49 – 10 million won and the whereabouts of the team leader (2)
Thanks to the rapid healing of my body, I went home after taking a 2-week accelerated course from attack → surgery → recovery → discharge. I was getting ready to go.
“It seems like you’ve been here with me for a very long time. “When I think back, it doesn’t seem like it’s been that long.”
On the other hand, Ruina helps with packing up.
She tilted her head and expressed doubt.
Same goes for me.
Is it because I stay in this hospital room all day without doing anything special, and only occasionally walk around the hospital for rehabilitation and walks?
Two weeks, which is not a short time, seemed to have passed in an instant.
…… Maybe it’s my mood?
“But honey. “Are you sure your wounds are okay?”
“I heard that I can be discharged from the hospital, so wouldn’t it be okay? Of course, I will need outpatient treatment.”
“uuu… ….”
Ruina looks disapproving.
It seemed like he was secretly hoping that I would be completely cured and then be discharged.
But the limit was slowly approaching.
No matter how much you spend, you can receive the highest quality medical services in a single-person hospital room.
Even though I did rehabilitation exercises on a top-of-the-line electric bed.
I want to go out… !!
My body and mind wanted a normal, busy life outside the hospital.
Isn’t it said that people who are quarantined somewhere for a long period of time due to infectious diseases, etc., Often suffer from depression?
The person I am now was close to that limit.
If Ruina hadn’t been by her side the whole time, she might have grabbed the crotch of her doctor’s pants and begged him to leave the hospital a long time ago.
“Thank you. “For staying with me all along.”
I was grateful to Ruina and stroked her soft hair.
“Ahem. “I was just doing what was natural as her girlfriend.”
Louisa put her hands on her waist and showed off her confident appearance while her cheeks turned peachy.
Even her triumphant appearance was so cute and lovely.
“It looks like you’ve already finished preparing for discharge.”
“Ah, teacher.”
With perfect timing, the doctor who had been watching me closely for two weeks reflected her face into the hospital room.
“First of all, the affected area is in a very stable condition… …. “Everything was paid in full.”
The doctor opened her mouth as she looked at the medical cart and the scraps of receipts stuck on top of it.
I must have lost millions of won in two weeks. I paid it in full without even knowing it.
As expected, there seems to be an invisible hand involved when it comes to hospital expenses.
“But you still can’t do intense exercise like extreme sports?”
“hahahaha…. “I will keep that in mind.”
Even sports that aren’t extreme to begin with are rarely played after graduating from the academy…….
“Eh. And so. “Umm.”
“Yes?”
The doctor placed the carte on her side and smacked her mouth.
Something wanted to say something to me, but it seemed like he couldn’t get his mouth to speak.
“Over there. “Guardian?”
“Neng?”
Huh? Are you suddenly calling Ruina here?
Is this something much more serious than I expected?
“I have something to share with Seonghoon. Could you please leave for a moment? “It only takes 30 seconds.”
“Is this serious?”
Ruina asked the question I wanted to ask without any mistake.
“No, no. It’s not that serious. “I want only the patient to hear this.”
“Ugh… ….”
Ruina looked up at me with anxious eyes.
“It’ll be okay. “Wait outside first.”
I reassured her by patting her on the shoulder.
“Yes… …. Okay.”
Louis I put her backpack on her shoulder and trudged out of her hospital room with a worried look on her face.
Drurr.
Dalkak.
After the sliding door is closed.
I stiffened my face and faced the doctor.
“After all, it’s an important story, right?”
Compared to the severity of the injury I suffered, it felt like the wound healed too quickly.
As a doctor, I would be very reluctant to say anything negative to the guardian.
So.
I’m sure what the doctor said to me was…….
“Should I say it is important? “I didn’t necessarily mean to listen to it.”
“Do you want to listen?”
Hello.
Is something a little different from what I expected?
“As I said last time. “He told me to refrain from strenuous exercise until the wound is completely healed.”
The doctor turned her head away from me and continued her story.
“So, hey… …. Establishing a relationship with your guardian is……. It’s better to adjust the number of times a little…….”
“Hmm.”
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I opened my mouth and froze as I heard the story that the doctor had so hard to come up with.
A few days ago.
After forming a deep bond with Ruina for the first time.
It was because the memory of her hugging her a couple of more times suddenly came to mind.
“In the middle of the night, Mr. Seong-Hoon moaned, “Yuri, Yuri,” And it sounded like a ghost to the staff on duty… ….”
“I understand. Okay, stop…….”
I raised my arm to mean that I didn’t have to say any more, cutting off the doctor.
It was fortunate that when she was called Ruina, others heard her as Yuri, an alias.
After that.
Ruina and I came down to the first floor lobby of the hospital.
Of course, she immediately asked me what I had said to the doctor.
I muttered and said that I had only heard about how to take care of wounds.
“Okay. “If you’re going to hide it that much, I won’t ask you any more.”
Louis I immediately saw that she was lying.
Well, I knew right away that it was a lie from the way I spoke before.
“hahahaha… ….”
I twitched a clumsy smile and took out my cell phone.
Several messages arrived just in time for my discharge.
It was a light yet heartfelt message from Gyeongtae.
It was a message that calmed down Si-eun’s chattering mood and seemed to show her apologetic feelings in writing.
In addition, there were messages congratulating me on my discharge from other acquaintances.
“Huh?”
And last.
A text from Team Leader Tae-seok Lee that was just sent a few minutes ago.
However, no matter how you look at the content, it had an unusual atmosphere.
“It’s not the handler, it’s my name…” ….”
Since I participated in the operation.
The team leader never once called me by my name.
If anyone ever called me, I just called them Handler, the code name the government forced me to give them.
If you say that a man like that called me by my name and came down from his seat…….
“Honey? What’s the matter?”
“Hey, Yuri.”
Ruina suddenly brushed her worried face and lightly stroked my head and opened her mouth.
“Are there people around you who are staring at us?”
“Are you talking about the suits? For a moment… ….”
In the middle of a crowded hospital lobby, dozens of people are walking around.
In response to my question, Ruina quietly closed her eyes and slowly bobbed her head from side to side.
“Oh, that’s strange. “There isn’t even one person?”
That was the result of Ruina’s scan, which came back soon after.
Following a text message sent unexpectedly by the team leader whose whereabouts were unknown for two weeks.
Now that all the black suits that were watching us for even a minute have disappeared.
I sensed that something was happening underneath.
And that intuition is,
“There is no van… ….”
After leaving the main entrance of the hospital.
I was sure that there was no black van waiting near us.
* * *
In front of my house after taking a taxi and returning after two weeks.
But me and Ruina too.
I immediately noticed that the surroundings of my house were different from before.
“As expected, it’s strange.”
“Yes. No one is here.”
Could it be because of what Team Leader Lee Tae-seok said about work-related circumstances?
It was a strange feeling to be watched by so many people all the time and then disappear all at once.
When I was being watched, I wondered when those eyes would disappear.
Press the common entrance password as usual.
Climb the narrow stairs as usual.
As usual, we stop in front of the door of room 402.
“…… Hmm?”
I glanced at Ruina, who was pouting, tilting her head to one side, and finally I entered the front door code and opened the door.
And soon.
What caught my eye.
“What is this?”
It was the first time in my life that I saw high heels neatly arranged at the entrance.
“Woah…… Ruler…… ?”
Leaving behind Ruina’s suddenly cold voice, I thought I knew why.
I rushed into the living room.
“You’re a little late, Hero Handler. No, Mr. Cho Seong-hoon, the villain breeding manager.”
“Who are you!!?”
A woman in a suit came home before me, the homeowner, and was sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed.
She stood up leisurely and faced me directly.
“Nice to meet you. My name is Jang Se-hee, head of the Strategic Crisis Response Team. Please be kind to me.”
“Woman…… !”
He didn’t care about the blinding hostility of Ruina who came running in afterwards.
The woman who introduced herself as team leader Jang Se-hee smiled smugly at us.
The villain what manager??