The Physician of Traditional Medicine Returns from Murim - Chapter 203

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Chapter 203

Since Han Hyeonsu judges based on himself, who is martial-minded, he makes such misunderstandings.

He’s the kind of talent that any decent sword sect would have coveted!

“Tonic medicine isn’t necessary. I prescribed bruise-healing medicine for 3 days, so it’ll be enough if you take it while receiving today’s treatment and monitoring the progress.”

While it was true that Yun Jeongmin’s external injury recovery was slow right now, treatment medicine was sufficient.

I’ll boost his recovery ability with today’s acupuncture treatment, so if things go well, there should be noticeable changes even with the 3-day prescription.

There was no need to prepare expensive tonic medicine.

“Rather than worrying about your friend’s tonic medicine, you should worry about yourself.”

After briefly explaining about the medicine, I also advised him to never resolve such situations with force if they happened again.

In a nation governed by law, you should use laws and institutions!

This time it worked out well because the opponents were also immature teenagers, but if they hadn’t tried to fight back together and instead took the beating unilaterally then reported it, only Han Hyeonsu could have faced disciplinary action or even criminal punishment.

“So unless you can cover it up 100%, stay close to the law rather than fists… Huh?”

Oops, I should have left out the first part.

I keep hearing strange things from Master, so it’s become ingrained in my speech.

“That’s right.”

Fortunately, my intention was well conveyed.

Though he was slightly smirking, he seemed convinced and nodded with a meaningful smile.

“And if you really want to build up Jeongmin’s body, I recommend exercise and bulking up rather than tonic medicine.”

“You just said not to fight…”

“Who said anything about fighting? I mean it in the sense of gaining confidence. Even if you don’t actually hit anyone, having the confidence that you could if necessary makes you always act confidently, right?”

That’s why I don’t get intimidated no matter what kind of troublemaker comes.

Just yesterday, a troublesome old man caused a scene asking why he needed an ID, but didn’t I handle it very smoothly?

“Oh, that’s right.”

Han Hyeonsu seemed to relate to that.

“Um… Clinic Director? Hyeonsu?”

Unlike him, Yun Jeongmin’s voice from the next bed over, where he had just started his heat treatment, sounded anxious.

If he exercised, that timid side of him would probably improve to some extent too.

“Ah, even if you bulk up later, start with building stamina first. The rear mountain over there has good energy, so it’ll be more efficient than running at a gym or other places.”

I also recommended a great aerobic exercise spot where a lot of energy gathers.

“Thank you. Let’s go together.”

“Uh…?”

“We played basketball today so we’ll pass, but starting next week, come out to the rear mountain every weekend.”

“Uh, huh?”

Hmm, the ending seems a bit strange somehow.

Is this okay?

“Now, let’s do the acupuncture treatment.”

“Ah, yes. It’s gotten over 90% better. Can I stop coming if it doesn’t hurt?”

“Yes. Make sure to get treatment until the pain that appears when walking disappears, and you can finish when you’re okay even when twisting your body.”

“Yep.”

I treated Han Hyeonsu’s thoracic sprain as I had been doing.

A little later, as soon as Yun Jeongmin’s heat treatment and physical therapy ended, I went to give him acupuncture.

After first proceeding with standard elbow treatment for muscles and ligaments, I scattered needles around the bruised areas on his shoulder and arm.

This was more about improving circulation around where the needles were placed rather than targeting specific acupoints.

“There are quite a few needles, are you okay?”

Since the area was so extensive, Yun Jeongmin looked like a hedgehog.

“Yes, I’m good at enduring pain.”

His grinning face somehow seemed pitiful.

“Still, don’t endure it from next time and tell me, please.”

“Yes… Thank you.”

Yun Jeongmin blushed slightly and lowered his head.

I should follow up a bit more and ask how the teacher handled the situation.

But for now, both his body and mood seemed to be improving, which was truly fortunate.

* * *

After talking about hiking to those two patients, I suddenly felt like hiking myself.

‘I’ve been working too much lately.’

Isn’t it when you’re this busy that you need to exercise to have energy?

While I could practice breathing exercises at home or the clinic for actual stamina, there was something about moving my body that provided a change of mood.

“Chairman~ How have you been?”

So I contacted Chairman Choi Gwi-jae after a long time.

He had contacted me first three times, so it was about time I contacted him once.

Including Grandmother Heo Sunnam, they had invited me to their home several times, but since I changed from working 4 days to 6 days a week, I really haven’t had time recently.

“How about hiking next Friday?”

If he’s available, great, and even if he declines, at least I’ve made the courtesy contact.

I could just go up the rear mountain alone anyway.

– Hiking… Well, there won’t be any more snakes, right?

Of course there could be.

Even though I saw one before, the possibility of encountering snakes in the mountains is independent probability.

“If one appears, I’ll catch it and make sure it’s out of sight.”

But honestly, they don’t appear that often on hiking trails.

If I clear it away before Chairman Choi Gwi-jae notices, that’s all there is to it.

I spoke confidently.

– Then let’s go. Phew, surely another one won’t appear.

Since she happened to have a mountain she wanted to visit, we agreed to meet at the entrance of Geumjeongsan.

So I made plans with Chairman Choi Gwi-jae.

– Would it be alright if I bring my grandson?

The day before our appointment, she asked for my opinion.

“Clinic Director, it’s been a while!”

Somehow Park Seon-yun ended up joining the hike too.

Like last time, he didn’t seem like the type to voluntarily participate in hiking. What’s going on?

“First, let’s take the cable car…”

“Ah, yes. I’ll go buy the tickets!”

“Thank you. We only need to ride it on the way down, so 3 one-way tickets.”

“What?”

There seemed no need to decline the cable car tickets, so I accepted the kindness, but Park Seon-yun looked back at me with confused eyes.

“One-way cable car tickets? You’re buying those? We walk up and ride down?”

Why is he malfunctioning?

“Then if we don’t ride the cable car down, do we ride it up?”

What is he talking about?

Park Seon-yun and I couldn’t understand each other and tilted our heads in confusion.

Why would you take a cable car up a mountain?

“No, if we came hiking, we should walk! Would you take a cable car?”

I was confused about where to even start explaining, when Chairman Choi Gwi-jae quickly scolded him.

“But Grandmother! You only said we’d take the cable car at Geumjeongsan!”

“Of course I meant on the way down!”

Park Seon-yun grumbled that it wasn’t obvious at all and made a pained expression.

“You said you wanted to come. Now that we’ve bought tickets, let’s get going!”

There seemed to have been a miscommunication.

Really, for a businessman to make such a mistake.

But common sense dictates you only take the cable car down, right?

Even in the martial arts world, when climbing mountains, the proper way was to climb up cliffs without using internal energy, then leap down using lightness skills on the way down.

“The Chairman said she wanted to see the scenery, and going down puts strain on the knees.”

Chairman Choi Gwi-jae doesn’t have knee pain right now, but at her age, degenerative arthritis symptoms could develop anytime.

Better to be cautious in advance.

Park Seon-yun reluctantly nodded.

But even as we headed toward the hiking trail, he kept looking back at the cable car line wistfully.

“Just go up by yourself then!”

With Chairman Choi Gwi-jae’s scolding, the three of us started up the hiking trail.

But sure enough…

“Huff, huff.”

Park Seon-yun started panting from the very beginning of the mountain.

“Did the Chairman bring you along?”

Was I tricked?

I asked, but he didn’t seem to have much energy to answer.

“This kid said he had something to tell the Clinic Director, so I brought him.”

Oh? Park Seon-yun brought it up first?

“What’s the matter? Are you sick somewhere?”

“Huff. Wheeze… It’s… it’s not that, it’s about business…”

Business?

Since I rejected his proposal last time, I hadn’t heard any business talk.

Is there something he needs my consultation on?

“Sorry… huff… just, please hear me out and you can refuse, huff, it’s fine. I wanted to make a casual proposal, during leisure time.”

It seemed he came along like this because he was afraid I’d immediately refuse if he arranged a meeting like last time.

He could have just spoken comfortably at the clinic though.

That aside, is it normal to struggle this much after only 30 minutes of climbing?

I couldn’t quite gauge the average fitness level of modern people.

If it were Hwangseoyeong, she probably couldn’t even climb this much and would be making a fuss about resting, but that friend is particularly dramatic.

Just looking at Chairman Choi Gwi-jae, she was only slightly out of breath but perfectly fine.

“Should we take a break?”

I asked when I spotted a bench.

“No! I forced myself to join you two for exercise! I can’t slow you down because of me!”

“That’s right! Since you butted in, you should at least keep up this much!”

I was already matching Chairman Choi Gwi-jae’s pace anyway, so it wouldn’t matter if I slowed down.

But Grandmother patted her grandson’s back and strode up the mountain with large steps.

“Huff, huff…!”

And so we eventually completed the hiking trail without rest.

I was somewhat impressed by Park Seon-yun’s mental strength.

The story he wanted to tell could only be heard after we reached the summit, drank water, and caught our breath.

“Actually, I’ve been keeping a close eye on Seongsuhanuiwon Herbal Medicine Pharmacy.”

“Ah, yes.”

“Don’t bother the clinic director and just get straight to the point about your purpose!”

As Chairman Choi Gwi-jae kept poking at him, Park Seon-yun showed an expression as if he felt very wronged.

Hehe, right. This kind of groundwork might exist in business.

“I was wondering if you have any plans to separate the external herbal pharmacy into a corporation and make it a joint-stock company. If that happens, I’d like to be the first to invest.”

“Excuse me?”

But the main point that came out was something I really hadn’t imagined at all.

Corporation? Stocks? What?

“Uh, I don’t think it’s that scale.”

There are only An Juhui and one packaging staff member, and there’s no business that requires large-scale investment.

Although An Juhui is spending some research and development costs, it’s sufficiently manageable within the net profit from the external herbal pharmacy.

If I give up stocks and receive investment with that money… what would I do?

Build a separate research lab? Buy a building?

“Of course, you might feel it’s premature for now! But in my business judgment, the time when you’ll need funding or business expansion will come soon! I’m just casually bringing it up while we’re exercising, meaning please think of me first when that time comes, haha!”

Anyone could see the priorities were reversed.

Hmm, normally you’d probe while doing static exercise like golf, right?

Not barely managing to speak after traversing a mountain without a single break?

“I understand. Thank you for the proposal. I’ll definitely contact you if I need it.”

Since it wasn’t a bad story, I lightly brushed off the proposal.

I don’t need hundreds of millions or billions of won right now, but it might happen someday in life.

I took this opportunity to listen to Park Seon-yun’s current business while eating kimbap, ramen, and bottled water.

I didn’t understand 100% of it, but it seemed like he was expanding globally, even to the Middle East.

“Wow, the scenery is beautiful.”

After enjoying the hike and taking the cable car, tears slightly welled up in Park Seon-yun’s eyes.

It was just an ordinary mountain, yet he showed emotion as if he’d seen a legendary scenic view.

“You worked hard today. Get home safely.”

“Yes! Please think it over and contact me anytime!”

I hope things go well enough for me to contact him for such matters.

I chuckled at the pipe dream and saw off Chairman Choi Gwi-jae and Park Seon-yun.

* * *

Investment was a distant story.

But when it came to being global, our Oriental Medicine Clinic was quite something too.

Maybe among the top few in Busan?

“It’s been a while, how have you been?”

After all, it’s an Oriental Medicine Clinic that Ahmed, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to South Korea, visits often.

“I’m always about the same. How are your migraines?”

“Yes. I receive treatment in Seoul whenever symptoms appear, but overall I feel very refreshed. I never thought I could live like this without taking painkillers.”

He said his acquaintances back home were very envious, and added the pleasantry that remote treatment would be nice if possible.

“That’s fortunate.”

“I came today because of my son. His rhinitis has gotten worse since I brought him to South Korea, so I wanted to get a consultation.”

Looking at the preliminary examination record from the front desk, his name was Majid, age 6.

From the context of Ahmed’s words, it seemed he had been in Saudi Arabia until recently.

“Um…”

“Ah, do you need tissues?”

While his father and I were talking, he sat quietly but moved his lips and looked around.

I could immediately tell what he wanted.

He was covering his nose with his hand and sending me troubled looks.

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