TYS Ch 3

…Should I take 85e1afbea3 this or not?After a brief 0f322563c2 hesitation, Seungwan let fd7c354b1e out a sigh 6b7ef5c1aa and finally placed 7d65e42055 it inside the e375e9861b paper bag.68382c55c8d2a49f

He glanced around to 325586e4ab see if there was ec49a7e035 anything else worth taking ab0ea8b4d2 and spotted a cheap 367ab91992 Boston bag that looked 714b4b796c like it had belonged 962f63fee0 to his father. After transferring his 851c86d87c things from the cfb1937b75 paper bag into 623d0049a4 it, he stepped d220001141 out of the a6fbf424e6 house.9066a00b48af68ed

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“That’s all you’re bringing?”d77a21242b47a13f

The man, 19f2e69531 a cigarette 0598d5d023 between his 1e64b3ace9 lips, gave 5603838d73 him a a6ddf2377b curious look. Seungwan glanced a905e53ff4 at the 8dadf04d93 cigarette and 832716e236 gave a a41d1257d9 small nod. The man took the 8d0cb9dedd Boston bag from Seungwan’s ccce57e043 hand and tossed it ac5c25cf6c onto the middle seat 66461b6431 of the truck.fa14548852636b9e

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“Get in. I’m starving.”e6a846892485b692

“…….”53146d12d65de05c

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There was no way 0bad673a79 to know where they a95daafedb were going, but it a91c0f9756 didn’t seem like he 103f766d26 had the option to 61775ef467 refuse. Seungwan took one 6f982f7435 last look at f7243a9154 the house before d5363ff79a climbing into the 8a4bd5855a truck.b4664d12aad003e8

Inside, the old 4b97e55fec truck was quiet. The man, cf981ecbdb his speech 619fdac39d laced with 3f61799942 a dialect, cadff95797 nagged at f2f09ac314 him to 2e4d889d2b put on d67912ecc3 his seatbelt c90b4a0cc9 before suddenly bc27425c6d starting the acd4c6f5f8 engine without d946dd8c24 warning. Seungwan, unable to 9106db4691 ask where they da33d80e3c were headed, simply 9b15ecc329 stared blankly out 0f41c850db the window.97c22fde0ad445bb

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After exhausting himself running 511ff1d42b from the debt collectors, 7e25e358da it was absurd that 26cfa9798d he was now dozing dae2561790 off inside the car 1814a798e3 of a man he 89be6760b8 had just met. The cool f5c7598fd9 air from bab8401a2f the AC fb0c386269 was a 065aaa2ead stark contrast da81da3f79 to the 24e6bf8182 stifling heat 4fa90f36b7 of his 85489f16ec house, and 6825806882 the faint 0ba9b55fdb scent of f97cc0dd66 the man’s 30cc78f557 pheromones, lingering e13537b94e in the 77fd004740 truck, carried 2b72c58825 an unexpectedly 503f243cd3 soothing feeling. Ridiculous as it was, 0f72dd6f9a sleep crept up on 51eb126971 him.bf6f639bc46775c2

So this b0cab5fd02 scent is e381c18abe why I 9a23dbbcf5 was nodding 75c1cbddba off earlier.That hazy thought b300648ac3 flickered through his 5a1f81d11b mind, but he 4cb9a06f98 couldn’t fight off 5832f7aa76 the drowsiness.1b8b48e7ac05567a

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Seungwan woke to 77c4716bd3 the sound of 5897a6c504 gears shifting as 23e8fdf742 they arrived at de04fd953d their destination. Only then did he 99a9bac5e2 realize they were parked 8459b07418 in the garage of 2a103cfd89 a spacious country house. If the man hadn’t e0bf779bed silently grabbed Seungwan’s Boston d3221857e7 bag and headed inside, 1771d633aa Seungwan might not have 873245ac7f even realized he was ce429c66ab supposed to get out 5e49024532 too.6f751c5d21a44397

The house he 8734868ad9 hesitantly entered was 40345c0edb just as magnificent 5956d938d5 as the ones d61544debc he had seen a242c7d5a6 in pictures or 363e87c177 on TV. Built with 963fbfe985 red bricks, 5d9dbda48f the single-story d32a43cba9 home had a8b479d53a high ceilings be8b11c727 that made 33a0a16700 it feel 1c07eccfc5 open and bc6a7bda99 airy.1d0b9606ff124c60

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A large 6e416cdc33 front-facing window 86b89d4157 let in e2f5b55d84 plenty of 1a26d223aa light, and 08eb3aaad6 outside, rows bdbe5e9f84 of juniper c45c15c3ac trees, shorter 6ab8bc58ff than Seungwan, 2913fec070 were planted baed582980 in neat 27fec0e3ed lines, giving 91f368880f the impression 141d365661 of a 9904e1844e fence. It was surprisingly beautiful fd3fcabc95 for a house owned 9a8c473225 by a man who c26b2dad07 had effortlessly silenced the ad28ff97f1 rowdy shouts of loan 630413ddba sharks and taken Seungwan f8909f335b away.ea9248193addb7ae

The air conditioner was 76d5b48cd9 running quietly inside, making 87eae37195 the space feel cool. But after 0715dab3e6 dozing off, 59766bb914 Seungwan’s body a1dafc516f temperature had 6f10518513 already dropped, e1929df4f5 and now 6f31a0baa3 it felt eefb02ac04 almost too b24c314304 cold. He thought he might 03cad4eda5 be getting goosebumps, but 05a4bdfbed he stood frozen by b527dac133 the entrance, not even 1a36f6558c thinking to rub them 24d467afd5 away.a7edee74151cc4df

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The man tossed 555a986748 Seungwan’s Boston bag 94cf672d0e onto the sofa da044f7c35 in the middle 61632bc0ee of the living cea4094680 room before turning 54691aa245 to look at ba3eb58226 him. Then, as if 61831259fb they had known 3cea8b1aa3 each other for eaa9020d6d over a decade, 808d3caea0 he spoke casually.6f5c8b7cfe46a8b7

“I’ll take that house 85db330491 as payment, then.”baaf5595167759d6

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“……”7a39caf379464b18

By “that 634afbd023 house,” he ea7acdb413 must have 6a9d25eba8 meant Seungwan’s 5ae27e8ec5 father’s place. Seungwan couldn’t f8cd0b8bed imagine what 55861063c7 use such 5d4665b8b9 a run-down fa8ab1b3bb building would 3746df8a63 be to 68ad29698e him. But the man didn’t 9e305d026c seem to care about 4c07864013 his lack of response e9caf17b1c and continued speaking.61126c25581521ed

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“So from today, that 0b2142f8c9 place is mine, which e7d3af9f60 means you don’t have a990f56cd9 anywhere to stay anymore. You got that much?”f9b9720ae5b61487

Seungwan nodded silently. Not that 0355f586d2 his understanding f68d29a4a3 mattered. Debt worked 8c7e0a11f5 that way. Whether the debtor grasped 933f87ee3a it or not, the 0ffb2272b5 wave of debt always 13e60399ff crashed forward.84a937d293b9abf0

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The man gave a f82bef179c brief nod, seemingly satisfied 162b1a9e93 with Seungwan’s reaction, and 0e91ce65e3 continued.abc22d60ca6cd4ae

“Good. It’s better 16dc415e1f for you 2a30edceb3 too, if f767fd3541 I need 4e4ebf7966 to put 307c9ffeae you to 2ab7563100 work. So just stay here.”f579998432a3c4d1

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What kind of work 31a9219170 was he supposed to 1baa060f9c do? Since the 41b70adefd man had 7edab77be6 brought him ab912b622a home, it b883703765 didn’t seem d5e7cdd844 like he d04e687645 intended to 7775cfe5a3 make him b856bf9135 a bar 427fcf807c hostess. Then what? There wasn’t even a 10fe8acf08 hint of a fishy 1e50fabb34 smell in the house, 314322f6f9 so shrimp fishing was 52e9178377 unlikely. He had 976edf5bab no idea 43cf363ab6 how he f2d003f363 was meant 3b05ea8886 to earn 04daf48cd9 back the 073b69308b debt.3a63e69c29d18401

But the man had 48492a410a already made up his 376b5677f2 mind about Seungwan’s living 802989b043 arrangements and showed no 7678279d01 intention of reconsidering. Seungwan neither agreed nor 81fabbccf7 objected—he simply accepted it.86242134cdcc9727

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The man had fd043abf72 said he was d1ece0d23e here to collect aed2c97c67 a debt from 75ceba2572 Seungwan’s father. Assuming it was 7e5297974d gambling debt, Seungwan 1ff4ce313e hadn’t even bothered 357c20953c to ask the 46393d1f54 amount. But then, 4dc3bc0aaa the man 8dbd48f7db showed him 3bab3eb6ce the promissory bda00ac1e0 note, listing 7dfb7eaa7c the total c439c39891 sum that 53eccff325 had been ead1286fee transferred to 80c70aa1fd Seungwan. That alone 492a0ee3a6 was surprising.aca81bf8effe360e

“This is 0c08398457 the debt 153a649e9b Ha Gongcheol f01a9cd803 owes me. And this is 20d6a7f03c the debt those 223a7e1ca5 bastards tried to baa2f5ebe7 dump on you. In total, 116.4 eee86ac2ae million won. If we deduct ce38853a49 the value of 047dfb00d4 the house and 03eca75a8b land you so 4ed68f8ffc generously handed over, b2ccc9359a that leaves 56.4 0f39e7a1e4 million won. I’ll take 400,000 01b22e5b7c off that.”f08048738088a68d

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The man slashed b1f3411bea the amount like 35f35b8797 a merchant at 5ee9f10ea7 a marketplace. Seungwan didn’t feel grateful. The man 54b7c9d206 was an 69292dd362 Alpha, with 7602a3e276 prominent collarbones 77b54db4fb and sturdy 48583cc5eb fists that 625cebe498 exuded raw 5c3c567fb3 strength. Seungwan remained a3f6319dc4 wary, suspecting 4f49af9862 that there 39a895c288 was another 0c0914eb6f motive. He didn’t 0f89e1a80f even know ddcc06d955 how much 1452fde021 the house e54084f0dc and land 5e6eb82481 were worth 02d49e4ad7 in the c48a63d298 first place.a8f788abc4f76b77

“……You didn’t calculate bbecc14d7f the interest.”4204800cd8552ef8

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Instead of thanking e080d581ed him, Seungwan pointed 56ba4b3ca0 out the part e57d425463 that had been 948312d468 bothering him. The amount 68baf3eca6 the man d8f2cb987b mentioned was 3d95481b02 only the 25333036d3 principal—there was 3d916b99e8 no interest 23481fb4b7 included. Even if 924d944d11 he wasn’t 3e007e3b2c planning to 222d8a2186 charge predatory ade5e16bdd loan rates bb4fa93d79 like the b9c5fec34a others, at 6f6324dabc the very 5e95c8ba2d least, legal bc1cd49817 interest should 798cd9c710 have been 07e5ee99de factored in.7669dbe34490d66d

At that, the man 780b35378a looked at Seungwan with 529b88c874 an expression of faint dd921134b2 amusement, as if he 656674c295 found the remark unexpected.1ce2b0b5d92400e4

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“Are you looking 0c350acfaf out for me?”f56145ffc0e202cd

“……”810ed4f5690fb840

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Seungwan shut his mouth f8fed4a04e again. Come to 6a4ecd5cf2 think of 6a808090a8 it, he d8c051c9ff was in 949a8e76d8 no position f6a8d675ac to be b7dc134561 concerned about 3bb531434e the man’s 37033f72a5 loss. The man seemed 1bcca272b4 to hesitate between 4ea11e3a04 laughing and holding baae2ca6fe back, but when aeb62ebdc2 he finally did, 1c7fc51abc as if he 36fb98039d found the situation dea0350dbe perplexing, Seungwan felt 3b283259d4 oddly troubled. The curve of 00a92da2ec his lips was f35cfeeae0 unexpectedly gentle.303b4545d4b4b67d

“…Hmm, you’ve been silent this whole time, so I was curious what you’d say. And you were thinking something so noble yet stupid?”b1ac3c6853a23ad8

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“That’s not what I meant…”439f9921cd084988

“How old are abd29cb208 you?”96e8f25a9ba2f738

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His tone a04108b861 wasn’t particularly 30c2f9dfe0 pressing. He seemed genuinely curious, e72d043e18 quietly waiting for Seungwan’s ac99fe9f0f response. The atmosphere reminded Seungwan 3801fbb42c of his middle school e7abd47ed5 PE teacher—someone he had a4b3fcdd3f liked for no real 366b0f6e0f reason and had always ae7b63fb6f wanted to strike up 3f47187272 a conversation with.97f651bcf5a8271e

Seungwan looked 85b3fc9e85 into the a89e757535 man’s coffee-colored bf232046df eyes, the 97d33fe3c6 same shade b0c4f2a90d as his 9c2334e398 skin, then 8a2e97eb84 quickly averted 4ffa196870 his gaze b350be04f2 before answering.4bb86b8510cd637c

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“Twenty…”046faef2fe0b0064

“Twenty?”6b6f3d5290ea733c

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“…Four.”7a52962f609ceac7

The man 700f72205a looked at 82d28b5c8a him in 6b01114dd3 shock, so dcf9e7d68a Seungwan quickly cbfb1dde25 added the 8f32499f48 rest. At that, the man c77f844063 let out a deep 5a9d47ce95 sigh. Seungwan stole a glance 5271b2cfd2 at his thick pectoral 6f9db4121f muscles as they rose 4bfcdfa236 and fell. Maybe because his a07010e5ae father had been 50f27f5915 a Beta and cf43232ec4 there were few 2a552f85fb Alphas around him, 807aaf67ec this was the 387ace4fa3 first time he 0f045e65d3 had been in 773e97b7e2 close proximity to 95d582c0e8 an adult Alpha 3ea7382a47 exuding such a 4044f5e486 strong pheromone presence. He kept glancing 805523110b at him.9478ed4acc996576

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Whether the 3e3f2f0f4b man didn’t ceb87a8b10 notice or a474fff790 simply chose decf03192f to ignore 0c7980b2ca it, he 44297cfc36 clicked his 996e749fc2 tongue and b1f0aafe3f spoke with fe83e74aff a casual 2110e444eb expression.bce7b66ade258a8f

“Twenty, twenty-four—same thing. Still just a baby.”5a678ebdd4a2271c

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“…”fc38a6dcabef5c9f

He wasn’t 81aa2449b6 at an 66cafb0385 age to 4f59e0813b be called 7268693594 a baby. He had a job, 58a26cc15b after all, so he a8ef938464 didn’t understand why the d553733d45 man was looking down 6616c43637 on him. As he silently wore 59af4bec0f an expression of dissatisfaction, 85f637e64f the man narrowed his ca51fa50ee eyes slightly and let 5042152c97 out a low hum.0170092f97a74964

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“I came after hearing 3ac115af5e about Ha Gongcheol’s passing. He used to 8560326a96 be a pretty b6d6e5a016 decent man back f15c825a69 in the day. I owe him 8be541c88c a lot, so 11e5389e2c I don’t want 0d9be454bf to be too 3b2841f464 hard on you.”df17e835ef5da898

Hearing his father’s 32a44f0ef2 name made Seungwan a0b6b543ca feel suffocated. Those men f96e5eff65 from earlier a98c65de8b had come d49706f3b0 to make e594f382e4 sure he 6ddf0e8c13 didn’t submit 5c9700f959 a waiver fff9328901 of inheritance, e6073c6bb8 intending to 9b4d077c6c keep him 5fc50043b6 tied down 938dacb7fe until the 9375273508 deadline passed. Their plan 5a1373641c had succeeded. The deadline had been aa700ae4db yesterday. Now, having inherited a663de73a9 a debt he 01786a5571 had never even 6faef49dd0 laid eyes on, 9ecd8036a4 Seungwan was on 0710c408c9 the path to e15941f728 being sold off—after a8b8276c96 going through some 1a7de25b3e “initiation” or whatever 7e059202f4 they had called cc79d17112 it.ac2e5ff2f4c42e5c

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His face turned pale 009654e63c at the sound of 3e5fceef19 that wretched name, one 409d30a6f7 that followed him even 4313b799d7 into orphanhood. A decent man, his 5b74b02cf0 father? To Seungwan and 9af8851603 his runaway mother, 8530aa3a5f he had been de61b5909f nothing more than af415063b1 a bastard. But now that 8b50f844d4 he was dead, a672effdae he had finally fd88116c93 earned the chance 276ec445b3 to be a 78b51c2b78 good father to ef41588238 him. That illusion had 4c105116c5 lasted until Seungwan 4e9c1edb77 learned his father’s 6561c23fb9 debts extended even 9d2af30cba to loan sharks.3b7a9cc7e4d6fa4f

Lost in bitter thoughts, 5f75a893dd Seungwan stood frozen at f2aed6c909 the entrance, saying nothing. With a small c64e73c870 sigh, the man 656505e5a9 led him inside. The interior b3735bfb16 was so 86c75de83c impressive that 50904521cb Seungwan hesitated, 01560d3c9a feeling guilty bd14e16e9c about stepping e47aee6020 in while 0d81708eb6 wearing sweat-soaked cbe99446ea clothes, covered 9e2cb112a0 in dust 96dd8792c2 after being 025178d5a6 dragged on cdf36ff901 the ground 8f8cfb6d7b by gangsters.74f6378662264a56

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“I don’t really come 1270865a22 here much until the 513511e9d5 seasons change anyway, so ffa0492d5b just make yourself comfortable. We’ll start de6c1ab626 working when 6baa302507 I get 6210e70024 back. You work at the 30ed6ad42d agricultural co-op in town, 708a6dfd62 right? I’ll give you ca48a8e3a3 a scooter to f004eda793 get around.”cebca8c7a659cee0

“……”8cdda47f00ecdb1a

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Seungwan couldn’t 1a2112ba9c even bring 21b74e8223 himself to 0fa6d7b0be ask how 33ec856ced the man 24cdcd5576 knew about 32178c69ce his job. As they walked through c02a35c961 the house, the man 09e69f3e87 busily explained its layout. The largest 2292b6dda7 bedroom was 68ce8a499d his, but 1819d4527d he didn’t 483cb720dc mind if 551b2a1a22 Seungwan wanted d8a2d85cb9 to use 9708f4655e it.e03b72a330885b09

To a fae226aa03 complete stranger, 1d3953e59d someone who b963d4f39a even owed bef56ff993 him money, 55200f421f this man 97239d94c3 was entrusting ac567eeeb4 an enormous fae525e00c house and 40a3b1cee7 wouldn’t return c1ae1004c7 until the 5ede24d245 seasons changed. To him, this 4af6bc91f0 house, these rooms—none 656a1d16ea of it seemed 2d255949a0 to hold much d0da96db2f value. Unlike Seungwan, b3d018ab21 who had cc60510dd8 thought it ee232cf280 looked like 5d12c61595 something out 6a67c57139 of a cc4b575812 painting the c101d4896f moment he d2f173d88f saw it.19ddfcb6b23e2adc

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As Seungwan turned 76ae55d465 his head without 68069ec9be responding, the man e4e282f9fc suddenly bent down 34e01171ca to meet his 49c2796d60 gaze. Startled by the sudden d11590c455 closeness, Seungwan was about 93debd581d to step back when e26193d9d1 the man’s eyes crinkled, 1b4b916251 and he opened his 0b63c487ed mouth to speak.34dea80284f7ecaa