Emergency Blind Date - Chapter 51
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#Episode 51
Ding―.
The elevator arrived, and Kang Hyeok stepped inside with large strides. He watched Da-som until the doors closed.
He gazed at Da-som as if engraving her endearingly lovely image into his eyes.
His heart throbbed with pain.
It was proof that Da-som had firmly settled in his heart.
Click.
As the doors closed and the elevator ascended, Kang Hyeok’s eyes turned coldly calm.
Jeong So-yeon, dressed up like a splendid peacock.
The arrogant and selfish type.
Moreover, Jeong So-yeon, who casually spoke and acted without restraint regardless of time and place according to her whims, reminded him of Tae Bo-kyung, who had lived like a princess receiving full support and adoration.
In contrast, Da-som was….
Unbelievably, as soon as she saw Jeong So-yeon, she shrank back, making her narrow shoulders even narrower.
Since she probably hadn’t told her sister about dating him, from now on Da-som would exhaust herself trying to explain that to her sister.
Kang Hyeok wondered if he should have gone in together to have a conversation instead of going up like this.
Would that have made things more difficult for Da-som?
His eyes stung at the sight of Da-som looking so intimidated.
It was probably learned behavior from childhood.
Not because someone forced it, but an instinct for survival.
Da-som probably didn’t even know she was like that.
His brow furrowed at the dull pain pressing down on his chest.
What kind of life did you live back then, when I didn’t know?
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“Did he leave?”
When Da-som entered through the entrance after seeing Kang Hyeok off, So-yeon, who had been looking around the house, quickly approached her.
“Yeah. He left.”
“Don’t tell me you live in the same officetel?”
So-yeon’s eyes, full of curiosity, stared at Da-som’s face.
“Yeah.”
Her intuition was absolutely ghostly.
Mother used to say about her sister that while she wasn’t great at studying, no one could match her intuition. It was a kind of compliment.
“Since when have you two been meeting like that? Don’t tell me you’ve been meeting since that blind date?”
“Sit down first.”
Da-som went to the dining table and sat down, pointing to the chair across from her.
Da-som resolved to honestly tell her sister about their relationship. Deceiving Mother alone was enough.
“Wait a minute. I haven’t finished looking around the house yet.”
Interrupting their conversation, So-yeon opened the bedroom door to look inside and also went out to the balcony.
“Nice house? It’s bigger than where you used to live.”
Thud.
Only after So-yeon had looked around the sparse house did she come to the dining table where Da-som was sitting and sit across from her.
“Do you know how surprised I was when I found out he was an Emergency Medicine professor when I went on that blind date? If I had known that, I never would have gone.”
“That’s why I didn’t tell you, knowing you’d react like that.”
“Anyway, after the Professor found out I was a substitute, we somehow ended up meeting.”
“The guy seems decent. But Mother will go crazy if she finds out. I thought it just ended with the blind date.”
Who was the one who deceived from the beginning?
As she let out a hollow laugh at the absurdity, So-yeon leaned her upper body forward over the table.
“Right now Mother thinks I’m dating that person well.”
Hadn’t she gone home in the evening and seen Mother with her own eyes?
“I went home in the evening. …When are you going to tell her? You can’t keep lying forever.”
“Oh, really? You didn’t say anything strange, did you?”
“You said you’d handle it. So I didn’t say anything.”
“As you can see, Mother has to be reasonable for words to get through. I was just going to say I met once or twice and it didn’t seem right so I ended it, but I couldn’t bring myself to say it.”
“So how long are you going to deceive her? If you won’t say it first, I’ll tell her.”
She couldn’t keep lying and deceiving forever. If her sister wouldn’t do it, it was right for her to do it.
“No. I’ll do it. The backlash might unfairly hit you.”
“…Tell her tomorrow at least.”
“Okay, I got it. Seeing you with him, I guess I have to. But you’re quite skilled, aren’t you? Never having dated before, yet charming a man like that.”
“….”
So-yeon was underestimating the seriousness of this situation. As Da-som stared at her without answering, So-yeon snapped.
“Fine. I said I’ll tell her. But Da-som, I wonder if there’s any point in us having this conversation. That’s how relationships between men and women are. Even if you feel like you can’t live without each other right now, turning away happens in an instant. Then you become worse than strangers.”
“…Are you saying it doesn’t matter because I might break up with the Professor anytime?”
“No, I’m not talking about you specifically, but that’s how it is from what I’ve experienced in life. If things work out well, what more could I wish for? But reality isn’t that beautiful.”
In a way, it was a very realistic statement, very much like her sister.
Since that statement didn’t seem entirely wrong either, Da-som decided not to mention it further.
When even married couples separate after living together. Especially since both her sister and she were from a remarried family.
“So are you dating the Academy Director well?”
Or not? From her bitter smile, did they break up?
Come to think of it.
It was strange from the start that she came to see her without any notice.
“He seems to be avoiding me lately. I should stop seeing him.”
“Are you okay?”
“What’s there to not be okay about? If he’s going to suck out all the sweetness and then dump me, what can I do? That’s how men are originally.”
It was unbelievable that the great Jeong So-yeon could be dumped.
“So you shouldn’t give your heart and soul either, just play hard to get. That man seems extraordinary from what I saw.”
He is extraordinary. He’s exceptional in every way.
As Da-som smiled slightly, So-yeon laughed as if amazed.
“Well, not everyone can play push and pull. He doesn’t seem like the type who’d be swayed by such tactics either.”
“…Actually, you know Eun Hyeok? The Professor is Eun Hyeok’s older brother.”
“Oh my, really? Now that you mention it, that’s right. Considering that, it must be no ordinary connection, right?”
“He asked me to go with him to Central General Hospital’s 30th anniversary event, but I’m worried. It’s awkward to meet Aunt too.”
“Does that family know you went on the blind date as a substitute?”
“Yeah. The Professor told them. He also said he’d handle it well so the story wouldn’t get back to Mother.”
“Wow, that person really is extraordinary, isn’t he? Now all that’s left is for our mother’s false dreams to be shattered.”
“….”
“Still, I can’t say you’re meeting instead of me. You know why, right? Just say you met eyes at the hospital.”
Considering the shock Mother would receive, that would be better.
“That’s what we should do.”
Da-som slowly nodded her head.
“Don’t be discouraged by that, date confidently. I’ll cheer you on instead.”
Da-som couldn’t help but chuckle at the word “cheer.”
Since childhood, her sister had acted ambiguously toward Da-som, unclear whether she was friend or foe.
She would be nice but then act spitefully and interfere, and in various ways she wasn’t exactly a pleasant person for Da-som.
But now at this age, she felt that even though they didn’t share a drop of blood, her sister was truly family.
“You know, looking at you, I think the mother who gave birth to you must have been quite a beauty. Unlike our mother, she probably aged gracefully, right?”
Da-som hesitated.
The woman in the photo she brought yesterday was certainly beautiful. But what good was being beautiful?
To Da-som, that woman was worse than nonexistent.
“What’s wrong with Mother?”
“Honestly, when you get older, you need money. I don’t want to live like Mother. I’m going to meet a rich man and live luxuriously.”
Well, thoughts are free.
Even if her sister said things like that, she was someone who would choose love over conditions.
“But Da-som, I looked in your closet and why do you have so few clothes? What are you doing with the money you earn? At least buy some proper clothes to wear. You’re a doctor for crying out loud, what’s with that olive drab jumper?”
“What’s wrong with it? As long as it’s comfortable.”
“Oh, right. When did you say that event was? I’ll dress you up really pretty that day.”
“Why would you do that?”
“I bet you’re just going to wear whatever, right? That won’t do. It’s at least a place where you’re meeting the man’s family, so you need to look pretty.”
Da-som thought for a moment.
Going to that place was already quite burdensome, wouldn’t it be even stranger if she dressed up?
She thought it would be fine to just dress appropriately without going against formality.
“…Is that so?”
“Of course. That’s obvious. Don’t worry about anything. Your sister will dress you up from head to toe that day. You just don’t dress up, but if you did, all the men would go crazy, right?”
“Forget it. Why would you do that?”
“No way. I might not have cared if I hadn’t seen that man earlier, but now that I have, I can’t just sit still. You’re going to do as I tell you.”
Watching So-yeon burning with enthusiasm by herself, Da-som just smiled.
The time was already approaching 2 AM.
“You’re going to sleep over, right?”
“Should I?”
Though the sleeping arrangement would be uncomfortable, she couldn’t send away her sister who had come after so long on this night, so they decided to sleep together.
“Sister, don’t snore.”
“When have I ever snored?”
“Don’t you know you snore terribly?”
“Ah, is Han Gil avoiding me because I snore?”
Da-som just chuckled softly. Even as she got older, her sister remained unchanged.
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