The Physician of Traditional Medicine Returns from Murim - Chapter 81

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Chapter 81

With the intention of using this method if necessary, I didn’t scold Chu Miyoung for her sudden acceleration, nor did I feel any particular sense of crisis.

I had planned to keep it sealed away if possible… but I suppose seals are meant to be broken.

When they’re coming at us that hard, I can’t just sit here acting noble.

“Would it be okay if I posted the photo we took together on Instagram?”

I contacted Hyeon Jumi to ask for her permission.

Park Seseun had asked me to keep the fact that she took diet herbal medicine a secret, but Hyeon Jumi left photos and autographs even though I hadn’t requested it.

She even gave permission to hang them in the clinic if I wanted.

But I didn’t bother hanging them up. The Busan main branch already had plenty of patients anyway.

“Of course it’s fine! That’s why I took the photo with you! But is something wrong?”

I briefly explained what had happened in Daegu.

“Oh my, if that’s the case, I should lend a hand too. Wait just a moment! Is this the right Instagram ID? sung…”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

After hearing the story, Hyeon Jumi quickly found the clinic’s Instagram account.

There was only one Seongsuhaneui Clinic Instagram account anyway, managed by Chu Miyoung. Kim Chunsik and I were just occasionally featured with our business hours and brief introductions.

So if she posted there, it would draw attention to the Daegu branch.

“Hehehe, look forward to it! I’ll definitely repay you properly!”

A few hours later, Hyeon Jumi posted on her Instagram with Seongsuhaneui Clinic tagged.

“A lawsuit?”

Since she said she’d help, I expected her to post a photo of us together or something about the clinic’s image.

But what she posted drew far more attention than any ordinary advertisement.

A story about how she debuted as a child and suffered from malicious comments without even realizing it, only understanding the severity when panic symptoms began.

And how meeting me and receiving traditional Korean medicine treatment restored her health and gave her the courage to file lawsuits.

“Whoa…?”

This seemed like it would go way beyond just being effective.

“Clinic Director, we keep getting inquiries through DMs. What should we do? Should I tell them to come in person to discuss?”

While Chu Miyoung was an influencer in her own right, the impact of Hyeon Jumi with her millions of followers was on a completely different level.

As soon as the post went up, countless internet articles appeared that seemed to copy the content word for word.

People showed excessive interest, wondering if this was the story behind the lawsuit announcement she had posted recently.

Of course, most people were more interested in Hyeon Jumi than the clinic, but even just the patients desperately needing treatment were enough to flood us with inquiries.

“Jumi, is it okay to reveal this?”

“Of course! My manager said I did well too!”

And Hyeon Jumi wasn’t the end of it.

Park Seseun suddenly posted a photo of us together on her Instagram as well.

[The clinic director who’s always helping me~]

Complete with tags, of course.

“Wait, didn’t Seseun ask me to keep the diet thing secret?”

Wondering if this was okay, I called her.

– It’s fine as long as the diet part stays secret, right?

She said it was perfectly fine for people to know she visited the clinic.

Park Seseun didn’t have as many followers as Hyeon Jumi, nor did her story touch people’s hearts in the same way.

But the fact that she was part of a chaebol family was quite well known.

Patients began coming from distant places, wanting treatment for various conditions or herbal tonics.

To all locations – Seoul, Busan, and Daegu.

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“Kim Ijin, Jo Miran, Heo Sunnam, please come to the treatment room! Lee Jeongin, please enter examination room 1~”

“Son Chunja, please come to examination room 2! Kim Oksun, please wait just a moment~. There’s no space in the treatment room!”

“How much longer do I have to wait? This is Jeon Ilyang.”

“I’m sorry! First-time consultations will probably require about an hour and a half wait!”

“I’ll go eat lunch and come back within an hour. Please call me when it’s my turn. I’ll come right away.”

The clinic was literally bursting with patients.

Even before, it couldn’t be called quiet, but thanks to my fast acupuncture technique, it was manageable.

Even during the busiest times, patients never had to wait more than an hour.

But now there weren’t enough seats in the waiting room, with people standing outside.

‘I thought I wanted to see patients more leisurely? Isn’t that why I changed to a 4-day schedule?’

How did it come to this?

Not only the two days I went on expeditions to Daegu, but even the four days I worked in Busan left no time to rest.

If it had just been Park Seseun’s photo, people might have thought I was just a traditional Korean medicine doctor she was personally close to, but Hyeon Jumi’s post really struck a chord with people.

Of course, most patients came to Busan or Daegu looking for me specifically, but the other directors in the Seongsuhaneui-won Network also saw explosive increases in patients.

This was thanks to Chu Miyoung striking while the iron was hot and posting extensively on Instagram.

She posted about how all four directors were excellent and each had their own strengths, so quite a few patients came specifically asking for Chu Miyoung or Hwang Sanghun.

“Ehehehe. We’ll hit three digits soon!”

Kim Chunsik’s smile stretched from ear to ear every time we had video conferences.

Seoul has the largest population, after all. Many Seoul patients who became interested in Seongsoo Oriental Medicine Clinic chose to go to the Songpa branch rather than come down to the provinces.

In fact, looking at credentials alone, even combining the other three’s qualifications wouldn’t amount to half of half of Kim Chunsik’s.

Isn’t that amazing? Being a former professor, a doctorate degree is basic. He has endless books and papers. Of course, his actual skills are excellent too.

“Meeting Dr. Han was truly the greatest stroke of luck. I’ve expressed my gratitude to Professor Lee Minseok several times over.”

Originally not offering evening consultations, he even extended his consultation hours, determined to handle all patients somehow.

I wondered how he’d manage without staff, but apparently his wife has a nursing license? It was fortunate in many ways.

And the Seongsoo Oriental Medicine Clinic Daegu branch that started this whole situation.

As a branch operating mainly through Instagram, it attracted patients in numbers on a completely different scale from the other two branches.

“Our daughter doesn’t have any particular stress, but I don’t understand why she can’t sleep and feels so depressed. We even made her quit her job, so she’s just resting and doing nothing now.”

“Even with similar outward symptoms, there can be various causes. Your daughter is too thin and lacks energy itself. For treatment, her appetite needs to improve and she needs to gain some weight. Nutrients must come in through meals to reach the brain and normalize hormones.”

“I don’t want to gain weight…”

“Let’s try gaining just 5 kilograms. I’ll help you stop at the right point. Your health condition will improve significantly. If you take medicine and exercise while gaining 5 kilos, you’ll look much better aesthetically too.”

“Alright, let’s do as the doctor says!”

Perhaps because Hyeon Jumi had suffered from panic disorder, many patients complaining of mental issues came in particular.

“Can I ask what Park Seseun took? It’s a tonic, right? Please prepare the same thing for my father.”

“Patient information is confidential. Your father’s tonic must be prescribed according to his symptoms. Are there any discomforts he’s experiencing?”

“It’s not too severe. My son kept insisting we come, so we did. He just feels a bit weak and dizzy.”

“I see. Let me ask in detail. Regarding appetite and digestion…”

Those interested in tonics that chaebols take also appeared from time to time.

Even though I never mentioned dieting, there were patients who deduced from photos taken months ago on Park Seseun’s Instagram that she had taken diet herbal medicine.

“Wow, twenty prescriptions went out today.”

“This is crazy. How does the graph jump like this? Oh, that person just left a review too!”

Perhaps because many people active on SNS came, they left many receipt reviews even without giving separate gifts.

As patients gradually increased, the cafe on the building’s first floor became packed with customers waiting for oriental medicine consultations.

But this wasn’t the end.

“Oh my, are all these people waiting?”

Hyeon Jumi appeared at the Daegu branch in person.

“Wow, please give me an autograph!”

“Yes~. Just a moment, let me register first!”

Click. Click. Click.

“Hey, how can you take photos while I’m registering? Everyone please delete those! I’ll pose for one minute from now, so please keep the pretty ones!”

She had already pushed through the crowded people and completed registration.

And she responded to all autograph and photo requests from patients waiting inside the oriental medicine clinic or in the first-floor cafe.

“What event is happening here?”

“I heard a celebrity came…”

“A celebrity? Who?”

“I think Hyeon Jumi goes to this oriental medicine clinic?”

Naturally, the area in front of the clinic became bustling with a mix of waiting patients and people who just came to see the celebrity.

Patients who came to Haneul Clinic in the next block naturally couldn’t help but find out what was happening.

“Come this way~ Haneul Clinic Daegu branch offers 365 evening consultations~.”

Lee Hansol distributed flyers trying to attract patients somehow, but none of the Seongsoo Oriental Medicine Clinic waiting patients went over there.

They came from far away to see me, after all.

The offline buzz naturally continued online.

Stories about Seongsoo Oriental Medicine Clinic began to be mentioned one by one in the mom cafe where Haneul Clinic had been working.

[Did you see the crowd at Byeol Cafe in Dongseongno? I think SS Oriental Medicine Clinic there is the one Hyeon Jumi goes to?]

└ [I think so~ I got an autograph while passing by! (photo)]

└ [I found out it’s actually the Busan branch, but that oriental medicine doctor is in Daegu now!]

└ [Oh really? Then should I go before he leaves? I was going to get postpartum tonic!]

└ [The original head director is good too~. I’ve been getting chuna treatment from Director Chu consistently!]

[Does anyone know from what age newborns can take herbal medicine?]

└ [I heard after their first birthday! Try calling and asking~.]

There were over ten posts mentioning Seongsoo Oriental Medicine Clinic with stories about seeing celebrities, waiting in line to visit the clinic, etc.

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While riding this upward trajectory,

[Guild Master, I found something interesting!]

A message suddenly came from Yun Hanbyeol.

After saying I’d take a break from gaming while doing six-day consultations, I hadn’t logged in once… what’s this about?

Even if there was an update, I don’t have time to play now.

[If we blow this up, we can definitely send them to hell!]

Yun Hanbyeol sent a screenshot of an advertisement post Lee Hansol had posted in a local cafe before. Since I had roughly explained the situation to the party members from the beginning, she must have captured it before it was deleted.

What does she plan to do with this…?

[Twelve accounts took turns slandering, but you can create up to 3 IDs per person here, right? I can clearly see it’s Lee Hansol, his wife, and the two vice directors.]

Yun Hanbyeol then presented several pieces of evidence.

First was Lee Hansol.

Absurdly, two of his IDs started with lhs. Anyone could see those were his initials.

They had deleted all the defamatory posts out of fear of lawsuits, but records remained of replies recommending Haneul Clinic in posts asking for clinic recommendations from several months to years ago.

And second. Lee Hansol’s wife who boldly showed her face.

Yun Hanbyeol googled her nickname and ID to find out her real name and school, then somehow tracked down that personal information to even find her wedding photos with Lee Hansol.

“…What the hell did you do?”

That wasn’t the end.

The third one was the funniest – this person hadn’t even set their cafe-to-blog connection to private.

Yun Hanbyeol spent several days commenting on her blog pretending to be friendly… and succeeded in becoming blog neighbors.

[Our director is seriously crazy lol makes us do all kinds of random stuff.]

And there, content badmouthing Lee Hansol was written plain as day.

“Let’s blow this up.”

The next day, Yun Hanbyeol dropped a massive meteor on the local cafe.

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