Why feel shy and flustered? It’s the stern Teacher Ok!
While she was collecting her thoughts, someone from behind suddenly poked their head forward.
“What’s crazy?”
“Ack.”
Startled by the sudden appearance, Seol Hee jumped. Could it be Teacher Ok? Surprised that the person in question might have heard the conversation, she opened her eyes wide, but luckily, the giggling voice coming from behind belonged to a woman.
“No, why are you so surprised?”
“Ah. Manager. You came?”
“Yes, good morning, Miss Seol Hee.”
A woman tossing back her brown hair. She was the manager, Mi Jin, in charge of the entire hospital’s accounting, publicity, and guidance.
As soon as she greeted upon entering, she took out a bag she had hidden behind her and started to eat the brown pellets inside it.
“Miss Seol Hee, you came early today?”
“Yes, I couldn’t sleep.”
“Oh my, couldn’t sleep? You must be tired. Insomnia?”
“No, not that.”
Just a little restless.
She wanted to add that, but instead she closed her mouth and gave a small smile.
From the time Seol Hee first got a job at the animal hospital, apart from the particularly stern Teacher Ok, everyone else treated Seol Hee very well. Excluding the director who was her uncle and Eun Woo, all the hospital staff were women, which worried her.
Was it because of the trauma left by the team leader who used to bully her? Her previous job had a majority of women. So, she had a preconception that a workplace with many women would likely have intense factionalism and fights.
But she was wrong.
Everyone was so nice. Even Teacher Ok’s long lectures were bearable because of them. Fearing that kindhearted Mi Jin might worry if she said she was restless, Seol Hee shifted the topic to the bag in Mi Jin’s hand.
“But what are you eating? Breakfast? Snacks? Cereal?”
When Seol Hee asked the manager, she showed the bag in her hand.
‘For all ages Lamb Premium Organic Feed.’
Anyone could see that the bag with a picture of a puppy was dog food. Seol Hee’s voice rose sharply.
“Are you eating dog food now?”
The manager calmly nodded her head.
“It’s delicious once you start eating it. Do you want to try it?”
Seol Hee stared blankly at the bag offered to her and then waved her hand.
“I, I had a big meal. I’m full.”
The manager is a good person, but strange. Realizing Seol Hee’s shocked expression, Mi Jin chuckled.
“People can also eat pet food.”
After all, they wouldn’t feed animals something humans couldn’t eat. But, watching her eat it so deliciously was intriguing, and Seol Hee’s eyes kept drifting over.
“There are people who sometimes ask. ‘What does this taste like?’ ‘Will dogs like it?'”
“Ah.”
“When that happens, I say ‘This one has a bland taste and this one over here is a bit savory, so they like it.’ Then they are surprised and ask. ‘How do you know the taste so well? Is it written?’ That’s when I counterattack. ‘I personally try everything before selling.'”
“Wow. I see.”
It was an unexpected response.
To think that far. Looking at it, if she ate and sold it herself, it seemed like they could trust her and would definitely buy it.
“Manager, you are truly amazing.”
“Great? There were many good people in Dolmare, so I learned well at first.”
“True. There are indeed many good people in Dolmare.”
Seol Hee also had a lot to learn every day. As she marveled, the sound of the hospital door opening was heard.
Clang.
At that sound, Chae Rin, who was inside, hurriedly ran out.
“It seems a patient has already arrived.”
“Before nine o’clock?”
A tall man with quite a big build was looking around for someone.
Entering through the door was Jin Ho, the veterinarian of Wonderland and Eun Woo’s friend. Seeing Jin Ho, Chae Rin opened her mouth.
“The treatment has not started yet.”
Ah, he’s not a patient. Seol Hee was about to get up from her seat and explain this, when she suddenly stopped in her tracks.
No. I can’t let him know that I’m here.
It didn’t matter if Jin Ho knew she was working here, but what if Jin Ho recognized her and mentioned the story of meeting Eun Woo on Friday? Then, Chae Rin and Mi Jin would think, “Oh, why did the two of you go to the zoo?” and if they did then……
That’s the end.
She had to hide. Seol Hee stopped getting up from her seat, crouched down, and hid as close as possible behind the counter so that her face could not be seen.
“We start at nine o’clock, could you please come back a bit later?”
Upon hearing Chae Rin’s words, Jin Ho, who was entering the hospital, stopped in his tracks. He looked down at Chae Rin’s face, which was much smaller than his, as if surprised, and then seemed to suddenly come to his senses and bowed his head.
“Uh, I, that, I’m not a patient.”
“Then?”
“I have something to deliver to my friend, Eun Woo, who works here.”
At his words, a smile spread across Chae Rin’s face.
“Oh, you’re a friend of Doctor Eun Woo. Please wait a moment.”
Once again, Jin Ho looked at her face and nodded blankly, like a person mesmerized. Chae Rin rushed in and found Eun Woo, who was preparing in the treatment room.
“Doctor Eun Woo. You have a visitor.”
It wasn’t long before Eun Woo came out from inside.
“What is it, you?”
With her head bowed, Seol Hee listened to their conversation.
“Hey, you left your wallet in the storage room when you came to Wonderland. On Friday night.”
With Seol Hee.
What if he says that? If he elaborates, she’ll be found out. Seol Hee was stuck in a dilemma, unable to jump out and stop Jin Ho’s words, nor could she simply hide and listen.
Then, the sound of a chuckle was heard. When she slightly lifted her head, she saw Eun Woo, who had discovered Seol Hee hiding behind the counter, laughing.
‘Don’t tell him.’
As Seol Hee desperately shook her head, Eun Woo reached out to Jin Ho.
“I see. It was there when I found it. Thanks.”
“Hey, did your date go well on Friday? With Seol.”
Hee, did it go well?
The moment Jin Ho was about to say that, Eun Woo cut him off.
“Yeah, it went well.”
“With Seol.”
“Yeah, with that lady too.”
Thanks to Eun Woo’s ironclad defense, her name was barely mentioned. Every time Jin Ho tried to bring up Seol Hee, Eun Woo cleverly blocked him.
Eun Woo flashed a polite smile at Jin Ho.
“Thank you for coming all this way.”
“Well, it’s my day off, so I just dropped by. Anyway, I’ll see you later. I’ll be in touch.”
Waving his hand, Jin Ho left the hospital. As soon as he disappeared, the waiting room, which had been as quiet as a mouse, suddenly became noisy. Chae Rin and Mi Jin’s eyes grew wide as they quickly turned their heads towards Eun Woo.
“What is this about? Doctor Eun Woo, what is this about?”
“Doctor Eun Woo. Did you go on a date? The lady said something like that?”
At the two’s noisy questions, he simply nodded his head.
“Yes.”
At Eun Woo’s succinct answer, the two dropped their jaws. They rolled their eyes, as if unable to believe it.
“Really? Doctor Eun Woo went on a date?”
This time, instead of answering the question, Eun Woo lifted the corner of his mouth. Their further clamor was a silent affirmation, that smile.
“My goodness. I’ve never heard of Doctor Eun Woo dating since coming to Dolmare. Weren’t you single all this time?”
“Weren’t you? Even when the deputy director offered to introduce someone, you refused.”
She hoped he wasn’t about to tell them he had been with her. That would be a disaster. Fortunately, it seemed that Eun Woo understood all of Seol Hee’s worries as he shrugged his shoulders.
“Yes, that’s what happened.”
“Do you have a girlfriend? Or is there a girl you like?”
“Um…..”
He dragged on his words then nodded. Eun Woo looked down at Seol Hee, who was still hiding behind the counter, terrified of being caught even though Jin Ho had left.
The silence of a moment was broken, and he pulled up the corners of his mouth.
“Yes, there is. A girl I like.”
He said something remarkable, but he didn’t make it sound so.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
