Dr. Shin Seonhan: The Doctor Who Sees The Future [EN]: Chapter 219

#Extrachapter 1: The Reason Yeonseo Smiles (1)

Yeonseo didn’t smile.

Until last year, she always wore a smile for her social life.

But not anymore.

Nearing the end of her one-year internship.

Yeonseo didn’t smile as often as she used to.

Especially in situations like this.

Looking at the man in front of her, offering a bouquet with a cheesy expression, she couldn’t bring herself to smile.

“Lee Yeonseo. I like you.”

“…….”

“Let’s date.”

Yeonseo sighed.

How many times was this?

Getting confessions from residents.

She felt nervous every month-end when her internship was about to end.

Of course, it was nice to have someone express their feelings for her, but rejecting them every time was also difficult.

“I’m sorry, but…”

Yeonseo looked up.

The person was a third-year resident, Lee Eokjun.

They weren’t particularly close.

But since he was a senior in the department she was working in, she couldn’t harshly reject him.

She had no choice but to speak as politely as possible.

“I’m sorry, but I don’t think I want to date you…”

“Ah, I know. What you’re going to say.”

Lee Eokjun smiled, holding out his hand.

His pearly white, almost unnaturally bright, front teeth gleamed between his lips.

“You’ve been famous since college. They said you were a tree that wouldn’t fall even after ten tries. I knew you’d reject me anyway.”

Saying that, Lee Eokjun forcibly pushed the bouquet towards her.

“I’m not asking for an answer right now, so think about it.”

“No, please take the flowers back.”

“I’d like an answer by next week. I have my pride, and I’m not very patient.”

“No, I…”

“See you next week!”

Whoosh—

Lee Eokjun finished saying what he wanted and disappeared.

Was he the type to not listen to people, or was he just pretending not to hear?

Left alone, Yeonseo blinked while standing on the emergency stairs.

“Where do I throw this away…”

She could only sigh.

One day in February.

Still winter.

The flowers, unfitting for the season, flaunted their beautiful figures within the colored paper. As if spring had come.

“…….”

Yeonseo thought as she looked at the flowers.

‘It’s a waste.’

The flowers are pretty.

If she had received them from someone else, she would have been quite happy.

* * *

The day wanes.

The red sunset falls beyond the Yeon Guk University Hospital building.

The time when the exhausting day ends.

But many people are still working at the hospital.

Emergency room, wards, operating rooms…….

People working without knowing that it’s dark outside busily light up the hospital like fireflies.

“Haa…”

10 PM.

Yeonseo finished the piled-up intern jobs and headed to the dormitory.

She was now used to the work and had become faster, but days like today, when many surgeries were scheduled for the next day, were really busy.

After the regular surgeries were over, she had to take care of various consent forms, pathology prescriptions, and test papers, and before she knew it, it was night.

Even if she was a ‘mal-turn’ [Korean slang for an intern nearing the end of their one-year training], she couldn’t be careless because a mistake by an intern could cause problems in the surgery.

Well, that kind of life was almost over now.

‘The internship is until this month… It’s been a really long year.’

Step, step.

Yeonseo walked down the familiar hallway.

The surgical gown and Crocs she was wearing now felt like a part of her body.

On days like today, she felt like soaking in a bathtub, listening to music, and resting without thinking.

But, of course, such luxury was not allowed in the hospital.

“I want to become a resident soon.”

While others were afraid of getting older day by day, Yeonseo was the opposite.

She wanted to find stability quickly.

Her seniors said that they usually had more free time in their lives from the second year of residency.

She wanted to rest in her own space after work as soon as possible.

Beep—

She swiped her card key at the entrance.

She passed the lounge where the interns were gathered noisily and headed to a small room.

The dormitory was basically a two-person room.

Thinking that this life would soon be over made her feel strange.

She felt bittersweet and relieved.

As soon as she entered the room with those thoughts, her roommate’s question flew at her.

“I heard you got another confession?”

“Yes?”

“I heard you rejected them again?”

Yeonseo blinked in confusion.

The rumor had already spread?

Even though there were no secrets in the hospital, this was too fast.

“How did you know, Unnie [Korean term for older sister or female friend],?”

“There was a sighting of Lee Eokjun hiding a bouquet in his gown and going to the emergency stairs.”

“…….”

“They said he went out grinning and came back to the station empty-handed and got angry at the nurses.”

Roommate Gu Jina, who had a mask pack on her face on the top bunk, giggled.

“I wonder who rejected him so he took it out on the nurses? It couldn’t be a professor, and there are only male residents in that department… You’re the only candidate.”

Yeonseo asked anxiously.

“Is it rumored?”

“Of course.”

“How much?”

“All over the hospital.”

“Ah, I really hate it. Aaaaaah.”

Thud!

Yeonseo buried her face in the bed.

Of course, this kind of thing wasn’t uncommon. There were relationships that were prone to gossip in any group.

College freshman – college senior.

Church younger sibling – church older brother.

Company newbie – company mentor.

And so on.

There were countless cases of men who had gained social experience first having feelings for young women.

In the hospital, the intern-resident relationship was typical.

Especially female interns who stood out in appearance like Yeonseo were bound to receive the attention of male residents.

‘How many times is this?’

Yeonseo wanted to cry.

Was it good to be popular?

Good my foot!

It was like sitting on thorns.

She just wanted to live as an ordinary intern, learning diligently, but the people around her wouldn’t leave her alone.

They would call her out separately to buy her food. Strange rumors would spread, and the residents would fight among themselves…….

She was just standing still, but it was only a matter of time before the rumor spread that she was an [Korean slang for a woman managing multiple men who are interested in her].

It was also the reason why Yeonseo no longer smiled at people carelessly.

“Ugh, you must be tired too.”

Gu Jina clicked her tongue and quickly changed her expression and asked.

“But why did you reject him? It’s true that Lee Eokjun is a bit annoying, but he’s good-looking, isn’t he?”

“I don’t know him well.”

“Lee Eokjun has been famous since college. He’s tall, his family is rich, and his face isn’t bad either.”

Gu Jina leaned out from the top bunk and chattered.

“His family is super rich, you know? His grandfather is the chairman of a construction company. There’s a rumor that he owns over a hundred properties in Seoul? If he’s that much of a gold spoon [Korean slang for someone born into wealth], you should date him once as an experience…”

“There are things that can’t be done no matter how much money you have, Unnie.”

Yeonseo said sharply.

A clear-cut personality.

She was usually as gentle as a puppy, but once she drew a line, she wouldn’t look back.

Knowing that kind of personality, Gu Jina didn’t meddle any further.

Instead, she chuckled and threw a silly joke.

“Ugh, if I was born with a pretty face like you, I would have seduced all the rich men. What’s Lee Eokjun? I would have seduced Oh Eokjun, Gu Eokjun, all of them.”

“I don’t want to.”

“Wouldn’t Baek Eokjun be worth dating?”

“Hmm…”

“What about Cheon Eokjun?”

“It feels different at that point.”

“Really?”

“I’m kidding. Stop teasing me, Unnie…….”

Yeonseo groaned between the pillows.

Jina laughed.

Her hobby was to meddle in other people’s love lives. She was famous among the interns as a dating solution provider, and she had created five couples this year alone.

But…….

Yeonseo, the prettiest classmate right next to her, was spending a dry year.

Was she picky, or did she have someone else in mind?

‘She’s a bit of a mysterious kid anyway.’

Lee Yeonseo.

When she first saw her in the first month of her internship, she was really surprised.

A pretty face.

A friendly and bright personality.

Even if she just stood still, it felt like flowers were blooming around her face and sunlight was falling, like in a romance comic.

The prettiest ordinary person she had ever seen in real life was Yeonseo.

‘Wow, does she look like she jumped out of a commercial? If I was born with that face, I wouldn’t have any worries in the world!’

That’s what she thought at first.

But it wasn’t.

She learned what the saying meant, by observing Yeonseo.

Besides…….

There was a strange shadow in her heart.

She seemed like a bright kid at first glance, but she wasn’t.

She might be the object of envy in other people’s eyes, but when you looked closely, Yeonseo was a kid who made you feel strangely sorry for her.

She couldn’t put it into words exactly, but that’s how she felt anyway.

“Yeonseo. If you have any worries, don’t suffer alone and tell me anytime. Okay?”

“Thank you, Unnie.”

Yeonseo answered with a weak smile.

Jina thought that even that expression was like a pitiful heroine in a romance comic.

At that time, Yeonseo’s cell phone, which had a charging cable plugged into it on the desk, rang.

―Cutie♡―

Gu Jina’s eyes sparkled.

“Cutie? Is it a guy?”

“Yes, a guy.”

“Ooh, what is it? Did you have a hidden boyfriend? Is that why you’ve been so cold to men all this time…….”

“My younger brother.”

“Real brother? Aww.”

Jina turned around as if her energy had been drained.

Yeonseo chuckled and picked up her phone. Soon, a familiar voice was heard over the receiver.

“Yeah, Jooan.”

Yeonseo’s voice became affectionate.

A younger brother who was ten years younger.

Come to think of it, this seemed to be the first time she had smiled today.

She didn’t see them often because her intern life was busy, but her family was the most precious support in Yeonseo’s daily life.

“What’s wrong? Why is our youngest calling his sister at this late hour?”

But, after a while.

Yeonseo’s smile didn’t last long.

Her face, which had jumped up, turned as white as a sheet.

“Mom? The emergency room?”

“Uh oh?”

Jina, who had turned around, was startled.

The emergency room?

What happened suddenly?

When she turned her head and looked down, Yeonseo’s face had no color at all.