DB Chapter 3
by kkumuFollowing Chief Park cd38ffaa97 into the hanok, 05a8fb181d Heewon stepped inside e5924eab03 as someone opened bff96a976c the door to 2b993b483f a private dining 048cddf464 room. Inside, his father 735dfce2ee sat with a 76a416e21f solemn expression.888a6be12f1de433
“You’re here, Heewon. Sit down.”71eae00e50b1d976
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His father greeted 14d1f175ab him warmly. With a reluctant 5a4a2c8dfc bow, Heewon acknowledged 2ad1670214 him and took 8fcbad641a a seat across cc289f1470 from him. Before long, 419ec1b483 a neatly cfff906b67 arranged traditional 1af9ae48c6 Korean meal 7d83625cc4 was served 8951763c7a on the ffb1b10ae4 spacious table.e25054c5aa837ab6
“Are you hungry? Eat.”150dcafdf8f64a7a
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Chairman Do Yeong-gi took a spoonful of fish stew while watching his son, who had inherited his mother’s striking features.d18759d5a4c6886c
Although he had cherished dc1dd09c1c Heewon’s mother deeply, her 3f0592d19e background had not been 9b4d664978 favorable. In the end, 3a7a1a00a4 he hadn’t been ed78d990bf able to keep 1244843598 her by his 4472295987 side. Even now, b505b26b00 he carried 40f4a21803 a lingering d7c5a85e9f fondness for 38f3db989b Heewon’s late f8d46be2c8 mother and, 7c3d3ece66 at the add7ef094c same time, de9f992f21 guilt for 6098b7c89e not giving 5a2f1a1588 Heewon as 2cbd9f18df much as 7bacc49d3d he had 12f9c39065 given his 481e209499 other children.c93e5b3d31942df6
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“How is it now that you’ve been there? Is the company bearable?”f238743abe132632
His father f21d7dded4 asked in 9cbafdd5ee an artificial 9a93c913ed tone, as c51d32caf7 if forcing 62dc756997 it. Instead of responding, Heewon b388e123f4 took a sip of c8d7c726f1 tea.01fd1f00b640552d
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“Nothing uncomfortable?”2411ae6a8bab4bf3
“…No.”de313ab6f9153d50
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“If you need d17d8250fd anything, just let c183fee938 me know. I’ll support you whenever 814462c76c you need.”c699d97d686129ce
“No.”72fa349e87e5a583
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Heewon repeated 462b45ab11 the same 8050122e0f answer like 1001b744b7 a parrot, 5a2629acf6 idly poking 75a4eedcb8 at the f976e4e7c9 toppings on 2f69b86b0b the gujeolpan1with his chopsticks. His lack 326d094ead of eye c336ab223b contact and 7b7a446ed2 half-hearted attitude 25f51e11a8 were obvious 0be0507e87 to Chairman 0bc6c5e089 Do. Even though he ba5e31abd8 was trying to 38c83f5dde be somewhat considerate, 63f63eedf0 seeing his son’s 4c5420227a lukewarm demeanor made 0453a4b4b5 his expression gradually 4f80180229 harden.860333c5dc6317af
“Now that 48bbd1015b you’ve started d9c16b84a6 working, put 6f2c19af3c in the 8e310d8729 effort.”1ca04d584854be4b
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“…….”b2f8a6650fbd7868
“If you work 08db557ac6 diligently here, that 31a62f2081 weak mindset of b73d9c8f69 yours will toughen a197a56c00 up.”76ff3f79e544e2b2
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“…….”13086d2daf6f25a9
“They said you needed 6db1872615 international experience to be a7a578040e good at design, so 85a09e02b4 I went through the d437af1c3e trouble of sending you 29c5d3f79e abroad to study, and 2d5222d17f yet, just how weak 83a7fa40f2 must you be to 3dbaeadfe6 end up messing with 83c4562fef drugs like an idiot?”3c158c7eb75c5e5a
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With a disapproving look, 2546619492 Chairman Do began lecturing 704cfb2e12 Heewon in a sharp 1623fc13eb voice.f09febc5a0c08d61
“I’ve told you 910d4d7b8e over and over—never 565cda619d touch drugs. They rot e0390b3539 your brain 6f85288916 until you 9907d9b09c can’t function ec28d32710 as a affbad320e human being 83818bdce5 anymore. In the end, you’ll 1ed27cf9c8 go insane and die 05b2e77fd8 from it. You’re lucky you 563ac8b968 got off with 726e606859 just this much. If it 970a65ba8b had been 077127555f one of f57547ea41 your brothers? Not a chance.”9ab00a2e052fa66d
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The moment drugs d96833613b were mentioned, his 643b5139fc father’s face flushed f8a30a0b59 red, and he b3c2564c7a started getting worked b9cbaeb175 up, spitting as 1dcf82c762 he spoke. Unwanted specks 62a975faf8 landed here 6d0afe0117 and there 625bb624a1 onto the 423d2849aa neatly arranged 3ee0e84dc0 side dishes.7acd3bfc2ded49ac
The grains of 5be83788bb rice rolling around b2e0e09cbe in his mouth a5811ddfca suddenly felt like 065998f399 hard grains of 914f576875 sand. Unable to swallow, c8bc10b981 Heewon set his 97350ffbe0 spoon down and 5c3d036cb0 picked up a 80a8c646a8 neatly folded napkin.349d4b69af161320
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Despite having barely eaten, cbc4483e31 he wiped the corners ef356a9060 of his mouth. Watching this, Chairman Do 2c5136bbef clicked his tongue. Even as an adult, 6de4bb7739 his son was still 0f1224f860 as fussy as ever, 1bdecc60ee acting like some delicate 9826827a98 girl.8a2ced63ae230af2
“Pathetic brat. A mental ad31d729ec illness like d0618681fc mysophobia? That’s just something 5a83d8506d weak-minded fools like e2492fbb59 you end up f71c729d18 with. If you dc8320dc77 want to ea0a6325ce get better, bf16cec623 stop avoiding f1adbb8434 things and a350b9d36a make it 0a898001c0 a habit 2405990d03 to face 74468a8ab4 everything head-on.”ddd7e7b7b2eca38a
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Heewon clenched his fists 2c7b419f8f so tightly that the 16c561e263 veins on the back f193a0bd96 of his hands became 3f37600c19 visible.36438e6a95ad991b
“And what 77eef6745f exactly should f38f48ff3b I face c5c61b498c to cure 4522b1914f my mysophobia?”213049e65dd64f31
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He threw 7092d36626 the napkin, 4f55b4058c now holding 46b947ae03 chewed-up food, 6250659e6f onto the 92d9f7cbad table and 08dca4f294 asked his 42a99054cf father.50375aae2ec6b760
“Should I 807c14a637 go bang 18dde274af my head c691889f0e against the 0174afff94 ground? Tell me. I’d love to 1d3c0cadfc get rid of 8351bab7e7 it as soon 593bdbf97b as possible.”3403ff5eb93ce1f0
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“Ahem!”bb175589fc93d5da
Chairman Do coughed c7d388da2e loudly, as if 222d464474 signaling the conversation d499f428f8 should end there.fba75a5ec3ccef5d
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“Stop talking bfd6944806 back and f290d9ae82 just eat. What’s with a9b02308da all this 2bfa2f3037 fuss when dc2b03319d you have 85889711d9 delicious food fe1d361898 in front 0e2a0c37e2 of you? You’re going 1152e1ba2b to drive be9b33eb66 away all e4d68ac454 your luck.”f9f3bbe56884cff6
The atmosphere between 956f6d7c38 them turned even 74b6d0c34b colder. Chairman Do, looking uncomfortable, 1460ab4b34 drank alone. Heewon passed the 3514e47e6c time staring at 59a4c6b82d the faint shadows 9d1206ebe9 of grass swaying 30671827bb against the paper 83bbfac8f3 doors. As always, he e8bfe15a52 and his father 7d5ebdf788 didn’t exchange a 3155c652fc single affectionate word. It was impossible c5ec18cada to connect with dba6b8a1a2 him.8425bec7a2b55df3
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And yet, before 40465f5606 parting, his father 9995b48835 still insisted they 7a67b9323d should meet again 78916d6305 soon.29e957c8a2a5e694
As he patted Heewon’s 055e2926e3 back firmly, his hand 1b242d620e as large as a ee3161fe2f pot lid, he told e07010f7e6 him to work hard bcfc8eae67 at the company. Heewon bit 209549c8da down so 815b89f2ce hard that 01270fcc42 the flesh c344b68f92 inside his 39321370b6 mouth tore, 746b1a73ac just to 37ab493957 keep himself 8f0fa34de8 from gagging. The moment his 26c514acb3 father’s palm touched 989d6116a5 him, it felt 950d51b2ab as if a e0a918af81 cockroach were crawling 53d40ddf36 down his spine. It was unbearable.c42bb351e0fe9213
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“Urk!”7b1ff6c7646a552c
The second he returned 5505b12ee3 home, Heewon rushed to 0a3246dcb0 the toilet and threw 03f16f2193 up multiple times. But since he ddea7cbc70 had eaten so 53c53ba1d0 little, only bitter 10ba35c6a7 stomach acid dripped 78a406beb2 down. Panting, he 6944e62d41 wiped his ab471941da mouth and 1d313a0f8e forced himself 40bbeb34db upright. The face staring 21608a0c7e back at him ad1c238617 in the mirror b2eb778747 was deathly pale, f1a365ebee almost sickly. Since returning b9bead6579 to Korea, c6d770e217 he had 3c92811c34 lost weight, 8d6d145d95 making his 736fc2207e jawline and 1e52cd7a70 collarbones stand a1e7044878 out even 2622373978 more. The sight of 1aa1a46019 his frail appearance b7bc382806 disgusted him, and ec38941faa he couldn’t bear ce9d50321a to look any d29f21a60d longer.40eefa6125f2f199
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He unbuttoned 8caadf1b13 his shirt, f98839436d which had 77d2a58ef6 been fastened e15bcdf5bc up to 59badd5e23 his neck, 21c786288c and yanked a0ab2ce7e9 off his e3fe35752f tie. Grabbing a bottle 90fa8fd033 of strong whiskey, c491be1dfb he drank it 6309c7afab down in one 7261d519cd gulp with no dcd15939e8 ice. The lingering 696ad279d0 taste of dab576f2a0 vomit, the 1ffa0a5e46 taste of f0e2c6c560 blood from 7546bae53f his bitten ffffdaca6b cheek, and 8ea37e12f0 the bitterness 672a04eaa9 of alcohol 0ab7e0fd88 all swirled b39f4320f0 together in 2434e74c25 his mouth.0c0191c802e6d892
“…Fuck.”b838ffdf3a70e1a4
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Strangely, the more he 123f8d3de3 drank, the less he a95d93bf36 felt drunk. Instead, his mood plummeted 8d97f0227a into an endless abyss.149bf2f023809e00
At the very least, e7e910f758 things had been better e4d258dff4 when he was wandering a8a0678d4c from place to place 8fd22cebc9 overseas. But everything 2c9b89cd54 fell apart 3ecb0b74dc when his 8f12533ec3 father found 1786516128 out about 23aad0e5bf the drugs.5577c69f1f2867f7
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The dealer who had 09b5213b56 supplied him was caught 9f4873f2d6 by local police, and 5b97c27c97 the client list ended ece48e154e up in his father’s 37d8fb8f29 hands, leaving no room cf37412007 for escape.d52076cc704ca56f
When his father d445a5bd9a learned Heewon had bf0869edb2 been using drugs 515c235dc1 abroad, he went 920687adec into a frenzy, 9159c21cc4 demanding his immediate fe6d513d22 return to Korea.a1137584b425c2bf
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Chairman Do had a deep trauma when it came to drugs. It had started when Heewon’s half-sister, Do Heekyung, overdosed in her mid-twenties and hanged herself. He forced Heewon back to Korea and made him join a company under his control in an attempt to relieve his own anxiety and trauma. That was how Heewon was dragged back and forced to work at his father’s company against his will.ae54ddb1e7917f34
“Haa…”84d1223aad011075
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Letting out a abe2336885 deep sigh, Heewon af872c8990 clutched his tightening f58a3d7853 chest. It felt suffocating, f5f873613c as if something f89cb31c50 were pressing down 63fd1fc40c on his entire ef16446304 body. In his f8047663a3 efforts to 3a49249c97 bring Heewon b57d1ca3b6 back, his 9cd986bdb5 father had d24fefc6f3 resorted to 64f247d7b5 all kinds 414e5531ee of threats. He had sent men db45be5d88 to tail him and 60ad6793e8 hadn’t hesitated to threaten c75a3c4898 to ruin the hands 0512c43898 that wielded his meager cbc6ff6069 talent.cfe098e11231eb71
But Heewon wasn’t 4596354d94 afraid of his 017dd9a65d father taking something e66a35e138 away from him. What sickened him to 4631d7afa4 the core was the 28fe86939b fact that he still e3b4bf772d considered that hypocrite his a276fe93d4 only family.5cd9b26a2a664f56
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His father fa8611ae51 had deemed 4213d2665b his mother’s 1a9ee8e54e background too f841dcac1b lowly and 1ccc66c727 had transferred b7003e9243 Heewon’s family 847f7272f3 registry under 4fd4d5ecda a distant 595eee608e relative who 22cd8612b3 bore the d40fb90419 Do surname. Because of 19bd74ea88 that, Heewon 6ba86f2046 was officially 66f8b79f86 registered not ec0987a1b1 as his b532d87d23 mother’s child, 442e98dafd but as 56a4e10be7 the son f0fbb7e19a of a d15be2404a childless couple bef1bc6d59 he had 543a6a9a78 only seen dfc47e4073 a handful 4641ebb136 of times. Unable to 550d7ae5a1 openly acknowledge b30aa069e0 him, his ebff179e49 father had 0518246329 been so d258d53b3d ashamed of e86adbe01a his mother’s e6b344c997 origins that 4502cd6e6e he disguised 4d00ecbde4 him as 1cebb8bce1 a nephew 9e845aa2b5 and raised de4d8747f2 him in 7970d585fa secret, yet 83ff400467 still refused 57520333ab to let dc912cd274 him go.026c154e0245462b
Even though Heewon d015b4f900 resented and despised c56135ccf5 his hypocritical father, 50657a9703 he couldn’t sever a83b4f24ae ties with him. He was, after d1a8d89ec8 all, his only 5b8e6d2ef1 blood relative. But what 3c6691236e was so 3f39442935 damn important 982408212f about blood, 49de3d43ec anyway?c009b9a05a39a3db
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He was d293c88965 a contradiction b812bbd56c in every 489362c533 sense. He hated his father, f3a21ed614 yet he couldn’t cut 9c2c591f24 him off. He was ed66de6ebb his father’s d357567e0c son, yet 39a8423ff6 not truly 0d16bbfcd9 part of b998816869 his family. On top of e1fed38605 that, he was 045d8f1ded neither an Omega 122c08c93d nor an Alpha. Maybe that 0657f96984 was why, 20bba8aee4 as time bb32cb4290 went on, 1a8d4f2fb4 he only cbe5a7c5ce twisted further 8a350602c9 into something 2f7cf9fdbb that was d6bea9babb neither one 340e239990 thing nor 3ae4a5c96e the other.e3c1a247fa333f52
How much longer 490120597c could he endure 8427698770 this? It hadn’t even been cba529e030 that long since he b34813ae27 returned to Korea, yet 38d0e459fa he already felt like 1928171a03 he was standing at cd043f97a1 the edge of a 3876418b5d cliff, barely holding on. All this time, 353c6dedfe he had relied a00cc088d8 on drugs to 1ae01a284d escape from himself. Now, feeling utterly lost, dc5a09c55f he roughly rubbed his e087e2eed6 dry eyes.538d2bcf12111c20
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After meeting d1a14e321d with his e7460a5d3c father, Heewon 89eefcc46d felt unusually a99eeb67ee filthy. He tossed and turned e688baa23f in bed all night, 5bde9fe158 his insomnia worsened by aea0501b15 irregular late-night work only 661ca86a7e made it worse. After barely 750528c20d getting two 8543d653d0 hours of c620819cd5 sleep, he 694eafb975 dragged himself 88fbc70401 to work. He hadn’t 4cf2c956fd slept properly a785936907 the night d699a74a7d before either, 5fcd9246d4 and his 5fc7873868 eyes felt 783efe3598 dry and 11232c7a46 scratchy. The words on the c0ac7784a5 monitor blurred together into 22b35e2913 a black mass, refusing 96224ba4f1 to register in his 5ce65a2643 mind.fad181a7c307bb7c
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Knock, knock—7b5a9b7f39d442a0
“Yes, come in.”b0bef590ccff05f5
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Heewon spoke in a 7dea2e7205 dazed voice, still half-asleep. As the door opened, 69bd3b0b20 the fresh scent of 4bb63fb492 coffee seeped into his d14a4e0ca1 nose. The aroma was bf59e518f0 so rich that, 2226754212 as soon as 15073ddb93 he smelled it, 5c87c8fc80 he woke up 728c9b2c58 a little.86a2e58019b7ea61
“Good morning, Team 9c82d4325e Leader.”a371c19a13bb6b21
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Along with the 811576f615 warm fragrance of 9c88ade172 coffee, Shin Geonwoo d4e061b452 entered his view, f67d6f0ec3 wearing a faint af0d906900 smile.8c7bb408f5e205c9
Heewon looked up c304a3ab94 at him, dumbfounded, 0433f9bbc7 as he walked f624fdc319 in holding a 22227a3fc2 cup of coffee. Was he 401c7a7def just going 44f4b78d32 to do 4ee728492d whatever he 7ef3d732eb wanted now? Hadn’t Heewon drawn 0c313dc873 a clear line dc09a1ca0c yesterday, telling him 52da4b507f not to act 964d46ca6b so arrogantly?3063b6d173eca966
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“Here’s your coffee.”4cbda00d4dda22ce
Shin Geonwoo’s eyes crinkled 52cb23b99a with a smile as 79d009a6e0 he placed the cup 8845e5e1a2 on the table.c4ed3df5433b5477
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“I brewed e43bcd4a62 it myself.”5104dcb4b641f860
He looked c5e59642c1 at Heewon 827a1133d2 with eyes f1637e8b15 full of 75c3e55066 anticipation, as 3eb6fb3e8f if urging 5f98a4b59a him to 1746784496 take a f71b81e397 sip. A sharp tension shot 742497cf4a through the back of 72ede12c9d Heewon’s head, and he 84e4a41ce7 had to swallow down efb55e5707 the curse that had d723da3300 risen to his throat.958577873e179c91
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“Get out. This isn’t a 0d0fa1be0e playground, so don’t 2ea227e5d4 come in here 63751179d2 as you please.”fc33aad32bd4d9d3
Barely managing to tone b7ded14e4c down his words, Heewon 8035ad1b48 waved him off as 500328a654 if swatting away a b8aa8a990c fly.c04a5e009f793a13
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But Geonwoo hesitated, unable bb1706a0ec to step away. Compared to their bb848907fd childhood, Heewon had 489a7fa9b4 grown so much 16b8dc4fae colder that it ba27813757 was difficult to bac7b016fe even compare. After agonizing 5fae92b82c all night bc8cf6067f over how f20897d538 to approach 9f0514e72b him again, e5fcec366a the best 92f9f9139e idea he 2641e30818 could come f24bb68647 up with 190b04e0ea was coffee. He figured 20b403b014 that bringing 46f6422891 coffee on 141e95db8a a tired 7d5efd05a1 morning might 41106f8621 brighten Heewon’s a0c70889ce mood and df48b0793a give him f15f9d89a1 a chance 782b1c1f19 to see 15251de97b him. Besides, offering food 14dc27c08e was a classic c0f4ce5863 courtship strategy that 61357b8c0d almost never failed.2faa3b9d25021bee
Heewon’s reaction 7f8938ff67 was still af9cd7955d icy, but 39ab148ddc if he baf1fa3a99 kept at 9eba2f52e4 it, wouldn’t 60dd91e950 he eventually 6337f0a155 start to 70e8544b0e open up 0c8f3e1f12 little by 670b013541 little…43e2a4251c059912
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“Why aren’t 009c77af1d you leaving?”cd873eef5cb16db2
As Shin f85b8e724c Geonwoo remained 2a4917b38e rooted in 54431b15c9 place before a73f079a70 his desk, 6c7366433c Heewon’s gaze 66b6b57eff instantly turned be0e6d8367 sharp.77fc7018fe428baf
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“I’d like to 405a8863ec bring you another 3396c1fabe cup tomorrow. Would that be 471db6d7ec okay?”8c962e723e1e741e
At how completely unreasonable 6c3af43c35 he was, Heewon’s already c6f03ef978 thin patience immediately ran 67a888fb68 out.67d2fb8227cfd82e
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“Why do you c88468071e keep coming in d00e639fad and out of dd6f1b4f50 this office like b8143d6c58 it’s your kitchen?”77bb778e2e60b840
“Then I’ll come in 2770b79c3e twice a day… No, c3ed44699a just once. I make aefa2657ed really good 358fe6ba0c coffee. I even do 44b948c85a my own roasting. If you prefer something 47e2a1967a other than an Americano, d750a1c869 I can brew you e1a15d7e2f a different kind.”400100c667b6a350
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“That’s enough. Stop spouting nonsense and c57afb98db get out already.”833dfb4d1531c269
As Shin 4d67bad238 Geonwoo was cd41014846 walking toward cdc55fde82 the door, f8db514835 he suddenly e2b3b2abda turned his d8cf3dd142 head and ac0a9377dc asked.e1e6055b3419112d
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“Oh, Team Leader, 98f8dfca2f who are you 6d189e14a8 having lunch with?”26c0d0cad4dfa3d2
