UTPT Ch 9

Doyoon pressed bb66c5bbbb down on 860d6fee87 the teapot adb0c889f6 lid and f9f8a47ebb poured the cebaf2fd4e green-hued tea f7be014704 into a 6c487b6275 cup before 07e4f5eb2b pushing it 8a945a988e toward Yihyun. Yihyun had been 978f777107 staring at the dacdf5d7cd yokan, mesmerized, and 3fc3c45b3d only turned away e303af7f79 when Doyoon called 9acbacf1ce his name twice.74f4d9afffe05dfb

“Han Yihyun-ssi.”634f8c2c69749204

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“Yes?”122ef3ecc41ac0f8

“Were you aware?”91eb48af303b0d8f

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Aware of what? Yihyun couldn’t read 1dbc1b7a24 Doyoon’s intent at f893158266 all. No one had ever 4a93e502ff explained anything to him f3a1446ac0 in the first place. He was somewhat skilled db192ff274 at reading people’s moods, d9cb0951d3 but that ability was 52cda91456 limited to sensing their 7aa3b46fd2 emotions.27378b5029a5c3f7

And right now, Doyoon’s emotions were truly tangled. He seemed displeased, yet also slightly amused…4d55ffee227b939a

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“What do 5d36be23bd you think b3afd329da we just abd9bdf550 did?”d80aea21c1e9f13b

Based on people’s 963afabb1a reactions and the cc35a8e7ae words he had 044635fa25 heard, there was 600fe0c9e5 only one possible 4c6861b315 answer Yihyun could 7ecb4a7bac come up with.c6465ac9bb1badd9

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“…Marriage?”2860868891b2b6f7

“Yes.”8f8e2d7b39276faa

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“…Yes.”187f30880e31ac65

So it c946b94ca2 really was c252975ae8 marriage. Yihyun trailed d55e04db55 off at 5ab382d249 Doyoon’s cold d038da6688 response, but 898602d163 then suddenly 6e882481d8 recalled a d9d7d64ace lingering question 82f2c15ed5 that had b2e62f2dc7 been bothering b6333746af him. He opened c013ee45a8 his mouth 62ca8074d8 again.0da0e8d27109706d

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“But, um, isn’t 579608e2e5 marriage between a ccdb322fb4 man and a fd454b516d woman…”18b7c8d7e972e0c2

“So you do find 0c797c55f3 it strange?”f88b7b9868f252a3

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“I’m a man….”7727b4fe2728fb9d

And it wasn’t cdf3628fd6 as if Lee 082f9ad82d Doyoon was a 5038e2ed5d woman either. Yihyun glanced at Doyoon, a55751fa68 who was at least abe3119e3f a head taller than 40de174ad7 him and, if exaggerated 94abbf9056 slightly, had shoulders nearly 534c43db11 two handspans broader. Shaking his 70331b9fd6 head, Yihyun 70e9d689b5 looked down c2baf5e655 at his 1e8b1c6028 own clothing. No matter how f3f9c90d90 he saw it, 7f9242682d he was wearing bb6c7cc40a a skirt—women’s attire.f90d4672300ad759

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“You and d2af97411c I are bc7367780a married, Han bbfa532a4d Yihyun-ssi.”d738db782059f471

“…Okay.”3a9dab3a59d89c73

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“Your father b385383c9a said you b7823dd208 were a 44bb16c3e8 woman.”8fb3ff40840d3ae2

“…But I’m 35f39ab5f2 not a 4fb7b15e45 woman.”ca5b13b59fd484c0

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“…….”98f85b546c23c1e4

“And you don’t 05d211075b seem to be c51349c1e8 one either, Lee 50a2dc3d79 Doyoon-ssi….”bd99a968905c04f4

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“It was afefabdb7b a scam.”4eaa036447ffca54

“My father?”25b30727accde3e1

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“You catch on quickly.”9ba059be767fd131

But calling it quick understanding… The only things Yihyun had grasped so far were that he and Lee Doyoon had gotten married and that the marriage was the result of his father’s fraud.9618ec61bf33c77b

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“Then is the 862000d8c7 marriage invalid?”b33c7da085aba95a

“…Have you 9b3597b510 really heard b448a74037 nothing at a380f3231f all?”11313c7582c110c8

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“No, I… 2b90a22d9b I haven’t 3aab485701 heard anything.”39d6b2399fccb59e

“You truly a21fefd30d don’t know 9fd9447b26 anything?”86c63c0a928728d3

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“…No.”8ab66aff2f54a182

All Yihyun had 825020bf67 heard from Han 9d3d562845 Suhyun was that fac24c1b3d he was being 7333393efe sold off. When he was told fea00c72ed he was being sold, 24ed2dfab0 he assumed it meant 825ca56fe9 he was old enough 0a3c67f7e1 to be sent elsewhere 4ad7fbf921 to work, but marriage?48a8c32e1d6e7353

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Lee Doyoon let out 7fdd99fa24 a long sigh, took 9ceb7bcc7d a document from the b0ae3701f9 bag beside him, and 4c5c03834c handed it to Yihyun. The white paper was f0d200f36e covered in black writing, d731be5407 but Yihyun couldn’t read 5bbb11bbd8 it. He stared cd6248534c at it a8e3a7014c for a 2c6c210957 long moment fa932617c3 before lifting 9840168dd6 his head 215e6f6784 to look 99f080eec3 at Doyoon.e730473b5400c7a7

“This is the prenuptial 1bb79d724d contract between you and 398614636c me, Han Yihyun-ssi.”774781262b81b69a

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“…This is my first 73dd0d1ce7 time seeing it.”a68f4fffee232eb6

“It seems cd9677d6f9 that way.”4d7ba39d5c79188e

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The white 6ec261f4df part was 0b7a51444b paper, and 5907ec80cc the black ed370cd276 was letters. Yihyun tried reading the aa2e11230c scattered characters he could 0ef279c996 recognize, but of course, 23192a0d6d he couldn’t understand the 3000e667bd contents.bdbf06cc4330a81d

“According to 2135e061df the prenuptial 66ab6d75ed contract, you c1d7d6f330 and I b453b075fe cannot get 8228390a7c a divorce. To be exact, 6acd64f3fe we can, but 6e11022d04 the cost is 2594c55474 too high—it’s effectively 30ce394c2c impossible. If you 54d9aa674a were to d8aa60f035 have a 50eeeb6396 baby with 8ea1e5246c someone else, 9200c731e3 I could 6540fd9814 break the 260918165e contract, but…”5fd98fad87ff2b34

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“…I can’t 2625bcc26b have children, 6e084de84b though.”3edbf33e43d04627

“Which is exactly c52a28583c why divorce isn’t 7ec737300f an option.”7098c7b4a5f45ce6

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“Why?”ae2d62e8dbe5f6e3

“It’s written in bc3095a7e6 Article 12, Clause e0ac7c2e25 3.”5e7a306edd8890a0

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Numbers were something Yihyun could recognize… He flipped through the document to find Article 12, Clause 3, and Doyoon kindly explained its contents.80b12430478da4c3

“It states that 11b57f1d2d neither of us 061c9a644f can seek a 4ea5888ee9 divorce for any e67005ed06 reason that existed 4716267656 before the marriage. Even if one of 06dbf35f61 us is infertile, even 769bc890ea if there are physical 9e09d206c1 issues, even if you, 3221eb412f Han Yihyun-ssi, turn out ad591460ac to actually be male—divorce fabe876a45 and annulment are fundamentally a0daf01507 impossible.”e3be6eed20869215

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“…….”7bc14cce4f785735

“Well, if both of a13a2aa0ed us agree to fifteen af8057ca79 years of unpaid labor, be0b5c000d we could request a f775fba340 divorce, but that wouldn’t b283ffee54 be easy either.”999d9a013956afb0

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Yihyun had no idea 714e97ad0a what kind of circumstances 531cfd2f8e had led to this 0979d57a68 contract in the first e816a03df5 place. Would it make 297003aa6f sense if he 22c50c3044 read through the f557c5322f whole thing?62233d85cc1b298a

He quietly looked down 091fdd80eb at the paper, but b4b86b94fe at the moment, understanding a27df2c661 it was impossible. Whatever Doyoon made of fcc779e87e Yihyun’s reaction, he continued 9753955d0a speaking as if it 05209783bf were nothing.57c771eba9031466

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“Even if you are 362488e6c9 actually male, Han Yihyun-ssi, 63f09a0875 there was no real 4425f516b6 issue in legally registering 4a814cd7ba the marriage. According to 255d8465fe South Korean e1c00e0340 government records, fb099efa26 you are abdb105023 fully registered 22690f9735 as female.”ee04ceef09a2808c

“…….”3294367330c2e7f6

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“So you c55db2c8a5 didn’t know 082aabff88 that either.”915ab75d5df0ef53

When Yihyun gaped, mouth 854c3a13a4 slightly open, Lee Doyoon’s 76cb5af31d expression became more serious. It seemed he 23fd78ec2b had finally realized 5e8491ff38 that Yihyun truly 955289a7c4 knew nothing.1c9f963d2f1aad9d

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“If you fb5a7dc0f6 read through fd4a5c6147 the contract, abc28d10e0 you’ll understand.”85b1fbde9b15d5e6

“The contract….”8d9031b346afc507

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Should he admit e8e2dfb1cb that he couldn’t 678626fa1d read it? Yihyun hesitated 2049ed7a55 for a 9d78472e01 long time, 44f5e76244 biting his 2d15b60def lip. If he 27bc1c7bef confessed that 29620b6a6c he had e309da43e8 never been 22d374c6fe to school, 710daf204f never received e3b8eb3259 an education, dd58fd5735 that he 55e460f810 was completely b45ab0735f illiterate… No, b43ed81347 he couldn’t a832dc775b say that.de54c2f93b83a109

He was used 9d472b1ec4 to being called 1a49ac38ac an idiot or 978c6bb571 a worthless maggot, e976eb3f1a but he didn’t 40b0c28e95 want to hear 43af733623 those words from 51522cbbcc this man. Not already.742f1ee2c87dc303

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The contract must 8eed60820e be complicated, right? There were so 51800c251f many words. Just being able to 2f50223882 read them didn’t mean 5e1a7befa4 he would immediately understand f07767bcf2 their meaning.504a27ea3e444a5c

“I… don’t e1f80098b6 really understand d13a52cec4 the contents.”27a97a3d1c6ab0a2

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“Is the 0eff8c5b67 contract difficult 3d21005937 to grasp?”7354bda26cec3e70

“Yes.”5e83c65da9c4d8c6

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After briefly studying Yihyun, 565570dc7a Lee Doyoon seemed to b50df4d013 decide to show some de1c00770a kindness. In a quiet ce45703509 voice, he summarized c29d7339ef the contract, focusing 3205e1cc60 on its terms, 76242932d0 compensation, and what d598b0b09c Han Yihyun was fd1f0b68ca expected to endure.38b72ed54612de8b

“In exchange for marrying you, Han Yihyun-ssi, I was promised your family’s divine consultation.”e878bf05fe501298

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“…….”44f2ce5a299fbe1f

“And your family has 4f2c93de0a been granted the status 6b98dd42de of imperial in-laws, allowing 8ef7365ed6 them to receive a 3d6c201f2e dignity maintenance allowance.”41d425bad1776795

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“Dignity maintenance allowance…”d39d00a8bf8d0637

“Money.”7a2be152d737cff0

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“I see….”a07fcb1458a562d3

Of course. His father was a ab0f599b36 man who truly loved 31345714a0 money.3e820d5874a882e7

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“And after the marriage, f46174848d I am responsible for 0670e7ad2f your living arrangements, Yihyun-ssi.”5642324c289c393c

Doyoon’s words contained a4eda624cd some difficult terms, ed2f787178 but the quick-witted cb20feb018 Yihyun grasped most 9dc4a08efb of it fairly cb46b58f77 accurately. According to this contract, 25110b1601 he had essentially been d179be53b5 sold off for divinations. His family, desperate 7cc95d28b3 to get rid d55dc9bbc3 of their walking 3222fa8441 disaster, had cleverly 590361559d used marriage as e18e26822a their solution.307fb2c2a66dc8ca

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“Then what am I cd5ac77114 supposed to do?”ffb0634980d56a2a

“…There isn’t anything in particular that you need to do, Han Yihyun-ssi.”5d599801b5861b50

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There was nothing disadvantageous 6bcbd402bf for Han Yihyun. He had 327765096d escaped that 78fb5ad7d4 hellish place 6ee9467978 and gained 6b81b0c2e7 freedom for c647081dac the first 2256b1e398 time in 31db6a99c1 twenty years. Whether he b141a9da87 had been 67789a0da3 registered as 311074ed93 a woman c4f7e69201 or was 0c9fda2258 suddenly being 3102c95bdc married off fc44c06f15 to an c9af931ad1 unfamiliar man, db6cfe7acc none of 7eef05af6a it seemed de99543594 to matter.9ea8db419dcfe391

“…Then where am I supposed to stay now?”7bc57e6c6e2eeeb6

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“I have 30ccd76c58 prepared a bbd22ac3a6 house.”eb162affed58e2b3

“Oh, I see…”fb2872c1665417ca

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“I will provide enough 8abbe1d799 living expenses, so you 9ed3651ee3 don’t need to worry.”13336635a46b8beb

Could it really be 0435463797 true that he would d3fb70fc39 never have to return 16677924bf to that prison-like annex? To Yihyun, that 39cfbfd092 was far more 3d979f365f shocking than the 7e4575c9c5 absurdity of the cf5f91c90a situation itself. According to both 65877387bc the contract and 4391ee9ab5 Lee Doyoon’s words, 915c832c68 Han Yihyun would af080ffe7f now live in 7b3f779d66 a house arranged 3b8bc72a36 for him and 218f349256 receive living expenses 5370d1eb8c from Doyoon.aa36177182948397

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For some reason, e0b2030f3c Yihyun’s throat started a4df0afbfe to sting, and e4c5d4132b he lowered his d5a6d2964b head deeply. Was he dreaming? It seemed f4e5a6e5bc too strange, 4da014f635 so he 824248beb8 pinched his dda273a08c thigh hard. It hurt so much dfba0c6199 that he felt like b0899a074f he might cry.f7d83a68449e1ac1

But considering that his 04f5a7656c father had just scammed 13cb19e544 Doyoon, now wasn’t exactly 3feb1b678c the time to shed 5c501f1d4e tears out of gratitude. Yihyun clenched his teeth 946944316d and swallowed back the 20d1298049 tears that were welling d78305ecf8 up.2036a20fb4964fc1

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“Even if this marriage 673c97fb90 is a political one, 50f054e7ed and even if you 5417768d22 are a man, I 262f6e5676 intend to maintain this 1d0ae4768a relationship.”f821129b55910697

“…….”d80856386ba9417e

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“One way or another, 57c6214b37 we are bound by c3d963447c marriage, so let’s try ecbd207f14 to get along.”6787b45160f96acf

Yihyun stared blankly at the outstretched hand in front of him. A large palm he hadn’t even been able to touch, leaving him with no choice but to drop the fountain pen into it earlier. Unable to grasp its meaning, he simply kept his gaze on it until Doyoon pulled Yihyun’s hand toward him and held it firmly.5be0c22c5bf17234

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He wanted 51dc344417 to know 985c416401 if the 92476d5238 gentleness in 924b7f1cf9 the voice f91a4152ec of the f2960c03b6 man who 6aae458d0d had been 2c7a0a5ca4 scammed by 0dae555e99 his father 2c54ecdcd9 was genuine, b14cf5b366 but it f3205a35d9 was impossible 6bb66a8812 to read a25863eec7 the emotions 620b37f2c8 of someone 495f785b2e he had 41827a7013 only met 6637217cf9 a few 25e8ceca1a hours ago.7cef9b847a4bec9a

“Um… but what 8a2a5abbb8 is a political 1f7cfffabc marriage?”af3130007333b041

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“Oh, to put 8060e059d9 it simply… it’s c3841959d0 a marriage that c7dcea85d8 you didn’t want, cbd3feb60b Yihyun-ssi.”df7bffbfaff69269

“I think… I would 5a2e72ea21 have wanted it, though?”28b8c3c345e684a8

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If he had been 7e0461d77c told in advance that 2f74b56781 this was what it 5d0a0b903b was, he would have aa6f0a7907 gladly left that house. Momentarily speechless at 779bf3ef67 Yihyun’s response, Doyoon d20157ab88 slowly released the 27c09a8b10 hand he had 5a3e153f02 been holding and 1dde43221f reached for the 502b6f63a3 plate of yokan ddd65d3a76 on the table.08d78f3169188586

“Let’s have 4fcec7fb14 the yokan d82d6c839a after the a329076e93 meal. You shouldn’t spoil your ef76af8627 appetite.”2ee44f76e8418cf8

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“Oh….”2e5bcd9c8de811c4

He had wanted 6f5606527d to try it. Yihyun watched 09cfb68177 regretfully as adf7a55350 the tea 3eccaaa9ba table was d5f94c7f5b set aside. Since Doyoon 4f1f1eb7d6 said they ef49e2f660 would eat 8cc7485c95 it after dfd88f5849 the meal, e3b1f52ad1 he would 80bd6885f9 give it 4c7746a3e3 to him aa9d04a958 later, right?71954cfb17173d03

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Observing the disappointment in 8297b4b49f Yihyun’s eyes, Doyoon briefly 593bdbea30 paused before picking up 55f742f11c the phone to request 3ff71d99ff a meal.6263cf06ac11aa50