Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 101

Chapter 101

The Sacred Hand Hall was full of people day after day.

Originally, it was Wuhan’s most competitive medical clinic, so the business prospered. But when the fake Sacred Hand Hall collapsed, it was really affected.

Common sense would say it was impossible and should not happen, but at that time, the Sacred Hand Hall was the only large medical clinic throughout Wuhan. So people with illnesses, even mild, had no choice but to go en masse to the Sacred Hand Hall.

When Wei Yan-ho asked if it would be okay to raise consultation fees a little, Ha Dae-bung immediately denied it with his hand. If prices went up at a time like this, there was a risk of losing patients when late arrivals appeared. Faced with his philosophy that the most dangerous moment is when everything is going well, Wei Yan-ho could not find arguments against it.

After all, Ha Dae-bung knew more about business than he did.

“I am thinking of opening a branch in the original location of the Sacred Hand Hall.”

“What about the money?”

We won well, we should be able to return it soon.

– No, I mean the money to open the branch?

If we don’t open a branch now, we won’t be able to attend to patients. They’ll soon open other medical clinics and we won’t be able to maintain our current position. It’s obvious: development or stagnation! The future of the medical clinic depends on this very moment.

“No, I mean money…”

Ha Dae-bung, who had been staring at Wei Yan-ho, nodded.

“Then there is no choice.”

– Yeah, well, if you can’t, you can’t.

“I will borrow money from the commercial house using the current medical clinic as a guarantee.”

“E-wait a minute!”

Ha Dae-bung was infinitely serious.

As I have experience and contacts, I should be able to ask for a low-interest loan. Apply for a low-interest loan to open a new medical clinic! Then use that clinic as a guarantee to ask for another loan!

“…How much do you need?”

Wei Yan-ho finally surrendered.

Wei Yan-ho, who had even taken the pocket money hidden in his clothes, shed tears of repentance.

“I wondered why I had such good luck…”

Of course, his life couldn’t go on so well.

Considering that heaven smiles at those who help themselves, heaven would never smile at Wei Yan-ho.

You don’t need anything else, do you?

“Even if I needed more, you don’t have more.”

Seeing Ha Dae-bung licking his lips, it became clear that he knew exactly how much money Wei Yan-ho had.

“Frightening man.”

Although Wei Yan-ho had hired him, as far as money was concerned, he was really an exceptional guy.

“Keung.”

Now that he thought there was no money left, he felt bad about his stomach, but on second thought, Wei Yan-ho didn’t particularly need money anyway.

“I trust you will do well.”

“How could there be any doubt?”

It would be very interesting if you embezzled something.

“Of course not.”

“Sincerely, I would like something like that to happen at least once.”

I’m not stupid enough to steal money from a Royal Inspector.

“Besides?”

Ha Dae-bung responded with a severe face.

If making money was my only goal, I would not have left the house of commerce. According to my plan, I could have moved to the capital in a few years. Then I would have made a lot more money than now. I chose this job because I wanted to do something meaningful, not just make money. Don’t you, Supreme Master of the Hall?

“But did I do it to make money?”

“…”

Ha Dae-bung, realizing that his motivations differed but that it was not a big problem, clarified his throat clumsily to dissipate the uncomfortable atmosphere.

Each has different goals. I aspire to the best medical clinic, the Master of the Salon aspires to the best doctor, and the Supreme Master of the Salon aspires to money. When these goals align, we become the best medical clinic with the best doctors, generating income and benefiting all.

“I think so too.”

I couldn’t hear anything else, but I could clearly understand the part about making money.

“Then please rest.”

That’s it?

As Ha Dae-bung headed outward, Wei Yan-ho expressed the suspicion that filled his chest.

“So you came just for money? Manager? Gerenteeeeeeeeee?

Ha Dae-bung did not respond.

The medical clinic worked at full capacity, but Wei Yan-ho had nothing to do. In the end, he had no choice but to devote himself to what he knew best.

“Hahaha.”

For Wei Yan-ho, lying down and spending the time was as natural as breathing. While others get scars on their backs, Wei Yan-ho’s robust back remained fresh and soft even after lying down ten of the twelve shijin of the day.

“This is heaven.”

Wei Yan-ho, lying in the office of the Master of the Supreme Hall, next to the office of the Master of the Hall, felt heavenly.

No one here bothered him or looked at him badly. After all, Wei Yan-ho was the Supreme Master of the Hall and had paid for everything. Who would dare complain?

The only ones who knew Wei Yan-ho were Jin So-ah and Ha Dae-bung. Jin So-ah was too busy attending patients, and Ha Dae-bung knew it was beneficial for the clinic to leave Wei Yan-ho alone.

Thanks to this, Wei Yan-ho was abandoned to his fate.

But that abandonment didn’t last long.

Chocar!

The door opened and servants with anxious faces came in.

“Huh?”

When Wei Yan-ho looked at them with a blank expression, a servant spoke.

“Um, the manager says there is a shortage of rooms…”

“Huh?”

Had they used all the rooms in that huge mansion?

“Then?”

“He’s asking you to clear the room.”

“Keuuung.”

Wei Yan-ho grabbed his blanket and rolled on the floor. “Even with so much patience, was it correct to expel the Supreme Master from the Hall?”

“Is the patient very ill?”

The servant pointed out in silence.

A patient with a yellowish face and unfocused, dead eyes stared at Wei Yan-ho.

“…I’m leaving now.”

As lazy as Wei Yan-ho was, he knew how to distinguish between important and trivial matters. At least he should be able to distinguish whether he or the patient needed the room more.

Although some regret invaded him, Wei Yan-ho, wrapping his blanket, rose from his place and jumped to the ceiling.

“They keep kicking me upstairs.”

Anyway, there was a ruckus downstairs to clear a room to place the patient.

Let’s clean the room first, there’s a mark here!

“There is a shadow in human form, isn’t there?”

“What the hell happened here?”

“The door didn’t open for long, I thought it was a warehouse.”

A bit embarrassing words were exchanged. Wei Yan-ho rolled away from there.

A gentleman doesn’t move lightly.

Wei Yan-ho casually uttered words that would have caused Moon Yu-hwan, a knight among knights, to gently scold him to relearn the basic concepts of Confucianism.

Standing on the roof and looking down, I could see well how the medical clinic worked.

During the construction, he wondered why they were still touching things, but it seemed that they had even considered the patient’s patterns of movement. Looking down from above, the image of patients lined up as ants, ramifying themselves at intervals to their respective treatment rooms, was quite interesting.

And wherever many people gathered, trouble always arose.

“Get out of the way!”

“I was in line first!”

“Can’t you see the urgent patient?”

Three men who had hurried to approach caused problems. Those who had made their way to the front of the long line tried to sneak in, claiming that their partner was an urgent patient.

“Tsk tsk.”

Wei Yan-ho snapped his tongue when he saw him.

There were always people like that everywhere. What was so urgent that they had to torment others to get treatment first?

Wei Yan-ho, who was about to rise silently from the ceiling, stopped when he saw someone’s back approaching the commotion.

“Huh?”

That back looks familiar to me.

The man who approached the troublemakers spoke in an educated tone.

“…Sir, you can’t cause trouble here.”

Hey, it’s urgent.

The man of ferocious expression trying to sneak into the line shrunk back and lowered his head when he saw who was approaching.

The ferocious expressions are relative, after all.

The expression they considered ferocious was like that of a cute boy compared to the man they now had in front of them.

The man’s eyebrows moved as he pointed back.

“Please go to the back.”

“Yes.”

If they are formed correctly, everyone can receive attention. However, anyone who hangs or causes problems will be immediately moved to the bottom of the row.

When the man spoke with difficulty breathing through his nose, the patients around him applauded and cheered.

Wei Yan-ho could only admire the scene.

The person who instantly subjected the troublemakers was someone he had seen before.

Wei Yan-ho jumped off the roof and approached the man.

Did you end up working here?

The man who saw Wei Yan-ho shivered and bowed at a right angle.

“Hello.”

“Yes, long time no see.”

The man was Jwa-geol, who had already caused trouble at the Sacred Hand Hall. He belonged to the Black Spider Band and had bothered Jin So-ah and Jin Ye-ran. Why had he come to work here?

“How did you get here?”

Jwa-geol smiled clumsily.

When you have no way to earn a living, what choice do you have? I applied to be a servant, but the manager saw me and asked me to supervise the servants. Sometimes, when things like this happen, I offer to fix them.

“Oh!”

Wei Yan-ho nodded.

Since he was a good-hearted person, he seemed to be doing well with that job.

– But doesn’t So-ah dislike it?

“The Master of the Hall said that people can always have food stains on their clothes, but you can wash the stains and leave them clean again.”

“…What does that mean?”

“Since I lived dirty, I should be reformed.”

Why didn’t you say that instead of being so complicated?

“Educated people are like this…”

Seeing Jwa-geol laugh shyly, Wei Yan-ho also felt better.

“Is work manageable?”

“Sir, is there anyone who works in the underworld because he likes it? I worked in those places because I had no education and could only do physical work. If I can earn money from my body, I would like to do a good job. Luckily, the manager understands my heart well, so I work in better conditions than before. Thanks to that, my wife also scolds me much less.”

“That’s lucky.”

“Sir, you… Ah! You! I told you not to sneak in! Go to the bottom! You! You! You, looking away! Can’t you hear me?

Wei Yan-ho patted Jwa-geol on the back.

“Please get on with the good work.”

“Yes, sir.”

Wei Yan-ho nodded as he watched Jwa-geol run towards people, then looked around.

‘This place is stable now.’

That meant Wei Yan-ho was no longer necessary there.

– So, how about over there?

Wei Yan-ho came out dragging his feet through the front door.