Emergency Instinct - Chapter 43

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Tae-jun’s eyebrows moved slightly.

 

It was an unexpected background.

 

The chairman of Dongsan Hospital.

 

Having heard the unbelievable information, Tae-jun’s breathing became rough with anger.

 

When he first received the report from the PR team, she was struggling to pay for her mother’s hospital bills with her resident’s salary.

 

Despite having a wealthy grandmother, far from receiving help, she had endured carrying all that burden alone.

 

He hadn’t wanted to find out the circumstances she wanted to hide in this way.

 

But now he couldn’t just wait anymore.

 

“Continue.”

 

-After Hong Ji-an’s mother’s husband died, she gave up all inheritance and left that house with only her daughter. Naturally, all the assets were transferred to Park Soon-ja.

 

Given Park Soon-ja’s shameless attitude, it was obvious she had seized all of her son’s assets. For whatever reason, it had been stolen.

 

-Dongsan Hospital is currently in a state where bank loan extensions have been rejected, and the financial crisis is severe. If they can’t negotiate with the bank, they’ll enter court receivership due to insolvency.

 

“Why were the loans blocked?”

 

-They were caught making fraudulent medical benefit claims. They’re under audit after being hit with a recovery payment bomb.

 

Tae-jun tilted his head back slightly in thought and asked.

 

“Anything else?”

 

-It looks fine on the outside, but inside it’s already hollow. There are signs of mismanagement, breach of trust, and tax evasion, and Park Soon-ja is hot-tempered, so there’s a lot of verbal and physical abuse of staff. One internal whistleblowing incident would send it to hell.

 

Hell.

 

It was a very appealing word.

 

Since she dared to slap Ji-an’s cheek, she should naturally pay the price.

 

Thinking of Ji-an’s difficult times, he spoke coldly.

 

“Let’s strip the hospital bare first. Secure evidence quickly so we can hand it over to the prosecution at any time.”

 

-Yes. Understood.

 

She was a grandmother who exploited, assaulted, and threatened her granddaughter’s share.

 

She wasn’t worth forgiving in the slightest.

 

-Also, to solve the funding problem, Park Soon-ja has been continuously trying to arrange blind dates for Hong Ji-an. The condition she wanted was investment in Dongsan Hospital. But the condition Park Soon-ja offered to the other party is quite absurd.

 

“What absurd condition?”

 

Tae-jun’s eyes darkened deeply.

 

-…She said she would bear as many children as they wanted.

 

What the hell is this!

 

Tae-jun almost let out a curse.

 

-She said Hong Ji-an has good genes, so the children would be smart too. There are several nouveau riche who showed interest.

 

Tae-jun felt the urge to smash the phone in his hand.

 

He now properly understood what kind of humiliation Ji-an must have endured at that blind date when they first met.

 

Hong Ji-an, what kind of life have you been living…

 

The image of Ji-an losing her father at eight and being driven to the streets holding her mother’s hand came to mind. She was small even now, but he couldn’t dare imagine how that even smaller child had grown up.

 

Perhaps it was natural that she couldn’t say she wanted something even when she coveted it. It would have been faster to give up.

 

Not wanting to be abandoned, she would have been accustomed to running away. Enduring would have been natural.

 

Yet she grew up beautifully and became a wonderful doctor who saves lives.

 

Tae-jun clenched his fist as his chest grew heavy.

 

It seemed simple legal punishment wouldn’t be enough.

 

After pausing to catch his breath and falling into thought, Tae-jun spoke heavily.

 

“What’s the relationship between Hong Chul-ho and Park Soon-ja like?”

 

-Not good. Although he’s the hospital director, Hong Chul-ho apparently can’t do anything on his own. He seems to have more complaints because she’s his mother.

 

As expected. It was as he had anticipated.

 

Park Soon-ja was a heartless mother even to her only child.

 

“Let’s use Hong Chul-ho as the whistleblower. Approach him secretly. Put surveillance on Park Soon-ja.”

 

-Yes. Understood.

 

Since she had been crueler than anyone to her own blood, experiencing the same from that blood would be a good experience. She would understand that feeling a little.

 

-And I received contact a little while ago that there’s some trouble in the emergency room. Hong Ji-an is…

 

The name of Member of Parliament Kang Chi-han was heard next.

 

Tae-jun’s expression froze even more coldly.

 

He had noticed he was a despicable person, but domestic violence behind the scenes.

 

It was an incident that would become noisy if even a little leaked out. Cornered Kang Chi-han might harm Ji-an.

 

More worried about Ji-an than anyone, Tae-jun rubbed his throbbing forehead.

 

“Call the legal team.”

 

Giving instructions, he hurriedly looked for clothes to put on.

 

It’s not like she was a child left by the water’s edge.

 

Unable to feel at ease, he couldn’t just sit still and watch.

 

***

 

“Phew…”

 

Ji-an walked out of the hospital, touching her stiff neck.

 

She had quickly reported according to procedure and treated Lee Mi-so.

 

She had not only taken photographs for legal evidence but also left detailed medical records.

 

On her body hidden by clothes, evidence of long-term repeated abuse remained intact.

 

To the police who came after receiving the report, Ji-an gave detailed testimony.

 

What she had seen and heard, and even the medical diagnosis she had made as a doctor.

 

Lee Mi-so had not only a wrist fracture from the assault but also cracked ribs. Due to her unstable state from prolonged violence, she immediately needed psychiatric consultation as well.

 

The broken bones and wounds would heal in 6 weeks.

 

However, the wounds from domestic violence would probably never disappear for a lifetime. Still, Ji-an believed she would definitely overcome it.

 

The help from the hospital social work team and police who came running despite it being dawn was significant.

 

Since the perpetrator was a powerful Member of Parliament, she couldn’t help but feel anxious. Even though she had reported it, if her daughter’s safety wasn’t secured, Lee Mi-so would have returned home again.

 

The hospital also tensed up in preparation for potential commotion.

 

It would be terrible if other patients or the hospital were harmed.

 

Fortunately, a little while ago, Su-jin was safely separated from her biological father and held in her mother’s arms.

 

‘Mom, mom! Wahhh! Mom hurts…’

 

‘No. It doesn’t hurt at all. The doctor treated me well, look, now it doesn’t hurt at all…’

 

‘It hurts. Mom, it hurts. Wahhhhh!’

 

No matter how much she was comforted, Su-jin cried in more pain than her mother.

 

She held her mother and cried so sorrowfully until her face swelled up.

 

‘I’m, I’m sorry. Mom… Su-jin is sorry.’

 

‘Why is my daughter…’

 

‘Sorry. Report. I tried to report… Sob…’

 

‘Su, Su-jin. No. Baby, it’s not your fault.’

 

‘Mom. Dad was, so scary. I’m, I’m sorry.’

 

‘Baby, no. No. My daughter. Mom, mom is sorry.’

 

Saying she was sorry, thank you, and I love you, Lee Mi-so comforted her daughter countless times.

 

Su-jin, terrified, eventually fainted from crying in her mother’s arms.

 

Unfortunately, the child was already a victim exposed to violence.

 

The guilt of not being able to save her mother and the fear that she might never see her mother again had broken the child down.

 

The mother and daughter he first saw in front of the hotel elevator had looked so happy. But deep pain was hidden within the smile that had only looked pretty.

 

It would probably take quite a lot of time before the mother and daughter could smile again.

 

However, because they were together, he believed they would definitely overcome it.

 

Ji-an moved forward with hope.

 

She couldn’t help but feel joy from the sense of accomplishment and relief that came from helping.

 

However, as she left the hospital, an inexplicable emptiness washed over her.

 

A hollow feeling, as if her heart was completely empty, as if she had lost something.

 

The face of a man she missed kept coming to mind. She wanted to tell him about this joy more than anyone else.

 

But she couldn’t bring herself to contact him.

 

She hesitated. Not knowing what words to start with…

 

Her heart ached and Ji-an’s steps grew heavier and heavier.

 

She let out a deep sigh.

 

“Teacher Hong Ji-an. Why are your shoulders drooping so much?”

 

Suddenly someone blocked her path, and at the same time, she heard an exciting voice.

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