CHAPTERS
“Is this the right place?” It was the beginning of February, when the winter wind was at its peak. After a 30-minute climb up a frozen, steep road, I stood in front of an unfamiliar main gate, checking the map on my phone. At least the destination marked on the map and my current location were the same. The reason I was still confused about whether I had come to the right place was because of the extraordinary presence of the main gate. The gate, built in the style of a traditional Korean…- 172.3 K • Completed
- Right. It was a foolish thing to do. It was also presumptuous. Is it a relief that I realized it now? Or, would it have been better not to realize and to have gone ahead and resolved my curiosity through the woman? I don't know which would have been more beneficial for me. The result of a long, long period of anguish was not advancement but retreat. In the end, I couldn't enter the exhibition hall and turned my steps back. And, I threw the ticket into a trash can I found on the way…
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- My voice naturally grew louder out of delight. Leaning against the doorframe, he tilted his head askew and responded. "Yeah, hello." Huh? Is it just my imagination? His tone was strangely unfamiliar. It felt more chilly than usual… and his expression was a bit like that too. It looked devoid of emotion. I was flustered. I hadn't expected him to greet me warmly, but I hadn't imagined such an indifferent reaction either……. I was just happy to see him after a long time, but it seemed he…
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- I went outside, secured the door, and went up the half-flight of stairs. My steps were incredibly light. It was always like that when I went to meet Baek Sahyeon. It was not just my footsteps, but my whole body felt unusually light. It was probably because of my desire to get there quickly and the excitement of being able to see him soon. I climbed the stairs in a single breath and reached the villa's entrance. I stopped for a moment and checked the state of the sky. It was said to be clear all day, and…
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- Is it because of the sharp edge in his voice? “While mentioning you.” “……!” “Director Baek, you seem to be having a lot of fun these days? How does a young kid’s cunt taste? Is there something different about the one attached to you? Well, I suppose he’s no ordinary thing, seeing how our Director Baek is even spending his money to support him. Is that why? I’m getting greedy too? You know my tastes are a perfect match with yours, Director Baek. Looking at the photo, he seems so…
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- It was such a familiar address. My heart, the first to recognize the extraordinary relationship contained within it, lurched. The person the woman referred to as 'Sahyeon-ie' was clearly Mr. Baek Sahyeon. I had never seen anyone call him so familiarly. Is that why? His name, which I thought of dozens of times a day, now felt as unfamiliar as if I were hearing it for the first time. "Ah, what's with all this talk about affection. Then should I just spread my arms wide and say, 'Welcome~' and give you…
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- “Hey, loser!” The call pierced through my earphones, and my bowed head shot up on its own. I already knew who it was from the nickname and the voice. Looking up to confirm, I saw a familiar face, as expected. It was Jiho. With food still in my mouth, I took out my earphones and nodded in greeting. Jiho sat down in the empty seat across from me and lamented. “Hey, man. I had a feeling, but are you here again?” Adding to that, he saw the food I was eating, made a disgusted face, and…
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- It was truly a relief. That I wasn’t just a substitute for his brother… The starting point didn’t matter anyway. What mattered was that he had taken an interest in me. That his kindness toward me wasn’t entirely because of his brother. Yes. Whether I seemed pitiful or reminded him of his brother didn’t matter. I didn’t need to care. My throat suddenly felt dry. The tension that had unknowingly gripped me began to dissipate. I lifted my empty glass and held it out to him. “One…
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- I wish I were dead. I wish someone would just kill me. It was a thought that crossed my mind at least once a day. To be precise, it was a thought that came up every time that human called hyung used me as a punching bag. That was the situation now. I wished he were dead. Hyung. My only family. The last blood relative I had in this world. This monster. Thud, thud, thud… Dull noises erupted in succession. The intensity and intervals were irregular. Each time hyung’s foot made contact with…
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Ye Lingwei waited a while, but there was still no reply from the other side. He tossed the phone aside and lay down, completely unburdened. However, a seed of doubt had been planted in his heart. Mom? In the book, right up until the original host's death, this person didn't seem to have appeared at all. The author had written no father, no mother, so he had simply assumed, based on first impressions, that the original host's parents had long since passed away... Ye Lingwei reached a hand out from the…- 292.6 K • Completed
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