Golden Time (JungYong)

65

Lee Mansuk and Kim Jinwook's attention were immediately focused on Suhyuk's lips. 

They did not care about the sound of the wind, nor the chattering among those on the benches in the park. Suhyuk slightly looked at Lee Mansuk; the best neurosurgeon in Korea.

One day he asked Lee about the injuries that Hana's father had, and Lee shook his head, saying that modern medical science could not treat it. 

If that was true, it meant that even Prof. Lee could not do anything about it.

So, Suhyuk gave up on choosing neurosurgery. 

At the same time he recalled stem cell research. He reaffirmed his determination that someday, or in the near future, he would solve the questions left long standing by himself. 

Suhyuk opened his mouth.

"I'm thinking of choosing thoracic and cardiovascular surgery."

He firmly decided on it as there were not many doctors in that field compared with other clinical departments, and it was something the residents felt reluctant about doing.

It was the foremost frontline where he could save one's life.

Suhyuk thought it was thoracic and cardiovascular surgery that could save the lives of those falling into desperate condition. 

If the emergency room is to blow the wind to revive a spark, thoracic cardiovascular surgery is to make the spark burn brightly. The place where life and death is decided directly is in the operating room.

So, he decided to go to that department. 

Lee Mansuk made a disappointed expression. How much efforts had he put in to find such a talent… Why would he choose to suffer hardship as a thoracic surgeon in doing thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, often called the 3Ds job - difficult, dangerous and dirty.

As a matter of fact, neurosurgery was almost as hard, but thoracic cardiovascular surgery was just a bit harder. 

As there were not a sufficient number of doctors, the scheduled surgeries had to be delayed sometimes. 

Even for that reason, Suhyuk wanted to go there all the more. 

When Lee was making a deep sigh, Kim was smiling with a satisfactory look.

"Nice decision!" said Kim.

He was the professor in charge of emergency artery team.

That meant he would have more time to see Suhyuk.

"Are you really serious about your decision?" 

At Lee's asking, Suhyuk nodded his head. 

"Yes, I want to go major in thoracic cardiovascular surgery."

Rising from the bench, he tapped Suhyuk on the shoulder a few times, and then walked to the elevator. Still there was one more month left for him to change Suhyuk's mind.

What kind of options are there… 

Today out of all days, Lee Mansuk looked feeblish.

"Suhyuk, you made a great decision. Just move on from now on."

Suhyuk smiled at his words.

It would be only for a brief time that he would stay at the thoracic cardiovascular surgery, because he had some other work to do.

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A strange rumor began to float around in the thoracic cardiovascular surgery department. 

It was about the coming arrival of a monster resident at the thoracic cardiovascular surgery one month later. It was Prof. Kim Jinwook who spread that strange rumor.