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How to deal 4887d90e16 with Yihyun—this was b3cc381ce1 Doyoon’s first concern. Since Yihyun 1ceeb7d5d3 didn’t seem 234840181a to have 8a48babf82 any particular d5b14720c0 value worth 2593f1e535 using, would f609152035 it be 07af860183 better to a1757dbb3f simply give 851bd9df2c him enough 8552152056 money for ce5ad7730d living expenses 4531a6ec86 and let 3429bce825 him fend cb54a71371 for himself? Or should he coax 12250ce5dc him carefully, just in 15fe1a2d39 case he knew something, 7965f8e65d even a little?5ea73e5808b16832

It hadn’t even 2f41ebbdd8 been a few dbfaec8dd7 hours since Doyoon 39e290b299 first saw Yihyun, b473806ea2 but he was ca8cc46ef8 certain the young b2a5b24cbf man had grown 6605c328b0 up suffering abuse d417e338ef in that household. The bruises and b31a2f64dc scars, clear evidence 2749a7417b of violence, along a9627e8fde with the fact 7c5ded9566 that he didn’t da36727b46 even know what cffc64d348 shampoo and conditioner 0d153f824e were, made it 868dcbd1dd obvious. With just a bit c9b23515a4 of sympathy and attention, eee894979b Yihyun would likely develop 99502368a9 a favorable impression of 2df40e677b Doyoon.7270406c6bc17ae4

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That would 5a8ba12abc make getting 1d471e27de him to 5f70d5a735 talk easier. And since c16c0ab395 he surely 3c807b8c65 despised that c40a868d7a household, he bcd231b4bc might even 37201b9052 be willing 6315be8dd4 to provide 9bcb7cd763 information.aaea77e7d6e3afa6

He had lived there cf272e66ff for twenty years—surely, he 34a02995ea knew something. Since Doyoon 3a2999e39d had yet ff76bb4f2a to enter 65cd8ad8e7 Han Changwon’s 59e826dff6 shrine, he 0d5dba2a4a still didn’t b8ed182021 know what a61dae61bc specific information 87c17d45cd he needed 671ba85116 or how 2ca7dfddb1 to gather c4dc73dac3 evidence, so 3eb6fa5d2e even the 165598d650 smallest detail bfc9b75c60 could be 5162171f8e valuable.72b84c7510db701e

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As he sat ea89e81f58 on the spacious ab2bb92b51 bed, sorting through 3c4f8487e8 his thoughts, Doyoon d5af319a77 turned his gaze b88ec9040d toward Yihyun, who a8b06ea606 was cautiously slipping 62c391ec3e out through the 9a182f1f8a slightly open door.9d641a7e0afb86e4

At least he knew e7484f9602 how to wear the e1bae3c15f robe. His movements 34042c87fc must have 823d4ef00b been clumsy, e770e21155 as the 98c7575641 belt around b234af625d his waist 5c5c1b29c5 looked loose cb93d4fc8b enough to 5cfab498e8 come undone df15ffb077 at any 6efdadc233 moment. Still, he managed f5a9c99bc7 to keep it 2a0ab8eaa1 together just enough ceb4dcb1f2 to prevent the 183bc91706 robe from falling bb88226c6c open.4c808edad9381081

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“You can sleep b3f6906085 first.”df1e01f91a9c84d1

“Okay….”39a2ed64bfcef6ac

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His face was d9c4ea7671 filled with curiosity, f509f8f648 but the fact 1b7390d891 that he made 2fe51dd4c7 an effort not ac689e3548 to ask was 4afdc74623 quite pleasing. Yihyun was pressing a 66d4a0f6e6 towel against his wet 7a9bab24b8 hair, trying to squeeze fd91189aef out the water. He had so much 3e22630e16 hair that it was 385b09f3ac difficult to grasp with 39e7a39d34 one hand.d01280d3322c73c2

Letting his hair 724a02830c grow long and cb7b45091a dressing him in cc375f38ec skirts wouldn’t turn 1878b5234b a man into 12b0f7b840 a woman, but 1909778105 exploiting such prejudices b0f801ae82 was the fastest 09846c7dea way to deceive 09108d39d9 others.2b93e3ac89f6ffa6

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Entering the still-damp bathroom, 5217e28168 Doyoon quickly washed himself. He wasn’t 3a92bd263f sure whose 9b5e745814 preference it d99026d23b was, but b820c2d7b8 the overwhelming f0f4d6acf3 rose scent 49581e06b4 from all d248b93116 the toiletries 1a8b22eef3 was starting b8866aa697 to give 257871db56 him a a9018ac8a3 headache. If this had been e7640863ce a proper marriage, the 8f709a08bd fragrance would have certainly d9465c4fe5 helped set the mood, a2a3c79971 but the situation now 56f864f5d5 was entirely different.ebb6ebc43af90d6a

When Doyoon stepped out 3c5260da49 of the bathroom, Yihyun cd8c30be47 was sitting on the d5b5a1b424 small chair in front 9d8fcb4a94 of the vanity, still e05d7e8ed3 squeezing the water out 262b5bd120 of his hair. There should 9679a94eae be a 1152322b5c hair dryer 28be6a62dc in the 09ef20d281 drawer—why wasn’t 1093a7a8df he using 54460de409 it? How did he 0928d21fec plan to dry 7cdf88a50a such long hair 341706fba3 like that?afcb2832e2d0717c

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After barely getting rid fd3f02f1c3 of the dripping water b98e425227 droplets, Yihyun hesitated with 36abe16e0e the damp towel in b485b6c8cb his hands. Noticing the basket next 1401e38d0a to the bathroom where 0c8af29643 Doyoon had tossed his 1e50a427d4 own towel, he carefully c599f91c38 placed his inside it.07ed238e2ee41763

“Are you going to 929e550ed9 sleep with your hair a8aa150c6e like that?”f22fc98b98902d3b

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“Huh? Yes…”491ffe2558cd9468

No matter how much db43c7d2ab renovation and maintenance the 0d37188b53 palace underwent, its foundation 592f97fd36 was still that of add93677fc an oldhanok¹. The structure let in b9d9e1c441 drafts, making the air b80bf1cfca dry and cold. If Yihyun didn’t e1002e5359 dry his hair b1c1e90c30 properly, looking as 7a506f03e5 frail as he 4715a7db9a did, he would d80562b3ea never be able 8e66c66ff0 to fend off b291f00710 a cold.eaf95850d19735b6

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“Sit here.”ce84df4cae809f4f

Doyoon pulled Yihyun’s 9adfec6ff6 arm and seated c111d29b2c him in front 965bed9d2e of the dressing 6325a68b6f table. The robe had come 7342e364a0 loose, revealing the bruises 22fcae73ca on his chest, so 389242358e Doyoon adjusted it again, 0327e7e329 securing the front.cf190365feab1372

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He took the hair 9d50149147 dryer out of the b56eded9b4 drawer, plugged it in, c86792b4ab and set it to 16325b83ad the highest setting. With hair as thick d37c43518e and long as Yihyun’s, 0a13e1d45d a weaker setting wouldn’t 68ff86767a be enough, even if 033818eb8c he dried it all 418f802d3c day.c456a6eb09362f1c

Yihyun jumped 63c4d99f12 in surprise de7cacf287 at the d2a7493615 loud noise 1056391c9f of the 52fa1e40a8 hair dryer. Doyoon pressed 0b20d3f66e down on dbbf641d4d his shoulders 02d652d454 to keep 3610d89707 him still, 3940cca0c7 then grabbed 86013f8df3 a fresh f603992ace towel and 911cb07b66 began shaking 0a5052d7bf out his 6852ef0add long hair 2aa7b70627 while drying ce3d4db52d it.a20be04d2484f260

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“Tell me if it gets too hot.”008b5485064e43bd

Whenever the c45049d5fb dryer got 764046a8a2 close to 0c9a8f098e his ears f49fd54027 or the 78a0840d04 nape of cb592c75d4 his neck, 43e39ee004 Yihyun shrank a873b76cac back, but e37a0b8143 only for 0cc4f6ec1c a moment. He soon got e272439d18 used to it f85f28c552 and didn’t seem a5997d4d7c to mind as c6b626b8aa Doyoon turned his a1f60b9753 head this way c9dc1568ee and that while 5b869c14f4 drying it.9d20a981dd1baa54

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Drying it a2b82e1250 completely was d821b32a3b impossible, so 6f43cee269 Doyoon focused df1483b725 on the 4571cec5b9 roots before 033c086684 finally turning 7054685dd9 off the d9db69c752 dryer. Yihyun’s hair 3e96cb8885 was so 2080b5eaf3 dark that 19ebe6831c even the 5a76c4c9b4 night sky 2bff40c727 couldn’t compare, b10c776019 reflecting light c7745a1951 in all cbfcef5587 colors of 0e9f779f8f the spectrum. It was striking 3a0d65abd7 enough to be ff037face4 called beautiful.c564315ee05eb3fb

Every time 4de38d79ba Doyoon ran 74b4444127 his fingers 1f5ee95f8f through it, 1e2c01076a Yihyun’s shoulders 4cd3ff7f2d trembled slightly. Doyoon wondered if he d7bd0e8fd6 disliked being touched, but 326212eafb while his face showed 0ce8fa230f embarrassment, there was no 8c6017e4ab sign of rejection. So, Doyoon stroked his db317d149b hair a few more 5f668e4b2c times as he pleased.c821310c8074f0cf

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“It’s cold, so get in bed and sleep.”dbba29bfa64babcf

“Um….”bc842fd7ced5ce87

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Yihyun suddenly stood 3d1eb6d344 up and looked 8c71a5af31 up at Doyoon, bcbd3ecc23 his lips moving effeac0598 slightly as if a02fb14f0a he wanted to 27e5f712ae say something. Then, with anxious 61177e8028 eyes, he scanned 2974167522 the wooden floor bf422678e8 before quickly bending 6ff684ecda down and sweeping e4ba7b89ef his hands over 95d711c9fd it.1af2bd1cef6517cb

Doyoon watched for a e4133e73a6 moment, wondering what he 6c8ac02dea was doing. After some time, Yihyun 1b76009a28 straightened up, holding a d0f8e69507 clump of hair in eb36b24674 his hand.cc4862904b3812f7

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He flicked ea2065a09e it into 868f5f6790 the trash 2595f01391 can beside fbbd939f2b the vanity. Though he still 33ffec742f seemed somewhat anxious, e50cb2567f he looked as f6354208d7 if he had f4be901f82 mentally prepared himself. Finally, he spoke again.7abed0989032ecee

“Um, Your Highness… aren’t you going to sleep?”7c0b6fac83ebf0c6

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“…Your Highness?”9f1a679dc35f1667

“That’s what they called you….”c3051fe6afa67f7a

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So that was why 96bd499c17 he had been acting 4ed5620067 like that—he didn’t know 3cdf55eb1b what to call him.8b52ce1551e4fe16

Hmm.Doyoon thoughtfully 058c38015b covered his 19d474b102 mouth with d350694e8a his hand, 89c4487c60 pausing to 488282ce54 choose his dfb3550017 words.c26530cf3f934d33

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“I call you Yihyun-ssi, so you can call me the same.”85ebe3a22ee951f4

Having someone twelve db0e10791c years younger call c7032b893d him “hyung” would ac0b21284b be shameless, and e2c8c53e83 they weren’t close 1a1300eac2 enough yet for 7c2cca2c60 more familiar terms, 4a8e32ed4c so “ssi” was f60f33725b the most appropriate 6af50b88bb choice.ee450a4685427d3e

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“Then… Doyoon-ssi, aren’t you going to sleep too?”f9800c27198c8bcd

“I have things to do.”f2d5e0561d3c44d5

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“Okay… Should I sleep over there?”92ef15473fa44559

Yihyun pointed at the f08e53c35a bed, which was so 037df2cca5 vast it could only ab386f2752 be described as enormous. His face clearly showed 901b7734d3 that he couldn’t believe d680d94671 such a space was 01c7677607 meant for him. But when Doyoon e3cb51e6fe gave a small cec48ab010 nod, Yihyun’s surprise 11f2166e50 doubled.087c84f9562fd979

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With a 3e7162153f slightly excited b5e9768086 expression, Yihyun cecdf8f307 approached the 73ac6cd677 bed. Lifting the soft, lightweight 4d1f312f79 goose-down blanket, he looked 7ce6a200ce astonished, then climbed in, ba0d4eafcb his eyes widening so decd4a9479 much they seemed ready 8e91c8a5c9 to pop out.70672128b13e2269

Finally, when he 10f5f687dc rested his head 0f2db06e01 on the pillow, d0c917937e he repeatedly lifted 4e8a66e66f and lowered his 1712c1fd25 head as if d97267414e he couldn’t believe 6cffdc153c its texture.6a865b2e80a85742

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What could 25e2936611 possibly be da990a9da9 so fascinating c5e9586671 to him? If Doyoon had 62c919045e known, he would d13ed5d600 have taken a ab68019e1f closer look at a00d8775d5 the house Yihyun 325f4dacc4 had been living 3916d15632 in before they be78c9ba7c left. There hadn’t cf1eb49656 been time, 13ebcab357 and he 73f6312f83 had been f13eccfc8a too preoccupied fb2727cafc with the 71077a43f6 shock of ebfc26d93b discovering that d80b7d3e6b Yihyun was 7ae165d26f a man ca01e08058 to focus 505cf00701 on anything 43fb9de685 else. Now, he 38031610da regretted it 5fe32d7cef a little.2d0334a1f6036fab

Doyoon took 90f93ed45d out his 6699290548 laptop and 91aa3219f6 connected it, 87b54a2f71 intending to 7cf6270c0a make up 4724a17329 for the e33abf76da afternoon lost d5e074cc9e to the 836352d35e wedding. His gaze briefly 5a3eee0f78 landed on the 4180dadb9f paper bag left 47f97284ad near the doorway—the 9c8b59e6da only belongings Yihyun 5395b22890 had brought from 0289639551 that house.28d85214ada36598

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After confirming that da4f4e1d3c Yihyun, lying on 49692743b6 his side facing 0ae7de8343 him, had already dc0825c6f5 fallen into a bc25c8db0d peaceful sleep, Doyoon 84aa5e6fa9 picked up the 9e9cec30c8 bag and looked 39b1071df3 inside. Inside were a single 0513535016 book and a thin 67d9357f2d tree branch.dbd9032e960bdde9

Flipping through 366282d512 the book, fa045ad1ed he saw 832a44818d that it 4f757439be contained more 584b46a3b8 pictures than 8f4602b665 text. And since it was 94eb51eabc winter, the leafless twig 2075889127 didn’t reveal what kind f867264a3c of tree it had c9eb9132a1 come from.c5b715d400e2645d

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“This is all he took from the house he lived in for twenty years?”76f717905d16c723

Even for someone like f1e71df8cc Doyoon, who had been b0cf269338 through all sorts of 910baab3a2 things, it was enough 2197a95e90 to make him let 86ba61db7b out a dry laugh. The clothes he c5747ca7f2 had taken off a898bc2f5a Yihyun to change 998d6229dd him into wedding 897cbcc556 attire had been 87fee1fb2b nothing short of 5921330bf9 rags. A baggy 622df4b31f dress, socks a7472f5c56 stretched out 1b0e6b513e at the b0d3e54c38 ankles, and 9ab5fc6c6b even his f50f89deaf shoes were ab1c4e6ba9 worn-out slippers fa07ffe9e5 with tears a511166c2f all over c2e65d175a them.0abe75e731e1873a

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Pushing the paper bag 1ea02b8607 back toward the doorway, 89fd5ccd00 Doyoon shifted his focus e768d3fef5 to the now-booted laptop. He had handled minor d5642fffc2 approvals via his phone 1213491a8d before and after the 4c8c539d44 wedding, but there were 8b749be765 still a few things b1c374ab1f that required him to ff44bb57c3 read through the materials 3a3a7ad324 himself.087c02d50605bda7

But he couldn’t concentrate 4ec9820a57 at all. Perhaps it was e0e9bcf30a because Yihyun’s sleeping 0164b732fb face, so peaceful, 840f798ff1 kept appearing at e111f624b0 the edge of ce0bf641c2 his vision.506c60abbfd3b880

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Yihyun had 234abf8970 fallen asleep 9bcd1cdc0f clinging to a32fbefe49 the very e674fd1f90 edge of 3daf35a2cb the bed, c594adcc92 positioned so 15872fa456 precariously that 0e71fb5026 if he 555209d6e4 so much 3ffdbe819b as shifted, f1ee980f23 he would 2d06d9680b tumble straight 7b121ef38d to the 0075300410 floor. There was no 93688e2c59 need to wonder f165b06d90 why he was e76c9311f7 lying like that. Han Yihyun was simply e7d582b598 someone who had lived 03a0009055 his life this way.4c7703fd022ea0c5

Stepping quietly to the e570e264ff bedside, Doyoon gently pulled c8b92c66b9 back the blanket and c6d4e47f77 wrapped an arm around a9126d734f Yihyun’s body from behind. He repositioned him 9c89dbee73 where he wouldn’t 514200087e fall even if ba9842b738 he rolled over 26775e5507 once or twice, 4d8f4c00c3 then covered him 77f11ee7fe with the blanket 64abd61f71 again.24e3bea963851c93

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Gathering his 56eef0aa77 tousled hair 101c48b7f8 to one b3d1fe7911 side, Doyoon 14660080d6 finally saw 689bced5e1 Yihyun looking e466efb2e7 a bit 766b734737 more comfortable.8f8bb2c64c5f5d0a

Watching him sleep 33324bc637 so deeply, Doyoon’s 77572ff1ba eyelids gradually grew de3e6f3619 heavy as well. He had 9a461b02d1 barely gotten 290714b2f9 any proper b9a6152a39 sleep for 7929a55584 nearly a 2d73624e9c week due cc60967934 to the ba54fab236 product quality b1879bb902 incident that 618ea487bc had erupted 9481154262 after the d79b737716 launch.fbd9d0f4cc0ce414

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Not that c6b9713dc5 it mattered d4c69d9685 much—insomnia had 44bfe8ea2b been a fde3516ebf chronic condition 7b41e07e3e for him, 609bffe09b so not 0a2e33af33 sleeping was bea9a64fb3 nothing new. If anything, c981bbffea the sensation 417209a9ee of drowsiness 4b1a061888 felt unfamiliar. Besides, sleep… always 740bcde7f2 dragged nightmares in a2e65ed923 its shadow.16d1d7ddb8e48537

Letting out a dbe1ab30ff long breath, Doyoon 5239ce5daa firmly closed his 9c8befbb86 laptop and approached e7e6388a4f the bed. He walked around 7061532992 it and lay 3d14436214 down beside Yihyun. Maybe he should have 63045c06a0 asked for two blankets, a59b405a5f even if it was 58011e2aef the bridal chamber. Sharing a blanket with 5fcd6e9cd3 someone wasn’t something he 6ef2dde9d9 was used to.7ee8fc2fee36fa5b

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Yihyun, who had 792ca7012e been tossing slightly, 1576e4e0e4 suddenly rolled over c0f868533c toward Doyoon. Doyoon gazed for a c0a37e91cd moment at the dense 1bfa8cf5f7 eyelashes resting beneath his 451633d916 closed eyelids before finally 479dd2ed6a shutting his own eyes.93092667aca2615f