“Can I look at the blood······?”

Yeon-woo carefully examined Jun-hwi’s worried face. His smooth lips were subtly trembling.

“Am I bothering you right now? The wound seems quite deep.”

Jun-hwi, as if dealing with a serious matter, examined Yeon-woo’s wound carefully while clicking his tongue.

Each time the red blood vividly marked on the pale fingers, an impression was rigidly formed, but it seemed to have calmed down a lot.

‘Now, right now! Get out!’

‘Go! Please go! Get out, please······!’

It was a calm reaction, completely different from the time when Yeon-woo couldn’t control himself and screamed at the sight of his nosebleed.

No, exactly, it might be suppressing.

A tightly strained jaw muscle, a throat that kept swallowing the dry saliva, as if it kept quivering.

While others might not know, Yeon-woo could tell. He was desperately suppressing his agony.

“Where is the nearest hospital?”

However, contrary to Yeon-woo’s concerns, Jun-hwi showed a rather composed expression and seemed to be ready to leave immediately.

“Huh? Hospital? With this?”

“Hurry and get up.”

“This much is okay. It’s not a big wound.”

The bleeding was gradually stopping now, and after applying some ointment and covering it with a bandage, it appeared to be a wound of a depth and size that could be easily treated.

“You just need to apply ointment and bandage it.”

Like Dad said, to anyone else, it looked like an ordinary cut that could happen while casually cutting fruit.

It was never necessary to rush to the hospital for such an ordinary wound.

However, as Jun-hwi stared at Yeon-woo’s hand for a long time, he went so far as to look determined, like someone observing a critical patient.

In the end, he didn’t stop there.

“Mom!”

His arm suddenly slid under Yeon-woo’s knees, and in that position, he picked up Yeon-woo in one swift motion.

“Why, why are you doing this!”

“Because we have to go to the hospital. You’re not listening.”

“Oh, it’s really okay!”

Even though Yeon-woo struggled in his arms, he firmly supported him. Mom’s jaw dropped slightly. It was embarrassingly humiliating.

Although he tapped his shoulders with his hands, asking him to let him down, he went towards the entrance without shaking. Just in time, Dad ran over and opened the closed door for him.

“What, what’s going on? Where are you going?”

“I think we need to go to the hospital.”

“What? What?”

“Honey, you should come too. Hurry.”

“No, I’m going through all this trouble to get dressed like this······.”

Even though Dad, who was pushed by Mom, also put on slippers and awkwardly followed them.

“Okay, okay. I’ll walk, so let me down!”

Yeon-woo shouted belatedly, but Dad’s car was already right in front of them. He carefully lowered Yeon-woo just in front of the back seat.

“Wow······. What a spectacle. Amazing.”

Jun-hwi, who meticulously fastened even Yeon-woo’s seatbelt, sat in the passenger seat. Dad sighed as he started the engine.

That’s how the three of them went to the local hospital.

That evening. The house where Yeon-woo and Jun-hwi left became quiet again.

“Honey, I’ve mopped the living room.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”
“Oh dear. It’s not common for guests to make a fuss.”

Dad, who was finishing cleaning the living room, sat down on the sofa with a groan. Then, recalling the small commotion from earlier, he shook his head with a sigh.

“I wonder if he went in well.”

Mom, who was tidying up the tray with the problematic fruit, expressed concern.

“Why worry about how far Seoul is?”

“If you invited someone all the way here, you should at least try to have a decent conversation.”

Dad became sulky at Mom’s sudden rebuke.

“Where’s his mind? He’s just following Kim Yeon-woo like a big puppy. He should step up, create a scene, and take charge. It’s annoying just watching him.”

“What did they say at the hospital?”

“Laughable! Even the doctor burst into laughter in an awkward way. I felt so embarrassed.”

Mom sat down next to Dad, who had vacated the seat for her, and smiled brightly.

“Still, I liked that lawyer more as I saw him. Handsome, capable, and, most importantly, he takes good care of Yeon-woo.”

“What? He looked like an unsophisticated guy.”

“That’s considered handsome these days.”

“He’s a healthy guy living alone in someone else’s daughter’s house. Why is he meddling?”

Mom lightly tapped Dad’s hand that was on her shoulder, making a thudding sound.

“Mr. Kim Seok-ho. Did you forget? You did well. Act like you’re innocent, as if nothing happened.”

“What did I do! Honestly.”

Mom mockingly nodded her head at Dad’s indignant response.

“Do you remember when you secretly crossed the fence to meet me and got caught by my father, and he chased you out in the yard with a broom?”

“Cough, cough! That was a long time ago.”

Caught red-handed, getting beaten up every night, calling Mom, throwing stones under the window to call Mom out.