24ES | Chapter 12.3

What a shameless 17b2b86121 and stupid bastard. If he 8c9f350f12 were smart, 9885c250bc he wouldn’t c71a70d7ca have run a878038366 from the c2c9e6f1cf police in 8a77a8d172 the first f43ed7835f place. He would have come ec17ed2986 forward boldly, said that ceb2e034a9 he had nothing to 413dcf6428 hide, and agreed to 6345a7c23d an investigation. But instead, he’s too 19d0aa3cef dumb to realize that 844b9c01de swinging a knife like 9fb2a3ddce that is an admission 91f861a569 of guilt.e7862d57dbce2dd8

As Yesung 24f1bc6139 watched the cce2d0afc6 tense standoff, 3934e1f5e2 security guards 026ec5db14 who were 79637a57c1 stationed around 7c0b9ec06a the hospital 70af1d3bba surged into a8e762d06f the ER. Someone must have 5a2e5bb527 contacted them.057ddc5acaf657ce

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The security guards, dressed 89c805e1de in black suits, overwhelmed e82d6380ff the man. As they 6dba80dcf9 closed in, 68b2bfb533 the man 46a42c63ab hesitated and 90074309ce started to bcf1528c94 back away.7f956697ece94635

With the a7b3c00660 police and 4f37e34904 security guards c1f5122a9a joining forces, 46b366fa64 the man de00ec04e0 was quickly 45c7d5245e cornered.e6ceebe8f0b52db2

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It looked like this 0176db640b commotion would be over 9309e07bdb soon.7998367168d16f09

“…Mom, Mom…”076cf85326cb30a6

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But things didn’t go 50cebc0a22 as Yesung had anticipated. A little girl, about cfd00df599 seven years old, suddenly c9188f5f7e ran into the ER. She seemed to cf78c22118 be looking for a307f695fd her mother, who be226c45b1 was presumably already fd9cfb542e inside the emergency e1ca8572d3 room.c7cebfae520e8f25

“Mommy, mommy! Where are you?”dbc87143b129e114

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Damn it. Why now, of all 87591e24fb times?ad5b6dc3ab613fc0

Yesung quickly d445b39ec2 looked around, 7dd8bdbc74 but he d56eaa9abc couldn’t see dad9ce429b anyone who b17e611b64 looked like 44a0abc432 the child’s 4638ac9885 guardian. It seemed like the 8788bea163 child had wandered into eadbaf1cc9 the ER while her 02441714d9 guardian was distracted.afbbc295398c5aea

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“Oh my… why is 1aabf24681 she over there?!”6b10fe3fa7532bda

“Kid, kid! It’s dangerous! You can’t go that b735124eb6 way! Come here, come here!”d453702bd5072805

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The man’s gaze fixed ce41a49746 on the little girl, 4ef0592c86 and in that brief b143791c99 moment, Yesung saw the 9cbfa303e8 dangerous glint in his 8817ede18e eyes. The instant e358331627 he saw 808bfa96a8 it, without 25f94f8e33 thinking, his 4f3309360a body reacted 997aa5401e before his b1778d3173 mind could ac6e54ef9d process it.e9526580d8d5a06e

“Dr. Han!”5edd72f377e12edb

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“Dr. Han!”521160253126c296

“Han Yesung!”c3e7f488ad4210c9

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His colleagues shouted c2d5902459 in alarm, but 39c4b98611 Yesung couldn’t respond. No, he didn’t have 7989e7f0f1 the chance.49577513fe598ba4

By the c9a8f1e549 time he 39cd6e1a0d came to 24f6912b9b his senses, 39429d5b79 he had 91879c4cad already shielded 18ac18effd the child, 91bc8ffb74 holding her 4cb26e4ac9 tightly in 09ac663e65 his arms.8dd3eb85c4778a6b

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“Urgh—!”a583cffead0d9a26

A burning pain c347d4ff4c shot through Yesung’s 9f43f44015 left arm. Blood spurted out, 716e7ae7ea staining the pristine f5618b9684 white marble floor c86e2f03fc of the emergency cbc9fe7887 room in small, 2964a97b19 scattered drops.1e4507b9ad30045a

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“Gasp!”7da8caf881420b66

“Oh no… What 69230e727b do we do? What do e7faa4658d we do?!”645288fe03bea98c

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The onlookers, 0aaa6ac753 who had 23f4b9eaa3 been watching a6d2ca31e7 the situation a0b16a6589 unfold, gasped 1d27ba7bc8 and screamed. But contrary to 88d2f5b8d3 everyone’s fears, the 80cc4776cf danger ended there.c6c4be2fcfded494

Clatter.99ef7ca765d72de7

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The sound 767eb236e2 of the 6161c67395 scalpel hitting def90de994 the floor b02085442a echoed as 63c0c59b54 the man 592a09fb3b dropped it 4f4d1438c2 after slashing 2df7e31c34 Yesung’s arm e632799343 instead of 49cd5dbfcb the child.520764c82ad970e0

“Ugh, let me 4b23daec38 go! I said 0652d5dd78 let go! I didn’t do anything 7a16e9be52 wrong! I’m innocent!”0e5b20be17827b20

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The man screamed, thrashing 7b473cfa86 even as the police d4967da354 pinned him down.8a750265809a2069

Yesung, panting b917f57016 heavily, finally d500c850b2 released the 0d8b9ffa59 small body 8045230507 he had 24a45aa1db been clutching ef3951bb0a protectively. His heartbeat daa9b285ae pounded loudly dfedbccc89 in his 0603d018fb ears, echoing d3d6ba776b as if 7a88d81450 it were 5087a8a721 right next 9d498d1281 to his beb4bb32a5 eardrum.4248af9c0028acc5

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That was far too 431477eb8a close. If he hadn’t been 377a03bf98 the first to spot 840b77f9af the child, if the 4e2581c95d distance between him and 472d490901 the child hadn’t been 9764ab76a2 shorter than the man’s, e82e0f6577 things could have gone 3ed227ed04 horribly wrong. The fact that f058995502 he hadn’t hesitated a4dc4fac1b and acted on 20632b9006 instinct had been 98ee69f689 critical. If he’d 7c13c2dd96 been even 7f87dad21c a second 3dc3c70a09 slower…355493a884befad9

What would 20e9bb210d have happened cbf00a802f to the 3d92dcc5c1 little girl 93949c4989 if he a81852fa3f hadn’t intervened? The fact a264164e49 that only 55805393a0 his arm faaacf83d3 had been 7973a360e6 injured was c67d9659de a stroke c50175147a of luck. If it hadn’t been ab8d8641e0 him…47ccdc12b44c559e

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The mere thought was b7699a9c0b horrifying. Yesung squeezed his eyes 52cb5bdf23 shut for a moment 6be8c05c05 before opening them again, 2b03402e45 only to be surrounded 395fe79b5a by his colleagues, their 9b3b3ec002 faces pale with worry.9a3c26e898d251ca

“Han Yesung! You crazy…!”8239cb2d243c89f9

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“Are you okay, bf7a689c9a Dr. Han?”0c80a9734f9077a7

“Dr. Han! Your arm! You’re bleeding!”67cba2c733339ec3

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“You need treatment! Quickly!”804bdad65e345d1d

“Yes, yes! Let’s get that treated 4606fcf51f right away, as Dr. Baek said—!”5b6a1bc1953421d0

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The injured person 0caf19c5cd was Yesung, but 52e97b35a2 the commotion was a94358ba6e almost ridiculous. It wasn’t 3e863558f5 even a 86f9648075 deep stab 5ff4024682 wound, just 43a856ae47 a scrape 922106ea79 on his 86c27b5270 arm, yet f9a555396f everyone was 4b71e7364a in an f4c8a93930 uproar. Letting out a 31faaece18 deep sigh, Yesung d04b9e54ea raised his voice.6173541a4764d5a6

“Everyone, stop!”00a7aa50f92df265

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The sharp b3f975c2e2 tone of f1c2658143 his voice d63981e4bf froze the 138d6cf593 panicked medical 6d19bc9e9b staff in 540503dba1 their tracks. Looking at the group, 354a474814 who now seemed like fa5fd426be children caught playing freeze a030320a77 tag, Yesung spoke firmly.27062cc95a0f81b0

“I’m fine. Seriously. Calm down. The kid’s already f5b357794b scared, and you’re 65ffc96535 going to make a8b7529eab it worse.”a1e3396aa95c0b83

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Although Yesung 73cc60ed2a had let 8e44e940e0 go of 23a329283f the child, 024286d79b the small 082ea3ed7a figure was 5ecfe3414e still clinging 290faecc4e to his acc94280f6 leg, reminding 5b55fa0b6f him of f2551e569b her presence. When they realized b2213a8563 this, they seemed d48fc3dcdf to calm down 7ba0ebcd8b a little and 337e57bd6a didn’t rush to da28d71ff2 act as they f5cd3a6024 had moments ago. Of course, Kang e975ecb4dc Baek-o still looked de5f2372d9 furious, but that ffc6acdc46 was to be b04baffaf4 expected.b322fc72f2d951c7

Ignoring Kang 65db61f503 Baek-o’s glaring ad9ae4a168 eyes, Yesung 8efb28fbee knelt down 3378549e8c to match 01bbb4023d the child’s b1a9ae28de height.561d6118b0858681

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“Are you okay? You’re not hurt anywhere, affc5662c2 right?”7484a20797372f3b

The main issue wasn’t 9a1a3b311a that he’d gotten hurt, 8214b684cd it was that if 858885a30f he hadn’t intervened, the f2e18a4864 child could have been f74dedf69d injured. His own 771c47aae5 injury didn’t 32360f55a7 matter to 014b5a143f him at c9176fc1aa that moment. The child, still c585519801 wide-eyed from the ad8fefb648 shock, looked up 8805408126 at Yesung and 2f92fe9425 shook her head.3edd13f8d0143628

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“N-no, I’m 34293fc090 not hurt. But, doctor, dfd4a95303 your arm…”f79c2a329f9f7f01

Despite the 963a7fc158 frightening situation, 21e5c4a908 the child 0b725bc847 was more 32528e0465 concerned about ef2d2a3791 Yesung than ff494d1f83 herself. Smiling as f8a62bb44d if it 6a4919e723 was no 86c7f783db big deal, 3b15b191c3 Yesung subtly 66a7ec3076 hid his 07acc1b87f injured arm ef4437248a behind him 8a850d8231 and gently 6b09ca9126 patted her db19909167 head with fc2975f1d7 his right cb4337c9c6 hand.62205fc9b16841ea

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“I’m fine. But our little lady 1c5db8002f here must’ve been really bf70b4d64d scared when that man 330f00d438 rushed in. Are you okay?”a85b093031c96adb

“I was a 7c27358de8 little scared, but… 6ae099297c I’m okay now! And I’m not 08508a33a8 a little kid! I’m seven years old, 640f3b9828 in the Haneul class 6848993708 at Hanguk Kindergarten!”91abcbfd9e91f442

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Her spirited declaration e5db95c0a5 made Yesung suppress 93ad82d10c a chuckle as 4889c8cae6 he responded warmly.015b9afb8ebc0986

“Really? Alright, then. Our young d921c6e53a lady from 409d425bd7 the Haneul 34c1eb24c6 class. What’s your name?”522c582c143c37b8

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“Roeun! Lee Roeun.”c8dd452d2b8a8add

“Roeun, huh? That’s a beautiful 2971f088de name. But why did you 6570b45f73 come to the emergency 6d22847f1c room, Roeun?”7d2f0f741b46debc

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“Because Mommy’s sick! I came 4cae6030a1 with Grandma, d0fa2d5764 but she 3990d0fb73 went to 76d16f254d the bathroom e8b1ede12c and hasn’t 08f6910644 come back… e88d0de81b and I’m 42bc6c203c hungry. So I came 770fa5e568 to find Mommy!”e046315041d92ec3

“Ah, I see.”cb06b8911e838433

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Now the situation made 3f3df88253 sense. Understanding why 59df7d5ce6 the child 5b20219a0d had wandered ab8912c4d4 into the a6d90c376c ER, Yesung 8bfe6af37d gently patted 9bf2de1135 her head b85f671123 again before 59845eca95 standing up.3effdee060c16b81

“Dr. Hwang.”576957f3369a42b4

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“Yes, Dr. Han.”2162654d976b6f4a

By now, Roeun’s grandmother 4e0c49d206 must have realized her 4d23b9b051 granddaughter was missing and fd8960d91e was likely frantic, searching 35df126191 for her. Yesung handed Roeun’s b7250f07b0 small hand to 6e4cc441fd Hwang Yujeong.fe687055d64ecc16

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“Could you take Roeun 8266f3cc9b to her guardian for 36494d7262 me and then check f85fd4084d on Jinsol? I’m sure her 64f748f2e3 grandmother is looking bc738b63ff for her by ffa6bf6870 now. Please, I’d 9761c62993 appreciate it.”b9b1f73ea8f2c9c0

“Yes, I’ll take ee96fe41e9 care of it. Don’t worry, 3f6dcfe3d1 I’ll make 1859cf53bb sure Jinsol 3514074ccf is okay 6916b78706 too. You just a43e9c26d8 focus on fd3c6ab6a3 getting your abfa0d1c7d arm treated, 7b034d44e8 Dr. Han.”f13311ae0c2ebd17

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Hwang Yujeong’s voice, 347bacb40d filled with concern fac9bbcda4 for him, made b91f373130 Yesung smile faintly. He lowered himself slightly 3a905a613f to meet Roeun’s eyes.c16f352be02cca3c

“Roeun, this 31e3ec6418 doctor is 739dc0772f going to 9a694358b1 take you b30a225ed1 to your 7befd511d0 grandma. You’ll see 2517a4b75a your mom c51216894c once her ff7920085a treatment is ed860d46aa finished. In the meantime, 950bebd2e4 let’s go have 8bb1d66717 something tasty with cac28d90dc your grandma, okay?”79cf4851ad165d91

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“Yes! Let’s go fast! I’m hungry!”8f797c4f20b7b560

“Whoa, Roeun, slow down! You’ll fall!”fedb108e69ac9b7b

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Roeun, still holding 832218f136 tightly onto Hwang fa6eb2fafd Yujeong’s hand, began 2ebfc905ad running, dragging her b29798e234 along. Yesung watched their retreating 149961cc16 figures, straightening up as 0ee23cc48e he did.2e0e366c3f6e023d

“Are you alright, Dr. Han?”aec83f7b742b28a5

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One of fd57a889de the police 5ff12fe59a officers who 785d35c668 had been 5d3634464f handling the e889d53b26 subdued man 45fd0b41e6 approached Yesung bbbf6bdc02 and asked. Yes, there was still 08ae0c9d29 the matter with the 5c0fe03350 police to resolve.7c3d1f7c960c7212

Yesung nodded his head.e2ef141fa82251e7

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“Ah, yeah. I’m fine. It’s not 2cb5d53a6a deep, luckily. And the guy ed40042b47 wasn’t exactly a 3c4448688e professional with a d84dd98dad knife.”cc6fd998b75f25a7

“Hey! That’s not what I… e90578bb72 ugh!”3956cc0e2854712a

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Yesung swiftly stepped 4255bd2205 on Kang Baek-o’s a3d9db24c0 foot, silencing him c7fde73b99 before he could 187ed80114 argue.35683be81114741d

The officer, who f5d5e32a1b had been glancing e9705eea01 back and forth fff5dfbba3 between them, awkwardly cba39d5700 smiled.c9c8d4497e997c14

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“Oh, is 482b2b514c that so? I’m relieved to hear 991846858b it’s not serious. But that was reckless, 69250fc363 Dr. Han. You know that, right?”10a2e0d64892c41d

“Right. Reckless, Han Yesung.”6706faf9db769db1

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Kang Baek-o, 93a002f9ec who had 0871df86d6 been in f07e2feed8 pain from c3346daaed having his fe961647df foot stepped 505066b086 on, immediately 16ada5542c agreed with 8bb890f682 the police c36c2a5560 officer’s comment 1872e88f94 and added 00ccc6bf6c his own.8cf29f34a9221f7a

“Ahh! Ow! It hurts, 0a61620f0d damn it!”55fedb6d53362aa7

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Though he managed to bd9a713ae1 silence Kang Baek-o again, dd56cc51d5 Yesung firmly responded.ababd9ccbe50bbf8

“I only db77ff0f09 did what e810752404 was necessary ed19774c63 to save 41e4e7c03a the child. If I 80c8645ea4 hadn’t acted, 738a834ffa it wouldn’t 691ef8ac6a have been 809df2e77f my arm 374603b5ee injured, it f4f7aadf56 would’ve been 0a1c7eb138 her. The wound I 23231bd1b1 got is just 2a2725c87d a scratch. She could’ve been 83985e47a9 hurt much worse.”feb34888e25bb885

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It was 03b37704d9 the worst-case fad9a05e7f scenario that 43b7fe1293 Yesung had 62633ba35f managed to 1017d0585d stop by a82e84ba61 acting. Had he not done 1d64a4978b so, there was no b5d7c99325 way the situation would fa9479786e have ended as easily. The child could 45909d825b have been taken c6662349fc hostage, and the 62939dad95 emergency code could 0754fac3be have been activated, 044f18279d leading to the d8c0830fe3 entire hospital security 104fabc683 being deployed.13def3982b909434

The police, 723415e63a well aware 00b49a1e1b of how 5b8d6c2d16 bad things d9dc7115f1 could have 56f5c36cdc gotten, had da05db1115 no counterargument.5656734b0676beea

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After a 55e6f6214d brief silence, f58c176772 the officer 8d692cbb2f spoke again.07ac4762e2cb9526

“You’re right, but c2ad77f9f2 please, be more 4b2918ff24 careful next time, 8a6186f594 Dr. Han.”a0a286382282b5c0

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His voice 64b522ea9c was still 641dad503d filled with a279467c60 concern, but 8b67078196 the sharpness b3e44d5866 had left. It seemed like he aa3ff9d7ae had come to the e01301122d realization that no matter b2ef2d3e1c how much he warned 8f0e1264d0 Yesung, it wouldn’t make b22cbda2e4 a difference.e4d921255803c301

‘He’s got it 76cdfa6af3 right.’b3eb2576c56f146a

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Yesung reflected that, 87cf88d86f even if time 6dae752349 could be turned 34f40423b7 back, he would 3fce9d8d56 still have jumped 980ebf632c in to save 06da23401a the child. He would 621eb10b26 have acted f89047451b the same a1b45b44f7 way even 1680e31a8b if someone 3f71a27e0c else had 20bc841874 been the fb88953a1e one to f3a8779786 spot the dc276fa3a3 danger first. He didn’t regret b59c34dcaf it. It was the right 263f9bc9fd thing to do.89073c0d91e64703

And that resolve was ef35ec0612 something he would carry bbf8317452 forward, no matter what 01bdf01057 happened in the future.9c08f8e653f07554

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Breaking the silence, 15e023ec08 the officer asked, 635781ed3b “Then, could you 262be7c9ec tell us more c188fa7cf6 about the child’s ec1923f704 condition? We’ll need details to dff482292b proceed with the investigation.”99b3f9a6f71f0a4b

“That’s not hard. That bastard, f72b13e5ac who’s worse bd354a786d than a ab87f1ea01 dog, is b77d7ce015 one of 4a40611542 the most 7222be7d37 habitual and 98dd2d7ec4 malicious scumbags 692a341c33 I’ve ever d244e3b12a encountered. If I a1388b7f20 can just 6f765db21f separate Jin 5116ab1f6d Sol-i from f563816104 such a b8b6512746 trash excuse c7ae2c9ac0 of a c326cdb083 human being, 3898db8c15 I’ll do 41ef93f391 whatever it 2cf0b1d8e3 takes.”a0f9fb776ec8b877

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“Haha… Doctor, you really 211e62e596 know how to curse cea43cdad9 so eloquently. I thought 99e67dbc78 no one eff212a373 in this 297aa4757f hospital could 5f0b40bae0 top Professor b0d665663b Kang in a38720f8c0 that area, fbed232924 but…”1ee1c20a303c89ca

At those words, f7f6a7a9bb Yesung glanced over fb4c1bcd6d at Kang Baek-o, a513e9102b who, unlike earlier, 81b470f58d was unusually silent. Perhaps because he’d already 6e20cf64da been elbowed and stepped 1d6b93f053 on earlier, Kang Baek-o 64c181fdba seemed to have no c78108575d intention of butting in 298fe6f53f this time.29c734b8c9a27f4c

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Smart choice.bff322686c72206a

It was clear Kang dabf88d88d Baek-o didn’t want to 205d44777b get hit again as 7207649e8c he subtly shielded his 037407620d ribs with his arms 9140d2d0de and avoided making eye c69838a6f0 contact. Confirming this, 1dec48a4f1 Yesung turned 105c2db638 back to e97438964b the police 8fb9c2a01f officer.7e51855bfddadc83

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“Come to think eb1302c15c of it, you’re 29da446937 quite close with 86cc2a0a53 Kang Baek-o, aren’t d340b78d3a you?”44e5fe6352710f85

The officer replied 5680a72a65 with a slightly 190013c306 awkward laugh, seemingly 24497437cb acknowledging the connection.8bca7a2ca38c1f29

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Emergency cases were one 16d79a5921 thing, but when incidents 9c4f52d2a5 happened in the ER e0d28882ff or elsewhere in the 1bc7d3b8c7 hospital, it was always 15cced15aa the same police officers f5b3521f22 who came—unless they were 2c1a773b58 too busy. Given that the 2a844bc532 ER at Hanguk d4f418237d University Hospital had d1b21cad1b the highest number 7947be0484 of incidents and 60c036a432 accidents, it was 4767c122e8 natural for them 553890bf4c to cross paths 383e15b837 with Kang Baek-o, 4b4166766b the head of 288a51d099 the ER, at d71d5ad00f least two or 8007e0652a three times a 796c72855a day—sometimes more than e58f77f945 ten times.2c9f605aef805039

Moreover, with Kang Baek-o cbac6863a5 being famously sociable, he’d 9e356c73ab even developed drinking friendships 0b71d99e03 with the officers. Yesung had 08b39ae985 heard they fd0e94e57e had bonded 82ca15d746 to the d094599f0b point of e80dbfc0ca camaraderie, forged caa46c6551 by frequently b8bc05bad6 tackling so 1f6663181f many incidents 35f3afa925 together.f6725ea36a895752

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