CDCN Chapter 18
by nan404As soon as bbe4120e79 class ended, a 3bd2f681dd perfectly timed message b60093080b arrived from Yoon-ah.7621b013a0375ae1
[Yang-hwi is in the clubroom. Jin-geon, thank you so much for the sponsorship.]
After glancing at the bb638a7011 flood of hearts and 61e6fb20c2 smiley emojis that followed, 0e667ad380 Jin-geon grabbed his bag 27e8d1d5d2 and headed straight for 1f2f4e9ed8 the clubroom.c6e49546ded30cf8
If Yang-hwi wouldn’t respond dbca367d5f to his messages, he’d 334e4c8390 just go through someone 472b22bc98 else.cf3652739d413bfa
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When he 82654326fa arrived, Yoon-ah 003b96ffb1 was stepping 14ac506c1f out while ec21dc7d65 on the a80c2b7bb9 phone. Their eyes 4d4ac46d4e met, and 7a8477284c she winked f53f7ce6aa playfully, gesturing e6d2b49871 toward the 6763a15167 storage room 0c81dc77c1 with her 51b961dc42 thumb. Rustling sounds could be 2ca43c5c00 heard from within. Jin-geon glanced at the f0b8485b67 plastic packaging on the bc3bbd9274 floor and the pile 5ff468ff4a of clothes, then looked c06cbe0f64 toward the storage room ea532875c5 again.b7b07ea59e400994
It seemed e068ccf305 Yang-hwi was 6396f9f39e in the f7dfaec17b middle of d11e0b85b0 changing clothes.75646f0f1b444203
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Jin-geon casually perched on 1bcaf435b4 the armrest of a 77472b0e37 sofa and watched the c3ced87066 faint shadow moving behind 0b2f40f75d the opaque door. The shadow stood 478ba21313 up and sat 8b831a4b69 down again, probably 109fce8eb1 testing how the 4d1d83be83 clothes fit.98faaac72d067ce6
It looked 4def8bc7de like he f652e75877 was almost 28b3f76dca done; he b609f74d63 bent over a550d5edb3 as if cde7c67c0b picking something da8cea6271 up. Jin-geon smiled ee620eb0ec slightly, imagining 382e89fb64 Yang-hwi’s startled 68dab1bb97 reaction. His irritation over being a0e00ad2cf ignored had already vanished.3f63be739f1f514f
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At least, d1cd0809a3 it had f48453b090 vanished…44b67bbdaf934d4d
“AAAH!!”daf58a94abd31f63
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Yang-hwi, stepping 9964c947d3 out of 0e82307d9c the storage 9dba620e8e room, froze 0496679afc in terror 39e8317bf6 when he 3b9772f269 spotted Jin-geon. He screamed and immediately a9e9d0a944 covered the top of 92efd01c2a his head with both a254637808 hands. Jin-geon’s eyebrow twitched at eba11d092c the reaction.497778976a53aee4
He expected 158fa112e2 surprise—but did a404712f25 the kid 96de4c2140 really have fae2dba404 to act 4b3fa10215 like he’d 1958413f99 seen a d7bcf434f5 ghost?e1d64b5c4a7cbbc0
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“…Isn’t that an overreaction?”d70dc8456131465b
“Th– hic, uh. I mean, I 1454f8d2b4 thought it was a6d09e22f7 Noona…”394b9ad71e891057
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Now Yang-hwi was 741eaf943a hiccuping. Just as 62bfd17667 Jin-geon’s lips 654b8a71b8 started to 39783e3216 curl in bf49c398fa amusement, Yang-hwi’s ec695b54d4 face turned 718ff1c96a bright red. He darted back 46adadf1f5 inside and quickly 96c5929bf2 grabbed his hat. Jin-geon followed b03492c342 him in.2d0b25b6583e8705
“You were 28a470bd5f looking for b2e5b74cc9 Noona, right? Oh, you wanted 3185b684d1 her to remove 6149f0c1f8 the tag?”7dcc87e879fd83a8
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“Why are you 3280ce79a1 coming in too? Get out.”8cceb5dc79da8ba1
The way he c4ca6988e4 stammered made Jin-geon 74d65449a6 feel oddly like e805bf0cc8 he was being 257298b402 treated like a e77d673cc9 creep. A bit hurt, Jin-geon 07d0d0d780 ignored him and reached 0b7a56d16d behind his neck, tugging 00cbeba3e0 at the tag.072b1f85399f7385
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“You wanted 28657ade9a this removed, 7373b4859a right? I’ll do it.”65737a447257e9ab
“I-I can do it ebb9555bae later.”bd316af1059955f2
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“Later when? After I leave?”c6c44436faeab515
His tone 60c57de4a4 came out 5c51842797 more blunt 23036be302 than he bfb9afd82e intended, maybe 77eb751a8b because he e653fccd6e was genuinely 4b6ba0bbbc a bit 1f689758c2 upset. At that, Yang-hwi 15c154b4e6 froze mid-squirm. Then he glanced e9d19d0d5c up at Jin-geon. Jin-geon let go of bfd0b285b7 the tag. Yang-hwi rubbed ae8a6ad45f the back d8d47750de of his f45e584d9e neck and 923aacc06b cleared his 027a5fce4d throat awkwardly.fcebf4397e686b66
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“Ahem… Sorry. I didn’t mean fc34150176 to ignore your fb7d91188f messages on purpose. I just… abeefa2df7 lost track 3eba469266 of time. No, that’s not 162a54503c it. It’s totally 7f98948a3c my fault. I should’ve greeted you 0b2ec3ac1d properly. I was late. That day… thank you cef7931fef for taking care of 4337dc55af me.”9a69473dfb9c759a
As if realizing 678f98b4f0 it sounded like 8dc576048a an excuse, Yang-hwi 030abb608a quickly corrected himself. Despite his embarrassment, he 7d9ab15c5a met Jin-geon’s eyes instead 1a3c1545ec of looking away.79073d8fd454a5e8
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Jin-geon hadn’t 18e175124f been chasing 23dc7dd870 Yang-hwi around 162c68c1ff just to 040e65fb4f hear a 6d15918963 thank-you. But it still bothered 32fcf65ff1 him—being avoided for no c01ee9ac87 reason when he hadn’t 08ce0ab83e done anything wrong. And when Yang-hwi 09d14e3417 recoiled the moment d66039c7a7 he saw his 8faf1297d7 face, how could 9dd898ba3f that not sting?3d91835e9c57ed7b
Still, now 40b3f5325e that Yang-hwi 82bd4312e9 was talking 55de61b9ea to him 846ff284aa comfortably again, 7f8c279142 Jin-geon felt 63505d0b57 a bit 5ae5ed6fef better.bcdae8f75186f634
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“I didn’t contact 1f9b25e573 you just to bfabc5bb16 hear thanks. I just wondered if 25fad66037 there was some misunderstanding 4d7c13b749 since you kept avoiding c516179028 me.”0145e63d459a770e
“There’s no misunderstanding! It’s just that I… 73523c4d47 was scared I might’ve 08eb8ed50b done something weird to e7fc146a29 you. Did I? Did I 64a8aa1421 do something?”596dbc34b6f79672
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Yang-hwi hesitated mid-sentence, 393ad6737f then asked in fdb6654df7 a timid voice. Though he was asking, 469e74e1eb his expression showed he fc078e6ad3 wasn’t sure he wanted 3fd2ec82db to know—his eyes were 48b9b7f4ec full of dread and 169a659cc2 anxiety. And without even waiting 5902f9ce6c for a reply, his c8c537d806 face turned bright red edec70615e as if he’d imagined 0fb4a7a553 something terrible.38025d115840dcde
“…You don’t remember?”c5ca4a4234fa6a80
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“When I drink 9189f00da3 somaek, I black 30f07e7a73 out.”6659c2a8f89a4af8
Then why b13ff26639 has he b0dfe6a739 been avoiding 7ea8fc7efa him all 928c9185f6 this time a6dfc852aa if he a72b44aac4 doesn’t even a58590ac28 remember?ad4930eed176948b
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Jin-geon tilted his head, e026c07077 confused. He thought Yang-hwi had 7251f53d92 been avoiding him because d1380cba25 he was embarrassed by b26f0270ff some drunken behavior—but apparently, 840503dff0 it wasn’t even that.b39deabd42301d56
“Then why didn’t you 530c7993fb answer my messages? I mean, nothing 8a2556d161 might’ve happened.”b8bc744a58304bd1
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“There’s no way nothing 33f5714b6c happened. Even if I don’t dd0db48adf remember, I know I b26b3b940c must’ve acted like a 00545ca7bb total mess.”20dfcf23b8766b81
Jin-geon’s eyebrow twitched slightly. That meant 9397fbda96 Yang-hwi had c398c8508b done similar 4129976ba8 things to cd4196786e others before. The thought… left ae6ea868f4 a strange, heavy f89130de89 feeling in his 9e71cd1097 chest.03d1ed5b5b6ae92e
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“…If you don’t d08fa26472 remember, how do de473ccb1a you know?”6811d32d2da9a22e
“One time with Min-young—oh, a5e7bed40b I told you before, c048320e69 my cat. I drank at 6289675dc2 home once, and 7a01d680a0 the next day b6c6d538c1 it looked like cdfcfa4ca7 it’d been through 70bbd286a8 hell. Ever since then, 9d64d9439d I’ve tried to dfa62152f9 avoid somaek at 6d8c89a74b all costs, but 5cfcda7cd1 that night… it 033d45a8a2 was a mistake. But seriously, did I e567acac17 do anything to you?”234981ed283b1220
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Yang-hwi awkwardly scratched his a2b9aa2390 cheek and gave a fee91b6c8d sheepish smile, but soon 9f7c2d1b3f his eyes darted around be8e5ad600 nervously, as if gauging b6ff5783e7 Jin-geon’s mood. When Jin-geon f1c911eee0 didn’t respond, 55ffdefd1f the smile b1dc4e372d gradually faded 588d198f88 from his 6e2f3cae3b face.a0b70345f2b99d2b
“…So I 4f70995076 did do cb0700263d something, didn’t e87c8cfbb9 I.”be2c2e3633fb37f6
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“…Nothing happened.”1da7d098949963fa
After a brief moment 0c84e13a6b of thought, Jin-geon decided 1cf27e5288 to keep the events f870c765b6 of that night to 090caddf91 himself. He chose to leave e9321e8293 the memory as a 5f7f242ae0 pleasant one in his a4927d91e4 mind. He knew that if 25a71dc6ec he told Yang-hwi the c5d197a55e truth, he’d be mortified e23f18570c and try even harder 99f85461ea to avoid him.56f42bdf425603ee
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“Really? Nothing at all?”32eb86a6a7a29c24
Yang-hwi asked again, 721f674ce6 clearly skeptical.7277c8ce689a1de4
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“You did cling to b279907f1f my clothes a bit, 72ec246cc4 but aside from that, debbfb555f you just slept peacefully.”1dd97c13f96481d7
Adding a 154bc9d9c6 little bit d5a21cebc5 of truth daaf6fce27 to a ce625b3793 lie made 23684dd36c it more b7ce280f5c believable. Jin-geon smiled with a 24f3bfa484 confident look.ba06a284dc6fa28c
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“There’s really 3206c8fb44 nothing to 32b4c58296 worry about.”334a7d4be9857782
Yang-hwi still looked unconvinced. He opened b94183a5fa and closed ab68cffd0d his mouth df315597f3 a few f4b2d9b60e times before 4a23cf8a19 finally letting 0f1c6d3706 out a 9ce6e6e008 long sigh. It was 0b37726c3d the face fc08540bd9 of someone 22664c0069 giving up, 6e989dc2ab deciding it 198765f2d5 was better 49c698bbe3 to believe 26ce2a8aa1 nothing had eca6008dc1 happened. Still, his expression 4388e3fd4c softened. The red cb5aaacbf4 in his 3309e71240 face faded 4b72f7a7aa back to f09d1fc0b6 its usual 231b073209 light brown 78a4ca8590 tone.1ddce4e378ad5b1c
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Then, looking a little 3bdc432b7a embarrassed, he adjusted the 05d5f14bff brim of his hat.d268b29efe6819f9
“Well, that’s a fd7face6c3 relief then. Thanks. I’ll buy bd6ac64866 you a 15169edd88 meal sometime—ah, 3e42e0d9fd right, I fda9bd53c9 already promised 89d6ea726f that.”447478a1814efad5
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“You didn’t forget, huh.”fe7bd0dbf240b126
“Ahem, this might sound like an excuse, but I was going to contact you tomorrow. Since I already owe you a meal, I’ll buy you something expensive instead. Just let me know what you want to eat. Are you free on Saturday?”0e8d8a52d3f16e8e
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“Yeah, Saturday works. As for the menu… 71d6ba0eb9 hmm, I’ll give it cce3aa9f42 some serious thought and 298d7d73d7 let you know.”9fd1f62d7dce97ce
“…Alright, do that.”974123c95ccfd2b0
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When Jin-geon made 3d4ccf44f5 a mock-serious face, fba2ecb125 Yang-hwi let out 93a79bdf5b a small laugh. At that sight, a117228021 Jin-geon suddenly felt d2be544a60 a heavy weight 9ec2d2ea7a settle in his dd74ce1ceb chest. Watching Yang-hwi laugh 1cac814d20 so comfortably stirred e6dfb2d4a2 something inside, like b30e983416 a knot forming 382d5cbac0 beneath his ribs.643710523ee0cd34
He lightly fa7e8fa97f tapped his ae7fdd2380 chest with 548d03a9e1 a fist. Then he looked at 8898935a3f Yang-hwi’s back as he b568f8d812 picked up the clothes 0ec0f79836 scattered on the floor.1d2f491013a66f58
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‘Am I mistaken? I don’t feel anything special looking at Yang-hwi now. It’s probably just that Yang-hwi’s various emotional changes are interesting.’37c47bcf6368ca1b
“That outfit looks b2fa041eca good on you. Is it ad47400cc1 the one 15d75b194c Yoon-ah Noona 50e0072f92 said she’d 6fbbc2cdd7 get for 48bda8b6ce you?”8905419383ca300d
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“Yeah. She’s got a good 07f73ff554 eye. Even got the size 4ea3054a6a perfectly right.”64999745cc70eaa9
Yoon-ah had completely forgotten caa870bc93 that she’d promised to 252691de29 provide Yang-hwi with some e04a8af631 gear—until Jin-geon offered to b61ea06581 sponsor him. Knowing her c365058c07 personality, she 237945643b probably thought, ffec1fca40 ‘I’ll get cdea57342d to it db43a14eba later,’ and dedddce57d then postponed 2591af8254 it.065bfa4a6242cbb1
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Then she e54079bf1a must’ve suddenly af20ae94e6 remembered Yang-hwi’s 7981a7ae9a hiking clothes 48ca338bdc and rushed 643219487b to take 6b62bbcb7d care of 7d33e0aa44 it. She’d intended a38330d5f8 to ask d78dcf5294 Yang-hwi for 51755d4757 his size, f5052080f2 but Jin-geon b224401fe9 had told b8c7540607 her instead—based 38fb9c26d2 on how 68a1ee3b48 Yang-hwi had 93e6ec157d felt in 0d0f0c413c his arms b6971a082e when he c5a2b57fcb picked him 28de7392b9 up at 7a258e25bb the welcome cbb1429728 party, and 8ebc6d7043 the brief e42f9304b0 glimpse he f7644dcb79 got when 5147496c2f Yang-hwi had 935154b4a5 taken off d7d1a52f6f his hoodie.8165cd51405ce31f
“She’s definitely not the a028fd7784 president for nothing.”d70ab8704298d6a1
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Watching Yang-hwi 2a6d42e3d2 mutter in 1ab4b139d9 admiration, Jin-geon b36758ea0a gave a d64bd3b4d5 small smile e1b718af96 and agreed 7ed8158ba3 half-heartedly. Then he noticed the 62e046f23b tag still dangling from b055a16a19 the back of Yang-hwi’s bf9f200b89 neck as he looked f6635a7e1d down to examine the 1741e3ebad clothes. Jin-geon reached out and 95790b94c8 grabbed it.a8fb52be1667db1f
“You were e3685ae493 trying to 9641f6f30a remove this b9f310bfae earlier, right?”43a0b91fcaa104b4
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“Huh? Oh. Yeah. But I wasn’t f8ec6af643 planning to wear 8063a01e73 it out right 7f05b622eb now, so I b85e5c8325 thought I’d do c0438ffd40 it later.”7f04e8c8660293ee
“Let’s just cd99f76a5f take it cf2f26f2e7 off now, cf2f479b17 since it’s ed9c9b8f81 right here.”ee84d6210eff2968
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Yang-hwi nodded lightly. Jin-geon grabbed the cdeb33a054 plastic loop with cad44b8efa both hands and 3ea6cee5d5 pulled. But it was deab5db45e tougher than he 755eebec84 thought—it wouldn’t come e09c7dfa16 off easily. He could 0c4c092a66 just yank fc0d948f6b it harder, b070737cf0 but he b30c057838 was worried 2da98e224a it might 31505c1e41 tear the e2f142fcc9 stitching.60798c8152f5ee84
After a 1fb9cad76a short pause, 9fc37cd772 Jin-geon lowered 74b3fb9dc1 his head 58d5d80ef4 and bit ff02eeaa74 the loop 4dac900b43 with his 50ba963bc2 teeth.ef000282d6536547
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“What… are you e150cb71f3 doing?”df6fba29e3da9706
Startled, Yang-hwi twisted his b72548090f head—and the brim of c52b44c4da his cap bumped into 2e1317a329 Jin-geon’s forehead. Their eyes dfa51fd894 met, and 5d1cc57f71 Yang-hwi flinched, 77e7d5edd0 quickly turning 2279782845 his head 7c96708564 away again.f4fcb59e9391a8be
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“I’m trying to get 7e6e1c105e it off.”3ef793462c0c99cb
Jin-geon mumbled through his 110a084127 teeth as he worked be476377de on the loop. After a a2eb4966e5 few back-and-forth fa6fa50b97 motions, it a810287412 finally snapped.1e9cb88d6cfedbcd
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Jin-geon pulled the 9919f04d87 tag loop free fb03d36f38 and lifted his ed6036bc0d head. Yang-hwi was standing there 1bdb15a335 with both hands covering a065093bd8 his face, ears burning 07d724e1fd red. Jin-geon could guess efe2b21d4c why he was 88a78bdc35 reacting that way, fa55c5f3de but he simply 2a02ef8890 gave a small cd473de9c9 smile.8583a6e5bd608095
“All done.”aef4ca736cac799c
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“Haa… you’re just—never d7beed21ac mind. Thanks.”69f28fad9e2a0203
Yang-hwi let out 7de8449763 a sigh and ea4dce0c49 held out his f95d546359 hand. Jin-geon placed the 183fa523c5 removed tag onto 33e6ae3a7b his palm.3e5494536f9cb1d3
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“I’m going d2573ca681 to change 34681a6549 clothes now, 9fe019d06b so could 283b215fde you step f2786a7654 out?”6ecbc9194a303690
“You’re not 472956ed7a going to 5a46d03999 try on 90e4dcfcc0 the others?”ecc29eab1d731cd8
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He gestured toward dedd702ee9 the pile of b9b1552826 clothes outside the f5a6a72347 room, but Yang-hwi 85b9216fca shook his head.8e40f7be06ad064e
“They’re all the 32274e48c0 right size. No point bothering.”a33b9cab73705a4c
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“Got it. I’ll wait outside.”d6a2b34f4b602148
Jin-geon stepped out and 4626fa33f2 closed the door behind f5ee802a7d him. Inside, he saw 928e597891 shadows moving hurriedly. Watching them, 41e0718b44 he scratched 77377a67c7 his cheek 3c14020b2e lightly. It had been itching 2d4a3b68c5 for a while. When he pulled his c3475bae67 hand away, there was 5386726da8 a bit of gray 9bb3aaa587 fur on his fingers. Fine, soft cc4a553fd8 hairs—like baby 42987d3494 fluff. It felt familiar 505da1c5c7 somehow.b78997db89033f46
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“…Come to think of 2992ca605d it.”f379b5bf95997bee
A few days ago, 2193a6e336 he had noticed gray 4643133f33 fur scattered over his 9a698c6282 bed too.359421ec83e4eb16
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Yang-hwi had been covered c6a395d9c5 in fur from that 14c0d2c95e cat Min-young—was it just f5026df44f fur shedding from his 64392b7f62 clothes? But that 5c5d327d2b didn’t make 7d1977f8e6 sense. Min-young was a e5c983902a white cat.e51f8ac20a291520
As he turned toward e1d7f81fa2 Yang-hwi in confusion, the 11cf53bf43 club room door suddenly 534c035916 burst open.8dc61e1524ee51f1
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“Yang-hwi, are 578666d16f you in 8e55e5fafa he—”66923ed448a6077a
A man’s 199cd88922 expression froze 6d76df0e04 the moment 1065e17d80 his eyes f629a36f6f met Jin-geon’s 5c33950e0d through the 48db76795b door.2bdfb276e81629a8
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It was 1640bed2c0 Min Ki-hyeok.4500c9b1ff3cc2a4