Dr. Shin Seonhan: The Doctor Who Sees The Future [EN]: Chapter 228

Dr. A Doctor Seeing a Fresh Future – Episode 228 (228/241)

Extra Story 10. A Report on the Correlation Between the Heart and Love (2)

Second week of May, Monday.

Kyung-shik Ahn had a clean shave.

He applied wax to his hair for the first time in a while, neatly styling it before heading to work.

As a result, he’s being interrogated like a suspect in some major crime.

“Suspicious.”

“…….”

“Suspicious.”

“You told me to shave! So I came in clean-shaven… What are you picking on me about today?”

In the Department of Thoracic Surgery’s on-call room.

Dong-seop Ma is peeking out from behind the partition, glaring at him.

The wrinkles on his menacing, gangster-like forehead appear and disappear, as if he’s saying, ‘I’m reading your mind.’

His mouth opens.

“……Has a new love entered your empty heart?”

Crazy.

His intuition is too good.

Shouldn’t that man have chosen a different career path?

If he had become a detective and interrogated criminals, wouldn’t he have caught countless of them?

“Am I right?”

“Right about what? Geez…….”

“What? ‘Geez’? You’ve grown up, Ahn Kyung-shik, cursing at me now?”

“When did I curse!”

“You look suspicious no matter how I look at it. Hey, Shin-sunhan. What do you think?”

Just then, Shin-sunhan, who was passing by with a banana milk he had received as a gift from a patient, replied.

“It’s spring.”

“Right?”

“It’s an environment where dopamine and serotonin are easily secreted, so I think it’s entirely possible for Dr. Ahn Kyung-shik to fall in love.”

“As expected of our department’s rising star, so reasonable.”

“Thank you.”

Ugh…….

He’s so annoying!

When you look at it, Shin-sunhan is even more vicious. He’s contributing to teasing people with his soft-spoken tone.

Sun-han bowed his head with a subtle smile. His expression was full of the message, ‘Dr. Ahn Kyung-shik, fighting!~’

It’s heartwarming, which makes it even more infuriating.

“What are you doing? Get your butt out of here.”

Thump, thump-

Yoo-joo Song enters the on-call room.

The mark of the surgical cap is clear on her forehead; she must have been in surgery for a long time today.

Dong-seop Ma moves his butt and slightly makes room, asking.

“Surgery’s over?”

“Yeah.”

“Was it tough today too?”

“The heart is really unpredictable.”

“Why?”

“Today, there was a patient who I thought would never be able to wean off the pump, so I even prepared ECMO [Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, a life support machine], but by the time I was leaving the operating room, it was beating incredibly well.”

Yoo-joo Song says, plopping down on the sofa.

Often, there are cases where a patient has to go to the intensive care unit with ECMO after surgery.

Today was expected to be one of those patients, but fortunately, the heart function recovered unexpectedly well.

Dong-seop Ma crossed his thick arms and nodded.

“I know, right? The heart is unpredictable. It can be completely empty, and then quickly filled with new love…….”

“What are you talking about?”

“There is, there is such a thing. Hehe!”

I can’t take it anymore.

Let’s run away quickly.

Kyung-shik Ahn left the on-call room with a flushed face. If he stayed here any longer, he would obviously continue to be torn apart by the hyena-like Dong-seop Ma.

“Hey, Ahn Kyung-shik! Where are you going! You have to tell me who your new love is!”

I don’t want to.

I’m not going to tell you.

I’ll never let that hyena-like Dong-seop Ma find out.

Even if I get dragged into the room of truth and get beaten up.

Never!

* * *

9th floor, Department of Thoracic Surgery ward.

Kyung-shik Ahn is on his way back after examining a patient with PA [Physician Assistant] Se-young Joo.

While waiting for the elevator, she subtly asks.

“Dr. Kyung-shik, is it a special day today? You put a little more effort into your appearance than usual?”

“…….”

Was applying wax to my hair too much?

I shouldn’t do this next time.

I didn’t expect so much suspicion from those around me.

Ding―

At that moment, an alert pops up on Kyung-shik Ahn’s phone.

[Intern Soo-jung Kim]

Should I say a thief is alarmed by his own shadow?

I feel unnecessarily self-conscious.

After checking the message, Kyung-shik Ahn quickly explained, as if making an excuse.

“Intern notified me that the electrolyte results for patient Baek are out.”

“Is it okay?”

“Potassium levels have returned to normal.”

“Hmm~”

PA Se-young Joo slightly raises the corner of her mouth, then says with a playful expression.

“Doctor, you seem to be getting along particularly well with the intern this month?”

“Who? Dr. Kim Soo-jung?”

“Other teams are saying that our team’s atmosphere is good?”

“Ah, that’s…… because the intern is doing a good job. Fortunately, patients are being discharged without any major complications, so I guess the atmosphere looks good.”

Kyung-shik Ahn replies as if it’s nothing much.

To be honest, he felt a little guilty.

Because he’s been having coffee breaks more often than usual after rounds.

Even on days when he has to go into surgery, Kyung-shik Ahn made sure to buy a drink for Intern Kim Soo-jung.

PA Se-young Joo smiles mysteriously and says to the air.

“I don’t think the intern has a boyfriend…….”

Pause.

Kyung-shik Ahn freezes.

His eyes are checking the floor number of the elevator, but his hands don’t know where to go.

His body is reacting regardless of his mind.

However, Kyung-shik Ahn is trying hard to maintain a blank expression as if there is no emotional turmoil.

After a moment of silence, he opens his mouth.

“Oh, really?”

“I think the intern is also popular with the male colleagues. I think she’ll get a boyfriend soon…….”

“I see.”

“That’s right, hoho!”

Kyung-shik Ahn sighed softly.

He’s troubled.

It’s true that he has feelings for the intern. He can’t deny that.

But he doesn’t want to rashly create gossip within the hospital…….

Kyung-shik Ahn’s own heart was still not settled.

* * *

Last Friday of May.

Before he knew it, a month had passed, and it was time for the intern farewell dinner.

The Department of Thoracic Surgery’s farewell dinners were always famous for going to good restaurants, and today it was a teppanyaki restaurant at the Park Loran Hotel.

4th year Dong-seop Ma.

2nd year Kyung-shik Ahn.

1st year Shin-sunhan.

And 3 interns from the May lung part, including Kim Soo-jung.

Six people are sitting side by side at the bar table, waiting for the teppanyaki prepared by the hotel chef.

“Wow, I didn’t expect to come to a place like this!”

“I have to take a picture and upload it!”

“The rumor that Yonkuk University’s Department of Thoracic Surgery has a lot of money was true…….”

The interns have ecstatic expressions.

They thought it would be a normal barbecue restaurant for the dinner, but they didn’t expect to come to such a luxurious restaurant.

It was worth the hard work!

Dong-seop Ma clapped his hands to gather everyone’s attention.

“Interns, you worked hard for a month! You did well this month without any major accidents, so I brought you to a place like this.”

“Yes!”

“Then let’s eat deliciously!”

“We’ll eat well―”

“If you eat this, you’re all coming to the Department of Thoracic Surgery next year. Promise on your wrist.”

“…….”

“Just kidding. Hahaha.”

Excuse me?

It doesn’t sound like a joke?

It didn’t sound like a joke because it was said by Dong-seop Ma, who looks like a gangster, let alone anyone else.

After making the interns nervous, Dong-seop Ma began to inhale the food placed in front of him.

“Hey, this is delicious. Sun-han, what kind of fish is this?”

“It’s sea bass.”

“Ah, this is sea bass?”

“It’s in season from June. Summer is coming.”

“As expected, if you ask Sun-han about this, it’s accurate. Interns, did you know that this guy is the son of a fish restaurant in Garak Market [large agricultural and fish market in Seoul]?”

“Really?”

The interns looked at Sun-han with curious eyes.

After that, it’s the same repertoire.

The youngest son of three siblings in a fish restaurant―

The origin of the name ―

Etc.

It was the first time the interns had heard the story, so the laughter didn’t stop for a while.

They were a little nervous at the beginning of the month, but after experiencing the thoracic surgery residents, they thought it was a department with a good atmosphere.

“…….”

Meanwhile.

Kyung-shik Ahn is silent.

Why has he been so anxious since a while ago?

Thinking that today is the last day, his troubled heart grows even bigger.

He wants to say a few more words to Intern Kim Soo-jung…….

There’s no gap.

Unfortunately, the seat is the farthest away, so it’s unnatural to force a conversation.

Every time heat is emitted from the teppanyaki, he just fiddles with his thick glasses that are fogging up.

Whether he knows Kyung-shik Ahn’s anxious heart or not, Dong-seop Ma naturally changed the topic of conversation.

“By the way, did everyone see that movie? It’s supposed to be really fun, that…….”

As Dong-seop Ma started, the story about the newly released movie begins.

“Ah, I heard they filmed the action scenes incredibly well?”

“The ratings are good too.”

“I’ve been waiting for that movie so much since last year…… Actually, I didn’t even know it was released.”

“No, none of the six of us have seen this movie? The number of viewers has already exceeded 5 million?”

“Well…….”

Because we were busy.

The interns swallowed the words with tears.

The busy thoracic surgery life is the same for residents and interns.

There was no room for the latest movies in their daily lives, where they had to choose sleep and rest on their days off.

But unexpectedly, Kyung-shik Ahn raised his hand alone and said calmly.

“I saw it.”

“When?”

“There’s a movie theater right next to the officetel [a studio apartment often used as both office and residence] where I live. I went alone late at night the day before yesterday.”

“Hey~ Why go to the movie theater alone? So pathetic.”

“Why, I like going to the movie theater alone…….”

When Kyung-shik Ahn mumbled timidly, someone quickly said from the other side of the table.

“Ah, I like it too. Going to the movie theater alone…… When I was in college, I used to watch three movies in a row at the movie theater alone!”

The voice was that of Intern Kim Soo-jung.

Kyung-shik Ahn was happy.

He empathized for the first time today. He also felt like he had one more thing in common with her.

At that moment, Dong-seop Ma looked at the two with a subtle expression.

As if he felt something.

After clearing his throat, Dong-seop Ma made a new suggestion.

“Ahem, but we have a lot of money filled in the corporate card anyway, right? It’s the last day today, so should we eat and watch a movie?”

“Can we do that?”

“Raise your hand if you want to go!”

“Hand.”

Sun-han was the first to agree and raised his hand. Then, the interns, who were watching, raised their hands without anyone saying anything first.

“I want to see it too!”

“Me too!”

“I’ll check the movie theater schedule!”

After glancing at Intern Kim Soo-jung, who was speaking with an excited expression, Kyung-shik Ahn quickly raised his hand as well.

“Ah, then I’ll watch it twice too. I like watching movies I’ve already seen…….”

Flinch.

Kyung-shik Ahn shrugged his shoulders.

From the other side of the table, Dong-seop Ma was looking at him with an expression of holding a delicious food in front of him.

He had an expression that said, ‘I caught you, you rascal!’

At that moment, he thought of a famous movie line he had seen a while ago.

―That bastard threw the bait…… and your daughter bit the bait…….

He bit it.

Dong-seop Ma’s bait.

……This doesn’t seem like it will end with a month of teasing.