Emergency Blind Date - Chapter 27

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#Episode 27

“Ah, Dr. Jeong?”

“Yes. She was absolutely amazing – in the blink of an eye, our Jeong fitted the arm back together perfectly.”

You can tell what kind of person someone is just by watching them work hard at everything.

From yesterday when she worked without sparing herself, he had roughly figured out what kind of style Da-som had.

Kang Hyeok withdrew his gaze from Da-som and swept his eyes around the entire emergency room.

Gyeong-tae was running over.

“Professor, the results are in.”

Kang Hyeok hardened his expression as he checked the patient’s imaging results.

“Hmm…”

Fortunately, the brain CT showed no abnormal findings like cerebral hemorrhage. However, the chest CT showed mild hemothorax in the left thoracic cavity, and the abdominal CT showed intraperitoneal bleeding due to splenic rupture.

“If the blood type is ready, let’s start IV fluids at full rate.”

“Understood.”

“Gyeong-tae, put in a consult to CS (Thoracic Surgery). I’ll contact GS (General Surgery) myself.”

“Understood.”

Kang Hyeok called Bo-gyeong while walking to the waiting room. There wasn’t time to go through the process of notifying the surgical resident on duty, who would then notify the professor.

“TA, in car patient with multiple rib fractures and hemoperitoneum due to splenic rupture. Need to go into surgery immediately.”

―I knew this would happen. Give me the patient number.

After giving the patient number, Kang Hyeok approached the guardians who were holding each other’s hands tightly in the waiting room.

“Are you Kim Min-chan’s guardian?”

“Yes, how is our Min-chan? He’s okay, right? *sob*”

Before he could even explain, tears began streaming down the aunt’s face.

The husband, embracing and calming his wife, looked at Kang Hyeok with trembling eyes.

“He needs to go into surgery right now. His spleen has ruptured and blood is accumulating in the abdominal cavity.”

“Yes, doctor. Our Min-chan can survive, right?”

“The Thoracic Surgery and General Surgery professors will operate together. We’ll have to see the results, but they’ll do their best during the surgery.”

“*sob* What about our Min-chan. Honey!”

“It’s okay, it’ll be okay.”

The patient’s mother seemed like a refined woman who had never experienced hardship. And the husband who devotedly cared for such a wife also appeared to have social status, enough to have attendants with him.

“There’s a family waiting room next to the operating room. A staff member will guide you there, so please wait there.”

“Yes, understood.”

The husband, who bowed politely, gave instructions to the attendant waiting nearby.

“Get a hospital room.”

He was probably trying to secure a hospital room for his wife who might collapse from exhaustion during the surgery.

Kang Hyeok looked at the wife’s somehow familiar face with sharp eyes, then quickly dismissed his interest.

“Patient complaining of abdominal pain!”

He could see Da-som running toward the patient.

Watching that scene, Kang Hyeok’s steps toward the emergency room lounge briefly hesitated.

And he turned around to look back.

…No way, it couldn’t be.

There are plenty of people who look alike in this world.

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The department was quiet after Han Byeol and Eun Hyeok left. Ilrok and Yohan, who were on evening duty, had also briefly stopped by the department to pick up reference books for treatment and hadn’t been heard from since.

It was nice that being close to home meant not having to worry about bus schedules, but since she had never wandered around so late at night, she thought she should head home around this time.

She finished up her work and prepared to leave.

But something felt empty, and it felt strange to end the day like this.

…What is it? …What could it be.

She briefly rested her chin on her hand, blinking her big eyes as she looked around the department.

Then her gaze fell to the phone placed on the desk.

Was I waiting for the professor to contact me?

It seemed that way.

She recalled how she had been on edge every time the department door opened, wondering if it might be Kang Hyeok.

Kang Hyeok, who had to do research and write papers separately, wasn’t such a leisurely person.

Ugh, what kind of pathetic behavior is this.

Da-som slapped both her cheeks with her hands and got up from her seat.

Let’s go, let’s go home.

Let’s go wash our feet and sleep.

That would be the profitable thing to do for tomorrow.

Da-som left the department and headed to the on-call room. She just needed to change clothes and then leave work.

Unlike the emergency room where patients were starting to flood in, the path to the main building was quiet and still.

She was about to take the elevator to the main building when Da-som spotted someone walking toward her and stopped in her tracks.

“…Jeong Da-som?”

Da-som’s eyes slowly widened. The owner of the voice calling her was definitely that person she knew well.

“…Seon-woo senior! It really is Seon-woo senior, right?”

Da-som’s excited voice echoed through the quiet hallway.

Seon-woo looked at Da-som and stepped closer with a bright smile, as if nothing about her had changed.

“That’s right. Have you been well?”

Seon-woo carefully looked Da-som over from head to toe before meeting her eyes again.

“How did this happen? It’s really been so long.”

Da-som looked at Seon-woo’s face with tears welling up. He looked much more mature and sophisticated than before.

Seon-woo, who was three years her senior, had quit the hospital and gone to America after a brain tumor was discovered while he was doing his internship.

After that, contact was lost and there was no way to meet, so she couldn’t believe she was meeting him wearing an SJ University Hospital gown like this.

“Senior, you’re all better now, right?”

“Yeah. I did my internship again last year and entered NS (Neurosurgery) this year.”

“I’m really glad.”

“I was on the lucky side.”

He smiled warmly as he looked down at Da-som. His church oppa-like image was still the same.

She had been so charmed by that smile that she once thought about creating a fan club for him.

“Actually, I saw you in the emergency room today. I was happy thinking that you really entered EM after singing about specializing in it.”

“Ah, you came down because of a patient.”

“Yeah.”

“Han Byeol and Eun Hyeok are also in EM. We all entered together this time.”

“You still move around in a group, I see.”

“Well, yeah.”

Da-som smiled awkwardly.

“You’ve gotten prettier. I thought about you a lot while I was in America…”

Looking at her with wistful eyes created the illusion that there had been quite an affectionate relationship between them.

“I thought about you a lot too. You left so suddenly and there was no way to contact you.”

“I was too frantic back then. But now that we’ve met like this, we’ll see each other often.”

“That’s right.”

She never dreamed they would be training at the same hospital – human connections are truly mysterious.

“So, are you on your way home from work?”

“Yes. I got a bit late doing this and that.”

“Go on ahead. I should head upstairs too.”

“Good work, senior.”

“Yeah. Get home safely.”

It was difficult to act as casually as when they were students, but still, her heart felt warm and a smile naturally bloomed on her lips.

Da-som quietly watched Han Seon-woo’s retreating figure in the distance before turning around.

“…Ah, I’m really glad.”

Seeing Seon-woo’s healthy recovery made her so happy she could cry.

She walked back toward the elevator, when she heard heavy footsteps behind her.

Thud, thud.

At the sound of footsteps drilling into her ears, she turned around.

A man in an elegant suit that wrapped around his broad shoulders and long legs was approaching, casting a shadow.

It was Kang Hyeok, who had been waiting for nearly 11 PM, wondering if he might appear at the Medical Department.

“Our Da-som looks like she just saw her first love.”

Despite his gentle tone, his gaze looking down at Da-som was quite sharp.

“…Professor, what brings you here at this hour? Didn’t you leave work already?”

“Don’t change the subject. Who was it?”

“Ah, a college senior.”

“NS Han Seon-woo?”

“How, how do you know?”

“Is there anything I don’t know? So were you happy to see him?”

Da-som nodded slightly. It was true that she had been happy to see him.

“…”

Kang Hyeok was silent for several seconds. Then he lifted his chin slightly with his characteristic arrogant expression.

“You’re heading home from work now, right?”

“Yes. I was going to stop by the On-call Room before leaving.”

“Alright, then I’ll have my car waiting in front of the Main Building Entrance like yesterday, so come there.”

“You don’t need to do that…”

“I’m fine with it, so don’t refuse. You’re taking the elevator, right?”

“…Yes.”

“Let’s go.”

Kang Hyeok smiled and led Da-som toward the elevator.

Unlike her disheveled self, he seemed to have even showered, as his characteristic refreshing skin lotion scent wafted from him.

“Oh, leave this in the On-call Room and eat it.”

Kang Hyeok held out a shopping bag to Da-som as if he had just remembered.

“What is this?”

“I put various things in there. Energy bars and chocolate and such.”

“Th, thank you.”

Da-som carefully accepted the shopping bag he handed her.

How did he know I have a weakness for food?

Da-som, whose mood had lifted considerably, looked up at Kang Hyeok with a flushed face while waiting for the elevator.

He looked down at Da-som silently with both hands shoved in his pants pockets.

Seeing Kang Hyeok’s face with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, her heart began to flutter without her realizing it.

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