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Why Bad Things Happen To Good People
"Why do bad things happen to good people?" the young and naive Chanyeol in third grade would ask his father when he spotted a teenager being dragged by his collar to a dark alley before being pushed against the wall. That teenager was his neighbor, the guy that would tell him good morning everyday while pushing his glasses up, or walk across the street while reading his book, and sometimes offer Chanyeol candy whenever he see him playing outside.

"Keep walking and don't stare at them, buddy." Pulling Chanyeol closer to him before quickening his pace, his father began to speak again after passing by his neighbor without sparing a glance, "Sometimes, it's better not to get involved with other people's business." his father's words went in one ear and out the other, he was nine years old at that time, the words that his father spoke didn't make a single impact on his mind.

Within a span of 3 days, Chanyeol and his father made their
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Wherever he went he couldn't escape his past, his classmates would dig it up and spread it like wildfire. The question that Chanyeol asked his father when he was 9, appeared in his head again when he was left bruised and scratched behind the school's building. "Why do bad things happen to good people?" if he hadn't taken that path home, he wouldn't be treated like a monster by his classmates and people around him.

After Chanyeol graduated from high school, his father fell ill and the medical bills were just too much for Chanyeol to handle himself. No one would hire him, even if he went looking for jobs from a foreigner due to his records of fighting and troubles in his high school years. That's when the hacking started for Chanyeol, it was a thing Chanyeol did for fun after graduating from college and having nothing to do. But when he realized the things he could do with his ability, it took him nearly one second to get

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