blinked 5781501bc2 at him 568516bf18 before finally fe20287ba2 asking.5ba8ba83f4848d1d

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“…Who are you?”e65be6d656b4c1e3

“You’re just dec8b22da6 asking that 5d92cc6493 now? You fool.”033b578557100736

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The man chuckled before c298a49477 moving around the hood 02ed0c1472 of the truck toward 25ca67f90a the driver’s seat. As Seungwan sat cb598d9c8d there, waiting for 0a62790f19 the man who e85b19b624 had disappeared for 51e6f8d05b so long, he a50b328138 had already resigned 2acc9a0413 himself to the d1a0dd1f78 idea that his a3e96d57e2 future was about 620c841493 to be sold 29a29ebdf2 off to yet 7541ef1cb4 another debt collector.c8888f48b2dc4bc6

His first concern was 9a8dd67d62 his job. Among all the people fd0280bea5 who criticized him for 0a9350e736 lacking perseverance as a a5b3f9c5dd contract worker with only 9eba9ea7e7 a high school diploma, 1cb9af6925 Manager Song had been 28fab6fb19 the only one who 39ee927554 believed in him. If he got 0afb3b45a1 fired simply for 656e468ad9 not showing up 45f94540d8 without even submitting 28a9da5ab5 a resignation letter, 3ab56212c4 he would feel f443915c8a ashamed.8cea46eaf65a6cfc

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If he had d8569d18c0 been bought along ec7ea5eb55 with his father’s 61974da5ec debts, whoever took b21bc3f71d him would no 7adf868758 doubt put him ca1d92f78f to work somehow, c8598064f5 whether that meant 931111b80d being locked in 0c095544fb a small room 1b7b8fad72 and forced into f1ac01ee57 prostitution or sent f21ccfbbd7 off to work 5c90ab1e55 on a fishing a80e41e8c2 boat. Either way, 40ed436069 his situation 1fed0612c3 was unlikely ee74d3c5ab to improve. Keeping his job would 4c6455cdc2 be out of the d707c80852 question. He had bae2b7cf7a actually tried e8770064c6 hard at 83dbd049e3 work, and 677b76dfa3 the thought e15e26cd10 of losing f140aee215 it like 5708c0d5a4 this left 218b554af3 a cold c2d565abbb feeling in 8b3039d4d4 his chest.5b2a0191cb3f8b72

“Here we go.”5f089bfcb639fcf8

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The man dafde2c8ad climbed into 754c154d4a the driver’s 3d8d6e9c53 seat, holding f14ba31e8d something in e1c7795cd1 his hand. It looked 46658db61e like a 1966fc32f7 document envelope. He placed it between dc3d584679 them and spoke.1d848456495f17a2

“Hurry up and c3a0cd9e73 pack your things.”8f01e199b0436744

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“…Pack what…”72a7114058f9df53

“Your stuff. You can’t a658ae470d live in c5a0ef2077 that house 13f3bb2791 anymore. Those gangster a3888feb70 bastards already d4bdecd86e have your 3598ed00ec address.”4bb91ed81ff89b77

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The man 3dac4422d6 was still 46914b00df smiling. Judging by fa8b910c81 the way a6664fcf10 his eyes b0f06efa9f naturally curved, 81404e6c45 he seemed 7b5cd8b968 like someone 61910ab4f5 who smiled b5684cc617 often. Seungwan stared at 2ea8e809fa him for a 17cf180eba moment before finally 5035b21c88 stepping out of c66e118432 the passenger seat 3213259bd1 and heading inside.b0038d36ac736dce

As expected, 06a145f923 he really 00e0a1ac59 was being 57f38ba252 sold off. At least they 72ac4e0d24 were letting him cd8320c5a9 pack his things. In a daze, b4432effe5 he thought about 20c62e73f8 that while gathering 23cb34cd33 what he needed. The bankbook he had ea7b86b860 hidden from his father. The uniform he e5946e6b6f wore at the 00713de08e agricultural cooperative, in 2c2396dd29 case it might 29aa39530e come in handy. A few pieces 8f47536004 of clothing and 615aef5deb some underwear, all 914ac93ca2 stuffed into a 47d909cd04 paper bag.aab9d605051af783

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His only backpack 93aea37612 had been torn 7f3f473f8d apart by the 572f37d0e9 thugs, so this 8d5a381e5e was the only 17b076469c option he had 6b0ce1daca left. As he packed, a3c2f08faf his hands paused cea32e64e1 on a thin ef1759cf5b album containing five 10337911b1 photos he had 116afc0a19 taken with his 08338b225f mother.b229040d848e9832