When Eun-woo asked again, Chae-rin, still looking down, nodded.

“Yes. He, um, came to our house. I don’t need to say more. Um, anyway, Jin-ho is helping us, so sometimes I see him like this.”

“I see.”

Eun-woo nodded indifferently to Chae-rin’s words.

It’s not a big deal, but why make it so complicated.

When Eun-woo asked curiously, Chae-rin, still looking down, nodded with a red face.

“Yes. Um, there’s no relationship yet. I want to get to know him slowly.”

At the word “yet,” Eun-woo’s forehead narrowed. Will they start dating? Her intention was evident in her words.
Thinking about Chae-rin, Eun-woo involuntarily found himself recalling his friend Jin-ho, who had been indecisive. He unknowingly raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.

He must like her. It might get noisy.

Eun-woo was familiar with both of them, and since Chae-rin was relatively young, the entanglement with Jin-ho didn’t feel particularly pleasant. However, seeing that things were going well, he was happy to think about how much Jin-ho must like her.

“Yes, I understand.”

“Yes… That’s how it turned out. I thought Chairman Ok should know.”

“Thank you for letting me know.”

If they happened to find out after starting to date, it would have been more surprising. After finishing the small talk, Eun-woo was about to leave the hospital.

“But.”

Chae-rin’s words caught Eun-woo.

“Seol-hee seemed strange today. Do you happen to know why, Chairman Ok?”

Seol-hee? Eun-woo narrowed his eyes at the unexpected name.

“No.”

“She looked depressed and sighed all day.”

“Ah.”

“Today, Seol-hee assisted with Mr. Ih-yeon.”

Today, Eun-woo had many difficult patients, so senior technician Chae-rin continued to assist, and Seol-hee assisted Ih-yeon. Unfortunately, Eun-woo almost didn’t see how Seol-hee was today. He didn’t even know that she was feeling down.

“Yes.”

“I checked a bit, and it seems the prescription changed today and got mixed up.”

Chae-rin explained the situation she heard from the manager who was observing the situation nearby. The prescription for a diarrhea dog and a dehydrated dog almost got mixed up, but fortunately, both dogs didn’t take the wrong medicine, so they apologized and it ended.

“Seol-hee made a mistake, and the prescription went wrong?”

“It seemed that way. So Ih-yeon and Seol-hee apologized to the owners.”

Unexpected.

Seol-hee made many small mistakes when she first came to the hospital, but now, even if Eun-woo tried to find her mistakes with wide-open eyes, she rarely made them. Making a mistake in prescribing medication is a big deal. Eun-woo couldn’t believe that Seol-hee would make such a big mistake.

Maybe there’s a lack of communication with Ih-yeon.

Trusting Seol-hee and having almost no trust in Ih-yeon due to long experience, Eun-woo couldn’t help but cast a suspicious glance at him.

“So, maybe that’s why Seol-hee seems continuously depressed. She even left work with Ih-yeon earlier. Maybe it’s a personal matter between them.”

“With Ih-yeon?”

“Yes.”

When she suggested leaving work together earlier, Seol-hee’s words came to mind.

“Teacher, today, I have something to do, so I’ll go first.”

“May I ask what it is?”

“Ah…”

She avoided eye contact.

“Yes. It’s just a personal matter.”

Normally, she would say what it was, or when meeting a friend, she would say she was meeting a friend. But Seol-hee blurred the end of her sentence.

“Seems busy.”

“Yes.”
And, as if not wanting to answer any further, she cut off the conversation and hurriedly left work. It was different from usual, as felt at that time. Somehow, it seemed uneasy.

There is no reason to be involved with Ih-yeon.

“Anyway, I’m worried, and Chairman Ok is close to Seol-hee. Maybe you know what’s going on.”

“No. I’m also not in the right state of mind today.”

Chae-rin nodded at Eun-woo’s words.

“I see. I’ll ask tomorrow just in case. I somehow feel concerned.”

“Yes, thank you for letting me know.”

“You’re welcome.”

With that, the conversation ended, and a call was ringing in Chae-rin’s hands. The word [Mr. Jin-ho] appeared on the screen. Eun-woo gestured.

“You have a call.”

“Ah, yes.”

Bright smiles appeared on Chae-rin’s face as she confirmed the caller. She quickly wanted to answer the phone and anxiously looked outside.

It seemed Jin-ho had come.

“I’ll go in first. Thank you for your hard work.”

“Yes. Be careful going in.”

“Yes.”

Chae-rin hurried towards the exit, listening intently to the ringing phone. Eun-woo watched her retreating figure with a thoughtful look and then tilted his head.

What could have happened to Seol-hee?

I guess I should check a bit.

Eun-woo put down the bag he was about to leave with, went back to his room to check today’s events.

Turning on the computer, he searched for today’s medical records. While checking various things, Eun-woo’s forehead wrinkled.

“This is.”

With a short sigh, he took out his phone from his bag. There was someone he needed to contact.

The phone is currently turned off.

“What is this, exactly?”

Even when trying to contact Seol-hee, it didn’t go through. Eun-woo called her multiple times, but she didn’t answer, making him anxious.

Normally, it wouldn’t matter, but knowing that there was trouble with Ih-yeon today.

What should I do?

Chewing on his lips, just then, the doorbell rang.

Ding Dong

In an instant, Eun-woo, with an intuitive feeling, got up from his seat, went to the front door, and opened it.

Thud.

The door opened, revealing a woman standing below.

As expected, the person who came looking for him was Seol-hee.

Waiting and waiting.

Seol-hee looked at Eun-woo with a slightly stiff face, then opened her mouth.

“I have something to tell you.”

“……. ”

“Is now a good time?”

At Seol-hee’s words, wrinkles formed on Eun-woo’s forehead.