“Ok, ok. We're here to do good things. Nice to meet you all. I look forward to working with you today."
His first impression of Actor Ryu Chul was that he was active. As soon as the actor saw Dowook for the first time, he greeted him gently and showed interest.
"Wow. I thought a stern professor would guide me, but a completely young doctor came.”
"What…"
"When I get cast in a medical drama, I would play the role of a doctor around your age. What is it? Intern, Reggie? The icon of youth who is constantly growing up with the patient even though he is constantly being scolded above. You're working hard, right?”
Dowook raised his gaze from where he was looking at Actor Ryu's lower body and nodded.
"What…"
"Oh, look at how gentle he is. About Tom Brand's visit today, just trust me. We got really close while filming. If you need an autograph or something, just ask me."
English pronunciation as if he was forcing himself to roll his tongue. He wanted to pinch the actor's cheek to see if Seong Chang Soo had appeared wearing a mask.
Five small cameras began recording, and when the PD in charge of filming from KG Entertainment sent an okay sign, a full-fledged volunteer program began.
-It's been a while since I saw everyone on the N Live channel. I'm actor Ryu Chul. How about this side?
-I'm Ha Hyungmin! Glad to see you~.
-I'm Yena!
While the three greeted the camera in front of Ryu Chul, the cast waved their hands to the other cameras in greeting.
Dowook stepped back and watched the celebrities act naturally in front of the camera.
-… That's why we gathered at the hospital. Just looking like Volunteer work? Pretending to work only when the camera is on? We don't have anything like that. Undeleted videos will be uploaded.
Actor Ryu, who was in full swing, turned to Dowook.
-Doctor! What should we start with?
"Divide the number of people first into three teams."
Men and women were properly mixed and the number of people was divided into Ryu Chul's team, Ha Hyungmin's team, and Yoo Yena's team.
Dowook told Manager Shim about the morning plan he had received in advance.
"Ryu Chul's team will move to the ward for severely ill children, Hyungmin's team to the medical supply room, and Yena's team will move to a neonatal room. Please tell me whenever you need medical advice between volunteer activities. This is a call phone. The team leader can carry it around, ask with this, and respond to the call that comes with this."
After delivering the phone, Dowook stepped back, watched them start moving and asked Manager Shim.
"Do I just have to follow Ryu Chul around?"
"Yes. Actor Ryu is the main character, so please always move based on that standard."
The ward for severely ill children was crowded with dozens of children.
Those children, who had rare incurable diseases, rarely went outside and had to spend very uncomfortable days living only in hospitals.
This was a kind of healing daycare center established to overcome the problem.
Dowook looked inside through the window and paused when he saw a seven-year-old girl drawing at one table.
A respirator was connected to her nose. A habit of inhaling and exhaling roughly from time to time. Gabi was a VIP ward patient suffering from cystic fibrosis.
While thinking about going in and greeting her, he hesitated because he remembered that she did not give any affection to the medical staff.
Drrrr.
-Hi guys. Has anyone seen Trip to Ulsan?
As soon as Ryu Chul opened the door, a boy who was assembling a toy raised his finger and pointed at him.
– Huh? It's that guy who was fighting with zombies.
– Right, right! You saw it? I'm the man who survived until the end. In the next movie, Jet America and the bad guys also hit each other. Ch, ch, ch, ch, ch, go!
-Do you know Jet America?
-I do. We're best friends.
Ryu Chul was very friendly. He quickly became friendly with the children and continued conversations tailored to their interests.
‘He's really a good actor.'
Unlike the first impression he gave, his expression showed a warmth that seemed to express that he came purely for the children.
Dowook asked the ward nurse who was waiting when he saw the child sitting on her lap.
"He's wearing a bandage around his neck. Did he get surgery recently?”
"Seongho? He suffers from autoimmune thyroiditis."
"Aha"
Dowook sent a text message on the call phone he gave to Ryu Chul.
[He suffers from a rare disease that causes frequent swelling in his throat. The bandage is there to hide it, so it seems better not to mention it.]
Ryu Chul, who saw the text, nodded toward Dowook outside the window.
Other celebrities who entered with Ryu Chul soon began to sit down and play and talk with the children.
Dowook continuously delivered tips on coping with the disease on the call phone while keeping his eyes on Gabi, who was sitting alone.
A member of Blue High walked toward Gabi and sat next to her, but she was seen stepping back.
Dowook pointed to Gabi at the nurse.
"About Gabi. Is she usually alone like that?"
"It's almost like that. Maybe because she's much more mature than other children, she can't open her heart well."
Gabi, who he had seen in Lim So Yool's room, had the innocent smile of a seven-year-old.
Dowook moved toward the entrance of the ward because he thought it looked sad to have such an expressionless face among those smiling ones.
He opened the door and walked in front of Gabi.
"Hi, Gabi. Do you remember me?"
Gabi raised her head.
"I have to draw all of this."
"Okay, I got it. I'll just sit here quietly. Can I do that?"
Gabi focused on moving colored pencils without saying much.
Dowook dragged the chair in front of Gabi and sat down. It was because he thought she would be less lonely just by having someone next to her.
He tried not to look at Gabi so she wouldn't feel uncomfortable, but his gaze kept heading to the sketchbook. Human curiosity was really…
‘Huh?'
Rudolph. A reindeer characterized by a red nose and full antlers was being drawn very cutely.
He was amazed by her artistic skills when he heard Gabi muttering, "This is not the Euler circuit" while adding more branches to the antlers.
She drew the antler without lifting the colored pencil from the page.
‘Weren't you drawing?’
It was at times like this that he became more curious about what education Lim So Yool had given Gabi.
"Dr. Park?"
His head turned on its own at the clear voice. Lim So Yool was seen standing outside the ward window. A gaze asking, "What are you doing here?" went back and forth between them. And at the same time, he pointed to Gabi.
Smiling Lim So Yool entered.
"Unni!"
Gabi welcomed Lim So Yool brightly.
"Did you finish drawing Rudolph?"”
"I'm still drawing antlers."
"Tell me when you're done drawing. I'll be talking to Dr. Park for a while."
"Yes."
Lim So Yool sat next to Dowook.
"I was going to call you. I think my sister's family will come to see you."
"Family?"
"Seeing that you're here, you've already met them."
Lim So Yool's eyes were on the celebrities.
Only then did Dowook recognize again that Lim So Yool's older sister was the CEO of KG Entertainment. He wasn't sure why, but she seemed to have asked him to do this because of their previous relationship.
"I was asked to serve as a simple consultant. As you can see, there's not much to do."
"With my sister's personality, she wouldn't ask you to do anything easy. Be careful. You might have trouble."
"Will you get revenge for me if I have a hard time?"
Lim So Yool glanced at the staff of KG Entertainment located everywhere and whispered into Dowook’s ear.
"I owe her a debt last week due to the Seodaemun Fire Station incident, so I'll do it unofficially."
"No, you don't have to do that. I'm getting paid anyway."
Lim So Yool, who was continuing the conversation, looked at the oxygen tank next to Gabi.
"Dr. Park, when can we calculate the symptoms for Gabi?"
"It's…"
Dowook recalled the words he heard when he requested to consult with internal medicine.
-Hey, Dr. Park. Additional diagnosis? Statistics? What are you talking about with genetic diseases where no cure has been established in the first place? This is a disease that you have to carry and manage for the rest of your life. I don't want to give a patient false hope. A Neurosurgeon should not talk about a genetic disease…….
Genetic incurable disease. In areas that cannot be covered by surgical surgery, solutions such as Jung Woo-seok and Kim Suhan could not be found. Nevertheless, the request for cooperation was due to the existence of Lim So Yool.
On a day like today, he couldn't bear to say that he couldn't do it because the doctor in charge rejected it at once.
"All the doctors are busy because it's the end of the year. I'll keep looking into it."
It was not too late to make another assessment and reveal the facts then if it didn't work.
“Wow. Who is this?”
Ryu Chul, who finished playing with a child, came to Dowook and Lim So Yool. Lim So Yool bowed her head lightly toward Ryu Chul.
"I'm Lim So Yool, the dean’s representative of Myeong Sae Hospital. Thank you for the volunteer work."
Ryu Chul received Lim So Yool’s gratitude with a sculptured face and a full smile.
"Don't mention it. But you look a lot like a boss I know. Even your name."
"If you're talking about my sister, that's right."
"Oh no. I didn't know both of you sisters were this beautiful."
Despite Ryu Chul's efforts to gain favor, Lim So Yool responded with a short answer. When the opponent did not seem willing to continue the conversation, Ryu Chul immediately changed the subject.
"I hope the children here don't get sick much today. As soon as I came, tears covered my eyes."
"If they weren't sick, they would have been discharged."
She only pointed out the facts, but Ryu Chul flinched at the seemingly cold answer. Manager Shim, who was standing far away, shook his head slowly at Ryu Chul as if to say, "You look hopeless, so don't come near me."
The atmosphere in front of an opponent on whom the name value and appearance of a rich and famous actor did not work at all, became very awkward.
Dowook shook his head internally.
‘You need to know something like Barrette distribution so that you can talk to the director. I can't help you with this one.’
Ryu Chul, who changed target, saw Gabi.
"Wow, you're really good at drawing. Look at you filling in the color freely. It's art. Art."
Gabi, who was sketching the torso, raised her head.
"This is rhombic Penrose tiling".
"Huh?"
"Unni said it was fun because it hit 144 degrees."
Mathematical figures presented by Penrose, extending the plane by neatly attaching aperiodic tiles. Of course, Ryu Chul did not recognize him. That was why he became mute.
Dowook provided a solution to Ryu Chul, who seemed to have a mental breakdown, even though he was not a psychiatrist.
"The bathroom is on the left."
"Oh, bathroom. Right. I was going to go there. Thank you, doctor."
Ryu Chul went outside in a hurry. In the meantime, Lim So Yool sat next to Gabi and began to talk about the drawing.
"Now you're good at applying tiles that combine the two. Shall we put Fibonacci in here, too?”
"What's Fibonacci?"
"It's the most interesting curve in the world so we can draw Rudolph's eyes."
"Then it's good."
Dowook slipped out since Gabi's face had a smile that was not there before. There was nothing to help at the table where the world of the two began.
Lim So Yool, holding a pen, gave Dowook a look to say goodbye.
When he came out again, he saw Ryu Chul walking out of the bathroom after washing his hands. As soon as Ryu Chul saw Dowook, he rushed up.
"Doctor."
"What?"
"President Lim So-hee's younger sister, no, Dean representative Lim So Yool. What is she doing over there?”
"I guess she came to play with Gabi because they are close."
"All the women in that family are not easy. From mother to two daughters. Oh, my.”
Ryu Chul shook his head.
Drrrk
Manager Shim, who put his cell phone to his ear, suddenly ran out of the door.
"Chul! Tom Brand just arrived!"
"Huh? Already? You said he’d come at 1 o'clock."
"That. This pediatric ward is not the destination."
"Then what?"
"He suddenly got sick and was taken to the hospital emergency room from the hotel."
"What?"
