“Are you out of your mind for Mun Na Young? She’s a firstyear resident. What are you doing to a girl who’s already too busy with just hospital work?”
Tae Hyuk tried to shove away the scolding Oh Seung Joon’s upper body.
“Get lost.”
“What do you mean get lost! Mun Na Young called me!”
At Oh Seung Joon’s words, Tae Hyuk paused.
“What?”
“Mun Na Young said she felt burdened eating alone with you, so she invited me too. Don’t you understand the situation, Professor Choi?”
Only then, when Tae Hyuk could not say anything with his mouth tightly shut, Seung Jun tutted and prayed politely with his hands together.
“Professor, please do not fall into desire and teach Madonna with a noble heart to make her a great doctor.”
Madonna was scared to death.
Tae Hyuk did not like that nickname the most.
Far away, he saw Na Young coming down the escalator.
It seemed that Seung Jun was right, as she was not surprised to see them together.
Tae Hyuk thought he did not need to be disappointed, but his mood had already gotten heavier than before.
“It’s an honor to serve the two professors.”
Upon seeing her respectful attitude, Seung Jun deliberately said for Tae Hyuk to hear.
“Oh, it seems that Miss Moon has a lot of respect for the professor.”
When Seung Jun retorted that Tae Hyuk was the only one harboring ill will, Tae Hyuk’s expression worsened.
He was the first to turn around and walk forward.
So Seung Jun and Na Young ended up following him.
“It would have been nice if Seung Hee was also here.”
Since Seung Hee was the only common denominator between her and Seung Jun, they naturally started talking about Seung Hee.
“That kid is still far off. She should be working twice as hard as others, but she is being more lazy by reading romance novels.”
“No, she is working hard these days.”
Na Young grinned as she looked at the tall and wide back of Professor Tae Hyuk walking ahead.
She felt a little uneasy because he had not said a word since a while ago.
Did he feel upset because she called Professor Seung Jun without permission?
But apologizing in front of Professor Seung Jun would make him uncomfortable, so she could not apologize now.
“Are you and Professor Oh close?”
She deliberately asked about the relationship between the two to engage him in conversation.
“Of course. Among our classmates, I’m the only one who can handle Tae Hyuk’s shittiness.”
Professor Tae Hyuk immediately turned around and glared at Seung Jun.
“Shittiness?”
“Why? Now you want to look like a cool professor in front of the young residents? You’re already known as the viper professor among the residents.”
When Tae Hyuk looked at her, Na Young politely laughed and interpreted it in a good way.
“We need to be scolded to avoid making the same mistakes. I think I need Professor Choi’s sharp criticism.”
“He used to openly curse at the professor during his resident period.”
“What?”
She was very surprised and covered her mouth with both hands.
To prevent Seung Jun from further exposing his embarrassing past, Tae Hyuk gestured and called him.
“Come next to me.”
Seung Jun deliberately stuck to Na Young’s side more and shook his head.
“I don’t want to. I like being next to Miss Moon more.”
That touched a nerve with Tae Hyuk, and he moved to catch Oh Seung Jun immediately.
However, Oh Seung Jun also didn’t just stand still and dodged behind Moon Na Young.
The two professors started to play a sudden game of tag, leaving her in the middle.
Na Young, while finding this situation ridiculously funny as authoritative figures like professors behaving childishly, covered her mouth with her hand and laughed.
Rrrrrrrrrr Rrrrrrrrrr
Then, someone’s phone rang.
It was Oh Seung Jun’s phone.
Upon answering the call, Seung Jun’s relaxed expression disappeared instantly.
“I understand. I’ll head to the ER right now.”
At the mention of the emergency room, Tae Hyuk also stopped chasing Oh Seung Jun.
Seung Jun, after hanging up, quickly explained to the two.
“An emergency surgery came up. I’m leaving.”
Before the two could even respond, Oh Seung Jun left hurriedly.
After making such a fuss, only the two of them were left.
“…….”
“…….”
As Tae Hyuk and Na Young turned their heads from the direction where Seung Jun left, a peculiar atmosphere flowed when their eyes met.
It wasn’t a year, a second was enough.
The time when the relationship between a professor and a resident changes.
When her eyes met with Professor Choi Tae Hyuk, it was a completely different feeling than when she was casually conversing with Professor Oh Seung Jun, and she became conscious without realizing.
Apparently, it was her mistake to have called Professor Oh Seung Jun.
If Oh Seung Jun hadn’t been there from the beginning, there wouldn’t have been such awareness.
Na Young turned her gaze first and spoke as if nothing was wrong.
“Then we’ll have to go eat just the two of us.”
He also nodded his head in agreement.
Na Young went to a nearby restaurant known for their excellent grilled yellow corvina set menu with Professor Choi Tae Hyuk.
“I chose a place that is inexpensive and serves healthy food that’s delicious, just in case you might feel burdened if I bought something expensive.”
The grilled yellow corvina restaurant was a place where Tae Hyuk had eaten several times before he went to America.
It was an old famous restaurant near the hospital.
Since the menu only had the grilled yellow corvina set, there was no need to worry about what to order.
A brief silence flowed between the two who took their seats.
Professor Choi Tae Hyuk seemed not to care much about it, but she was quite bothered by this awkwardness.
The awkwardness with him constantly forced her back to that day.
So, chased by the silence, Na Young asked anything that came to mind.
“How was life in America?”
“I was only at the hospital, so it’s the same as here.”
It sounded as if he was saying that only the race of the patients was different.
“I also want to work at the Cleveland Clinic someday.”
Tae Hyuk frowned and immediately shook his head.
“It’s nothing special.”
Huh. It was strange that he, who had worked there and received recognition, was telling her not to go.
“But I still want to go.”
She, a resident, even wanted to cross the Pacific.
Now, their first encounter, where everything had gone smoothly, seemed like a mere dream.
How was it possible that day when things were so unresolved?
Tae Hyuk glared at the innocent flatfish.
“Please try it. It’s really delicious.”
When he raised his head to look at her, Na Young smiled uprightly.
Even though her smile was not as heartfelt as that day, she was still beautiful.
Tae Hyuk picked up his spoon.
As Professor Tae Hyuk began to eat, Na Young relaxed and enjoyed her meal.
“Fortunately, we’re not getting any emergency calls. Seems like we’re lucky to eat today.”
She meant well, but when Tae Hyuk stopped eating and stared at her face, Na Young hesitated.
“Ah! I didn’t jinx it, did I? Could my comment bring an emergency call?”
He wasn’t looking at her because of that. He was looking at her because she had said ‘we’.
Just that one word made it feel like they had suddenly become closer.
The moment he opened his mouth to say something to Na Young, a familiar voice appeared.
“Professor Choi. What a surprise to see you here.”
It was Yoon Ina.
Instead of an emergency call, a woman with a history with Professor Tae Hyuk had shown up.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
