Dr. Shin Seonhan: The Doctor Who Sees The Future [EN]: Chapter 223

#Side Story 5. Young Geun-wook (1)

Yeon Guk University Hospital, basement level.

Right now, a desperate scream is echoing through this place.

“Kkeuaak!”

“More! Squeeze it out!”

“Euaaaaak! Ancestors!”

“Don’t look for your ancestors! They won’t lift the weight for you!”

Basement level 3, gym.

Groans mix with the upbeat music.

The heat radiating from the people is blasting out the door.

Lifting barbells, swinging kettlebells, hanging from exercise equipment, etc.

Everyone is passionately devoted to exercising, but…….

Looking at their expressions, they are all dying inside.

And in the middle of the gym.

A young man is energetically guiding the exercise.

“Don’t use your trapezius muscles! Tighten your core!”

A kind-looking face.

But the physique is incredible.

Shoulders protruding like missiles, a latissimus dorsi [the broadest muscle in the back] as vast as a field.

Definition (muscle clarity) that is prominent even when wearing clothes!

He was the most famous athlete and legendary resident in this hospital, Kim Geun-wook.

Everyone else is suffering, but he alone is full of energy.

“You there, why are you resting?”

“T-Teacher Geun-wook, I’ll stop here for today…….”

“Teacher Gu, you said you wanted to confidently take off your top at the swimming pool, didn’t you? You said you wanted to lift your son with one hand, didn’t you?”

“Ugh…….”

“Teacher Hong, you said you were going to take a bikini body profile [photoshoot], didn’t you? You said you had to have a good body at least once before you die, didn’t you?”

“흑…….”

“The weight you lift today becomes your body tomorrow! Get up now!”

“Agh! I got it!”

The people who had collapsed on the mat frowned and started exercising again.

Doctors at Yeon Guk University Hospital.

They always nag patients to exercise, but they themselves suffer from chronic lack of exercise.

Until last year, this gym was also a relatively quiet space.

But!

This summer is different.

A passionate is happening here right now.

And the source of the storm was none other than pediatric resident Kim Geun-wook.

If your body changes, your life changes!

Does it sound like a lie?

It’s true!

I guarantee it, none other than me.

Start today!

I, Kim Geun-wook, will help you!

—Pediatric Resident Kim Geun-wook

Second year of residency.

Geun-wook created a health club.

What health club is a busy resident doing?

Kim Geun-wook visited the gym regularly no matter how busy he was.

Even when the fatigue of being on duty had not disappeared, Geun-wook thought, ‘I’m tired because my exercise has decreased!’

And in the second half of his second year, when he became accustomed to pediatric life, he finally posted a health club announcement on the company bulletin board.

“Health club?”

“Sounds tempting?”

“Hey, I haven’t seen anything like that work properly in a hospital!”

“But I heard the club president is Teacher Geun-wook?”

“What? Pediatrician Kim Geun-wook? Then that’s a different story.”

“Should I join too?”

The response was more enthusiastic than expected.

People who had seen his body even once in the hospital remembered his name.

Not only residents and nurses who usually wanted to build their bodies, but also young professors came to ask him to teach them how to exercise!

Of course, most of them only last three days.

However, some diligent members followed Geun-wook regardless of age or gender.

Thanks to this, Geun-wook is having happy days these days.

‘Keuh, there are so many people who are serious about exercising! It’s fun, it’s fun!’

Geun-wook looked at the club members with a proud look.

Is this what life is all about?

Helping others exercise is as enjoyable as exercising yourself.

He just loves the members who take the time out of their busy lives to work hard.

Of course, the people involved…….

They had expressions as if they were about to cross the River Jordan [a metaphor for facing a difficult or life-changing experience].

“Okay, good job!”

“Huff, huff.”

“Today’s group routine is up to here, and those who want to do individual exercises, continue. If you don’t know the posture well, ask me!”

“Yes…….”

“Then I’ll start loosening up my body!”

Huuk, huuk!

Now Geun-wook started exercising while hanging on the exercise equipment.

People stared blankly at the sight. It was a different dimension from the exercises they had been doing so far.

‘Wow…….’

‘Is that a person or a monster?’

‘It’s brutal, it’s brutal!’

‘Look at the accurate posture in the meantime. How can he do that?’

Geun-wook’s movements were different from those of beginners.

Strength is strength, but the posture is accurate.

Every time a huge muscle pushes out the weight, a hot wind seems to blow around it.

Everyone was curious.

When did that person become good at exercising? Did he come out of his mother’s womb doing rope exercises with the umbilical cord from birth?

“Teacher Geun-wook, I have a question.”

A group of male residents approached Geun-wook, who was taking a break.

“What is it?”

“Is it true that Teacher Geun-wook hits a total of 500kg in the 3 major exercises (squat, bench press, deadlift)?”

“Ahem, I told you not to be interested in other people’s numbers? Don’t you know that the only competitor is yesterday’s self!”

“Well, I’m too curious…….”

“Well, it’s true that I hit 3 big 500s. Hahaha!”

“Heok.”

Everyone was surprised.

So-called <3 big 500> is like a dream for athletes.

It is not a number that even a professional trainer, let alone someone who exercises as a hobby, can usually reach with effort.

“You’re amazing after all.”

“I’m jealous.”

“When will I ever have shoulders like Teacher Geun-wook?”

“Hey, you idiot, Teacher Geun-wook is fundamentally different from guys like us. He’s a complete . He was born strong as a human being!”

When everyone was busy admiring, Geun-wook smiled and threw out an unexpected comment.

“Hey, what are you talking about? Should I show you a picture of me when I was young?”

Cheoeok!

Geun-wook rummaged through his smartphone and held it out.

Soon, the eyes of the people who saw the screen widened in surprise.

“Uh uh?”

“Who is this?”

“What is this sardine?”

“He’s completely narrow-shouldered?”

“Ah, don’t use the expression narrow-shouldered! How much I hated that nickname!”

“No…….”

People couldn’t believe their eyes.

A boy in the photo, wearing a loose school uniform.

His face is definitely Geun-wook, but his body is half the size. No matter how young he was, he was too small compared to now.

Especially the shoulder line…… To exaggerate, it’s a little wider than the earlobe.

Everyone whispered as if they couldn’t believe it.

“Is this real?”

“He’s a completely different person.”

“It’s beyond the level of reincarnation? What the hell happened?”

“Well, I worked hard.”

Geun-wook smiled, wiping his nose.

He is the type to be shy when he receives attention.

At that time, a skinny female doctor carefully asked.

“So, Teacher Geun-wook, what made you start exercising? Originally, motivation is important for things like this, right?”

“It’s a long story…….”

Geun-wook glanced at his watch and said.

“After finishing the last set, let’s all go out to dinner and talk.”

“Oh, is it a company dinner?”

“Yes. Everyone worked hard today, so I’ll treat the members to dinner!”

“Ooh!”

“The chicken breast menu at the salad place in front of you looks delicious! Hahaha!”

“…….”

Everyone’s faces drooped.

I don’t like chicken breast! I want to eat pork belly! ……Expressions that shout.

But Geun-wook didn’t listen to everyone’s opinions and devoted himself to the next exercise.

Coincidentally, an energetic song was playing from the gym speakers.

One more time for me

Courage like a storm

So that I don’t give in to the rough waves

‘Wow, this song brings back memories!’

Back when I didn’t even have a smartphone.

It was an animation theme song that Geun-wook put on his MP3 player and listened to.

Of course, I didn’t know it then.

That he would have a body as strong as a muscular character in a cartoon.

‘It reminds me of the old days after a long time.’

A boy who was short.

A boy with narrow shoulders.

Kim Geun-wook didn’t really like his reflection in the mirror.

* * *

“I don’t want to go to school.”

Geun-wook muttered, looking at his skinny upper body in the mirror.

When did it start?

That I started to lose confidence in my appearance.

No matter how bright your personality is, you can’t be free from the inferiority complex of adolescence.

Geun-wook would sit at the table every morning and whine to his parents.

“Mom, I don’t want to go to school.”

“Son, I don’t want to go to work either. Will my son go to work for me?”

“Dad, the kids tease me for having narrow shoulders!”

“That’s what you do when you’re in elementary school. You fight with your friends, you tease them. That’s how you become friends.”

Geun-wook’s parents were so cool that they didn’t take their son’s whining seriously.

‘Eush…… No one understands my heart!’

As he grumbled and walked to school between the rice paddies.

―Peoeok!

A slipper bag hit the back of his head.

When I turned around, a group of elementary school students were grinning.

“Hey, narrow shoulders!”

“Don’t do it!”

“Kim Geun-wook is lucky, when it rains, he can avoid getting wet and avoid it in between [a Korean expression referring to someone with narrow shoulders being able to avoid raindrops].”

“That’s not true!”

“Kim Geun-wook is lucky, he has less air resistance when running!”

“Don’t do it!”

“Heujeu Meuleuge~![Nonsense mimicking teasing sounds]”

“Euaaa!”

Geun-wook screamed and chased after the fleeing guys.

Looking back, it was a common childish prank by elementary school students, but at the time, it was really sad.

I didn’t want to be born with narrow shoulders!

‘Damn…… But they’ll tease me less when I become a middle school student, right? My body will be bigger than it is now!’

But what.

My friends’ teasing continued until middle school.

Because it is a small local city, almost all the faces I knew from elementary school continued to middle school.

Geun-wook’s height and size did not grow…….

On the other hand, my friends grew like lettuce on a rainy day.

“Hey Kim Narrow Shoulders. Long time no see?”

Tuung!

Geun-wook staggered as he was hit on the shoulder.

When I turned around, the guys wearing school uniforms were grinning.

In the middle of them, a particularly mean face was looking down at him.

It was a familiar face, but one I didn’t want to meet on the way to school at all.

“What are you looking at, you bastard?”

Yuk Jung-deok.

165cm tall since elementary school.

Even growing more and more every day. He is still in the first year of middle school, but there are already rumors that he is the ace of the sports team.

He smiles with a grin.

“Hey Narrow Shoulders, I hit you because I was happy to see you, but why are you staggering like that? You’re still weak even when you become a middle school student.”

“Don’t do it…….”

“What?”

“Don’t call me Narrow Shoulders!”

“Are you upset? If you’re upset, hit me too!”

Yuk Jung-deok pushed out his stomach.

Like when he was an elementary school student, his size now felt as big as a mountain.

But Geun-wook also has pride.

First year of middle school.

Now is the age to be sensitive enough.

I don’t want to be teased even in front of girls of the same age.

If I lose this battle of nerves, I will obviously be teased at school for 3 years.

Geun-wook ran at Yuk Jung-deok.

“Okay, you bastard! Let me hit you too!”

“Headbutt!”

“Kkwaek!”

Tuung!

With just one blow.

Geun-wook was bounced off his massive stomach.

Like a scarecrow made of sorghum, he rolled down the slope and tumbled into the rice paddies.

At that point, even the children who had started the fight couldn’t help but be embarrassed.

“Uh uh?”

“How far is he going to roll down?”

“Hey, grab him!”

“Stop rolling, you bastard!”

Boy Kim Geun-wook.

He was weakness itself.

In a middle school like the wild, he was nothing more than the weakest.

Until he met an unexpected relationship that day.

And perhaps this relationship led Geun-wook to the path of a doctor.