"Dad!"
With her breath cut off, Jung Soo Chan ran into the father's room to see the man's condition. While he was studying at a friend's house, the young man got the news that his father had an accident. Soo Chan doesn't know what accident the father had, because the person didn't tell him. After hearing the news, he rushed to run home.
"Dad!" call Soo Chan while opening the door of her parents' room.
"Soo Chan, why are you home so early?" asked Yong Cha who was in the room by himself with his injured calf bandaged.
"I was worried when i heard you had an accident," Soo Chan replied. He looked at his father's feet. "What happened? Why are your feet bandaged?"
"I was sharpening a knife, then suddenly the blade came off and stuck in my calf. The nurse said the wound is not deep so it will recover quickly, " Yong Cha explained.
Soo Chan rubbed his own calf when he heard the father's answer. The young man had goosebumps at the thought of how terrible the sharp object had stuck into his calf.
"By the way, i've met the girl you're close to," Yong Cha said to Soo Chan's surprise. "She came with the nurse who treated my wound."
"Ah, it turned out that she was the one who had treated dad's wound," Soo Chan said, nodding his head. "What do you think of that girl? She's beautiful, isn't she?"
Yong Cha did not immediately give his answer. The man was acting as if he was thinking about whether the girl who was close to his son was. A smile flashed on Yong Cha's face after he finished thinking. "Your mother is much prettier than her," he replied ending with a laugh.
Soo Chan chuckles because of the answer from his father. "Thank God if dad wasn't seriously injured," he said. "Then I'll go back to Min Seok's house."
"Well, study hard, My son!"
Soo Chan nods his head while smiling in response to his father's words. The young man then went out of the room to return to his friend's House.
"Oh, Soo Chan, are you home?"ask Myeong Hee who just returned from nowhere.
"Oh mom, where have you been?" asked Soo Chan.
"Take the nurses home and buy groceries," Myeong Hee replies, pointing out her groceries.
"Then i'll go back to Min Seok's house, the lesson is not finished yet," said Soo Chan.
"Well, be careful on the road."
***
There was silence between Seoyoon and Soo Chan who were enjoying their lunch. It's just that since the woman's order was served, Seoyoon hasn't touched the food at all. This made Soo Chan look worried. The young man paused his eating activities and looked at Seoyoon who was sitting in front of him.
"By the way I haven't thanked you," Soo Chan said breaking the silence between the two of them.
Soo Chan's words of gratitude clearly made Seoyoon confused. "Thanks for what?"
"For helping my father," Soo Chan replied with a smile.
Seoyoon seems to be having a lot of thoughts, as the girl is getting confused but seems to be trying to remember everything that happened to her until before she met Soo Chan for lunch. "Ah, don't tell me if the man whose calf was hit by the knife is your father?" her guess was answered by nodding Soo Chan's head.
"My father told me that you came to treat his feet," Soo Chan said, still keeping a smile on his face.
"I'm not treating it, just helping my seniors," Seoyoon replied. The girl fell silent again, even now lowering her head. Occasionally his eyes glanced at Soo Chan who was watching him at this moment in silence.
"You seem to have a lot on your mind, what is it?" Soo Chan finally tried to ask about Seoyoon's current silence. In fact, this morning when they met on the street the girl still looked excited, but now it was like she had lost her life.
"There's nothing i'm thinking about," Seoyoon replied with a smile. He did not want to make this friend in front of her even more worried because of her silence. But there's actually something that's been bugging her mind since a few hours ago, and it's about the woman who seems to be Jung Soo Chan's mother.
The woman, ever since she came home to help her husband, was always staring at him. Even when she said she was going to take him and his seniors back to the health center, she always clung to her. It made her very uncomfortable, but she couldn't say that to Soo Chan either for fear of offending the young man. Seoyoon looked at Soo Chan who was back to continue his meal. The girl sighed softly and began to eat her food as well.
***
"I'm home."
Seoyoon entered the area of her house and walked towards her room which was separate from the main building. The woman looked exhausted because all day a lot of patients who come to the village health center. All patients experience the same disorders, namely diarrhea and nausea. They all had food poisoning. It's really exhausting.
"Princess!"
The call of a servant in her house stopped Seoyoon's footsteps. The woman looked back and found the servant running towards her.
"What is it?" ask Seoyoon after the hostess is in front of her.
"You're in big trouble," said the servant, making Seoyoon's heart beat quickly.
Seoyoon thinks her parents already know that she has been working at the village health center all this time. Her heartbeat quickened as she looked at a figure not so familiar to her. A graceful woman who was walking towards her. Seoyoon immediately lowered her head when the woman was already almost in front of him.
"Long time no see, Princess Seoyoon."