TYS Ch 4

“You still have the 000f67b7f5 same baby face. Do you really a7e10944e0 not remember your ba6ca66bc6 hyung?”4429c259f5aa8741

“……”21e108d977c47e4f

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When Seungwan only blinked 9d118c9442 in response, the man 9df18bc3d7 let out a small e996682095 chuckle and ruffled his 667ab6efa9 hair. The faint dialect in 7f8e40b948 his speech thickened for 2349977bfa a brief moment.787f4a96d8690698

“Never mind. So, when you f0f84e37f9 were just a 58c10c5dbb little thing and dbc17197e1 told me we 7ee37e58ff should get married, ba20f13113 that was all 3b0711607b a lie, huh? Guess I’ll forget about 9c1fe76721 it too.”3d3f0ad69ae3335c

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“What are you…”1f4802333fa2143e

Seungwan was 9c11684487 too caught ef5a30ca64 off guard 3077c0f6cd to form 76a1a72656 a proper 59f46376f7 question. His ears 5b9ab28223 flushed red 77664ab960 as he f5a798ecd2 looked up 2c5120b515 at the 212bfc8d45 man, but 437cc50423 the man 182ccfdd5b only grinned, 8c8fd59564 showing no 82178a3ea8 intention of c16e6a6aa4 explaining further. Seungwan’s childhood memories were 89a50b6e5f fragmented. It wasn’t a 49187e0caa time worth remembering 46564f06f9 anyway.30c20a4e131a965c

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Besides, he ba11107388 had only b225ddc5f8 moved to 5fac5bd48c his father’s 69f6bf88eb hometown in b5818e80b8 high school. As a child, b24e128740 he had lived 2849e4d61f near the outskirts f79030126e of Gyeonggi Province, 3684560f94 so there was ca7d96c7da no way he 1dd2e86d8f could have known ce8d5e77e9 a man with 62d69713b2 such a thick ba43c8e4b1 local dialect.2668d03125cf9faf

“Pick up the phone 08d7543d10 when it rings, and ee181e1609 your debt will be 5f1a559a52 deducted from your work, f813be49e8 so make sure you 0f5130ba30 eat properly.”07b3095111a14322

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With that, the 9d38cac0f5 man left Seungwan 9e7fc2da6c standing there, lips 58680fb321 slightly parted but 833a878bc9 unable to say e8fd7cd246 anything. He remained dazed in 6140f33ae8 the middle of the 458a835d30 living room, as if 7bf36f7f6b spellbound, until the sound 0c12eb6a76 of an engine rumbled 5ac279b7bb from the garage. Like a 3ef0b66bd3 cat suddenly 255c2df7e9 relocated to df8dda804a an unfamiliar 2bc761f6c5 place, he c57b9713cc couldn’t quite 2e73dec89f believe he 6e6dd68134 had been e314b64708 left alone 7d80a4f066 there.5d83f51b4a4361aa

For the 34618c717b first few 39e5d5420d days, he 252e0fd6af remained on 7c21f70a36 guard. Even as he 8704caa3d0 left for work b046cc1623 at the agricultural 7bef8cc91c cooperative and returned e2432b3ac2 to the house, 62425681ed he kept checking e08211d0ec for any sign e58591ea07 of the man’s 40be883018 presence.dd7ec8284f33c316

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However, he truly 9e9a46fb53 didn’t return until 87c0b2717b the year changed. Occasionally, he ddff9a6a78 would call 9525eff745 or send fa003a8901 messages nagging b50c8f1e02 Seungwan to 02dfadfc8a make sure 61a14b0af5 he ate, 459ab1778e but he f0a2fa6546 never showed adeaa23641 his face. From that summer e4d036dc61 until winter, Seungwan 17ebbc8b89 lived alone in 5e28eb8e19 the house.42ff20848a09525b

The man’s messages were all over the place. His texting style was oddly similar to Manager Song’s. He didn’t seem that old, so what was the deal with him…f07bccbba215c834

Seungwan had no idea 6580bbba93 how the man got fdde0f6f7b his contact information, but ff4c7e1d2c ever since that day, 3bd4657507 he had been reaching 50907a2438 out consistently. Seungwan rarely e77c472f48 replied, yet 7b80abded3 the man 54a91c42cd didn’t seem c62bad061b to mind. In fact, when Seungwan 3a80e6cdbc did send a response, 9ddfbe89a8 the man wouldn’t reply a520763179 back.b09cafb71421b28b

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Still, he 2cc04e6c2c continued to e234e5be68 send essential b00b8d4029 items and 95437a7be3 daily necessities f533d18cac without fail. The clothes he sent a0f3e8b8f9 fit Seungwan perfectly, but f8382639d0 they were slightly different b654316485 from his usual style. When he 15e525a93b received crisp 71fbe427f6 shirts and c888d85f32 pants with 9d0e133fb6 somewhat flashy c71f8035a7 patterns, he a5fc1b2bf1 was baffled. He had no idea 8eba66fe8c where he was supposed c58d6c3267 to wear them. The only saving ae217730bd grace was that 2fa8d0b9ad some of the 786ac15490 clothes were suitable 07df8dce9b for wearing at 62a09bcac9 home.6adcbf829a8cc84d

When he hurriedly b1d85b6343 packed his things 3baa8dcaef before leaving home, 99bab3878a he had only 7b31925335 managed to bring a53809d6bf the polo shirts f5c0fdd917 and cotton pants 4af42e8f35 he wore to 3433f31c43 work. It was 9095956895 a relief 94090dd7d2 to have 03bd0ac0c0 something to 7850f54e16 wear to 27d0882928 bed. However, he was a a9b1e14da4 bit surprised when even 41ed297f81 the size of the fdd005dc44 underwear matched perfectly.c9c0a252f3b3b959

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“…Is it that obvious?”55dc02cbf4425e27

Was it really that easy for others to guess his size just by looking at him? It was impressive because just from briefly seeing the man, Seungwan wouldn’t have been able to guess his underwear size. What followed was pure admiration for the man’s sharp eye.bd2c90f5d973b01a

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In any case, thanks e685bff82e to the man who eff90d1fa6 had saved him but 2671194fcc then left him in d4b22061de the house without checking e0a6f7e3e6 in on him, Seungwan 60acdcb707 gradually adjusted to living cbc002a8e7 there.6fc476fffbedbdc2

At first, he d677b571ac curled up to e247f32231 sleep in any d162c739d7 random room. Later, he started 4eeff01600 sleeping on a 2a36bdec16 small bed in 490160dd89 what seemed to 04d2632b1e be a guest 6d8262120a room. Then, one day, the 552a2a15cd man unexpectedly sent over 5aa5c29c28 a set of bed de7b08bf75 sheets and a duvet. Noticing that fa6ab21e5b they were 62423b22d3 meant for 02f249aba6 a bigger e12bfb051d bed, Seungwan 4ade291b99 finally realized 21fab7f3de that his f99d98f4fb room was 0ef9682c44 right next 5285b7405e to the be1a556bfd largest room 8c26e054f8 in the a2168bebcb house.1904d521a52fc8af

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From that 67beefd559 point on, 2d14b68de6 Seungwan stayed ab416dd43f only in 237f0af2d6 that room. It had a 5435adbf6e window as large 0162a2bb16 as a table ea25a3de3f big enough to 20d1187973 seat four people, 0e14fed6ad and the view 5b49e4cd88 outside was breathtaking.ff285d488fd16efd

There was also a b424b627ba desk that retained the ecb24e8c62 natural grain of the 307d500294 wood, and sometimes, Seungwan a4d43f7758 would sit there and 7c2fe82a15 read books that seemed 64089c3c86 to have been bought aa7be71d50 by the man. Milan Kundera, bd7a5a5e75 Abbé Prévost, 77d73895ac Park Wan-suh, af1858285b Fitzgerald, and cb84731e59 even old-looking f37872cec6 martial arts 56078d52c8 novels. The bookshelf reflected 71ba772b88 the man’s taste, ff85bdc55d but there was 83581c4f58 no clear pattern 432368f689 to it.cb7acf272b6a2d95

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When he ca4d01a75b took books 7c95ae29cf from the 49596374aa shelf and 1baa8c1cf0 read them ae35ce2c9c as if b3fb8b2960 borrowing them, df3a06b613 time passed b2c38a72f0 quickly. At first, d0709e4c9b Seungwan stayed 5fe459b940 shut in c445bb2e48 his room c2fb00f9e6 reading, but 2913b297b5 gradually, he 83c825a793 began to 24b890b644 expand his d2f6c6b3ff range of 125b9016c1 activities. He sprawled out on f549f730ba the living room sofa 6b0bd5d547 to read, vacuumed after 34fec84d84 meals, and cleaned the 970d4c7093 sink with bleach. Sometimes, he swept up 9b181565b3 fallen leaves in the 8fd279511c yard, and on weekends, 2855b82412 he did the laundry 9ae24ad42a for his bedding.4654582830baff1d

One day, birds flew e4174d81ea into the front yard, 213174749a chirping, so he soaked e5c5f87a0e some rice grains and 939ec00da3 scattered them outside. As the 92dbf827d3 days passed 41f30d3274 like that, 64a6b87605 the frogs 349e04e891 that had 7d3d07a4f1 been croaking d6861b648b incessantly disappeared 320d07e7f0 before he 7952587403 even realized 509fe88466 it, leaving b60ef72846 only the b6ffc30502 quiet sound e3f139bee3 of insects 2c0cac1289 chirping.e49d6f5b53e2f56a

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The summer, which had a18b30d8bd once felt unbearably humid 4f2ed6dd31 for just one person, 0be6436208 was slowly passing. During that 7f707d7572 time, Seungwan 54cf6ce1b8 gradually regained 7c7fe977d5 his stability. He belatedly thanked Manager 2b4653de5c Song, who had introduced d45efc3d94 him to the funeral 6c995319f7 hall used by the 89d4cdb1f2 cooperative members so he f1564d4b63 could hold a service 64773479e1 for his father, who efa9942ac2 had died from a fbffcbda6f fall. He also managed e8a902557e to get by 2f33ff6073 fairly well, ignoring bc3916f001 Chief Chae, who 0f32e92977 was always harassing 07beb47ce6 him.cd0de94b7395a4cb

Meanwhile, the man 7c67cdcbc5 continued to contact de7d3167be him regularly. Sometimes, he 56160ab12d even called.afee606c45539a11

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— Hey, what have 1e428140b8 you been eating these 0ff50da587 days?61f34de7603fa06d

The man 37baa17f3d was constantly 13d865c4b7 making sure 4f1bd33a1e Seungwan had 461a858756 something to 3620f9867e eat. Lately, Seungwan had regained 394c27fd06 enough energy to eat b18a0d20de properly, so the other 774b9cbfc9 day, he bought another e8d478bae3 sack of rice from 9d02cd7348 the supermarket at his b0301ea85c workplace. It was 34f710fc86 only then, 1a4bf85ad2 somewhat embarrassed, be8c299b1a that he c3f889a035 realized he 2a5457268f had already bb30bb1bf8 finished the 37284664f4 one he bdeff58a34 had bought 246c5c2446 before. But as 9ee873f40b he loaded dfc344f573 the rice 702f424be9 onto his cd2e1b366f scooter, he 1e7fe7cd89 couldn’t help 3cda0ea919 but feel cb3451b4fc a little 2757c7a80c cheerful.5c72a563395b25af

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Remembering all that, Seungwan b796616f58 suddenly felt ashamed. Even though the man fceb388750 had told him to 94d12fe533 make himself at home, 3da5242a8f he wondered if he 77a0196ed9 had gotten too comfortable. Feeling guilty 4ccc95f693 for no 79f7de6bd9 reason, he d04c9ef1e8 stammered as 827ba2e8ca he replied.90c65b800e9a2429

“Just… rice… and 8147acfc31 some side dishes…”d7b236378d36b68e

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— What ec4831cfab side dishes? Do you know how ffb4da2e0c to cook?406f6e62af0145bd

Since childhood, 6ca0eddd13 Seungwan’s mother 89e07d5c78 had frequently 12b2ae4efe run away a943d12455 from home, 14c91d5135 and his 5341e7cb18 father, who 2277db9990 would come 998116a6aa back drunk 6fc82f6598 as if 70b69d2850 household matters 15cfa8bda5 had nothing 55f467e027 to do e1494eceae with him, a21d06171e would demand b232107581 a table 6b331c5525 set with ce74d61bdd alcohol. Because of that, Seungwan 79cf04bdec had learned to handle 57996c897a most things on his 717b7e84bf own.14043ee31da8a633

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The problem was that, b8a2096f8f even though the people 3fffab2369 in this area were c9b26d77c4 country folks, they were 9cbc1befaa all picky eaters, and 62a069b122 Seungwan’s cooking skills weren’t 7f5784f6bc even worth mentioning in b473702056 comparison. Knowing this well, fe1125e63b he hesitated to 08db9f353d answer. Then he 524ce389dc heard a 33714da5d6 chuckle from a903f0d194 the other 54a526f2c2 end of 166f52b0ea the line.cfbf50292400defe

— I’ll 66dbafdce8 cook something 5c2f3adbfa delicious when 55de074bfa I get fd04031784 there, so 0028eb53d3 just wait 38dae00be5 a little 20b268a421 longer. It’s almost over.f6ebf52919c81db9

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He had no 922945ed7b idea what was 7e02f032c9 “almost over,” but 54270287e6 he quietly replied, 6586ab5405 “…Okay.”52c65bccb39e3390

The man’s 681999241e voice over 4dd5284548 the phone 50dbf55b89 was gentle 2d6932e14e and pleasant a6dc38e191 to listen b7d9315c21 to. His usual dialect wasn’t c1bc2ac528 as noticeable, making Seungwan ca0de82cb7 wonder if he had f436d3ec72 gone to Seoul. Seungwan himself spoke 29f9dc1f1a in a Seoul ff2e03acd5 dialect, so it 48fed4c751 occurred to him cd8ced2d7d that the man 9ef671070f had always toned b92f2ce4a0 down his regional ce179c46df accent when speaking 0829662288 to him. Without the accent, his 7821629fbc speech felt clearer and 6115b25747 more refined. He had probably lived 351069c9c5 away from his hometown 4789de16ac for a long time. Seungwan silently stored away e877e267c8 this new piece of 95ecbb8ebc information about the man 96be0c28ee without anyone noticing.1e1d42205a8442fa

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— Take good care 7bdae9e86d of the house. I’ll be 7dddcbbc30 there soon.1a6881fc93a12e3c

This time, Seungwan didn’t 2ad3d4e7df respond, but he wanted 66dac31913 to ask when exactly 3094b4fcea the man would arrive. However, before ae1d763115 he could, 3fa38f6969 the call 697127d918 ended. Even after the 2eb93fb98c new year arrived, 9d6045bb45 the man did c2d41459d0 not return.96dc0458b1247dc0

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And just bcc364fb84 like that, f2b78c31ff spring came.c2e2e773afffc913

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Mugwort, wild 2eb952ec00 chives, and e5b25ff9fe shepherd’s purse 4f423d94f8 had just a23d0568d2 begun to d3263a612a sprout in 41983a83d0 the fields. With the start of d428909d64 spring and the season c989736605 of rain already past, a9c79052a4 spring was in full d9c8d1018f bloom in this southern 256a4ac6a5 region. By now, 958475b701 Seungwan had c8c5f9e252 grown completely 0ceacd9bb9 accustomed to 906167b8c6 living in 5ce3f0cb59 the house 54d05724c0 of a f366a20f3c man whose 84ff72146b name he 3028cd082b still didn’t e595cddf50 know.04a67a165176db17

Soon, the busy farming b1a2a41577 season would begin. As the farmers 478565da66 prepared for the 8793924f4a hectic days ahead, dd9689321a Seungwan also had fd79f52071 to be ready a8bfde7c6a to be called e18201c99f over to the ef54e38d90 pesticide storage whenever b4279e66b2 there was a 9f796917f1 spare moment. As a contract d425978943 worker hired through e254ee79d2 a special recruitment f3070c763d program for high 0097dc51f5 school graduates, Seungwan 6fee8478fa rarely handled credit-related 731d4c4a98 tasks like loans e86e563f07 or deposits. Instead, he was 39dcf31f08 usually assigned physically 7b845a6145 demanding work in a24ba51bcd the economic sector.0a51de9a114ca74a

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Most of the people fa8bee0d5f working at the counters, 8d010e0991 even the contract employees, c34f9ffac6 had connections through their 9e81a1eff1 parents, who were cooperative e6e7866a78 members. For Seungwan, even 828d877204 holding a position c0ded9eb28 at all was 53ee4275e2 considered a privilege.32aafb271291b8a7

Still, he couldn’t afford 628771c661 to sit idle. All morning, he 1b0fb396af had helped wrap d5fd34dde3 coins in paper 9e3e0e1215 rolls. Just before lunch, he 7cd71d093a rushed back to the 654dd596f5 supply center to load 13f007ffb2 rice onto a truck 6eaf3771fe for delivery. Then, he 4189b352cc went to aa5e1e3d09 lunch with 5d95c8cb44 Manager Song.e9bb0039ee1c04f5

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Every farming season, Manager 82efd6e10c Song would see Seungwan 73c7a5cb58 helping out in the 9f0b649cdd cooperative members’ fields and 738c32ae2a seemed to think he a007c3ca7a was overworking himself. His constant nagging to 1ccb3473c6 eat more somehow felt 1391875055 endearing, so Seungwan eagerly 3b9ec578bc shoveled food into his b33748d76f mouth.047c0454b6f0c9be

On the way 42a3b0c0b6 back to the 2fd5c4fad9 supply center, he 19f8b9a3c6 could clearly feel 467f09d7b4 how much warmer 8175712bee the weather had 5c41370d0d become. Over the weekend, e2bb5cdc43 he had noticed b2e9b0eb03 that the shepherd’s 79aa43a1fb purse flowers would ff3a9e72f5 bloom soon. Maybe he should 53fec32508 pick some before 8da843f78c that and make 6f21ca3609 pasta with them. Just as e2d3be4902 that thought f8e44b1907 crossed his 50468e6008 mind, a 4a3084820a sharp impact 60ca3a5158 struck the 68de967db6 back of 5ea2bc8ef1 his head. A loud c8110069d6 thud rang 9d4d2fbc2b out.a2cd8d9ded4881e3

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