Emergency Instinct - Chapter 62

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Ji-an’s words made the other person’s eyes widen even more.

“I didn’t ask about that though?”

“Oh, I’m sorry. Sometimes there are people who offer to introduce me to men. Without realizing it…”

Ji-an blushed and added as if making an excuse as embarrassment washed over her belatedly.

“…Oh, I see.”

Song Jeong-suk, who had stiffened, burst into laughter.

She found Ji-an’s reddened face cute, and the unexpected misunderstanding amusing. Somehow, she had also become curious about this small doctor.

“He must be a boyfriend with good conditions. Since you’re a doctor.”

“Um, no.”

After thinking for a moment, Ji-an shook her head in denial.

“No?”

“Yes. For me, he’s absolutely not good conditions.”

The lady tilted her head as if she didn’t understand Ji-an’s words.

“He’s someone who lives in a very different world from mine.”

Ji-an spoke lightly.

But in truth, her heart wasn’t light at all. In reality, Ji-an was feeling many differences with Tae-jun.

“Then why are you dating? If you don’t suit each other.”

“Ah…”

Ji-an hesitated for a moment at the rather direct question, then answered confidently.

“Because he’s handsome.”

“…You’re dating because of his face?”

“When I look at him, I smile. He’s handsome, exceptionally capable, and his heart is even more wonderful.”

“There’s no such perfect man in the world.”

“He’s not perfect. He’s so selfish.”

Ji-an, her face red, muttered as if talking to herself.

“Still, it’s a first. Someone who likes me unconditionally like this…”

“I’m curious. What he looks like.”

At the lady’s sparkling expression full of girlish curiosity, Ji-an found herself wanting to boast without realizing it.

“He buys me lots of delicious food, and yesterday he even had lunch boxes delivered to the entire medical department.”

‘I’m sending it to the entire hospital to feed Dr. Hong Ji-an. So eat a lot.’

How her heart fluttered alone at those words he threw out casually as he passed by.

She no longer disliked his sudden appearances.

“Oh my, even lunch boxes. Your boyfriend is really sweet.”

Hearing the lady’s envious words, Ji-an became even more embarrassed.

Her head must really be messed up.

To boast to a lady she was meeting for the first time, something she would only do to her mother.

Just as she was blushing with embarrassment after speaking.

“Oh my? Doesn’t that person look strange?”

Suddenly the lady pointed outside the lounge with a surprised face.

“Why is he holding the child so roughly?”

Following her gaze, Ji-an saw a man with his face covered by a mask and hat opening the emergency exit door. And the man was holding a crying little girl tucked under his arm.

Surprisingly, the child had a face Ji-an knew very well.

The reason Ji-an had stopped by the play room earlier. It was Su-jin.

Su-jin was being forcibly held by a strange man.

“No!”

Ji-an was shocked and ran straight out of the lounge. Then she followed the man and rushed into the emergency exit, shouting.

“Stop right there! Su-jin!”

“Waaah, teacher!”

Along with rough footsteps, Su-jin’s crying echoed from below the stairs.

“Stop! No! Su-jin!”

Ji-an ran down the stairs, calling Su-jin’s name until the end.

Following behind, two men who suddenly appeared from somewhere opened the emergency exit door and went in after her.

Song Jeong-suk’s heart sank at the situation that unfolded in an instant. But she quickly came to her senses and shouted for help.

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Screech-

A car stopped roughly in front of the hospital.

Before the door could even open, Tae-jun jumped out.

He had received contact from the bodyguard he had assigned to protect Ji-an just in case. He was in the middle of a meeting, but had no choice but to storm out.

As he hurried toward the hospital entrance, the waiting bodyguard ran over.

“Where is Dr. Hong Ji-an?”

“She’s in the emergency room right now.”

“Is she badly hurt?”

“No. She went to work.”

Tae-jun, who had been moving quickly, stopped in place.

For a moment, thinking he had misheard, he turned around and asked again.

“What did you just say?”

“After the situation was resolved, she went straight to the emergency room.”

Tae-jun was speechless for a while.

Somehow, Ji-an’s back as she turned away so naturally flashed through his mind.

He felt foolish for rushing over with worry.

The bodyguard, reading the mood, began to explain the situation in detail.

“In fact, it’s no different from Dr. Hong Ji-an catching the criminal.”

It wasn’t an ordinary person but professional work.

Ji-an had chased after the criminal who was kidnapping the child, grabbed his leg and held on, and the bodyguards who followed subdued him after a struggle.

The mastermind was definitely Member of Parliament Kang Chi-han.

When a restraining order was issued through a lawyer, he tried to turn the tables by taking his daughter hostage.

Tae-jun clenched his jaw tightly.

He should have looked at the situation coldly, but it wasn’t easy.

Wasn’t it a dizzying situation just to hear about?

Even if she was a doctor, still.

Why was she so bold with that small frame?

Not a single day passed quietly.

What an ironic woman.

While her pace in love was frustratingly slow, when emergency situations arose, she moved faster than anyone.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t understand her actions at all. She was someone overflowing with passion and responsibility. That’s why he liked her more.

However, it wasn’t easy for Tae-jun at all. Neither entering Ji-an’s world nor adjusting himself to her pace.

He now understood well enough that he needed to get used to emergency situations. But inevitably, he had no choice but to worry about her first.

“Dr. Hong Ji-an was very flustered to learn there was a bodyguard through this incident.”

This was trouble. She would definitely say she didn’t want a bodyguard.

Whatever else, Tae-jun couldn’t give up on the bodyguard.

A few days ago, during the chaos of the fire incident, there was a case where an emergency room nurse tampered with drugs. When caught, it was a planned crime to frame Ji-an through someone’s bribery.

It was fortunate that the nurse was caught at the scene.

If there hadn’t been many medical staff in the emergency room due to patients flooding in from the fire, there was a high possibility that Ji-an would have been falsely accused.

Even before that, malicious rumors that undermined Ji-an’s reputation had been gradually spreading within the hospital.

Tae-jun quietly tracked the source of the rumors.

Upon investigation, the rumors were mainly flowing among doctors and nurses who watched Cha Bo-kyung’s mood or tried to curry favor with her rather than focusing on their skills.

Based on the circumstances, it was almost certain that Cha Bo-kyung was behind this.

But it was only circumstantial evidence at best.

There was no clear proof that Cha Bo-kyung was the one who orchestrated all of this.

So Tae-jun didn’t move rashly, instead waiting while secretly setting traps.

Only by catching solid evidence could he completely resolve this matter.

By now, Cha Bo-kyung must have realized that her plan had failed.

And moments like this could become even more dangerous.

Since the arrow might be aimed at Ji-an again, Tae-jun had no choice but to be cautious in advance.

Lost in thought as he walked, he had arrived in front of the Emergency Room before he knew it.

He felt he wouldn’t be at ease until he confirmed Ji-an’s safety with his own eyes.

Standing outside the glass door where he could see inside the ER, Tae-jun quietly searched for Ji-an.

She was looking at a patient with a smile on her face.

She looked perfectly fine, not like someone who had been through a commotion.

But this was Ji-an, who had saved patients without saying it hurt even when her knee was scraped. If she had caught and struggled with the culprit in the stairwell, she must have been injured somewhere.

His heart wanted to rush into the ER immediately.

But hadn’t he already learned that pushing urgently would backfire?

He took a moment to catch his breath and held back.

He had to match Ji-an’s pace.

Slowly, as she wanted, without being burdensome.

But suddenly Min Kyung-seok entered his field of vision.

What’s that about now?

Min Kyung-seok’s eyes looked strange, though Tae-jun thought that matter was already resolved.

While Tae-jun hesitated, Min Kyung-seok said something to the nurse at the station and led Ji-an away.

Seeing Min Kyung-seok’s agitated eyes, Tae-jun’s heart began racing as well.

He couldn’t stay calm any longer.

He moved to find Ji-an with sharp eyes, as if pursuing them.

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