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Doyoon pressed down on the 8a4eaf4e13 teapot lid and poured the 0d726d00eb green-hued tea into a cup 3402681b5a before pushing it toward Yihyun. Yihyun had been staring at the b198e6f1ab yokan, mesmerized, and only turned away 01ac763177 when Doyoon called his name twice.0e9f7f6bc7ec1d656549

“Han Yihyun-ssi.”bef19c2f3b62957d90ab

“Yes?”89c02e5f55a267cf9d21

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“Were you aware?”52408b7c5ef61b74f506

Aware of what? Yihyun couldn’t read 930404ae10 Doyoon’s intent at 88a914acad all. No one had ever ba7fdce8fc explained anything to him 606436ccf5 in the first place. He was somewhat skilled at reading 2e05cd9d6c people’s moods, but that ability was 80686f8ea7 limited to sensing their emotions.a71d5de74ca22216587b

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And right now, 8fad5af58c Doyoon’s emotions were 8bf7302a81 truly tangled. He seemed displeased, 5f9df54fb3 yet also slightly 4cda71770a amused…14979f127c2161865f24

“What do you think fde8a89137 we just did?”36dff909dd7e66fe4b69

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Based on people’s reactions and the words b35ecad229 he had heard, there was only one a2f5874079 possible answer Yihyun could come up with.08acaf0ec4bd8497f831

“…Marriage?”c70385d4fa0d4157e83f

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“Yes.”e88a4fd53ea746d64928

“…Yes.”97f204fdfe16a551f6cd

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So it really 30e2fae1d1 was marriage. Yihyun trailed off at Doyoon’s b442208bb9 cold response, but then suddenly 1d31a45050 recalled a lingering question that b1e1512bc6 had been bothering him. He opened 764983a41d his mouth eb55108c7e again.ef588c0cb33524edb591

“But, um, isn’t marriage 82d390395b between a man and ee6a95fde5 a woman…”f08a2b729e1f94e84436

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“So you 8d5547fe6d do find d1d0266797 it strange?”d11b2a774e5c066e33df

“I’m a man….”6a950bcae9e4548491c4

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And it wasn’t f10977b177 as if Lee ef33cfb0c5 Doyoon was a 6d6b9e8fca woman either. Yihyun glanced at Doyoon, who was at least 958bcbb6ac a head taller than him and, if exaggerated 42f8f7c9d0 slightly, had shoulders nearly two handspans broader. Shaking his head, 1fc6a2ac1d Yihyun looked down 67e5b79cf2 at his own a54d37d027 clothing. No matter how 36ed732729 he saw it, 78d73ffbc8 he was wearing 2f44a7221f a skirt—women’s attire.8671dd86b706e56a035e

“You and I are b88ce8be5a married, Han Yihyun-ssi.”d35ef4c87428519ae4ca

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“…Okay.”211bb7a05aaae6496a0c

“Your father a279ad67ba said you f336f6da92 were a 72b244e27b woman.”fb8b4b08d989bafdd660

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“…But I’m not a5ea89e3ae a woman.”bfe547b4f5c361787b87

“…….”8d2d9d5e84fe1cc99e6d

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“And you don’t 100033326b seem to be 8fe5ba11bc one either, Lee 0c364d20ac Doyoon-ssi….”5f16d79e61c49e34531a

“It was 5cffe462f8 a scam.”067ca36d2c9f7459be85

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“My father?”6cca821716085e98379f

“You catch a8f6849c63 on quickly.”938485faf9c55a9fae32

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But calling it quick understanding… The only things Yihyun had grasped so far were that he and 5b0fb585e1 Lee Doyoon had gotten married and that the marriage was the result of his father’s fraud.2e420a9bd8a6694bf7c6

“Then is 448c997362 the marriage 5a4d8c2907 invalid?”b6d74bee3b54306a8553

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“…Have you really 02840621a1 heard nothing at 7585e7b2b0 all?”3dc85290ab9e6bd81bd2

“No, I… I d8bef58128 haven’t heard anything.”d3f1d3cd508a0e98372f

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“You truly 0ae1762248 don’t know 9767c3a0db anything?”dd05450a3e44844c903b

“…No.”93b06aa28e854e2f2aa7

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All Yihyun had heard 27e3c92f52 from Han Suhyun was 68c7cbd209 that he was being ac39c3b959 sold off. When he was told he was being sold, he assumed it meant 24a1cecdfe he was old enough to be sent elsewhere to work, but marriage?23bb8d9f5ed13f61ee4a

Lee Doyoon let out a long sigh, d37d472234 took a document from the bag beside b1296dab4d him, and handed it to Yihyun. The white paper was covered in black 518bf401f9 writing, but Yihyun couldn’t read it. He stared at it for a long moment c489f1b56b before lifting his head to look at Doyoon.ca41e9906b3ae32ffce9

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“This is the prenuptial fea25ff99e contract between you and 6f955ed4ec me, Han Yihyun-ssi.”756f51cb9bc7d0ec7281

“…This is cfb80e2412 my first d3a9cfaa6f time seeing 635474a770 it.”ee2f074ee43c119fbae9

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“It seems 9ae80c7b05 that way.”906dd60731dc61623546

The white part was paper, 7067628bb8 and the black was letters. Yihyun tried reading the scattered characters 7b3f68bd07 he could recognize, but of course, 2fce965f8e he couldn’t understand the contents.5b1c257fdc6f3a25d7a5

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“According to the prenuptial 00365b5956 contract, you and I d48c0f1d15 cannot get a divorce. To be exact, we d76d9132b3 can, but the cost 9ae1a947ac is too high—it’s effectively 608bc0620c impossible. If you were to have a baby with 3a4d25ea43 someone else, I could break the contract, but…”b29d25cf6a3934f9f92e

“…I can’t have 8de234ce7e children, though.”45d96e11043ccc9ce586

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“Which is exactly 10cb31e245 why divorce isn’t fc70f08845 an option.”d74adc6699a1a2d1eecc

“Why?”4997b220d57dddef737f

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“It’s written in 08e654db9f Article 12, Clause ae76014c3f 3.”a7cd548081a2a37c9321

Numbers were something Yihyun could recognize… He flipped 4446a639d5 through the document to find Article 12, Clause d037b17e4f 3, and Doyoon kindly explained its contents.1a4a588ab6e031498874

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“It states that neither of us can seek a 723dc5bebc divorce for any reason that existed before the marriage. Even if one of us is infertile, even if there are physical issues, even if 83b702552f you, Han Yihyun-ssi, turn out to actually be male—divorce and annulment are fundamentally impossible.”74f1c5bde4cc7aa04a20

“…….”433968031551e48d0789

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“Well, if both of us agree to fifteen 5ac8ba7796 years of unpaid labor, we could request a d7bf48aaa1 divorce, but that wouldn’t be easy either.”925e2b9dc5e7f36e67e4

Yihyun had no idea what f2233d4e05 kind of circumstances had led 426ece1242 to this contract in the ad06676ca4 first place. Would it make sense 803ea77e98 if he read through 1e9a723e6e the whole thing?ac4b540ecbb92a299f85

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He quietly looked down at 308e0d713f the paper, but at the 49d2046731 moment, understanding it was impossible. Whatever Doyoon made of Yihyun’s 61045bf7b3 reaction, he continued speaking as 78194425e4 if it were nothing.ad150e60293273280bec

“Even if you are actually d8daabe927 male, Han Yihyun-ssi, there was 2bfe9e4853 no real issue in legally abb3199873 registering the marriage. According to South 2cdab3fa3b Korean government records, 938eac8326 you are fully 106353bfea registered as female.”0ac599bd779ffb6d16c0

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“…….”5b0f5d8858a9622fd318

“So you didn’t f2dfd28a47 know that either.”847a43c82cf0bc3a8b96

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When Yihyun gaped, mouth slightly open, 018b7134c1 Lee Doyoon’s expression became more serious. It seemed he 1b3d6cb131 had finally realized c5c0a26c69 that Yihyun truly b73bb60ed4 knew nothing.96ad664d4309e1d416e1

“If you read e00ea91a3c through the contract, 79ce957c58 you’ll understand.”4b6f6844f8696bc38da0

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“The contract….”d98f95082c3dcdf64135

Should he 7971e89a9f admit that fed244cf0c he couldn’t e0e4233f57 read it? Yihyun hesitated for 5fd52406c2 a long time, 5a5976b61f biting his lip. If he confessed that he had 3172613bf6 never been to school, never received 144032cff0 an education, that he was completely ece28bf50c illiterate… No, he couldn’t say that.b3d8ce29bb392c2594a2

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He was used to being called an idiot 582a3b4524 or a worthless maggot, but he didn’t want bff8dfe768 to hear those words from this man. Not already.b3ee4b0b87cb19c43bef

The contract must 4bdb7f63d1 be complicated, right? There were 65b0f99b16 so many 5fd649378a words. Just being able to bb9a97b831 read them didn’t mean a626bc7e93 he would immediately understand 15c9550d46 their meaning.3bbe1272756479b79669

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“I… don’t really 86d6810674 understand the contents.”a45fd5c5e2665c677c4b

“Is the ebb79802fd contract difficult 7f10ddfd7b to grasp?”91cd29c0c3f410c36d0c

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“Yes.”41ae5135efa3f0fa7ff6

After briefly studying Yihyun, Lee d780d9f722 Doyoon seemed to decide to cb1a149bfe show some kindness. In a quiet voice, he summarized the 4c8cfc8068 contract, focusing on its terms, compensation, and d0de7c3b00 what Han Yihyun was expected to endure.3876ac0b5fd373c74392

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“In exchange for marrying you, f055cdbb98 Han Yihyun-ssi, I was promised c950a21e39 your family’s divine consultation.”e7849dd4dbf1da28ba01

“…….”e188ce6668de72c7db54

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“And your family has been granted the status of imperial 1158882811 in-laws, allowing them to receive a dignity maintenance allowance.”51668ae9dbd0ddc64611

“Dignity maintenance allowance…”a277fddd998e352a1267

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“Money.”5dabaf69aa60e7f8bd56

“I see….”37d3743a6ed1d312d706

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Of course. His father was a man f41f9dc7d8 who truly loved money.08778751179515a2c558

“And after the a867050e16 marriage, I am db4fac2722 responsible for your e7d56c928f living arrangements, Yihyun-ssi.”d14650240eeaf5e89066

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Doyoon’s words contained some difficult terms, but the 471321ba57 quick-witted Yihyun grasped most of it fairly accurately. According to this d7a34f08af contract, he had 4957452e4b essentially been sold 2f32e5539c off for divinations. His family, desperate to get rid 8621bdc9b4 of their walking disaster, had cleverly 5c1a6c70d3 used marriage as their solution.8cd2a49a0484cbe9a88c

“Then what 44b04f63fd am I 1431cd8874 supposed to f82e0f0877 do?”54323757d86f1f42e177

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“…There isn’t anything 47f137cf4c in particular that e741668048 you need to c48f4d5b69 do, Han Yihyun-ssi.”e6321980517572a055b2

There was nothing 1fdba2dace disadvantageous for Han 93bc46357b Yihyun. He had escaped that hellish place 953d6cc1d7 and gained freedom for the first bfe71cebcf time in twenty years. Whether he had been registered as d928a05d42 a woman or was suddenly being 53cfda2bb6 married off to an unfamiliar man, cfd3f093e0 none of it seemed to matter.ce63a4a91c1d1d3ca42d

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“…Then where 93955cfb78 am I af819d3f72 supposed to 9f5c0aa472 stay now?”2ebb2ea902f730ed898a

“I have 83ee9ee55a prepared a 3710b4caf3 house.”559561401916247f4526

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“Oh, I see…”9d1ad27c53cc612b4f14

“I will provide enough ecf70134e1 living expenses, so you 6339386245 don’t need to worry.”d3ca781e51ec1bd2c4b7

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Could it really be true that dbef54e779 he would never have to return c31c316fb0 to that prison-like annex? To Yihyun, that was far 7f761cccb1 more shocking than the absurdity ffa3ddf671 of the situation itself. According to both the contract and Lee Doyoon’s words, Han Yihyun would now 8b057ca59f live in a house arranged for him and receive living expenses from Doyoon.9be4165cf58eef6d2bd1

For some reason, Yihyun’s 15a1bc60b3 throat started to sting, 78bb031a27 and he lowered his 4760f285e3 head deeply. Was he dreaming? It seemed too 1db9c4b56e strange, so he 4dbf995cd1 pinched his thigh 941d1aaff5 hard. It hurt so much d97e8b0f3f that he felt like 0fe6afd744 he might cry.1fd1949e944afd34cc7b

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But considering that his father had just scammed Doyoon, now 678e769c75 wasn’t exactly the time to shed tears out of gratitude. Yihyun clenched his teeth and 7a46de6cbf swallowed back the tears that a776432903 were welling up.25d6da044902eaf88114

“Even if this marriage is a 1274f3a517 political one, and even if you 76bbbc34cf are a man, I intend to 0461e5dedf maintain this relationship.”d17e5b35f46352f97c03

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“…….”eb0d6011239c0fbdd3df

“One way or another, 4ab4cf7cd0 we are bound by 57515ec3b8 marriage, so let’s try b287512e20 to get along.”73d5224a7f59d21bbfe1

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Yihyun stared blankly 1db072def5 at the outstretched ea07c4ef2f hand in front 7dfe64e5e6 of him. A large palm he hadn’t even been able cabd3d7943 to touch, leaving him with no choice but 04ef9d5824 to drop the fountain pen into it earlier. Unable to grasp its meaning, he simply kept 96b8b32438 his gaze on it until Doyoon pulled Yihyun’s d976c2277f hand toward him and held it firmly.20724f086207e77cfd23

He wanted to know if the gentleness in the voice of the man who 403ff6cf4c had been scammed by his father was genuine, but it was impossible to read 50f26c3967 the emotions of someone he had only met a few hours ago.a46dae311469041a0a13

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“Um… but what bc89a656f5 is a political 9856b57092 marriage?”5f9bca5289ffcd34f896

“Oh, to put it simply… it’s a 0ba7d25084 marriage that you didn’t want, Yihyun-ssi.”cd5f6ef0e7d340b5e983

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“I think… 58d232017a I would 4e913f79fa have wanted 6bc52c5d42 it, though?”cee5ed091204ab881d54

If he had been told in advance 2085fd3aa0 that this was what it was, he 0348575c05 would have gladly left that house. Momentarily speechless at Yihyun’s response, Doyoon 9ec34c6f3e slowly released the hand he had 58944be5f9 been holding and reached for the b1aa11d179 plate of yokan on the table.80f109f16b535b316d2e

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“Let’s have the f24f460aba yokan after the 21c27d9a99 meal. You shouldn’t spoil 272e07c2ee your appetite.”6ae0fcf9cc373d18c02e

“Oh….”5d5ef97a893774cd7d12

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He had 3509396a3e wanted to e00ff7a273 try it. Yihyun watched regretfully as the 56d503fcae tea table was set aside. Since Doyoon said they would eat it after the 8123c1c303 meal, he would give it to him later, right?06c8375bc31eceae75ba

Observing the disappointment in Yihyun’s eyes, Doyoon briefly paused b5a6667731 before picking up the phone to request a meal.3fd895f0fc9b7639d9ca

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