Dr. Choi Max Ho - Chapter 205



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Doctor Choi Dae-ho Episode 205

Do-Woon Jong seemed to have noticed that too.

I cleared my throat slightly and organized my schedule.

“Starting tomorrow morning, we will conduct additional tests.”

“yes.”

“We will coordinate the surgical schedule with the guardian as soon as the test results come out.”

“All right.”

Everyone answered cheerfully.

Then Do-un Jong spoke softly.

“Please keep your mouth shut until the patient finishes the surgery.”

“…….”

“It is a very difficult surgery. Please take good care of your condition and be determined.”

“I will keep that in mind.”

Everyone’s spirited answers echoed throughout the conference room.

Finally, Do-un Jong said.

“The meeting is over. Everyone, please hand off your work to others and hurry up and leave work. There’s a lot of work to do starting tomorrow.”

“Yes, thank you for your hard work.”

Chuck, chuck.

The colleagues cleaned up and left the conference room.

After everyone left.

widely.

The moment the conference room door closed, Daeho slumped down on the desk.

“Ahhh.”

“Egg-eggg.”

The bell that helped was also spread out on the desk.

They were both quite tired.

Daeho shut his eyes tightly as he noticed the reference materials piled up in front of him.

“Ugh. Now, just looking at the paper makes me feel sick.”

“You just spent all your time here looking at the data. I also saw outpatients and performed surgeries.”

“It must be even more painful for you, senior.”

“Egg, geez. Does that mean you’re okay? Don’t you have xeroma (dry eye)? Can you put some saline solution in your eyes?”

Do-un Jong asked in a tired voice.

It was nice to hear you worrying about Daeho, even though you must be having a hard time yourself.

Daeho offered him some hopeful words.

“I’m glad that the results of such painstaking research have come to fruition.”

“The success rate has gone from the initial 10 percent to now up to……”

It was when Do-un Jong was about to tell the changed figures.

Daeho quickly got up and slammed the conference table down.

Thud!

“Senior, let’s not talk about that!”

“Yeah. What’s the point of saying the probability has increased? No, it’s definitely 100 percent.”

“Of course. In that sense, shouldn’t we take a break?”

“We need to take care of our condition too. Let’s go.”

As Do-Woon Jong got up from his seat, Dae-Ho followed him with bright eyes.

“Are you going to eat Korean beef again?”

“You said it was hard and you still want to find meat?”

“I have to eat more because I’m tired. I eat to gain strength.”

“That’s fine, just follow me for now.”

Chuck chuck.

Do-Woon Jong led Dae-Ho outside, dragging his tired body.

This is the moment of escape from the hospital after two whole days.

chuck.

As I came out of the hospital, the bustling streets of Yeongdeungpo came into view.

Daeho tried to smile and expressed his feelings.

“Yay, I’m free.”

“Who locked you up? You refused to go into the house and instead did your research.”

“I’m the type of person who sees things through to the end once I dig into it.”

“That’s why several people died at Johns Hopkins.”

Do-Woon Jong shook his head with a tired expression while looking at Dae-ho.

Still, Daeho was smiling brightly.

“Anyway, I’m happy. Please buy me some food quickly.”

“Let’s go, let’s go.”

Thump thump.

Do-Woon Jong and Dae-Ho headed somewhere together.

After a while.

Daeho’s expression changed to a blank expression at the sight of the food menu in front of him.

“I prepared so much for the surgery that I lost my eyesight, and all I got was some seolleongtang?”

“This is a famous restaurant in Seoul. It’s a seolleongtang with history and tradition.”

“But all Seolleongtang is the same, huh? Huh?”

The tiger’s eyes lit up in an instant after he took a spoonful.

The broth was so rich and filling.

Do-Woon Jong asked with a satisfied expression on his face at Dae-ho’s reaction.

“How is it? Does it make you feel warm and relaxed?”

“It’s much more delicious than I expected.”

“When you’re tired like this, drinking the extract like this is more quickly absorbed than eating grilled meat.”

Do-Woon Jong’s additional explanation was like a prescription.

Daeho grumbled with a slightly tired expression on his face.

“Express it. I wonder if anyone will say you’re not a doctor.”

“There’s another course coming up, so eat quickly.”

“I’ll look forward to it. Hurup, ugh. Good!”

Exclamations poured out endlessly from Daeho’s mouth as he became absorbed in his meal.

The place we went to after dinner was quite unexpected.

It’s a jjimjilbang.

Daeho and Dounjong were lying in a hot room with their heads tied together.

“Ahhhh, my body is melting.”

“How is it, it’s over?”

“Yes, senior. I admit it. My fatigue has completely gone away.”

Daeho entrusted his whole body to this warm moment that stretched on endlessly.

It wasn’t an empty promise.

I could feel the lactic acid accumulated in my muscles melting away in real time. My creaking joints were also becoming smoother.

The wisdom of our ancestors deserves endless respect.

Daeho suddenly thought.

After filling up on nutritious food, I lay down like this…

“This is the paradise.”

Daeho smiled blandly and let out an awkward remark.

That was when.

Ssuk.

Do-woon Jong turned his head slightly and looked at Dae-ho.

Her gaze was deep and gentle.

“Hey, Tiger.”

“Why, why?”

“What if I don’t know your name?”

When Do-woon-jong tried to scold him without being mean, Dae-ho answered blandly.

“I told you, I’m going to keep that name for the time being.”

“If you save it, it becomes X.”

“But not now. If I was going to use my real name, I would have announced it a long time ago.”

Daeho’s answer was quite cautious.

Do-Woon Jong looked at it for a moment and then nodded.

“Okay, I guess you have your own idea. Then let’s keep calling him Richard.”

“And?”

“…..thanks.”

Daeho stopped for a moment at the sudden thanks from Do-Woon-Jong.

“I haven’t had the surgery yet.”

“Not that. I was crazy about surgical research for a few days, and various thoughts came to my mind from time to time.”

“Is this about your father?”

The tiger carefully opened his eyes.

Do-woon Jong answered, wiping his sweat to see if his guess was correct.

“Yeah. Saying I was young back then was just an excuse.”

“No. At that time, my senior was in his second year of residency. He did the best he could at the time.”

“Was it like that?”

“Professors chase after you every day, research all night, and look for relevant materials. I, no, we clearly saw it.”

Daeho turned his face away from the sweat dripping down his face and became serious.

Do-Woon Jong’s stern expression did not change much even after receiving sincere consolation from his junior.

“But in the end, I couldn’t do anything.”

“The cancer had spread to my spinal cord. It was something I couldn’t handle.”

“…..That’s right.”

This was something that even Do-Woon Jong had no choice but to acknowledge.

The same was true for the tiger.

What if you met a patient with that condition again?

As expected, I had no confidence.

But this much could be said clearly.

“Senior, you absolutely must make Jeong Gyu-jin’s surgery a success.”

“Richard.”

“Obviously, I have to make it a success for the patients, but I also have to make it a success for my seniors.”

“……”

Do-un Jong kept his mouth shut.

Daeho spoke again without paying any attention.

“Senior, do you remember what I told you a few days ago?”

“If you give, it will come back to you someday, right?”

“Yes. It’s probably not just a coincidence that Jeong Gyu-jin came to see you, senior.”

At Daeho’s words, Do-woon Jong stopped.

“Is that… true?”

“Does returning necessarily mean something financial? Doesn’t it also mean relieving the burden on your senior’s mind?”

Daeho advised with a sunken look in his eyes.

Do-Woon Jong smiled blandly and said something unexpected.

“I’m good with money.”

“That goes for me too.”

“Haha.”

“Senior, your choice to leave everything behind and return to Korea, and your heart to support your mother. Those up there will know it all.”

Daeho comforted her with a confident voice.

Only then did Do-Woon Jong’s face soften a little.

“Father will understand.”

“sure.”

“But if I’m going to do it, I want to be praised. I want to show my son that I’ve had a successful surgery and become a great son.”

Do-un-jong prayed with sad eyes.

Daeho held on tightly to those words so they would not become mere wishes.

“If you do that, I will give you my full support in front of you, senior.”

“Inma. You are the surgeon.”

“Then why is the assistant so miserable? It makes the surgeon lose his strength.”

When Daeho suddenly frowned, Dowoonjong laughed heartily.

“Haha. That’s right. The assistant was so sentimental.”

“If you suddenly have flashbacks during surgery and start crying, I’m going to kick your butt.”

“That’s what I wanted to do, but I got caught.”

“It’s out of the question for my surgery.”

Daeho said firmly in a very stern voice.

Of course I’m joking.

A gentle smile filled his face.

Do-Woon Jong suddenly extended his hand to Dae-Ho.

“Doctor, please take good care of this surgery.”

“Of course, Mr. Assistant.”

closely.

Daeho grabbed Dowoonjong’s hand tightly.

It was after a playful conversation between the two.

“haha.”

“haha.”

At the same time, they burst into hearty laughter.

It wasn’t like I was relieved of the burden of this surgery.

It was a smile that once again straightened my resolve that I could do it, no matter how difficult or hard it was.

* * *

The next evening.

Daeho was sitting in the director’s office of Dounjong.

The monitor displayed the results of Jeong Gyu-jin’s detailed examination that had been conducted since morning.

Based on that, the final surgery date had to be determined.

So, there was deep seriousness in the eyes of Daeho and Dounjong.

“Hmm.”

“hmm.”

Each of them sighed heavily and pondered their thoughts.

It was after that.

Daeho opened his mouth with a calm expression on his face.

“Tomorrow morning. How are you?”

“I think so too. If we delay any longer, we might miss the opportunity for surgery.”

“Have all the necessary surgical instruments and medicines arrived?”

When Daeho asked, Dowoonjong nodded immediately.

“Arrived without missing anything.”

“Then let’s interview the guardian.”

“So I need to get consent for surgery.”

Do-Woon Jong reached for the phone with a determined hand.

After a while.

Two people entered the director’s office.

They were a man and a woman in their mid-20s, and their children looked exactly like Jeong Gyu-jin.

Do-un Jong got up and greeted the two people.

“Jeong Se-hyung, Jeong Yu-ri, this is Director Do Woon-jong.”

“hello.”

“Ms. Park Young-hee, isn’t your mother here?”

“We asked you to stay in the hospital room because we have something to tell you.”

Jeong Se-hyung answered in a subdued voice.

Do-Woon Jong said, “I guess so,” and introduced Dae-Ho, who was standing next to him.

“This is Richard Choi, who will be performing this surgery.”

“I heard you came from Johns Hopkins.”

“I couldn’t do it alone, so I invited you specially.”

Do-un Jong introduced it in a warm and fuzzy way.

At that very moment, Daeho also bowed his head and made himself known.

“My name is Richard Choi. Please call me Richard.”

“Yes, Mr. Richard.”

“I think we’ve finished introducing ourselves, but how about you take a seat, senior?”

When Daeho naturally offered to take a seat, Dowoonjong also nodded in agreement.

“Okay, please sit down first. I need to explain the surgery to you.”

“all right.”

“Then I will explain the current status of Jeong Gyu-jin while looking at the monitor. If you look here……”

Line by line.

Do-Woon Jong continued his explanation, explaining it in as simple terms as possible.