Golden Time (JungYong)

71

The ginseng chicken soup restaurant was crowded with customers.

Such a big crowd made them realize why it was a famous place to eat.

Although crowded, seeing as it was past lunchtime, they were able to find an empty table.

"Welcome. How many are you?"

Lee Mansuk replied to the employee's asking,

"Five."

"Right now we've only got an empty room. Is it okay?"

Lee asked, looking at Suhyuk's parents.

Waving her hands, Suhyuk's mother said, 

"Professor, it doesn't matter to us."

Nodding his head, Lee said to the employee,

"Escort us to the best room, please."

"It's all the same, sir."

The employee escorted them to the room.

It was quite spacious, but narrow at the same time.

Out of the five tabes, there was only one table left.

Suhyuk's parents were seated at one side of the table, while Kim and Lee on the other.

Suhyuk took a seat between them at the head of the table.

After placing an order, Kim, who was holding a water cup, looked at Lee.

Was it a coincidence?

He could not help but shake his head.

He felt as if he was being watched.

When he was thinking about it, Lee said with a pleasant smile,

"You have a very good son. Other doctors feel jealous about Dr. Lee Suhyuk because he works so wonderfully."

Satisfactory smiles were plastered all over Suhyuk's parents' faces.

His father opened his mouth, "Looks like he has become what he is now thanks to your great guidance, though he still has a long way to go. Thank you."

Kim shook his head, replying, "No, we didn't do anything for him at all, so we even feel sorry."

The couple smiled at Suhyuk. They felt so proud of him.

Lee Mansuk kept praising him, and so did Kim.

Soon ginseng chicken soup was served, and they began to eat.

Suhyuk's mother took out a rear chicken leg and gave it to Suhyuk.

"Try this, Suhyuk."

"Oh, I've got one here. Please try it yourself, mom."

"I can't have all this. You have to eat a lot and get more strength since you work until very late every day."

Lee Mansuk agreed and nodded his head.

She asked, "Can you change the department where you work if you wanted to?"

With a perplexed look, Suhyuk was about to open his mouth, but at that moment, Lee Mansuk spoke first, "Of course he could. I can guarantee that he leaves the office on time if he comes to the neurosurgery department."

Kim Jinwook intervened then, "I can guarantee that at my department too."

The two professors kept saying sweet words to Suhyuk's parents. 

Because Suhyuk let what they said go in one ear and out the other, they decided to turn to other methods to persuade him. They could not miss the opportunity in front of them.