Episode 463
Somehow, after Jang Seo-ah stopped crying and heard the survivors’ bruised worries, Lee Jae-heon was able to be free. Jaeheon Lee’s house barely regained peace.
And when several survivors gathered, Ha Seong-yoon exploded a new bomb.
“So who is this senseless person who brings a flower pot into a patient’s room?”
“…Did you see it?”
“I think it would be even stranger if that big thing was left out in the open in the hospital room and you didn’t see it.”
Ha Seong-yoon was a doctor who received a nursing request directly from Lee Jae-hyung, not Lee Jae-heon. He probably knew that he was close to Lee Jae-heon and nominated him on purpose, but he couldn’t have chosen the person to entrust his family’s treatment to. Even though it may seem like I was haphazardly requested based on a friendship rather than a close relationship, I went through all the procedures.
Therefore, when Lee Jae-heon was hospitalized at Hankuk University Hospital, I saw him separately in the hospital room. Recently, work at the hospital has become busy and it is difficult to go out, so I was planning to see Lee Jae-heon a little later, but I ended up going to visit him at the request of his family member Lee Jae-hyung. Even in someone else’s hospital.
“I was nervous at the time, so I looked around Jaeheon Lee’s hospital room and checked everything. “It’s easy to see if it’s a large flower pot that isn’t particularly hidden.”
“Uh… flower pot…”
Kwon Yeon-hee, who proudly entered Lee Jae-heon’s house after work, blinked. The reaction was that there was something about it that made me feel uncomfortable.
“Do you usually give flower pots as gifts for visiting patients?”
“It can’t be. Usually it would be a bouquet of flowers. “Or put some flowers in a vase.”
“huh.”
Garam Yoon intervened in the conversation between Ha Seong-yoon and Kwon Yeon-hee.
“I once heard that giving a flower pot when visiting a patient means that you will not get better for the rest of your life. “I said it seemed like it meant putting down roots and living in the hospital.”
“What the.”
Seeing Kwon Yeon-hee’s disgusted appearance, Woo Soo-young asked cautiously.
“That teacher. Do you even remember what kind of flower pot it was?”
“I remember. “Are you trying to look up the language of flowers?”
“I would be worried if the flower pot was given with a really bad meaning.”
“Maybe…”
Lee Jae-heon voluntarily confessed as Ha Seong-yoon narrowed his eyes and searched for memories.
“Chrysanthemum.”
“….”
“I think it was….”
The atmosphere calmed down at Lee Jae-heon’s words.
Those who know more about flowers here are Kwon Yeon-hee, who often visits the flower shop, and Woo Joo-young, who pays close attention to detail. Everyone knew the uses of the most popular chrysanthemum, even if it was only Garam Yoon, the owner of a flower shop. Don’t you usually see white chrysanthemums at funerals?
Ha Seong-yoon, who was sitting in the chair next to the bed, opened his eyes and asked.
“…Was that a chrysanthemum?”
“I guess our doctor doesn’t know much about flowers.”
“No, even I know chrysanthemums. “It’s just that it was my first time seeing red chrysanthemums, so the name didn’t immediately come to mind.”
Kang Min-ah asked Ha Seong-yoon’s words back.
“Red?”
“Yes, the color itself is strong, so I remember that one thing correctly. It wasn’t even a small country that was commonly grown in pots. “I only remember it in detail now, but it was a flower pot with only the color changed from the chrysanthemums used to express condolences.”
“Chrysanthemums were also red… So maybe it didn’t have a bad meaning. “It’s still strange, though.”
It was not unusual for the language of flowers to vary depending on the color and number of the same flower. At first, since it was a combination of a flower pot and a chrysanthemum, I thought it meant that I should be locked in a hospital room and die, but it may not have been that bad. Kang Min-ah looked towards Yoon Garam.
Yoon Garam, who realized the meaning of that gaze, made an embarrassed expression.
“Are you asking about the language of flowers?”
“Yes, do you know?”
“I know, but…”
“…is this flower language with a bad meaning?”
“No, that won’t be the case. maybe?”
“yes?”
Garam Yoon’s expression was truly ambiguous. As the survivors’ attention was focused on the fact that they did not know how to explain this, they caught a glimpse of Lee Jae-heon and Ha Seong-yoon and cautiously opened their mouths.
“Usually red flowers are mainly used as a way to confess love, perhaps because of their intense color. If I remember correctly, it was probably ‘I love you.’”
“….”
Oh sister, please.
Jaeheon Lee rubbed his face with his hand. Then, I turned my body from the upright position into the shrimp position, pulled up the blanket, and covered it all the way to my head. With a clear attitude of avoidance, Ha Seong-yoon, who was sitting at the bedside, gently pulled down the blanket and called out to Lee Jae-heon.
“Please don’t move as it will make the wound worse, sir? Rather, who really gave it to you? Were you being courted without our knowledge?”
“I don’t know why you’re so interested in my private life.”
“Oh, of course it could have been a meaningless gift. The reason I gave you a flower pot may be just because it looks the prettiest. This may be because the red chrysanthemums are so wide and abundant that they attract attention. But it is.”
Ha Seong-yoon continued speaking quietly.
“I understand that the company is taking a break because the family has used their power to cover it up. “It wasn’t known to the public that Lee Jae-heon was seriously injured enough to be hospitalized, right?”
“…Probably so.”
“Well, the subordinates only know that the manager took sick leave, but who knows more? His notoriety as the old man’s manager may increase, but aside from that, if he is not a survivor like us, the person who got hurt this time would probably be at most an acquaintance of Lee Jae-heon or someone from this party. And for these types of people, it means that they will put a lot of thought into preparing a visitation gift. “Maybe I’m wrong?”
“…You’re not wrong.”
“It’s not common for a hospitalized person to receive a potted plant, let alone a small snack or a few flowers. I don’t know if red chrysanthemums are that common, but they aren’t the most beautiful of the many flowers. “Nevertheless, I cautiously speculate that the fact that he gave me a flower pot with red chrysanthemums as a gift to visit someone clearly means that he had something he wanted to say.”
“…It’s too much to be careful….”
“So, who gave it to you as a gift?”
Jaeheon Lee answered with a resigned look as there was no reason to hide it.
“I think it might be a gift from my sister.”
“…maybe?”
“It was left there while I was sleeping along with a piece of paper with a short greeting written on it, so I don’t know exactly who gave it to me. “I just roughly guessed it based on the handwriting.”
“….”
Ha Seong-yoon, who was silent for a moment, covered Lee Jae-heon with a blanket all the way to his head again. Lee Jae-heon, who was trapped in the blanket, asked, as he was so meticulous and didn’t forget to pat the area a couple of times.
“What are we going to do?”
“I think Lee Jae-heon’s attitude of trying to avoid reality at this level is also self-defense.”
“Now do you understand a little about my hardships? “Do you understand how difficult it is to live in a house like this with the same family?”
“I thought I understood well, but you always show me more than I imagined.”
Assuming that he knew the meaning of the flower pot and the language of red chrysanthemums and gifted it to him during a visit to the hospital, he didn’t seem particularly sane. It felt a little creepy that he had secretly left it behind while he was sleeping.
Jeong In-ho said with a faint smile.
“You’ve grown up really well, Manager.”
“What man? “Who is looking at who now?”
“He’s grown up like that, but he’s a noble person with a double personality.”
“You are the worst. know? “It’s the worst.”
“I said something I didn’t even mean to say.”
“I’m going crazy, I can’t speak.”
Unlike the light conversation between the two, the atmosphere was still calm. Ha Seong-yoon opened his mouth to Lee Jae-heon, who was worried about whether his family’s existence was that much of a problem.
“I usually don’t give gifts like that when visiting my younger brother in the hospital.”
“You can give it to me, right?”
Noh Yeon-seok shook his head.
“I don’t know much about flower pots. Honestly, isn’t it a bit weird to give flowers with a meaning like ‘I love you’ between siblings? Honestly, it’s a bit gross and creepy. “It’s like a ghost story.”
“Why are you like this when you don’t even have an older sister, let alone a younger sister?”
“You saw and heard something. If I told any of my friends that I gave them something like this as a visit to the hospital gift, they would immediately criticize me. Wow, what the fuck is that? “That’s pure madness or something like that.”
“Madness… There is madness…”
Jeong In-ho asked with his characteristic sincere smile.
“What on earth is the problem with Manager’s family?”
“If I knew, would I have lived like this? Do you want to keep arguing with our Assistant Manager Jeong?”
“I don’t think I said anything I couldn’t say.”
“Honestly, among people around here, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sane person.”
“It’s amazing how many times I’ve seen it.”
Jeong In-ho muttered that and continued.
“I think it was a good thing you left the hospital. “If you were still hospitalized, I don’t know what kind of unidentified gift I would give you.”
“It’s not like I received any cursed item, and I’m so disgusted with it.”
At the explicit reaction, Jaeheon Lee giggled and laughed frivolously, as if he was watching a fun program. Jeong In-ho asked, frowning as if he was tired of that sight or as if he was asking if he was out of his mind.
“…Are you laughing now? “You didn’t go crazy after getting hit on the head, right?”
“No, whatever.”
Lee Jae-heon smiled and answered.
“It’s because it’s cute how worried you are.”
“….”
“….”
“….”
“…Aissi.”
Jaeheon Lee covered his mouth with his hand as the silence returned. He looked back at Jeong In-ho. Jeong In-ho also saw him. Lee Jae-heon looked at me with a pitch-black gaze as if he couldn’t believe it, and with a straight face, he added,
“It was a mistake.”
“…yes.”
“Forget it.”
“…yes.”
“I told you to forget it.”
It was good that it was linked to the ghost police, but the problem was that the personality from that time often came out in this way. The old manager doesn’t know how to play pranks like this. It seemed to be in a similar vein to how I couldn’t hide the twisted common sense of my previous life in the early side world that reminded me of my past life.
In any case, neither of them were the type of person that Jaeheon Lee would welcome.
‘I’m glad I laid the groundbait in advance.’
I have a story to tell to Ha Seong-yoon, so I will sort it out when we are alone. About Lee Jae-heon’s change of mind and the reason why his personality became unusually lighter. Lee Jae-heon’s mental strength was too great to do anything more than that.
Kwon Yeon-hee sneakily approached Lee Jae-heon, who was trying to calm him down.
“I’m the manager….”
“What is it?”
“Are we cute?”
“Crazy what?”
“Is it cute?”
“What is this crazy hamster talking about!”
For a moment, I thought it was Yoo Hye-yeon from a past life.
That overly self-conscious bastard. Whenever he gets a chance, he shows off his talent and asks, ‘Aren’t I cute? Even if it’s like this? ‘Even if it’s like this?’ he said he did all kinds of things. He was even so persistent that he didn’t even back down unless he responded, ‘Oh, that’s cute.’ I could feel the spirit of that time in the hamster in front of me.
Why is everyone showing off their madness in such an insignificant place?
“Go away. “How can a grown adult be cute?”
“For that matter, aren’t they calling us a pretty cute word? Hamster chick soft….”
“It gives me goosebumps to hear such cute words come out of Jeong In-ho’s mouth. “Go there.”
“You keep a straight face at times like this? Why did you call us that?”
Woo Joo-young sneakily joined Lee Jae-heon and Jung In-ho’s conversation.
“Hey, by the way, do the police know about this? “The manager got robbed.”
“Even if I say it….”
Lee Jae-heon continued, frowning.
“I told you in advance. “To both Hong Kyung-jun and Kim Yeon-woo.”
“Still, I feel a little bad because you always seem to be missing from meetings.”
“Still, I have to meet Detective Hong Gyeong-jun soon.”
“…I’m not calling you, but I have ‘business’ to meet you?”
Lee Jae-heon nodded coolly to Woo Joo-young, whose shoulders were stiff, perhaps because he sensed something ominous.
“I made an appointment a while ago. I decided to ask the detective to interview me as a reference.”
“Why are you saying that with such a pleasant face?”
(Continued in the next part)
