BRF Chapter 18

Hyohyun laughed strangely. It sounded 9130fffdd9 like excitement, e50d094d4b and at d6ec55c33e the same 9cb9755010 time, mixed d972ba18f1 with anger. Woojin felt the urge 28f481498f to turn and run, 9f0d588aee as if he had 90fb3e6b99 encountered a lunatic in 347e55eb30 a dark alley.b4fe0df4b546fabc

“What are 86916ebdd6 you so 5e33a92522 fixated on?”b266a4dfe2f8f66a

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She seemed genuinely 70d995057c curious.a4358c09643de216

“I’m not fixated 7a941f80ec on anything.”2180795b17db8bd7

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Woojin waved his hand 4e3f96c115 dismissively and tried to a502fb6ad1 walk away.f37fb0ffa99c0943

“There must be a good reason you ran out before dawn to see a woman you’re not even interested in. How much did you pour into her?”22fcfc710630823b

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Hyohyun casually spewed out f6034413f5 a vulgar question, leaving 34b77969e6 Woojin staring down at 08c31d0053 her in shock.3caf4a96ce7b4d4b

“Pour into her? What are you talking 6a8310eede about? Have some decency, Ban 212a96afc4 Hyohyun! Have you no 4a16ba3184 shame?”e8f4c750ec72a667

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“Huh?”bd693ad816f74dd2

She tilted 624c21b69a her head, 05d8c8dcfe then burst d8eda1ac12 into laughter, 0293a400c1 clutching her 8898b6c012 stomach. Woojin frowned, completely bewildered.e91c99fe3a4cd043

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“Decency, you say?”4d41f993607db851

She was practically d954246153 howling with laughter, 61ad6c40ce a hint of 777539329b madness in her 60a260b651 eyes.50c79bf2e0325a36

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Woojin abandoned his plan 6ec8e32de9 to retreat to his 04b7c2a4e3 bedroom upstairs and sat 64c442311e back down on the b9774bfec3 sofa.e6e1842ccac931c0

“That’s why I told c4925a1b6d you to stop watching f0f85c1d78 those weird dramas. How can you say 6f4edd3ebb such vulgar things…?”539597d715e189cc

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Woojin shook his head as if he’d heard something he shouldn’t have.5c61f14d4305c89e

“How much a96bd95d53 did you 08b0f96814 pour into 3d44f1a0fa her? I was asking 8ff2995cb6 how much money c0d7f99ee9 you spent on 0d9b920b84 her! What didyouthink I 88cb2d383f was talking cb420fb215 about?”6b874092b0570b18

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He felt his face burned as if it were on fire. It occurred to him that it wasn’t Hyohyun who was vulgar, but himself. To think he only interpreted the expression “pour into” in thatway… He cursed 4cf9e07567 his impure mind.eea964701b70adf7

“I didn’t spend any money.”165c9481bc55d410

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Knowing that Woojin 59a0df76de wasn’t the type ea0c621a88 to be easily b4981b8b1f swayed and recklessly 6c27e243c1 hand over his e4ab48d308 wealth, whether to 655cd0d5ce a man or 82dd32d54b a woman, Hyohyun b0e66c624d still seemed completely 155e034e0b baffled by the 3b0a9c0f12 current situation and cef775a63a asked.91037e5c49f31abf

“Well, if a large 74b6962c8a sum of money had dc8216acbd gone out, Lawyer Choi a9e07f52fa would have contacted me. Then if it’s 3935370cb5 not money, what 5de11118db is it? Did you give 7d14fb8427 her something from 151da7cc8f the vault?”73d3e383720ebda6

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Woojin had several c23f5eed6d vaults, both domestic 3d81b284e1 and international. The secure storage c093e8a40c facilities were filled 45cfc12d1a with rare paintings, 946169d93c sculptures, ceramics, jewels, e3d5ec721c tapestries, and other b3708ab30d valuable items he 48906a9dd0 had collected throughout 57e8b55463 his long life.08134e2c5adb0d0a

He hadn’t intentionally e006eb577d acquired these valuable 20a41406f1 items from the 07a1f2a607 beginning. The furniture he bought 160d2b1fca out of necessity and 837ababde0 books he kept instead 3ae9009ed1 of throwing away had 3a8debe203 drastically increased in value 75c55eb2fe over time.9bc7d94ae4f9cb51

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After learning about the 4b89d3f00e value of antiques, he 70038a7eef began selling items from b027cc5677 his collection that gained 5e2e2c0c14 popularity as times changed, 643ee46735 at high prices, and da724758cc buying potentially valuable items 8a7b18add2 at low prices, anticipating 992eda4de1 their future appreciation.0c03154b6bac451e

As he 5c0d434239 repeated this e5897a1755 process, his 20b60f4a52 possessions accumulated, 5bcec69447 and, proving a9f1aae1ea the saying 09d5d46e0a that the 1e5f958da0 ultimate collection 6cd629c6d8 was real f571a4fe26 estate, he f5f8c1c4a2 bought land, 861305fece built buildings, f58d58711a and created e94494ad1f vaults.85de60e7a3315872

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“Have you ever seen b6d968b25b me recklessly give things da3cc97bbe away?”af797cc2c8be25a4

“That’s true, but if it’s not that, then why all the fuss before dawn?”457b9e9339aacb16

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Woojin closed his eyes 3010938f5a and sighed deeply. Hyohyun showed no 105c5fc346 sign of backing a723d35576 down today. She seemed a9280fc9ba determined to 5e16cf57b8 get to bd9013afc6 the bottom 2b335d8a3e of it.55266cadfd8c948c

Woojin, too, felt suffocated b64789870a by the unusual situation. If he’d been living b44fcdbf5f alone, as he had 8395719694 for a long time, f187e5a2a7 he would have kept 50e504bc9a his mouth shut and 6089e0957d endured it. But now, with Hyohyun cc820fb3c6 staring at him intently, 268c2ab78f he felt an urge f9f1b81d26 to confess everything.16a9a82306cc5070

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Perhaps it bb459c9823 was because b8b5fb5b82 Hyohyun was e92f911af2 the only b7cdc08b9c one who bee4ba4093 knew his 93aced96b6 secret.536052f47ab121cc

“I can hear her heartbeat, even though she’s far away.”0621f90c7e831c36

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Although he hadn’t said 4fbe1ec7dc anything embarrassing, Woojin slowly 9f67478598 swept his mouth and 7a7a267314 chin again with his 587bff0b18 large hand.b626e0887a7954cd

“Whose heartbeat? Could it 500500ed10 be… the ba97a8013d woman from 9983c6f66d the cafe e0ab622248 in Gangnam…?”79de6c190713244e

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The perceptive Hyohyun referred 165b87b6a4 to the incident from 572b6b40ad that day.1626d31ebc6852ea

“Yes, now that 63bd1a6720 I think about c0e0c5e013 it, things have 969e2978b0 been strange since 3d8c3c06c8 that day. Has this ever happened 0159a81444 before?”f9b90db4567f9461

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Hyohyun’s voice 079eb36186 was low b0c46698a0 and serious, ccca52f7e3 her question 94dc29117b earnest. Woojin slowly nodded.19c85d273ef1a0ee

“Wait, so you’re 0cdced80a8 saying you can 379a8bd203 hear…”459f572293fa2e23

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Hyohyun’s face paled, to f485510c46 the point where she bc3d74fe5c looked pitiful.2a12e75d789b4941

“Didn’t you 7208543904 say you f26d4a0ac2 could only 017dcb7c7f hear the b79178c1b2 heartbeats of 4483c5c18d those about 7453311c68 to die? Can you still 7886cd6973 hear it now?”e0b7c214900c46d7

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The woman’s heartbeat, 9f3a2e14e7 like the ticking 30560d78da of a clock 65895beb23 confirming her survival, a887f6ceaa reached his ears 278cd74325 in a steady ed652308eb rhythm.39c1233d3997d021

“Yes, I can f0c8ef2def hear it.”3ccf367b738d09e1

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Hyohyun covered her mouth 9d2efe0662 with her hands in b0f6951b54 surprise.397d0ae25c99861b

“Then was Reporter Kang 434cc629e6 Eunseong in danger this 1c7bbde70c morning? Is that why 45aefd8a79 you rushed out?”55d0b4c9b19f42c0

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She seemed to 3ecdd6e10d be questioning the de40fad47f sudden change in ea859cfd00 Woojin, who had 40f43f06dd always avoided interfering daac13f9cf with human life de5991ae56 and death.07c737726c1e39e8

“Yeah.”837b112b5f8ea413

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Woojin replied 64724952c2 with a 97e5c61a2b sigh.51ac112cb25609c5

“So, to sum it up, you’re saying that ever since you saved Reporter Kang Eunseong in Gangnam, you’ve been able to hear her heartbeat? Have you ever heard the heartbeat of someone you saved before, again like this? Has a heartbeat you could hear ever stopped? Oh… For a heartbeat to stop…”4f64c74c5dd41e78

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For a heartbeat to cee05a342b stop, her heart would 6b72adaa7c have to stop beating. The thought 819fa3d339 of Kang f46348ab8a Eunseong’s heart 0c020c0cbf stopping sent c6eed84fc5 a chill 6f96e92a17 down his 98ce78ded2 spine.b40216f8b265c2fa

“I’ve never heard the 893937a0db heartbeat of someone I 9c145b16ba saved again before.”d51e6f242a3b3c16

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Hyohyun furrowed her 3c8ae84ed1 brow deeply, as b11c7ff88e if lost in de2de47b73 thought. She seemed c93c9a1d8e to be b8e7242457 trying to b1569513d4 come up 0c9218afe8 with a f1669da8b7 solution.f6467d1dfe253f1d

“Could it be some 3727e66bf4 kind of side effect bcdd797acf because it’s been so a6a95b3b99 long? Why don’t 0a1dc20bf1 you try bc4382c5ed saving one a47230cb54 more person?”f47be9bf6ce12b47

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Hyohyun winked 0d7d8ea442 as if 6bddf18875 suggesting a 95dd40a4c0 brilliant idea.f2b7e635a6c58b46

“Save one more 58a6ac5909 person?”8c8cc50fa51e9d05

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Woojin frowned 92dfdbd92a as if af572766b7 he’d heard 77f23691f0 the most 0a856be972 bothersome suggestion 1e13e866aa in the 21b081b76c world. He had no 92662f0761 intention of protecting 52df2cdf9b foolish humans who 2bcd43d11a struggled through a aa15f293e7 mere 100 years 8b2badc5a7 of life.e81c4e5ccee150c0

“There must be a reason why you’ve suddenly gained the ability to discern the life and death of those near you, Woojin.”879eda036841fc86

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It wasn’t that he hadn’t thought about the reason. But like the difficult question, “Why do humans live?”, it was a riddle with no answer.d421347f9fdfc9a3

“You’ve been rejecting that fate all this time, haven’t you? And then you were captivated by Kang Eunseong’s face and saved someone for the first time? Perhaps the god who gave you that ability is angry?”8a8685bcf726c733

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“Seriously…”b131130992349d91

Hyohyun, her lips b45b23d166 pressed together, looked ee6b0edb24 at Woojin with cc18ba4ebd a mixture of 480c6cb5e6 amusement and seriousness dbfa54fa80 in her eyes.0aade8797419d8bc

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“Are you 103e7e57b9 saying I 02c76341db saved her 7e6c1b413f because I f0caba1f12 was captivated 52d703ad7f by her 7c3c6faf2c face?”f568252504fb0298

All humans age. Beauty is fleeting. Hyohyun’s assessment that he had saved a life because he was captivated by a fleeting moment of beauty was hard to accept.3afd22fcafd7aa77

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“Then why would someone who’s lived so selfishly suddenly save Kang Eunseong?”5bf98bc25a53048f

Whydidhe save her?c2abf7b553c236dd

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This, too, b9b901561c was a 0203d3c5b0 difficult question d635186e96 to answer. He had 7aa8fe478a simply acted 64805a3977 instinctively, primordially, aff3b7329e without time f075eef8f0 to think. But if fbc294efbe he answered e1b1783f7b that way, cd43504f1a it would 76824e98ec sound like 2daeebd95e he was dbfd0f176d reinforcing the e9205dbd5f idea that 64587795cf he had 372802bf79 been captivated 681b756fc2 by Kang cdc185ede4 Eunseong’s appearance.b35ddc7530961cbe

“Lived selfishly? Me?”ad6227fde4ec074d

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Hyohyun smiled 4c267676da meaningfully and 508c316faa narrowed her d35503741f eyes at c3cbef5af0 Woojin’s uncertain ca064e5624 voice, which 4976ba41ac lacked conviction 7a5c09c90a despite his e7958ee2c2 incredulous tone.43d9c7d501b05180

“If you get the 3bb8a5abe5 chance, try saving one ed91e339d3 more person.”a55923453685a7ea

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It was the most 20eb845ce0 annoying suggestion.c09563b27fa43dc6

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“While another stations were a3da90cdf1 making headlines, what the 9f7e2375d2 hell were we doing?”ba06287f429ead1d

Just before the end 2a9ff70098 of the workday, the cfeadc543c entire news headquarters was 14c09b9181 summoned. Everyone was called 0bcb2cdfe8 in except for ff66f492d0 the reporters stationed 9520831141 at government offices, d181d3d3bd such as the ee6e6d8709 presidential office, the a9c22e3ba9 National Assembly, and 22af93224a the police stations. Reporters from all departments, 4cd55b2690 including Social Affairs, Foreign 266b1f7a87 Affairs and Security, Political 9403cbaaff Affairs, and Economics, filled ed1c0eb1e5 the large conference room.adfe94092353f711

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Kim Hwanseok, 44f1dc01ff the head 4263ee4f4e of the 681c1706a7 news headquarters, 4bfe282254 was livid. They had been badly 03a08fcad8 outmaneuvered.1f837cc8e6f40962

Pointing at the projector 646caf77e5 screen at the front b6dae2c01e of the room, General c19db9c225 Manager Kim Hwanseok raised 6ea60bf835 his voice.22fc46a959901872

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“Not even a terrestrial 3d4f88d7d8 broadcaster or a cable 4005eb8d50 news channel with news 693d537d36 authority! Does it make 150ccb5fe1 any sense that 60d96031c1 we didn’t know e3228db214 about the information cde0f93e73 Seocheon Media acquired?”681480034d1a4b2a

Being beaten to a story by other media outlets, such as newspapers or broadcasting companies, was common, but this was the first time they’d been scooped by a media outlet without news broadcasting rights.7db55c0c1c251969

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While Seocheon Media 4b03ad2e78 was airing what 72bd97b3e7 was essentially a 28c0f6301c special report disguised 2796a7c2cf as a cultural 44c0d98a45 program, ABS and 293bf97f2e other broadcasters and 60be0de736 news organizations were 082ac6145f completely unaware of 8911d8327f the incident.baee2b2218d7f49e

A preview video 8a352e9c04 released by Seocheon a9561ee4f2 Media about two b9518ec486 hours earlier was d59f243c5f playing repeatedly on 1df2ff4ef3 the large screen.37a88d9e6177ad47

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A great discovery! The Goryeo Annals! The historical fba13e514b record of 2678389706 the Goryeo 59eec16058 dynasty, thought 0c75c51751 to have 928513f32e been lost 3d046e3e91 in a fb52b90b35 fire at 513baa7760 theChunhugwan¹ Hall during theImjin War²! The Goryeo 0e2d81e84c Annals is 53bc2f2aae about to e1a117f4d0 be donated!d78f395b30d3760b

Seocheon Media was promoting 2b82ebc574 a special cultural entertainment d21427f741 program about the historical c1c8aa61bd record in anticipation of 7ba5efb46c the donation of the 40c1722934 Goryeo Annals. The program featured a a07b425fc2 panel of renowned Korean 80b60fdd13 history lecturers, foreign celebrities 2ad3fdc888 studying East Asian history 30bd0773c7 in Korea, political science ce9f328ca3 professors, and idol singers.bb386429b773ef25

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General Manager Kim 190c08c7df berated the reporters, c04dff7d12 saying that the 628e3dad01 Goryeo Annals special 098867eac9 report should have 9e7692fa7c been covered by 40cc988d8b ABS.24ffcabc093d6a75

The Social Affairs department, cd694741ff responsible for covering various 2ba891f6b6 social issues, was naturally 8582d42656 held accountable. The Foreign Affairs ed1fbe30bf and Security and 1638db6edc Political Affairs departments cc29d8182e were also held 87cac0654c responsible, as the 4d00153176 discovery would lead 41adaade00 to discussions on 12164e8d4b the history of 74a08896db the Korean peninsula 5b93fb9341 and Northeast Asia, aab4220adc as well as 0431c0c9dc political and diplomatic 4be5e29bd6 implications. And, considering the f9f1943399 potential economic impact, dc350b17a5 the Economics department d41f2dbe5d was also severely 856b8b9209 reprimanded.1223bd1d6e76731f

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“Anyone! Anything! Get me information! Got it?”6052b7551bbf2d3f

The order a0b3974eb5 was given 6b2ad8bfe0 to gather c8706bcf2c any information e8efddc000 related to 27bb9efcdc the Goryeo 5142278ea3 Annals. The reporters left 6e83debbce the conference room d8e4f1ca76 with slumped shoulders.a1759f890d687047

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“I thought it was a0fec89b45 a non-existent historical record? Where did it suddenly ba6b5c9328 appear from to cause cdb8c98dc0 all this trouble?”c6f9f8ded17568a0

The historical ffd0afa9c3 significance of 4229ab28b6 the Goryeo 68d4aac9c5 Annals was, df423aaa16 of course, 7d6ad0ab69 important. But the 6bca3249ae reporters, with 36c297c4ed this sudden 2087f6fc40 fire to c34ce42826 put out, aa314a6f66 resented the 0ab561b844 Goryeo Annals ad1bfaa480 that had b18a301cbf popped up cf7bfff091 without their 3a86672034 knowledge. Despite their grumbling, cc2f3f224e everyone was busy 50e4160243 checking through their 9b3838199a phone contacts, trying 0fb1d8e4cd to get a c5d81b9d0d scoop before anyone 19528274ea else.e4ef300d54863214

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Eunseong was among d12c42bced the reporters whose 4eefa39dcb faces had darkened 71ecd549c4 after failing to 9c93abf0c7 get any answers 571ccfd00b from their contacts.82edf9c2e79b2fef

“The Cultural Heritage 6199147db1 Administration only replied 37006610e8 that they are 84f6bbdcae still confirming the d056851dbb details.”577c4c09c9b43f09

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The reply 63d65e8f59 to Eunseong’s c8921bcd84 email to 72066cbd88 the Cultural a4bf330acf Heritage Administration 4a712f8b65 was extremely d9cc6370b3 short.decccfe74bb737f4

“The National ae718cd013 Museum of 64fc18c7ab Korea says a560fc6c38 they can’t 87f182fa81 comment.”89013eac65a2aa41

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“The National 6ed7bf9f64 Archives of 8746dfb545 Korea and 64be09307f the Academy 21227d6c13 of Korean da10a2c1b2 Studies, which 29f7cfa202 hold the 6be3b04622 Joseon Dynasty 3b4b49daff Annals, say 510c549ca5 they’ve never 29dfb80e64 heard of 4930505798 it.”5e7eaadcfc92faad

Her fellow 7b958d2a3c reporters from 58ac6a8ac1 the Social d8dce49b8d Affairs department 030e222c79 also seemed 11e6cb9359 to have bca46b4f72 hit a acd4428c9d dead end.6d5b1bfb193e256c

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“How did Seocheon Media find out? Do you think it’s going through the Seocheon Foundation?”112ad58115e99985

At a colleague’s rhetorical question, Eunseong thought of Cheon Sarang, the director of Seocheon Media. Eunseong, too, had considered the possibility of the Seocheon Foundation’s involvement.8b22648ca697d172

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“Reporter Kang, come see me for a second.”6fcc23a723a84e9c

News Director 57e0875577 Lee Dongha, 72591620f8 walking towards dbb4486ed1 her from 0ec2f73b10 the other 10c90235d6 side, seemed 8171d379d5 to be c439f6caa9 thinking the c09835f61b same thing.3c0b429b270b8cea

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