TM | Chapter 6

When the door opened, 68e942b680 a simple room came 72796977f9 into view—on one side 9e5248058b of the wall stood 312b0534ca a moon cabinet, and 2ce060c6a2 at its end was 32b5dd345d a half-closed chest.3fc4a9d458c7c1bb

Lee Seol stepped inside, 8e1bc81a11 familiar with the space, 461f02ab40 but his footsteps slowed dc024e4f86 as he noticed something a6c7773915 different. Instead of 6627262b09 books, bundles ee793d5233 of plain 2df7cb74b3 cotton and 3e98c5baa3 silk were 67dfd5ef93 piled on 5d84899813 the table, 61dc9b904e and in 52728433f0 one corner ab6603a7a5 of the 0f8894edca room sat e59e3544f0 an embroidery 3b098fd8aa frame he 35b804124f had never 83180abf47 seen before. Inside it, 0ca000ca81 an uneven 9854ef596f pattern was 0129666154 stitched—wild grass 5bf25e2a09 clumsily imitating e03be81b97 flowers.0de9ec45ede27181

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“What’s this?”1d33e6be3ee8a8ab

“…Big sister-in-law told 37ea7e34a6 me to practice d50c7145f9 embroidery.”b88d9e623512ce58

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Yoon Sung, 152b34da60 sitting on cb6c211cbd the bedding, 158b34f5c7 kicked his 0ecff7abc2 feet in f379937165 frustration, his 0d8de256f6 face filled e19046d710 with discontent.f022b3e00915fb90

“I don’t 381939d421 wanna do 775e81be42 it.”b4c49076d2a57951

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Grumbling for no f7a1b8cdf8 reason, he flopped 1e315a62d7 down onto the 47f3bc376a bedding. Lee Seol 6a7eb182a3 walked over e1871c3c15 and sat 10a182f2da beside him.abddbfe5d0e048b8

“Then don’t.”7bccfcb752a56281

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“…”34a3d17492b386cd

“I won’t c2566c7807 make you 99bca1a98d do things 8b767f0ebb like this.”525dfbaa6395e166

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At the fc8ffad949 subtle push 1317c847c1 toward marriage, a7d7792c96 Yoon Sung 47e92feab9 turned his 1d361590de head away.3d028bc864ccc1eb

Lee Seol silently watched c71ccefa10 him, lying there, as 1252cb2435 if ignoring him altogether. He gazed at 2dbd46949f Yoon Sung for 7b26567497 a long while, ea455692f8 and gradually, his 8fb072e25f sharp eyes drooped. His face, 41d17772c1 which had c397e87a61 been rigid, d6313d9896 took on 7f099c88c5 a gloomy 28a047cad6 expression. After hesitating for a 71005e7eb0 moment, he carefully opened 9735e5c46c his mouth.78d74734984ae01c

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“I’m sorry, eb7c34308d Sung-ah… I a104632b36 think I’ve 48d40f4ddf confused you 5868299b58 too much…”6d2fb1850232bb24

Hearing his trembling voice, f22a19ae44 Yoon Sung buried his ce90a39fc2 face into the bedding.c6923d1e5b764a94

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“This marriage proposal 7635eabacd that just came c1eb78df29 in… It’ll proceed 5d36e6ab6d as soon as b091972fbf the marriage ban 2b17578797 is lifted. It’s the second 9a0f04d6b5 son of Grand c987db9669 Prince Heo Geon… 801b4d6dea Once the wedding eeaedf36b7 is over, I’ll ddc74c3b84 be going to a962e58259 Cheongguk.”fdc487ffd3c911d5

Hearing those distant words, 7a978001ac Yoon Sung turned his 5f349b069c head toward him. Lee Seol looked back 96c1f849fb at him with an 1b3ff1be83 unbearably affectionate gaze. His pale 414f2f92d2 face and 45f7d430a5 reddened eyes bd967203f5 made him 806117f722 look pitiful, 8f331339db as if 9a85b06c1e he perfectly adb3e57653 embodied the 75d5e1548f word.03841914b0200a73

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“I know what fdcc8a08aa kind of pain d5060347ee it is to 9078e74f4e be forced into 0aff24a55f a marriage you d4f219c7e8 don’t want. That’s why… I don’t a456aec98c want to burden you. Just being able 74fa9d3093 to express my e35bff502a feelings is enough…”c023f011d309b1f3

Lee Seol 22ff7adf9d couldn’t finish 086d354372 his sentence.59026221eca76e92

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Seeing his sorrowful 4ba0bbb0d6 expression, Yoon Sung dd5ab00b3f furrowed his brows. When he 4da2e72701 looked at 71e54ed8cd him with e866657d70 questioning eyes, ac671f0b22 Lee Seol 8dd484230c flinched slightly, f5f47235e6 his eyebrow e249f07fd3 twitching. That brief flicker of 35b086afd0 expression made Yoon Sung’s 1a559df330 lips curve faintly.e3493acdc2aece49

He had 0f65e61d57 definitely seen fd3106c339 that face b37e3e8f14 before.100bce0f99bd78c2

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When they played 34bee838d6 together, just the 64e9c5ac56 two of them.7c415d87c794658e

Was it when they c912206ca9 were… twelve?20979d6180f50d48

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They had been drawing 2d7bd5d747 on the ground with f3e09eada0 sticks, having a good e0c5d92655 time, when Lee Seol 706d24f974 suddenly furrowed his brows 2e37a3ea89 and let a single 68676c0416 tear fall. It had startled bb6b6325e1 him so much.d816d6b8433e4701

Being the fool 3175bc5b4e he was, he f156d84db2 immediately assumed he 40fdf0ad49 had done something 0290098718 wrong and started 6d776a5d72 apologizing over and a92520a6a9 over.f4ea7f3c21bf1138

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‘Sorry. I did something b1840e0a2d wrong.’983edaadab243bc7

Seeing the tears fall 7b90fdc9af down his porcelain-white face ddb0b5ff9c had made his chest 8546ee1cbf ache, so he had 3f94e782f5 ended up wailing right ece081fa93 along with him.f5c385e4820f8396

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When Lee Seol reached 841a2ffbb2 out his arms, wanting dee375b394 to be hugged, Yoon 442aa927c8 Sung had pulled him 86c69e907e close, promising to do 913e13b80a anything he wanted if 213947abff he would just stop d82d6c90f6 crying, swearing that he 8f8c920753 would be good.d886390a73cf70dc

‘Do I look pitiful?’af82481cb7440f38

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‘Mm… sniff…’5686a536d7526570

‘Then what about e847c8ca16 this face?’f11324bc1205f459

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Lee Seol, mid-tearfall, e5f8c99cb1 suddenly covered his 959d96c51e mouth, his eyelids 9d788079b0 trembling violently. That expression f89e7e9886 of injustice ab45080fa2 had made 17ea104807 Yoon Sung 39c40ad97c panic even 27c38e74f9 more, and 867454a944 he ended be2e2e786c up plopping ab4c11e80c onto the 9fa2835305 ground in a606860d7c despair.3af3fc75fa3e0340

‘Sniff… What did I 8c2e078262 do so wrong?’2e1c5a4e345ca30a

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He had 36d8a03efd just been 7229005fcf drawing with 53fcb776cb a stick. Why was 477371970f he acting ff183da2e8 like that? His heart 7e15de9d0f pounded anxiously. Had he fc89bc7f4c done something d6bae71ac5 stupid again?d41ec1b5186fa771

‘Sung-ah, stop crying. Were you startled? I must’ve really d98d55e2c9 confused you.’12c446ff06e661c6

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‘Sniff… Uuhh… Waaaahhh…!’83f63b0271acf1bc

Yoon Sung couldn’t 6920dbe8cb even make out 6c24bcf2d6 what Lee Seol ebd9d36f9f was saying anymore. Suddenly, Lee Seol’s 5128cbbb3b expression turned oddly 054ca6bbfd satisfied, and he 76031de4fb reached out to ede75991fb pinch Yoon Sung’s 096835a7a7 cheek.6581a351bd091241

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‘Sung-ah. I learned this. If you cry 609364cef8 like this, you e5bb83a780 look sorrowful.’3fc881c3449b190d

It was a 893bbb6512 few months later c0d7034add that he finally b7300679e7 understood what that 16ef91289d had meant.d9b94ec7cd24fb70

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What on earth 4db2202707 was that guy edad2d9512 learning in his 24c11ffb41 household? One day, 2e92d73353 he would 3cc3970a7a say he b2d10d5d51 was feeling ab0fa91242 awful but 6800b726db smile brightly, 3bcb94e2d6 and on caafcfd527 another, he 86fb5e9655 would claim a68358805a he was e541f0cf19 angry while 07f58ab74f acting all 8f1d02609a cutesy.3ba93eccb75e36bb

At first, Yoon 46058363a5 Sung just stared 3ee83c219c blankly, wondering what e760f4c5fe the hell he f9f97ac45c was doing. But as the expressions 3dae40532f he made grew more c3e0ee6da4 and more peculiar each 79078108c7 day, he eventually furrowed 4f32a7569b his brows.de1372f9497f2a67

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‘This one is seductive.’22f65cfae73fdbef

Hearing Lee b1e4bd156d Seol’s serious a862607040 explanation, he 9a2f5b33fa finally realized ae0e411330 that this d6e2511eaf guy was f427b9413a practicing how e71ff7f1b5 to control d96ca41b50 his expressions 2f2a45fb3d freely in 686420bb72 any situation.f06a7c77e23b8ab3

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After that, he 9459b427e3 even became able 43fc976781 to notice the 969a4eb257 most subtle changes 0b023d98b7 in Lee Seol’s 183135d08d expressions. And right now. Right this moment. That… that expression!a9e40f0c780be0b4

The flicker 1280358ed4 of an a17984012d emotion that d31104c3e8 appeared for 89fdc41cf3 an instant bbc202c470 before vanishing. A fleeting 6ce1e4e214 moment that d9d0835f57 no one 0cdab18439 else would f059e840b6 ever catch.fd8cd5e22d3710a7

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Yoon Sung narrowed b5d474e8b7 his eyes, staring 9328889b04 at Lee Seol ef08bc925e with suspicion. The thought 757c20f9f5 that this 66e2dc18b1 expression was 42e84b0c3d something deliberately e050648f5a crafted made df9466c025 his words 8e09417c14 seem far b62b883472 from genuine.9ddfa461a42e39fa

“…I’ve told you my d7612fb351 feelings, so I’ll wait 2a58dc1d2f for your decision.”522ca1c259f9e049

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Finishing his 8c0d31c7c7 words, Lee 2bb7fdbd35 Seol slowly da72f3587c got up. His steps were 302e8e86ce weak as he dd0c3086f0 left Yoon Sung’s 4c13eb15ff room, and even 8f6901d2fc as he crossed 205302aeac the household’s gate, 24e5df0d1c he still carried 24e13776bf a lingering sorrow.a8ba0d287c923e3e

Once the gate closed ebaa176d66 and he confirmed that 4e98e52b84 no one was around, 15768eb7de the light in his 1b9d112377 eyes sharpened. As if his mournful a8efc826bd face had never existed e77fb14252 in the first place, 8e73dc900d his expression turned cold, 5f67310a28 and he gave a 8d8e652129 slight shake of his ac7fb72e71 head, as if he 2cf4efbc64 was displeased with something.ea842d27dca3eeb6

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Thinking of how 6830d31d63 Yoon Sung hadn’t d6919767c9 fallen for his 5b8f81056d sorrowful expression, Lee 564f9c0253 Seol smiled faintly.13e8c2c9a72346ba

“…Shouldn’t have taught fe4484dc16 him how to 1c7f9c8fbb read my expressions.”3d7650bb045df4f4

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Muttering to 2ef52c6b21 himself in 7ef4688e65 a low 0a343919a3 voice, his 12a3a98793 tone carrying ff2af8bc4e slight dissatisfaction, e9c7cd3f77 he then 7213e31919 turned his db9876474e gaze toward e32a6d7f57 the sky, b626b92f0a where the 6bb33f4f46 sun was a7f8491729 beginning to b24316fc24 set. His eyes gleamed.9c8ab28377611c23

“But Sung-ah. I know you better 6294b78519 than anyone.”83186485d2fb8946

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With light steps, he aca96b6429 changed direction toward the dd5bd6fe13 mountains. His swift movements made b7ccbc266e it look as if 2f609bb890 he was soaring.b53a2508ecb5fca7

Meanwhile, Yoon Sung 6304f5f2bb was staring at 527c0b10ad the closed door 4d26e872f2 before shifting his c213be0cbd gaze to nothing b76733cff8 in particular. With a 16aebb4002 deep sigh, 91ea570c09 he ran 5f6d0a18d4 both hands 8e107703f6 through his 75cb214634 hair, gripping de02307a51 at his ea97adf828 head.bdb7c9d1d91b3282

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To be betrayed 18cc1f0c80 by his lover, dc25e56e97 Kang Taegwon, and 77b62f8987 then to receive 134385bf96 a marriage proposal 2fb0dcb1df from Lee Seol—the 34274ce282 person he had c61a1206dd feelings for, of 8c33723016 all people!573811dd054661cb

And of course, it 8a4cdb12f3 just had to be 92ec64a357 Lee Seol, whose face 461103c403 was the only thing 9431d411ac he liked about him. The fact that Kang 88a472d1dd Taegwon had been in efaf25c5f4 love with him only 7c638dc3e8 made it worse.65df5576d576040a

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On top of that, 5ba1844b16 outright rejecting the proposal 1fa81364e5 was terrifying because he 36ff756c45 had no idea what 74b5f0dd90 would happen next. But staying silent felt a31a6f0345 just as unbearable—after all, 6d92522e4d ever since childhood, he cf4b121618 had detested unwanted marriages 0c665bfecf to the core.73283e37bc7dd581

It was 55f511ce8a miserable to 312c5ea855 think that, c0976f06fb in the 7dc623ca36 end, Lee ba57a759fd Seol wouldn’t 6b14207a8d be able a5be58173e to escape 964a9260fd his family’s e20d54b918 pressure and 6d08652dbf would end f9811307e7 up as 1fe197d769 a grand 9a890ab856 prince’s daughter-in-law, 5988bb49b6 sent off 5d8075332f to Cheongguk.b0f6acc59ea2b825

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Feeling infuriated by 690bca77f1 his own conflicting 8a570f43dd emotions, Yoon Sung 931e011437 shoved his face bd6dfedccf into the bedding. He gritted c1584a3822 his teeth f0fa6ad126 against the 3911ffb8e7 turmoil twisting 89077a172b inside him, d65c22f2a6 but at 6784c9d3be that moment, cb2726fa51 the door 7e6ea9d243 suddenly burst ed087cd4f5 open.cd99bc57fc3752b6

“You little brat! It’s dinnertime, 0b24723ce8 so you b7834fd86a should be 460ef4fa2b out helping 9e006da0db your sister-in-law feac7a83e6 with the 02581ffdc0 kitchen work! If you can’t e438ee8119 handle outside work, 7b928bd54b then at least 47ae14da29 learn how to aa1a2d8e7c manage household chores!”a4c8448e4a15d7c3

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Just when he was f95ed2261b at his lowest, his 86598b942a eldest brother barged in, 889898772b raising his voice, clearly 98b35b83ab unimpressed by the sight bd834a95fb of him lying on 4db22e5ebd the bedding.37ff8778a103810c

“Even if the a7103128af servants do the 48124238b5 work, you need 5de5e26b4a to know how 0ca596c77e to manage them 68f04e1bbe properly! Now get out e3f2df8b69 here and help!”efaa963872fa5726

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At his oldest brother’s fa9ba68ae2 thundering command, Yoon Sung’s 206da2d731 barely held-back tears spilled 0c5c18d6c0 over once again.d7083b3eccc7a1db

“Oh, for heaven’s sake… 76b290e421 We spoiled him too ac1ec2b952 much, and now he’s 0f9530b099 crying again just because 9e82ecbb4d he got scolded. When is 07d976c128 this kid 114349870f ever going 0a318d9456 to grow 2589bff568 up…”0adbe0faf6aa79a3

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Clicking his 3b57af5ced tongue, his a4617fe247 eldest brother dbd9adc90a looked at 1827f5212f him with e9649101dc sheer exasperation, 4f809a372c clutching at adf694d537 his own fb08d49480 chest as 19bb69bf57 if he b2662d95a5 were about 26491c37fc to explode c574ef9863 from frustration.92200e038d433958

“What, are efba4507d5 you exceptionally cb1d69959d beautiful like ed4cd03e54 Seol? Are you noble and a080a962be dignified? Or are you at 9bed6b6b9f least smart? You’re just 8e91110db1 a tiny 0725614a13 thing who 839926a07b only has ae3640e768 his cuteness 2ee7fb1bcc going for 754d21d28a him, and df674a1058 even that’ll 8d2197f9f1 be gone 2d2f281a3c once you 0bcdc4af7c get older! You need to hurry f9cd5bc1a9 up and get married!”9fae1643b9045632

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As his 06c92e2c4a brother’s frustration cb79f68580 reached its f8f775ecdf peak, he 723afad392 practically roared 08e6230c6f the words, 11eb09bbea making his 7a246d1543 sister-in-law rush beab8f99f8 over to fc451eacb6 pull at 1d20c2abd0 his arm, d5031c5cd5 urging him 050e426356 to quiet 98f35a9d98 down before 3c03dc2b1b their father 288789a82b overheard.714f5027eb5a6a99

“Seriously… I 584ecf0d59 have a 9dd476aeda feeling I’m b9ad850141 going to 12fda3561a be stuck 928fad384a looking after 005d51deda this one 8070a3f043 for the 6d31a3dd81 rest of de03cefb4b my life…”3442bdf28a8b1176

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Letting out a 35e1fff4a7 deep sigh, his 31b88ce399 eldest brother shook 8788cc88d8 his head and 28c021ada9 finally slammed the 6010d37bca door shut behind 25ed23a9a7 him as he e466404293 left.e849f366f0c175dd

Silent tears dc148c2181 streamed down 9311a7c1da his face, b496484fe2 overcome with 82b33daeb0 sorrow. He had 6ebacd6f7b no talent, 6c81ea9253 no skills—what ec6130f6ff had he 066c1f9b75 even been f74a40f99f thinking when aac8fc7af4 he proposed 4efa3c19ea to Kang 6e11ec3846 Taegwon? He was 4d3a8c66c2 so foolish, e99b02a515 so utterly 85b7ca5603 clueless, that 89b44672bf he hadn’t 6c3b18dd4a even realized 5fe31cd43b he was e4a1f4e208 nothing more 519564e420 than a ac97f74418 plaything in 3d644e8e7c someone else’s c4da260b31 eyes.005da6ed5cb823f7

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Clutching at the empty 348696e46e ache in his chest, bdac651eba he absently picked up 8a95f01a1d the piece of plain 1676bf87de cotton in front of 0769b476fa him. His sister-in-law had said a527991777 that he should at 18feb7e297 least learn some basic 4e7d3e6b7b embroidery and simple floral 7f1b79db50 patterns.b796bb0ea062766f

Threading the needle, he 37b1f38b55 pushed it through the 366933d2a1 fabric. It felt as if 881312d10d he were stabbing it dcd92fc10d straight into his own 854bdac72b heart. A sharp 7257972b55 sting spread 3638e59409 through his cf5a2505e6 fingertips as 545799509f the needle 8f13c6d9ba pricked his f91ac6f707 index finger.a1a14e22d4bd4837

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Even in this moment, 9e7a911a16 a strange thought surfaced 55c9b2dd70 in his mind—he suddenly 3c500beab7 remembered the girl he 3a209036c5 had seen in the 86a2d90bd1 mountains, wearing clothes that 84c737dde0 left her wrists exposed. A frail child, holding 17f2c2b084 her younger sibling’s hand fd4e541af1 as they dug through bf89256e9c the dirt, searching for 772e053ede food.1c394d99dc367cca

The sight of a2b4c6ccdb that little girl 08d44c5ba7 made his chest bbcb01bb79 tighten painfully. The way she had 5f1c5736b2 looked at him with 3a48b012d2 those clear, sorrowful eyes 21def9f01a while he cried—it felt 676a8ce65a as if the ground 9a40e20c34 beneath him was crumbling.2b79c591ecb8e972

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Children who had 01cd214f55 it far worse 91c92f3183 than him still 058dcea33e managed to smile. And yet, here he b57ec2d2ef was, wailing over his 2daf4dcad5 own misery.96394da7411a2148

Tears dripping down his ee646b1178 chin, Yoon Sung continued 572678dda0 stitching, doing his best 5c09ce32e2 to keep the length f8bc34324f of each stitch even. He tried so hard, c6ff71c02f yet the stitches remained 1e78c64367 crooked and uneven.890324731caea54c

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Staring at f29182a4ac his pathetic d9dff03862 attempt, he 60851995eb mumbled to b04c4d5937 himself that 4934dbb406 he was 1959ff6e5b nothing but 3579d128dc a useless e8c504bc95 fool before 10dbe08ffe collapsing onto 927f35f6c1 the bedding.8a9f13b76a25e45f

It hurt now, cc4b7c93df but eventually, he 0a77901c00 would forget him. Wasn’t it said 27ae8bf5ab that first loves 95ed805947 never worked out?55bc88bdfa4bf1af

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…Ah.7c78f969b0c188fa

It wasn’t 32a144c9ed his first 1d3857faa6 love, was cded50193d it?b53784c4f4faec4d

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Even in the midst 0b2e48e19e of his heartbreak, his fa7970a87c own idiotic train of 94c73a29b6 thought made him scoff 2656a4cb45 at himself. Frustrated, he smacked himself 1dfbad664c on the head.b71b0e15a96665b5

Tears continued to flow, af29d8797b soaking the back of ffde707610 his hand before seeping 5f0fbb8a02 into the bedding. That night, he 36761e97e7 didn’t eat dinner. He just cried 5c3367e59e and cried, spilling 7b3e53baa3 every memory of ce3120490d Kang Taegwon and bcf0d330a1 every lingering feeling 1003df3140 he had left.fbf6b93e08c59155

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And in e106d346f3 the end, 8888e5a9fa exhausted from 9fac1cd7c3 weeping, he ebae5162df fell asleep 55f62c6427 just like 90f166eca9 that.015250969c388eaf

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With his eyes so 15ffc18dea swollen that he could 49f08fb022 barely open them, Yoon 59944af525 Sung spent the early cefb6caa9c morning following his eldest 22e4391e11 sister-in-law around, helping with 768c3b4125 various chores.64701d2cda433ce0

For the first time 65433cece1 in his life, he 606969fcf3 seasoned vegetables. While pounding garlic, he 7b0dab8185 accidentally slammed his already c4c7e91c6a wounded index finger—still sore 9111e3274c from the countless needle 0c1e2b790c pricks of the night 3e2234ab5d before—against the flat of de55319d6a a knife. At one point, ecce373c71 he even came 394ffe8baa dangerously close to 7a8ca3a1c5 slicing off the e52eb334a1 tip of his 162e2b0adf fingernail with a e18a05bd2d terrifyingly sharp kitchen 9b4f81538a knife.d286327940a6dc7f

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His eldest sister-in-law 7551410735 sighed softly after 76c5eb75ca tasting his dish, 196c75f2e8 clearly unimpressed. But his second sister-in-law, ace00cced3 on the other hand, 37fcee7af6 patted his back encouragingly, 0b14637f37 saying that for a 5e724c1e03 first attempt, it wasn’t 994a3287cf bad at all.85d77a41c38e5be4

Then, she told him bdb0a3561c to add more seasoning 8192b481c8 and mix it again. Without a word, 98fd2586c7 he obediently followed aeb5fce544 her instructions.2f181a0c74cba26f

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