“It’s just a gesture from him, but it wasn’t entirely painless,” Sori thought, as a slight redness appeared on her particularly pale forehead.
“When are you going to notify about the patient?”
“I’m sorry. The patient, 56-year-old Kim Young Hee, has lung cancer metastasized to the brain. Immediate surgery seems necessary.”
Sori was preparing to insert a Central Venous Catheter (CVC), a procedure requiring focus, especially for a first-year resident with limited experience.
“You’re planning to do the CVC?” Hyun Woo asked.
“Yes, I am.”
Hyun Woo stepped back a bit, folding his arms as if to watch her perform the procedure.
Sori was already breaking out in cold sweat.
“Do you need another flick?”
“No, thank you.”
Hyun Woo scrutinized Sori’s CVC (Central Venous Catheter) insertion process with eagle eyes. The procedure, while relatively simple, could not overlook risks like vascular constriction at the insertion site or cardiac arrest.
Typically, the procedure took about 30 minutes, but Hyun Woo could do it in 15. Experienced practitioners could finish in 20 minutes, but Sori took a lengthy 35 minutes. She completed it calmly and without mistakes, but it didn’t seem to satisfy Hyun Woo, who didn’t offer any words of praise, expecting more from Sori.
“Get the surgical consent from the guardian,” he instructed coldly before heading to the operating room.
The surgery on Kim Young Hee, performed under Hyun Woo’s supervision, concluded successfully.
It was around noon. Gi Tae and Sori were heading to the hospital cafeteria for lunch. Sori, who had been in good spirits in the morning, now seemed clouded with gloom.
What happened in the interim, Gi Tae wondered, noticing his colleague’s sudden mood change.
“Anything bad happened in between?”
“No, nothing like that,” Sori replied. She almost got caught by Hyun Woo earlier for a mistake she almost made due to the OS resident.
Remembering how close she came to being caught by Hyun Woo for a basic error she committed, she didn’t want him to know.
Just then, someone called out “Doctor Yoo Sori” from behind. Turning around, they saw a man with a cast on his leg, wearing a navy beanie, approaching in a wheelchair.
“Hello, doctor.”
“Hello.”
It was the man whose hair Sori had mistakenly shaved a few days ago. It was all because of him, she thought.
“Do you remember me?”
“Of course, how could I forget?”
But what was his name? Hwang Joon Soo, was it? She wasn’t sure.
Gi Tae excused himself to enter the cafeteria first, leaving them alone.
“Are you on your way to eat?”
“Yes, I am.”
“Sorry for interrupting your mealtime.”
“No, it’s fine. You’ve got a cast on your leg.”
Sori decided to be as polite as possible, feeling guilty for her mistake.
“Yeah, I decided to get admitted for a few days after the fall.”
“Ah, I see.”
The man looked pretty stylish in his beanie, Sori noted, feeling guilty.
“I wanted to give you this,” the man said, handing her a business card.
“I realized I don’t have your contact.”
Sori hesitated as Hwang Joon Soo extended his phone towards her. She stood there indecisively, and he started fiddling with his beanie.
Unable to refuse, Sori pressed her phone number into the phone and handed it back.
“Please treat me to a meal when I’m discharged. Hospital food doesn’t taste good.”
“Sure, I will.”
“Then go have your meal.”
Hwang Joon Soo finally stepped aside, allowing Sori to pass with a bright smile. Unbeknownst to her, Hyun Woo witnessed this interaction.
In his indifferent eyes, this scene probably looked like another person joining the ranks of those charmed by Sori’s objectively pretty appearance.
Hmm.
This time it’s a guy with a broken leg…
It was another testament to Sori’s popularity across all age groups.
After the bald man left, Sori received a call, presumably from Soo Hyang, and hurried towards the elevator.
Noticing Hyun Woo at the elevator at the last moment, she bowed again. Sori always greeted him energetically whenever they met in the hospital.
“Where are you going?”
“My mom’s near the hospital.”
“Let’s go in my car.”
“Are you joining me for a meal?”
“No, I have an outside appointment.”
Sensing her reflex to decline, Hyun Woo sharply looked at her, prompting her to quickly agree. His plan was to find Sori and take her to Soo Hyang.
But he ended up witnessing something he didn’t want to see.
Like Sori getting a bald guy’s number.
Once inside the elevator, only the two of them were present.
“Basement level 3.”
“Okay.”
Sori pressed the round button and stood awkwardly. It was strange why she felt so self-conscious in the hospital of all places.
Maybe it was the aftereffect of his cold demeanor in the emergency room that morning.
Well, I am her professor, after all.
Worried about Sori, who was usually sensitive, Hyun Woo glanced at her forehead, regretting his earlier actions.
Everyone likes Sori, but I, who she likes, scolded her.
Why am I suddenly feeling grumpy?
“Yoo Sori.”
“Yes?”
“How about we go out for dinner tonight?”
It was an impulsive question, even he couldn’t understand why he asked it.
“Go out?”
Yes, let’s go on a date.
He didn’t explicitly say it, but he was already planning what to eat with Sori that evening.
Should we go to the countryside? Or a restaurant?
“But I’m on duty tonight, professor.”
“…”
Perfect timing.
Damn duty.
CVC (Central Venous Catheter): A medical device inserted into a large vein.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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