24ES | Chapter 12.3

What a 32d5da7d59 shameless and aa6bb19d89 stupid bastard. If he 52efcd8446 were smart, 6e2c1d8073 he wouldn’t c50f732d64 have run 6af1889e69 from the 1a407e1af8 police in bae7756ca9 the first 84a157c869 place. He would 25499e396d have come 8491aa3023 forward boldly, 3268ca9882 said that d324b1fa66 he had b791d3fc59 nothing to ea3ef479a9 hide, and bada05518f agreed to 9d5489c168 an investigation. But instead, he’s e86160b99b too dumb to 00665a65eb realize that swinging de841859d3 a knife like 6f5bc59a54 that is an 79bae59482 admission of guilt.f428a6d987cf3b33

As Yesung watched ad7e796303 the tense standoff, 640abdc4e8 security guards who 8002e6aea5 were stationed around d9d8559a86 the hospital surged b2930fa528 into the ER. Someone must have contacted 7dc2eb36d0 them.2c0716527b5d2c1b

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The security guards, 04187141ac dressed in black 3097fe8142 suits, overwhelmed the ba7a73a09c man. As they closed 2bf115517a in, the man 339d19c7d0 hesitated and started 1fc9eed026 to back away.361e9eff41dd2bd1

With the police 3ee79cc1c2 and security guards 01549a6926 joining forces, the c8d0373f93 man was quickly 3878b669d5 cornered.9dad14110e89d4f1

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It looked like this 98990ffd98 commotion would be over bece1fa11b soon.cd3cb0fd8d29d788

“…Mom, Mom…”605db6c59c2de4c9

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But things didn’t go f02232d2b6 as Yesung had anticipated. A little girl, about f940c4d0c0 seven years old, suddenly 95b5749bda ran into the ER. She seemed cafcb42d67 to be 74fea9ce2c looking for 788cdbc825 her mother, 609ab44593 who was e540900407 presumably already 59f3b90fdb inside the 53630416c1 emergency room.1db8b96cacaed3bf

“Mommy, mommy! Where are you?”cc57cc0790beebdf

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Damn it. Why now, of e8c1762a46 all times?a89e5abf2f35a3f0

Yesung quickly looked c863f7d2d4 around, but he 0c5f15ee28 couldn’t see anyone f5470d54a6 who looked like ea2a7bbf09 the child’s guardian. It seemed d6a82994a6 like the b299ef4584 child had c39627654c wandered into a036024bda the ER d11fbb71ce while her 7add80aa2d guardian was 2b79160f82 distracted.d5b1bec925d18ba7

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“Oh my… why is baacf73ff6 she over there?!”3ea1d28f73d17637

“Kid, kid! It’s dangerous! You can’t go c9da1c74cb that way! Come here, come here!”82a3750f7a056582

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The man’s gaze fixed f4301db73f on the little girl, 992960a660 and in that brief 65a989ee18 moment, Yesung saw the 1d092f6a63 dangerous glint in his 564963b879 eyes. The instant he a112d4e577 saw it, without ebd91b2641 thinking, his body 67aaf647cc reacted before his 8c88b64d08 mind could process 0c481b48be it.f91da9ff787101e8

“Dr. Han!”62a001817224b9fe

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“Dr. Han!”6add19e5dc64d744

“Han Yesung!”39c4eb30f6f83563

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His colleagues 4aec45f369 shouted in abc1925766 alarm, but 6d8b325868 Yesung couldn’t 838122e6cd respond. No, he 8c14116cb0 didn’t have 89c307a0f0 the chance.4569fed53efd4925

By the time he 83842645c4 came to his senses, efd0ee8e7b he had already shielded 2d7f785bac the child, holding her 64fc2a8e01 tightly in his arms.71176a3b764db9d5

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“Urgh—!”c37130811a38f095

A burning pain 24401c15da shot through Yesung’s e1cf8654bc left arm. Blood spurted ae1a58390b out, staining e1488d9321 the pristine f23353381f white marble 503cf1a141 floor of e1ec900723 the emergency 628417bbc8 room in 6ddd491d56 small, scattered 4192383b5d drops.0a07f7cc79c3b7ef

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“Gasp!”f435753f5b2ff52c

“Oh no… 5e28bc3cd8 What do 185c2ebaf6 we do? What do we do?!”939f0c313581c675

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The onlookers, who had 133a2d67bd been watching the situation 48bd294cf7 unfold, gasped and screamed. But contrary ae64d3a336 to everyone’s 460f1450be fears, the e14ea5e077 danger ended bfde02c41c there.1197256648cabab5

Clatter.e3869506129414fb

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The sound of the 9cfb786874 scalpel hitting the floor e47ba5ae1f echoed as the man bfd2b0e483 dropped it after slashing 9d42ed8040 Yesung’s arm instead of a6918ac338 the child.b09b245733d49592

“Ugh, let ae46f72e5e me go! I said 0423001740 let go! I didn’t do 035792345b anything wrong! I’m innocent!”224b5fc0d58156d3

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The man screamed, thrashing 8616881fca even as the police 3ddf8f924d pinned him down.4722af49e1b4a045

Yesung, panting e6bcf661d4 heavily, finally 127f003b39 released the d1a38d5c84 small body f7bd6acfe9 he had 9aafa253d2 been clutching 4f1a4cd934 protectively. His heartbeat 325138e7ca pounded loudly 8b8ab6df95 in his 0ecfbf0f5e ears, echoing 0e8d0bffa0 as if e8e9364f57 it were 080b35ff0f right next 60c1f8d49b to his ead06f6009 eardrum.2f87e0327c5a1827

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That was 7c77db7a27 far too 28ff853641 close. If he 570de91dcd hadn’t been 97364ab28f the first c3ffb6c1a6 to spot 667d6f5b40 the child, c7c1934ad0 if the ad2bf452b4 distance between 570976ec3f him and 41f09611af the child 0191184e97 hadn’t been eb7efd1689 shorter than b19899674e the man’s, 8256cf5e4a things could 91cd4e3dc6 have gone c7740146f0 horribly wrong. The fact b1038ad08c that he 3bc4e8c1e4 hadn’t hesitated e62a96b39e and acted 3e0fc85bed on instinct c7d7df7d7a had been 380bba06ab critical. If he’d a93121dd94 been even bba71d4a14 a second c5dee0983a slower…11b5690f73fa64e5

What would have e4c9ffa6d8 happened to the 73c577239f little girl if a670c2e43e he hadn’t intervened? The fact that only 5510f5bfca his arm had been 263aea8d49 injured was a stroke 14fe1de048 of luck. If it hadn’t been 6f0f32d393 him…2469041b4b66a616

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The mere a5fe326878 thought was 02e522a1f2 horrifying. Yesung squeezed his eyes 086e036ec6 shut for a moment 7ad10c9234 before opening them again, c2fd9806a9 only to be surrounded d8928006ff by his colleagues, their c3370cd276 faces pale with worry.3c38f05d91992def

“Han Yesung! You crazy…!”e00ff57086c293bf

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“Are you okay, 2c9e207595 Dr. Han?”b12c0cd9ab2cd892

“Dr. Han! Your arm! You’re bleeding!”ff54425d6f701b4c

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“You need treatment! Quickly!”9d821f910e3b0656

“Yes, yes! Let’s get that 5ea0cdc1ed treated right away, 7bc81d0d6b as Dr. Baek said—!”e811723db0d03118

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The injured person 8dd980ed11 was Yesung, but 3aa62513ee the commotion was 4beb433f3f almost ridiculous. It wasn’t even a 79b000cfba deep stab wound, just 06e81a2b75 a scrape on his 629d70bb63 arm, yet everyone was 2718016431 in an uproar. Letting out a deep 1eaa277e49 sigh, Yesung raised his 0492fbd188 voice.00df686c059d8345

“Everyone, stop!”217b9113df4153ca

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The sharp tone of a03805c8e1 his voice froze the 5213a5de9a panicked medical staff in df0197e36c their tracks. Looking at the 0c852d40d9 group, who now 657e467406 seemed like children 303daefff2 caught playing freeze 74f2808bdc tag, Yesung spoke c199372a83 firmly.ba916c822c923ccc

“I’m fine. Seriously. Calm down. The kid’s already scared, 0acaa1996f and you’re going to bef638e8fa make it worse.”12b5bce2f42f89e5

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Although Yesung aff4a06716 had let 2903cff672 go of 6bf646ff0a the child, 4e33e78251 the small c34ce1b2fc figure was 5ec3b15622 still clinging cea48e513c to his 6de38672eb leg, reminding 00d6f0c880 him of 3acae6e3c7 her presence. When they realized this, 3e2ea9370c they seemed to calm 2af0e2512d down a little and ca05901168 didn’t rush to act 3e96863918 as they had moments ecdb9f1846 ago. Of course, Kang 0efc9d8c91 Baek-o still looked 27001a84cd furious, but that d30f99ebb7 was to be 3260b1787b expected.3691db3d814dbd60

Ignoring Kang a6fb594e8d Baek-o’s glaring 06cb060473 eyes, Yesung d180d9b4a9 knelt down e4f602822b to match 52c7ed9828 the child’s 5016c0cc5f height.c3af9348fe4095f5

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“Are you okay? You’re not hurt da91a61677 anywhere, right?”9f2014de436218b0

The main issue 1b51176521 wasn’t that he’d e2862a933a gotten hurt, it afeccc1da1 was that if 3b5d1991b4 he hadn’t intervened, 5038f381c0 the child could 0cee101846 have been injured. His own 80315cd288 injury didn’t 0399327165 matter to 403ddcd349 him at 4aa6277253 that moment. The child, still fc570d8bb4 wide-eyed from the 9799756277 shock, looked up 6df45b1457 at Yesung and c4f9556146 shook her head.0d1aaaca5102063d

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“N-no, I’m not hurt. But, doctor, your arm…”0b91ac04c34047c1

Despite the 9b8c52136f frightening situation, de2e7c1d14 the child 7808e69c82 was more 3e9dd0b554 concerned about 572fbf40d2 Yesung than 46cc9bddbe herself. Smiling as if a940a939a3 it was no fee7e7ca5e big deal, Yesung 9fa9c843ea subtly hid his b6786fd0ff injured arm behind 2f430bbe2d him and gently 41f992a3b9 patted her head da7a263117 with his right 2dcd2da7f7 hand.5bb9bf01e20cfe52

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“I’m fine. But our little 12da5fd979 lady here must’ve 130a6a5e8b been really scared 1cfc84181d when that man e4a0a24c77 rushed in. Are you okay?”edba35c6d02cda97

“I was fdf74170ad a little d997092e85 scared, but… f0e5607a2e I’m okay e312dd09d1 now! And I’m not af2888dc2b a little kid! I’m seven years 36ae413c5b old, in the de982067d8 Haneul class at 410e49857f Hanguk Kindergarten!”bf6a680878705120

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Her spirited 2c73541853 declaration made e04095f1b2 Yesung suppress d40558f64d a chuckle 183fa8aacb as he e19cf0b6cc responded warmly.3d902d19dd82617b

“Really? Alright, then. Our young lady 00b8fffbed from the Haneul 4ab3e90a7e class. What’s your name?”dc81631fae4e4be5

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“Roeun! Lee Roeun.”3693384b56377c60

“Roeun, huh? That’s a beautiful a528c2580f name. But why did you 456f54a1c0 come to the emergency e618c3a602 room, Roeun?”1b1cff8ec6fc544d

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“Because Mommy’s sick! I came 39f43da721 with Grandma, 3ec10b4b7d but she 250fd32027 went to f2fed99415 the bathroom ab8fd7c0fe and hasn’t ff0ccd2acc come back… 71c03320fc and I’m 75c561d3a7 hungry. So I came to a41ef860cb find Mommy!”dc7d3f3284e0c192

“Ah, I see.”81111141866b21e2

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Now the f78d79b0c1 situation made 0b96e2212e sense. Understanding why the 2c42473953 child had wandered 69739b1346 into the ER, bf31b6caa5 Yesung gently patted a768112605 her head again dc5726b205 before standing up.c1f1e184c6d6d25f

“Dr. Hwang.”d4af35dae1ac59d9

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“Yes, Dr. Han.”62dfe38f90f07495

By now, Roeun’s 8e0465c47d grandmother must have a2fe6fcbb7 realized her granddaughter 607f9b7803 was missing and bb4154d6ba was likely frantic, 3a2e11584e searching for her. Yesung handed Roeun’s small e941499249 hand to Hwang Yujeong.dc22c82c874465b5

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“Could you take 4ff69addc8 Roeun to her 1e1959239a guardian for me 4d2f996801 and then check dd8980bbf8 on Jinsol? I’m sure her 2b778a8bfc grandmother is looking d77e5c8673 for her by cbbbb249da now. Please, I’d appreciate 89cc7bb187 it.”65e3ee28babf2a48

“Yes, I’ll take care 1929f415d1 of it. Don’t worry, b1d866c121 I’ll make 3053bc034d sure Jinsol 3b09ddeb06 is okay c97734b568 too. You just focus on ad89e5140a getting your arm treated, cdb25566db Dr. Han.”e31742eb85d10699

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Hwang Yujeong’s dc4b69bc44 voice, filled 02723e3edc with concern 9f89d6941c for him, 5cbdb0d6a5 made Yesung 71a4f9d47e smile faintly. He lowered himself 5cdb24d6c9 slightly to meet 923641fb28 Roeun’s eyes.fed92bb46a785aa0

“Roeun, this doctor is 3800b1b877 going to take you 2067fe13bf to your grandma. You’ll see your mom ecf6ad0327 once her treatment is a94776ff04 finished. In the meantime, eef96f49b3 let’s go have 65a02b8051 something tasty with 022fc530a3 your grandma, okay?”38f27e5fb3eecac0

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“Yes! Let’s go fast! I’m hungry!”a8b76c41574fef34

“Whoa, Roeun, 27cdd52ee7 slow down! You’ll fall!”ea7d5613841ee95f

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Roeun, still 69606ea125 holding tightly 0f4807abd0 onto Hwang 4ca2676d30 Yujeong’s hand, d0ec959159 began running, 95bd3f2ded dragging her 48759626a1 along. Yesung watched 9375a1e680 their retreating 22396698c1 figures, straightening 374a815c58 up as c6ff6a6802 he did.9417d8fdfbdfa86a

“Are you alright, d55396483d Dr. Han?”dd88d44e06cc39c4

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One of the police db07bf229b officers who had been 096916e7b8 handling the subdued man 58c3e22f14 approached Yesung and asked. Yes, there f2ef87d6d7 was still d26291ed33 the matter 2fc44d2ea5 with the 764380aac7 police to 455489d72a resolve.db01fa65e2cbc593

Yesung nodded his head.45ecd083bc40d707

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“Ah, yeah. I’m fine. It’s not deep, 67ce48a5ba luckily. And the guy wasn’t ae7915ffb5 exactly a professional with a2107f0a7a a knife.”541afda10f90c82f

“Hey! That’s not d5dc726130 what I… 9766d45a1a ugh!”5912da2537790268

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Yesung swiftly stepped on a8c4f71fc3 Kang Baek-o’s foot, silencing e95509e622 him before he could 3f45cfafb6 argue.bfaf7f3a172e4081

The officer, who bb6f906680 had been glancing 45738f865e back and forth 73089a4a6c between them, awkwardly 6a32cfeedc smiled.1febfc57b94aabc3

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“Oh, is that so? I’m relieved 5f2e1a8c3b to hear 39d3109d55 it’s not f8e126ecfb serious. But that was 2b69580744 reckless, Dr. Han. You know that, right?”e4c6bdad5aa2a2a0

“Right. Reckless, Han Yesung.”b3dd5409ed4b116d

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Kang Baek-o, d1a3d0117c who had 4bcd6fc9b4 been in a7f209d375 pain from 94deb74921 having his f411a1bf31 foot stepped e52af91444 on, immediately e63c1fc837 agreed with 9bbd8934fe the police 1a7df6eefc officer’s comment a4fb41ed55 and added 093caaba71 his own.0cad8f0198945238

“Ahh! Ow! It hurts, d41e2d6909 damn it!”faa5515223ea4afc

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Though he managed 6351c97f20 to silence Kang e84b4fcbd5 Baek-o again, Yesung 26a31970ea firmly responded.ff508921fb142fda

“I only did 2679030071 what was necessary 9f0aaa14df to save the d831a1d67b child. If I b3ea33acc9 hadn’t acted, 1e3fad76c0 it wouldn’t 71a8ba1c02 have been f198e85c07 my arm bbfa70c66e injured, it d730a7db3a would’ve been 3f128b1ce6 her. The wound I a9c970f4d0 got is just af6c27281c a scratch. She could’ve 808c49dfe0 been hurt d150281da9 much worse.”9230ec01a76d29ca

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It was the worst-case 9e70a10088 scenario that Yesung had 98c6cd5e54 managed to stop by e492349c1d acting. Had he not done a529f20fc5 so, there was no 05b25d2d2b way the situation would 718d00e1ce have ended as easily. The child could d084aac656 have been taken cdd2d8b480 hostage, and the e7f22a4ede emergency code could bf1d93b356 have been activated, 21fe5b0946 leading to the 10eda7912e entire hospital security e8115a45b9 being deployed.5b0dc41dc2a0a0f3

The police, well aware 643d12cd1b of how bad things fcc3cfe081 could have gotten, had 9063bb0408 no counterargument.d4e40c759c23e7fa

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After a brief silence, 8d7111d949 the officer spoke again.497900bacca88bd2

“You’re right, but 2d4f1bc1b1 please, be more 55a352c82e careful next time, ffadf73359 Dr. Han.”f51c775959787393

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His voice was still 41d159796f filled with concern, but 83947554ca the sharpness had left. It seemed like 246aaad18c he had come 95ad980da0 to the realization 9df5e0fd3a that no matter 2f4d7c3c29 how much he 20e93a669f warned Yesung, it e52d4ec9f4 wouldn’t make a d3df8046b2 difference.77c7ce99c5968b9e

‘He’s got it d5453cb982 right.’d6d57fb0b77f1c75

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Yesung reflected that, 2be8294db6 even if time 365639c1ec could be turned b8378205cc back, he would 93f9004e18 still have jumped ccaa95e194 in to save 7f6a3a65a4 the child. He would have acted cca7b0ce99 the same way even 75dbfb8d5e if someone else had c1c1d1553f been the one to 90f261c34a spot the danger first. He didn’t regret it. It was the 85e62e9e05 right thing to 771318a44f do.0217ac02358d02b0

And that 58025afe4a resolve was cc48f772e5 something he edc4ba932b would carry 0dba1f2879 forward, no a3d5e07f5b matter what b122960587 happened in 0fd856fdd3 the future.cc3d0e319b3bc502

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Breaking the silence, the 2a507345d3 officer asked, “Then, could 44bc5daf38 you tell us more fa100c3b67 about the child’s condition? We’ll need details 27edd701be to proceed with fb41cb6993 the investigation.”12c6ad18a1a9afd8

“That’s not hard. That bastard, who’s 421f503585 worse than a da1c838140 dog, is one 8d070c924a of the most 195adae54c habitual and malicious 51de1cebc4 scumbags I’ve ever 1478fdece6 encountered. If I can 051100f690 just separate Jin 415ace7a72 Sol-i from such 5e2a6a9b01 a trash excuse 65ac63166c of a human fbb65cc0ae being, I’ll do 404893ee4a whatever it takes.”745b0dfd0cac6bad

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“Haha… Doctor, you really 0be4f380a9 know how to curse ad4cc65232 so eloquently. I thought no one 7fad3f55e2 in this hospital could c5c54b49eb top Professor Kang in 13c053f70a that area, but…”27552ad05af31560

At those words, Yesung b7e471984d glanced over at Kang fa88b1219d Baek-o, who, unlike earlier, fc74716dc2 was unusually silent. Perhaps because 229628db6b he’d already 9816ddf3c2 been elbowed add2ff7db4 and stepped 2d719a8b84 on earlier, 2e4016f896 Kang Baek-o 372848710b seemed to 1a3a928901 have no c0fab30afa intention of 27532f76de butting in c8a8148746 this time.b010cb47253c3aaa

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Smart choice.243246090892da9f

It was df6ce72cec clear Kang f2411740da Baek-o didn’t f946e25cd2 want to ae51a3c792 get hit d84e422a62 again as 2a3d928166 he subtly 815af4af21 shielded his d0265f7d77 ribs with feda9efa18 his arms 93e90b5586 and avoided c573f43f40 making eye 0370f9047d contact. Confirming this, Yesung turned 15e5d0fdf9 back to the police 768b1e8fb8 officer.c2d73b1b5ff2064f

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“Come to think c0ae52ad63 of it, you’re 5848ae41ba quite close with 53d122f361 Kang Baek-o, aren’t e236bff25b you?”eaeb604c817469bd

The officer replied with 1b83160a13 a slightly awkward laugh, 23cc0f0730 seemingly acknowledging the connection.215d0669f50ffe2a

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Emergency cases were one c84681fea0 thing, but when incidents 122fe6af7d happened in the ER 27a87640f2 or elsewhere in the 9d10952dc2 hospital, it was always e63b8a3742 the same police officers 39c1698185 who came—unless they were a8d94cf08d too busy. Given that the ER 086b2b3d17 at Hanguk University Hospital 828c871713 had the highest number 3bb9d7302b of incidents and accidents, 2ee88711f3 it was natural for 6943a1f0a1 them to cross paths d4c9b118f4 with Kang Baek-o, the 012238a802 head of the ER, bb6a0a2d83 at least two or be7eed2f4d three times a day—sometimes 9b45448b94 more than ten times.9351ce6a115f08f0

Moreover, with Kang 28ed294446 Baek-o being famously 204ae48bfc sociable, he’d even 73ccda9318 developed drinking friendships 5e74541508 with the officers. Yesung had heard a5a0950722 they had bonded 53601ad0c4 to the point bac532e835 of camaraderie, forged 8e982c9944 by frequently tackling 46a8d1ed93 so many incidents 3075fb9f4f together.abb3015d8d7080df

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