Su-yeong gulped down the water beside Woo-jin. Sitting next to him all day, reading books, had made her throat sore.

At first, she enjoyed reading her favorite books and not having to do any cleaning. However, now she missed the mop. The sense of accomplishment was quite nice.

“Hurry up and read. What if you stop there?”

Frustrated by the seemingly comfortable man who only needed to open his ears to listen, Su-yeong felt her temper rising. However, she restrained herself upon seeing the respirator inserted into his nose.

This person is not normal… he’s a patient… I shouldn’t fight with a patient…

After smoothing her voice and resuming reading the book, Woo-jin closed his eyes and listened to her voice.

“Mark, who laid a round, fluffy rug on the floor, smiled and politely closed the door after looking at her. Things that couldn’t happen in Korea seemed so natural abroad, which was both fascinating and relieving. She wasn’t treated like a frivolous woman here. Yu-jin kneeled quietly by the bedside, looking at Dohyun’s face. He was sweating, whether from tears or sweat, his face was moist. Yu-jin carefully wiped his face with a soft towel….”

Then, lunch arrived.

Hurray! Thanks to Seol Ji-hyeon ordering a meal for the guardian, Woo-jin’s and Su-yeong’s meals were served side by side.

Su-yeong opened the side dishes’ lid and gasped.

In the hospital, salmon? The salmon, which she thought would only be available at a buffet, was elegantly placed in the middle of the tray.

“Why?”

Woo-jin asked, concentrating on her breath.

“Goodness, salmon came out. Is this hospital correct? Seol Woo-jin’s meal… um… isn’t here? Maybe it’s a hospital meal, so it didn’t come out. Woo-jin’s meal is rice, yellow corvina soup, and, um… what kind of soup is this? Egg roll, what kind of side dish… oh! Yukjeon! And… what’s this? Salad? Anyway, it’s all lined up from left to right.”

“Remove it.”

Woo-jin said, wearing a stern expression.

“Huh?”

“I don’t want hospital food.”

Sighing at his childish stubbornness, Su-yeong continued, “Seol Woo-jin, do you know what the grandfather with many lawyers and the president like the most? If Seol Woo-jin, who can’t eat because he’s always sleeping, eats when he’s with me, then he’ll eat well. But if he doesn’t eat like this, what will I be?”

“Met the grandfather?”

“Huh?”

She clearly said that she was late in the morning because she met the grandfather… but now this person is acting all forgetful.

“I told you in the morning, right? Seol Woo-jin met the grandfather with many lawyers.”

“Don’t know. I wasn’t in my right mind in the morning. I lose my mind when I get a shot.”

She thought he was awake with his eyes open, but was he half-asleep with his eyes open? Was he not in his right mind, or was it a mess?
The thought crossed her mind that she shouldn’t take the injection, but she also thought that the doctor was an expert, and he would handle it.

“Only eat three bites. If you don’t, I’m leaving.”

“Stop with that threat. It’s annoying.”

“Really? Seriously? Then I’ll leave?”

Woo-jin paused for a moment, then grumbled harshly.

“…Miss…”

While fiddling with the utensils, she hadn’t forgotten to force a smile.

“Instead of me eating, you read the entire book today.”

“Huh? This is nearly 300 pages long? My throat will be sore!”

“Then don’t eat.”

As he attempted to put the utensils down again, Su-yeong hurriedly said, “Okay, okay. Okay, I’ll eat. Instead of three bites, though, make it ten bites.”

“Where is that!”

“If I read the book while you eat, can’t Seol Woo-jin, who has many lawyers and the president, eat ten bites for me? Even though I eat, why should it be for your sake?”

Although she felt reluctant while saying this, it didn’t feel bad.

Woo-jin, with utensils in hand, turned his head towards her for a moment and then slowly began to scoop up the rice.

Watching him eat, Su-yeong smiled and placed yukjeon on top of his rice.

Of course, she got one for herself too.

⭐⭐⭐

“An audiobook?”

After lunch, when Woo-jin fell asleep, Ji-hyeon came to Su-yeong.

At first, she thought he came to see Woo-jin, but he confirmed that Woo-jin was asleep and said he had something to tell Su-yeong.

“Yes, he mentioned it briefly before, but I was busy and didn’t hear it properly. Since Woo-jin met you, my concentration has become blurred, and I haven’t been able to do my manuscript revisions properly. Haha.”

Su-yeong, thinking it was her fault that Woo-jin couldn’t work properly, briefly lowered her gaze to Ji-hyeon’s feet, then raised it again.

“But when I heard Su-yeong’s voice reading the book, it was so good.”

“Oh? You heard me reading?”

“Yes, I heard it last night.”

She didn’t even know when Ji-hyeon came while she was putting Woo-jin to sleep. He had to sleep for Ji-hyeon to leave work.