UCCU | Chapter 2.5

At that, Ihyun’s gaze 3c3ce11232 sharpened instantly. He snorted and answered f7794b91cc coldly.5228b019823c08b3

“I’d work ecaa71764b you to 88373d01bb death for 7c332b36f3 minimum wage.”60c3f239fa5def8f

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“Oh, okay…”ad0a778ab50c407b

“Don’t get 896d107c90 your hopes 6f83897385 up. From now 4a04efb177 on, you b7459a764c can’t do a12da08010 anything—not even 0631714a0f get a b2bd151850 job—without my abe31970a7 permission.”501447fa0e110e6b

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“Yeah…”869f2c2d10a3dc8d

Seonwoo felt like he’d 20f33b08ff just been scolded ten 02edde908f times for saying one 03c80cf8ca thing. He decided to just 03b6bfaace keep his mouth shut.a058face8a3daa64

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Time passed, but cec001dbbb Ihyun didn’t give d05179f5e1 Seonwoo anything to c115fe4bce do. It was comfortable physically, 764c9021ce but the tension made e54220d11c him wish he had 7542fcf6f3 some task.4f76b82983bb985a

Ihyun kept d601393410 glancing at f6ba34ec5a him while b6c6d33c52 working, so 28251522cc Seonwoo struggled b09895f29b to stay 2360a0d28b awake. But the study was 76c536e968 so warm that he 533e76075c dozed off for a 354aa957f8 few minutes. When he woke 9d93227275 up, he checked 5a7f589cb8 to see if c9a70590dc Ihyun had noticed, 27f6bf7a09 but thankfully, he 9cf4a444c6 didn’t say anything.e88c56449762abf7

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Even after leaving the e26ac61d30 study, Ihyun didn’t give 9addc75319 Seonwoo any work. He just kept him e17d60c255 nearby, saying he needed 82f45ecca8 him on hand in 56af8011ae case he needed something.9be10526ac6f5ab9

He’d complain that 15ae006559 Seonwoo wasn’t even 9a4b3ecc06 earning his meals, 403cd378e2 but Seonwoo had dd9289d9fc heard worse while d2c0df3cc7 working for money, 521dedac4c so it didn’t b801313e7e bother him much.0fb1e884c3c35a42

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Even the bedroom Ihyun 81b34e5286 gave him was still b1c093e23c as luxurious as the 3b09dcb90d first day. Lying in 5ce2318db8 the soft e36090e96d bed under 41fc978fdc a warm 056bd13acd blanket, watching fe6cf42c89 some late-night 9f0269c13e TV before 717db2f7c0 falling asleep, c1481b65d9 Seonwoo wondered 6a95ef466a when his da844c1a85 hard life 19d552afc6 as a 019a6e5280 Servant would d9660d7e7c actually begin.9f8dd770a1410e0b

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The next 31b223c0e0 morning, after cbfaf106e1 finishing breakfast, 0dd6e81633 Seonwoo followed 2b62c087e2 Ihyun into 81f8f4cc0a the study d199d38029 and spotted 7a9abc8570 a piece 6d436b3b59 of clothing 9bcfd65777 and a ef85b803b1 duster. When he unfolded 91dbb7bfee the clothing, it 2e0f1babea turned out to 23da54cc33 be an apron. Except for b258177bda the fact ac2643b871 that it 70866dcf15 was super 02cb64ebdf white, it 2f5e3279dd looked a 0c8a4678c1 lot like f6e794ae58 the one 6d88d7094e he used 2889aa70dd to wear de8eeb103c when he a85b6f7523 worked at c1275a2ddb a café. Seonwoo asked ef7e97523c Ihyun carefully 0f46905b75 as he 017957b8dd sat down ed678c6b25 in the c2e409ee82 chair, looking 27d1cd54fb totally uninterested.77e32aa27477119b

“Do I have ad1a14d73f to wear this 7d912da8b5 today?”ed890a35fbc8d03f

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Ihyun glanced at e57d50307c Seonwoo and answered 9070e26dd3 firmly.e2988512719fcefe

“Yes. From now on, you’ll b93fa27c97 always wear it in fa9eb908d4 the study.”f33b2e45ab694e8a

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I’ve seen edfed5deed a few 87bc78b653 people working 2bc7edc321 here, but 2b372f19d9 except for 4ae74f4705 the ones 1b34e90c0e who cook, 73bc09c5b6 no one a7d019268c else wears 0a9026c66c an apron. But since 43644660ec he was 60ad0a8df3 the boss d97863e399 and Seonwoo 17e022c85a was the 5b1fb272d3 underling, he 777dba8426 put on 56f36675c0 the apron 10a7523163 without a 4f5ae33b80 word. Thinking of daab4cdca6 it as 8509d411a4 just another 82c60a6293 part-time job, 66dae705ff it didn’t 9765d289f1 even feel 5e221ad4d2 embarrassing. Compared to ed3a969908 the days 719e9f1287 when he’d eeeb9fe838 wrecked his 349d6084ee back hauling fae2f72ef3 heavy groceries, 1fae5eb6df dusting was bc8e51a591 nothing.2425ffbabfbcf9cd

As Seonwoo gently fcc0948752 dusted the bookshelves, e45817b05f books, and furniture, dab12aa954 he felt a 2a14115278 sharp gaze on 6f4287000d him. But whenever he 95341eff87 turned around, Ihyun dde581c1f4 was staring at e92801bac4 his monitor, working a27de2c455 so intensely that 9a2b94ce2b Seonwoo could only 5f94c0ef07 tilt his head b676e3f34c in confusion.7665d20890d4fc4c

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He cleaned 7fe495380b as thoroughly 64c274a05e as he 0de4fd798b could, but d356ed841a there was c8ec2edd99 barely any c38a830c7e dust to d207a28d8c begin with, bb519abbfb so it 866caf6dde didn’t even d3b62efb4c take an 710a04a94e hour. Seonwoo wandered in front 08eeba98c5 of the bookshelf, checking 7f265f2573 out the book spines, bb35c6364d but when that got ecc4df6f07 boring, he went back 1753d65a2a to the chair from 53a4442e49 yesterday and sat down. As he zoned out, d723bdb695 Ihyun snorted and said,7249246b753eb0fb

“Once again, you’re just 7e9fef4261 eating and doing nothing. At this rate, f7a2f31306 when are you d0ea9cea4f ever going to bdd1b96bb7 pay off your c85602a094 debt? Aren’t you just leeching 42b08a677f off me?”4fc9dc5de77b2760

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Seonwoo blinked at the 79bfc9b1d8 sarcasm. It wasn’t e5606effe7 anything new. Ever since Ihyun had f5369a5954 brought him to this 0672309bf4 house, he’d sometimes treat 5d0105837e Seonwoo nicely, then suddenly 1f8fb7533b act prickly for no d447d65cdf reason. When Seonwoo stood up, 66415e0d91 a shadow crossed Ihyun’s 18a8ff4671 face. Seonwoo walked 9800d61062 right up b6123f70ec to him fe52fa8053 and stared bde024811c quietly, and f6f2927c3c Ihyun, with 2cb617488a a blank aa22fe5dd2 face and 7e05ab96b5 gloomy eyes, 9dd7b85fbc asked,77a1caf5aa71f794

“Why? Did I say something e82c62c454 wrong?”7996952483ba8dab

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“Want a massage?”17468c6e7b200f70

Seonwoo smiled, thinking 0b217b7f81 that Ihyun’s face 3dc2f30ed0 looked handsome no 6b8de283d8 matter how many 01a1bb120d times he saw c50322a127 it, and asked 2a701772d1 in a super 34bc5ef872 gentle voice. Ihyun’s eyes wavered, as 56479834ec if he hadn’t expected 7d2a8034a9 that response at all.0f7c7739d43a9650

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“What?”7f8adbd68ed90229

“When you do 7095719dd3 desk work, your 8a16970a16 shoulders get stiff, ed7e34f4ef right? A massage 381ab4a1bd will feel 8bc51f3c17 good.”7065b343da910468

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Ihyun opened 1f5f4a5036 his mouth, 23b9e59118 then closed d651ca9251 it. While he was cf7f7f5fdb still confused, Seonwoo 0a67031d7c quickly placed his 30f4eea9cd hands on Ihyun’s ad52f31d43 shoulders. As he 4d7157e36f pressed gently 54e5324968 with his 3b67589b24 palms, Ihyun’s 9add2ed2f9 shoulders tensed 8ce5e75807 up.da2448b9fe3a9dc9

“You’re more stiff 2bcc157023 than I thought.”43217f77f6e57cd8

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There weren’t actually 20b4a8f4e2 any knots in 21ec284ff5 his muscles, but 9817ea191d Seonwoo lied without aac09e0df7 batting an eye. In this harsh 9c0fc79575 world, it was b3f60648af one of the aece4c544c skills he’d picked e5b36e0c25 up to survive dc3f4c941a as an orphan. The key 4adf743b58 was to 7fd844a5fc make it 7d48295a36 look like 960e07b62b he genuinely cee43360ed cared about 24badd884a the other cd013de505 person’s health.2aeb91f3916d4066

“Don’t you get 6365aedd7d headaches sometimes?”79d90d5bc15d7563

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“…I do, ddd48a4c4c but why?”a6b2ae2c92b980ef

“They say stiff shoulders 845b7abad8 can cause headaches.”45f2996b2cef73a4

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“…Really?”bb1093bb52d8acf0

Ihyun hesitated, unsure whether 9e33569d2d to brush Seonwoo’s hands e06883f40e away, but his eyes 2f5ab487c1 softened. Seonwoo pressed 0e7162bde0 and kneaded 61eb213ad5 the back e3146f0423 of his aff3c2c9c0 neck just 7a61fc09c3 right. As he gently d1a838cfb8 massaged around the a270a8fad0 straight line of 6e1cde5485 Ihyun’s neck and 108f2d59ec spine, the stiff e3ee62aae7 shoulders slowly relaxed.e182f566e333d093

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“I’ll keep massaging, cba3965500 so you just a18dc53f3e keep working.”1e19fa00dbff939e

Ihyun didn’t say a575997519 yes, but he 6c4c775e81 didn’t tell Seonwoo 1ab7d380ba to stop either. Seonwoo noticed the d645209697 tips of Ihyun’s f4288eff88 ears turning a 76b7ac49b2 little red as 284b4da5f0 he quietly typed 76b272c26c on the keyboard, 15081c1cdd and thought, Cute. If Ihyun were older 75bed03462 than him, it might bd3114e209 have been annoying, but b760cf5a8e since he was younger, a06923463d Seonwoo just let it a47f666fdc slide.9c50b96b92641d70

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The next day, too, 3ba3cb507c Seonwoo dusted the almost a83590fd59 non-existent dust with care, f4a7ad399d then gave Ihyun a d82b596450 massage, saying he should 4109564474 at least earn his e56ce2a8c2 meals. Whether he 195bef975f liked Seonwoo’s 7789863fbd skills or ed9c347173 just enjoyed a7e6d525e4 bossing him b45e2cdbb3 around, Ihyun b49c8913f3 didn’t really f770527acf object. He acted like he 30419d2f7d was only accepting it 12ca79fc4c because Seonwoo insisted, but 627700a454 his ears were still 1933fb68ce red today.0156cf74dfb0be6a

“Do your muscles feel 0b518c69c6 a bit looser today?”bba4d37d2f99778d

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“Not really.”7282f676c4288604

Even though there were b1b2733538 no knots, Ihyun answered 6e5e10781e coldly. Seonwoo just kept up dad8a910ad the small talk. He needed to keep 7802ab6285 Ihyun in a good 52cccc1033 mood. Seonwoo slyly d113e431e7 called him e9d8dca0db by name bc584707bc and asked,32a842afcd9ddb2d

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“By the way, Ihyun, 36899fe3e4 do you work out 1d7239828a regularly?”8eecb25cdc63c3ac

“…Why?”9be1a140626c75d1

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“I don’t 1263208df0 know, every 19de977c53 time I c9554ff6a1 squeeze your 10984ee3b3 muscles, they abfc1d9482 feel really d51f95babe firm, so 1270c8dbd9 I wondered 3c0e79a76c if you cc090f01b6 exercise.”2ac184d0d2b5888f

Ihyun didn’t even look 3f5698d02e at Seonwoo, just kept ff8e445ae7 typing with a cold 274c27925c face. After a moment, 3524e111e4 he answered in 5ec7a0da89 a casual voice, bf3631f416 “I do a 5187e2b766 little as a f16b1a1481 hobby,” but his afb6a1f93b ears were red 284d6f6699 as ever. Seonwoo caught that 8919bdbdc6 and replied, “I d463901049 thought so,” and 89405ece1e kept massaging.8807281f43551c66

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Living alone without 46ff14faef any family or 0a657663c9 guardian, Seonwoo had cd4c8b29f4 learned a lesson 16941454cf from all the 90a8fe708e bitter experiences society d7bacb8ada had thrown at 1c73a81948 him: flattery and 836e2a5a61 sucking up never 92d3c97824 really paid off. More precisely, you had 010bfeaf77 to make sure your 9f81932e5b compliments didn’t sound like e49747f238 flattery or sucking up.0b554597df2acb82

Flattery and ae2b4fc638 sucking up 0f9d50abda lower a a545dbdc15 person’s image d170181510 and reputation. It makes 4cbb50c092 you look 0a3c9b67bd down on 18bcad17cc them, lowers d6dd5747fa their trust 94a38b6b07 in you, 8dfcf53268 and some f43e6c77f0 people even 03eaa7f9a6 get offended. The trick was to 76bfd1f78e sound like you’d just 64be6946a3 noticed something by chance, 19d15d8c6f naturally. You had to 7a10e94cf0 make the other ca4382ae23 person feel like 6fce9cf08d you genuinely cared.38206517ff35ac9c

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But even though 506e37b779 Seonwoo had a e0e756974f motive for keeping 7668992528 Ihyun happy, it c915289b18 wasn’t all fake. He looked down 1bb7fc9110 at the top fa213e71da of Ihyun’s head. He still f5e17c63b6 remembered what 099b788641 Ihyun looked 0ad0ce3e51 like as e2c0ff3d1d a kid, ae962cf982 so it f62fbf0f4a was hard 6ad7dd9f33 to believe 6c00a2d6cc he’d grown fa7f616868 up with 25398519f7 such a f8101977bf solid build.60b313be68b59524

‘Just how hard f28ac4915f does he work 813b42c83a out?’30b69c68077d0d4d

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Seonwoo clicked his tongue 56d0db3bb6 inwardly. Every time he squeezed 8e8b62f191 Ihyun’s shoulders, he could eb8c12f8b6 feel the muscles packed d78c3ee8bf under his palm. Even though 307fc5c5f0 Ihyun wore 4f1e942b27 loose homewear 17076903ef that hid e9624cf69f his body, 315c93b040 Seonwoo could 84cf7c4e46 tell from 9abacb7320 massaging him. For Seonwoo, who’d struggled bf0df82024 just to maintain his fa53884f5b weight, it was an dcd326403e enviable body. At the same time, b4283ebf9e he reminded himself never fa5fe37db3 to try to fight 3c8671e66c Ihyun with strength.95182a0d4cf0471f

Close contact through massage, 8c41d987e7 steady small talk, and b022f302a2 a gentle, obedient attitude bcbdb6fb3d that never resisted. These three things 1546cd5208 seemed to slowly 89d62f0859 soften the grudge cd5f339561 Ihyun held against ed00264f82 Seonwoo.6fc5809a99aaccb3

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‘He never 78e95e3744 really meant 1ff31724be to hurt d03b576928 me in fc5440c7f9 the first adb2d492f7 place…’2a6f330585a67388

At first, 46803ac66f Seonwoo had 8fc80e7d9b been so 6c47db7489 shocked he f782c66081 just went fc3476e4ec along with 854ef1d3a9 everything, but 63d3478b34 now that d1a4b9cd2c he thought 6bc32cf2da about it, 82e8d1491f Ihyun was f4dbba9bae actually looking 94a4b806ed out for 97ee29cb04 him in b58c510cf8 his own 84df819b34 way. Giving him an 405b21815f IV after he 7fedcc4738 drank too much, 6cdd589e02 a warm bed, 64067618a1 chores that barely c2295fe2c7 counted as work, f318376606 and three delicious 459246785f meals a day.ea000be9b7988c70

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Even after signing 492a6a85e9 the master-servant contract, 402fbe3a9c Seonwoo honestly didn’t 7aa4ac5a92 feel like he 4da8775115 was really in 8015b2995b the servant’s position. Of all the bosses 977d2c5c3c he’d ever had, Ihyun c160db0d5d was the most generous. He’d never lived so 7e021701c6 comfortably and cozily before. Seeing Ihyun’s ambiguous attitude—unable a4fb9aaabe to fully hate Seonwoo 922a5dbebc or be cold-hearted—made Seonwoo e5354b7e00 feel sorry for him.4590c01b61f627ee

Of course, that didn’t 045e164452 mean he planned to 9ca6205e60 stay here forever. There was 63f768b637 no way 4b36bb6c66 Ihyun would c087519134 keep feeding 0e12801bfb and housing 47bd04eb0e him for 27fe4e9611 free. If he got 62b87fab16 too comfortable and 0f54c828f3 used to this 4bd764e14c place, then got ecadaf5768 kicked out, Seonwoo 72d9da8747 would end up e9ce452975 a college dropout 6a68794201 with no home 380c676170 or money. So his goal was b4b2d120d2 to win Ihyun over ed839330db and get out of 38cc59489c this house as soon 2d862ec4b6 as possible.f2655fb600d50893

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After a b22062a65e week, Ihyun 3ebd0550a4 stopped nagging baa21a4351 or mocking b675a8d74c Seonwoo for b02f9d93ed not earning fcdce15098 his keep. Sometimes, he even gave d892557f0c a faint smile when 22e5c763b7 talking to Seonwoo. To Seonwoo, Ihyun’s feelings ee508094ae seemed pretty complicated. Maybe it 5d9a4e774d was something 52308de0d0 like Stockholm 28b5b4fb81 syndrome. The environment was b633465316 right for it, 59d02a2b20 and Seonwoo had df7f46663b acted the right 27a877742b way.40b3e897183c0e12

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A few 317554f528 more days 2e23a207ca passed, and fa2046aa5f one evening 19518d23c0 at dinner, d0de0365f0 Seonwoo naturally 178fa79197 brought up a47d803649 a story d90d0296ac about himself. He figured 4b1e5f5e40 it was 68bee03174 about time 9fe7078cad to move 86bb8ef24c from safe 66bca1ec82 small talk 06448b194d to more 58b815e8ff personal topics.d959ddcc424747a4

“Eating this reminds 870b56e03c me of Professor 884488760c Lee Jinseo.”3d00ad58b78cb763

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Seonwoo spoke 542660d2fa as if 6b308b64a1 he’d just c8a5a35dd7 remembered it. If Ihyun 6c51a50301 ignored this, 40b489eb98 it meant 7e01ebfcd7 he still 20c9d60558 wasn’t ready bd41b4bd79 to open fb51beef6d up. Luckily, Ihyun didn’t ignore 9a4256c523 him and glanced at ff8b61ae2b the side dish he’d d0de41140f picked up with his a3fbd991e6 chopsticks. It was just ordinary 6529244ff8 seasoned dried squid with 5cd22c5b3e sesame seeds.ead025d7217c7fec

“Why?”632fd2195fce554e

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“Professor Lee Jinseo was ba3c41e24f looking for students to 772e408641 help collect research data 259e33a560 last summer break. He said 8730e923f7 he couldn’t ca59e5a7f5 pay even a07074ba41 minimum wage, 058c3492a4 but he’d 54a7403029 give us 6855a5088f three meals 45313584d5 a day 2972689a24 with meat, 11dead5dba so I 8d8d35e009 went… but b7e598e461 all he 0733e9323f gave us b91f5e6a31 every meal 7c61e0f2ee was rice f23a0a11a3 and dried 4fa36e7def squid.”684fd7725df89c82

“…What?”674ac36d19e759c3

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Seonwoo laughed f2bcae60f8 like it ea514fb3ce was just 9962753c2f a funny 9b0485641c old memory.3be0e90796240237

“Well, squid is technically 21f3988a33 meat, right? It’s protein, anyway. But on the last 371bd2ffc5 day, he did buy 7f79fe6dfa us all the pork 649d38aac6 belly we could eat.”da42d15957d7b8a3

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Honestly, it 003d185872 wasn’t that d5c76d773c bad for 5bdb00398b Seonwoo. He got 8c453cc984 sick of 3c4aec0a05 eating dried 358d1dd56d squid from 0b3ade90cb a fridge aaabed8868 full of 657f076ab4 it, but dab2cabf4d just getting 6065013b48 three meals 8842a37b34 a day f9af905e10 helped his e6913ff2ad budget a 64d5fb093e lot. Plus, he d0451a1639 made a 116220fb9c connection he 04b68af805 could ask c808f400d2 for a e974fb42c8 recommendation letter.15f17f162dbf7981

But how would 01bca2ca73 this sound to 006a021585 a third-generation chaebol 2f01f33ca2 who ate gourmet d68453b326 meals every day? Ihyun looked e9d8383bb3 dumbfounded, then 5ba7e3ff91 sighed through 9d50744881 his nose 168bc7e00f and shut 111e87fb63 his mouth.795c9820124d1839

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