The Time-Limited Baby Doctor Doesn’t Hide The Fact That She’s A Genius - Chapter 33

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The Terminal Baby Physician Doesn’t Hide Being a Genius

Chapter 33

‘…Could he have a split personality?’

When this handsome man, who seemed like the most good-looking in the Empire, smiled, it felt like countless lamps had been lit around us.

‘So he was someone who could smile like this.’

“You came earlier than expected?”

“Yeah. Of course. My wife is waiting…!”

Dad came running over in a fluster and twisted his leg.

My goodness, is this the same person?

Even his lines and everything.

‘His goofiness is insane….’

Mother burst into laughter.

“Come slowly. What’s there to be in such a hurry about.”

While saying that, she didn’t forget to give him a light scolding.

“Looking at you like this, I can really feel that you’re younger than me.”

“…That’s too much, Arin. How can you mention a flaw I’ll never be able to overcome in my lifetime?”

“It’s not a flaw though?”

When a beauty burst into laughter like that, it seemed like the surroundings became bright as well.

Dad approached in one step and crouched down in front of Mother, gently resting his head against Mother’s knee.

Mother chuckled and brought her hand to Dad’s cheek.

“You’re like a puppy.”

Dad closed his eyes and smiled.

“…Yeah. Please take care of me.”

“With lots of affection?”

Dad’s cheeks turned red.

His ears and neck too, all of them.

“…When you say things like that, I don’t know how to react.”

“Because you’re too happy?”

“Yeah….”

He clearly looked like he didn’t know what to do with himself.

With his face flushed red like autumn leaves, Dad shyly murmured.

“…Why are you pretty today too.”

“You seem goofy today too. Who would think you’re Hei Bihu, the most level-headed person in the Hei Family?”

I agree, Mother.

I’d believe it if you said they were twins who only had the same face.

Dad made a sulky expression.

“Other people’s opinions don’t matter. I just need to be a good person to you.”

“He’s the best husband.”

Dad looked satisfied as he placed his hand over Mother’s.

“Thank you for running away with me.”

Huh? I opened my eyes wide. What was he talking about?

Did these two have some epic love story?

“Don’t worry. I’ll definitely get Mother’s permission. And whether First Sister opposes it or not, it doesn’t matter.”

“…Haha, breathe while you talk, dear.”

Mother smiled softly and adjusted her posture.

“Stop staring at my face and look here too. Our daughter has opened her eyes for once.”

“Ah…”

Dad looked at me wrapped in swaddling clothes with a bewildered expression.

“Hurry up and hold her.”

“W-wait a minute!”

Then Mother forcibly placed me in Dad’s arms.

Unlike his worldly composed and shy appearance from moments before, he moved awkwardly like a wooden puppet.

‘…Much more human-like.’

The way he held the baby was, how should I put it, like holding a large hot dog.

“Oh my, look at her opening her eyes and staring. Dad must seem fascinating. Your dad is pretty, isn’t he?”

“Woooeeoowoo!”

“Bihu, our daughter smiled. She must have an eye for handsome men. The future looks promising, doesn’t it? What kind of son-in-law will she bring home?”

“…What? I’m not letting her go.”

“Huh?”

“I’m going to keep her with me forever.”

My heart throbbed.

The stinging in my eyes was because I had seen something too strange.

I could suddenly feel that you had looked at me with affection before losing your memory…

So in the end, he lost and lost these kinds of memories, and that’s how he became the current Dad.

‘And…’

Dad, who was holding me while shedding beautiful tears drop by drop, and Mother, who was smiling like a picture, gradually grew distant and blurred.

‘…So I had a mother and father too.’

While giving me an unforgettable feeling, I felt myself returning to reality.

The sight of me with parents that I had never experienced even in Korea.

The sight of me being loved.

‘I’m clearly treating Dad, but I’m the one who’s satisfied…’

I slowly opened my eyes.

Drip drip.

Water droplets were falling just like before.

During the last treatment, Dad had a shocked expression when some of his memories returned. What about this time?

The fragmentary circumstances of the mother and father who were in Dad’s memories.

A harmonious family. What kind of circumstances could there have been?

The appearance of Dad being foolish and gentle, completely different from now.

With a nervous heart, I raised my head. But this was only for a moment, as I froze stiff.

My eyes widened.

“D…Dad…?”

Soaked hair. Dad was quietly shedding tears.

It was different from the foolish appearance in the memory where he was dripping tears.

He looked forlorn, and while seeming to have a resigned expression, he also looked somewhat pained.

Dad lifted me up.

“You must be so sad.”

His soaked body was cold.

I could only look at Dad in bewilderment without being able to ask any questions.

Dad was smiling, but it wasn’t really a smile.

“For having such an idiot of a father.”

Dad’s hand clumsily stroked me.

“What I recalled this time was your appearance, but as expected, I didn’t feel the sentiment that you’re my daughter.”

“…”

“That, for the first time, made me feel sorry.”

“…”

“A father who forgot even your birth.”

He said while gazing at me intently.

Dad seemed unaware that he had even shed tears.

He just said that when he opened his eyes, his chest hurt as if it would tear apart.

“Meeting you might be the last stroke of luck in my life. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have been given the chance to recover my memories.”

Dad muttered.

“…You’re right. You are a genius.”

The hand stroking my head was wet.

My hair got completely soaked too.

“In the past, I abandoned and neglected you, but you came to find me.”

I only had ulterior motives though.

But still… my heart kept churning restlessly. Like there were waves in my heart.

“I’ll try to remember. Thank you.”

As if making a vow, Dad muttered once more.

“I’ll try to remember.”

Then he lowered his head to meet my eyes.

“On the day I think of you.”

His expression wasn’t as gentle and warm as spring sunlight like in my memories.

But with a slightly softened expression.

“Please call me Father.”

Those words touched something in my heart. I bit my lips tightly.

Since I was already calling him ‘Dad’, it probably wasn’t asking me to call him that again.

“…Only after you remember everything.”

I suddenly became curious.

What did Dad think when he saw the very young me and Mother in his memories?

‘How ridiculous, wanting to bring up all the wrongs from my past life and blame them now.’

Don’t forget again, Dad.

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“You don’t remember?”

A little while later, Dad and I had returned to Dad’s dwelling and were sitting side by side with towels on our heads.

“Right.”

Dad, who had just finished washing up, answered leisurely while shaking his hair vigorously.

“It’s different from last time. Back then, the memories came back vividly.”

Dad looked down at his hands and slightly furrowed his brow.

“This time, I remember seeing something but it’s vague. No, should I say it’s limited…”

“What do you mean by that?”

Dad explained briefly.

“Hmm… So someone was holding a young baby, and that baby was me? The voice came and went?”

“Right.”

Dad’s expression was momentarily pained as if recalling something.

“…I did see myself though.”

“Yeah.”

“I wondered what kind of fool was there.”

“Cough!”

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