Chapter 123 (1/2)

“Huh? Confucius!” Soso’s eyes twinkled as she looked at the passing Byeok Tae-san.

It was a face one could see every day and feel better from it. But today, Byeok Tae-san’s expression looked a little different from usual.

“You seem strangely excited…”

Danyoung, who was with him, asked with regards to Soso’s murmuring. “Are you excited?”

“Yes, how do you feel about your sister?” Danyoung looked carefully at the wall, Taesan, and tilted her head.

“Well. It seems like that….”

“And you look a little impatient somewhere.”

“Surely….”

It was also visible in Danyoung’s eyes. Byeok Tae-san had such an atmosphere these days.

“Never do that. It’s been ten days since you started staying here.”

“I was told that I still need at least five more days… Confucius, it must be difficult.”

Danyoung smiled playfully at Soso. “Then go and comfort Soso.”

“Yes? Me, me? Uh, how are you?”

“Well, how can I comfort you?” At this, Soso’s face turned red. Danyoung was so cute that she hugged her tightly.

In addition to this, she rubbed her cheek. “Hey, sister. Don’t do this. It’s a smashed expression.”

“Uh? It’s super low.” Danyoung rubbed Soso’s face, then she noticed that Cho Seo-ran was passing somewhere and her eyes twinkled. Cho Seo-ran’s gaze was fixed on Byeok Tae-san.

Meanwhile, Soso gently grabbed Danyoung’s hand that was holding her cheek and pulled it off. “Obviously something happened. Is that not it?”

At that, Soso opened her eyes and looked at Danyoung and Cho Seo-ran alternately. “That, well.”

“Super Soju, don’t you think you’ve been getting prettier and prettier lately?”

“Yeah, but…”

That was the clearest evidence of what had happened. This was because everyone who spent one night with Byeok Tae-san became so pretty. Soso couldn’t deny it because it was something she had personally experienced. Danyoung nodded her head as if it was natural.

“If you get caught by our Confucius, that’s what happens to everyone.”

Soso looked at Danyoung with an awkward expression. ‘That’s because my sister thinks too much on the side of Confucius.’

She liked Byeok Tae-san, too, but she couldn’t think of only Byeok Tae-san like Danyoung like that. Occasionally, if one were to look at the maids of Byeok Tae-san, such as Danyoung and Chaewol, you could see them thinking and acting cute around him.

At times, it was terrifying. ‘Well, it’s all because they like our Confucius, but….’

Soso turned her gaze again and looked at Cho Seo-ran, who was only looking at Tae-san from a distance.

‘Is that going to happen to him too?’ Cho Seo-ran looked at Tae-san for a while, sighed deeply, and then turned back. Danyoung saw this and took Soso’s hand.

“Now let us go. I have to prepare dinner soon.”

“Yes, sister.” Soso glanced behind Yeonsin while being led by Danyoung’s hand and looked at Cho Seo-ran.

* * *

Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai nodded as they watched Cho Seo-ran skillfully heal. Recently, Cho Seo-ran’s skills were on the rise.

“Of course, our Confucius.” Cheon Chushinui nodded his head broadly and said so. Now, Cho Seo-ran was treating Cheon Gyeongwan and Yoo Seo-yeon. Recently, the training of the two of them had become very intense, so after training, they often got seriously injured.

At first, Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai treated them both, but recently Cho Seo-ran had been almost exclusively in charge. The ability that was biased toward the weak was expanding in the other direction.

If one were to continue to develop in this way for several years, one would probably be able to build up skills that were comparable to those of Chushinui and Ilchimkai.

When Cheon Gyeongwan and Yoo Seo-yeon passed away after the treatment was over, Ilchimaki approached Cho Seo-ran. “Are you worried about anything these days?”

Cho Seo-ran shook her head helplessly. “No. just….”

“Just?”

“I’m just a little worried.”

“What?”

“It’s a thousand pills. I’m a little worried because it seems like I ran away too much.”

Hearing these words, Ilchimkai looked at Cheon Chushinui. “Why are you looking at me? What else are you going to talk about?”

“Did you not hear anything?” He asked this because he knew that Cheon Chushinui was also in charge of collecting information. Even recently, Chushinui frequently visited Ok Hwa to share opinions about what was happening in Uichang or Wuhan, or to help analyze information.

While Ilchimkai focused on medicine and martial arts, Cheon Chushinui focused on medicine and intelligence.

“What… It’s not like I haven’t heard anything….”

Ilchimkai and Cho Seo-ran looked at Cheon Chushinui with their eyes twinkling. “The situation at the Cheon Yakbang seems to have gotten a little more difficult.”

“Yes? Is that for real?” Cho Seo-ran’s eyes grew as bright as a fire.

“I can’t….”

He had only been away for a few months since he had left the Thousand Pharmacy. But what could happen in between? Moreover, he was supposed to get help from the Moorim League.

“Where did you hear that?”

“Where did you hear that? I heard it because Haomun is working hard to gather information about it.”

“Why is Hao-mun collecting information about our Cheon Yak-bang?”

“Because Confucius ordered it, so I’m doing it.”

“Then why Confucius?” He had heard that Haomun was at the foot of Mt. So he could simply believe that he had gathered information under the direction of Byeok Tae-san.

However, why did he have to gather information from a thousand drug stores?

“It’s weird.”

“Is that weird?”

“It is said that the cooperative structure between Moorimmaeng and Cheonyakbang will inevitably cause losses to Cheonyakbang, is that correct?”

At this, he nodded. “First of all, we are in a position to help. However, our Cheon Yakbang has the power to make up for that amount of damage quickly. After overcoming the initial difficulties….”

Cheon Chishinui shook his head.

“Now, the financial situation continues to deteriorate.”

“How…!”

Cheon Chushinui looked at Cho Seo-ran quietly and asked, “Is there any reason to keep Cheon Yakbang there?”