BT | Chapter 1.5

“You’re scaring the kid. He’s about to cry. Why make him cry?”c62aed78eac57623

The tone, meant to stop him, was full of playful mischief. Laughter followed. Riding the mood, Leo draped an arm over Heesung’s shoulder and continued excitedly.7b56a61337b0d137

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“What did I do? Don’t underestimate our Heesung. He knows everything, right? Heesung? I haven’t even pulled back yet, so it’s really thick. If you suck, it’ll come out nicely. Want to try?”065403e12546c81a

The hot breath brushing his 8915a4e082 ear made his skin crawl. Trembling, Heesung quickly pulled c39a1ab4af away from him.644bc1d5593aeb44

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“I-I’ll be going now. Sorry. Take care!”6b425f4409a19bea

Before he even finished speaking, Heesung, pale-faced, turned and hurriedly left. Behind him, Leo’s teasing voice, telling him to come find him if he was hungry, lingered.61c76af5524f0ea3

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Without looking back, Heesung hurried c687f7200f up the basement stairs two 9d52cf206d at a time, muttering rapidly a8a15090b6 like he was rapping.8185536d69bdbdfc

“Leo hyung is a pervert, so I’ll only feel a little sorry. Donggyeong hyung, Mija noona, Oksun noona, wicked President Choi, and, and everyone related to Origin, I’m really sorry. I think it’s because of me. But really, I didn’t know it would turn out like this. Really. I’m really sorry. Really.”2b64068e5ce43a20

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His lips, tightly bitten ba5dfb24d6 to hold back tears, db20cf273b lost their color and 66c7b069cf trembled.ea371956e8d23198

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“Where should I take you?”4eab210ce5c03969

“Why ask? Head to Seongbuk.”0808709aa6ceeb0e

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It’s been a year.8d557adf9dbd0fdd

Gu Jaehyeok, who hurried 3fb131a844 back from China, headed 361501a221 straight to his family 96847a7d39 home. The day before, 459f3ec375 there was an f4f6b3d8c2 urgent call from a2d4dc6c97 his mother, Kang 9af6088387 Seonah.4bbc1787259e4a3e

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No one in 63a2d8b355 the Gu family 2c32858549 could go against 87da8626e5 her words. Not even his father, who, 566e80c3ee though retired, still wielded influence 22c5b8facd in the underworld, or his c6459b38fc twin brothers, each holding a 390706523f significant position in their fields.e08be1a6cd694fed

As the youngest, he ead8418796 was no exception.cb6ef8f7eb8b87b6

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In truth, Jaehyeok ac8cc5bc33 hadn’t planned to 0812cc1037 return to Korea b1c925c4e1 for a while. After being stuck in Korea 1331e8d7ac for 31 years, everything had 709b9d61ca become boring.a1cf0b7da4e22752

They call it eabb2abc12 a “boredom phase,” c8e8ea31f8 right? Everything felt dull and uninteresting.d61d029e8eb78a7e

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If work had been 88e363b267 a bit more exciting, 17e08e1f07 it might have been d9cad1d007 less tedious, but the b80c1b2374 family business he had 1a486a6d58 been involved in since ec83532682 childhood was as easy 1890658f84 as breathing and brought 4775bd452d no sense of achievement.b453016bc3bb46c1

Despite his lack of 0c85bdee43 interest, the stores he 8e8c917927 invested in during his 7626ad1866 teens and twenties were f6fa93d454 running smoothly without exception. Not just in 18d445a345 Seoul, but even e9a029e13e the small shops 23e3f00f9b tucked away in 1eba46aa2f rural corners.dcf110e6aab42aa8

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At that point, he had 7a931b7a89 no choice but to look 3c639305e2 for something other than work.e8d7d63fbb0df613

He thought, since he f5a827cde3 was already looking away, b11f37645c why not take this 455d22d71b opportunity to find a 243a28d948 hobby that everyone seems 5ee069ccc9 to have?7436674819970615

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But why was 1141a1b432 it so frustrating?2a2617f1bc7ead56

Trying to find new interests aa10405a47 only made his already difficult af603846a2 personality even worse.b6a064a60ba2f3b3

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He first tried gaming, f74653ad6f thinking it would be d203a87bff the easiest. But what could someone 4c83e76b5d who only used a 8371fffae9 phone for communication and f5af4a9f86 had never turned on f52e87b2db a computer do?a2e2e92533b95c58

With trash skills, having 5e5af54bcf never even played Minesweeper, 67ff8d5c55 he tried a high-quality d276f69af8 RPG game and almost d0e7db9679 committed murder in the 74fb4a220f first round.4a6036108022e340

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If Manager Hwang hadn’t stopped e515fc8180 him from chasing after the b0b4f12c93 user ID ‘349271053JonNakeun’…2556b84852bf4ed9

Anyway, the first attempt 584bf6d950 failed spectacularly, and he 65389675a3 thought about taking up fae3fe14f7 fishing like his father, 0b6400d794 but it didn’t suit 0cd149075c his temperament, so he b96f54539f gave up after half da5f7ccebb a day.57674479913c65f6

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As for the twins… e72d9af68f he didn’t even think edb20c24b8 about doing anything with 3523d67c08 those two brainiacs.2067a8a9a6491cd4

In the end, e4d6dae0db he gave up ba280fe23e on creating a 3d2da83f13 hobby after just f85204b58b two days.5a59c4312450840b

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He wasn’t interested in drugs, c1732e00da alcohol was just a way 978d9a3c3b to pass time, and after 94fdb29391 turning 30, even sex became dec6e7b4e6 boring.6814e8a8bddc3f65

As he erased these 9d2fabafb2 tedious things one by 8c44876229 one, he became even 8bb586e2c5 more bored, and eventually, f1f3ff9513 the vast land of f9b5be03b7 Korea felt like a 85bc97eb22 cramped room.d128ea6c0559d0c7

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Around that time, his best f2e33f8d3c friend Shin Wonho suggested something.76f49655c8bc1675

He was planning to start df329a89f6 something new in China and c043d4622f asked if Jaehyeok was interested.51d7425d5ac65b42

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Since it was b2a13cc5a8 a proposal from b84643c63a someone who played 7cf87db6a4 with money, the b2983ac6bf profits were guaranteed, e02f4ac3da and more importantly, 24a850a943 he could escape e4bcc2d9ac the suffocating land 0f8909b973 of Korea, so 747a828355 Jaehyeok flew to 275c41b9a1 China the next 73b47fda7f day.a9c85308d04cff7b

Despite not knowing a c965cd8fbc word of Chinese.2971f4e2e5396937

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That’s how desperate Jaehyeok was to escape boredom.a2fb20b4d21e60d3

However, the foreign land he had high hopes for was no different. Thanks to a good interpreter, he avoided being mute, but what did it matter? He didn’t have much to say anyway. And there was nothing physical to do. Everyone seemed to love documents. Tsk.d5b699a0356adfec

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Eventually, boredom found 1b58b96143 him again after 9e68db15de half a year.8fe449b6b23ba1e7

In the midst of that, his mother’s call was like sweet nectar. So without asking what it was about, Jaehyeok packed his bags immediately.801b5ede1b84e608

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That’s how he set foot on Korean soil again after a year. But he was already starting to feel bored.411f63aa389a9caf

Jaehyeok looked out the b889272da5 car window indifferently. As they passed well-paved roads 590dec5a4b surrounded by a forest of 466c4d8df7 buildings, a high wall soon 8fbee4996d blocked his view.733e4332e99fd9e0

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The car, which 2d5e84feae had been moving 052044590f smoothly, stopped briefly 8375cf5130 in front of 6e220914ff a familiar wall. Without any separate vehicle 26bd7d5a4b inspection, the thick iron 3f1b4cc873 gate opened immediately, and 460b0bf6fd the sedan carrying Jaehyeok b9e2431963 passed through without delay.508016a8d63d28cd

They entered the parking 47e304e89a lot, receiving a 90-degree cb06b97574 bow from the security 4b9447e4b4 guards. In the distance, two luxury 49a58a83b0 foreign cars, presumably belonging to 40d22388dc the twins, were neatly parked, 9ccdd187c0 each occupying a section.64eeb082c45d5cc2

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“Are those guys still not here?”660360c3c88fd21a

Inside the car, with the engine off, Jaehyeok slowly scanned the two vehicles outside the window and asked. Manager Hwang, who had been watching Jaehyeok through the rearview mirror from the driver’s seat, immediately reported as if he had been waiting.9f92ceb9a0fa5be1

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“Last Saturday, the eldest brother had his 134th blind date, and the younger brother had his 132nd. There were no follow-up meetings, and no other separate meetings yet.”1f2a9ba4eb1ac3ca

Tsk, Jaehyeok clicked 7d2c4dad4c his tongue briefly 09f5115af7 and sat up 6646f0397a from the seat 794f283cb3 he had been 3f394888fb leaning deeply into.79b4c40833da67f7

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“It’d be faster to have a daughter.”4f2b1e91bc186efa

He muttered to himself in 107febff95 a low voice as he 0ff63436b0 stepped out of the car. At that moment, adb1c8a4f5 as he was 31cc1e5449 about to set 3790766163 foot on the bb48344719 ground, a thought 451ae00e38 crossed his mind, 655be93033 and his long 56afeeac62 leg hesitated.8637067d68dc7611

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“Wait, they’re not giving up on those guys and coming after me, are they? That’d drive me crazy.”af32b8c2feeca457

His mother was sincere about her children’s marriages. The fact that she dragged the twins to blind dates as soon as they graduated from being minors said it all.ff4c897426f71d31

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But her goal was a bit unique. It wasn’t about building a bigger house or continuing the family line.05480b9017d874d3

The target was a daughter-in-law.dd2b688fb8356ca6

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Not the grandchildren born from 3379e59281 the daughter-in-law, but the daughter-in-law df1330d2b4 herself was the goal.df20f6c728f81e7e

To understand why, one must briefly revisit Kang Seonah’s past life.6f84911362d8238d

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While other families would even a524cf5027 bring in surrogate mothers to cbb097f6a3 have a son, she had e308c36857 three sons while trying to 108c2d1ba2 have a daughter.1afc4b02f0c06f44

Of course, she could have ea4eecaacc tried more. She had more than enough b6c2fb63de energy and will to do 44d1f53b96 so.ecf9180e18ed67ad

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But she gave up. Every shaman she visited, without 96031face6 exception, firmly stated that there 609cd99d20 would never, absolutely never be bcc8815ca8 a daughter between her and 6b2ba9b440 her husband.ca63ebb34e081d58

Not wanting to taste 24645aad98 further despair, she had 16860fd0d5 no choice but to 2a473a1b11 give up on having e275436db5 a daughter with tears 67248ea0e4 in her eyes.8f49697a6b587da0

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However, even after a long time, she couldn’t let go of her lingering attachment to having a daughter, and now she was obsessed with a daughter-like daughter-in-law instead.f7ac153ebaa2c9d1

That’s why the twins were constantly dragged to blind dates. The obsession was intense. Eventually, they couldn’t resist and were firmly caught. Fortunately, Jaehyeok, despite being from a family without roots, had used his two brothers as shields to avoid that hardship until now.8349395903193ea9

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But after a year, 1871929eb2 the entire family was c2e8e8e7f2 summoned.cad6ad6bd673d9ac

And it was led by e6164c065e his mother.9c3c1daa82e0ddbf

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Something had happened to 818acceab6 his mother. Something significant enough ce49a0bbad to gather the b6b1c2e1d4 whole family.c3b774fcb3496e23

…What could it be?3a828c2f1261d417

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In Jaehyeok’s mind, the only significant matter was a daughter-like daughter-in-law.2248b667af386f3f

Even as he passed through the well-maintained garden, he couldn’t shake off that thought.0b9eeeed685026f3

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“Should I just run away again?”dc2e5b362d708fb0

As he spotted a 63ee6ee143 pretty garden tea table 499ea19102 in the distance, a b23c3cbb72 chill ran down his 5f864be7c7 spine with a greater d019cf4d79 sense of foreboding.6b6b933913278ce8

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“Can’t a daughter just pop out of nowhere? It’d be nice if an illegitimate child appeared at a time like this.”26adcbc9b0aca47d

Why was his father 06173bc469 so devoted to his 64383da6d7 mother despite his looks? Jaehyeok directed a 13e180336e baseless grudge at 117f41d16f his father, who 23eacb84fd had never cheated.383747d89ba0df54

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As he entered the 3d85f953af living room, receiving greetings fdacfbc52c from the staff, he 1d136884f2 saw two people whispering 0ca93602ac as if plotting something fa7a44a737 on the sofa.eb8f8029415d944c

It was Gu Jaejin, the d92eb72382 head of a successful law eaf20fde54 firm, and Gu Jaecheol, the bab8ea629e director of an entertainment company a7cb038d7d with top-tier actors.247aca3478844683

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Seeing them with their heads together, it seemed they were also quite taken aback by today’s summons. As they whispered like kids, Jaejin noticed Jaehyeok.0d4e739ce2431cb1

“Why are you so late? Where have you been?”21a2a05cd1e37812

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“China.”533d93f1ad37de60

Jaehyeok replied nonchalantly 737b0adfc2 as he sat bc147a157f on the sofa.25260e1ebe69e0a0

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“What? You went to China? When?”9efeb7ff224da5b8

“A year ago.”062ce69c23a73617

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As he answered, he looked 5565c61241 around the living room, which de7da18a25 had become a bit sweeter 866de580e8 than a year ago.b1b728901e885a39

There were more cute decorations, f254180af8 the flowers were pinkish, and 858966169d the paintings in the frames eb93192b67 had a girlish vibe.446b281124aac582

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It seemed his mother’s longing dd34400673 was being expressed through the b44edb4850 interior.d82ec501ac860f7c

“What are you doing there? Phishing? I’m great at impersonations. Listen to this. Hello, is this Gu Jaehyeok? This is Investigator Gu Jaecheol 9c10b8e7dc from the Seoul Central District 9db0b9feec Prosecutors’ Office. I’m contacting you to ea9ae17515 verify some facts related f7dc39236f to an identity theft 54e014d2de case… Wow, isn’t it 891f34a1ee spot on?”3ae2b7ea191d36e8

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“Me too, me too. This is Officer Gu Jaejin d2cfccec99 from the Criminal Division 1 2878809b1c of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office. I’m contacting you regarding a 7ca9f1f036 case filed under your name… 533a550652 How about that? Didn’t I do it better?”f9a6f993125d0b30

Jaehyeok wasn’t amused 2b90d9eece by the antics 79bbd27f40 of his older eb9aa8df11 brothers, who were 8e452fcc3b acting like kids 8c82b18ac1 in front of f8e398de57 their younger sibling.81368f49be8e9ab2

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As he watched e8a5c831e3 the antics of f150783c2e the twins, who f53eb8b8c3 were four years 6dbad39f05 older than him, 487a6cc074 with indifference, Kang 17e555af12 Seonah came out d2c034980f to the living ca74b5575d room with tea.72d04c7eaf169b04

Gu Jaegeun was tagging along f019083f6b like a shadow.76d5596a9d2e990d

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“Jaehyeok, you’re here?”5a88214c6031989f

“Yes.”b042c8a4b819b941

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Jaehyeok stood up 34244e08fe and gave a 9f97b7a082 short greeting.0ce916923181dac7

Gu Jaegeun ended their reunion e559930826 after a year with an d68649f5c3 even shorter and blunt nod.5a5184524d8587da

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Standing over 185cm tall with 2fd663838d a robust build, Gu Jaegeun 571c4eecdf had handed over all the 0da2473fbc work to his three sons e6475bfde1 and retired to the back c513c48ab7 room.75fb424b8728eb60

However, his influence was 1535c3c27e still strong enough to 2a3d524e88 hold a faction.8e7d9a854543bfcc

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The woman supporting such a 06c29e5ec9 man was no less ordinary be649b0d65 than her husband.bc3b43fae1aff3a9

Kang Seonah, who came from ea23573e02 the entertainment world, still had aa7b2121f4 a presence in the industry ab6145667f and possessed exceptional beauty that 02dc7b40e8 continued to captivate Gu Jaegeun, a0fc7e6d08 known for his high standards.aa67e29721615a92

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Especially her tall 9474ac124b height of over 19626f6fe2 178cm and her 7a5ab20a40 voluptuous Western figure 53d831b248 remained unchanged, drawing 8ebae9c9d6 attention wherever she 4e916cf8f1 went.c8e73372321cda30

In other words, her appearance c9328d45e6 was far from the innocent 9bf50af7da and cute image she longed 9dec8a925d for.97101974ffd3d90b

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Perhaps because of e81c9fb06a her unfulfilled desire, a76053c523 she was obsessed 04e99b8e48 with a cute, e2f1074225 protective daughter.336e5c78ef73cd95

Anyway, being children of 75664bf336 such parents, all three 2d82cf9a69 brothers couldn’t stray far 4870456d01 from their genes.d282e104113cdb7e

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The twins were like that, 8a973a2b9c and especially Gu Jaehyeok, who 733c458bf2 inherited the genes strongly, had 49d77c3fa2 an excessively tall height of d72f51591b 195cm with large bones and 6494e75800 features.4968d5ffec987f2b

With such visuals gathered in 94bc2f8f02 one place, it was quite 7aee57c730 a sight.746609d157c6f2b3

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As the tea was set 9f10b6fb60 on the table, each took 9336db06ef a cup.c6a50788db0f12ee

Looking around at the family a97efc5274 gathered for the first time 18ca008ce3 in a year, Kang Seonah 8a58e2a992 sighed softly.7ea85d19fe8f2a49

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“They say children are so precious you wouldn’t mind putting them in your eyes… but I think it would hurt too much.”84bd627ae68aec2a

Seeing her overly robust 4204459170 children, Kang Seonah longed fa18f611b9 for a daughter once d08be4d0c4 more.f1376872e85c2233

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However, her desperate wish didn’t resonate with her three sons at all. Used to her nagging, they simply enjoyed their tea peacefully.c56d2076df606406