Childhood Friend of the Youngest Daughter of a Conglomerate Family

20 – Junction (2)

“Hey, hey! Tap! Tae App! Ah, surrender, you bastard!”

“Why? Hold on a little longer You said you think you can win one today?”

“Ah! Got it! Brother! Older brother! Oh, since I lost, solve it quickly!”

With his arms suppressed, Minseob Gu thumped the floor of his ring and made a dying noise.

He told me that he had been watching jiu-jitsu videos a lot lately, and he asked me to stick to the ground, so I suppressed him lightly.

“… What are you doing?”

“Ah, Chief Lee.”

“Are you pretending to be a mixed martial artist? Things that are not professional are useless… Didn’t ordinary people say that boxing was enough?”

“No, Min-seop Ku said that the ground would win, so let’s stick together.”

“… That stupid guy In the first place, I said that I would win well in other weight classes. And how long will Hansol call you Chief Lee?”

“I am comfortable with this.”

As soon as I entered the 5th grade of elementary school, I decided to learn martial arts.

Now my body has grown a lot, and I’m tired of swimming and tennis taught at the base school.

Of course, there was no actual martial arts that could be learned in elementary school, so I went to a boxing club run by retired Chief Lee.

With Ku Min-seop, who became my only same-s*x friend after freshman year.

My first impression was the worst, and it was annoying to keep teasing me… Well, as I’ve been doing, I’ve been doing well.

You know that kind of friend, it feels like a bad friend you can’t hate.

Anyway, when I heard that I was learning boxing, Min-seop Gu, who was usually interested in it, insisted that he learn it too, so I brought him here.

To be honest, I also feel grateful to him who always approaches me first and is with me.

Gu Min-seop asked me in the shower after exercising.

“By the way, how tall are you now? Why are your limbs so long?”

“I don’t know, it was 171 when I measured it last month, but it keeps getting bigger.”

“… Don’t you stand next to me on the road But where are you going to go to middle school? It’s July now, haven’t you decided?”

“I don’t know yet. I’m going to where Yua is going.”

“… Are you dating Yoo Ara?”

“What are you talking about? If you’re close, do you date everyone?”

Ara, a 6th grader, is busy. Mainly for study.

My family doesn’t force me to study, but since I have a natural brain inherited from Yoo Jae-joon, I think studying is fun.

Originally, people are happy when they do what they are good at.

Even at the prestigious stanchion elementary school, it is not missing the first place in the entire school.

Because my hair has gotten thicker, these days, there have been times when I hugged me and held my hand.

Well, it’s a natural procedure, but it’s a bit disappointing… Is this the father’s heart?

“Are you guys usually close? We live in the same house, so we’re just close friends, right?”

“Ah, why are you like this today? Suddenly… “

Despite my explanation, Gu Min-seop approached me with a questionable face.

It’s filthy burdensome to see a boy approaching naked.

“Are you close with Park Min-ah? Even if I only go out with me at school, they always hang out with them outside. Do you have any feelings for them? Really?”

“… Why did Park Min-ah come out? He’s really just a friend. He is closer to Ara than to me.”

Mina is still small and cute even in 6th grade. She is quite popular in school.

It only sucks for me.

She once bragged that she was dating someone who had seen the two of them hanging out outside.

“Me with Hansol Lee?! It won’t happen even if I die!”

Everyone was surprised to see Minah, who usually has a quiet and well-behaved image, jump up and down.

Anyway, that bastard’s girl… Who knows what’s good

As I was thinking that, Minseop Gu shouted, holding out his index finger.

“Huh? Did you get caught!? If Park Min-ah is just a friend, what is Yoo-ah? She’s not just Yua’s friend, what is she?”

“… A closer friend or something.”

I told Min-seop Gu, who was excitedly talking about getting one, and I hurried out of the shower.

… Yeah well, Ara grew up pretty.

On top of that, since I was little, he has always been nice to me and always checks me for affection…

If I were really the same age as Ara, I wouldn’t have been able to do it without really liking it.

But I am an adult.

And I am not a psychopath who feels that way towards a child.

… I’m not sure if I grow up a little more.

When I came out of the shower and went to the changing room, there was Chief Lee.

He was answering the phone as he stared at me as I came out of the shower.

What he was holding was my cell phone.

“… All right. I will take you.”

“What is it? Isn’t that my phone? Who are you calling?”

“… Get dressed once I have to go right away.”

“What about Minseop Gu? Chief Lee and I alone?”

“You can tell Minseop to go home after a while. Get ready first. I’ll tell you as we go.”

“… Yes.”

At the words of Chief Lee with a serious face, I hurriedly wiped myself with a towel without asking further questions.

It was only after I got into the car without drying my hair that I heard that the destination was a hospital.

———-

Heart cancer refers to a malignant tumor that develops in the heart.

The most common cause of cancer cells in the heart is metastasis of cancer cells in other organs, but this case is not called heart cancer.

Often, cancer does not occur easily in the heart, which is composed only of muscle cells and does not stop as long as a person is alive, to the point that most doctors say that it does not occur at all.

I guess so. There are many cases where even a doctor majoring in heart does not have a chance to see it once in a lifetime.

The proportion of heart cancer among all tumors is 0.0017% To 0.28%, And since the incidence is extremely low, it is difficult to diagnose because the cause is not known and symptoms are often absent.

In the case of early diagnosis, it is only a case of finding it by chance, such as an echocardiogram, while conducting other tests.

The last time Han Seung-ah had an echocardiogram was three years ago.

———-

“Oh, are you here already? Whoops, look at him. What’s that head?”

“Ha ha ha… Mrs? … Are you okay?”

“Then it’s fine. Hansol, you look even worse? Look at him breathing. Sit down for a while and rest. It’s been a while since I’ve seen Mr. Lee. Thank you for coming.”

As soon as I got out of the car, I ran all the way to the hospital room.

Han Seung-ah, who was told that he had collapsed, was lying on the bed, but his face was fine.

On the contrary, she laughed at me as she gasped and said something to reassure me.

But I couldn’t be relieved.

Beside her, Yoo Jae-joon’s face was hard as if he were about to die.

I sat down on the backless chair next to her bed.

“… What happen? Madam, why… Are you down?”

“It was because my head was dizzy for a while. Does this happen sometimes?”

A lie obviously meant to reassure me.

I turned my head to Yoo Jae-joon instead of Han Seung-ah, who was saying things that would not work.

My eyes met him, and he lowered his eyes and said as if he were chanting.

“Ara will be back soon… Please tell me then.”

“… Yes.”

Ara arrived at the hospital about 20 minutes after I arrived.

“Mom!!”

She looks out of breath as if she ran in like me.

Han Seung-ah pretended to be calm like when I came in, but because he was a quick-witted Ara, he immediately read the heavy atmosphere in the hospital room.

As Ara sat down, Jaejun Yoo explained the situation to us.

“Shim, bowel cancer… ?”

“… Okay.”

Ara’s face turned white at the word cancer.

Perhaps I have the same face.

What have I been up to?

Why didn’t I investigate and study more?

Why did you think like an idiot to conclude that Han Seung-ah died in an accident?

Why can’t I repay the benefactor who saved me?

“I, I… I can’t even think of heart cancer… “

“Why is this Hansol’s fault… It’s my body, it’s my fault. The doctor said it was less than a year ago. Is this really hard to find? Whoops, you’re out of luck… “

“…… “

Han Seung-ah hugged me and patted me on the back, but I didn’t say anything.

I failed.

If I had known a little more about Han Seung-ah’s death before returning to the past, if I had known what kind of disease she got and when, this wouldn’t have happened.

“Hey! Hansol! Look at me! Am i dying huh? Auntie will live long Our Ara, Hansol, Jitae, Ahyeon… I’ll see all my kids meet good people and live happily ever after. Huh? Pop! Why is a child who never cries like this?”

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry… “

“Stop crying~ Pop! The doctor said it would be fine after surgery. Are there all the best surgeons in Korea at this hospital? … Hansol-ah, since you’re a man, you should take care of our Ara when you’re like this. Huh?”

Tears flow uncontrollably.

I already know.

The operation fails. Han Seung-ah dies.

I can’t get out.

I can’t…

I can’t……

———-

How about operating at a hospital other than this one? Whether it’s the US…

It takes time to get surgery in an American hospital. The doctor said there was no room for that.

Then other hospitals in Korea…

This hospital is home to the most competent thoracic surgeon in Korea. Don’t say that

Should I have surgery? At least a little more time to talk to my wife…

Stop talking nonsense and go! If you don’t want surgery, does that mean you’re giving up!

The schedule for Han Seung-ah’s surgery has been set.

My request was not accepted.

Of course. Because Han Seung-ah can’t afford that.

I was taken away by Chief Lee, and all I can do now is pray.

I prayed to whom I didn’t know who I was praying to, holding hands with Ara next to me.

Our joined hands were shaking.

I couldn’t tell if I was shaking or she was shaking.

Before anesthesia, I saw Han Seung-ah’s face smiling at us, and I closed her eyes tightly.

“Sol… “

I prayed as I wrapped my arms around the shoulders of Ara who was leaning on me.

‘Please help me.’

……

“The surgery is a success.”

A miracle happened.

After leaving the operating room, the surgeon raised his thumb.

Han Seung-ah, with her peaceful face, was being moved.

Ara burst into tears of relief and hugged me.

Even Yoo Jae-joon bowed his head and cried and thanked the doctor.

I cried out to myself as I sat down on the floor.

‘Thank you… thank you… !’

The day after the surgery, Yoo Ji-tae and Yoo Hyun-hyun returned from the US, and the next day, they were able to talk to Han Seung-ah, who came to his senses.

Han Seung-ah joked that he had written a will nicely before the operation, and that it was a waste, and we laughed.

Not because I find her masochistic comments funny, but because I’m glad she came back alive.

“The doctor said that the operation went well because I had good stamina? Our Hansol saved her life by making her auntie exercise.”

“What are you saying… “

I don’t know if that’s true or not, but I don’t know.

I was just happy and grateful.

That was the case then.

———-

… Ten days after Han Seung-ah’s surgery, it was a day of heavy rain.

Ara and I went to see Han Seung-ah in the hospital after school and were isolated in the hospital.

“Ha, oops… nice… “

“… Mom?”

“……!!”

Han Seung-ah held her breasts in agony and exhaled heavily.

I immediately rang the call bell.

A nurse came running, and Han Seung-ah was moved.

The patient’s condition changes rapidly…

Urgent surgery…

Not enough blood transfusion packs…

It is difficult to transport blood due to the weather…

The lights in the operating room have changed.

The housekeeper, who raised his thumb that day, bowed his head today.

“… At 22:13 on July 20, 2018, you were destined.”