Golden Time (JungYong)

89

Hearing Jo's remarks, Suhyuk stopped unwrapping the bandage suddenly, but resumed after a moment, with a smile.

"How did you know that?"

"Well, this is a small village as you know. Rumors are spreading quite quickly."

Suhyuk nodded his head.

Soon Suhyuk removed the bandage completely with a frown.

"Did you say you were hurt from falling?"
The wounds were strange.

The bruises on his arm were not caused by his falling.

It looked as if it was cut by a sharp object, about 7 cm deep.

Though he could not see any bone, he found the stab wounds to be deep.

A bit of pressing on it might cause a gush of blood from there.

"When did you get hurt?"

Looking at his own wound, he made a strange smile.

"Only yesterday..."

"You might feel a bit of a sting. Let me do it quickly, though."

"Did you get your arm cut by a sharp object when you stumbled?"
"Well... I was not sure because it was dark at the time."

Having said that, he looked at Suhyuk.

At the moment both met their eyes simultaneously.

A brief moment of silence.

It was Jo who said, with a smile,

"Doctor, do you think my condition is not good?"

Suhyuk fixed his eyes back on his wounds.

"Fortunately there seems to be no damage to the bone or muscle. I don't see any debris, either. Did you do any first-aid by yourself?"
He nodded his head, answering, "Yes, I rinsed the wounds with lukewarm water."

"Well done. Next time come to the clinic immediately when you're hurt like this."

He smiled, replying,

"Well, this is the only clinic on this small island. I would love to, but I can't."

After he was done with disinfecting the wounds, Suhyuk said,

"I think you need some stitches because the stab wound is deep."

'Please go ahead in a less painful way, doctor."

"You'll be alright because the stitches are done only after anesthesia."

"It costs additional money, right? You don't have to apply anesthesia then."

"No big difference in the cost."

Jo smiled faintly, saying, "Then please go ahead with anesthesia."

Now Suhyuk began stitching the wounds on his arm.

"Don't you feel any stinging?"

"No, I'm alright."

After he was done with stitching, Suhyuk now disinfected his arm once more.

"Makes sure the wounds don't touch water, and keep them clean."

Jo nodded his head, asking, "Am I done?"

"Yes, Let me give you a prescription, so don't fail to take it. The prescription I will give you is an anti-inflammatory drug..."

After listening to his explanation, Jo rose from the seat.

"Thanks, doctor."

"My pleasure."

Suhyuk looked at his appearance from behind when he was going out.