Preparing for farewell (5)
Choi Ki-seok returned to the restaurant and sat down again.
‘Phew… Is this not possible?’
I couldn’t help but feel sad when I saw Kim Tae-sik talking to Yoon Ji-hye.
He was trying in many ways to win Yoon Ji-hye’s heart. I went to the gym every morning and saw Jihye Yoon, and I often did things that would make her like her.
But Yoon Ji-hye was still cold.
There has been no progress at all over the past two months.
“I’m going to the bathroom.”
As Yoon Ji-hye left, Kim Tae-sik sighed and emptied his glass.
“Should I really give up?”
“Professor Yoon is such a strong enemy. But if you keep filming, you’ll get over it someday.”
Choi Ki-seok filled Kim Tae-sik’s glass with alcohol.
“Is this the situation where I’m going to get over it?”
“I think you two get along well. It’s definitely going well.”
“Pour me another drink.”
Kim Tae-sik drank several glasses and received a new glass.
“What do you think about me? Am I that unattractive?”
“Teacher Kim is cool enough. It’s just that Professor Yoon isn’t mentally prepared.”
“Teacher Kim. I see you like Professor Yoon. Then, just be patient.”
Kang Hana, sitting at the table next to us, joined the conversation.
“If I endure it, will I get an answer?”
“Yes. The obstruction will soon go to Meijo.”
“Teacher Kang. Is it okay to treat people like obstacles?”
Choi Ki-seok was furious, but Kang Ha-na didn’t even blink an eyebrow.
“Teacher Choi, you don’t know what the problem is, right?”
“….”
“Teacher Choi is very kind to the female staff. But he is also secretly bewitching women’s hearts. There are many victims, but he is the only one who doesn’t know.”
Kang Hana emptied her drink and rolled her eyes.
“Me?”
“Yes. Hiccup! I’m a victim too. Idiot. Idiot.”
Kang Hana said something without thinking and blushed. Then, he suddenly grabbed a bottle of alcohol and started blowing on a horn.
“Teacher Kang, calm down.”
“Hey. Let go. Just drink it and die.”
“Don’t just say I’m dying, give it to me quickly.”
Choi Ki-seok barely managed to steal Kang Ha-na’s bottle of alcohol.
“I’ll take Teacher Kang with me. I can’t drink anyway, so what’s the point of staying here, Professor? Nurse Kang and I will just go.”
“I will bring two people with me.”
Choi Ki-seok supported Shin Ah-reum and Kang Ha-na and went outside. Then, after watching the two people leave in a taxi, they returned to the restaurant.
“Professor. What are you doing there?”
Only Jihye Yoon was standing in the small space.
Even when I tried to talk to him, he just stared at the wall without answering.
“It’s not good to be in a place like this. Come in with me.”
“Leave it alone.”
Jihye Yoon answered in a tongue-curling voice. Because he had been running from the beginning of the dinner party, he seemed to be quite drunk. He looked quite uneasy even standing.
“bad guy.”
“yes?”
“You’re a bad guy.”
Jihye Yoon began to sob.
Choi Ki-seok didn’t know what to do as tears burst out in an instant.
“I can get along well on my own, but you shook me up. Because of you, I keep wanting to rely on other people.”
“….”
“But now you’re irresponsibly leaving for America? This is really too much.”
“sorry.”
Choi Ki-seok paused before continuing.
“I didn’t know you felt that way, Professor. I just hated seeing you alone, hearing that you were an ice witch. It felt like I was seeing my old self.”
“So you just pity me?”
“It’s not pity. It’s just…”
Choi Ki-seok trailed off.
[Teacher Choi is very kind to the female staff. At the same time, he is secretly bewitching women’s hearts. There are countless victims, but you are the only one who doesn’t know.]
Suddenly, the words of Kang Ha-na, who had just left, flashed through my mind.
Maybe everything went wrong from there.
“The professor is an attractive person. I have had feelings for the opposite sex, but I cannot progress beyond that. I have loved someone before.”
Choi Ki-seok barely spoke.
It’s heartbreaking, but we have to draw a line here. Otherwise, Jihye Yoon will be hurt more.
Jihye Yoon lowered her head at his declaration.
Then he staggered over and kissed him.
Choi Ki-seok’s body stiffened at the unexpected kiss.
“It doesn’t matter who you like. My feelings for you will not change. I will do as I please with my heart.”
“…professor.”
“Let go! I can go in alone.”
Yoon Ji-hye stumbled and entered the restaurant alone.
After a while, the dinner party ended in a chaotic atmosphere.
Due to the nature of the thoracic surgery department with a small staff, each patient was dispersed without a second round.
“Professor Yoon, I’ll take you home.”
“Yes. Please.”
Choi Ki-seok broke up with Kim Tae-sik and headed to the hospital. I was heartbroken by the conversation I had with Jihye Yoon.
‘Wake. For now, let’s just think about Meijo.’
I woke up by tapping my cheek.
Drurr.
When I entered the ward conference room, Hwang Ji-yeon was fixing her makeup.
“Ah, senior. I was waiting because you said you would call me.”
“I forgot.”
As Choi Ki-seok sat down on the chair, Hwang Ji-yeon got up and came to the seat next to him.
Unlike in the morning, my makeup was thick.
When she crossed her legs wearing black stockings, her beautiful legs were revealed.
“So what do you have to say?”
“Actually… I just wanted to see my senior. There aren’t many opportunities to be alone together like this.”
Hwang Ji-yeon smiled and pushed her hair behind her ear.
“Just stay there for a moment.”
Choi Ki-seok stood up and took out a drink he had put in the drawer.
bang!
As she put down the drink on the table, Hwang Ji-yeon’s eyes wavered.
“Do you want to drink this?”
“….”
“Why can’t I drink it? Is it because it’s what I used to eat? Or is it because… what’s in it?”
“Sir… what can you say, senior?”
“It’s no use turning away. Your plan has already been exposed.”
Choi Ki-seok glared at Hwang Ji-yeon and continued.
“Tell me honestly. Are you Jo Tae-ho’s spy?”
“Oh… no. I don’t know Taeho very well.”
Hwang Ji-yeon waved her hand, but Choi Ki-seok’s eyes were still hot.
When they first met, Hwang Ji-yeon asked Choi Ki-seok to do ABGA.
This is because the patient’s blood vessels are difficult to see. However, Jiyeon Hwang did not perform ABGA on the patient before asking him to do so.
The neat dressing cart at the time is proof of that.
What’s even funnier is that when I asked Lee Young-ho later, Hwang Ji-yeon was better at ABGA than Lee Young-ho.
In other words, ABGA was an excuse.
The blatant temptation that followed was also very suspicious.
“I met Sang-joong a while ago. I talked to him and he said it was you who sold him the thoracic surgery intern?”
“….”
“It’s strange that you, who left because you hated thoracic surgery, came back to thoracic surgery. I can only assume that Tae-ho Cho is behind you. Am I right?”
“I don’t know anything. I just like my senior…”
“Enough nonsense, right?”
As Choi Ki-seok’s voice fell low, Hwang Ji-yeon trembled.
“Go tell Taeho. That head can’t handle me for the rest of its life. And you better be prepared, too. Life in thoracic surgery is going to be terrible from now on.”
thud!
Choi Ki-seok closed the door and left the conference room, and Hwang Ji-yeon watched in despair.
“Ah…”
* * *
That evening in the plastic surgery lounge.
Jo Tae-ho and Hwang Ji-yeon were facing each other.
“So? You caught what I sent?”
“…Yes. They knew everything about me. There was no way out…”
Hwang Ji-yeon lowered her head.
“Kangjun and you are the same. How is it that there is no one around me who does things right!”
bang!
Jo Tae-ho frowned and hit the table.
I prepared a beauty pageant to fuck Choi Ki-seok. But even this plan was in vain.
I felt sick, so I drank the coffee in front of me in one go.
“And when you reported in the morning, you said you had a drink.”
“I think I was just pretending to eat. I heard from my colleague that he was fine even in the operating room.”
“Then you’re saying I doubted it from the beginning… I wonder how messed up things were…” “
I’m sorry, brother. I’ll try another chance.”
Hwang Ji-yeon put her hands together and prayed.
I made every effort to approach Cho Tae-ho, the son of the hospital director. If you capture him, your future hospital life will be no different from a highway.
So, he directly came up with a plan to slander Choi Ki-seok.
“Get out. I have nothing to do with you anymore.”
“Oppa, please. I broke up with my boyfriend to meet you.”
“So what? Huh?”
Jo Tae-ho rolled his eyes.
Now that Choi Ki-seok discovers her identity, Hwang Ji-yeon is useless.
No, rather, it is a lump of luggage.
“Get out of here quickly. Don’t make me feel worse.”
As Jo Tae-ho growled, Hwang Ji-yeon hurriedly left the place.
“There are only a few days left.”
He leaned back on the sofa and looked up at the ceiling.
I heard that Choi Ki-seok will be going to Mayjo Hospital soon. It’s good to see the ugly guy disappear, but I was upset that I couldn’t even give him a single shot.
Jiyiing.
The call phone I kept in my gown rang.
It’s an emergency room call.
“Fuck. Which idiot got hurt again?”
Jo Tae-ho left the break room, kicking the trash can.
* * *
The last week at Uijin University Hospital.
Choi Ki-seok felt like his time had been stolen.
That’s how quickly time passed.
While doing my daily work, I practiced at home at my hideout, and in my spare time, I focused on studying USMLE and TOEFL.
Along the way, I was able to raise my robotics skill to Lv.2.
As time passed, Saturday morning arrived.
It is the day I leave Uijin University Hospital.
“Oh my. I’m such a fool.”
Choi Ki-seok, who had been dragging his suitcase, returned to the dormitory. And then I hung the gown I was wearing on a hanger.
“It was a lot of hard work.”
He stroked the gown gently.
It seems like only yesterday that I was crossing the ward wearing this gown, but the moment of separation has already arrived.
After pondering the memories that came to mind, I turned around.
Choi Ki-seok went around the ward and said goodbye to the cardiothoracic surgery staff one by one.
“Mr. Choi. Are you sure you will come back?”
“What fun would you have at the station without a teacher?”
All the staff, including the nurses, were sad to say goodbye to him.
A heart for patients.
Collaboration with staff.
Ability to respond in crisis situations, etc.
Because he had nothing to blame.
After saying hello to the staff, I went to one last hospital room.
Drurr.
When I opened the door and went in, Hwang Ki-jeong pretended to know me first.
“Uh, teacher. You didn’t wear a gown today?”
“I don’t work here anymore.”
“yes? Why all of a sudden?”
“I’m going to work at a foreign hospital.”
“Ah…”
Hwang Ki-jeong nodded and continued.
“I’ve been in a lot of debt during this time. After being hospitalized, I was constantly nervous and anxious, but thanks to you, I was doing well.”
“I know, too.”
Hwang Ki-jeong burst out laughing at Choi Ki-seok’s joke.
“Mr. Choi will be a good doctor wherever he goes. I will support you.”
“Thank you. Please be discharged in good health and get married safely.”
Choi Ki-seok left the ward as is.
Tiring!
[You have completed the long-term mission ‘Toward Meijo’.
You have received 3000 P.P. and a skill book as a reward.]
Pass through the hospital entrance. The moment an alarm rang,
Choi Ki-seok smiled and walked away from the hospital.
Then, he stood on a crowded street on his way to work and stared at Uijin University Hospital. A combination of lightheartedness and regret created a strange feeling.
“Goodbye.”
Choi Ki-seok said . I waved my hand towards the hospital and hurried on my way.
