"that that… Anyway, noisy! Rudely talk to your teacher! It's you who are suspended! ”
Not in logic, the teacher was angry.
But Jinhyeon did not intend to back down.
The situation was resolved in unexpected ways.
The moment Jinhyeon opened his mouth, a voice interrupted.
“Stop it.”
"...... !!!"
Classroom and Jinhyeon turned his head surprised. And there stood an unexpected figure.
Lee Sang-min.
"Stop it, sir."
"What do you mean, Sangmin?"
The homeroom teacher saw Lee Sang-min.
But Lee Sang-min said something unexpected.
"This is something I did wrong, stop it."
"...... !!"
The classroom teacher glanced.
“That's right… … ? However… … ? ”
“Really. It's my fault. To suspend me, let me do it. ”
The classroom teacher jumped.
“What do you mean? Are you suspended? You can fight with your friends. ”
Kim Jin-hyun frowned.
'What are you thinking?'
However, the face of a band-aid Lee Sang-min could not know the inside.
“I just don't care about it as it's just a quarrel among my friends.”
“That's right. I know."
Thus, the disturbance of the office was over because of Lee Sang Min.
Jin-hyun, who came out of the school office's glass door, told Lee Sang-min.
"What do you think?"
"What?"
"Why did you help me?"
But Lee Sang-min was shedding the answer.
"Well… ? I'm not sure either. ”
And without looking back Jinhyeon disappeared over the hall.
Jin-hyun, who was left alone, was impressed with his feelings.
'what? What are you thinking? I feel bad. '
***
After that, Lee did not take any special action.
Just hanging out with his friends as if he hit the wall.
But that does not seem to care about Jinhyeon.
If you turn your head from time to time, as if you were watching, the eyes kept on.
That did not mean staring. I just stared at Jinhyeon with my unknown black eyes.
'what? Do you have anything to say? I feel bad. '
And after entering high school, I took my first midterm exam.
"Sigh… I took it. Did you see it, Jin Hyun?
Hwang Moonjin shook his head.
He recently received Jinhyeon's advice and was studying.
“I was difficult too.”
“Hey, don't lie. As soon as I was in middle school Will you be number one again? ”
“Well, because middle school and high school are different. I think it will be difficult. ”
“You see it with me. If you win the first place, shoot Tteokbokki! ”
Hwang Mun-jin seemed to believe that Jin-hyun would be the first in school.
But Jin Hyun was not convinced.
'It's really different from middle school. I just have to work hard. '
Not long after, grades came out.
The homeroom teacher attached the printed paper with the grades and rankings of the class.
“Check your grades! I will not let anyone fall further by this rank in the future. ”
The paper was written in descending order from first to last.
It was a vicious way of letting others know their grades, but it was often used to stimulate children.
And there it was written:
First place. Kim Jin-hyun averaged 97.5 points.
Second place. Lee Sang-min averaged 96.8 points in second class.
Third place. Jang Chul-min averaged 93.2 points, 27th in all schools.
......
“Hey, that's right. I'm first again. Shoot Tteokbokki! ”
But Jinhyeon shook his head.
'It wasn't easy.'
Second place, Lee Sang-min and the average is only 0.7 points difference. This should be almost similar.
“But I am 39th. I don't think I can. ”
“You still climbed a little in 43rd place. Try more It will rise steadily. ”
“Are you sure? Hi-Hi."
Jinhyeon looked at Lee Sang-min.
He was also looking at the cup.
First place. Kim Jin-hyun averaged 97.5 points.
Second place. Lee Sang-min averaged 96.8 points in second class.
Lee's gaze did not fall from that part.
As usual, a gentle smile is caught, but Jinhyun did not miss the clenched fist.
Lee Sang-min left the classroom and did not come back. Took it was a stepless step.
'Feel bad guy.'
Jin Hyun kicked his tongue.
***
My parents were very happy because of Jinhyun who won first place in high school.
“Oh my baby. Who do you look like?
My father said briefly.
“Jinhyun looks like me.”
“No, what are you saying? I hope you resemble half of Jin-hyun's class. What do you mean? ”
That day my father was drunk again. Jinhyun was drinking whenever I was first.
"Father, it's bad for your health, so please reduce your drinking."
"Yes, thank you."
The father responded with an expression of his son's worries.
"Jin Hyun, do you know that?"
"What?"
"We are only you."
“I do too. So please drink less. ”
If not, my father died of stomach cancer at the end of his high school two years later. Drinking like this may speed up the time.
'Since the father went back home was inclined tremendously.'
But I won't make it this time.
With their own hands.
'Then it's time for sadness. If it's too late, you may miss your time. '
Jin-hyun, who calculated the date, said.
"Father, can you do me a favor?"
“My son asked me to listen. What do you mean? "
"I'll talk to you tomorrow."
My father looked puzzled, but Jinhyeon shook his head.
“I'll tell you tomorrow. Sleep first. ”
***
Early in the morning the next morning, the mother served bean sprouts.
“Are you okay? Why do you have to drink? … . ”
"......."
My father ate Haejangguk without saying a word. I was too drunk because of my son.
Suddenly my father asked Jinhyeon.
"But Jin Hyun-a, you didn't ask me yesterday?"
“Please eat first. I'll tell you after the meal. ”
"...... ??"
As he continued to moxa, his father smiled.
Soon after the meal was over, I asked again.
“What on earth are you asking for? Is it a difficult request? ”
Jinhyun quietly rolled out a white envelope.
The envelope contained 300,000 won of money.
“… What is this money? Where did you get the money? ”
My parents looked puzzled.
“This is the money I have saved. Don't worry because you gathered things like newspaper delivery on your last vacation before high school. ”
“But why is this money? You don't have enough pocket money.
Mother returned the envelope back to Jinhyeon.
But Jinhyeon shook his head.
"Father, did you listen to me?"
"Yeah, what are you asking for?"
His father asked in a curious voice.
I handed you a bag of money I did not know the intention of the son.
“Please use this money to get your health check. That's my favor, Father. ”
"......"
Father looked surprised.
“What do you mean, Jin Hyun? Suddenly a medical checkup. ”
“Nothing else. I haven't received a gastroscopy once. Your father is now in good health. I will do it once, so please accept it. ”
In fact, that was not the reason.
Two years later, his father dies of terminal gastric cancer.
That meant that by now cancer cells were growing on the stomach.
'Stomach cancer unconditionally die if found at the end, but if found early it is cured with a high probability. If I find it now, my father can buy it. '
My mother said with a pleasing face.
“Oh, my son. Be admirable already. But doesn't this mom need to be tested? ”
Jinhyun's awkward look on his voice.
Despite her hardship, fortunately my mother didn't get very sick.
"Mother will let me do it later."
“Yes, let me be strong thanks to my son. Ho Ho."
Jinhyeon looked at his father.
"Will you be tested, Father?"
But something unexpected happened.
The father returned the envelope to Jinhyeon and shook her head.
"done. I do not intend to be examined.
"...... ?!"
Jinhyeon was surprised.
"No, why?"
“I'm still young. There is no reason to be tested, especially if you are not sick. I don't want to waste your hard-earned money on a checkup. ”
It was a fatherly word, but Jinhyun was upset.
'If you miss the initial treatment time!'
This time cannot yield.
Cancer is mostly asymptomatic at an early stage.
If your symptoms show up as your father tells you, you won't be able to use your hands.
Jinhyeon said strongly.
"No. I promised yesterday, so please listen. ”
But my father did not withdraw easily.
“Jin Hyun, thank you for your heart, but I don't think you need to be tested now. Afterwards… I'll get it when the restaurant gets better. And you focus on studying too. Leave this money to your father. ”
Jin-hyun broke up.
Logically, the father's words were not wrong. The problem is that Jin-hyun knows the future.
'What do we do? If you decide once, it is not easy to change personality… … . '
Eventually Jin Hyun spoke in a strong voice.
“Father, my father used to say that men should keep their promises. Isn't it? ”
“… It did."
“It's an appointment, so be sure to get a checkup. It's my wish. ”
Jin Hyun's eyes and father's eyes met.
The father finally surrendered to the earnestness of his son's eyes.
“Yes, I see. I will follow you. ”
Jinhyun looked bright.
"Yes, I'll make an appointment with the hospital right away."
"Instead of the money you earned will be our money."
"Yes, got it."
That's it.
Jinhyeon was excited and went into the room to make a phone call.
The father and mother looked at each other.
"Well, because you put Hyoja."
“Large. I don't need it. To no avail. ”
But unlike the horse was not a disgusting look.
Of course.
Where is the father who hates his son for himself?
***
Jinhyeon made an appointment for a gastroscope at a gastric cancer screening hospital.
'Isn't the cancer worse already?'
When I made a reservation, I was nervous.
It was late two years later, and by now there will be cancer cells on top.
But what if it's already done?
I thought it was dizzy.
'no. It will be fine.'
Jin-Hyun saved himself.
'It's early. If you do a simple endoscopy or surgery in the early stages is almost cured. '
So day after day passed. No lessons or textbooks caught my eye for that period.
And the day of the endoscopy.
"Please be sure to check today."
"Yes, don't worry."
I wanted to go to the hospital, but couldn't miss the class at 2pm.
I went to school and spent mornings, lunches and afternoons with only a clock. And as soon as the bell was run, he ran to his father's restaurant.
“No, Jin Hyun? Is it over already? ”
My mother was surprised and surprised.
Jinhyun urgently asked.
"Father?"
"Huh?"
"What are your father's test results?"
“Oh, that… … . ”
Jinhyeon swallowed saliva. The moment of waiting for an answer felt like a few hours.
"Nothing special?"
“… Yeah?"
Jinhyun asked.
Then my father opened the kitchen door.
"The endoscopy is a little bit of inflammation on the stomach and nothing much."
"......"
Jinhyun's face hardened.
My parents looked puzzled.
"Why so, Jin Hyun?"
“Oh no. I'll go in first. ”
"......?"
Jinhyeon closed the store and came out.
Jinhyun clenched his fist while listening to the sound of a motorcycle running alley.
'Nothing's wrong? Two years later it becomes terminal cancer. really?'
There are two possibilities.
My father's stomach is really clean, or the doctor who saw the endoscope misdiagnosed me!