ISLAChuseok, also known as Korean Thanksgiving Day, is one of the most important and festive holidays of the year. It was the right time for me to bond with my mom after waiting for too long.My stepfather introduced us to the historical way how women in the family would get together to prepare labor-intensive dishes.One of the dishes is called songpyeon or half-moon rice cakes filled with sesame seeds, red beans, brown sugar, chestnuts, or pine nuts.It is the quintessential Chuseok food with other highlighted dishes including freshly harvested rice, fruits like Asian pears, apples, jujubes, and rice liquor.While in the middle of preparing the dishes, my mom suddenly asked me about Eun-woo for unknown reasons."Dear," she said. "Have you noticed anything suspicious about Eun-woo?"I glanced at her, cautiously. "Suspicious? What do you mean by that?""I don't know if you see it, but that stepbrother of yours is as good-looking as your stepfather–""Ew! Mom, can you stop?" I exclaim
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