Dr. Shin Seonhan: The Doctor Who Sees The Future [EN]: Chapter 142

#142 Another Level (14)

“Is that enough?”

Cheon Sa-yeon’s response was surprisingly cool.

“I don’t like being in debt. This time, I stopped the bleeding re-op [reoperation] . Does that make us even?”

Debt, huh?

Of course, it’s not the right expression.

I was just acting in the patient’s best interest.

But without pointing it out, I nodded.

“That, and you bought me dinner, so I think we’re good.”

“Really?”

“I like hamburger steaks.”

“Oh, geez.”

Cheon Sa-yeon starts eating, looking relieved.

Of course, she didn’t forget to mutter a word.

“Anyway, these days, interns are so different from when I was one… They actually voice their complaints when you ask them.”

Was I too forward?

I need to find the right balance around here.

I opened my mouth, recalling Cheon Sa-yeon’s surgical assistance I had seen so far.

“By the way, Professor, does memorizing the entire surgical procedure help you assist well?”

“It helps to memorize it. Why are you suddenly asking that?”

“When I see you assisting, it doesn’t seem like there’s any hesitation.”

Cough.

Cheon Sa-yeon coughed and put down the bean sprouts she was about to eat.

*Will those bean sprouts ever make it into her mouth?*

“Nothing good comes from trying to impress me.”

*What are you talking about?*

*You’re mistaken.*

*I’m just curious.*

I looked at Cheon Sa-yeon with an innocent face.

“I’m in my third year. In a few months, I’ll be a chief resident. I can’t afford to be bad at it.”

Was it because of my words?

Cheon Sa-yeon seemed subtly pleased.

Her following words were quite informative.

Surgical room know-how, resident life, academic stories related to papers, and so on…….

Thanks to that, I was able to obtain quite a lot of information.

Of course, in the meantime, the bean sprouts were forever going back and forth between the plate and her mouth.

‘This kind of strategy is useful sometimes.’

I learned a new social skill.

Of course, I don’t think I’ll be able to use it often, given my personality.

On the way back to the ward after the meal, Cheon Sa-yeon added a word.

“Ask me again later if you have any more questions. If an intern finds a bleeding that I missed, what am I if I try to settle it with just a hamburger steak?”

Clack, clack―

She said that and disappeared with her unique footsteps.

I think she still thinks I owe her a debt.

‘Well, not bad.’

Doctor Cheon Sa-yeon has a particularly large presence among the obstetrics and gynecology residents.

I heard that she is favored by the obstetrics and gynecology professors because she is nice to her superiors.

I’m leaving gynecology soon, but wouldn’t there be times when I need her help someday?

‘If I want to help patients in the future, the more helpers, the better.’

There are various types of people in the society called the hospital.

I don’t know how the results of the human relationships I make will come back.

It was the same this time.

Joong-won hyung [older brother/friend], Choo Geun-deok’s video interpretation, the nurse’s help, and so on…….

I don’t know yet how the relationship with Cheon Sa-yeon will come back to me.

The day may come when I become a resident and consult with obstetrics and gynecology.

* * *

After that, my life in gynecology changed a little.

First of all.

I have a little more time.

“Miseon noona [older sister/friend], are you leaving work?”

“Oh, I’m going home today.”

Miseon noona smiled at the station and packed her things.

“Come to think of it, Cheon Sa-yeon hasn’t been giving me as much work lately. What’s going on?”

And life in the operating room has also changed.

While doing the suture [stitches] to finish the surgery, Doctor Cheon Sa-yeon said to the nurse next to her.

“Please prepare a needle holder for the intern to use.”

Until recently, she would tell me to just cut properly next to her.

“The surgery is getting longer, so shouldn’t we finish it as soon as possible? There are surgeries lined up behind us.”

She acted as if giving me a suture was a big deal, but her tone wasn’t as sharp as before.

“You have to match the layer well. Do you know how to do it?”

“Yes.”

I nodded confidently.

I’ve done it with Professor Poong in Gokdam.

Sewing from both sides and meeting like reuniting separated families!

It felt good to hold the needle holder and do the needling after a long time.

……Meanwhile, Joong-won hyung seemed to be deeply impressed by my life.

“Don’t tell me you’ve become close to Cheon Sa-yeon?”

“We’re not close, we just had a meal together.”

“Didn’t you get a little close to Kim Viper in March?”

“I’m not that close to that side either, but the relationship isn’t bad.”

Joong-won hyung, whom I met in the break room, was impressed by my words.

“Wow~ amazing. It’s legendary that you’ve experienced all three villains during your internship, and on top of that, you have a good relationship with all three of them? We’re on a different level, a different level.”

All three villains?

I tilted my head.

I think I’ve only met two of the three villains so far…….

No. 1 Kim Viper.

No. 2 Cheon Sa-yeon.

Who is number 3?

“Who’s the other one?”

“Didn’t you know? It’s Doctor Song Yu-ju.”

“Huh?”

Why Doctor Song Yu-ju?

I don’t think she has the personality to be called a villain.

After listening to Joong-won hyung’s explanation, she’s a villain because she’s ruthless in her intern evaluations.

If it doesn’t meet the standards even a little bit, she gives harsh scores, and she’s even given the lowest score a few times.

“All three weren’t villains.”

“Really?”

“If you just work hard, you’re not a villain.”

I summarized it simply.

I don’t know what others think, but my standards are a little different.

You just have to not violate professional ethics.

In other words, if you are a doctor and keep your duty, I can get along with you regardless of your personality.

Of course, that’s just my personal opinion.

“Hey, when you look at it, Seonhan, you have something in you.”

“……?”

“Birds of a feather flock together. Aren’t you going to become a new villain when you become a resident later, squeezing your subordinates dry?”

I chuckled.

I wonder. Will that day ever come?

I can’t imagine what I’ll look like when I grow up then.

Of course, that future will come soon.

#Happy Birthday (1)

Late at night.

The intern dormitory is quiet.

Only a chilly silence lingers in the empty hallway.

Slinking, slinking.

Joong-won hyung and I were carefully moving our steps.

It feels like we’ve become assassins trying to sneak in.

“He’ll be inside at this hour, right?”

“I think so.”

Creak―

We carefully opened the door.

Then, we see the back of a large man lying sideways on the second floor of the bed.

The owner of back muscles wider than the Manchurian field, Geunwook.

Surgical gown pants can be seen below his back, and it’s just before they go down slightly and the shadows of the valley are visible.

“Ugh, damn it. My eyes…….”

Joong-won hyung hurriedly covers Geunwook’s butt with a blanket and says.

“Geunwook, are you sleeping?”

“I’m not sleeping.”

Geunwook’s indifferent answer comes back.

He is lying with his back turned, humming something in a small voice.

The sound of music was leaking from the cell phone next to the pillow.

……When is that song from?

Of course, it’s a masterpiece.

Recently, Geunwook is taking to autumn, and his emotions are exploding more than usual.

“Hey, Kim Geunwook! Wake up and look over here.”

“Why?”

“Let’s eat late-night snacks.”

“I don’t want to.”

Geunwook answered indifferently without looking back.

Unlike usual these days, he doesn’t talk about women.

Instead, when he’s off, he just locks himself in the bunk bed and feels sorry for himself.

“Wow~ Look at the clothes lying on the bed. Geunwook, why are you living so septically [unhygienically] these days?”

Joong-won hyung asked playfully.

The word septic is the opposite of aseptic, and is a medical term meaning ‘contaminated by germs’.

Of course, in this case, it’s a joke between doctors.

*Why are you so rotten?* He’s asking.

“Oh, I want to be alone…….”

Poof!

Geunwook’s eyes widen as he raises his body and turns around.

It’s the sound of the firecracker I set off.

Joong-won hyung shouted, holding the cake high.

“Happy birthday!!”

“I heard it’s your birthday today? Congratulations.”

“…….”

“It’s your birthday, so don’t just feel sorry for yourself, get up quickly…….”

Wahhhh!

Geunwook suddenly cries out emotionally.

Then he gets out of bed and hugs us tightly.

*Hey, are you crying? Are you crying?*

* * *

9:30 p.m.

We came outside after a long time.

I was thinking of having a simple birthday party in the break room, but basically, drinking is prohibited inside the dormitory.

It was late, but I felt like wetting my throat with a glass of beer.

“You could have just congratulated me simply at the dorm…….”

“Hey, we’re using this excuse to soak up a drink after a long time. How can we just pass by your birthday?”

“Hehe. I’m touched.”

“Hey, by the way, the cold wind is blowing a bit now? It’s making the lonely 30s feel chilly!”

Joong-won hyung said that and stroked his skinny arm.

Early autumn.

A season that evokes emotions more than usual has come.

The phenomenon of is especially experienced by men.

There are plausible research results on this emotional change.

This is because in the fall, as the amount of sunlight decreases, the secretion of serotonin [a neurotransmitter involved in mood regulation] decreases.

If you don’t get enough sunlight, you’ll also be deficient in vitamin D, which will reduce the secretion of male hormones.

“Is it because it’s autumn? I’m feeling unusually sentimental these days.”

“Hey, you too?”

“Hyung too?”

“Yeah, me too.”

“Maybe Seonhan is so emotionally dry that he can’t sympathize with us.”

I chuckled at the two people’s jokes.

Autumn…….

Actually, I feel different from usual too.

It feels like something is gradually coming to an end?

Experiences that were unfamiliar and new are now gradually changing into familiarity.

Interns are also slowly preparing for winter(?).

It is a period of carefully considering which department to apply for as a resident, looking back on the year they have been spending frantically.

Because you have to decide which department to apply for by the end of November.

“Time flies so fast. The autumn moon and spring breeze are turning in an instant.”

Geunwook was spitting out such an old man’s feelings again.

After a while, the chicken restaurant.

We grabbed a table and ordered chicken and beer.

Of course, since it was an impromptu outing, there weren’t many people.

Me, Joongwon, Geunwook.

And one more person…….

“Why did you follow us?”

“I wanted to eat chicken.”

“Oh, geez, you’re not even close to Geunwook, you!”

“We can become close from today.”

Ryoo Myung-in pouted his lips.

We ran into him at the entrance of the hospital on the way out.

Seeing him following us, saying congratulations on his birthday, this guy’s sociability is not normal.

“Okay, okay! I’ve heard a lot about you. Let’s get close from today. Take a drink!”

Of course, beyond that, Geunwook was the owner of sociability that easily gets close to anyone in 5 minutes.

Then Myungin said with a changed expression.

“Then shall we drop the honorifics?”

“Do you want to die?”

“I’m sorry.”

Ryoo Myung-in saw Geunwook’s muscular arm and shut his mouth.

Why does he keep trying when he can’t even find his money’s worth like that?

“But Geunwook, how long has it been since you shaved? Why are you so shabby these days?”

I answered Joong-won hyung’s question.

“He broke up with his girlfriend in Gokdam, so he’s like this.”

“What? Girlfriend?”

“No, I’m okay!”

Geunwook waved his hand and picked up the beer pitcher that arrived at the table.

“I have colleagues who congratulate me on my birthday like this, how great is that? I’m not sad at all! Let’s drink!”

But after a while.

“Ahryeong, I miss you! Wahhhh…….”

As soon as a few drinks went in, his misery started again.

Geunwook, whose face turned red, hugs the beer pitcher.

“Ahryeong? As expected of someone addicted to fitness, he suddenly looks for dumbbells while eating green onion chicken.”

“That’s not it, Geunwook’s ex-girlfriend’s name is Ahryeong.”

“Puhup.”

Ryoo Myung-in, who was quietly eating, lowered his head and spat out the green onion chicken at my words.

Leaving Geunwook, who was wailing in the air alone, Joong-won hyung suddenly smiled as if he had thought of something.

“Oh, right. By the way, have you guys heard about Jo Jin-ki’s downfall?”

Joong-won hyung, the storyteller of Yeon Guk University Hospital, was starting his engine in his mouth.