74 Cosmetic Surgery 5 (1/2)
Ganghyuk opened one of the books Dolseok brought.
”Please see this. I think it would be better to explain in pictures, so I brought these books.”
”Oh, do you have medical books with pictures?”
”Yes, I am making them with the help of a painter.”
”Wow, that is a good idea.”
Lee Hangbok looked at the book with curiosity.
In the first part, the side-effects of blowfish poison were described.
”What is this?”
He pointed Ganghyuk who blew air to the patient using the blown s.c.r.o.t.u.m.
”Ah, when the patient is intoxicated by the poison, we can revive the patient through this method.”
It was a side-effect during the treatment, but he did not explain it like so.
It was to remove any suspicion he might be having.
”Heo. I am surprised. Is there a way to save a person who is intoxicated by blowfish poison?”
Lee Hangbok was poor when he was young.
His mother tried to abort him by taking poison because of poverty, but he survived in the womb and saw the light of the world.
It was said he could not open his eyes for several days after birth.
Therefore, he had a great interest in medicine.
”Yes. The poison of blowfish can paralyze the human muscles. The reason why the intoxicated people die is that their breathing stops once intoxicated.”
”Ha…I see.”
”The s.c.r.o.t.u.m is a tool to make him breathe artificially till the patient can breathe on his own.”
”Great. What is this?”
It was the picture of a patient whose face was paralyzed.
Yeoju caught the characteristics of facial hemiplegia.
The eyebrows and oral angle in the paralyzed side were lowered and those on the other side were raised.
”It is a side-effect that can arise during treatment, but we have already found the right content, so you do not need to worry.”
”If my wife's face became like this, I would be very depressed, but it would not remind me of her father anymore. Haha.”
”Don't worry, sir.”
”Then you will give the same injection to my wife as shown in the pictures?”
Yeoju painted the injection scene in details as well.
”Yes, sir.”
”Ok. I trust you. I will see you tomorrow.”
”Yes, sir.”
Lee Hangbok left the house.
He did not forget taking the leftover chicken.
Ganghyuk and his fellows were not fully satisfied.
Dolseok pointed the oil pot and asked.
”Sir, what should I do with the oil? Should I throw it away?”
”No. Why? We can fry chicken again.”
”Can we.”
”Yes.”
”Then, can we do it again now…?”
Dolseok pointed at the chickens feeding in the yard.
When Ganghyuk looked back, everybody had the same eyes.
They seemed to be wanting more.
'I can eat more, too.'
He can buy chicken from the market place if he needs them.
”Ok, let's have them all together.”
Ganghyuk nodded his head.
That night they finished all the chickens in the house, needless to say, the night ended with their smiling faces.
”Sir, wash your face.”
Dolseok gave him a basin for his oily face.
Yeoju and Yeoni who stood behind looked happy, too.
He felt a great sense of satisfaction after seeing them happy.
”Ok, have a quick breakfast and visit sir Hanbok.”
”Yes.”
”Get the s.c.r.o.t.u.ms in case of an emergency.”
”Ah, yes.”
Dolseok and the others showed a gloomy expression at the command of Ganghyuk, but their faces brightened soon thereafter.
They knew they would not need the s.c.r.o.t.u.ms anymore based on their experiences.
The last time they blew the balloons was three days ago.
All had the same thinking in their head.
”Let's go.”
”Yes, I will get a horse.”
”Ok.”
Ganghyuk was on the way on the horse.
Commoners around the house bowed to him as soon as he graced them with his presence.
”Sir.”
”Do not look at their faces. Your neck would be diced.”
They feared him rather than respected him.
He was from the house filled with cries of agony and screams of suffering every day.
Additionally, high-ranking officials such as Seongyong and Hangbok visited him quite often.
”Heo, they misunderstood me.”
The Flail showed a strange reaction to his expression when Ganghyuk said that.
He thought it was true Ganghyuk captured people and tortured them.
He still remembered the pain he had endured after taking medicine.
They thrust something in his a.n.u.s and experimented.
However, after that, they accepted him as a member of their fellows.h.i.+p and treated him with compa.s.sion.
They were not the sort of people who would bow down blindly, and he thought it would be wiser to keep them as his friends rather than enemies.
”Ah, Sir Baik. Please come in.”
A salve of Hangbok came to them after recognizing Ganghyuk.
The gate was soon opened and Ganghyuk was guided to the room of Hangbok's wife.
”Oh, you have arrived.”
Gwon Yul greeted him.
Ganghyuk was surprised because he thought Hangbok secretly arranged this operation.
”Eo, sir, good morning.”
”I heard my daughter had some sort of disease.”
”Yes, she is sick.”
”Heo. I did not know she was sick. Why didn't they tell me?”
Gwon Yul seemed to feel sorry for her.
It was a very familiar reaction.
'The president of the hospital showed the expression on his face quite often.'
His face was like that when he was talking about his daughter who did not study hard, did not follow his instruction, and did not have a beautiful face.
In others' eyes, she was a bad daughter, but the president loved her with all his heart.
He tried to introduce her to Ganghyuk, hoping to make Ganghyuk his son-in-law.
The president had to pay for his wrong decision with the insults he received from Ganghyuk.
'Is Gwon Yul like the president in that world?'
When he was remembering the times he had with the president, Lee Hangbok entered.
He always looked like a day off officer.
This is the first time he saw Hangbok in his official uniform.
”Did you meet my father-in-law? Are you ready for the treatment?”
”Yes, I will give her a good therapy.”
Hangbok was calm, although it was his wife's treatment.
However, Gwon Yul was nervous and walked around the yard restlessly.
”Please give her the best treatment that you can give. She has a body as weak as mine.”
”Yes, I understand.”
His hands were warm and thick. As he grabbed Ganghyuk's hands with enormous strength, he couldn't let go of it easily.
Ganghyuk saw some threats from his eyes. He thought he could die here if he made a mistake in her treatment.
'I don't want to be his enemy in Hangjudaecheop. [A war Gwon Yul won against j.a.panese.]
He really did not want to die here.
Ganghyuk was firmly determined to make this treatment successful as took his shoes off before entering.
”Dolseok, give it to me.”
”Yes, sir.”
Dolseok gave the s.c.r.o.t.u.m in the silk pouch.
'I hope there will not be an accident that would need the a.s.sistance of this.'
Ganghyuk ignored the stern eyes of Gwon Yul and came into the room.
Yeoju and Yeoni, wearing nurse-like uniforms, and Lee Hangbok followed him.
When they were about to close the door, Gwon Yul added.
”If something happens, call me. I will come back from the palace as soon as possible.”
Then Hangbok answered with a stern tone.
”Yes, father.”
”You must remember that…”
”Father, it is time for you to go to the office.”
He closed the door without hesitation.
Gwon Yul said something, but Ganghyuk could not hear it since Hangbok started speaking right thereafter.
”He is always making a fuss when it's related to my wife. Please understand.”
”Eo, yes.”