“Debt-orphaned Jiwoon becomes a crime lord's bodyguard, then meets mute Soohan in the red-light district, changing his fate.”
Intense
Intense
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Debt-orphaned Jiwoon becomes a crime lord's bodyguard, then meets mute Soohan in the red-light district, changing his fate.
Crime lord Yoonshik takes a little boy named Jiwoon as collateral when the child's father hangs himself from debt. Eight years later, the boy is working as Yoonshik's bodyguard. When the boss gets locked behind bars, Jiwoon is sent to work for another middle boss in the city's red-light district. There, Jiwoon meets a mysterious mute, Soohan, and everything just might change for him.
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A Manhwa Publication
- Format 28 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 44m approx
- Published Jan 2000 – ongoing
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M86396 catalog