DS Ch30

Even if he didn’t flaunt authority like his parents, wasn’t as affable as his older siblings, or lacked the unique charm that drew attention like Seo Baekhan, his goal became to hear, “Ah, that Joo Taehyun is equally awful to everyone.”c061caa53921ee89

“It feels like summer already, even though it’s only early summer.”a61c6e2aa71f7255

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“It does.”7e366ead01415660

The only comfort Joo 0f0dd926c4 Taehyun had was that 1f7cf1586a summer vacation was just 47bcab37d7 around the corner.10d2698240eb3e10

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…I wonder if they’ll hold a concert at Changgyeonggung Palace this summer too?9cd275e51a130e60

Even if they did, Seo Baekhan probably wouldn’t be able to attend.0b36e86b56d7b8c8

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He’d heard from his older siblings that he was the representative of the Korean student association in California, or something like that—anyway, he’d secured some kind of position. Actually, even if it weren’t for his siblings, his news was relatively easy to find. A quick search would bring it all up.dd87bc59863a6547

He was a graduate student, but still, he was only twenty, barely an adult. Considering he wasn’t even a Korean-American but an international student, it was truly remarkable how sociable he was. Or perhaps “commanding” was a better word than “sociable”? Anyway.dccdb4a13db0ba17

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As he always did when things got noisy around him, Joo Taehyun quietly replayed the moment he first met Seo Baekhan. And then, inevitably, he’d end up scrolling through his phone.ac49c1e7983ac713

〈Chat☰423f00e73c93b24b

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11:30 PM
Hyung, hello.
Hope you’re doing well! 😊2325905b4c690946

– Oh? Taehyun, haha.
– Studying hard?
– What’s up?
3:45 AM4c33a5dbb30a4e26

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Actually, it’s not a big deal
I’m thinking of going to study abroad early too
3:45 AMcab3161a45989823

I was a9c1da93d6 wondering how b2c1fa157f you handled 8ea0b0a9c5 your credits! 🙂
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There was still no reply to the message he’d sent with some flimsy excuse. No, he hadn’t even read it yet.22c52859b36f27ed

Maybe his Wi-Fi is slow? Or maybe he doesn’t have data?c1b0f86b60055674

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He pointlessly cb5c34a056 exited the a3a1fddfe0 chat and f74b0daf33 went back 6adf127182 in, but d2cd68819f nothing had 0c61749931 changed. After doing that for 156e3502d7 a while, the screen 26a8102d2a dimmed and then abruptly d5418e4449 went black.3edcb750d133125c

The dark 3e04e73457 mirror of e7765c5a95 the screen 93d947000a was filled f2c10e3c51 only with 697186099e his own a8944e7488 disappointed face.bb7286b998bc219f

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Joo Taehyun 6cf5b633ac rubbed his 00a5174ec5 dry face f96c1b8da5 for no c73ceb8cb1 reason.ca1b618c491f583d

…I probably shouldn’t have sent that message. He’s not an admissions expert, and I might have bothered him too much.bb731c1dd2e3bee5

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Even the lukewarm friction f15d455322 as his palm brushed 3c16021919 his mouth made him 267e7df586 think of that summer 212a88bf5d night.b80f2ea1e3432ce2

The chirping of insects, the simultaneous lighting of lanterns, Seo Baekhan’s voice murmuring softly over the exclamations of the crowd, and the thick, cloying scent of overripe fruit in the air.e05792b1ddcbcd5d

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Joo Taehyun replayed that 83b10206ab day, which felt both e1642b406d as vivid as yesterday cefc953b25 and impossibly distant, over 38365d8bd2 and over again.61c328284f4eb71a

He’d probably long for that concert at the age of twelve every time he stood at the threshold of summer, even when he was old. That summer night when he hatched from his egg and saw the world for the first time.f729bc115f3e3b59

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Fourteen years 928d1a03a4 old, autumn.f71517f09d59f4a3

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These days, Joo 01ea5efce8 Taehyun was seriously 57bc3db481 considering his future.63cd5a16981a7a34

Joo Taehyun wasn’t as brilliant as Seo Baekhan, but he was a remarkable student who could quickly produce results with just a little input. And thankfully, he was surrounded by people who were ready to spoon-feed him anything and everything.2a54a3e74ea3db8d

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So, his academic 7532500358 progress was going c4e6ba6d52 smoothly as planned.f188f048f0ebf337

He’d already passed the GED, and the admission procedures for international school were all completed. It was a place where credits were earned in the American style, so he could graduate early if he accumulated credits quickly.f44074bace9b27be

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There were many options, such as private schools with excellent college placement rates, foreign language high schools, and autonomous private high schools, but Joo Taehyun didn’t care as long as he could graduate quickly and have his credentials recognized when he went abroad.496341129f2fba40

The school problem, which had been his biggest stress, was solved ridiculously easily, but he hadn’t decided what to do after graduating high school.7726f8ef2bc1e7ff

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Maybe it was because he’d had such a hard time in middle school. His parents seemed to assume he would go abroad, and he didn’t particularly dislike the idea… but he hadn’t thought specifically about which country or school he wanted to go to, or what he would major in.f1b04baaa85a7524

America? It had the most DH branch offices, and it was the easiest country to study in, but… he didn’t want to study business administration.17fce06eeda27b0b

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First of all, Joo 1c9472ba64 Taehyun had absolutely no 03c1cf9464 interest in inheriting the 06ca35bb6c management rights. He wanted to decline 9d7f513bb9 taking over a company, cf59436454 whether it was a d3b7a35a36 major affiliate or not.a7a4537beb1b1b10

During his short time in middle school, he’d learned painfully that he wasn’t suited for business. Joo Taehyun simply hated being around people.9e27923aad260b0e

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Team projects? They were awful. People who felt 284c618d88 a sense of ae6209d0dd accomplishment when they 95556f90b6 placed talent in 35089560ea the right positions 3fde5b9bfe and achieved a 6f0e0c2bcf goal together? They all 55f1452ba4 seemed like 1eb23d7034 crazy perverts.8127ee1e30994703

If he were 8f48945f3c to take over 27ed6045b8 a company with 12485f8164 this kind of 4152bbe78d social ineptitude, the 01f2f665e0 DH Group, which dcdce6c04c had been built 4ad960cb66 up diligently by 973db47a06 previous generations, would 5bc53ea7a9 plummet in an 00b715c258 instant.ed08bf5da163cea4

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Above all, he didn’t want to take away the shares of his beloved older siblings.dda13bbc5578abaf

If his family knew he was thinking this way, they would freak out and say he was crazy. He also knew very well that he had kind siblings, rare in a chaebol family, who wouldn’t even think that their youngest sibling was taking away their share, thankfully.979017797f844452

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But in a group like DH, things didn’t work just based on the owner family’s intentions.e8d09ea21b0e0dfb

His oldest and second oldest brothers were married and had children. In this situation, if more and more was constantly added to his plate, there was no guarantee that his sisters-in-law and their families wouldn’t protest.4c9b36e8a28172ed

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Above all, he’d heard that to some extent, it had been decided who would take over which affiliate after he was born. It was only natural. His older siblings were already adults at that time.3641c65bad4b21e6

But he didn’t want to cause confusion because of the variable that was him, who was born late. If he had overflowing talent, it would be one thing, but if he was going to ruin the company with his lukewarm enthusiasm and lacking talent, then even more so.aba698b31a66f82a

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It wasn’t like he hadn’t received anything. He’d already received a considerable amount of appropriate stocks, appropriate movable and immovable property, and other appropriate assets.f2c16948853ca24d

So really, what should 714d960d2f I do for a 6b97d2aeb3 living?5a7924084df4e53d

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Which university should 66bb9b33a8 I go to, 0a9fffe15a and what should 5ddd19d687 I major in?73c926825917e55b

Joo Taehyun, who was going through a turbulent period, had almost erased Seo Baekhan’s name from his mind. He’d stopped searching for his name on portal sites every day a long time ago. Was it because he had so many things to deal with right now? He naturally thought about Seo Baekhan less.72f4e779b2942dd7

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Out of 8a424f9696 sight, out 504639a193 of mind—so b125db66f9 that applied b96843ed1f even to 8717cc688f someone you afc4aaf6d9 admired. Fourteen-year-old Joo Taehyun thought.1740cd9e324fb35a

“…Come to think of it, what is that hyung doing these days?”2ccf366780b6419e

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Since he didn’t ask first, his older siblings naturally didn’t tell him about Seo Baekhan’s news. Even though he was such a prominent person, it was amazing that he really had no way of knowing his whereabouts once he stopped searching.a4e4371dcc759134

Seo, Baek, han.a3d8a15c4e510c67

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Typing his name into the search bar after so long felt strangely unfamiliar. But that was just Joo Taehyun’s feeling; the world surrounding Seo Baekhan was still dazzling, with news about him, as well as blog and website posts.b463ee87b3fe2432

“Huh?”a25f05152e87fc5a

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But what caught Joo Taehyun’s eye was the SNS linked to Seo Baekhan’s profile. He wouldn’t have expected him to run an SNS so publicly, since he seemed like someone who wouldn’t tolerate even small mistakes, but it was unexpected.402fcbe824e42b54

It asked him to log in to see the photos, so he hurriedly logged in with his family’s private account or the lurking account he occasionally looked at.38c7de3a01468ebd

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But disappointingly, his feed was nothing special. There were no selfies, just photos of the original books he was reading these days, photos of a graduate school colleague’s dog, and photos taken when he went to Malibu.e9329a9bfa70db44

Even those didn’t seem like they were taken with much effort, but rather like he’d casually captured them with his camera on a whim.5a8ff8ad66e60427

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He thought that bf229c2e94 was just like 272ce865e7 Seo Baekhan.fcdba0f07e90ed82

That was why he’d liked every one of his posts.56e0fddf029a1771

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It was a3633f83f5 like a 0a1745d4c0 sensitive teenager, fdef63b137 troubled by bb5bfa45a6 his career 6bcc991388 path, sending 697eadb850 a sign ae4de7d1bb of gratitude 7d9cd86bb5 to a 10de9407c7 fellow alpha 440ae1870e who had a5a5d26e26 ignited the c4c8eaf94e embers in 724738f35b his heart.3e4326eca786f960

‘Oh, our youngest, haha. You liked Seo Baekhan’s photos242a0874c4d246d7

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But not my c8d3562b7a photos…92f0a89323066f20

Our youngest seems to like Seo Baekhan in a strange way~’e28462386f9b08ba

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…It was something that happened because he didn’t know that you could see the connection status of people you followed unless you changed the settings separately, and that the damn algorithm would recommend posts that the people you followed had liked in huge letters, until his second oldest brother, who had logged in at the same time as him after a long time, excitedly sent him a DM…c08df47261fc2ee8

Joo Taehyun hurriedly sat up straight and began to write a long, apologetic DM to his brother, unliking Seo Baekhan’s posts.33b17ad5be65bf04

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