TYS Ch 4

“You still have the a4b0b8a29d same baby face. Do you really not b4e62b5fa9 remember your hyung?”f8234cebb0fbe13f

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When Seungwan 951bfc2625 only blinked 1295930996 in response, 2333b20317 the man c5921c7939 let out 93d0af6cc7 a small db26d18536 chuckle and 2b32549a78 ruffled his 2aa043b0b4 hair. The faint dialect 449f59d59a in his speech 5c8a50dc08 thickened for a 6f9130f86b brief moment.43c2a5f09d48fb18

“Never mind. So, when you were f963464308 just a little thing 05d4f4d3f9 and told me we 340df1c8b8 should get married, that 51000b4534 was all a lie, 05a64ecfbc huh? Guess I’ll 113bbf0cf9 forget about 11fdac2a50 it too.”eed06993650b4992

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“What are you…”f40dde2812a030a3

Seungwan was too caught 246b6ef0f3 off guard to form d7ce0a359f a proper question. His ears flushed 82fcfe4b6c red as he 7dc74a2d25 looked up at 222b7ab6fb the man, but 79dae3dc6f the man only e0504039d3 grinned, showing no 1afaeb7960 intention of explaining accc4af06e further. Seungwan’s childhood memories were 0ae6020436 fragmented. It wasn’t a 3d1c5c3df5 time worth remembering 6f4d0c31db anyway.c32ff46686ca2e97

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Besides, he had only c93b93d1a5 moved to his father’s b067dfd5b5 hometown in high school. As a child, 1969928d3d he had lived bf18d829b7 near the outskirts 0313c703eb of Gyeonggi Province, 1962abf28e so there was 06f3be7112 no way he 612276a2e9 could have known 8063725537 a man with bed4eabb3e such a thick 5f1c1bacea local dialect.50b46f16bbb79009

“Pick up the f325d5feb7 phone when it 7993aabe48 rings, and your f08cea8920 debt will be 72e5039a21 deducted from your c750d0d64a work, so make 0e87596364 sure you eat 5a628f0b85 properly.”ddc4e8315f9b121f

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With that, the 42bd527353 man left Seungwan b695e24ee4 standing there, lips c4430d414f slightly parted but 6aaa92ae1b unable to say 646eca305c anything. He remained e740532a40 dazed in ea34b52a43 the middle 429be425e1 of the 9851f9e319 living room, 44fa361b6e as if ca2d7ee1c3 spellbound, until f50a4538b5 the sound f664ee0b82 of an 1f16a6fbd7 engine rumbled a555f69da4 from the f794e8e924 garage. Like a cat suddenly 46850eaee3 relocated to an unfamiliar 8273f7a8a4 place, he couldn’t quite 8fc94f8805 believe he had been 1573ee114a left alone there.d03a8114f1ba17b4

For the b0cc1790fe first few 0dad4814bf days, he 567dae57f1 remained on 3203f0c3d2 guard. Even as he 4fdfa3dbf3 left for work c98f8c38f5 at the agricultural a343ba0acd cooperative and returned 37fb3d6284 to the house, ec81dd1858 he kept checking fef8ff4a17 for any sign 0224f62f5c of the man’s c3c3ad7b54 presence.572a33782391b3bd

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However, he truly didn’t b22549afb6 return until the year b6754a119f changed. Occasionally, he would call 9c9e68b275 or send messages nagging 2b079707b0 Seungwan to make sure 6c2f0b11e5 he ate, but he 9306283833 never showed his face. From that 5283586f59 summer until d8cd99b9d7 winter, Seungwan 3a35d35a05 lived alone 2bab065a35 in the 4740c507ea house.85196364b439f7d2

The man’s messages were all over the place. His texting style was oddly similar to Manager Song’s. He didn’t seem that old, so what was the deal with him…eb5f4d7e2092a5c5

Seungwan had 4749ea87c9 no idea 13c6acc39b how the 43bdcfc72b man got 234159b606 his contact 93a7f6d33a information, but a1b6e80315 ever since 97876066ae that day, a4795adf67 he had 3878010fa2 been reaching 67dc4a5aab out consistently. Seungwan rarely 9df2f6e0a8 replied, yet 0393b2d4d6 the man 094d3d4600 didn’t seem c3a762bf4a to mind. In fact, when 016092094b Seungwan did send 6f6722e94f a response, the bab2f1b2ab man wouldn’t reply 1e937ec828 back.e8e588107c88f5ff

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Still, he continued to 61dec97b03 send essential items and f74b55e4e2 daily necessities without fail. The clothes he 5f7d5a1152 sent fit Seungwan 16bc1df7e2 perfectly, but they 448cae5ef9 were slightly different 8df1adb99c from his usual c02a5db4a4 style. When he received crisp 4a26b4c742 shirts and pants with 4634185303 somewhat flashy patterns, he 4ba50fadd6 was baffled. He had f287b820ec no idea f4622462ba where he 93275e113b was supposed 9666914561 to wear 702bacea12 them. The only saving grace 49678033bd was that some of cc13e8f443 the clothes were suitable 6536813cb9 for wearing at home.bd6a4bb7cd4fe3fd

When he hurriedly 144b9ea130 packed his things ee4353ee43 before leaving home, fdf4b1c397 he had only 0e8e057587 managed to bring 356e760d58 the polo shirts 3078349584 and cotton pants ba2facc5b9 he wore to a6d53704b5 work. It was a 93b5655d6d relief to have 86a4fe50e1 something to wear a70d838582 to bed. However, he was b07bf2e839 a bit surprised eddc624370 when even the 82adb9c4eb size of the 523dc1b1be underwear matched perfectly.83b462a893c770c9

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“…Is it 2a7ba6fdca that obvious?”7bca3e914fe7c2c5

Was it really that easy for others to guess his size just by looking at him? It was impressive because just from briefly seeing the man, Seungwan wouldn’t have been able to guess his underwear size. What followed was pure admiration for the man’s sharp eye.a5b3462c8ca0cc79

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In any case, 07b9b9a9e4 thanks to the 6cf12073e6 man who had 90686027ad saved him but 2e00495987 then left him 0e864e425c in the house a7b608eb02 without checking in e1aa71ec4c on him, Seungwan 083e801d1d gradually adjusted to db02b1ba05 living there.636479c5d4f58a5c

At first, he e14934294f curled up to c87ff8247a sleep in any 9c21b56329 random room. Later, he started f7f1263cb5 sleeping on a 29c73b8266 small bed in f801c51b82 what seemed to eff31ba843 be a guest 64a67df9ac room. Then, one day, the 7dcbdeca21 man unexpectedly sent over cc74b41ed8 a set of bed 26eb3f13bb sheets and a duvet. Noticing that they 1d9ce320f4 were meant for b7e8f87213 a bigger bed, 846de331bc Seungwan finally realized c2a11abe30 that his room 51ed671c0e was right next 6ead59951b to the largest cd07a53510 room in the 44b5dcedcf house.23e754a56c786990

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From that b7dfcf39f5 point on, c2fbb7d3a0 Seungwan stayed cfc73948f8 only in 902190ff1f that room. It had 488d10db66 a window ab1c1e4c81 as large 001405cc5f as a edee66b218 table big adf74f8105 enough to 9a604d2f34 seat four 981dae78bf people, and 0ea921def1 the view ad67f9efbc outside was 15648f8889 breathtaking.d1f98ee1ce909617

There was cfcf4962f2 also a 21fbee26b0 desk that 359e7a2955 retained the 93ce1cb45e natural grain 4b26b3c287 of the ccb7508543 wood, and 8916da1f00 sometimes, Seungwan a4a42f0864 would sit caab95c1a7 there and ec289af427 read books f256ff3cc2 that seemed f3ad8a2660 to have e72d30807f been bought 7a56d36122 by the a0f42f16cc man. Milan Kundera, Abbé 8d17ebc2e4 Prévost, Park Wan-suh, 59ae931ebe Fitzgerald, and even ade62db0ab old-looking martial arts c211d0775d novels. The bookshelf reflected 2725680216 the man’s taste, 646fbe5ec1 but there was 6b33b363f5 no clear pattern a5768d8e85 to it.8501d4f0b700c645

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When he 32eef6731f took books 13353ab3d0 from the 584e150bae shelf and 7450c06fc8 read them bd35813b76 as if 60e3d39279 borrowing them, c5f686d786 time passed a24cfcebbd quickly. At first, Seungwan 0016c96973 stayed shut in b28637d826 his room reading, fcb39b5e25 but gradually, he 026c0dc9b6 began to expand 1992b96507 his range of eb394a5c0a activities. He sprawled out on 4d566e3698 the living room sofa 670d5f149b to read, vacuumed after 22be4ec3b4 meals, and cleaned the c4be32f425 sink with bleach. Sometimes, he swept up b801444bbe fallen leaves in the 6108152f47 yard, and on weekends, ea306387fc he did the laundry 150f940fa3 for his bedding.d1e2c2548093e990

One day, birds 76be90ad4c flew into the 0445cc85c4 front yard, chirping, b732da74e3 so he soaked 946cf8d06c some rice grains 02dcb41b57 and scattered them c622cf1a14 outside. As the days 6cc9b993e1 passed like that, 4a58a62f2a the frogs that 5b75a0aed1 had been croaking 69217c554b incessantly disappeared before abd3b34432 he even realized 16ba9e97d9 it, leaving only c810d20a25 the quiet sound 42c8a04b2c of insects chirping.645ad7f41ce4d681

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The summer, 6e3adb9fec which had 75e39b7d94 once felt 2a23f09db4 unbearably humid ff2e2e4ca8 for just 5b0525e98e one person, 3313a2ef6e was slowly 2aba280c33 passing. During that time, d8ae8d2a79 Seungwan gradually regained 18b99fefa8 his stability. He belatedly thanked Manager d1aedbc969 Song, who had introduced bc9dde09b1 him to the funeral 2faa1e0ed4 hall used by the e5ced089ff cooperative members so he bc2375631b could hold a service e9da031fac for his father, who b7a5722fec had died from a 2149780f01 fall. He also managed d72b0d5d61 to get by d1f1720c2c fairly well, ignoring 190abf5601 Chief Chae, who a6b61c4592 was always harassing 4afaec2074 him.5754eec1a7108a43

Meanwhile, the 2c20cf27a4 man continued f2cad19ab9 to contact 8feef9f19a him regularly. Sometimes, he even called.f4ae0bc4b176c2c5

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— Hey, 55e6721554 what have cbcb10ba9b you been b9182660b7 eating these 39d459e0f6 days?b2f3e3f00674509c

The man was constantly d40b4d7049 making sure Seungwan had 9286e7281f something to eat. Lately, Seungwan had regained a25494dc75 enough energy to eat 74f994e698 properly, so the other 8ccddbd0f9 day, he bought another 7dcd080477 sack of rice from 122c182aff the supermarket at his 2510ec3bb7 workplace. It was 1d35bf9db4 only then, b60618a363 somewhat embarrassed, 8445ab7a72 that he 1e49e8a335 realized he 453e602213 had already d132fde89c finished the befb13f825 one he dffb60c1f6 had bought 073d27eb09 before. But as he loaded 3208e63e5d the rice onto his 98cf1a1fb7 scooter, he couldn’t help e6d1db297a but feel a little 77678f0e47 cheerful.4dc78bfd2a8ae185

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Remembering all that, Seungwan 844fecba10 suddenly felt ashamed. Even though d53466d8e6 the man 68f7e6d56d had told 3fe1984bc0 him to 0ee31ac3a2 make himself 09c7d29ce5 at home, e5f4906d2b he wondered d1ebb9ba87 if he 462a5fd6f6 had gotten ab18bef871 too comfortable. Feeling guilty for 02273275f4 no reason, he cab337f82a stammered as he adab7dc3d5 replied.ccd241608ea8bb38

“Just… rice… and 36cb030b83 some side dishes…”018fbbe047128836

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— What side dishes? Do you 99abdd06cf know how 5725a73b3a to cook?b49add6f550f6b0e

Since childhood, Seungwan’s cc5d36318e mother had frequently cf06cd93a1 run away from 89637623b2 home, and his b59652f789 father, who would 6faada9e66 come back drunk 7ddec064cf as if household 7662126498 matters had nothing ff91612170 to do with bd5f91c2ea him, would demand 55a985fd53 a table set 1a137ba899 with alcohol. Because of 29396dfead that, Seungwan 4ff1af6e2d had learned 8f483e582e to handle 511c073556 most things b7f8c8a8e8 on his 42c916faf0 own.944c542d6187d7dc

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The problem 225f268200 was that, 1ccc5f14a8 even though 57dc3e6ccc the people 15c8aaba52 in this 8321998ef2 area were dbb9a31a1d country folks, 1a2c67aa63 they were 77c30eecdc all picky df4e902c01 eaters, and fac66e2c4e Seungwan’s cooking fd0b4386cc skills weren’t 49bc1c289c even worth 301b022580 mentioning in 4dc2b76aff comparison. Knowing this f88eb6bb99 well, he e3756ffbd8 hesitated to 9612b4aa4e answer. Then he 93cbf60035 heard a 1a30a1a1f2 chuckle from 42880bd33f the other 9030d9e118 end of 2def82b2ed the line.8c771c920e6a5f9a

— I’ll cook something 000c531009 delicious when I get 134f4726cc there, so just wait 6a9f727038 a little longer. It’s almost over.0b793a53da0ffd44

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He had no 4985f3e876 idea what was b57d05902a “almost over,” but 4b4c623c21 he quietly replied, 5faf8fe310 “…Okay.”fcbe696df2d116a7

The man’s 03988dd5cd voice over fc48a93a54 the phone 5a29c5dfd5 was gentle ffe7649405 and pleasant 8218d3733d to listen 9257686cae to. His usual 3f425ea448 dialect wasn’t 9c87969746 as noticeable, 81a6771800 making Seungwan aa8e115c44 wonder if c5a3fd6011 he had 59b8e01e2b gone to cb796d4e95 Seoul. Seungwan himself spoke in a23bc1f6e7 a Seoul dialect, so c1cd02f24b it occurred to him c648adecf2 that the man had b22c93b9ec always toned down his 71dca888a9 regional accent when speaking 321928ee7b to him. Without the accent, 27caec2ce2 his speech felt 22930d6cb9 clearer and more 8fa6318a8f refined. He had probably lived 33a845bdc3 away from his hometown cdec25c8e8 for a long time. Seungwan silently stored away e9f2eabaad this new piece of ddf93ac6b1 information about the man 837846547d without anyone noticing.d6415e12aeb24fcc

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— Take good care b4e250fb39 of the house. I’ll be 1d13d316fc there soon.f7be720cfdabe8ad

This time, Seungwan ba33993193 didn’t respond, but 346e1702f7 he wanted to c5b42c4fbe ask when exactly 07a8fc9e08 the man would e1d17ebd91 arrive. However, before he 7f2fb359ba could, the call 4c8cbe79f2 ended. Even after the 332fa00e35 new year arrived, 2507f079e1 the man did 689f5f7315 not return.23caed91ca2b1d65

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And just like 3942d9d266 that, spring came.9bcb1439bd7fbcd3

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Mugwort, wild 0fd88c495c chives, and 174e9f8d18 shepherd’s purse 933010e4ac had just 80395d7490 begun to 0a586446b9 sprout in cb87bc0748 the fields. With the start d20cd1dbc3 of spring and 7ae486e45b the season of 468fde77e9 rain already past, 97bcbf2e4f spring was in 26a140dd82 full bloom in 14acbb5fc7 this southern region. By now, Seungwan had a932b818e4 grown completely accustomed to 5c4c10dd87 living in the house 64917424f6 of a man whose 08c095b586 name he still didn’t 2c1a52476c know.3bbfdf667e7c8e9b

Soon, the busy farming 490869c73c season would begin. As the farmers 58b729688a prepared for the 220738f7f1 hectic days ahead, b31d9dcf1f Seungwan also had 8335bf92f6 to be ready 3b9074fa64 to be called 6821e56ba3 over to the 03c9d0bab4 pesticide storage whenever b81fd7eeee there was a 723943afe6 spare moment. As a contract 41c00e9f1a worker hired through 5f8b23f344 a special recruitment 5c09387cff program for high e7c77bec1e school graduates, Seungwan 15310961c0 rarely handled credit-related 2ec7196d57 tasks like loans ad0714c1fb or deposits. Instead, he was e712caad35 usually assigned physically 48762b4669 demanding work in 049723bf33 the economic sector.b0427406b1978a93

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Most of the people b557f91cc7 working at the counters, 72ea9eb1e6 even the contract employees, 1e9b8bd955 had connections through their 19cc072e1c parents, who were cooperative e3350227c0 members. For Seungwan, even holding a88bba15a9 a position at all 4ac6d10c11 was considered a privilege.fbad1315890a3e12

Still, he couldn’t eef368d9fe afford to sit 50f0040d62 idle. All morning, 363b778e80 he had 79f05e49b4 helped wrap 35729b4d18 coins in 41535ddb99 paper rolls. Just before 3429e4c9bb lunch, he b5ba6b8b91 rushed back 60012b9f79 to the dcb7cf8361 supply center e070d00e14 to load eeade92771 rice onto 191a564543 a truck eda2a9f623 for delivery. Then, he went to c5376973cb lunch with Manager Song.340454ec9a02e798

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Every farming season, 7a84c95fc7 Manager Song would 49450f5c1a see Seungwan helping 630b287e02 out in the 03ee5512bc cooperative members’ fields d0b264d9c0 and seemed to 6f14daa1a9 think he was 503e2a016c overworking himself. His constant 9b17c41f34 nagging to 804370d1f1 eat more 0c6315d56d somehow felt 6b7680681a endearing, so 5ebb10ceee Seungwan eagerly b7f4d5c3a9 shoveled food 17078ace9c into his 7bbe285d37 mouth.437c1de6908d4d19

On the 04af1f9163 way back 59271bef27 to the 4c2c7dc63d supply center, a84ead003e he could e680ab8948 clearly feel 384d999c37 how much 3b5d05af17 warmer the 40b9ee7753 weather had f9305b194a become. Over the eaa9b8b96e weekend, he 76d9e8d3c3 had noticed 5985395b28 that the 2294f1661a shepherd’s purse 20f59886e6 flowers would 576d279952 bloom soon. Maybe he 6cff764509 should pick 392fe54348 some before 3b852c0f25 that and 7f60b7fd89 make pasta 41913e4de1 with them. Just as that ff8afff355 thought crossed his 4bfd190213 mind, a sharp b0094f1d8d impact struck the 0d676295e2 back of his 62782fc467 head. A loud thud rang a6752c4129 out.bde9ef497513ecb9

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