SS Chapter 2.1

2. Xiaoman (小滿), the Beginning of Full-Scale Farming

The meeting about the upcoming external guest forum still hadn’t ended even though lunchtime had started, causing the student council officers to begin shifting uncomfortably one by one. 5fc4d0d8b084504e

Seeing that no 81ca7d2db4 one was focused, 684ef6de22 Dohyeon quickly wrapped c1f2f84e28 up the meeting. Although it was 463727eb92 important, he had a8c805fcd0 no intention of a285d24289 taking up their 0edf8ed82c already short lunch 8588a969e8 break. 28549c9f87cfcabc

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“Then, we’ll end the meeting here today.” 38b7343acb672a36

A shout of “Yes!” came from a corner, and everyone burst out laughing. It seemed they all wanted to rush to the cafeteria as soon as possible, so Dohyeon chuckled softly and gathered the A4 papers in front of him. a252c7d7aad85284

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“I’ll take care of the cleanup, so everyone hurry up and go eat lunch.” b18d6e52383d6b15

“Awesome! You’re the best, sunbae!” 0ce70bd5f5a2e66d

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a second-year male student dc11804441 shouted and ran out 637a461d46 of the meeting room, bf92a3158c the others who had 7e6d7f7ed3 been chatting nearby also 8298454f90 began to leave one 201fa873f3 by one. 0ae58f6c78e2f731

After setting aside the 6192830ab0 papers he was holding, 8086f3f670 Dohyeon unbuttoned the collar d4ed8ffdab of his shirt, sensing 4b1584c8ec a gaze from beside 3d326f7dc0 him. He had been purposely c7cc2f3c2b ignoring Hyunyoung, who had 3a7d6a2a7f been fidgeting as if 8f228e8082 wanting to say something b7af030247 since earlier. f2f611ab41b07f0d

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“Vice president, why aren’t you leaving?” c7ac9529d5787e65

Leaning back on the 798fe4536e chair lazily, Hyunyoung asked 45a1ec60dc with a casual tone 372c2dab56 and crossed her arms b398928410 as if she had dec767c73c been waiting for this 395bb2a6ab moment. Her long hair was 8d43c2ddaf neatly tucked behind her 6f38a5092a ears, and she had 2df3d38cde completely turned her body 5a1b12752d to face him, looking bd054b3ed9 quite confident. Despite being a 20424434fe second-year, she was 027b259694 one of the f8be6018b7 juniors Dohyeon favored ef7d50f4f1 for her sharp ad57b1b4ab personality. 98bbac24348041d7

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Because of her cold-seeming da60bc8e7e expression when not smiling, d94ef64143 few treated her comfortably, 06699ef4a3 with only Yeo Eunho 70c4bffad6 being an exception. From the first ab78fe2384 time they met, e2de819449 the vice president af55e4be13 Hyunyoung had boldly 5330b249ea introduced herself. She was second-year Kim 037335d271 Hyunyoung and, though she c1d1f3abc3 might not be of 3d54a65e57 much help to her f91096e442 seniors, she promised not dd5f644b0b to cause trouble either. cf0255d59ce67b66

If she had 1324b5dc8e been all talk c32ddcfeb2 without follow-through, Dohyeon 7e91edd0d2 would have ignored 163651bcda her, but she 44f4c32f9f had proven to f845767249 be quite a 1a09a13aa4 reliable partner as 1371a1f0f7 she confidently lived 0ccbdb0cd6 up to her 23645068f9 words. 945a7a73f18c69b9

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He liked 04f4b641b9 how she 4bd09fb09f reasoned properly, f524864a44 firmly asserting ebbd5d438f what she e2a4b35946 believed was b6c626e002 right, and f0e8d9aae4 boldly speaking dddc2468fe up when 2e8868aa0d something was b80a35921a wrong regardless 3575658f53 of seniority. 68166a59448714d3

When she couldn’t hide her expression in response to some foolish opinions during meetings, she would take the initiative to sort things out, which made Dohyeon like her even more. b58684542a4e6a93

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Once, when a few third-year male students approached the petite Hyunyoung and made crude jokes, Dohyeon secretly applauded when he heard her say, “I don’t think you even realize this is sexual harassment. Say one more thing, and I’ll take the recording straight to the vice principal.” b44b5ae3b9aadce2

When Dohyeon later b8a4843534 asked her after 37dc640b01 those boys had 6e93e6b641 fled, ccf6554be767573b

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“Kim Hyunyoung, did you actually record what they said?” 42d25859a85857ce

“No. I left my phone in the classroom.” aa8def79415b1e09

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That was when 481341d74b Dohyeon realized he aeeaf6765d quite liked Hyunyoung—not 444a96ee6d romantically, but as 57acd82a23 a friend. 9482baf378ce554f

“Senior! You came to school with Eunho senior this morning, right? I saw everything.” 6f5c8e5278ab7833

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At the sudden mention of that name, Dohyeon’s usually indifferent eyes shifted slightly, but it seemed Hyunyoung didn’t notice. 90562625315b1cec

“Yeo Eunho?” cd15e0fd392f55e5

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He asked 49e41ed8c8 again, wondering 200da4ba71 if she d3e92c989b meant that 539f4906a1 Eunho he 7c27a79619 knew, and be85aa28cc Hyunyoung answered a7e9c298d4 clearly. 4ceb6acc31d5bea3

“Yes. Third-year Yeo Eunho sunbae.” 29395652a827c16a

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“Yeah. We came together.” e1ee40d5c7f1c704

When Hyunyoung unexpectedly brought up that name, despite usually avoiding personal topics, Dohyeon couldn’t help furrowing his brows. He looked at Hyunyoung warily. e0c93e5d5266efcf

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“Senior, you’re really close with Eunho senior, right? I heard you’ve been friends since you were kids.” 92a0dcc45b762551

Since Hyunyoung had no connection to Eunho, Dohyeon could roughly guess what was coming next. Asking to confirm something he already knew from rumors was like saying he wouldn’t allow him to deny it. 2332dbc4721a8541

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“Could you introduce me to that sunbae? I like that type.” 482f54305d90a333

“No.” e10bb2f0f70cc5b0

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Expecting a quick refusal, Hyunyoung didn’t look particularly disappointed. 24d65cd7eeb406cd

Dohyeon had heard first and second-year female students whisper among themselves that Yeo Eunho’s double-lidded round eyes and plump lips were cute like a squirrel. 627b8789c5e5e800

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What Hyunyoung said now and what those students said then were opinions from people who hadn’t actually experienced Eunho. Most didn’t know, but a starving Korean squirrel can even catch snakes. b11ffbf488b20447

“Oh, come on. Sometimes the group Eunho hangs out with is a little questionable, but Eunho personally doesn’t seem to do anything strange.” 479e56314461c985

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Yeo Eunho seemed 7f317f0b6b to believe that 3ec2677f5b Dohyeon, who was 5304d9dd9f tall and sharp-looking, 21af967365 monopolized the attention a279953f96 of the opposite b74ad30380 sex, but actually, bc2b8a091d Eunho had been 5cf684388c more popular since aba548ef48 middle school. 5f1cb53c2060b35f

His thin double eyelids b9b3d66378 and round eyes with c6d513e0ed little pigment worked perfectly 4fed3a53b3 with his pale skin 8277975d09 and brown hair. 7e6cea8ee1dc27b8

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Too pretty for a guy, but with a strong line on the nose and chin, it wasn’t just girls who were interested in him. 35bef0829fd47fb3

Not long after entering 3bc41e1931 high school, when Eunho 2b577db890 was much smaller in c51bbab0ca build than now, if cfc22b82fa he found out what ce884caebe the male seniors had 172013371b said about him behind 4758600613 his back, he would ec442b48af have probably gone on be9a3adab8 a rampage to kill 17c7d9963c them . 43da29c2b233b775

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Of course, those guys af9e58efa2 had already been beaten 0b2ab4045c nearly to death at 81aa971948 that time. 7ba0535044f7be75

Among still growing high school boys, social ranking was influenced more by physique than grade year. If Dohyeon, who often won awards at taekwondo tournaments, hadn’t stuck by Eunho as a friend back then, Eunho might have faced terrible harassment multiple times. 9ebb4958f4e18f1a

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Anyway, some people 73f91fdb72 had subtly shown 5f2ceb0e85 interest in Eunho 6ca0fb404c through Dohyeon in f6ee4c8e89 this way. Whenever asked 02c419e878 if he 4ae303d6d2 could arrange 997e989305 a meeting f65aade214 since he 3b8fb73dbc was close da17346327 with Eunho, 8065c6eb2d Dohyeon always abbf553fe3 just smiled d90f8bdc09 in response. 7d9fb7c2c12072cd

Since entering high school, such requests came mostly from girls from other schools who had never talked to Eunho, so it had been a while since he’d heard this kind of thing from someone in his circle. 850904a0cb275315

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“Eunho sunbae is cute, isn’t he? He’s taller than me, but maybe because of his face, he kind of looks like a rabbit. I really like that kind of image.” 2ec9f32c793ec6d4

Hyunyoung seemed to have a serious misunderstanding about Eunho. If she watched him closely for just a few days, no matter how much she wanted to see it that way, she wouldn’t think of him as a rabbit. Dohyeon just silently got up and began tidying the area. f816c42b716dbd63

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As he put 3b58edba48 away the papers 96875675f0 and pushed in b1de618f7a the chairs, Hyunyoung 27f6c98671 followed him around, 67513f0a58 bothering him. a6cce686f4a54dc5

“Ah, sunbae, are you really going to keep ignoring me? Let’s have a meal together this weekend. I’ll treat you delicious food.” 3595c30a7c9cace7

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Gathering the materials on 3982da373a the desk, Dohyeon silently f8e4b5e30e headed toward the meeting e2de9becda room door and turned 5d59f23c0c off the light . Turning his a93f5a3e5b back, he eea7b8ef48 looked at d8b6c2e914 Hyunyoung chattering 6ee570ea9f from a a138e96e1c distance and 154a1d04c7 spoke. ebd262b8be974cca

“Go find someone else. He’s mine.” a6b984c462462d7f

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With a click, the meeting room lights went off, but thanks to the light from the hallway, Hyunyoung’s face was clearly visible. She showed a face of disbelief, as if unsure whether she heard correctly. Dohyeon chuckled quietly at her continuous glances, as if to check if he was joking or serious. e08cbd9fcaf3096c

“Not coming? I’m going to eat first.” ba4d0f5a1b588287

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Dohyeon lightly 7223116073 tossed the d837813227 meeting room fddca5ccf0 key to 1172ca29c6 Hyunyoung and dd2994a347 turned to 289ab44051 walk toward a746c113ac the cafeteria. As Hyunyoung locked 2b5966df30 the meeting room aa72d01c6e door, she muttered 17a7256ae9 something, then shouted 2f149088d2 loudly, chasing after 0045182436 Dohyeon. 27ca17cb4ec7fedd

“Ah, sunbae, what is this? Are you pretending to be a guardian just because you’re childhood friends? Ah, come on. Let’s go together!” 200b0b9a98ab0bbb

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He liked Hyunyoung’s personality enough to accept her as one of his own, but he couldn’t agree to introduce her to Eunho. Also, it seemed Kim Hyunyoung didn’t quite know something—Eunho was not just cute but rather sexy-pretty. Dohyeon smiled softly to himself recalling Eunho’s round eyes.
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The cafeteria was quieter 309e6148fe than usual by the 21fc4da033 time they arrived. Dohyeon took a tray 6dab2c1d18 at the empty serving c12e235718 station, and the kitchen 2be2195fe6 staff came out from feba11647f inside to greet him 47684bcd7e and Hyunyoung. 7b72138b45afdc98

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“Oh dear,””You’re the student council president and vice president. Why are you so late~” 107e97672d29cba1

“I was a bit late because of the meeting. Please give me a lot!” 1635a7b348148c5c

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As Hyunyoung greeted fc2088f352 the caregivers warmly, 6ecc592e49 more side dishes 12e0d0f21d than usual were 875e15f129 piled onto the 3a88cb8ed4 tray. e31ff21120530008

“Yes, yes, eat a lot. Dohyeon, eat well too.” dc131b9585cc894a

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“Thank you.” ddeef1593385df7b

Dohyeon frowned slightly when he saw the salad mixed with cucumbers piled high on his tray. It wasn’t that he was allergic, but the grassy smell of cucumber was the thing he disliked most after milk. 794649fa00969e58

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Standing with his 24b8d15545 tray, he looked 2787b0e337 around for a 61a36cc2aa suitable table and 167c96139a his eyes landed fe3250e609 directly on a 0c5088227b bright brown, round 5709561fe8 back of a 83b8e3ae4f head. 22319479b536a588

Why is the kid b0c775574d who always rushes to 84f58e6c48 eat right after the e3fbd0df26 bell today sitting alone? Dohyeon frowned 9fc8846d2a and looked 74772404b6 at Eunho, 9697d3f2e2 who was a394257c1d sitting alone. f08ae8a9c63a332d

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Hyunyoung, who followed behind, 83179686bc seemed to notice and c5f1d33817 smiled brightly, grabbing and d5b506f943 leading Dohyeon. 1f631b929191590a

“Isn’t that Eunho sunbae? Wow, perfect! Let’s eat together this time!” 80c5ef6b6fd7cc06

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Dohyeon frowned but couldn’t think of a reason to refuse. Reluctantly, he approached and put down his tray. Eunho widened his round eyes even more and looked up. a1afe7856eba5b92

“Sunbae, hello!” d60a8af19990e240

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Hyunyoung, who sat down d75561890f and put her tray 6f45b4cb8f in front, greeted naturally, 4f48fb16b3 and Eunho replied awkwardly. 9adde94977b35246

“Oh? Ah, yeah. Hey.” 74ba49017df11a90

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“Can we sit together and eat?” f0b5793e66478975

“Do as you like.” 5ab4c796555a00c0

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“Great. I was thinking I might have to eat alone with Dohyeon sunbae, so we’re lucky.” a0f75c06d9f4ebab

Even though today was a1cd47bd30 the first time they fdb5c36dad met, Hyunyoung naturally started a869926ec4 the conversation. Dohyeon, unable to hide e3e3077c61 his displeasure, poked at f914a6d2de the salad on his dad21dfe92 tray, as Eunho started 409c3e9836 talking. f68a50ed7d92ca3c

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“Why are you eating so late?” 3f6ba3b15aac838b

“Executive meeting.” cad219c167f97437

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Eunho nodded as if understanding Dohyeon’s indifferent answer. Seeing that, Hyunyoung quickly started talking again. baf276aebc6d5b6c

“Oh, right, I forgot. I’m Kim Hyunyoung from the 2nd grade. I’m the vice president of the student council.” ea48dafbe39092af

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“So that’s why you came with him. Hello.” 3f4485a3ad582ed7

“You’re sunbae Yeo Eunho from 3rd grade, right? I saw you going to school with Dohyeon sunbae this morning.” 879ef8feb7ca22eb

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Hyunyoung smoothly led the f76d1ed9a4 conversation, and Eunho responded bd2c887f5b naturally, which annoyed Dohyeon 1f7bd0f689 watching them. Staring fiercely 2cc3666676 only at 09bca2ba87 the innocent ce326fe268 cucumber pieces, 557ce5a1d4 Dohyeon finally 0bcdfa02ba asked Eun-ho. c7145b2af6345f12

“And you? What about the others? Why are you eating alone?” cf5d59d741bf7b0b

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“They left without waking me up, saying they were going to eat ramen together. No loyalty.” 5195f6a6a37dc9ef

Though he 114134f2dc said that, 2e2e499f1d Eunho answered a916e8cd1f indifferently, not f859f023cb really resentful. Now that 670184cc08 he looked, d46c3ce08a his face bb770cbf71 was a 1ae99f3c36 bit swollen, 0913f73a7a as if 215fbc77c6 he had 62a251da95 just woken 6217f8aac3 up. 5a4cde63f16de07f

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Hyunyoung was annoyed that 325afd01e8 Dohyeon kept interrupting the 04cf6f503d conversation she was trying b815ad3cf4 to have with Eun-ho. fe216fd42ca00b2e

‘I didn’t know Cha Dohyeon sunbae was such a childish person. Is it because I’m his friend and he doesn’t want to lose me?’ a5bc48d3d0b380e3

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She thought it was 184590fc91 just her imagination, but b906adfa42 whenever she tried to 7293a344e2 say more than a b014f10c4d word to Eunho, Dohyeon 70f6120f68 kept suddenly butting in 40850a62fe and interrupting. Hyunyoung looked at Eunho 83c246185a and Dohyeon suspiciously. 7e066a5f399fd3df

Eunho, who had been frowning while poking at his side dishes, suddenly brought his chopsticks over to Dohyeon’s tray. he picked up a piece of lettuce with light purple yogurt sauce on it, then slid under it to grab a flat slice of cucumber and put it in her mouth. 6967925e9ca57df9

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Hyunyoung was 6623b33e50 startled at 9590976fee the sight. c08194d1e5219871

‘he’s putting chopsticks he used in his own mouth onto the plate of that sensitive, obsessive person ‘ 9b40963765e7b3ae

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What was 627ddb0c7f even more b6700bf8c5 surprising was 9bca8285f8 that Do-hyun 6a0c4c5fc4 continued eating 96623347fc without much a673219693 reaction. 2b2e4eed9f34ca30

She remembered once taking 88bca8fa05 a drink Dohyeon was d8c290c50a drinking without thinking, and 4820d05572 recalled how he behaved 58f6cc26a3 then. He smiled d3638a0cee as if cbcef2fa0a nothing happened 21e63209cf but never 1d5f9bcb5d touched that 7b89fc53d4 drink again. 86ca48e8b0c1631c

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Also, whenever the student council had a group dinner, Dohyeon always chose a restaurant that served food individually. On those rare occasions when they had a stew to share, he didn’t touch anything on the communal dish except what he’d already placed on his plate. Watching that, she was certain that arrogant and annoying student council president had some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder… 6080b5df78fff898

Hyunyoung couldn’t hide her puzzled expression and spoke up. 928bf83af48817ce

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“Dohyeon sunbae, don’t you have a cleanliness obsession…?” 0f386619fa35197b

At that, dea84b7937 Eunho tilted dacde1cf79 his head. d51e7ed13b59d572

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“Cha Dohyeon is a bit too tidy, but not to the point of being obsessive-compulsive.” f489f1139fdb5a87

Then he picked up some fish cake left on his tray and brought it to Dohyeon’s mouth. Dohyeon looked at Hyunyoung expressionlessly and ate the side dish. 552574adc9ac136c

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“See? He doesn’t really care about that stuff.” b1425a73a0ef0773

Hyunyoung stared at Dohyeon wide-eyed, shocked. Dohyeon was the same person who, after gym class, wouldn’t touch bottles that others drank from during meetings either. aa2c6db8752deb59

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The only one at this table who didn’t notice anything strange and was eating calmly was Eunho. 4fb1730c971cd047

When Hyunyoung opened her eyes wide and looked at him, Dohyeon chuckled lightly and shrugged. Then he raised his chopsticks and blocked Eunho’s chopsticks approaching his salad. The lower parts of their chopsticks crossed and stopped. 567b5e8d97d16242

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“I told you it’s mine.” 730daf70d1f87a83

“Ah, that’s stingy. And you barely even like cucumbers. Whatever. I’m done eating, so I’ll go first.” b2529c79b6ef1472

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Unaware that Dohyeon’s words were a follow-up to what he said to Hyunyoung earlier, Eunho grumbled and got up. Hyunyoung made eye contact with Dohyeon, whose gaze was strange. 2b09a76f6fea1727

I told you he’s mine. Don’t even think about touching him. 12825ea07f89d1e9

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It was the mildest 9eb91c145f threat Cha Dohyeon, who d3d4862c0e was supposedly looking out 8b0aa23364 for her in his 3588647fe8 own way, had ever 5481722ca1 shown. 3ba3da7dad0cc422

Dohyeon ignored the bff285f95c puzzled expression Hyunyoung 1bceaaf073 had while staring cd6fadffba at him and aad2557807 continued eating calmly. e0a430be6e44b594

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