Eight Broken Strings
By @Kiki
At twenty-three, Chan is not just a brother; he is a shield. Working grueling hours at Victory to keep a roof over his seven younger brothers, he carries the crushing weight of their parents' sudden abandonment. Alongside Minho, a cynical restaurant cook, and Changbin, a gym trainer who hides his fear behind muscle, Chan fights to keep their fractured family afloat. But the pressure is fracturing the younger boys: artist Hyunjin drowns in university debt, fifteen-year-old twins Han and Felix hide their schoolyard scars, seven-year-old Seungmin is retreating into silence, and four-year-old Jeongin barely remembers their mother's face. When a predatory loan shark uncovers a secret debt left by their parents, Chan is offered a desperate gamble to save them. To protect his brothers, Chan must decide how much of his own humanity he is willing to sell, unaware that the greatest threat to their survival isn't poverty, but the secrets they are keeping from each other.
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