Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 65

Chapter 65

“No, why!”

You have to say something that makes sense, where are you trying to trick me?

“If you think about it, it’s a good opportunity!”

Unfortunately, I don’t think I can share that good opportunity with you, so find someone to share it with.

Ha Dae-bung stood firm.

“Krgh.”

Wei Yan-ho trembled with repentance. “As expected of someone who had been in the higher realm, it was not easy to deal with him.

“Hmm, then…”

Wei Yan-ho, who was trying to find some solution, began to stretch steadily.

“I’m upset.”

Just making this effort was already a maximum effort for Wei Yan-ho. It was the second time he walked there on his own feet.

It felt like I had done such a year of exercise with such diligence.

And Jin So-ah was completely shocked.

Of course, it was Jin So-ah who dragged Wei Yan-ho here.

Some might think that Jin So-ah was the cause of this situation, but from his perspective, it was a completely unfair assessment. Who said he would present someone who had been locked up in his room for a week repeating “let’s go tomorrow.” Who wouldn’t be frustrated?

It would have been less frustrating if I had simply said that there was no one to present, but seeing someone make great promises and then not moving was exhausting simply to observe.

So Jin So-ah finally made a scandal and dragged Wei Yan-ho out. How absurd it was for them to get to the battlefield after practically carrying him.

What Wei Yan-ho told Jin So-ah, who looked at him with suspicious eyes, was even more disconcerting.

‘A hidden genius?’

What genius would hide on a battlefield?

And Ha Dae-bung of all people!

Ha Dae-bung, Hubei’s bloodsucker, was supposed to be a hidden genius!

The guy that even beggars run away from when they see him, presenting that crazy bastard for money as a genius, and the fool who follows him to stand here.

“I must be crazy.”

There’s no one else to trust.

As they say, seeing one thing says ten. I should have ended this a long time ago, but what persistent attachment keeps me standing here?

“Please don’t do that…”

“Lord, do not be so and think carefully.”

“I have nothing else to think about.”

“First, please listen to what I have to say…”

“Sir, don’t be like that and think about it.”

“No, thank you.”

“No, what I’m saying is…”

– Sir, are you going to keep doing this?

“Well, I am!”

Jin So-ah finally exploded.

Let me say something too!

When Jin So-ah let a cry slip, Wei Yan-ho looked at Jin So-ah with his eyes wide open and said:

That boy has a peculiar character.

“…A young man interrupting when adults are talking!”

Faced with their united attack as if they had never been fighting, Jin So-ah swallowed the tears.

“I have no desire to work with that person.”

“Hey?”

Wei Yan-ho’s jaw fell.

“Hey, you need to get your ideas straight.”

“Excuse me?”

You should ask yourself if we’ll accept you. What great thing have you done that you’re choosing?

“…What did I do so badly?”

“Being poor is a sin.”

There was nothing to say to that.

Having become a honey-eating mute, Jin So-ah hesitated, then, thinking that this was not yet right, he opened his mouth cautiously.

“I… Whatever happens, our family has built up a reputation over time, and working with a usurer…”

When Ha Dae-bung looked at him with fierce eyes, Jin So-ah shuddered and shrugged his shoulders.

What’s wrong with usury? You throw away the money and become arrogant! At least I know how to multiply the money!

It was also difficult to refute that when it came up like this…

Jin So-ah bit his lip hard.

But we’re proud to practice medicine for people. Money? Of course it’s important. But we don’t want to torment people for money!

“Who told you to torment people?”

“Excuse me?”

Wei Yan-ho said naturally:

You just need to take care of the patients, this gentleman will make money.

Jin So-ah stared at Wei Yan-ho.

You work this way or that way, you do the same job anyway. If you do the same job and make a lot of money, or if you do the same job and you ruin yourself, that’s up to you.

“But the honor of our family…”

Wei Yan-ho snorted like it was ridiculous.

“Hey, Jin.”

The irritation and disdain were reflected in Wei Yan-ho’s tone.

Did that big family of yours forge their reputation based on money? Where do you think that great reputation came from? If they had given everything away as you are now, do you think the name of Sacred Hand Hall would have lasted ten years? Did they make money on other things and spend it on patients?

“…that’s not all.”

“Well, those forefathers you’re so proud of also built the family by taking care of patients and receiving money, right? Looking at the room that was supposed to have originally existed, it was quite impressive. Wasn’t all that built with the money of those patients that you appreciate so much?

Jin So-ah fell into confusion.

Certainly, hearing it that way, those words were correct. Unless they went somewhere to extract wild ginseng to sell it separately, it meant that they had enriched themselves by treating patients.

“This is how it works?”

Wei Yan-ho spoke as if he were asking if he didn’t know.

“Originally, isn’t your pride in that family because they succeeded as a famous and well-known medical family around the world?”

“That’s right, isn’t it?”

So you need to make money. You need to build new residences and live big so people think, “Ah, that house was a success.” Living like this for a hundred years, who would recognize you?

“…”

“As far as I know, aren’t all these families considered the most important medical families in the rich world?”

When Jin So-ah doubted, Ha Dae-bung kindly provided him with the answer.

There’s nothing more profitable than being a doctor when life is at stake, would you spare money?

“See?”

“Ah…”

Jin So-ah felt that the world he knew was falling apart.

“Isn’t medical art supposed to be humanitarian art?”

But the medical families he respected and wanted to make money from his patients, and his ancestors had lived in the same way: this was destroying their sense of identity.

Hey, the jobs were originally about making money, you know, why do you give it so much importance?

– So what have I been doing all this time?

“What do you mean by what?”

Wei Yan-ho poked his nose and replied:

“Foolish things.”

Jin So-ah finally sat on the floor.

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“Where did this child go?”

Jin Ye-ran was in a very bad mood. It was time to study medicine, but Jin So-ah was nowhere.

Fortunately, it was not a time of rounds, so there was no problem in caring for patients, but the time spent studying medical texts was also extremely important for a doctor.

In addition, Jin So-ah was at the optimal age to grow.

Thinking that learning at that time would determine his whole life, this was something that could not be overlooked.

“He’s not the kind of kid who does this…”

Who was Jin So-ah?

Even when the family was intact, he was a child prodigy whose name was famous throughout Hubei.

Was he not the child whom both father and mother admired, saying that a talent had emerged that would greatly revitalize the family? Even after family fortune declined, he was a trusted younger brother who never complained and dedicated himself to patients and medical arts.

For a kid like that to skip the study.

This had never happened, so it was even more worrying. Jin Ye-ran raised his hand to caress the white jade necklace hanging from his neck.

‘Mother.’

As her parents were not there, Jin So-ah’s growing up well depended entirely on her. That’s why Jin Ye-ran had tried his best so far to make sure that, whatever happened, he became an excellent doctor.

Thinking that perhaps this moment could be the turning point at which Jin So-ah began to deviate, Jin Ye-ran bit his lip hard.

“I need to get back together.”

Jin Ye-ran decided that, when Jin So-ah returned home, he would check why he had missed class and scold him severely. If he lets this kind of thing go one by one, a child can go astray in an instant.

At that time, the area around the front door began to become noisy.

“They said they would even provide meals, so stay one night and come back!”

“I said I have things to do!”

“Then you can go alone! Why are you dragging me?”

If we left together, we should go back together!

“Uf, this is so annoying that I could die!”

Jin Ye-ran slammed open the door.

“What is this commotion?”

Looking at the front door, he saw Jin So-ah dragging Wei Yan-ho in as he entered.

“How can you be so rude to a guest?”

“Sister, that’s not all…”

“Will you not let go of those hands first?”

“Yes.”

When Jin So-ah let him go with the face of few friends, Wei Yan-ho looked at him with a smug and lazy expression.

“Treat my father’s guest that way…you have some common sense!”

“I’m sorry.”

When Jin So-ah bowed his head deeply, Jin Ye-ran went down to the courtyard and bowed to Wei Yan-ho.

My younger brother was rude, he’s not usually like that, so forgive him.

“I’m the oldest, so I have to understand it with a generous heart.”

Jin So-ah’s facial muscles began to spasm.

Big brother?

Well, technically it was correct.

Technically it was correct, but…

If you’re going to be of age, shouldn’t you act your age?

Since saying it out loud would obviously bring him a reprimand, he could only suffer internally.

“I thought they were going to curse me.”

Should I just let him out and be scolded?

That way he probably wouldn’t suffer from indigestion—Jin So-ah began to seriously consider it.

“I have something to discuss with the child separately, so I’m sorry, but could you excuse us?”

“Then I will enter.”

“Have you eaten?”

“I have not eaten.”

“I will prepare a meal.”

“Yes, thank you.”

When Wei Yan-ho nodded and entered the room, Jin Ye-ran struck Jin So-ah with his gaze. “Before that penetrating look, Jin So-ah shook and bowed his head.”

What happened that made you neglect your studies?

I’m sorry.

Whatever you do, I’m not gonna scold you as long as I don’t interfere with your medical studies, but right now it’s the time you promised me to study, right?

“No.”

– Then why did you stop studying?

«For that person, of course.»

There was so much to say, but he could not make excuses. From experience, he knew very well that his sister hated to hear excuses.

“I’m sorry.”

So there was only one thing I could say.

At the time when a mistake is made in treatment, the patient’s life is in danger. Would he apologize after making a mistake in treatment?

Jin So-ah felt suffocated every time his sister talked like that, excuses disappeared.

That shouldn’t happen.

“Well, you know. Then you’ll have to be punished, won’t you?

“Yes.”

“Go to your room and copy the Medical Classic ten times. Don’t leave until you finish it.”

“…I understand.”

Observing Jin So-ah’s decayed figure as he entered his room, Wei Yan-ho snapped his tongue.

“She’s really controlling that kid.”

He understood that medical centers should be strict even with small mistakes, as human lives were at stake, but this seemed a little excessive.

“Well, it’s none of my business.”

Wei Yan-ho closed the door and lay down. “He felt sorry for Jin So-ah, but it was not his place to interfere.

But Wei Yan-ho would soon realize that that thought was wrong.

It was already too late when Wei Yan-ho realized that relationships are not predetermined from the beginning, but are created as they develop.

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