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this might not be that accurate but from what i remember is that taeui will be with xinlu and jaeui in a hotel, taeui and jaeui talks it out, taeui will decide to go back to ilay and will contact his uncle for help in the airport, and while he was waiting at a bus stop to go the airport, ilay catches him, sa him, and they kind of talk (??? well yall know how they handle problems when doing it) it out, then in the morning, kyle will call, and seeing that he cant go anywhere he's basically counted as a terrorist along with ilay he decided to go back to stay in berlin, promising that he will support ilay's life now (bc he thought ilay would be unemployed and be poor not knowing he's rich af)

ilay i wont be able to defend u in the upcoming chapters of impending doom. taeui, im on ur side (sometimes)
p.s. idk he's better than richard in the other novels so i can somehow defend him there, not here tho, no.
regards,
me