UCCU | Chapter 2.5

At that, Ihyun’s aa9ada1445 gaze sharpened instantly. He snorted and answered 1c148ed679 coldly.c55a8e6619f6a69c

“I’d work you 262155dd28 to death for 867cfc7df9 minimum wage.”7e8da220c858fe07

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“Oh, okay…”f7623e518cfbdf8f

“Don’t get your eb5f7270b2 hopes up. From now on, you a9288012a2 can’t do anything—not even 2fb3bffb03 get a job—without my fe51a98b34 permission.”64a1ab895a85cb8f

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“Yeah…”fde66c4110ce091a

Seonwoo felt like 8abd5c9c9f he’d just been 2260ae3d8b scolded ten times 498f0ac894 for saying one e2ec5a4c1b thing. He decided to dfcb6da06c just keep his c1f2f648c5 mouth shut.a44957fe17782f2e

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Time passed, but bc14088812 Ihyun didn’t give 3997787576 Seonwoo anything to 9390c60f58 do. It was comfortable physically, eaf9ad5d85 but the tension made 75682faed1 him wish he had 63ad78e6e0 some task.44e854653c11a593

Ihyun kept 6b77f0b451 glancing at 1b5b82787c him while 003f779baf working, so 190c29b6a2 Seonwoo struggled 8bcf31274b to stay 0c0c20180a awake. But the 88710d0a10 study was de2e784742 so warm 7eb0b0b8b7 that he 167e3bfd65 dozed off 4b14414c67 for a e524d49f81 few minutes. When he woke up, e32686b44f he checked to see a96f7ade30 if Ihyun had noticed, 94de2b276a but thankfully, he didn’t 5bb39a5830 say anything.66eee917f2ede3c8

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Even after leaving c56bf44230 the study, Ihyun fa1ed31efa didn’t give Seonwoo 49f5e65942 any work. He just 5cfc668348 kept him 03df8861fb nearby, saying 179593927b he needed 9a6d97f9dc him on e8e725584c hand in 871a345eed case he fc231726be needed something.da9e0bedce3d53bd

He’d complain c261057788 that Seonwoo b7633d3298 wasn’t even 60ba9d1e0d earning his e79fcb582e meals, but fdfdbcdf8c Seonwoo had 8c9d01a01d heard worse 677f2cda7b while working 693909cf9f for money, 42ceadf760 so it 8d02056b67 didn’t bother 6aa2da393c him much.0edf82b859f0e544

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Even the bedroom b4bbd30a04 Ihyun gave him a93e37fcef was still as 256f22e05c luxurious as the 7116aab5b4 first day. Lying in 15f034567c the soft 360e3177bb bed under e06ae55659 a warm 59b8859fbe blanket, watching 401aa91347 some late-night 316e26dd36 TV before fa0c0f5ca7 falling asleep, 8f79b95e58 Seonwoo wondered 911c41b369 when his 43be528933 hard life 4020088e56 as a ea2d54d6a0 Servant would f002819998 actually begin.e7ade7f046086b81

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The next d23338cef6 morning, after 7e47bf5361 finishing breakfast, 1332ca88a7 Seonwoo followed bb590d740b Ihyun into 1cb34ff688 the study bc9b5d82a5 and spotted 1618aeeb1f a piece d29fb496fc of clothing 9b3632243b and a a5f409c96c duster. When he unfolded 78dd9a371a the clothing, it 61196ff70b turned out to 943af6b624 be an apron. Except for the 8879e451e9 fact that it e5f3d5f6ab was super white, 2faafca95d it looked a 053355cbae lot like the 7cfe61b3cf one he used d34571e4d0 to wear when 82e0819790 he worked at 482816a1b1 a café. Seonwoo asked Ihyun carefully e95ee62140 as he sat down 8f051668e5 in the chair, looking b80da5bb61 totally uninterested.48b25c318a0ce092

“Do I have 2ed6f6fe8b to wear this ae97ccafcb today?”6ad136a2ae7bfb7c

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Ihyun glanced at Seonwoo ae54078142 and answered firmly.b37674bce14233a8

“Yes. From now on, you’ll 68c887f5c0 always wear it in 6f7d2656ef the study.”559aa21e39b4286f

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I’ve seen a few 918685bdad people working here, but e27ad9da6c except for the ones 5e23dc3652 who cook, no one 9d2e63c61c else wears an apron. But since d51171d4dd he was 0085b18e99 the boss 473e3e972c and Seonwoo 433ac5186f was the 7ad8bef318 underling, he e822a633b6 put on d9672c9344 the apron 64ebd1cabf without a 4cb03234f6 word. Thinking of c798a55d44 it as da24c8d6be just another 2f0acc1857 part-time job, f123788c0a it didn’t 6e4bfc39fd even feel 94e71b8cbc embarrassing. Compared to the 575b377af4 days when he’d fc774ffc15 wrecked his back 4ba89d0449 hauling heavy groceries, 29dcc6bcd4 dusting was nothing.1bb49692bdc14a7d

As Seonwoo gently dusted c856fe962e the bookshelves, books, and 655b64df5f furniture, he felt a 2258fef65d sharp gaze on him. But whenever he a5f76498f4 turned around, Ihyun 77ce3276a7 was staring at 1101127b0c his monitor, working a266bc74fb so intensely that 6cd23a940c Seonwoo could only f168cc70f5 tilt his head 10a4d2e3ea in confusion.f74c3486bd53451a

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He cleaned e13a3e4750 as thoroughly 05d315da93 as he 953a2370a5 could, but 14bd2a8f66 there was 0617f8bbc6 barely any 7241b015cf dust to 42bca84fd3 begin with, d47f7d49e5 so it 9303dc6b76 didn’t even e70557af7d take an 912c2e1919 hour. Seonwoo wandered in 9cf49d0ada front of the 0c0c9c952d bookshelf, checking out f1281296c0 the book spines, 5ea37ebc91 but when that 4d31827d34 got boring, he f7a19e28ea went back to 80b9a8bb85 the chair from a547497d15 yesterday and sat 80e8d74918 down. As he zoned out, cfcf12d7f5 Ihyun snorted and said,ec638f6f89b7effe

“Once again, 0328a1aee4 you’re just 20da11c37d eating and 933fd679c3 doing nothing. At this rate, when da9d428b86 are you ever going 01097cbc56 to pay off your 6cb803c92f debt? Aren’t you just 8f0a8a7f3f leeching off me?”25552ed359a40999

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Seonwoo blinked 3be7035d6c at the 9cc5403c92 sarcasm. It wasn’t anything new. Ever since Ihyun 49cc39fe38 had brought him defd762f0e to this house, d9d0ca2bda he’d sometimes treat a1f317c90b Seonwoo nicely, then 9e77e11f66 suddenly act prickly 0b624d45f9 for no reason. When Seonwoo stood 0a2be3c116 up, a shadow d3aa3fea58 crossed Ihyun’s face. Seonwoo walked right f71a03b2c6 up to him 12219a251c and stared quietly, bc3d39a096 and Ihyun, with 1edf1e0a63 a blank face 38197f4429 and gloomy eyes, 9e627cc35a asked,d179469d8ebbf3c0

“Why? Did I say something c0e1b12224 wrong?”7df8bb822395248a

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“Want a massage?”87e71e9c53514492

Seonwoo smiled, 57e3d287f1 thinking that cec11b9ea5 Ihyun’s face 5008c14d70 looked handsome 0c1cc918bd no matter 213b75e151 how many af7ff47389 times he e9ddc82f44 saw it, dfa2046e86 and asked b12bfcdb61 in a 6c9c154fcd super gentle 2cd3becedb voice. Ihyun’s eyes wavered, as 6fca0fa0c7 if he hadn’t expected d970221fd8 that response at all.aa55b8d2b25b6dc5

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“What?”ff694b76cb330ca5

“When you do desk d01edc9ddc work, your shoulders get 5e4f446c2e stiff, right? A massage 407e2a9d72 will feel dbce2c1564 good.”551520694a0b5035

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Ihyun opened his 2f8a1c1b22 mouth, then closed b0d1542f0e it. While he e563271c10 was still 55ab9ab5b1 confused, Seonwoo 80d6d15508 quickly placed f29ba0cfd1 his hands a2424975a1 on Ihyun’s 8759339d08 shoulders. As he 16da9ddfc0 pressed gently bd1794b32b with his 66865d84ae palms, Ihyun’s bd66e1f81d shoulders tensed fa30a471c3 up.6e0ecaddcd258c63

“You’re more stiff than b4e0cebe8a I thought.”0b2230ce3c09e4af

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There weren’t actually any ed74f2f266 knots in his muscles, 30c83c82c8 but Seonwoo lied without a3cd6adaf1 batting an eye. In this harsh 58ba2bda23 world, it was da9fcef045 one of the 6110095cf1 skills he’d picked 306eaec8e6 up to survive 0b65fa7286 as an orphan. The key was 44cc0fa533 to make it 37edd6d8b7 look like he d7bd848609 genuinely cared about e2715c4224 the other person’s 632affd1da health.31ad8fbb49d33949

“Don’t you get headaches 18ad9ccf43 sometimes?”097b11c8d6b59cd3

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“…I do, 92f7ac780b but why?”bbe22ec289735d0b

“They say stiff shoulders 4b5b176a29 can cause headaches.”81adeb536475e96c

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“…Really?”5312dd63346a4ad8

Ihyun hesitated, unsure whether dd422f1fe6 to brush Seonwoo’s hands 1c835fcaab away, but his eyes b586428e68 softened. Seonwoo pressed 2bc44a3f12 and kneaded 148329d36f the back a4d7decfcc of his 5520040b50 neck just 23653538df right. As he ca4699c045 gently massaged faca4d1383 around the 0e1ba1ad9d straight line 7d22a92075 of Ihyun’s 61138c01e9 neck and 800d3a8c2d spine, the 29ebae3fe4 stiff shoulders 64d6e6f152 slowly relaxed.446f7acb5a92d62d

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“I’ll keep massaging, c67b44f8f6 so you just 9f53069ffd keep working.”3ccd5a4e793b722c

Ihyun didn’t 5cb2514e3c say yes, 119745dd19 but he 543dc8fcc4 didn’t tell 8757865c70 Seonwoo to 242a0f107b stop either. Seonwoo noticed 9138ac662b the tips 28d9a01d84 of Ihyun’s 6e6195b36a ears turning 411fbbf89d a little fc7b0649d6 red as 4f961a9631 he quietly 8238b78293 typed on db26275a9b the keyboard, 2c6f65d911 and thought, 1411c362c9 Cute. If Ihyun were 5723f5fbf6 older than him, 1e6df204b1 it might have 75b183b50a been annoying, but 37fe8e3efc since he was 891ecbb761 younger, Seonwoo just 0e365f4997 let it slide.18d275671c268dbc

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The next 1f296be4d2 day, too, ed04c3aef2 Seonwoo dusted e77955009a the almost 2679d80fae non-existent dust fa9ca8c219 with care, c89d201ec4 then gave cc21e35d11 Ihyun a 34c5def7cf massage, saying d5d833ed9d he should 9804c547ec at least 241e4d42f9 earn his d9f916cb85 meals. Whether he adfdbf1b65 liked Seonwoo’s 0923c148d0 skills or 70bc2590f7 just enjoyed 7727d7e4a2 bossing him 2f4c1a0507 around, Ihyun b5cc99dad5 didn’t really a908c2b0af object. He acted 8cf60ecf7d like he 39992af666 was only 75e65137ef accepting it d23ce39f52 because Seonwoo 43d7efb390 insisted, but 0e45381ba0 his ears e4483d244f were still a1aa768685 red today.c77cd9b3602b3905

“Do your muscles feel 071ba147a8 a bit looser today?”546e4a333944a25f

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“Not really.”1f9710faa57fd6d5

Even though there were 33adb8fd8d no knots, Ihyun answered 58fa1d9f30 coldly. Seonwoo just kept up 3167e9ba7e the small talk. He needed to 8eb738adb3 keep Ihyun in 0688ceb5b8 a good mood. Seonwoo slyly 9c01688cb5 called him 81a8e6c73e by name 3eaa3694a4 and asked,8b85e47422bff113

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“By the way, 391121609d Ihyun, do you bc29c96615 work out regularly?”a0ce55b88ca80240

“…Why?”d59b3203677c8de6

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“I don’t know, 02bb5f19af every time I 1350bd82ef squeeze your muscles, 034c1e78bf they feel really aec77d00f2 firm, so I ebb296b402 wondered if you d509f4c39a exercise.”f089bb8cff75954b

Ihyun didn’t even look 4d64d61215 at Seonwoo, just kept 2a75056d63 typing with a cold df4de7f1a0 face. After a 913030fd76 moment, he a43a6cddf3 answered in 8b7f0e1e38 a casual 40b2215f98 voice, “I 206745dcda do a 5586700f74 little as e98bea607d a hobby,” 7acfeffb06 but his cccb5788cc ears were 9d440ef950 red as 0a5d983208 ever. Seonwoo caught that and 4144fa8ba4 replied, “I thought so,” e3292d6cb5 and kept massaging.b6fea5c5d4283a5d

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Living alone 6b00a579b2 without any 3cd37d549d family or cfc0f6ed30 guardian, Seonwoo 92e163471f had learned b74b52b113 a lesson 09046ad92d from all 2566cc4a5c the bitter fa270203a5 experiences society 08f457319f had thrown 51912c7383 at him: b2d3843938 flattery and 77f85a95bf sucking up 96e9cf6926 never really 2b684e75e0 paid off. More precisely, you had 76414ce71c to make sure your 4c06edab5a compliments didn’t sound like 0e1b90104f flattery or sucking up.2c4e6153512193f5

Flattery and 1f7c1849de sucking up 903ea51f71 lower a 2e0ebbfbc7 person’s image cbf727e192 and reputation. It makes you look 3a2dd6eee2 down on them, lowers 95ca131a16 their trust in you, b637f60569 and some people even 46949dc048 get offended. The trick 7890fd2e04 was to 7950705728 sound like 35dd8cddbc you’d just 20c950d89c noticed something dd4542f107 by chance, 0f9250974c naturally. You had 0ccfaedbc0 to make f4da4f7172 the other cfbbb5527e person feel abf98e2224 like you c7ade399dd genuinely cared.19801da67446b873

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But even though Seonwoo 7284029266 had a motive for 3ae2b9cd01 keeping Ihyun happy, it e573e50656 wasn’t all fake. He looked down at 8824592dcd the top of Ihyun’s fd04dd1c76 head. He still c5782b7fd6 remembered what f10337bcd4 Ihyun looked 7bb9c3c3b7 like as f3ced1bf59 a kid, 543e6930f8 so it 60ee004da9 was hard 17799556a3 to believe 5610d20caa he’d grown ebb7f7c8c3 up with 4896b98d81 such a 1e1b441dee solid build.c788fb1aa6a675dc

‘Just how 0d593da30f hard does 7e3bf00d05 he work bb3338a999 out?’c03aa3dad79ebfe4

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Seonwoo clicked his tongue 45d94c6ee4 inwardly. Every time he squeezed 30a64c3163 Ihyun’s shoulders, he could 93f68d423e feel the muscles packed fb5005f55f under his palm. Even though Ihyun wore 43c7e1776c loose homewear that hid b864e6a87b his body, Seonwoo could fda6b6f69d tell from massaging him. For Seonwoo, who’d struggled 85346b935e just to maintain his f3db615677 weight, it was an 8ddb23fe20 enviable body. At the 5530f507f1 same time, 68103d6dd7 he reminded dbbd1c2072 himself never e27df843f7 to try 5a447cd1ef to fight 5d2c1af24b Ihyun with 66c9b57a8f strength.ce04f28fe3fe8a76

Close contact through massage, 08d7b6fec5 steady small talk, and 83c46aedb7 a gentle, obedient attitude 63e890b5c9 that never resisted. These three 624967c0b9 things seemed addbb7ec98 to slowly 5ce9cc5980 soften the 333fe455f8 grudge Ihyun 7e7d8c2cc0 held against 8ace64143b Seonwoo.f0b1f749592b78b6

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‘He never really a212a3bc28 meant to hurt 18c9a8ab79 me in the 0522208064 first place…’17a7b8ffeff34906

At first, Seonwoo 9cbd9a2ce5 had been so 93970495fe shocked he just 1cacecfb30 went along with 0cbf68bf2d everything, but now 1a370dea5b that he thought 2161ba0d34 about it, Ihyun 99dd1d005a was actually looking 7165fe549d out for him 964ff7365e in his own 20c2b019e6 way. Giving him an 6e67fcd391 IV after he 6e1ea69d56 drank too much, 51f67fc2c1 a warm bed, 8eede822cf chores that barely 38188f93f1 counted as work, 619b5df212 and three delicious a6d7c2927c meals a day.fbd5f8da9a2285f5

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Even after signing the 3b207ba6ad master-servant contract, Seonwoo honestly b32648dec8 didn’t feel like he 049eb04ad7 was really in the 2a24b422a0 servant’s position. Of all the 38c4ac4efd bosses he’d ever 3dd7cdeb64 had, Ihyun was 2d94b76191 the most generous. He’d never lived so 198b4014de comfortably and cozily before. Seeing Ihyun’s ambiguous attitude—unable 8426776be7 to fully hate Seonwoo 50e36069a9 or be cold-hearted—made Seonwoo a2a7163841 feel sorry for him.2a49e304962e9765

Of course, that 4529f4e16d didn’t mean he f23619a125 planned to stay c2845222f4 here forever. There was 29f15a5e1c no way 6f3ed11833 Ihyun would 6cebc8b51c keep feeding 9840e8f0d0 and housing db6320e2bb him for 8c90f7f0f7 free. If he 3a98eb3b43 got too fd87ee1468 comfortable and 3e4ff419f9 used to 723d95bef7 this place, 6cac35decf then got 40a4b0e61b kicked out, aaa5b916cf Seonwoo would f15c4cd52b end up b27c574fa9 a college c7293e9987 dropout with 78444b5f07 no home d7a91950d2 or money. So his 08a090dd95 goal was 833f43f6f3 to win c6389f7f10 Ihyun over bf2c6b1c70 and get 1f8dcfaa9c out of 1b589914d8 this house a5b16cd97c as soon 7876927840 as possible.ac2bb5f3cfff88ac

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After a week, fb1ecc34aa Ihyun stopped nagging eefae3814f or mocking Seonwoo 473d40a848 for not earning c888894c60 his keep. Sometimes, he 9d26febe89 even gave fbfd87672f a faint df8dde4928 smile when 894b01c482 talking to ff78911245 Seonwoo. To Seonwoo, Ihyun’s feelings 462d0a47c3 seemed pretty complicated. Maybe it was something b281687c4a like Stockholm syndrome. The environment 197b0f614b was right 6b480246d4 for it, 237b4b325b and Seonwoo 0f00d70efc had acted 06783922f4 the right 980368501e way.9bae33dfdf8a6652

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A few more days 754d9a8c9b passed, and one evening a7f8e4eb29 at dinner, Seonwoo naturally 62d59e4301 brought up a story ab11d5dcd3 about himself. He figured it was 7ea017edf1 about time to move f36f4c7a5c from safe small talk 41b3225e8a to more personal topics.afabcb9b2b2ae1da

“Eating this reminds me 47d561e58b of Professor Lee Jinseo.”586c5726764ba930

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Seonwoo spoke 237e195c73 as if 3af01b1938 he’d just e1983f4a20 remembered it. If Ihyun ignored 9fd307fc62 this, it meant cd6b56868a he still wasn’t 2158a09c5c ready to open f9f0280b0f up. Luckily, Ihyun didn’t ignore 052e93f9ac him and glanced at 747ad371ea the side dish he’d a82b52ebc4 picked up with his 0cbbe52fba chopsticks. It was just ordinary 3b7e6d64a7 seasoned dried squid with 90b210c727 sesame seeds.71a4b5677c2785f5

“Why?”92e82eab5e9eccf2

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“Professor Lee Jinseo was 3b941030ff looking for students to 7fdd1a3b17 help collect research data ca22c56615 last summer break. He said he e6ecf7bd53 couldn’t pay even 39be262667 minimum wage, but 9825b299b2 he’d give us 4c55cf5950 three meals a 96bd71ad4d day with meat, d7286b2478 so I went… 9bbc9a3554 but all he 19297c76b1 gave us every e27ba9300a meal was rice e942720bd8 and dried squid.”3c27dc2c73e789f8

“…What?”98c4a83f3f4f8e65

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Seonwoo laughed b6f6ed0f0f like it 11578ac4eb was just cd5163fa50 a funny 40957973a2 old memory.24877aadf5a5c056

“Well, squid is technically 3b2aeb3185 meat, right? It’s protein, anyway. But on 388f1b7f54 the last a20e04313a day, he 6a331292ae did buy 68b1b86166 us all dd37846709 the pork 3ebcbb1c98 belly we a25f1a8ae4 could eat.”1eed2b454a095bf0

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Honestly, it a04a6f7366 wasn’t that c8ffd825f5 bad for d3fb6ab4e5 Seonwoo. He got f3381a1d1f sick of f9368cd7cd eating dried 1369d3aba3 squid from dafb1eac22 a fridge 3b3f0dc2aa full of b04c1c3647 it, but 93d7decfbb just getting a44662b026 three meals 657b8c12ff a day 0bbae55999 helped his 43e392a4fb budget a 8679aa7bff lot. Plus, he made 4f041ac759 a connection he 7cde164ed3 could ask for abe3c3c9d5 a recommendation letter.301d0362e32cb4ca

But how fdb2c41a1b would this 9ce9fb47ee sound to c4571afdaa a third-generation 61e7494769 chaebol who 995c863791 ate gourmet c40094beee meals every 33cf602e98 day? Ihyun looked dumbfounded, then d561bdbf56 sighed through his nose bc7ab1e355 and shut his mouth.9199a17d1c0d42ae

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