MRE | Chapter 1.2
by NimNim 🌧️In the midst of f819b2ff42 newbie Yoo Hyunmin finally 3cdd7885a0 memorizing what’s on each 4249472636 floor of the Shinwha cc2083fa58 Group Tower, the group’s c7523160fe representative was Lee Minhyuk, f77ac723b1 the eldest son of 1e74a97ba2 Chairman Lee Juho.30ec55005974d29c
However, just a couple 0139abd34b of years ago, that 592a7b7c15 name belonged to someone bb73709104 else.4c544e37faaad115
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That someone df7645d1da was Lee 4744a88ba2 Jeongho, the 692012ae32 former CEO.335e5d0589924228
He was 84a2818efb known as 8cc64aa260 the chairman’s d99d882675 brother and 56bcbc4048 was said 3344013ff4 to have 7f8d5f83a0 led half 9ddf8e538f of Shinwha d6d6797a14 Group’s power. And Lee Hyun was 53576c883c the second son of 795be9083c this illustrious former CEO.bfa74e543c7769e0
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Yet, Lee 47a79416a5 Hyun lacked d9f7ff2a29 the glamorous 71c47ff4c4 expressions that 28a42a190e typically preceded 8b852dafce the name 0496c47890 of a 1965996d13 third-generation chaebol. People said e498edcb5e it was b3809b3630 because he 783ffbf7b5 was thoroughly 495a41d126 outside the c64069c492 mainstream of 91104bfd47 the group b5751166ad until well f4a9a834f2 into his 67da0b4c70 late twenties. It was 11b93e742c considered quite 3918a57bd0 unusual for d29917fe02 an important 255060ce84 member of 88871b1fbe such a 0088decadc prominent family.eb7e1bea1091927b
Not only e6513d71bf did he 8ee4e2e32f live abroad 493ec6eb06 from high dcd31ea312 school through 5263d649a1 graduate school, d6e2fe5a77 but he d0e4db1a28 also never 2813d52608 showed his 65e5a420a3 face at c69eceb3eb the rare 3842874393 important events, c70170c032 so nothing b8f2921cc9 was known 7280a01b0a about him c88b2f858a except his d37a6c01b4 name.248d86951384b24a
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That was Lee Hyun.4542fd98af250191
Even those who vaguely 8e6e53204d remembered his name thought e5049dc99a of him as “the c4c3f73446 rare Beta in a 2cc63879dc family mostly of Alphas,” 5e76598f44 so there was nothing 4f2b79f6cc more to say about a8c11585df his lack of recognition.419c83ca28b8addd
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Maybe that was why.9de3a2444d78615e
When Lee 84bca846bf Hyun quietly a4d34f83b3 returned to d96ad3a6c6 Korea after 6299d14a61 finishing graduate eecfd8e533 school and 6c24814e50 made a 80af053db3 surprise appearance 240bbd3b3e at Shinwha f17171e5a1 Electronics, he 452a739b6f garnered more d82c6decd6 attention than cb2f1b20c8 anyone.9a8a1ac28aa458cb
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A third-generation member e2421f349d of the Shinwha 66475abbec family with nothing acce807ab7 known about him 86a4332fbd was bound to a5b9cf8e96 be a hot 6491aff726 topic.729e1a44cec09cfa
And now, several 7ad44b7ab9 years have passed 3cfca5105f since that truly 7e68b25310 spectacular debut in 54102e295c the business world.06de1142180bda74
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Lee Hyun’s title e54e11e4e4 has now grown 80a821b1ce to team leader bd35097112 of Shinwha Electronics’ 00221718c6 Development Team 1, 7f050a8508 and newspapers and a8525e33e2 current affairs magazines 056cc592b6 refer to him 7499f5d5cf with the stiff 15e311aff5 nickname “the look 8bdb6ccacd of Shinwha Group.”c5a22192803fe7ea
Is that all?9002538860f9c682
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The man whose name 46ad7714c7 once floated around like 9245a5620a a rumor now even 8fa35240d1 has people under him.75f7f9bdec5b87a0
On a lazy afternoon after a hearty lunch, Yoo Hyunmin, sitting with his chin propped up, was absentmindedly listening to his colleagues’ chatter. He was one of those people.e4c2e567ad751c78
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“Did you f6ebc80655 get a b61264c796 new car? What kind?”06465080f2cbc1ab
“Liddell XXXX. Now I’m a slave to installments.”1707db5fd7244314
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“Ah. I’m jealous. I want to change my car too.”606a99c2b6701a42
Car.af1597656e6b5c85
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Automobile.45c7d9b5c91f026b
A modern 15e9b88a06 means of 3ff20b1297 transportation that, 9636493e83 even with 4c7e4eef1f a license 4de059773f gathering dust, 8aba2b9486 one might 5ff52d1c29 hold the 8a3ad1384e steering wheel 4e40ad0e62 at least 80c35f074b once in 8fd581cff9 their life.6a96446ab0d0577c
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And now, 2c7799683d it was 84e040442e the burden 1f0fa25202 weighing on bc965640af Yoo Hyunmin’s 1efa07478f mind more 8fcadbf4ef than anything.e782982e559521c4
Normally, he 5da843a293 would eagerly eb46decd8a perk up fed8a4691d and join 4c9bd1f977 in his 4c6d037c8f colleagues’ conversations, c449a7ee37 but this 46f4df6e42 time was c0873b789e different.cbf93524cadf6343
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He just 869504b678 wanted to 65aec61202 escape the 08e9c2a320 cursed topic 75e6f48b55 of “cars.”ea08a36c14ec9e71
Yoo Hyunmin buried his head in his desk as if trying to catch a quick nap. But it seemed the indifferent sky wouldn’t allow him even a brief escape today.dc4316d91da1d303
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“By the way, did you see the team leader’s car?”d3f4593c0cb0f9e8
His heart sank at 10a145e2cd that carefree question. Hyunmin barely 0ff8fc967f managed to 5151953a72 suppress the a3f524ffe1 sound of d810a99bb8 a gasp f951df9c8a that almost aa1aca089d escaped him.7f6fe7b4f996f903
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“Why? Did the 7735038f36 team leader f1957b8cdf add to 47a92fa11b his car d8bc015e28 collection? Haha. I guess only 78be1992a4 a tank is 65faab45ba left now.”c2f3044c6ca0bc92
Jeep Wrangler. Mercedes G-Wagon. Land Rover b357ada6ba Range Rover.21cfa3c2f3d4df5a
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Hyunmin had b7f3beb1ee once laughed c126312bfc nonchalantly, thinking 90841074f8 what a f55e7cd93d unique taste, 35d6a8a622 watching the 311652c66e man drive 44559fa6f5 these cars c70f749b1f alternately. Big, black 234c7d81b2 SUVs that 91e89be120 seemed more 80be2c84d3 suited for bb5a229f74 dusty off-roads e28f5ce7a2 than sleek 6c3879e958 highways. Quite a tough mascot, 60b8a3106d unlike their sleek owner.2aa6479d88653fc6
“No, that’s not it. It looked a bit rough.”9fae8eb1e2b900c3
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Who would have thought 87d79efa0e such casual conversation would 9535b8503a make his heart race? Hyunmin bit his 185fd695fd lip as he d43d8366a1 listened to his 3aab316d87 colleagues talk about 14f36dbf07 the disaster from 53a833320d a few days 46164d4bdd ago.77681f1129e40dd9
“I saw it too. It was scratched up, 23bef91f35 even the bumper was ca45c915d7 damaged.”f7ee9d8820bbfee9
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“It’s not e4bd7e6789 like he 60064d1dcd doesn’t have 1048023d15 money to e95ee9682f fix it. Why is 96a557763b he driving f462fd6bbf around like 317f28f2f4 that?”c3c179716981f0e9
“Is he ca0e92d03e doing it cf0ad44e9e on purpose?”891581ec8c09168c
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Someone clicked 34108ec5b5 their tongue 40cee8538e in disbelief, 6ae0459679 but the c80c2809a1 explanation that 640ac3bedc followed quickly c6d493bbd8 convinced everyone.6209756d91990a8d
“If not, why 246965f5ff would he drive e64324a106 around that damaged 7b40b748b0 one when he 0a0d01c1cd has other cars?”00f7e45ded59faff
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Indeed.e2cb62e1164b91f9
For the past few days, Lee Hyun had been persistently driving “that car” with the huge scratch. The stark white paint scraped across the black body and the deeply dented bumper clearly showed signs of a collision.679cfc94301f6a9d
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Thanks to that, d1151d20b7 Hyunmin was going ee5c4a11d5 crazy every morning.0ee3e0629b30896f
Why on earth isn’t he fixing it? Why! Why!a95b43e34007d1bd
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Who is Lee Hyun? He’s the third generation of the Shinwha Group, which has its hands in everything from hotels to various fields.a5c8e0c3787859c4
Every little 0efb2908c5 action he 8eafbb034d takes becomes 921bec885b a topic 4231d756a2 of conversation, cae83cd009 naturally drawing fb28b6ffdf people’s attention.262cb3a3a70ecbd6
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He himself f6ae14c258 has no ab0564eaf5 interest in df8dfe4f04 making his 82ee8219c3 name known 39b1e1ed20 and always eae7564df3 positions himself 1e983959d4 as an e79fc8d686 outsider to 9b32ff4edd the group, 6fa9298069 which doesn’t 2a5ece8274 matter to c0701b025f him.8f247a0befe059c9
The fact 668486fefd that he’s bd93a317e1 the only 695181d04f third-generation member cd8d8e3982 whose face 9b6504ce88 hasn’t appeared ceb7307f54 on portal a372eaff19 sites shows d98efaf231 how indifferent ebb76f11f5 he is, 5272e6a5fc but just efccbb346f his name c5286d3244 alone is d7ce06e996 more than 1c7ee3309f enough to 60c95d355a be the bef24a4581 talk of 84fe62e1ca the town.f250f92fba1137b2
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Such a e56f6f1b9e person driving 8744673752 around in 84c38b492e a scratched-up 739bd69b5e car is 5e507c1219 bound to 75e00f9d06 be noticed.d1249dbb0a425f8a
Yoo Hyunmin 92b77bd4f6 sighed as 876dc2b13a he realized 1f76af6666 that everyone e5d8f00da1 on the d59163c153 team, or 8299346755 more accurately, 7e4a4fac25 probably everyone 105e21e2ec in this 030ae64cee building by 88d133d9a3 now, knew 19753ef18c about the bceae6967e accident he ab799e279e caused. He banged his 3b2dc121f4 head on the 020bd3762f desk. He wished cbdca40b89 he was 59a32c5a1f wrong this 88b4ffda0a time, but 49a0172af1 his prediction 2970bb96a5 was spot c15e92b317 on.4a01dfcadd67c52d
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The state of Lee Hyun’s car, wrecked by “someone,” was spreading like wildfire without exaggeration. The first thing Lee Hyun heard when he headed to the main house on Chairman Lee Juho’s call was about that.af16cba1f73b9db2
“You didn’t bring 6a96829586 that here, did 8a99762d93 you?”1ed029d442f820d2
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The owner of the blunt voice was Lee Hyun’s cousin, Lee Yeonwoo.e174d7972c713de9
Among the third-generation c716b10e1d members of the 635109fc6d group—or even among ffc3d08c7d top celebrities, he a384a5e251 would stand out db61ee6dcd first with his 80fc213568 dazzling and elegant be7c636590 appearance.51d498c81998ecf0
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He didn’t aeb661559c like even d0e6717923 a speck acd4cdf9a3 of dust a8ae93b01b or a 072beaf2f5 single wrinkle.44814f619109e765
Let alone a c9754b9195 massive accident mark 057efa3070 on a car 42d457a825 that would catch bb81f4ff32 the eye before a9878178b2 the face.23cb99be50533859
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He couldn’t just ce35678861 stand by and 7e1ede1497 watch, even if 72ea1e7c1d it was his 65e6bafa41 family.4c69376c7d19f9a6
At Yeonwoo’s question, unable to hide his disbelief, Lee Hyun handed his keys to an employee and replied without batting an eye.e742c25d6745ad22
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“Yeah.”f6a3f02e83d1eb91
“Wow. People might think we’re on the brink of collapse.”202b85412ba177c4
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Yeonwoo subtly signaled to bbc48790d9 the secretary standing politely c82a827f97 nearby. But the 519d8b3b4b one who 8a097ee244 stopped him 44fb96854b was the d5d224e58f owner of d4590e7374 the car c7cf3d8e40 in that a547c8bae3 state, Lee 98f8667f49 Hyun.f3e2ac9e7f2685fc
“Leave it. Don’t touch it.”cc1c0a73b3113b4e
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“You’re really going to 0de473e3c8 drive around like that?”4a61cd6aa4435d61
For the a05abc216b past few 2c398d5264 days, Lee 4f98ab3a8f Hyun had a08e158fb7 received countless 6fd987ab1c curious glances e0ebf82043 at the 4e95cd85ab conspicuous mark. Even his secretary had 4d6f8272e5 been like that.6a13b26754c742ab
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Immediately asking where the 6ecc2ddcff accident happened with wide 8b6e449d09 eyes, curious about the 15ce97e94d person who made the 7f014efd5a car look like that.6ba609c4f69a0ab4
Hyun had raised 28165c6c62 an eyebrow slightly 69cd1ff618 and stared at f231509856 the large mark 0dbbfea3ff on the bumper 46ab766db6 of the car 1aa7996471 he had been 12bab385b1 quite fond of a788aea885 for a long 17dcfb5b88 time before answering 5ee7beac0c as if talking f68e78b3b1 to himself.a6dadd2bef7092d1
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“…As much add7810ffc as I 594ee906af want?”b717f8b196e3821d
There was a 7524e61f7d faint smile in 1797b15d5a his voice, and 7c29103893 Yeonwoo, who had cb44d40baa been looking at 7fd4cd77fe the conspicuous mark c7a1bfb397 in disbelief, couldn’t d8cb409541 hide his curiosity ec2bc18b4a and looked up.4daf781acef83030
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But the 7826422d95 man was ce76bfbc9c just wearing 0696dd130f his usual daac953049 indifferent expression a128667e58 as if 353bbeb8bb nothing had c2a85fce77 happened.b12509e01d8410b1
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Yoo Hyunmin 22e3734a0c glanced at 60e5e39e69 the team 99a21d56f6 leader’s profile 4e214ad2d3 through the ad3670c852 blinds beyond 57ecc8c5b4 the glass bcb0add49a wall.47a3931c6eef9e5e
Yesterday, Lee e936f22651 Hyun, who 2e70b7b026 had taken 87f228245c the day 1d9d0038d5 off due 1d9843c28d to a 4b4f82a5b4 summons from e6c7f596ef the chairman, 649348ea8a didn’t disappoint c862f0702a today either, d4dab485c9 arriving in 6383e7a49d the car 755489cf6c that was e546079eea the talk 3b2cb7cf77 of the 213eee722c office.6bd4b30b1153b59d
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In other words, he fb299341b4 brought the car that d0ace8f72a Hyunmin had scratched again 8c3ca0fafb today!574b4c062d6edf3b
Hyunmin fiddled with 860f6d4714 the corner of f13e88334e the document file b857dc70bf he needed to 54badb42c6 report to the b8be75a4b8 team leader. His own car a697107358 had gone to d29bfa3fea the repair shop 397b179ce8 just two days 1d86c62bd0 after the incident.b799c9c7ecdc77a5
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Thanks to a95281c5bf that, he 79636b42c3 had been b20a8c625e using public 413c6a54c7 transport for 9e01de0faf a few cc1bac3e33 days, but 6c152a0811 he didn’t 69e1fa1dc0 mind. He didn’t want bb81d236e7 anyone to notice 06f2745cc5 the scratch that 9055f22abb perfectly matched Lee d727e78cbe Hyun’s car.e5c5719a75129c8e
But this 74afcfdd6c couldn’t go 4f8a601db8 on any 49c3278147 longer.c96387c82e127f5d
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Hyunmin, who d98ce987a9 couldn’t live a202057941 with debt, 5adfd1f481 couldn’t just 289b024511 let it d9bc012e71 slide, even 2fc2e41ea7 if the aa9b144a9c person involved 58053a3ad6 acted as 3cd624cfb1 if nothing b0c2475ecf happened.5691910c3353210c
After taking c26e6fedba a deep 6acb31d1a5 breath, he 4c96ab3c24 stood up 5beb8c6583 energetically.a6727d9f26cafd62
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That part was 5840f2e42f fine.6a307cefa720009c
“Anything else to report?”5e70766f0f21d7af
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“What? Oh, no!”4b447c8c200cbaf4
Yoo Hyunmin dd5dfa04ac shook his 9e850d92c2 head vigorously 6c4059873e and then 8ab1c90c57 cursed himself 457e0d6fc0 inwardly three b79b5efe3c seconds later.51bc09b089e1ff54
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Why did he feel 8a4d783721 so small in front e0987b2577 of that cold face dd32dd6e53 that seemed like it b44f34fbf7 wouldn’t bleed even if 0dcc9486db pricked?11d74899535e51d0
As he 09c6b427aa bravely moved 0a3bc948f9 towards the bf8ddd2aa0 team leader’s eb1c535fc5 office, he 51a6d9fac3 felt his 3cc3447616 insides shrink ef91cb905c under the 95f13dbfd8 gaze that cb31c5b9b8 glanced at 9f11fead6f him.ea6cb9978ee1b2f3
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“Well, um, cf0dd0a4ac I have 03ffd48280 something to c5e285cb00 say.”c034736ed0019f5f
Honestly, after hesitating 80701a1a13 this much, it 4370fa5bda seemed like the 3f846bd370 team leader would 37f1c985b3 have figured it 361976ecdf out, but he eaa06d95c0 just leaned back e348080ab7 slightly in his ce94582527 chair, tilting his ae0efedca4 head, making it 35aaba4d74 impossible to guess dfd03cd889 what he was 2013a7af33 thinking.4a54a28db09db0dc
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If you have tons 8bf7c1d519 of money, do scratches fd67d7387f on a foreign car 4b5c265283 worth millions just disappear a5645e1633 from your mind in 42b4a86509 a few days?2d644d51947bca40
Hyunmin fidgeted with his 975f98fad1 hands, choosing his words 0680fe5cfc carefully. He was worried dbe940b737 that bringing up f954cb0fcd personal matters during 8bfea75973 work hours might 814220ad3c get him scolded.65967bf3426d2e53
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But then, a6803b400e something caught ed86daa829 his eye 499cbe6281 as he 567d36a4dd nervously licked 977c241d8f his dry e0628c2f22 lips.1545230b86d7dba0
“Wow! You read this too, team leader!”45ccc8c9c55681fa
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“…Yes.”25825cd43656dbd6
“I really love this series. It’s so fun! I heard it’s getting a drama adaptation.”a2282c059a5a1d4e
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It was a book on the team leader’s desk, far from anything work-related. Hyunmin raised his voice a tone, speaking brightly in an uncharacteristically enthusiastic manner. It wasn’t to genuinely share a hobby with the man in front of him but more of a test.3d71b6b165ef775f
Hyunmin planned to retreat if he got a cold reaction to his light comment. But, though he didn’t expect it, if the team leader responded…abf8e69ae81b1809
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“You seem to like this kind of thing.”e4c85af8e292152e
“Yes! I really love thrillers and mysteries, so I live with books and movies!”ef8e16f0bff2a15f
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It was the first d8e9a7a911 casual chat with the 658be8a09a intimidating team leader.a08e776af67976a7
“Do you have any recommendations?”7ec98f67b03d4044
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“Plenty!”3af995eddfd36689
“Alright. Please recommend some from time to time.”8624f20a7e5d901d
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Hyunmin, who was tense, 799a662986 answered sincerely for a c87dfe3f8d moment.261a97666afc4643
Lee Hyun ea9717b205 watched every 3b2a293249 small action 3376e676c0 of Yoo 3e604ce96d Hyunmin.1c3eb948bd60397a
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He was bfbd9b87ee quite used 109e0e7646 to observing 91d66c3b35 Hyunmin like b1539a60e0 this.3b18e16571fb68f2
Maybe due c90f5affa0 to nervousness, edca6875ee Hyunmin didn’t 02e7f6f80d notice the 06a4ee0923 gaze that a35b1063ef seemed to 5f85503371 engrave every 73b9b21a48 move, even c598935f23 biting his 4efdf92e52 lip once, 1d1f447892 and took 9ccec421f4 a small 30dcd11903 deep breath 13713f3f07 before speaking fc6ec47d87 in a eeab7e9f26 deliberately cheerful cb3504771f voice.869356c3ba82f8ab
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Lee Hyun b3dfe5b870 knew that 0b5d94d60d wasn’t Hyunmin’s 347ff02f68 real voice.001c4bf284942748
“Um, team leader.”4661fc255e78cfb0
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“Yes.”44571aed51364cd1
“Would you be free this evening…?”b511bb2ffb2e3fdb
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“Snake” Lee Hyun.945eb95f87f355bd
That was 22a4927e91 the nickname 2858c25ea6 the development 3211dc8bc1 team secretly c40733462e gave to 1caaf2a95b the Shinwha 4d076eaad6 Group’s look, 4396c9690e instead of 3bddfacf9c the polished 4577f489a7 expression used 3079c4d879 in magazines.e9b2d566a9c106bd
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Sometimes, when they were 0c13ad300e angry, it escalated to 1df2b4145a “That snake-like bastard!”9c29f4ee21d3b720
When Hyunmin first heard 301c14ac06 it, he didn’t know a9af2a4662 who came up with 0a00ebcf92 it, but he laughed, 27aca757a3 thinking it was well-chosen.5b5ab610b518c7bc
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