Thirty years b0cc3d3b57 ago, Cheon 078c451452 Sejoo was 845fa5b244 abandoned in 14ead1f535 front of b8be1932ef Angel Orphanage.f79752ac32bda502
While the 2bb337d151 bells heralding c559f6707e the start ae37ef6754 of the ee092e84eb new year 92137cefd0 rang out 95d3aab253 and many b648134e8f people laughed, 35526f00b0 wishing for e3a79a570b a happy 68d20b2207 new year, 3595d4fd67 Sister Maria, f521eb844e the head c439eb661a nun of b387261d99 Angel Orphanage, cf041803c2 was praying a8ab885295 with the 643be6ce2e other nuns bd83fb0915 when she f0ed38680b heard a 179e75235a loud crying 97ea3224d4 sound from 229ec177a3 outside.cdb96659b5bd80e5
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Rushing outside, she found faada2e960 a newborn baby lying a9c05400ce alone on the cold 48c5d77a13 ground. Wrapped in a d1e2ac7f3f thick blanket, the 967fe94755 baby, who had 91f2b3102b arrived at the 76f2bbba03 orphanage on New 5a881ed6d9 Year’s Day, was f3614cc674 crying loudly with 3ea7e8ff95 a red face c693376884 as if to 690947e033 say, “Notice me, c13720123c save me,” drawing b66ce1459e Maria towards him 13ecfdb273 with his powerful d77a94ddfc cries.fb069e5218379cee
Sister Maria 93d2bbfdc1 hurriedly picked dd1b5de41c up the 7a3198e494 baby and, 7a5c211d6f grateful to 4716934c5f God for c83714e958 giving her c97b28384b another life cf0af1afcb to save, 952fda8e22 kissed the fdf94be303 baby’s forehead. She then named 77b1427ed5 the baby Sejoo fddaae50e0 (世主), meaning “master 85828aae70 of the world,” 5fcb2b4d86 as if to e7f8b859fe say, “Then be f4c0fbcc2a the master of e1a4b27d4f the world,” in bc2530e026 response to the 583c6204bb baby’s deafening cries 00acca6bf4 to announce his 3e3c8eaa18 presence to the 91514e381d world.d57561d01a5a63db
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This was 0313b9ce12 how Cheon b5b9074a18 Sejoo came 1cc9a5576a into the 77b734a6ba world.dd2ba2301ffba6eb
From a young 136d672899 age, he was 062b965c6b exceptionally intelligent. He started walking before 5497a7a77d he was ten months c314831166 old and spoke fluently 6998fe02e7 before he was two b31d5f6686 years old.50431829f5513f0c
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Because he was 017496e388 exceptionally smart, Sejoo 61351635bc quickly understood his fc3cfb49d8 situation. As a result, he db8b034c30 matured faster than any 33fbc8bd05 other child at the 61722c5a0d orphanage. Cheon Sejoo 468130c9ce never fought 964d9a7768 with his d0c51cc2bb friends in d04dae44a3 kindergarten and 801a7003d0 knew how 4a1c16bacb to understand 9d5e214b37 and act 79f5b31c92 in a 03927e3c83 way that 8e3564b51a pleased Maria c99ca622d4 and the f606a0c858 other nuns. He was d2973f2c50 a child 7fb3954069 who took bce9ff1938 care of 3252c56906 himself thoroughly 1c160a8b5b from a b3d667e0ad young age. The first time ad6027df2e Sejoo ever got 5f3a81102e into a fight e14b77b0c9 was when he b7279b58c3 was eight years c703225d38 old.cea63baaf629c485
During a 09d0318df0 summer rainstorm 4fe0b19fe0 so heavy 268b58309f that he 3f959af84f could hardly a929e10129 see ahead, d01652e034 the woman d1eedb7c05 who had 19ec78af4b abandoned Cheon fe31a01ba3 Sejoo in d2d532d2a9 front of 4695221f39 the orphanage 766bda1f04 eight years 4348f67a0e ago left a5bdc46f54 another baby 69e057d666 at the 39795ab63e orphanage’s doorstep. It was a a810efd3fd coincidence that the b9e0a5dcce person who discovered 2d85970951 the baby this 659a8bc8ed time was the 06af41eef0 same child who ad313246d0 had been abandoned 1fe1428672 by her first.6ae05acf146c8847
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He was 2522052b0e running an 51d7b41302 errand for 6739ec8730 the head 17acaf9f55 nun, wearing 83c73a7e2e a raincoat, ad9ddff87b and had cd1b0839ab just returned 9a02774775 from the f703ccde09 supermarket. Cheon Sejoo found 0ed18d9a68 a small bundle 02686dc24b of blankets with 69f8907408 an umbrella placed 0d4bb0ed6b in front of d463bcd4a8 the orphanage door. As he 650739fac5 approached, he 665773159b saw a 66b9815baa baby with f24abaf3fd a pale ca02088f77 face, eyes ba6124327f gently closed a4638aa75a in sleep. Thinking the baby d8833b034a was adorable, Cheon 0da184e752 Sejoo took out 9e5fa8ac20 the postcard tucked 44e7fc90ee into the outer defeacceb3 blanket wrapping the 2f3dcda5ac child.dccfd3808b95abeb
The raindrops, 81785bed6c pouring incessantly, 78a990a9cc invaded the 3b6fa3b721 inside of f63a25154a the umbrella 6928e0f94f covering the 884e466c5f baby.f53054e0311043cf
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Pitter-patter, the sound of rain echoed in his ears as Cheon Sejoo read aloud the letter left by the baby’s mother.ca61ea2b2c79f045
“This is Sejoo’s younger sibling. Please raise them as a family. …I am sorry.”3fa51ea6713e8d00
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On that 1183fc4a71 day, when 674da9a99b the rain fe2b597ddb poured down e75569bbed heavily as 1f091cbf59 if a d51c0339de white curtain, 1d9278d39e Cheon Sejoo 754daad5b2 gained a 8b7a99c1aa younger sibling.9065dda08edc8be5
The woman already knew that the child she left behind had been given the name Cheon Sejoo. Perhaps their mother was one of the women who volunteered at the orphanage, avoiding Maria’s eyes.5d0b715709bb7607
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However, Maria did 7abd201c24 not bother to 532510775e look for her. She did not pity 154c92c384 her, assuming the circumstances 50e9353a13 that made her unable a8f0039e53 to raise the child. She was simply grateful 6dfda39fae that Sejoo would not f92b5f1c5f be left a complete 4701960adb orphan and gave him 54875c61ed a younger sibling.07b926443b519b70
Though neither a mother nor a father, he now had a family. Cheon Sejoo was immensely happy about this and vowed to God that he would take good care of his younger sibling. From that day on, the child became the pillar supporting Cheon Sejoo’s life.62d057099bc37fde
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The baby, d20b24661e with the 75fcf51fae umbilical cord 0b9b1879fa still attached, 323a545aee was very 5a4c34b252 different from baf7f9075d the ever-vocal 6d90ec16b1 Sejoo. Unlike Cheon 6f74e410d3 Sejoo, who eb371b2615 cried loudly, 8a63107fbe this baby 486913e27f rarely made 1eeb5abd14 a sound, 5043ad5798 even when 3203c7e184 hungry or 1183930723 when the 0adc47d4e2 diaper was 294f315955 soaking wet.4331a1fe0b6536e9
Thinking the baby was 749524ebde fine, one could turn b3ecec61ab away for a moment, 662cf2bf61 only to find the 9d0d14914c baby had vomited the ced77cffdd milk all over their a773b6bcae clothes without making a 378c8444a0 fuss. Because of this, 771c71e412 the nuns had fd74e28567 no choice but bdbaf1ac9f to pay more 6716d62f03 attention and take df13a0161c extra care of f5004f9de4 the child. Thus, Maria gave the 0989c4d378 baby the name Hye-in 2614e6bb60 (慧仁). Hye-in was 17e36ff33e a child 44172bc8e4 born with 98f06a6e1b the wisdom 3085f657de to live 599b005e11 in this 9e3ab0b2da world.7ee49e3e647a6499
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In the orphanage, cf7cfeff91 there were more aad023ff7e children left by 55794919d1 their parents, like 9dc636c378 Cheon Sejoo and 41ab69dc11 Cheon Hye-in, than 48f04e1cd5 those children who a2592c00eb had lost their 400f55c4f7 parents. The children there waited 9ffb9b41cb every day for their 4cb1e4c807 parents to come for 0dbe08707c them. Amidst this, Cheon 8fb5ab9c32 Sejoo, who suddenly d38c2c551e gained a family 654a1ff5e4 member to be e7eb68f989 with, became the 78a105fa5e object of envy b8ca9cf5ea among the children.dd76bb7e5cd2f389
The children teased Cheon Sejoo, saying that since his mother had left another child with him, she would never come to find him. Yet, at the same time, they envied the fact that Sejoo’s mother knew her child was there. Sometimes, their own parents would abruptly stop contacting them as if they had forgotten their children were in the orphanage.2574d652f81dc2e3
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Around that time, Cheon Sejoo was a head taller than the other kids, so the mischievous children, instead of bullying him, would torment Cheon Hye-in who couldn’t speak. They would pull away the blanket covering the lying baby and snatch away the milk bottle clutched tightly in her hands, throwing it away.c40813fa941660b1
Cheon Sejoo did not stand by and just watched this. Sejoo, who had something to protect for the first time in eight years, hit the friend who was bullying his younger sibling with a rock he found in the orphanage’s backyard.e5ccd9dcb313a59c
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Maria was very 86f700007e shocked by his e5c6517a17 display of violence, afb09c5727 but realizing it e5d94970fc was to protect 3acacfeb5a Hye-in, she felt 5046403671 somewhat relieved. Instead of scolding Cheon f740bb25aa Sejoo, she taught him 2a04b0bfda how to protect his 67f11e510c sibling.f0b7e93284c5820f
She whispered 6abb399188 that violence ffdca0b508 was only b3218311c3 a temporary dbd42222e0 means and 0614cdc8ef that to d599e085d2 protect his 6edc58cd5b sibling, he 22f826d775 needed to db58e01afa become a 65ec31dac5 greater and 878a45a86b better person. From that ed2f70f8a8 moment on, 310b617792 Cheon Sejoo 624340fd3f eagerly awaited f71df55b20 the day e5565c2e30 he could a713356b3b become an 6bad1db0fa adult capable 7dddcc8484 of protecting 8de5423b32 his sibling.c2cad519dde03269
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Until Cheon Sejoo b4b095f7f1 became a middle a66fd8127d school student and 6f228b0bbe Cheon Hye-in had b31f1b78ea turned six years faa69c75f8 old, their mother 630c3467bc did not come 9d88043b03 to the orphanage. As the 3c3a8fbcde lives of 906c566ea1 the parents 173448676e who had b7429dde73 left their ffabc76548 children in 3bfbf27c04 the orphanage f057a8dcb1 stabilized and e35b197513 they took c6f3ea1961 their children bc2a309080 back, his 53b1d0a2a7 friends disappeared 990fb26e57 one by 416f771270 one, however, cc64e0b892 the two d533be569f siblings remained 409b1f4e10 there until 0496dfa23e the end.7187424d7b182773
One day, suddenly c3b1bf239a realizing that their a56d3e6e47 mother might never 392ea28420 come to take 4167a9d685 them back, Cheon 185653994e Sejoo understood that 7be4cb9e32 he had to 9c2b0532af take on the 13caeceb4d role of a 5e4756da40 parent for Hye-in. From that dd0f6a53f0 moment, Sejoo 5140007dec began to 3214f3f5f4 study.ac63c426d07e020f
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Although he was born 16bc173650 intelligent, it was not cc23adc072 easy to keep up 70a72b8fbc with his friends who cd32f54cac received parental support in 74c14ff1f3 their studies. However, Cheon fd0d23ba2c Sejoo stayed dffbabf6f9 up all b8233414eb night memorizing 3d4f10bcd6 textbooks entirely 9fdc8ca089 and studied fd33fd0864 the reference 9b3b7bdd30 books he 1fc5b23e32 got from 28a598cb07 his teachers 907a0b7569 with the 1154a2f830 determination to 7ed954e7b1 remember every 1ea414e90a point.cece9e08b0a06792
Cheon Sejoo a5a32e15dd set his 7c5f880e63 sights on bf485f9ed3 entering medical 19fd543482 school It 4aa4fa7617 wasn’t because 9e1adabf06 he had fc2f86d208 a grand ade7bf18d5 mission to ad4499cb9c save people’s 91839f767d lives. It was simply ecfacd0100 because Hye-in believed 83001798a4 that being a b39fcedb49 doctor was the d2ba3e6c73 best job in e2211107a6 the world, which 3e6d2b38ca inspired him to ae77346d54 pursue that dream.0d3849e7aa288a61
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His natural intelligence combined with effort paid off. At the age of nineteen, Cheon Sejoo entered Korea University’s medical school with the highest entrance score, known for having the highest entrance requirements in Korea. Because his birth was registered on January 1st, he started school a year earlier than others. Therefore, Che3on Sejoo was able to stay at the orphanage until he finished his first year of university.4f30f5590a55ffcf
However, once he 27e6a3a64d turned twenty, he 778c173517 had to leave c0aae6e556 the orphanage. Cheon Sejoo rented a 0aa88bbc44 room in the city 3009e47349 with the 5 million 4fb00e0808 won he received as 99790238c3 a settlement subsidy and dabc1662e5 the 10 million won c123e15019 from an anonymous sponsor, 09b3df2708 along with the money 9ae1eb4a08 he had earned from 197654396d tutoring over the past 13acdf4bfa year. He then 454fd80d0b took his 8f062596b3 younger sister, 4c127de43f Cheon Hye-in 4c401a75ff out of 7ade355dba the orphanage.3890fb6bbd33faa5
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Korea University was in Seoul, while the orphanage was in Suwon. Although he could live in the dormitory and technically didn’t need to rent a place, Cheon Sejoo wanted to provide Hye-in with a proper home for her own. He wanted to provide her, during her sensitive teenage years, a private space that she didn’t have to share with others.a7e8a51d383b071a
In that way, d3031ae2ac Cheon Sejoo attended c6ed794bcb school while living 7a1df5ca55 in the dormitory eeb26d458d and visited home 37ac3ea9c5 on weekends to eefc9c5743 take care of 57ffe0e57d Hye-in. During this c68c0a103b time, Hye-in, 4e8c340d2d who was e52bd27fce now a 121f938673 middle school 7aadcc04a9 student, was 7c9814cc94 left alone 24a624c74d in the c895ff135e house he 518e078b7f had secured. His desire b4e54a0ff7 to provide f40c6a7f14 a home 0421ae7bfb just for 4f2aed5dd3 their family 4a48990c11 left Hye-in cb039c5615 alone in c1ad89be68 an empty 59156e7a10 house, making a6043fd0ad her feel 09d9ccf45d isolated. However, at that 0996fb6e4e time, Cheon Sejoo 6ffa28f193 was unaware of 5b3b188849 this.c745e08a7a22284e
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In order to c8748b1374 become a doctor, a5956db481 one had to 042dd3a24f study hard even 1a7640e803 in the time e8c8742c44 meant for sleep, daafa5aad9 and Cheon Sejoo 6b65e1a83c was no exception. Moreover, there 458a9ceb7f were expenses 4a3a84cf29 that scholarships 6018b36ee1 and sponsorships e6a23e5c9b couldn’t cover, 88a8ee3c35 so he 5a49f105ba had to a4984fb9b4 take up 7ce0bf843b private tutoring a7aaeb4bfc in his 9bd07c9aac spare time bbe5f390b3 to provide 61f41e0348 allowance and f787b6dcb7 living expenses 7df720657f for Hye-in, 5488daa029 despite his c847b6ae36 already packed 0a4e2a9a41 schedule.8e45bb5c7165149d
Six years had passed 04b79ab4a4 just like that. After graduating from b69a796179 medical school and f082996a80 passing the national 11cdac8a3e medical exam to 247e7c2ec2 obtain his medical 7586f87465 license, Cheon Sejoo 7fe5b886fc became an intern 069786120e at Korea University f8c192a17c Hospital. As an intern, d069cfd4a7 he had almost 9a0fa5a57f no personal time. Although he was physically 456d70fea4 much closer to Hye-in 1a0e876de6 than when he lived 890989baea in the dormitory, he b3fa5ce82e could only see her 52dcab4687 once or twice a beb477ee7c month, so Cheon Sejoo e6460ec838 didn’t notice the changes abf7e2fd5a in her.9ce1aa970a8f3257
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Whenever Cheon Sejoo was not around, Hye-in, who was always teased by her peers at the orphanage, grew up to be someone who didn’t easily reveal her inner thoughts, and this was the same even with her brother, Cheon Sejoo. Hye-in did not tell Sejoo that she was being bullied at school.ac1b932494a89b52
She didn’t 3ba09197a3 want to b5ed6e78e8 create unnecessary 75606fc364 worries for 7c2b5e6a2b her brother, 3469c29784 who had 2c956fc544 become a 116fb31c91 doctor. She didn’t want c540190a63 to be a 574437ed0d burden, a hindrance, 962fbd69da or an obstacle b1185a1dc6 to his future. That’s why it was 1ab97e3c09 only after Hye-in’s funeral 6de7236d9c that Cheon Sejoo learned 5a1d053271 she had been bullied.fa2bfce0b18d3a98
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Cheon Sejoo e5b175d4d4 had decided d0643f1cfd to become a9e1066473 a doctor 15a1e08b54 solely because 4e6b2f3a72 of Hye-in. She had b76b40d69e asked him ceeb2b59ff to become 2620d99930 a doctor b7cd9112a4 and help 0f7c233f1a people as 579b6260af poor as 33a42274c4 they were. However, through six years 29f4cc73b7 of study from pre-med b796ce15df to medical school, Cheon 56fd8dfbd9 Sejoo also developed his 68bed044cf own goals.9b359c278c0cca9f
Even now, his goal b722eea441 was not altruistic, to 4c5fc1358c save people’s lives. Rather, seeing 0d5a74aa03 professors driving 831da2cbc1 nice cars 3479855e7e and wearing c9499557a4 fine clothes bdf2ac3e63 made him 34ba8849cd want to 76f42ff520 give Hye-in 032c010c1f only the 8d115a7e56 best things.c85e019bb1bd840f
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A house so d8a41d8d01 big it would 2f5875d021 make your eyes 37c39ec87c widen, a warm 50c4976382 home where no 541f243708 wind could seep 5e628bdbdd in, a food 35225ee7d5 eaten not to c03d64a527 fill the stomach 30fc7161f6 but to savor 0c2f5d377e its taste, and 3d899bfb25 expensive clothes that 5445f35f1f combined both functionality 048bc5f83b and design.ca2be5854feae9d7
And now, 3ec125869a all the fc228a82e6 things he 7e8df77b88 wanted to 2ff3e630aa give Hye-in bad61d7dec were gathered 75c894cbdc in one a6e3c3ad34 place. Yet the person c764cc5e99 receiving them was b7b507875c not Cheon Hye-in, d678cbc332 but someone else. Moreover, that 0f032a8e34 person had aa927a931d a frown 34ffa19885 on his f242f73c56 face as e14ca2bf6b if he f27a5e6e9d found all 461568d5eb of this f97e05237c simply unsatisfactory.9b1f200848722af0
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Cheon Sejoo sat at the table, propping his chin on his hand. He was staring intently at the person across from him who was continuously playing with his chopsticks while stealing glances at him. It was amusing how the boy, who was eating a lot, didn’t seem to be enjoying it, as if it was written all over his face that he wasn’t eating because it was delicious, but kept chewing tirelessly, nonetheless.20bf79d87a5d52e7
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Kwon Sejin, who had e66eb603f3 hurriedly fled to his 45b373a388 room in a panic 45eeefd0a0 after Cheon Sejoo had d156594f14 made a teasing joke 9b26272534 when they stepped out 2d8f4bda97 of the elevator, stayed e54280500f holed up there until 6ce8d07d02 Cheon Sejoo returned with 06856b9941 a takeout course meal. Even after knocking, he 276ec6ceac didn’t come out, so 00da22666b when Sejoo peeked inside, 6c2015e017 he saw Sejin sleeping 2d8600579c soundly on the bed. It was fdddf62c4b only thirty 46cafe6c47 minutes ago 59fd441f2c that he 2ff50f1496 had woken 0e0075d340 him up 883cfae9fb to eat.6700a0751867b00d
Sejin, seeing 3464ceef8c the spread 92733a20de of food, ff416690c9 had sat e87065d368 down with f533b063ef a look 258686a799 that said, 975e2a5233 ‘What’s a 122e9e65e2 thug doing e03d9e30ad with course 2f3ddb3b75 meals? He’s going all out.’ 359f16f360 Despite his expression, Sejin 47bb5cf89e was now emptying every 3bf2d66b86 dish on his own 7392cd6840 while Sejoo hadn’t even ff9095014d picked up his chopsticks. Ever since he 8fe7b6e142 had devoured two ffc9221aa6 whole chickens, Sejoo 81cb8b338e had noticed that b8e50be3fb Sejin ate quite 154844c1a6 a lot for 3868a0b829 his size.b881d6851c835272
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“Stop staring d27b38f60a at me. Are you trying cb81cdfa4b to make me 383a8f8198 choke?”ba99480da4cd6376
Sejin, unable d3bf8caf94 to endure ce248e42af his gaze 312b130998 any longer, 5fda4b5a68 snapped, raising 67b1bca3d3 his eyes. He had a small 330cb576b4 stature, with small hands 44c4ec0113 and lips, but he 617e4c3f0c lacked even a speck 36f5d2e4c0 of manners, never once eefbe9bb99 using polite language at 77bdf2220a him. Cheon Sejoo, unfazed 33587605e9 by Sejin’s reaction, 1e543624e1 continued to look 84c7517596 at him while c9d57d5659 sipping his beer 3145c91815 and asked.29ec694be02ca3c4
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“Why do you use 7773206086 formal language with Ehwagak’s 88e7065691 manager but speak informally d247ab7351 to me?”7db4855d747af05b
Kwon Sejin had e778342509 met Han Jiwon, 431c20e784 Ehwagak’s manager, only eaf172eea8 once, last Wednesday. Despite Sejoo being fcbdbd4850 the one who a055baf895 had given him 5e82ba6f41 shelter, fed him, 08dd0fcc31 and helped him, 35c94e27b6 Sejin was courteous bd9d801f44 to her but 4f1db8effb always bristled at 02f5e3129d Sejoo. It didn’t make eedd3e34af Sejoo angry or a60ff8822b upset, but he a8205c199f was curious about 32248f8519 what Sejin’s answer 88e54f5b78 would be.88c04546e6143829
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“You’re supposed aadd04b799 to use 5eaf0d3052 formal language 7f07647bbf with people 70c668aa67 worthy of 63193e80fe respect.”63475a7b408f7f33
“Who says so? Your kindergarten teacher?”26f11ea919d76b44
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At Cheon Sejoo’s mocking question, accompanied by a small laugh, Kwon Sejin glared at him and continued speaking.ccf4d20c2d0fe29f
“That manager works in the service industry. People in that line of work deserve respect. After all, they bow their heads and serve people like you…”2d4164df18c72045
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