The Physician of Traditional Medicine Returns from Murim - Chapter 215

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Chapter 215

Just from hearing the story, I could tell there was some kind of misunderstanding.

I tried my best to empathize with Kim Jinsang’s anxiety, but no matter how much I thought about it, it didn’t seem like the deal would have been canceled because of that.

After all, this was a transaction between large corporations – tens of billions? Hundreds of billions? In any case, wouldn’t enormous amounts of money be involved?

Of course, they’re human too, and the executive who fought with Kim Jinsang did seem like a very emotional person.

Even considering that, given the circumstances, they probably didn’t even know that Kim Jinsang was Park Seon-yun’s driver.

“…So don’t worry. It’s not because of you, Kim Jinsang.”

I did my best to convince Kim Jinsang by calmly explaining my judgment.

“That could be the case.”

Thanks to that, he was convinced, but.

“Now then, please ask Park Seon-yun directly. Whether she’s really avoiding you, Kim Jinsang. That itself might be a misunderstanding, and even if it’s true, there must be other reasons.”

“Ah…”

Nevertheless, Kim Jinsang’s distorted expression didn’t return to normal.

“Well, even aside from this incident, I… don’t seem like the right person to serve the young master… My hot temper, sigh.”

This part was hard to strongly deny.

Though it might be unrelated to the deal, she could have gotten tired of him picking fights with other cars unnecessarily, or she might have been upset about something he was completely unaware of, right?

Actually, when he first came to our Oriental Medicine Clinic, I thought he was a terrible troublemaker just like his name suggested. He shouted so loudly that I even misunderstood, thinking he might resort to violence against the staff.

Kim Jinsang’s hands trembled.

“Don’t blame yourself so much. Make sure to resolve things with Park Seon-yun through conversation.”

“Yes. I’ll try talking to her when I get the chance.”

What chance?

You could just ask her tomorrow morning when you go to work.

But pressing him further would be excessive.

Since Kim Jinsang had more or less accepted it, I moved on to questions for prescribing treatment.

“How are your sleep patterns? You’re not completely unable to sleep, are you?”

“It’s not that bad. I do seem to sleep a bit lightly… Once I wake up, it’s somewhat difficult to fall back asleep.”

“Do you wake up from nightmares?”

“Sometimes, and other times I get leg cramps or my body gets itchy.”

His physical tension level is continuously high. Even itching?

“Let me check your pulse. Do you subjectively feel heat sensations?”

“Heat keeps rising to my head.”

“Do you experience palpitations?”

“When anxious thoughts come, my heart pounds.”

His energy wasn’t lacking, but his circulation was disrupted. Heat was surging upward.

“Let’s try Hwangryeonhaedok-tang for now. It’s a medicine often used when blood pressure rises temporarily, and it’s utilized in various ways for skin conditions, sleep, and other issues.”

Hwangryeonhaedok-tang is a prescription that adds gardenia to the three heat-clearing yellows: scutellaria, coptis, and phellodendron.

While it’s often used for fever reduction, in traditional Korean medicine, inflammation is viewed as heat, so it’s particularly commonly used for inflammatory skin conditions like acne.

Coptis has the effect of calming anxiety and insomnia, and it also helps directly lower blood pressure, so it would be appropriate.

“Will this stuffiness also improve?”

“It will calm the heart palpitations. The medication will help a lot with physical symptoms.”

Anyway, I prescribed the medicine well like this.

“How often do you do acupuncture treatment?”

“Come as often as possible. Until the physical symptoms are no longer uncomfortable.”

“Yes. I’ll trust only you, Clinic Director.”

Kim Jinsang readily agreed to acupuncture treatment as well.

If he were a patient who disliked coming, I would have emphasized coming at least twice, but since he had the will to be treated, it was better for him to visit as frequently as possible.

With that, I thought Kim Jinsang’s misunderstanding resolution and treatment plan had come to a conclusion.

* * *

Kim Jinsang visited frequently as promised.

Except for days when he had business trips or worked late, he came every day, so he came 4 or 5 times a week.

Even on days when I wasn’t there, he faithfully visited the Oriental Medicine Clinic and received treatment from Hwang Sanghun or Lee Ahreum.

“How are the palpitations?”

“They’re fine now.”

“What about sleep duration?”

“I sleep more than 6 hours. About 7 hours on average, and I don’t wake up in the middle much anymore.”

“That’s good. The eye redness looks okay to me, but does it still feel uncomfortable?”

“It is blurry. But the headaches are much better.”

After about 3 weeks of treatment, his symptoms showed noticeable changes.

His blood pressure also soon returned to the normal range.

“You can finish the medication after taking it for just one more week. How’s the anxiety?”

“…”

“Have you talked with Park Seon-yun?”

“Ah, well… the timing just keeps not working out.”

But the anxiety continued.

No, really.

I keep telling you it can be resolved through conversation?

I’m not someone who thinks most problems can be solved through dialogue.

Sometimes medicine might be needed, and sometimes a knife might be necessary!

But not this. This can be resolved through sincere communication!

“Kim Jinsang, when the cause of anxiety is this clear, no matter how well I prescribe medicine, there’s nothing I can do about it. Looking at how you haven’t quit until now, you probably won’t quit. If there are other problems, I need to know them to fix them. You must have a conversation with her.”

If that incident had really caused serious problems, he would have immediately taken some kind of action.

He would have either resigned voluntarily or at least taken him to apologize to that person.

I emphasized this point and strongly recommended that he have another conversation with Park Seon-yun.

“I understand.”

Sigh, do people with weak inner selves really go around getting angry to appear strong on the outside?

I understood that it was scary to hear directly, but my frustration came first.

* * *

A few days later.

Park Seon-yun came to the clinic.

“Hello.”

“Park Seon-yun! It’s been a while! What’s bothering you today?”

Although we had met recently while hiking with Chairman Choi Gwi-jae, it had been truly a long time since he came to the clinic.

Seol Yuhui, who was at the desk, welcomed him warmly.

Of course, having a reason to come to the hospital wasn’t entirely good, but honestly, I was secretly happy too.

There had never been a time when I wanted to see Park Seon-yun this much!

“Well, um… I don’t have any pain, but could I pay for a consultation and have a brief consultation?”

“Oh, yes. Of course! We have people who only come for consultations and examinations too!”

Hmm?

He doesn’t even have any pain?

“I’ll see you right away!”

Park Seon-yun entered the examination room and kept licking his lips.

Is there something stressful going on? In business, there must be countless such situations.

Maybe he had other worries and didn’t have the luxury to worry about Kim Jinsang? I considered this possibility more likely.

I didn’t think at all that Park Seon-yun would keep the door-ding incident on his mind.

“Our driver, I mean Kim Jinsang, is receiving treatment at your clinic, right?”

So I was slightly surprised when Kim Jinsang’s name came up immediately.

“That’s right. He’s been coming diligently.”

“It seems like he’s getting treatment almost every day…”

“Yes. He’s been faithfully visiting according to the treatment plan.”

“Well, I…”

Park Seon-yun hesitated again.

Kim Jinsang alone is frustrating enough, so why is Park Seon-yun being frustrating too?

…No. Originally, there are many patients who have difficulty talking about their condition. My threshold for these people has just lowered because of Kim Jinsang.

‘…Come to think of it, Park Seon-yun was the original, wasn’t he?’

Actually, this kind of frustration started with Park Seon-yun first.

The business proposal – he could have just made it, but he hesitated for so long that he even made Seol Yuhui wonder if he had ulterior motives.

“Actually, Kim Jinsang has taken care of me a lot since I was young. He’s been driving me back and forth since my academy days, so I secretly think of him like an uncle.”

Still, Park Seon-yun barely managed to open his mouth.

So he really came because of Kim Jinsang, I see.

Elementary school? Middle school? If he had been driving for him since that young age, it made sense that Park Seon-yun would be worried.

Kim Jinsang could probably find it a little less difficult.

“I see. Kim Jinsang also seemed to care about you specially.”

Park Seon-yun slowly nodded his head.

And finally revealed his business.

“Clinic Director, I’m truly sorry for making such an awkward request. Please tell me what illness Kim Jinsang is being treated for.”

“Oh my.”

But it was difficult to grant this request.

“Medical professionals have a duty of confidentiality. I can’t tell you carelessly.”

“Gasp!”

I had only given a routine answer, but Park Seon-yun was startled.

It was as if he had heard a terminal diagnosis.

“No, it’s not serious enough to be that shocked about.”

It seemed he thought I was hiding a serious illness when I mentioned the duty of confidentiality.

I shouldn’t carelessly reveal someone else’s illness, and I had even made a separate promise with Kim Jinsang, so I had only said this.

“If Park Seon-yun asks Kim Jinsang directly, he’ll gladly tell you. He probably found it difficult to say because he was worried about causing harm… I mean, unnecessary worry.”

I subtly hinted that it wasn’t a big deal and recommended asking directly.

The physical symptoms had mostly improved, and now it was an illness that would heal immediately if Park Seon-yun just cleared up the misunderstanding.

“I already asked, and he said it was because of blood pressure.”

Wait, what? He told you?

“Yes. It’s treatment for blood pressure and eye redness.”

There was no reason to insist I couldn’t tell him what he already knew.

I readily agreed.

“Isn’t there some other problem besides blood pressure? Or maybe his blood pressure is high because of some other serious illness…”

“It’s really not a serious illness, and there is another problem, but that part is private so I can’t tell you. Please ask Park Seon-yun directly.”

“…I see. But wouldn’t it be too presumptuous for an employer to interfere in an employee’s personal affairs?”

Aaaaaahhh!

That personal matter is because of you!

He’s anxious because he’s worried about causing you trouble, worried that the young master might be angry, worried that he might get fired!

The words I wanted to say rose up to my throat.

I had never been this angry about something as trivial as confidentiality obligations.

“He seemed to be having a really hard time lately, so I’ve been considerate by telling him to take a break from work, but he only got more haggard for a while. He’s been getting better since starting treatment though…”

Wait, even that was consideration?

“You don’t need to show that kind of consideration. He’s not sick from overwork.”

“Is that so.”

Even though I kept saying it was fine, Park Seon-yun didn’t relax her serious expression.

“He wanted to do his best at work until the very end, but I guess I was being inconsiderate instead.”

Park Seon-yun’s eyes were almost welling up with tears.

He’s not dying. He’s not going to die.

It’s not the end!

“I won’t ask any more questions and will leave everything to you, Clinic Director. You’re the best doctor I know, so please don’t worry about the cost and save our driver…”

“I absolutely can’t take this anymore.”

I couldn’t stand it any longer.

“Wait right here! I’ll call Kim Jinsang and arrange a three-way meeting!”

As long as I don’t say it directly myself, it wouldn’t violate medical law, right?

Since it’s come to this, I’ll sit both of them down here.

I had no choice but to pressure Kim Jinsang to tell her directly with his own mouth.

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