Chapter 388 (1/2)

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The following story was even more severe. Touching his forehead, Eun Jiho continued, “Besides, he got serious injuries to the head… so not sure if he can wake up even if the surgery goes well.”

“Ah…”

“The reason why no grownups are here is that they’ve called an emergency meeting. There’s no guarantee of the postoperative recovery; even if the surgery goes very successfully, no one knows if he’ll be able to regain his consciousness, so they’re already preparing for war.”

That was when the two people I saw at the party flashed through my head.

“What about Chun Young’s brothers? Were they Yoo Shin and Yoo Gun?”

“They are coming here by flight. Probably Yoo Gun will be dragged to the meeting right away, and only Yoo Shin will be here, but that’s fine since Yoo Chun young won’t be alone.”

“Yeah, at least, that’s better…”

However, at that moment, Eun Jiho paused to speak and threw a mixed glance at me. I rubbed my cheeks. Pointing at his cardigan over my shoulders, I asked, “Ah, you’re quite sensitive to cold, right? Should I return it to you?”

“No, not that…”

Disheveling his hair, Eun Jiho mumbled, ‘Gosh, what should I do…? How come they all made me explain everything?’ His muttering words agitated me that I pushed him, “Hey, what’s going on?”

“I mean… you said you’ve heard about this situation from the TV news, huh?”

“Yes,” I nodded.

“Then you saw that it was a car accident.”

“Uh-huh.”

“You know who’s the driver of Yoo Chun Young’s father…”

As soon I grasped what Eun Jiho was implying, my face stiffened immediately.

It was a thing that never entered my head since Eun Hyung even came out to pick us up. His face that I first encountered today in the parking lot looked pale, which I considered that it was because of a sudden accident. There wasn’t any trace of tears too, so I couldn’t think further at all.

Watching my reaction, Eun Jiho heaved a deep sigh as if he had expected that. His following words then dragged me to the ground.

“Eun Hyung’s father is also in a critical state just like Yoo Chun Young’s father. He’s also in a major surgery right now. We’re not even sure if their consciousness could return.”

“…”

“They must… they must wake up from the coma, don’t they?”

Eun Jiho dropped those words one after another in front of me, who was just standing still wordlessly. He seemed to vent his anger at, not me but, someone who wasn’t here in this place such as the angel of death or the god of destiny.

“Because Kwon Eun Hyung… he only has one person left for now, so they must survive. Wouldn’t that be fair for him?” Eun Jiho murmured frantically while mussing up his hair.

I knew that the world was unfair, and I wasn’t supposed to say this, but…

“Among the people I know, Kwon Eun Hyung is the one who’s living life to the fullest…”

“He’s been hustling to survive… but how can this happen again to him? Such nonsense…”

While Eun Jiho blurted out, unusually, without context, I also mumbled beside him in a daze.

“They say good people get rewarded after their death… that’s such bullshit.”

Why did it have to be after death, not now? Everyone deserved to become happy, but if someone particularly had the right to be that way, I believed it was Eun Hyung.

I clenched both my fists while thinking, ‘But how come…?’

In front of Eun Jiho, who broke into tears, I also began to cry, eventually.

When we went back to the hallway near the operation room, Eun Hyung greeted us first. Sitting beside Yoo Chun Young, who still didn’t move an inch like a statue, Eun Hyung just looked down at the floor nonchalantly then turned his head toward us and smiled.

It was his usual, refreshing grin, which made me become even more concerned about him.