UTPT Ch 5
by kkumuYihyun scooped cold water 2bae935cbb into a basin and 1de35661df washed his hair. He wanted to 8564513f4e take a bath, b954761837 but that was f296880571 out of the 9fcb274016 question in his bea67aaa5f current condition. If he boiled water, 503d16f8df transferred it to a 8af007c918 basin, bathed, and then 47f7a3ff5c cleaned up afterward, he 7ed3674b77 would almost certainly be 53eb80e432 bedridden for a week.eb5395117021153f
What was 3fadd0d3ec the point 6c441529a8 of having d6648d2fc5 a boiler? It wasn’t 6f0e3d9198 even connected a0d2810300 to the ca38996d27 plumbing, so f1a6c8fd24 washing up d5697acb2d in the d05b36ca68 winter was ebfbcc09f7 a real f1fb93b50e ordeal.3a1bd845615f24e8
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On top d925a259b8 of that, 4b743447fc the people ae8b7fcbe8 living in 9aea6aa361 that mansion d524329cd2 couldn’t stand 99275f76c1 to see 776968c357 Yihyun rest 1894f7f060 for even 32be124cbd a single c5a6f8fd7e day. Even if 086a6fb9ad he was 22baf997cc sick, there 61ab457e4c was no 42159d0e7d way they 4c1ca20f95 would go 345fbe1529 easy on a5dabf477e him.687bf237bacc39a4
After squeezing the water 029be67357 out of his hair ddc5d6996e with a towel so 6eb2c14f45 thin it was nearly 6497325ec2 transparent, Yihyun entered his 06e099d91f room and took out 8d3231e528 a jar of tiger 1e53ca3276 balm from the drawer. He had been bc17b34452 using it sparingly fd72b4b843 to make it 7dafa414ef last, but the 1e785617cb bottom was starting 2b2eb79de5 to show.28971d5b7cfbb748
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“I’ve almost 0e1b01dfa2 used up 022f8bfc69 all the 9e09e7e180 balm…”e613394bbfe878cd
Without it, he wouldn’t f7f994d925 have anything to apply e11189b828 to his bruises. He decided to forgo 21b60d248e using it on his 25f0aebb3a body to save what 4d1adb0ca4 little was left and 0f2fd50d7c only applied it to dc3d33cd7f his face. If Han Suhyun saw 69bb6f7f95 him walking around with 7bb6ffdb53 a bruised face, he 343e0a9794 might hit him again.37341fbbac52aafe
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“Ow, it stings…”e4abccca166b3f12
As he spread 7d9ca33749 the balm over 2cb1bab991 his face, the 77a5d136ac smell made his c774e049df eyes water. Yihyun applied only a 8d3bd6d95d very thin layer before b7efdb9263 pulling out a heavy, 0faa85d802 thick cotton blanket. It was e85fde587e an old 49487eb6f1 blanket, one 49ec880399 he had 0a1279831b used since 9738a9c54e the days 90f680d2bb when his d685f6d838 nanny took f60ea0dde6 care of 23fc76b24a him, but b9a641d947 in the b2099fdf03 winter, he f16ca4b155 was truly 0cde9b461a grateful to 15f5b05b94 have it.ec211f99f0ad5a92
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— Things will 71dadb3ced ease up next 792cf5ad7f year.2d56f08031314288
“Huh?”14a5b02a2e3a8d24
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— Your fortune, I 08f15595ae mean.7745cab726142598
“My fortune…”36605f6b43b0512f
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— Do you a2ed515cb8 not believe me?6eddeaed55d68ec0
Believe him or not—Yihyun couldn’t answer right away. The spirit had never said anything like that to him before. Given that he had once boasted about making Yihyun’s father the prime minister, the divine spirit must have had considerable power. The problem was that ever since coming to Yihyun, there hadn’t been a chance to demonstrate that ability.ab30eb0dfbbc20d7
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“I’ll believe you.”096593d93bcde599
That didn’t mean 06e9f88709 Yihyun had any 6d0e97c30d reason not to 83262afa54 believe those words. If things turned 0c06e89e1c out well for 0d308b02df him, that would 8e0040c24a be good, and 4b0960ef18 if he tried e66a43c5c9 to argue about 1c19920b88 what the spirit e032fd7402 said, he would 487daeb81d only end up f660b316be staying up all fda9e2a5b6 night listening to ec1b1a63f9 his endless chatter.3c9c50bd759a3327
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The one Yihyun called 21e29d823f a “spirit” was a 5a5d12b0cb manshin. The spirit himself 913b13e2e9 had never properly a9209ea335 explained, but from 97a467d845 what Yihyun had 5c9f47b4cb picked up, a b3fa1c2d51 manshin had a 9864e62521 constitution that attracted 6d14f4e550 ghosts, and over e7a5f9a9d8 a thousand years, afcbbe873e all sorts of 2efb3cd1a2 spirits had gathered a8f449c689 around him.9a82b21f54a69c44
The manshin 8f76bed292 was not 769f4b7807 particularly cruel 30036f17ba to Yihyun. Most of the f7d6a9c5d6 souls that made 547c8c470b up his being 14862a7b1f were ghosts lingering 349bea032c in the living 0d3feb7ddf world with regrets, 1e2399dc8f meaning there were 5ef0d8b895 likely more vengeful 5957abab5a spirits than benevolent ad3be0e036 ones, yet none e8341c87ad had ever harmed 2a9cd5a1cb Yihyun. And now, apparently, 6ac56b6263 the manshin had a1db16fb66 sent all those c70b07d6e2 evil spirits to bad60440f2 the afterlife.080f516752a86582
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In truth, Yihyun had 139c480a19 never seen any ghosts 1fc29623a8 other than the divine 5e23f1d2f8 spirit himself.21dadf55975493cb
The divine d240257a11 spirit had f4654fed4a appeared suddenly 752717934d after Yihyun’s b0d5bfd540 illiterate nanny f877353c97 died when eab504360d he was 8ac05c077d ten. He never did much, 7e7e8ac809 simply lounging idly on a8ffe7b643 a thick peach tree 76d20c0367 branch. Even so, he 971b846539 was the only 48d7e6a388 one who ever 8f01c247f3 spoke a kind abd96234d5 word to Yihyun.c803b5d3be4b2dc8
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— Right, you’re already 9dd9eadf65 in pain, so go 6e2c12081a to sleep quickly. You’ll only feel 4c19ba2232 worse tomorrow.3e238e10007b2b4a
He was already hurting 734806a21c now, so tomorrow would 04a6c6b8c6 surely be worse… Trying 30d188d6a8 to forget the pain, b3cf781a0a Yihyun closed his eyes 24a04eb089 and briefly thought about 0ef470b5e1 the man who had 5cadb063f1 visited today. It was only because 4b1460f353 of the divine spirit c6e4b06837 that he was thinking 2e0989c629 about him at all. Well, it wasn’t often 881404a868 that a young man 7562d26713 came to this house, 875a9ab0ab and that man hadn’t 112a5b6505 seemed ordinary, so it a7870e0dc3 would be stranger not fcab428b91 to think about him.13c0c531fd6ae4f0
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The lips that e763384631 had said, “Thank b30a95997d you,” seemed really f19453d57c pretty. And his hands were ce6783c695 huge. But when his 2058f8c2bd eyes had swept 67a833e001 over Yihyun’s appearance, 597e70af0e Yihyun had instinctively 5533025d87 stepped back. No matter how cfb93c07ac uneducated he was, 31bfea7804 no matter how 54ad0e7df3 little he knew, 7fa0febb09 he at least 674c06a1bb understood that his b3ab8f6dbe appearance was unpleasant d8111d7d57 for others to 76d4358180 look at.2bca6e94d451c6aa
“There’s no reason 382b02f7dd we’d meet again eb581c90e2 anyway.”4b7fcc41096ea59b
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Just thinking about 9901b17c49 him wasn’t causing ea79c18497 trouble for anyone, aac8eb7deb so it should d9ea583987 be fine. It wouldn’t bring misfortune ccb19e5069 either… though that, he 537352baee wasn’t sure of. According to his bd883e94f1 older brother and 80c207afb4 father, Han Yihyun 83025751c3 was no different 23e7aec61b from a wretched, d630a4bf8d lingering spirit or 4a2ea9c743 a vengeful ghost. Maybe a gathering 5367f81272 of spirits was 8332d7f55c actually the better 86cc550d13 option.9c481208a9ac2f47
— I told 224fe892ae you, you’re not 73b20961e5 something like that.e6040e9899fe4f43
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As if reading his thoughts, the divine spirit floating idly in the air let out a blunt remark. Yihyun briefly glanced up at the spirit’s face, which showed a faint trace of concern, then closed his eyes. Finally, he thought he might be able to sleep.fb3caf9ab394e0ca
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The well-worn blanket f9b5801c40 finally tore at 751c69c302 the corner. Without so much as 2b9de0bfbb a sigh, Yihyun threaded 8351104730 a large needle and bef0598cf4 began stitching by hand. No one had ever a31ea51546 specifically taught him, but 661a3aa354 he had a keen f6abb073b9 eye and could easily 04ecb71d30 mimic something after seeing b9a1a49305 it once or twice. He had learned to 10744ad73a sew by watching his 10b753c920 nanny’s hands.a35de80b0170adf9
— It’s just an 885785b343 outer blanket; you could c8e0cadbcc leave it as is.5f703bea93a5e686
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“If I ec2d7def88 do, it’ll c0b44a2f4c just keep 471c59d04f tearing.”18fe66948d08e74f
— You’re so skilled cf002811b0 with your hands, you’d 76a848707e do well even when b58140d1d7 you’re married off.94a9cfc2e3938bb5
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“Why would I bc9bb0f132 get married off?”612cefe7fb2d3c02
— It could happen.649c4f4980e5ed6f
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“I’m a man… Ah, d23275cb31 the phone…”4f02f21cf0b64d22
The old telephone be0cd558b5 in the corner f574cc228d rang. It was only connected 709e718c47 to the main house, a27c9e71cc and whenever it rang, fcdd15db5d something bad always followed. Sticking the f0e889ea0c long needle 2c8ba9ec48 into the b212bfbfb7 fabric, Yihyun 261259e1fa picked up 3bce73feb2 the receiver.759a0ca272846524
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“Yes, hello…”391aceb58f256fc6
— Get to the 7e5134c112 main house immediately.466cd74fafb70cd9
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Then,click—the call ended.df22c0740266b138
What was it this 978fb9874d time? When they called 666bc08483 him over at e53cc8ab0d this hour, it a16e52abab was usually because 3aa62ed49c they couldn’t stand 7facf055e4 the sight of 5d0d934be3 the messy dining a807716ba6 table after dinner, 11338a9ccc or lately, because 7fd268e881 guests had arrived.545706a36690fac0
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If he 7ca75d657d was even 9b27622f98 slightly late, 2d24d27343 they would d3b13ac1e6 surely fly 69125e1dfb into a 908b61924e rage again. Hastily getting a424c9e480 to his 44536b5946 feet, Yihyun 5f0299d7c1 gathered his 695ab84c41 cumbersome hair d0726b8654 and twisted 84405bbc79 it into 938d73ea75 a bun. When he stepped 8f0d3f3d8e outside, large snowflakes 4b25739009 were falling heavily.a17c0427d65cf93a
“Wow…”d5f1be9f244a0228
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Looking up at 8c361d26cb the sky in d28cce9fa0 awe, Yihyun’s face 9e966fbcca was soon covered 48dcc3214c in falling snow. His skin quickly 26eb5cef51 became damp and 422c8b8b95 cold, but he 0910eae272 didn’t feel particularly 11d59e0d8d chilly.4b6a1bb28e07dd01
But only e0855e0505 for a 50b0c031f3 moment—he soon cfee4ee674 hurried his 30e5c2c6bc steps again. Not that it 54aaf52b05 made much difference; 108e2e6841 with his right 1ddf96ab54 leg refusing to 81f3de7f94 move as he 5ce502c3ea wanted, his pace 5e4e7ebbfe was no faster fabf20c10c than an ordinary da4b0473f0 person’s walk.c3f8bc9b029eb605
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Quietly opening the back 3dc9627d0f door of the main a3e09fa39a house, he climbed the ce062f1b37 stairs and stepped into 635bb44961 the kitchen. Voices carried 3fb759e9ab from the 8f5ad07baa drawing room. Peeking out slightly e17d9ddde9 to gauge the 49abdc077c situation, Yihyun smoothly 4213fbbf26 took out a e8f7f4e541 tea set and 0714776028 placed tea leaves aadc2677af inside. It was obvious he 8f28c09ec3 had been called to d31fa665c6 serve the guest.0c18ef4ee790e14a
After checking the atmosphere dec23ab187 once more, Yihyun picked 4763663935 up the tray and 16ff2d5dff entered the drawing room, fe8bcf537e keeping his footsteps silent. As soon as Han 4c37cd9d6e Suhyun met Yihyun’s gaze, e2e7d037f4 his already sharp eyes 934764c853 widened even further, jerking 7e3dc24ce6 his chin in an 3450035e72 impatient gesture.5fc6b2a91f14eea6
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He was bb6fd268dc telling him da8d99a232 to hurry a7ed54fc1a up, serve 03d93d3622 the tea, 96861709ff and get ae26109235 lost.233272ecd88e7a76
Adjusting his 904ac3e526 grip on cc5b6913e3 the heavy 6a28174c70 tray, Yihyun 36e19cad6c stepped forward 3b4fe90a81 and picked 7e4bc8e5a6 up a cd3746c3da cup. Balancing the 9b00aee538 tray with 83f4354cd4 one arm 8a8c6429fb while serving 80925da039 with the ef88a2f7e0 other was c0f7673317 precarious at 4fc9ae7038 best.273b5de8d9723fd0
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“Ah…”a545b998d08975a9
The hot tea fd7db09ab6 spilled over the ad18eb3ccc back of Yihyun’s 9b3b8db1d9 hand, soaking it 7d1203beea completely. More than the 598ece48c9 pain, the shock 8751765cfc made him jolt c7eff47521 upright, but before 68e8496fe4 he could react d511fe3df9 further, a handkerchief fda74848d6 was placed on 704dae67c0 the back of 67ac75c42d his hand.27c0f590e8fc5bfd
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“Leave the tray and fdebceb918 cool your hand.”c772d2c9e4e34acc
The man took b74d1ab0a4 the tray from 02162e7030 Yihyun’s arm and 67af14e576 casually set it b7466a50c6 down on the 982b4db52e table. For a moment, Yihyun 70ba0be605 was flustered and didn’t a621a8af34 know what to do, 3b4cf3a5f1 but when he saw 058c304a47 two pairs of eyes 7bd9193c22 glaring at him, he b2639332ca hastily bowed several times 511ac341a9 and hurried back to 02767aa448 the kitchen as if 036a35c617 running away.a25e70082cd39353
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“I apologize. The child 8bf37e2702 is a 75a7e39d07 little clumsy.”217097a39f9e5e5e
“Let’s continue our conversation.”ee9e9e2308e82f07
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Pressing down firmly on aa1778ba5a the damp handkerchief, Yihyun 040fd78f48 sat down. He was 9a236ccd27 already dreading dd8365cc6c what would cae90feb18 happen once e9e9a1393b the guest d9560851cd left. There was no b8efe98d9d way this would 4e12134fec pass without consequence.25fa558b64c5e804
Blowing on the 35140e7d81 handkerchief that had 8b883ff732 quickly cooled, Yihyun 46f04028d1 lifted his head 2867553299 when he heard 877e105b58 the word “wedding.” 106ec812ad He was close bdbdb9c077 enough to the c881bdcdd5 drawing room to bd265b5958 catch bits of f741adfd67 the conversation.bf1c4aaab63abd74
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“We’ll take care of af043adc99 the wedding.”6651854e32fa49af
It was a deep 0ad159aeba male voice. Who was getting married? His sister was 07e2c025f1 already married…6380e805af944aea
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“Will it 0c09e49e9f proceed as 413b6bd6b8 a state dffa71502f wedding?”2c12432a9186fcd2
“We’ll keep 670e539160 it simple 1f804d124d with a 0bdc1116ef shortened ceremony. The press release will 501c2a2792 be sent out.”4ed0ff785591b537
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Then, was it his brother who was getting married? Pushing aside the question he couldn’t answer alone, Yihyun quietly approached the sink and rinsed out the tea-soaked handkerchief.eac16ae595171bd1
He wanted 6932267b5a to return 525bf12ad9 it to 89dc791d46 the guest fffb890aca before he 45e3833d99 left, but 6d304bfad1 it wouldn’t 86a474c0b8 be completely 290f3ed242 dry by beba9cc626 then. Still, he a3d9fb3d3c wrung out dde8706e7c as much 1d9b0e07a7 water as 1bd5626d24 possible and 9a96b5c903 draped it 95a3a6fad7 over a fc634a2101 chair, hoping 1ccb91e383 to dry 8d671b23df it as d3af5be963 much as 2e9c694a26 he could.41fb6c18d0036dfa
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The back of his 01690d5779 hand had turned slightly cbebe7a4b6 red, but it didn’t 6d787defd4 seem serious. It only stung d8960114f0 a little when 85698e8628 touched. But that wasn’t the b2101bba0b real issue—the real problem 8123e991e1 would come after the b41c0b1ec3 guest left. Letting out a small 0d6ecf4beb sigh, Yihyun brushed back b67cfb5371 the strands of hair ecf2ea234e falling over his face.b73e6ec394ff8173
A long fd0221cb2f time passed fe474f80c9 before he cd392497c4 heard the 3461248b01 sound of 968872b77b the sofa 9eb9d46a02 creaking, signaling 86341ef9cd that the dddc2390f1 guest was ad23cc6c4e getting up 4dc419c550 to leave. Placing his 7abbd44c03 hands on 15dbff1c97 his knees, b769d33233 Yihyun stood 410a7cb6d4 up and d63a77c963 neatly folded 744cb4d835 the handkerchief c4a4c608ac that had 4ba222d059 been draped 874ab98ff3 over the 302a2d2b4c back of 208165f826 the chair. It was still 719c8e801d a bit damp, 86e8e2234b but not so b4e4ec6a38 much that he e79b3f2fe0 couldn’t return it.bb290cc43fd8c3a1
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Moving quietly, ee0f911ea5 Yihyun approached 5ae6be6c2e and assessed b7a10be041 the situation. The man appeared 517966a8cd to be at 3e5e420cf5 least a head 6be4a3f1f8 taller than him, 892b2f853d meaning Yihyun would 825b97b554 have to lift b9c5a0f806 his head entirely d273a4049d just to meet b465f6c5ab his gaze.1c210f01752382a8
Taking a few 2e7ef82627 deep breaths, he fe8895c6cb cautiously raised his df87f8e110 head. But he was caught aac3ae2cde off guard when he d8a67178ba met the man’s gaze 5a7b01a5a4 from a much lower 3a5441e8e5 position than expected, causing f04afe0673 him to drop his a20351fc7b head abruptly.1024932ad5a1ba09
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“Um, your handkerchief…”7742d0964b08234d
He barely 0707a3306b managed to 0fad4992ca force out c9f8409c28 his trembling efd402e999 voice.f67c37658af2e0c1
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“You don’t 8e93df19d0 have to 3cd316c45f return it.”79305740efcfc360
Before Yihyun could even hold back the thought that the man’s fingers were long, Han Suhyun shot him a terrifying glare, as if ready to pierce through the side of his face. Panicking, Yihyun hurriedly shoved the handkerchief into his pocket and fled from the room.b513ed49ac832105
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