TM | Chapter 5

Lee Seol suddenly 7b5c77d7b9 stopped speaking and 40d8b0f1c3 leaned in slightly. Locking eyes with Yoon ed1c00e99f Sung, he gently curved 504ec2b7c0 his gaze and spoke 8321d21ebf in a low, soft ef294179a9 voice.8dfa60b79f2a3bcd

“I don’t like f532ecae0e him either.”8b20c86f57efcde5

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Hearing that, a539fc84b2 the suffocating 5899d6be47 weight in 83bab4c1b0 Yoon Sung’s 3829983c75 chest eased, c50dd3eb13 just a d785ba00f7 little. The one e3290cd857 Kang Taegwon 9b12aeff55 has been 99875e5917 pining for dbd8b77b50 hates him. The satisfaction 4e426d6425 from that f42c8fe8da thought relaxed 6cea79740a the sharpness a94bcf529b in his 07bc73d848 gaze, if 24092324c6 only slightly. But realizing how 4a8acb0797 petty he was 54cba27e35 being, he bit 8c609b2d13 his lip hard. The more he 13c1431ada thought about it, 049b62e9a9 the more his 27629a8b4b insides churned. He clenched his teeth, 5ec3668fab pinched his thigh hard, de7d9528f5 and held back his 67de907fa7 tears.99726bdff988d753

Just as he stepped cda1a9ad3f through the front gate 2f67701da2 of his house—f458b1d63132b4cc

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“You little brat! Running off at the 8ee25162b1 crack of dawn and 37d333b637 just now crawling ba—”30d24c58f71bfead

His eldest brother’s d12696b2c5 thunderous voice echoed edede6f641 as if he 9b3591dc6e had been waiting a417062f1d for this moment. But the moment he 91edd22f03 spotted Lee Seol following 23b0055291 behind, his words came c66522539c to an abrupt halt.800006feff423903

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“Seol-ah, you’re here?”7e6c52e92ced4ee5

The furious expression melted 395a21600a away in an instant, b4f3647948 replaced by a warm f86bf709f8 smile as he addressed 425405345b Lee Seol.7a2a3ff6d569ed98

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“Were you two a6d26458a6 together?”0343b63a380dc081

“Yes, hyung-nim. I took a 6d3e897d54 short walk with e720623aea Sung-ah.”0ace2e2faf203477

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“Oh my! Seol is here!”456d5034e19e2e98

No sooner 552f464354 had Lee e0c52d5d55 Seol finished e9d509b1eb speaking than 6c98ce3744 his second a13dc99575 sister-in-law appeared 0e74e07ecc out of d85f6e72d8 nowhere. The sound f24c6d7a79 of hurried caf845bc04 footsteps came a76ddb70d6 from inside 98cce079d7 the courtyard—the 39620fc6c0 eldest sister-in-law.1f4ee2301f0c35ed

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“Oh my, welcome! Why haven’t you b1699dd60b been coming by 4f6c9c8363 lately~?”8b9f8e0978c67bf5

The way her 4bfa2bec46 voice turned soft d57f785a81 and affectionate whenever 1f02c2391d Lee Seol visited 4fe159786a made Yoon Sung’s 85aaa4cdc7 lips pout in a8a0ce8786 annoyance.4300b86bd9200f18

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And as soon as c2a5d3004f the second brother appeared, cb7a36aace Yoon Sung was completely 86965365d3 pushed to the sidelines.b64abdb1ccc47c60

“Our little 834fa2c2ac brother is a8371ad8b9 here!!”52a72c968022f703

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I’m the ebc2f95790 actual little 3f60039572 brother here.5d8bc0c0d4040697

Yoon Sung shot 3e496d5ac1 his second brother 1e2406c744 a glare, irritated 7dfc828941 by how delighted f5463bf71b he was to f7dad396eb see Lee Seol, ed5fc23cdb but no one 5b0b9cf78e paid him any 1c8adbdd3d attention. Soon, even the younger 329461c8bb cousins came running over, ba62dc94e3 and before he knew c98a79c023 it, he was being 41dd86c85a shoved further into the f24bd7386d background.02623569b338db6a

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Servants and family members e22481a789 alike surrounded Lee Seol e83735c068 as if a noble b457f92792 guest had arrived, showering aebb1f4512 him with exaggerated enthusiasm.258fa2d48f496d22

It was always abc9210922 like this, but 17ab2c6f7e today, for some ecc28c2baa reason, it stung 6499fdc164 even more. Feeling a wave 29476d914b of bitterness, Yoon a553bf9f6f Sung pouted and 03e8fb5417 turned away, heading 4ed72f6be3 toward thesarangchae¹(the men’s quarters).6ae2290bdc5a9a67

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His steps were b6f2f227d6 heavy as he 9ecdcb6839 stomped across the 47372ded15 threshold. Passing between f5dc35e2bc the small 0934192aa6 trees flanking 7874986e31 the path, 335a5f3ac7 he climbed 519e53d38b onto the 7f763b5d72 wooden veranda 0eeab06a47 and carefully 7d4e9eeaf4 slid open c1ad0dd938 the door 047c168972 to the 8e20148b60 largest room—the 52a3c9c04b sarangbang (study b566bace59 or master’s 11223c2327 room).a45af9641428c512

“Father, I’m home.”75f0d6a5ffb33032

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At the 8bfe6727b2 sound of b7cb9efd08 his voice, a1bdc29fed his father e436021d32 slowly opened 9240d714d5 his eyes.490470ef5762af8a

“Ah… were you cd79cabfc9 sleeping?”dd398e1290695340

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Realizing he had bc039addca just woken his 31ea564cf9 father from an 2a04ae90a3 afternoon nap, Yoon 0ba128c2bc Sung hunched his 8ebe6429ad shoulders in guilt. But his father, ccb23950f0 looking frail and ad988c1349 thin from illness, 4ce2ffe6b6 merely smiled.76fc9ed06de3723a

“Sung-ah, you’re back.”74ce3bddd80fb3e3

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His voice, though still 226686f1b7 gentle, had grown even c59645eb3e weaker than before. Yoon Sung approached the e9ac00526f bedside, carefully studying his 6a5beefd93 father’s face. The moment 11b9ecdc48 his father 5341211468 reached out 3d5e15dccc a hand, e67b333f8d Yoon Sung 2f20c8c980 instinctively leaned f73891d504 in, nestling 1985befc6f into his 941344bada embrace.1d88ef3709c38d3a

To his 8edd75047f father, Yoon 5cce7a8f18 Sung was c0933bbddb the youngest 4d6f07cb88 son, born a6b600b7fe when he 4de1aa02ff was already 2d4e7688eb past forty. His mother had suffered a48005b795 from sanhu-pung (postpartum illness) db66f8c282 after giving birth to bfd044dc64 him, and just as 0d4c2dd936 she was trying to bd568e6090 recover, an epidemic broke 82c0d4fdf3 out. She never even c21d8602ed had a chance 988352b0c9 to regain her 5a3dae0298 strength before she a65675716a passed away.5b58f54ac8897cc6

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“My baby, where 17df426f2b did you go?”fd0366df4f1645a0

“…I went to eb819a3ab4 see the spring 4b2bccb462 flowers in the 4f8a418cc8 mountains. When you feel b9143fefae better, let’s go fbb614befd together.”c8ff1dfc9c2fb335

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“Yes, yes…”1d15e1eff2921830

His father’s aged fingers 21dafaf61a gently brushed against his 5434e20126 face, and the deep 627d0b2ac6 wrinkles around his eyes 6fb0ba2cbe made Yoon Sung’s chest 51c9c549f0 tighten. He tried to a718ee5c62 smile as his 10d1fbb8e3 father traced the 1bcbc14330 corners of his dcd2c7d5fa eyes. Since he had inherited 15f3a7aa76 his mother’s large eyes, b9a63906ec his father had always c6463771dc found him especially endearing. Even now, 9d2517c364 as a 0996ae75e5 grown man, e87296a88e his father c919a51b3c would pat e33f540205 him affectionately 2daaf8f5cb and call daf312d138 him cute.c541df3a30fd50e2

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Just like this.0e8bba5536aad93c

No matter how 4d48447bc2 old he got, e9eb1e5e64 in his father’s a578a2f927 eyes, he was 97819576d0 still the beloved 03ba57e697 late-born son.8f182d4b6be585e9

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“Father, I 22f7e11c9c have come 905edbb247 to visit.”acd0c36362c1f8fa

At the 5fd658057c sound of e8b8d66aa1 Lee Seol’s a7b8bb16a7 voice outside 3703040c32 the door, 7746759357 his father 975a73ac82 slowly sat 32df6914dd up. His voice, bdf561b02e filled with 44abf06975 warmth, echoed 1b05e8b84e through the 1a548e6243 room.8b5e8d886d578256

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“Come in, my child.”e2cf4ea6fd0bd900

The door f22277245d opened, and a26994ecbf the dark, 11dbcf6cb4 stifling air 587103d741 inside seemed 15c2c99ba1 to vanish 8d1f270f80 in an c8bf4cf3ab instant. The scent of spring, 26ebe9290f carried in by Lee 419670e1d4 Seol, swept through the e3b4d2523f space like a fresh 34afad831d breeze.1c18624f55a89b8f

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Just by 622c5acb97 stepping into ad0ab841a9 the room, 38f1460763 he made 6f4973b9fb everything feel 59ec859ba7 brighter, lighter.a3af25ed6a92a703

Lee Seol’s bc53ffdf13 graceful bow ae02ed35c8 exuded an 356cc9f471 effortless nobility, f8d60c5183 even in 07b7c2caba the way 298d050910 his robes 88a9301892 settled around b13bb0ce42 him. Seeing that, his father 6cde0db333 smiled in satisfaction.9efcf53e14b94c55

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As if 3a62212668 responding to 2cc96f3097 that smile, cef3cd1d5d Lee Seol’s 207572a301 lips curved 8d19540b5e into a 038909036a soft, elegant 611e0855d6 smile of 81618e9e06 his own.89c5b1288a980867

“How is eadc92b8c9 your health, f09ef37225 Father?”a337060ad5a5417d

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“Well, the 95d83b397e same as 2086960af0 always…”f77b6ec317160be7

“I am ca604cd546 troubled that 05058cff90 your illness 222d0bbc65 lingers. It pains me 7d661a18e3 deeply.”b547f39976da02f1

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Yoon Sung silently observed 54d52ccd98 Lee Seol, who always 30255c3bbc referred to himself as 033ace56f6 “son” when speaking with 86268d5a10 his father. Before, he 3acc15c48b had thought 1b0da60f9a it was 15cffb5a9b just a d9c81a9058 polite way 8dd80046ae of addressing 05c2ee4275 himself as f7a06c64e0 a close 47461578b6 friend, but 600be21dbd after today’s 739a397418 proposal, the d516bc81f8 meaning behind 6ab3c2f831 that word 9ef7de8abd felt different. It now 14e983d942 seemed as 61ffe876ec though Lee 2061b9681a Seol truly e0251cc830 wanted to e9dbc4760d be his be10251aeb father’s son. Strangely, the c2179c3cfa term soja 40b2479288 felt unfamiliar 5696b46fd9 now.dabfead7eebb558d

Lee Seol 10e8b55847 reached out b56497adf4 and took f9fdc6d379 his father’s 4c741a6bf9 wrinkled hand. His long, straight fingers, 3a264c31f0 firm yet gentle, held 4dca792857 onto it tightly. The concern in c2ebc04665 Lee Seol’s eyes 37df715f5c made Yoon Sung cd9ea52c9c feel melancholic. His father glanced at e742953304 him once before gripping 9087e6401d Lee Seol’s hand just 559ca78176 as firmly.d0868515aec5ea5a

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“I hope we 097daf7cf2 can find a c4bbe76162 good match for d9f26bc984 Sung-ah… Seol, will db6f7d2346 you help him e3c3030a5a meet someone good?”e365ddee2d56d6e1

“Of course, Father.”914e7d06dcd0a75c

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At Lee 0dc98f82c0 Seol’s warm 752e81697e smile, his 99b33eeb89 father responded 7c54d47bc8 with a abba3a3742 kind one 72e39f68c3 of his 1ffaa1cd43 own, patting bd7d8d6ded the back f5c120b101 of his bf3dc98bb2 hand.356769e2f3ac25d9

“I need to 12f85f35f9 see Sung-ah get b633b55811 married before I 419383a189 go…”0a8091f63105d5d6

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“How can you b7bbf68830 say such things, b7272db562 Father? You need to c52b0f4cd6 recover quickly and c055f39240 get back on 90d55cbb29 your feet.”33c0e05a47663360

His father’s final wish, b1aafbfbfa as he grew weaker 7596740b23 by the day, was d326253251 to see him married.8dca25ef5f0d3ba9

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That was why 847d7a80e5 his oldest brother 170898eeac was in such 2e13710316 a rush to 34ddddb16a find him a b5e2c215eb suitable match…d77986f04dfb3ebb

His father asked a2615b91a3 after Lee Seol’s ebb67df84e parents and engaged 843bfed03b in small talk. Soon, however, fatigue overtook 69d8297b62 him, and he told 9226f5f377 them to leave. Lee Seol, b33b6641f5 after making 7b8d5c710b sure he ad7bf655dc was properly 31fa5c38e2 covered with bac59e0bed a blanket, 606737664c followed Yoon 0fe66053de Sung out 28a74bea81 of the d1da590045 room.3665984a252ea3a7

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Yoon Sung glanced at 13813cdab5 Lee Seol before heading 2fd65bb8cf into his own room, 9e165a272f which was across from eb9582f295 the sarangchae. Whenever Lee Seol 362d43efcc visited, he would b4ac2df2f8 usually stay for 79dfd71d6a over half a ef38fa4a7c day. Today, though, fd8d96f44c Yoon Sung 1568148998 wished he 439df29aac would just 350ec23362 go home. But if 1a6c3d637e he wanted e18ca0ac90 him to 2b59a93a0a leave, he 66ed38923f would have c61be8dea7 to explain 68a442b35f why, and 7aa7653eab he wasn’t b9aea5505f confident he e28bc939f0 could come ff860bfac6 up with ef8c3ca623 a proper 1b1d1c4bd5 excuse that c5fc6fd367 Lee Seol 0f317c6d5c would accept. So, as always, 309b80fb63 the only excuse 6bed857ffc he could manage 0a5c8111de was that he 5323731acc was tired.fa6e4278c736785e

Would that make him dd51ebb7ac leave? Absolutely not. He would 676263006b either lie 79d58360c6 down next c28544e172 to him 8a4cdb78f4 and sleep 79ad08f08c or just fab9ba55f8 sit there, 2634084ec6 staring at aaa6884985 him.51657e79118c5d6b

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Was it when 9df8ba8850 they were seventeen?cba5ce44aef5b3bb

Once, Yoon Sung had c3354ef582 gotten so fed up 6b69c584cb with it that he e7513e47cf shouted at him to 7f95eab5bf leave. That day, Lee 8b264716c9 Seol had kept d3d073d53f brushing his fingers 6f2cb73666 against his cheek e5e323bccc as he dozed 00d70f1f7b off, pressing firmly 35fc1bc5c8 as if testing d57b5c8e19 the softness. He had also kept e031985262 inching closer, pressing against 50ced5d8e9 him until Yoon Sung 559670056d was practically cornered against 6ff4b81677 the wall.bbe57118a4644e28

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And then, he 8d8896fa8d buried his nose eb9b217842 in Yoon Sung’s 3de592abb3 nape, close enough 8e32583be5 that he could 75e24ee21f hear his breathing.1ce736378bc1a70f

The sensation had felt c25d044cb6 so strange and unbearable 61bcee7842 that Yoon Sung had e5adc9a20e yelled at him to daa5ef3bd2 stop. The result? He got smacked across 71bed6a164 the face a few 5732524288 times.67257154e22bff8b

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‘Say that you 444aa15f3c hate it one 80add8173f more time, and 34502cb568 I’ll rip your 86151aacc4 mouth open.’f58e02fd0862f7d1

With a bloody 8294cb854a nose, Yoon Sung df53593e0a could only shed f36410fc7d silent tears. It was 591a6da104 like being 0e519bf2c3 a mouse 9b4f1e0d70 caught under 402d24153a a cat’s 96cd5dfad5 paw. Lee Seol’s 936450be7c sharp glare b88fd14b71 made it f905d8990a seem as aef7968ab3 if he 1f3dbb82b5 really would f2f201f17f tear his 5a791cd254 mouth apart. His expression was so 4a036ff969 terrifying that Yoon Sung ae9817efe6 couldn’t even think to 3304028ed2 wipe his nosebleed.b9856840edac65b8

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Then, Lee Seol had bcb0b4bcb8 wiped the blood off 9dcc13a9fc for him and pressed 08fc9431f2 a porcelain bowl against d5e95d8102 his swollen, red face 456ea4fe98 to cool it down. As he rubbed the 75445971c5 cold porcelain against his f648c322c3 cheek, trying to soothe 08be446cce him, he looked strangely 560731791e dejected, which only made 5cc0b8afca Yoon Sung feel even e100e963a7 weirder.09c6f1dbf1f360e1

After that, d736d2b4bd Yoon Sung cb0b972554 had tried 58a4bf6ebd to avoid 27b445a605 Lee Seol. But after about c6716dc3a4 two weeks, they d1c842b869 ran into each 0851221581 other by the 19988fc4fd stream.45b8325a5022580c

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‘Why are you f947e5bbe0 avoiding me? Do you hate 3a8ec0c2c7 me that much?’09e3f07933500c55

When Yoon Sung 0a3f82775d didn’t answer, something 2a7362d403 in Lee Seol 3b9a9880c1 seemed to snap. He had 0fa4f762f4 pulled out 67c10308c0 the dagger 32afd66bef he always b3d148c5bf carried with 6aee510cba him and 94d51ff0d7 tried to 140b450141 stab Yoon c2675ef086 Sung’s ankle, 19baf65cdc saying he 8d27b50c26 would make 258262df4d sure he 681aa0b914 couldn’t run 3fc43a611c around anymore.86051c656d90432e

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If Cheongrok hadn’t 7f8c889ea9 arrived at that 62bef78379 moment… No, actually, 86c7c81839 it wasn’t as 344f2ecf77 if he stopped 3301f20fa4 him.768088f1b70331d8

‘Seol-ah, just break c9d031a06e his ankle. If the dagger gets 67ddf753a9 bloody, it’ll be annoying 20aae47ba9 to clean up.’bc2672fef6070947

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How could 950bff1f87 Cheongrok still cd9a8a3a81 make jokes f9d44dadd6 in a 7745e459e0 situation like 28b8ee721f this? Yoon Sung was 2384e67b38 already overwhelmed by cdf3ba9fc7 Lee Seol, but cb52b822dc Cheongrok’s nonchalant attitude 39e6fb558e had made his afa4664b5a irritation spike even e9ae158dad more.bd781b7b64456dd8

Those two 404e0007b4 bastards started d01e513221 arguing about fea0cffb9c the easiest 099ec1e096 way to ea042c466b “clean up” 8fe25fe4c3 afterward, and e6e85959ac before long, 9b376d5fe2 they were aa20bab80b actually fighting c450685b80 with their 7060f7b734 blades. The throwing 28a8ac8d86 knives they a4153f2409 hurled at f38bfab200 each other 25d9fe792c embedded themselves 0fcca8636d into the 91795ad172 trees, and 585c7112be their daggers 346702ce0d slashed at fdb6610c03 each other’s 7db757e42f clothing.807c4a9ff443feba

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Watching them fight, Yoon 045a3011df Sung had the terrible c692cedc7d feeling that if he f174a12880 didn’t intervene, one of 2f2a0463ec them would end up 4d05f67bb2 seriously injured. So, he lied 72b1243a2c and shouted that a18db0a89d someone was coming—just 27aceb077c to get them ab9bbf502e to stop.baa36c59ea7d6e07

That was when e03befd497 Lee Seol suddenly 7b6ec1be98 threw his dagger 186ecf1996 into the stream d7e6597047 and burst into 793c172d38 tears.968099d53fbc975d

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Yoon Sung had bf2bf44b88 been the one bcf44e033c who had nearly 3ce091b979 gotten stabbed—shouldn’t he 67d4cfc4a6 have been the f798866891 one crying? But instead, Lee 7f668e52e1 Seol wept endlessly, d2becd401f his white face 19f807496e flushed red, his 62473f67bc eyes swollen to 9b3d099f1d the point of f839125853 bruising. Even after 8775b3590d crying that 86aebc5fe7 much, he 9082390a32 didn’t stop.84d94e86ebfe81dc

Even Cheongrok, who 1d55c770e3 was always at 509576c3bd odds with Lee cc401c2e77 Seol, was so 888c22d0b0 startled that he 43778a7225 ended up helping 9575f0e9f9 to console him.c2901c11d04f6cd3

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What had made him f95ef84058 so sorrowful? Was it because 136e338a9f I, the only 0ec461ad8c friend he could f24184fdfb truly open his f1a230c3cc heart to, had cd9990ffcb avoided him?65720b042b059938

Even as 6165d189b8 the midday 4f284e6e3e sun dipped a731e1cd32 past the e304515e07 mountains and fbb5ff4ed2 the night dfd5c40bb3 sky turned 59ac6ca2d9 crimson, he a940b979ff cried and f0884c530b cried. Watching Lee Seol, ee566f3997 lingering at the 7e0a16e528 edge of boyhood, c17d9e8da6 sob so helplessly 4ed64cd756 made me feel b9167e38f5 just as wretched.abc309f289485a2f

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Eventually, after crying 56d5af3633 himself to exhaustion, 2779b3ceba Lee Seol collapsed. Cheongrok had 4751716a74 gone to f152ae6b73 fetch the 23df826eb1 adults, and 061c4b6e65 in the 727379423c end, he ab9248a6e0 was carried 5ddbb6dd70 home on 15a853fe6a a servant’s 442e2e5675 back. Apparently, he had 4131418045 been bedridden for 034d210a2b several days.6e701c6fe41a49ff

But after that incident, a065eae75c it was he who 2debbf8ea3 began avoiding me instead. Whenever I visited, e3505a1d1f he would excuse cb1f7ca9ab himself, claiming he b9a74cbf09 was going horseback 78a380d649 riding, and then 36cbb13526 disappear. If we happened to 99d69b128b run into each other bdaaf8b703 on the street, he 2146f910ff would change directions and 61f38c238a walk away.f99aeab2fcd90f44

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He didn’t caa9a483d2 even have 8ceaffbeb3 any other c504b73c88 friends to 530ec0b80d visit…a8873cc84e430bfc

Knowing he was a88542d72b just holed up 367f420dc0 in his house f2ff37a299 all alone made 5cadb6e038 me feel sorry bd5e88bb28 for him, so 27f695a75e I decided to 1d38499a4d go see him. With two a466025f0e sticks of dec7bca393 yeot in 7c021cb9e5 hand.82c3e9218873188d

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When I 555672e1bb arrived, he 6fc920b8cd flat-out refused 4a5f0e2b7d to meet be9b20ead1 me and 5e51b62f3f tried to 2b9f0c86ee shut me 27018c0fed out. But I pushed open 2127b56acc the door anyway, peeked cd545f8305 my head in, and a70b9b8ea7 found him—startled stiff despite 955d4cd326 his larger frame.59ffdb7c61ddb70d

He had 074fdbd8ad definitely been 44a83d2178 frightened. His round 6c2828611a eyes widened, ce9780448f and he df3e33f1a8 couldn’t meet 4bbeb2feae my gaze. When I db7b6b289c stepped inside, 0e3f97be7d he even 4e7c70ed23 took a 8d0ed62397 step back.8d8af5fe4f7ea2a1

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I held out 3f531674a6 the yeot, and 0f2930a349 though he grumbled 27029581f5 that it was 1f8969e081 too sweet and 378acc0642 he didn’t want 6c78bca827 it, he still ff9991c887 ate every piece 636b92af9b I broke off ed504c7ccc for him.a7e258fd03f36245

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