Chapter 8: A Tightrope And A Swing [4] (1/2)
'Tuk… tuk.'
Dolseok shuddered at the sound that the man made by tapping the club on his palm. Ganghyuk looked at him once and then took out the stethoscope from the bag, listening to the heartbeat of the boss.
'There is no noise. Fortunately, the blood will not leak out anymore.'
It seemed that he would not need to open the chest. Of course, it was impossible to open the chest here. With relief, Ganghyuk murmured. ”Good. He will not die.”
He took out a piece of gauze from the bag and pressed on the place that he had stabbed. Fortunately, the boss was very healthy, without any serious illness. Therefore, the bleeding was controlled relatively easily.
”Good, he will now recover soon.”
Ganghyuk looked at the boss with a light heart as Eoreumsani and the other men came to the latter and ma.s.saged his arms and legs. It was an old home remedy, and seemed very effective; it helped blood circulation anyway.
”Heok” Soon, the boss exhaled a shallow breath and opened his eyes. He blinked his eyes, seemingly not fully awake.
”Mother… my late mother.”
”Father! It's me. Are you OK?”
”Ah, ah… it is Yeoni. What happened to me?'
”You fell down in the middle of the drinking session. Do you remember?”
Yeoni pointed at the clothes which were half wet. It seemed that the boss did not remember anything.
”I don't know at all. Who is he?”
Although he was not fully awake, he was the boss of a group. He immediately noticed strange people in the group from a glance. Even more importantly, he noticed that Ganghyuk must be a n.o.bleman.
”He is…”
Yeoni tried to answer the question, but she did not know his name. All the men surrounding the scene showed their puzzled eyes and scratched their heads idly.
They had dishonored the savior earlier on due to their ignorance. Thus, Yeoni knelt down to apologize, and the others followed. ”Sorry! We made a big mistake. We have committed a grave sin”
Ganghyuk nodded his head, taking it for granted. ”It is alright. It is not a grave sin, anyway.' On the other hand, Dolseok looked like a person who had just returned from h.e.l.l.
”Yes, fellows. You must know him better. He is the n.o.bleman from Baik family of Suwon. His name is Ganghyuk.” He answered while lifting his head gallantly. His voice showed that he was still tensed, but his posture was much more dignified than before.
”I am Ganghyuk Baik.” Ganghyuk held out his hands as usual.
The boss nodded his head helplessly.
He used an ambiguous language, as he could not determine which style he should use. It could have been out of etiquette but Ganghyuk did not care.
”Ah, is that so? Why did you come here?”
”Father, he saved you.”
”Really? Then I must thank you for this life-saving grace.”
”You are welcome. But, you need to take care because you are not well enough.” Ganghyuk said while shaking his hands.
All the people present there became tensed with Ganghyuk's comment. n.o.body took his comment lightly, since they had just seen him saving their boss from death. Furthermore, he still held a syringe full of blood in his hand.
”Then… What did you feel after b.u.mping into him?” Ganghyuk pointed at the man on the swing. It was he who had held the club and threated him. He knelt down and bowed repeatedly, as if afraid he was going to be punished.
The boss frowned as he remembered the pain when he b.u.mped into the man. ”Ah, it was painful. But, it was not a big pain to cause me to die.”
”The blood vessel in the pouch encompa.s.sing the heart was broken. Because of the blood, your heart could not beat. I removed the blood, so you don't need to worry.”
There were no one who understood this explanation. Only Yeoni and Dolseok tried to understand, but it seemed like even they did not understand it fully.
'They will not understand, anyway.'
The years that he spent teaching students as a professor did not leave him alone. He tried to explain things in full scale, but the next moment, he gave it up and just smacked his lips in exasperation.
He did not know how he should address the old man in front of him, and thought that he had better ask.
It was much better asking in advance than making a mistake. It was a kind of strategy that he learned from his experience in the hospital.
”How can I address you?”
The boss laughed at Ganghyuk's question, but then frowned as he felt the pain in his chest because of the laughter.
”Don't call me with bad names such as b*stard.”
”OK, then I will call you Pyeonsu. How did you feel when you fell?”
”En…”