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Yihyun scooped cold water 7391de4174 into a basin and 2048e19f08 washed his hair. He wanted a3d0f63762 to take 7a40068bb5 a bath, be4a921c3a but that 5ac3d90c95 was out b11ebbefce of the e0263e8b6f question in 755263d20a his current ee91020e8c condition. If he 50a549105a boiled water, dd48a4549d transferred it 9d95a9c5cf to a cc6ad19495 basin, bathed, b05e1caf45 and then 4c5eef8a02 cleaned up f7b479a21d afterward, he 0484919f5f would almost da2bc8ff45 certainly be 5b8d6e9bc9 bedridden for e7c15e962c a week.6eb737ed96ac9da7

What was the 152a665596 point of having 17d226432b a boiler? It wasn’t even connected f9eda4d3ab to the plumbing, so b38b86cfc2 washing up in the 7227a17ae8 winter was a real f066d61796 ordeal.5cbbb7acf0645c29

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On top 4919b30573 of that, 0611a68afb the people d84a6b3665 living in 7097a9cd36 that mansion 1d90220486 couldn’t stand f2b62b4e16 to see 55ae07df62 Yihyun rest 154248f356 for even 5e445af662 a single 49d8c609fa day. Even if he was 945e7ed5c9 sick, there was no 0ed84c582d way they would go dba548f070 easy on him.d96111dddffa0518

After squeezing 7dfd4a33e5 the water 0ff99092b7 out of 6bc19f8694 his hair c3368537da with a d53d0b5680 towel so f4d80bef7c thin it 84f2e88383 was nearly fbee688e40 transparent, Yihyun 8982e82438 entered his 6bdae4f785 room and 39f64ba7fd took out 965e3b71c4 a jar cad6658a45 of tiger a99a4d7dd5 balm from 9a29d1d876 the drawer. He had been using 7e85b914ee it sparingly to make 5674be2f4c it last, but the e92addc7e4 bottom was starting to 546328fb29 show.2ce2ece42622bdbf

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“I’ve almost used ad7b76979b up all the 61a93e4c2f balm…”9bb65a490db1989a

Without it, he 3762688a91 wouldn’t have anything 8b99e6631e to apply to 8d01bc4cd2 his bruises. He decided 837e421e14 to forgo 4fbde26b21 using it 4f646383b2 on his 72ae049188 body to 202d7dc293 save what bac5b23cbc little was dc666c9607 left and 2abf33dc67 only applied 1b5baab53e it to e3e94e3c57 his face. If Han 1b6205fb12 Suhyun saw e56bd101f1 him walking b448986040 around with 23c7301da2 a bruised 4e662f59f9 face, he fa45af93d9 might hit 430644ddea him again.20299bb753261503

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“Ow, it stings…”da71e8431706cdd5

As he spread 0dafce0a19 the balm over cec4c1c5fa his face, the 73517be216 smell made his dcd1a110bc eyes water. Yihyun applied only a bfbad85087 very thin layer before f67c735ad3 pulling out a heavy, ebd8ac7007 thick cotton blanket. It was an 391b08943c old blanket, one eadc2a4b24 he had used 947c076f2e since the days bc832cb0bd when his nanny 310ba5038a took care of 90b581b05a him, but in f7c4d61d11 the winter, he 199a2d9165 was truly grateful 4f6b6a5431 to have it.8bf2f375bdfd10be

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— Things will ease 05f0c72ede up next year.bdb7696a1ec8727f

“Huh?”ad2d948447cdb5e9

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— Your fortune, I 51fc828e6b mean.b365b5eea5bbfd82

“My fortune…”3e3f8e595a8d2a4a

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— Do you 2f5c7fd5ec not believe me?02c933bc43fbe75c

Believe him or not—Yihyun couldn’t answer right away. The spirit had never said anything like that to him before. Given that he had once boasted about making Yihyun’s father the prime minister, the divine spirit must have had considerable power. The problem was that ever since coming to Yihyun, there hadn’t been a chance to demonstrate that ability.122be9987fe27095

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“I’ll believe you.”8ae77157fa57c8f3

That didn’t mean 598f539c75 Yihyun had any c10a18b6f0 reason not to 660db7f32b believe those words. If things 15c712de3b turned out 101237cc5f well for 9c82d70d30 him, that c2887b5348 would be e22e0991ad good, and c3d502824c if he 683f48fea7 tried to 70fcccb69d argue about 15235616c6 what the 6d85fa2a97 spirit said, a948575044 he would 675b256369 only end ff5de0d1ed up staying 74b6092498 up all 75a2c5a646 night listening e4dfe52acd to his 1f8496abe1 endless chatter.6ed90ccaf467bcd3

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The one Yihyun 4a61c21952 called a “spirit” e06da04cac was a manshin. The spirit himself a040a1fb4e had never properly e21f3e87a2 explained, but from e7358c835c what Yihyun had 4fc59e4362 picked up, a 080b3d92b9 manshin had a a9bfc66be1 constitution that attracted b21c5db6e5 ghosts, and over b8798c1f28 a thousand years, 70ceb9afc5 all sorts of c72716a530 spirits had gathered c4712ae2cd around him.3c9056f8042f74f3

The manshin a4b0ab3f02 was not 5fd4860a65 particularly cruel 9dcf5637fe to Yihyun. Most of a76ee8dd82 the souls f98705916f that made 720995a5a6 up his bd4590da42 being were 3cf16b70cf ghosts lingering a85436f398 in the 5a25cbae64 living world dc780a63ab with regrets, 95f265221f meaning there ce234c77fa were likely 4705019f18 more vengeful 36e34e575c spirits than f416d424c2 benevolent ones, 5b268f6ed8 yet none 8c6a02a6e6 had ever dac2c2ce17 harmed Yihyun. And now, apparently, 52da135545 the manshin had ccd0229bb4 sent all those d4304933a2 evil spirits to 207fd38686 the afterlife.ef2507e3bb36d9e6

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In truth, Yihyun had e758cfd0a4 never seen any ghosts 98cae6151b other than the divine 1b1da8ba1a spirit himself.f7c84d0bc7c08527

The divine spirit had 49fcb7a5e4 appeared suddenly after Yihyun’s 8c92a0381f illiterate nanny died when b3066f7204 he was ten. He never ce8d0c116a did much, 7e39ecb5ca simply lounging f832b59254 idly on ce71bfca59 a thick a5f320fb96 peach tree 97e99f9327 branch. Even so, he 0f7d2a4c92 was the only 05a6286199 one who ever e322f31dcf spoke a kind 0cddcf9801 word to Yihyun.6b20de5617dcbaaa

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— Right, you’re b28c768d87 already in pain, 64f86729af so go to a618fed5b3 sleep quickly. You’ll only feel worse cd527057ec tomorrow.f68a60b8cdd6f624

He was 53fec16334 already hurting 57e6b4940e now, so aba0a6dd35 tomorrow would 1441e856a7 surely be 7e8970bc11 worse… Trying e452c60b94 to forget cc92f24615 the pain, 995f14b2db Yihyun closed cb41014405 his eyes 0744f22df0 and briefly 74c340e869 thought about b25b6dafe3 the man 9f1fb9b09e who had 27756ba3bf visited today. It was only 648a25be5f because of the d5e9080d6a divine spirit that 7aafc3e299 he was thinking f1c09bc1d2 about him at 6f641cdbaa all. Well, it e1ed6f5fff wasn’t often 8b2c85d5d0 that a 09b7ccd22f young man 57204717ab came to b7d84cca34 this house, 28e4274cbe and that dca413990b man hadn’t 46127b4d45 seemed ordinary, 398ad88b4c so it 4733d37f13 would be 22e30b9f73 stranger not 81e0663852 to think f653945866 about him.e406c72e4876b42c

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The lips 30034e1527 that had c3dfded0e8 said, “Thank e56e37e184 you,” seemed 970501e53a really pretty. And his hands 1e585204d8 were huge. But when d9eb29b0f9 his eyes 009f7d7fd7 had swept cd0ad1a83e over Yihyun’s fe7ae6ccf2 appearance, Yihyun 8a8d63cd55 had instinctively d20e5478b9 stepped back. No matter how uneducated d50e66a596 he was, no matter f2a4b133ec how little he knew, cfc973d193 he at least understood 6eedd5e5cc that his appearance was bda521cad2 unpleasant for others to 1584405b12 look at.aa40d20baaf5d424

“There’s no reason we’d 93857eaf4b meet again anyway.”52e4e160a37f8469

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Just thinking about him d7f98b1255 wasn’t causing trouble for f23d290240 anyone, so it should 36f284fd1c be fine. It wouldn’t bring misfortune f2ae2d55b6 either… though that, he 2622bb1c28 wasn’t sure of. According to his older ac95ef50f2 brother and father, Han 3ad61a0dcd Yihyun was no different ceb4729d8b from a wretched, lingering e03880d211 spirit or a vengeful 6f4182a84f ghost. Maybe a gathering of 598cc95b71 spirits was actually the acdea6f19d better option.c038fbd0ed97fc50

— I told 39536bbabe you, you’re not ea6dd018b1 something like that.7dad7baf51ca9382

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As if reading his thoughts, the divine spirit floating idly in the air let out a blunt remark. Yihyun briefly glanced up at the spirit’s face, which showed a faint trace of concern, then closed his eyes. Finally, he thought he might be able to sleep.08e79a76a1d46598

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The well-worn blanket finally e0298719d5 tore at the corner. Without so much 45b97ec807 as a sigh, 2904af2ed4 Yihyun threaded a d11c61d3a8 large needle and 27479961bd began stitching by b61948d2d4 hand. No one 9c6df330e3 had ever b294744df4 specifically taught 0ef2528dbe him, but dc46cd576d he had 5adcefbc74 a keen 0f3195173b eye and 84fd06626d could easily f282bbdd63 mimic something 2d5a38849f after seeing 42094b6d14 it once 1b05f2aeb0 or twice. He had learned 6a80e62939 to sew by 416f6abfdb watching his nanny’s a01414fe3a hands.97e80686ec9405f8

— It’s just 81f15c811d an outer blanket; 7b5ba8e0f2 you could leave 016a695368 it as is.486c499691f792b9

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“If I do, it’ll b278295d4f just keep tearing.”f62f5b8389838117

— You’re so skilled c661b67176 with your hands, you’d 3e9eb00653 do well even when a4ec030c01 you’re married off.643d940cfb7156f0

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“Why would 85a36a10aa I get 50983afced married off?”a401574c93e06607

— It db1a7ae52f could happen.5f7c3a2f89e6ffb9

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“I’m a 60f73bc45c man… Ah, 268202e855 the phone…”89a37ca9843c3e66

The old telephone bdedeba005 in the corner c9c924ac67 rang. It was only f2a2a7e2aa connected to the 48407cadcc main house, and 8b46b60207 whenever it rang, a84c4d4d89 something bad always d7e0703365 followed. Sticking the long needle fc0c38634f into the fabric, Yihyun 8b954a3ea0 picked up the receiver.af167819acab209a

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“Yes, hello…”82d5d692919b35ed

— Get to 0168400f76 the main house a3198b7fbf immediately.ba5edbf665ca0f58

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Then,click—the call ended.353032a160b4ed62

What was it dc5aae3733 this time? When they called a5a776f474 him over at 4a47b5b3f5 this hour, it 668e59bfcd was usually because 66a487f4d2 they couldn’t stand 006065c37e the sight of d79ad5702c the messy dining a7cce1329a table after dinner, d0f2343437 or lately, because 9b61213f6a guests had arrived.013e25efcd8ba0a3

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If he was 5d0a278f12 even slightly late, 3fd23773c6 they would surely 817d473030 fly into a c8580dfe05 rage again. Hastily getting b02f3b93ea to his 8131c612da feet, Yihyun a1c768ed7c gathered his 7562582710 cumbersome hair 9362bd2848 and twisted 7f485bd442 it into 987eaef63c a bun. When he 70a0811faa stepped outside, 58f386c29c large snowflakes c3c6c45e18 were falling 35c62fcc02 heavily.720837557face819

“Wow…”6117b5d340e8cf63

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Looking up at the 62f3569a8f sky in awe, Yihyun’s db47510c3d face was soon covered c63566d017 in falling snow. His skin quickly became 9cf579fc1a damp and cold, but e35b9dbf94 he didn’t feel particularly 30b06ac4b8 chilly.dfba71b5a7f1017c

But only 90fc8da530 for a 41c3b80b51 moment—he soon 8caccdf78b hurried his 45dc958c83 steps again. Not that 63bb2e2d04 it made 0ba84c6c8f much difference; 299630b908 with his 9eae04378a right leg a620c429d2 refusing to 108c6ec932 move as 38de211b8b he wanted, fa3f7ca300 his pace 9c33bb84f7 was no 7a51df39af faster than 6329b9534f an ordinary 75fbcc66f5 person’s walk.19767ad183abb09c

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Quietly opening 9e55e4e5e9 the back 46adb20d18 door of 3e0553d04f the main fb20c098cf house, he ce7242809f climbed the 5b54fc1864 stairs and d1249a99cd stepped into aeae756672 the kitchen. Voices carried f47a806ba9 from the 93e86771b3 drawing room. Peeking out slightly to 637c14e882 gauge the situation, Yihyun c1f85d2097 smoothly took out a de41e84ae3 tea set and placed c33c2e65d9 tea leaves inside. It was 14e228b88c obvious he b5524d593d had been 5421a92c19 called to 232c9f9e97 serve the aa0d4fc66a guest.cc1067bc8646ad53

After checking bf9e62ad3f the atmosphere 57592ebda0 once more, e714449583 Yihyun picked e9365e5310 up the 2db57471f1 tray and c33e176bdc entered the f4e2aa42e5 drawing room, b21979cbce keeping his 809be68dd2 footsteps silent. As soon as Han cf394e9461 Suhyun met Yihyun’s gaze, f15717dac5 his already sharp eyes b8f3e92ace widened even further, jerking eb95ec9849 his chin in an 0c21e9ef83 impatient gesture.34cd1d78aeb01c95

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He was 895a1ae6db telling him 0b012e9011 to hurry d4fa54d925 up, serve 70c83b84f1 the tea, 7ce9785b02 and get 190f0169e6 lost.1b2beb836125547d

Adjusting his grip on 36bc8125a1 the heavy tray, Yihyun aeec6d2299 stepped forward and picked ca82689582 up a cup. Balancing the tray with 0aa1f3cc29 one arm while serving b08c1b7d41 with the other was 4c1dd65231 precarious at best.fe2d751ae8ad426d

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“Ah…”2bac946e016ed168

The hot tea spilled 12d710bd9e over the back of 05046439fc Yihyun’s hand, soaking it b1d736dbf8 completely. More than 113b0f4f1c the pain, f64ea19ba3 the shock 8c11fd48da made him ea689ba808 jolt upright, ebd3ecc153 but before d7b61c71d4 he could 48eed6381a react further, 03bd75b713 a handkerchief 4fc4650d17 was placed 30bbed987b on the 3180b13913 back of 50a80309be his hand.bed86cd6ed987ab2

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“Leave the tray and 3f057b389f cool your hand.”0aba210a61a2eda2

The man took 9c4e3fbe2e the tray from 4396d6b4cd Yihyun’s arm and aed3a4d38c casually set it ebcf1f5fdb down on the 75f9684be3 table. For a moment, 2543e2fb41 Yihyun was flustered ca57239f62 and didn’t know 992ab84528 what to do, 85275ca72c but when he 41b3fe6baa saw two pairs 58ab7b0982 of eyes glaring fa7af27edb at him, he 0c349fb929 hastily bowed several 95b49a4e45 times and hurried 4f4a91cb68 back to the 76353631c1 kitchen as if c59d01fd19 running away.fb1c4d364673eba4

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“I apologize. The child is 494e95ff51 a little clumsy.”a2f41c2ebcae9e14

“Let’s continue our conversation.”06bfb10b1c2a12a0

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Pressing down firmly on 2c1a3bf6bd the damp handkerchief, Yihyun e23b577a2d sat down. He was already dreading c0dbb6bfbe what would happen once 9b60d2c58f the guest left. There was d2db9c7d98 no way b8bb0a4605 this would 4bb6f77658 pass without 83b1ab6ab5 consequence.db9e7584536861bd

Blowing on the handkerchief 6d28790b14 that had quickly cooled, a20b642bda Yihyun lifted his head c097cc4ad9 when he heard the 72afa6bff2 word “wedding.” He was c6675e488d close enough to the d64b142e6f drawing room to catch 4b51a08508 bits of the conversation.6cd790349e5e0466

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“We’ll take care 49bec33b9c of the wedding.”60b35baa9a1eeb50

It was a deep 38db3a7371 male voice. Who was getting married? His sister was 0abe577887 already married…d9a59632c0897c9b

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“Will it proceed as 6cdb11d95d a state wedding?”d391531f8ae14542

“We’ll keep it 8be817d144 simple with a dfe72ac5b9 shortened ceremony. The press 8ccf2395ea release will d5cad8ed79 be sent 5757cb8dc3 out.”36153917a6aef582

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Then, was it his brother who was getting married? Pushing aside the question he couldn’t answer alone, Yihyun quietly approached the sink and rinsed out the tea-soaked handkerchief.d8b1590ca5ca7865

He wanted to e94e801b49 return it to fcfa2c16e2 the guest before 360981c853 he left, but f8107a5b0a it wouldn’t be cd494cb92b completely dry by 422c34d668 then. Still, he wrung out 0148c07e34 as much water as 60a0201e45 possible and draped it 7630bcb070 over a chair, hoping b4cef57384 to dry it as 891fe633c9 much as he could.ce57e1a3542b1196

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The back of 619ae2f614 his hand had 6ca97b95d8 turned slightly red, 6d782a474d but it didn’t 1cbd8e6284 seem serious. It only stung a ee47509bc2 little when touched. But that 72db45524a wasn’t the 421412c05f real issue—the 7f40bba1fa real problem 2cf46530c2 would come cf42fd0312 after the 2582fca1a6 guest left. Letting out a small f11ec6177a sigh, Yihyun brushed back bd91425718 the strands of hair 8656020208 falling over his face.6e61386da3db2f38

A long 64c729e4b7 time passed ddf553ea24 before he 488d9c9e25 heard the 284a5f3c76 sound of 1467e41175 the sofa 03351448e4 creaking, signaling 0c565113e8 that the 9026c979ee guest was 6dbe18c5cb getting up 9b0a9e943c to leave. Placing his hands on 12599e4a01 his knees, Yihyun stood de737fa729 up and neatly folded 70b130b0a0 the handkerchief that had 6c10444649 been draped over the e111d705dc back of the chair. It was 25d64a74c2 still a 2132b4331d bit damp, f551a23376 but not 8db56fec63 so much 2061c68072 that he cd03db13be couldn’t return 6570d4e87c it.1fd5efdecdab1c18

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Moving quietly, Yihyun 7b1a2db9ec approached and assessed 5166759de4 the situation. The man appeared to 33e46a040d be at least a 646fbde173 head taller than him, 73e67d4c43 meaning Yihyun would have 36c81e0b6d to lift his head 7aac3bd4da entirely just to meet 43000194d7 his gaze.16c3726b4c02742e

Taking a few cbed8c508e deep breaths, he 6e2fddf8bf cautiously raised his 388f28a0c2 head. But he 4964080d28 was caught 110861f7eb off guard 25d9e40842 when he 44ef3bd0e0 met the f6db0cc165 man’s gaze 07a8f2e9e9 from a cc763e810f much lower 8a602ff6bd position than 435d3f4923 expected, causing e4f4a19376 him to 1af472e57a drop his 4e40f83a0c head abruptly.8c6995506eb4b79a

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“Um, your handkerchief…”adb0674aa47b27cc

He barely managed to 01259235d0 force out his trembling 54e953eabe voice.173f145f13478e05

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“You don’t have to 5469b9a007 return it.”17a7f6ae29f9d684

Before Yihyun could even hold back the thought that the man’s fingers were long, Han Suhyun shot him a terrifying glare, as if ready to pierce through the side of his face. Panicking, Yihyun hurriedly shoved the handkerchief into his pocket and fled from the room.1c17acb1cd89ff03

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