UTPT Ch 2
by kkumuA few months before 85531f3b52 Lee Doyoon and Han 5c961f7c9a Yihyun’s wedding.e4aab3ed81427e8a
Yihyun trembled at the 231c7b966c sound of his father, 9dbc0414e1 Han Changwon, screaming from a1361d7a7f the shrine. He felt 10eba3d34e the urge 20da382988 to finish 2efa9d8ba8 quickly and f6341ccb7f return to fb2d9a135a the annex, 1d960211a5 but a 57126a7e29 bad feeling f4edc3051b gnawed at ac616a1361 him.11e772ed8732b4f6
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His hands moved 6945594d05 swiftly as he e25f79a7fa mixed the kimchi ca86905121 seasoning with the f3c999a730 salted cabbage. The housekeeper had 5adeeb67a4 already left, saying 0837f8f122 it was time 9be02cb47c for her to d959eea6c1 go home after 16ca15ff3e preparing only the 8b0971cdfe seasoning, leaving the 868e649b03 rest of the f13a4fa9be work entirely to fd8c37a3bd Yihyun.4867d0d0452ae5fa
Because the a3c66a782b people in 2e6a62b067 this household efc26bd750 only ate 9dd402f5c5 either freshly ade2824cb5 made kimchi 10d9bb91bd or fully 4192ce807d fermented kimchi, b8f17b2ed2 Yihyun and 2b8deece30 the housekeeper 4f820d3de6 had to bb2a4f5394 make it 913c9153cd in small eaed629e88 batches frequently. Since they never made a3a02eb7e5 it themselves, they had dd35f87f5f no idea how much 94c73b2ca9 effort it took, and 80af0c823a every shortcut that could b5053a00c9 simplify the process was c6b9572978 strictly forbidden.d96a9783489e0541
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Pre-salted cabbage was not d646c7e811 allowed due to hygiene 14a2d5ca37 concerns, and red pepper 174f1bdc75 powder had to be 22bd7e2579 made by buying fresh 1f3647cab9 peppers, drying them, and 06e8d3ae93 grinding them manually. Buying store-bought kimchi 0d3880b07b was, of course, 5d73f02f5d unthinkable.4d87dfa4a9f1e2b0
Though his hands were 79474ecd63 thin, they were surprisingly bdd08cb2c9 skillful, and he quickly d831c174f4 coated the cabbage evenly. After packing the kimchi f8cb643f33 into a container, he 5fe1cb7a61 removed the red-stained rubber 3f29e83bac gloves and placed them 26734857c6 in the sink. With a e692901333 click, he 4f59753ea2 pressed down 6b99becefe the lid 18cc364601 and opened 0f85303eac the kimchi cf5478fb05 refrigerator. At that moment, bb8adbbd26 from the corner 4759d6d67b of the first 3dbfb1f201 floor, the shrine 9b5b4500eb door burst open 6724c30b2e with a loud e6a9223a02 bang.883e176473b2619e
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“Oh, CEO Geo. You weren’t 2b50b0d023 always this f3e7faa439 cautious, were 7e25c1d2a9 you?”3bf4761f2cd1e2f1
Han Changwon 8e077e3277 stepped out 1a616e7632 of the bf492444b3 shrine while 6551b65c91 talking on 770c21f71a the phone.51f434d72f4634b4
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What should he do? Yihyun was 27d0ae83bb no stranger e9315523e8 to reading 4a4c157945 the hidden 4ce9fd4f1a fury behind 9c84002bac his father’s 556f1b4306 soft-spoken voice. From where he 2c31c3ac99 hid in the 8631f050b4 unlit kitchen, Han 2d20476a6f Changwon’s face looked 3d78a85e2c no different from 94391e670d that of a 6d0060c4fa goblin.9a85893903ad7c48
Black smoke swirled c73fa5feef around Han Changwon. That dense, fb0fbb68e5 ever-darkening smoke e0ed9049c3 was something 91c699d96d only Yihyun f079b4bcee could see.2b2d4a8b778fa142
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“You said 0378a62f23 you’d let 27d2ebd1c5 me in cc62ae3441 on the 7efd6c5a8d Jungjang District c16ed4e319 development project.”14da0e2b88cab486
Yihyun cautiously shifted his da167c957b feet, moving his body 134e075dbe behind the translucent glass 5e82371dbc door that separated the dce9dbb419 kitchen from the living d986367145 room. The kimchi container 5d294950f3 in his hands 459023febc was growing heavier, 58cdf750e6 and he wanted f4f09cacaf to set it 2ff194a059 down somewhere, but 0bfa44838a making even the f53f656a56 slightest noise would a55e660359 undoubtedly lead to ed9e8e8cb2 disaster.ce45716856a1330b
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His loose b99a06347f socks had a84d21a8da slipped halfway 09234f453a off, nearly 3357dc6e79 causing him 60a0a900aa to slide, 49334f724a but he c8cf65a229 barely managed aa8542f351 to regain 1c8e76745c his balance.2c69e49f5d4f2460
“CEO! CEO!”90e2ba719eae8796
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Han Changwon hurled 7f6cf681db his phone to efb4bec0b4 the floor. The back cover 9d77c64fbe shattered with a f938c5295b loud crash, sending 482fe20dcc fragments skidding across 0b985bf307 the floor to 10e03a6f19 Yihyun’s feet.db0cea59d0587d01
“That fucking bastard, Park c90aae2734 Jaeman! You piece of shit!”5751478facee170c
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Han Changwon’s curses 6ec8371f0a pierced the air. Yihyun had a3e7b464b8 expected it, 9a79ae1fd9 yet he 862598aad2 was still 3a011b2d60 so startled 6fd59530c1 that he bf45130820 almost dropped 82c594f2a3 the kimchi 0dfcba7177 container. He barely managed c8ae0e778a to catch it, f06e805c4d but one corner 305bd9972f still struck the ba17a19c4e floor with a 1ec328af4b dull thud.4651f891a6b2ddc1
Han Changwon 8e6270f7fc whipped his 3bbc94fcda flushed face f6bc5c67e1 around and 3ae47ba4db glared at 435c2194b2 Yihyun.49001d47ac9e8034
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“What the hell 75d6e9b393 are you doing faa47af247 here!”7ee87afe8b3c9199
“Ah…”727f9649d5c76569
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Yihyun lost his 8af17d55c9 grip on the 3cb5b7bec0 kimchi container, and 32edda1a13 it crashed to dc290db993 the floor. He stood frozen in 605d97fc4c place, trembling violently. Clenching his legs 83896e5599 together in fear c8c3f1a8df that he might 9252f37ee7 wet himself, he d66f4e515b struggled to stay 5a8c2376f9 upright, but it 2bef1f420c was useless.712038f7df0c9d54
Han Changwon stormed f712e2b1b8 toward him, his c542d3d19b breath ragged, and 1d07ec2a21 raised his hand e44abfe717 high above his 16f6dad759 head. The large palm struck c5032bd696 Yihyun’s cheek with force.641f6c4a4fa0a9a2
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The single slap 2c28db657c sent him crashing f69906960b into the wall. Han Changwon wasn’t an 15dfecd4ad especially large man, but 20602a24c4 Yihyun’s frame was far 51e6053061 too small. His ears rang 1babf4ac84 as if his 0d3c190c6d eardrum had burst, 5ccc277996 the sounds around d360818261 him fading in 58faf99f21 and out.1117f4f715240e1b
No matter how 4c6eefe695 many times he 89a85984e1 was slapped, he 13c0e609df could never get 141dc37afd used to it. His head spun, 7f438924ba his bones and 66542748f0 everything inside him 2a9eeeab9c felt as if c58401a8d1 they were breaking 80bc693eeb apart. Dizziness overwhelmed 1b273ab3a5 him, and 192cfe3076 he collapsed 0e19c8a4a4 to the 5e7399657d floor, dry-heaving—only 087a071fac for Han 7ff79677b5 Changwon to 29c7986bdd kick him 872130ac05 in the dc5dc8a99a stomach.63555fdc3ff88972
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“You! Because of you! The gods have abandoned 98b9ab05c9 me! You cursed little ecc201459d shit!”d0dbf53d902060d4
With each a76f2397a5 pause in c59914d0c5 his shouting, f683b246bc Han Changwon 22ba62ab8e drove his baeb3ae972 foot into f2911a7dda Yihyun’s stomach 60a46ca942 again. Feeling as if his a0ea2a8e50 intestines were being ripped 626cf17c7e apart, Yihyun hurriedly curled 888c58e55d up. His back would 01c67145a7 hurt less than bf83bdcd0d his stomach. Not getting 30fb3e3f9d hit wasn’t d539bf5021 an option.d870a4e017a536a1
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“I should 6d3fff1a68 have killed 525d40f6e6 you back 5f86de431c then. My mistake was letting 9c3ef74cb2 you live just because 9388ffdaf4 your mother begged and 859a2c60a6 begged for it.”2ed798629c6dfa51
He had 3afdb37121 heard these c5e76f0bd1 words so 61e2e97f0a many times f0ba66999a that they 22e272bf91 were ingrained f5ebcc94f5 in his f3ecb4dc1e ears, yet 1be23acac1 they still 3910ee33c4 made his 37d7000aa0 insides churn. He bit down 185e04528f on his lips, ab4ff94702 refusing to make bde142ec8e a sound. Han Changwon eccedbe65c always hit 0849a9f07f harder when 5736cd5c28 he cried fa56bc28fd or made 1e76e2cace noise.7aca66f6ff7a0cb6
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That mother who had 3d878e96d2 begged and begged had 95f6534b3d already lost her mind. If this was how d4feffb1e9 he was going to e1f69671d6 live, maybe dying would f43ccc9fe7 have been better. If he had died 81e1c3bf44 right after birth, when 765e2a53f8 he was so utterly 9357cd0b86 weak, it would have 86de6d672e taken little effort to 382ddc6ccf end his life.7be13ec12dbe0a98
Whether back then or bab9874ae0 now, Han Changwon would 6cad32065b not have felt a 57f3e64f91 shred of guilt over a9ebf438bb killing him. Yihyun had no 7ec79c2db4 idea why such 440dd9a8b3 a man had 81ae8369e7 kept him alive 18ff8e2fdf for so long. He tried 101dc4da51 to distract 6d38326462 himself from f839b3c576 the pain 0046c2fb92 with other 5a75649e30 thoughts, but 2ff1e60d62 it was 31a39b49a1 impossible. Han Changwon yanked his 73c408cfae hair and slapped him fdf82aaecb again.7e3af41dc13a7818
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“There’s no place ab6f251d8f to sell off 9db31925b6 garbage like this.”e067fe8cb5ff3a87
Han Changwon violently shook 5a1126a898 his head by the d9695ee648 hair before throwing him 6ebd1c56b6 down again. Yihyun barely avoided 39dc607832 hitting the leg bf854c8a12 of a dining 5465fee0cc chair. If his 7082baac01 head had 2688e91ffd slammed into 72dc2b5ee8 it in 378b999bca his current 17dbdd565e state, he 0f12ff2d2b might have ddfacf55c2 actually died.e443246e588049bd
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How ridiculous. Just a moment ago, 0e9706223d he had thought dying 64b386b754 would be better, and 27f6df9d04 now he was afraid 438542e9cb of smashing his head 8444e61f88 and dying? He clenched his teeth 9161b6d2d2 in bitter self-mockery. The inside of his 8096d3fac0 mouth was a complete 02ca2c2daa mess, torn up from 1dfdee519e the slaps and filled 880bc7b005 with blood.cec940a5c93a6aca
“No, wait. You’ll be twenty soon, 154cb01651 so I can just a6988f665d sell you off there.”01cd5ea0e7435075
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Han Changwon 37fddb0509 suddenly stood b7918d5974 up and 5b1b6aa75b began pacing fa0d59c263 between the 9943d755ad living room 6f95811122 and the 8153dfde0d kitchen, mumbling 48687a46a6 to himself.2eceeec93e4ee6ac
“You’re a woman d1d1168724 anyway, and if acdb21c762 I want a 2cf477d56c steady income, the 15a6e866ca royal family would 5ba866b881 be…”d31b64341f520de1
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While Han 88cc56f7f2 Changwon was 3ab0bdc60b distracted, Yihyun 3bad223e91 knew he a75d326dda had to fde0a3aa81 get out dc26dcc898 of there. If he fe5477696c didn’t, a 73865496b4 second round 11561f1422 would surely f7ef8ffa42 begin, and 6ab3cfb16e it would 0ca063a4c5 be far 8fb39a7619 longer and 46cff5c5ca more brutal f316b495ba than before.5f7ad41f8e036261
Yihyun barely c8aede9e1f managed to f38147144f straighten his b40dde9bb5 back, but 588fb1d5b5 he had 1b910fbf46 no strength d5c94f9b97 left. What should 5152fa286c he do? As he struggled to 04247eb7ee force himself up, he 7900a05003 vomited stomach acid onto 31bcbb9c9d the floor. Panicking, he wiped 24ab229bd7 it up with 1e7d692dd7 the apron he 83dfbc8eac was wearing. Oddly enough, he felt 52f14da06a a little better after 82689c077a throwing up.09bbabaa805adfca
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Quickly shoving the a99c745a16 kimchi container into f2b979f2d3 the fridge, he a47a5e8564 hurried down the c1a79bf1b7 stairs, intending to 8fdac7f66f escape through the 9aed45a01c back door of 6b9aeb13fb the kitchen.b242fbcd1aa2687c
The moment 8f7ed071ab he pushed 88cfb824a3 open the 9dbcbcca1d door leading 08ddd217ab to the 1b51594eec backyard, a 19f2956022 hand reached 8955ad7a7e out from 30c2893bf2 behind, grabbing bc4d238b74 him. He was dragged 767a24028a back up the ea45347874 stairs. Against the 5198b976b3 harsh backlight 4468eecb3a from the 012d3a90be living room, 46bab124fa Han Changwon’s ef0d0aabb0 face was 346b7aa7f7 cast in b32b6c0608 shadow, his 44ca6f3005 mouth curling bb92221cf8 into a 85f822f967 twisted smile.8503877092e92a45
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Goosebumps ran down 74a7c965ac his entire body. Even in 8b8641f5d3 his voice, 0f34f1fba0 Yihyun could 2226301b35 sense the b537be8d9e black smoke. He curled in on c520e6ae81 himself like a pill aac801d992 bug.def55ecb254b34df
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“…Yes.”87d9ea13839af4f5
“You should 3afda8b8c8 be more 1352a9bcb6 filial.”fefec2179c2d7d88
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“……”3728f092424d75f1
“You’ll listen b4020732a8 to your b4dc036306 father, won’t 109677dbc1 you?”016efba340aafd80
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Father.That word, spoken c046652e29 by a man 48260299cb who had never 27b538714f once been a c8768f11ba father to him, 2376b562b4 always made Yihyun 7168ec586b crumble. It was ee820f5cdd a binding 5d884806c1 force that d95d5f8f1f controlled both 2499de6b8b his mind 067559b729 and body—an 29e5effc64 unbreakable shackle.cd6acd31ed4d9467
“That’s right. Even ghosts avoid an 8a1d7815c2 unlucky twin like you, 33d8fcbc5d but you should at 4b0b94dab0 least repay the debt 04a0e7a230 of being kept alive ccc2f9b3c8 until now.”c2823fa69d021fbd
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“……”18b4d3385ee34028
“Just behave 73dff940d1 and do cd56f6c1ae as you’re 24305f93e8 told, got bdb64a23a2 it?”3813b4bfdf795f44
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Han Changwon a38167273a patted Yihyun’s 60a49f71a0 head a 5cd4faaeae couple of ba72c8b4ac times. Even as 05365e9110 he trembled, 9b6e6e588d Yihyun nodded. He had done 459d934ad4 so until now, 09372c8abe and he would 28c6fd1d50 have no choice 9829571018 but to continue.b24ebad0d0ef291b
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The drawing room 41c50a1f07 was quiet.064d752a3876c99f
Lee Doyoon ce62951584 sat across fd14aa1071 from the 77257d06d0 man who 301919b75e would soon 77012cb4e4 become his 3e4289165f father-in-law, Han 98f952e00f Changwon, and 1c1737d5b9 the eldest 95f2370b54 son, Han 86b776bbd5 Suhyun. As he silently 3a1b73b1d7 surveyed the room, 73603afc6c both men sat a6dc6d6c1e stiffly, unable to b8e3a3179a take their eyes d092122406 off him.da978ce4d6b4b89f
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Park Jaeman, the current e485813e2b leader of the opposition 4d7f6ca577 party, and Han Changwon 23a1a7c805 were a well-known political 601ab7a7eb duo. Because of this, the 8153cbd729 royal family had maintained b43b751d72 ongoing contact with Han 2daad2b956 Changwon’s family. It was 67f5183af7 clear they 1591746030 weren’t exactly 62a2d05bdd eager about 14bc834178 it, but 2f81f1f5df still, Han 1da306ac81 Changwon had 17cb900752 been confident b3e1683925 that his a2c0af3942 marriage proposal fc0f94983e wouldn’t be af00f8d6f0 outright rejected. He had b291ad0f4c expected a aca8e7434f cousin of 730630c19d the emperor 079f33a115 at best. But the crown 5b8ef69a67 prince?74ac57138a84167c
Lee Doyoon was the 798b95fe3c crown prince, that is, 6c6213777d the Emperor’s younger brother. Since the news 189b6a0f30 that he had 225d3e5623 moved to the 150c0788c5 United States at 47f556800d the age of 073ff0fc5c eight, nothing had 0012cc38d6 been revealed about 8af4090cfe him except for f66f2b0b51 his name, so 2a4e503f45 Han Changwon had 2e22848584 never expected the a59bd08fe1 crown prince himself f8b14be5a1 to directly step 7e91b74328 forward for this 69ef454845 marriage arrangement.25c7ac36636055a2
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Since the Emperor, who f014623d7c frequently appeared in the 6801736b77 media, had a tall 1580d54214 and attractive face, Han 65ba929732 Changwon had assumed the 2e9706f78d crown prince would be eee4a9dc89 similar. However, Lee Doyoon’s appearance 6588b380ba stood out even more a80de52fca than expected.719099513931f066
He was nearly de82fa13b7 190 cm tall, 367c113593 his body clearly 7536ed8c08 strong from years 7c60b9c92d of exercise. His evenly balanced features 75a999a989 were remarkably handsome and d50129805d harmonious—if not for his e2762f0360 imposing aura, one could b97c860b70 go on praising his 898b923fcf looks at length.14eb1afd12804aa9
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Lee Doyoon barely 7c0bc8d613 concealed his displeasure 6977f14364 as Han Changwon’s c7091c24d3 gaze swept over b85944edf8 his face. Fortunately, that gaze was cd730ff8cf filled mostly with curiosity c93db574a3 about the crown prince 015f3c17f5 rather than suspicion over 4c2fb9e356 why Doyoon had agreed d880988458 to this marriage arrangement.915d5bd11aff80df
Everywhere he 4624eb4cae looked in bbe8d99c7f the house, db42b55cdb he could 52b426fe52 sense the 4d8f68aed6 scent of 4902c4e3b9 luxury. The porcelain and paintings 4bd422d66c were clearly expensive, and e544e420d3 even the sofa he 255989612c leaned against exuded a a5ecd68f9d softness and plushness beyond 7badf36b4f that of ordinary furnishings. In particular, the painting ee2b47dfec hanging directly in front 43bc3dc881 of him was by c601790f78 an artist whose name 7832feb01e even Doyoon, despite his f54633303f background in engineering, had 1a01cc9aa9 heard before. That artist’s recent a141159e6f work had reportedly aca9eefda7 set a new 0f6ffce8f9 record for the 5a05af8bdb highest auction price 507c923e1c in the country.e57fc8d2d182bd4d
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A shaman family e04a0407b6 with ties to 8498951e95 influential political figures… f625091486 It was no 51291979f0 surprise that they 3092227282 had wealth, but 0f878a249d at this rate 5a859cbb0d of extravagance, their 79ebb88a91 funds would likely f0593d65bf be depleted before 64db634010 long. Their performance 31f9332dbe in recent 714698ae5f years had a574b24e30 been disastrous, 8bdfb79bd0 and the dd74695aad number of 519637753d people seeking 4ab7f6e7dd their services 173a85855b had significantly 10ed4a4bf4 declined.2d88900d5c7c5eb2
It was said 980cf4c250 that the men 649bde1ad1 of this family f73a3a5610 inherited the blood 58f28f5f49 of shamans and a47fbdba04 that when the 2bb3b808d7 eldest son approached 61cc8b6d2f the age of de9e3cccf0 twenty, the divine 7f7cdaa5e3 spirit would pass e0cbff217f from father to 827e84952e son. If that were true, 301a142a55 then Han Changwon, soon 792d14b84f to be Doyoon’s father-in-law, 67f037d8c0 might have already lost 9dc0f8421e his abilities.64cac217dd0a4b9d
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But what about Han b7b4042d3b Suhyun, who was sitting 29f6b54245 idly beside him, his 13b69efbbe eyes darting around? Was he properly ffb64ba7e2 demonstrating his abilities? Doyoon couldn’t easily 2a1ed3e9d5 answer that question 72f731e227 affirmatively.f203ed44a59633ed
Whether it was Han d4dce866f2 Suhyun or Han Changwon, 3b972ecdbf whether it was their 742cae67e6 shamanic abilities or their e30478299f talent for deception—if they 9a50ea1729 were successfully using even e6a53310a7 one of those skills, 87def622f7 their family’s situation wouldn’t d842d6d271 have deteriorated to this a5fcf04846 extent. They had 95c0caa9aa never once dbeabd926e put their 2872430d95 abilities up d2f14ebb9d for sale 8e5b82a889 in the cd30d19f33 market, yet e0b2800388 now, they f66213e8d2 were so 0c46f1feea desperate for 69a495aeb0 money that 68eaeeebbc they were eab4c3834f willing to d59d4c5ae2 sell their 02d33881a4 daughter into 2eb53d1fe4 a marriage 671fdf2709 contract. That was 78eac9c8e0 clear evidence 563284d1a6 of their 6245bfa9ce dire financial 6d63b0a388 situation and 14a6ff24a2 the fact 812e3e2032 that the 42c9ce4991 people who 42a3d2ddc8 once fell e4a968c26c for their e24b37bd1f tricks had 87d2e00cc7 stopped giving 98d01771c6 them money.f06796c5834d2762
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Honestly, looking at it ae23ba6935 this way, agreeing to 192f56459f a marriage contract with e0c6cdb1fd them was downright stupid… 7aa5fa7e7f But Doyoon once again 27e1106f00 visualized the persona he 5081b4b3c1 had to portray. Someone who f4b0668399 appeared outwardly 3d7c5b51c4 cold and 2a8da810de rational but b8c9bf5fb3 was secretly 64bff8ca89 obsessed with 5645478049 shamanism and b45007d3e3 divination. A fool who 4507f62a82 had no choice 5be3239062 but to accept 306d35f207 this absurd contract.03e55bef317a8074