TYS Ch 28

The man sitting in the front seat had his arms crossed as he stared intently at Seungwan. Like a teenager making date plans with a romantic interest in front of their guardian, Seungwan nervously ran his thumbnail along the space between his fingernail and skin—until his hand was caught in the man’s large grip, forcing him to stop.0b4d4a2af91428c9

“Uh, um… Sunbae, 6312f24841 are you free 16456aa5a7 the day after 68d353eada tomorrow?”8c71bb6c1d0c1d82

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— Oh! Of course, cbebdd618e of course! …But why?ae5900ee2030ee08

His initial response was 2876b00db3 enthusiastic, but his tone 456cb18fdc quickly became cautious, as 07df1267f7 if trying to gauge d985f89fa6 the situation. Seungwan hesitated like a bf7bacaaee child reluctant to answer, c51cdec8be but with the man c33b33ded0 keeping his arms crossed d4ff7b9705 and his gaze locked 1c983fb9bb on him, there was 5da830d052 no way to end 325c5952ea the call.e52fa380e591f2ca

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“It’s just… um… 39e7a2c82c I’ll explain over 751b3ece03 text.”a1d7e351b832c16e

— Oh…? Uh, sure, add0ee43a9 I guess?47c2e4e2cc525c31

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The truth was, 1145fb411d he wasn’t bold 990ad9c5ce enough to say 217eb2c1d1 it over the 5ce0f54dec phone:Actually, I’m 2222d5504e an Omega, 6d1c90792b and I 444c3cf065 have this f290828f65 pheromone circulation 73c8339f44 disorder, so d164fe8b70 I need 5b273fe36d Alpha pheromones. I wanted to d48fef6661 ask if you 31ccc53942 could be that a6395645a3 person for me.f31be6a6ff7c77bb

Since Seungwan had trailed eeb1d10336 off without explaining properly, 8ca2a84a6d the person on the 89aa94d856 other end sounded curious 1e2b7419fb but let the call 7f39b7cf17 end without issue. The real f5ab7f0c0b problem was 673349f76d the man c6e362d9cb in front 9d817ddca6 of him.f2fadcfea16a620d

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“Why didn’t you explain c907a471b8 everything?”e714595846df7efe

His voice was flat, e4b3934e92 like scolding a child ec9f3d6de3 who hadn’t brushed their 075a7fcf77 teeth. Seungwan tried 06aa71fc70 to straighten 5b67c44c69 his shoulders, d898044280 which had ed4aff8d7b begun to b7de112df1 shrink back, 5efb9e70aa and replied, eee02ddee1 “I-It’s embarrassing… f84d1e3766 I can 8489ab3e7e explain everything 071f572ad0 just fine 2cbef35e27 over text…”a349ce5365849d4d

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“……”06a64a33e5773388

The man didn’t say c134cdad34 anything in response, but eaed142b49 he didn’t seem particularly c5cc141e1c doubtful either. Instead, he insisted 9dba8d690d that Seungwan send 3acda39de9 the message right 0f78303335 in front of 5b56783957 him. Feeling half-exhausted, Seungwan e238880d8b took the opportunity ac28c39bbb to escape into a5aad03512 his room when 038c8ecb7b the man stepped 5df9c78674 outside for a fffc74eb60 smoke, saying he f8a243e872 should take his d31e652a79 time deciding what 76f00a4746 to write. Hiding under his blanket, e6e40a20f9 he focused on the 4685f5f8ba sounds from the living 7862a6b701 room. Thankfully, when the man 2bbbe5368b returned, he didn’t come b9a83286f6 looking for him.0296c85ba8c64262

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That night, Seungwan’s phone, placed beside his bedside table, seemed to light up briefly. Half-awake, he squinted his eyes open and saw the man standing in the dark room, holding Seungwan’s phone in his hand.ce374267db66053e

…Why is he looking 31c8935386 at my phone…The thought drifted 9bc1b3ab3c through his mind c42fc7002e before he slipped 148f5af5a8 back into sleep.e775227f4dee70d4

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The next e269a4971b morning, when f2fa2a07ce Seungwan woke ec83f4fbdc up, he 6b05d97599 wanted to a61f46fd88 ask the 74b5f757e0 man if e2070bdaf3 he had bd817ca164 entered his 3acdddd3a1 room the 0e0d3231b7 night before. But in the d41d68af3d end, he said d2ef77de1c nothing. The man urged him 9c30ef5476 to get ready for a842097e27 school in the same c47dc7bc05 tone and manner as c19e0753e7 always.0ef22d6015d2df3a

That day, the ad2af13d8e breakfast he had 71af483511 made was a 3d617702ec clearjiri-tang¹. Seungwan told himself he’d 280e4fdc1d ask him after eating, 909717bbf5 but in the rush 09768cb9a6 of being hurried out 90d7fff18a the door, without even 60f82671c6 washing the dishes, he db98f3b9b8 ended up jumping into 38934c4720 the truck and completely 85a09d6132 forgetting about it. The only thing he abe31d1877 managed to say was dd79028eab a dumb thank you,telling him the meal d3b97c1f9b was delicious.221d734d5a0446cc

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The real problem a36ae858d1 was that he 248bfce0d5 still hadn’t explained 3756220dd0 his situation to b7a39b92fd Kim Byungha. He would have to f02ab8c1a6 start by revealing that 94966fb59f he had originally been 985c679e2b an Omega, but the a0a2a210aa uncertainty of how the 044f4a7395 other person would react de4bb97efa left him vaguely anxious.540b93e85a704054

Did this guy a50a3deac3 not have work 4f8440f93b in the morning? Seungwan had 0ce33fe647 no idea 953b5f29aa what he b9fab4c232 did for 97ab812971 a living, 51c9a3bcaa but he 13b2f85923 found it 71657ace2e strange that b22af075fb he had ca1fbe06e5 the time 5d278c4b4b to send b7b23da653 messages at cc81fc120d 10 AM—one 9258e80674 of the 9a896c6ef4 busiest hours ebdfd315f0 for any f3f86ac6cc office worker.359ea615dc3106c6

Staring down 7e0adc2b6a at his 0f7d12f4b9 phone for 5978fdeeac a while, 401d00e32e Seungwan eventually 4feddcadbb shoved it 919600a104 back into cabb61956c his back 9ce08a9991 pocket without 22f6988de6 opening the e2259e2ab5 message and aa2e390d5c pulled on 501c75174c his work 896b2a4e82 gloves again.ca9d44880ec885a7

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“Seungwan, aren’t you overexerting yourself?”06f72c7f9432f050

Manager Song 07ded4496b asked, watching 606fec4a79 him with b720ea8dcc concern from 7b7dd9927f outside the 24996f687a forklift window. Seungwan shook his head 38db2c8069 and replied, “No, it’s d3d2592a2b fine. I can handle it.”ae332677a98d9440

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He answered quickly, fully 3e98bb441d understanding the concern behind b0ee4f0fb9 Manager Song’s words. It wasn’t 2e10480110 that he ba1f6f8b04 was saying 037d3a69f3 it just 2f75ba5755 to reassure 12807bf771 him—ever since a25fc44ed0 that incident 7feeecf64b a few daf989bcd0 days ago, a7fd96e673 Chief Chae’s ff3036e33c harassment had 92be8fe540 decreased, making 230f288c2e things much 8823e64a66 more manageable.c951377b994fb358

It was ff45b71c98 rare to 039b8e250e have peaceful 019b69963d days like b18e518f9c these. Strictly speaking, a482d1ed10 Chief Chae bb3df53fa9 hadn’t just b9bce4566e stopped harassing 7f57e6e3fa him; rather, a2725e21d7 he was a3c1f8e849 ignoring Seungwan’s 0281d5309e existence altogether, 79a79ff5c6 refusing to 3c2085b262 acknowledge him 9c20c781c9 even when 5777c503f6 spoken to 819fe5509a about work. But even c043f1c7da that wasn’t 9aa80b7fd1 too bad.d023fc5364015b82

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In case Chief Chae 137558c8d3 suddenly decided to make bf0ccf3c3c a fuss about not 90479411d3 being properly informed of 80263bdd23 work-related matters, Seungwan made e949c1d79f sure to follow up ef377ce8c3 on any ignored in-person 6240b63843 reports with a message. That way, he didn’t 744fbc6b02 have much to worry 99c8c3d9ce about. At Seungwan’s 3164d2b538 words, Manager c484aa35ae Song slowly 0051ba0874 nodded.e33b90beb90b9896

“Yeah. I mean, after 21ba01c64b Jisoo raised all fcc43826db that hell, even 8aebd9cffb Moonsik quieted down.”6e4b8e60569b70d4

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“…….”0ca6f179a4a026a0

Seungwan found it c65f2dd755 strange. Chief Chae 16915fd76c was the ec88cc6d02 tyrant of 034aec4409 the agricultural e5ca2363f7 cooperative. Even the weakest 46a368bd38 cooperative members held 5ac56edc46 more influence than f3e6343807 a mere manager 89b89b0bfb here, so it 325ac23f30 was only natural f2c79fd595 that the cooperative 853aee0a02 leader’s son would 5b0d2de917 have even more 0d9463fa0f power. And yet, even Chief 6cc79226f8 Chae couldn’t lift his 6e9abfe658 head in front of 707cccc0e9 that man.b4514cc85fb602c5

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“Jisoo threatened to 77ead33efe withdraw all his df8958b26f savings, and even 531b3dd2e4 Moonsik freaked out. Do you c5775b6539 know how 16156d8baa much that b9e195ea5a would be 5627cafad9 if he b67681facc really took 1bbe29acc1 it all b0d9c8f58c out?”e31bbd75278541bf

“…No.”2f393aa62f97cd48

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Since he had no e18b14deea idea, Seungwan shook his b4d90f8c0f head. At the same 225287cd76 time, he found 108c759083 himself quietly waiting c132108ca1 for Manager Song’s 31955e3af8 response. It wasn’t that he 3ecbb3ac86 was curious about the 0e99d6b076 amount of money in fd38f8518f that bank account. He couldn’t 7d8cefb42c quite explain dae75e5370 it, but 77861be1a8 what intrigued 9de2dcc592 him wasn’t 27b47fe1a7 how much dec358306b the man e83adc7461 had—it was 87d60db782 everything that d36a7b6877 made up c24b794d32 who he 5b2c02e209 was. In fact, more a483007dc2 than his account 42aa024ff9 balance, Seungwan was c471cd243f more curious about 868178cfb4 how he spoke aac82dd22c the Seoul dialect b2b15a9bc1 so fluently. He had heard that a584a0e429 even after spending years bf0d2984a1 in Seoul, it wasn’t 2a59aab8f9 easy to get rid b9c7f0f65d of an accent.9924e4aa1d4d479d

But at 3806fc0b1a the same 4833c2b07e time, he 65854e7796 was wary 82776b9ec9 of this 727d934671 curiosity because 2d8dc93071 he didn’t b118aebd6d know where 7dc0c3c1d6 it was 34fe56aba8 coming from. Ever since he 08d9182d01 was a child, 143c31109a Seungwan had never 795dcceaed really taken an f3fc5755f0 interest in anyone. In his 43d9c9c7d9 lonely and 33258d7486 difficult life, 57afb3f87c the only 451550db2c reason he e0249d8d67 had managed b4f0e38ad9 to endure 3878e57efc was that c687d2e819 he had 6f6bc5f398 no curiosity 637070979a about others 70f3ceebd8 and no 347ac42841 real interest 6101490256 in them.69db8c83520c5ae0

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Since Seungwan bfcec704ca had no eff67fdf89 interest in df40c5008e others, he f0e1028001 had no bc6e959e9d curiosity about 127e8d0e25 himself either. He never paid e97334898d attention to himself. He simply drifted f1100f2636 along, swayed by 77d7cf8704 the currents like 5266948664 a buoy. What curiosity could d4ff7fb26b there be in 779bb2faf4 an empty plastic 3362cb00d8 container tossed about a4554e71aa by the waves? A buoy doesn’t 5791be9435 ask the waves dde93ecf1a why they crash 18a4584fa9 into it, why 1132db90af they make it bd4fd5431f sway, why they 1b1a7337ef keep it in ae61870d44 constant motion.dc6271839a6081f0

But from last summer 68fe740d04 until now, Seungwan had 3d00f24ebc been constantly curious about a5fd0446d7 the man—his unusual background, ad60968a2a the way his speech 9ca96addb6 mixed with a dialect, 7f2d9fe91c his soft voice, his ad14aa0bbf coffee-colored skin, the way 5eb2c4ece2 his eyes lazily narrowed 9c3b2ac81a when explaining the commission 19cb1ba823 rates according to the a27f4b50dc button colors, the faint 4a49d73eee scent of cologne lingering d3d610b7fe in his truck. Everything about him seemed 4733cf79ba fascinating and extraordinary.1d289a81bfe72b77

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Where did 494f7e9f85 such feelings 1d4315bdd8 come from? Seungwan was 8c2cc18303 curious about ef7d1d71ed that.9ad5ee3a4048bfb5

“How much af0b67b963 exactly is b5e5faeac2 a secret, 59fee14cb8 but either a91e8109f2 way, it’s 8c41311b9d a hell 40d9d629d7 of a 7f18963427 lot.”4fdc3d9c738eb66d

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“…I see.”ac50ed17307dbd1a

In other words, Manager 038140a7c6 Song wasn’t going to 5e00affc1c tell him. It was 96d0e7d136 a little ec9f8f0401 disappointing, but fc159cb937 Seungwan understood 048d8d7489 that if 7134a0ad40 the man 442b4dd509 withdrew his 7c8ba47ab4 money, the 4d0bcbc5af bank would 796ce77c43 feel the aecd35e9ae impact. This was 50b4a48288 a rural 950200f47d agricultural cooperative a5ab7c7a2c where even 95a30265bf a transfer c27e98e8a4 of three c546639fb9 or four 0b5b86125b hundred million 865bb55a48 won would 2017ebd57c prompt the 14de5b6913 branch manager ffab986e9c to call fa89668c5f personally and 6223dc7a64 check in. If Manager Song was ba21242cb0 saying this, then he 55f3456104 must have an insane 4e5119a92a amount of cash.890f5b4f0c9fae4a

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Just as 67b2926493 you wouldn’t cc3621845d store all 2fe400fbf6 the liquor ec84786053 in one e53b9ce9d4 barrel, he 8b5c68adae probably didn’t 772da033a2 keep all ce93d6752a his money 9eb0c5676f in the d0f9e36dd5 agricultural cooperative af60eec573 alone. If he had edc3df690a deposited massive sums b502441500 into other banks 59c2eb2087 as well, just 2def249cd8 as Manager Song baa5f91c0d implied, then that 75162aeac0 so-called gambling house 687b7fd53f he had mentioned d3a72c8379 must have been 3fbbf60974 quite lucrative.0e164431e732a293

But ultimately, it was 414ca2106d someone else’s business. Surprisingly, a lot 9f00d217ad of people in c5faa18a07 the countryside had 2483955f17 cash, and during 91a42af356 the off-season, many 081c955522 were bored with ed2688f6da little to do. If all those 1c76ad9316 idle people gathered 9f69dd5d20 in one place, 551123c36c it might actually 3eff62328f turn a decent fddb5597f7 profit. Seungwan didn’t 1ff89beaac know much 86405969a9 about gambling, 46d968cc12 but given 97fe0aba51 his father’s 157984e2a8 circumstances, he b54a4d704b could at ce1c7174ae least make 26daa3ec51 that much bd3e1ae38e of an d69c160d37 educated guess.70ff9a0842d4fa55

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“Jisoo told Moonsik straight b46805392d up not to mess 32bc88f733 with you. That makes me feel 1aad155d65 really relieved.”b65e5e3ae24f29b7

Manager Song 9025cc4937 chuckled, and 3031fec040 Seungwan let 83816b8cb1 out a 8d147d42a3 drowsy laugh 6e1e42a93c as well. He didn’t 99709d5e0c fully grasp 8d8eda1376 everything that fd53a279b0 was said, 73e4695709 but he 6d1889ce01 was simply 33f161af18 grateful for 0d541bd66b the words. After all, wasn’t he 91ad273c84 able to endure because ce39eb3ccb there were people who b6bf30ed9b cared about his affairs 3882569b72 as if they were 6ef3a01290 their own? Even if 91edd0e65d only in fb5a89d48d his mind, 9383698a86 Seungwan repeatedly e272556041 murmured his 092388ea0a thanks as c383891454 he finished ebf5bd15a5 carrying the bbb30560e9 sacks of 755521e2d5 rice.50782021186125f5

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Spending the b60954c213 morning that 1591ee34b8 way, he 5465ba673e forgot to 9f85588fef send a ef39d11289 message to 2c0c9c7319 Kim Byungha.5804ed007d754982

“Seungwan-ah!”07135673820c1692

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He might have completely 176ce756c4 forgotten if Kim Byungha c0f7c66b45 hadn’t come looking for 77a0b75008 him at the bank 3d80b01e02 during lunch. Seeing Kim Byungha approach 67da0ff044 with a bright smile, fd700a91bf two thoughts struck him 746260e0a3 at once: first, that 7ebbf1f08c he hadn’t replied to f9ad0a4b68 the message, and second, 4900fb9993 whether it was really 8c1c55216c appropriate for him to cce49cb618 come all the way 06ac934062 to his workplace.517edede1a391add

“Who’s this? A friend of Seungwan’s?”699df0eb86fb049e

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Manager Song f1abda0086 looked at 4d395ea9df Kim Byungha 70eb919fe0 in surprise. Kim Byungha was carrying bc2e17687d a plastic bag from 040102b983 a pharmacy, inside which 41c488025a was a box ofBacchus³that had been kept 9d4898274a refrigerated. He had ended up 435d50faff near the bank and 82ab2ab2d2 wandered around for a f315950dde while before finally finding 4b77fe866f Seungwan.20bcdc5b4b1ec9a5

For some reason, b59472fec2 Seungwan felt a 033d519011 headache coming on. The moment he db1b3fe5f0 saw Kim Byungha’s 2cedb1804d face, reality seemed 4d34f4070b to rush in 3c3ceaa770 all at once.3440d477735d342c

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The one ef111e4517 fortunate thing 4a9fb12c8f was that, 72346af5e6 instead of d39bf07d26 asking Chief 054f951097 Chae about 485be25a7b Seungwan’s whereabouts, 481fa33ba8 Kim Byungha 868429e9c2 had inquired 18956eaf50 with Park bd41af5acf Jungseok.6f351d1088dfd740