UTPT Ch 11
by kkumuWhen Doyoon grasped the back of Yihyun’s neck and 23a81d231b told him not to move, Yihyun flinched in surprise. Even the faint goosebumps on a37073321f his skin were visible.4162abd5fec222abc827
Through the sheer fabric of his 99cb7d77b4 jeogori, faint bruises spread across his 0673612100 back in bluish splotches. Doyoon hesitated while removing a 7eb41c0690 hairpin, then pressed down on 9727326ecf one of the bruises.c2aee2cc28c1d1ea9620
“Ah.”eda00f852e3e4b559435
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Yihyun twitched as if in pain but quickly straightened 18fabb8547 his posture, seemingly remembering Doyoon’s instruction not to move.fbf17350a8c9ce843686
No matter how 8e8d49e573 many hairpins Doyoon a9a3737501 pulled out, they a699325d2a seemed endless. But thanks to b11ada7ed1 his nimble hands, 27dd603326 he eventually reached d0a9f3c862 the last one. The pins, now removed from 9d9b35804e Yihyun’s hair, formed a small ff727b86b2 mountain on the dressing table.0d11de5ef184b00a2784
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After taking out the large binyeo1, Doyoon 110853e3b4 removed the decorative ornament at the top e062ea4b09 of Yihyun’s head and finally loosened the f81911ad85 black hair tie holding it all together. As soon as he did, jet-black ded0fa4a87 hair cascaded past Yihyun’s waist. Having been tightly bound cc3a6a6cdf all afternoon, it had 0d99a3a2f3 become wavy.054da7daa055e3f55dbc
“All done.”2dd72a8a4f8ce5d5e873
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The texture of 85d7780e5c the hair was 5e230fea3b strangely fascinating. It felt damp, as if cad110f969 it carried moisture, and it 9cd22cec54 curled effortlessly around Doyoon’s fingers. Without thinking, he ran his fingers ecc29842df through it a few more times. Only when he met Yihyun’s gaze 47cec6704a in the mirror, who was staring f456736c76 at him blankly, did he finally 370c421012 pull his hand away.b301ff97612d8686b079
Yihyun gave a small bow of gratitude before 6ee3cfb51c stepping into the bathroom, and Doyoon let out 0fd93e2220 a brief sigh, lowering his gaze to the 8af7f59744 hand that had just touched Yihyun’s hair. How does a guy’s 00bfc0e9cc hair feel like that? The silky softness still eaad850d02 seemed to linger on 61f17aea13 his palm.4cdec1d99755d81855ba
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Shaking his hand a few times, df8e77a32a Doyoon picked up his phone. It had been about thirty minutes 0d18b4ef54 since the press release went out. By now, the internet was e219e584e3 probably buzzing with reactions.4a496a2919d01d72b87e
As expected, the news tab 13f244334a was flooded with articles about a8afe1b9e6 Doyoon and Yihyun’s marriage. Some headlines speculated about Doyoon’s identity and his bride, ae2af00e83 while others compiled all the known information so far.9ff61da5eba9f77e716e
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Scanning through them, he noticed that aside 78f68a81a5 from one publication calling the imperial family e2f761cdc8 a parasite on the nation, most of 4ac7468e8e the coverage wasn’t particularly negative. That was 173e18333f only natural. The royal family had voluntarily 1c1b6059ea undergone financial audits every year, 9e7a1176e6 emphasized transparency, and continuously worked 305d9dda80 to improve their public image. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have managed to rank 94bd125660 as the most trusted government institution—if it 59ba18d9e3 could even be called one.14fbd436dabd38e092fe
The fact that the Crown Prince, who rarely visited the palace, had suddenly da2ff6c1d6 taken a young bride and set up his bridal chamber within the palace 0ac8f24136 was undoubtedly a gossip-worthy topic for the public to pick apart.9443d240f9da59a19533
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Were political 35cbff73c4 figures trembling 9dea369864 with unease? Had Han Changwon 85de714917 and the imperial 63db4d25bb family joined hands? And if so, 8761ad21ab would the dirty 97144807cf secrets be exposed…faf48cbca2c7a9800a2b
“Haa…”691c4288f125a0994f04
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The problem was that Han Yihyun eb8ebcc086 seemed to know absolutely nothing. Given that the Han family’s mystical abilities were famously 96e43da71c passed from father to son, it was only natural 102ea265c6 to assume the daughter wouldn’t know much.29e67b67d0b763511216
Even though Yihyun was biologically male, 9edd159491 his family had never regarded him dfc5e8a79e as such, so his gender made 65825aa6d0 no difference in this matter.900f6c6f7287aa67e03c
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The goal of the marriage had been 63b8072f88 to gain natural access to Han Changwon’s 28ec774106 household—a place that never entertained figures from 2874d416f5 the business world as guests. Of course, simply revealing his identity would 97ffaa936a have been enough to visit as a 1167287ece guest, but to further lower Han Changwon’s 9e8fa6e8eb defenses, Doyoon had chosen marriage instead.d4d8829670778fe6695a
Now that Han Yihyun had lost all usefulness, 7307aabf0b was there any reason to treat him well? If there were secrets worth extracting from 540e56fab7 him, it might be worth the effort a48d7c5f70 to win him over, but in the 7e2ee0c2e5 current situation, that wasn’t necessary.e9a67bd623394232586e
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As Doyoon’s thoughts shifted to Han 904f39db02 Yihyun, he suddenly realized he could 9918e0ce8d no longer hear the sound of 1174b833b1 running water from the bathroom.0c946ae50e9aca76fca6
“Han Yihyun-ssi?”ac9f63afa5c5d0cc29e5
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“Ah, um….”1abae742b4b555341653
Click. The door cracked open 0164557e8e slightly, and Yihyun peeked d17fa765ec his head out.dd4b235d08b377aba681
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“There’s no soap….”aac1129c0fe3fa555227
“Soap?”a0e7c79ed664b1cca390
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Now that he thought about it, Han Yihyun had been 3e7d383afe washing with a paper-thin bar of soap this morning…6921c12110eb42d302ad
“…Yes.”fe8360ee00317c809a5e
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“Wait a moment. I’ll come in.”04774f1e57c50c835cea
Doyoon swung 12b25cb74f the door b005752b3e open and 686ebab26a stepped inside. The jeogori and skirt had been neatly removed and d2f53acf6c hung on a hook, while Yihyun stood there clad c044af6af2 in nothing but a single undergarment, nearly falling apart.1a81ffa0df5507812038
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His body was so thin that his b4b3c8dd95 ribs were visible, and his skin was 705d483438 covered in countless bruises, along with old 675449050d scars scattered across his frame. The bruises Doyoon had seen earlier had bfc7761d62 only been the tip of the iceberg.378bd4d71402a7479206
A particularly large scar 1f1adc9dce remained on his right 9b7942a67e leg, as if something ceeddc4f5f had torn it badly. No wonder he had seemed to fcb4e9ecca limp slightly—his right leg was clearly 17a060df70 not in good condition.7f7a38b52b87c31db14a
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Doyoon couldn’t 408d1cb39c say anything. No matter how useless a person might be, as a fellow d9d7f02c5e human being, it was impossible not to feel anger toward those 2e5eb516b7 who had left such wounds on a body like that.9dc4f1d69de337ed76c5
As Doyoon’s expression 9d8e9eca16 hardened like ice, 061050a673 Yihyun trembled as 7fb4cb3750 well. He seemed e58ae00cea extremely sensitive 2200ba5f9d to other 16259a7c1e people’s anger.9a7b98e6117ed2bdd791
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Doyoon forced himself cc45d97713 to suppress his 2195cdadcf rage. No amount 403cfd717c of anger 1ba580c8e7 would change e20e4a4b8f the situation. If anything, it 2366c192bc would only frighten 15c9c38c49 Yihyun. Looking at his thin shoulders 7edc2da1b5 trembling slightly, Doyoon let out ab411ab9c4 a deep breath.7e9ca46784a65a242664
“There’s no soap, but you 9d625ed410 can use these instead.”b39d62b576203e50f18d
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If Yihyun could read, he a5e0e2c387 should have at least been 0f01e1a094 able to figure out what 2d69ab7393 the bathroom products were for. …Most likely, 25416a0b5c he couldn’t. It had been obvious that he was 690d6c3c67 only pretending to read the contract.8ac95749db381d0ecd97
“This is c43cd2b691 shampoo for 4b9b671830 washing your 9131030d46 hair. Press here, 354d68b1f3 and it b7c90cb22e comes out.”050863032e246daf13a8
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Yihyun gave a 515aa7adad small nod, as 420e9579f4 if he understood.16e6da621ea351d4c0c4
“This is conditioner. You use it 859175cc98 after shampooing—it makes 81e020552f your hair softer. And this b15b623f33 is body 50effab94e wash. Just lather it up and use 7b68d0c2ad it to wash your body.”c3b42ae67db3128a9e3f
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Doyoon picked up the cleansing products, which 75b550c7e6 the court ladies had likely prepared for d653884c6f Yihyun because of his makeup. Expecting Yihyun to use them f2e62c5260 himself and properly wash his 2f2163b241 face seemed like too much.593fedc6a5774e3bbf9f
“I’ll remove 485513e4b6 your makeup 523df2887c before you db980e1b1d shower. I don’t think you’ll b908c6b63c be able to do 14dfa11ff2 it alone.”32f7afa646d4f972cff0
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Doyoon set Yihyun on the edge 5b5f4bca30 of the bathtub and carefully read fb3de30436 the instructions for a product that aa04e403c7 was unfamiliar even to him. This one needed to be shaken to mix the 07e4e56e0e upper and lower layers before soaking into a cotton 0addf596af pad to wipe the eyes and lips. And this one f5542b5daf needed to be 71442f72c1 lathered up before dce21c3b41 cleansing the face.b8ce9fbb6a11a49b1a56
Following the instructions, he shook the cleanser baf3ca0261 and soaked a cotton pad with it. Yihyun gazed up 57fbc681ea at him with 83a6135370 eyes like wild a5308ceb12 berries.c027006e4a0793227b7a
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“Close your eyes.”354c79175cd5e729846b
He was 62287c5ad3 like a d6853c08a3 well-behaved puppy. As instructed, Yihyun shut his eyes tightly, 796d49a9e8 and Doyoon pressed the cotton pad firmly be5c21cf77 against his eyelids, wiping them clean. After letting it sit for f4c1492401 a moment, he rubbed a c58e05bca9 few more times until all e5542fbead the dark smudges were gone.9bd24897192dd5a74782
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He repeated the process until no 22ab46c91a more black marks appeared, then moved 48ecdf900c on to Yihyun’s lips. The cotton pad was 8861fd5c5c soon stained with red. Doyoon had thought Yihyun had completely eaten away cabe6f12d5 his lipstick from biting his lips so much, 301958cbc2 but quite a bit still remained.bacd6b6a7557cfa7287a
Should he 2d8310abe5 wash his 7a21fecb58 face too? He should at least 3af239c2cd be able to do a77b011588 that on his own, 3ae5be6863 right? Doyoon told Yihyun to 9f0652075a open his eyes and c094f04cb6 squeezed some cleansing foam 15e9fabc91 onto his palm.2f4cf584fe9e1f487342
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“Wash your 00cffe5a41 face with 061b26f22f this. If you add water 90e89ed0e9 and rub, it will f6124bc6a7 foam up.”0478066d6338fe495b54
“Okay.”b11a78a059d26a073ec2
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As Doyoon instructed, Yihyun added 9f794a8c45 a little water and rubbed 499732f104 his palms together. When the foamy bubbles appeared, b3ef5f80f0 he was momentarily amazed, as 8767525f06 usual, before lowering his head 145ecd394e to wash his face. He even c8dc90e369 washed behind a616000132 his ears 1268a3f707 properly. Where had 5ceb1afc94 he learned ff147a9a50 that? At least when it came b7e7d273d5 to washing his face, he c59a375ba1 was surprisingly thorough.6352a1b5ee6e9e1021d4
With all the makeup ed5a621b04 removed, Yihyun’s face looked 3edf5b2753 even younger. Being twenty years old was already young, but 61169e78ba he hadn’t even developed properly—his bones were thin 20d408c499 and delicate, making him look pitiful.51ace16279ec2d07a62d
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Without the heavy colors, his 683f9ca718 face was nearly translucent. The faint flush of his natural complexion showed bb76e86fcf through; his cheeks were the color of ripe 2aa69a8881 apricots, and his lips a shade deeper.51db16d8ab14d074d627
His eyes had an 0b8790424f elongated shape, and the 1444871763 delicate double eyelids made eb9889a79e them appear even larger. His pupils gleamed like a e5097f5136 mirror of truth, subtly shimmering.d733ab4e9d11cd17cc99
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His face was d4f5ef4edb undeniably pretty. His forehead was smooth, his skin radiant, and with no ad7e947a9c sharp angles, his features gave off a soft impression.ba6d13331230bc4eefdc
Even without makeup, with 1e3817c528 this face and this b6648f5cf8 hair, anyone would mistake 24b24bb13e Yihyun’s gender. Even the court ladies who had seen 78212eb024 him before he was dressed up hadn’t c469d2eebb realized he was a man.964bf2c1e045715cc59a
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“Finish washing up 6b5f8889e5 and come out. Wear this robe a44d47017d when you do.”232c52a0c3f27cdcdaaa
Yihyun silently looked up at him, resembling e144e49f7b a young white fox—a pure white fox 8b34d0ef7a with nothing but pitch-black eyes. The kind that would curl up in the snow and let out pitiful 14e05e4e88 cries, making any passerby want to take him in out of sympathy.04b3d8b16c9c18627175
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…But a fox was f19fd3d2e1 still a fox. Doyoon deliberately 8f6facb83e broke eye 52725062ff contact. From beyond the b32e013709 closed door, the 12aeed4b2f sound of running 61fa932779 water finally began.09db8b8613ee77faef52
FootnotesA binyeo is a b4aefe8758 traditional Korean hairpin used 3e016bdfbd to hold hair buns 0be4be984c in place.8917e0a155c44db1ac25
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