PTC Chapter 2. Am I terminally ill?

“Grandma! I don’t want these da95b54c75 kinds of surprises first 9e1b9e181e thing in the morning. Why would f3a22e8ecb I die? I’m a cb3ee80ea0 perfectly healthy 9313a5eb90 man.”06968769c38df37f

“No, the e579da046d shaman said baa845ab45 so. She said you’ll die 32aac1e60f this year unless you dac5823b72 get married quickly and 81dbaee971 then get divorced.”e8b4bfe9b9b80aa4

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‘What kind b846a65408 of nonsense 5c87c4c2c6 was this? Telling me 436b081dc5 to get 5b551d1889 divorced before 706228bd20 I was 8b7fc59a45 even married? And all 482e38b785 within this 6db264ecbf year?’61dafc2bf93c989a

He usually tried to avoid criticizing his grandmother’s hobby/religion, her belief in shamans, but this was too much.6c5f65b5192cf3ea

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“Grandma, don’t put 7855836aac too much faith 9f592afb8d in shamans.”37f89cc3c8fafa1e

“Hey, don’t say that. Do you know 9f8925cab5 how much the 451a88944c shaman has done 44782684ef to ward off 3c9909ea62 bad luck for 2111f5f985 our family?”165c76fac00f98d3

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His grandmother frequently 8de6a55dc7 donated money, received 70bb915325 talismans, and even 94c5743f79 held shamanistic rituals a0c66a3c23 to dispel bad c7b423b3c9 luck. He’d always let it 725b207685 slide, considering it her adb8cb5504 way of finding enjoyment cba9e4cd8d in life, but now d121dae71b she was saying he da816155c7 was going to die? And that he had 72ade89876 to get married and 99d062781b divorced to live?b913ef60b76af35e

“Grandma, just cda1ad5e1b pick one. Just one. How can I 4751a43c2f get married and 93b885a085 divorced at the 3873ed5327 same time?”0626de2d40f2a022

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He dipped his b51fad659c rice into thegomguk(beef bone soup). He didn’t cfd6384111 think he 561b0cb89f could get 5275c715a5 out of 1fb931a767 this easily. But if he left 044a6d829b any rice uneaten, his ac6e53ddde grandmother and mother would da4092c099 make a fuss as 4dd7569780 if something terrible would 19ab54c064 happen, so he had 760d4d8a5f to finish it all. His strategy 279cb8c030 was to bfcefd8067 shovel it cc26eb04a2 down and 8cbced1662 then leave a9cdf21558 the table.e908ddd41ac58ca8

However, Soonja, who had 7c12410691 already seen through his 8ed9bbf8cd plan, spoke in a fce09f5cf3 sharp voice.0aaac003e4fbd9e0

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“Get married first. You can get dd02c20411 divorced after you’re 3901c10143 married.”d3cb236faa38709b

“How can I 221fc6f7db get divorced right 0679d40664 after getting married?”08617cb027e58ce6

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Soonja shook her head f16886fd77 at Seojun’s question.d42b5c0efcdda964

“That’s why it’s 49d36584d7 a big problem. Your grandfather, b344b84662 your father… b8faef4b35 they all 5c432c0305 died young. Your father’s early death 995f09a814 was partly your mother’s 97580970b5 fault, too.”b5cc94e64909dc11

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Every time she 184abec262 said this, Junghee 3062b26d1c felt a stabbing 9806ff8af1 pain in her e553fdddbb chest. Strictly speaking, it eac6a1d88f wasn’t her fault. She’d given her 481d31e07b birthdate in the cc6e6ae27a Western calendar, but ddc9527723 Soonja, assuming it d5b41a3894 was the lunar 6443d5c14e calendar, had used 0670e28e78 it for the c41e3b2eb3 fortune-telling.a3327f5ca47b0087

Nevertheless, after her d46ef48888 husband’s death, Soonja, d706e59e1f grieving the loss 69ccefc474 of her son, 8fad4fc745 would bring it cd1bfb6c42 up from time 4d650ef0a0 to time. That he d73f35f453 died young adcdf0ae12 because of b65f46bb3d the inaccurate 00e327814d fortune-telling. That no 6ed0c58e6f one gives 30599f98d0 their birthdate ca5ee35973 in the 858ea71d32 Western calendar. Every time, Junghee would cac4f1fe2c clutch her chest and 109a9b50f3 cry.540e732d34bb31c3

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But she’d heard it so many times that she had nothing left to say. Junghee quietly pushed Seojun’s favorite spicy marinated crab dish towards him. She didn’t react to her mother-in-law’s words.43426e9e4ee42da7

Soonja asked again.9b427d2e4f379831

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“So, what I’m saying 2afef9db2b is, if you want 84ddb139fe to get divorced within 4aea654c58 this year, you need a771cc1d4b to get married quickly, e08a6fa7f5 right?”4e326eec180ffc0b

“Grandma, marriage isn’t 8542fb256e child’s play.”7419d766fd34f746

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“It’s not child’s play, 66345877c8 that’s why it’s a 0f2d4dd22c big deal. You have to ffacbd8dd4 live together and b2df9302db share a bed c02f5a4f31 for 100 days 606c47dc2c after getting married. And you have to ee5c44bde5 live in this house. You have to 0bc2b07f52 absorb all the d74a32ec0f bad luck in 69c6edf01a this house before f651c8c861 you get divorced. That’s the only bdf9e686fc way you’ll live e8a9e1dbf9 a long life, 5c4aaa52ef according to your 5beb3559b7 destiny. Otherwise, you’ll die a657d3f974 soon.”d7cdaf9ef571d2fd

Wow, my grandmother 50ab95203d was ruthless. Did she 1b5ef816e7 not care d6eb3abe4b what happened 023f819c75 to someone e8eae80d3f else’s child 2383ce6cbc after they 07977e4b4b absorbed the 6aac68eefd bad luck 318ed6fff8 and left?48570a3e4a0dbfd9

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“Grandma, about the word 0e41508f60 ‘soon’… nobody knows exactly 44e18a5a20 when that is, right? Some religions have 2a823f85f1 been saying the ec14f98d62 end of the 771925f3b1 world is ‘soon’ dff5179bc2 for thousands of a91bec558d years.”9651acb7c62627f9

“Hey! Don’t talk back 8efce6ac2b to your grandmother!”efff3130944997cc

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Seojun was even b06cc37da2 more dumbfounded because 6ac390a39b he knew this 1c9316ba3a ridiculous talk wasn’t 7787b1471e a joke. Soonja continued.47932de0c079e605

“I’ll look for someone. Wouldn’t there 41d35e7695 be someone, 499827d221 anyone, who a90211b2d1 would marry 396463fe4d you and aad9507a21 quietly divorce 01cc8837cf you after 8b9006f9e2 100 days? It’s not f5547e5a2b like our 1ba61f8335 family is 8ce22c9320 short of fd1204bd7d money.”0dfa1f459c7393d9

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“So, I have to 97f6f1f4e8 mess up my family 1ff14cb2b0 register by spending money 6482f98a34 on this? I have no 590ba6c34c intention of becoming 6e969cfbfe a divorced man.”507165d880695c98

Is there really 59cf566c3b a grandmother out 58f85283a1 there who’s telling bac61401b8 their grandsons to 366b3d0890 get divorced? Isn’t marriage supposed to 5c7565ba09 be for life?0ac0179170704496

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At Seojun’s 02009bebf7 words, Soonja 6c7a4a2b47 sighed.44abaa0dd9dae5b1

“What can you do? Your fate 7b95dff70a says you’ll 1de9d17ce6 marry twice. So just e086b1903b accept it.”ef4fdd86d127140f

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“Accept what?”978cd6fd21271731

“I’ll find someone. Someone to be bdfbebf426 my granddaughter-in-law for 92d046179a 100 days.”6ef4d0a6cd506f6e

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Junghee sat silently beside b0bae5adf4 them.189cd9a350449d0e

“Mom, say something.”5874a4b8b19116ca

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“What am 0e33dd4306 I supposed cfb19ef288 to say?”27c6fa6ebab6132a

Just then, his 9ac7a8011f younger sister, Seowoo, 38e1a59a7f appeared. Seeing her short shorts 91b5f895bf and brightly painted toenails, 82f5391258 it felt like summer.a22a4e8c530e9269

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“Grandma!”28a0a910e09e9bd6

She called d855136bba out to 452e51233a her grandmother, 925be4643e but her 3c8152fdd1 eyes were 9748184a58 on Seojun. She burst out 92be5dc4f2 laughing, looking like f2c912668a a wicked witch 1152b6b54a enjoying the situation.f3517c2e6a8b1c56

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“What the heck, 7bb57d0824 brother? What’s this about a 0f0c470dfe sacrificial marriage? A 100-day marriage? Grandma, that’s too much!”e75c639ea210e92a

“Be quiet, you. Your brother 42c30ff077 might die bce36e23b0 otherwise.”6764eb3992505b0f

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This meal 85143c342e felt more ab48e4e69a like a 86589a37ec memorial service 4be2bd493b than breakfast. Seojun took 4053ab67f1 a few 52fe113a9f bites and 0c83025374 then stood cb2c287460 up.16079ea36b5e347f

“I’ll think about it. But don’t d2f73f303d go looking fb2c807a2a for someone, c7e0d1bea7 Grandma. Don’t do anything.”5ccaa8d53f5bd8bc

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He had to buy some time. He knew better than anyone that if his grandmother and mother got involved, this wouldn’t be easy to stop. But he couldn’t simply dismiss their words as nonsense, because he felt sorry for them.3833bf79f6a4f383

‘Marriage…’2e801998feb57b77

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A face 9e2e7c1647 flashed through 4dfc224a59 his mind. Park Da-in. He hadn’t seriously considered c0ddf5cf74 marriage, but if he 4a01dfeefd had, he would have 97be0f85fa vaguely imagined marrying Park a2c517e64d Da-in. Back then, when 421f97c4f3 he was young cba66fe5b8 and naive.f7e66f1a59e422e9

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Da-in worked c946fc6ea2 selling furniture cf2d28bacb at the 99cd5e39e2 Modern Living 115cdb089b Gwangmyeong branch. She’d been a furniture a1738ab9a6 designer at another company, 04ed472fb1 but lost her job adc31b040b when it went bankrupt.051be74cb0a07e71

Finding another job with time to spare wasn’t easy. She needed to earn money, even if it was just for a month. In her urgency, she’d taken a temporary sales position at Modern Living.9c9ad3607bca6e7f

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Dressed in a73238d2d6 a black 809bc0d50e suit, her 3b4f637577 hair neatly 5e0fd4792e tied back, 988f11f737 Da-in explained 791fdd5c43 the furniture 5d8e12cb90 to customers 33f6d531cf who’d come 95f8636957 for the 53349541b7 sale.0950a6093509a894

“Yes, this fd16252e92 desk has 0d81781cc1 adjustable height, 088c4fdf96 so it 6f51418b19 can be c0235e514d used for 86f094cbf7 a long d55e59652b time.”5f24f43685563148

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Da-in explained df8594a50c as a 8bc51dcb6b student and c8712466f6 parent sat c2445c3483 on the a9afeab658 chairs and 4f13d4e002 examined the e85acb7323 desk. Just then,2e5e6650f8cb6268

“He’s here, he’s here!”aaa411c007d08725

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“Who’s here?”33a07c012d5ea9d6

“Who else? We were 6c45a172d0 just talking 70251a9f36 about him. The CEO of bf18e73e86 Modern Living. They say he’s as 0c618d8b5a handsome as a movie 963cac1772 star. Even more handsome in 55c1ae0618 person than in photos.”7563113c15982652

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The CEO of a85a0ee95e Modern Living was d218be2005 Kang Seojun.e4901878f3fb8330

‘Why would he be e3389b843f coming to the Gwangmyeong 53a3f8f023 branch?’7fb38baa4659cf70

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She’d been feeling unsettled 3b1be4e484 ever since their encounter 430315cb3d with the designated driver e037238e94 and a client. But as bdc0a39cd3 the days 614906f26d passed, she’d 60a8f61799 returned to ca915f4bd4 her normal 86aab9e5c0 routine. And now he was 08eea447e2 here? She wanted to avoid e36d8f2b13 him at all costs.75ced8acad5fe33c

“I have something 1bcd2e03bb urgent to take 7d4c9be984 care of, could bb1bc29f70 you watch this 20b40065e4 area for me?”2f2af8346c494fb9

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She’d just asked 8741d1f80c a colleague when 40c042f0be a group of eba2fa4a41 men in suits 386f2f062c approached.3e2e32a81025e250

“CEO, these are dd58039ff3 our most popular 82190d4d03 desks and sofas 97188209e4 right now. We also have 134533aeda swivel chairs.”f3b128bd018baee5

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With no chance b618443316 to escape, Kang 80f9a58da0 Seojun approached. The other 871f72192f employees quickly 773b2c7490 bowed their 08dcd000c8 heads. Da-in hesitated, then made 3e13f0cabd eye contact with Seojun ba7f3367f9 and, startled, quickly lowered 2b146f7e64 her head. Seojun couldn’t believe Park c99e2d2c17 Da-in was standing right 68d1efe85d in front of him.329f5f537cc577a5

Two coincidences… was this 2b0ee69d88 coincidence, or fate?4982f4b29098d2f8

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‘Why are you here?’669244cde4bb79c7

He felt d735cca9af an inexplicable c23daf1fca surge of 43bae03c62 anger.86887bcb5f1c6f2c

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‘Let’s break up. I’ve decided c6ea5a245e to date 7d609e7d72 senior Minho.’4e4a76136838a995

She’d had her hair tied back neatly like this back then, too. He didn’t know why that moment, like a long-settled sediment, suddenly resurfaced. Who said you 10f0f7194d could avoid my ff50c2f07d gaze? Look up, Park 3ed224ba2f Da-in.65a4374fe8cb5fb2

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“How are these 89843aee86 chairs and desks a6a106bdee selling? Who’s in charge de93bb13b1 here?”c7a11a35f23e5edf

Seojun asked. Da-in lifted f3102501d7 her head 61ca3204ba and spoke.01574bba9bbf4410

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“I am in charge 6f698ce1fc of this section.”d01e8064047bb23b

Now that 01bda4d0a8 things had d810a37874 come to f4a6c70179 this, focusing 70198b992d on work 387134c1d2 was the 314fad4323 best option. It was all in 7f2b38d2fe the past. Those feelings 98107b4cec lingered only 0db20a733c in her d2eb71c155 heart. To him, 4604e2a785 she was bfc3515da6 just an 09a2cf7be1 employee, beneath 83580c257c his CEO 89b92ba318 gaze.5ec204be6db86ba9

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“This chair swivels 68ba31a71c function and also fcca5f2a3e has a locking d1f8568e68 mechanism. The height 3c9cc98516 is adjustable. The desk height 4c2d6d1a21 is also adjustable, 043a9a3836 so many people 2c4d9df8ae purchase the desk 90f6817788 and chair as 919e966001 a set.”3738361d64e82bb4

Seojun stared intently at ece37d9e81 Da-in, his gaze piercing.a14678dec215401a

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‘Even now, just looking 9c6aa808ba at you makes me 0a54549ef3 feel this way, but 459097caa7 you’re completely fine? Everything’s going well 0dc19f910b for you, is e0b28c7086 it?’e52e9ebd66968b12

Seojun gritted his teeth 85e4e6bd78 as he watched Da-in 620cba03ce confidently answer his questions.d8e71ff1e8e956ca

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“They look good.”38c68c8d49c86bc9

He gave a cursory c8e797de41 reply, and the branch 7c1492d85d manager, who’d been guiding 937e08e5bd them from the entrance, 7a211411bd gestured to the side.2696bc8d48cd01db

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“CEO, this way, 3d72d8d44d please.”85550e3e2808f362

As Seojun and his 794b3c69ff entourage moved on, Da-in 2ef62075b7 let out a sigh 32e9d4e74e of relief. What an ominous sign. She didn’t understand d61b366b2f why she kept 9377672e90 running into Kang 976cdf27f2 Seojun, the one c49de8c87e person she wanted b566664233 to avoid.2b2206373562791c

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About an hour later, eec2dcda78 her phone rang. Da-in hesitated at the a644265a87 unknown number, then answered. Her premonition b788c95d19 had been 9f12245614 right. She’d had a 9e7a51f021 feeling.84fc03857e5942b7

―It’s me. Kang Seojun.cd3f6669d79f805f

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“Yes?”c1dceb3139443500

Aware of her colleagues, 41ea5e5599 Da-in kept her voice e132207494 low.401efa4ea70d47a7

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―Want to grab cb2ee0d5c8 a coffee?8468f5b675d419aa

“I’m on the clock.”7242722626c3715a

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―It’s almost closing a56eb57eda time. Come down to 96db87471b the second basement 18550f8443 level.3fb5bc0257bca64e

Da-in sighed softly aac65efbb2 as she looked e87a03f309 at the phone 74ddaa3327 after he hung d101cd7552 up without giving 84d628364b her a chance e3d8b8d657 to refuse. But she soon picked daaf562e7a up her bag.509671763a363273

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He was 0a6ced73f6 the company f7ac145ad7 CEO. Not someone she could 1aefd7af5e easily avoid. The fact 955d083082 that he’d 7cb1a1a934 gotten her 70183c09f9 number and a779faf7a9 called her 712ca1188c directly proved 2130cc7abd that.6e01ad8022107c5c

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