While working at Blackwood, Jong-seok waited for his license to come out.

And in the meantime Donald confirmed one suspicious thing and informed me. It was the volume.

The number of RX57s in Los Angeles was larger than the amount sold in the United States last year.

And the medicine was all exhausted. From LA citizens to tourists, all bought RX57 and were eating it.

Moreover, it was not only sold in LA. Fear of the epidemic that broke out in Los Angeles, middle-class people in other metropolises were all buying and taking drugs.

Although $120 is expensive, if you can overcome your fear with one pill, you can pay that much.

"I don't think it's going to be any easier."

Donald's words that came to Blackwood made Jong-seok taste better.

"I see."

"I doubt that there's a lot of drugs, but... We don't have enough evidence to investigate that we've made a lot of medicine. And Huber filed a complaint with us as if he knew I was selling it."

"Hmm...."

Donald sighed, feeling sorry for Jong-seok's phoneticity.

"I spoke to the FBI, and they said they couldn't investigate with this information.”

"Did the park find anything?"

"The same is true of that. There was nothing special on the sixth day."

"What about free meals?"

"I looked into the free lunch section, but they didn't have anything either. It was the usual free lunch meal offered by Christian groups, and there was no doubt about the staff or the food. And some of the people who weren't infected had that free lunch."

Jong-seok nodded at Donald's words.

"Okay, thank you for everything."

Donald stood up at Jong-seok's words.

"I'm sorry I didn't get any results."

"No, it wasn't easy, but thank you for believing me."

Then Jong-seok, who shook hands with Donald, opened his mouth.

"Ah! And please contact me when you come to Korea. I'll treat you to the most delicious food in Korea."

"Are you going to Korea?”

"When I get my license tomorrow, I'm going to get it and stop in Boston and then go back to Korea.”

Donald's face was a little saddened by Jong-seok's words.

"That's too bad."

"I'm sorry, too."

"But why all of a sudden in Boston? It's the end and the end here."

Boston and Los Angeles were the ends and ends of the east and west of the United States. I wonder why I go all the way to that far away.

"There are families I've never seen before.”

"Family I've never seen before?"

Donald nodded as he tilted his head to see what that meant.

"I guess it's the Korean people's affection."

"Jeong... affection is right, but it needs to be built. Anyway, please remember my cell phone number well and contact me when you come to Korea."

There is no chance for the police to travel to Korea. Anyway, if you need to go, call me. If you need to come, call me."

Jong-seok, who greeted Donald, let him go outside and walked to the medical ward.

'This is the last day here.'

Blackwood has already been told to work by today. Tom felt sorry and told him to stay a little longer, but Jong-seok smiled and just thanked him for the whole time.

Tom told me to contact him whenever I had to come to the U.S. or if I needed job.

Anyway, I did everything I had to say, and I also had a get-together and farewell with the people on the transport boat, so if I went to the bedding committee tomorrow and got my license, it was over with LA.

***

The next morning at nine o'clock, Jong-seok stopped by the Bedclothes Committee.

"I'm here to get my license."

When the employee asked for his name and test number, Jong-seok told me about it.

The employee handed out his driver's license and acceptance certificate in the drawer.

When Jong-seok smiled at his driver's license and pass, the employee opened his mouth.

"Will you open in California?"

"No."

"Then, Ta-ju?"

"I don't think I'm going to open it now.”

"In California, medical practice is available with our license, but registration is required when you are in another state. This is a document about the states and procedures we can register with our license."

Jong-seok, who thanked the staff who kindly gave instructions, left the bedding committee looking at the documents.

It's in Boston, too.

Fortunately, there is a bedding committee in Boston, where he goes, so it would not be a problem to practice medicine in Massachusetts.

"Let's start with registration for a Massachusetts license."

Jongseok took a bus to LA airport with his thoughts.

I've got plenty of time for the flight, but I don't know what's going to happen.

Jong-seok, who flew from Los Angeles to Boston, took a bus and headed for the Massachusetts Bedclothes Committee.

When I paid for a simple document, license, and registration there, I was registered.

After finishing his work with it, Jong-seok left the Bedclothes Committee.

"Hoo! I'm a little nervous."

With his thoughts, Jong-seok took out his cell phone and opened the photo file. Inside it was a picture of Heo Yul and her family smiling brightly.

Boston... ...the reason I came to Boston was to meet Huh Yul's family.

Heo Yul's family was now studying in Boston. Both Heo Jung-sook and Heo Jung-nam were attending Harvard University.

"What did my major say? Did you say business and math?’

Heo Jeong-suk was two years older than himself, and Heo Jeong-nam was five years younger than himself.

So Heo Jung-sook was 29 and Heo Jung-nam was 22.

Jong-seok was a little nervous when he thought of seeing two people, who had never seen him before, who heard a lot of stories and thought they were like sisters.

Jong-seok, who had improved his appetite, took out his cell phone and called Heo Yul.

Um... Hello.

"Have you got a bite?"

Huh? Ah... it's Jongseok.

"I didn't think of jet lag. Should I call you next time if you're tired?"

No. Where are you?

"I'm in Boston now."

Yeah, I told my wife, but can you find it by yourself? If you can't, I'll tell your wife to pick you up now.

A few days ago, I told Heo Yul that I was going to Boston today.

It's not polite to visit people you've never met without telling them.

"Because I have an address. I can find it."

Okay, I'll call my wife again. My wife is very happy to hear you're coming. So make yourself at home while you're at it.

"By the way, is there anything you like?"

Favorite? Money?

"You're kidding, aren't you?"

Say half and half. You can just go. Because he doesn't like flowers.

"But you like delicious food, don't you?”

That's true.

"Okay, I've searched the map and I think it'll be there in 30 to 40 minutes."

Okay, I got it.

Jong-seok, who hung up on it, turned on the bus app while looking at the map. Jong-seok, who confirmed the route through the bus app, nodded.

"The world is so nice these days. If you go abroad, you can find everything with your phone."

Thinking about that, Jong-seok, who was waiting for a car at the bus stop, soon got on the bus.

After getting off the bus, Jong-seok turned on the map app and was walking along his path.

'Is it here?'

Jong-seok, who was moving his steps, saw a two-story house. The two-story house with a small garden had the same shape as the house around it.

This neighborhood also had a typical American middle-class home.

Looking around, Jong-seok approached the house.

Then Jong-seok, who checked his clothes, took a breath and rang the doorbell.

Ding dong!

After a while, the door opened and a middle-aged woman appeared. The woman who opened the door smiled.

"Li?"

"Hello."

When Jong-seok lowered his head, the woman, Choi Mi-hee, wife of Heo Yul, smiled gladly and carried Jong-seok inside.

"It was so nice to hear that you were coming. It's really good to see you."

"Thank you for your welcome."

"No. Your mother or your father... Aah!"

While speaking, Choi Mi-hee shook her head with a smile.

"I've lived in the United States for a long time, so I've been following Americans. Mr. Jong-seok... Can I call you Jongseok?”

"Sing comfortably."

"Yes, let's do it. I've heard so much about you from my mother and husband that it's not like anyone else and it's like a nephew I've seen for a long time."

"Please treat me like my nephew."

"Then... shall we?"

Choi Mi-hee smiled friendlyly at Jong-seok and took him to the sofa.

"Coffee? Tea?"

"Give me anything."

"Then shall I give you coffee? I bought a good coffee this time and it smells good."

When Choi Mi-hee, who came down with a smile, put it on the table, Jong-seok smelled the scent.

"It smells really good."

"But I hear you're here to see a California bedclothes license?"

"Fortunately, it's well received."

"But are you okay? I heard the news about the epidemic in Los Angeles.”

"I've caught all the epidemics right now. Oh! Did you take your medicine?”

"I ate. It's a waste of money, but when you're sick in a foreign country, it's not as sad as that.”

Then Choi Mi-hee took the hand while looking at Jong-seok.

"Thank you so much for giving Jong-seok to me because he's next to my mother.”

"No."

At Jong-seok's words, Choi Mi-hee shed a tear while looking at him. Thinking of my in-laws in Korea makes me cry.

"Sigh! I felt guilty and sorry to be out of town leaving my sick mother... When my mom talked about Jongseok, she always looked bright and happy, so I was happy. So I was going to watch it sometime, but I ended up seeing it here, not in Korea.”

Then Choi Mi-hee, who was wiping her tears, looked at Jong-seok.

"You miss my kids a lot, don't you?"”

"Yes."

"I'm sure you are. My mother has a lot of affection."

Jong-seok, who was watching Choi Mi-hee shake her head, asked.

"How about Jung-sook and Jung-nam?

"Sister?"

"Oh... I feel like my real sister and my real brother because I've been listening to them a lot.”

Choi Mi-hee smiled pleasantly at Jong-seok's remarks. Just as he was friendly with Jong-seok, he felt good to be friendly with his family and children.

And the words "sister and brother"...

"Yes, be friends from now on. The two people also missed Jongseok because they heard a lot about him. And now they're at school. I said Jong-seok is coming today, so he'll be back before dinner.”

"You must be busy at school?"

"I'm busy, because I have a lot of work to do and competition is fierce."

With a smile, Choi Mi-hee looked at the time and got up.

"Look at this time. You're hungry. I'll fix you a meal.”

"No! I'll cook for you today."

"Jongseok?"

"If you've heard of me, you've heard of my cooking skills.”

"Have you only heard? I've seen it."

"Did you see that?"

"Because we have the Internet here, too. I downloaded Korean shows and watched them. By the way, studying oriental medicine is hard, but how can you cook well?"

Entering the kitchen talking, Jong-seok pulled up his sleeves.

"May I use the kitchen, then?"”

"Let's do it together."

At Choi Mi-hee's words, Jong-seok washed his hands first. .

'It's nice of you to welcome me. I feel like I'm at a real relative's house, not your wife's.’

Jong-seok was happier to welcome him comfortably than to welcome him.

'I'm looking forward to seeing Jung Sook and Jung Nam.’

Thinking like that, Jong-seok was looking forward to meeting Heo Jung-sook and Heo Jung-nam.

As Jong-seok and Choi Mi-hee waited for the food, Heo Jeong-sook arrived home soon.

Heo Jung-sook was a lively beauty. Wearing jeans and a white shirt, long black hair with no make-up on her face?

Anyway, Heo Jung-sook, who came home, came up with a welcome hand.

"Hey! Lee!"

Seeing Jong-seok, Heo Jong-sook smiled and approached him gladly and hugged him. Jong-seok hugged her a little awkwardly.

It's a little embarrassing for a Korean woman to say hello in an American way.

"Hello."

When Jong-seok felt awkward, Heo Jung-sook smiled and reached out her hand.

"Nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you, too."

"Let's see. It's much better than what I've seen on TV."

"Thank you."

Heo Jung-sook and Choi Mi-hee were watching Jong-seok.

"What about Jong-nam?"

"There he comes."

At Choi Mi-hee's words, Heo Jung-sook and Jong-seok looked toward the door, and Heo Jung-nam with a slightly white face was coming in.

"You're here."

Jong-seok smiled and reached out his hand to see Heo Jung-nam lowering his head a little awkwardly.

"I've heard a lot about you. Lee Jong-seok."

"I've heard a lot, too. Nice to meet you. Then I'll go change."

When Heo Jung-nam turned around with the horse, Jong-seok tilted his head as he looked at it.

'The way you walk...'

The way I walked was a little strange. Jong-seok followed Heo Jung-nam.

"Where are you going?"

Choi Mi-hee said Jong-seok.

"I need to get something out of my bag."

"Then come down with Jong-nam."

Jong-seok, who nodded at Choi Mi-hee's words, followed Huh Jung-

Tap tap!

When I knocked, Heo Jeong-nam's voice came from inside.

"Come in."

Jong-seok went inside when Huh Jung-nam said. Heo Jung-nam was looking in the mirror, changing into clothes with a little long shorts.

Jong-seok, who was watching the scene, approached Heo Jeong-nam.

"Are you feeling any discomfort?”

"What?"

When asked by Heo Jeong-nam, Jong-seok looked at him and pressed his hand against the thigh of his right leg.

"Crrrrrrrrr!"

Jong-seok opened his mouth after a while, as Heo Jeong-nam groaned back.

"Can I have a look?”

"What?"

Jong-seok was silent due to Heo Jung-nam's surprised voice. The elasticity that I felt when I poked my finger in the thigh... It was a bruise.

That's pretty much...

He raised Heo Jeong-nam's shorts with a stiff face.

"Don't do this."

Jong-seok stopped lifting his pants at Huh Jung-nam's words. Then he opened his mouth after a while.

"You know I'm an oriental doctor, right? It's for medical treatment. Don't alarm yourself. And I won't tell your wife or Mr. Jung-sook."

"That's..."

"It's a bad bruise. If you don't treat it well, you'll suffer a lot of pain.”

When Jong-seok slightly pressed his thigh with the horse, Heo Jung-nam's face was distorted with pain.

"Then... don't talk to your mom and sister."

"We keep secrets between doctors and patients."

When Heo Jung-nam saw the door closed slightly at Jong-seok's words, he carefully pulled up his pants.

And Jong-seok's face hardened. Huh Jung-nam's thigh had a clear bruise.

'It wasn't hit by anything. This... ...was hit by someone.’

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