She hadn’t intended to confess; the words just slipped out, and she felt embarrassed afterward.
“I think I did say it.”
As she tried to deny it, Tae Hyuk chuckled.
“Are you embarrassed now?”
“I should go now.”
As she turned to leave, Tae Hyuk grabbed her hand and pulled her back.
She was reluctantly seated next to him.
“You finally mustered up the courage at last. I’m proud of you.”
Tae Hyuk praised her generously.
Na Young wouldn’t shy away from liking someone anymore.
It was as joyful as the successful surgery of Madam Hwang.
Disliking being treated like a child, Na Young dodged his hand stroking her hair.
“You haven’t answered about your grandfather yet.”
When she steered the conversation back to his grandfather, the smile on Tae Hyuk’s face vanished.
He crumpled the cola can, muttering.
“I wish I could say he’s not.”
So, he was indeed his biological grandfather.
Na Young, observing his downcast face, said,
“You two seemed a bit alike.”
“What?”
Seeing Professor Choi’s disgusted reaction, Na Young couldn’t help but laugh.
“Didn’t your grandfather raise you in place of your parents? Then you shouldn’t talk back to him like that.”
“My grandfather’s version of raising me was just hitting me. Madam Hwang cooked for me, and Hong Sik’s father would come to school whenever parents were called.”
Still, unlike his parents who left no memories, he had shared time with his grandfather.
Na Young thought that was fortunate.
“It’s really embarrassing that he talks about money in the hospital.”
Tae Hyuk buried his face in his hands, genuinely embarrassed.
His disdain for money was all because of his money-crazed grandfather.
“But didn’t you first tell your grandfather about going to medical school?”
Only then did Professor Choi remove his hands from his face and look at her.
“Did I?”
His reaction, as if hearing it for the first time, made Na Young nod, somewhat incredulous.
“Yes, you swore on your parents’ names in front of him.”
“I thought that would make him pay for medical school.”
Professor Choi wouldn’t have sworn in front of others just for money.
Knowing he was just unwilling to admit it, Na Young advised him,
“Your grandfather’s clothes are all worn out. Buy him some new ones. Don’t just dress well yourself.”
At her words, Professor Choi burst into hollow laughter.
“Now I’m the unfilial one.”
If Na Young knew how much wealth his grandfather had accumulated by being frugal, she’d realize how frivolous her suggestion was.
Na Young silently observed Professor Choi’s gloomy profile.
Not telling him about meeting Jang Su Ho felt like deceiving him, which weighed on her conscience, but it was necessary.
Jang Su Ho promised to help her, so things should be fine for now.
She needed to find a way to convince her father with Jang Su Ho’s help.
Sensing her gaze, Professor Choi turned to look at her.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
Na Young was nervous he might notice.
“What look did I have in my eyes?”
“Like a woman with a story.”
Na Young sighed deliberately, avoiding his gaze.
“The truth is, these past few days, I’ve felt inferior to Professor Yoon Ina. She could save Madam Hwang, but I couldn’t do anything.”
Hearing her words, Tae Hyuk cynically commented.
“Now that I think about it, since I asked her for Madam Hwang’s surgery, Yoon Ina has been acting like she did me a huge favor.”
Tae Hyuk thought such an attitude was wrong.
“But saving people is a doctor’s duty, right? If that becomes something special, it’s actually unfortunate for people. So, Yoon Ina is wrong in her thinking, and you…”
Professor Choi Tae Hyuk looked at her, and Na Young waited for his words, her eyes wide.
She was ready to hear him say she should work hard.
“You’re still young and pretty. You’re the winner.”
His words veered off course, so Na Young immediately hit his arm.
Professor Choi Tae Hyuk laughed even as she hit him.
Hearing his laughter, Na Young felt relieved.
Her once unstable life felt like it was back on track.
When Na Young returned home after a long shift at the hospital, Seung Hee was lying on the sofa, staring at the ceiling.
“What are you doing?”
Seung Hee replied in a soulless voice when she asked.
“I can’t cry no matter how hard I try. Why am I so dry?”
“What happened?”
Seung Hee sat up, her voice full of indignation.
“I have no emotions!”
Na Young couldn’t understand what she meant.
“Director Cha Hyun said he can’t feel any emotions from me, so he wouldn’t give me his phone number. He’s making fun of me, right?”
It seemed Cha Hyun kept his promise not to give her his number.
“It’s good not to have reasons to cry.”
In fact, Na Young liked that about Seung Hee, which is why they became friends.
Seung Hee had a simple personality and a smooth life.
Being around her made Na Young feel at ease.
But now, Seung Hee seemed seriously impacted by her encounter with Cha Hyun.
“I’ve decided.”
“On what?”
“I’m going to date like you!”
Seung Hee clenched her fist, revealing her ambition.
“With whom?”
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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