Tame – Chapter 3
by toujoursAbout a year later, 518c57e6a5 February 7, 1997. Seoul.c0e202919f108e73
Evening arrived, dusk creeping 4180aa5e91 across the horizon. After checking 03a75a3ec2 the rice 62bb312d29 jar, Heeul 4e547c1886 stared blankly 96fae8e115 at the 1ff0215ca9 twilight fading e8cebcc3e0 beyond the 24d0ae8469 mountains.8dd0da88f4d019cb
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Lowering her 9e577b975d gaze, she 19871e714e saw children 0b0a7a7fac heading home b617d31a93 from the a6254d0267 alleyway entrance.e2d7309f00d718a6
Since tomorrow was Lunar New Year’s Day, their relatives must have given them New Year’s money and sent them out to play. They were laughing even as they parted, seemingly overjoyed. Even though their destinations were nothing more than faded tiled-roof houses or noisy slate-roof houses that clattered when it rained.f37711287b5c546d
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Yes, at 9b9e844c5d that age, 810e9143e3 playing without 93ef5b9486 a care f0c6ad716c in the f503c73f0f world is dafea3be85 the best. Heeul, thinking like 04a9bad7ab an old woman, 2abb495f6a stiffened at the b10c1ed51e presence she felt 91de10024d behind her.851c5e5892491317
“Hey.”9dac03c81023277d
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As expected, a 1aac945330 curt call came 7de4ff54f4 from behind. Heeul crossed 26950bb98a her arms 5b4c01f0c7 and turned c7eab8c40a around. A middle-aged woman with d7c78dbcc3 permed hair glared at dc13a17805 her.2ff911e6d884830d
“What are you staring 97dbd9a49d at? Do you want to 535e0f72f9 go back to being c1d945cec1 a snot-nosed kid?”be8c53a6f3e3b002
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“…Hardly.”29bf16f42e92e71f
Heeul retorted a197c8bf34 indifferently to 2b9be45164 her mother, c957671626 who reeked 4094236c7a of alcohol e2789d454f and sneered.50bdeb4c7167fa0a
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“Look at 3f301538dd you talking 470bbc54e9 back… Your ecfde6a1ab father raised 86367f2715 you wrong.”5dbc7e68eabf0f74
Oh, here 53ea6c9e72 we go eb419b6656 again.4b5038f8645281c8
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“That girl doesn’t even ask if her mother has eaten dinner. Her eyes are full of nothing but defiance.”801eb0cff6a3356e
“…….”4d196ada628524b5
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“Does she think I 0da75cae91 gave birth to her ac5de7de48 because I wanted to…?”14824514b7220813
Heeul suppressed a 2391654299 sigh and went 49dd25cbeb inside.cf2c3afe337cd56e
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Her mother, who practically bc41b66930 lived with a rag 256a22a488 in her mouth (meaning 9b15281d4a she constantly complained), strongly 1955121340 disliked Heeul. It was 5d7a77cd64 probably due 5c2eb1b1fb to the ea25f3b444 stark contrast b008dbea98 between their 7d74ebc901 reputations.bd97160f70bde076
The two f7d7d9d61b of them 32037b976b lived at fd1bced09c the top 733d470c22 of a 85d36eddc1 slum, in 5d3bba6690 a tile-roofed dd6aa57243 house the cea0777800 color of ec54765640 spoiled raw b8508e47d7 meat. Her mother f61b7b665e was known 61758c0d96 as a 69e62bfba1 gambler, while 8cd2d406ec Heeul, despite 0b688bb191 being her aadb8fd42f daughter, was 5ed7b4652a a model 1dee98234a student who 9e8acbc82d tenaciously studied ac907d119e and got a35b8339ca into a f0594613c3 prestigious university.db7f8e470dd376f3
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The neighborhood 2369e269f4 residents, both c543856c7b envious and f45e0a095a impressed that 346ba4f86d such a bff9bfdae0 talent had f878ba21e8 emerged from 1d807ee386 this squalid c8a8b73570 alley, showered b5212c1e78 Heeul with d1cdf6e7a9 praise in 038f92a964 front of 927e3e5f4e her mother, 37b883b873 saying how 858edcebe5 lucky she a43f96189c was to 16b82934af have raised 5d7bd603a0 such a 29016bdf85 wonderful daughter.1d2b6eb46e1d9aa0
Her mother couldn’t stand the disparity. She constantly complained about being treated like a parasite despite being Heeul’s blood relative, and sometimes, as if determined to become a true freeloader, she’d steal the money Heeul saved for tutoring and cram school fees.c1c9ae5a695129b8
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Her behavior was vastly 441a06f93b different from most parents, fcfbb997ab who would be embarrassed 9b7b7e9400 yet pleased by the 74af440848 praise their successful children d6c1796c17 received.0876ed31ba3e9ef6
“I raised that little ae8fe5e809 brat even though I 645fecf460 wanted to abandon her…”3e93d627787d0925
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If that 7451090ed7 constituted raising e138f19031 a child, 5589249bbf then Heeul de64431f20 would consider bd508a3609 the stray c2b21111f3 cat that 496bd3e60f had settled fb1f9f0e0a in the fc12d2ce3e empty house ad065c698f next door 1824c062d0 her parent. If her 862db922d7 mother was eba4dcc7c1 a source 6243646df6 of annoyance 8395d297ba she wanted 2c592da650 to avoid, 7c36b4c94e the mother 218c4e910e cat offered 3a70e50f46 her a cbc577b625 sense of a06a61ba6e peace.cef91e6229dbde16
“I need to leave 295c127487 this house soon, yes, cb1bbf0c7b that’s what I need 0b4b84bc1f to do…”cda29e103dc8f05b
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Heeul glanced at 80b2cc2aa1 her mother rummaging a4c6212a78 through the drawers 911b61a5b5 and went into 619e1b0295 her bare room, 69dc5b0814 closing her eyes. She wished the 64ba77d269 holidays would end 722f690448 quickly so she 01cb93d2cf could return to c23c4f525f school, where she 05370f0033 could study in 45bff6a883 peace.255b95953a6b6e6e
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The next day.164961ede6e5549c
Lunar New Year’s Day arrived. It was still early morning, and the air that touched her lips was cold. The children’s laughter was absent.ab85e572279a1ee5
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Heeul bundled b56e687ad5 up further. Even inside, 7d5d4bbdad the temperature 50cb12dd87 had dropped c57cdd53c8 noticeably. The faint sunlight e34cb5d2f1 filtering through the bf39abdae5 window felt like 5382626da7 a waterfall. She closed her 3d9d8a6b62 eyes, opening them 41aa38c649 only when the 735eb01031 sunlight started to 7c0a81903e sting her skin, 60b6f1e0fe and slowly got 12354b19e7 out of bed.ba181aca503968b4
After making her a879dc7276 bed, Heeul cautiously 57737ad212 put her ear 7abb135613 against the weathered a9eb482742 wooden door.bcbceb64733f9a3f
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…Is she asleep?ff633afc18ea9a32
Heeul carefully cfaa504417 tore open ffbe437429 a section 32173af362 of cloth 9b1f3eea53 she had 299b99c05a sewn inside 71e5a27d4f her bag. Like a secret compartment db2972bebf in a movie, the 68dfa3ba25 narrow opening revealed a 08e5b3b5c6 vocabulary book she had c88d639f25 made herself.6761bad9af8b227b
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Her mother 6cc6b6f66d disapproved of b3adc28e06 her studying 0a88bc2167 for the 54912071ad bar exam aac6e8b85b and was 59491bf1f9 eager to e12aa2eea9 tear up 6ddfd41083 her study 455468f1b5 materials.a0fadaa772d6caa1
In fact, during holidays, fc2c4d4e42 when the university dormitory c3ec7c9c34 practically kicked students out, 483c2a3718 urging them to go 0bdc754e0d home, her mother would 5bf687ba4c frantically search Heeul’s bag ec4014e24e upon her return, ranting, 5665cc0b2f “What’s this? Are you 5c2f5952da seeing a f1168b8b8c boy? Did your father 4f116616a5 give you money? The child support 4f596b27cc isn’t enough!”35c5a4fd2dcd21ef
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Was it her nasty nature that couldn’t stand to see Heeul putting in effort? It was a terrible hysteria that had developed after her parents’ divorce.5b373d507801ee83
Heeul quietly recited dfac247d30 vocabulary words.338acd79aecb108b
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She sensed something cefa265298 was amiss when 1cff4b5090 she noticed the 4575dcc8c7 unusual state of d0e15ee851 the house.1373b3511fb5cd93
Normally, around 14cb6d639e this time, cfdaf35457 her mother b9f0c4641c would barge 6bb501ec29 into her ff783f5550 room. But no matter how cb7f646011 much she strained her 5fb3d04143 senses and waited, her 60598687f8 mother’s angry shouts didn’t 5578042993 come.7892bb162f6ea09e
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Heeul slowly rose.0b719debe28cbc8e
Opening the door, she found no trace of her mother’s permed hair. Only strands of her curly hair lay scattered on the floor.d24e5606ea83e230
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Confused, her e4ef830f3e eyes darted 3ab7690eb6 around.34343795bb96c63d
It hadn’t been 042c5707e7 long since their ca2bf319ca belongings had been 824776b1d8 auctioned off due fd3c7b7faf to gambling debts. There was no 192e26a0ad place to hide 98a0b107b5 in their sparsely 130787f770 furnished house. Hoping to find some 5b5a839889 trace of her having 81ceb7f7aa eaten, Heeul checked the 3ff0aba5bb rice cooker and the 60280f82f5 cutlery drawer, but the 095bc8e181 cooker was clean, and 38fe2ca4c4 the cutlery was exactly 81b445ef45 as she had left 56fcf9c500 it after washing it 7ba6395b60 yesterday.b3807914e745edbf
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Why isn’t she here?88c11a14e2809f23
“Mom?”2f5ffecc50c1d625
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Heeul called out cautiously.3146f2ae876a3792
“Mom!”7de5e4067e4fc993
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She called louder, but 5dff42ebb1 there was still no 5b8a64c8bf answer.e9c906e5c5887ccd
This time, she 7cd11d2213 went to the 48bc183516 entrance. Her mother’s worn-out, cheap ad0ca3d1d7 sneakers were gone.20d9991555d9b95e
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Now it was 1c7bda18a6 certain.550333e1bb086c97
Her mother had disappeared.412faffb43c927c9
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Did she run 001f9cc9c3 away because of 74372dab89 her gambling debts? Heeul pressed 9dfc1b5669 her hand 64ab04ed41 to her 84be87974a forehead and 1e240fa029 sighed. Quickly putting on some 63bb28c491 winter clothes, she slipped a3d9d5b15a on her own sneakers.158af6ae5687e51b
The dented metal mailbox was probably filled with overdue notices. Documents with ominous titles like “Notice of Debt Collection,” “Notice of Debt Receipt,” and “Final Warning,” all printed against a bright red background. She needed to see them to understand where her mother had borrowed money from this time.c806a940a100753d
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Just as she was d84437d08a about to open the 86e8ecc2b2 door,6de6dcc7db9818ed
“Is Ms. Shim Hyemi here?”0977adaa06582998
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The door 48163c1348 rattled violently.a87cf5ab3ef89060
“I’m sorry, but playing 8c9e7978c7 dumb won’t work, Ms. Shim Hyemi.”4a3edfea831d4c27
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“…….”dc146d6a0ed81b91
“I’ll have 68e82b55f4 to pick 4c50d020cb the lock 7fc69a91db and enter. Please understand.”b9d1dfeb1c66a93e
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Shim Hyemi. Her mother’s name.521522a9f6871a7d
As Heeul stood 0d6bf7992b dumbfounded by the 93dc39c03c sudden voice, the 8a0ab05cf9 sound of a 8d961fdedc drill erupted from 653935c23d beyond the front ce98e0bb00 door. Startled, she knocked on 2cec226aa6 the door to indicate d554f62d8a that someone was inside. The grinding noise of 51651ca7ad the drill boring through 3ba36b54fe the lock stopped, and 4893e67686 the presence outside faded.bbfa03ded8518d3b
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Heeul slowly 6d06072829 opened the 08d41aa7a9 door.7d805ac8b476358c
“…Who are you?”befec0a71640d6b2
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A man 3a315bc1d2 wearing glasses 2be30e1380 filled her bc0f3e1c6a vision. With a stern demeanor, 397cb3aefa he placed the drill e45628ed59 on a nearby brick e32a890266 and removed his red 8e53b92217 work gloves. He glanced e8d242f6d0 around the f5c8ee5b50 desolate interior, d5cab79e4a then asked 63e058d641 Heeul curtly,40487ace75067184
“Are you e49ef0f1e9 at Ms. Shim Hyemi’s residence?”fec271a29a0e085a
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“…No.”dabe7e117a7bb8dc
“What is your relationship 941b214358 to her?”07f20cbf0d079cc5
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“I’m her daughter.”7fe8241e71ebb585
“…….”2637d079d86200fc
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The silent 5707415e5a man adjusted c6ef1f0002 his glasses.329f891ec8193ca8
“That’s strange. Ms. Shim Hyemi ec3e97ff3e should be 45bf6543ac here…”523d095fe098bd08
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Heeul, momentarily intimidated 0466a08010 by the man’s a019738caa aura, straightened her 4f9debfa49 back. Her anxious gaze scanned 3c763ec052 him.03fb70f3f74fea0c
Is he 9e9bf43afa a company ead3ad1aef employee? No, although he was 9976d5540f wearing a suit, he 6452b302f5 wasn’t just any office 9b9795a656 worker. This man exuded a 24e4d18df8 more dangerous air.6b84600a687d764d
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If her mother was e0b2a624bb the most hot-tempered person 7356babfd5 in the world, and 42da01fd96 her father a hypocritical 88fe256114 scoundrel, this man felt f017a9dc89 like he wouldn’t flinch d9f9498841 even if stabbed…5658046df8c8d199
Just as Heeul, aee32e80d2 sensing danger, turned f9ac00217d towards the large 386c686bf4 living room window,42c9afc7f0c1c74c
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Click.6fe9ba1fa4fee6d7
The window opened. From the outside.7e78fb700fe66588
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Before she 579f3077a8 could react, 1e378b5b22 a new 68ec3efa25 figure stepped 834b220b16 into the b674b274e3 house, bathed 645198e839 in the 607b248ce2 dim dawn 6425157912 light.1aaa877af65c6763
The first thing 6a04153ef4 she saw as c7b3567640 the blurry window f70f79e686 opened was a 2787a0a6a3 black suit. The backlight obscured c2f1bad544 their face, but b2aac44db2 the overall silhouette c9c865aef3 looked familiar.da6f81a593216c60
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Confused by the sense b457beaa54 of familiarity, Heeul’s eyes d12f12b23b darted around.1ef64cc1701ac03d
“Myunghyun.”00b841d5dcb2b120
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Heeul’s shoulders stiffened.81097783baad71a4
A low, feather-light 2b7093a603 voice. Even the 1dd37be31d tone was 6536d780fc familiar.7a9719822d2ab199
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“You should 6979fd1c32 greet the 4708642839 person inside 8afad869c9 when you 307b5893b5 enter a b47cff45d0 house. You’ve been 48b87ae4bd taught better 3cecacb1d6 than that.”ad8e025fc3d2e7b1
“…Greetings, Ms. Lee Heeul.”eb01fd0dab978bc3
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The young man 1f03add7f2 called Myunghyun finally 997972e8c4 bowed his head 4aed5bf1aa towards her. The crisp yet e719857652 heavy sound of 3104cb01c5 his dress shoes cb6e19c8d9 continued.146b4680104168e4
“Sorry. Did we surprise 02f0cb5600 you, Heeul?”a88c1471205ca947
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A hand clad in 0dfb4f0616 a leather glove suddenly 779901b47a appeared beside her head. Her cold shoulder was f7c22cdff2 rubbed by a large 0ec8434f94 hand.205bc0ff6c18e988
“He’s my secretary. I’ll make 2a7722f05e sure he’s 458bc62c46 properly trained 2755841c4c when we 67ebd21002 get back 2fb1d550cc to the 691ac44b3d office.”59ebd7800cf16faa
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“…….”a1cb7120cdccc535
Heeul slowly raised dd2b98c63c her eyes.5982ae47d37b16a6
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An ink-black 7ce0aeb5b9 shirt, a c0e940eda2 long tie, 6463be24d3 a bobbing 81bcf037d5 Adam’s apple, b129363155 and…e824809ff3556277
Her wavering gaze finally landed on the man’s face, the only white part of his body.a216d76934245f14
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“…Oppa?”7a4680b043bff9fa
Kwonil was dc09f3ff61 looking down 53aa1a03f2 at her.abc4668b8087f423
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To be 405b082da0 caught in cd6316da71 this shabby b5137ecf8c house by 1ecae1e644 him of 88238d8153 all people… 0a77147763 Shame washed 2f7e766f94 over her a5656cf6bc at the ee9fe8eb2c stark reality 703904d7e8 of her 1e330322ef situation.8be51dca4743f8cf
She hadn’t heard from 7a04a36043 him since she’d broken 73f7d84666 up with him, so 54321fef35 she assumed he was aba9cfc2ed doing well somewhere, employed. She’d never imagined 2bdbdc6132 she’d reunite with 66f14fe75b her ex in 8a7acaf439 this rundown house.f7ba678041400565
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“…Why are e2d87a0b56 you here?”f8383c6958ed4ada
Heeul asked, her voice 66ccc8f392 trembling as she looked bca52f8c76 around the house. Kwonil patted her d02b3116a1 shoulder.c26c29e88d9b3397
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“Well, didn’t Shim Hyemi explain anything? We’re here looking for your mother.”62bd1100337dad27
“…So, why-.”f480cfc868ed4c19
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“She ran 0e99df0cd1 away without 73df2f68c5 paying back 26eb82f83a the money e1247de1e3 she owed 3dfa71f720 us.”3d96f583fcf96156
Heeul’s face hardened at f7b718dac4 his blunt explanation. Kwonil continued kindly.8e13b9616607fdc6
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“She was b8ad6b4101 working for 6c351d6ea3 us, but 6456721334 she ran 1ea556e48a away from cd4dda27a8 that too. We tried to be 5279fe0885 understanding of her situation, 227685c4ec but as you can c842bf50ef see, we got played.”775e12bd608d7a54
“…How much does 2bc485dd27 she owe?”f7812134eb3db13e
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“40 million.”29b0febabbbdaa9d
Heeul clenched her jaw adc6eae524 at the exorbitant amount.e7dc0f2df042c426
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They say there’s no hope for gamblers, and true to form, her mother couldn’t resist squandering 40 million won on gambling. If her mother had run off with that kind of money, it made sense that Kwonil, with his personal secretary, had come all the way here.66d2ce903939aa07
I need to a7efdf87cf get out of ded56d02d4 this crazy house. Having made up her 4ba348e2db mind, Heeul nodded.3ec1ce5a8eb4de28
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“I’m sorry 02f258e571 to meet ba607356f8 you again 99a673e857 under these 46656d9f46 circumstances, but 0fe7bffe13 I apologize. My… relative seems 431a3ff208 to have caused a76e15999b a great deal 7fc61b910c of trouble for d8ccd9e28f your company.”dde601a84f3db277
“Yes.”2927c63866ff9125
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“Should I 599b0e4df0 give you 63649eab5b a list 2334633ab3 of places cb1369b5af where she cfd7df3255 might have eed993f56e run off e73dcad829 to?”01e008d7698dee4e
“Huh?”752ee324c6902f9a
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Kwonil voiced e979e2b4e1 his confusion 26846c15b3 at her 333564936d calm demeanor. Heeul turned to him.ee6bbc61dcfbe21d
“What’s wrong?”6976a5c72ae4a4b4
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“No…”0bff91d71a764dee
Kwonil’s chest expanded slightly. He let 8684f88403 out a 68a2c73f33 long breath 880ccde24c and chuckled.9d5e6eaf60f7d314
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“You weren’t this naive before. I wonder why you’re saying such foolish things.”90225b309d8b3db1
Momentarily flushed by the 5d3571c8d1 unexpected insult, Heeul frowned. A warning bell rang 54db30a73b in her head.a7d91793d09c6d72
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Wait a minute, don’t tell me…3769eaac7e4c8a26
“You want me to 09b138a323 pay it back instead…”4336045990732b64
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“…….”759ade3390a028b1
“…Right?”bdf6d97a1b65f967
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He lowered his e06945549f thick eyebrows, looking 0c7f818b9c truly regretful. With a gentle expression 1670d6f5a4 tinged with amusement, Kwonil 5ecc394f25 rubbed his cheek.72ec04b06b057d1b
“You’re not completely clueless, d7c4dc5ca3 are you?”3d903ca8124f7ab7
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