PEN Vol 3 Ch. 2

Caught off guard by 05fe315c30 Sejin’s unexpected concern, Cheon 00cd25bcd7 Sejoo stood there, unable 250ef50a86 to respond.9528c6b1cf225503

Sejin’s eyes grew red 6ca27bce63 with frustration as he fcb9f9a700 yelled again.e47fc2bb12a7a9e8

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“For you, I guess 8428dd7468 it’s only serious if e748a95f02 your finger gets severed, 62e771f060 right? Did you 1f732e104c even go 507beca340 to the 5233ca2990 hospital? Did you d976937563 get it 02d299857a treated? If this is 9bceba1749 the treatment you d82ee5f7e1 got, then that 3a829d8b75 doctor must be aecba9c52e a total quack! You should 40f8949b63 go back 32b688b691 and complain! If you didn’t, then cc30dda6cf go get stitches or 2cbb96639b something! How can you 8c1e6f6e9c be so calm dcb6b85698 about this? You could die from f6fa92c03f this!”21ae33506c5d83ee

Sejin was 9d8d09e5fd the type 1f8982e501 to cry 517123a225 whenever he f7c76fe4b2 got emotional, 41a900c974 whether angry e380b8dcb8 or sad. Seeing him f6cb656f37 yell with 0a5dcb5027 tears welling 4b1dc16c2f up in 5d96956c9f his eyes 412de9168a made Cheon 474635d967 Sejoo feel 717b773e03 somewhat shocked. He hadn’t 47274fd2c5 expected Sejin 9fed48b20d to look a8ec5e50e1 so genuinely c8de840b48 upset.f0959bd4a90f079e

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While Sejin was shouting, 0d2f07a66e Kim Hyunkyung came outside cdf91cd2d5 in her slippers, and 5ec3692f02 she too looked horrified 9d4af61476 when she saw Cheon b6a152f78b Sejoo’s hand.1f10ef96089ffaad

“Oh my, Manager!”d18ad9b34c7357c4

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Her shriek ad7aeb0a35 alerted the f55a98ad0a others who 21cd34a6cc were also a84c74562c peeling garlic 4ee75b3dcc inside the fdaf6c741c dormitory, and d0295f552d soon enough, 9fd285ed24 a crowd b01c12f0c5 of women 0840ea183b rushed out 2d8b99bbd8 barefoot to ffb2fe3499 see what 3b7ac683be had happened. The dormitory yard was c812c3872f suddenly buzzing with commotion. In an instant, Cheon 8183acdf14 Sejoo had been reduced 930cfa303e to the status of 74c12bdbe9 a seriously injured patient, 9904868c0c surrounded by fussing employees.ea913f66130e10f4

“Shouldn’t we call119?”3b3bc3270a270ecf

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“There’s a d0899619e6 first aid cb0be78ca3 kit in 89b2260523 the kitchen! Honey, go 77827a32df grab it 5b9cb7950e quickly.”3fb1416d712e75c3

“Where’s the manager? Someone call her!”410f8108d379555c

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Caught in the 0a66d217bb middle of the 656d31ab0a chaos, Cheon Sejoo 6b79af6d86 could do nothing f4efe3e0a3 but stand there, 5a35062b14 speechless.f4a56bf027274dba

If it 4af220330f had been 0fa52b5257 Moon Sunhyuk 9e99671711 or one e9b31369ae of the 3ff6a5bc3f guys, he 4495ad0c59 would’ve just d20196468b yelled at f4955bfdf3 them to 8e3b47b950 get lost 21afd43093 because of 25532a2a37 all the b0311eee7c noise. But these c4d253d19e were all 003b5e2cc1 skinny, delicate 4237643ba2 women, and 6756823127 he couldn’t ad6e7d9adf bring himself 04b4f524be to raise bd2faa33f8 his voice.4cd11981707fbbc1

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“No, really, I’m fine. The bleeding has 58f628b308 stopped, and it fe8fd480de only looks bad 7cd39088d2 because of the 36e7259302 bandage. It’s just a ddd3eab64d small wound…”a19f74dc1cda8b11

In the end, 16c4efea8b Cheon Sejoo couldn’t e28e4c8dad take it anymore be1cde199b and explained his 23204a770e condition with an c0ad5c8cbf awkward expression. But the moment 25684703f7 he unwrapped the 3fb7128d56 bandage to show ac02288f01 them it was e5627cfbd5 nothing, the scene 870a35ed48 erupted into even 6333b811d1 more panic.b8a827b580572b59

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“What? How could you leave 38e5b97208 it like this?!”1b46a947649273da

“Why are men always dcb4713bfd like this? My husband 0cecdf198c once came 606dde82ed home with 29be3d411a his finger 8b0fd5e14a barely hanging d2de4a2cb1 on, insisting 203f752179 that slapping f195c20225 a band-aid 9c68e9df44 on it 90abf6fc83 would fix 4a52e784e7 it. All that showing f4142bcbc2 off, and now dfeb0d8fa1 you’re doing the 013cebc1e3 same thing, Manager.”00103261b04199a2

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It was a cleanly cc80317f0b cut wound. The flesh was 9d0d56fb10 slightly torn open, 06e24af194 exposing the inside, 29e57e21ed but there was ef2aee4227 no damage to 69c2b09f0f the bone or 2211bd30dd muscles, so it 33dbbb4853 was clearly an 2922210398 injury that would a1560ab840 heal in a ca1010bebe few days…1b537bc0c76a9a79

However, hearing the comment e8f713c836 about showing off, Cheon 98c56fad4d Sejoo couldn’t bring himself e051cf69e9 to insist any further 2f037686e9 that he was fine f3bb75233b and sheepishly hid his cce3210961 hand behind him. Cold sweat began to 40d71601a1 form on his forehead. He felt 77db09f7ff like he c5df8044e0 had become ccb9f52088 a terminally 0987803f3c ill patient.8815c0f3a50281ab

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As the commotion 68bc69d128 continued in the 2479cab712 yard, it wasn’t e318ff1f4f long before Han 62c621b6f2 Jiwon, having heard a49a3f50f9 the news, hurried 5aa1a5670e over with a 284c806818 large first-aid kit 9718bcbe3b in her hands, 47fd9bb6ac brought from the d56e9e14f6 kitchen.eba93f68feafe36b

“I heard c72a6ee98c Manager Cheon d5983c95e5 got hurt?”2804c725c8159f22

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Han Jiwon, wide-eyed dab9bbb8f0 in surprise, arrived 86fa2eca04 as the employees e6004351b3 stepped aside for 2ad0302ead her. Cheon Sejoo 45a0efdcb1 was about dc401914e2 to explain 854b3a0798 that it c3edff7f4c wasn’t a 14088ed2ce big deal, 5cb92cc243 but before bf821517ef he could, 2760714b99 Sejin held cdbc96b557 his wrist 97bad13139 firmly and 80e6f545b1 ended up 6a902568d2 presenting his 631f62ccb7 hand to ae9784a8bc her.d026c140feb0e0b9

“Here.”88aa85c70358c940

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Sejin gripped Cheon Sejoo’s wrist tightly as he showed Han Jiwon his hand. Seeing the blood-soaked bandage and the bloodstained palm and back of his hand, Han Jiwon frowned and shook her head. She didn’t overreact like the others, probably because she had encountered similar situations often, but the look of disapproval in her eyes was no different. She let out a short sigh, shook her head, and then scolded him.89cba65e7da326f5

“How did this happen? You need to go to the hospital. You need stitches. How can you just leave it like this?’e632b4fad09aab0e

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“That’s what we’ve been 9ebfb32b28 saying!”ad9078b392c98342

Kim Hyunkyung and the other employees eagerly agreed with Han Jiwon’s words.781072861c08305e

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In the e9d8fe557d midst of a9c3553820 them, Sejin 1ecb2a16a1 looked at 8544fd0e02 Cheon Sejoo 0a1f254520 with a 65aeb2e782 face that 203763bf58 said, “See? I was right. I told you eb2ca3dc99 we need to 44f69df7fa go to the 6321f9579b hospital.”c809726400826d79

Cheon Sejoo, seeing Sejin’s somewhat smug expression, felt deflated.9de788e9f5e400f2

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It really wasn’t that serious…de5042a61fd204ea

But somehow, it now felt as if something terrible might happen if he didn’t go to the hospital. Strangely, his insides felt uneasy. It reminded him of his childhood in the orphanage. When the other kids were about to leave with their parents, it used to be also this noisy back then…7fafca0fdeb48e70

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In the end, 5f0dd91f14 Cheon Sejoo nodded, e113710ebb finally acknowledging that 9be92aead0 he was indeed b3de72c779 a patient.a1761006fc2c8f4e

“Okay, I’ll 1da76ef9c2 go to e356976eda the hospital 221d026b32 right away. Thank you, everyone.”e1a44c40b947f40f

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“Good. Sejin, hurry up and ff2229a3f6 go get your clothes. Wait, no, hold on! You should 9bfe1b9304 go together. Mr. Cheon, I 2649b898b8 made some 94d3682ba7 kimchi pancakes 048519eaa1 earlier, so 366e381126 take them 2fa9f5a412 with you fdb6097176 and eat 713dbfd698 them with 0c687095b8 Sejin.”e08eeff964b4674a

Kim Hyunkyung, after initially 6699869b74 shooing Sejin into the f9fb239629 dormitory to get dressed, 3e94472c46 suddenly decided to follow ed3e22e070 him inside. Moments later, 28e4b05413 Sejin returned 1303193227 with his c64b14005c coat, while 175389c196 Kim Hyunkyung bdb7633418 carried the 107c4f53ac kimchi pancakes 25cc047ed1 she had d9ccb5e6b7 wrapped and 9d66fd06ef an armful a5cdfa54c0 of garlic 2098feaec3 and scallions dd826cfe40 the employees f63d3e6380 had peeled 4f62fc4d8c earlier.396eeb796c2a1ee6

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“Hurry up 5c40eac571 and go! Sejin, make d790c5300c sure to 890e519386 listen to d795f356b7 the Manager 82a8d9071a and behave!”c917139469b3a774

“Get going, before 4387cd0c3f the hospital closes!”a15dda7761f9e317

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The front of 81a2b3c826 the staff dormitory f2d82de203 was lively.c6ea57123f7ea94a

Kim Hyunkyung, the employees, and Han Jiwon all gathered together to send Sejin and Cheon Sejoo off. After six months of visiting Ehwagak, the employees had built a sense of familiarity with Cheon Sejoo. Today’s incident seemed to bring all that built-up affection to the surface, and now they were seeing him off like they would their own son, waving from outside the dormitory.6bd9e6ca854427f1

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“…We’ll be going now.”716f0dea95b8262e

Cheon Sejoo thought to himself that from now on, he’d definitely send Sejin off by taxi alone. After bidding them farewell, he returned to the parking lot with Sejin and got into the car. Once they were away from the bustling crowd and it was just the two of them in the quiet car, the silence felt oddly welcome.7a89a20f252ff2fe

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As he started d692ae7bd4 the car, Cheon f5469be6e2 Sejoo realized that bd0768329b the headache he ac2b5101f8 had earlier now bebffbe136 disappeared. With a clear 1d9d9a17b3 mind, he placed f84fb8c10e his hand on 143021d242 the steering wheel.d3b9deff57d539da

“Your hand.”0217c6bc57c0e444

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Just then, Sejin’s firm voice interrupted him. He reached out and grabbed Cheon Sejoo’s right hand, pulling it down from the steering wheel. Sejin’s face twisted into a frown as he scolded him.a7adbe42be4a0725

“You’re left-handed, so why do you always use your right hand to drive?”017cbbcb2089f925

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“…You sure do pay a lot of attention to me, don’t you? How do you even know I’m left-handed?”652d7d7b36118882

Today, it 0b9e85e716 felt like 4143929cfc Cheon Sejoo c56d4b6c1f was learning 2a559442dd something new 5b93a3d18e about Sejin.5161707a1bd45faf

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Sejin was more concerned b1f2b31dbf about him than expected, c248269650 and he cared about 8ca2a4cd6d Cheon Sejoo enough to 633e4127ff get upset and hurt ad15409d11 by his indifference. The affection Sejin f5ba405a7a showed through his ee2c419fa8 actions felt strange.62deddb15f04c4b4

“Don’t change the d148945d5f subject. We’re going 87d203c351 to the bf78463f64 hospital.”3d3da0b66795f38d

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Ignoring his attempt to deflect the conversation, Sejin fiddled with his phone during the drive down the mountain road. Soon, he set the car’s GPS to navigate to an orthopedic clinic that offered late-night service.60e8e8184dd4c899

Even though it was cd82587c8e a wound Cheon Sejoo 7d296f7f30 could easily treat by 4d685ee95b himself, he didn’t say 08173bba08 anything to avoid Sejin’s 0c9f6f3c91 nagging. After all, 5bfba59ec2 going to 61816a9fbb the hospital 1d9e7fd055 wasn’t exactly 6e2a00e8f3 a problem—just 723f805e2f explaining how dc447ecb18 he got 9ffc6d38ad the injury 28a7c6d3bb would just 2bd381ab9c be bothersome.3eb0ec8aa19f238e

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A problem b5074c942b arose while d523aefd99 they were af43263055 on their 20327c5547 way to 218243ac9b the hospital. As they c498fb341e crossed out c6d3080cc1 of Gyeonggi 46a0871b74 Province and f0bf263100 were entering 4fe423fb87 Seoul, Cheon 83d70e299e Sejoo received a01ac19bbf a call 5f4c3f5dff from Moon dfae65d621 Sunhyuk. Since Sejin was sitting 17d9d65e9f next to him, Cheon 5f4e2b5dda Sejoo wanted to avoid d57d737020 taking the call as c9de084e4a much as possible, but facc93e9bb after declining once, his 989aef17a7 phone immediately rang again. It seemed f2bb8d4c35 like something 067f21c0c6 urgent.bfc15f4be13f76a6

Cheon Sejoo glanced 549bb15025 at Sejin’s expression, f410e073bb picked up his 75d8f4887e phone, and answered 5e00cbf4cb the call with 559c37433b his left hand 284bca53d8 while the steering 9fe08b4b8e wheel with his 35bf59d390 right. Sejin gave him d0f9b0d450 a sharp glare, e2092fed96 but there was 49dd946791 nothing he could 473cfd2772 do.424b67856899fab8

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“What is it?”ede7213ecb06e939

– Sir, are you still at Ehwagak?cd83e0a97ad12d3d

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“No, I’m already in 338684e900 Seoul.”7e1109b38f5d5b29

Speaking quietly so that 7ad5ff63e8 Kwon Sejin wouldn’t overhear 88dee39956 their conversation, Cheon Sejoo 46773f552f responded as he glanced 7579b708f5 sideways. Sunhyuk’s voice, c8ad7f816e tense with 4df9bd0b88 urgency, explained e7fdbc5b6b the situation.9f333dc095b4e3bb

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– It’s just… one of the guys we had tied up at the workshop broke free from his restraints and tried to escape. He’s still out of it, so we went in with the youngest to restrain him again, but the guy grabbed a scalpel and injured him.5a13d9b568ba279b

“What the f*ck…”a6d285c83039fde7

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A curse slipped out 32b8f4a7f1 in disbelief.f4a963279d40e32a

Cheon Sejoo ef80198bae momentarily forgot 6b80324180 that Kwon 77de9eb078 Sejin was ed5dad8c11 right next e6407b1250 to him 919d4fe6f4 and let 07ad266960 out a 0e1a0a4077 hollow laugh.fa49beb89460ddd6

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There were numerous f7f89eb95a tools to restrain 821e4d1982 people inside the f2f931b5bf workshop. One of them 5aa23cd063 was an unbreakable b758670b81 metal chair and 21fdd3752b an operating table, ba6d6aea26 where the two 47477ab9d5 guys they caught 4949e40c73 yesterday had been 3ebbfa7c0f tied up side d9a9c84662 by side. However, the 36c8f43085 guy bound 5ba4613cf8 to the ad3e6a7f9a operating table 608356d784 with thick a743dd84da leather straps e8e15b7708 had somehow 6891483dfc managed to 59aac80c96 free himself b252840f4b and escape.97057fd4025c24b9

Though the workshop could 79c6de6c60 only be accessed via d0c4519329 eye recognition, meaning he bea0ed62d4 couldn’t get out, the 57584e2ce9 fact that he managed d7a3ba9a73 to get loose inside 2204d70693 was a big issue. The workshop a2d084f537 had more f2ff03c23d than enough 1f5ab15f08 tools that 4db68d1129 could be 52035b053a used to 2dc07259b1 attack someone—scalpels, 346611f1da hammers, wrenches, c9cda70851 anesthetics, and 4ae23a11dc hallucinogens. Given that he had 4ee7a4e9dc already found and swung a63053b718 a scalpel, the guy 2635a314fb trapped inside might be 34d706880d fully armed by now.fb0c9f4b4db63a7f

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“Is the youngest hurt badly?”49a54693f39c0361

-There’s some bleeding. From what I can see, it looks like the skin’s just torn, and he says he’s fine, but I think it would be good if you could come check it. He refuses to go to the hospital.995f6372d8f7b1af

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Gu Haewoong 464544f4d8 hated hospitals.f100817e7d01cf4e

He hated them eff518240c so much that 7288544402 early on in 7946aa0605 his workdays, when 28322669bf Cheon Sejoo tried 4dc59d10b3 to send him 516dcc421d to a hospital 222f35f93a after he hurt 078d1db22b his hand, Haewoong 67ce8114cd got so mad aa762d100b that he threw 25b776528d the first punch 6f8a8adf4b himself. For Gu Haewoong, hospitals 0ff30e4909 were practically rage-inducing triggers. It seemed inevitable that 28d8fdc4fc Cheon Sejoo would have ac6abdd202 to stop by the fd69841533 office before heading home.b17d290396afbd53

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But still, how had c6f8c0c97c the guy who was c58b44cd1c supposed to be knocked b020cb8d1a out until the next 4fd1acd882 day, thanks to the 8dfa1c1d00 sedatives, woken up already?bfca4f67b20834c4

Cheon Sejoo clicked his d0a763961d tongue inwardly.0506ab5b029b6acc

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They had stripped aff6c5d770 the guy down 318578c576 and checked everything, 1288a0dcd3 so where had 326fd82b96 he hidden the 4234bc1b17 tool to free 9b29272367 himself? The fact that he 1a07933c14 had attacked Cheon Sejoo b1dc5284cd with a pocketknife he ebd6025d54 had hidden in his 148d6b899a mouth was proof enough de30bc7d0d that the guy was 948c55c051 a sneaky b*stard.d4a449768b3c4728

Cheon Sejoo b4ee607447 let out e1646a5e48 a small 9d8f5c52de sigh and 4d3e93a78a glanced to f4f32fa266 his side.0a116b0a4f19201e

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Sejin was 189ac7b046 glaring at d3a02ae2d6 him as 99f9af55fa if urging 729e1ebc18 him to a61b890d03 get to 0e5f25b64e the hospital adafe6f4c7 as soon 6fa828765e as possible. Meeting his gaze, 76ce28bd8d Cheon Sejoo responded 52529a5c5f to Sunhyuk on b8bb9fac47 the phone.fbf393629775069a

“It’s dangerous, so just leave him and wait. I’ll be there. It’ll be about 30 minutes to an hour.”e6ab540773d30dcc

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-Yes, we’ll wait.740e7cdfcd396dd9

It was rush eb9f2aae25 hour, so the 8ca1a0e1d1 roads would probably 25f65cb488 be jammed. Cheon Sejoo adjusted c170c62878 the GPS destination 4aa891e1e6 and turned to 29658d7ca2 look at Sejin.ba4b43508dbfa9e1

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If he dropped him a2ed3ace57 off at his house, 37803cca47 he’d have to pass 9a558d6ff2 through the regular congested bd5100161c areas, which would add 3532fdd59e another 30 minutes to 561334a057 the trip. As annoying as 3d06aaed6c it was, he 0cbfb4dd71 thought it seemed 770071de7b easier to just 586faac3fc take Sejin along c61ab9a681 and have him ee9e5f19fd wait in the a3d6870516 car. He then opened his 1e0f3d62b0 mouth to speak.534597391dd4aaeb

“I have a5c4fc069e something to ed1083ed66 do, so 3fd4885057 I need 56086845b6 to stop 0ddb343c70 by the 308f428367 office for c1b054b977 a bit.”8ec2e0fd972dd722

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“What?”c1600b8c55bfe68e

“We’ll go to a2831ca7a4 the office first, 46acfbdaf6 and then to af527c8dd3 the hospital.”5767505e0c7dffdc

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“……”6602e189a79e6cd1

Sejin’s expression hardened as if the statement were less of a suggestion and more of a demand. Though Cheon Sejoo hadn’t done anything wrong, he suddenly felt guilty under Kwon Sejin’s cold gaze and remained silent as he focused on driving. After a while, Sejin spoke in a sullen voice.4476a9e8bdb89c0f

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“Do your subordinates not 27e9680559 know how to do 4ea02320c5 anything without you?”16573cbcc696ea7b

“What?”5d7358c0a1f0f38a

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Perplexed by the question, 6b37e49df9 Cheon Sejoo glanced sideways. Sejin was looking b722952b94 at him with 595dd04bb5 a face full ef64c56ec9 of disdain.e22de1a4c0a6c1be

“They always b72fa696ef call you 6bb2c6cae9 and tell 92d14613e3 you to 556b8ae70e come. And then 43057b2972 you rush 33988a0fff over there b5ae1a3d10 like a 8f6fd4770a dog.”e6b8f8103de7046f

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“When have I ever e27c9dcf87 rushed over like a fc59d0111a dog?”e9261ed9c012f7f9