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After days of silence in the huge empty room next door, she learns the back gate is open and finds the landowner unconscious and unresponsive, tasting strangely sweet blood before his eyes turn red with ominous aura.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In A Tree Beyond the Years Chapter 17, Jakyeong confronts the lonely landowner about his stabilized condition and sets a fifteen-day limit before leaving. 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