The Physician of Traditional Medicine Returns from Murim - Chapter 271

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Chapter 271

“Ahaha, it’s most convenient to keep them in my sleeves.”

It was natural to me, but now that I said it out loud, it seemed a bit strange.

I had been carrying acupuncture needles in my sleeves since not long after I returned to the modern era.

If I need to use them urgently, they have to be in my sleeves. How long would it take to pull them out of a bag and throw them?

Of course, I keep medical needles in both my sleeves and bag, but there are many times like today when I don’t bring a bag.

Pockets… somehow feel awkward.

‘Actually, it wouldn’t be impossible, but I feel at ease only when combat thin needles are always in my sleeves.’

It’s inconvenient having to make separate pockets every time I buy clothes, but since I don’t buy casual clothes often anyway, it doesn’t really matter.

“I… see.”

Suspicion still remained in Jin Gyeongsik’s eyes, but his desire to treat his wife came first.

“Will you handle the hands, Clinic Director? I’ll do the feet.”

“Let’s do that.”

Sipseonyeol refers to the ten acupoints located at the fingertips.

The very tip of the curve visible at the fingertips when the fingers are stretched straight.

You think it would hurt terribly? Originally, these are emergency acupoints.

Used for fainting, stroke, high blood pressure, high fever, etc. – regardless of the cause, it’s essentially piercing the most painful spots to urgently wake up patients who have lost consciousness.

‘Actually, she hasn’t lost consciousness, so it’s not absolutely necessary to use them.’

But since her son’s declaration was so shocking that she nearly fainted, even if it’s not a coma, it could be considered a type of qijue.

“Oh my, her hands and feet are ice cold.”

Her limbs had become cold too.

Since we’re laying her down anyway, it would be good to give her a quick needle treatment to help with qi and blood circulation.

“…!”

Poke. Poke. Even with the light needle insertions by Jin Gyeongsik and me, the patient twisted her body.

After placing the needles, I gently massaged her arms to help circulation. Jin Gyeongsik followed my lead and massaged his wife’s legs.

“It really shouldn’t have gotten this bad… I feel much better now. Thank you. I guess I was really shocked.”

Heat had momentarily surged up, rushing to her chest and back of her neck, while her hands and feet became cold.

But after placing the needles and gradually massaging, her body temperature quickly recovered.

“Let me check your pulse once.”

When I felt it, it was neither very fast nor slow.

Fortunately, it seemed to have stabilized quickly.

“Should we remove the needles right away?”

“Let’s do that.”

There’s no need to keep them inserted in this position for long. If we wanted more stimulation, we’d do bloodletting instead.

I flicked the needles as I pulled them out to help circulation even more.

“Excuse me, is there someone who collapsed? Are you okay?”

Just as we were about to move, someone who appeared to be from the student council came over and asked.

“Oh my, I’m fine now. I’ll get up right away.”

“Sorry for the trouble. Our son made an enlistment declaration earlier, which shocked my wife greatly. We’ll leave now so we don’t disturb anyone.”

“Oh, no! If you’re feeling weak, you can lie down longer! Should I take you to the infirmary?”

The student fussed briefly about whether there was an infirmary or if they should call 119, but the patient had almost completely recovered.

“The parking lot is closer than the infirmary, so I think I can just rest in the car briefly and then go home.”

“Teacher Nari, keep watching the performance. I’ll take her and come back.”

“Ah, okay.”

It seemed like she’d be fine, but just in case she felt weak again, I supported the patient to help.

“Were you that shocked? That kid Doyul did wrong!”

“Sigh, surely he won’t really go, right?”

“He declared it publicly in front of all his peers and seniors and juniors, so he’ll probably go.”

“Arghhhh!”

While having this conversation, she briefly pretended to hold the back of her neck.

Fortunately, she didn’t collapse again.

“Thank you for helping. I’ll treat you to a meal next time.”

“Not at all. I didn’t really do much. Take care on your way home!”

I wonder if there’s some special circumstance.

The mother was very agitated, but the father seemed to be secretly proud of his son’s enlistment declaration.

Hoping for their health in any case, I returned to the stage.

* * *

I couldn’t properly appreciate the group song since I was listening while treating someone.

But the fact that Seol Yuhui did excellently remained unchanged.

“Today’s performance was really the best.”

“Thank you, Clinic Director. You really came. Thank you too, Teacher Nari!”

“Of course I had to come~.”

“Yu Hee! You’re so pretty! You did so well!”

“Thank you too, Jimin.”

Songs and performances by other clubs were continuing.

We met Seol Yuhui and delivered the bouquet.

“I practiced just two songs to death and barely managed not to mess up, so I’m embarrassed to hear that I did well.”

Though Seol Yuhui was being modest, she really had done well.

Every time Gong Nari and Yang Jimin praised her, she felt embarrassed about her lack of fundamentals, but she didn’t seem to dislike it at all.

“But I was so focused on performing up there that I couldn’t see properly – did someone collapse?”

“Oh, yes. It wasn’t anything serious. They just lost strength for a moment and came to their senses quickly… Did Student Jin Doyul leave?”

“Right after the performance ended, he got a call from his father and was called away.”

Well, if his mother was that shocked, he’d have to be informed.

When I told her that Jin Doyul’s mother had been greatly surprised by his enlistment declaration, Seol Yuhui was also very shocked.

“Ah… I wondered what had happened. So the person who collapsed was Doyul’s mother.”

I reassured Seol Yuhui that it wasn’t serious enough to worry greatly about.

Shortly after, Jin Doyul also contacted Seol Yuhui saying he was fine and apologizing for leaving first.

“Phew, still, it was better than being rejected in front of his parents.”

While Yang Jimin was talking with other seniors, I also got to hear the full story behind the sudden declaration.

It seemed like there would probably be a farewell party separate from today’s after-party.

After taking lots of photos of Seol Yuhui, Gong Nari and I slipped away at an appropriate time.

* * *

Seol Yuhui was extremely satisfied with having finished her performance magnificently.

As if she had fully burned through the youth she couldn’t enjoy during middle and high school, she savored the afterglow for a long time even after the festival ended.

She said it was such a happy memory and expressed her gratitude several times for us coming to watch.

However, unfortunately, she didn’t think about how much impact her appearance would have.

There were a lot of people at the festival club stage, and they didn’t particularly stop photo or video recording.

And so, one video spread through the YouTube algorithm.

“Ms. Seol Yuhui, could we talk for a moment?!”

Eventually, a suspicious person came looking for her at the clinic.

He’d been standing in front of the clinic since 20 minutes before closing time, so I wondered what was going on – was he Seol Yuhui’s visitor?

“Who are you?”

“I’m this kind of person. I came from an entertainment agency.”

Since the last patient had just left, I also came out of the examination room to check on the visitor.

He was a neatly dressed man in a proper suit who looked clean-cut, but his standing posture wasn’t very good.

His pelvis and stomach were pushed forward, supporting his weight in an awkward manner.

“An entertainment agency?”

“Yes. I’m really sorry for coming to your workplace. I made inquiries at the school and heard you work here, so I came to visit. Ah, are you the director of Seongsoo Oriental Medicine Clinic?”

The man bowed 90 degrees at the waist and handed me his business card as well.

Go Youngsik. He was the team leader of the rookie development team at a famous agency whose name I recognized.

‘Ah, is this casting?’

I thought she might become famous if it went up on YouTube, but for an agency to come looking like this.

“Hmm.”

Seol Yuhui looked a bit troubled and glanced back at me.

“What do you want to do? Do you want to hear what he has to say for a moment? The other staff can leave work first.”

“Ms. Seol Yuhui is truly the best talent I’ve been looking for. The moment I saw the video, I felt a sense of mission that I absolutely had to introduce Yu Hee to the world… Could you at least hear about our agency’s conditions for just a moment?”

At least he didn’t seem to be someone with suspicious identity.

I asked purely to respect Seol Yuhui’s opinion.

Seol Yuhui hesitated and nodded.

“If it’s just listening to what you have to say, that’s fine. But you came to cast me? …For what?”

After letting the other staff leave work first, I brought Seol Yuhui and Go Youngsik into the examination room.

It would probably be better for me to be there with her.

Go Youngsik entered the examination room and sat down properly.

“An idol! If fans could see Yu Hee’s stage, they would be incredibly, tremendously happy.”

And he began making a big fuss in earnest.

“I felt destiny when I saw the performance video. This person is truly the star who could shine brightest as an idol…!”

He got extremely excited and rambled on about Seol Yuhui’s appearance, stage presence, atmosphere, and talent for being on camera.

In doing so, in less than a minute, he changed to a poor posture with a hunched back.

Anyway, I could feel sincerity… a sense of mission in his eyes.

“But I can’t sing well, can’t dance, and I’m even old. How could I be an idol?”

“Our agency has a system to develop those abilities. There are idols who debut in their mid-twenties too. Ms. Seol Yuhui’s natural atmosphere is the greatest talent. If dancing really doesn’t work out, acting or modeling would be fine too. Letting this beauty go to waste would be such a huge loss to the world!”

He said this while taking out a file folder to present the conditions.

Seol Yuhui also felt Go Youngsik’s sincerity, so she listened to what he had to say sufficiently.

But she came to a firm conclusion.

“Thank you for thinking well of me. But I can’t become an idol.”

Actually, she had listened to his story out of respect for the effort he made in coming all this way, but the conclusion had been decided from the beginning.

Even I had asked when I interviewed her, hadn’t I?

Being an entertainer would require many other abilities and talents, but if she wanted to utilize her appearance, there were many ways to do so.

She was truly firm about not wanting to reveal her face.

And she was creating her own dreams and vision on a different path.

“Performing was just a hobby for me, and that’s what made it good. What I’ve wanted to do most for a long time was live a normal school life, and now I’ve achieved that dream. And my next goal is….”

Seol Yuhui glanced at me with a shy smile.

Then she spoke clearly.

“I’m going to become a Korean Medicine Doctor. I want to treat patients like the Clinic Director, so I worked while studying and even went to Korean Traditional Medicine University. I think people who bring happiness through the stage are wonderful, but I’ve never thought I wanted to become one. Rather, having my face become too well-known is scary.”

“Ah….”

Go Youngsik sighed regretfully.

He didn’t give up right away.

Saying he would regret it if he didn’t try his best to persuade her here, he talked about the life of top-class idols and praised Seol Yuhui’s talent to the fullest.

“I see.”

But Seol Yuhui wasn’t swayed at all.

“Ah….”

Finally, Go Youngsik accepted the fact that no matter what he said, Seol Yuhui had absolutely no interest.

“Thank you for listening to me…. I apologize for the intrusion…. If you ever change your mind, please contact me.”

With tears in his eyes, he admitted his business failure.

“Yes. Thank you for the offer. I’ll be leaving work now. Well, take care.”

Seol Yuhui stood up with visible relief.

She hardened her expression coldly to appear firm, but a slightly apologetic look also showed.

Eventually, Go Youngsik also stood up, letting his arms hang down limply.

“Wait a moment, sir.”

When I called out, Go Youngsik turned his head.

The way he was standing seemed to be his most comfortable posture, but the way his head jutted forward was very concerning.

He wasn’t particularly obese in the abdomen, but his back was pulled backward while his belly protruded forward.

It was a poor posture where weak core muscles combined with thoracic kyphosis and posterior pelvic tilt caused his belly to stick out.

“Let’s do some Sway-Back correction before you go.”

Actually, from the moment I first saw this man, it bothered me too much.

That posture—I was going crazy wanting to do corrective chuna treatment.

“I also felt a sense of mission to correct your body alignment.”

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