The Physician of Traditional Medicine Returns from Murim - Chapter 315
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Chapter 315
After finishing the consultation, Lee Mansu left the examination room with a satisfied expression, having obtained what he wanted.
‘How much should I charge?’
And I needed to tell the desk how much to collect for payment.
There wasn’t really a proper market price for bear bile these days. I couldn’t exactly ask ‘How much did you research before coming?’
Well, actually, I roughly knew the prices he had looked into.
I quoted slightly higher than the price Lee Mansu had paid when he was tricked into buying fake bear bile.
Since he said with his own mouth that he would prepare a considerable amount, this much should be fine, right?
Knock knock.
But then, the secretary knocked on the examination room door again shortly after.
Don’t tell me he’s going to negotiate over the price, considering his pride as a major corporation president…!
“The president has prepared a much larger amount. Would it be better to give it to you in cash?”
…Of course not. It was the opposite. Well, he did pay generously for the house call too.
I waved my hand to decline.
“I set the price considering the cost of hard-to-obtain medicinal materials, treatment fees, and prescription fees all together. Just give me that amount.”
When I explained calmly, the secretary quickly understood that I really had no intention of taking more money.
He looked troubled for a moment, then.
“May I ask for your home address?”
His eyes lit up as if he had a good idea.
Was he planning to send a separate gift?
Well, Chairman Choi Gwi-jae already knew it anyway, and there might be items that would be awkward to deliver directly to the clinic.
“Sure.”
Curious, I wrote my address on a post-it note and handed it over.
“Oh, you live in a countryside house? That’s perfect!”
For some reason, the secretary was delighted.
With a face as satisfied as Lee Mansu’s, the secretary left the examination room again and paid the amount I had originally stated.
Instead of sending the prescription to the external herbal pharmacy, I prepared the medicine myself.
I hadn’t told An Juhui about the existence of the bear bile yet.
‘Gasp, could it be the latest smartphone?’
While secretly bringing the prepared bear bile and running the decoction machine, a certain possibility suddenly occurred to me.
When was this model from…?
Come to think of it, I couldn’t even remember when I last changed my phone.
‘Did he notice it was an old model?’
Actually, my memory was vague about what gestures I had made just two days ago.
Did I take out my phone to show it while greeting him about using smartphones well? Or did I just shake hands? I didn’t accidentally burden him to change it for me, did I?
If he’s giving one, well, I’d gladly accept it!
‘No, don’t get your hopes up too much. It could be an ordinary gift.’
Among my acquaintances, there were those who sent gifts every holiday. Like spam gift sets.
Hmm, but still, he’s Chairman Munkyung, so he’d at least send Korean beef, right?
What the secretary said about it being fortunate that it’s a countryside house could have been said with a meat party in mind.
‘Right. It must be meat. If he were giving a phone, it wouldn’t matter whether the house was an apartment or a house.’
I came to my own conclusion and nodded.
How delicious would the meat be if it was carefully selected by a secretary who usually handled work so efficiently?
I waited for the gift with excitement.
And there was no contact for two weeks.
Don’t tell me he asked for the address in advance for a holiday gift?
Neither Lee Mansu nor the secretary ever said they would give me anything. But still, you can’t help but expect!
Just as I was about to reflect on my pointless disappointment.
A message came from a delivery company asking about available visiting hours…
“You are customer Hanyewon, correct?”
Two large trucks appeared in front of my house.
“Yes, that’s me.”
What is this? It must be from Munkyung, right?
I greeted them with suspicious eyes while glancing at the truck’s cargo hold.
If they transport things in such a large space, it must be difficult to unload them too.
I prepared to receive what I expected to be a smartphone or Korean beef set.
But for some reason.
People got out of the truck in the back too.
Four sturdy installation technicians wearing identical uniforms.
Clunk!
With the sound of the cargo hold lock being released, the metal plate dropped down.
The interior was fully revealed.
“We’ll start by installing the washing machine.”
“Excuse me…?”
Don’t tell me that’s all of it.
“Um, by any chance.”
“We’ll install everything for you, so don’t worry. It’ll be finished quickly.”
“Th-this is all… mine?”
The installation technicians nodded as if it were completely obvious.
No, wait, they didn’t just stop by while making rounds elsewhere, this is really.
“You didn’t come to the wrong place when you should be furnishing some newlywed home, did you?”
“Aren’t you VVIP customer Hanyewon?”
“That is my name, but…”
What’s that thing attached in front? What does it mean?
While I couldn’t get my bearings, the technicians had already started unloading items.
Starting with the washing machine they mentioned earlier.
Refrigerator, kimchi refrigerator, wall-mounted TV, styler, air conditioner, air purifier. Desktop computer, laptop, tablet…
Large and small electronic products came out endlessly.
‘Wh-what is this! It’s not like they’re setting up some kind of experience showroom!’
Every type of home appliance made by Mungyeong Electronics filled my house. Even obviously high-end grade ones.
“I wasn’t buying furniture I didn’t need right away though…”
I had moved in with many furniture and electronics missing, planning to bring things in one by one as needed.
Of course, quite some time has passed now, but I was too lazy to go shopping.
But there was no need to provide even a styler!
“We’ll put the vacuum cleaner here.”
The vacuum cleaner I’d only heard about that costs over a million won.
I used to wonder who would use such a thing, but now I’m going to be using it…!
“Installation is complete, customer. Would you like us to explain how to use everything?”
The technician said something, but it didn’t register in my ears at all.
They’ll leave the manuals, right? I can read them later, right?
“You have lifetime free service, so if you have any problems or questions, please call this number anytime.”
By the time I came to my senses, everything was finished.
“Ah.”
Come to think of it, is there no phone?
I was about to ask the departing installation technicians when I turned my head and saw a box neatly placed on the dining table.
It was small, so I hadn’t noticed it.
‘Huh, but the model number is?’
It was different from the latest model I had hopefully searched for.
When I contacted the secretary’s number to ask.
– It’s a smartphone scheduled for release this summer. We specially prepared it.
It was indeed the very latest model that hadn’t even been officially released yet.
“Thank you…”
I was so surprised that no other words came out.
My house is too dazzling. The electronic products are literally glowing!
– We’re the ones who are grateful. The president has been in much better spirits.
I need to get better. It would be a big problem if I don’t improve after all this.
After hanging up, I spent a long time exploring my house.
It feels like the housing function in a game suddenly got updated.
Wow, expensive washing machines really are different.
How is the air conditioner this quiet?
The wall-mounted TV is… ah, here it is, the remote.
I lay down on the sofa and turned on the TV to collect my thoughts for a moment.
The picture quality was amazing, but naturally, the channels themselves were the same composition I knew before.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
As I flipped through channels looking for something decent.
– A risk-free strategy is a fantasy, and a market without competition is a mirage.
Lee Mansu popped out from the screen.
Of course, he didn’t actually come out, but rather his figure giving a speech in front of employees was being broadcast on the news.
– Like the days when the research lab lights never went out, when we weren’t afraid of failure! We must challenge again, clash again, and create again. This crisis must be overcome with technology. Technology brought us this far, and only technology will save us!
He was… shouting about something.
What crisis is he talking about? Wasn’t he retired?
It’s been about two weeks since he took the medicine.
Though it was through the screen, I could feel the energy overflowing from Lee Mansu’s figure.
Was it true when he grumbled that he didn’t even have the strength to get angry? Is that his full power restored after taking bear bile?
*
A week after the gifts arrived.
Lee Mansu came to the clinic for a follow-up consultation.
Even though I had already seen him on TV, I couldn’t help but be surprised.
His energy was completely different.
The external changes were actually just that the gap between his eyes and eyebrows had narrowed slightly.
He opened his eyes a bit wider and straightened his shoulders.
But strangely, it seemed like there was a halo visible behind his back.
Like when the mafia boss appeared at the Oriental Medicine Clinic and spread his barrier.
“You look healthy.”
“Thanks to you, Clinic Director, I’ve been completely transformed. Haha.”
Lee Mansu spoke confidently.
His secretary also had a very moved expression.
“Yes, your liver values have also entered the normal range. The fatigue and blurred vision are…”
Without asking, I actually already knew the answer.
Lee Mansu bowed his head to me.
“I’m enjoying living vitality.”
“Very good. You did well taking the bear bile. Seeing you so spirited makes me happy too. Ah, I received the electronic devices well.”
I also showed my gratitude by holding up the latest model, no, a phone that hadn’t even been released yet.
“I was going to send the gift right away, but it was slightly delayed because of that. From about a week ago, the heavy feeling I had from the moment I opened my eyes in the morning disappeared, and now I have proper strength. I think I can welcome my third golden age.”
Lee Mansu raised his arm and clenched his fist tightly.
It was the arm of an old man whose muscles had all wasted away, but his spirit was second to none.
“Did you retire because of health issues?”
Lee Mansu shook his head solemnly.
“How could that be? I thought that when you get old, you should step down, and I really tried to wrap things up… But the ones I put in place as successors are quite frustrating. Kids these days have no fighting spirit…!”
I see. Either way, it seems he’s thinking of making a comeback.
“I’m glad you have so much energy. The swelling in your face seems to have gone down a bit too. How are your urination symptoms and other issues?”
“Ah…! I had forgotten that such things even existed.”
“Yes. Let me check your pulse once.”
The liver heat that had been rising had noticeably subsided.
The strength was also appropriately powerful. If I had felt the pulse blindly, I would have thought he was in his 50s or 60s.
I hadn’t considered peripheral blood circulation in the medicine, but as his liver function recovered and he regained energy, it seemed blood was flowing well even to his fingertips and toes.
“Very good. I was going to prepare another dose without the bear bile if necessary depending on the situation, but there’s no need for that.”
“Too much of a good thing?”
Lee Mansu asked back, as if he had come thinking of taking it continuously.
“Something like that.”
He immediately understood my words that it was unnecessary.
“I understand. If I develop any pain in the future, I’ll come right away. I should have visited much earlier, but I heard the rumors too late.”
Where and how are rumors spreading?
Lee Mansu even brought up that he would take responsibility and spread the word more.
“It’s fine. I’m busy enough…”
“Uhaha! If there’s anything you need help with, please contact me anytime.”
I don’t have a hobby of collecting favor tokens though.
I sighed and saw off Lee Mansu and his secretary.
Anyway, since the treatment results were so clear, I was in a good mood too.
Among the patients I treated with medicine this year, this was the most dramatically recovered case. I wanted to tell the branch directors about it later.
If only I could explain the source of the bear bile, I could even publish a paper based on this case study, but it was regrettable that we could only keep it among ourselves.
“Um, Clinic Director. That person just now…”
As soon as Lee Mansu got on the elevator and went down, Gong Nari and Seol Yuhui grabbed me.
“That’s President Lee Mansu, correct.”
“Huh!”
Was it because his presence, which had been faint when he first came, had grown? The staff only now recognized Lee Mansu.
Celebrities and second or third-generation chaebols are different though. He’s such a legendary figure.
Gong Nari and Seol Yuhui kept repeating how amazing it was.
“Ah, Clinic Director! May I ask you just one thing?”
“Of course.”
Are they going to ask how I got to know him? There’s nothing special about it.
“Do we also treat warts at our Oriental Medicine Clinic?
But Gong Nari’s business was something completely different.
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