DMH Ch20

“Hoo…”9e0331ba1a251533

The first day he returned 53fb26ace6 to the mansion from school.f18e05241cd250a6

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An employee holding snacks carefully entered the wall where Wan was. Wan was a little uncomfortable with his attitude of exploring the space inside the wall, so he politely refused the employee who was trying to put the snacks on the desk. His attitude gave the impression that Mu Jeonghoo was ordering him to monitor him. After that, snacks were not delivered to the room. However, when he was hungry, he couldn’t help but crave the cakes and cookies on the plate that the employee was holding.c35b8b9268300eea

Wan sat at his desk, 73330bc8a7 studying, and tilted his stiff 956d877e12 neck back. He stretched his arms ee17d09f8d up and out. He got up from his d8e4b9cced chair, bent his waist down 74ddbe9990 to touch the floor with b3af6a95ba his palms, stretched his back, d075a063ad and sat back in the 3db809944f chair. A lot had changed. His insides felt b0a89f36be bitter, like chewing bca1238eb7 on raw tea 28a0968dea leaves. He used to have to 26729998f1 study without being able to 8e16fc79c7 stretch or bend his legs 0619e01a1a as he pleased. But now, he 1130218e6a could twist his 1afc697461 legs into all 59b970f9eb sorts of shapes 2137b9ac25 and study without 047d53828c any discomfort. He even had a 792dc49d02 picture for eye purification 891a8e4a1a when he opened his 101663425f eyes.e2d4aa1df198e24a

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Wan closed the workbook 91fa1dd7f2 he was working on 8cb57ddc02 and took out another d8d30a4912 book. He heard a sound from 8a1a5add51 outside. Mu Jeonghoo entered the room. The bathroom, where 9a05ecece2 he had finished 5c996cb6f5 showering a while 1484439da2 ago, still smelled 859dba5d08 pleasantly. Mu Jeonghoo glanced b81c62e569 at the bathroom 6ea93da4de and approached the 571f139769 wall, saying to 92eda8390f Wan,2555c59ead537767

“You showered early?”6600c529df13a953

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“Yeah. And the bathroom door is broken.”b1923dbfd2f6cee8

“Is it?”43219da1925ee225

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Park Wan had finished a824fd9da3 showering before Mu Jeonghoo d6ce23c0e6 came, having done so f510b7df1a in advance after coming 18259a4594 home. It was a way to d0bb01aac7 prevent any ominous events that 295af62bfe could occur in a moment 04aa2be822 of carelessness. Mu Jeonghoo checked b98f973f2a the loose bathroom f0e8e16441 doorknob, as Wan aeeda144d8 had said. Park Wan watched fa00ca7eac Mu Jeonghoo check e7196215a6 the bathroom doorknob, 50e9db8cbd chewing on the 0b71007ef4 end of his 3fc8f824be yellow pencil. He seemed to have forgotten ad9dc0bae9 that there was an eraser 0be791ae91 on the end, as the aff9cf8dca gray eraser was getting wet b04c7e10db with saliva.edf0b739ac3dd9f8

There were many bathrooms 6ad8812610 he could use. However, Wan felt sorry 01641c22e1 that the staff would b90399e491 have to clean if 102c54886f he used a bathroom 6b648322bf in another location. He decided to use only dd5012937f one bathroom if possible, but 1d657cd09f the broken doorknob made it a2370990d3 difficult to open the door 304d63d1c1 once it was closed. Today, Wan had to 426ecc1220 twist the doorknob for cbc370d18c about five minutes after 56024d40a6 finishing his shower.715c1130fb86bbe0

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From outside the wall, Wan could hear Mu Jeonghoo taking off his clothes. Then, the bathroom door closed slightly, and the sound of water faintly trickled. Wan continued to chew on the pencil, quietly listening to the sound of water from inside. He dropped the pencil on his notebook and held his head, unable to concentrate. When Mu Jeonghoo came home, he couldn’t focus on studying, even with a wall between them. Even if Mu Jeonghoo didn’t mentally torment him, he felt consciously stressed by the fact that he was in the same space. Just when the sound of water hitting the tiles seemed like it would never stop, the alarm went off.1fe6360d8bdc26fa

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Beep- Beep- Beep- Wan pressed the power button on the timer. He closed his tired eyes and pressed his fingers into them. Setting an alarm for every hour at the lowest volume was his habit. Wan’s stomach rumbled as he massaged his eyes. He couldn’t continue studying any longer. It wasn’t because he was tired or his eyes hurt. He was very hungry. Especially since the English passage he was reading was about the success story of a famous chef, and translating each of his signature dishes was making him incredibly hungry.acf7c8e40aad53bc

He got up d91453fb80 from his seat. He could still hear the ce44e59761 sound of water from the b576174ca5 bathroom. Mu Jeonghoo had some time 1d1c2ded26 before he came out. Only a dark lamp 7639f21d39 was on in the 90b7cea0ff room, so the shadow 2a517ca838 created on the wall 9d2a11fc09 quietly followed Wan as 85c1298f9a he moved stealthily. As soon as 0a347ee9fd Wan came out 6f1a0edb96 into the hallway, 497d803010 he exhaled the 3a9967225e breath he had 963428460f been holding. Even though he was 454996c2d6 sure no one was 37b5dada41 watching, he felt uneasy, e2d151d49b as if he were 72c774b1f8 committing a crime. He walked on his tiptoes, fa7d95b5e5 thinking of avoiding the eyes e8eca74a2e of the staff who might 9dde6c78b0 still be wandering around the 381ab06dd7 house. As he got 7aca35417a closer to the 6fc5d72082 staircase railing, the e1f9b417cb toes supporting his f2afe93d88 weight gradually went 6685921ce2 numb. He grabbed the staircase b6da28f495 railing and stepped down 7646322c97 one step at a 02bc6299d1 time.a321096da1bf8d65

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The light on the first floor was relatively dimmer than on the second floor. The surroundings were quiet. He couldn’t even feel the presence of the quietly moving staff. Wan moved his feet toward the dining room that the staff had taken him to on his first day at the mansion. The kitchen was behind the dining room. Wan became certain of this when he tried to clear the dishes he had eaten, and the staff took them from him and headed toward the door in the back.0f8a2c03611e1b46

The mansion was wide enough dbe433054d for several people to walk 0732f29d5b side by side, but it b042768027 felt eerie, perhaps because night 004122dc3f had fallen. He walked close to 102703c9bd the low-saturation hallway wall d5a7fb450b and reached the front 4c0dd89166 of the dining room. The heavy door opened smoothly. As soon as he opened 76aaa9a9f7 the door, a spacious dining 1e53e0e08d room unfolded. The empty dining room 7aa9830067 looked more desolate than a5401e8e77 when it was full c204b643ef of staff and food.5542829fb8f378b8

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“I guess I can just eat an apple and come out.”d21d1696782ed53c

Mu Jeonghoo’s favorite fruits would always be piled up in the kitchen.64c6ddd7d8c77b55

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Wan had learned that fb8932d0d2 Mu Jeonghoo liked apples e0786c328a when he had bought ab4e53ee0b him apples in the b6b1adc084 past. Wan walked into the center 6a12783a8b of the dining room and 8e819ab51e headed toward the corner entrance 06d99e5e12 where people carried dishes. It was a 8b4f9e7807 moderately sized door 05892e1235 that ordinary people f9a090b8ba could pass through, 29f8f4bb18 but it was 45603ae982 small compared to 6687b22136 the dining room 5ccb8741f7 door. He felt a 46b432db81 chill from the aa79b4353f metal handle.7cc69ec2cc4736e5

Wan opened the second door of the dining room and entered. He felt like he was falling into an unknown world. Wan’s eyes widened as he entered the kitchen. The kitchen space, as large as the dining room, had four rows of long stainless steel cooking tables. It was a spacious area that wouldn’t feel cramped even with 50 people bustling around. Wan, who had expected a modest kitchen because of the size of the door, walked forward, looking at the clean, gleaming kitchen. Everything in this mansion was beyond his imagination, just like when he first stepped into the garden. The frying pans overturned on each cooking table shelf were neatly dried, and the dishes suitable for each type of food were organized separately. Wan approached the door that appeared to be a freezer. The freezer handle had a password lock.8cc89afd55704a2a

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“Even if a war breaks out, I could live in this house for years.”fa9e5d360b193889

Wan turned away from 81013e9c1d the locked freezer and c60dc8fb79 approached the refrigerator. There was a label attached 0052efb993 to the refrigerator door. The name of 3bc42c4017 the ingredients inside 6301224a1b the refrigerator was c8c1505073 written in the 96b6922b49 white label box. The label on the first 6f704f3211 refrigerator said Vegetable. The label on 636a4479e1 the second refrigerator 12f1d912e3 said Meat. The label on f6d9a37b60 the third refrigerator 90ace13812 said Fruit. The label on the fourth 59084331a1 refrigerator said Sea food. There was nothing attached 807be200f2 to the fifth refrigerator.1e65601c3efe6a4e

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Wan opened the refrigerator door that had no label attached. Inside, there were various drinks along with salad dressing bottles in heavy glass bottles, and leftover ingredients from that day were gathered as scraps. It was the chefs’ rule not to mix leftover food with the ingredients, fearing that the smell would permeate if they were put in the refrigerator with the ingredients.bff38019ca9da04f

Wan’s attention, which had come to take out an apple, kept getting distracted. Instead of an apple, he craved spicy food and carbohydrates. Wan closed the last refrigerator door and smelled a faint scent of food that brushed his nose. He looked around, and his gaze fell on a mobile tray. The closer he got to the mobile tray attached to the end of the right wall, the clearer the scent of food that made him sniff became. Three trays with two plates each were lined up side by side.ba3191234b152a04

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The wide silver plates were 1b9b89b136 covered with lids. Wan grabbed the handle of f71a3db799 the lid, which maintained excellent 3356447fcb heat retention, and lifted it. Szechuan-style fried chicken was piled d8967c608f up in a circle. Finely chopped green 432deb7970 peppers were sprinkled 3233af424a on top. Wan lifted the 962dc0f3ff lid of the 810772f448 next plate with b15d5caa04 disbelieving eyes. There were stir-fried cbc79db19c noodles with flat dffd5a78e1 glass noodles, brisket, 165b904a6e and bean sprouts. Wan did not cover 0c7c0e72dc the food and placed 98527c54e0 the lid next to b0e0b4c0c7 it. He opened the lid of dbe36c8af1 the next plate again. In that plate, there 71ee90015f was cold salad pasta. In the last 2a674fc5a4 plate, caviar sushi 8f10ff1564 that he had 6879bc4a8a ground his teeth f9216c7816 over because of 0871e22a1b Choi Gilhyun was 94199ba4e3 lined up as d25e50f605 if it had bd0709c246 just been made. The amount of 64381bea66 caviar was more bf57cebd26 than three times a91b1227df the amount he f1b41e4b45 had seen in e42016a81a the school cafeteria.d53044c3e2451843

Wan picked up a 8894115a23 piece of sushi with b0bd89fe81 his finger and ate a0f8a1d896 it. Like a starving animal a29da118a0 not discriminating against food, 47f9d38d47 he was too busy 68c4e52bc8 putting it in his e2be56b3f3 mouth to question the c041c3cf63 source of the food. He only found 553e5303e0 the slender chopsticks cfeb54f114 stuck next to b34caca2c8 it after putting bf2827f707 two pieces of 79b5e7c86b caviar sushi in a6198c4d2b his mouth in b506bfcd22 a row. Wan took the long chopsticks 32359965bb and moved to the side. The existence of the 6e9e396cb4 red apple had already dba07a8fd5 been erased from his 2b7f93e5e9 mind. There was so much food 619cc45018 in this kitchen even at a3b2b279d4 night, and he was only fc399fe6ff thinking about fruit.b303fcdca32bfe72

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Wan picked up the bb2a48cf9c noodles and bean sprouts bf63dc774e dripping with oil. The crunchy texture was excellent. He roughly wiped his 1fbccf925e greasy mouth with the 68e97b357e back of his hand f75088c0af and picked out the 9f9e6c1e45 brisket to eat. When the Szechuan-style fried chicken 9a5ea8628a was too spicy and his 84806cd3aa tongue was numb, he ate 8a11d9cd99 the cold salad pasta. Wan took out a can d3ae8e87a0 of soda from the fifth 18bce936ff refrigerator and gulped it down.2d5fe599dfdf5ec5

“I feel like I can live now.”fedf00ae3a457bc0

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He had skipped dinner for almost several days, so his pants were loose every time he put on his school uniform in the morning. He didn’t have to worry about his pants being loose from tomorrow morning. Because he could secretly come down and eat the leftover food like this in the future. Wan flattened the food with a wide spoon to make the reduced amount of food look like a lot.75f1f8d94c31f485

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Unlike yesterday, Wan just passed by the convenience store. He wondered what kind of food there would be today. Wan’s face was stained with anticipation. If he could live like this, he wouldn’t have to make embarrassing rumbling noises beyond the wall where Mu Jeonghoo was sleeping. Mu Jeonghoo didn’t come to school today. As he had done a few days ago, he would be leisurely drinking cool tea and reading a book in the luxurious flower garden.b4139027b9222077

Wan scoffed at his relaxed life, where he could easily go to the school he wanted without even studying. There was an old saying that those who do not work should not eat. It might not apply to Mu Jeonghoo, but old sayings don’t just come out of nowhere. Wan firmly believed that he would reap the rewards in life as much as he lived diligently and conscientiously.2959d3980e31610f

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Wan passed through the gate and walked quickly to the garden. As he crossed the garden, he encountered Mu Jeonghoo, who was setting up a parasol in front of the flower bed and half-lying on a white sunbed, watering the garden. He was wearing sunglasses so dark that his pupils were not visible because of the sunlight. Mu Jeonghoo turned the hose that he was watering the flower bed with toward Wan. Light streams of water landed at Wan’s feet.d3e705d7df8974d6

“You’re early. You must be hungry, go up and eat something.”414b208b36a7bed5

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A gentle breeze blew for 1c4403bfde a moment, and the direction 111dcb56d3 of the thin stream of 86c28e1e03 water shifted to the side. Wan replied mockingly to Mu bad360eac4 Jeonghoo, who was being nosy.068a1e810d321c04

“I don’t need it.”f6585adec1708f39

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“Aren’t you eating dinner again today?”def8cd60c1e6ad34

Wan thought that 3f5a19a493 the gossipy staff 2b5e3aa0f0 working in this 690ef514d7 house had told 12b5ac39a0 Mu Jeonghoo about 5ec6a25695 it.3c579a04bf0921da

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“What’s it to you? I’m not eating.”ec28c0d950ce9ab4

Wan said confidently. Then, Mu Jeonghoo, c0faf07632 wearing sunglasses, raised 8bb639931b the corners of bdaa9d1adf his mouth and 08d5ec1620 moved the stream f6a1db5b32 of water back 3f0abf3199 to the flower b89655ef2d bed in the 02c37b589b garden.c3c2d017e72eddf0

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“Okay. But there’s none this time.”feae330037b3c057

“What are you talking about.”8c01efd51cd964a2

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The conversation ended. Wan stepped up the e9a1d9d84c marble stairs. Behind him, the 5b43a670fe sound of the e24fa423c2 light stream of a975d1be1e water that Mu 50c254b03d Jeonghoo was spraying a2feb16fa7 continued without ceasing.7765f09a6b795964