The Time-Limited Baby Doctor Doesn’t Hide The Fact That She’s A Genius - Chapter 115

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The Terminal Baby Physician Doesn’t Hide Being a Genius

 

Chapter 115

 

Hei Ayan.

 

The original protagonist of this novel.

 

‘If it’s our baby princess, you know?! Hey? Are you listening?’

 

And she would be the protagonist my friend who loves childcare stories loves most.

 

So I know this child’s life story in such detail that I could recall it with my eyes closed.

 

If it didn’t fade even through three lifetimes, that says it all.

 

‘At this time, she should be living peacefully under the care of someone Hei Birang entrusted her to.’

 

So I worried. Whether it was right to bring that child here now.

 

Hei Birang has trauma from Sleepwalking Disease. He wanted to bring his daughter when he got better, or at least when his sleepwalking was alleviated.

 

I understand that feeling.

 

‘That’s why I didn’t bring Uncle to this meeting today.’

 

Bringing Ayan is confirmed.

 

I just haven’t decided on the timing yet.

 

Some patients’ conditions worsen due to the pressure or obsession that they must get better.

 

Uncle was that kind of case.

 

‘Let’s hear the news first.’

 

I entered Jeokyunha’s office. Today’s group was modest.

 

Just me, the man, and Brother Gyewon.

 

And since Brother Gyewon seemed to have gotten quite close to Tak Minjae, I sent him to see him.

 

“Brother is mature, but he’s still nine years old, so he needs friends.”

 

“What about you then?”

 

I sipped the moderately cooled tea. The honey tea Jeokyunha served was quite delicious.

 

How did she know I like sweet things? Oh, there’s no way she could know, right?

 

It was the man who asked me the question. I glanced at him.

 

‘I don’t want to show it to Jeokyunha, so please hold me.’

 

Since information about Dad losing his memory again could leak anywhere, I was being held by the man.

 

“I don’t need any.”

 

Uncle, Uncle, and even Brother Gyewon. Now I have people I can call family in my life, but.

 

I still have no intention of making friends.

 

‘I won’t feel sorry for you. You’re… hateful.’

 

The man who betrayed me yet looked at me with hateful eyes until the very end, my relationship with the only friend I ever made was ruined beyond any possible repair.

 

“Isn’t it important for a child’s emotional well-being?”

 

I felt a bit bewildered. Did you just talk about a child’s emotional well-being?

 

‘If you really think about emotional well-being, shouldn’t Dad not lose his memories in the first place?’

 

When I looked at him with this meaning, the man awkwardly averted his eyes, seeming embarrassed.

 

Unlike how he acted shamelessly no matter what Uncle and Uncle said after losing his memory, or how he used to act like he couldn’t care less.

 

It was an uncharacteristically clumsy appearance.

 

“Hahaha, the tea is delicious, isn’t it?”

 

Before the atmosphere could get heavy, Jeok Yunha intervened.

 

“I heard the whole story. You had a private meeting with the Hei Family Head herself? That’s truly amazing!”

 

“…That story already spread all the way here?”

 

“Oh come on, of course everyone knows. I have many ‘friends,’ you know.”

 

One of the things I highly value about Jeok Yunha is this.

 

Jeok Yunha, who had gotten hold of most of the Medicinal Materials Market, didn’t stop there and also took on the role of an information broker.

 

Just an information broker? I know she’s also gotten her hands on much of Black Forest Market’s underworld and Underground Market.

 

‘This Elder Sister used to do some bad things in the old days, you know? Though she’s cleaned up her act now.’

 

I gave her good marks for reaching this position by utilizing her own skills and connections from her past.

 

Right now, she can’t claim to be the best yet.

 

But time will solve that too.

 

‘In the end, it means I caught the lottery early on.’

 

I felt a renewed sense of pride as I rested my elbow on the table and cupped my chin.

 

“I like that your information is fast.”

 

“Oh my, will it be as pleasing as how much I care for you, Physician? How did such a lucky charm roll into my territory? We’re sticking together for a thousand years, right?”

 

I smiled softly.

 

“So what did you hear from your ‘friends’?”

 

“Well… I heard that Baby Physician’s Family Estate is quite chaotic internally right now…?”

 

“It’s fine, so please tell me honestly. I have a guess anyway.”

 

“It’s a mess. Things like ‘How dare such a young physician try to join the hierarchy,’ ‘It’s not proper,’ ‘She has no experience,’ ‘Is her skill even real?’ You know, those kinds of comments.”

 

Jeok Yunha spoke readily as if she’d been waiting for this.

 

“Oh, but of course you don’t need to worry about the skill part since even internally they seem to acknowledge it. I heard you solved an epidemic from far away? Since Rederick isn’t a small city, the rumors spread widely. An information broker ‘friend’ living in Rederick was begging me to introduce them to you.”

 

Jeok Yunha became more talkative. No, more than that, this Elder Sister has connections in Rederick too?

 

She didn’t become one of the Empire’s Top 3 Trading Companies for nothing.

 

‘That works out well since I need to contact that Lord too.’

 

Moreover, Jeok Yunha’s story was interesting. I didn’t have anyone who could tell me about the Family Estate’s internal affairs right now.

 

‘Right, since they probably can’t deny my skills, I knew they’d nitpick about my age.’

 

But then Jeok Yunha made an uncomfortable face for a moment. It seemed she had something to say.

 

“Well… I’m not sure if I should say this much.”

 

“It’s fine. I’d prefer if you did.”

 

“Well, um, since my father has a chronic illness… the prevailing opinion is that it might be hereditary.”

 

I remained calm.

 

‘I was wondering when that topic would come up.’

 

Even my cousin Brother Gyewon was constantly attacked with these words. If they brought Ayan here, she would also have to hear such things.

 

‘Tsk, these so-called adults can’t distinguish between what should and shouldn’t be said.’

 

If the complaints were only to that extent, it was all within the expected range.

 

Just as I was thinking that.

 

Clatter, clatter. Rattle rattle.

 

The table and tea cups shook violently. I thought it might be an earthquake, but.

 

“…Dad?”

 

Crash! The cup finally broke.

 

I was so startled that I instinctively tried to step back, but ended up hitting the back of my head against a solid chest.

 

‘Oh right, I was being held…’

 

Ouch. Besides, it seemed there was no need to be so surprised.

 

Because the shattered glass pieces just floated up gently.

 

Whoosh.

 

It was wind.

 

“If you don’t mind.”

 

A dry voice, so emotionless it was completely drained of color, echoed through the air.

 

Jeok Yunha looked a bit flustered.

 

“Could you tell me the names of those who babbled such things?”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“All of them. It would be nice if you could make a list.”

 

The man rummaged through his chest and pulled something out.

 

Jingle.

 

It was a money pouch. I opened my eyes wide when I saw inside the slightly open pouch.

 

What, what. How much is all that?!

 

Dad, no, Uncle was rich…?

 

“This is the advance payment.”

 

“Ahem, ahem, and please compensate for the cup as well.”

 

“Of course.”

 

Wait, hold on. What list are you making? Why are these people having a conversation without even asking for my opinion?

 

“What are you doing? I didn’t give permission.”

 

“Sorry, but I’m also a party involved.”

 

“…”

 

Wow, this uncle is being petty? While I was glaring at the man, Jeok Yunha had already pocketed the pouch.

 

As expected of a merchant.

 

‘I’ll have to talk to Jeok Yunha alone later and cancel this.’

 

The talk about the Hei Family was roughly finished, and it was time to hear the main point. Wasn’t this why I came here, even leaving Uncle behind?

 

“Enough. We’ve both talked too long about trivial matters. Tell me about the information I requested.”

 

“How much is all this… Hohoho, well then. You’re talking about Miss ‘Hei Ayan’, right?”

 

I nodded.

 

Jeok Yunha stood up from her seat and headed toward the safe in the room. I naturally expected her to open the safe, but instead she used a key to open the drawer cabinet positioned below the safe.

 

Right after opening the drawer, flames briefly flickered from inside the cabinet, then Jeok Yunha removed the entire drawer and pulled out documents from another space beneath it.

 

She then introduced it as a secret safe for Fire Mages like herself.

 

“Ah, I completely changed all the classified document storage methods after that bastard Kanin, you know?”

 

Jeok Yunha plopped down in her seat and handed me the documents. It wasn’t a particularly thick stack.

 

“Hmm, it wasn’t really information worth treating as highly classified, so I got my hands on it more easily than expected.”

 

That made sense. The fact that Hei Birang had sent his wife and child away after his illness was common knowledge.

 

However, what people didn’t know was that his wife had already died, and only his daughter had been entrusted to someone Hei Birang trusted.

 

“She’s living exactly a week’s journey from here, you know?”

 

A week… I suddenly remembered something. Wasn’t the city where Dad and Mother had fled also about that distance from here?

 

“A week…”

 

I flinched at the man’s words that came at such perfect timing. But I didn’t look up at him.

 

I opened the documents. Ayan’s personal information was written there.

 

[Guardian: Hei Jihye (However, living as ‘Mo Jihye’ in the village)]

 

The name listed as guardian was also familiar.

 

“Ah, about that name. I thought I had mistaken it since I also have the surname Hei… but I hadn’t, right?”

 

“Yeah. That would be right.”

 

I pressed down firmly on the name.

 

“She’s illegitimate, isn’t she?”

 

Jeok Yunha startled slightly, then nodded.

 

Hei Jihye was the child born from a brief affair by my now-deceased grandfather.

 

Originally, she wouldn’t have been able to receive the Hei family surname, but when she showed talent in treatment, Grandmother, the Family Head, granted her the family name.

 

And the setting was that Hei Birang, who had been close to her, ultimately entrusted his daughter to his half-sister.

 

“…Did you already know? Ah, you must have heard it directly from him.”

 

It wasn’t like that, but I remained silent.

 

“Then… you probably don’t know about this, do you?”

 

“Know what?”

 

Jeok Yunha scratched her cheek. That was her expression when debating whether or not to say something.

 

‘There shouldn’t be anything particularly noteworthy about Ayan at this point in time, should there?’

 

I suddenly felt anxious.

 

Sure enough, Jeok Yunha hesitated and spoke carefully.

 

“About that child… it seems like she’s being confined right now, is that okay?”

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