Chapter 463
Theatrical Regression Life
Episode 463
Somehow, after Jang Seo-ah stopped crying and heard the survivorsâ bruised worries, Lee Jae-heon was able to be free. Jaeheon Leeâs house barely regained peace.
And when several survivors gathered, Ha Seong-yoon exploded a new bomb.
âSo who is this senseless person who brings a flower pot into a patientâs room?â
ââ¦Did you see it?â
âI think it would be even stranger if that big thing was left out in the open in the hospital room and you didnât see it.â
Ha Seong-yoon was a doctor who received a nursing request directly from Lee Jae-hyung, not Lee Jae-heon. He probably knew that he was close to Lee Jae-heon and nominated him on purpose, but he couldnât have chosen the person to entrust his familyâs treatment to. Even though it may seem like I was haphazardly requested based on a friendship rather than a close relationship, I went through all the procedures.
Therefore, when Lee Jae-heon was hospitalized at Hankuk University Hospital, I saw him separately in the hospital room. Recently, work at the hospital has become busy and it is difficult to go out, so I was planning to see Lee Jae-heon a little later, but I ended up going to visit him at the request of his family member Lee Jae-hyung. Even in someone elseâs hospital.
âI was nervous at the time, so I looked around Jaeheon Leeâs hospital room and checked everything. âItâs easy to see if itâs a large flower pot that isnât particularly hidden.â
âUh⦠flower potâ¦â
Kwon Yeon-hee, who proudly entered Lee Jae-heonâs house after work, blinked. The reaction was that there was something about it that made me feel uncomfortable.
âDo you usually give flower pots as gifts for visiting patients?â
âIt canât be. Usually it would be a bouquet of flowers. âOr put some flowers in a vase.â
âhuh.â
Garam Yoon intervened in the conversation between Ha Seong-yoon and Kwon Yeon-hee.
âI once heard that giving a flower pot when visiting a patient means that you will not get better for the rest of your life. âI said it seemed like it meant putting down roots and living in the hospital.â
âWhat the.â
Seeing Kwon Yeon-heeâs disgusted appearance, Woo Soo-young asked cautiously.
âThat teacher. Do you even remember what kind of flower pot it was?â
âI remember. âAre you trying to look up the language of flowers?â
âI would be worried if the flower pot was given with a really bad meaning.â
âMaybeâ¦â
Lee Jae-heon voluntarily confessed as Ha Seong-yoon narrowed his eyes and searched for memories.
âChrysanthemum.â
ââ¦.â
âI think it wasâ¦.â
The atmosphere calmed down at Lee Jae-heonâs words.
Those who know more about flowers here are Kwon Yeon-hee, who often visits the flower shop, and Woo Joo-young, who pays close attention to detail. Everyone knew the uses of the most popular chrysanthemum, even if it was only Garam Yoon, the owner of a flower shop. Donât you usually see white chrysanthemums at funerals?
Ha Seong-yoon, who was sitting in the chair next to the bed, opened his eyes and asked.
ââ¦Was that a chrysanthemum?â
âI guess our doctor doesnât know much about flowers.â
âNo, even I know chrysanthemums. âItâs just that it was my first time seeing red chrysanthemums, so the name didnât immediately come to mind.â
Kang Min-ah asked Ha Seong-yoonâs words back.
âRed?â
âYes, the color itself is strong, so I remember that one thing correctly. It wasnât even a small country that was commonly grown in pots. âI only remember it in detail now, but it was a flower pot with only the color changed from the chrysanthemums used to express condolences.â
âChrysanthemums were also red⦠So maybe it didnât have a bad meaning. âItâs still strange, though.â
It was not unusual for the language of flowers to vary depending on the color and number of the same flower. At first, since it was a combination of a flower pot and a chrysanthemum, I thought it meant that I should be locked in a hospital room and die, but it may not have been that bad. Kang Min-ah looked towards Yoon Garam.
Yoon Garam, who realized the meaning of that gaze, made an embarrassed expression.
âAre you asking about the language of flowers?â
âYes, do you know?â
âI know, butâ¦â
ââ¦is this flower language with a bad meaning?â
âNo, that wonât be the case. maybe?â
âyes?â
Garam Yoonâs expression was truly ambiguous. As the survivorsâ attention was focused on the fact that they did not know how to explain this, they caught a glimpse of Lee Jae-heon and Ha Seong-yoon and cautiously opened their mouths.
âUsually red flowers are mainly used as a way to confess love, perhaps because of their intense color. If I remember correctly, it was probably âI love you.ââ
ââ¦.â
Oh sister, please.
Jaeheon Lee rubbed his face with his hand. Then, I turned my body from the upright position into the shrimp position, pulled up the blanket, and covered it all the way to my head. With a clear attitude of avoidance, Ha Seong-yoon, who was sitting at the bedside, gently pulled down the blanket and called out to Lee Jae-heon.
âPlease donât move as it will make the wound worse, sir? Rather, who really gave it to you? Were you being courted without our knowledge?â
âI donât know why youâre so interested in my private life.â
âOh, of course it could have been a meaningless gift. The reason I gave you a flower pot may be just because it looks the prettiest. This may be because the red chrysanthemums are so wide and abundant that they attract attention. But it is.â
Ha Seong-yoon continued speaking quietly.
âI understand that the company is taking a break because the family has used their power to cover it up. âIt wasnât known to the public that Lee Jae-heon was seriously injured enough to be hospitalized, right?â
ââ¦Probably so.â
âWell, the subordinates only know that the manager took sick leave, but who knows more? His notoriety as the old manâs manager may increase, but aside from that, if he is not a survivor like us, the person who got hurt this time would probably be at most an acquaintance of Lee Jae-heon or someone from this party. And for these types of people, it means that they will put a lot of thought into preparing a visitation gift. âMaybe Iâm wrong?â
ââ¦Youâre not wrong.â
âItâs not common for a hospitalized person to receive a potted plant, let alone a small snack or a few flowers. I donât know if red chrysanthemums are that common, but they arenât the most beautiful of the many flowers. âNevertheless, I cautiously speculate that the fact that he gave me a flower pot with red chrysanthemums as a gift to visit someone clearly means that he had something he wanted to say.â
ââ¦Itâs too much to be carefulâ¦.â
âSo, who gave it to you as a gift?â
Jaeheon Lee answered with a resigned look as there was no reason to hide it.
âI think it might be a gift from my sister.â
ââ¦maybe?â
âIt was left there while I was sleeping along with a piece of paper with a short greeting written on it, so I donât know exactly who gave it to me. âI just roughly guessed it based on the handwriting.â
ââ¦.â
Ha Seong-yoon, who was silent for a moment, covered Lee Jae-heon with a blanket all the way to his head again. Lee Jae-heon, who was trapped in the blanket, asked, as he was so meticulous and didnât forget to pat the area a couple of times.
âWhat are we going to do?â
âI think Lee Jae-heonâs attitude of trying to avoid reality at this level is also self-defense.â
âNow do you understand a little about my hardships? âDo you understand how difficult it is to live in a house like this with the same family?â
âI thought I understood well, but you always show me more than I imagined.â
Assuming that he knew the meaning of the flower pot and the language of red chrysanthemums and gifted it to him during a visit to the hospital, he didnât seem particularly sane. It felt a little creepy that he had secretly left it behind while he was sleeping.
Jeong In-ho said with a faint smile.
âYouâve grown up really well, Manager.â
âWhat man? âWho is looking at who now?â
âHeâs grown up like that, but heâs a noble person with a double personality.â
âYou are the worst. know? âItâs the worst.â
âI said something I didnât even mean to say.â
âIâm going crazy, I canât speak.â
Unlike the light conversation between the two, the atmosphere was still calm. Ha Seong-yoon opened his mouth to Lee Jae-heon, who was worried about whether his familyâs existence was that much of a problem.
âI usually donât give gifts like that when visiting my younger brother in the hospital.â
âYou can give it to me, right?â
Noh Yeon-seok shook his head.
âI donât know much about flower pots. Honestly, isnât it a bit weird to give flowers with a meaning like âI love youâ between siblings? Honestly, itâs a bit gross and creepy. âItâs like a ghost story.â
âWhy are you like this when you donât even have an older sister, let alone a younger sister?â
âYou saw and heard something. If I told any of my friends that I gave them something like this as a visit to the hospital gift, they would immediately criticize me. Wow, what the fuck is that? âThatâs pure madness or something like that.â
âMadness⦠There is madnessâ¦â
Jeong In-ho asked with his characteristic sincere smile.
âWhat on earth is the problem with Managerâs family?â
âIf I knew, would I have lived like this? Do you want to keep arguing with our Assistant Manager Jeong?â
âI donât think I said anything I couldnât say.â
âHonestly, among people around here, I donât think Iâve ever seen a sane person.â
âItâs amazing how many times Iâve seen it.â
Jeong In-ho muttered that and continued.
âI think it was a good thing you left the hospital. âIf you were still hospitalized, I donât know what kind of unidentified gift I would give you.â
âItâs not like I received any cursed item, and Iâm so disgusted with it.â
At the explicit reaction, Jaeheon Lee giggled and laughed frivolously, as if he was watching a fun program. Jeong In-ho asked, frowning as if he was tired of that sight or as if he was asking if he was out of his mind.
ââ¦Are you laughing now? âYou didnât go crazy after getting hit on the head, right?â
âNo, whatever.â
Lee Jae-heon smiled and answered.
âItâs because itâs cute how worried you are.â
ââ¦.â
ââ¦.â
ââ¦.â
ââ¦Aissi.â
Jaeheon Lee covered his mouth with his hand as the silence returned. He looked back at Jeong In-ho. Jeong In-ho also saw him. Lee Jae-heon looked at me with a pitch-black gaze as if he couldnât believe it, and with a straight face, he added,
âIt was a mistake.â
ââ¦yes.â
âForget it.â
ââ¦yes.â
âI told you to forget it.â
It was good that it was linked to the ghost police, but the problem was that the personality from that time often came out in this way. The old manager doesnât know how to play pranks like this. It seemed to be in a similar vein to how I couldnât hide the twisted common sense of my previous life in the early side world that reminded me of my past life.
In any case, neither of them were the type of person that Jaeheon Lee would welcome.
âIâm glad I laid the groundbait in advance.â
I have a story to tell to Ha Seong-yoon, so I will sort it out when we are alone. About Lee Jae-heonâs change of mind and the reason why his personality became unusually lighter. Lee Jae-heonâs mental strength was too great to do anything more than that.
Kwon Yeon-hee sneakily approached Lee Jae-heon, who was trying to calm him down.
âIâm the managerâ¦.â
âWhat is it?â
âAre we cute?â
âCrazy what?â
âIs it cute?â
âWhat is this crazy hamster talking about!â
For a moment, I thought it was Yoo Hye-yeon from a past life.
That overly self-conscious bastard. Whenever he gets a chance, he shows off his talent and asks, âArenât I cute? Even if itâs like this? âEven if itâs like this?â he said he did all kinds of things. He was even so persistent that he didnât even back down unless he responded, âOh, thatâs cute.â I could feel the spirit of that time in the hamster in front of me.
Why is everyone showing off their madness in such an insignificant place?
âGo away. âHow can a grown adult be cute?â
âFor that matter, arenât they calling us a pretty cute word? Hamster chick softâ¦.â
âIt gives me goosebumps to hear such cute words come out of Jeong In-hoâs mouth. âGo there.â
âYou keep a straight face at times like this? Why did you call us that?â
Woo Joo-young sneakily joined Lee Jae-heon and Jung In-hoâs conversation.
âHey, by the way, do the police know about this? âThe manager got robbed.â
âEven if I say itâ¦.â
Lee Jae-heon continued, frowning.
âI told you in advance. âTo both Hong Kyung-jun and Kim Yeon-woo.â
âStill, I feel a little bad because you always seem to be missing from meetings.â
âStill, I have to meet Detective Hong Gyeong-jun soon.â
ââ¦Iâm not calling you, but I have âbusinessâ to meet you?â
Lee Jae-heon nodded coolly to Woo Joo-young, whose shoulders were stiff, perhaps because he sensed something ominous.
âI made an appointment a while ago. I decided to ask the detective to interview me as a reference.â
âWhy are you saying that with such a pleasant face?â
(Continued in the next part)