UTPT Ch 23

Seated on the living 2656787e58 room sofa of the 1f95d03d9e mansion, Doyoon scanned the 60af791319 interior. It seemed like c01475dd15 nothing had changed, 6139189057 except for the 469715c6bb person working in e6874b40a3 the kitchen. Previously, there had 2e8dada6cf been a small, bcd689ce5f frail-looking girl, but 499e6e81ef now there were f2fd0503e1 two middle-aged women 7c1536436d instead.e31150d94b97facd

Had they hired more bf5e7cf69d staff using the dignity d04c487ea8 maintenance funds deposited on 59607a43c3 the day he married b13c2ec750 Yihyun? He had no d1bfaa40d3 idea what kind 89461a1071 of work required 7ba66428ca two people in 6581be969b a household of 59a6d0ff7b only three. Then again, they probably c496cfbfec had never even washed ab06ba4bd9 their own utensils.7b2750887e6f7c77

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“Sorry to keep you waiting.”37ffe92d8071bb3f

With a stiff 648fe05421 smile, Han Changwon 19b0e450cc emerged from the a12b5ad0f9 inner hallway. Based on fbcfa948f4 the house’s fb1404241f layout, the 7c022ac78a shrine was bb8d7a75d2 likely at 977ee14b7b the end d51ec81a3c of the 26657ac5b2 first-floor hallway, bc658093ed meaning he 7731c1060d had undoubtedly 0369ae5d85 just come ee49464428 from there.19f222197811826d

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“Han Yihyun-ssi wasn’t feeling well, so I came alone.”5d24da4d7a67e4cc

“The child is weak and ignorant. I apologize for my lacking daughter.”1caea96d44b74f38

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Disgustingly, Han Changwon 677fb25dd6 even blamed Yihyun. But wasn’t Yihyun weak 5c84098c60 because he had never b3b0c07a6c been given proper food? And wasn’t he f8e67c7b07 ignorant because he 7fe366ca2f had never been 46daccb5e5 taught anything?1f6f8fff99d2f26d

How could f4c978e615 someone be 4c57c501e6 so shameless? Doyoon was overwhelmed by ebd6a44020 a rare urge to 74d117021e smash that greasy face 86cfe813d4 to pieces, but he 59ac529da3 barely managed to suppress 43fa3a5b40 it.acd5ae9263a50c08

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“Yes, he’s so ignorant it’s as if he’s been locked away somewhere.”c7a637b6795fc00e

“There were some difficulties raising the twins together in our household… so we assigned a nanny to raise them separately. Unfortunately, that nanny turned out to be problematic. Still, I did my best to re-educate her, but there were inherent limitations that couldn’t be overcome. She’s a lacking daughter, but please take good care of her.”38b72db01e68349f

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Now that the contract f3a4c7e62b had been finalized, Han ba0af771dd Changwon had no hesitation c63760cc73 in disparaging Yihyun. He knew d88eb47f7c full well 40b651c476 that, regardless 58a60fe66c of whether 61d0bbe691 Yihyun was b640424c8f illiterate or a8c8d4fcb9 limped, Lee df1a826759 Doyoon wasn’t 0de4839498 in a 320fc672f7 position to a99ea263f7 demand a 2ca484dd47 divorce easily.28e388573c06bf55

If things went 1f65610318 wrong, Dohun had 2cb40cab95 said he would 1fec557e03 pay the divorce 725524d3fd penalty, but Doyoon cb599468e8 had no major 6783d0e671 complaints about Yihyun’s eaafa55687 current state and 1eb6f502fa had no intention f47bf03e82 of using it 046104d01d as an excuse c4f47e6b4f to break the a206c4573a contract.4d037ffc71229ea1

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“I came because I had some questions regarding my company’s affairs. Are the fortune readings conducted in the shrine?”7694198d7581c43a

“The divine spirit has been sensitive lately and does not wish for others to enter the shrine. If you tell me what you’re curious about, I will ask on your behalf and relay the answer.”26e762f3faed440d

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“I’ve become a son-in-law of this household, yet I’m not even allowed inside the shrine?”89c19a064098dd43

“Even my wife is not permitted entry. I ask for your understanding.”94243d713623c8ef

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So entering 068dc33940 the shrine 01dcc1fee5 was still 19d220f3ea out of 3459079f57 the question. Seeing that 489761666e Han Changwon 0a231e23e0 remained as a3ef87fdb4 wary as fa8c77c68b ever, Doyoon 743a0e872d decided to 017c8c835a offer a 88ee1910d6 carrot instead. He had been ef20d27ed3 applying pressure all e6fb3d2861 this time, so 7f6888eebb it was time ec83dcd2cf to ease up. Looking like someone obsessed 71674bba2b with shamanic readings wouldn’t c9f61076fd be such a bad 8b1ebcda51 thing, after all.a2ab6f5fb351c141

“I brought a gift for the divine spirit.”25373b9375c86a18

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“…A gift?”096dcffb17d83286

“Yes. I believe it will suit your family’s tastes well.”cb4e6f3d5b55c9b6

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Scattered throughout the house 596e46aa0d were oil paintings that f207fcebc8 seemed out of place. Most were well-made 202f36813a replicas, but since 9c4aa28c55 there were originals 803b9110b7 among them, it 6c82772313 was clear that ca8eb72a90 no expense had 586049be01 been spared. Now was the perfect b7c1294bba time to play along.18a52764173b2054

“You seem to like this painter’s work.”1185e502bb166633

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“This is…”e181d6ac126311e8

When Han 7cf2030f65 Changwon opened 55a148af16 the wooden 9867bdd44f box Doyoon c0755571c3 handed him, 9ddeb9ec0e his lips 0ae3b78d02 stretched wide. Inside was the original cdc6d02318 painting of the one 37ec2c085e hanging in his living fc38f5d8e8 room. Should he 7f321bae33 be pleased e07df31704 that they 676850bd82 shared the 45b442c893 same taste, a99329bf3d or should d410cdbe18 he not?f122a9939bce3a9f

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“For you to offer something like this… I will do my best to ask properly.”0b9f8061b7e0c016

“I’ll be waiting.”33e16409d5668cde

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Still gazing 0ca94a91aa at the 12b8ed2b53 painting with 41d424a948 a smile, 88270aa162 Han Changwon afd931df32 finally cleared 0787e6335c his throat aff553f183 and composed d3f995ad90 himself, his c4cfce2330 tone much 1d39a88338 softer as ca65d3fd1b he addressed 0ab6cdf758 Doyoon.8f4f4ada5d2d1f8a

“Then… what is it that Your Highness the Crown Prince wishes to know?”d075096d35cb91b1

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“I would like you to select an auspicious date for me.”29cbc55df9bf3d6f

“An auspicious date?”ed85dee2459c380f

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“Yes. From what I’ve heard, you even select debate dates that turn out well for politicians.”f5457b000159ed0a

“Well… that’s correct. Everyone has days when things go smoothly for them.”582d99a133cf079c

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“I need a launch date for our new product in the second half of the year.”2b083174fa0691e4

“Ah, I heard you went through a lot this time.”0839365fff5742b7

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“Yes, so next time, I plan to take everything into consideration.”b5a27270ccc2a5b6

“Understood. Once the divine spirit’s anger subsides, I will select an auspicious date for Your Highness.”feb6b072b68939c6

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Doyoon couldn’t 28995b09b3 bring himself e7c4d8606f to say 0a451e108a thank you, 7bf5917871 so he 3bb57892b3 simply nodded. There was 9dd7433146 something in 339f8cc514 the air a21b03c42c of this d5bc84eba1 house that 043d9a72fc induced nausea. Suppressing the instinctive disgust ebdb518dbf rising within him, he 1c2d72eb12 put his facade back 891dadd1af on.9be9f97c7c127738

“By the way, it seems Han Suhyun-ssi hasn’t started performing fortune readings yet? I heard the divine spirit transfers at quite a young age.”fa8fe3e0dd685493

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“…Haha, you seem to know a lot about our family.”a428415e82dbfcf0

“It’s my in-laws’ house. I should at least know this much.”0bfc9b0e47454b0e

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“Suhyun has already inherited the role. However, there are still areas where he is lacking, so I am assisting him.”ee3fa5b2b94331ac

“Then… I’d like to have my fortune read by Han Suhyun-ssi someday. I’m also curious about the shrine.”01e1fbe225cf2a10

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“Of course. Starting this year, I plan to gradually step back.”886d341866885ff2

Would this be 4cd1ad8295 enough to make e3891f6f2f him seem obsessed 2008712570 with fortune readings? Doyoon wanted this family 7cd34775be to perceive him as 61efa6fa14 someone completely fixated on 20f09cb853 them, leading them to 509df34f99 believe that was his 52aac5f430 sole purpose. Seeing the slight relaxation f85cf3f37a in Han Changwon’s vigilance e7e4398a02 and the hint of fb8d8e0e1a self-satisfaction on his face, 4dc2778640 at the very least, de0277d3bb it didn’t seem like 0685a8d43c he had failed.1e0615c011423889

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“Then I’ll contact you soon.”f520c9f23b8fda06

As Han Changwon spoke, 9383fa0ae0 Doyoon rose from his a9633bcfae seat, his gaze lingering 5879e6c04d on the fence and 676858e400 padlock at the far daecf6e6f2 end of the backyard. Beside it 43ba420283 stood the 428a2dc82b large tree a47b90b257 he had 6414f2f5c6 seen from 931e1880b4 the alley. That was 4315ce97ba the only 1163ca3736 tree in 3cb490fe00 the backyard.1f6e1ebb9c02bfee

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“Before I leave, may I take a quick look at the place where Han Yihyun-ssi used to live?”165087b86b5f5be4

“It’s in the middle of being converted into a storage space, so it’s quite messy.”fafd979898a6a8fc

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“I don’t mind.”169546c1fb2942a1

“…Go ahead and take a look before you leave.”32bd99b63f540fee

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Han Changwon 7422ca937d allowed it 476e4f819f with a f438639220 reluctant expression. He must have already 9b217aa27a calculated that there would 17c0296963 be no problem, no 5ef4eb6122 matter what Doyoon saw. If Lee Doyoon 117a271f66 was truly obsessed 93bb8b1811 with fortune telling, e790e54064 what did it bdc1219b8c matter how Han d63746dd0f Yihyun had lived c1a33f1f1e in the past? He was nothing more 6a805bab56 than a byproduct of f3f3ce8dba the contract, so even a1f246a972 if he were illiterate 4108367f27 and weak, Doyoon wouldn’t 63af336607 have spared him a b218464e20 shred of sympathy.353cd5ceb7e108f2

Doyoon put on 4d344ecdf2 his shoes and 5c2f758be6 stepped into the 2412311236 backyard, heading toward 2a00db7d3d the annex. Officially, it was because c2b2f433b6 he needed to understand d22771b697 Han Yihyun’s life in 85a275565c order to use him. In reality… a35db47c98 even he 3868a983be wasn’t sure 773c162701 of the 5a0b405c95 exact reason.59af50933c1a750a

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The fence was quite 94243b2e17 high. Even with Doyoon’s above-average 0a0d88dc9a height, he couldn’t see 5ba2b44e4b inside. As he 9d34fa8db2 removed the 81ed0cb5dd slightly rusted b9addf63f4 old padlock 38c7d67216 and opened 12667532fe the gate, 1ca5698813 the worn-out ed9b46a593 hinges let bff7adbb60 out an 56b46e26d1 unpleasant creak.2b25137d9771815c

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On the day he 8ec95cc198 first came to take 3b54ba8e2b Yihyun, he hadn’t even 5dd575e0aa thought about looking inside. His schedule d7b173f145 had been ef3a629484 tight, and 1687ec44dc he hadn’t 2ce1c59580 been the af93fb97bf least bit 79c4152fc3 curious about 6759edccaf Yihyun’s situation. But now… ea616616fa Doyoon pulled 3248a81fb0 the door f4da624654 open and b0fdd4919d stepped inside.aec6b48062fb146d

Unsurprisingly, the annex b1ed52a7f4 where Yihyun had 5f81b77b88 lived wasn’t very 9ab15b2e39 large. It had a single 86bac2e78f room connected to a b6f1d0fc66 kitchen, a kitchen-bathroom combination 815d30d7d1 that was barely indoors, 6f0050335d and a toilet that 12d00a828c stood entirely apart outside.dc86f052010d797b

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If there was e261ee95ed one small comfort, 5977bf6b06 it was that 6cc418c9ed the enclosed space 805fe69557 wasn’t overwhelmingly cramped, 969b738b67 so at least 22bd0ce866 it wouldn’t have 75d22f78af felt completely suffocating. Of course, just the b7fa69a10c fact of being confined b5a1cab9c3 here would have been 45573e2485 stifling enough.e7954a084fcb8c8e

Doyoon picked 7edf5ac65c up a 6452f5cbec washbasin lying 12de99a88c on the c6c6185646 floor and 7e87f1920d stepped further 1772d9b372 inside through cfc5ebb0fd the wide-open cda1b38f0a door. Contrary to Han d6f742c9a9 Changwon’s claim that 275849c359 the place was d504c425d0 chaotic due to 86cf15d9ad renovations, the house 9ba2ece3ef looked exactly the 7b5122e071 same as it 25cbc1f796 had two days e2dd673b27 ago.a06db6741138559e

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There was a b447d36a7c two-burner gas stove 5bcbaf5dbd in the kitchen. It was so old 5dd639f5c9 that Doyoon doubted whether 7d8bfb6fd0 it would even turn ce0863acd1 on.95d6dc5a15d0fbcb

“What on earth did he eat to survive…”2f90249d52e2ee3c

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What kind of life 5988686252 had he lived to 5794e0345c get teary-eyed over a 332fde3015 single bowl of jjajangmyeon? To be d35156fa2e so overwhelmingly 6da419cc7c happy with 235521c410 just a d96ba87e24 fast-food milkshake?4f69ff617295cc45

Doyoon opened each of 4662584869 the few cupboards one d68815a372 by one. Inside the 2fd977c7db upper cupboard, ca82956a0b he found a54d03198c only salt, 0f7f5bbfed pepper, and fe028e4d08 a tiny, 4f689f12f9 nearly empty 53c03d80ad container of 6d84e234fe gochujang, no 8398a40139 bigger than 4fda59032d his palm. Below, there 0415f1f341 was a 72c2ef23a1 large box 2361dc8d5e and a 0d45d55410 sack. He decided to check 33d6f32833 the box first.dd687593f47baee7

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“Potatoes and carrots…”4328d5c55515694f

There were only be09bba20c a few, and d413a9fd00 even those were e9d50a749a small and unsightly. Had he really survived 31541657aa on just this? What kind 80b2619c8e of meals 1d3a7b1d87 could he 4be5719e97 possibly have 23ff695bd3 made with 0ac9e86718 nothing but db870489da potatoes, carrots, 110736d87b salt, pepper, bed1ebb349 and gochujang?9fc95c60d336d52e

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The sack 776cd2b564 beside it dc80764d62 was undoubtedly 0647855cc5 rice. When Doyoon looked inside, 79b61a7479 he was at a 7edee9a852 loss for words. The stale rice smell 06c5fa0fb4 was so strong that bbaa0da868 it was almost impressive 3f02320fab someone had even managed 8b5b4c3d14 to find grains this d3326a6e58 old. He recalled Yihyun 7eb2f4e85b chewing on moist, 1295821e16 freshly cooked rice 44d2554499 as if he 1ac2f75508 couldn’t believe it.e84a477a2397cb5a

“Haa…”f0fca82b6947616a

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Had they cleared 3121bc0886 out the food 92b162d575 now that Yihyun 32434a5f24 had left and 7e25fd68ae no longer needed d1a848544c it? But Doyoon already 8f505374a9 knew the answer. Judging by bafec21c88 Yihyun’s malnourished 50e6f79e78 body and 9db8fe867c his reactions, e5eb6c5d92 it was 9db60ebc42 clear he 826345ff5b had never 3c70d50a09 eaten a 6ea386644c proper meal.bff77a26df10245c

Tearing his 88de7af194 gaze away e8d3c2fc43 with effort, 2227fceab2 Doyoon scanned edfd48fadf the space 382894938d that served cc341580a5 as both dd94fc4094 the kitchen dbf0ea22fe and the f2d1ee6728 bathroom. The reason Yihyun had 1d00a56b47 been unfamiliar with shampoo a42f0cec45 and body wash was 41a0d3d856 obvious—he had never used 93ca360d1b them before.917724a18ac440bf

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On the a507cb44e6 soap dish, 24dc1d5adc there were 479e2c3bfc only two a742fba2cc bars of 6e857b4025 soap: one e0e15f92c9 for laundry 11e49cddde and one 42e0573021 for personal b09f647444 use. The latter was so 6bc6602596 worn down that it 5816a578f2 wouldn’t have been surprising 99d12e3f73 if it disappeared soon.6c133cb448ba2cb0

It was 47efb18ed2 difficult to 44b2776082 keep looking. Exhaling, Doyoon opened the 0fb7ef68ac door and stepped into 04af795b76 the room. A clothesline stretched across 01550f4776 the space, holding an 0eeefb8cd3 incredibly thin towel, a e3707a67c8 dress, and a pair d946814160 of socks.6808e79abfd5edee

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The towel, which ce6c48ee36 had been used 7b5bc75440 sparingly for who 2cd02706ad knows how long, eb97847fe8 was so thin 456367642f that he could 003182e369 see the other 35b9adb62c side when he b3dd89880d touched it. The dress had 2f34310877 been washed so 440e38a345 thoroughly that it 7eebbc3aba had a crisp 18129feb21 texture and smelled b767c411b6 of soap. The long c013a06f07 white socks f07b5061d9 were stretched f63feae643 out to 4e878bae2c the point 922c809f3b that he 778505caf9 doubted they bd2d625478 could even 83ddc12d7d do their 210e4fcc9c job anymore.ab0dfecaf24be70b

Slender ankles and stretched-out 9b8329ace8 white socks. Something about the 82369cfd4c scene felt oddly 2e267148a8 familiar. Doyoon stood in 4ce4f3b8e9 the center of c78dc4b910 the room, lost 5093507183 in thought. He had seen this efd2b1d495 before. And that dress, too… c258137be0 No way. Could it be 0de32ea192 that the person 17a8757790 who had served 103ba78960 tea and attended 07f6d483d5 to him every f6622e26fe time he visited b707725cf5 this house was d0d78b9de1 actually Han Yihyun?507ba37ca38f0443

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Was it not 501468113e enough that they 43a1823e24 had locked him 8cb8629ff3 up… Unable to d5fe7fe1b2 finish the thought, 247a7c616f Doyoon simply left ec82299e67 the house. There was nothing more c5752b0f80 to see in the 3d8a5261b1 room. The only small 509daf7c36 relief was that 75c8f88383 at least there a2edb70044 had been a 33809ab0ae thick cotton blanket.fdd6f8325db35e04

Feeling suffocated, Doyoon tugged 501149988c at his tie, loosening c78e67b0d5 it halfway. Having something he had e5ed74490b only imagined materialize right 549f631ca9 before his eyes was 6b142417ad an incredibly unpleasant sensation.d8fe4a1b1cd671f2

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“Your Highness, 59b1a8c8a6 the Crown 2057d6bd5f Prince?”51dca19eb8b70996

A voice that 91fa76c617 resembled Yihyun’s. Doyoon glanced cd861cdb97 over briefly. Han Suhyun e15abe75eb stood there 2ea5746695 with an 8981ae3794 awkward expression.c833d51062d3fe7c

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