Taming the Wicked Professor (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 16
Na Young really wanted to just walk out like this, but if she didn’t tie things up properly now, it would affect her hospital life too.
If the hospital staff found out about the two of them, it would truly become an irreversible situation.
She decided to handle the most urgent problem first.
“The lunchbox…”
“Eat it. You gave me flowers too, remember?”
Why on earth did I buy and offer him flowers?
Only now did Na Young regret it to death.
“I only gave you flowers once. So please, Professor, just give me a lunchbox once.”
Na Young practically begged, though she didn’t clasp her hands together.
“Mrs. Hwang…”
Every time Professor Choi Tae Hyuk brought up Mrs. Hwang, he made a weak expression, so now Mrs. Hwang felt like the final boss.
“Then can I tell Mrs. Hwang directly myself?”
“You’re saying you’ll come to my house?”
At the word “house,” Na Young jumped like she’d been burned and quickly denied it.
“No! Just over the phone.”
“Mrs. Hwang has sudden hearing loss, so her ears aren’t very good anymore.”
A doctor didn’t seem like the type to lie about an illness. So it was really bad.
“Then by text.”
“That would be too rude.”
Na Young’s hands unconsciously clenched into fists.
She used her last bit of patience and asked as politely as possible.
“Then what should I do, Professor?”
“Mrs. Hwang will come to our hospital for her health checkup, so tell her then.”
When he actually offered a solution, Na Young’s expression brightened.
“When is her checkup?”
“December.”
When her face instantly darkened, Tae Hyuk spoke as if doing her a favor.
“That’s too late, so I’ll try to move the checkup date forward.”
“Really?”
Tae Hyuk nodded.
“But until then, eat the lunchboxes.”
If she said she wouldn’t eat them, it felt like he wouldn’t change the date, so she nodded and said okay.
Only then did he look satisfied.
It felt like something had been resolved, yet also like she had lost big time.
The lunchboxes mostly followed his will, but their relationship had to be sorted out according to hers.
So she started speaking gently first. So he wouldn’t get offended.
“I understand how you feel, Professor.”
Actually, she didn’t understand at all.
Whether “I like you” meant he just wanted to sleep with her again, or if he really liked her.
“But you won’t show it at the hospital, right?”
“Depends.”
Depends?!
Just looking at this arrogant attitude made it clear.
He hadn’t confessed purely because he liked her.
It just meant he wanted to sleep with her again.
Na Young glared at him hard, then turned around and left the office.
Slam!
At the sound of the door closing hard, Tae Hyuk frowned.
“What’s with her?”
It meant that sometimes you can’t hide your feelings as you want—did that really warrant getting that angry?
Since she was assisting with the paper, she was qualified to participate in the transplant surgery, so she attended the meeting about Hwang Myung Soon’s liver transplant.
The liver resection and partial liver transplant had to proceed without issues within the set time, so prior coordination between the medical staff was extremely important.
When she entered the conference room, Dong Gun waved at her.
Na Young was walking toward the chief’s seat when she noticed Professor Choi Tae Hyuk sitting right in front of Dong Gun and stopped in her tracks.
He was talking with Professor Woo Do Han, who would perform the donor’s liver resection.
“I’ll sit here.”
She deliberately sat on the opposite side and glanced at Professor Choi Tae Hyuk, but he wasn’t paying any attention to her.
Seeing him like that made his claim of liking her feel like a dream.
She should praise him for staying professional, but she also felt a little upset—human emotions are so unpredictable.
Fine, I won’t pay attention either.
Na Young turned her gaze to the partial liver transplant materials she had brought.
Most surgeries rely heavily on the lead surgeon’s technical skill, but transplant surgery seemed like the only one that couldn’t be done with skill alone.
The patient gets a second life through someone else’s sacrifice, so in a way, it’s the closest thing to a miracle a person can perform.
“If we minimize bleeding during the donor liver resection, we can reduce the surgery time by that much.”
Just watching the two lead surgeons discuss how to safely replace the patient’s liver filled Na Young with awe.
How could they do such an incredible thing without feeling fear?
Would she naturally become like them once she gained more experience?
Her motivation surged, but then her eyes met Professor Choi Tae Hyuk’s as he turned his head, and sparks flew in the wrong direction.
Na Young immediately looked away.
The daughter-in-law donor never changed her mind and decided to give part of her liver to her mother-in-law.
The two patients, lying on moving beds, passed each other on the way to the operating rooms, and the mother-in-law, Hwang Myung Soon, reached out her hand first to her daughter-in-law.
The daughter-in-law stared at the yellowed, wrinkled hand for a moment before slowly reaching out and holding it.
“It’ll be okay, Mother.”
Those words carried years of built-up emotion, making Na Young’s chest feel heavy as she stood nearby.
Once this surgery was over and Hwang Myung Soon recovered, their relationship would probably change a lot from before.
Their joined hands separated, and the donor and recipient each entered their operating rooms.
Na Young assisted in the recipient’s operating room, where Professor Choi Tae Hyuk was the lead surgeon.
Professor Choi Tae Hyuk removed the blackened, hardened liver that had lost all function from the patient’s body.
She received the massive liver taken from the patient. It felt just like a rock.
At that moment, Professor Choi Tae Hyuk glanced at the clock, the OR door opened, and a resident entered carrying the liver removed from the donor.
“Please take good care of it.”
The resident’s words lingered long in the air.
That familiar phrase you could hear anywhere, but in this operating room, it was tied directly to life.
Professor Choi Tae Hyuk immediately placed the healthy liver into the patient’s body and connected the bile ducts and blood vessels.
Everything proceeded smoothly. Without wasting a single minute or second.
And the surgery ended 30 minutes earlier than scheduled.
Just because the transplant was successful didn’t mean everything was over.
Now they had to manage immunosuppressive therapy well and thoroughly prevent post-op infections.
Until the patient was safely discharged, the doctors and nurses had no time to rest.
Still, today they decided to have a small celebration party to mark the perfect completion of the transplant.
It was grandly called a party, but it was just grilled pork belly and soju at a casual gathering.
“Wow, this is the first time we’ve had a gathering like this after Professor Choi’s surgery.”
Dong Gun looked happy—the surgery went well, and now there was drinking.
For Na Young, who assisted in a liver transplant for the first time, her feelings were complicated.
It felt like she had done something amazing, yet also like she hadn’t done anything at all.
It was a surgery that clearly showed just how incredible a surgeon Professor Choi Tae Hyuk was.
That must be why he could approach her so fearlessly.
He was confident in surgery, so he believed being involved with her wouldn’t affect his work.
She was both envious and annoyed by that.
Because it would definitely affect her.
That’s why she absolutely couldn’t give in easily.
With that resolve, Na Young was about to pick up some pork belly with her chopsticks when her eyes met Professor Choi Tae Hyuk sitting across from her, and she froze.
He stared straight at her and brought his glass to his lips.
He hadn’t spared her a glance inside the hospital, but outside, he was blatantly obvious.
‘So does that mean kissing is okay outside the hospital?’
The sudden memory made her face flush hot.
Na Young quickly avoided his gaze and looked at Dong Gun.
Dong Gun was setting down his glass.
“I was only going to have one drink, but Professor Choi is glaring at me.”
To interpret it that way.
This guy really had no tact. Which she was thankful for.
“You have to check on Hwang Myung Soon when we get back to the hospital, right? Should I do it?”
Dong Gun waved his hands, saying no.
“If Professor Choi finds out, he’ll kill me. I’ll do it.”
Dong Gun said it was fine, but she didn’t drink with him either.
She planned to properly review today’s liver transplant once back at the hospital.
So when Dong Gun stood up to go check on Hwang Myung Soon, she got up too.
“Then we’ll head back first.”
The remaining people were all seniors with more experience, so the two bowed deeply and left the restaurant.
Na Young was walking back to the hospital with Dong Gun when her phone rang.
She checked it—a very assertive message had arrived.
How funny. As if he can decide that.
Na Young snorted and was about to put her phone back in her pocket when it buzzed again.
Na Young scowled fiercely at her phone.
The professor who looked so noble in the OR turned into a bad guy the moment he left the hospital.
There was no in-between with him—either extremely impressive or extremely bad.
“I need to stop by the convenience store. Chief, go ahead.”
Na Young sent Dong Gun back alone and sat under the convenience store parasol, waiting for Professor Choi Tae Hyuk.
Seeing the bright cherry blossoms even under the streetlight, it truly felt like spring.
Living trapped in the hospital, she hadn’t even noticed spring had arrived.
Step, step.
Hearing the sound of dress shoes approaching, she turned her head and saw Professor Choi Tae Hyuk walking toward her.
He stopped right in front of her.
A pink petal fluttering down from the sky landed gently on his shoulder.
The look in his eyes as he gazed at her openly exuded seductive pheromones.
“Can I sit next to you?”
She almost wavered for a moment, but thankfully regained her senses quickly.
Good thing she hadn’t drunk any alcohol.
That allowed her to make the right judgment.
Na Young sat up straight and pointed to the seat in front of her.
“No, you should sit here, Professor.”
It was a way of saying keep your distance, so Tae Hyuk slightly raised an eyebrow.
He shoved his hands in his pockets and said one thing.
“We’re outside the hospital right now.”
She responded politely with a smile.
“It’s right in front of the hospital.”
Tae Hyuk clicked his tongue shortly and reluctantly sat down heavily in the seat she pointed to.
“I went through the trouble of getting you out of the hospital, and you’re making excuses.”
It sounded like he had planned the whole gathering just for her.
Today’s gathering was simply a meaningful celebration of the successful liver transplant.
It wasn’t a place for the two of them.
Na Young decided to drive the wedge in first before he could shake her.
“Actually, Professor Choi isn’t really my type at all.”
At her provocation, Tae Hyuk got worked up.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
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