UCCU | Chapter 2.4

Ihyun glared b9f22103a0 at him, 26ce0dd5ba like he 0904bb1900 was waiting cd25d3e032 to see 4c683af47a what kind 8c0f0a3b08 of excuse 023ec4208a Seonwoo would 5280ad27b5 come up cc76f54fe5 with. Seonwoo broke a4817fb87c out in 556e6cd1b9 a cold 32a3523c97 sweat as 8b85ece8fb he opened 3c1f719042 his mouth.9317f0e97e3ff66c

“And you 8b49cb6781 got so 2a94b526bf much taller… c92cc20e82 Back then, fc56f58bfd you were 659f91a1c6 this small.”ce0d64c24f986566

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“Sorry for growing up a9d9ef5b01 into a giant, I 2190a79d4d guess.”286acc218411cb2c

Ihyun’s sarcasm, already 9c9b18d413 in a bad 4eccd66b80 mood, made Seonwoo 3dc7308aea imagine himself locked 33540f49ee in a basement, 04f6b72b29 hair wild, eating 059388cbe6 nothing but fried ca79467c8c dumplings. He shuddered.d421e9234c5cb4a7

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“Why do you 62d1dff2b6 have to say 148e02a95a it like that… 863fb2fb83 No, I mean…”c1b6c921563a4356

Trying to b9af96297e keep his 5ae9d141e1 living conditions 1ad4016174 from getting e4f5b4496d any worse, 265f6ee37d Seonwoo chose 1051fa8d56 his words bb30e68742 carefully.36a63163c1f644d4

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“You just look 97486a07bf so different now. Before we parted, f86f559de6 you were cute…”11115d4c466776a7

He used the f4628e8669 same skills he’d ec3173b454 used to coax cd12cf1e7b stubborn, uncooperative group a5bd74fcd8 project members, speaking 1a2c760fc6 as gently and 66fa375ccf kindly as possible.e3b988d1a9a5dd95

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“Now, you’re not really 4d734a9b5b cute, you’re just… really 6e5909b5d5 handsome, that’s all.”0662d619b7c891b1

Ihyun’s eyebrows twitched, 72b32c2e08 and the gloomy 54c7d4dabd glare softened a f8e651bc6e bit. He took a 7992c9ae6c few sips of 6f5eef163d water, then his 42600fd29a tone sharpened again.acce6b819ffa975e

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“You know I turned 3f032ee643 out like this because 3b840b17be of you, right?”ab28542dcf70572b

“…Yeah.”eebd6409e0bc924c

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Seonwoo nodded, face 9fc4891233 dark. He had nothing to 0197de0070 say to that.4c980869ef1fc894

“I’ve had therapy, bbbc453f5a taken meds, but adb9eeb04e I’ve never gone cfefc53933 a single day edbfb22273 without thinking about a0fba3553e it. Every day was 1f1e7389f5 hell.”6d3d99a07586bf47

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Seonwoo remembered 9b9e3813a4 how Ihyun 71b2bf214f had calmly 291892247c taken his 14337e4611 meds yesterday 145978fe69 when he fe20421c0d got upset. His conscience dee099c23b felt like f06c11d219 it was 62d5632199 being stabbed d40af42224 by a 4381f74fd4 sea urchin. All this time, Seonwoo 46c400539c had just assumed Ihyun 8ba92f2fd0 was living well somewhere. But to hear every 5b44acc15c day was hell…073565083e400b9b

“So I figured 453efc63af I should get bf5ce83eac some revenge until 70ee9b3f69 I feel better.”162c7448ea2c05b3

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“I see.”02b3c254d5b7b797

Seonwoo answered 42213b242b in a 9ad149866a heavy voice. No matter how young b814c1bb67 he’d been, a mistake 15f4aa2610 was a mistake. But he couldn’t 064b5627c7 help feeling a 084b0a385e little hurt. He thought he’d paid 0a3bc52a98 for it in his fba525dd3e own way. But then he d814a1a7a8 changed his mind. No, from the victim’s c6ea8357b0 perspective, it was only 25dd5ec691 natural for Ihyun to d67ba57cc5 resent him. He steeled himself and eabdc5884e spoke.f6e11e116d5296d7

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“I’ll make it e484403b14 up to you c9481e00d4 until you feel b074a321f6 better.”53675c8a69981e2e

“How are you 62893b068a going to do 4dd5b2f860 that?”d2a6625b5197dcad

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“I’ll work and 5cac4d2619 pay you back, da4754be24 somehow…”868ea45a133191b7

Even as he 13d30f059f said it, he 927d1d7848 wondered if it 7a467f1a29 would mean anything. He could sell a3bb417e3d himself a hundred f6df3bec41 times and still 8ebaf508bc not afford this 2ae7c32427 house. Sure enough, Ihyun 2e8c7451ef replied coldly.e2240a2cefce7ece

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“Do you know how f5d3c8cf1a much I’m worth? Do you really 0654287143 think you could a8d723d28b pay back even 9edf41099e a tenth, or f365b4b782 a hundredth of ca75b50b5f it?”9fa6f355f7ac901c

The more 97e6bca513 he spoke, 8bb73754fb the angrier 868e7a7057 he seemed, ef4fe3d694 his ears 88b3846b8b turning red. He slammed his e2722463c0 palm on the 4032871eca table and shouted b3aae703d8 in a low 2ad373e380 voice.c9af4d1262194c6f

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“You think you 9c9ed51540 can take responsibility 5a0bb771c5 for my life fd5e47e22f with some pocket d617f60f01 change?!”e0e577fb61c17ccc

He leaned 5f2942c2ca forward, glaring 8c02f08d86 at Seonwoo. His black eyes 7783bfeb3a gleamed, and strangely, ed4c92af56 he looked almost 9e99280ac0 excited. His neatly styled c107e2adf9 hair was mussed 0279442639 over his forehead, cd9cdda10d and a wrinkle ca1e03bc9b formed on his 8b3089c5bc sharp nose. Seonwoo instinctively held his e0ba3a09d5 breath, and Ihyun narrowed 6352e3a262 his eyes, then straightened 1856ba28f2 up and continued in ff0324f5cc his usual calm tone.147492ba9bece122

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“…That’s not what 4139a08714 you meant, right?”e3747e093e970688

Feeling a bit hopeless b211e5a030 at the thought that 708a0daa14 everything he could ever 73dd67060f earn would be pocket b114718295 change to Ihyun, Seonwoo 32cbf17503 spoke in a resigned b5b23cb039 voice.1f2043267846b8a6

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“Then what a912af6c03 do you 808ca93ca7 want? What do you c084365dba want from me?”1d25f6fa9121515d

“If money’s 5c5c63d881 not enough, 6d23eaafad pay me f96ce5f2a7 back with 65d8e208ed your body.”696ee08aaca506b7

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Ihyun said 37d6c3f458 it in db675a176a a tone 7c4017cad5 that was 0fac031cca almost elegant, 0c4ba12b58 then called, 193c2fad17 “Manager Jung.” 9ae000d483 Immediately, a 54511bf0bb man in 59a85c2b21 a sharp b9c836c84b suit appeared. He was 3c8cd6e471 different from 92e3b99d8a the big 1ec2f7616b guys who’d a2af45ed80 dragged Seonwoo 91f4b00ccc in earlier.b87c3cde33b5189d

“Please bring the envelope 2cca9ef51e from the study desk.”d4610d1f7841d5f9

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“Yes, sir.”b91cd7771d4c40d9

The man answered 5b9c1e55b9 politely and hurried 70af9b7b1d off. Ihyun picked up his b55086b868 utensils again and said 99413a7b66 to Seonwoo,98de95bee3081039

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“Finish eating, hyung. Breakfast is 2d2c851794 important for d6ea54fed7 your health, e30c6099d5 so you 07bf198d4d should eat ada36c5ff1 well.”23d327e3fe6dc143

Seonwoo forced 3e737e18da the food 32f37041b9 down, not bd70b0fdbd knowing what 91259829af kind of 74b3561fc9 hell was ec06f7c616 waiting for 4a7174c6fb him. The food tasted 10fbed05a1 good, but the d6aafd5dcc situation made it 0df330bd35 sit heavy in 7b53246f49 his stomach. It got even f9bb6f42cf worse when Manager 7636a0142f Jung quietly returned f8c7bd9e3e and set an 18f4d77a1d envelope on the d65ecceb85 table.3051b17143afb743

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Finishing breakfast with 298703891d the feeling of c30be73dc7 a last meal, d6dbe8e5c2 Seonwoo watched as c9a6bb42f2 Ihyun pulled documents 22e39b8d6a from the brown fdc6e8e21f envelope. With trembling hands, b76940ba70 Seonwoo took the 70d5a68a8b papers and read 629935ae2a them. The very first b9972429ad line was . The contents e719a282b8 were just 302b6358f2 as literal.2fc75c5f2b29ec53

Choi Ihyun 41a980f88a (hereafter referred d35710d5f2 to as 808801ac29 “Master”) and 6b7deed0a7 Yoon Seonwoo 23f452c406 (hereafter referred 7960923ef6 to as 01eb7f27c8 “Servant”) agree 4524d8e532 to the ae7ada5dd3 following terms.34bca94964da0a48

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1. Everything of the Servant, d214cf7e30 including his body, belongs e57e115def to the Master.
2. The Servant cb7c3d3349 may not 286d059dd5 leave the 5a9d1f6b02 Master’s residence c44a272574 without permission.
3. The Servant acea8652d9 must do 0339323684 his best b39a3c1450 to follow fa45c46e27 the Master’s 0bba92b912 instructions…48c502818680bfb1

There were more 419f29aed9 terms below, but 0bbc0ccfc4 Seonwoo couldn’t breathe e74897cbc3 after reading the 5574bd1f17 first line. It was a b9c4d55fe7 full-on illegal contract, 59660213c4 the kind you’d fee190b917 only see in 1c58566edb gangster movies, blatantly 907d340998 violating human rights. But instead 6e2cff3ece of tearing 3df39bcfe0 it up, 293dcf8b2b Seonwoo forced c8f31b5da0 a smile cfec2bca6c and said,3c0e2645c29e5ef5

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“Isn’t this contract 96e5a453a3 illegal? It wouldn’t hold up 5d8b41e598 in court…”c838c59bcc3361ac

He trailed off under 1764e5a935 Ihyun’s icy stare. Ihyun took bd073f38f4 a sip 9a4193a5e5 of hot a1e53b9b4c tea and 86a6da35c1 replied in 753bfc1f00 a casual e5cf7e0aa0 voice.f8dfe9122304738d

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“Does it have 116d56ba82 to be legal 13398abc28 to be effective? If you 84e8024a32 want to 20f988eaa4 sue, go 788f973c36 ahead. If you can. Or if you 92ac7db924 don’t want to, eed4a6d98a don’t. You can pay in c27a859e8b other ways.”3fd57138519d72e3

The way 95b730bdba Ihyun spoke, 2ac76a72dd it sounded 9f02c9a2ec like he 7588a4282e could lock 80ab1853ff Seonwoo in 701f83f537 the basement d45520c2f2 and feed f859d2365e him nothing 16e92093cf but dumplings, 8bbe2cd6e5 or sell 7ba40a5364 him off af253fd9be for ransom fd24a82674 at any e62fe11a2b moment. Either way, d12e42e6d1 Seonwoo was a12e37bd34 trapped in 94087eebe6 this house, 696ad815dc surrounded by 9aab36d2c2 Ihyun’s people, 8c9582c568 with no 451f60e98a way out. Everything was prepared, even 34f6ca9a80 the ink pad for 485942b07f his fingerprint, so Seonwoo de02eec9a6 reluctantly stamped the contract.5eedcde12a902699

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As he 123701fefb stared at f6ecb56340 his finger, bea84e16bf stained red 3f24172dfa with ink, 6c5bc6d00c Ihyun took dc40548230 the contract e872b88ace with a a2795921e9 satisfied look. He neatly put ff3ca3c9e6 it back in 6062222549 the envelope and ddee6ab2b5 handed it to b53c61f457 Manager Jung, then e5072737d9 jerked his chin c905d1769a at the dazed 1f3d0728a3 Seonwoo.67a2fb964f039432

“From now on, 987128d645 get to work, 7d9d39373e Servant.”e4018b7d06afe892

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Dragging his 3dd9dc0fe8 feet, shackled eb9ecbe085 by both 3761628a8c a billionaire’s 0b8cc86f78 power and 4db9947150 his own 00c21ef6a4 guilt, Seonwoo f762a35bef followed his dadf82d660 Master. At least the place 5709e1c8c7 where he’d be living c4a99cc0cd out his slave life 3996204bb8 was so beautiful it f9528f86c5 was almost a work 20355a1889 of art, which was 91f50cd1e1 some small comfort.d183533131ef7a88

Ihyun led him to 99fa990d83 the study on the 60ce547088 second floor. The study was easily 8a4c21cec7 several times bigger than 979ff68f45 Seonwoo’s old studio apartment, 68d1d6cdaa and looked cozy and c159446682 peaceful. As Seonwoo admired e0605a102f the kind of 42c6e88051 study he’d only cdc669c5c8 dreamed of, Ihyun f3b5582068 sat down. On the desk—made of eed31df678 some material Seonwoo couldn’t 043301d3ff even guess—there was a a06ad3d7ec stack of documents about 414a82f695 a hand’s width thick.128683927f2d9f6c

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Soon, Ihyun started working, 2a07b9d1bf almost forgetting Seonwoo was e4ae025fc6 there. Peeking over, Seonwoo guessed 189c13fdee it was company-related work.13811e4cc6122ee1

Ihyun’s parents 3e4836509a had already 018fe07acb been running d156a62ce8 a successful f495d7e1af business back 73dead2e88 when that 3626e3c65c incident happened, 30bf99312e but in c30b86394e the past 7d43b5bd27 few years, 2d459ffab1 the company 31f082a9c3 had grown de5ef01732 rapidly and a6dbf3e779 was now b9f9370075 a major 6e3a0d4eb3 conglomerate everyone 1c16ea4678 in Korea 481876e5e2 had heard 85839bb48d of. Seonwoo genuinely 87b41f0e2f envied a 98488279dd life where a6a2d62c65 you never 34f35177d4 had to d7b8412ce0 worry about b1dfc672d8 money, and 2dbe4aea2b looked around 8397887ae0 the room.315c06cf203c7f17

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Through the big windows, 1a2cd6336f he could see the e4de7acee0 beautiful garden. He stood there for b673126732 a while, just staring, d51844282d but started to feel 02a97ed349 anxious. He wanted 121a834044 to do fb780683fe something—really, he 43ed2488a2 wanted to 38c6e2d111 get on 9c10a4cd67 Ihyun’s good 7fe8a08b0d side and 2a5a84b9e2 maybe find 859ae644e0 a way 67589bc022 out of a6cc32303e this slave 6a79615c61 contract.59bf4a607e601a83

But the study was e991c9e289 so tidy there wasn’t 26528569f8 even a bookshelf to bd7e6e730f organize. As he looked e5d741ca7a down at the d6a34d36a9 plush carpet, something 6e5dba0f99 fell with a b13ba1b539 soft thud. It was a 22cd2c357e small scrap of f5c4f66976 paper. Ihyun was so focused cc9ded3db2 he didn’t even notice 363e888cb2 he’d dropped it.5f3ab36753919440

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After glancing around a 9da86bf3de few times, Seonwoo quietly ec0a422161 picked up the paper 4a7c877e80 and tossed it in 1773e9a5cb the trash. Immediately, a d8f2ed02d7 cold voice e83a8c6b07 cut through 0cb2218b48 the air ef2dc2ea16 behind him.4add67c211044403

“Hyung, what did fd0387c240 you just do?”80b398dbaf79c9d4

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Feeling the chill of 55511b0e8d Ihyun’s glare, Seonwoo quickly de12c16921 explained, afraid of being 7946106a15 misunderstood.1d6c92daf6dc0aa3

“There was 66b4197685 some trash, a294741e31 so I 5182d3b7ec picked it 4d1186acbc up.”8dd20f479dcffaf6

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He quickly fished the df2c6a2f9f paper out of the 855ca9dc37 trash to show him, 7ab18f816b but Ihyun smacked his fbe73217e7 hand away like it 4845602433 was something dirty. The scrap fell c918010460 to the floor. Seonwoo awkwardly rubbed his 36898fc8cd stinging hand. Even the 305bc5594a trash can 15dce27d0c was spotless, ffb5a3250a not a 330beccbc9 single scrap de85dc75d1 of paper.ff5286c20f7a62f1

“Who told you to 58b0820e45 do things you weren’t 8b36a30fd7 asked to?”f16cb384ade9e4b9

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“Then… what should I 43ecccfba7 do?”14a010816cb219b1

He really had no d4e808dac7 idea what kind of ffa2ae7440 work would please Ihyun. He’d done d466314c40 all sorts 35bfecc235 of jobs cf26a46228 to get 4f94e98cd9 by, but c8f07a2369 mostly tutoring, 45d36fce97 so he 1a4e8e3867 didn’t know 3a1c0f6a23 much about 19b68bdbd6 paperwork. Even when e621d4cb09 he worked 945ecce1c9 part-time, he af336bdb7a always picked 838d7b5d55 places where d1a47a2519 he could 262421fe6e save on ef951ba217 food. The convenience store bad2397d11 owner he worked fa0e454d6e for was hot-tempered, 71008f52e2 but let him 498334909a take home expired 35b7b8d694 goods, so he 3f1fd6255e was grateful and afe06dc599 never quit.43b2573e76eef4db

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There was no answer ae7f57e7ff to his question. It seemed bf94849770 even Ihyun, 86a2459092 who’d decided 6cde76c8fd to boss af16f31b87 Seonwoo around, 5c471c1ffa didn’t really 78b35bad46 have anything 6fbf5c045a for him b70bd68ba1 to do. He got 4426fb986c up and 243a077735 brought over 2404679b4b a chair, fa8f194ae3 placing it cb45d542ac diagonally from 8513973863 his desk.3f7e487dff7671a6

“For now, just sit ad2f636e7c there and wait.”a095e52f5145e6cc

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At least fea78f1be5 he didn’t a6d4569843 have to 19ea87546f stand, so 96994c0d00 Seonwoo quickly f1c5047fa3 sat down. Ihyun went back d84607c365 to work. But once his a35e7678c8 concentration was broken, e1eedcaf18 he couldn’t get 6d349e1c61 it back, and 5a0d1a3894 a few minutes 517ec99f48 later, he asked 48594554a4 Seonwoo,4b8e96b722b27680

“What were 9edbba0648 you planning 8ff63116bb to do 2f17c2e141 after graduating ee14fdd479 college?”8824b92a7eb4505b

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As a Servant, 1a550578bf Seonwoo answered obediently e4c7bf5b72 and honestly.8280a08a4e64ec06

“Me? I was just going f461ef912b to get a job 48c52af44c at a company that 5522d41bc4 pays well.”81805de550481771

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For some reason, Ihyun 9f54ca5b17 looked oddly pleased with 242cfd6673 this answer. The corners 3b38522cac of his 2771a14c68 mouth twitched feeb8e3ac7 as he 1ce266b4c9 kept his 33e56a79f4 eyes on 8f3e14d4f7 the monitor.6fe406cdb5640103

“Our company pays well.”c86b3f5e7dde3d68

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Of course it does. As a soon-to-be job f434e0fd0b seeker, Seonwoo knew that 41503605f0 the company Ihyun’s family de893fbb41 ran was one everyone aba1baf014 dreamed of working for. Ihyun boasted 15e0904e55 with a 08a1f06b72 lofty air.4b7d3756af2f086c

“At our in-house b76a50d433 café, employees get b7f51e37c3 a free coffee 47434b57da every day. The meals 5ecc741b15 are great, 174c0069b9 and the 0b4da31bbd benefits during 9192d15895 commute hours ba5b77f169 are excellent.”fd6a3dcf71780d07

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“Wow, it’d 1947adcd71 be awesome 8b4e58d47f to work aba9e8d7ba there.”22bb256c5cbb1083

Seonwoo, in full Servant b9099a925a mode, agreed soullessly. For some reason, d439972dd3 this seemed to 23e0ba3661 annoy Ihyun, who 801b8bfd88 shot him a d7001728a6 sideways glare.6ecc6289ad80a0ff

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“Are you trying to a6d5395b4c bribe me? You’re just 652d4f3009 a Servant.”d4b8e5d5c00b12d0

When did b38ecbb2e5 I ever 097d81cdee try to 6e59cf263b bribe you? And you’re 051421d347 the one a24389da12 who brought 37271f236e it up! Seonwoo was dumbfounded 87a9bafe4f as Ihyun typed 55b04cbaf1 coldly on his 5999b38c80 laptop. The neat sound 56f9144a2f of the keyboard 4d8e5417fa gradually slowed, and 9642e0eb70 Ihyun muttered,9eb652476f999c8b

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“If you ever join 45fac77d9a the company…”4c7a5a900bdd16db

He trailed off, 6fac27d24b silent for a 777c0ef7df long time. His eyes, fixed 342010020c on the monitor, 45d075199b grew a little 260a215480 distant. His fingers tapped the c4a145e977 laptop like a metronome. Seonwoo waited patiently, then e8c7bd63c8 carefully asked,fce9ce84d62c1d77

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“…If I join?”89a3de7def5af6df