A Surgeon Who Uses Martial Arts [EN]: Chapter 409

Chapter 79: An Unexpected Destination (4)

“How much do you know about your son?”

Kyung-soo, the surgeon who had introduced himself earlier, asked Hyun-sook.

“Why do you ask that, Doctor…?”

Hyun-sook’s expression, which had been trying to dismiss it as a joke, hardened like a rock.

Kyung-soo’s gaze towards her was sharp. His tone didn’t suggest he was making jokes or small talk.

Hyun-sook felt that something was going differently than expected.

The joy of her son surviving safely began to fade little by little.

“Is it an important question?”

“Yes. It is a very important question.”

“Our Jung-min is a smart and diligent child. He attends S University, majoring in Business Administration. His GPA [Grade Point Average] is over 4.0.”

“Is that all you know?”

“What else should I know?”

Hyun-sook’s voice was sharp.

Born into a wealthy family, her son had an academic background that wouldn’t shame her anywhere.

Hyun-sook was proud of her son.

“You still haven’t told me why my son crashed into the cafe. Although, it’s obvious there must be something wrong with the car.”

“There’s nothing wrong with the car. In fact, the problem lies with your son.”

“Do you have proof?”

Hyun-sook asked curtly, with her arms crossed.

There was no way those smart kids would cause a car accident out of the blue.

But why?

Why did she have such a bad feeling since earlier?

“Your son was on drugs.”

The handsome young man next to him answered.

Hyun-sook frowned at the young man’s sudden interruption.

“Who are you to butt into such an important conversation?”

“I spoke to you on the phone earlier.”

“Why would I talk to you? I’ve just met you.”

“I’m the one who transported your son to the hospital.”

Hyun-sook felt like she had been hit in the back of the head by the young man’s words.

A few hours ago.

A call came to Hyun-sook from her son’s phone. But the voice wasn’t her son’s; it was a man’s voice she had never heard before.

The man asked her to come to the hospital as soon as possible because her son had been in a car accident.

She had asked the hospital staff to find the benefactor to reward him, but they said he had already left.

To think she would run into that benefactor in this place.

And that she would show such an unsightly appearance.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I think I was too excited just now.”

Hyun-sook smiled awkwardly and introduced herself to the young man.

The young man’s name was Jun-hoo. He was a friend of the surgeon and a neurosurgeon.

“Please, take this.”

Hyun-sook handed Jun-hoo her business card.

[Kim Hyun-sook, CEO of Luxury Mall]

Hyun-sook was running an online clothing shopping mall targeting women in their 30s and 50s.

An eye for clothes.

A sense sensitive to trends.

The shopping mall, run with these two talents, was thriving day by day. Her nose, which had been raised a few years ago, didn’t know how to come down [meaning she was very proud and arrogant].

“Shall we get back to the main topic? Can I tell the guardian [legal guardian or next of kin]?”

“Yes. You take responsibility for it.”

“The guardian doesn’t know her son very well.”

Jun-hoo said as if he was lecturing.

“Maybe not. But I know him better than you do.”

“Then why didn’t you know he was doing drugs?”

“Don’t make up facts. Why do you keep saying Sung-min was on drugs?”

Hyun-sook’s voice was laced with annoyance.

Every time she heard the word ‘drugs,’ her chest felt heavy, as if a stone had been placed on it.

“I smelled drugs when I was giving your son emergency treatment. I also saw needle marks on his arm.”

“You must have seen wrong. Sung-min is not that kind of kid. What does he lack that he would do drugs?”

“He may have done drugs because he lacks nothing.”

“That’s…….”

“We will conduct a separate drug test on your son today. You will know when the test results come out.”

“Are you guys police officers? Why are you doing tests without permission?”

Hyun-sook’s teeth chattered after she finished speaking.

After hearing the doctor’s certainty.

There were a few suspicious points.

Her son had been skipping meals lately, so he had become gaunt, his breathing had become strangely rough, and he often spaced out.

Were those all signs of drugs?

“I won’t allow it, so don’t touch my son’s body!”

Hyun-sook shouted as if screaming.

The son she had raised so preciously.

The son who had solved her inferiority complex about her poor education.

She couldn’t just stand by and watch her son collapse.

She had to be unreasonable.

“I’m telling you in advance to try to resolve this in a good way.”

“In a good way? It’s no different from threatening me right now.”

“Either way, drug offenders are investigated if reported to the police. It’s not a problem that can be solved by you resisting, Mother.”

“Ugh…….”

“And it’s not the time to protect your son. Your son almost killed someone. I was one of them.”

Jun-hoo’s voice gradually rose.

On the other hand, his eyes gradually sharpened, as if they would cut through her skin.

What if her son really gets investigated as a drug offender and goes to jail?

Fear became an angry wave and washed over Hyun-sook.

Hyun-sook shook her legs anxiously.

She had to keep her mind straight in times of emergency.

Her son’s future depended on her shoulders.

Hyun-sook looked up at the ceiling and sighed deeply.

In the meantime, the CCTV shining on this side caught her eye.

The CCTV was Hyun-sook’s savior.

“At this point, I have nothing to say even if I had ten mouths [meaning she is completely at fault]. It’s all my fault. It’s my fault for raising my son wrong.”

Hyun-sook bowed politely and straightened up.

“But can you give me one more chance? He’s still young and doesn’t know the ways of the world.”

“…….”

“He may have made a mistake by being deceived by a friend.”

Hyun-sook continued, making the most pitiful expression possible.

“I will take responsibility to ensure that this never happens again. And this is a small token of appreciation for saving our son.”

Hyun-sook took out two checks from her luxury wallet.

Two 100 million won checks.

She never thought she would use the checks she had put in to show off like this.

Anyway, the timing was good.

“O… One hundred million won?”

Kyung-soo widened his eyes after checking the amount on the check.

On the other hand, Jun-hoo’s eyes narrowed even more.

“Are you trying to cover up your son’s crime with money right now?”

“No. Absolutely not. I’m just repaying you for saving our son.”

“…….”

“It’s not a lot of money for me, so please accept it without hesitation.”

Hyun-sook shook the check in her hand up and down as if tempting them.

Who in the world doesn’t like money?

When you think about it, aren’t doctors choosing their profession because they want to make a lot of money?

If not, why are doctors so desperate to major in plastic surgery or dermatology?

Hmph!

There’s always someone who can fly higher than the one who runs [meaning there is always someone better], that’s what it is.

Hyun-sook sneered at Kyung-soo and Jun-hoo in her mind.

The real reason Hyun-sook gave the two men a large sum of money.

It was for blackmail.

The moment the two men received the check.

She will visit the hospital’s administration office and secure the CCTV footage.

What if she blackmails the two doctors with that video?

They wouldn’t dare to say such nonsense as to drug test her son.

Because they have committed a crime.

Doctors are not allowed to receive money or valuables from patients or guardians.

In other words, the check Hyun-sook is shaking is bait to strangle the two men.

“Excuse me. Guardian.”

Jun-hoo called Hyun-sook with a pathetic look.

“Yes. Doctor.”

“What is the annual sales of your shopping mall?”

“About 3 billion won.”

Hyun-sook said proudly, puffing out her chest.

“What about net sales after taxes and operating expenses?”

“About 500 million won. Why?”

“Coincidentally, I earned 800 million won last year.”

Hyun-sook was startled by Jun-hoo’s statement.

He earned that much money even though he didn’t open a plastic surgery or dermatology clinic in Gangnam [affluent district in Seoul known for cosmetic surgery clinics]?

Her once opened mouth could not be closed.

Kyung-soo, who was next to Jun-hoo, was as surprised as Hyun-sook. This was the first time Jun-hoo had openly bragged about money.

“How can a surgeon make so much money…….”

“Doctors’ salaries are high in the United States. I’m also a NewTuber [YouTube creator] with 2 million subscribers.”

“Ah…….”

“Don’t show off your money so carelessly. There are plenty of people who make more money than the guardian, and there are plenty of people who make more money than me.”

Hyun-sook’s hand holding the check became heavy at Jun-hoo’s words.

This was not the development she wanted.

She was properly hit in the back of the head [meaning she was outsmarted].

She had nothing but money, but now that money didn’t work, her mind went blank as to what else she could do.

“Since the guardian offered 100 million, I will also give you 100 million.”

“What 100 million?”

“I will create ‘memories’ in prison so that the guardian’s son can repent of his mistakes.”

“…….”

“Let’s go.”

“Huh?”

“Let’s go because I’ve said everything I need to say.”

Jun-hoo tapped Kyung-soo’s shoulder with one hand.

Only then did Kyung-soo match Jun-hoo’s pace and leave the place, avoiding Hyun-sook.

Hyun-sook blankly watched Jun-hoo and Kyung-soo walking away before shouting.

“Hey, you bastard! Are you making fun of me right now?”

* * *

4th floor lounge.

Jun-hoo and Kyung-soo were sitting side by side on the sofa, drinking canned coffee.

Even after 7 years, the lounge hadn’t changed. The wallpaper had turned yellow and was dirty, and the leather surface of the sofas was torn.

It was an environment that was embarrassing to call a university hospital lounge.

Who on earth is the hospital director…….

Why is he so uninterested in the welfare of doctors?

Will this shape and form continue to be maintained?

Just as he was about to ask about the hospital director.

Kyung-soo asked the question first.

“Do you really earn 800 million won a year?”

“I’ve earned more before.”

“Crazy. So you didn’t even bat an eye at 100 million won.”

“Even if I was poor, I wouldn’t have taken that money. Because it’s more important for the patient to be punished than the money.”

Jun-hoo continued to speak rapidly.

“And that guardian was a complete fox [meaning she was cunning and manipulative].”

“Why are you suddenly talking about foxes?”

“Don’t faint when you hear this.”

Jun-hoo chuckled and began to explain.

There was a moment when the guardian looked up at the ceiling and sighed.

Coincidentally, the guardian’s eyes sparkled after that.

What does that mean?

Jun-hoo turned his gaze towards the place the guardian was looking at.

There was a CCTV in that spot.

So, the guardian was planning to give a bribe and use it as an excuse to blackmail the two of them.

“Was that so? I just thought she was trying to cover it up with money.”

“You have to suspect bad guys twice. That’s the only way to avoid problems later.”

Perhaps it was thanks to the fact that he had suffered so much from dirty politics in the orthodox Murim Alliance [fictional martial arts alliance] during his time in Murim [fictional martial arts world].

Jun-hoo couldn’t forget the know-how he had gained at that time even now.

Although there were few opportunities to use tactics when he was a resident because he was busy with training, things will be different in the future.

When he becomes a professor and a director.

Also, the bigger his position in the neurosurgery field becomes.

Rather, politics may become more important than surgery skills.

“Anyway, thank you.”

“For what?”

“For agreeing to do the drug test. It would have been burdensome to make a decision based on my words alone.”

“I have to listen to what the top of the Boost Up Program says. Is there any other way?”

Jun-hoo chatted with Kyung-soo for nearly 30 minutes more. And headed to the first floor lobby to see the next business.

Meanwhile, Kyung-soo, who had parted ways with Jun-hoo, immediately visited the intensive care unit.

The traffic accident patient.

No, he stood in front of Jung-min’s bed, who had now become a drug patient.

Before ordering a drug test.

There was something he wanted to check.

Sniff. Sniff. Sniff.

Kyung-soo brought his face close to the patient’s body and smelled it, but he couldn’t smell the sour smell that Jun-hoo had smelled.

Next, he rolled up the sleeves of the patient’s gown.

Narrowing his brow.

Purse his lips.

Indeed, both of the patient’s arms were red and blotchy. There were traces of fine needle marks left.

The more he looked, the more amazing it was.

Not only did he apply a splint and provide emergency treatment on the spot at the cafe and transport the patient.

He smelled the drug and even checked for needle marks.

Jun-hoo took care of everything that others would have difficulty digesting even one of.

He prided himself on having grown quite a bit, but he didn’t think he could even present his business card in front of Jun-hoo.

This guy.

I hope he’s not going to another hospital besides ours?

Kyung-soo suddenly wondered where Jun-hoo’s destination was.