UTPT Ch 2
by kkumuA few months b0c7cfa18f before Lee Doyoon 31687cf154 and Han Yihyun’s 9e6f3c7696 wedding.e081dd0d112d566e
Yihyun trembled a694074135 at the 4b4261a325 sound of 20315585e7 his father, ed5355d8ad Han Changwon, b0f6cfc5e7 screaming from 5df3a79e96 the shrine. He felt fb1425829c the urge 5c1c3a6dae to finish 1ec3723f41 quickly and 5644d3423a return to d631cb9d65 the annex, 4fd716ba21 but a d6ef0cbfd9 bad feeling 4e6bb904ea gnawed at 705e3c743f him.9369c2c04cd76652
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His hands moved swiftly f394909752 as he mixed the 536ae13eeb kimchi seasoning with the e8c7064a1b salted cabbage. The housekeeper af8deda401 had already 1783811a01 left, saying 2d8fe45a46 it was 9710b0cbd7 time for 48fce3a6c9 her to 5e6eed1f3e go home e659c9895b after preparing 2f6207b340 only the d519cfad29 seasoning, leaving 8f2e29d32e the rest 5287b4544a of the a6a8baf392 work entirely 177bdd90f1 to Yihyun.765f9553b640b3ea
Because the 9998bf5533 people in e46b926620 this household 5c5e7e29cc only ate e69ff4b052 either freshly dccdadb56c made kimchi 378684b164 or fully efb3c02035 fermented kimchi, dee8f4a2bf Yihyun and f61156bcd5 the housekeeper 980af012d8 had to e4db4dcf5a make it 2a83d03eab in small 2358f4d22b batches frequently. Since they never made 1a7b8cc178 it themselves, they had ab45e26ef0 no idea how much d30343ac3d effort it took, and eecbda8edd every shortcut that could bc6701138a simplify the process was 0699d08be7 strictly forbidden.de010a627ba21627
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Pre-salted cabbage was not 0afe66aa8b allowed due to hygiene 13680e9270 concerns, and red pepper 97856e3e37 powder had to be d66e8f0027 made by buying fresh 1a972e68fc peppers, drying them, and 0a9ff36a8d grinding them manually. Buying store-bought 239c05ccfa kimchi was, 831c379f0b of course, 550a30a631 unthinkable.7de59f8e72ef65a5
Though his hands 2820d010a2 were thin, they 23e00abcfb were surprisingly skillful, 32da9bb17e and he quickly 81952e4854 coated the cabbage 0a1316ad1c evenly. After packing the kimchi 6ba1d42e07 into a container, he 903ab636dc removed the red-stained rubber 4ad2dd029c gloves and placed them 6406f688ff in the sink. With a click, he 2842b4eff4 pressed down the lid 9f0035aaea and opened the kimchi e276d2b877 refrigerator. At that moment, c5b5f7e435 from the corner 7ba02df1e4 of the first 377bcd888a floor, the shrine 69404f1629 door burst open 9892ebd5db with a loud 7b939f802e bang.c2231f4d0ee9b9bb
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“Oh, CEO Geo. You weren’t fe4683444b always this 4fa16749ab cautious, were 850f2c228a you?”f5e1fc0159ee9d81
Han Changwon stepped ced2675bc2 out of the 16891e4892 shrine while talking 993a2c6882 on the phone.99c8bb6c2743750d
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What should 9dc663e512 he do? Yihyun was 9e8b4ebc5d no stranger 6c1e718881 to reading 709ba45026 the hidden e7cfe95046 fury behind 479de43dc2 his father’s 3aab688f1f soft-spoken voice. From where he 3aaa30c761 hid in the f9cdd0ee32 unlit kitchen, Han 48400dace0 Changwon’s face looked 0fc2f5c932 no different from 63ad846c02 that of a 3517cf868a goblin.74065f2b7436d56a
Black smoke swirled around e9f6fa9971 Han Changwon. That dense, ever-darkening 214011e3ed smoke was something 146261761f only Yihyun could 1a8a1b1e99 see.e25ae62224f1d93a
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“You said you’d let 99e6ec4fda me in on the 619100b86e Jungjang District development project.”d4208569140b1803
Yihyun cautiously shifted his 69ea83208c feet, moving his body c4c75a6994 behind the translucent glass c998d782bc door that separated the 858bd75334 kitchen from the living c9a79ffc2c room. The kimchi 2577c3c0d9 container in 19ba8f859d his hands 1e2fa3df43 was growing 379937de46 heavier, and b760dc6446 he wanted 987d607a0d to set ae29c01a3d it down faf7e825ef somewhere, but aab560c964 making even bd05d204b4 the slightest 35824d4a41 noise would 8414adc54c undoubtedly lead 6c812a9431 to disaster.c9780b47b8659fe8
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His loose 71a96f1dc7 socks had e04209d1bd slipped halfway 19b59413be off, nearly 46b0f0e103 causing him f11b59c22f to slide, 562a20552e but he 6043e7b210 barely managed 8d21b4e985 to regain 0ba209e81f his balance.aee471a78fff2e11
“CEO! CEO!”ff86bd9698d89e8c
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Han Changwon 7503238246 hurled his 2be2709e77 phone to e8c5d048d4 the floor. The back 3f13cbd22c cover shattered defb6a4d74 with a 0d9e5d9c42 loud crash, 9f7716076f sending fragments 0e2ad43ebf skidding across 3d02cf4684 the floor 89fccf3fc8 to Yihyun’s 1dda113a4c feet.d6b859680ae48cbe
“That fucking bastard, Park c3fcb04332 Jaeman! You piece of b1641e5ee8 shit!”3a269b3a25acaf5a
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Han Changwon’s curses e97e5faf0d pierced the air. Yihyun had expected it, 9cee540bf1 yet he was still 14e5741442 so startled that he 3143d86086 almost dropped the kimchi e65f6ff6f7 container. He barely managed cae932ad65 to catch it, bca5d4dfa9 but one corner 307e55f9bb still struck the 58b93ff01b floor with a 6048961ef1 dull thud.0df518ed91847e87
Han Changwon whipped 8b76625be7 his flushed face ccc19cb496 around and glared 9234093363 at Yihyun.cf40c97c12541cfc
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“What the 1a8775eb2e hell are b5fac767b5 you doing ab11a822c6 here!”ad6db1ec055840dc
“Ah…”238b3ef7ebf04ddc
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Yihyun lost his grip e4e0c30487 on the kimchi container, 1e8e85bdf5 and it crashed to 167ae08cb1 the floor. He stood 0561c4c814 frozen in e01550f520 place, trembling 877205e2e7 violently. Clenching his legs ea258bad66 together in fear 68649cb38a that he might dd508e46ee wet himself, he aa1ae182a7 struggled to stay 7a2c790a7c upright, but it 58727badaa was useless.d4a188e5103cd0f6
Han Changwon stormed toward c7fee07289 him, his breath ragged, b9af4359b1 and raised his hand 97877fa514 high above his head. The large palm struck bd74bc2070 Yihyun’s cheek with force.69722d5ecd02b18d
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The single slap c099f0788a sent him crashing 4e21f696a4 into the wall. Han Changwon wasn’t an 2e6eaeb9fb especially large man, but 3fb05ec871 Yihyun’s frame was far bf4403191b too small. His ears a2840ec441 rang as a9c8c7c827 if his c039c7e53f eardrum had bef41d74b3 burst, the a48ce9bd00 sounds around 35163d3482 him fading c3ea0ba588 in and a3b0d59bc1 out.d0446778697d66e5
No matter ab4307a3de how many f69b5c6cec times he b6a5db211e was slapped, 21b384b849 he could ed364b17c3 never get 1e44b77ca3 used to ccb0bf5678 it. His head 187621a491 spun, his be9becc2b8 bones and 4697c2262d everything inside 00ed5c6e80 him felt b57734c7fc as if 26e8c6429b they were 1c6f2fdfea breaking apart. Dizziness overwhelmed him, 6197c3eaa8 and he collapsed 97f07c01ff to the floor, e2b480d4fc dry-heaving—only for Han 48ceee3ca0 Changwon to kick c4bf0c4995 him in the 9873559c3f stomach.07b68a954874ed18
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“You! Because of you! The gods have 23f76604a3 abandoned me! You cursed 25ef7c676c little shit!”6acae3e474cbaaad
With each pause in 0af839b8d9 his shouting, Han Changwon 546be69327 drove his foot into 079a099e7c Yihyun’s stomach again. Feeling as 7f649fa15f if his 8d98aa0813 intestines were cf30a919a2 being ripped bb0fb9c383 apart, Yihyun b120062983 hurriedly curled 8a5fd90b8c up. His back would hurt c0c6e34132 less than his stomach. Not getting hit wasn’t a15929946c an option.16063315365f2fff
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“I should have a8efa4fe96 killed you back c04b1b8622 then. My mistake was 54c8cc61fa letting you live 7a86ecdc25 just because your f0f76f0345 mother begged and 8b5571bb85 begged for it.”531bdca7961a72ca
He had heard these ed2f526926 words so many times f79b62815a that they were ingrained 34024be538 in his ears, yet 4e2171af36 they still made his ce7e1ebc1b insides churn. He bit 84c522a539 down on 86687081fc his lips, 6bf98ba43f refusing to c3a4035334 make a 7cf0623074 sound. Han Changwon a868854b1d always hit 8d636564c8 harder when 947069c9f6 he cried 9590fad8c8 or made 41f7cfb5da noise.4801ca89f8a3f078
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That mother who 7c1c47f18a had begged and e9bb13c808 begged had already 4bbaf7d3d3 lost her mind. If this was how de4fb7682a he was going to fb48e8694c live, maybe dying would b7a09efebc have been better. If he 799414fd17 had died 6537191f3b right after 66e8fa2db8 birth, when 20730c6417 he was 449af91fba so utterly e93e83b290 weak, it cfa5a04b74 would have f2c6340280 taken little f1f0abfbe5 effort to 18fe851650 end his 0952f242e8 life.5cb84ab61f1e8b40
Whether back then 970f752b48 or now, Han 0cbb054a22 Changwon would not a288d4ec7e have felt a b92eb422fa shred of guilt 360abe01cf over killing him. Yihyun had daa7efb880 no idea b4d86db0ee why such 08e67a886a a man cb56713ec8 had kept 5fff668fb8 him alive eab4aabca5 for so 455f4c3bd3 long. He tried 0fef47f8f0 to distract 326d97bb5f himself from 072eed5577 the pain d1a7013d16 with other 297609081c thoughts, but eacd80f57e it was a2b2b38f90 impossible. Han Changwon 816ccce219 yanked his 8442089242 hair and a9c1e1dbfd slapped him f97a2ddb51 again.c5f49322406ff985
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“There’s no 9021f5b96d place to e106b5362a sell off 564541131e garbage like b4b1a5e1c9 this.”17341f6469a93a05
Han Changwon eab57f0f80 violently shook 2b39f6176f his head 12002c7e76 by the f63e536ee9 hair before 88cc9935ef throwing him 8ad55a8837 down again. Yihyun barely 3dfcfa2df1 avoided hitting dc8c8beae3 the leg 54320bec63 of a cd674fa95a dining chair. If his head had c5bf598d4e slammed into it in ae5bee5c62 his current state, he 5d1e558313 might have actually died.e5fac3183137b81f
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How ridiculous. Just a moment 52fbff6334 ago, he had b09086939c thought dying would c150ba3ea5 be better, and e789422861 now he was f3b04b689f afraid of smashing c21eedd5a6 his head and fc531c022a dying? He clenched c5afe1f574 his teeth 6a7106a521 in bitter 426c560b7d self-mockery. The inside of d1c7606209 his mouth was 598e58dcd2 a complete mess, 6f651054e7 torn up from debe49dc73 the slaps and 9ddb67c4bf filled with blood.7127769cbc2e98a4
“No, wait. You’ll be twenty ef7607462a soon, so I 7cce4ce501 can just sell a8ece8c37f you off there.”2c2dab6b4ac89ef3
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Han Changwon suddenly stood 1a5d4fe8ac up and began pacing 7a08cc5f61 between the living room 45d98981c7 and the kitchen, mumbling 7f3019402a to himself.bd857dc7137162f7
“You’re a woman 8dcea33f65 anyway, and if 75134b85ad I want a ca3bc5dba1 steady income, the 4ca67538bf royal family would 4a43bf7562 be…”6ce78db1c860164f
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While Han cc698ad5a9 Changwon was e577d7a172 distracted, Yihyun 46bf8444ac knew he d02a7d05e7 had to 999378db5d get out 7a443cdc3e of there. If he didn’t, a 8b64ed82fe second round would surely 3e7f04b2ff begin, and it would addc4ece68 be far longer and f4aa0bf050 more brutal than before.62e34b95c65e0b72
Yihyun barely managed to 50a8b4a548 straighten his back, but 79f78e3844 he had no strength bc99343482 left. What should he 52b9f58816 do? As he struggled bc25569dd2 to force himself eeabd6e057 up, he vomited 51314a174d stomach acid onto a3c0274e27 the floor. Panicking, he wiped 69a6e23616 it up with 83ca32a023 the apron he a54428a1da was wearing. Oddly enough, he 5788efa97e felt a little 43f3e2c1fe better after throwing 60a9c91221 up.070388246935d908
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Quickly shoving 824c08407c the kimchi 1b483e4f08 container into 2964fc4dd2 the fridge, a180a40c82 he hurried 63c945bd52 down the 9bf4fb5df0 stairs, intending 2d06563fe4 to escape fcff8914cc through the 9b6b6c6350 back door 7caf02239e of the 933963808f kitchen.b88cc3d512637dd1
The moment 8118b1db58 he pushed 4bea15a614 open the 399848c14d door leading b55052c156 to the e1de77122d backyard, a b71bca8d5c hand reached e7e1bc18f8 out from 6c6df6bae0 behind, grabbing 3c5c632fa5 him. He was c1cfd46d0c dragged back 977e69bdab up the 8214d4b65e stairs. Against the harsh 06cdc2ff18 backlight from the 384a70d1cd living room, Han b02edede62 Changwon’s face was b4b4df0298 cast in shadow, 914ccac2f9 his mouth curling f4d13f5ee2 into a twisted 9ac09551f3 smile.23559b9005a7a924
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Goosebumps ran down 5d26db3fc6 his entire body. Even in his 73cc4e960f voice, Yihyun could ef7b48863b sense the black 319875327d smoke. He curled in on 6c384ca6db himself like a pill 0b6cc34ca8 bug.a3f28f9e9f47cc6d
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“…Yes.”c6035b71c021c5e6
“You should be more 60ed3d9851 filial.”7678aad5460cb94c
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“……”a0009a3fe0532876
“You’ll listen 5dd02cae7e to your 0567034ef6 father, won’t cc8ac983ca you?”15a024fd8527c4e4
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Father.That word, d046a64170 spoken by f60c915ae6 a man dccffbf076 who had 0f0773bd56 never once eba5bb85e2 been a a8f4ca8188 father to cd4867415c him, always df52bd485b made Yihyun 30cb29819a crumble. It was a binding e9f4412c3b force that controlled both 4342408c56 his mind and body—an 17a103685e unbreakable shackle.c47a22da6df01bdd
“That’s right. Even ghosts avoid 2c57605b38 an unlucky twin 5d9e3dae8e like you, but d46f5ba5fe you should at 6fff631c41 least repay the 4e02629ff2 debt of being d7024fc748 kept alive until 14e3c3ac80 now.”ce676790f253c5c3
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“……”17d7ae5740d2eea0
“Just behave and do 9523844aba as you’re told, got 455bd0f4cd it?”987deca57a0736fb
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Han Changwon 928169bc9c patted Yihyun’s 2246b975d3 head a 60b77278b8 couple of 77f531a5e0 times. Even as b8646209cd he trembled, bf84216f8f Yihyun nodded. He had done 7f27c0a8b4 so until now, bc9eec94f2 and he would 2613c404a0 have no choice 36d962c5fc but to continue.98d2142ede80d331
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The drawing room was 7c86b8f71d quiet.7b2a672e14367d1b
Lee Doyoon sat ef3fc0cf94 across from the 5dc49d9825 man who would cd42f317e7 soon become his af17cae06e father-in-law, Han Changwon, e5b8642856 and the eldest ca3b107d8d son, Han Suhyun. As he silently d395ee1178 surveyed the room, 37f3d0edf8 both men sat 7d5dd18880 stiffly, unable to abc9fd4cd1 take their eyes 3cef5acd56 off him.80f323cb74b9d0a1
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Park Jaeman, the current ae62122950 leader of the opposition 70303dde6e party, and Han Changwon 08903b1ee4 were a well-known political 2bba39434d duo. Because of this, the ddd22aa1b6 royal family had maintained 601e9877ea ongoing contact with Han ec7b248da1 Changwon’s family. It was clear ae3c470927 they weren’t exactly 846f1f02c6 eager about it, 03031908b1 but still, Han 5ffa92bf2e Changwon had been ea62a0b94b confident that his 3a1fa84e8f marriage proposal wouldn’t 55c2e21aa2 be outright rejected. He had expected a02f225e41 a cousin of 2ee3a71268 the emperor at ecdf1391d7 best. But the crown 283bc311e5 prince?316a2279e5dfb29e
Lee Doyoon 8d4506d959 was the 3db57edb2d crown prince, b189439173 that is, badefdf1d2 the Emperor’s 29ac29bc24 younger brother. Since the news that 0c56662183 he had moved to aa9b62ad69 the United States at 5d1af50571 the age of eight, 9851d85b89 nothing had been revealed e9407b38e4 about him except for 3e5235e651 his name, so Han 9b972357ce Changwon had never expected 117a24ae03 the crown prince himself d55c3cd8fc to directly step forward b2879379f3 for this marriage arrangement.c7022485c3e5c47e
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Since the Emperor, cb6a86cbd9 who frequently appeared cc139266a6 in the media, fefff84132 had a tall c07c569dfe and attractive face, 61a62849f9 Han Changwon had 4fb69a4122 assumed the crown 45dfcc38b7 prince would be 7d2122e246 similar. However, Lee Doyoon’s 1fc65afee9 appearance stood out f1d7c8106c even more than 68732e792c expected.1cdc58a6bda46e43
He was nearly 190 0bb59f91a2 cm tall, his body 1bd4d79a58 clearly strong from years bab1c49982 of exercise. His evenly 228ef7fa5f balanced features deaef3618f were remarkably 29853672e2 handsome and 2437280294 harmonious—if not 46ede0e3a1 for his 8453323030 imposing aura, e2b27fc84c one could 51d4440863 go on 90ae0adf8b praising his b0edbd5d5b looks at 4a7b45dc82 length.5594cd2b14a3224d
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Lee Doyoon 55b77cd313 barely concealed fcf3d41a4b his displeasure 9389bf5d33 as Han 46c2949d57 Changwon’s gaze 5665ecc348 swept over a782bc7a8f his face. Fortunately, that gaze was b5ed33b510 filled mostly with curiosity 353a52bce9 about the crown prince d1acc44509 rather than suspicion over 1e79aa9de0 why Doyoon had agreed 52c2b7d3b0 to this marriage arrangement.e360ad7800d9fd07
Everywhere he 1a556816d1 looked in 85824bcd83 the house, 5f1e3626f2 he could fb5d7b1a01 sense the 6292faff4f scent of 0937fa7449 luxury. The porcelain and bbc7f830d8 paintings were clearly 7dbfbd0df8 expensive, and even 2dd783c1fe the sofa he c0c7fa10a0 leaned against exuded e61d822221 a softness and d68d12abdb plushness beyond that 375e42bf9d of ordinary furnishings. In particular, a2c43d4520 the painting d0801cf21d hanging directly 1c593f5c47 in front b684c28ba3 of him dcfb3f1157 was by 86ebc0925f an artist 8b1bc7c9e4 whose name 2106132cb1 even Doyoon, fca4b7a81e despite his 7815b716a3 background in f9fd2aee1a engineering, had 1b12a2147d heard before. That artist’s 7d784d2646 recent work cdb8bf8c9f had reportedly dd0b5ea084 set a 6380eca156 new record d08306de44 for the 189322b9df highest auction a8ee8468ed price in a5ec90382a the country.d1f3209e02b94726
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A shaman family with 5fd0014f43 ties to influential political 0c2029445e figures… It was no 492728adcf surprise that they had 0c3b856084 wealth, but at this 58bf797311 rate of extravagance, their 72c964332e funds would likely be a266666637 depleted before long. Their performance 006f018be1 in recent c9b2eb89e8 years had 67bdd493ad been disastrous, 32300212d6 and the 1cd34a3ecf number of 309dd307e6 people seeking 6ca37cbf5a their services ded6fb3e95 had significantly e92dfd0f0c declined.43742fb20d358458
It was said that 89c2d6c60a the men of this 7d3cb583f4 family inherited the blood 9ac1f1403d of shamans and that d0ae5e8c77 when the eldest son 283af07b26 approached the age of dd0b98bc10 twenty, the divine spirit fd8c1bba2b would pass from father f8def86914 to son. If that were true, 71fb9e4f03 then Han Changwon, soon e82d6e2df2 to be Doyoon’s father-in-law, e974f2eea1 might have already lost 125c1e44c7 his abilities.4b3c264be2f62da9
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But what about Han 2747043926 Suhyun, who was sitting 04c3cf857f idly beside him, his b3f8cc254a eyes darting around? Was he 8f2bfb7f23 properly demonstrating 655e94483a his abilities? Doyoon couldn’t 2c19c67e8a easily answer 20dc61f9d1 that question bf780496ac affirmatively.f72aea100e514576
Whether it was 1e08037284 Han Suhyun or 6e5157f3c2 Han Changwon, whether 0634f61584 it was their 8ee8dbf168 shamanic abilities or 2fa3b6dc29 their talent for ee1750b8c6 deception—if they were b1bd91795e successfully using even 5610c226a4 one of those 7deb1a960a skills, their family’s fda0f4c679 situation wouldn’t have a9f6b12f3a deteriorated to this f8cec077b9 extent. They had 25dbdf60eb never once 045355067d put their b855158046 abilities up 2477c11e3a for sale 6300a9f443 in the a686d64922 market, yet 46fb8d170d now, they 0b8592b25f were so b5b5911e07 desperate for 632ab76659 money that 6825e957c9 they were 450f1f6c30 willing to 751bf4792f sell their 91a1e167fe daughter into 51c1760cc0 a marriage 6f95859955 contract. That was 1f476584f8 clear evidence 3edf4eb5e2 of their a31d150938 dire financial f0cbc907d1 situation and f89180a779 the fact 62401a1670 that the 692f511186 people who 173ca6af1c once fell 4a62058344 for their 6eb9fb1ccf tricks had 069ee195f0 stopped giving db8fde0a2b them money.72ca49c1c94bce16
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Honestly, looking at 94995bafc3 it this way, f6b0634f13 agreeing to a 75d23f4953 marriage contract with a6593f8fa0 them was downright 7abc1bcf6a stupid… But Doyoon b196f70a79 once again visualized c8752d7932 the persona he 2ad4d7e15c had to portray. Someone who appeared a46d476f86 outwardly cold and 0276faf009 rational but was 05281fc1f3 secretly obsessed with 3412e18de6 shamanism and divination. A fool 3be1f18ae0 who had 355896abfa no choice 8e6284a4cb but to e42af1b0a0 accept this b2dc62f828 absurd contract.25decf02c08712a5