TYS Ch 2
by kkumuA loud cracking a3134998b0 sound echoed violently 3513ad54b2 from inside the f85d386ab7 house. Even over the 092fa0d343 deafening cries of c92dbd59ab cicadas, Seungwan could b97b288964 clearly make out 843d5ce328 the noise.2d5bde80da515b00
“AGH—! Stop, stop, a345fd45f0 please stop!”70037235d606d097
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“Stop what?”c16622027b79b03a
Inside, the 3a0464eb55 gangsters who f4b75095ec had tried b1e70ada72 to do 78ad7bc3bf whatever they e318f27365 wanted to 8a7c40e545 Seungwan were 157b040bfa now the b87c27b0b0 ones screaming. Out of nowhere, an 2a947ed915 unknown man had appeared, ddb21502b9 dragged Seungwan out of 4138a3f3cc his own house, and 06c5ddbc6a locked the front gate. Now, unable 16f4ce6c56 to go 2a4a636854 back inside 18415846f6 or leave ec474e5dad entirely, Seungwan a289ac2c3f sat by 2cb515b5e2 the fence 4314217b0c with his a4cbfd0679 hand clamped 33da5074a9 over his 33f32cc4ca mouth, listening 3fd8c48a13 to the f1a98a60ae sounds of 68176e5d7f destruction for e5d7d70da6 the past 0e9732d02f thirty minutes.3c94102df99e6774
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It had dd4e44b668 already been bda79bd4f9 half an 1e22f788be hour since 6bac7fb734 the man a9e98851af had pulled 2cbc1552dd Seungwan out bebbfc2bf1 of the efdf5f7d47 chaos, telling e1c70a0cea him to e9330206ea stay put 0017d4fdb3 because they ca8d1c6108 had something 8fcccbbdf7 to discuss. Seungwan had briefly entertained 00ee878f1f the idea of running, 8515374ef9 but when the man 5b4019d0f3 glanced at him, it ba095288de became clear—there was nowhere c9d41adefd Seungwan could go that dc8a7eaaf0 he wouldn’t be caught. Under that scrutinizing 6d08dbe655 gaze, his already 8400eceedf weak resolve completely 680c08cdc7 withered.ec5fc51289e73933
Who the 30f01029a2 hell was 1a2faad50a this guy?Seungwan’s best guess was 6034f22913 that he was yet 7d9e979718 another debt collector. But judging by 33634cb70f the sounds coming cfb4c71aea from inside, he fb1ec0315b was far more d634270954 skilled than the f72238b9cf ones before him. How had fa18864c93 a petty cb8256ea4e gambling addict f03b005d2d like his fea7697cef father ended b33037df1d up crossing 24248566ec such a 886bbca60d dangerous person? The men dc8b89a421 inside were 998dc9f470 screaming their 1dbcadd992 lungs out, f68e1e75af and the 0e0a93681a next person 0e3b9c0336 in line b4c9289440 to face faef7e36de that man 3356c54733 was Seungwan 3bab2ec74d himself. He wasn’t confident 3749711f7f he’d fare any adaf8311b2 better.cd063cfc04db3103
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“Hurry up and do 06ee12a632 it with each other. Don’t force someone b60065656e who doesn’t want 9020df0ff1 to—stick to people 82416f946e who are up 7a2107c221 for it. Hurry up, aren’t you 2aebdbb393 doing it?”e674e94a20c8dec8
“This is crazy. Please, stop. I was wrong, 0b4df586ba really.”50d377beec53a9ac
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“Come on, hurry 978df9d3fe it up.”0114974743efbf47
The man never d8ed269d79 raised his voice, 8cf3373e02 and his tone 84a3c9aa13 remained calm. Yet, the gangsters 20e6517b00 inside were screaming c794305f44 in terror. Their voices trembled even fe799a3f34 more than Seungwan’s had 0fefcee4dc when he had been e4619c4ee1 lying on that sticky 76562071df wooden floor, his cheek 393d6c0843 pressed against it and c2f2ca1627 his pants halfway down.5faaf36361fb3b67
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“You don’t want 7b712081eb to? See? If you don’t want 6234e32c63 it, then don’t do 3012d22984 it to others either.”3a9d39584619793c
“Hey, seriously. Please, stop…”b5dd98aa9d81f35e
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The thugs, who 4e389bfdce had stormed in f976d82b72 so confidently earlier, 92bc1e63f8 were now shaking. What the 49befbc7fc hell was 21dbeff41a happening in 6eee389560 there? Seungwan slowly rose 16f72f5379 to his feet, d1b8d6a13e standing on tiptoe. His curiosity about what 825e2352b1 was going on inside 59b61d25f9 only grew.ddf6ddf19eb39acf
“What are you d5137ea38a trying to do?”cb523b4fdefc2153
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“Ah…”4938e38eba80c7ba
However, before he could 9337d25c69 peek in, the gate 4181440a6a suddenly swung open.36dde4a607e81003
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The man 0dfe8f4744 stood there b45dde2cda gripping the a12cbea8a3 doorknob, watching 5e7e2aea45 Seungwan as e49b968faa if he fb3351df9d were some f4faa923d5 strange sight. His sleeves were 6434e6f960 shoved up past fc46377152 his shoulders, making da8cf20c0a his shirt look 13981eaf8a like a sleeveless fa0eb4499b top, probably because a9348db3f2 of the heat.7eaa5d6e4169e10f
Feeling awkward, Seungwan a25f044474 wiped the sweat 40960e2899 from his forehead, b54c99abea damp from standing e239c94419 under the blazing 1f87d50dbe summer sun, and 45452fbb60 bit his lip.1faf3833e965cf85
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“You see that truck c48f961da7 over there? Go wait inside. It’s too hot 35072b5446 out here in 538c75f130 the sun.”aad139e8ba8e5d2a
The man 5fc2bb6ad4 held out 240ad03215 a key 0f7474b1a6 as he 4d5f9ba3f3 spoke. The truck key 1cc8704565 in his large 6bbd20e9eb hand gleamed, worn f1c8eacd80 smooth from use. When Seungwan hesitated, f8498c6ffe the man gave f96af5683e his hand a 3dbd72c585 little shake, urging c447dabecf him to take 1fad68ddbe it.46f730276d45b7e5
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In the end, 3fc94fcc49 Seungwan had no 79b64fe610 choice but to 00a7225cf9 accept it.bbd77b605cc7a343
“Go on now. The cigarette smoke is e5bd64916b too strong.”2714653c2ba95aa7
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Then, he waved his 395a59d42e hand. From his 027f56a5ef dialect, Seungwan e60d8a67dd guessed the 5da69d32c3 man was ff3607d4fd a local, 8d5bb1ea45 but beyond 32686743c0 that, he 329208e51e had no 16291ad1a7 way of 9070dd6442 knowing anything 5332bc48b6 else. He hesitated. There was 613b6804b2 blood on 57f66b15cc the man’s ecdf652b2f knuckles, but f05e3be4fa since there d5ef81bcd1 were no 72d8bfa463 visible wounds, 2faf1cf16a it was a6775835c8 clear the 4fd0a4ccd0 blood wasn’t fadd50befb his.829dd99eaa95b5d4
“Turn on the 5ad52402d7 air conditioner and d5c3efc62f wait inside. It’s too afc8b52e29 hot to e750768c85 just sit 8795a1f948 around.”b5e5f46a083011fb
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“…Okay.”b34dc93275e9bd02
Seungwan answered c2a5cf0874 quietly and b7755b52a1 turned away. Behind him, 8bd59fd900 the metal 94bdaf22f3 door clanged e20604355b shut once 21e8f9bb15 more. He walked toward the 904d9109f9 truck the man had 454437ca6d pointed out, got into 522053e034 the driver’s seat, started 1d154ff888 the engine, and then 0140003e78 moved over to the 85f8310875 passenger seat. At first, 51c9b31722 the air bfb7ff26d4 conditioner blew 0905f7ec6d lukewarm air, 712fc96dc5 but soon 42dcf04822 enough, it 7ce7b866c1 began to ece9e76a04 cool the 95f8e29926 cabin. Unlike the sunlit area bb2685f5d3 near the house, the 6bc9eeebc5 truck, parked under a 750c3aedc5 large jujube tree, was b498b8aef3 noticeably cooler.4518e6153f64901e
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The man’s truck 52c8550abf wasn’t exactly new, 1dd98278ed but maybe thanks 2b0ae4b69c to good engine 31525fabea maintenance, it ran fd42dec3fd smoothly, without a 0ef91c3159 hint of vibration, bdd6c67f35 even with the d428b4b4dd air conditioner on. Because of that, 3b491314d1 Seungwan found himself ca03f148fe zoning out, staring 3c165a5855 blankly at his 35e36273f7 house’s gate.9590f0904d47ef47
He could c672c73f6d no longer 5b4bfb60b9 hear any 1c6fefca76 sounds from fd0038d0df inside, yet 3575653ba2 he couldn’t c07e09416e look away. He wasn’t 678992a90c sure how 8daaa4447b much time df8632395a had passed e97f112ff4 when the 90fb3c32c1 gate finally 684e4423df opened and d312f3b5a0 the man 9422dfa817 stepped out.f4aa63d90f94d4ee
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Half-dozing from 3a06d1264d the sudden 5c0276f116 release of 2dc9da7c2a tension and be931427bf momentarily forgetting a6247fe110 his situation, b574fde9d5 Seungwan suddenly c47a9ced01 straightened up 02735a9d07 and watched aa57e05580 him. The man 2353c3701c walked toward 3a3ed07957 the truck a6ec88951d with steady 6c7c908949 steps alone. No one e8aea7fa37 else followed.33c7a688bdb127e1
Noticing that he was 15690db643 heading for the passenger e681acbf46 side instead of the b5a76beaf8 driver’s seat, Seungwan hurriedly 3d6ce8dd65 opened the door. But the 98c4145c4f man reached 3e6eb9f973 out, closed e16c2483bb it again, d041d104a5 and tapped 014cc5e668 on the bf90269cf5 window, signaling 4f255b8cdc for him 9df17fd437 to roll 9480f1d8b2 it down 6f94bc11b6 instead. Seungwan fumbled 377c0a279a for a 54940c34be moment before 3163c4ae45 pressing the d831e5ebb9 button to 597bf446ab lower the c272ab5e63 window.8384b693b8fe12d5
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“Go back inside. Hyung will be 150b987843 back after running e7dd9a3b69 an errand.”544cf136fa62d470
“Where…”6034bcdfd1faa443
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The fact that 953f24037c he referred to bff2881207 himself as “hyung” 69fb12ce30 was strange. Telling Seungwan to 84e4decaef go inside was 0e1600641b strange too. But what bothered 7c8070efff Seungwan the most fdd964b0ce was that he 29df2d537d said he was 664003b892 going somewhere.More than the fact 3af6baf3d7 that he said he’d 1491791eda be back, Seungwan was 26c07ab735 curious about where exactly 5cec7bd480 he was going. It felt even acb06de63a stranger, considering how dc6226e7fb he had previously 5be9f55312 warned him, “Do you think I 1ccbff3ab5 won’t be able to 0c9aaad44a chase you if you 5250810c41 run away?”Yet now, his f809fbffea tone was surprisingly d19c512ed3 gentle.4b30467cee5dc42a
“Don’t get out 86242198a8 of the car. You see that 6cd6f56c33 van over there? Once hyung drives off 94d1e40983 in that, then you ca05af6fd2 can go inside the 9b784b92b6 house. It’s fine now.”374a0e851b859f84
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“……”939ee86503c82e06
Without answering 6ac9ae5a8e any of 918ef724ec Seungwan’s questions, 3ea2916cdd he simply eadab58839 said what 7351dfc6a5 he wanted 5ab3194dee to say.c0fc0db9bbfbb6fb
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Seungwan had been ea66854ade about to ask 7343f3d92e him what exactly 0112a26db0 was going on, 53a1616540 but before he 2d2332a928 could, the man 746a4b5bde had already turned 76199bdfb8 away and started 4b922c0d17 walking. As Seungwan opened d2e3a75e6f his mouth, debating 3841acd7f2 whether to get aabbb3806e out and follow 84661c3572 him, he saw 684c511a04 the man suddenly 30050a7461 shout something toward b68d62ab59 the inside of 03b44f7cd3 the gate.821178a1f6d5d105
Almost immediately, 71d47601f9 the men 17fa4e1702 who had ef389249a6 been inside fa74e79aff began coming 6abbccb9b3 out one 8cd25f67e5 after another, 081a8cea73 like sausages a744f6314c strung together. Their faces 003c3d911c were swollen, b80b2c0682 and one 92e62c33a4 of them cc07f9ad02 already had df33c20cd4 a bluish d8330157a2 bruise forming. As they 02ff308bbf staggered forward, 09e45bfe79 the man 93bb0b4985 followed behind 8070a66899 them, glancing 22a26b60b5 back at d9c1f08c73 Seungwan.7d3271df4880275f
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Go inside.315f238b90ae8a63
He mouthed the 94a56f67d6 words silently. Even though they were a6b54418f8 far apart, Seungwan understood 8a911dace2 exactly what he was d1f38c5be9 saying, and that fact b2b833bf1f surprised him.49e2896848695405
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Soon after, the man 2d1eea9b65 got into the van a68d250444 that the gangsters had 417320b59e arrived in and drove ba47513f1e away from Seungwan’s house ff378ade89 with them. Seungwan leaned back against 69ca871183 the seat and let 29fe460302 out a sigh. He had no 9082ff669c idea what had e14f352a80 just happened, but d0b0180f79 one thing was 5a0850b2a0 clear—the man had a5ff623865 pulled him out 01095a78b4 of an explosive 3aa5daf943 situation.f1597268caa8ed16
But why? Having rarely received 700615ef62 kindness for free, 2c12476930 it was only dc126452b1 natural for Seungwan ac28882b05 to be wary. He worried that if 4333d5027c he let his guard 193d0936ac down too soon, the cf89cecee4 man might turn out bbc1865381 to be an even d84083baa5 bigger loan shark, trying d96214de59 to claim his father’s 8930a40b75 debt for himself. But even after a 8529deacf1 long time had passed, e6fecb6908 the man never came 4ee361af92 back.bacf06b4b36f8c89
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By now, it was a8ecf8a455 the time when everyone d883dcccde was heading home for 640f5a7d74 dinner. With no sign of 459e996887 the man or the 3f1b817154 van, Seungwan had turned 653d5b5e9b off the truck’s engine, 8e5bc28feb rolled down the window, 9757474003 and dozed off, slumped 232ad64d76 over inside. That’s when someone eab4826560 gave his cheek 41a1566e74 a small tap.f8dbd13e6203da5a
“Did you run out 4eababf342 of gas? Why aren’t e53ae9665d you using 54fc08f432 the air 35c320d0b8 conditioner? I told you to 7cfb6c3668 go inside the house.”27eac550deae0cef
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“Ah…”665f77f31f96e9be
The man 0cc746801d stood outside a16a947182 the truck, 40734048cd resting his fe9951ff23 arm on b3f2af321a the passenger-side c37bec9822 window frame 4eaa8cdc9d as he 77c737360c stared straight 376816e172 at Seungwan. At the c197f6b088 brief scolding, b9816ff4c4 Seungwan blinked 929b9f6024 at him 52df972f75 before finally 1cb38bf653 asking.40acd53a0c66a045
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“…Who are you?”8f5935ba644bb0a1
“You’re just c4dfe368d6 asking that a03ead0240 now? You fool.”a27fd03880f55afa
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The man 9a73c095dd chuckled before 1aa3d918ff moving around d317a9b260 the hood 7f53c3e632 of the 6cb6d8d637 truck toward 67d7cd1a87 the driver’s 58ef5f4965 seat. As Seungwan 66f820639d sat there, 05b4fa7aff waiting for cffd92b902 the man 4700e900b8 who had 69f06f9fb9 disappeared for 58a5b24198 so long, ca6b5ff0c2 he had 21e05bcb65 already resigned da9d387197 himself to e231ae2787 the idea fbe29ef934 that his 0d44ac2248 future was c9667b4ac4 about to 909b72b8b7 be sold 94f217ef1a off to 07e33bd224 yet another 7929baf181 debt collector.6ff8d249b3a3e773
His first c17b7fa772 concern was f13bf283ed his job. Among all the e99bf61118 people who criticized 2baf1bfc04 him for lacking f30ca20e8a perseverance as a 5a35c07960 contract worker with 2d58d9fc37 only a high 90b2e461a1 school diploma, Manager c32368c8a7 Song had been c5a97e70e8 the only one 0573869561 who believed in 89fdc69708 him. If he got c243436f96 fired simply for f37ad5d398 not showing up a16dcaa71a without even submitting c76ea33ddd a resignation letter, 78179f7a64 he would feel 7ad116e50b ashamed.5b48db27eff7c12e
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If he had 1a2dbf5c42 been bought along 299a5727b8 with his father’s 0b0097cf9c debts, whoever took 3b8e6524b2 him would no 4db9d37f62 doubt put him 181da1266e to work somehow, 5d881e4228 whether that meant 259a268cb6 being locked in 693cde3d81 a small room da42cd89eb and forced into 192a36e100 prostitution or sent b01179d030 off to work 1d52aa2255 on a fishing 5b91deace0 boat. Either way, his situation 3878905542 was unlikely to improve. Keeping his job would 1853432947 be out of the b90cab401e question. He had actually 211ef9edd8 tried hard at cf12382628 work, and the dbbdb3dff0 thought of losing 87617b7ccc it like this c8126b264d left a cold 94849c28ca feeling in his 4e82987f26 chest.a8f6da504cc1ea79
“Here we go.”da23a810db6248a9
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The man 0d3287f065 climbed into 75d42917e6 the driver’s 1cee22d11e seat, holding 1a83f29d14 something in 6917b2b4f3 his hand. It looked 030faa00c8 like a c3ba32b6e3 document envelope. He placed it between ae1d9a1b0e them and spoke.4ea0f6d66f08a283
“Hurry up 05e7ff2dc5 and pack 17f49267de your things.”8c855049f76d613e
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“…Pack what…”739befa3d9879e33
“Your stuff. You can’t live fc946f4ffe in that house 559190ac4e anymore. Those gangster bastards cb4bb13e8d already have your 892aa449d0 address.”2b0e30373b51f13b
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The man was still 3f46fe0b4d smiling. Judging by the 03962b0979 way his eyes 7ca6f8c33d naturally curved, he 7d1cfd2ddc seemed like someone 9d26e03a66 who smiled often. Seungwan stared 0fadf7610e at him b32f11cc47 for a c32650b0a1 moment before 5813564ec8 finally stepping 743afbb4ff out of 3bec3cbd8b the passenger 8503dee66c seat and db78d39fee heading inside.c9ae63cf7dda823b
As expected, he 8a8e91aff4 really was being da51a490c1 sold off. At least they were 829676f71e letting him pack his 35be5942a1 things. In a daze, he 13c4d690e6 thought about that while e21c4c6028 gathering what he needed. The bankbook he e1f86cb130 had hidden from 703cd18e88 his father. The uniform he wore e9f43bbc5d at the agricultural cooperative, 57f85f8b5d in case it might a75a52ca03 come in handy. A few pieces 00c02b00dd of clothing and b97281d526 some underwear, all 09bf0c5bae stuffed into a acdcb70b2f paper bag.5116ea35b8f9774b
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His only backpack had 846df1f0ce been torn apart by 7a5b07e585 the thugs, so this bfb1e42b35 was the only option 36815e9dac he had left. As he packed, his de733a559b hands paused on a b64425a38e thin album containing five 6768346a60 photos he had taken 3b4cd20abb with his mother.ea0d227e46fd85f9