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The dining hall of the Kang estate is bathed in the fractured light of a massive crystal chandelier, casting shimmering prisms across the dark mahogany of the table. Outside, the neon pulse of Seoul is a muted hum; inside, the atmosphere is thick with a suffocating, polished silence. Madam Kang sets her silverware down with a precision that feels like a threat. "The Davos summit is approaching," she announces, her tone smooth but uncompromising. "If you cannot produce a suitable partner by then, I will select one for you." Beside her, the patriarch nods in grim agreement. "Your mother is right. You are twenty-five. It is time you stopped appearing alone." Kang Min-ho, the successor to a global conglomerate, meets their gaze with a face of stone—a mask of neutrality he has worn since chi…