Fixing The Cowshed After Losing The Cow - c123

#10

*

It was a day later when Sowon opened his eyes again. My parents, who must have sent me home with relief, returned to the hospital and were shedding tears next to me.

“eww… .”

When Sowon let out a painful moan, her mother, who was quietly crying, and her father, who was comforting her, looked at her. And then he started to scold Sowon who woke up.

“Lee So-won! Are you crazy? Why are you rushing at that monster? “I know how shocked I was to hear that you collapsed as soon as I got home!”

“uh… ?”

“Why did you go to meet Esper Kang Tae-woo alone again? “I heard you said you didn’t need any security and would go meet me alone!”

Sowon did not listen to what his parents were saying. Because she was going through something more embarrassing than that.

“I can’t move my body.”

It was like that. Even if I tried to move my body, it just throbbed and I couldn’t move a finger. She couldn’t even turn her head. The best thing I could do was just quietly roll my eyes, blink my eyelids, and then move my lips.

“of course! “The doctor said that because I suddenly accepted the waves that had been accumulating from Kang Tae-woo, my whole body was so shocked that I wouldn’t be able to move for a while!”

“for now? “When will it get better?”

“I don’t know! “Don’t even think about moving, just lie down!”

My parents rang the nurse’s call bell and pounded their chests in frustration. Sowon continued to try to move his body, but he did not move as if his entire body was tied tightly to ropes.

I just sighed. He finally mustered up the courage to go see Tae-Woo, but collapsed as soon as they met. He was worried about what Taewoo thought. He must have been dumbfounded. Besides, he may have been annoyed that you disturbed him while he was resting.

Taewoo wanted to ask where he was now, but Sowon was in no mood to ask his parents, so Sowon kept his mouth shut. If his body had moved, he would have sneaked out and gone to see Taewu… . Sowon felt his motionless body and died in a sullen mood.

Soon after, doctors and nurses arrived after hearing the call bell. A familiar figure of an association employee was also seen behind them as they entered the hospital room.

Sowon looked puzzled as he saw the association staff arrive with the doctor. The only time the association sent someone to pick up Sowon was when Sowon ran away from Taewu. But Sowon had no intention of avoiding Taewu now. Rather, he went to see Taewoo first. He had no reason to take himself to the hospital, unable to move. Moreover, he had only one person and was not strong enough to come to catch Sowon.

“Hello, guide Sowon Lee. “I came here because I have a few questions.”

The association employee came and stood next to Sowon and spoke. Hearing that he had something to ask, Sowon blinked and waited for the next question.

“Did Esper Kang Tae-woo attack guide Lee So-won?”

“no?”

When I answered as if the wish was obvious, the association employee was a little embarrassed and asked again.

“Then did you threaten me into guiding you?”

“It’s not… ?”

“Did nothing really happen? “It’s okay to tell the truth.”

The association employee asked again. Sowon kept saying no, but the employee persistently demanded an answer. As the same conversation continued over and over again, Sowon gradually became tired, and the expression on the association employee’s face became increasingly perplexed. For some reason, the feeling was unusual.

“Where is Taewoo now?”

Instead of answering, Sowon asked about Taewoo’s whereabouts, and the employee, who had been asking the same question the whole time, fell silent. The employee, who was silent for a moment, soon revealed a shocking fact.

“Currently, Esper Kang Tae-woo is in quarantine after being judged to have attacked guide Lee So-won.”

“I beg your pardon?”

Sowon was astonished. She was so shocked that her neck twisted on its own and she screamed “Ah!” in pain as if her muscles were being torn apart.

As Sowon groaned with a frown on his face, the doctor and nurse came together and put his neck back to its original state. It was the moment when I realized desperately that I would not be able to move for a while. But what was important to Sowon now was not his physical condition.

“Tae, you quarantined Taewu? By attacking me?”

The association staff looked troubled and could not answer. Sowon’s face turned white as he realized that silence was an affirmation.

“There must be CCTV in the private room, but haven’t you checked?”

“that is… . “As soon as guide Lee So-won collapsed, he became inoperable, so we couldn’t check what happened after that.”

“Tae, have you asked Tae-woo?”

“I asked Esper Kang Tae-woo what happened, but he didn’t answer… .”

So they locked him in an isolation room?

I couldn’t believe it. I knew that Taewoo’s treatment was not good, but this was too much. Hastily, he explained what happened the day he collapsed.

“Mr. Taewoo didn’t do anything to me! “I was just trying to unilaterally go find Taewoo and guide him!”

Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, Sowon gets angry and demands to go and release Tae-Woo. Only then does the association employee say he understands and goes outside.

I can’t believe they quarantined Taewu even though it wasn’t enough to let him rest. Sowon couldn’t help but huff and puff, but soon realized that she was the one who caused it and was unable to say anything as if she had been hit on the head.

*

After a day, Sowon was barely able to hold on to his body. However, she was still unable to move properly, so she was locked in the hospital room for two more days and told to rest.

Meanwhile, Sowon found out Taewoo’s number through the association. Taewoo’s number was the same as the one I knew. So Sowon wasn’t sure if what happened eight years ago was really a dream.

However, even Taewu’s number, which I managed to find, was useless because Taewu did not answer the phone. No matter when I called, there was a long ringtone and then it went to an automatic response, and even when I left a text message, there was no reply.

On the third day of hospitalization, my body finally began to move properly. Sowon secretly escaped from the center while her parents were away for a while preparing for discharge. Naturally, the place Sowon headed was the association headquarters.

When Sowon arrived at the association, he went straight to Taewoo’s private room. However, as soon as we arrived at the 10th floor, what greeted Sowon was the loud sound of construction.

“what?”

It was quiet the last time I came, so Sowon was curious and headed towards Taewoo’s private room, where the sound was coming from. Taewoo’s private room was wide open. Strangers came and went through the open door, and materials were piled up in the hallway as if there was construction going on.

Sowon glanced into the private room to see if Taewoo was inside, but when he saw the inside was completely destroyed, he quietly turned around and came out. He wasn’t sure what had happened since he fell, but he seemed to know why Taewoo had been quarantined. Anyone who saw a situation like that would have thought that.

“ha… .”

I came all the way to the association to see Taewu, but ended up not being able to meet him. Did you go to the gate? Sowon wandered around the information desk and eventually came out without being able to ask. He went to see Taewu alone and the chaos broke out, but he didn’t have the courage to ask Taewu’s location.

The smartphone seemed to have noticed that Sowon was gone, and the calls kept coming. It was clear that if she received a call from her parents right now, they would be nagging her, so Sowon just sent a text saying she had a place to stop for a moment and then turned it off. Then I took a taxi and went to Taewo’s house.

After passing the familiar road, we arrived at Taewoo’s house and there was a car parked in the yard. It was not the black sedan that Sowon drove with Taewo, but a different model that Taewu drove eight years later.

Sowon was lost in thought as he touched the bonnet of the car. It must have been a dream that happened eight years ago, but if it were a dream, the memories that should have gradually faded away were still very vivid several days later. ‘Was that really a dream?’ I kept hearing this question.

“… … .”

Sowon stared at the car for a long time and walked around it, then stopped when he noticed the driver’s side door, which was hideously distorted and half torn off. Seeing this made me confident that Taewo was home.

As if following the traces left by Tae-woo, So-won passed through the front door with a broken lock and quietly entered the house. It was an empty, desolate house without any sense of human warmth. It was cold and so quiet that it even had an eerie atmosphere.

Sowon walked cautiously, cowering as if he had entered an abandoned house. After coming up to the second floor, he glanced at his room, then approached Taewoo’s room. Like the car parked in the yard, the doorknob that Taewo had touched was also broken.

Sowon swallowed his dry saliva and asked.

“Taewoo, are you inside?”

There was no answer. But Sowon continued speaking.

“I… This is Lee So-won. I’m sorry for visiting you without saying anything a few days ago. “When I heard that they were locked in the isolation room because of me, I called them several times to apologize, but I couldn’t contact them because the power was turned off.”

Even after hearing Sowon’s apology, Taewoo still had no answer.