Golden Time (JungYong)

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Suhyuk was moving one of his shoulders in a circular motion. He had the shoulder struck by a motorcycle. He did not feel pain there anymore and the bruising in his biceps was going down, and new cells were replacing the damaged ones. His bones were not injured, and he did not need any treatment because it was just a bruise. Over time his body will heal itself anyway, he thought.

It was now lunch time, and Suhyuk went to see Dongsu. He was packing his stuff to leaving having finished with the discharge procedure. Noticing Suhyuk, he grinned. 

"Thanks to you, I've caught one criminal," he said. 

He was talking about the guy who committed serial rape. 

Suhyuk could not help but smile. He just took the guy to the emergency room because he was involved in a traffic accident without knowing who he was. Then he turned out to in fact be a criminal on the loose. 

Sitting on the bed, Suhyuk said with a worried voice, "What about the guy who stabbed you? Was he caught?" 

Dongsu kitted his brows, saying, "He was last seen in Yongsan, but escaped nimbly like a mouse."

"How bold he is… How can he stab a prosecutor?"

"Well, thugs these days don't fear anybody. They just wield their tools at anyone."

At his words Suhyuk shook his head. He told him several times to understand what his profession was, and make a distinction between a detective and a prosecutor. He would not listen. 

While packing his stuff, Dongsu squatted on the bed, saying, "You said you have something to say."

"I was involved in a hit-and-run."

Dongsu looked at him here and there at his words.

"Hit-and-run? Where? How come you are okay then?"

With a gentle smile, Suhyuk told him about the traffic accident involving the serial rapist.  

While listening to him quietly, Dongsu had a dubious expression on his face, and said, "It happened near Hana's Rice & Soup store…"

"Yes, and she was hit by a motorcycle at the same place before."

"The suspect wearing a helmet?"

Suhyuk nodded his head.

The two were silent for a moment. While they were thinking, Dongsu spoke first

"Just trust in me."

Suhyuk spoke to him while rising from the seat, "Sorry to bother you. I should have taken this to the police directly."

Dongsu grinned, saying, "No, you don't have to say sorry. It's my duty to get rid of the evil people like this."

After tapping him on the shoulder several times, Dongsu headed for the entrance of the room. When Suhyuk was about to escort him out, Dongsu turned back and said, 

"Don't bother to escort me. Thanks for waking me up."

"I didn't do anything. I just watched on the side."

Dongsu shook his head as if that was not true. 

He remembered Suhyuk approaching him who was lying in bed nervously. When he saw Suhyuk's eyes, he felt comfortable. He relaxed him, with silent words: 'Just trust me.' 

With anesthesia, he could go to sleep comfortably, and when he woke up, he could see him as expected. 

"I'm leaving now."

Detectives approached Dongsu who waved his hands without turning back, and soon they disappeared into the elevator. 

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