Genius Manager Who Hears Voices - Chapter 46



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Episode 46

The day Hee-sung first saved Kang Se-ra, it was Jeong Won-ho who allowed her to undergo all the detailed examinations, including the VIP ward.

The daily hospitalization fee alone amounts to millions of won, but because there are no available spaces, it is not easy for anyone to get admitted. However, he said that he made it possible thanks to his friendship with the hospital director.

And for this job, Heesung needed his connections.

“I just got off the phone. The hospital said they would check it out for me if I sent them the test results. Since this is Gyeonggi-do, um… If I leave now, I think it’ll be about right?”

“Thank you, sir.”

“Thank you, what? It’s not something else, it’s a matter of human lives. Let’s leave that to you for now, and let’s talk about it in more detail as we go. It seems like there’s still a lot of stories that Jeong Hee-seong doesn’t know.”

What Heesung asked was for the test results that Anjeong received from another hospital to be reviewed once again at that hospital.

I had asked An Jeong-jeong to do this before getting out of the car, but there was a good reason why Hee-sung did this.

Only after Jeong Won-ho called a manager from Dear Entertainment to the scene did the two depart for the Seoul hospital.

“It seems like you didn’t know anything about Senior Ahn. Most people who have been in this industry for a long time know this.”

“Yes, it was the first time I heard about it. So I was a bit surprised. I thought you had walked an ordinary path.”

“Well, it’s been almost 30 years already, so it must have been before Jeong Hee-seong was born. I also heard this story from the people above me when I first started this job.”

Jeong Won-ho continued speaking while steering the steering wheel from the driver’s seat.

“Senior Ahn’s father was a very famous politician. He was a four-term congressman and a person with great power and influence, to the point of being the party leader. Oh, do you know anything about politics? What does it mean to be the party leader?”

Heeseong nodded slightly.

“Yes. I know that means he is soon to be a candidate for the next presidential election.”

“That’s right. And since he was from the ruling party at the time, expectations were bound to be even higher. Maybe he would have become one of the few presidents recorded in the history of the Republic of Korea. If only that incident had not happened at that time.”

Hee-sung also knew what that meant because he had heard it firsthand.

“They say they were on their way home after finishing the party primary to select the presidential candidate. At the time, all of their family members except Senior Ahn were in the car, and they all died on the spot in the accident. Because of the timing, numerous conspiracy theories were rampant, and an intensive investigation into the truck driver who caused the accident continued, but the incident was ultimately concluded as having no mastermind.”

Anjeong said that if he had been in that car, he wouldn’t have had to endure this hellish life.

“At the time, the media was not as developed as it is now, but it was a shocking incident that shook the entire country. Why wouldn’t it be? With the overwhelming approval rating, it was already a situation where the election was certain both inside and outside the party. However, after that incident, the world’s attention was focused solely on one person.”

“… … That was Senior An Jeong-seong.”

“Because he was the only surviving family member. They especially tried to use him in the political world. The presidential race was still going on, so they probably wanted to use sympathy. Even if they ran a different candidate, they could still absorb my father’s support. Whether in the past or now, the political world is always a place that exceeds our imagination.”

Even though I don’t know much about politics, I could easily imagine how brutal that was.

Not only was she left alone in the world overnight, but everyone would be swarming around her, hoping to gain something for themselves.

“But in that situation, Ahn made a completely different choice. When the story of him signing with a certain entertainment agency was leaked and no one believed it, he exposed himself to the media. That was his debut work, .”

It is said that at that time, An Jeong had only two choices.

Either live your whole life trapped within that fence as the pitiful daughter of a famous politician, or cut off the world’s attention from you all at once and start a new life.

Stabilization chose the latter, and it is said that by revealing herself rather than hiding, she was able to shake off all the greed that had been trying to exploit her.

And at that point, she had to make another very important decision.

It was about his own daughter who he had kept hidden.

This time, Heeseong opened his mouth and spoke.

“It’s said that it was around that time that Amy was adopted. Even though she was suddenly alone and faced with situations that she couldn’t handle, the only thing she thought about was protecting Amy. She made sure that the world’s attention never went to her daughter.”

Since he had already heard the general situation from Heesung, Jeongwonho also nodded obediently.

“Even if I don’t know everything, I think I know a little bit about how he must have felt. Considering the situation at the time, I think he must have thought that it would be much happier not to be together than to be together. Being separated from the child he had conceived from his own womb must have been more painful than dying.”

There was something he had not been able to ask, so Jeong Won-ho cautiously asked Hee-seong.

“But have you heard anything about Amy’s father? Her biological father? I don’t think there was any specific talk about that.”

Hee-sung’s expression became even more heavy at Jeongwonho’s question.

“Unfortunately, it is said that the biological father had already passed away at that time. It was natural, but the family’s opposition was so strong that the two were completely separated and were not allowed to contact each other. It is said that he committed suicide before the child was even born.”

“Well… … I didn’t know that at all. I think Senior Ahn’s life is so strange.”

“I think most people wouldn’t have been able to even think about enduring it. Because before one sorrow could even pass, they had to face even greater sorrows one after another, at that young age.”

After sending her daughter away like that, it is said that An Jeong began to erase her past one by one.

In order to get rid of the perception that she was the daughter of a famous politician, she worked tirelessly without taking a single day off, and it is said that she spent money to make all portal site articles related to her disappear.

As generations changed, her efforts shone through, and now, like Hee-sung, there are more people who don’t know about her past.

He only thought about his daughter and made sure that no one would notice his past.

“And after finding out that she had health problems, she started looking for her daughter. The adoption agency said she needed the consent of the adoptive parents, so she went to Atlanta herself and searched thoroughly for almost a year.”

“So that’s why you knew Amy’s face so well. It was Jeong Hee-seong who captured her reaction at that moment. Wow, I wonder how such coincidences can happen.”

“Yes. And from that day on, you started preparing one by one. You hoped that after you left, everything would be over and Amy would be able to live a completely comfortable life. And then Amy came to you.”

If it weren’t for him, would the meeting between the two have been possible?

I can’t be sure, but it may have been impossible forever.

An Jeong-jeong had dedicated his life for the past 30 years solely to severing the link between the two, so if no one had found out, he would have just given up on life.

In other words, that one word that came out of Heesung’s mouth destroyed her 30 years of life.

“But what questions do you have about your senior’s test results, Mr. Jeong Hee-seong?”

Jeong Won-ho asked Hee-sung as they parked their car in the hospital parking lot.

Heeseong answered quietly, scanning the exterior of the huge hospital in front.

“I feel like something is seriously wrong.”

***

Hospital director Gu Jeong-hwan said.

“To get to the point, there’s a very high chance that it was a misdiagnosis. If it was really malignant, it makes no sense that he’s still alive.”

Jeongwonho asked in surprise.

“A misdiagnosis? No, how can it be a misdiagnosis after giving a terminal diagnosis? How can these doctors!”

“Oh, first of all, don’t get excited and listen to me. This is just my guess, but if this lump is malignant, I think he said he would only have six months to live at most. That’s because the only way to know if it’s malignant or benign is to remove the polyp and run a test. It seems like this patient only heard that and didn’t do any further tests.”

Pointing to the date written on the test paper, hospital director Gu Jeong-hwan added:

“It’s already been two years since you were tested, but you’re still eating, working, and living a normal life? Then, we have the answer. We need to get a more precise test, but there’s a high chance that it’s benign. It just means it’s a simple lump.”

“Huh? Then… … .”

“Yes, you can just remove it now. It’s less than 3mm in size, so it’s not a difficult surgery. Of course, since a lot of time has passed, I don’t know how it has developed now. But it’s basically been neglected for two years, so we need to set a surgery date as soon as possible for this patient.”

The test results for An Jeong-eun, who was given a terminal diagnosis, were actually a misdiagnosis.

Even the calm-natured Jeong Won-ho was in shock at this moment and couldn’t keep his mouth shut.

However, Heeseong asked Gu Jeonghwan in a calm tone.

“Then, the pain and daily symptoms that this patient usually felt were probably common symptoms that appear in patients with gallbladder polyps. The pain felt even worse because he mistook it for cancer and continued to ignore it.”

“That’s right. Originally, imagination tends to torment people more. Of course, since it is a disease with no symptoms, when you go to the hospital because you are sick, it is often already quite advanced. So it seems likely that they judged it to be malignant. Well, even so, you should have undergone a thorough examination through surgery. Oh, I think you gave up your will to live too easily, to the point of absurdity.”

Rather, I would have thought it was a good thing.

For her, who had never been happy for a single day in the past 30 years, death must have been a gift.

So, I think that the days that kept extending were just a miracle, and that’s how I ended up with this work.

Whatever it was, it was fortunate that it was now more likely to be a misdiagnosis as Heesung had guessed.

“Of course, even if it wasn’t malignant at the time, we can never be at ease. We don’t know how the shape or size might have changed over the time we left it untreated. Let’s set a surgery date for this patient as soon as possible.”

At those words, Jeongwonho and Heeseong nodded at the same time.

Then, Director Gu Jeong-hwan changed his expression and picked up the test results in front of him.

“But how did you guess that this patient’s test results were wrong? It’s hard to conclude that it’s not malignant just because it lasts longer than expected.”

Heeseong, who had been silent for a moment at that question, quietly opened his mouth.

“Because my father was really evil. And he passed away before he could live past a year.”

***

A few days later, Anjeong was put on the operating table.

The test results were, as expected, non-cancerous gallbladder polyps.

Amy, who had originally planned to stay for only a week, extended her stay and stayed by Stabilization’s side throughout her hospital stay.

Hee-sung left the VIP room and answered the phone when a phone call came during the visit.

“Yes, Mr. Choi. What’s going on?”

-No, it’s not something else? Since the case ended up being hushed up, there was no mention of the case costs, ahem. But since you went all the way to Busan and went through all that trouble, you’ll probably get what you need, right?

I was just thinking that it was time for you to contact me.

Heeseong asked back with a smile.

“What kind of troubles did you have to endure specifically? I heard that you came back the same day because the matter was resolved so quickly. Well, I think I can give you some money for food and train fare.”

-No, it’s a shame to say that. I even hired our agent and paid for it out of my own pocket. Ahem… … If the situation is like that, I could probably cut off the installment payment without interest like last time… … .

At that moment, the hospital room door opened and Jeong Won-ho called Hee-seong.

“Mr. Jeong Hee-seong, Amy said she has something to say. Would you mind coming in for a moment?”

“Yes, sir. I will go.”

There was something strangely ominous about Jeongwonho’s expression.

The face that was looking at Heeseong had a bright smile on it, as if something good was happening.

After answering Jeongwonho, Heeseong spoke into the receiver.

“Since the boss insists on saying that, I guess I’ll have to do it that way. Please keep the number of months the same as last time. Then I’ll hang up now!”

-Oh, wait, wait! The number of months is… …!

Stop.

A little while later, when Hee-sung entered the hospital room, he was greeted by completely unexpected words coming out of Amy’s mouth.

Genius Manager Who Hears Voices